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__label__cc	0.703784	0.296216	Bourneuf, Philip (1908-1979) The Philip Bourneuf collection consist of manuscripts, printed material, photographs, correspondence, and other items. Most of the collection is arranged according to theatrical, film, and television productions with which Bourneuf was involved. Each production includes various items, such as playbills, reviews, photographs, scripts, and so forth, arranged by the title of the production. Some theatrical productions are from Bourneuf's work with the American Repertory Theatre (1946-1947), and include photographs of Bourneuf putting on his makeup for his role as Caesar in G.B. Shaw's Androcles and the Lion. The other theatrical productions, about ninety in all, date from the 1920s to 1973. These include photos of Frances Reid, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ernest Truex in Androcles and the Lion (1956); photos of Bourneuf as Pope Pius XII in Rolf Hochhuth (adapted by Jerome Rothenberg)'s The Deputy (1965); a photo of Bourneuf in Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma (1954); a sketch of Bourneuf in Jan van Antwerp's The Fireman's Flame (1937) by Richard Whorf; several photos of Bourneuf and others in Shaw's Heartbreak House (1952); photos of Bourneuf and Joan Fontaine in Gerald Savory's Hilary (1959); photos of Bourneuf, June Havoc, and others in Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine (1958); photos of Bourneuf and Walter Pidgeon in S. N. Behrman's Lord Pengo (1963); a souvenir book of Rober Sherwood and Irving Berlin's Miss Liberty (1949); photos of Bourneuf and Carol Channing in Shaw's Pygmalion (1953); Bourneuf's working script of Eric Bentley's English adaptation of Pirandello's Right You Are (1952); several photos of Bourneuf in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth (1955); photos of Bourneuf and others in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1957); and photos of Bourneuf and the cast in Moss Hart's Winged Victory (1943). Material for film productions include Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO Radio Pictures, 1956), with several publicity photos; The Big Night (1951); Joan of Arc (1948); The Molly Maguires (1969), including a photos of Bethel Leslie, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar, Richard Harris, and Bourneuf; and Thunder in the East (1953). Material for television productions mostly consists of newspaper clippings about the episodes and series. Also present are four photographs of Bourneuf from the series You Are There. Correspondence in the collection includes several personal and professional letters to and from Bourneuf, dating from 1946 to 1961. Notable correspondents include Maurice Evans, Helen Hayes, Eva Le Gallienne, Robert E. Sherwood, Ernest Truex, and May Whitty. Photographs in the collection include those mentioned above, as well as several other images of Bourneuf. These photos include several prints of a photo of Bourneuf be Eisenstaedt; Bourneuf as a child; Bourneuf with others; and a photo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, inscribed to Bourneuf. Printed material in the collection includes items regarding Bourneuf (1926-1958); playbills from performances attended by Bourneuf, mostly from the 1930s; thirteen engravings of famous English actors in various roles; theatre memorabilia; and other items. Also present are twenty-six issues of Puck, dating from 1887 to 1889. Manuscripts in the collection include Bourneuf's handwritten notes for performance; a poem; and a prose item. CLICK BELOW TO VIEW THE INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION 1. Bourneuf, Philip, 1912-1980 1. Theatre and Film Subject Guide 2. Television actors and actresses – United States 4. Motion pictures – United States 5. Actors -- United States 6. Theater – United States 7. Playbills 8. Television – United States	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line5
__label__cc	0.50862	0.49138	April LeFevre family photographs, 2017 April 29 Sub-Series Identifier: MSS 8845 Series 9 Sub-Series Sub- 1 L. Tom Perry Special Collections Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection Tropic, Utah, scanning event, 2017 April 28-29 Contains digital images of photographs related to the April LeFevre family, digitized in Tropic, Utah on 29 April 2017. Digitized: 2017 April 29 LeFevre, April Evans (Donor, Person) Open for public research. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee. Biographical History From the Collection: The Harold B. Lee Library (1973- ) is the library on the campus of Brigham Young University, and is responsible for providing students and the community with valuable resources for research, media projects, and personal use. The Harold B. Lee Library was aligned with Media Services under the Assistant Academic Vice President of Brigham Young University in 1973. In that same year, the J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library was renamed the Harold B. Lee Library. Internally, the Harold B. Lee Library is managed by the library director, who is aided by an associate university librarian and assistant university librarians, who oversee divisions of the library. Directors have included Donald K. Nelson (1973-1980), Sterling J. Albrecht (1980-2002), Randy J. Olsen (2002-2009), Julene Butler (2010-2012), Scott Duvall (interim, 2012-2013), and Jennifer Paustenbaugh (2013- ). The library building was expanded in 1976 and 2000 and continues to provide students and faculty access to scholarly materials. 1 online resource (52.1 MB) : JPEG No linguistic content; Not applicable Donated; April Evan LeFevre, 2017. Tropic (Utah) Utah -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs Utah -- History -- 20th century Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository http://sc.lib.byu.edu/ Provo Utah 84602 United States MSS 8845 Series 9 Sub-Series Sub- 1, April LeFevre family photographs, 2017 April 29. Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection, MSS 8845. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/175363 Accessed January 18, 2021.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line6
__label__cc	0.616608	0.383392	Chicana and Chicano Studies >Chicana and Chicano Studies Irene E. Vasquez, Chairperson 1829 Sigma Chi Rd NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001 email: chicanos@unm.edu Web site: http://chicanos.unm.edu/wordpress/ Statement of Academic Purpose The Chicana and Chicano Studies department is interdisciplinary with a foundation in Chicano and Latino studies. Its mission is to promote critical understanding of Chicano Hispano Mexicano communities through teaching, research, and community partnerships. The department accomplishes that mission by offering an undergraduate major in face-to-face and online environments, minor, and two certificate programs as well as sponsoring and participating in community initiatives and public lectures. The curricula and community engagement efforts focus on (1) Chicana and Chicano cultural studies, (2) politics and social justice, and (3) the transnational US-Mexico experience. The curricula areas allow course offerings concerned with gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, arts and culture, political and social mobilization, immigration and citizenship, history and heritage, land grant studies, Chicana feminism and Queer theory. The three areas are addressed through a curricula taught in both English and Spanish and maintain a regional and transnational focus in New Mexico, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico. Students may take any of the Chicana and Chicano Studies courses as electives, or they may enroll in the Chicana and Chicano Studies minor or certificate programs through the College of Arts and Sciences Advisement Center. Additionally, students in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts or in the Bachelor of Arts in American Studies may design a special focus in Chicana and Chicano Studies for their majors. CCS 109. Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies. (3) (Also offered as AFST, NATV, SUST, WMST 109) The course explores historical and contemporary social forces that impact ethnic communities across the Americas. Students will examine social and economic dynamics of Indigenous, Latino, Asian-Pacific, Africana communities, and women's experiences. CCS 201. Introduction to Chicana and Chicano Studies. (3) (Also offered as AMST, NATV 201) Introductory survey of the Mexican American experience in the United States, with special reference to New Mexico. Exploration of historical, political, social, and cultural dimensions. CCS 310. Immigration and Assimilation. (3) This is a course on the historical, political and sociological dynamics that shaped the Chicana/o experience in America. A main focus will be on immigration history and the "assimilation" process, especially Mexican immigration. CCS 320. Cine Chicano Y Mundial. (3) This course explores film depictions of Chicana/o society in relation to diverse cultures of the world and their cosmovision as expressed in films. Course themes include gender, race, politics and immigration. CCS 330. Transnational Latina Feminisms. (3) This course examines transnational feminist theories, methodologies, and praxis. Students explore how globalization affects Latin American women in the western hemisphere and the possibilities that decolonizing struggles hold for social justice and human rights. CCS 332. Introduction to Chicana Studies. (3) (Also offered as WMST 332) This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Chicana Studies. Includes historical and contemporary research on labor, political involvement, cultural studies and feminism. CCS 336. Chicana Feminisms. (3) Explores the history and development of Chicana Feminisms with special attention to how Chicana feminists voice their concerns and politics on a wide range of social dynamics that includes race, class, gender, sexuality, and language. CCS 340. Mexican Civilization. (3) This course explores Méxican society through films, art, plays, music, and poems. Students will analyze historical, political and social subjects, as well as a critically appraise the oppression of women in Mexico's patriarchal society. CCS 342. Race, Culture, Gender, Class in New Mexico History. (3) Hispano and Native perspectives of NM history begin with colonialism, military history, politics, economics, but must also consider culture, gender and class to understand the resilience of people as actors in their own history. CCS 360. Chicano Latino Civil Rights. (3) The seminar examines Chicano Civil Rights by exploring forms of collective social action on behalf of immigration rights/reform, education rights/reform, labor rights, treaty rights, legal justice, environmental justice, veteran's rights, and political representation. CCS 362. Chicana and Chicano Movement: El Movimiento Chicano. (3) The course examines the Chicana/o Movement beyond the 1960s Civil Rights era, exploring the precursors to the political movement, as well as the legacies of the Chicana/o movement and its effect on society and academia. CCS 364. Raza Genders and Sexualities. (3) The course focuses on critical thinking about race, class, gender, and sexuality. Course discussions will center on questions of identity and representation and the social construction of gender and sexuality in transnational Latina/o communities. CCS 370 [365]. Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies [Chicana/o Cultural Studies]. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ) An exploration of a variety of contemporary forms of Chicana and Chicano cultural production and the ways in which these construct and transform individual experiences, everyday life, social relations and power. CCS 372. New Mexico Villages and Cultural Landscapes. (3) The course explores New Mexico's cultural heritage through an examination of cultural narratives and cultural landscapes and traditions, such as plazas, salas, resolanas, matanzas, and acequia culture from the past through the present day. CCS 374. New Mexico's Literary Landscapes and Beyond. (3) The course explores Chicano/a letters and the spoken word tradition in New Mexico and beyond. The course examines poetic traditions through a variety of forms including poetry, storytelling, singing/songwriting, and spoken word artistry. CCS 384. Community-Based Learning in Chicana and Chicano Studies. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ) This course offers students the opportunity to engage in community-based learning at a selected Community-Based Organization site of their choice. The course broadens student knowledge and understanding of global and local economic and social realities. CCS 393. Topics in Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies. (3, no limit Δ) Special topics in Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies are interdisciplinary in nature and draw from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts. May be repeated as subject matter varies. CCS 440. Literary Analysis of the Mexican Revolution. (3) This course examines the origins and discursive discussions of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) and explores how the interpretations and memories of the Mexican Revolution shaped modern Mexico socially and culturally. CCS 460. Chicanos and Latinos in a Global Society. (3) The course examines current theories and debates about globalization from a critical perspective. An emphasis will be placed on the study of Chicano and Latino communities in the U.S. as influenced by globalization. CCS 480. New Approaches in Chicana and Chicano Studies. (3) The course focuses on examining the various theories and methods utilized by Chicana/o scholars during the evolution of Chicana/o Studies. The class also presents theories and methods that inform writings in Chicana/o studies. CCS 486. Writers in the Community. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ) This course places students into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests and abilities. Workshops will be offered in schools, community centers, homeless shelters, healthcare facilities, and other venues. CCS 490. Advanced Seminar in Chicana and Chicano Studies. (3) Advanced Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies senior seminar emphasizing synthesis of previous courses, research skills, and service learning. Designed as a capstone seminar for the Minor. Restriction: junior or senior standing. CCS 493. Special Topics. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ) The content of this course varies by semester but will provide an in-depth analysis of special topics related to Chicana and Chicano Studies. For course content, consult the Schedule of Classes. CCS 495. Undergraduate Problems. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line9
__label__wiki	0.745494	0.745494	Tag: Lum Weng Chew REMEMBERING LEONG HO CHIEW July 31, 2020 A. Manisegaran Comments 45 comments 29 December 1934 to 21 July 1997 Reading the life of Leong Ho Chiew, one is naturally led to the firm belief that he must have been created for a special role in the history of the Cause in Malaysia. He was an early believer who accepted the Faith during the Ten-Year Crusade period and attained a high position in his profession, which enabled him to defend the nation, the Cause and the community on various occasions. His was a path less traveled. Leong Ho Chiew or Ho Chiew as he was fondly addressed, is the eldest among the seven children of Leong Tat Chee, who was the first Auxiliary Board member in Malaya and the only delegate from Malaya to participate in the election of the first House of Justice in 1963 and who represented the Chinese race at the First Bahá’í World Congress in London. These, being among the long list of accolades that decorated his colorful Bahá’í life. Following his father’s footsteps, Ho Chiew had his own unique roles to play, indifferent, and yet effective and impactful ways. Ho Chiew was always addressed by his siblings as “brother,” in the traditional Chinese way, and never by his first name. He was indeed a good and loving brother and supporter of every one of his siblings. When his parents had a near-fatal car accident in 1952, it was he who looked after the family members. In the absence of his father during those days when his parents were recovering in hospital, it was Ho Chiew who threw a paternal eye upon his siblings. He made sure that they all had enough food, especially breakfast before starting off for school. He would go to the local bakery and bring back loaves of bread which he would then cut into slices. Leong Tat Chee became a Bahá’í in 1955 and through his foresight and guidance, his entire family gradually enrolled into the Faith by 1958. All would go on to serve the Cause effectively in their own ways. Ho Chiew was the first to accept the Faith as early as 1956. Ho Chiew was one of those fortunate to have been guided not only by his father and the Bahá’í books made available to him but was deepened through the early visitors to the community, most prominent of which were some Hands of the Cause of God who had visited Malacca. He had met Shu’á’u’lláh ‘Alá’í in 1956 and again in 1960 when he came to Malacca town, Dr. Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir who first came to Malacca in 1957, and Abu’l-Qásim Faizi and Agnes Alexander who came for the wedding of E. A. Fernandez and Beatrice Philomena Monteiro (Betty) in October 1958. He would later recall with passion how he basked under their talks and guidance. These were his days of growing in the Faith. Ho Chiew joined the police force in 1953 at the age of 18 and was posted as a Police Inspector to Jasin town in 1956. As he had related to his family and friends many times, he became upset when he heard that his father had accepted a strange new Faith and was no longer active in temple activities. He decided to travel to Malacca town to berate his father but instead was convinced to accept the Bahá’í Faith in 1956!. One-night when Ho Chiew was back in Jasin, he had a dream in which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá appeared and told him to form a Local Spiritual Assembly in Jasin. He related this dream to Leong Tat Chee who encouraged him to follow the instruction of the beloved Master. When Ho Chiew was posted to Jasin in 1956, there was only a small band of believers. Tushar Kanti-Paul, a believer from Malacca town had gone there as a teacher in 1955 and served as the home-front pioneer. Jasin was termed as a ‘black area’ owing to the activities of the outlawed communist insurgents. It was a challenge in spreading the Cause under those difficult circumstances. One of the regular activities of the Jasin Bahá’ís was to organize firesides. In early 1958 activities began to pick up when Ho Chiew, and Tushar Kanti-Paul, and Anthony Casimir Louis who was also from Malacca was posted to Jasin in early 1957. They organized firesides in Ho Chiew’s police quarters. Saurajen and Leong Tat Chee from Malacca town would give talks at the firesides. Jeanne Frankel and her mother Margaret Kelly Bates, visiting pioneers from the Nicobar Islands and who thereby became Knights of Bahaullah, participated in the first Summer School in Malacca in 1957 and stayed on in Malacca town to teach and deepen the friends in Malacca town and Jasin. Jeanne had a role in enabling some local friends to accept the Faith in Jasin. Some of the believers who accepted the Faith around early 1958 were Arumugam Ramanan, a Tamil School Headmaster, E. A. Fernandez, a Police Officer posted to Jasin from Selangor State, and Raymond Peter a Probationary Health Inspector. These were among those elected to the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Jasin in 1958. By the time the Local Spiritual Assembly was elected, Ho Chiew was transferred back to Malacca town. He, together with Jeanne Frankel had laid the foundation for the election of the Local Spiritual Assembly in Jasin. Upon transfer to Malacca, Ho Chiew married Gina Lee Lun Chou on 20 December 1958, and that was the second Bahá’í wedding in Malaya, the first being that of Tony to Betty. The wedding ceremony was held at the Malacca Municipality Hall. Among the guests were the Hand of the Cause Dr. Muhájir and Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, a pioneer from India to Singapore. At the wedding, Mrs. Fozdar spoke about the Bahá’í Faith and its progress in Malaya, particularly in Malacca. The wedding ceremony was a simple tea party and this simplicity was appreciated by the Hand of the Cause Dr. Muhájir. Ho Chiew did not coerce Gina to accept the Faith, but she on her own accord came to like the Faith and accepted it on 11 December 1958, a few days before their wedding date. This wedding was also instrumental in giving much publicity for the Faith in Malacca. The Bahá’í News Magazine of June 1959 published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States reported this Bahá’í wedding with the following caption on page 11, ‘Two Bahá’í Marriages in Malaya Give Wide Publicity to Faith’. It reported as follows, The second Bahá’í marriage in Malaya was performed on December 20, 1958, for Leong Ho Chiew and Miss Lee Lun Chou. This wedding was also instrumental in giving publicity to the Faith in Malacca. Among the guests were Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Rahmatu’lláh Muhájir and Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. Mrs. Fozdar was given an opportunity to speak about the Bahá’í Faith and its progress in Malaya, particularly in Malacca. Their wedding with Lily Chinniah (left) as bridesmaid, and Bill Smits from the USA (right) as bestman With this sweet beginning, the couple teamed up to serve the Cause resolutely and effectively wherever they resided and became an example of service to many families. They would go on to have two children, Faith Leong was born in 1960 and Shemane Leong was born in 1962. The timely transfer of Ho Chiew to Malacca in late 1958 was providential as he had an important role to play in the town of Malacca where a serious crisis was fomenting, unfortunately, caused by some ambitious personalities. In 1959 the Bahá’í community of Malacca was vibrant with a great number of activities were carried out unitedly. However, the community began witnessing estrangement among some key believers and in 1960 this developed into a serious crisis that split the community. Ho Chiew was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly in Ridván 1960, and as a member of the institution, he showed so much fortitude and courage in strikingly and courageously defending both the institutions and the community. God-given courage enabled him to mitigate the effects of the crisis. Father and son serving on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Malacca town, 1960. Seated L-R: Lena Saurajen, Saurajen, Tony Fernandez, Leong Tat Chee, and Betty Fernandez. Standing L-R: Chin Soon Boon, Kumara Das, Leong Ho Chiew, and Raymond Peter Sometime after the election of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Malacca in 1960, Ho Chiew was transferred from Malacca to Kuala Lumpur as a Police Inspector to work in the Police Headquarters in Bluff Road. That was the time when the Petaling Jaya community that would later become one of the premier communities in the country was just budding. Manpower and a meeting place were needed for the growth of the Petaling Jaya community and Ho Chiew and Gina were to play a significant part. Three prominent believers teamed up to form the nucleus of the community. One was Ho Chiew who took up residence at 45, Jalan 47, Petaling Jaya. The other was Maheshwar Dayal, a pioneer from India to Malaya in 1958 who also took up residence in Petaling Jaya. He worked in the Marketing Department of the Lever Brothers and left for Canada in January 1966. In 1962 Dr. Robert J. Wolff, a medical officer from Hawaii, and his wife Elinor came to Petaling Jaya. Dr. Wolff was a nutrition expert from the World Health Organisation who came to study the dietary habits of the aborigine people. He rented a bungalow at 9, Road 5/35, Petaling Jaya. Dr. Wolff and his wife resided in Petaling Jaya until 1964. Of the three houses, the home of the Wolffs became the focal point of activities. Since manpower was still inadequate in Kuala Lumpur in 1961 the members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Kuala Lumpur in that year was made up of Ho Chiew and Maheshwar Dayal from Petaling Jaya, with Ho Chiew serving as the Secretary. In that sense, Ho Chiew had a role in the early development of the Faith in Kuala Lumpur as well as Petaling Jaya. In October 1962, the Local Spiritual Assembly of Petaling Jaya itself was formed with the assistance of the Bahá’ís of Kuala Lumpur. When Dr. Wolff left Malaysia in 1964, there was a need for a proper meeting place and the home of Ho Chiew and Gina served the purpose. In 1967 he moved to a new bungalow at 8, Jalan Padang in Petaling Jaya, which then came to be the “defacto” Bahá’í Center for Petaling Jaya. Ho Chiew and Gina’s new home became a sanctuary for the youths and many visiting Bahá’ís. Believers from other parts of the country coming to Kuala Lumpur for work or education were invariably drawn to the home of Ho Chiew in Petaling Jaya, which was becoming a satellite town to Kuala Lumpur. Everyone was made to feel welcome with cold drinks and warm greetings from his family. Each evening close to ten youth would gather for conversation about the Faith and fellowship which would invariably end up with dinner. Ho Chiew would walk into the house after his work looking stylish and smart in his Police Inspector uniform and head for his bedroom. Within moments, he would come out of his room in ‘sarong’ as and join the rest of the friends as one of them. His strict police-image would simply evaporate. It was the warm hospitality of the Leong family, that built up the early community of Petaling Jaya. While the vast majority of the believers were youths, there were very few families and the Leongs were one of those few. There were occasions when a visiting Hand of the Cause of God was picked up from Subang airport and brought for an informal meeting at the Ho Chew’s residence. It was a wonderful treat when visitors, including his father Leong Tat Chee, who would come over and stay the night. Leongs in Petaling Jaya opened their home and hearts for the Bahá’í community. In 1969, Yin Hong Shuen and T. Thanabalan rented a room in their house in 1969. When Yin Hong Shuen left the following year, T.K. Lee became the roommate of Thanabalan. These three are among the many other youths who found a true homely spirit and atmosphere at the residence of the Leongs. The living room became a perfect platform for action and activities. Banners for the first World Peace Day held in September 1970 in Petaling Jaya that was the first of its kind in this part of the world, and for the Oceanic Conference in early 1971 in Singapore were prepared in the living room and the garage of the Leong family. To a large extent, the Leongs had to sacrifice their privacy for the needs of the Faith. By 1968 the Petaling Jaya community was gaining in strength with more people coming into the Faith. Tony Fernandez was transferred from Bagan Serai to Petaling Jaya as Officer-in-Charge of Police District and his family added further strength. His children Shirin and Zeena joined the children of Ho Chiew – Faith and Shemane in children classes held every Sunday. In 1969, Mr. Lee Tiew Kiang (T. K. Lee) living in Petaling Jaya and working with the Straits Times daily accepted the Faith through Yin Hong Shuen. Another strong addition to the community of the Greatest Name in 1969 was Shirley Wong Mooi Nyuke who was guided into the Faith in a most interesting way. In 1960 the Leong family transferred from Malacca to a house opposite that of Shirley Wong who was then a child of 8 years. She would frequent the house of the Leongs and helped make tea and serve the Bahá’í friends visiting them. She well remembers the year 1963 when she joined Gina in making tea for a large group of friends who had gathered in the house of the Leongs before making their trip to Singapore to catch a plane to fly to London to attend the First Bahá’í World Congress. Gina brought Shirley into the Faith. With these developments, the Local Spiritual Assembly and the community of Petaling Jaya were soon well established, with Ho Chiew as Chairman for many years. He stressed punctuality and meetings always started on time. All members of the Local Spiritual Assembly were pillars of strength and rose to serve with distinction in the manifold arenas of the Cause. The old believers recall Ho Chiew as a no-nonsense person where Faith was concerned and a very effective Chairman. As for the youths, Ho Chiew was a role model, and together with his dear wife Gina, they left a deep culture of servitude to the Holy Threshold which these youths emulated in their later years. Husband and wife on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Petaling Jaya, 1971. Seated L-R: James Liew, Gina, Leong Ho Chiew, and Thanabalan. Standing L-R: V. Theenathayalu, Ying Hong Shuen, M. Singaraveloo, T.K. Lee, and N. S. S. Silan. The Leongs were the only married members of this Assembly. Ho Chiew was transferred to Tapah town at the end of 1972 on promotion as Assistant Superintendent of Police, a high-ranking position in the Police Force. The Local Spiritual Assembly of Petaling Jaya, in bidding him a sad farewell, acknowledged his regular contribution to the Bahá’í Funds and his relentless efforts in galvanizing the community. His family had played a significant role Petaling Jaya and they were destined to play another important role in Tapah. In Tapah he was also a Special Branch officer who had to risk his life in the course of fighting against the communist insurgents. His father Leong Tat Chee, at that time ailing with cancer, was very worried and urged his family members to pray hard for Ho Chiew’s protection. Ho Chiew remained in Tapah for some five years. Tapah was the closest town to the jungles of Perak where the Asli people (aborigines) lived in large numbers. Thus it was in Tapah that Ho Chiew had a new role to play in the Cause- providing comfort, consolation, and strength to the Asli believers. The Asli believers started to come to his spacious government bungalow house from the interiors of Perak and Pahang states and would pass several nights. Mr. Rama Naidu, another active teacher of the Asli people residing in the neighboring Bidor town would come over to the house of Ho Chiew and conduct training institutes for them. Ho Chiew and his wife would happily welcome and cook and serve these Asli friends. A few days in advance of these gatherings, Ho Chiew would chop woods for cooking while Gina was a mother figure and provided the best hospitality and treated them with all kindness. Strict in looks, yet tender in the heart. Ho Chiew had a heart larger than life. Living in the jungles, the Asli friends were not accustomed to life in urban settings, especially toilet habits. Ho Chiew, out of his love for them added toilets and other facilities for them, along with an extension of kitchen for cooking facilities. The Asli friends would not know how to use the toilets, and after they had left, Ho Chiew would patiently clean the toilets himself. When they were leaving back into the jungles, Ho Chiew would quietly slip some money into their pockets in case they needed to buy anything in Tapah town. The Asli friends by and large were not accustomed to such sincere love and affection from the wider world. They saw the teachings translated into action in the persons of Ho Chiew and Gina. The couple was completely freed from prejudice in their dealings with those simple people who had not yet been polluted by the urban lifestyle. The couple loved and admired the Asli believers for their sincerity, honesty, discipline, and their sacrificial contributions to the Bahá’í funds. Walking for days from the jungles they would carry along their home-made bamboo savings tubes, and upon arriving at their residence in Tapah would hand over the funds to be passed on to the National Treasurer in Kuala Lumpur. The bamboo saving tubes would be full of coins, which, when added up would not be much by urban standards. Suffice to say the Asli friends would have sacrificed their wages of many days to make these contributions. The Asli friends, when coming to Tapah town for any reason would be very excited to visit the home of Ho Chiew. But in 1976 visits by urban people into the jungles were prohibited on account of government security control. This prevented Bahá’ís too from freely going into the jungles of Perak. For the Asli friends who were able to come out of the jungles, they came to the house of Ho Chiew for meetings. Likewise, meetings for them were also held in Cameron Highlands in the neighbouring state of Pahang. The 24-hour curfew imposed in 1976 was a blessing, as the responsibility to take the Faith to the Asli people fell on the shoulders of the Asli believers themselves. With their own teaching initiatives, they brought in large groups of the Temiar people from the state of Kelantan. But a new challenge emerged. Within the Temiar tribe, a rumor was spread that the Bahá’í Faith was sympathetic to the communist cause, and so they kept away from the Faith for some time. But when they saw Ho Chiew, such a high-ranking officer was a Bahá’í they realized that the rumour was unfounded, and this change of mind was a turning point for Asli people from the Temiar tribe returning once again to the Bahá’í fold. Leong Ho Chiew, third from left, with some Asli believers during an Asli Institute, Cameron Highlands, 1978 Ho Chiew was a great defender of the Cause, and the nation as well. He defended the country aggressively from the outlawed communist insurgents so successfully that they dreaded Ho Chiew as their real threat. They naturally employed dirty means to match his might and strength. Thus due to his success in suppressing communist activities around Tapah, it was in 1975 that Ho Chiew’s life came under constant threat and he too went through great distress, even for a man known for his extraordinary courage. Working as a Special Branch Officer he was involved in very sensitive and dangerous assignments. The checked insurgents threatened to end his life. His supervisor urged him to change his appearance by growing beard and mustache. He found it difficult to sleep and the little sleep ever was with his official gun next to him for personal protection. At the height of this stress that Ho Chiew wrote a confidential letter to Shirley Wong, by then a trusted friend who was much loved by his wife and two children, leaving instructions in case the unexpected happened. The typewritten letter from the Police Head Office in Tapah dated 11 June 1975 reads, Dear Shirley, Recently I have been thinking seriously about the latest killings of our special branch officers by the underground communists. In all, there were now ten killings. This is just the beginning and there will be more to come. We hope not. In our daily duties and life, anything can happen to oneself (pray to God that it doesn’t). This is an occupational hazard and we leave it to Bahá’u’lláh to guide and protect us for He knows what is best for us. However, I have to plan ahead and prepare now if anything should happen to myself during the course of my daily life and duties. Hence I am writing this letter to you requesting you to be a spiritual and physical sister of my children should my life be in danger. I know my children always think of you as an elder sister but more so a spiritual one. I hope I am not asking too much, but I only know you are close to the children. If anything should happen to me, Gina and the children will be taken care of moderately. They will be able to live comfortably, but not luxuriously. This is all I request from you and please keep this letter in confidence and file it for future reference. A copy of this letter is filed in my personal file. Allah-u-Abha and our love to you always. Leong Ho Chiew Shirley Wong, a trusted family friend, married to Lum Weng Hoe When Shirley received the letter from Ho Chiew, she was totally shocked, shaken up and for a moment lost in thoughts. After recital of some prayers she summoned all her strength and telephoned Ho Chiew in Tapah. She informed him that she was too young and still single to handle such a heavy responsibility. Ho Chiew replied that when the time comes she would rise to the occasion, armed with the guidance from Bahá’u’lláh. She kept the letter in her drawer and prayed ardently for the protection of Ho Chiew and his family. (This letter is now made available to the public for the first time- through this blog). Family members and friends who knew his situation prayed for the protection of his family. Enveloped by constant prayers by family and friends he weathered the emotional cyclone and withstood all sufferings with unflinching strength. Finally, with the mercy of Bahá’u’lláh, his life was spared. It became clear that the fate and life of Ho Chiew was in the hands of Bahá’u’lláh and not in the hands of his enemies. All family friends, including Shirley rendered thanks unto God. That was not the end of his ordeal. If threat to his life was not enough, some mischief makers resorted to a cowardly act of sending petitions of all kinds about him to the Police Headquarters. His involvement in consorting with the Asli people was misrepresented to the Police Headquarters. When Ho Chiew was summoned for explanation, he turned that inquiry session into a beautiful fireside. Those in authority were satisfied and Ho Chiew returned with results- having earned admiration for the Faith at the top levels in the Police Force. But his family was not to remain in Tapah for long. After Tapah, he was sent to Kampar town in 1979 as the Officer in Charge of Police District (OCPD) of the Kampar District. Here too he was actively serving the Faith by organizing Bahá’í activities, especially many firesides. He introduced a new culture at his workplace. He allowed members of the public to walk into his room with no prior appointment. This was precedence not to be continued by his successors after his transfer out of Kampar town. When Ho Chiew was in Kampar, he was told that his next posting would be coming soon and was informed that he would be posted to Kota Baru town in Kelantan state. However, when the letter of transfer arrived, it said that they were transferring him to Ipoh. Ho Chiew was puzzled at this unexpected turn of events as he saw Ipoh as comparatively a sleepy town and not suited to a police officer of his seniority and experience. However, unbeknown to Ho Chiew, it seems Bahá’u’lláh had His own plan for him. It was to do with Yankee Leong, whom the Universal House of Justice referred to as the first enlightened soul to accept the Faith withing the country. Yankee Leong was by then in his 80s, retired, and living in the residence of his daughter Theresa Chee in Ipoh. Thus, Ho Chiew arrived in Ipoh in 1985 as Assistant Superintendent of Police, a very high-ranking position. While in Ipoh, Yankee Leong was failing in his health. One day Ho Chiew had a dream which he related to his wife, and later to Soheil, son of his sister Lily Chinniah and a few others. In his dream, his father Leong Tat Chee appeared with a smile and stated that in 3 days, Yankee Leong would pass away. Leong Tat Chee told Ho Chiew to make photocopies of Yankee Leong’s his identity card and arrange for outriders for his cortege and he was not to disclose it to anyone. The saddened Ho Chiew visited Yankee Leong every day after his work till he passed away – exactly three days later on 17 June 1986. As soon as Yankee Leong passed away, filled with boundless love and admiration this saintly soul, Ho Chiew stepped in and swung into action, with the concurrence of the family of Yankee Leong. At the funeral of Yankee Leong. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar at left, with Dr. John Fozdar at the back. Leong Ho Chiew at right, taking full charge of the funeral arrangements He assisted the family in the funeral arrangements. He photocopied the identity card of Yankee Leong and made suitable arrangements for police outriders for the day of his funeral and to control traffic for the procession, knowing fully well that there would be a large turnout of friends for the funeral and the procession. There was already a Police Corporal in charge in the Canning Road where Yankee Leong lived, to look into the traffic control and security all the way through to the cemetery in Tambun Road. But Ho Chiew as a high-ranking Assistant Superintendent of Police took control of regulating the traffic in full police uniform, both on official duty and as a dutiful believer. His own role added to the majesty with which Yankee Leong was sent off to the burial ground in Tambun Road. While James Liew ably chaired the funeral service, Ho Chiew looked into the logistics, security during the procession and crowd-control with the assistance of a megaphone. He went into the details of briefing the pallbearers on how the coffin has to be carried on to the hearse, without losing the balance, and in great dignity. The sight of the funeral cortege, led by police outriders and over 500 mourners of various races following the hearse, was truly suited to such a solemn and yet glorious occasion. Onlookers were wondering who was this great Chinese man, for whom hundreds of people with mixed races from various parts of Malaysia and abroad turned up and walked in the procession. That was a rare sight unprecedented. It seems that Bahá’u’lláh desired to give one of His favoured servant Yankee Leong a kingly send-off on account of his great services he rendered to the Cause in Malaysia and abroad. At the burial site, it was Ho Chiew who said the congregational prayer for the departed. When the remains of Yankee Leong were finally buried and Ho Chiew had discharged all duties and responsibilities in full, he gave his final salute, and retreated in utter respect and love. Ho Chiew was about the last to return after ensuring everything was complete and in order. With such a meticulous role that Ho Chiew played, the passing of Yankee Leong shall always be associated with Ho Chiew. Leong Ho Chiew reciting the congregational prayer for the departed, with Raymond Peter and Francis Ng (in black attire) to his right, and James Liew (in dark glasses) to his left The Final Salute On 19 June, Yankee Leong, the Universal House of Justice sent this moving message of condolence: EXPRESS HEARTFELT SYMPATHY WITH BELOVED FRIENDS MALAYSIA PASSING YANKEE LEONG WHO WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED AS FIRST ENLIGHTENED SOUL TO ACCEPT FAITH WITHIN COUNTRY. AS DEDICATED SERVANT BLESSED BEAUTY HE PROMOTED LIFE GIVING MESSAGE BAHA’U’LLAH, ESTABLISHED HIS SHELTERING INSTITUTIONS, INSPIRED HIS LOVING FOLLOWERS AND SET EXAMPLE FOR THE FRIENDS BELONGING TO THE GREAT CHINESE RACE BY RAISING FOUNDATION DIVINE CIVILIZATION ON EARTH. HIS UNTIRING MANIFOLD SERVICES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA UNFORGETTABLE. ADVISE HOLD BEFITTING MEMORIAL GATHERINGS IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE. ASSURE DISTINGUISHED RELATIVES, FRIENDS LOVING PRAYERS PROGRESS SOUL ABHA KINGDOM. Another equally significant role that Ho Chiew played was the distributon of the Peace Statement to those eminently placed in society. In 1986, the Universal House of Justice had issued the statement on the Promise of World Peace to be delivered to those in top brackets in society. With the loving guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia, the believers holding high positions to create inroads into the top echelons for the distribution of the Peace Statement. In the town of Ipoh, it was Ho Chiew who was the natural choice to join in this noble task, in his capacity as Assistant Superintendent of Police. With his assistance, the Peace Statement was given in great dignity to several of those in authority. Leong Ho Chiew presenting the Peace Statement to the State Secretary of Perak, with K. Krishnan and Mrs. Theresa Chee at the back The Leongs at a community gathering in Ipoh From Ipoh, Ho Chiew was posted to Georgetown, Penang island in 1989 as full Superintendent of Police of Penang and as head of Special Branch in Penang. In Penang took up residence in Tanjung Bungah. It was that he and his wife were able to speak about the Faith to Miss Yap Siok Hoon who was renting a house opposite his who sometime later, accepted the Faith followed by Mr. Chua Hun Kee whom she married. The couple has become the pillars of the Faith in Penang since. Next, Ho Chiew focused his energy and attention on another important group of believers — those in the fishing villages. When he visited the Kuala Sungei Pinang fishing village for Bahá’í meetings, he would sweep the floor. The surprised villagers tried to stop such a high-ranking officer from doing what they considered was work meant for the manual workers. In his usual frankness, he replied, “Shut up! When I am in uniform I may be an officer. Now, I am off duty and we are all one family member serving Bahá’u’lláh.” It was through such gestures that Ho Chiew was able to win over many simple souls to be confirmed into the Faith. Ho Chiew retired in 1991 in Penang and the family returned to Petaling Jaya. By this time his two daughters Faith Leong and Shermane Leong had already been well trained to join their parents in organizing activities. Petaling Jaya community too had grown big and was able to have its own Bahá’í Center. Yet the house of Ho Chiew continued to be another meeting point. Together with their two daughters, Ho Chiew and Gina hosted all the Bahá’ís and the wider community who dropped in at any time, and they all made everyone feel comfortable in a very loving manner. During the fasting period, youths were invited to the breaking of the sat at their home, reminiscent of his own father Leong Tat Chee who carried out the same service to the Malacca town community. Ho Chiew continued to serve the Cause in many ways both within Malaysia and overseas. In 1993, he undertook one trip to Cambodia for a month and in the following year, he organized a group trip to the country for a month. The second trip in 1994 was undertaken with his sister Lily Chinniah and her future daughter-in-law Bernice. He had also organized a group trip to Hong Kong and one to the refugee camp in Thailand, apart from several teaching trips to Hat Yai. A gathering to celebrate the birthday of Leong Ho Chiew in 1994, and to rekindle the nostalgic spirit. L-R: Lum Weng Hup, N.S. S. Silan William Chin, Errol Seow, Shirley Wong, Lily Chinniah, Leong Ho Chiew, S. Ravichandran, Lum Weng Chew, Gina, and T. K. Lee In early 1997, Ho Chiew was suffering from stomach pain and visited many doctors who could not diagnose the cause. Finally, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Just like his father, he too took the illness as the will of God. He suffered unbearable pain but resigned himself to the will of God. What surprised many Bahá’ís who visited him was the courage and dominant spirit with which he fought against cancer. Knowing that his fate on this earthly life has been sealed, he quickly prepared a will. His younger brother Leong Ho San was pioneering with his wife in Papua New Guinea and yet found a way of visiting him one month before his passing and found him very frail, yet in good spirits and resigned himself to the will of God. His sisters residing in Malaysia- Nelly Leong Wai Yeng, Annie Leong Wai Heong, Mary Dharmalingam, Lily Chinniah, and his youngest brother Leong Ho Min visited him often, bringing along their children. Towards the last few days when his condition worsened, many Bahá’ís visited him daily in the evenings who prayed for his recovery. His close friend T. K. Lee was among those. Ho Chiew would be in his sarong and would appear relaxed, though was weakening by the day. He would do most of the talking, while the friends would be listeners. In the last week of his earthly life, knowing that his call to the realms above was imminent, he told the Bahá’ís not to pray for his recovery anymore but for his early departure. He told them his healing was already out of question! Even in the most painful moment, he passed a statement in jest that he would have gone earlier had it not been the prayers of the believers. Two days before his passing, he called his wife whom he loved very much, and informed her that he dreamt of his parents bringing him his passport for an unknown journey. Gina caught the signal and alerted the Local Spiritual Assembly of Petaling Jaya. All the members immediately communicated with each other and rushed to see him. When they entered his room Ho Chiew who was on his bed tried to force himself to stand as a mark of respect to them who were representing a divinely ordained institution. Moved by the respect he had for the institution the members insisted that he remained on the bed. They said a round of prayers for him after which, Ho Chiew held the hand of his wife and said I am singing this song for you and sang the famous “Dondang Sayang” – love ballad influenced by traditional Portuguese folk music that was popular in Malacca in those days where both Ho Chiew and Gina came from. Other Local Assembly members who knew the song joined him in singing the song, with tears welling in their eyes. He then requested them in what was his final wish, not to buy wreaths or flowers or have a grand funeral for him. All he had wanted was a simple send-off with a simple burial ceremony. His two daughters Faith Leong and Shemane sat at the feet of their father one day before his passing, knowing fully well that the end of his earthly life was imminent. Faith told him, “Pa, you must always continue to guide us, no matter what.” When she said this, Ho Chiew knew that his children were ready for him to depart from this world and had accepted the fact that he was going to leave them soon for the realms above. Ho Chiew smiled and acknowledged that he would assist the family. It is clear the family was well aware of this statement from Abdul Baha, “As to the question that the holy and spiritual souls influence, help and guide the creatures after they have cast off this elemental mould–this is an established truth of the Bahá’ís.” A happy family during happier times. L-R: Gina, Shemane, Faith and Leong Ho Chiew He passed away on Monday, 21 July 1997, his two daughters took the lead in making the arrangements for his sendoff. The outpouring of love for him from the Bahá’ís was so great that a huge heap of flowers covered his coffin, though Ho Chiew requested not to, he could not stop the outpouring of love from the friends. T. K. Lee chaired the very well-organized funeral service in the later part of the morning with the arrival of a throng of believers and friends. A long and moving letter from his younger brother Leong Ho San from Australia who could not make it to the funeral was read, which brought tears to many. And Ho Chiew was given a befitting sendoff to be buried in the Xiao En Memorial Park to the south of Kuala Lumpur, close to Nilai town. Thus, the fascinating life of Leong Ho Chiew filled with great heroism came to a triumphal close. After the passing of Ho Chiew, the greatness of the man was on the lips of many who had known him. He was one of those who started regular contributions to the Bahá’í Funds in the very early days. At one of the conferences, Ho Chiew was called by the national institution, which was pretty aware of his regular contributions to say a few words about his contributing habits. He came up to the stage and said as follows, “When I get my salary the first thing I do is contribute to the Fund, whatever my financial commitment is. This is the most important. The rest is secondary.” He always organized his financial matters very well. All his salary would go to the family and the Bahá’í Funds. As for his rainy days, he saved from his mileage claims. During his period in the police force, he was seen as a very honest, upright, and a hardworking police officer. There was no single disciplinary case against him. In all the places he worked there were attempts by influential people to bribe him, but Ho Chiew absolutely refused them. When he went to the markets, the shopkeepers would not want to take money from him, but Ho Chiew would put the money into their hands or pockets. It did not take long before they came to realize that Ho Chiew’s refusal to accept bribes stemmed from his belief in the Bahá’í teachings, an act that became a teacher of the Faith. A clean, efficient, and trustworthy Police Officer who made the Police Force proud, and added luster to the community of the Greatest Name He was also a man of the masses, especially the downtrodden. Ho Chiew organized himself in providing social services for the illiterate. He would fill up forms and documents for the illiterate or type out petition letters to those in authority on several matters and follow up on them. Wherever Ho Chiew stayed he was deeply involved in Bahá’í activities and gave all the encouragement and protection wherever needed. With his high position in the Police Force, he was able to cultivate an excellent external relationship, thus bringing the Cause to those in the higher echelons in society. He retired as one of the highest-ranking and clean Bahá’í in the Police Force, adding further luster to the Faith. But he went on optional retirment one year before his compulsory retirement, when indications were there that he was lined up for even a higher post of Deputy Superintendent of Police. But at the death bed he had remarked that he felt happy to had retired one year earlier to give one more your of his service for the Cause. Wherever Ho Chiew resided his priority was serving the Cause, a culture imbued from his father, Leong Tat Chee. Outwardly Ho Chiew was known as a no-nonsense and a straightforward person, with piercing eyes that could easily keep people away. But deep inside he was one of the warmest persons one could find. Several people thought him to be unfriendly and reserved. His wife Gina says Ho Chiew could be hot-tempered at times and yet, surprisingly he could also be very patient as well. His father Leong Tat Chee whom he respected and loved had a strong influence in toning him down. Leong Tat Chee had the habit of writing letters to friends across the country, giving guidance from the writings, and adding his own advice. In the early days of Ho Chiew staying in Petaling Jaya, Leong Tat Chee wrote a letter to Ho Chiew, stressing on the importance of suppressing anger. Having read that letter, Ho Chiew tone down very much. Yet his impatience surfaced when believers delayed in executing Bahá’í assignments. As the eldest son in the family, in true Chinese fashion, he took his responsibilities in safeguarding their welfare very seriously. In the workplace, he was a strict disciplinarian and in the Bahá’í community one who would not tolerate believers going off the tangent. He was vocal and yet obedient to the covenant and the institutions. He was not judgmental, but his intense training as a Special Branch officer within the police force had provided him the gift of intuition in detecting the mischief-makers within the community, and he never hesitated to reprimand them when situations warranted. He knew that left to their ways they would become a perfect recipe for wholesale disasters in the community. He inflexibly loathed individuals abusing their positions or powers vested in them. It was Ho Chiew who would be called upon to ensure order and discipline whenever large-scale gatherings were held. At one Summer School in the mid-1960s, he along with his friend Anthony Louis of Malacca were called upon to look after discipline. At lunchtime, the believers lined up and produced their coupons to be allowed into the dining hall, with Ho Chiew and Anthony Louis manning the entrance. One member of the National Spiritual Assembly arrived without his coupon. But Ho Chiew did not allow him into the lunchroom with a simple explanation, “You are on the National Spiritual Assembly which set this rule, and I have been tasked to carry out this duty.” He was certainly a stickler for the rules! The member of the national institution agreed with him and turned to go back to his room to get his coupon when Ho Chiew told him to please go in to get his lunch. While Ho Chiew was firm in ensuring all followed the rules, he was also practical and applied the rules sensibly. When the large-scale Oceanic Conference of the South China Seas was held in Singapore in January 1971, with the presence of two Hands of the Cause of God- Mr. Enoch Olinga and Mr. Collis Featherstone, the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia appointed Ho Chiew to be in charge of security matters. The community needed such tough taskmasters to ensure discipline and security at important functions, and here was Ho Chiew a ready-made material. Ho Chiew was not an avid reader as he had no time, sleeping very few hours on account of the nature of his job. But he always had the Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh which he read regularly. At the Unity Feast of the Oceanic Conference, Singapore, 1971. Leong Ho Chiew at left, in the presence of Hand of the Cause Enoch Olinga shaking hands with Inbum Chinniah, with Hand of the Cause Featherstone hidden at the back of Inbum Chinniah, and his wife Madge. In front of Ho Chiew is S. Krishnan The one quality that was second nature in him was his genuine feelings for the needy and the downtrodden. He was a pillar of strength to whoever was in difficulty. As he learned of people in distress, he would pay them visits, with hands full of food. And quietly and unknown to others he would slip into their pockets some cash, without counting the amount. Ho Chiew had risen very high in his career and in society and became a classic case of one who balanced his life well between his services to the Cause, profession, community, and family. The Bahá’í community would remember him as one who was a courageous defender of the Cause, serving tirelessly till the end of his life and leaving his mark wherever he resided and served. The community would equally remember his wife Gina who had played a significant role in her own effective ways. Some 45 years later, some of the members of the old Local Spiritual Assembly of Petaling Jaya and friends organized a reunion dinner to call to remembrance the services and contribution of the Leongs, with Gina as their guest of honor. That was a gathering of joy and sorrow embracing each other as the ever joyful presence of Leong Ho Chiew was sadly missed! Ho Chiew’s legacy lives in the minds of those with whom he had associated, and shall continue to live forever in history! A moment of reflection and reminiscence – after 45 years. A gathering with old friends at a retaurant in Petaling Jaya to honor Gina. Seated L-R: Thanabalan, N. S. S. Silan (from Australia) Gina, Maureen Thanabalan. Standing L-R: T. K. Lee, Theenathayalu, Lum Weng Hoe, Shirly Wong, Vasugi Theenathayalu, Parveneh Lee, Mrs. James Liew, James Liew and Lum Weng Chew (from Canada) Resting Place of Leong Ho Chiew USEFUL LINK: Here is the story of Leong Tat Chee, father of Leong Ho Chiew REMEMBERING LEONG TAT CHEE	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line11
__label__cc	0.723841	0.276159	Home > China News Wang Yi: Africa is Not an Arena for Superpower Games but a Major Stage for International Cooperation On January 5, 2021 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama jointly met the press in Abuja, Nigeria. When being asked the opinion on some international discussions on China-Africa cooperation, saying that China is increasing its influence in Africa and competing with other countries there, Wang Yi answered, China-Africa friendship has withstood various tests and grown even stronger as time goes by. Back in the days when Africa was fighting for national independence and liberation, we were comrades in arms and forged a deep friendship. During the period when Africa pursues economic growth and prosperity, we are partners seeking win-win outcomes through cooperation. China has never attached any political conditions to its aid to Africa, let alone interfered in Africa's internal affairs. Whenever Africa encountered great difficulties, China was the first to lend a helping hand and offer assistance. For the two decades since the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the trades between China and Africa and China's investment in Africa have expanded by 20-fold and 100-fold, respectively. China has built more than 6,000 kilometers of railway lines, 6,000 kilometers of roads, nearly 20 ports and more than 80 large power facilities in Africa, assisted Africa in building over 130 medical facilities, 45 gymnasiums and 170-plus schools, dispatched 21,000 medical team members to 48 African countries and treated about 220 million patients in Africa. Wang Yi said, the results of China-Africa cooperation have spread all over Africa, bringing significant changes to local economic and social development and making important contributions to improving the lives of African people. The unremitting efforts made by China in this regard cannot be discredited, and the hard work done by Chinese engineers, technicians and medical workers cannot be ignored. Today's China-Africa cooperation has spearheaded the international cooperation with Africa, driving other countries to pay more attention to Africa and increase their investment in Africa. It is good to Africa, and China, as a friend of Africa, is also happy about it. Wang Yi said, it is a firm belief of China that Africa is not an arena for superpower games but a major stage for international cooperation. As supporting African development is a shared responsibility of the international community, all countries should carry out cooperation with Africa on the premise of respecting Africa's sovereignty and listening to Africa's voice, give full play to their respective advantages and pool efforts in an effective way, and do more beneficial and practical work for the well-being of African people. China will continue to strengthen cooperation with Africa on the principle of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith and the principle of pursuing the greater good and shared interests, and is also willing to conduct dialogues and exchanges with all parties in this regard. China-Africa cooperation has never been closed and exclusive. China is willing to actively promote tripartite or multi-party cooperation with Africa and jointly play a constructive role in promoting peace and development in Africa. Wang Yi Briefs on the Chinese Foreign Minister's Tradition of Choosing Africa as First Destination of a Year and the "Four Staunch Supports" Conveyed during His Visit (2021-01-06) Wang Yi Meets with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides (2021-01-05) Chinese FM introduces focus of China's diplomacy in 2021 (2021-01-02) Cooperation under BRI makes progress, show resilience amid pandemic: Chinese FM (2021-01-02) Chinese FM stresses diplomacy's responsibilities of safeguarding national interests (2021-01-02) China-Africa friendship emerges still stronger from COVID-19 test, says Chinese FM (2021-01-02) Chinese FM calls for peace talks on global hotspot issues (2021-01-02) China ready to work with ASEAN to further enrich partnership: FM (2021-01-02)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line12
__label__wiki	0.616886	0.616886	Columbia Journal Founded in 1977 at Columbia University's School of the Arts Incarcerated Writers Initiative Review: A Fairly Arbitrary Field Guide to Underrated Latin American Writers Published: February 6, 2013 October 14, 2016 By: Audrey Deng Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reviews By Lucas Lyndes Latin American fiction in translation has essentially had two watershed moments in the United States. The first was the “Boom” of the 1960s, which familiarized readers with the names of Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Julio Cortázar, grouped together mostly because they happened to publish some seriously great novels at about the same point in time, despite fairly drastic differences in age, prose style, and thematic concerns. The second of these moments was this past decade, with the translation into English of that one-man Boom named Roberto Bolaño. Through their exposure, these writers helped (and continue to help) pique interest in Latin American literature in general, leaving a bit of room at the edges of the limelight for others who may not have otherwise succeeded in attracting much attention, the English-language market being what it is. And by “what it is,” I mean a notoriously hard place for translations to get published… not to mention reviewed/read/noticed (all of which may just be a self-fulfilling prophecy on the part of traditional publishing, but that’s a subject for another day). Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, given the underwhelming amount of space afforded works in translation when compared to the total number of books published each year, that there are more than a few writers who have been unjustly neglected and forgotten. Consider this my small contribution toward rectifying that situation. The best-known “Boomers” all earned the praise they received, there’s not much arguing that; but there are a couple names that consistently come up when academics and readers set about expanding the club beyond the fantastic four, writers who may have reached their peak just before or just after that particular period in time, but who are associated with the Boom to some degree—writers like Juan Carlos Onetti, José Donoso, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Of these, the one dearest to my heart is José Donoso (Chile, 1924-1996). His early novels, such as Coronation and This Sunday, are tightly-plotted and entertaining, if pretty conventional, primarily focusing on class differences and social change in Chile during the 1950s and ‘60s. Then there’s his 1970 masterpiece, The Obscene Bird of Night, which is a different beast entirely. This feverishly fragmented book tells the story of Humberto, the last in a long line of aristocrats (putting a new twist on an old concern of Donoso’s) who is born deformed, leading his father to surround his son with circus freaks and other aberrations of nature so that Humberto will grow up believing himself normal. That’s quite the springboard for a demented plot, certainly, and Donoso doesn’t shirk. This is the book that singlehandedly made me fall in love with Latin American literature when I stumbled upon a used copy at the impressionable age of twenty. Though the Boom may have accommodated a range of birthdates, one demographic that you won’t see come up much in the discussion is women (also a subject for another day). While not part of the Boom per se, Cristina Peri Rossi (1941 – ) is a Uruguayan poet and novelist who also began publishing in the late ‘60s. She has been a new discovery for me, however, with a surprising amount of her work translated into English. The stories I had the pleasure of reading (from her collection Los Museos Abandonados, or Abandoned Museums) make use of a lyrical, carefully constructed prose style to create miniature worlds built from equal parts surrealism and social consciousness (well, maybe a tad more surrealism), along with a strong dose of recontextualized Greek myths, all with a lighter touch than you might believe possible based on such a description. More recently, Roberto Bolaño’s posthumous success has brought with it a renewed interest in Spanish-language writers. Publishers such as New Directions have done an admirable job increasing the visibility of major contemporary authors such as César Aira, Enrique Vila-Matas, Javier Marías, and Horacio Castellanos Moya. Of course there are other publishers and many more writers doing equally fantastic work, even if they have not managed to build the same readership. Mario Bellatin (Mexico, 1960 – ) is one of the most original authors I’ve had the fortune of reading in any language, achieving stunning effects with a deceptively skeletal style and a seemingly limitless supply of rather untraditional characters, including a blind poet cum cult leader, a hairstylist running a refuge for the terminally ill (in his beauty shop), and a paraplegic who also happens to be the world’s leading trainer of Belgian Malinois dogs. Reading Bellatin can either be an epiphany or a source of endless frustration, depending on how you like your fact and fiction mixed (beyond recognition, in this case) and how tidy you like your allegories (Bellatin seems to love a good leg-pull, purposely hinting at a deeper meaning that may or may not exist). His highest-profile translation into English is The Beauty Salon, brought out by City Lights Publishers, who really know their stuff when it comes to Latin American fiction (Guatemalan author Rodrigo Rey Rosa is also worth checking out). Sergio Chejfec (Buenos Aires, 1956 – ) is another author who revels in confounding readers’ expectations of what a novel should be. My Two Worlds, published by the University of Rochester’s Open Letter Books, inserts us inside the head of a writer visiting a foreign city to attend a literary conference just before his 50th birthday. Basically, the reader keeps him company as he searches for a park to take a walk. The ground covered literally here is inversely proportional to that covered mentally by the narrator, whose mind is a disarmingly original place to spend a hundred and twenty pages. Among the newer names in Latin American fiction, Juan Pablo Villalobos (Mexico, 1973 – ) caught the attention of the Spanish-speaking literary establishment in 2010 with his debut novel, rendered into English as Down the Rabbit Hole. The translation was first brought out in the UK by And Other Stories, a young publishing house doing noteworthy work, and then picked up in the US by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Villalobos knows that the funniest subjects are also often the touchiest, making disturbing comedic gold out of the Mexican drug war as seen from the viewpoint of a cartel boss’s son, Tochtli, who is on a quest to obtain the ultimate in exotic pets: a Liberian pygmy hippopotamus. It makes me wish there were more books that could be described as simultaneously grim and whimsical. Despite a marked trend among more recent generations of Latin American authors toward aping the latest and the greatest writers coming out of the U.S. and Great Britain, I am still consistently amazed at the breadth of styles and the staggering imaginative power to be found in Spanish-language fiction both old and new, making it one of the most literarily interesting regions of the globe, to my mind. Here’s hoping it stays that way—that those works that do make it into translation continue to receive increased attention from readers in English-speaking countries, and that more examples of great Latin American writing are translated in the first place, because there are vast territories here that the rest of the world has not yet had the pleasure of discovering. Lucas Lyndes is a (commercial) translator by day and a (literary) translator by night. In 2010, he took a break from the computer to get married and co-found Ox & Pigeon Electronic Books (@OxandPigeon), a digital publisher that uses the accessibility and convenience of electronic publishing to bring the work of great authors from around the world to English-speaking readers. He lives in Lima, Peru. Milky Ways When you were young, your mother would squeeze your breasts in the bath, ask if there was any... POETRY – 4 Poems by Janelle Rainer Tiger Highway There’s a dead crow next to mile marker 377. Looks like a shard of tire from... Review: Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through By T Fleischmann Fleischmann’s essay, Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through, is a balancing act of various genres. Fall 2019 Contest: Meet the Judges The first-ever Columbia Journal Fall Contest is now open for submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and, for the... Copyright © 2018 Columbia Journal. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line15
__label__cc	0.582354	0.417646	Predicative expression A predicative expression (or just predicative) is part of a clause predicate, and is an expression that typically follows a copula (or linking verb), e.g. be, seem, appear, or that appears as a second complement of a certain type of verb, e.g. call, make, name, etc.[1] The most frequently acknowledged types of predicative expressions are predicative adjectives (also predicate adjectives) and predicative nominals (also predicate nominals). The main trait of all predicative expressions is that they serve to express a property that is assigned to a "subject", whereby this subject is usually the clause subject, but at times it can be the clause object.[2] A primary distinction is drawn between predicative (also predicate) and attributive expressions. Further, predicative expressions are typically not clause arguments, and they are also typically not clause adjuncts. There is hence a three-way distinction between predicative expressions, arguments, and adjuncts. The terms predicative expression on the one hand and subject complement and object complement on the other hand overlap in meaning to a large extent. 2 Further examples 3 Predicative adjectives vs. attributive adjectives 4 Predicatives vs. arguments and adjuncts The most widely acknowledged predicative expressions are adjectives and nominals:[3] The idea was ridiculous. — Predicative adjective over the subject. He seems nice. — Predicative adjective over the subject. Bob is a postman. — Predicative nominal over the subject. They were all happy campers. — Predicative nominal over the subject. That shrimp dish made him sick. — Predicative adjective over the object. We painted the door white. — Predicative adjective over the object. They elected him president. — Predicative nominal over the object. They called Jill a thief. — Predicative nominal over the object. The formulations "over the subject" and "over the object" indicate that the predicative expression is expressing a property that is assigned to the subject or to the object.[4] For example, the predicative expression a thief in the last sentence serves to assign to Jill the property of being a thief. Predicative nominals over subjects are also called predicate nominatives, a term borrowed from Latin grammars and indicating the morphological case that such expressions bear (in Latin). Further examplesEdit While the most widely acknowledged predicative expressions are adjectives and nominals, most syntactic categories can be construed as predicative expressions, e.g. The snake is in the bag. — Predicative prepositional phrase. That is when it happens. — Predicative clause. It is soon. — Predicative adverb. There are, however, certain categories that cannot appear as predicative expressions. Adverbs ending in -ly, for instance, cannot appear as predicative expressions, e.g. The event was splendidly. — Failed attempt to use an adverb ending in -ly as a predicative expression. Our ideas are insightfully. — Failed attempt to use an adverb ending in -ly as a predicative expression. These examples raise the following fundamental question: What characteristic of words and phrases allows or prohibits them from appearing as predicative expressions? The answer to this question is not apparent. Predicative adjectives vs. attributive adjectivesEdit Predicative expressions are not attributive expressions. The distinction is illustrated best using predicative and attributive adjectives:[5] a. The man is friendly. — Predicative adjective. b. the friendly man — Attributive adjective. a. One snake was large. — Predicative adjective. b. one large snake — Attributive adjective. a. His bag is damp. — Predicative adjective. b. his damp bag — Attributive adjective. A given clause usually contains a single predicative expression (unless coordination is involved), but it can contain multiple attributive expressions, e.g. The friendly man found a large snake in his damp bag. Predicatives vs. arguments and adjunctsEdit Predicative expressions are typically not arguments, e.g. a. She was our friend. — Predicative nominal. b. She visited our friend. — Argument nominal. a. That is an excuse. — Predicative nominal. b. He produced an excuse. — Argument nominal. The predicative expressions here are properties that are assigned to the subject, whereas the arguments cannot be construed as such properties. Predicative expressions are also typically not adjuncts, e.g. a. The bag is under the bed. — Predicative prepositional phrase. b. Something is moving under the bed. — Adjunct prepositional phrase. a. The dispute was after the talk was completely over. — Predicative clause. b. Everybody relaxed after the talk was completely over. — Adjunct clause. The predicative expressions again serve to assign a property to the subject, e.g. the property of being under the bed. In contrast, the adjuncts serve to establish the situational context. One can hence acknowledge a three-way distinction between predicative expressions, arguments, and adjuncts. However, upon deeper examination, the lines between these categories become blurred and overlap can occur. For instance, in the sentence Bill arrived drunk, one can judge drunk to be both a predicative expression (because it serves to assign a property to Bill) and an adjunct (because it appears optionally in the sentence). In other languagesEdit Predicative expressions exist in most if not all languages. In languages that have morphological case, predicative nominals typically appear in the nominative case (e.g., German and Russian) or instrumental case (e.g. Russian), although predicative expressions over objects generally bear the same case as the object. Some languages lack an equivalent of the copula be, and many languages omit the copula in some contexts or optionally (see zero copula), which means that the case marker plays a greater role since it helps distinguish predicative nominals from argument nominals. Some languages (e.g., Tabasaran) have a separate predicative case. Linking verb Nominal sentence Subject complement Zero copula ^ See for instance Burton-Roberts (1997:79). ^ See for instance Radford (2004:353). ^ For an insightful discussion of predicative adjectives and nominals, see Lester (1971:86ff.). ^ Concerning the fact that predicative expressions express some property of another entity in the sentence, see Hudson (1984:95f.). ^ See for instance Crystal (1997:303). Burton-Roberts 1997. Analysing sentences: An introduction to English grammar. London: Longman. Crystal, D. 1997. A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 4th edition, Oxford, UK: Blackwell. Hudson, R. 1984. Word grammar. New York: Basil Blackwell Publisher. Lester, M. 1971. Introductory transformational grammar of English. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Radford, A. 2004. English syntax: An introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Predicative_expression&oldid=985693367"	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line16
__label__cc	0.580297	0.419703	Supply Chain Responsibilities & Disclosure Historical Pricing View \| Download (JPG - 3976 KB) Direct Energy Supports Customers, Communities and Frontliners through COVID-19 Direct Energy®, one of the largest energy and energy-related services providers in North America, has created new programs to support customers, communities and those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we have seen the virus escalate and impact North America, we are proud to support our customers, communities and employees during this time,” said Bruce Stewart, President of Direct Energy. "These are unprecedented times, and no one should have to go it alone. Now more than ever we are committed to helping those around us where we can. We’re all in this together." This year Direct Energy donated $600,000 to the company’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor program, that helps Texans pay their electricity bills. In January, Direct Energy donated $500,000 to the fund, and when the pandemic started, contributed an additional $100,000 to provide even more support to those in need. During May, Direct Energy has pledged to donate $10 for new customers who join the Direct Energy family. For Texans that join, the funds will be donated to the Neighbor-to-Neighbor program, and for those in other states, the donations will support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Direct Energy has a long-standing relationship with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® (CMN Hospitals) and has donated more than $5 million to network hospitals and employees have volunteered numerous hours at local hospitals. In response to the pandemic, CMN Hospitals developed a COVID-19 Impact Fund to help those affected by the disease. Direct Energy will match any donations made by customers this month to CMN Hospital’s COVID-19 Impact Fund, up to $25,000. Learn more about our partnership with CMN Hospitals and how to donate here. Beyond these programs, Direct Energy sister-companies, Home Warranty of America and Airtron, have continued to service thousands of customers throughout the pandemic. Direct Energy is one of North America’s largest retail providers of electricity, natural gas and energy-related services to over three million homes and business. It is part of Centrica plc (LSE: CNA), a leading international energy services and solutions provider that is founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. Direct Energy, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, operate in 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and 8 provinces in Canada. We are focused on satisfying the changing needs of our customers, enabling them to transition to a lower carbon future. Our aim is to reduce emissions in line with Paris goals by 2030 and develop a path to net zero by 2050. Share release Sign up for alerts: Direct Energy services About Direct Energy We use cookies to help improve our site and your experience. By continuing to use this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Our cookie policy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line19
__label__wiki	0.76413	0.76413	Egypt's first animation film to premier at Gouna Film Festival 'The Knight and the Princess' is also thought to be the first animation fully made by Arabs Ahram Online , Wednesday 10 Jul 2019 Egypt's first animation film 'The Knight and the Princess', Egypt's first animation production, will be screened during the third annual El-Gouna Film Festival, taking place between 19 and 27 September in the coastal city of Hurghada. "This is the first Arab animation film. It's a dream we’ve always waited for," stated Iraqi director of the festival Inteshal Al-Tamimi, confirming that the film will debut properly at the important event. The film will be in cinemas srtarting October. It is written and directed by Bashir El-Deek with illustration done by iconic cartoonist Mustafa Hussein. "It took us 20 years to finish the movie and despite all our challenges we were determined to make the dream come true," stated the film producer Abbas Ibn El-Abbass. 'The Knight and the Princess' is an adventure that occurs in the 7th century. It has been dubbed by many stars including Mohamed Henedy, Samir Ghanem, Medhat Saleh, Donia Samir Ghanem, Maged El-Kedwany, Addel-Rahman Abou-Zahrah and Abla Kamel with even the late Said Saleh and Amina Rezk. "Just hosting a film for Bashir El-Deek is a great addition tothe festival, and we're honored to premier the first animations made by Arabs," stated the festival's artistic director Amir Ramses. For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture El-Gouna Film Festival	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line25
__label__cc	0.618656	0.381344	The weekly column is posted. At least he recognises a good story when he sees one - or two. Ironically, one of the contextualised Google ads on the page takes you here, to a site flogging carbon credits. My guess is that they won't pick up much business from Booker readers. However, the site might come as a bit of a surprise to Jeremy Warner, assistant editor for The Daily Telegraph. He has just learnt about CDMs from this brilliant article. You can see why that paper is so far behind the curve – the system has only been in place since 1998, the year after Kyoto. Meanwhile, Booker's second piece deals with a kerfuffle in The Independent. This has Sir John Houghton, former head of the UK Met Office – and erstwhile trustee of TERI-Europe – complaining of the use of a quote attributed to him, the apocryphal "Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen." Houghton denies ever having said this – or anything like it, claiming that the exact quote was: "There are those who will say 'unless we announce disasters, no one will listen', but I'm not one of them." Oddly, although the quote was attributed to his book, published in 1994, with it first appearing on the internet in 2006, it has taken until now for Houghton to complain – and that is after Booker used the truncated version in his book, The Real Global Warning Disaster. The trouble is that, if Houghton did not utter the truncated version, it is so close to the sort of thing that he might of said that it conveys credibility. And, despite his denials, he did indeed say something very similar. Thanks to that admirable expert on "risk", Professor John Adams, and Professor Philip Stott, who for years was almost the only voice critical of climate hysteria in the British press, we see this in an interview Houghton gave to The Sunday Telegraph in its "Me and My God" slot on 10 September 1995. As a fervent evangelical Christian, Sir John claimed that global warming might well be one of those disasters sent by God to warn man to mend his ways ("God tries to coax and woo but he also uses disasters"). He went on: "If we are to have a good environmental policy in the future, we will have to have a disaster". "Maybe," notes Booker, "these are not quite the words that have been so widely misquoted." They are close enough. Houghton might claim he opposes the idea of generating scare stories to publicise climate change, but the truth will out. CLIMATE CHANGE – FINAL PHASE THREAD Labels: Booker, climate change	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line29
__label__wiki	0.867595	0.867595	UHS Youth facilities were owned by same group of misfits who now run CSHM and Small Smiles Dental Centers Much like the DeRose family built their crooked empire then sold out, the current Small Smiles Dental Centers management created these horribly torture facilities and sold to Universal Health Services. Current patient advocate for Small Smiles Dental Centers came over from UHS to work with her old friends - Angela Newberry Rick Santorum And Universal Health Services: Presidential Hopeful Serves On Board of Hospital Chain Being Sued By DOJ Huffinton Post Attention former residents and employees – the HP wants to hear from you. Email them! jason.cherkis@huffingtonpost.com. WASHINGTON -- Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who announced his bid for president Monday, has spent the past four years serving on the board of Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS), one of the country's largest and most troubled hospital chains. It turns out Santorum may have had a more personal stake in railing against President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation and beating the drum for less government intrusion in our health care system. Both federal and state officials have routinely cited UHS for a seemingly endless number of violations, ranging from Medicaid fraud to patient neglect and abuse. Investigations have uncovered everything from riots to rape to homicide at UHS facilities. During Santorum's tenure on the UHS board, state documents and court records show, patients at UHS health care facilities have endured systemic failures that have cost millions in court settlements. In several instances, the company and its subsidiaries have been threatened with losing the ability to take in federally-subsidized patients. At various times, states have stopped sending children to UHS facilities. And in the last few years, the King of Prussia, Pa.-based mega-company has been the subject of two Department of Justice lawsuits accusing the chain of fraud. According to UHS' website, Santorum currently sits on the board's compensation committee and the nominating/corporate governance committee. Santorum's committees appear to play no direct role in overseeing the actual operations of the hospitals. But the board -- like any corporate board -- is responsible for maintaining oversight and making sure facilities are safe and do not violate the law. He was appointed to the board in April 2007. UHS CEO and chairman of the board, Alan B. Miller, said in a press release at the time, "Rick Santorum has a long record of accomplishment and leadership and will provide valuable advice to the board." Through his campaign, Santorum refused to comment about his ties to UHS nor the allegations concerning the hospital chain. "I would encourage you to contact UHS about these allegations," replied spokesperson Virginia Davis via email. "If I have any additional contact from Sen. Santorum I will let you know." In response to The Huffington Post's inquiries, UHS refused to elaborate on Santorum's role as a board member. "UHS has always made quality and patient safety its highest priorities at all of our facilities," the company said in a statement released to The Huffington Post. "UHS has been one of the leading providers of mental healthcare services for over 25 years because of our commitment to quality and patient-focused programs. All of our facilities are licensed by their states, nationally accredited and/or certified and in good-standing. As a company, we strive to always provide the best possible treatment in a safe environment." According to the company's SEC filings, as of Feb. 28, 2011, UHS owned 25 acute care hospitals and 206 behavioral health centers located in 37 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company also owns or manages seven surgical hospitals and surgery and oncology centers. The filings state that the company and/or its affiliates currently face at least seven lawsuits addressing allegations ranging from patient care to wage disputes among employees. On Oct. 30, 2009, a McAllen, Texas, hospital group owned by UHS agreed to pay the U.S. government $27.5 million to settle allegations of what amounted to medical payola, or providing kickbacks or "illegal compensation" to doctors in an effort to pressure them to funnel patients to its hospitals, according to a DOJ press release. The payments were disguised via "shame contracts" including medical directorships and lease agreements. Department of Justice attorneys, along with their counterparts in Virginia, filed suit in March 2010 against a UHS facility based in Southwest Virginia charging that operators had committed Medicaid fraud. The facility billed itself as an inpatient psychiatric facility for youth but did not provide such services. The DOJ case, along with a whistleblower lawsuit, also accused the facility of orchestrating a cover-up. Timothy J. Heaphy, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, stated in a DOJ press release: "We intend to prove that these defendants billed Medicaid for providing troubled children with much needed psychiatric medical care when, in fact, they provided no such service. We will not sit idly by and allow healthcare providers to take advantage of troubled children in order to feed their own desire for wealth. The Medicaid system was designed to help the most vulnerable among us, not to line the pockets of fraudsters." In its statement, UHS claimed that all patients at the Virginia facility were treated appropriately. But DOJ's conclusions wouldn't surprise current and former UHS employees, who said the hospital and treatment settings have been "depressing" and comparable to prisons or worse. Leah Mercer, a former employee with the Pines, a residential treatment center located in the Tidewater region of Virginia, described one unit as a "dog pen." "It's a money making business," Mercer said. She worked not only at the Pines but also at an adult treatment facility in Tennessee. "That's all it is ... Working with adults and the kids in two different states and two different facilities, there was no therapy. It was all about money." Mercer, who used to work as a prison corrections officer before working with emotionally disturbed children at the Pines, says she was surprised by how little experience was needed to work at the facility. "I know they pull a lot from security people ... You could start out making $10, $11 an hour and not know jack. You didn't have to know anything. In fact, I had a 19-year-old stripper and this was her part-time job -- she was part-time." HuffPost readers: If you've ever worked for UHS or have been a resident or patient at a UHS facility, we want to hear from you. Tell us your stories by emailing jason.cherkis@huffingtonpost.com. Please include your phone number if you're willing to do an interview. Santorum joined the UHS board in April 2007. Here is just a sampling of incidents that have taken place at the company's facilities during his tenure: - In June 2007, Omega Leach, 17, died after being strangled by staff at UHS' Chad Youth Enhancement Center, located outside of Nashville, Tenn. Leach's death was ruled a homicide. Two years earlier, a 14-year-old Long Island girl died at the same facility. According to the autopsy on Leach, news accounts at the time stated that the youth had "multiple superficial blunt force injuries" to his body as well as injuries to his neck muscles. He also sustained scrapes and bruises to both shoulders as well as a bruise under his left eye. Omega Leach's family subsequently sued UHS. In 2010, UHS settled with the family for $10.5 million. - In April 2010, North Carolina government records reported that the Old Vineyard Youth Services facility had been the scene of a sexual assault between two male teenagers. One resident reportedly tried to force his roommate "to have oral sex and intercourse holding roommate by neck to force him to have oral sex and dragged him on the floor trying to have intercourse." The residents, 17 and 15 years old, were found to not be adequately monitored by staff. The Winston-Salem Journal had previously reported that the facility had been sited for a "long list of deficiencies that included nurses' training and responses to incidents" in October 2009. - In September 2010, the Chicago Tribune reported that in the previous two years, two rape allegations were levied at UHS' Hartgrove Hospital. "Police were called to Hartgrove Hospital on the city's West End when a juvenile patient alleged he was punched and forced to perform oral sex on a male patient, then raped when he tried to resist," the reporters noted. "The alleged victim was hospitalized with abrasions consistent with rape, a police report said." The Tribune went on to detail another incident involving a 13-year-old male who performed oral sex on a 15-year-old in a crowded day room "with roughly 14 other youths and only one hospital employee to monitor them." - In April 2011, Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital in Kansas City was barred from taking Medicaid after feds discovered that hospital workers had failed to monitor a suicidal woman who killed herself at the facility. Authorities also ruled that workers had erred in their attempts to revive the woman. The hospital has appealed the decision and challenged the decision in court. The Kansas City Star also reported that the facility has a history of neglect issues: "Federal records show that Two Rivers has had a history of patient-care problems dating to 2008, when an Army soldier committed suicide at the hospital by using bed linens to hang himself in a closet. That year, inspectors also found that a hospital employee had poured water over a patient’s head and that a nurse had put a towel over an elderly patient’s mouth to stop the patient from screaming. Inspectors who examined medical records in 2009 found little evidence that Two Rivers patients were receiving psychotherapy or medical treatment other than medications. In September 2010, the hospital refused the emergency admission of a teenager who had threatened to kill someone, records show." - On April 18, 2011, North Carolina authorities announced that it would be removing all of its wards from The Pines residential treatment center after a youth made an allegation of sex abuse at the facility. The incident triggered a larger investigation. North Carolina officials found multiple instances of ill-trained staff, inadequate staff-to-patient ratios, and "multiple safety risk incidents," according to an email from N.C. authorities to Virginia officials concerning The Pines. Virginia has since slapped The Pines with a provisional license and halted sending state wards to the facility. The D.C. government has also begun to pull its youths from The Pines. Susan Lawrence, a parent and child advocate in Virginia, runs a Facebook page dedicated to cataloging abuses within the mental health system with a particular focus on UHS facilities. In an interview, she called on Santorum to investigate the company. "He talks about being brave, about standing up to the establishment," she said. "That's a joke. He should be asking hard questions of UHS ... If he wants to lead the country, he should be able to lead a business." "He's all concerned about unborn children," Lawrence continued. "He's a lot less concerned about children that are already here." Santorum's relationship with UHS extends beyond the boardroom. While he served on the board, the company donated $5,000 to his political action committee, America's Foundation, in 2010. UHS CEO Miller, as well as the company's employees, have donated thousands more in previous campaigns. This is the first in a series of stories on UHS facilities during Santorum's tenure on the hospital chain's board. Labels/Tags: Angela Newberry, Universal Health Services	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line30
__label__cc	0.564887	0.435113	The Games We Play A repository of reports on the Wednesday night sessions of the club and anything else related to the club or boardgaming in general, which may be of interest to anyone who may be passing by. Session Summary – 8 October 2008 by Dave D at 17:37 0 comments With 5 this week, we all gathered in one group and all played Power Grid. Having tried China last week, this time it was Korea. This is another board where the differences to the base game are significant, this time due to the split market for raw materials. When buying you must choose whether to buy from the North or the South and all your fuel bought on the turn must come from the same market, this can make things awkward when you have a several types of plant, because you may find that the fuel for one type is cheap in the north, while fuel for the other type is cheap in the south. There is an added complication, when you have a nuclear plant, because Uranium is only available in the South. There are no other differences in game play, but this one is significant enough. For the game used Deck 2 and eliminated the area in the South East. I bought the number 1 plant with the idea that I could get first call on the resources and that left me with having to build first of course and I was presented with the 4 zero connection cost sites in Seoul. I bought 2 of these, expecting to take a hit on turn order for the next round, but was surprised, when everybody else also bought at least 2 cities and ended up first again. I am still wondering if I would have been better off buying 3 or even all 4 of those Seoul sites on the first turn, meaning that I wouldn't need to worry about building again for a turn or 2. Everyone else also clustered around Seoul except for Ben who started in the North East, where the connection costs were high. The game now proceeded in a normal sort of way; Steve triggered Step 2 without much delay. Mike did much complaining that the right plants were never available when he wanted them, but he was actually sandbagging and ended up doing very well, I think buying the least plants. I picked up a lot several plants at face value and people thought I was doing well, but on at least a couple of occasions I would have been better off not buying, firstly buying the 19(1 uranium > 3) thinking the price was fuel was heading down only for Dave to pick up the number 8 the following turn making a battle for the stuff. The second occasion was on what turn out (Unexpectedly for everyone except Mike, I think) to be the last turn. I was left with the 44 (6 cities for free) plant and picked it up thinking I was in a good position going into another turn. Mike of course ended the game and Steve, Dave & I could only build to 13 cities, I lost out to both in the tiebreak for 2nd place, but if I hadn't bought the plant I could have built an extra city and powered it. Ben was also caught out at the end, having chosen not to build that turn and so ended up on 10, I don't know what his position would have been otherwise. Power Grid 120 mins Posn. 13++ Labels: Wednesday Sessions We had 8 people this week. Paul, Steve Hilton, Steve Perkins and I played Power Grid, this being our first game with the new expansion, which I picked up in the afternoon. We played using the China side of the board and eliminated the purple area to the west together with the pink North Eastern region. This was more of a new Power Grid experience than any of the previous expansions as I expected that it would be (and expect Korea will also when we get round to trying that one) with the sequential appearance of the power plants making a big difference to the way the game was played. In the normal way of play we have tended to try and minimise the number of plants bought throughout the game, which has resulted in quite a few of the lower value plants going unbought because better ones drop into the market. In this game pretty well all the plants were bought to keep up with the rate of city growth, even if a plant failed to sell on its first being available, it would be picked up the following round and I don't recall that we were ever in the position of discarding low value plants in phase 5. Whether this pattern will be repeated with further plays as we get used to it I don't know, I suspect not but the fact that someone must miss out on a plant each turn is also a factor here. Another interesting feature was the increased competition in the Auctions, with quite a few plants being bought for a lot over face value, I recall that #50 went for 71 and I think #30 went for 66 at a time in the game when trash was cheap. It was also interesting to note the battle for plant #6 that I had with Paul in the first round; this plant is certainly a much better prospect on this board, with both Coal and Oil having a starting price of 5 (that said, it needs to be as someone must buy it). The board play did not seem to be too different from normal (other than the change in geography), with Steve P (despite only having 1 capacity) taking the zero linked cities of Tangshan and Tianjin, Paul took Beijing and I took 2 cities (I think Shijiazhuang and Jinan. Steve H had the 8 plant to power 2 cities, but because Steve P had driven up the coal price, he could not afford to build 2 cities (and buy fuel) so he elected not to buy fuel or build and waited until turn 2 to place, starting in the east with Shanghai and Nanjing. This is a strategy I've thought of in the past, but I don't recall ever seeing it done, I suspect that on this board it will be more common as the high fuel prices make it uneconomic to run the initial 2 capacity plants at less than full capacity. (Note, looking back now, I'm not quite sure Steve had his maths right as I'm sure he got the plant at face value, which should have left 25 available for city buying and there were places on the board where it was possible to get 2 for this). From this point on the game proceeded a bit slower than I would expect a normal game to go, Step 2 started the turn before step 3 and there were enough turns after that so we actually ran out of the plants in the market. Steve H came unstuck the turn before the end, he had been running very economically with a combination of nuclear (cheap fuel) plants and wind plants, but he was lagging in capacity and bought the 36 plant powering 7 for 3 coal, unfortunately there were already 3 other coal plants running and Steve P chose to stock his up for 2 turns, totally depleting the coal supply before Steve H could buy. In the final turn there were 4 coal available and Steve P was to buy first, Steve H chose to scrap the 36 (buying the 37 (4 wind)) on the assumption that Steve P would buy enough coal to prevent the 36 operation despite not needing it himself and that powering 14 cities was better than powering 10. Paul ended up the winner on 18 cities, having managed his plants very well, with Steve P and I on 17 (he won the tie break 14 to 7) with Steve H on 14 with plenty of money but no point spending it. So that was our first visit to China, the game came in a fraction under 2 hours after rules explanation which seemed quicker that I thought it might be. I'm sure that we made a lot of mistakes and this board certainly needs more play. The one thing I wonder about is the "what if" situation where Steve H chose to stick with the 36 at the end, because if Steve P had decided to buy the coal he would have been 15 poorer and could not have built 17 cities dropping him behind me. If he hadn't bought the coal that would have left Steve H with 17 capacity and I suspect with enough money to build 17 and beat both of us in the tie break. Paul would still have won however. Next Stop Korea. Steve Pe Over on the other table another 4 player game was in progress, this was In the Year of the Dragon. I haven't played this but I thought it had been played at the club before, I can't find the record however, so unless it got recorded under the wrong name, I am wrong in that. May be someone will fill me in a little on how this game went. Congratulations to Andy on his first win at the club. In the Year of the Dragon 120 mins Following these games, both of which finished at about the same time, Steve H had to go, but the rest of us gathered together for a 7 player game of Tsuro, which Gordon went on to win. I think it was Mike who was responsible for taking out Paul and me, together with himself. Tsuro 15 mins 4= Session Summary – 24 September 2008 Only 5 this week. Initially Mike, Andy & I played a game of Tsuro and then we were joined by Dave & Ben for another game. Dave wasn't sure whether he might be called away early so at this point we split the group and he and Ben played Memoir '44, while the rest of us played On the Underground. We have not played this for some time, it being a game that I like, but maybe others are not so keen on. It is certainly true that it is better with fewer players such as we had here. This was a close game with the lead changing between the 3 of us on multiple occasions, we all being keen, when there was a choice (and we ourselves weren't included) to award points to he who was furthest back. Both Mike & I were able to score a few points by making loops. The game ended on my turn and there were no final turns of playing track without moving the passenger as Mike who was next in line was the start player. I was able to give myself a bit of margin and I thought I was also forced to give Andy a point taking him ahead of Mike. It was after pointed out that I had a choice between the 2 of them, so it's a good job I failed to spot this. Mike has a certain amount of justification to claim a moral tie for second place. On the Underground 90 mins Dave & Ben split their Memoir' 44 games between them. The first game was "Operation Goodwood" with Ben as the Germans, Dave as the British. The second was "St. Mere Eglise" with Dave as the Americans, Ben the Germans. In both cases the results followed history. Memoir '44 45 mins After these it was Tsuro again to finish the evening, Dave sat the first game out putting Memoir away. The results of the 4 games in total are below. Mike has a good record at this with 2 firsts and 2 seconds during the evening, the other wins going to Ben and Dave. This is a wonderful filler to play at either end of the evening, although it's a pity that my record with it is not so wonderful. We were again able to run 2 tables this week. Gordon, Steve H, Andy & I played Agricola. This was my fourth game of this and it was the closest that I have been involved in. As is becoming fairly usual, I can't remember much in the way of detail of the play, but we used the E deck (I think that next time I play it might be time to try one of the others). From what little I remember none of us, with the possible exception of Steve really got the food generation working that well, although we would always just about managed to scrape up enough to feed the families when it came to the harvest. Steve had quite a nice combination of Occupations (including the Reeve, which I was able to share the bonus for at the end of the game) and Improvements and I think we all thought he was on for quite a handy win, but he was short on the livestock side which dragged him down to a similar level as the rest of us and that made for the close finish. Agricola 135 mins Over on the other table Mike joined Dave and Ben and played Tinners' Trail, which has moved into the Top 5 played games for the year. Like last week's game this was a clear win and I got the impression that Dave did very well on the first round. Because the points available diminish with each round, this was decisive. As I said in the last report, I have not noticed this effect in my games, but I can see how it would come about. It would seem that if at any time (particularly the first round) the price of copper is very high, then it is important that no one player is allowed to get their pick of the best copper producing mines. Another factor affecting this is that the best mines are generally available at the start of the game, compared with those that become available later, which tend not to be so good. Tinners' Trail 75 mins They also played Gheos; it looks like Mike had a good win here. Gheos 45 mins Non-Boardgames (1) Special Sessions (12) Specific Games (17) Wednesday Sessions (277) Follow @halesowenBG 2018 Top games by player time Who's Looking In?	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line31
__label__wiki	0.942059	0.942059	Beggars of Life (1928) Blu-ray Review: All Aboard Kino Lorber reveals the dynamic Silent Era offering starring imposing vagabond Wallace Beery and a crossdressing, rail-hoppin' Louise Brooks. By Luigi Bastardo on September 3, 2017 3:45 PM \| Although it was technically the first moving picture for Paramount to include a newly (however crude) developed invention known as "sound," William A. Wellman's 1928 classic Beggars of Life was never intended to be classified as a "talkie" by its creators. The year before its theatrical release, Warner Bros. unveiled the groundbreaking Al Jolson musical The Jazz Singer, effectively calling out to the industry to bring the curtain down on the Silent Era. With the forthcoming medium approaching them like a runaway train, Wellman reluctantly went along with the studio's request to incorporate sound into his project. Alas, the proverbial runaway train would wind up knocking the film off the rails of history either way. Now, nearly 90 years later after its theatrical debut, Kino Lorber is proud to release Beggars of Life to Blu-ray the way it was supposed to be seen. That is to say, "Seen, but not heard." Starring Louise Brooks, one of cinema's most seductive temptresses (and who was just a hop, skip, and jump down the tracks away from appearing in another industry game-changer, G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box the following year), Wellman's Beggars of Life depicts the life of two young people joining forces as they take to ridin' the rails. For our Miss Brooks, her character ‒ listed simply in the credits as "The Girl" ‒ is on the run from the law after killing her sexually-abusive foster father in self-defense. Discovered shortly after committing the act by a wandering hobo fittingly known here as "The Boy" (and played by Island of Lost Souls' own Richard Arlen), The Girl dons male clothing in order to evade police, joining her newfound friend, even if he isn't terribly thrilled in becoming her accessory after the fact like that. But at least he doesn't want to rape her, unlike the various other tramps and hobos the pair will soon encounter as they hit the rails. One such individual later appears in the film, played to the hilt by top-billed future Oscar winner Wallace Beery. Cast as a hobo legend known as Oklahoma Red, Beery ‒ one of the few Silent actors to make a successful transition to sound (to say nothing of the notion he very well may have been responsible for the death of the man who created The Three Stooges, Ted Healy) ‒ promptly takes over the movie once he arrives, claiming his godliness to fellow tramps at a hobo jungle before making the transformation from loud-mouthed drifter to clear and present danger. Especially when you see the way he looks at Brooks. You don't need sound for that! But that's just the tip of the iceberg in this compelling and beautifully photographed character drama, as loosely based off of Jim Tully's novel of the same name. Featuring actual vagrants in supporting roles and a number of stimulating sequences both off the rails and on (watch Louise Brooks perform her own stunts!), Beggars of Life makes a triumphant return to the rails via a new HD presentation from Kino Lorber. Presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect (or whereabouts) ratio and in, Kino gives us Wellman's original intended silent version of the movie, as restored from 35mm elements courtesy the George Eastman Museum. A 2.0 DTS-HD MA soundtrack for Beggars of Life features a newly-recorded score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, which incorporates a few licks from the original 1928 Paramount cue-sheet. Two distinctively different audio commentaries ‒ the first from William Wellman, Jr. and a secondary track from Louise Brooks Society co-founder Thomas Gladysz ‒ are included with this release, neither of which disappoints. While Wellman's track covers informative ground from an older, classy perspective, Gladysz' commentary tends to dive into juicier tidbit about the history of the film and its makers. An eight-page booklet featuring an essay on the production by Nick Pinkerton, wraps up yet another stellar rediscovery from the Silent Era which is not only worthy of your attention, but is deserving of your affection, too. Movie, crossdressing, genderbending, hobos, louise brooks, richard arlen, silent, wallace beery, william a wellman Just Before Dawn is the Pick of the Week Book Review: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader's Curse by Stuart Douglas Book Review: Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris Tourist Trap (VHS Retro Big Box Collection) Review: A Solid, Offbeat Flick Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray Review: Heaven-Sent	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line40
__label__wiki	0.524699	0.524699	El viaje de Miércoles Vaya Circo Circobaya is a Spanish theatre group composed of two actors, Charo Amaya and Javier González. Circobaya has been working professionally on theatre and circus from more than 10 years and runs its show Vaya Circo since 2004, awarded Best Show in Tres Días de Farándula Festival (2013, Gran Canaria, Spain). They have been part of different troupes and groups, as Cruzando el Charco (2007), a circus collective, or the award-winning Tres puntos y aparte (BEST SHOW AUDIENCE AWARD in 12th Street Theatre Festival, Palencia, Spain; BEST SHOW AND BEST ACTOR JURY PRIZE in Noctívagos Festival, 2011). During its artistic career, Circobaya has made several tours, visiting México, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Jordan, Palestine or RD Congo. In 2014 it has started a new show, El viaje de Miércoles (Wednesday’s Trip), directed by Michelle Man (dancer and former Teatro de la Zarzuela choreographer) and Hernán Gené (Max Award for Best Director in 2005). Charo Amaya Vazquez After finishing her course on Socio-cultural Activities (Granada, 2003), she travelled to Madrid in order to develop her career on circus and theatre. She attended to Carampa Circus School (Municipal Circus School of Alcorcón) for two years. During 2006-2007, she combined her studies with her work as assistant director for Hernan Gené on Sigue el baile and Cronopios, on Carampa Circus School. She also worked as a circus extra-curricular activities instructor in some schools. Since 2004, she runs the show Vaya Circo, by CIRCOBAYA, and works as a professional artist for different companies: In 2007-2008, she was part of Cruzando el Charco, a circus collective, and took part in the creation of the show Gran Circo, touring Chile, Spain and Italy. Between 2009 and 2013, she was part of the troupe Tres Puntos y Aparte, Audience Prize for its show Un Poco de Todo …y Algo De, in Todo Teatro Festival (Palencia, 2009). Javier Gonzalez Borrero, "Romero" In 2003, he moved to Madrid to attended to Carampa Circus School (Municipal Circus School of Alcorcón), where he studied circus and theatre. During his professional career, he has created and been part of several professional troupes and companies: Cía. Skandal Brothers (2003/05); Cía. Las Pulgas del Viejo Circo (2002/2006); Cruzando el Charco Circus Collective (2007/08), touring Chile, Spain and Italy with the show Gran Circo; Cía. Tres Puntos y Aparte (2009/13), Best Show Jury Prize in Noctívagos festival (2011) for Un Poco De Todo... y Algo De, and CIRCOBAYA (2004/2014). He has also worked as a street and private parties performer. Between 2004 and 2008, he worked as a circus instructor for “Circo en la Naturaleza” Work Camp, and some others kids camps. He worked as a director and assistant director in different shows too. Actually, he is part of El Viaje de Miércoles (Wednesday’s trip) the new creation of Circobaya. webartdesign	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line41
__label__wiki	0.603399	0.603399	× Home Journeys Countries and Cities Ways of St. James Thoughts on pilgrimage Görlitz - Leipzig (on foot) Leipzig - Constance (Bicycle) train to Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig- Freyburg Merseburg Freyburg - Erfurt Erfurt Naumburg Erfurt - Eisenach Friedenstein castle, Gotha Wartburg Eisenach - Tann Tann - Fulda Fulda Fulda - Kreuzberg Kreuzberg - Schweinfurt Schweinfurt - Ochsenfurt Ochsenfurt - Rothenburg Rothenburg-Wasseralfingen Wasseralfingen - Ulm Ulm Ulm - Biberach Biberach Biberach - Bad Waldsee Bad Waldsee - Konstanz Ravensburg Konstanz History and stories Interesting things What's new ? Merseburg at the river Saale Above the river, the towers of the cathedral and castle tower picturesquely over the city. Merseburg has been one of the most important German palatinates since the beginning of the 10th century. From 933 to 1213, the German emperors met more than 20 times in Merseburg. The city was the centre of the empire. A castle already stood on the west bank of the Saale in the early Middle Ages. A palace, which cannot be located exactly, was built on the cathedral hill under Henry I. A second palace was promoted by Otto I. Up until the Staufer dynasty, 69 royal residences are documented. A second palace was built by Otto I. There is evidence of 69 royal residences up to the time of the Staufers. Roman-German Kings / Emperors Heinrich I. 919 - 936 Otto I. the Great 936 - 973 Otto II. 973 - 938 Otto III. 938 - 1002 Heinrich II. 1002 -1024 Konrad II. 1024 -1039 Before the great battle on the Lechfeld on 10 August 955 against the Hungarians, Otto the Great swore in the face of his holy lance: "In the event of victory, I will erect a bishopric in Merseburg for the saint of the day. The saint of the day was St Laurence. The archbishopric was founded in 968. The holy lance can be seen today in the treasury in Vienna and we are standing in front of the cathedral "St. John the Baptist and Laurentius" in Merseburg. However, the cathedral was not built until years later by Henry II, who clearly preferred Merseburg among his palatinates. The crypt, begun in 1036, is still preserved from this construction. Around 1280, the cathedral was decorated with highly regarded stained glass windows, which were later lost and replaced in 1947-1960 by Charles Crodel in a modern continuation of the medieval formal language. The nave was rebuilt between 1510 and 1517. Merseburg Castle was built on the palace grounds under Bishop Heinrich von Warin (1245-65). Under Bishop Thilo von Trotha (1466-1514) it was rebuilt, and under Duke Johann Georg I of Saxony from 1605 onwards it was rebuilt and extended by Melchior Brenner. The east wing was destroyed in 1944/45 and rebuilt in 1971. From 1656 to 1738 the castle was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Merseburg. The cathedral was used as the court church. Since 1815, the castle has been the seat of the administration. I have rarely seen such a beautiful organ as in this cathedral. Unfortunately, I have not heard it. Click on the organ for an impressive, larger picture (1024 x 768) and enlarge the browser window! In the Baroque period, Merseburg Cathedral served as a court church for the collateral line of the Dresden Wettin Saxe-Merseburg dynasty residing in the adjacent castle. It owes its main altar (1668), the monumental portal to the princely crypt (1670) and above all the organ to this "ducal period", which after a first rebuilding in 1665/66 was completely renewed again in 1693 and also received a new prospectus in 1697. At that time, it was inserted into the late Gothic nave with great naturalness, as if it had been built for it - this magnificent baroque prospect still dominates the cathedral today: piled up to the vault, it fills the space between the towers. The work, probably begun by Zacharias Theisner as early as 1693, did not function properly. In 1714, the organ builder Johann Friedrich Wender from M�hlhausen had to make a thorough technical overhaul of the work. The solemn consecration of the organ did not take place until 17 October 1717. Work on the facade has been suspected for the long period between the acceptance. In 1734, the Silbermann pupil and collaborator Zacharias Hildebrandt was commissioned to insert several new stops. Several more or less extensive repairs followed, none of them satisfactory. It was Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905) from Wei�enfels, the great Central German organ builder of the 19th century, who was to make this organ building famous. Between 1853 and 1855, he built a completely new organ in the old baroque case, which now contained a total of almost 5700 pipes in 81 stops and the old steel chimes - one of the largest organs in Germany at the time. Franz Liszt took a lively interest in the construction of this instrument, which is significant in terms of organ and music history and was the first large Romantic organ in Central Germany, and was inspired by it to write his most important organ works. The organ's dedication on 26 September 1855 met with an enthusiastic response. In a comprehensive renovation from 2001 to 2004, the organ was restored to Ladegast's disposition and, as far as possible, given back its 1866 sound. Merseburg Chapter House The chapter house, whose origins can be traced back to the 12th century, was the administrative and representative building of the Merseburg cathedral chapter until the 19th century. The chapter house was one of the most beautiful late Gothic buildings in Germany, especially because of its prestigious frescoed rooms. back to Leipzig continue to Erfurt In search of Gertrud: Her father Lothar III, Duke of Saxony, was determined to be elected king after the death of Emperor Henry V. To this end, he formed an alliance with Henry the Black, Duke of Bavaria. To this end, he formed an alliance with the Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Black from the House of Guelph. He would give his son, Henry the Proud, his only daughter Gertrud, who was entitled to inherit, as his wife. Gertrud was just 10 (ten) years old at the time of the agreement. Lothar was elected German king in Mainz on 24 August 1125, but the wedding had to wait another two years. Gertrud was not yet "marriageable". At Whitsun 1127, at a court day in the presence of numerous great men on 22 May in Merseburg, King Henry the Proud gave his "only and beloved" daughter Gertrud in marriage with "great splendour". Seven days later, the glittering wedding feast took place at Gunzele near Augsburg, in the centre of Guelph rule. The duke had brought his new wife from Saxony. In the Lechrain, in the borderland of Swabia and Bavaria, he presented the king's daughter to his Bavarian and Swabian grandees and then led her home to the Guelph homeland in Ravensburg. Where is Gertrud Gertrud's fate was decided in Merseburg, but she is not buried here.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line45
__label__wiki	0.756256	0.756256	Catharsis Ours Commentary on the economic , geopolitical and simply fascinating things going on. Served occasionally with a side of snark. Alleged chemical use by Syria Government put forth , alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian rebels ignored...... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/syria-red-line/ Obama Unveils New ‘Red Line’ for Syria’s Chemical Weapons BY SPENCER ACKERMAN Obama’s “red line” rhetoric may have boxed the president into a Syrian war he wants to avoid. Photo: White House / Flickr Blink and you’ll miss it, but President Obama just revised and extended his “red line” for stopping Bashar Assad from using chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. “We cannot stand by and permit the systematic use of weapons like chemical weapons on civilian populations,” Obama said today, per Reuters’ Jeff Mason. It was Obama’s first comments about what he acknowledged was a potential “game changer” since his White House acknowledged yesterday that U.S. intelligence considers reports of chemical weapons use in Syria credible. The key word in that statement is systematic. The surprise White House acknowledgement, in a letter to senators yesterday, said that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons, particularly sarin gas “on a small scale.” Danger Room reported that the evidence underlying the U.S. intelligence assessment included blood samples that indicated the effects of sarin. Behind the scenes, as Danger Room has earlier reported, the Obama administration has spotted Assad prepping its chemical stocks for use last year, and attempted to block shipments of precursor chemicals. The statement gives the president wiggle room — something Obama has wanted to preserve throughout the two-year Syrian civil war. Combined with Obama’s call for to investigate and substantiate the assessment of the chemical use, Obama has now implied it would take a widespread use of the chemicals to prompt the U.S. to involve itself more deeply in the rebel effort to overthrow Assad, which is the stated objective of U.S. Syria policy. Foreign Policy managing editor Blake Hounshell suspected yesterday that it would take a much larger use of chemical weapons by Assad to spur a U.S. military response. But even “systematic” use of chemical weapons begs the question of how much sarin and other deadly gasses Assad can use before Obama feels compelled to stop him. Syrians in the town of Kafranbel wonder what Obama will do in response to reports that Bashar Assad crossed the U.S. “red line” on chemical weapons use. Photo via @DavidKenner It’s not clear when exactly the U.S. intelligence community came to believe Assad used his chemical arsenal. Britain, France and Israel have come to that conclusion. All a U.S. intelligence official would tell Danger Room — on background, is that “we recently came to the conclusion that Syria had likely used chemical weapons in the past.” The White House sent its Thursday letter in response to aWednesday letter from eight senators inquiring about the allied intelligence assessment. “The intelligence community has been working that target very hard, and has been doing our best,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, at a conference today. “The threshold of reliability, confidence and believability is definitely high, as it should be, because we do not want to– we have what we have in military force, but it’s not something we want to commit if we don’t have to.” Unlike hawkish members of Congress, who are call for unspecified U.S. military action in Syria’s grinding civil war, the White House is reacting cautiously. Former officials like Steven Simon, who until December served as Mideast policy director on Obama’s National Security Council, told Danger Room that White House messaging has sought to convey to Assad that he dare not use his chemical stockpile without locking Obama into any set military action. “There’s no automaticity to any response,” he said. Simon said Obama has options short of war. One is urging the International Criminal Court to indict Assad as a war criminal. Another is to increase aid to the Syrian opposition. “Apart from those two options there’s not a whole lot short of intervention,” Simon said, “but I don’t think they’re close to military intervention at this point.” Among the administration’s concerns is that it’s far, far easier to involve the U.S. in Syria’s war than it is to extricate itself from it. There is nearly no appetite within the Pentagon for a third war in the Mideast and South Asia in 12 years. Military officials, like Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have talked vaguely about planning options for direct U.S. military action. But no one within either the administration or the military has explained how to overthrow Assad; secure his chemical stocks; install a non-extremist successor government; secure the country; and leave. The chaos of Iraq and Afghanistan hint at another complication: U.S. involvement in the war does not guarantee the security of the chemical stocks; and runs the risk of getting U.S. soldiers and marines gassed. “The idea that U.S. military action will prevent the spreading or damage from chemical weapons, it could be the opposite,” says Greg Thielmann, a former State Department intelligence analyst. You can’t just blow up sarin stockpiles, after all — not without risking some rather toxic results. “What other kinds of actions are being proposed here?” There are good reasons not to go to war in Syria: mainly, the dubious U.S. national interests implicated. Obama is reluctant to spend blood and treasure there, and as much as hawkish rivals like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) call Obama’s reluctance “shameful,” hawks have not provided a credible military plan of action. But when Obama calls the use of the chemicals a red line, he boxes himself into some kind of response when the line is crossed. Moving the line — or, depending on your point of view, clarifying it — by talking about a “systemic” use of the weapons neither solves the dilemma nor sends Assad a clear message deterring the Syrian dictator from gassing his enemies. Much as Obama wants time and leeway, by talking about a red line at all, even to preserve the international consensus against chemical weapons use, Obama risks forcing his own hand for a war he does not want. “I understand how Obama has boxed himself in with this bright red line, but I don’t understand those who argue for immediate action now, but the Syrian govt may have stepped over the red line, and how does this work?” Thielmann, now at the Arms Control Association, added. “I’m not sure Obama was as careful as he should have been when he warned Assad about it. … One should not get in the position we seem to be in, with a less-than-high-confidence assessment of CW use leaving us, according to John McCain and others, no alternative to intervene massively on the side of the rebels.” http://www.debka.com/article/22924/White-House-to-Congress-Assad-has-used-chemical-weapons-Israeli-jets-down-Hizballah-drone-opposite-Haifa White House to Congress: Assad has used chemical weapons. Israeli jets down Hizballah drone opposite Haifa DEBKAfile Special Report April 25, 2013, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00) Tags: drone Hizballah Israel Air Force Binyamin Netanyahu chemical weapons Bashar Assad Chuck Hagel Hizballah drone In a remarkable reversal, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Abdu Dhabi Thursday afternoon, April 25, that the US intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its own people, determining with "varying degrees of confidence" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces have used the nerve agent sarin against civilians and forces fighting to remove Assad from power. The White House is informing Congress about the chemical weapons use now, Hagel said, hours after he voiced reservations about the assessment Tuesday by senior Israeli military intelligence officer Brig. Gen. Itai Brun that the Assad regime had begun to practice chemical warfare. Earlier Thursday, Israel Air Force F-16 warplanes downed a Hizballah drone 8 kilometers out at sea from the big port of Haifa. It flew south from the direction of Lebanon. Witnesses on Haifa’s Mt. Carmel watched the smoke trails of the Israeli jets and heard exploding rockets. Israeli Navy ships are out searching for debris in the Mediterranean Sea. The Israeli army spokesman issued a statement: An attempt by an unmanned aerial vehicle to enter Israel’s air space was thwarted. The UAV was identified flying from the north past the coast of southern Lebanon and continuing south. It was tracked continuously until it was downed by Israeli fighter planes and attack helicopters. They went into action after the drone was identified as not coming from a friendly source. The Air Force gave the order to shoot it down.” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said: “We take an extremely grave view of this attempt to violate our borders and will continue to guard them and keep our citizens safe.” He added, “We are watching events in Syria and Lebanon with extreme concern. Syria is breaking up and Lebanon is unstable. Both places pose not inconsiderable perils to Israel – two emanating directly from Syria. The first is the possible transfer of sophisticated weaponry to terrorist organizations and the second, attempts by terrorists to break through our borders and attack our towns and villages. Israel stands ready to counteract any threats from Syria or Lebanon by sea, air and land.” DEBKAfile adds: The drone, which was launched from the Lebanese coast of Sidon towards the Israeli coast, was but the first move in a larger plan. Just as the Syrian civil war is already spilling over into Lebanon and threatens to crash through another border into Jordan, there are plans afoot to spread the violence into Israel. The Hizballah’s UAV intrusion thwarted by the Israeli Air Force and the repeated shooting attacks from the Syrian side of the Golan were omens of more to come. Syria’s Bashar Assad, Hizballah and Iran will not put up with any intervention in the Syrian conflict by the US, Israel, Jordan or Turkey – even though foreign intervention is already present in the form of 3,000 Hizballah commandoes fighting with Assad’s army in Qusayr and Damascus sectors. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/25/us-intelligence-confidence-syria-sarin-gas US says Syria may have used sarin gas in chemical weapons White House sends nuanced letter to Congress saying it has 'various amounts of confidence' in reliability of evidence inShare1 Julian Borger guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 April 2013 13.23 EDT US intelligence has found evidence that sarin gas, a chemical weapon, has been used in Syria on a small scale, the White House has said . However, in a letter to Congress the administration made it clear that it did not believe that the evidence was conclusive, saying it only had "varying amounts of confidence" in its reliability. Nor did the evidence prove beyond any doubt that the Syrian government had been responsible for using sarin, though this was "very likely" to be the case. Later, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, said that chemical weapons were believed to have been used in two separate attacks. If the evidence was confirmed, the White House warned, "the United States and the international community have a number of responses available, and no option is off the table". "Our intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin," the White House letter to Senators John McCain and Carl Levin said. "This assessment is based in part on physiological samples. Our standard of evidence must build on these intelligence assessments as we seek to establish credible and corroborated facts." The letter said that the "chain of custody" by which the samples were thought to have made their way from Syria to the west, was "not clear, so we cannot confirm how the exposure occurred and under what conditions". "We do believe that any use of chemical weapons in Syria would very likely have originated with the Assad regime. Thus far, we believe that the Assad regime maintains custody of these weapons, and has demonstrated a willingness to escalate its horrific use of violence against the Syrian people" the letter said. It was signed by Miguel Rodriguez, an assistant to the president charged with managing relations with Congress. Chuck Hagel said "it [using a chemical weapon] violates every convention of warfare". The US defence secretary, in Abu Dhabi while on a tour of the Middle East, added that the US administration had reached its conclusion over the past 24 hours. "As I've said, this is serious business – we need all the facts," he said. Senator McCain, who has long advocated US-led military intervention in Syria, said the letter showed that the 'red line' had been crossed. The wording of the letter suggested the administration was not ready to make that assessment. It did however bring US assessments more in line with UK, French and Israeli claims after several days of mixed messages from the western allies. The careful use of language and the phrase "varying degrees of confidence" suggests that there remain disagreements among the various US intelligence agencies over the strength of the evidence and that the administration was seeking to keep its options open on whether and how to respond. Barack Obama has said the Assad's regime use of chemical weapons would be a "game changer" that could trigger a US military response, and Wednesday's letter restated that position. "However, precisely because the president takes this issue so seriously, we have an obligation to fully investigate any and all evidence of chemical weapons use within Syria," the White House letter said, repeating western calls for a UN investigation to "credibly evaluate the evidence and establish what took place". For the time being however, American and European officials appear ready to wait for the results of a UN inquiry into claims and counter-claims by both the Syrian opposition and the government that the other had used such weapons. UN investigators are due to visit survivors of alleged chemical weapon attacks in refugee camps, and analyse soil sample taken by western intelligence agencies. US officials had been disparaging on Wednesday about the evidence for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict. British government officials had insisted that the intelligence agencies of both countries shared the same analysis of the evidence, but that it had taken longer for it to filter through to official pronouncements from Washington. "There was just a longer lag in the US, but as far as I know we are absolutely on the same page on this," a British official said. A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We have limited but persuasive information from various sources showing chemical weapon use in Syria, including sarin. This is extremely concerning. Use of chemical weapons is a war crime. We have briefed our allies, partners and the UN on this information and we are working actively to get more and better information. "Assad must cooperate with the international community and prove that his regime has not committed this horrific crime, allowing unrestricted access for the UN and OPCW to investigate on the ground in Syria." British and French officials believe that Assad's forces have calibrated their use of sarin and possibly other chemical weapons to try to demoralise his opponents while stopping short of triggering a full-scale western response. "This is a public relations tightrope for the White House," said Aram Nerguizian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "They are working hard to try to craft a message but it's an unenviable position to be in. The administration has to clarify what it means by 'red lines'. It really depends on the quality of the intelligence... I am sceptical that this is enough to jump on. You could set fire to the Syrian facilities with specialist ordinance designed to destroy chemical weapons but you still wouldn't affect the course of the war." http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/25/white_house_we_don_t_know_if_syria_red_line_has_been_crossed White House: We don’t know if Syria red line has been crossed Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 2:05 PM Share Despite a new U.S. intelligence community assessment that the Syrian regime likely used chemical weapons on its own people, the White House is still waiting for more evidence before deciding whether Bashar al-Assad has crossed President Barack Obama's "red line." COMMENTS (171)SHARE: Share on twitterTwitter Share on redditReddit The White House scrambled Thursday to set up a conference call with reporters following Thursday morning's news that the U.S. intelligence community has concluded with varying levels of confidence that there has been small-scale use of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, inside Syria, most likely by the Syrian regime. Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Thursday that the assessment referenced two instances of chemical weapons use in Syria. A senior White House official said on the conference call that the intelligence community's assessment was not enough to determine that President Obama's red line regarding U.S. intervention in Syria has been crossed. "We are continuing to do further work to establish a definitive judgment as to whether or not the red line has been crossed and to inform our decision-making about what to do next," the official said. "If we reach a definitive determination that this red line has been crossed, based on credible, corroborated information, what we will be doing is consulting closely with our friends and allies and the international community more broadly, as well as the Syrian opposition, to determine what the best course of action is." The official indirectly referenced the flawed intelligence assessments about Saddam Hussein's programs of weapons of mass destruction in the lead up to the Iraq war as justification for caution. "I'd say that given our own history with intelligence assessments, including intelligence assessments related to weapons of mass destruction, it's very important that we are able to establish this with certainty and that we are able to present information that is airtight in a public and credible fashion to underpin all of our decision-making. That is, I think, the threshold that is demanded given how serious this issue is," the official said. "But again, I think nobody should have any mistake about what our red line is... It is absolutely the case that the president's red line is the use of chemical weapons or the transfer of chemical weapons to terrorist groups." The Obama administration is keeping all options on the table, but the official declined to say what options might be considered if and when it is confirmed that the president's red line has been crossed. The official also declined to identify the locations or dates of the two alleged uses of chemical weapons in Syria, but acknowledged that a March incident in Aleppo had spurred the United States to press for a fuller investigation. "We will constantly have prepared contingency planning for different scenarios within Syria," the official said. "What the Assad regime needs to know is that we are watching this incredibly closely." The White House's conclusion that not enough evidence exists to confirm that the Syrian regime has crossed Obama's red line was contradicted Thursday by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein(D-CA), the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "It is clear that ‘red lines' have been crossed and action must be taken to prevent larger scale use," she said in a statement. "Syria has the ability to kill tens of thousands with its chemical weapons. The world must come together to prevent this by unified action which results in the secure containment of Syria's significant stockpile of chemical weapons." The original announcement about the new intelligence community assessment on Syrian chemical weapons came in statements Thursday from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and in a letter from the White House to several senators delivered Thursday morning during an otherwise classified briefing. "Our intelligence community does asses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent Sarin,"Miguel Rodriguez, the director of the White House office of legislative affairs, wrote in the letter. http://www.infowars.com/hagel-ignores-fsa-chemical-weapon-use-claims-syrian-regime-may-have-used-sarin/ Hagel Claims Syrian Regime May Have Used Sarin, Ignores FSA Chemical Weapon Use Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel dubiously stated Thursday that the U.S. has found “evidence” of Syria’s use of chemical weapons, prompting war-monger politicians to inquire as to whether the “red line” established by Obama for military intervention had yet been crossed; however, numerous reports have indicated the Free Syrian Army, or the US-funded rebel insurgency attempting to topple secular President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, are just as apt, if not more likely, to resort to chemical weapons use. For instance, in December we reported the release of a ghastly video shot by Syrian rebels which showed them testing chemical weapons on lab rabbits before making threats to use them against Syria’s pro-Assad Alawite population. But in a letter to senators Carl Levin and John McCain, special assistant to the President Miguel E. Rodriguez would have us believe “with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin.” For over a year now, reports have been attempting to portray Assad as a brutal leader who would use chemical weapons on his own people, creating the illusion of a dire need for an invasion of Syria. However, the Syrian government has repeatedly denied the allegations, and in December wrote to the UN warning that it believed the US may be attempting to frame it by alleging it had used such weapons on so-called “rebels,” as well as innocent civilians. “The U.S. administration has consistently worked over the past year to launch a campaign of allegations on the possibility that Syria could use chemical weapons during the current crisis,” a letter penned to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by the Syrian Foreign Ministry stated. Back in June 2012, photos indicated Western funded rebels were responsible for the ransacking of Christian churches in Syria, and in December, a video appeared to show Syrian rebels forcing a child to behead an unarmed prisoner. Last month, another gruesome video began making its rounds showing a Syrian rebel member of theUS-funded Free Syrian Army beheading a civilian, and yet another grisly image surfaced earlier this month showing an FSA rebel grilling the decapitated head of a victim. But despite these reported and well documented atrocities, the US has consistently justified aiding Syrian opposition forces, giving more than $100 million in “support,” including providing food and medical support, with some of the funds being funneled directly to armed rebels, and has continued alleging the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons. Given the numerous barbarities perpetrated by the US-backed and Al-Qaeda affiliated FSA Syrian opposition group, it is rather disturbing the US still refuses to acknowledge the various war crimes being committed by the very insurgents they are intent on arming and funding. Last month, evidence emerged suggesting FSA insurgents had used chemical weapons on anti-FSA civilians and Syrian troops. In January 2013, hacked email exchanges between members of British defense contractor Britam Defence indicated an upcoming chemical weapon attack “approved by Washington” in the works, which would then be blamed on the Syrian government. Catharsis Top 5 Bond market mayhem on the way - May 15 , 2014 --'Melt Up' In Bond Market Possible, Gundlach Says ( key level for the ten year US bond - 2.47 ) ..... Meanwhile , note that PIIGS debt got sold hard today ( paging Super Mario ) Greece slides into the Fourth World ! Zero Hedge lead article and additional news pertaining to Greece ! Crazies strike in Las Vegas -- June 8 , 2014 -- Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian have been reportedly killed in a shooting spree that started at a pizza restaurant and spilled over to a neighboring Walmart store. Two suspects – a man and a woman – are reportedly down. The two shooters have committed suicide, according to police. Suspects told shoppers they were part of a "revolution" and wanted a shootout with Metro police force – and had a "suicide pact." Their bodies were found in the back of the store........ Looks like the civlilian at the Walmart who engaged and wounded one of the shooters might have saved a few lives today ! Bad weekend for Walmart also considering the crash involving Tracy Morgan et all occurred this weekend ..... BTW , doesn't this seem similar to the recent Seattle shootings ( random shooter , looking to kill before dying ... ) Turkey protest - June 16 - 18 , 2013 .... Sex as a police punishment for protesters - really in 2013 ? Police to consider ( treat ) protesters as terrorists - are the police going to escalate to live rounds ? Latest police raid on Gezi Park.... ... 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__label__wiki	0.58067	0.58067	Thorn L. Pozen Thorn L Pozen Thorn Pozen advises private companies, private and public institutions and government entities on local government, government ethics, campaign finance, land-use, and administrative law issues. Thorn Pozen advises private companies, private and public institutions and government entities on local government, government ethics, campaign finance, land-use, and administrative law issues. Mr. Pozen’s practice includes providing advice and counsel on how clients can best work with and for the District of Columbia government, and maneuver the many pitfalls and complications involved in doing so. Mr. Pozen also advocates for clients before District of Columbia boards and tribunals, and regularly testifies before the Council of the District of Columbia. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies to small businesses, nonprofit organizations and institutions. 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__label__cc	0.552755	0.447245	my son Elias was born 10 22 several months ago. i love him huge. my work in the studio has always been slow, and is even slower at the moment. that's why you keep seeing the same work in shows and elsewhere. i'm not sorry. i live in rural Tennessee with my wife, Meagan Kieffer. before parenthood, we spent most of our days in the studio, while teaching part-time in Nashville. easy street. things have changed, and now we take turns sneaking into the studio. (soon he'll be wedging our clay.) currently i'm teaching 2 days/week at Belmont University, while traveling to present workshops. i'm not sure what "official" means, but this version makes me feel like a professional. Briggs, Jason (b. Wausau, WI, lives in Watertown, TN). Jason Briggs received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1995 and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1999. After a summer at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, he spent 3 years serving as Artist in Residence at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN. In 2008 Jason delivered an Emerging Artist lecture at the NCECA conference, and was soon invited as a visiting artist to The Taiwan National University of Art in Taipei, as well as several universities stateside. He received a Virginia Groot Foundation Fellowship in 2007 and a Tennessee Arts Commission Grant in 2006. Last year Jason was featured in Ceramics Art & Perception (issue #79--“Not So Private Parts”). His work has recently been included in “Corporeal Manifestations” at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, “The Hermaphrodites” at the Wexler Gallery, and “Transcending The Figure” in Athens, OH. Briggs maintains a private studio in Watertown, TN, where he lives with his wife Meagan, his son Elias, two cats, a cat, a dog, 2 horses, and all his marbles. don't read this. it's written out of gratitude for people and places--it sounds pretentious. i don't have visions of grandeur--i'm a romantic. really, there's no reason for you to read this. maybe head over to the portfolio. not so many words. i received my BFA from UW-Whitewater in 1995. a respectable, yet “under-the-radar”, art program. my decision to pursue a drawing emphasis, while misguided, led to a fondness for the basics (composition, eye movement, balance) while showing me the value of a harsh critique. when i finally took clay, i responded immediately to the process of making – the part my hands controlled -- and to the instruction. professor Charlie Olson, who welcomes the seduction, allowed me to focus singularly on the repetition of making. it was liberating and crucial: while i made tight, half-assed vases, charlie was quietly, resolutely, teaching me about quality. he is the reason for my life as an artist, and the reason i stubbornly persist. i love you buddy. enough. he’s not dead. in 1996 i entered the MFA program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. much of what i learned i soaked up from my graduate peers (matt kelleher, mike strand, chad wolf, leigh cohen). with beer. it amazes me the casual comments that have stuck; words that, at the time, sunk to the bottom. luckily, they bubble back up. the professors’ impact was immediate. Eddie Dominguez had a tornadic presence that proved art can vibrate out of the body. his permission to ignore the art/ceramics world, to look exclusively inward, resonates loudly still. Pete Pinnell’s technical savvy directly affected my work. but his eye for detail, his respect for craftsmanship, affected my attitude. then there’s Gail Kendall. the Queen Bee. the stern yet insightful motherly figure who took 5 seconds to change my whole perspective. “you don’t love making pots. you love decorating surfaces. do more of that.” it’s cool. she understood my compulsion before i knew i had one. i miss lincoln. best of all, lincoln is where i met my wife. a bright young sculptor with a do-rag on. meagan kieffer and i spent the summer of ‘99 as residents at the Archie Bray Foundation in helena, MT where we ate, drank, and made work. (...yup). we rarely collaborate – but exchange ideas. she gets it. i respect her comments, and her work. later that year, we began a 3-year co-residency at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in smithville, TN. an out-of-the-way school that afforded us the most precious commodity of all: time. certainly not a place to rub elbows but, more importantly, a place to build kilns, concoct glazes, and test clay bodies. to focus. my work became much more articulate -- and slow -- matching the pace of life out in the hills of tennessee. thank god for waylon. early waylon. i began teaching all clay classes at Belmont University in nashville in 1999, learning what it means to be cheap, adjunct labor. i’m still there, without much fuss. (ahem). good hours, and a good colleague make a difference. up to now, i haven't been willing to bounce around the country searching for The Job. in 2002, meagan and i bought a house (and built a studio) in watertown, TN. enough land for horses but not neighbors. i know this much: the original plan – sending work, practically anonymously (with a check), to juried shows – has changed. the new plan is murky, but it involves making, planting, weeding, loving, working, feeding, showing, growing, digging, sanding, poking, pinching, drinking, teaching, and hugging. and kissing. we’ll see what happens. update, October 2011 it's true, kissing leads to babies. in April of 2010, lovely Elias was born. our plan to "strap him to our backs... keep on making art" has been modified. some babies just don't understand. predictions that child-birth would 'change' my subject matter were vastly dumb. what changed was our studio routine. we're coping. after a 3-year move over to Lipscomb University, i'm back at Belmont. turns out, conservatism doesn't like me. luckily, other schools do: my workshop schedule has only gotten fuller. i'm reminded how many strong clay faculty --with strong programs-- are out there, and a part of me wants to be included. time will tell.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line55
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__label__wiki	0.746121	0.746121	Apology to Hugh Masekela My Apology to Hugh Masekela: He and Larry Willis gave the performance of a lifetime at the Dakota Insight News Harry Colbert Jr I take great pride in being a journalist. I recognize the true honor bestowed upon me. I strive every day to be truthful, thoughtful and accurate and maintain the public’s trust. It’s a weighty images/stories/dakotajazzinsightnews1.jpg job. Yes, in the past I have erred. I’ve left off a period at the end of a sentence here or there. I have missed a word that should have been capitalized – forgot to add an apostrophe … nothing major, but errors nonetheless. It happens with every writer. You beat yourself up over it, maybe say a foul word (or few), but you move on. In all my years as a journalist, I’ve never had to write a retraction – until now. Hugh Masekela, I owe you an apology. I recently interviewed jazz great, Hugh Masekela over the telephone. Prior to the interview, I had very (I mean very) little knowledge of this great treasure. I was given the assignment to do an advance write-up of his Dakota Jazz Club performance, so I did some cursory research (Google, YouTube) and thought, OK, I have everything I need to conduct the interview. I mean I was impressed with his 1968 Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Pop Performance – Instrumental for the song, “Grazin’ in the Grass.” I faintly remember hearing it a time or two. I remember liking it. I read of his political activities to end apartheid in his native South Africa. Again, I was impressed with his work, but I’ll be honest; I wasn’t seeing much there story-wise other than another old timer coming to town to play some stale, dull version of jazz that I was sure would have me bored to tears. Mr. Masekela, sir, I owe you the grandest of apologies. Readers of Insight News/Aesthetically Speaking I owe you an apology. Now don’t get me wrong; my write-up was factually accurate. I didn’t misquote the man or anything. But I didn’t truly tell his story because I didn’t truly know his story. You see, one can’t know his story until one witnesses his greatness. Now I can tell the story of Hugh Masekela. A bit of candor, I almost didn’t go to the show I previewed of Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis at the Dakota Jazz Club. I wasn’t assigned the story; and besides, my plate was pretty full already. But the night before the show, I had dinner with a friend visiting from out of town and she mentioned she was going to the Dakota for a show the next day. She didn’t know who was performing, but someone suggested she check it out. I replied that I did an article about the show and as a way to catch up I decided I’d go as well. We went to the 9 p.m. show – the duo’s second show of the night. I wasn’t expecting much. After all, the two are both in their 70s and this was their second show. They had to be plum tuckered out. Yeah, right. Then something magical occurred. With nothing more than Masekela’s trumpet and voice and Willis’ piano playing I, along with the couple hundred in the audience, were treated to the performance of a lifetime. In all honesty, I’ll probably need to issue another apology to the two because I just don’t feel my vocabulary is vast enough to express the greatness that the two old friends displayed on that stage. But a once-in-a-lifetime feeling fell over me listening to these two treasures, and listening to Masekela tell tales of hanging out in Harlem and stories of playing with Miles Davis and the stories he told of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughn. It was like getting a first-hand lesson in music history, delivered by one of the deans of the college. I didn’t just hear Masekela and Willis – I felt them. I felt them deep in my soul in a place never before reached. Now ask me to name the numbers they played and I can name two, maybe three at best. Of course there was “Grazin'” and Masekela’s version of the Herbie Hancock classic, “Cantaloupe Island” served as the encore (and of course after that show, there had to be an encore), but other that that, my ears were virgin. But I didn’t need to know the titles of the songs. For all I care, every song is nameless. Their performance was timeless. To sum things up, I’ll offer you the Facebook status I posted while in a virtual trance witnessing what I was unbelievably witnessing. “Have you ever experienced something so wonderful, so beautiful, that you were sad a bit because a special someone wasn’t there to experience it with you? That’s how beautiful the music is tonight.” That’s about the best I can do in describing what I saw. It was so powerful, so wonderful I felt I needed to share that glorious moment. That moment needed to be shared. I failed in my job as a journalist to accurately tell Mr. Masekela’s story. His horn and his voice told me the story. Now I can truly tell his story. Unfortunately, I’m telling it after the fact, not before. Will you please accept my apology? To read the original article click here Rolling Stone Review of ‘Playing At Work’ Hugh Masekela: Dr Funk-Einstein Bongani Madondo Rock’n’roll wild man, jazz veteran, agent provocateur, the inde-funkable Hugh Masekela digs back to his funk journey with his record, ‘Playing @ Work’. Bongani Madondo, who had given up on hearing any surprises in Hughie’s work, is forced to eat his notebooks and bow before the Master at Work. With over six decades at the Coalface of his calling – for this is not a “career” … something sinisterly persuasive, something that doesn’t ask your permission before swallowing your life and the lives of your beloveds – there just aren’t any creative spaces Hugh Masekela has not explored. His latest album, Playing @ Work, is a primer of an artist in full control of the fact that he cannot really be fully in control of where his creative demons take him – that’s if being fully in control means sticking to the tried-and-tested, same ol’ style his die-hard fans love to pigeonhole him in. But, like his fellow late-night crawlers and debauched pals, Miles “Dewey III” Davis and Jimi Hendrix, Masekela is notorious for bucking the trend, altering your listening sensibilities, kicking a buck’ of cold water on your face, flooring you with his horn, and waking the goddamned out of you. In other words, Hughie just doesn’t give a funk if you rock or roll with him – so long as you listen, he’ll surely rearrange everything else you were certain you knew about him. There’s not much he has not done, recorded, played live, imagined, discarded, embraced or dreamt of in this biz: from street performance, recorded albums, musicals, film scores, and so on. With a his-“story” of playing with everyone – Herb Alpert, Miriam Makeba, Fela, Hedzoleh Soundz – to stage invitations to rock, with outfits such as U2, The Rolling Stones, up to latter-day township prog-punks Blk Jks and experimental collaborations with dance stalwarts such as Thandiswa Mazwai and Black Coffee, Masekela’s space, time and influence defies even his much-celebrated versatility. Masekela is timeless. Generations that, seemingly, have no direct links with each other have watched, dealt with, enjoyed – as well as engaged with – the artist remaking not only himself, but his art, while remaining true to his roots: a dynamic African musician for all seasons. That’s Hughie for you. From stylistic demands of several genres such as mbaqanga to funk, jazz, soul, house and back, Hugh Masekela traverses all with acute understanding, open ear and respect, and is not only dynamic and creatively receptive, but rare within a modern sphere of artistic creation. Masekela is not a versatile artist. He is versatility itself. He is in fact Music, itself: as in, the sound and creative turmoil responsible for that which he is known for – Music. All transformative music, by its nature, and all alchemists practising the gift of “ngoma” (that is the art of making a “song”, thus making all songs creators as “aba”-Ngoma, the Healers), can go any which way at any time. In his life, art, speech, mannerisms, gait and, if you know him, laughter and style, Hughie is all music. He is not about, or for, music. He is Music! Because of that, because we relate to him as we would relate to that which he creates, we react to him the way we re- act to music – an omnipresent force or act of nature in our lives. We react to him in the way we would react to the air we breathe: that is, we don’t react as much as breathe it. We take for granted that it’s there and that without it there’s no life. We react to him in the ways we would react to the food we ingest into our bodies to sustain us. We hold him as the soul-force and the trip through which we strive for renewal. We appreciate and have rendered him part of who we are as a people in the way we do with personal and collective prayers, and meditative trips we take. We feel him with the same knowledge that we cannot avoid the daily grind of problems, sorrows and sadness – the Blues, to wit. But we also hear him to be the sound of triumphs and glories we are transformed by. It becomes easy then, to get used to Hughie, in the same manner that folks get used to life while, of course, never ever getting used to death. In that sense, the person Ramapolo “Hugh” Masekela (child and grandchild of amaNdebele) and the music of the celebrated “Bra” Hughie – the international musical polyglot, composer, musical director, trumpeter, band leader and writer – has become part of who we are. All well and good, but we should also refuse to get used to him as an artist, for artists, especially boundary-pushing, innovative, restless spirits such as Masekela, are never the same as they were yesterday, and you just don’t know what tomorrow might do with them, or what they will do tomorrow. Take his latest offering, Playing @ Work. Prior to listening to it, one might get apprehensive simply because you just have no idea what this Done-It-All has to say anymore – if he has anything more to say. And then it just hits you in all the right places … and then some! Hugh Masekela’s latest record is a double disc of innovative, classical, reworked and freshly- composed music that largely sets, implores and beckons you onto the dance floor, while, in typical Masekela manner, slaps you bang across the heart with his incendiary and unifying, socially- conscious message. The first disc packs strong-and-warm, but alert-and-alive music. Masekela is just incapable of creating music that just leaves you in peace. No, he is not a “peaceful” artist, if by peace you expect art for art’s sake. Not that he eschews creating music for the sheer pleasure of it; he does, although even when he does that. somehow the music is incapable of just leaving you alone. On Disc 1, the song “Africa Hold Hands” serves as an establishing shot. And what a visual shot it proposes! The message – more a pan-African call for unification than just a simple reactionary “anti-xenophobic” reaction – is wrapped in a work of persuasive musicality and execution. For a few minutes, the song opens with playful piano chops, so clean, so taut, so direct that for a minute you think it’s a piece entirely redolent with strings in that Rex-Rabanye-township-string tradition, for the piano lingers a little longer with the clever precision, or editing, that introduces the song’s entire instrumental blast. Led by a cheeky and groove-riding bass, this is funk – Afro-funk if you will – for who do you know that’s phonkier than Hughie, albeit a different performance of funk altogether. It is mbaqanga funk quite distinct to South Africa. Synchronised and cooked together, the music is catchy, warm … hip-swivellingly touchy as well. The energy is reminiscent of Masekela’s longest and highest international charting song of all time – “Grazing In The Grass” – or at least a sample of it as used in the Hollywood Black Power biopic of Pete Green, Talk To Me. With this song, you are sucked into an imaginary climate … conjuring images of summer with communities playing communal drumming at dusk and children playing khati, and so on. Well, it don’t stop – Hughie won’t stop there. Building on the intensity of the opening track, he risks everything and throws caution to the wind with Track 2: a remake of Bob Dy- lan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”. The original piece by the “Village Poet” Dylan was included in his 1965 album, Bringing It All Back Home, the title itself an allusion to a blues and gospel idiom, as well as emotional quest, which, sung by Dylan, immediately assumed a staggering social import. In this latest interpretation, Masekela renders Dylan probably at his funkiest ever since his own “Changing of the Guards” (1978) from the album Street Legal and “Blind Willie McTell” from Bootleg Series, Vol 3. In English: Bob Dylan has never sounded so urgent, so tomorrow, so funky, so down ‘n greasy, and yet so hopeful. The song is fuller, rounder, edgier, and the musicality (its balladry); the quality of the recording itself is more filling, and gives off more pronounced textures and colours. While the music is more up-beat, the chorus, delivered by choir-like back-up singers, gifts the song with renewed shape altogether – what Americans refer to as “audacity”, sometimes. So much so that the song you heard has almost no resemblance to Dylan’s song. This is a Hugh Masekela song and its aural density and African spirit will remind of exactly that; that is, were we to have visitations of doubt. In Masekela’s hands it also morphs into a dance piece, without losing its poignancy. How Hughie, the musical director in his own right, does this, beats me. Must be the years running around with those West Africans! (This is said in the jesting tradition and, as backhanded compliment to Ghanaian and Nigerian music’s intra-wired funk and dance roots, and never pejorative.) As though the introductory bleeds too much groove, he segues into “Soul Rebel”, a paean to his onetime pal, the Jamaican-born international Africa social soul brother No. 1 – Robert Nesta Marley: His Royal Bobness! Other compositions such as “Makotopong”, the name of Masekela’s current recording home outside of Pretoria, and “Perlemoen” round up a very satisfying Side A of this double-whammy. Side B (or Disc 2) is no walkover, though. Although, musically, it continues both the mbaqanga-jazz-dance fusion (for both traditionalists and cyber-age hipsters) it also, and subtly, continues with Masekela’s celebration of his peers and seers who held the game long before we were born; the songs here give it an identity all its own. So it is as much a stand-alone as it is a continuation of the journey from Disc 1. Although the entirety of this Side B is framed in tight and economic delivery, the overwhelm- ing feel here is of assured jazzier pathways: you can say, if you dare, that Hughie is going back to what made him such a force to be reckoned with in the first place: African roots synthesised with jazz. Hughie steals the whole thing from Theory and puts flesh to it so that, in his music, you get to appreciate in real time what is meant by jazz as an African art-form. The tempo here is slightly and deceptively slower, the instrumentation and singing cleaner and nuanced. This time around, funk gives way to a jazz with a gospel or soul twist. Although the most emotionally poignant centrepiece of the entire disc is the melancholic groove and bass beauty found in “Where He Leads Me”, the song that might just turn out to be the most associated with this two-disc smacker is Masekela’s 1970s composition, which he never performed though it was made popular by the late Miriam Makeba: “Soweto Blues”. Now I believe Masekela might yet prove to be the master remix visionary of our time, and by “remix” we do not imply the house music DJ tag of an artist who resamples and remixes several classics with contemporary computer-digitised beats. His ingenuity, almost sharing the same ethos as the young house DJs, lies in his ability to fuse new energy into a classic or older piece of work: updating it, rebuilding it, recoating it, while carrying something about it that made it a classic in the first place. And that’s what he does here with “Soweto Blues”. The song showcases the spirited – defiant, even – voice of Phuthuma, as well as small choral back- up that recalls both Makeba and Sarafina! the musical’s unmitigated defiance. Here, we listen in awe and nod our heads as the young woman rises up to dispense lessons – again on unity. She scorns ethnicity, brings our attention to the ills of society across ethnicities. She sings with the breathing technique of a time-keeping drummer, so that when she’s comfortable knowing she’s got our at- tention, immediately and without changing, playing to the gallery or her studio producer’s approval, she draws us into a stirring gospel rendition of a classic African song. Phuthuma’s coaxing, defiance and pride are, in the way Masekela easy-does it, accentuated by great accompaniment, experience, love and just the ol’ playful declaration of love for the muse. This time around, the art of music creating itself, more than any other subject matter, serves as Hugh’s most reliable muse and trustworthy guide. The same spirit washes over the double album. With this offering (and, hey, who knows?) possibly inspired by renewed vigour, Masekela creamed off his award-winning and internationally-touring Songs of Migration musical, reminding us why we imagined and wished to own him, breathe him; how we have internalised him, sung him and sung with him in the first place. With this album, he gives us that which has been lost or died within us: hope, vitality, defiance, beauty and currency. What else could you ask from any artist? Contributing Artists: Ramapolo Hugh Masekela – Flugel Horn and Vocals Fana Zulu – Bass Cameron John Ward – Guitar Randal Skippers – Keyboards Lee-Roy Sauls – Drums Pu2ma Complete Vocal Quartet Producer: Hugh Masekela Engineer: Garrick van der Tuin Studio: House of Masekela – Makotopong Mixed by: Stewart Levine Mastered by: Bernie Grundman Label: House of Masekela Distributed by: Sheer Sound Executive Producer: Pius Mokgokong This is an article from the April 2013 issue of Rolling Stone South Africa. You can subscribe to the magazine here. South Africa Loves Pan Music The Trinidad Guardian Peter Ray Blood “Africa is fathomless,” said Hugh Masekela last Sunday evening when addressing a farewell reception, held in his honour at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain. The world-acclaimed South African musician, who spent the past month in T&T, was hosted by the Ministry of Arts & Multiculturalism and the South Africa High Commission. Among the specially invited guests present were Minister of Arts & Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas, South Africa High Commissioner Maureen Modiselle, South Africa National Association president Dr Earl Brewster, Head of the Public Service Reynold Cooper, Arts & Multiculturalism PS Dedra Bascombe, Deputy PS Vel Lewis, Culture Officer 1 Marlon De Bique, Janelle “Penny” Commissiong Chow, and her husband Aldwyn Chow, Leroy Clarke, Oloye Orawale Oranie, Ako Mutota, Dawad Phillip, David Brizan, Clive Zanda, NCBA president David Lopez, Tuco chairman Lutalo “Bro Resistance” Masimba, Pan Trinbago vice-president Bryon Serrette, 2013 Young Kings Monarch Stephen Marcelle and artistes Ataklan, Black Sage and Lady Adana. Masekela, who departed the country last Monday, was in the country to do a collaborative CD with Petrotrin Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra, led by captain Akinola Sennon, and under the musical direction of Carlton “Zanda” Alexander. Introduced to calypso by a Barbadian doctor in Britain, Masekela said he had been intrigued by the music, especially having being exposed to the works of Sparrow and the late Kitchener. Following addresses by Douglas and Modiselle, and being presented with a Leroy Clarke painting by the Arts & Multiculturalism minister, Masekela gave a succinct response, one punctuated by many anecdotes about his well informed knowledge of our music, life style, cuisine and sense of humour. One time, Masekela evoked much laughter when he said the only delight he had not experienced in T&T was “saltfish,” no doubt referring to Sparrow’s double entendre ditty of the same name. But, he spoke at length about the hospitality of Trinbagonians and the effusive reception he got while being in the country, on his third visit. “Your hospitality here is unparalleled,” said Masekela, adding that the music of T&T was “sweeter” than the mangoes he ate. He also humorously quipped about being attacked by sandflies during his stay in Siparia, adding that the insects seemed to know that there was “new meat,” from South Africa, in the district. An associate of Phillip from their days of residing in Harlem, USA, Masekela first heard Deltones when the band performed on San Fernando Hill ten years ago. Impressed by what he heard, the Grammy Award nominated trumpeter approached Alexander to produce music which encompassed musicians from Cuba, Deltones and Masekela. Expressing surprise over the “musicality” of the members of Deltones explained how he encountered Alexander and the bond subsequently formed between them. He said that being in the studio for some time with the Siparia musicians made him feel as though he’d returned to doing exams. He added: “I felt like a pig in dirty mud. The (Deltones) musicians knew so much and were correcting me.” Masekela said the CD would be mixed in South Africa, mastered in California, USA, with a final product available by September 2013. Definitely a Pan Africanist, Masekela said Africa has no borders, despite concerted efforts made by colonialists for the past 200 years to keep Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora separated. He said that calypso music reminded him of Ghana Hi Life music and the rhythms of some South African townships. At the end of Sunday’s reception, following a performance by Deltones, Masekela and a few guests were entertained at Legacy House, Clarke’s palatial residence in the hills of Cascade. Gifts of Clarke’s books were presented to Masekela, Douglas and Commissiong Chow. Masekela left South Africa in 1960 after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, which left 69 people dead, when Trevor Huddleston, violinist Yehudi Menuhin and British jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Johnny Dankworth helped arrange his admission to London’s Guildhall School of Music. Masekela soon went on to attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he met many jazz luminaries. In late 1990, Masekela returned to South Africa to visit his mother’s grave for the first time. He now permanently resides in South Africa. The recipient of numerous awards, 74-year-old Masekela has performed extensively globally, and his native Africa, performing with many of the international luminaries in jazz. International Jazz Day Istanbul 2013 The International Jazz Day Global Concert JazzDay.com Webcast Available Worldwide at live.jazzday.com April 30, 2013 — 9pm (Istanbul) 7pm (London) / 2pm (New York) / 4am (Sydney – May 1st) The evening concert at Istanbul’s famed Hagia Irene will feature performances by stellar musicians from around the world, including pianists John Beasley, George Duke, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri; vocalists Rubén Blades, Al Jarreau, Milton Nascimento, Dianne Reeves and Joss Stone; trumpeters Terence Blanchard, Imer Demirer and Hugh Masekela; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller, Esperanza Spalding and Ben Williams; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta; guitarists Bilal Karaman, John McLaughlin, Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker; saxophonists Dale Barlow, Igor Butman, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan; clarinetists Anat Cohen and Hüsnü Şenlendirici; violinist Jean-Luc Ponty; Pedrito Martinez and Zakir Hussain on percussion and other special guests. John Beasley will be the event’s musical director. Certain Birds Make Certain Sounds Certain Birds Make Certain Sounds: an Interview with Hugh Masekela When Hugh picked up the phone and I asked him how he was doing, he forewent any standard return greeting. Rather than say he was fine, great or lousy, he offered instead a description of his surroundings: “I’m sitting on the porch in a rocking chair, looking at the purple mountain range in the hazy, slightly cloudy atmosphere. There’s a beautiful breeze blowing from the east, west, south or north, I don’t know where it’s blowing from. And I’m sitting next to our tour manager and we are rocking in these chairs and we’re looking at our bus and some trail ways. And it’s a beautiful spring day in rural Pennsylvania. You couldn’t beat that.” The night before, he and his band had played a sold out show at Bucknell University. It was their 5th concert in a string of U.S. dates that will bring them to the Marin Center on April 27th. Masekela is admittedly busier than he has ever been in his remarkable 50-year career. Though the image of the old man on the porch in a rocking chair is misleading, his use of description is an apt way to go about things. In the music and life of Hugh Masekela, context is everything. With his versatility as a trumpeter, bandleader and composer, he has moved effortlessly across all genres, collaborating with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Marvin Gaye, Herb Alpert, The Byrds, and Paul Simon. The timeless instrumental “Grazin’ in the Grass” brought him international acclaim in 1968. From that point on he would become a kind of global ambassador for the vibrancy and history of music. It was only 8 years prior to “Grazing” that he had moved to New York to escape the inexorable violence sparked by apartheid in South Africa. Now, just as then, his awareness and experiences ignite an outspokenness on issues of inequality, heritage, politics, and of course, music. What can you tell me about the band you’re currently on tour with? They are all outstanding players. We have been together four years now and we’ve done 2 records. The first one, ‘Jabulani’, was the one nominated for a Grammy. They are outstanding players, not just in the Jabulani style but in all kinds of styles. And we play great as an ensemble. The audiences are blown away, and that is a better description than what a critic would write. They have their own terms like Urban Contemporary and all that other bullshit. In concert you guys reinterpret a lot of the material, arranging it much differently than on the recordings. Is that something you set out to do or does it happen naturally as you play together? I think that you set out to make it better and more enjoyable for the people you play for. In the end, performance is about making stuff spectacular, unless you’re playing for yourself. I mean there are many artists who come there to show you how fast they can play, that they can play while standing on their head, you know, all that kind of stuff. The kind of music and musicians that I interact with are the ones who work hard at their instruments and want to be outstanding at what they do. And also like to live well off it. So I would say we are scholars of music – ongoing scholars of music. We don’t think about all these other things that are happening, although I mean we understand what they are, but… the people I am playing with have been playing music since they were kids and they went into it because they loved music and were gifted in it. And so they don’t need accessories, except maybe for effect. Like we still use microphones by the way. [Laughs] So we can be better heard but we really don’t go over the top. We’re not technicians, we’re musicians. During the president’s 2nd inaugural, you were honored with an award at the award at the White House. Have you reflected on that experience yet? You know, I’m 74 now. I’ve lived in the world of public interest since I was 16 years old. Those things that happen, like awards, etcetera, are fantastic at the moment that they happen. But the next day I’m gone. I mean, I might not remember too much of this interview with you, because tomorrow I’ll be doing 3 more. The next day I’ll be doing 5 more. Since the White House, we went to the Grammies, where we were nominated, and then we went to Europe, then we went to Nigeria, then to Australia and New Zealand to Japan. Now we are here in the states, and next month I’ll be in the Caribbean. You can only remember so much and people sometimes get so hurt. You know, when you meet them and they say ‘Don’t you remember me? 1967, I was wearing the green shirt and my girl was wearing the red dress.’ [Laughs] ‘It’s me, man. It’s me, Hugh!’ So you can’t walk around going, ‘Wow, wow I was at the white house.’ It’s gone. Are the speaking engagements and interviews something you enjoy doing? Well, if you’re going to take something up, you have to take the world that it comes with. Interviews are very, very easy when you think that the entertainment business is the most accessible one in the world. You don’t have to have a diploma to claim to be a manager or whatever. It is inundated by every kind of character, you know. Either wants an autograph or wants to sell you something or wants to give you something, or wants to hang with you, wants to rip you off. So, in the list of all that and having to know…you know, talent is not enough. You have to learn how and understand how it works to be in the whole entertainment world. I think to a very great extent marketing and sales and media are the integral products. You grow up with it. I’ve been doing it for over 50 years. It seems to be part of the world. But I am very privileged to be in music, to do what I love to do, to get paid for it, and to see some of the world’s greatest airports and hotels. [Laughs] You don’t see anything in any of the towns that you go to. I’ve heard you speak about the various detriments to music when it is viewed and valued as pure commodity. Do you have advice for people trying to navigate the increasingly commoditized atmosphere of music making? The only advice you can have for anybody is that you have to learn it. Like I said before, talent is not enough. You have to go out and learn how it works, how the business works. Otherwise, I mean…You know, if you’re a visual artist you have to know everything about galleries and dealers, imitators and theft. If you are going to go into something, and you are living in a modern world, you have to learn that world in order to be able to operate. You can’t just enter anything starry eyed. If you’re going to be a boxer, you have to learn now only how to punch but how to take punches. I was looking at the venues you are playing on this tour. Many of them are concert halls and auditoriums that typically host classical music, where the audiences are accustomed to sitting and listening quietly. But I know that isn’t quite your style. Have you found yourself having to work harder to get the crowd involved? Our concert is built so that we start off by playing as well as we can; to show our virtuosity and our interaction with each other as an ensemble. So that seems to serve all those kinds of people well. Towards the end of the show we have them singing with us and dancing with us. So we cater to all. I was watching a clip the other day where you addressed the crowd and said “Some of you may have never screamed in your life before. This is your chance.” Not even in bed. It seems that you view the concert as a chance for liberation, then. Well, people come to see you. They prepare for a long time. You know, the concert is announced months before. Some people plan for it, you know, for many people it eats into their budget. And some people might buy a new flower lapel or new shoes or a new dress. Some people have to get babysitter. So these people come there with the hope of really having a great time. And they’ve come to listen to someone they’ve lived with in their living rooms. You have to make it worthwhile their having come, and if you don’t want to do that than you need to see a head doctor. Because if you are into yourself more than the audience, that is going to be your tragic flaw. If you are an artist, and I think you’ve notice that, like… many artists are done in by the affect that after a while they think they are godly. But really you have to appreciate that those people come there because they appreciate you. They pay their money and they make plans to come and see you. So if nothing else out of respect you have to make it worthwhile for them. In the early 60s, you immersed yourself in a New York jazz scene that included Coltrane, Miles, Monk and many more of the most revered names in music. A lot has been written about that period. Having been there, do you ever hear misconceptions about that time? The main one is that they just appeared, or that all of modern music came from there. But they came from somewhere. They didn’t come from nowhere. We’d have to go back to Louis Armstrong and Buddy Bolden and King Oliver, all those people who came out of New Orleans and put together what you’d call ensemble playing, new urban ensemble playing, that was based on a fusion between African life and their being forcefully exposed to a European kind of urban life. And they found a void and a niche and also a way to earn money. And they picked up these western instruments and came up with what journalists and media people call jazz, you know. For them it was music, and it came from somewhere. Music doesn’t just … is not just periodical. It’s an ongoing process; it’s been there ever since there has been life, long before humanity there was sound. So we are working only with what we have found here, and we try to enhance it, you know. Like the bebop musicians took it from swing and opened it up and enhanced it. And then others came and tried to take it to other places and they call it fusion and they call it avant garde, you know. But in the end music lasts forever that pleases the mind, that pleases the soul, you know what I mean? Whether it’s Bach or Palestrina or Debussy or Ravel. Whether it’s Michelle Legrande or Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald or Puccini or Pavarotti. But what you’ll find is that excellence in song is what makes great artists in the end. It is song and harmony and the music and the melody that fascinate the lay person. When it becomes very convoluted, other eccentrics come to, like, admire it and they form their own teams. [Laughs] But the majority of people just like a simple melody. I think that’s one of the things about your music that has struck a chord with people. It is carried out with skill and craft but it is still accessible. Exactly, exactly. But I don’t have to dictate it for other people. In other words, I am just talking about me, what goes for me is what I do and I admire all kinds of music, every kind of music there is. I make lyrics too, like… in my yard, I have a garden and a very big yard. Certain birds make certain sounds. In my silly time in the garden I try to put lyrics to that sound, or put words to them, because its music, you know. So like if a bird is up and it goes ‘Chirp chada chada cha chow’, to me it sounds like ‘you silly mother fucker.’ [Laughs] But those are little fun things I have with myself. They’re music, you know. Music is just a pleasant combination of sounds, and it’s amazing that you don’t need a language. Working to Preserve the Heritage of South Africa Siddhartha Mitter Photograph by Kevork Djansezian for Getty Images He turned 74 a few days ago, and Hugh Masekela — the South African trumpeter, flugelhorn player, singer, jazz pioneer, folk music reviver, cultural activist, master entertainer, and all-around irrepressible spirit — is fairly bursting with energy. At the helm of his working band of the last four years, a sharp crew of Cape Town players less than half his age, he’s on his annual tour snaking through the United States and playing music from “Jabulani,” his latest international release; “Playing @ Work,” a brand-new double album as yet only available in South Africa; and gems from his 43-album-deep vault of jazz, soul, South African funk, Xhosa folklore, Afrobeat, maybe the odd Bob Dylan cover, and who knows what else. Masekela comes to Berklee Performance Center on Sunday. His verve, Masekela says on the phone from a tour stop in central Pennsylvania, comes first and foremost from the privilege of performing. “How many occupations do you know where you can engage 2,000 people and have everyone feeling?” More prosaically, Masekela, who kicked a bad alcohol habit 15 years ago, says he draws force from his daily practice of tai chi, in the manner of the millions of Chinese who practice the discipline into old age. “When they are really old, they are still upright and calm,” Masekela says. “When you’re upright and calm, you’re like an antenna.” Those who recall Masekela from his Afro-funk days of the 1970s, his “Grazin’ in the Grass” hit of 1968, or for that matter his early career on the South African jazz scene with the likes of Abdullah Ibrahim (then called Dollar Brand) in the late 1950s, may find that today, Masekela’s solos may be just a little briefer than in the past, his hearty singing voice just a shade less lusty. The years will do that. But that antenna has never been more sharply tuned. Masekela is collaborating with an armada of young artists, popping up onstage with everyone from New York Ugandan-American singer Somi to Johannesburg art-rockers BLK JKS. He launched last year a production house and label to develop South African talent across genres. And despite performing and touring widely, he’s also, he says, constantly reading. “I’m reading everything I can get my eyes on, except maybe bathroom graffiti,” he says. “From junk to Dostoyevsky.” His range is broad but his choices are still pointed. His current tour-bus fare is a tome titled “New Babylon, New Niniveh,” a scholarly study of conditions in the late 19th century in the Witwatersrand — the mining area where Johannesburg sits and where South African industry took shape. “Johannesburg was built, for lack of a better word, by pirates and greed,” he says, summarizing his observations from the book. “And that set the standard for urban life in South Africa, the values. Acquisition is still the greatest thing that every South African is after.” These days, Masekela takes every opportunity to advocate for the arts and initiatives to preserve cultural heritage in the face of unrelenting materialism — in South Africa and elsewhere. He views what he calls “heritage restoration” as a global priority that is especially crucial on the African continent, where museums and arts institutions are poor and have been low public priorities, and where each generation that passes away takes with it knowledge that can’t be replaced. “Today’s aged have that last oral information,” he says. “And they are sitting in the backyard, in the shade somewhere, and we are not letting them share it with us.” Masekela says he is working with several colleagues on plans to establish academies that will not only present and teach but also conduct research into African music, visual art, architecture, and design. In a sense, the vision is a natural expansion of Masekela’s own creative investment in South African arts since his return to the country in 1990. He had left in 1960 after the Sharpeville Massacre signaled the hardening of the apartheid regime, and returned to a country in transition, with Nelson Mandela newly freed. In the years since then, his music has increasingly drawn on South Africa’s mbaqanga funk style and new, jazzy interpretations of traditional themes. Many songs on “Jabulani,” some in Xhosa and others in English, tell stories of the ups and downs of marriage, ringing like jaunty, dance-ready funk fables. In the end, however, trying to put categories on Masekela’s music is a fool’s errand. The man is far too eclectic. His new South African release includes a version of “Soweto Blues,” a classic he wrote long ago for ex-wife Miriam Makeba but had not recorded himself. It also features a cover of Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” The impression emerges that Masekela’s borderless vision and creative instincts, though honed by decades in exile, have blossomed with each year since his return to his home country, like a plant whose branches grow out at the same time as its roots. “The greatest privilege I had in life was to be able to go back to South Africa,” he says. “I can immerse myself in our heritage and ancestry, and I have access to the world as a free citizen. I’m just enjoying being alive as a free individual and having access to the whole world.” Fresh Because He’s Fascinated Jazz Great Hugh Masekela, Fresh Because He’s Fascinated Michel Martin “I was a good boy,” South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela assures NPR’s Michel Martin. But still, he says, “as a kid, I was whipped on a slow day at least three times.” Eventually, Masekela told his chaplain, “If I can get a trumpet, Father, I won’t bother anybody.” His wish came true. Within a few years, Louis Armstrong, who’d heard of a talented kid in South Africa, sent the boy his own trumpet. Photographer Alf Kumalo captured Masekela’s joy at receiving that gift in an iconic photograph. But Masekela says he has always hated that image: “I lost a girlfriend through that picture,” he says. “You know, we were very cool at that time, so that was a very uncool picture.” She told him she couldn’t be seen with him. “Barefootin’ with your pants rolled up — I mean, how country can you get?” he says. A few years later, the brutality of apartheid made it impossible for Masekela to stay in South Africa. A former girlfriend, singer and activist Miriam Makeba, encouraged him to go to America. “Forget about London,” he says she told him, “this is the place to be.” Masekela recalls how Makeba “blew the States away” and “was on first-name basis with everybody.” She and Harry Belafonte soon gave Masekela a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music. And he worked part time in Belafonte’s band, because, Masekela says, the older musician warned him, “They ain’t gonna give you no money, you gotta work!” Masekela had to come to terms with the realization that he might never go home. But what he found most difficult to deal with was the cold. “That really made me homesick,” he says, recalling his first experience of snow. He sent a picture of himself to his mother, “and I said, ‘I’m not smiling, I’m grimacing.’ ” Masekela was not sad, though. “It was the greatest time for music in the States,” he recalls. “I was surrounded by so much beauty, and so much generosity, and so much joy. It was a new world. It was the world I wanted to live in when I heard records when I was a small kid.” Both darlings of the South African music scene, Masekela and Makeba had a brief, turbulent marriage during those years. “Our personal relationship was like not even hills, [but] mountains and valleys,” he points out, “but Miriam Makeba was the epitome, the very portrait of what Africa was all about. … She was the most generous person I have ever known.” He brushes off the idea that their marriage was a nightmare. “When you grow up in the township, what me and Miriam went through overseas is very light stuff,” he says. Masekela has spoken candidly in the past about his drug and alcohol use. He points to South Africa’s history as a reason why he got addicted. “When I grew up, liquor was illegal for African people in South Africa,” so they set up speakeasies — or shebeens. “Drunkenness to a great extent was a form of defiance,” he says. He started drinking when he was 13 and was 58 when he finally stopped. Masekela points out that he didn’t get “sober,” he just stopped killing himself. “You shouldn’t stop enjoying life,” he says, “but you just have to stop beating yourself up.” Now 74, Masekela says “I feel like I’m just beginning.” He credits his endless fascination with keeping his music fresh. “If music was the devil, I would need an exorcist. That’s how obsessed and possessed I am with it, and I have always been.” And to all young talented musicians who might feel the same, he has this advice: “Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. … It’s all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work.” Playing @ Work Review by Afropolitan Hugh Masekela – Playing @ Work the afropolitan Brenda Nyakudya For more than six decades flugelhorn, cornet player and vocal legend Hugh Ramopolo Masekela has been producing music that feeds the soul. From his humble beginnings in Witbank, South Africa, Hugh Masekela has not just made music for entertainment; he has been an agent of social and political change as he used his art to tell stories of pain and suffering during the dark days of apartheid. From his early career days with the Jazz Epistles to 2013 he has become a world-renowned artist, a vocal social commentator and an international icon. Hugh, affectionately known as Bra Hugh, is one of the few African artists to get mention at the Grammy Awards, when he was nominated in 1968 for the Best Contemporary Pop Performance for his album ‘Grazin’ in the Grass’. His latest album, good-humouredly titled ‘Playing @ Work’, is a double CD offering, and Masekela’s 43rd album — and is just as fresh as his earlier work! The first disc is upbeat and opens with the track ‘Africa Hold Hands’ which is a clear and much needed call for Pan-African unity. The next track takes you on a different journey bringing in a total remake of the Bob Dylan 1965 classic, ‘It’s all over now, Baby Blues’, presenting it in his own Hugh Masekela African style. Soul Rebel is a passionate ode to a “fighter of human rights”, Bob Nester Marley and shows innovation as it fuses Afro-funk with a reggae twist. The second disc brings in the Hugh Masekela of old; the jazz maestro who won his way into audiences’ heart with his trumpet. Featuring local artist Pu2ma on a track that was Miriam Makeba’s 70s hit ‘Soweto Blues’ was genius as she transforms it into a powerfully melodic beat. The rest of the album continues in the classical jazz tones with a bit of funk, soul and gospel thrown in for good measure. Any fan of Bra Hugh will be pleased with this album as it shows that the musical master still has a few tricks up his sleeve and continues to make music to please. Hugh Masekela serves as director on the board of The Lunchbox Fund, an establishment that works to ensure that school-going children in Soweto are provided a meal every day. Hugh Masekela and Bob Dylan shared a producer (Tom Wilson) in the 1960s. British priest, Trevor Huddleston, allegedly financed Masekela’s first trumpet. Review: Hugh Masekela & La-33 Ben McNicoll Along with Peru’s Novolima, Hugh Masekela and La-33, looked to be pretty much the most danceable musical acts in this year’s Auckland Arts Festival programme, and both proved to be so, but there were contrasts between the approach at the two venues. South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela’s strengths as an entertainer carried his show at the Town Hall on Thursday. His history of anti-apartheid activism, and his reputation as a brass player took me to the concert with a set of expectations of tone that were cheerfully overturned. Though his flugelhorn solos were magical, and highlights of evening, it was his skills as a band leader and front man that he relied on most. He had a warm banter going with the audience, alternately teasing and flattering, and proclaiming our status as ersatz Sowetans with a wink. And his (frequently suggestive) dancing would have you thinking he was a much younger man than his 73 years. Many if not most are happy to let the Freudian aspect of the trumpet go unremarked, but he went there with a knowing smile, and it worked. He brought the audience into his circle of confidence. And soon he had the audience calling back and forth to him. Sometimes unasked for. Sometimes in mutual unintelligibility. The band he brought with him were slick, although perhaps too well rehearsed. Though they had only brief moments in the limelight, it was clear that they were very fine musicians in their own right, but the show lacked the loose spontaneity that I associate with the township grooves and high life styles. Masekela’s politics finally came through in the more sombre tone of his classic Coal Train, which deals with the migration of young men from across Africa to work in the harsh conditions of South Africa’s diamond, and mineral mines. “People always cheer for this song,“ he said in response to the hoots of recognition of the first few bars, “But I don’t know why. It is a sad song. So if you see me crying, please understand.” Another musical highlight of the evening was a tribute to Fela Kuti, as Masekela covered the Afrobeat classic Lady. But the evening was not without its flaws, and I believe they stem from the choice of venue. It felt like Masekela was having to work hard against the formality of the venue and situation, as well as Auckland audiences’ legendary passivity being exacerbated by being seated. There was a tension between the expectations of a seated festival concert, and the music which just begged you to move your body. Masekela exhorted the audience to their feet three times, only to have them sit down again at the end of each song in a domino effect, and by the third time up there were clearly older patrons who didn’t want to stand. But it was also clear that there was a sizeable portion of the audience who did want to groove, and at the encore when a few brave souls broke the ice and ventured to the front to do so, the aisles quickly resembled a conga line traffic jam as what seemed like half the audience tried to join them. It felt like a release. So I viewed the promise of “general admission seated” on tickets for Colombian Salsa band La-33 on Saturday with some suspicion, but The Festival Club lived up to its name. There was no question about whether dancing was appropriate. A full house containing many Colombian expats, and a large contingent of Salsa dancers quickly transformed the floor of the Spiegeltent into a heaving night club atmosphere, which the band exploited from the first note. This was helped by the removal of all seating from the main floor, leaving the booths around the edge and a few bar stools at the rear. When some audience members helped themselves to chairs and arranged them around the edge, these were whisked away by staff as soon as the patrons stood up to dance. And you couldn’t avoid dancing. The style of Salsa Dura, “hard Salsa”, emphasises rhythm and the horn section, and both were about as good as it gets. The band’s 11 man lineup included a very tight four piece horn section, keys and bass, and more percussion than you could shake a maraca at, as the three front men pulled double duty when not singing lead and joined the conga, timbales and cowbells. Though there was little English spoken, the band seemed to have no trouble communicating their energy to an equally excited crowd. To be fair, there were probably a number of Spanish speakers in the audience who understood just fine. The rest of us got the gist. One word I caught in an introduction sounded like “Police”, and somewhat surprisingly the band launched into the lyrics of 80’s classic Roxanne. The programme also included Pantera Mambo, a catchy reworking of Henry Mancini’s The Pink Panther. The band didn’t let up for more than a minute or two at a time, and cries of “Orta! Orta!” brought them back to the stage for an encore of several songs, including a memorable musically pyrotechnic and interactive saxophone solo, while the band remained frozen in place. In all, both concerts left me energised, but the contrast between the two came down to the signals sent by the choice of venue and the way it is set up. The Spiegeltent Festival Club is informal and intimate, and that is a strong combination. It welcomes the audience into the experience as participants rather than observers. As the more traditional arts festival fare is supplemented by these very popular and danceable artists, it seems as if there is a shift needed in venue programming towards those less formal situations. In the case of Hugh Masekela, that could have been as simple as selling the stalls as standing general admission, while still allowing for seated patrons upstairs. Festival organisers need only ask themselves the question “would you like to dance?” And then accommodate the audience who do. Town Hall, Auckland Festival Club, Aotea Square, Auckland WOMAD Guardian Blog and Review Hugh Masekela at WOMADelaide – Review, Interview and Blog Excerpts Caspar Llewellyn Smith Photograph by Alicia Canter for the Guardian It was a fine way to celebrate a 21st birthday: blistering temperatures, beautiful surroundings and plenty to learn from your elders. Some of the leading perfomers at WOMADelaide in Adelaide’s Botanic Park were more than a match for their superannuated peers in the world of rock when it came to demonstrating that near-enough eligibility for a senior citizen’s card is no barrier to putting on a show. For my tastes, the 64-year-old Jimmy Cliff on Saturday night was a bit too much the showman – particularly with his version of Hakuna Matata from The Lion King – but his contemporary Salif Keita was spellbinding once his band found their groove earlier the same night. Keita was one of three leading acts from Mali at the festival this year, with a focus on that country because of the political turmoil and jihadist uprising. Vieux Farka Touré may always struggle to escape the shadow of his father, the late Ali Farka Touré, but Bassekou Kouyaté – whose family have played the ngoni for generations – is already well on his way to becoming a true star. His son, Mustafa, is in his band now, and took an impressive solo during their performance on the main stage on Friday night; but the look on his face later when his old man let rip with his instrument, making liberal use of his wah-wah pedal, told its own story. Like everyone in the audience, he just puffed out his cheeks as if to say “Woah!”. Bassekou and co were busy playing throughout the weekend – plus there was an appearance from his wife (and vocalist in the group) Amy at the Taste the World stage, where acts show off their cooking skills, one of the measures of WOMADelaide’s civilised demeanour. I especially liked the sound of Novalima’s ceviche, and the band of expat Peruvians also excelled on the third stage on Sunday afternoon. Likewise Brooklyn-based Afrobeat outfit Antibalas on Saturday, whose performance was perhaps especially charged because singer Amayo had heard the news the night before that his mother had passed away in his native Lagos; and also Moriarty, a band from France whose parents mostly came from the US, and who sound like they come from the backroads, somewhere way off any interstate. It was, as well, a joy to get a sense of the rich diversity of musical life in this corner of the planet. The festival began with a traditional kaurna greeting from Stevie Goldsmith and dancers and encompassed a bluesy-take on Aboriginal music from East Journey, who come from the Yirrkala community in North East Arnhem Land; also a performance from Sing Sing, involving acts from across Oceania; vibrant Aussie hip-hop from the Herd; and two of the most talked-about acts in the country. If Stevie Goldsmith represents a tradition that is several millennia old, Melbourne band the Cat Empire who headlined the main stage on Friday night may well stand for the future, with their kitchen-sink appropriation of genres from around the globe, including hip-hop, reggae and salsa. Similarly brave, in their own way, were funk-soul champions the Bamboos on Sunday, who’ve added a bit of gnarled rock to their schtick thanks to guest frontman Tim Rogers. Both acts drew vast crowds in the relative cool of the evening (it was still sticky in the pitch dark). With more than 470 performers from 26 countries appearing over the course of the four days, any review could only scratch the surface of WOMADelaide: there was also the much talked about “Blank Page”, performance art from the Compagnie Luc Amoros (looked good, even if the political messaging was a bit gauche); lots of buzz for the electro-swing of UK act the Correspondents (not to my taste, alas); the rock of the delicate-looking Algerian singer Souad Massi (inviting some dangerous-looking dancing as temperatures touched 40 degrees on Sunday afternoon); and Balkan swagger of that evening’s headliner Goran Bregovic. Bregovic came within a whisker of stealing the weekend. The Marco Pierre White lookalike is a masterful chef d’orchestre, as they say in other parts of the world; he looked like the boss man in his immaculate silver suit, but stay seated for most of his by turns moving and then uproarious performance, letting his superb 18-piece band – involving, I think, a mixture of authentic Gypsy players such as the Kosovan refugee goc drummer Muharem Redzepi and conservatory pros including saxophonist Stojan Dimovget – get on with it. But for the odd moment when he did calm things down – as with a rendition of his hilarious In the Death Car – he mesmerised, too. Someone at the festival (was it the band Moriarty?) said that Adelaide has the highest number of serial killers per head of population in the world. I don’t know about that. But on the basis of the dancing as Bregovic’s set came to a close, there were certainly plenty of bona fide nutters there. Best of all for this reviewer, though, as previously described, was Hugh Masekela, who headlined on Saturday, but also hung around the festival site all weekend, giving a talk in Speakers Corner and guesting on the Monday with the Soweto Gospel Choir. He showed with his own performance how he has learned to entertain over the years – busting some dance moves, playing famous songs such as Stimela, talking about the environment (“Let’s make a resolution that when we see someone shitting on nature, we’re going to say ‘get off the pot!'”); but it’s when he blows softly on his horn that the real magic is there. “Not too bad for a boy from a shebeen,” he said at one point, talking about his career and the distance it stretches from the township in South Africa in which he was born in 1939 – a phrase that might have served notice on his performance. But better came at the very end, when in the heat, he showed more effortless cool. The compere urged further applause “for a real legend”, and the 73-year-old, already half-off stage, yelled back: “No one’s a legend!” Hugh Masekela – what I’m thinking about … a crisis for African culture It is said that 11 of the world’s 20 fastest growing economies are in Africa, but when you talk about the economy, who are you talking about? The rich will benefit but the poor will always remain poor. In China, the economy is booming, but the poverty rate there is appalling; the US economy is the biggest in the world, but poverty there is appalling, too. So when you talk to me about the economy, in my mind that translates as “the establishment”. The ones who run the economy, the ones who own it, are the ones who benefit from it. In my view, Africa’s real problems are cultural. In 20 years from now, when people ask my grandchildren who they are, they’ll say “it is rumoured that we used to be Africans – long ago”. I’m very interested in heritage restoration, and I’m working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance spaces to encourage native arts and crafts and to explore African history. I’ve got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found – the wealth of African culture. Africa was not only conquered, but in conquest, through the imposition of new religions and the misunderstanding of the aims of education, and later on through advertising, Africans were manipulated into thinking that their own heritage is backward: primitive, pagan, heathen, barbaric. We need a renaissance to celebrate the wealth of diversity that really exists. Now, a renaissance is very expensive, but you don’t have to force a thing on people who already own it, you just have to make the space for it to show it off – you let it grow from there. If there’s going to be cultural advancement, it’s going to have to come from the people themselves, but they have to be helped. It’s obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture – African culture, period. Just look at a festival like WOMADelaide. But when people come to Africa they can’t find it that easily because the African establishment has no interest in celebrating it. Governments in Africa – most governments, in fact – are allergic to this because they don’t want to be upstaged. And it’s to the benefit of international industry that the people of Africa remain an underclass – so they won’t take ownership of the raw materials themselves. But if Africans recapture their culture they will naturally gravitate towards recapturing the continent. If they know more of who they are, they might not be willing to be so subservient. It’s not just Africa’s problem; most of the world now has disappeared into laptops and iPhones and iPads. People think think that when they have these gadgets they are advancing. Technology keeps changing the world, but music doesn’t change, it’s only 12 notes and six chords and it’ll always be that. It’s how they’re juggled that makes great music and great musicians study that, whether it’s Palestrina or Bach or Fela [Kuti]. But if you’re into the dark glasses and chicks with their asses in the air and in your face … I don’t know how much of it is music. People talk to me about the rise of hip hop in Africa, too, but nothing that mechanical will last. The people look alike, and they’re wearing the same outfits, and they’re singing variations or rapping variations of the same thing. And yet the Hawaiians and the Indians sing variations of the same scales, but in there are beautiful songs, beautiful melodies. Anything that comes organically from people, musically, is what will last for ever. But what depends on a machine will always depend upon a machine. Until a bigger machine comes. Blog Excerpt “Day 2 of WOMADelaide began with a talk from Hugh Masekela at the Speakers Corner stage. This is Caspar Llewellyn Smith again. I’d actually bumped into the 73-year old last night, and asked whether he’d ever met Archie Shepp, the radical late 60s saxophonist, simply because I’ve been listening to his oeuvre recently. And of course Masekela had: “I knew Archie well … I never liked his music.” That led to a discussion about his close friend Miles Davis, which included a great Miles impersonation and the view that Miles lost the plot when he ventured into that Sly Stone/ Stockhausen thing of his in the early 70s. “I told him I’d come see him play again when he started playing music again.” On this Saturday morning, in a front of a crowd desperately fanning themselves in the sticky heat, he was at it again, a little bit, casually mentioning his friendship with Bob Marley, for instance. But he can’t help it if he’s known and worked with several of the greats, because he is one himself, and a measure of that was his insistence here, talking of politics, that “the ordinary person is the hero of every society. In a place like South Africa, the real heroes are the unknown people”. It was also a delight to hear Masekela talk about the importance to him of his school geography lessons: “we learnt how to draw the outline of every country, their physical features .. their products, their climate” etc, which, he complained doesn’t happen any more. It meant that when he left South Africa after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 and started his peripatetic existence that continues to this day – he has homes in South Africa, Ghana and California, though as he told me “I live in airports and hotels and festivals” – nowhere he went felt foreign to him. “I don’t recognise borders,” he told the audience, but talked about the vital cultural traditions of Africa. “If there were no Africans in America, it wouldn’t be the place it is today – they’d still be wearing white wigs. Without Louis Armstrong, they’d still be walking straight, without a dip in their hip.” (Masekela, of course, once knew Armstrong too.)” Messages and Memories	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line67
__label__cc	0.694329	0.305671	Khulli Khabar Champions League last 16 draw Posted on January 7, 2019 February 14, 2019 by owl Jürgen Klopp has recognized the possibility of confronting Bayern Munich since Liverpool were among three Language sides to be drawn from German resistance in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Manchester United face a massive task to advance against Paris Saint-Germain. Klopp, who had been director of Borussia Dortmund if they had been conquered by Bayern at the 2013 final at Wembley, will have the opportunity to avenge that defeat later Liverpool were paired with their fellow five-time winners at Monday’s lure. But despite having the benefit of a winter break for the last time together with the Premier League set to present a last-minute vacation next year, Klopp considers that’ll play no role in determining who reaches the quarter-finals.”The winter doesn’t make a huge difference,” he explained. “It makes just a huge gap with accidents and things like this, German clubs have the time, a few weeks, to attract gamers back and things like that while at precisely the exact same time we’ve got 10 games. However, in February it shouldn’t have a huge influence.”On playing with Bayern, contrary to whom Klopp has dropped 16 of the 29 games he’s taken control of,” he also added:”It was apparent that it would be hard [and] they’re clearly a leading side. judi bola terbaik For me it is fine, visiting Germany. It is obviously long past I played with Bayern at an aggressive video game, so I am actually excited about it.”The Bayern sporting manager, Hasan Salihamidzic, considers the Germans confront a”hard nut to crack” in handling Liverpool. “Liverpool will be the most popular team at the moment and very top of the Premier League table,” he explained. “They play very good soccer, quite physical and using a high pace. We are excited about playing there. All these are the challenges you need to master on your career”Bayern are now third in the Bundesliga supporting Lucien Favre’s Dortmund, who completed before Atlético Madrid within their team and may also provide stiff opposition for Spurs to achieve the final eight. Since the only English side to finish top of the group, City were rewarded with what seems, on paper , are the most simple job against Schalke. They’ve fought in the league this year under 33-year-old trainer Dominic Tedesco and has to go to the Etihad Stadium to the next leg on 12 March. “This rivalry is becoming hard,” explained City’s director of soccer, Txiki Begiristain. “There are big attractions and large games coming. Teams which are fighting in their own league have done quite well in the Champions League. German clubs are always quite dangerous.”United’s defeat in Valencia last week meant they missed the chance to finish before Juventus in their team following the Italian champions were defeated by Young Boys at the last game of the group point. I am convinced for my group, but it is a fantastic test, a struggle,” he explained. Manchester United have a great deal of expertise in this contest, which they have won a few times. I am neither satisfied nor disappointed from the attraction.”Uefa has verified the dates of their last-16 ties, which will see United sponsor PSG on 12 February, together with the next leg France on 6 March. Spurs sponsor Dortmund on 13 February and will perform Germany on 5 March. Liverpool’s first leg against Bayern is going to probably be at Anfield on 19 February, together with the return fixture at the last pair of matches on 13 March. César Azpilicueta celebrates putting Chelsea 3-2 up. Copyright © 2018 \| All Rights Reserved. Drape by Shark Themes	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line69
__label__wiki	0.749731	0.749731	Laos, 1983. An intensive bombing campaign, coupled with artillery battles on land, has left the landscape in some areas of Laos filled with craters. Photo: Titus Peachey From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions—equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years – making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history. The bombings were part of the U.S. Secret War in Laos to support the Royal Lao Government against the Pathet Lao and to interdict traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The bombings destroyed many villages and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lao civilians during the nine-year period. Up to a third of the bombs dropped did not explode, leaving Laos contaminated with vast quantities of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Over 20,000 people have been killed or injured by UXO in Laos since the bombing ceased. The wounds of war are not only felt in Laos. When the Americans withdrew from Laos in 1973, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled the country, and many of them ultimately resettled in the United States. Regions in Laos that were bombed are highlighted in red and yellow. Here are some other startling facts about the U.S. bombing of Laos and its tragic aftermath: Over 270 million cluster bombs were dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War (210 million more bombs than were dropped on Iraq in 1991, 1998 and 2006 combined); up to 80 million did not detonate. Nearly 40 years on, less than 1% of these munitions have been destroyed.More than half of all confirmed cluster munitions casualties in the world have occurred in Laos. Each year there are now just under 50 new casualties in Laos, down from 310 in 2008. Close to 60% of the accidents result in death, and 40% of the victims are children. Between 1993 and 2016, the U.S. contributed on average $4.9M per year for UXO clearance in Laos; the U.S. spent $13.3M per day (in 2013 dollars) for nine years bombing Laos. In just ten days of bombing Laos, the U.S. spent $130M (in 2013 dollars), or more than it has spent in clean up over the past 24 years ($118M).	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line71
__label__cc	0.624995	0.375005	Kategorie: Teens Go Hungry to Help Haiti Quake Survivors Teens Go Hungry to Help Haiti Quake Survivors Through World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine Hunger Awareness Campaign – February 26th, 27th Hundreds of Thousands Participate Nationwide 30-Hour Famine Funds go to Haiti Quake Relief and Long Term Needs SEATTLE, Jan. 27 /Christian Newswire/ — Next month, hundreds of thousands of American teens will go hungry in an effort to help Haiti quake survivors and fight global hunger through World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine. This year, a portion of funds raised by 30-Hour Famine groups will go toward Haiti’s long-term recovery. Pat Rhoads, World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine Manager says, „I’m really excited and grateful that teens here can have a direct impact on teens and children in Haiti. Many wish they could go there and help the people of Haiti. This is a way to directly help them, even if they can’t make the trip.“ Now, by participating in World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine, hundreds of thousands of American teens will also put a human face on the untold suffering of the Global Food Crisis. And youth will be helping those hardest-hit by the recession here at home as they participate in community service projects (at food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters). Where does 30-Hour Famine money go? Haiti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Sudan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other targeted spots where famine, conflict and other crises make children vulnerable. World Vision has been working in Haiti for more than thirty years. This year, in addition to addressing immediate relief needs, 30-Hour Famine funds will be spent on long-term needs in Haiti such as food rations to children and mothers and HIV-positive adults, fruit trees, small-scale drip irrigation, guinea fowl and pigs, construction of eight new clinics (serving 55,000) and a new pharmacy, immunizations and more. Tonight, nearly one billion people worldwide will go to bed hungry – that’s one out of every six people on earth. 26,000 children die each day from preventable causes like hunger, disease and malnutrition. Chronic poverty, affecting half the people on earth, is the cause. Nearly 3 billion people live on less than $2 a day. This February 26th & 27th, hundreds of thousands of American teens will participate in World Vision’s 19h annual 30-Hour Famine, forsaking food for 30 hours to get a taste of what the world’s poorest children face. Prior to the event, teens raise funds by explaining that $30 a month — just $1 a day — can feed and care for a child for 30 days. As they fast, teens consume only water and juice as they participated in local community service projects. Since 1992, students have raised more than $130 million worldwide. In 2009, 30-Hour Famine raised close to $11 million. This year’s goal is to raise $12 million. World Vision works in nearly 100 countries, helping approximately 100 million people. Visit www.30hourfamine.org or call 800-7-FAMINE for more information. AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS: Pat Rhoads — 30-Hour Famine Manager — World Vision Gardi Wilks 708-366-8389 (office) 708-205-5020 (cell) John Yeager 253-815-2356 (office) 425-765-9845 (cell) About World Vision World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. World Vision serves the world’s poor regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. For more information, visit www.worldvision.org 3mnewswire.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line72
__label__cc	0.736841	0.263159	Home /News / Hot news √News PUBG magic gamepad PUBG is a simulated live shootout game, which has been very popular since the beginning of the year. The most exciting part of the PUBG is the finals. There are many small partners to the finals, and the intense mood, the palm of the hand is sweating. In fact, in the final circle level of mind is the most important, hundred of people with the map competitive PUBG want to win, it is easy to say but it is difficult to do it. First of all, let's go to the finals and try not to go to the center, even if there are buildings in the center. Because everyone is closer to the final circle, it is easier to find the other side, and everyone aims at the center of the safety zone, and who touches the center point, it will become a target of fire. Next is to clear away the edge. In the finals, you must clean up after yourself. Because when we are sniping by the front people, we can find shelter, and once we are attacked by people behind, there is no hope of survival. Then, a practical weapon in the final circle was thrown. Fragment grenades allow players to successfully win the game without firing a single bullet. Once the player finds the enemy's position, a number of hand grenades are thrown out to let the enemy experience the sensation of the bombing area. The use of the smoke bomb is many. In the final circle, it is usually used to block the enemy's vision and make it easy for himself to escape. Finally, remember not to drive in the finals. Because the finals are already small, you will be caught by other players when you drive. In close proximity, many players can sweep you down with guns, so driving does not have the slightest advantage. Ipega has launched the gamepad PG-9087, which is one of the most powerful artifact devices in history. It won't let you finish the finals. It's just to make you so fresh. The gamepad also increases the speed of the play, the TUBRO function, whether you are in the shooting game or the fighting game, the speed of the play will make you play more stimulated. In the finals, we must act according to circumstances and grasp the rhythm of the game. We must be decisive in making decisions and not lose the chance to win because of hesitation. PG-9087 Bluetooth game handle, the final circle is stand up and fight directly. Prev： Ipega Bluetooth gamepad and FIFA football world to compete i... Next：None	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line77
__label__cc	0.511532	0.488468	Investors Gain N8tn as Nigerian Stock Market Closes Bullish Equities investors in the Nigerian capital market have every reason to cheer as the value of their investments, measured by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) capitalisation, went up by N8 trillion in 2020. This translated to a 60 per cent gain. The market capitalisation rose from N12.969 trillion in 2019 to N21.057 trillion as at the close of market yesterday. At the close of trading yesterday, the NSE All-Share Index (ASI) delivered 50 per cent return, rising from 26,842.07 to close at 40,270.72, compared with a decline of 14.6 per cent in 2019 and 17.81 per cent in 2018. The gain recorded by the Nigerian bourse in 2020 is the best among 93 equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg. The gain came amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, which were expected to affect the performance of the market. Despite the lockdowns and disruptions occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic, the unrests due to #EndSARS protests against police brutality in October, the stock market survived hyperinflation and economic recession to end the year higher. The Nigerian equities market rode on low yields in the fixed income market and renewed interest by domestic investors to outperform other global markets. Although the stock market was oversold with many prices trading record lows at the beginning of the year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s restriction of domestic investors from participating in its open market operations (OMO) as well as the interest rate cut boosted the patronage of the market in 2020. While many foreign investors exited the market following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulty in accessing forex for the repatriation of their returns, domestic investors flocked to the market in search of high yields. This trend was maintained as domestic investor accounted for 65.2 per cent or N1.239 trillion out of the total N1.899 trillion invested in equities as at the end of November 2020. Foreign investors staked N659 billion or 34.7 per cent. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NSE, Mr. Oscar Onyema, has attested to the role the CBN played in the rally witnessed in the stock market, saying that its policies made the stock market attractive to investors. “I must say that some of the policy changes include the CBN policy that domestic institutional investors should stop participating in the OMO market. That has driven significant funds into the Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTB) market and some of those funds have found their way into the equities market. “We have also seen a cut in interest rate. That was a significant move in support of equities as an asset class. What investors tend to do is to look for yield,” he said. With inflation rate at 14.89 per cent, yield or coupon or interest rate at the fixed-income market hover between less than one per cent and a little above one per cent for one-year instrument to some seven per cent annual coupon for two-decades-and-a half instrument, Nigerian equities’ return is the most attractive and the only positive-yielding return in 2020. Onyema explained that since the Nigerian economy has shifted into a negative real interest rate environment, investors are now in search of investments that would give them higher yields and returns, noting that the stock market provided those investments. “Given the record dividend yield available in the Nigerian market and given the strong fundamentals of a number of companies that are listed on the Exchange, it makes sense that as investors try to rebalance their portfolio, they would look at equities,” Onyema added. Commenting on the market performance in 2020, an excited President of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Mr. Olatunde Amolegbe, described it as good news for investors and Nigeria. “ It is heartwarming after suffering the hangover of the global financial crisis longer than most other countries. The most gratifying fact about this performance is that it is actually backed by fundamental performances of our quoted companies. The performance also underpins the need for improvement in liquidity flow to the market through various sources that we at the CIS have been advocating in the last few years,” he stated. Amolegbe explained that the reduction in interest rate and fixed income yield has been a net positive for quoted companies that are now able to borrow cheaper to finance their operations as well as for market operators that can see renewed interest in the financial markets. “The NSE’s performance is also an affirmation of our market’s increasing correlation with other global market markets. I expect the trend to continue into the New Year. Investors should, however, ensure that they speak to their certified stockbrokers before taking any decisions,” he added. Analysts at Cordros Securities called for an extension of the equity bull market. According to them, the performance in the fixed income market will be a tale of two halves, saying they expect yields to remain in the low single-digit territory through first half (H1) of 2021 with a moderate uptrend to account for reduced market participation as investors seek yields in other asset classes. They stated: “However, in the latter part of the year, we believe that a combination of weak market participation, revision of monetary policy to a tightening cycle, widening fiscal deficit, and fragile macroeconomic environment will lead to an increase in yields over 2021. Similar to the fixed income market, we also expect it to be a tale of two halves for Nigerian equities in 2021, with the market delivering further upside in the first half of 2021 before retracing slightly in the second half on an expected reversal in fixed income yields. The sources of risks remain plenty, the macro story remains uninspiring, and valuations are elevated.” <<Thisday>> Funke Akindele-Bello, Bimbo Akintola, Kate Henshaw, MI Abaga, other celebrities reveal 2021 plans MSME Survival Fund: FG warns applicants against fraudulent websites	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line83
__label__cc	0.648175	0.351825	October 2013, Vol 3, No 6 Have Docs Faced the Last “Doc Fix”? Sydney Abbott, JD Policy Coordinator, Association of Community Cancer Centers Continually a barrier to future planning, the annual threat of cuts to Medicare reimbursement in the range of 25% to 30% may be on the way out. Most people would agree that the sustainable growth rate formula—which is used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine provider reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries—is fundamentally flawed. Because the formula is designed to ensure that the annual increase in the expense per Medicare beneficiary does not exceed gross domestic product growth, when healthcare spending outpaces spending in other sectors of the economy the conversion factor kicks in to bring the following year’s reimbursement back in line. For 2014, the conversion factor would result in a 25% reduction in payment for providers. The threat of such a significant reduction in reimbursement leaves physicians unable to plan for future investments in technology, staff, and equipment. Historically, Congress has stepped in at the last minute each year to avoid such enormous cuts (ie, the “doc fix”), but this year congressional action is not guaranteed. The ongoing problem with fixing the SGR is the cost. In recent years, the expected cost to fix the Medicare reimbursement system has grown, making legislation to correct the formula less politically palatable. This year, however, the SGR may finally be eliminated. In February, in its annual report on the federal budget and economy, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) drastically reduced the estimated cost to repeal the SGR formula from $245 billion to less than $140 billion over 10 years—a relative bargain in congressional terms. The score reduction can be attributed to a slowing of Medicare spending in relation to historical trends and an expected decline in the growth of future spending for physician services. The lower score—in combination with the steady drumbeat of support from the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and other stakeholders—prompted Congress to take action. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been working with the House Committee on Ways and Means to develop legislation to replace the SGR formula. On July 31, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously in favor of a bill that would do just that. The Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013 (HR 2810) eliminates the current SGR formula and replaces it with a 2-phase approach to physician reimbursement. Phase 1 stabilizes reimbursement with a 0.5% update to the Medicare fee schedule conversion factor annually for 5 years. Starting in 2019, phase 2 begins with 0.5% updates to the conversion factor. In phase 2, these updates could be positive or negative, depending on the ability of an individual provider or group of providers to reach predetermined quality measures or clinical improvement activities. While this is certainly a step toward solving the problem, HR 2810 is not the full solution. First, HR 2810 does not replenish the pool of available funds with savings realized annually by CMS. The bill requires CMS to identify the services it overpays and reduce those payments by 1% each year from 2016 to 2018. However, the bill contains no language calling for CMS to redirect that money back into services it designates as undervalued. Without this direction, it could mean that the total payment pool would be smaller and planned reimbursement increases might never materialize. Second, the CBO has reduced the expected total cost to replace the SGR, and not eliminated it entirely. There has yet to be a mechanism identified to “pay for” such a repeal, and many in Congress believe that offsets will not be identified anytime soon. Third, even if budget offsets are identified and agreed to by Congress—a tall order, no doubt—HR 2810, as written, is expected to cost significantly more than the CBO scored earlier this year. In fact, some estimates peg the SGR legislation to cost about 40% more than the current CBO score. Because of this, the CBO is revisiting the issue and a new score is expected this fall. In the meantime, HR 2810 awaits a full floor vote with 40 bipartisan cosponsors. The ACCC continues to work with legislators to help ensure that the legislation passed will appropriately reimburse physician services. The 90-Day Grace Period: What Providers Need to Know By Sydney Abbott, JD August 2014, Vol 4, No 5 ACCC’s Annual National Meeting: Keeping the Oncology Team on the Front Lines of Changing Policy May 2014, Vol 4, No 3 CMS Proposes to Erode Up to 3 of the 6 Medicare Part D Protected Drug Classes March 2014, Vol 4, No 2 States Looking at Biosimilar Regulation February 2014, Vol 4, No 1	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line85
__label__wiki	0.666669	0.666669	"Guess What?" was composed while I was staying with Jerry Dodgion, alto sax supreme and great composer as well, when I returned from Europe to record for MGM in 1971 with a big band. The date was called 'Round Trip" and Johnny Pate was the producer.Johnny was one of the first producers of note to give me a chance to write my own project. (The other producer who also gave me the opportunity was Nat Hentoff in the late 60's, a thing called "The Rights of Swing", now available for the first time in the Phil's Store!) We had a few other gigs with the ERM, including Newport and Shelley Manne's ManneHole, LA. Jerry D. contracted the date and played lead alto (he is the best in the biz!) and the tune featured two altos. Good tune. I think it was reissued as a CD.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line93
__label__wiki	0.89383	0.89383	HomeScience DailyClaims for solar cell efficiency put to the test Claims for solar cell efficiency put to the test February 8, 2016 admin Science Daily, Solar 0 The sheet of paper taped to the door of Keith Emery’s office tells the story. On the paper is a simple fever chart showing the improvements made in increasing the efficiency of two dozen types of solar cells. Some of the lines marking record efficiencies date to the mid-1970s. Others start much more recently, with the advent of newer technologies. More than anyone at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Emery has seen the lines on that chart move ever higher. Since joining what at the time was the Solar Energy Research Institute, Emery has made the process of recording record efficiencies of solar cells and modules more accurate. “The community requires — demands — independent measurements because it’s very easy to unintentionally inflate the measurements,” said Emery, a principal engineer at the lab. “Most of the measurement errors a researcher would make would tend to make the efficiency higher, not lower. So it’s our job to put everybody on the same playing field. That’s what we’ve been working on as a group.” NASA originally was in charge of determining record efficiencies for solar cells. After taking over that task in 1980, Emery visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California where he was given a solar simulator, and the John H. Glenn Research Center in Ohio where he was given all of their primary terrestrial reference solar cells. Emery, who holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s in electrical engineering, was just getting started. The original system for testing solar modules was set up atop a mobile home, and at that time the computers were bulky and unrepairable. One of the biggest challenges in the first 10 years of the program, Emery said, was the incompatible computer platforms. One computer used a cassette tape to back up its files. Another was booted up by entering binary codes with paddle switches and saved data to reel-to-reel tapes. Since Emery’s early days verifying how much electricity a solar cell generates, he’s been joined in his work by scientists in Germany (at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, or ISE), in Japan (at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST), and in Italy (at the European Solar Test Installation). Together, Emery and four counterparts around the globe determine which companies or laboratories are included in “Solar cell efficiency tables,” which is published twice a year in the journal Progress in Photovoltaics. To secure a spot in the efficiency tables, claims must be independently recognized by a recognized test center. The scientists involved with measuring the efficiencies of solar cells have visited each other’s labs to familiarize themselves with the available equipment and general procedures. An inquisitive group, the researchers toss out question after question. How did you determine what the edge of the cell was for area measurements? What kind of aperture did you use? What stabilization criteria did you use? Having a select group of laboratories handle the validation of efficiency records gives the results credibility. “The measurement labs have exactly zero enforcement,” Emery said. “It’s peer pressure that says, I’m not believing your result until you get an independent measured result. It is absolutely peer pressure that is making this whole thing work. This field is incredibly skeptical.” The efficiency of a solar cell or module is determined by the percentage of sunlight that’s converted to electricity. To test how effective a photovoltaic (PV) device is, NREL uses solar simulators that can produce from 1-sun–which equals the amount of sunlight hitting the earth on a clear day, or 1,000 watts per square meter–to about 2,000 suns. Scientists Work Separately on Cells, Tests The latest version of the “Solar cell efficiency tables” lists records set by 23 different technologies. In the field of silicon, for example, there are four different record efficiencies, ranging from 10.5% for a thin film mini-module made by CSG Solar to 25.6% for a crystalline silicon cell made by Panasonic. NREL validated six of the records, including one for a mechanically stacked solar cell made of gallium indium phosphide and crystalline silicon that was developed jointly by NREL and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology. The efficiency of the dual-junction cell was measured at 29.8%. “Records are very important, both for the institution that makes them and for the researchers,” Emery said. “NREL likes to hold record efficiencies in this or that material system, but other institutions do too, so there’s a competition. My group is firewalled from people that make the cells at NREL, meaning they have no influence over me or on these tables. That’s why I’m in a separate group. We’ve tried hard to do that so that people who make the cells don’t have any influence on whether the group that measures them considers them a record or not. That’s important.” Emery, who established the PV cell performance characterization laboratory at NREL, has eight people working with him in the lab’s Photovoltaic Cell and Module Performance Characterization group. In the most recent “Solar cell efficiency tables,” the majority of the validations — a dozen — were done by AIST, the Japanese testing center. Other testing laboratories validate the efficiency of solar cells, but their results aren’t accepted for the inclusion in the tables. The lone commercial lab whose results Emery backs is the Newport Technology & Applications Center’s Photovoltaic Lab in California. “I stand behind them because I helped set them up. I worked closely with them, and any results they have, they supply all data and answer all questions so I can review the data as if it was measured in my lab. In that case, the researcher sends me the record result from Newport, and I then contact Newport and ask them questions. I have a whole list of questions I usually ask.” If Newport’s testing yields a record, Emery adds the information to the “Best Research-Cell Efficiencies,” a chart he tapes to his office door that is also published online. It’s updated more frequently and contains more categories than the efficiency tables published in Progress in Photovoltaics. He also alerts his co-authors who compile the efficiency tables for the journal. That publication carries considerable weight in the solar community. It’s peer-reviewed, with five authors having to agree on which records should be included. “Just because I think a record deserves to be in that table doesn’t mean it winds up in there,” Emery said. “It’s got five authors, and all five authors have to agree on what is a new result, what should be included, what should not be included. We discuss these before each version comes out, back and forth via email. Everybody submits results. We discuss each other’s results, and then we reach a consensus on what the new version will look like.” Emery’s co-authors are from AIST, ISE, the Institute for Energy’s Renewable Energy Unit in Italy, and the Australian Center for Advanced Photovoltaics. Efficiency Plays Role in Economics Although manufacturers are quick to issue press releases about new efficiency records, one of their big selling points is how many watts solar panels can generate for their customers. But solar panels made up of less efficient solar cells or modules are going to have to be larger — and thus more expensive — than others that are more efficient. “Below a certain level of efficiency, modules are not economical,” Emery said. The Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative wants to see solar-generated electricity cost competitive with conventional electricity sources by 2020, which will require the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar in the continental United States to hit 6 cents a kilowatt hour for utility-grade systems, 7 cents for commercial systems, and 9 cents for residential systems. To reach that goal, system prices will have to drop. Manufacturing costs will have to decline, while the efficiency rates will have to increase. If that happens, the amount of energy generated by the systems is expected to increase from less than a half-percent in 2014 to 14% by 2030, according to the SunShot Vision Study. On the “Best Research-Cell Efficiencies” chart, the record for highest efficiency for a multijunction solar cell now belongs to two French companies, Soitec and CEA-Leti, which worked with the Fraunhofer Institute to reach 46% in December 2014. The record cell has four subcell converters, all in a stack only a few micrometers thick, that focus the sunlight through a lens and onto the cell. The record was confirmed by AIST. NREL and the other the laboratories testing these high-efficiency solar cells are asking scientists to slow down. New records in what Emery calls “the over 40% club” have been set every few months. “We determined that as the efficiency went up, our errors went up. Everybody forgets about error bars. The difference between a 45% and a 48% cell is within our error bars. That was bad. But we also discovered that there were certain procedures that some of the labs were following that caused higher efficiencies than what they should be. They were in the higher end of their error bars, but everyone else was in the middle. So that didn’t sit well. Now for the over 45% efficiencies, we want them to be measured at multiple labs.” Increasing Stability of Some Materials an Issue Among the newest materials being used to make solar cells is the mineral perovskite. Since Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland secured a spot on Emery’s chart in 2013, at 14.3%, the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has continued to increase. The current record, also held by EPFL, is 21.02%. But neither perovskite solar cells, nor another emerging technology using organic electronics, are as stable as photovoltaics using more established materials. That’s changing somewhat as scientists continue to make improvements toward improving the stability of the newer materials. “The organic cells, when they first came into my laboratory in 2000, were shipped to us in containers with zero oxygen and zero water vapor, and were sealed in chambers that maintained zero oxygen, zero water,” Emery said. “As soon as we opened the containers the cells started degrading, so we had to test on the order of minutes before they degraded. Now they’re shipped in FedEx mailers with no special encapsulation. So they’ve solved some of their stability problems, most of them. Perovskites are the same thing. They degrade spontaneously in air. Every time you look at them, they’re worse. But we just got some materials in that are stable on the shelves for several weeks, so they’re getting better.” NREL measures about 4,000 samples of solar cells a year, but not all of those are trying for a record. Most are just sent to the lab because the scientists who made them want a measurement. Those that arrive with claims of record efficiencies occur about once a month, Emery said. “It’s been more than once where something sent to us as a normal sample we find out later has a record efficiency,” he said. “We’re not proactive in that regard. We are doing measurements for customers. If a customer wants to be considered for a record, they can ask. My goal is to support the customer, not necessarily to get their record efficiencies in some table.” Claims for solar cell efficiency put to test at NREL An interaction between perovskites and quantum dots could improve LED and solar technologies	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line95
__label__wiki	0.804552	0.804552	Fields Of Gold Evening Update Thursday 13 June An attempted robbery took place on the port of St Tropez this morning. Reports say that a stockbroker was held up at gunpoint when he arrived to open his office. The gunman fled on foot after the stockbroker resisted his demands for cash. Police are currently searching for the man. A drugs trafficking network has been dismantled in the village of L'Escarène. Authorities arrested two adults and two minors in connection with drugs offences. The two adults will appear before a court on the 3rd of July and the two minors will appear before a juvenile judge. A British kayaker has been rescued in the Hautes-Alpes this morning suffering from hypothermia. He was found in a particularly inaccessible area having suffered various injuries. He was taken to hospital in Briançon by helicopter. A second kayaker, apparently uninjured, was found several hundred metres downstream. The two are believed to be part of a group of kayakers visiting from the UK. Lifeboat volunteers from the SNSM National Rescue Society have met in Menton today to pay tribute to three of their colleagues who lost their lives in the Vendée department last week. A minute’s silence was observed before the sounding of a foghorn at the harbour entrance. All the lifeboat stations of the Alpes Maritimes are gathering to pay tribute in Nice this evening. Recently released data has shown that the PACA region is undergoing an epidemic of chicken pox. Several other areas of France are also badly affected. Last week in France, the incidence rate of cases seen in general medical consultation was estimated at 34 cases per 100 000 inhabitants, with twelve identified regional outbreaks. Former President of the United States Barack Obama and his family are heading to the South of France for a week’s vacation. They are expected to land at Avignon airport tomorrow evening and will be spending the week in Villeneuve les Avignon in the Gard department. Two oil tankers have been hit by explosions in the Gulf of Oman. All crew were rescued, with Iran saying it had rescued the 21 crew members on board the Kokuka Courageous and the 23 on the Front Altair, though the United States said its Navy had rescued some crew. The cause of the blasts are still unclear. The Australian government has given the green light for construction to begin on a controversial coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin. The proposed mine, which has been scaled back from original plans, is to be built by Indian company Adani. It’s been the subject of years of hold-ups over environmental approvals. President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit later this month, despite acknowledging relations between the two sides are what he called a "bit testy". The world's two largest economies are locked in trade battle. In the UK, Morrisons and Amazon are expanding an Amazon Prime same-day grocery delivery service. New cities served include Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Sheffield and Portsmouth. Football…Next season’s Premier League fixtures have been announced, with Champions League winners Liverpool hosting Norwich City for the first match on Friday, 9 August. Manchester City will open the defence of their title the following day with a trip to West Ham. Newly promoted Aston Villa play Tottenham and Sheffield United play Bournemouth. For the first time in Premier League history, the clubs will get a short mid-season break in February. Cricket… The start of India versus New Zealand at Trent Bridge was delayed by rain and a wet outfield this morning. Cycling… Chris Froome is still in intensive care after suffering serious multiple fractures in a high-speed crash yesterday. He was airlifted to Saint-Etienne University Hospital for surgery. The four-time Tour de France champion suffered a fractured right femur, a broken hip, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs and lost consciousness following the crash. Golf…The third major of the year, the US Open is getting underway at Pebble Beach in California today. Brooks Koepka is seeking a third straight US Open title and comes into the tournament on the back of winning the USPGA. Tiger Woods will be seeking to repeat the success that saw him triumph at the US Masters in April while the European challenge will be led by Rory McIlroy who won the Canadian Open last week.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line100
__label__cc	0.584778	0.415222	As Brexit looms, half of small UK businesses are looking stateside – CNBC By on March 21, 2017 Comments Off on As Brexit looms, half of small UK businesses are looking stateside – CNBC CFO Council CNBC Explains Asia Video Europe Video CNBC U.S. Business Day CNBC U.S. Primetime CNBC Asia-Pacific Almost half of small British businesses would prefer to trade with the U.S. than other major international markets if blocked off from the European Union after Brexit, according to a new report. The findings from Britain’s Federation of Small Businesses released Tuesday highlight the importance of establishing a new trade deal between the U.K. and the U.S., as 49 percent of small business owners say they would look first to business opportunities across the pond if they are unable to retain a free trade relationship with the EU once the country leaves the EU. The U.S. ranks ahead of Australia (29 percent), China (28 percent) and Canada (23 percent), according to an online survey of over 1,750 small business owners, giving support to Prime Minister Theresa’s May’s plans to establish a new trade agreement with the U.S. During a trip to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in January, May outlined her hopes to “lay the groundwork for U.K.-US trade agreement and identify the practical steps we can take now in order to enable companies in both countries to trade and do business with one another more easily.” Last month, a study from the British Chamber of Commerce found that 25 percent of U.K. firms plan to increase their export resources to the U.S. in the next five years, making it the most preferred of all non-EU markets. Despite this, continued membership of the EU’s single market remains the greatest priority on the wish lists of 63 percent of small UK’s businesses, the FSB report suggests, mounting further pressure on May to secure the U.K.’s trading future with the EU. Over half (58 percent) of smaller U.K. firms say they find the EU easier to trade with than non-EU markets under current arrangements, while nearly half (45 percent) and over half (53 percent) of importers find it cheaper. However, one in four (27 percent) of exporting firms claim they would be deterred from trading with the EU if any tariffs are imposed while one third say they would be put off by tariffs of 2 percent or more. “Small firms trade with countries based on ease, cost and value and any future trade deal must deliver on these key aspects both with the EU single market and non-EU markets,” commented Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman. “Compared to larger companies, small businesses typically work to tighter margins with limited resources, meaning changes to the trading landscape will hit them disproportionately hard. We call on the Government to ensure that a sensible phased implementation arrangement is put in place to avoid a cliff edge, once we have left the EU.” Britain’s Department for Exiting the EU announced Monday that it will ensure that Britain remains “the best place in Europe to run and grow a business of any size”. Follow CNBC International on Twitter and Facebook. As Brexit looms, half of small UK businesses are looking stateside – CNBC added by on March 21, 2017	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line102
__label__wiki	0.770111	0.770111	MEET THE 2018 FILM FEST JUDGES by millburnfilmfest \| posted in: Judges \| 0 Each year a panel of industry professional judges review and score all of the entries. The Ed Foundation and Millburn Film Fest are pleased to announce the judging panel for it’s 7th year! Judges for 2018 are Michael Klein, David Koh, Cathy Scorsese, Laraine Brennan Barach, Amy McGovern, Victoria Plummer, Orna Greenberg, Andrew Permison, Donna Davis, Kathi Hecht, and Judith Kramer. This year Millburn Film Fest is pleased to honor judge Laraine Brennan-Barach with the Krueger-Rhodes Award honoring her for her dedication to art education in the community. MEET THE JUDGES: Michael Klein is a documentary, narrative, and commercial producer. After graduating from Millburn High School in 2005 he went on to receive a BA in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California. In 2016, Michael founded the production company Circadian Pictures and has produced and directed commercials for clients such as AT&T, American Express, Viacom, Puma, Google, Apple, Target, Coors, and Beats by Dre. Michael produced the award-winning documentary “Romeo is Bleeding”, directed by Jason Zeldes, the short film “The Deal” written and directed by Danny Kaminsky and executive produced by Joss Whedon, and the short film “Dog Food” which premiered at the 2014 SXSW film festival, directed by Brian Crano, starring Amanda Seyfried, Cory Michael Smith, and David Craig. He also executive produced Crano’s most recent feature film “Permission” starring Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens that premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and will be in theaters in early 2018. David Koh graduated from Millburn High School in 2009. In his teenage years, he began learning filmmaking and photography as well as studied art in the Millburn High School AP Art program for 3 years. From 2011 to 2015, David attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and went on to receive a B.F.A. in Film and TV Production. Some of his notable projects include: “Molly and the Moon” (2014), “Lady in Lavender” (2016) which went on to screen with the Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival, “Been Waiting” (2017) – a music video for the electro-pop artist Computer Magic, and “Bare” (2015) – a short that went on to win awards at the 72 Hour Film Shootout and screened at New Filmmakers NY and the Asian American International Film Festival. For photography, David has been accepted in The Print Swap Project by Feature Shoot as well as having his work recognized by the International Photo Awards. After college, David joined Through the Lens Entertainment Inc. (TTL) – an upstart production and IP development company working in the film and entertainment industry. Influenced by the rise of new technology and its potential for art and storytelling, David’s creative output takes the shape of multi-media art pieces. Working under the pseudonym CELLESTIAL and Cellestial Studios (@cellestialstudios), he explores the intersection of art, technology, and narrative. He is most interested in themes relating to cultural identity, urban isolation, and the effects of digital culture. David is based in Brooklyn and in his spare time enjoys hip-hop dancing, writing, and trying new cuisines. Catherine Scorsese, alum of Millburn High School, is currently an advisor for the Millburn Arts Advisory Committee. She attended NYU film school and upon graduation, Catherine worked as an assistant to an executive producer at Children’s Television Workshop, creators of Sesame Street and other memorable children’s programming. After that, Catherine began her journey in the art department for feature films, working as prop person and set decorator on “CASINO”, “THE SOPOANOS”, “THE AVIATOR”, “THE DEPARTED”, “MUSIC AND LYRICS”, “SHUTTER ISLAND” and “BOARDWALK EMPIRE”, among dozens of others. She was the executive producer of the animated Christmas special “THE ELF ON A SHELF, AN ELF’S STORY,” already becoming a Christmas classic. The Millburn-Short Hills Arts Advisory Committee’s 20 year mission has been to enhance and advance the arts in Millburn Township. The committee is comprised of recognized Leaders in the Art Community, professional Artists, Sculptors, Television and Film producers, Art directors, Set Decorators, and Gallery owners. Cathy Scorsese, Laraine Brennan Barach, Amy McGovern, Victoria Plummer, Donna Davis, Orna Greenberg, Andrew Permison and Kathi Hecht will be representing the Art Advisory committee this year as judges for the film fest. For 10 years under the guidance of Laraine Brennan Barach, Art Advisory has sponsored the highly acclaimed Millburn/Short Hills Art Advisory Scholarship for Millburn High School Students. Laraine is the recipient of this years Krueger-Rhodes award which is given to individuals who enhance education in the arts and film at Millburn. Andrew Permison, Laraine Brennan-Barach, Donna Davis, Kathi Hecht, & Victoria Plummer THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENT OF THE KRUEGER-RHODES AWARD: Millburn Arts Advisory Chairwoman, Laraine Brennan Barach has lived with her family and volunteered in Millburn Short Hills for over 40 years. After careers in film and television production in New York, Ms. Barach relocated to Millburn and became active in many New Jersey based volunteer positions in Millburn PTO’s, Maplewood Board of Education; Seton Hall University Theater in the Round. Laraine established the Millburn Short Hills AP art scholarship with AAC Member support 12 years ago. She is a past member of SAG, AFTRA & Actors Equity. She has worked with Martin Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese on industry projects, and the New York Art Students League & Morris Museum. Township resident, Amy McGovern is currently the Arts Advisory Vice Chair. While working as a public defender, Amy has worked as a mosaic artist, and has studied photography. She is currently studying multiple media under the professional artist Anne Kullaf. She has been a member of the art committee since 2007 and a township resident for over 20 years. Orna Greenberg, AAC member/Curator, award-winning artist and graphic designer. Orna has a BFA in Graphic Design from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. A member of The Art Students League of New York City and NJ Plein Air Painters. She has studied and participated in workshops in the US, Canada and Europe. Orna paints in oil and watercolor as well as working in ceramics. She has worked as a substitute Art Teacher in North Plainfield and Millburn since 2006. Orna has been a resident of Millburn since 2000, when she moved here from Toronto and a member of the AAC since 2006. Andrew is MHS graduate and longtime resident of Short Hills. He is an art dealer, painter, and a founding member of the Millburn Art Advisory Committee. He is an avid collector of fine art and mentor of young artists and works on the Millburn Art Committee school programs. Victoria Plummer has an MFA in Film and the Media Arts from Temple University and previously worked as an editor for television and in the editing department of feature films. She also has a great love of festivals , helping to start the UFVA International Film Festival (now called NextFrame) while in graduate school and more recently bringing the Six Week Film Festival to the Millburn Library. Victoria is a member of Millburn Arts Advisory Committee since 2010 and serves as the Publicity Chair, Webmaster, and Children’s Film Festival Curator. Donna Davis is resident of Millburn Township for the past 37 years. She has taken both active and leadership roles in the past South Mountain School PTO/PTA and local Civic Association. Donna’s personal interest in art, greater free time, and awareness of the Millburn Arts Advisory’s many activities focused on expanding the arts in Millburn, have fostered her move to offer service to this Committee. She has participated in the Appraisal Events in 2008-2010 and continues to support our young artists through the Committee’s AP Art Scholarship program event Kathi Hecht is resident resident of Short Hills for 28 years. She has a BS in Art Education and has taught art at many levels in the Millburn school system and South Orange/Maplewood school system. Additionally, she worked in Special Education. Art has always been a part of her life whether creating glass fused fish, paper mache masks, puppets, marquetry scenes, stained glass lamps or jewelry designs using her glass beads (lampwork). Kathi has been teaching for 15 years Mask Making and Puppet Making at the South Orange/Maplewood Adult School Program. Judith Kramer Esq. is an attorney in Millburn and a town resident. She is former president of the Rotary International Millburn/Chatham chapter and was chosen to receive the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow award. Judith was formerly on the board of the Millburn Red Cross and a big sister in the Morris County Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. Currently she has been elected to the board of the Downtown Millburn Development Alliance, Art Advisory Committee and Senior Citizens Committee. She enjoys film, oil painting and yoga. Most of all, she likes to attend charity functions for the Colon Cancer Association and help others in need. © 2021 Millburn Film Fest - WordPress Theme by Kadence Themes	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line114
__label__cc	0.576964	0.423036	Nutrition and Peak Performance Meet Laura, NJ Crush’s nutrition consultant. She is on staff to mentor athletes to reach peak performance. Laura has had real life experience with nutrition through her own up and down struggles with food. Through food and education she has helped impact many clients, friends, peers, and loved ones with an array of issues such as: lack of self esteem and confidence, diabetes, overweight, gluten intolerances, and sports performance just to name a few. She has been a nutrition educator for The Christian Health Care Center and HealthBarn both in Wyckoff, NJ. Laura currently works as a nutritionist at Platinum Fitness, a health club in Verona, NJ, where she meets with members in one-on-one and group settings coaching them to use food to heal and/or control many health issues, such as Diabetes and obesity as well as to excel in various sports arenas. She currently does sports nutrition for NJ Crush in Franklin lakes, NJ, mentoring athletes to reach peak performance. Laura graduated Magna Cum Laude with her Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and food sciences with a concentration in Dietetics, from Montclair State University. Laura brings energy, passion and enthusiasm to everything she does. Her mission is to help all different kinds of people reach their physical and emotional best through Nutrition and support. © NJ Crush FC. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line117
__label__cc	0.558036	0.441964	Scottish Breweries Breweries in UK UK Food& Drink 5 Things That You Probably Didn’t Know About Beer 5 things you didn’t know about beer Beer is the most popular beverage in the world but even as a beer drinker, there are likely some things that you do not know about it. This might include the following! 1. The oldest beer dates all the way back to 4000 BC, it was known to be called “elba” with “the heart of a lion”. 2. Hops, which are used to create beer, come from the family of plants that are related to marijuana. 3. Although beer is known as quite a manly drink, in ancient times brewing beer was done almost exclusively by women! 4. The India IPAs have the word India in their title for a very good reason. When shipping to India, beer would often go rancid along the way because it was such a long journey from Britain, so a lot of hops and alcohol were added for it to preserve the beer. This unknowingly invented a new style of beer that you enjoy today. 5. The most expensive beer in the world was auctioned off at a staggering $2,583 and this was a bottle of Cantillon Loerik. By phyllis Beer and Food; The Best Combination The Brewing Process; An Overview Best of the Best; Breweries in the UK UK Restaurant Etiquette Beers at Opan Bay Brewery How Bartenders Should Deal With Overly Drunk Customers Best Restaurants in Scotland More Beer on the Horizon Your Guide to a Brewery Tout Dealing with Medical Emergencies in Bars and Restaurants Craft Beer – A Hopumentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETnlrYq7btE	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line119
__label__wiki	0.950541	0.950541	Iranian President Calls Nazi Crimes Against Jews 'Reprehensible' [VIDEO] In an interview with CNN, newly elected President Hassan Rouhani tells Christiane Amanpour 'I bring peace and friendship from Iranians' By: Ynet News Published: September 25th, 2013 in News » World In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani acknowledged the Holocaust and condemned the Nazis' crimes against the Jewish people. Rouhani told Christiane Amanpour "I am not a historian, and that when it comes to speaking of the dimensions of the Holocaust it is the historians that should reflect on it. But in general I can tell you that any crime that happens in history against humanity, including the crime the Nazis committed towards the Jews, as well as non-Jewish people, was reprehensible and condemnable as far as we are concerned." Rouhani has recently exchanged letters with US President Barack Obama, and there had been suspicion brewing in diplomatic circles that the two leaders would meet face-to-face, informally, at the United Nations in New York. "There were some talks about it," Rouhani told Amanpour through a translator. "And preparation for the work was done a bit as well." (Rouhani speaks with Christiane Amanpour) "The United States declared its interest in having such a meeting, and in principle Iran could have under certain circumstances allowed for it to happen," he said. "But I believe we didn't have sufficient time to really coordinate the meeting to the full extent that we needed to." Two senior US administration officials told CNN on Tuesday that the encounter was called off because it was considered "too complicated" for Iran back home. During the interview with CNN, the Iranian president made clear that he has full permission from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to negotiate with the West on Iran's nuclear program. "I think that the president of Iran has the authority whenever the national interest of the country is involved," Rouhani told Amanpour. "The supreme leader of Iran has said that should negotiations be necessary for the national interest of the country, he is in fact not opposed to it." "Now, if an opportunity was created today, had arisen today," the Iranian president said, "and the prep work for that had been done, most probably the talks would have haven taken place, primarily focused on the nuclear issue or the developments on the Middle East. Therefore the supreme leader, I can tell you, has given permission for my government to freely negotiate on these issues." In his first English-language TV message to the American people, Rouhani said: "I would like to say to American people: I bring peace and friendship from Iranians to Americans." Earlier, Rouhani addressed the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly. He said the Israeli occupation of the West Bank is a form of "structural violence" in which Palestinians are "deprived of the right of return" and in which "intuitional aggression" is implemented against the Palestinian people. "Palestine is under occupation," he said. "The basic rights of the Palestinians are tragically violated, and they are deprived of the right of return and access to their homes, birthplace and homeland." Referring to Obama's speech, Rouhani said that if the US "refrains from falling for war mongering pressure groups... and recognizes the principles of international law … then peace is in reach." He added he was prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" nuclear talks and did not seek to increase tensions with the United States. This story is reprinted with permission from Ynet News Related articles: Jewish News, CNN, Iran, Hassan Rouhani, Christiane Amanpour, Holocaust, Nazis Iran Denies Rouahni 'Shana Tova' Tweet Conan O'Brien Mocks Iranian President's &#... Historian Says Hitler Offered Churchill Peace Deal... Study: 78% of Israelis Don't Trust Iran'... 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__label__cc	0.569875	0.430125	Announcing the September 2017 class of America Solidaria U.S. fellows! Four fellows from Latin America will serve for a year in D.C., Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco Twice a year, America Solidaria selects international service fellows to serve for a year in the countries of the Americas, including the U.S. This class includes four professionals from three countries who have committed to advancing the rights of children and marginalized people, overcoming exclusion and poverty, and building capacity in organizations working at the grassroots level. Alexandra Jiménez will be bringing her expertise in organizational development to Southwest Solutions in Detroit, Michigan. Carlos Rivera will be carrying out strategic communications for Bread for the City in Washington, D.C. Lourdes Zapata will be doing project management and organizational strategizing for Heartland Alliance in Chicago, Illinois. Luigi Barraza will bring his background in the arts to the Mission Preparatory School in San Francisco, California. Our international service fellows serve in the U.S. through our strategic partnership with Atlas Corps, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing formative experiences to the next generation of global social sector leaders. We’re so honored to have them and we wish them the very best of luck during the coming year!	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line128
__label__wiki	0.545206	0.545206	Topmenu 1 (niet ingelogd) Home > Biographies Melchior Broederlam Jan Maelwael Joos van Wassenhove Jheronimus Bosch Jan Provoost Quinten Massijs Jan van Eyck brings on a revolution in the history of painting in the Low Countries between circa 1420 and 1441. He is probably brought up by his older brother, Hubert, whose Ghent Altarpiece he completes in 1432, following Hubert's death in 1426. Jan van Eyck's work makes an abrupt end to the refined ‘international style' that dominates the art at the time. With his precise observation and naturalistic rendering of reality, his brilliant colouring and the oil technique that he perfectly masters, though did not invent, gives Van Eyck the look of a virtuosity that scarcely will ever be matched. As diplomat and court painter of the Burgundian dukes, he moves within the highest circles throughout his entire lifetime. Circa 1380-85 Hubert van Eyck is probably born in Maaseik. After the death of Louis of Male, his son-in-law, the Burgundian duke Philip the Bold, rules over the Flemish counties. Jan van Eyck is probably born in Maaseik. ‘Meester Hubrecht' paints an altar tableau for one of the convents in Tongeren. Death of John the Fearless, the second duke of Burgundy. His son Philip the Good succeeds him and from that moment rules over Flanders. The Ghent patrician Joos Vijd gives Hubert van Eyck the assignment for what will be the Ghent Altarpiece (St. Baafs Cathedral, Ghent). Jan van Eyck works as a painter in the services of John of Bavaria-Straubing (1374-1425), who abdicates the principality of Liège and from 1417 on excercises control over the counties of Holland, Zeeland and Henegouwen. Jan van Eyck works together with many assistants in the princely residence in The Hague, the so-called Inner Court. Van Eyck is mentioned as court painter for the first time in documents of the Dutch Accounting office, but he probably already serves this function in previous years. After the death of John of Bavaria (6 January), Jan van Eyck departs for Bruges. In one document drawn up on 19 May, he is named as the court painter of the Burgundian duke, Philip the Good. Jan van Eyck leaves for Rijsel in the summer and around Christmas time receives his first annual stiped as ‘valet de chambre' (chamberlain) of the duke. Hubert van Eyck is paid for two design drawings on assignment of the Ghent Magistrate. On the occasion of a visit by the Ghent councilmen to Hubert van Eyck's work place, his assistants receive the customary gratuities. In August, Jan van Eyck is paid by the Burgundian Accounting office for two business trips on assignment for Philip the Good. The first trip is the pilgrimage that he makes in lieu of the duke. The second is stamped as a secret mission that the artist goes to ‘faraway lands' as stated in the document, that are not allowed to be called by name. It is suspected that the artist made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land via Italy and that the second trip took him to the various cities of the Ottoman empire. In October, Jan van Eyck again receives a stipend for a ‘secret and far trip' that he makes on assignment of the duke. The testament of the Ghent patrician Robert Poortier that was drawn up in March, mentions an altar tableau and an image of St. Anthony that was made in the work place of Hubert van Eyck at the time. In the late autumn, the Accounting office of Ghent notes the receipt of estate tax for the painter ‘Lubrecht van Heyke,' who died at the end of August. The assistants probably continue working from his work place under the supervision of Jan van Eyck on the Ghent Altarpiece. The Burgundian Accounting office in Lille pays Jan van Eyck various payments for his services at the court. These payments may be connected with the wall murals in the duke's residences, among which is the Hesdin castle. On the fest of St. Lucas, the court painter attends a banquet of the painters' guild of Tournai, where Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden are also present. The magistrate of Tournai distributes the ‘honour wine' for these reasons. On 23 March, Jan van Eyck is back in Tournai. In the spring, the Accounting office of Lille pays a bonus to the painter in addition to his annual stipend. Moreover, his travel expenses in the summer of ‘certain secret trips' are also paid. During the summer, Jan van Eyck moves out of his house in Lille and at the end of the summer sets off via England and Spain with a Burgundian envoy of high rank for Portugal, where the approaching wedding of Philip the Good and the Portuguese Infante Isabella is being negotiated. Among the Burgundian diplomats is also Baudouin de Lannoy. Jan van Eyck paints two portraits of the princess in Portugal, which in February are sent to the duke over land and sea. While people are waiting for the answer, a few Burgundians, amongst whom is also Van Eyck, make a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. They meet King John II of Castille, and Mohammed, the king of Granada. In September, the bride departs with her entourage by ship to the Low Countries, where she arrives on Christmas Day in Sluis, one of the Bruges outer harbours. Lambert van Eyck, a brother of Jan van Eyck, is paid for services to the duke. On 6 May, the Ghent Altarpiece in St. Jan's Church (now Sint-Baafs Cathedral) is presented. This same day, the baptismal ceremony of Joos van Gent takes place. Joos van Gent, the son of Philip the good and Isabella of Portugal, dies shortly thereafter. A short time later, Van Eyck must have settled permanently in Bruges and set up a studio there. From the summer until his death, he paid a mortgage payment to the St. Donaas church for his house in Bruges. In this time, the magistrate of Bruges visited the painter's studio and paid gratuities to his assistants. The duke and his entourage also paid a visit to the studio in Bruges. For more information concerning the restauration and study of the Ghent Altarpiece, visit this website. Each centimeter of the altarpiece was scrutinized and photographed at extremely high resolution in both regular and infrared light. Jan van Eyck paints the Portrait of a Man (Léal souvenir) (dated 10 October 1432) (National Gallery, London). Lambert van Eyck paints the now-lost Portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria the same year. Van Eyck paints Portrait of a Man (self-portrait?) (dated 21 October 1433) (National Gallery, London), with the personal motto of the painter on the frame: ALC IXH XAN for the first time. Probable marriage of Jan van Eyck with ‘damoiselle Marguerite' (Margaretha van Eyck). On assignment of Giovanni di Nicolaio di Arnolfini, the artist paints The Arnolfini Portrait (National Gallery, London). The same year he receives the project for the Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele (Groeninge Museum, Bruges) and probably for the Madonna with Chancellor Rolin (Paris, Musée du Louvre). The first child of Jan van Eyck is named after his godfather, duke Philippot of Philippotte and is baptised. The duke, who was represented at the baptism, gave six silver chalices crafted by the Bruges goldsmith Jan Peutin as a baptismal gift. From the autumn, Van Eyck works on assignment of the city magistrate on the gilding painting of six stone sculptures of the counts of Flanders for the façade of the Bruges Town Hall. The following year he is paid for this. The duke changes his annual stipend to a life-long annuity, and multiplies the sum many times over. He personally gives the Burgundian Accounting office the assignment to pay out the amount immediately to his cherished court painter. At the request of Philip the Good, Van Eyck travels to the Peace Congress in Atrecht (Arras) in order to portrait the participants. There, he makes the Portrait Drawing of Niccoló Albergati (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden). He probaby completes the Madonna with Chancellor Rolin. Completion of the Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele (Groeninge Museum, Bruges) and The Portrait of Jan de Leeuw (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). On assignment of the duke of Burgundy, the artist takes up again a faraway trip to ‘foreign lands' in order to deal with ‘secret circumstances'. His stipend is supplemented with a double annuity. Completion of the Madonna and Child with Saints George and Catherine (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden), a travel altar on assignment from a merchant from Genova. Jan van Eyck begins work on the Saint Barbara (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp). The work also remains unfinished. Completion of The Portait of Niccoló Albergati (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). Van Eyck pays the book illustrator Jehan Creve for the painting of initials in a manuscript that is destined for the duke. The Accounting office of Lille pays him for the cost the following year. The initials are probably related to the so-called Turin-Milan book of hours, which Van Eyck and his studio had begun. Completion of the Madonna at the Fountain (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp) and the Portrait of Margaretha van Eyck (dated 17 June 1439) (Groeninge Museum, Bruges), as well as the Portrait of Christ. The original is lost (dated 31 January 1439). The Groeninge Museum in Bruges is in the possession of a copy from the last quarter of the 16th Century. Jan van Eyck provides the duke ‘a few panels as well as other secret objects' for which he is remunerated the following year by the Accounting office. He begins on the uncompleted Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke (gone lost during the French Revolution). Jan van Eyck dies in July. His widow receives from the duke a one-time stipend worth her departed husband's annuity as financial support. Lambert van Eyck receives the permission from the capital of St. Donaas to bury the corporeal remains of his brother and to have them placed in the church. Saint Jerome in his Study is completed. (The Institute of Arts, Detroit) Completion of the Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor (The Frick Collection, New York). The Valencian merchant Gregori obtains Van Eyck's Saint George (the work is since lost) for Alfonso V of Aragón in Bruges. Cyriaco d'Ancona mentions Jan van Eyck as a famous painter. The daughter of the painter enters a cloister in Maaseik. The Van Eyck house in Bruges is sold, the studio is dismantled. Bartolomeo Facio mentions works by Jan van Eyck in Italian possession, amongst others The Lomellini Triptych (probably destroyed by a fire in 1504), which was then to be found in Naples, as well as a work with bathing women (the works has since been lost) in Urbino. Giorgio Vasari incorrectly ascribes the invention of oil painting to Jan van Eyck. Till-Holger Borchert QT Kunstwerken referenties Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele Portrait of Margareta van Eyck Madonna at the Fountain The Adoration of the Lamb (open) Adoration of the Lamb (Ghent Altarpiece) This online museum is an initiative of the Flemish Art Collection and is part of the Flemish Art Collection Website. Also on the Flemish Art Collection Website © Copyright 2021 De Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - Legal Notice - Made in Drupal & CollectiveAccess by Pure Sign Search in the complete collection of the Flemish museums Thematic Collection Presentations Selection of admirers of Flemish primitives Collections Development Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Groeninge Museum Bruges Museum of Fine Arts Ghent Museum Mayer van den Bergh M Leuven Sint-Janshospitaal Saint-Salvator Cathedral Bruges Saint Bavo Cathedral Ghent Centre for the Study of the Flemish Primitives Flemish Research Centre Museum Libraries Research Portals Getty Research Portal Collections of Flemish primitives in the world Museum shops/Lukas/KIK Museum and City guides	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line132
__label__cc	0.530284	0.469716	CALL FOR PAPERSSEAMEO CONGRESS - SOUTHEAST ASIA IN TRANSITION: RE-THINKING EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat (SEAMEO Secretariat), the British Council and the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) Thailand will jointly organize the SEAMEO Congress with the theme"Southeast Asia in Transition: Re-Thinking Education, Science and Culture for Regional Integration" on 21-22 October 2014, at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. SEAMEO Congress aims to explore new avenues for managing the diverse changes in education, science and culture and enhance regional understanding and cooperation among educators and different stakeholders in Southeast Asia and beyond. Educators, researchers, scholars, university professors, practitioners, and teachers are invited to submit the papers that highlight perspectives from relevant local, national, regional, international or comparative research papers in the following Sub-Themes and Tracks Sub-Themes Sub-Theme 1: Re-shaping Education to Bridge Skills Gap Sub-Theme 2: Prospects and Possibilities for Enhancing Science and Technology Education Sub-Theme 3: Cultural Knowledge and Education for Regional Integration and Development Each sub-theme will cover the following tracks: Track 1: Policies, Reforms and Innovations Track 2: Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies Track 3: Cooperation, Linkages and Partnerships For more information about the SEAMEO Congress and Abstract Submission Guidelines, please visit www.seameocongress.org or download the following documents: Abstract Submission Guidelines, please click here SEAMEO Congress Brochure, please click here SEAMEO CELLL participated in SEAMEO - University of Tsukuba Symposium on Bridging the ASEAN Community and Japan Through Education - Japan 21 February On invitation from the University of Tsukuba, through the initiative of the Centre for Research on International Cooperation in Educational Development (CRICED) the SEAMEO Secreatariat together with SEAMEO regional centre directors took part in the University of Tsukuba-SEAMEO RIHED International Symposium on New Directions in Higher Education for the Development of Global Human Resources-Launching AIMS Programme in Japan on 21 February 2014 and later the University of Tsukuba-SEAMEO Secretariat International Symposium on Bridging the ASEAN Community and Japan through Education from 22 to 23 February 2014 at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Dr Witaya Jeradechakul, Director, SEAMEO Secretariat, in his lecture on Futures, Foresight and the Development of Education in Southeast Asia The University of Tsukuba-SEAMEO Secretariat International Symposium Bridging the ASEAN Community and Japan through Education was aimed at introducing education innovations in Southeast Asia and Japan, especially SEAMEO College, and establishing linkages between SEAMEO and education and development institutions in Japan, particularly at the University of Tsukuba, a SEAMEO affiliate member. 36TH SEAMEO HIGH OFFICIALS MEETING CONVENED Post-2015 education agenda in Southeast Asia tackled, three new collaborative projects endorsed Vice ministers, permanent secretaries and high-level education officials from the Southeast Asian countries met on 18-20 February 2014 at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand for the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting which discussed, among others, the education agenda in Southeast Asia after 2015 which marks the conclusion of the Education for All movement which has been the flagship education agenda globally for the past three decades. The SEAMEO High Officials Meeting also endorsed three projects which focus on Southeast Asia on the themes of pre-primary teacher development, intercultural dialogues, and learning metrics which were proposed by UNESCO and UNICEF to be implemented collaboratively with SEAMEO. The 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting also announced plans for the conduct of SEAMEO Congress in October 2014 and the commemoration of the organization’s 50th anniversary in March 2015. H.E. Mr Chaturon Chaisaeng, Minister of Education of Thailand presided over the opening ceremony on 19 February 2014 and addressed over a hundred education officials and representatives from 17 countries and 28 international organizations and specialist institutions. The Minister of Education of Thailand recalled the awareness and commitment to Education For All (EFA) when it was launched in Thailand in 1990 and was re-affirmed 10 years after. He also cited that the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted in 2000 as a global blueprint to fight poverty. He stated that those goals are interconnected and reaffirmed that education is fundamental to all kinds of development. Moreover, the Minister of Education of Thailand shared Thailand’s commitment to both EFA and MDGs goals and cited Thailand’s role and participation in the collaborative projects to reach the unreached in education under the auspices of SEAMEO. He reaffirmed Thailand’s keen interest to work with SEAMEO and ASEAN towards raising the quality of education in Southeast Asia. “I have every confidence that, with the continued dedication and commitment of the SEAMEO High Officials, this meeting will achieve its objectives and complete the tasks assigned to it by the SEAMEO Council.", he said. Mr Tran Ba Viet Dzung, Director General, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam chaired the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting. On his second year as chairperson of the SEAMEO High Officials Meeting, Mr Tran Ba Viet Dzung thanked the SEAMEO High Officials for their continued support to him and to Vietnam as leader of the meeting. He also stated that the meeting is an important platform in strengthening cooperation between SEAMEO Member Countries, particularly in tackling regional issues of mutual concern. The chairperson of the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting was assisted by Dr Witaya Jeradechakul, Director, SEAMEO Secretariat in all the sessions. The meeting of SEAMEO High Officials consists of two key sessions namely in-camera or a closed session focusing on organizational matters and plenary or an open session which deliberates new regional initiatives and provides updates on ongoing ones. Key agenda items deliberated on in plenary session include reports on Collaborative Projects to Reach the Unreached in Southeast Asia by Brunei Darussalam, Lao PDR, the Philippines and Thailand, update on the conduct of the Regional Study and Development of Post-2015 Education Scenarios and Post-EFA Agenda in Southeast Asia, SEAMEO Congress, recent UNESCO initiatives for Southeast Asia and the proposed collaboration with SEAMEO, regional programme of the Government of Germany on health care in schools, proposed continued collaboration between SEAMEO and UNICEF EAPRO on the second phase of the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metric Initiative, and the 50th SEAMEO Anniversary celebration. Moreover, the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting endorsed the 5th Five-Year Development Plan of SEAMEO VOCTECH and 10th Five-Year Development Plan of SEAMEO SEARCA. The Meeting also endorsed the amendment to the Enabling Instrument of SEAMEO SEARCA. Signing ceremonies and other side events Three SEAMEO Awards were given out during the opening of the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting including the SEAMEO-Jasper Research Award 2013, SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award 2013 and the SEAMEO-Japan Education for Sustainable Development Award 2013. Officials from partner and sponsoring countries namely Canada, Australia and Japan announced the winners in each competition. H E Mr Chaturon Chaisaeng, Minister of Education of Thailand presented the plaques of recognition to the winners. Results of deliberations and decisions of the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting will be submitted to the Education Ministers of the SEAMEO Member Countries who comprise the SEAMEO Council for information and approval. The SEAMEO Council meets biennially and 2014 is a non-meeting year. Thus, resolutions of the SEAMEO Council on the result of the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting will be sought through referendum. The SEAMEO Secretariat, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Thailand, convenes the SEAMEO High Officials Meeting annually in Thailand. This year’s meeting was attended by a total of 153 participants representing 10 SEAMEO Member Countries with only Myanmar that was not able to attend; 4 Associate Members namely Australia, Canada, Germany and Spain; the British Council as Affiliate Member; and Observer Delegations including the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Japan; Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea; ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN-China Centre; ASEAN University Network; Asian Development Bank; Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI); UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok); UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO); Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture; the 21 SEAMEO Regional Centres and Network. The 8th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED), the 4th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Education, the 2nd EAS Senior Officials Meting on Education were also convened back to back with the 36th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting on 20 and 21 February 2014. The annual SEAMEO High Officials Meeting is the precursor of the SEAMEO Council Conference that is attended by Education Ministers of the Southeast Asian Countries. Thailand will host the next Conference from 29 Apr to 2 May 2015 in Hua Hin, Thailand. Photos from the meeting	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line135
__label__cc	0.645988	0.354012	Home » Online Schools, Online Colleges and Online Universities » Virginia College Online Virginia College Online Introduction to Virginia College Online Virginia College Online is an extension of Virginia College, which is a for-profit school that operates at 12 different locations. Unlike some other universities, instructors at Virginia College Online are usually employed in the fields in which they teach. This allows students access to faculty with direct experience in the field. The flexible online learning environment ensures that students can complete assignments anytime during the week and have access to online class materials 24 hours a day. The school offers a number of different programs, awarding online degrees at the associate's, bachelor's and master's levels. Specific online associate's degrees include criminal justice, human resources management and paralegal studies. Online bachelor's degrees include business administration, network management and private sector accounting. Virginia College Online also awards a number of online graduate degrees in the areas of criminal justice, cyber security and business administration. FAQs on Virginia College Online Is Virginia College Online Accredited? The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools accredits Virginia College Online. Accreditation allows the school to grant reputable associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees online. Recognition from respected organizations is an important feature for distance education schools, since it assures students that a degree is highly regarded in the eyes of other educational institutions and potential employers. What Are Some Requirements of Virginia College Online? All Virginia College Online programs require a high school diploma or successful completion of the GED. Individual academic programs may have additional requirements. In order to determine the exact requirements, students should contact the academic department of interest. Can I Receive Financial Aid From Virginia College Online? Financial aid is available to students who qualify. All students should complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid to see if they qualify for government loans and grants. University scholarships are also available. Additionally, students can search external sites for independent scholarships. The cost for textbooks are included in enrollment at Virginia College Online, which means students do not need to worry about this additional expense. What Are Some Career Options With an Online Degree From Virginia College Online? Given the diverse range of online degrees available at Virginia College Online, students are able to find employment in a variety of areas. Students majoring in criminal justice often go on to work in law enforcement, while those earning an online MBA frequently find careers in business, finance and industry.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line140
__label__cc	0.593717	0.406283	Late entry by The Times for the 2009 Hot Air Oscars In July 2009, I nominated two newspapers for the Hot Air Oscar for Most inaccurate numbers in a right-wing newspaper. A late submission has arrived, nominating The Times for their laughably inaccurate statement about solar power. The US Energy Department has calculated that a 62-square-mile (160 sq km) parcel of the Mojave [desert]... receives enough sunlight to power the entire country. Anyone who has seen SEWTHA page236 will know this statement is wrong. The average power of tropical desert sunshine is about 250 W/m2 [see page 46]. Multiply by 62 square miles and you get 40 GW. That is far smaller than US power consumption, which is about 3700 GW (if they mean power in all forms) or 420 GW (if they mean electricity only). Being more realistic, we should use a power per unit area of 15-20 W/m2, since that's what real solar power stations offer. At that power per unit area, 62 square miles would give you just 2.4-3.2 GW. What is it about journalists, areas, and squares? One of the ealier nominations for this Hot Air Oscar also featured an incorrectly reported area! Posted by David MacKay FRS at 10:41 AM 4 comments: Eat bacon and ride a bike! About 8 months ago, I made a short video with the help of Cambridge University, called "how many lightbulbs" [1]. This week, Cambridge University has published another 6-minute video in the same series - it's fantastic, and it's called Professor Risk. ← click this link to go to the movie in its own page. Posted by David MacKay FRS at 4:49 PM 2 comments: The Energy Game Some super people have been developing ways of presenting energy numbers and engaging the public and policy-makers in consensus-building conversations. The next 'Energy Game' will take place at the Science Museum in London at the Dana Centre on 3 Dec 2009 at 7pm-9pm, organized by Serious Change. How to boil water - the sequel One year ago, I wrote a blog titled how to boil water, which linked to a short essay, "how much is inside hot water?". Over the subsequent 12 months, a flood of emailers have requested that I answer their follow-up questions: "does it make any difference if the lid is on the pan?" and "how does a microwave compare with the pan and the kettle?". Dutifully, I did experiments this Sunday, and this link describes the results in full. The conclusions are that keeping the lid on the pan while boiling water saves about 3%; and that the microwave is a hopelessly bad way to boil water for making pasta. Posted by David MacKay FRS at 3:31 PM 12 comments: Challenged by Carbon I'm reading Challenged by Carbon: The Oil Industry and Climate Change by Bryan Lovell. Bryan Lovell is a geologist who has worked in academia and the oil industry for decades. This is an unusual book, intertwining two stories, one of them 55 million years old, and one less than 55 years old. I've not heard either story told before, and both are fascinating. For the older, slower story, Dr Lovell delves into the details of the geological history of Iceland, the North Atlantic, and the North Sea. He describes how local heavings of the planet's stomach have caused a sub-ocean ridge between Scotland and Iceland to slightly rise and fall, having knock-on effects on ocean circulation and global climate; how slight variations in the average intensity of sunlight in the Northern hemisphere cause changes in climate on a timescale of 20,000 years which can be detected in sedimnetary rocks; and, crucially, how a large natural rapid release of carbon into the atmosphere, 55 million years ago, led to an enormous global warming event, raising the temperature of the water at the bottom of the ocean by more than 4 degrees C within roughly 10,000 years. The younger, rapidly-moving story is the `insider's view' of how the oil industry, in the last 15 years, changed its mind about human-caused climate change. Starting from positions of climate inactivism (by which I mean "yeah, it may be true, but there's lots of uncertainty and there's no point doing anything, and we oppose greenhouse-gas-reduction treaties") or outright denial, the big oil companies, driven by the science, changed their tunes. First, in 1997, Shell and BP, then, in 2004, ExxonMobil came round to the view "that there is a big problem and that urgent action is required". Lovell knew all the key players well, he was there at the dinner-table discussions where this "Atlantic divide in Big Oil" heaved to and fro, and he hints at the bruising personal conflicts that took place as the oil experts argued about the science. Lovell identifies a particular BP-ExxonMobil debate held by the Geological Society's Petroleum Group in London in 2003 as a turning point in the argument, and describes at length this conversation, whose backdrop was the start of the 2003 Iraq war. The two stories are connected in multiple quirky ways: the ancient global warming event was probably associated with an uplifting of Scotland that led to the deposition of the North Sea oil fields, from which the oil-folk derived much of their recent wealth; and, more significantly, Lovell describes the 55-million-year-old global warming event as one of the pieces of evidence that helped swing the climate-change argument: oil-men believe what they see in the rocks, and those rocks give uncomfortable evidence for what happens when a large amount of carbon is suddenly released into the atmosphere. Both stories have the feeling of incompletely-solved detective mysteries. Where did the carbon come from in the ancient global warming event? Was it methane hydrates? Volcanoes? Or some other form of carbon deposit? Was it Iceland that precipitated the global transformation? As for the present-day conversion story, Lovell leaves the reader wondering whether the detective story is yet over - yes, some oil companies greened up their public facades in 2003, but have they reverted to business as usual behind the scenes? And what about the rest of the oil industry? In the second half of the book, Lovell indicates how he hopes the drama will unfold: "government intervention is essential" in relation to the transition to the low-carbon economy; "concerted action" is required from all oil companies; oil companies should turn their remarkable technical skills to a new waste management business: capturing and storing carbon, especially carbon from coal power stations. Now, I love physical numbers, so let's recap some of the key numbers for carbon capture. A standard unit of carbon capture and storage is "the Sleipner": thanks to Norway's implementation of a carbon-emission tax of $55 per tonne of CO2 (which can be compared to today's EU market price of 14.10 euros per tonne), StatoilHydro is storing 1 Mt CO2 per year in the Utsira saline aquifer under the North Sea. A 1-GW coal power station, running all the time, produces roughly 7 Mt CO2 per year. So every 1-GW power station would require roughly 7 Sleipners, and the cost to the consumer for electricity from that source might be in the ballpark of an extra 4p per kWh of electricity (similar to the present subsidy for wind power in the UK). The scale of the waste to be stored is worth mentioning. The volume of 7 Mt CO2 (the approximate annual waste from 1 GW coal power station), after it's been compressed to the same density as water, is three times the volume of the great pyramid at Giza. If Britain were to build, say, 33 GW of `clean coal', the volume of compressed waste that would have to be pumped through pipelines and into rocks under the North Sea would be 100 great pyramids per year; or, to put it in personal terms, 13 litres per day per person in the UK, every litre of this waste CO2 having the same weight as a litre of water. This book is fascinating reading. David MacKay, 18 October 2009 Regenerative braking works! I had a brilliant tour of the Modec electric delivery-vehicle factory in Coventry, and they let me take a one-hour test-drive in an instrumented vehicle (pictured above). The vehicle had perfectly good acceleration and its response to the pedals has been engineered to make it feel just like a 'normal' vehicle. For me the most exciting details from the data from this 3.5-ton vehicle were: 1) three headline numbers - maximum power 80 kW; maximum regenerative power 20 kW; typical power at top speed 40 kW; 2) one nicely measured deceleration event from top speed to zero, which allowed an estimate of how efficient the regeneration is at capturing kinetic energy (the answer was that it was better than 50%; and the Modec engineers mentioned a redesign of the transmission that might further improve this efficiency). 3) overall regeneration figures, showing that the regenerative braking recovered roughly 15% of the energy used during the whole test-drive. The graph above shows by the green area the energy recovered, and by the red area the energy that went out from the battery. Thank you, Modec! Full story with factory tour images and data The carbon-neutral flexible friend - Hot Air Oscar nomination for Barclays Oh dear... The 'green' twaddle keep on pouring out of the commercial world... Theo Markettos writes: "I'd like to nominate Barclays for a Hot Air Oscar: We've launched a new carbon-neutral debit card, which is being rolled out to our debit card users as their current ones expire. ... blah blah ... The Carbon Neutral Company ... blah blah ... reduce carbon emissions in the developing world. This effectively balances out the harmful emissions of the card's manufacturing process by preventing the release of the same amount of greenhouse gases somewhere else." Theo continues: "Given the huge influences economics and finance can have on behaviour towards climate change, I'm so glad this bank is focusing on the contribution of the small piece of plastic, silicon and epoxy in my pocket." Yes, indeed - a fine nomination for the Hot Air Oscar for best emulation of bailing the Titanic with a tea-strainer. The International Herald Tribune and New York Times published an article featuring my energy consumption versus population density diagram. Here is the article - Illuminating the Future of Energy and here are several alternative versions I made of the diagram - showing lots of countries showing a minimal set of countries showing lots of countries, including colour-coding by continent enlarged view showing lots of countries and green lines indicating the power density of renewables Servants, LEGO, and Kindles I'm happy to announce that Sustainable Energy - without the hot air is now available for the Kindle. A lot of Kindle users have been asking for this. I hope it works nicely! Some helpful correspondents sent me some nice links to other people's estimates of the energy output of a human slave. I've added these links to the SEWTHA wiki. If you have additional data or facts relevant to the book, please add them to the wiki. Thanks! And last but not least, I've been brainstorming with friends about how to make games for understanding energy and for consensus-building. One such game has already been designed using lego to represent energy inputs and outputs. Posted by David MacKay FRS at 11:35 AM 1 comment: A new graph, showing countries' power per unit area When I gave my energy talk in Cambridge two weeks ago, one member of the audience objected to my figure (page 13) showing per capita emissions by country. It would be fairer, she said, to show the emissions or energy consumption of each country per unit land area. (Guess her nationality... Australian!) I've made a few figures following her suggestion, and I'm displaying my favourite here. This figure shows population density on the horizontal axis and power consumption per person on the vertical axis. The diagonal green lines indicate the power consumption per unit land area, in W/m2. This is precisely the same unit in which I measured or estimated the power per unit area offered by renewables (page 112). Most renewables offer between 0.5 and 5 W/m2. Conclusion: All countries whose power consumption per unit area is bigger than 0.1 W/m2 are countries who should expect renewable facilities to occupy a significant intrusive fraction of their country, if they ever want to live on their own renewables. Countries with a power consumption per unit area bigger than 1 W/m2 (eg UK, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium) would have to industrialize most of their countryside, if they want to live on their own renewables. Alternatively, their options are to radically reduce consumption, use nuclear power, and/or to buy renewable power in from other countries. (Image can be downloaded from here). PS - I posted another article about this diagram in 2013 Air traffic visualized There is a very nice you tube video showing all planes flying during a 24 hour period. I have extracted a frame every 5 seconds to make an animated gif which you can view on this page - I find that my animated gif, which goes about 60 times faster than the youtube video, allows you to perceive some things that are hard to perceive in the video. "Diluted" Carbon dioxide is "less harmful" - Hot Air Oscar nomination Get ready to splutter with astonishment... This Reuters feature about UK Carbon Capture and Storage, featuring the switching on of a new OxyFuel combustion burner contains an astonishing sentence: The Doosan Babcock burner will not attempt to store CO2 but release it in a diluted, less harmful, form into the atmosphere. Presumably a Nobel prize is in order, for the discovery that the climate-change impact of CO2 is reduced by diluting it. I'm not sure to whom this Hot Air Oscar nomination would be directed - to Doosan Babcock? to the journalist? - but anyway, this must be a strong contender for the Hot Air Oscar for most jaw-dropping twaddle about greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to Paul for the nomination. Eco eco eco! And super-efficient too (Hot air oscar nomination) A Hot Air Oscar nomination for boldest appropriation of the word eco goes to Australian company "todae" for their promotion, in their "eco-lighting" section, of "Super Efficient" Halogen 35W downlights. Their product description explains how awful standard halogen lights are, wasting 80% of the energy as heat. These super-efficient halogen replacements for halogen bulbs will save 30%. Now, it may seem harsh to nominate an energy-saving product for the Hot Air Oscar when there are so many other "eco" scams out there which save much less energy than this (for example, BMW's "EfficientDynamics" innovations). Well, please keep the nominations rolling in. I notice in Toady's web page (just to the right of Galadriel there) that they are also promoting miniature solar panels. Perhaps more nominations can be harvested right here! Thanks to Carl Myhill for the nomination. Wouldn't it be better? No, I don't think so! (Hot Air Oscar nomination) The website realtimecarbon.org encourages people to be aware of the carbon intensity of the grid, saying "Wouldn't it be better if we could use power when it's greenest?". I am pretty sure that the answer to this question is No! Imagine, for the sake of simple discussion, that we have a country in which on average half the electricity comes from baseload nuclear power (intensity, 20 g/kWh) and half from demand-following gas (470 g/kWh). And that at night, demand is 60% of the average, and 83% of the electricity comes from nuclear. And that in the day, demand is 140% of the average, and 36% comes from nuclear. Under these assumptions, the nighttime grid intensity is 95 g/kWh, and the daytime grid intensity is 310 g/kWh. People using the RealTimeCarbon service will be advised by the red flashing "carbon alert" icon to avoid using electricity during the day, and will be rewarded with feelings of green smugness if they go to great lengths to use electricity at night instead. They may delude themselves into claiming that they have reduced their carbon footprint. You could even imagine them selling carbon offsets based on this sort of electricity-consuming time-travel. But, in the cartoon world that I have just described, the time at which you use electricity makes no difference at all to the carbon emissions! Imagine that 1000 people all earnestly follow the RealTimeCarbon guidance and turn on their 1kW toasters in the middle of the night instead of during the day. What happens? Well, in response to the increase in demand, an extra 1MW of electricity is generated while their toasters are on; and this electricity (in my cartoon world) comes from the gas power stations being turned up just a little bit, whether they turn their toasters on at night or in the day. The true marginal impact of their consumption is 470 g per kWh, whenever they consume. Now, I am not saying that this cartoon is a faithful representation of what's going on in the UK. Maybe in the UK there are some times of day that are "good" times to use electricity, and others that are "bad". But I think this cartoon proves that "knowing the grid average" doesn't tell you anything useful about that. And I think that the cartoon is a fairly good cartoon of the UK, since in the UK much of the really low-carbon electricity is wind and nuclear, both of which are (at present) not demand-following. Moreover, I think that if people go to great trouble to check RealTimeCarbon for guidance on "when it is ok to consume", the end result may be a worsening of the UK carbon footprint! Here's two arguments why: (1) I can imagine people inconveniencing themselves in order to switch on their equipment at night - their inconvenienced lifestyle may well use more energy (for example, when they wait up late for the RealTimeCarbon to go from red to green, they may keep the lights on for longer at night!); (2) If people think that their electricity is "green" they may give themselves permission to consume more of it. (I know some people argue, for example, that "their electric car is powered by wind, therefore they can drive as much as they want, and it doesn't do any harm to the planet".) I therefore nominate RealTimeCarbon for a Hot Air Oscar for "Best intentioned but most useless consumer-engagement". Thanks to Kim West for pointing me to the website and asking questions. PS - I posted a message on the realtimecarbon forum 3 days ago, querying another aspect of their methodology, and there has been no response. INCPEN, The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment, have produced a super leaflet called Table for one. It is a detailed document full of numbers estimating the energy footprint of one typical British person's food. All the numbers are expressed in MJ per week. There's lots of nice diagrams, some showing the breakdown of the energy footprint of, say "Snacks" between food supply, primary packaging, transport packaging, transport from factory, retailing, travel to shops, home storage, and home cooking; and some showing summary numbers. The one below summarises how much energy the average person gets from all their food (73 MJ/week (2.9 kWh/d)), how much it costs to produce and deliver it (337 MJ/week (13.4 kWh/d)) and how much energy is used to produce the packaging (35 MJ/week (1.4 kWh/d)). The final figure below shows the breakdown of the footprint by food type, and there is a clear message about meat consumption (as I guessed in my book): meat has a bigger energy footprint than any other foodstuff. [They were assuming that the average person gets 7 MJ per week (1,700 calories per week, or 242 cal per day) of energy from meat; this is a weight of 1029 g per week (147 g per day). For comparison in Ch 13 I assumed a carnivore ate 227 g per day.] It's nice to see an industry publishing such clear energy-footprint numbers! A copy of "Table for one" (pdf) is sitting on my website. I assume INCPEN don't mind my sharing it there. Moon, and Age of Stupid This post is fairly off-topic for a sustainable-energy blog, as it is a review of a film that I enjoyed, and would like to recommend. Moon is a film about the life of a man, Sam, working for the biggest eco-energy company, mining helium-3 on the moon. I am happy that all I knew about this film was that "Sam was lonely on the moon". The only review I read was Roger Ebert's, and he (good for him!) didn't spoil the movie by revealing its plot. I recommend that you read no reviews of the film (apart from Ebert's), and don't even watch trailers for this film. Even looking at the strap-line on a poster for the movie may reveal more about the movie than you really want to know. To make this post increasingly on-topic, I'd also like to recommend Age of Stupid. I wrote a review of it after seeing its UK premiere, of which I quote the opening paragraph here. "The Age of Stupid" is a splendid film. Here's what sets it apart. Whereas many documentaries interview each subject briefly, on a single topic, "Stupid" slowly unveils each character and their web of relationships. The principal characters are real people, whose life-stories relate to the topics of climate change, energy policy and consumerism in multiple fascinating ways. Both are great films, thoughtful, with twists, and thought-provoking. Posted by David MacKay FRS at 11:59 AM No comments: In SEWTHA, I included, as a joke, a map titled "Where the wild things are". The map shows in white the areas within 2km of human habitation (and thus of course excluded from wind farm development). It shows in black the areas that are more than 2km away from human habitation; these areas are thus tranquil, and also inappropriate places for wind farms. Wind farm development is to be encouraged in all other areas on the map. Some readers have failed to understand my joke; that amuses me. What's even funnier is the map produced by the RSPB, "to ease conflict between wind farms and wildlife" (October 2006). This image shows their map, and the painfully funny thing is how similar its message is to my joke-map's. Almost every good location for wind in Scotland is excluded! - Almost all the islands are given a "sensitivity rating" of "4 high" (the maximum), with the exception of the single island of Jura, which is mainly judged "medium"; most of the highlands are also "high sensitivity". The only really promising locations for wind that squeak through below "medium sensitivity" are the Mull of Kintyre and the southern coast from Glasgow to Stranraer. How is this map meant to relate to last week's RSPB announcement that the Renewable revolution is overdue? Two exciting things (DII and DWFTTW) The first thing I got excited about recently is the news announcement that roughly 20 big German companies are talking about investing €400 billion in the Desertec Industrial Initiative. What is thrilling about this announcement is that it involves a sum of money that is in the right ballpark for a genuine plan to get off fossil fuels. So often, government announcements have involved 1 million here, 10 million there, and (rarely) 100 million. I reckon the cost of putting together a new energy system for the UK must be roughly 400 billion pounds, or 10 billion pounds per year from today to 2050. This is much more than millions; but it is still perfectly affordable, given that we already spend 80+ billion per year on energy and 80+ billion per year on insurance. I'd love to see details of what the German companies think they could buy for their 400 billion euro. The second exciting thing was to discover, thanks to James from Isentropic, what I now consider to be the two best videos on ther internet. Namely: Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW) [which demonstrates that it is possible to make a wind-powered vehicle that goes directly downwind faster than the wind] and Under the ruler faster than the ruler [which explains with a nice simple model how faster-than-wind travel works]. What intrigues me philosophically about the wind-powered-travel expositions is that it reveals how fragile and weak "understanding" can be: I thought I understood wind-powered travel, and I already knew about wind-powered vessels that can sail directly upwind (eg, Revelation II, pictured). But I got the answer to the question "is DWFTTW possible?" wrong! - even though the principle by which upwind travel works is just the same as the principle of DWFTTW travel. So it seems that when I "understood" upwind travel, what I really did was append to my stack of physics heuristics another heuristic, permitting upwind travel; I didn't add a piece of knowledge that was capable of working in new situations. RouteRANK RouteRANK provides a journey-costing service, which tells you all the different ways of getting from A to B, how long it will take, how much it will cost, and how many kilograms of CO2 will be emitted. For any A and B in Europe. The image below shows the results for a "Cambridge to Edinburgh" query. Cute! I wish it displayed "energy used" too. Most inaccurate numbers in a right-wing newspaper - Hot Air Oscars Well well! Ed Miliband's announcement of the government's energy road-map has given rise to a remarkable pair of nominations for the Hot Air Oscar for inaccurate numbers in a right-wing newspaper. What's remarkable is that both pieces of poor journalism, in the right-wing press, make assertions about wind power that spin erroneously in favour of wind power! Nomination 1 The Daily Mail says Research by the University of Southampton has found that a well-placed turbine could make enough energy to power 825,000 homes a year. Hahahahaha! As usual, the units are wrong. [They should either say "One turbine" could power "X homes" (no "a year"), or "one turbine could make enough energy in a year to power X homes for a year". Why can't people get units right?] But the inaccuracy of "X" is the funniest thing. Realistically, a typical 2MW turbine with a load factor of 27% will produce 0.54MW on average, which, using the standard definition of "a home" (see p 329 for my rant on that topic) means that it can power 1000 "homes", on average. I think a better way to visualize the impact of one such turbine is to say that its output is equal to the total energy footprint (including transport and heating and electricity) of roughly 100 UK people. The Daily Telegraph has twice propagated another piece of twaddle concerning the area required for wind farms to provide "all Britain's energy consumption". First there is a letter from Anthony Ridge-Newman, Royal Holloway University of London, published Sept 2008, which says "The most startling thing is that scientists estimate all of Britain's energy can be supplied by an offshore wind area as small as 70 square miles", and that "Britain could be producing enough energy from wind to begin exporting to Europe within 10 years." "Startling" - yes indeed! You'd think you'd be sufficiently startled to check your numbers before writing to a national newspaper! And you'd think the newspaper might check the numbers sent in by its startled correspondents before wasting ink on publishing them. But no. The Torygraph has actually printed this "startling" (and false) meme a second time, this time in an "Analysis" piece authored by "Dave Andrews, head of the Claverton Group", published on 16th July 2009. He writes of onshore wind that "it needs an area of only 70 square miles to generate Britain's total power requirements". Crikey. Did the copy-editor do this to make the Claverton Group look like a bunch of fools? Apparently so, yes! - The Claverton site says the article as submitted said "a 70-mile by 70-mile square". Yes, that would be 70 times more accurate! For the record, (see my survey of UK wind farms if you want, where I show that UK wind farms, whether onshore or offshore, generate roughly 2.5 watts per square metre, on average), 4900 square miles of windfarms would generate about 32 GW on average, which is close to Britain's average electricity consumption (it's about 42 GW). If you want to produce "all Britain's energy consumption today" (ie transport and heating too) then you need about nine times the area, since Britain's primary energy consumption is about 300 GW. The bottom line - the Daily Mail article is off by a factor of 825, and the Telegraph's rendition of Clavertonism is off by a factor of 70 or 630, depending on whether you allow energy to be confused with electricity. It's a close battle for these awards! Keep sending in nominations. I thank Christopher Booker for pointing out these two "lunatic" articles. Booker coyly didn't name the two newspapers responsible for propagating the twaddle. Sustainable Energy Pirates I'm upset to discover that some criminal types have gone to considerable lengths to make and sell fake paperback versions of Sustainable Energy - without the hot air on amazon marketplace. [Photo above shows a pirate copy (left) alongside a genuine paperback copy of the book (right).] This page shows photographs of an example pirate paperback alongside genuine paperbacks. If you bought SEWTHA from amazon marketplace, please check your copy. If it looks awful, maybe it's a pirate copy. (Some reviewers seemed to think that the genuine book looks awful too!) The genuine books look professionally produced and are on good quality paper. To check whether your book is a pirate, please look at the photos. If anyone has been sold one of these fakes, we urge you please to (a) ask amazon for your money back; (b) complain to amazon about the 'marketplace' criminals. Thank you! Sustainable Energy news SEWTHA was published in the USA on May 1st. Last week, it was reviewed in Science magazine, and now some people who like SEWTHA have written a submission to slashdot "Solving the Energy Crisis by Tripling Electricity". If you like this article and have a slashdot account, please click on the "+" button to help the article get promoted. And finally, the third printing of SEWTHA has just come out, and it has got a NEW COVER (shown above). My publisher and I are very democratic about these things, and when the Guardian's Leo Hickman opened his review with the words "It has a crashingly dull cover and title", we were happy to respond to feedback. We hope you like the new cover! [full size image] The third printing brings the number of copies printed to 30,000. Visualizing wind farms for Cambridge University I thought it would be a fun exercise to see, on a map, whether we could imagine powering the University of Cambridge from local wind turbines. The University's average electricity consumption is 11.4 MW, and its gas and oil consumption is 8.7 MW. (That's the University departments and offices only, not the colleges.) If we switched our heating over to heat pumps and insulated all the buildings, maybe the total consumption could be covered by 16 MW of electricity. Probably about 72 MW of wind capacity would be required to produce 16 MW on average. That's about 36 big wind turbines of the standard 2-MW size in the photo above, which shows Red Tile wind farm. This web page contains my notes and the map, which is reproduced below. [Please click on the map to see the whole thing.] The left side of the map shows West Cambridge, with locations for wind turbines shown by the green and red circles. Exclusion zones are indicated by blue circles. I've assumed that turbines could be put alongside the motorway and that motorway noise would dwarf the turbine noise, so that smaller exclusion zones are appropriate near motorways. The right hand side of the map shows the Red Tile wind farm to the same scale. I don't know who owns any of this land, nor have I done any wind surveys, so no-one should take this map seriously. It would cost roughly £70 million to put up these turbines. If people don't like the idea of having iconic wind turbines ruining the tranquility of the M11, another option would be for the University to buy a 1.6% share of a new nuclear power station. That might cost £32 million or so. The one-percent rule, leading to patriotic thoughts about the Falklands I wrote an article for the Guardian. I called it "The one-percent rule". They called it "Talk of 'kinetic energy plates' is a total waste of energy". Here's the article I wrote. I'd like to suggest a one-percent rule for news-articles about energy-saving gadgets or renewable energy systems. The rule says "a gizmo may be discussed only if it could lead to energy savings of at least 1%". I suggest this rule not because minnow-sized savings are worthless, but because the public conversation about energy surely deserves to be focussed on bigger fish. The latest piece of green twaddle that's wasting people's attention is the story (15 June 09) about a new supermarket carpark that has "kinetic road plates" creating "green energy" from the motion of customers' cars. I'm not saying that these systems don't actually work; perhaps they do save a little bit of energy that would otherwise be wasted in the brakes of the cars arriving in the carpark. But my suggestion is that these systems save so little energy, we shouldn't waste newspaper space on such stories. There must be more important things to discuss (assuming we are serious about getting off fossil fuels). To prove my point, let's compare the energy that might be saved by the "kinetic road plates" with the total energy used by a typical trip to the supermarket. Let's guess that the kinetic road plates extract one fifth of the kinetic energy of the arriving car. For a car weighing one ton travelling at 20 miles per hour when it hits the road plates, the extracted energy comes to 0.002 kilowatt-hours (kWh). Now, the energy used by the car, assuming it is driven 3 miles to and 3 miles from the supermarket with a fuel efficiency of 33 miles per gallon, is about 8 kWh. The savings from parking at the green carpark thus amount to one four-thousandth of the energy used by the trip to the supermarket. That's much less than one percent. So this "green energy system" is just eco-bling, creating a delusion of happy progress while distracting people from serious change. What are some ideas that satisfy the one-percent rule? Well, there's lots of examples: a domestic solar hot-water panel will generate roughly 4 kWh per day of hot water, which is roughly 50% of a typical family's hot water consumption, and a bit more than 1% of their total energy footprint. Example two: wind power - a ten-fold increase in Britain's wind turbines would produce on average 4 kWh per day per person, which is about 4% of our total energy footprint. So solar panels and wind turbines deserve to be on the public's radar. Of course, solar panels and wind turbines are old news. So let me close by suggesting a new topic of conversation that also satisfies the one-percent rule. When we are planning wind-farms, it makes sense to put them up first in the windiest spots, where the hardware will give the biggest return. So let's talk about wind-farms in the Falklands. Mean wind speeds in the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands are 9-11 metres per second, compared with 6-9 metres per second around the British Isles. 1250 3-megawatt turbines in the Falklands would probably produce an average power of 2.5 GW (or 1 kWh per day for every one of the Queen's 60 million subjects). That's roughly 1% of the total energy footprint of the United Kingdom. Are there any problems with this idea? Well, first, as usual, the wind farms "would spoil the view". There's no free lunch. Serious renewable power requires industrial facilities in the countryside; the point of proposing wind-farms in the Falklands is to reduce the area of countryside "spoiled". The total area of the Falklands is a bit more than half of Wales; the area occupied by 1250 windmills would be about one twelfth of the Falklands. Sheep could, of course, still safely graze among the turbines. Second, the average power produced by these windmills would probably exceed the electricity demand of the three thousand inhabitants of the Falklands, so we'd need to find other ways of using the power. A traditional way of handling the problem of excess electricity is to produce aluminium. Iceland and Norway, for example, produce 1% and 4% of the world's aluminium respectively. The Falklands wind-farm sketched above could produce 1.5 million tons of aluminium per year - 5% of world aluminium production. Aluminium is just one example of a storable product; the electricity could be used to make other energy-intensive materials such as magnesium and cement. Mean wind speeds are given at a height of 50m. Source: http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/port-stanley.html http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/grytviken.html I assumed the load factor of turbines in the Falklands would be 66%. Addendum, in response to the flood of comments on the Grauniad site Thanks for the feedback! (1) To the Falkland-wind-critics who point out that Aluminium production needs steady power... Yes, I'm aware of that; I thought of saying so in the article, but decided brevity was a virtue. What I would have added is "to smooth out the wind fluctuations, we could create pumped storage systems, or other energy storage systems, just like the four pumped storage systems in the UK (which were built mainly to help match inflexible nuclear supply to fluctuating demand). This would bump up the cost a little. (2) As for the energy-cost of shipping materials to and from the Falklands, this is one of the striking things I learned when writing Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: those monster ships are amazingly efficient at transporting stuff - far more efficient than trucks. (Read about it on page 91.) I'm not saying that Falkland-wind is definitely a good plan - just that you need to check the numbers before knocking a plan simply for using international shipping. (3) And finally, to the people who insist in enjoying the delusion that the power harnassed by these silly ramps would be significant if only I compared it with the power consumed by the supermarket instead of with the power consumed by the trip to the supermarket: no. Work out the numbers! Here is a rough stab at the calculation: As you can read on page 93, UK supermarkets consume 0.5 kWh per day per person. If every person visits their favourite supermarket once per 7 days, then their supermarket is consuming 3.5 kWh per personal visit. If the silly ramps manage (as estimated above) to provide 0.002 kWh per arriving car, then the silly ramps are covering less than one thousandth of the energy consumption of the supermarket. Cut the twaddle. These things are eco-bling, whichever way you look at them. All you need, to see this, are simple numbers. [The Falklands idea may turn out to be a bad idea too, but I hope people find it fun to think about.] David MacKay, Cambridge. How much can one drinks bottle achieve? I'd like to nominate the belu bottle of natural mineral water for the Hot Air Oscar for the greatest ecological achievements by a 500-ml beverage container. It's an incredibly long list, spanning the whole ecosystem. On the front of the bottle there are icebergs and a penguin. On the back, a field full of flowers and butterflies. The bottle's achievements, in more detail: It's the UK's first compostable bottle. They can be composted back to soil in only 8 weeks - a million times faster than plastic bottles!! Every bottle you buy provides clean water for one person for one month It's the first bottled water that does not contribute to global warming It is penguin approved All profits go to clean water projects Surely it is an honour simply to stand in the presence of such a vessel. Hot Air Oscars nomination: Easy Being Green A nomination for most inspirational fluff on a bottle goes to Avra, Greek water manufacturers. "It's so easy being green" ...on a plastic water bottle, in a country where the tap water is perfectly drinkable. [From flickr, thanks to jinty for the nomination.] Corrections and clarifications (Wind, Whitelee, Wales...) Perhaps I need to stop doing media interviews... I wrote some notes about Whitelee recently. Last weekend, the BBC asked me to record some comments in advance of the official Whitelee switch-on. My comments focussed on the scale of renewables required to really make a substantial contribution to British energy consumption. Unfortunately my comments may have been misinterpreted - partly because I wasn't actually sure what I was being asked! The interview was recorded by a nice subcontracted interviewer who had been fed the 3 questions to ask me. The first question was "are the government's targets achievable?" ... with no indication of what targets the question referred to. The child poverty targets? "No more boom and bust"? I answered the question assuming we were discussing long term climate targets. In one take I referred to "the government target of a complete decarbonisation of our electricity supply system by 2030." This was an error, as the government hasn't adopted that target (yet); it is the Committee on Climate Change that has indicated that they think almost-complete decarbonization of electricity by 2030 is essential. As I have discussed in this article, if the UK is to get off fossil fuels, we need to be talking about big efficiency measures, probably lots of electrification of transport and heating, and big growth of 'green' electricity sources - for example, something along the lines of windfarms with size similar to the area of Wales, and a five-fold increase in nuclear power. Each of these two sources would deliver roughly 20 kWh per day per person. Do I think Whitelee is a figleaf? Not at all. It's awesome, and it does generate real power, on average - enough to power hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles, for example - though not quite enough to "power Glasgow". I have updated my data on windfarms. I've gone through roughly 75 farms, finding the power per unit area. You can see the results here. The conclusion is that many Scottish wind farms, located on hilltops, have powers per unit area of about 4 W/m2. English and Welsh wind farms are in the range 2-3 W/m2 for the most part, though there are a few in England below 2 W/m2. Incidentally, while looking at the windfarms, I had a think about the Braes of Doune photo above, which shows a windfarm ruining the view of Stirling castle. The distance from Stirling Castle to the wind farm is actually about 15km. The photograph subtends an angle of about 3 degrees. It is the sort of view you get through a 670-mm zoom lens. The two summary figures from my wind farm survey are shown below. The top one shows power per unit area versus turbine diameter; the lower one shows it versus wind farm size. The point style indicates the type of windfarm location. Thanks to Oswald Consultancy and the Renewable Energy Foundation for collating most of the power generation data and turbine specifications. All the original data can be found at OFGEM. Thanks to Ordnance Survey for their getamap service. "Better than BS 7671 : 2008 IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition!" Friends have been asking "how is the book selling?" - I'm happy to report that Sustainable Energy - without the hot air has been doing quite well. On amazon.co.uk, its sales rank among all books has been wandering around the 100 mark for some time now. And in the list of the most popular Science and Nature books, it's at number 4, ahead of Dawkins' God Delusion, and (a great personal triumph, this) ahead of the IEE's renowned "On-site Guide; BS 7671 : 2008 IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition". I made a graph showing how the sales rank of SEWTHA has evolved on amazon.co.uk and on amazon.com. The light vertical lines mark events, with the most significant ones being the Economist's review, the Cory Doctorow review, and the coverage by the Guardian, which took the sales rank to 47. The latest piece of good news is that I've been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Society's press release mentions me and the book, which is very nice of them! Oh no! Green electricity spat! As I mentioned in another post, I switched from electricity-generator, Powergen, to "Good Energy", out of irritation at Powergen's perpetual greenwash. Now I've learned from The Guardian that Good Energy may have been duping me with greenwash too! One of the minor advantages of Good Energy over the competition was that they claimed to actually retire some ROCs (renewable obligation certificates), which has a genuine "additional" effect, as it increases (slightly) the financial incentive to people putting up renewable generation facilities. However, according to the Guardian, Good Energy have not been retiring as many ROCs as their blurb led customers like me to believe. Oh dear. Their blurb said things like: "Good Energy goes above and beyond the percentage required by the government (8.9 per cent in 2008), by retiring an extra five per cent of ROCs (ie, 13.9 per cent in 2008)." but in fact, they've been retiring only about two per cent. It's an awkward consequence of the slightly goofy Renewables Obligation system. To get your subsidy for generating wind power, you have to cash in the certificates. (The certificates are then bought by brown companies like Powergen that are not generating enough renewables, to get them off the hook.) If you retire the certificates instead then you don't get any subsidy. So it's really hard to do anything "additional". People trying to do Good get no subsidy. If Britain had a feed-in tariff instead, like Germany, I think this Catch-22 would be removed. Everyone who generated extra renewable electricity would be rewarded for doing so, and no-one else would be let off any hook thanks to their generation. It's sad that Good Energy and Ecotricity are having this spat with each other. I was at a round table meeting in London, organized by the Ecologist magazine, attended by both the CEOs of both companies, and there, everyone seemed to be on the same side. I think, going by the news article, that Good Energy have been naughty. And as a customer I feel a bit disappointed. My advice to Good Energy would be "stop trying to make out, through funny accounting, that you have been retiring 5%. Just give up on the retiring idea". Whitelee powers Glasgow again Whitelee wind farm, the biggest wind farm in Europe, is to be completed and 'switched on' this week. And the news says that the power company is applying to extend the wind farm to increase its capacity from 322 MW to 614 MW. I mentioned the predicted output of Whitelee in my book (page 33). Since the predictions for Whitelee were one of the sources for my estimated wind-farm-power-per-unit-area of 2 watts per square metre, I thought it was a good idea to look at Whitelee's updated numbers. When I was writing my book in October 2006, Whitelee's predicted output was said to be "enough to power Glasgow" (Independent, Oct 10, 2006). And now, the latest news says that, with the proposed increase in capacity from 322 MW to 614 MW, the farm will... generate enough power for [all the homes in] Glasgow! Curious, Alice might say. We run, and we stay in the same place? Here are the new numbers. With two extensions, the total number of turbines would be 221, the capacity would be 614 MW, and the predicted total output is "340,000 households", which in sensible units is 184 MW (assuming that "a household" is defined to be 0.54 kW). This implies a load factor of 30%. The area of the site (according to the Sunday Herald) will increase to 75 km2. So the average power per unit area of the enlarged wind farm is predicted to be 2.45 W/m2. What is the honest relationship of Whitelee to Glasgow? (I think talking about 'households' is a bit misleading.) The predicted output of Whitelee, shared between the 616,000 people of Glasgow, would deliver 7 kWh per day per person on average. That's roughly 40% of the total electricity consumption of Glasgow, and roughly 6% of the total power consumption of Glasgow (that's 'total power' including transport, heating, etc; not just electricity). Implications for the scale of wind farms required for a substantial contribution to British power consumption If we assume Whitelee (including its planned extension) is representative of future big wind farms that could be built in Britain, here are some more numbers. The government's 2020 target is for "33 GW" of wind capacity. That would require 54 more Whitelees. The area of those wind farms would be about 4000 km2, about 20% of the area of Wales. The power delivered by those wind farms would be about 4 kWh per day per person, which is roughly 4% of the UK total power consumption today. (That's 'total power' including transport, heating, etc; not just electricity). If we wanted to get 20 kWh per day per person from wind power, we'd need 270 Whitelees, which would take up an area of 20,000 km2. That's roughly the area of Wales, or 8% of the area of the UK. If we want to get off fossil fuels using renewables, we must expect those renewable facilities to be somewhat intrusive. End notes (in anticipation of the responses people often make) Yes, the wind-farm land in between the wind turbines can also be used for agriculture or other activities. Yes, the output of wind farms fluctuates, so if we build wind farms we will have to do some other smart stuff, as discussed in chapter 26 of my book. For example, ensure that lots of smart [easily switch-off-and-on-able] demand is added to the grid, for example, charging electric vehicles and running heat pumps to make hot air and hot water. Hot Air Oscars nomination: GO-GREEN We are happy to nominate for the "best GREEN advertising" Hot Air Oscar, the "Eco-Smart" organization in America who advertise "877-47-Go-GREEN" on the side of their tastefully green HUMMER. Is David MacKay "trying to make wind sound useless"? Let's look at more data I'm delighted to see that the response to Sustainable Energy - without the hot air so far has been remarkably positive. There's just one or two folks who have become convinced that I am anti-wind, that I am deceitfully making wind sound worse than it really is; and they have been running round leaving comments on blogs (for example, you can find one lurking in the comments on this excellent article about the financial cost of wind power (the oil drum), who asserts "MacKay has made a serious error in his calculations of on-shore wind energy resources. ... Some of the wind farms initially built were in poorer locations but close to electric transmission lines, so his calculations are not good examples of what is possible in UK.") I've written three blog posts about this topic already, encouraging people to provide real data rather than just spreading poisonous rumours. I've now worked through the ordnance survey maps and ROC register entries for about 15 windfarms around the UK, and included the data and maps in a presentation I made at a wind energy conference in St Andrews this week. I am still working on this; what I have focussed on so far is mainly the newest windfarms for which data is available, with the largest numbers of turbines, with biggest diameters, and mainly on scottish hilltops or welsh hilltops or near to the coast. The new data starts at slide 30 and is summarised on slide 41. These onshore wind farms have powers per unit area between 2 and 4.6 watts per square metre. To indicate the rough scale of windfarms required to deliver large amounts of power, I assumed in the book a power per unit area of 2 watts per square metre. So yes, there are windfarms that have powers bigger than 2 watts per square metre. Was I deliberately "making wind power seem worse than it is"? No. I chose 2 watts per sq metre as an estimate of what we could get if we put up lots of wind farms (with the area of Wales), which is obviously going to be less than the power per unit area of the very best spots. Yes, I willingly agree that if we want wind to make only a small contribution (for example, less than 1 kWh per day per person), then it would be appropriate to assume a higher power per unit area - perhaps 3 or 3.5 W/m2 instead of 2 W/m2, if we keep building in the best spots. As evidence that I am not deliberately biased against wind, take a look at the data for offshore wind farms. In my book I assumed a power per unit area of roughly 3 watts per square metre for offshore wind. But the two offshore windfarms in my data have powers per unit area below 2.5 watts per square metre. There are several other scientists who have used a power per unit area similar to mine when estimating wind resources. For example, Socolow from Princeton uses 2 watts per square metre when discussing his "wedges". On page 234 of my book I cite a study by Elliott et al. (1991) in which windfarms in the best locations in America, covering an area equal to that of California, were estimated to have an average power density of 1.2 W/m2. While my book is technology-neutral, the truth is that personally I am pro-wind! I think wind farms are brilliant, and I'd be very happy be within eye-shot of one almost anywhere in the ordinary countryside. Please could the commentors call off the dogs? Thanks! David More or Less - the Director's Cut I was on "More or Less"a couple of weeks ago, and wrote an article for the BBC. One topic mentioned was how much good it does to unplug phone-chargers when they are not in use. On today's programme (8 May 2009) they are going to read out an indignant listener's letter pointing out that "if everyone unplugs their phone chargers, it adds up to a HUGE saving". More or Less asked me to write a short response, which is going out today. I'm worried that people will get the impression I am against switching anything off. So for the record, I would like to point anyone who's interested to the relevant pages of my book (p114) and Chapter 22 (p155) which should make clear that I do think that it's a good idea to find the big vampires and switch them off! Here's what I wrote for today's More or Less, in full: Yes, if sixty million people all make a figleaf gesture that saves half a watt (which is roughly one ten thousandth of their power consumption), then the total power saved is, sixty million times half a watt which is 30 megawatts, which sounds like quite a lot. It's one thirtieth of the output of a modern power station, for example. But this "if-everyone" multiplying machine is just a misleading way of making something tiny sound big: 30 megawatts is still just one ten thousandth of Britain's total power consumption. 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__label__wiki	0.685702	0.685702	BackYou are here: News All news type material published across all media on the issue of the war of Indian state agsinst the people Delhi University: Join United PROTEST MARCH AND MEETING, 19 FEBRUARY 2013 Published on Monday, 18 February 2013 20:43 Written by www.icawpi.org On 6 February 2013, Delhi University was rocked by two related events. The first of these was the visit to the university campus by Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat. The second was the brutal and unprovoked action undertaken by the Delhi Police against protestors to this visit, on a scale probably unprecedented in the history of the university. Modi is widely known as the mastermind of the 2002 genocide in Gujarat; as a champion of anti-people, anti-poor policies; and as a promoter and benefactor of predatory and deeply corrupt big business houses. Many in the university immediately saw the visit for what it was – a blatant misuse of the university space to promote these condemnable agendas, with Modi as their champion, in the name of lecturing on “development”. Therefore, several groups and organizations of students and teachers who wished to express their opposition to this, gathered outside Sri Ram College of Commerce on that day, in a peaceful and completely legitimate expression of protest. Suddenly and without the slightest provocation, hundreds of protesting students and teachers were brutally and repeatedly lathi-charged by the police with no prior warning. Maoists give 4 stars to 'Chakravyuh' Published on Sunday, 11 November 2012 19:05 Written by www.icawpi.com Jaideep Deogharia, TNN \| Nov 11, 2012 RANCHI: Real life Rajan and Juhi have given the thumbs up to Prakash Jha for zooming in on their cause for the big screen and putting it in the right perspective in the film, "Chakravyuh". Though it could be a coincidence but the Maoist group operative in west Champaran district in Bihar, which is the native of Jha, the producer-director of the film, has a senior leader by the name of Rajan and also a woman cadre named Juhi as has been shown in the film. The Madhya Zonal Committee spokesperson of the CPI Maoists, Paramjeet, who has expressed gratitude for the film has, however, pointed out a few facts which are not in consonance with "their world". Madhya Zonal Committee is operative in Bihar and covers Baraharwa village in Bettiah, the home town of Jha. Corporates are the new zamindars of India: Land reforms activist Published on Sunday, 14 October 2012 23:34 by F wireOct 14, 2012 New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) As India witnessed a “long march” by thousands of tribals, farmers and landless people for land reforms, P.V. Rajagopal, who led the movement, said a new form of zamindari is emerging in India with corporates acquiring huge chunks of land. Zamindari, the pre-colonial practice of having landlords to collect tax from farmers, was abolished post independence in India. Rajagopal, however, warned that with large areas of land being acquired by corporates, a fresh form of the medieval system may emerge. “The situation is very bad. Corporates have become the new zamindars and a few people are accumulating all the land,” Rajagopal, founder of people’s movement Ekta Parishad, told IANS in an interview on the phone from Agra where the members of the group were stationed. Chakravyuh tune strikes a chord with Maoists Published on Saturday, 03 November 2012 04:49 Jaideep Deogharia, TNN Nov 2, 2012 RANCHI: The makers of the movie 'Chakravyuh' may have anticipated a good response to their film, which highlights the plight of common man owing to rising prices through the song 'Mehangai', but little did they know that the Maoists, on whom the film is based, would lap it up as well. Maoists operating in Bihar and Jharkhand have hailed the effort of the filmmakers and congratulated them for vociferously criticizing the corporate houses of pursuing their vested interests. Maoist Political Prisoner, Septuagenarian Sushil Roy See, below, four articles on Sushil Roy: -- an appeal for justice and humanitarian medical release; -- an interview on current CPI(Maoist) political relations;-- a brief biographic note;-- and a 2006 letter written soon after Sushil Roy's arrest, challenging the CPI(M)'s parliamentary road and the WB "Left Front" repression of revolutionaries. Septuagenarian Maoist Sushil Roy, known as Comrade Som, who is one of the two oldest political prisoners of the India at present, an inmate of Giridih Mandal Kara (district level jail), has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after being brought from a ward at RIMS, a government medical hospital at Ranchi of Jharkhand. He was shifted from the jail to hospital after an inordinate delay first to RIMS in Ranchi, when he was not able to swallow any food for over 10 days and had become extremely weak and virtually crippled as a result of his medical history and cruel neglect of medical treatment for 7 years in jails. This delay was caused by the refusal of the Jharkhand police to provide him a secure mode of transport from Giridih jail to Ranchi. Had it not been for the hue and cry raised by several people's organizations and his younger brother, Dr. Shyamal Roy, who happens to be his only close relative, about his likely death in that jail, even this belated treatment would not have been possible. Shushil Roy is considered to be the senior most leader of the CPI (Maoist) after the united Party emerged in 2004 and he inaugurated the United CPI (Maoist). Several people's organizations in India have been demanding: 1. Shushil Roy should be unconditionally released forthwith. 2. If his unconditional release is not possible forthwith, he may be allowed to remain a free citizen as long as he is still under trial, so that he can obtain the necessary medical treatment, and receive the due care and attention under the charge of his younger brother. 3. Also, a high-level judicial committee should be constituted to probe, and give a report at the earliest, on the veracity of the charges foisted against him in the remaining cases. The following is the full version of the interview Shushil Roy gave to Indian Express, an English language daily recently. Indian Express (IE): What relations do the CPI(Maoist) have with the Nepal Maoists? Is it still going strong? Sushil Roy (SR): The CPI (Maoist) seeks, as part of its international responsibilities, to have fraternal relations with Maoists and all progressive forces struggling for the working classes all over the world. Nepal is one of them. Specifically today in Nepal there are three Maoist parties to my knowledge. One called UCPN(Maoist) led by Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai, the other called CPN(Maoist) led by Matrika Yadav who was the first to part with the UCPN(Maoist), and the third, also called CPN(Maoist) led by Kiran, which was formed very recently. Earlier, all the three were within a single party CPN(Maoist). The splits have taken place because Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai's policies of late amounted to a betrayal of the Nepalese new democratic revolution. To my knowledge, the CPI (Maoist) has had a fraternal ideological and political relationship with the Maoists of Nepal, which entails both unity and struggle on common issues. Whether the Nepal Maoists are still leading the revolution there or have betrayed it, we have common aims and objectives, common enemies in the present phase, and common friends as well. That is the essence of our unity on ideological and political issues. Where we differed on questions related to the strategy and tactics of revolution in our respective countries, we had been having internal or mutual debates, but we do not interfere in each other's actual work, other than politically supporting mutual revolutionary causes. Now, with the formation of three Maoist parties in Nepal, and one of them generally perceived as having betrayed their new democratic revolution, and the two others yet to emerge with effective strategy and tactics to take ahead that revolution, I would think that the CPI(Maoist) would be in the process of reshaping the forms of its ideological and political relationship with the three parties. IE: What has been the West Bengal government's stand towards the Maoists after Mamata Banerjee came to power? SR: The government of West Bengal has been antagonistic and inimical towards the Maoists, both before and after Mamata came to power. While she was in the Opposition, Mamata, to begin with, tried to feign as if the Maoists had no significant present at all. Then, as the elections drew closer, and Singur, Nandigram and then the Lalgarh peoples' resistance movements emerged as a big force, she realized that with the support-base of the Maoists widening and deepening, it would be beneficial to pose as a supporter and sympathiser of them. Then again, when she came to power, when she had the props of the state with its repressive apparatus of police, paramilitary and armed forces, and draconian laws, as well as the court, colonial bureaucracy etc. to hold her in power, she had no need any more to elicit the support of the masses rallying around the Maoists, or the support of the radicalised intelligentsia of Bengal. She, therefore, did a quick somersault on occupying the chief minister's chair and began to show her true colours as regards the Maoists. The brutal murder of Kishenji, the beloved leader of the Indian revolutionary masses, left no doubt about her real political and military character. IE: Is the government sympathetic towards them? Is any government sympathetic towards the Maoists? SR: No question of that. There is not a single government in the country which could be sympathetic towards the Maoists. That is reflective of the strength of the Maoists. Only the masses are sympathetic. IE: Something about Mamata Banerjee's policies? SR: Mamata's policies are as anti-people as that of any other party of the exploiting and ruling classes. Today if she feigns opposition to the UPA's thrust towards foreign direct investment in retail, broadcasting and civil aviation, it is only because she wants to save face in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after using the UPA prop to acquire a larger political stature. She is an opportunist par excellence. There should be no difficulty in seeing through her dramatics and histrionics. She has learnt a lot from her predecessors who ruled West Bengal for so many decades. IE: During the panchayat elections will you set up dummy candidates? SR: Why would any Maoist party set up any dummy candidates? As far as panchayats are concerned, we Maoists believe that they are first an extension of the corrupt, exploitative, oppressive and repressive state. Panchayats generally serve to preserve feudal power in the villages, and imperialist, feudal and comprador bureaucratic bourgeois rule as a whole, down to the grass-roots. The only way is to launch and intensify the revolutionary class struggle at the grass-roots, and in this way build revolutionary peoples' committees at the local levels. That is how the Maoists believe in letting the toiling masses take over power from those who exploit and oppress them, right from the panchayat to the parliament. IE: What is the biggest hurdle for the Maoists in the present day? SR: Especially in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and some areas of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh etc., the state, with its heavily armed forces, and now with the direct involvement of the Army and the Air Force, has been encircling and suppressing the people in its efforts to wipe out the Maoists and their supporters by the thousands. This encirclement and suppression entails extremely brutal and inhuman attacks on the poorest of the poor and on their most devoted leaders and soldiers. Such cold-blooded, pre-meditated attacks are accompanied with devious means to wean away the weaker cadres to different rival formations, and with draconian laws to arrest at will and detain for long periods, also for life, and inhuman torture in custody, etc. Intelligence agencies are proactively managing the media to plant and spread false stories. These are all the major hurdles today. In addition, the Maoists have to consistently wage an internal struggle against whatever non-proletarian trends may remain and emerge within their ranks. Overcoming all the internal shortcomings and weaknesses is also a major challenge before the Maoists as they gear up to take on these biggest ever onslaughts in the history of the Indian new democratic revolution. IE: Is there a setback for the Maoists in Bengal and Jharkhand? SR: I am not in a position to make any such assessment. Inside jail, I only had newspapers and some magazines as my sources. I had no proper information. Even now, when I am under medical treatment at the AIIMS, Delhi, I have hardly any information. But what I can safely say on the basis of whatever I have been able to gather until now is that the Maoists in Bengal and Jharkhand are faced with a full-scale war, whose intensity and viciousness are increasing constantly. It is a terrorist attack by the state against the downtrodden people, the adivasis, poor peasants and their beloved leaders. The Maoists are at the forefront of this war against the Indian people, whether in Bengal, Jharkhand or anywhere else. The circumstances of this war are tough and adverse. But I am hopeful that the Maoists, armed as they are with the ideology of the working class, the proletariat, they will have behind them the tremendous moral strength of history and the love and support of the masses. On this basis, they will develop the appropriate political and military tactics, in order to gain victories and turn any defeat into victory, and failure into success in their overall strategy of this current phase of new democratic revolution in our country. IE: Do the Maoists take active help from the North-Eastern groups? SR: The Maoists support the struggles for self-determination, including the demand for secession, which are being waged by different nationality movements in the North East. Some of these nationalities, and their organisations may support the Maoists politically, just as the Maoists support them. If you are talking about active military help, as of date, I don't think there is anything like that actually taking place. But the Maoists would welcome whatever political support these democratic, progressive and radical movements may offer. They would also look forward to broadening the sphere of mutual help and co-operation in the future, not only with the North-East, but also with the Kashmiris, and also with various persecuted minorities, such as the Muslims. IE: Since you are a political prisoner, did the government extend any help to you? SR: The government did not extend any help to me while in jail. In our country, there is no official recognition to political prisoners like us. Unless we fight for our rights, we are treated like animals, like dogs. Whatever treatment I am getting here at AIIMS is just the human right of any prisoner. But with me there was also an attempt to let me die out of utter neglect and lack of medical care, first in Chaibasa jail, then in Giridih jail and worse still, at the government hospital RIMS in Ranchi where I spent 15 days in excruciating pain and squalor. I would have died there if my dear ones would not have taken up cudgels for me, and if various democratic rights organisations had not lent their support in Jharkhand, from West Bengal, Delhi and other parts of the country. Without struggle from within and support from outside, a political prisoner has no hope, no entity. IE: Are the Maoists willing to reciprocate P Chidambaram's offer to surrender arms and then come to talking terms? SR: Why should the Maoists surrender the arms which actually belong to the people of India? Chidambaram's talk about surrender of arms was just empty rhetoric. He did not want any talks with the Maoists. Surrendering arms would mean entirely giving up the struggle. For talks, we can at the most talk in terms of putting one's arms on hold. That is, a mutual cease-fire or a cessation of hostilities to some extent. Asking the Maoists to give up arms while the state actually stepping up its Operation Greenhunt - that was nothing but double standards. What the Maoists were asking for was putting the military operations of the state against the people on hold, and working at the modalities of a mutual ceasefire and such things. In West Bengal the Maoists even carried out a unilateral ceasefire for a whole month to pave the way for talks. But all governments have been betraying anyone who hopes for talks by unilaterally continuing attacks while the Maoists put their arms on hold. This is the real obstacle to talks - the governments in power and not the Maoists. IE: What do you think about the Bijapur massacre? SB: In Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, it is now well known that 20 unarmed adivasis from three neighbouring villages were massacred by the paramilitary forces. Such a massacre speaks volumes about the training that the paramilitary forces are getting from Israeli and US imperialist agencies and to what extent the Indian state, at the behest of its imperialist masters, considers the people of India as its enemies. The unarmed adivasi peasants had gathered in their own village to discuss the modalities of the forthcoming sowing season for their paddy. In an area of influence of the Maoists if the toiling masses get together to take their own decisions collectively and democratically, it is not tolerated by the state. This is because the state today does not tolerate the practice of democracy by the toiling masses. The state does not want the toiling masses to take their own decisions regarding their agriculture-based economy. This shows that the rulers can go to any extent to demonstrate that they can only allow their imperialist masters to control and direct the country's economy, not the people of India backed by the Maoists. IE: Anything else you would like to share with the readers? SR: Yes, a lot. First thing is about how to read newspapers, how to view TV channels. Most newspapers and TV channels are so run that the realities get distorted. The ideas, which the ruling elite ascribe to, are propagated vehemently, even unethically. Therefore, one has to perceive the news and the news analyses that we see in the newspapers and TV channels very intelligently. Conscientious reporters and editors in today's dominant media have become an endangered species. Secondly, what I wish to say is that if your readers wish to know what is the actual situation on the ground as regards the struggle between the Maoist-led peoples' war and peoples' movements on the one hand and the repressive forces of the state on the other, one will have to actually go and see for oneself, and see with an open mind. Thirdly, it is important to understand that whether you are a Maoist or not, what our country needs is freedom from the shackles of imperialism, feudalism and comprador bureaucratic capitalism. All the woes of the Indian people are rooted in these three evil "isms", which pervade every nook and corner of our subcontinent. The only answer is a new democratic revolution based on an agrarian revolution carried out by armed peasant masses, motivated and led by the ideology of the working class. Last but not the least, readers must learn to distinguish between the truth and the stories fed or simply planted by the police and their intelligence wings and not get influenced by the police's lies and distortion of the reality. The published version of the above original interview can be seen at the following link: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-mamata-first-supported-maoists-then-did-uturn-after-becoming-cm-/1007479/0 Shushil Roy - A short Profile Indrajit Dasgupta was so annoyed hearing Sushil Roy's questions that he asked him to leave the general body meeting. That discussion, and many other meetings and debates before and after that made clear to him that the CPI (M) would never fight for revolution. Publicly for show it was supporting the Chinese Communist Party but in reality it will follow the parliamentary line of the renegade Khruscheve and Dange. The events of the Peasant struggles of Naxalbari, the police firing which killed eleven woman peasants including two children, and the anti-democratic and revisionist character of the party leadership, made him cut off all relations with CPI (M) in 1968. For the sake of revolution he left his permanent job, home, and relatives to work as a professional revolutionary in faraway villages. Since 1990 he confined his activities to doing ideological, theoretical and political work within the working class in the industrial areas of Kolkata, Howrah and Hoogly, from where he was arrested on 21st May, 2005. Sushil Roy in this letter written in July 2006 from prison in Midnapore in West bengal, translated from the original Bengali, he is challenging Buddhadev Bhattacharya to a political-ideological debate. To Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister, State of West Bengal. Please accept my greetings. The subject matter of this letter to you is very important and deserves much elaboration. However, in view of the value of the time at your disposal I would only briefly draw your attention to a few points. The contents of my letter are absolutely political and I bear no personal grudge. On 17 March 2006, the Jhargram Session Court sentenced me to 5 years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of sedition under the Arms Act and 121-A /122/124 B Indian Penal Code. I am 68 years and 6 months now. In 1995 Dr. Sunil Bagchi, the well-known eye surgeon, operated on both my eyes for removal of cataract. However, for some reason my left eye was completely damaged immediately after the operation. For the last two years I have often been suffering from intermittent haemorrhage of the other eye too, because of hypertension. So there is a chance of my getting completely blind any time. Moreover, I suffer from Ischemic heart disease, enlargement of the prostate glands, piles with regular bleeding, constipation etc. I am being treated at the jail hospital for these ailments. From the daily Pratidin of 29 June 2006, and later from my lawyer I learned that the State Government has appealed to the High Court pleading for my life imprisonment. I have some questions and some comments on this role of the present State Government, which I am presenting before you through this open letter. Kindly give it a patient reading. So far as I know, the Acts and Indian Penal Code of 'independent' India are following the colonial Acts formulated by the British imperialists. The lawyers also concur with me in this. The 'Independent' and 'Sovereign' Government of India has not formulated any new Act of the IPC. The British imperialists had formulated those Acts to sustain their colonial regime and to ruthlessly suppress the Indian people and the Indian revolutionaries fighting against their barbarous rule and exploitation. It was on the strength of these Acts that the despotic British ruling class had dubbed hundred of great patriotic revolutionaries like Surya Sen, Khudiram, Bhagat Singh, Dinesh Gupta as 'terrorists' and sent them to the gallows or to life imprisonment in horrible prisons like the Andaman, where many of them were pushed to death. In the backdrop of this historical perspective, a number of questions naturally arise. The 'independent and sovereign' democratic Government of India as well as the left democratic government of West Bengal are using the same Acts promulgated by British imperialists to dub as 'terrorists' and 'extremists' and suppress those workers, peasants, intellectuals and other toiling masses fighting against the exploitative rule and hegemony of the big bourgeoisie and big feudal lords of India, who are nothing but the compradors of various imperialist forces under the leadership of USA, the chieftain of the neo-imperialist gang. These workers, peasants, intellectuals and other toiling masses are being thrown into prison for life. The question is, are our independence and sovereignty a hoax, a mere formal announcement made to hoodwink the people? Are our democracy, our law and judiciary still a legacy of British colonialism? Are they still being forced to follow the footsteps of the British and other imperialist foreign masters by being dependent on and committed to the laws and the judicial system instituted by them? The parliament, the law, the judicial system, the administration, the jails of a sovereign independent nation .... are all these under foreign tutelage? Have the MP's and MLA's of the left-democratic government of West Bengal ever raised their voice against this in the parliament and in the assembly? I am really eager to know this. The British government had even charged Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with sedition and arranged for his death sentence. And yet, the people of India have being paying their homage to Subhash Bose and other revolutionaries of the Fiery Age as great patriotic revolutionaries. Thus, the ruling class and the ruling parties do not have a monopoly in defining who is a patriot and who is a traitor. It is the people's verdict that determines the true definition. As the ruling party you are branding certain people as traitors and terrorists. But you are not doing so as a citizen of an independent and sovereign country. Your evolution is based on the fact that you are a part of the puppet ruling clique bound by the foreign neo-colonial chain. According to a Marxist evaluation, in a class-divided society all ruling parties, irrespective of whether they call themselves 'communists' or 'social democrats' or 'leftists', are guarding the interests of native and foreign exploitative classes. Has the left front government of West Bengal in its active politics and practical policies been able to take any position different from those of the Congress, BJP and other rightist parties? None of the two 'communist' parties, CPI and CPI (M) appear to have taken the slightest interest in adopting a different position in this matter. In this context it will be proper that I should briefly inform you about my identity. In 1961 I got a permanent job at Usha Fan Factory at Banshdroni. During the India-China conflict in 1962 I got in touch with the then CPI. In 1963 a strike began in our factory on various demands. On the plea of the India - China context the Nehru government had passed an ordinance to the effect that the Defence of India Rules would be applicable to any strike in a factory and the strike be termed illegal. The valiant workers, however, defied the threat of the Nehru government, continued with the strike for six months and eventually won. In recognition of my active and leading role in the strike, the workers elected me to the executive committee. At that time Indrajit Gupta of the CPI was the President of our union. Meanwhile, in 1963-64 the international communist debate on the Soviet versus the Chinese line had influenced our union too. Indrajit babu and his followers went to the camp headed by Dange. We reposed our faith in the Chinese line under the leadership of Bimal Chatterjee, the secretary and Haridas Malakar, the vice-president. Within the union we conducted debates on many issues and reduced the Indrajit Gupta faction to a minority. Indrajit babu himself was heckled in various ways. At a workers' meeting at the Muslim Institute Hall, we attacked Indrajit babu et al and threw chairs at them. When the CPI (M) was formed at the Seventh Congress in 1964, I joined it. At the party's instructions we mobilized thousands of workers in South Kolkata against US imperialists' bombing of Vietnam and marched with them at the head of a long procession from Hajra Park to the Dharamtala meeting. I had then seen your faces too at the procession. Together we had raised the reverberating slogan: 'Tomar nam, amar nam, Vietnam, Vietnam.' In 1966, on the occasion of the 72 hour Bangla Bandh programme during the all Bengal food movement, we had been at the forefront in South Kolkata. At that time I was beaten up by the police and the Congress hoodlums and courted arrest temporarily. We had shed sweat and laboured hard for the coming up of the First United Front Government in 1967. Instructed by the party, we had gheraoed 'Troilokya House' at Dalhousie Square for 72 hours at a stretch along with the workers, so as to prevent the owners from installing foreign computers. The owners could not enter the premises, nor could they install computers. In those days, party instruction was that the CMDA was an imperialist institution and we should not allow any imperialist institution to operate in West Bengal. So, under instruction from the party we, along with the workers would picket at the spots where CMDA was carrying on digging and stall the work. It was also at the behest of the party that we had set fire to buses and trams during movements. We had committed many such illegal acts at the instruction of the party. One need not give a list of such acts here. Later, within our union I had differences with the party regarding the interpretation of the Naxalbari peasant movement. The party vehemently condemned that movement as adventurist. On the other hand, from the perspective of the international communist debate between the two lines, I did not see the Naxalbari struggle as merely a peasant movement. To me, the great Naxalbari represented a political line of capturing power; it represented a destination, a future. At that time I had personally conducted debates on the political and organizational line of the party with many leaders like Kesto Ghosh, Niranjan Sen, Satya Sen (Ranjan), Prasanta Sur, Bhola Bose, including the state secretary Pramod Dasgupta. At a G.B. meeting at the Thyagraj Hall at Ballyganj I opposed a popular party slogan raised by Comrade Pramod Dasgupta: "Janganatantra, amader mantra" (Peoples' democracy is our mantra). My query was: a mantra is something to be chanted orally, it has got nothing to do with practical application. Does it then imply that we would continue to chant the mantra of revolution without ever applying it in practice, as did China and Vietnam? Shall we never carry out ideological, political, organizational and military preparation for the revolution? Comrade Dasgupta was so inflamed by my question that he ordered me to get out of the G.B. meeting. From that meeting and from many other conferences and debates it became clear to me that the CPI(M) would never carry out the revolution. While apparently it would support the Chinese party, actually it would toe the same parliamentary line followed by Khrushchev-Dange renegades. The Naxalbari peasant struggle, the firing by the United Front government and the death of 11 peasant women, including two children, revealed the true social-democratic and revisionist nature of the party leadership. So I left all connections with the party and urged, by the revolutionary vision, in 1968 I went away to a remote rural place to work as a professional revolutionary leaving behind my permanent job, my home and my close ones. Since 1990, I had been engaged in doing ideological, theoretical and political work among workers exclusively in the Kolkata-Howrah-Hoogli belt. On 22 May 2005, at about 7 p.m. I was coming out of a workers' ghetto, (No. 4, Madrari Gate) near Konnagar station and boarding a rickshaw, when 4/5 plainclothes policemen jumped upon me and forced me to get into a private car waiting nearby. They blindfolded me and took away a handkerchief, a comb and a money bag from my pocket. I did not have anything else. After driving nightlong, they took me to a pucca two storey house in a jungle area. That was actually a BSF camp, housing 150 BSF men. There on 22nd and 23rd May two police officers interrogated me day and night. On the 24th at 8 a.m., I was taken to Belpahari police station and produced at the court on the same day at 10 a.m. They had my face covered with a piece of cloth. Later, the police F.I.R. report showed that I was arrested while conducting a meeting on the night of 23rd May at Tamajuri village under Belpahari P.S. and that they had confiscated from me a small torch and a handbag. Never in my life had I been to Belpahari, nor heard of Tamajuri. Why this falsehood? When I asked Mr Shyam Singh, a DSP officer (it is he who had interrogated me most), he said, 'This is a part of our tactics.' Later somehow the police could know about my rank in the party. The DSP said, 'You are not divulging anything, only telling stories. We will involve you in such a case that you will have to rot your whole life in jail and die there.' I believe the police conspired with the state government and involved me in a serious case. With that end in view they produced a seizure list before the court, which showed that explosives, cartridges, computers, cassettes, photos, money, ornaments, Marxist literature, and documents have been seized from a house in Hind Motors. On the basis of these they started a case of sedition against me under the said sections of the IPC. Yet again I was surprised, for I have never been to that house in Hind Motors. The police dragged me in the net of those seized items and started a false case against me. Later I came to know that the police had arrested some Nepali Maoists in India and seized some items from Maoist workers and sympathizers in West Bengal before and after my arrest, on the basis of which they prepared the seizure list against me. This skulduggery of the democratic police of West Bengal has left me dumbstruck. In the area where I do my political work, there is no case against me. Nor is there any reason why there should be any case against me, given the nature of my work. The Special Force team from West Medinipur has literally kidnapped me and involved me in a false case at Belpahari. There are some more cases against me, in various other police stations in West Medinipur. The local police station, even the district S.P. himself does not know anything either about my arrest or about the items produced in the court as having been seized from the said Konnagar house. They told me so when they interrogated me. My question is, whose interest are the police upholding by thus framing false cases against me? Does this add glory to the Police Department, the judiciary or the state government? Moreover, the police are arresting Maoist workers and sympathizers from various districts, framing them in false cases and keeping them in jail. In the left democratic regime the police are resorting to the same physical and mental torture on the workers (beating up, burning with cigarettes, not giving drinking water, not allowing the use of toilets) as they did in the reactionary Congress regime. Arrests, beating up, transfers, breaking roof tiles, ovens and other utilities with rifle buts, pouring kerosene or sand in cooked rice and curry, mixing up rice and dal, addressing old men and mothers in awfully abusive language, kicking them down, violating the modesty of young women - all these brutal tortures are going on unabated in the militant areas on the people for supporting the Maoists. CRP personnel from outside and local CPI (M) men take the lead in these matters. I know that the reports of these evil practices of the police and the para-military forces do not reach you. After my arrest, apart from West Medinipur, many high-ranking police officers from various states (CID IG/DIG/SP/DSP, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Delhi, Kolkata) have interrogated me. During interrogation I was subjected to various kinds of mental torture and many a time I fell ill. However, I will not deny that nobody tortured me physically. Probably that was due to the appeal made by the progressive intelligentsia of West Bengal to you after my arrest so that I am not subjected to physical torture. Time and again you have declared that you will tackle the Maoist movement politically. And yet, in the militant Maoist areas you have no political activity. The Maoists are fighting against the repression of the reactionaries and for just demands. More and more oppressed people of the area are joining them in their programme and your party is losing its foothold. In this situation, in order to break up their struggle and their organization, the local leadership and the cadre of your party, instead of tackling them politically, are terrorizing the people of those areas by resorting to torture, arrests and oppression with the help of hoodlums and the police, just like reactionary feudal lords. The local leadership and cadres have taken up the role of social police and the Communist Party (?) workers are acting as police spies. In the past hundreds of workers and masses of your glorious party have defied police firing and the pains of incarceration and set shining examples of selfless and all-sacrificing struggle by remaining loyal to the great party ideology. Can you imagine how much the leaders and cadre of your party have been corrupted by power, so that to maintain a consumerist luxurious life they have been reduced to police spies of a state which, according to your own characterization, is a "bourgeois-landlord" one? Alas, Marx. It may sound harsh, but I must say the leaders and the cadres are not to blame for this decline. The real culprit is the basic political line of the CPI (M). In a communist party it is the line that determines everything. The seed of this decline was present in the Seventh Party Congress document itself in 1964 when the CPI (M) was born. Point No. 111 of that document clearly says that the 'CPI (M) tries for peaceful transition to socialism.' Needless to say, revolutionaries had long ago disdainfully rejected this poisonous weed-like line, originally propounded by the renegade Khruschev in the international communist movement. In India the traitor Dange was its chief proponent. Right from the moment of birth, your party has been working along this line. Suffering from a petit bourgeois mentality typical of the middle class, the leaders and cadres have confined themselves to a secure lifestyle. Thus, they limited all their struggles to 'secure some benefit' and to press only for those 'realisable' demands that are 'acceptable' to the ruling and exploiting classes. That is why, after the party came to power, in keeping with the inexorable class character of the petit bourgeoisie the leaders and the party workers fixed their eyes solely on winning elections. Naturally they have veered 180 degree from the path of the mass revolution - psychologically, politically and organizationally. They are now steeped in personal and group corruption, mud-slinging and murderous activities in order to remain in power by grabbing lucrative ministries. The local offices of the party are no longer centres of studies in Marxist books and Marxism-Leninism. Factional quarrels and murders for grabbing promotorship and contractorship by getting hold of the lucrative departments are commonplace there. At the local, zonal and district level committees the contradictions and debates are no longer on party line or the road to revolution, but on who would lord it over in the area, mafia fashion. Although you, Biman babu and a few others in the party have an honest and clean image, the entire party apparatus has been captured by corrupt people who appease the owners and act as power-middlemen. To get rid of this you may conduct as many rectification campaigns as you wish, but nothing would avail. For the seed that you have sown at the birth of the party was bitter, how can you expect a sweet mango from it now? You must not have forgotten what the great Comrade Stalin taught: 'If the socialists join the ministries in those countries where the old machinery exists intact (i.e. military, police, bureaucracy, law, judiciary, and jails), then however honest and popular they may be, actually they would be able to do nothing save serving the interests of the imperialists and the bourgeoisie against the interests of the oppressed people.' After remaining in power for thirty years, do you feel Comrade Stalin was wrong there? In actual politics have you not in effect been serving the forces of imperialism, capitalism and reaction for remaining in power for the last thirty years? Comrade Lenin had harshly admonished the French socialist Millerand for joining the bourgeois ministry. Currently, you are citing the fall of the Soviet Union and globalization to justify your policy of abandoning principles and being a realist. But this has been your only line of sticking to power for a pretty long time. We know, according to Marxist laws the real policy of the party is determined by the party's basic line. Real policies are formulated under the basic line. The basic line of a Marxist party is 'to capture state power through revolution'. If the real policy of the party deviates from this basic line, then that is nothing but rank revisionism. You must have taken lessons from the tragic ends of the Communist Party of Indonesia in 1965 and Chile in 1973. The Indonesian party leader Aidit and the Chilean party leader Allende had come to power through parliamentary means. In order to acquire experience they made some experiments. They introduced bills in parliament to confiscate the oil companies owned by the US imperialists and to nationalize land. Before the bills could be passed as laws, US imperialism carried out a military coup via the CIA and brutally killed 300,000 communist workers, including the leaders of the two countries, and thousands of progressive people. They had relied on the old military, police and bureaucracy. The communist workers also were absolutely unarmed and the US imperialists took advantage of that. From this terrible history the only lesson you have learnt is if you come to power through parliamentary means and try to sustain that power by opposing US and other imperialists and their agents, the big capitalists and big landlords, then you will have to die. So let revolution and the revolutionary party go to the dogs. For giving some benefits to the masses and to go on winning elections forever, it would be enough to keep the imperialists, capitalists and vested interests in good humour. Looking back, one can see that in 1963 when President Johnson (after the assassination of John Kennedy) came to visit India, the then finance minister Morarji Desai (later known to be a CIA agent) of the Nehru ministry went overboard and told him, "We are opening our (motherland's) womb before the foreign capitalists." His idea was to woo Johnson so that he would invest US capital in India. Needless to point out, by harping on globalization you are now carrying that flag of Morarji's. The party has adopted reformism and the economist politics of 'giving benefits' as a mode of remaining in power. Naturally, it has forsaken self-denial and self-sacrifice and become bogged down into the mire of anti-struggle compromise, corruption and opportunism. So in its dictatorial mood of despotism it is not prepared to tolerate when other parties protest and fight. When struggle develops not under your banner, but under the leadership of some other parties and organizations, that causes fissures in your happy family. Since you cannot tackle them politically, you label them as 'anti-socials', 'secessionists', and 'terrorists' in a haughty zamindar-Iike manner and brutally suppress them with the help of the police and para-military forces of the "bourgeois-landlord" state. This is the counter-revolutionary method you stick to. Steeped in the halo of power you have forgotten that the great Marxism-Leninism is the basis of your party. Of course ideology becomes unimportant when you run a "bourgeois-landlord state". It can easily be thrown away as obsolete and that is exactly what you have done. But then, why continue with the Marxist signboard unnecessarily? I would not deny that in the past communist revolutionaries, while reposing faith in the correct basic line, had committed some mistakes in its application. Extreme hatred for revisionism, revolutionary emotion and inexperience had led them to make some serious mistakes. Because of their dedication to and eagerness for the revolution they had tried to hasten things and paid the price with their own lives. Our homage to their mothers too, who had reared them with their breast milk. As a result of the mistakes committed by these revolutionaries, the party became divided and the revisionists, who serve the vested reactionary interests, took advantage of that. It is while walking on that blood-soaked path that the revolutionaries are learning their lessons anew. They are determinedly raising the revolutionary flag to new heights. Fighting with weak resources against a powerful state machine, some mistakes are still being made. But these are being quickly rectified. They are not doing anything against people's interests. If you come across any such activity, you are welcome to offer scathing political criticism of that. At the same time, do allow the Maoists to openly offer political criticism of your mistakes and anti-people acts. In the war theatre, let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred ideas contend. What's there to fear? Neither the Communist Party of India (Maoist), nor any mass organization sympathetic to it or under its leadership is banned in West Bengal. And yet, when they publicly try to simply paste some posters in support of a movement, police arrest them as Maoist terrorists and send them to prison on concocted charges of sedition. Where do we live, Buddha babu - in Bengal or in the jungle? When these things happen in a state run by the Congress or the BJP, such actions are understandable. But when a left democratic government led by a 'communist party' indulges in such reactionary and despotic behaviour, then what do we make out of it? Is it not sheer two-faced hypocrisy under the veil of leftist phrases? In the BJP-run state of Chhattisgarh you have very rightly protested against the barbaric activities of the 'salwa-judum', led by the Opposition Congress leader Mahendra Karma and constructed under Hitler's Gestapo model. The BJP and the Congress have both in many ways enticed the poor tribals through this campaign and held up 50,000 families illegally in concentration camps. The police have formed a spy gang comprising chosen members from among them and have given them military training. By thus dividing the tribal community so that they may hand over or kill Maoists, the police has created a war-like situation in the Maoist-influenced tribal zone. The CPI (M) Polit Bureau has severely condemned this and demanded immediate banning of 'salwa judum', undoubtedly a step deserving congratulation. But what do we find here in West Bengal? Here campaigns such as 'Sankalp schools', dispensaries, tree planting, football matches are being undertaken at the behest of the Police Super, West Medinipur, on the plea of developing public relations. The first point is, the police then agree that they are alienated from the people and that the people hate them. Point two: Are these the duties of the Police Department or the local Panchayat? Here too, the police are organizing small scale 'salwa judum' and enticing the poor tribals in many ways so as to form secret spy-squads who spread hatred of the Maoists among the tribals and hand them over to the police. Thus the police are pitting communists against communities and splitting the tribals (because they support Maoists). Why is the CPI(M) Polit Bureau a silent spectator in the case of West Bengal? West Bengal government has deployed thousands of police and para military forces armed with modern weapons in the militant Maoist areas. They have asked for another 12 companies of para-military forces from the Centre. They are spending lakhs of rupees to bolster the police forces by providing advanced training by army authorities. We fail to understand what political work this force, which has been organized to suppress the just struggle of the people, will do. Surely, nobody would expect flowers instead of bullets will emerge from their gun barrels. Why is the West Bengal government shy of admitting that they have failed to contain the Maoists politically and have started a civil war? The entire responsibility for this rests with them alone. If you really intend to politically tackle the Maoists, then why are you sending thousands upon thousands of armed forces there? You claim that in West Bengal alone your party has 250,000 party workers. Let them go and raise political debates. Let them alienate the Maoists from the masses by campaigning for the just demands. At the same time give the Maoists the opportunity to raise public debates in the villages and cities. Instead of arresting them at sight, give them the opportunity to agitate with their programmes. You are saying that they are carrying arms? Can you tell me which parliamentary party in India does not stock dangerous weapons? There's none. Each of these parties uses weapons to murderous ends. The problem with you is that you do not have political workers educated in Marxism-Leninism. For the long spell of thirty years your party workers have been steeped in opportunistic pursuits. They have managed their own affairs, have become corrupt, apolitical and haughty. They are content with spying for the police, which for them is the noblest revolutionary work. Their sole political activity is confined to raising the slogan: 'People's Democracy is our mantra' in meetings and processions. The great comrade Mao Tsetung had said: 'A revolution is not a dinner party, nor a painting or a piece of embroidery. A revolution cannot be so soft, so modest and so courteous. Revolution means rebellion, through which one class overturns another.' As a result of the political line followed by your party, revolution has been confined to the secure lifestyle of the petit bourgeois middle class who happily enjoy the warmth of revolutionary excitement. In an attempt to whitewash this opportunism you invite the statesmen of those countries who have captured state power through armed struggle, like China, Vietnam, Cuba etc. and pose hand in hand with these leaders in photographs so as to hoodwink the masses and your workers by saying, 'Look, our party is still on the revolutionary road.' Any comment is superfluous! The state government under your leadership has demanded my life imprisonment. Had the Congress or the BJP been in power, they would have demanded the same. This will encourage the native and foreign reactionary forces - above all, Bush, the Yankee mafia boss. He would be encouraged to reward such a 'good boy' government with more capital. I wish to know, will the left democratic government of West Bengal follow the same path trodden by other governments looking after the profits of the reactionary vested interests, particularly when the nephew of the revolutionary poet Sukanto himself is the Chief Minister? When an old dilapidated ship goes under, thousands of new ones take the voyage. When an old banyan tree dies, in no time thousands of new shoots spring up. Revolutionaries can be killed, incarcerated in prisons, but revolution cannot be killed nor incarcerated in prison. Let the revolutionary ministers of your 'Left and Democratic' government carry on their internecine fight over lucrative departments so as to live happily ever after in security. Let them discharge their 'revolutionary' duty by deploying thousands of armed forces on the struggling masses in the name of safeguarding the holy 'bourgeois-landlord' state by defending its Constitution and democracy. I shall end this letter by wishing you a healthy long life so that you can lead the above task. But I have a small request to you. I hope you will not refuse. As long as I am in prison, and as long as my eyesight permits, please allow me the opportunity to carry out political and ideological debates. Please so arrange that I can get access to the relevant Marxist literature available in the market and the paper and writing material from my family. Do not deprive me of the right to carry out theoretical, political and ideological debates from my imprisoned life. Give journalists the right to publish my writings in Ganashakti and other dailies. At the end, let me state that as the nephew of the great revolutionary Dinesh Gupta, as one bearing his legacy, I am committed to carry ahead that unfinished work. So I still continue to sing: Let a hundred flowers blossom. Away with all pests. We are the revolutionary early morning sun. We will usher in spring on earth. Sushil Roy/4300A Prisoner convicted of sedition, Presidency Jail, Kolkata 700029. Dated 10 July, 2006 P.S. I write this letter to you with an open mind and ill health. Hope this will be published in Ganashakti along with your reply. (The same Medinipur court simultaneously sentenced Central Committee Member and West Bengal State Secretary Patit Pawan Haldar (Tapas) and also Santosh Devnath to life imprisonment. Patit Pawan Haldar hails from a lower middle class family and became deeply involved in the revolutionary agrarian movement at a young age. The name of Santosh Devnath is exemplary for his iron discipline and personal simplicity. He refused to falsely implicate any other activists, even when subjected to inhuman torture). Maoists oppose President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Bastar ashram Published on Friday, 02 November 2012 21:36 Joseph John, TNN Nov 1, 2012 RAIPUR: Outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) have dropped pamphlets in the areas surrounding Dhaudai in Narayanpur district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, opposing President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Ramkrishna Mission Ashram on November 7. Police sources said the rebel pamphlets called for boycott of the President's visit to the ashram. Root Cause -- Farmers vs Corporate Will Published on Sunday, 23 September 2012 19:24 A fear of loss of livelihood accompanies anger in Charkudih and nearby villages By Sudeep Chakravarti, Live Mint and the Wall Street Journal The rain has softened the dirt lanes in Charkudih. The slim strip of tar that brings me to this tiny village is cracked. In what passes for the village square, a child, too young to be in school, wails as he slips in a pool of muck and dung. Hens are more adroit. The surrounding green is compensatory: Lush fruit trees and knee-high paddy. A short walk away the Subarnarekha river marks the state border in this part of eastern Jharkhand. Across lies a stunning line of cloud-crested hills in Purulia, West Bengal. This is usually a quiet time. But there is already much excitement in Charkudih and 14 neighbouring villages of Sonahatu block. A steel company-among India's top five-wants much of their land. A document I possess marks the details of the plots to be acquired by the steel maker, totalling about 6,400 acres. Embedded in the phrase "to be acquired" is obfuscation, confusion and apprehension far removed from lofty corporate pronouncements; even the ongoing government-and-business versus greens tug of war over land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation. This is a tiny story about some farmers' initial encounter with corporate will. Abduction of the District Collector of Sukma, Chhattisgarh--Response of the Indian State Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:23 by G HARAGOPAL The kidnapping of the Sukma district collector in April 2012 and the issues that came up in the CPI (Maoist) party's statements had much to do with a model of development that is surrendering rich natural resources to corporates and multinationals for a pittance in the name of growth. This article, written by one of the two mediators who negotiated with both the Chhattisgarh government's nominees and CPI (Maoist) representatives to secure the collector's release, describes the twists and turns the talks took and points to a few salutary lessons that Indian democracy would do well to pay heed to. Tribal weapons ban in Indian state of Chhattisgarh Published on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 06:58 By Salman Ravi, BBC News, Raipur -- 14 August 2012 --Tribal or indigenous people in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh are to be banned from carrying traditional weapons such as sickles, axes and bows and arrows, police say. They say that the move is necessary because of increasing attacks on police and civilians by Maoist insurgents with tribal weapons in public places. The move has drawn criticism from tribal bodies and political parties. They argue that it curtails the rights of tribal people. Maoists are active in more than a third of India's 600-odd districts. They say they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and labourers. 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__label__cc	0.649967	0.350033	Registration – the next best thing for naturopathy, or is it? Sep 19, 2018 \| Registration \| 0 Naturopathy in Australia is reaching fever pitch. The public and profession alike are advocating for greater recognition of what is an effective and popular form of healthcare, despite ongoing marginalisation by mainstream medicine. But one can hardly have a conversation about the state of naturopathy these days without eventually slamming face first into the ‘registration’ wall. Many naturopaths believe that the answer to our eternal quest for legitimacy, or at least for greater respect of our profession in, hinges on the attainment of statutory registration for naturopaths under the Australian Health Professionals Regulatory Agency (AHPRA). The topic of registration is a polarising one, creating a heated debate between the pro- and anti-registration camps. Many tout registration as being a panacea for all our naturopathic woes, however, there is a determined fraction within the profession who adamantly fight against it, suggesting that for many it is not the cure-all it appears to be. What’s the big deal, anyway? The benefits of registration for naturopaths are proposed to be many and varied, but perhaps one of the fundamental arguments made from a professional perspective centers around the protection it will gift us for our title ‘naturopath’. For many, the current free-for-all that exists around our title means it is wrought with trouble and chaos, with our name having being dragged through the mud more times than one cares to remember thanks to the lack of security associated with its use. The persistent and frustrating connotation of ‘naturopath = quack’ is in part fueled by the minority of irresponsible individuals who are attracted to naturopathy purely because they can practice without accreditation or regulation. In fact, an increasing number of formally trained and practicing naturopaths are now choosing to distance themselves from these associations by moving towards the use of titles other than ‘naturopath’. Refer at your own risk Another acclaimed benefit of registration is the integration it will afford us into the mainstream healthcare system. Ever since the profession began transforming education standards and increased the level of qualifications being offered in the 1980’s and 1990’s, there has been an upswell from within the profession for greater recognition for our contributions to the health of Australians. However, despite the shift of naturopathy towards an evidence-based practice model and an increasing number of degree level qualified practitioners in the field, relations between naturopathy and orthodox medicine have remained tense. Although there is a growing portion of Medicos who are open to complementary therapies for their patients, they ultimately have a forced hand when it comes to referrals, as they can be found liable under their own strict regulations and insurance restrictions if they refer to an unregistered practitioner who causes harm. As it stands, those doctors who do choose to refer to a naturopath are doing so at their own risk, as in their eyes and the eyes of their regulatory bodies and insurers, they receive no guarantee of their patient’s safety thanks to our unregistered status. For all of their shortcomings, even the Australian Medical Association supports registration for naturopaths. Cleaning up the conflict of interest A lesser-known benefit of statutory registration for naturopathy is the opportunity it offers our profession to once and for all cleanly separate the handling of our professional interests from public interests. Presently, our professional associations work tirelessly to juggle both public and professional issues, representing both a significant conflict of interest and a heavy burden for our them to be carrying. Instead of devoting their time and resources (aka our membership fees) solely towards representing our needs as practitioners, they must split efforts between fielding public complaints and advocating for our professional interests (including, ironically, trying to lobby for statutory registration). Associations are frequently the subject of criticism from their members for their lack of action and advocacy, however few of these critics realise just how bogged down they are with administrative tasks related to accreditation of members and handling of public inquiries – tasks that would be relinquished to AHPRA if registration status was achieved. Protection for everyone Regulation under AHPRA would mean that the public would have access to an independent body representing their interests – moving towards greater safety for the public and greater autonomy for our associations. AHPRA is a regulatory body whose primary function is to protect members of the public from harm. Health professions that have been deemed to pose a significant risk of harm to the public are required to be registered. AHPRA achieves this through 15 National Boards, each of who regulate the 14 registered professions (plus an extra board for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Practice). The national boards set the standards and policies that must be followed by registered practitioners and they provide an online register that the public can search to check if a practitioner is qualified and registered. This would leave our associations free to focus solely on defining our scope of practice and advocating for our profession in other policy and healthcare realms. The division of tasks between regulating body and professional association is explored in great detail in the excellent article by Wardle, Steel, & McIntyre (2013) available here, which is essential reading for any naturopath interested in the registration debate. But, Is it all it’s cracked up to be? To the contrary of the above-boasted benefits, there are many within the profession who staunchly oppose statutory registration, claiming that it is not all it’s cracked up to be. The disadvantages proposed by these groups circle back to a few core themes – increased financial cost, restrictions on scope of practice, and disagreement that naturopathy has the ability to cause harm (the concerns of some opponents have been reviewed eloquently and in greater detail by Canaway, 2009). Financial burden Registration under AHPRA places a significantly higher financial burden on the individual practitioner, with registration fees varying between $500-$790, depending on the modality and registration division (these figures are based on existing registered modalities, as no current fee schedule is proposed for naturopathy). These costs would be in addition to preexisting costs individual practitioners are already paying for association membership and insurance, drastically increasing the price of entry for a naturopath into the professional practicing arena. Opponents of registration also express their grave concern that registration will lead to a restriction on our naturopathic scope of practice. As discussed above, the AHPRA model allocates responsibility of scope of practice to professional associations (see Wardle, Steel & McIntyre, 2013), but critics often cite the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupuncture, or chiropractic modalities as examples of how registration can lead to oppression of scope of practice and negative outcomes for the profession. Published examples of these downfalls are difficult to find and this argument relies heavily on anecdotal evidence shared between practitioners behind closed doors. They also suggest that the National Boards of AHPRA are vulnerable to infiltration with bureaucrats who may have ulterior motives that are unreflective of the rest of the practicing profession. Risk of harm The ‘anti-reggers’ stand firmly behind their belief that naturopathic medicine is inherently safe and gentle, posing little to no harm to the public. They say this in spite of the countless examples of the potential risks associated with unregulated naturopathic medicine and formal recommendations for the need for registration for naturopaths (the infamous Lin report). Others again, who are perhaps less idealistic and more accepting of the inherent risks associated with practicing naturopathy, believe that gaining registration status will never equate to complete guarantee of safety and will largely be ineffective at regulating rogue individuals who will carry on practicing what is essentially ‘naturopathy’ by simply hiding behind the guise of another unprotected title. They, therefore, agree that registration is not a worthwhile pursuit for the profession. Contrary to what many contemporary naturopaths understand about the push for registration, efforts for attainment have been ongoing for many decades. The history of the movement is a lengthy story, worthy of an entire article of its own, but in short, dates as far back as 1927 – when the matter was discussed for the first time in parliament. The movement swelled again in the 1960’s and 1970’s but didn’t gain any meaningful traction until 1984, when naturopathy reached a near inclusion into the registered practitioner ranks off the back of the local success of naturopaths in the Northern Territory’s Health Practitioners & Allied Health Professions Act 1985. However, in 1992, naturopathy was removed from the act due to professional infighting – fighting which sadly continues to this very day. The Northern Territory Act of 1985 included a minimum-level education requirement of a 4-year bachelor degree for naturopaths to be registered. At this time in Australia, there were many colleges whose programs did not meet this level and as such, the owners of these colleges coalesced based on their shared feelings of discrimination. Together, they adamantly blocked the movement of naturopaths towards registered status in what appeared to be an effort to protect their financial interests in the colleges. This coalition quickly evolved into the association we now know as the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS), an association that remained run by a board of college owners rather than an independent association run by practitioners or academics for many years (although when on record, ATMS officials report a different version of past events). To this day, ATMS remains staunchly anti-registration, their official position statement being “that government registration…is neither justifiable or achievable.” Instead, they support a co-regulation model for naturopathy, which is essentially the model that our profession is currently operating within – that being, a model that places all responsibility onto the professional associations, including defining our scope of practice, regulating code of conduct, and protecting public interests. As recently as 2014, ATMS have continued their opposition against efforts to raise the minimum education standards for our profession, seeking to maintain the lowest standards as possible and consequently hindering progress for registration. A UNITED VOICE The Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalist (ARONAH) came into existence in 2013 in an effort to unite the front in our quest for registration. ARONAH was established “to provide minimum education standards for herbalists and naturopaths in Australia that mirrors the government requirements for the regulation of health practitioners.” Ultimately, the framework ARONAH have developed provide an easily transferable model of statutory registration should registration be achieved for naturopaths with AHPRA. As such, ARONAH have created a code of conduct that would be very similar to any standards and policies under AHPRA. The Naturopath and Herbalist Association of Australia (NHAA), the Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association (ANPA), and the Australian Natural Therapies Association (ANTA) consistently and publically voice their support for ARONAH and statutory registration for their members. Evidently, the topic is highly charged and there are no clear signs that a resolution is within reach. For many pro-reggers, the inertia towards registration feels punishing, a frustration that has recently cost them their inclusion in the private health rebate scheme. While for the anti-reggers, the striving for registration feels like a slight on their sense of tradition and a lifetime of work. With these stubborn internal divides, the struggle for registration can, at times, feel like a futile attempt to bridge a gap simply too large to overcome. Without a united front, there is little chance of having our voice heard in the main area – a sentiment echoed to us from within the very chambers of government itself. For now, the debate continues to blaze away, with plenty of ideologues at the ready to keep the fire fuelled from each side of the fence. As far as we’re concerned, an open, reasonable discussion is the only way forward, and we hope that we’ve sparked one somewhere out there with these thoughts. We would love to hear what you think about the debate – what side of the fence do you sit on? What ideas do you have for moving forward either way on this issue? The Naturopathic Insider ANTA. (2017). Statutory Registration. Retrieved from https://www.australiannaturaltherapistsassociation.com.au/Public/Resources/Statutory_Registration/Public/Resources/Statutory_Registration.aspx?hkey=8c990abf-14a0-4a1b-9665-ecb161912c00 ARONAH. (2016). ARONAH Code of Conduct. Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists. Retrieved from http://www.aronah.org/wp-content/uploads/ARONAH-Code-Of-Conduct-final.pdf ARONAH. (2018). Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists » About ARONAH [ARONAH]. Retrieved from http://www.aronah.org/about-aronah/ ATMS. (2017). ATMS POSITION STATEMENT: Government Registration of Naturopaths, Herbalists, Nutritionists and Homeopaths. Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – Home. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.ahpra.gov.au/ Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association. (2017). Regulation for naturopaths (continued). Retrieved from https://anpa.asn.au/regulation-for-naturopaths-continued/ Canaway, R. (2009). A Culture of Dissent: Australian Naturopaths’ Perspectives on Practitioner Regulation. Complementary Health Practice Review, 14(3), 136–152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533210109360308 Complementary Medicine – 2012. (2012, August 28). Retrieved from https://ama.com.au/position-statement/complementary-medicine-2012 FX Medicine. (2018). Naturopathy: What is Co-Regulation? with Peter Berryman \| FX Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.fxmedicine.com.au/blog-post/naturopathy-what-co-regulation-peter-berryman NHAA. (n.d.). Regulation of Practitioners. Retrieved from https://www.nhaa.org.au/mediareleases/be-informed/regulation-of-practitioners Wardle, J., Steel, A., & McIntyre, E. (2013). 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__label__cc	0.587116	0.412884	Judy Fahrenkrog has joined Mile Hi Modern and Liv Sotheby's Realty as a broker associate specializing in change and living the life you deserve. As a recognized and experienced leader in the Denver area real estate market, Judy specializes in lifestyle and life transitions. Now is the time to make the change and live the good life. Now is the time to live a mile high, to live modern. Mile Hi Modern - The Coolest Homes In Town LIV Sotheby's International Realty 255 Clayton Street, Denver, Colorado 80206 Judy is a fourth generation Coloradoan and third generation product of the Denver Public schools and the University of Colorado. Her storied career in the Denver area real estate industry spans 35 years, focusing on luxury markets and communities from Castle Pines Village to Cherry Creek North. Her strength as a professional is her commitment to the greater Denver area and her involvement and interest in the arts and not for profit organizations. 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This is followed by the infamous "sad trombone" sound effect. The stadium has sold out every Denver Broncos home game since it's inception in 2001, carrying over the "sell-out" tradition from Mile High Stadium, where every home game had been sold out since 1970. The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public botanical garden located in Denver, Colorado in the Cheesman Park neighborhood. The 23-acre (93,000 m2) park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater, which hosts various concerts in the summer. Woody Allen's 1973 movie Sleeper filmed some scenes at the gardens. The Japanese Garden at the Denver Botanic Garden is called Shofu-en -- the Garden of Wind and Pines. It was designed by Koichi Kawana. 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__label__wiki	0.946416	0.946416	Find Movies Up Coming Movies Move Stills Up Coming BollywoodBx - Bollywood Portal Ranvir Shorey Ranvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ. He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film Ek Chotisi Love Story (2002). The film was a box office failure. His next film ?Jism? (2003) was a hit but he had a minor part in the film. It was not until 2006, that he got noticed in the comedy ?Khosla Ka Ghosla?. The film released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised. He also starred in the multi-starrer ?Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.? (2007) which was moderately successful. He has also appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled ?Aaja Nachle? which released in November 2007 and was a box office failure. ?Mithya?, which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed. VJ turned actor Ranvir Shorey has become one of the most popular faces on television through `The Great Indian Comedy Show`. Along with friend and co-star Vinay Pathak, he was the host of the successful talk show "Ranvir, Vinay aur Kaun?" which aired on Star TV. First Movie Ek Chotisi Love Story (2002) Ranvir Shorey Full Movies List More About Ranvir Shorey Ranvir Shorey Recent Movies Go to Ranvir Shorey Full Movies List Angrezi Medium - 2020 Sonchiriya - 2019 Manto - 2018 Gali Guleiyan - 2018 Halkaa - 2018 Kadvi Hawa - 2017 Blue Mountain - 2017 Moh Maya Money - 2016 Copyright © bollywoodbx.com 2016	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line167
__label__wiki	0.59235	0.59235	The Earth Holocracy Proposal The Earth Holocracy Proposal Navigation Local Community Empowerment People’s Assemblies and the era of Direct Democracy The Holocratic Circle Economic Decentralization Why Whole System Change is Necessary Global Domination by the Neoliberal Hegemony Systemic Global Militarism Propaganda Conspiracy and the Matrix of Deception Popular Rejection of Neoliberal Imperialism Achieving Sustainability in Time The “Real Democracy” of 21st Century Aspiration Building a Viable Movement of Movements Ensuring the Authenticity and Fruitfulness of the Democratizing Process Building the new Decentralized System of Participatory Democracy – from the Grassroots Decentralizing the Economy to Achieve Sustainability and Real Democracy Attaining Justice – Facilitating a Smooth Transition to a Sustainable and Equitable Global Society Creating the New World Map from the Grassroots About Katharine Dawn Holocratic Peoples Assemblies Global Holocratic Assembly GHA Membership GHA Members GHA Core Values and Ethical Guidelines GHA Vision Mission and Priorities GHA – Priorities – Goals – Strategies – Action Regional Holocratic Assembly – Northern Rivers RHA-NR Core Values and Ethical Guidelines RHA-NR Vision Mission and Priorities Join the Northern Rivers Assembly Vital Conversations How to Begin? Establishing Civil Organizations for Whole Community Engagement Establishing Civil Organizations for Whole Community Engagement How to catalyze the shift to a sustainable, ethics-based, and genuinely democratic global civilization? How to inspire and facilitate the active engagement of the global community in realizing the world of common aspiration? We present below a variety of initiatives, tactics and working models for local community self-empowerment, self-education and self-organization from around the world. Please note that the Earth Holocracy Proposal advocates the grassroots establishment of “Holocratic People’s Assemblies” to the immediate purpose. Please see Volume Four: The Holocratic Circle – which presents the proposal’s advocated organizational model for an authentic “democratization” of society – that is, for establishing a decentralized socio-politico-economic system that is transparent, participatory, ethics-based and fundamentally egalitarian. SPREADING PUBLIC AWARENESS and INSPIRING EFFECTIVE WHOLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Example of New World Summit Creating inspiring Public Spaces for “Alternative Parliaments” The vision and work of New World Summit provides an inspiring model for the creation of “Alternative Parliaments”. The answers provided by NWS founder, Jonas Staal, regarding the parliament being built at the time (late 2015) in Rojava, well illustrate the organization’s approach: Why is the New World Summit an “artistic and political organization”? Our organization consists of artists, designers, architects and philosophers. We believe that the force of art is that of the imagination – the imaginary. To engage the ideals of a new world, we need an imagination of what that world is or could be like. New revolutionary models and practices… create the possibilities for new symbols and structures of representation. That is what art can bring to politics. As such, we have collaborated with local artists, writers and thinkers of Rojava to develop this parliament. For us, it is as much a political as an artistic gesture; the parliament takes an artistic, monumental form, but also has a direct political use: this parliament is a space where the revolutionary imaginary of art and politics co-exist. New World Summit Editorial Staff in Kurdistan, November 20, 2015, A Parliament for the Kurdish Revolution in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) The Example of Madrid In the ‘Quick Guide on Group Dynamics in People’s Assemblies’, the Commission for Group Dynamics in Assemblies of the Puerta del Sol Protest Camp, Madrid, specifies the types of Assembly that the M15 / Real Democracy Movement in Madrid had thus far created and used – these being: “Working Group Assemblies, Commission Assemblies, Local Assemblies (in neighborhoods, villages and towns), General Assemblies of the Puerta de Sol Protest Camp and General Assemblies of Madrid (Puerta del Sol plus neighborhoods, villages and towns). These latter (General) Assemblies are the final deliberative or deciding bodies from which the consensuses are decided in order to articulate the different lines of Joint Action for the 15th May Movement in each city.” Commission for Group Dynamics in Assemblies of the Puerta del Sol Protest Camp (Madrid), July 31, 2011, ‘Quick Guide on Group Dynamics in People’s Assemblies’ Occupy Wall Street Peoples Assembly On September 17, 2011, people from all across the United States of America and the world came to protest the blatant injustices of our times perpetuated by the economic and political elites. On the 17th we as individuals rose up against political disenfranchisement and social and economic injustice. We spoke out, resisted, and successfully occupied Wall Street. We are the 99% and we have moved to reclaim our mortgaged future. Through a direct democratic process, we have come together as individuals and crafted… principles of solidarity, which [include] engaging in direct and transparent participatory democracy, and exercising personal and collective responsibility. We are daring to imagine a new socio-political and economic alternative that offers greater possibility of equality. ‘Principles of Solidarity’, Crafted by the Working Group on Principles of Consolidation and endorsed by the New York City General Assembly on September 23rd, 2011 Manchester PA Endorses Participatory Democracy Resolution The following motion, drafted by an Occupier in Manchester and accepted by the Manchester Peoples Assembly in January, 2014, exemplifies the spread of the idea: MOTION TITLE: The People’s Assembly should exercise Participatory Democracy This conference believes: People feel increasing disenfranchised from our political system where they feel their vote does not count and their voice is not heard. People feel that politicians do not make decisions in the interest and well being of the people and the planet. Instead protecting the wealth and power of their friends and corporations. The current centralized ‘system’ is undemocratic and a major factor in how those in power are able to operate. There is an alternative, participatory democracy. The case for this is based a new way of doing politics as exemplified by Occupy & 15M. The People’s Assembly has an opportunity to lead by example and use it as a way to strengthen and grow the movement and foster a wider engagement with politics. This conference resolves: To work towards incorporating participatory democracy and consensus decision-making across the PAAA. To work towards a decentralized structure. To establish a working group to look at the implementation of participatory democracy across the PAAA. The “movement of movements” that this site’s Vital Conversations are held to further is a movement aimed at achieving sustainability and establishing real democracy – that is, a new, decentralized system founded upon active citizenship and local self determination. This Conversation is about how to inspire and facilitate whole community engagement in achieving its own self-organization? As always with this site’s conversations, we are not just brainstorming out of thin air here: not at all. For this conversation, we have a bounty of inspiring examples to guide us. The Earth Holocracy Proposal’s Volume Three presents a number of the world’s currently operating participatory democracies, exploring successes, challenges, lessons, and the fruits of radical democratization. To seed this conversation, we reproduce below extracts from Volume Three: People’s Assemblies and the era of Direct Democracy Learning by Example The following quotes are extracted from various articles contained within the Earth Holocracy Proposal’s Volume Three: People’s Assemblies and the Era of Direct Democracy. Learning from Venezuela Note. Despite the propaganda bellowings and viscious ‘economic warfare’ waged by neoliberal apologists against Venezuela aimed at ‘breaking the back’ of popular support for pursuing an alternative to neoliberalism, the massive public turn-out of 8 million Venezuelan voters in support of Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) on July 30, 2017, (41% of the electorate and the largest turn-out on record) loudly dispels neoliberal claims that the democratic ideals of Venezuela’s “Chavismo” had lost their grassroots popularity and appeal. GREEN LEFT WEEKLY INTERVIEW WITH MARTA HARNECKER: The government of Hugo Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, helped lead the Bolivarian revolutionary process that made impressive social gains by redistributing oil wealth and promoting participatory democracy. Since Chavez’s death in 2013, the Bolivarian government led by President Nicolas Maduro has faced mounting problems. Marta Harnecker is a Chilean-born socialist activist who has worked in Venezuela as an advisor to Chavez and has experienced the revolution firsthand. Below, she looks at the context of Venezuela’s problems and assesses the role of the economic war and government mistakes. – MARTA HARNECKER: When Chavez triumphed in the presidential elections of 1998, the neoliberal capitalist model was already falling apart. The dilemma was to either reform the neoliberal capitalist model, with changes such as a greater concern for social issues, but still oriented towards the same profit seeking motive, or to seek to build another model. Chavez chose the latter option. He decided to rescue the word socialism, despite its historical negative connotations. He called it socialism of the 21st century to differentiate it from the Soviet socialism of the 20th century. He warned it must not “make the same errors of the past”; the “Stalinist deviation” that had bureaucratised the Soviet Union or the “state capitalism” that emphasised state property and not the participation of the workers in directing enterprises. Chavez conceived of socialism as an economic system centred on the human being and not profit, with a diverse, anti-consumerist culture. Such socialism would be endowed with a real and profound democracy, where the people assume an active role. This characteristic distances it from other proposals for democratic socialism. For Chavez, the participation of the people in all spheres was what would allow them to develop as human beings. However, this would have remained as mere words had he not promoted the creation of adequate spaces where participatory processes could develop. That is why his initiative to create the communal councils (small self-managed territories), the workers’ councils, the student councils and the campesino rural workers councils was so important. These sought to progressively build a genuine collective structure that could create a new form of decentralised state, with the communes as its fundamental cells. Chavez sought to win the people’s hearts and minds to the new project for society. He was clear that this objective would not be achieved through words, but practice: by creating opportunities for people to progressively deepen their knowledge of the project through their participation in building it. This is why he warned: “Beware of sectarianism, there are people … who don’t participate in politics, that don’t belong to any party, well, that doesn’t matter, welcome aboard. In fact, if anyone from the opposition lives there, call them up. Let them work and be useful. The homeland belongs to everyone, it is necessary to open up spaces for people, and you yourselves will see how people start to transform themselves through their practice…” One of the historic achievements of the Bolivarian revolutionary process was to call a Constituent Assembly and approve a new constitution that changed the rules of the political game, putting obstacles in the way of neoliberalism. It opposed the large-landed estates and the privatisation of Venezuela’s state oil company, in favour of the small-scale fisher-people weakened by transnational fishing companies and the propagation of micro-credit cooperatives. It opposed the privatisation of education in favour of free education, and opposed the privatisation of social security. The constitution also advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples, the right to free access to information, and defends a participatory model. For Chavez, the art of politics was to make the impossible possible, but not through sheer voluntarism. By taking reality as his starting point, he sought to create the conditions for changing reality itself, through building a correlation of forces favourable for change. Chavez understood that to make possible what seemed impossible, it was also necessary to alter the correlation of forces internationally. He worked to achieve this, understanding that agreements among the top leadership were insufficient for building political strength and that the main goal was to build social strength. … it is clear that there are opposing interests between the different sectors of Venezuelan capitalists and that is reflected politically. … there are sectors with whom it would be possible to reach an agreement if the correct tactics were used — [with] those who are prepared to prioritise the interests of the country. We should be skilful… to advance a coherent process of dialogue… to search for solutions… We need to analyse what we did not do well and what we should not repeat. Many errors are understandable, given that there were no ready-made models and it was necessary “to invent in order not to err” — as Simon Rodriguez, the tutor of South American liberation hero Simon Bolivar, used to say. Venezuela’s revolutionary process was the start of a cycle of change in Latin America. It was the rebirth of hope, it was governing to resolve the problems of the disadvantaged, understanding that it is impossible to resolve the problem of poverty without giving power to the poor. To conclude, I believe we can be optimistic. Without a doubt, what Chavez sowed has marked his people, the revolution has made them mature, as I can testify from the years I lived in the country. I believe that people given the chance to study, think, participate, build and make decisions, who grew enormously in their self-esteem and matured as human beings, will defend the process. We should measure the Venezuelan revolutionary process, not by the transformational measures adopted — of which there are many — but rather by the growth of the revolutionary subject. The process may have committed errors and have many weaknesses, but what Chavez achieved with his people, that is something nobody can ever erase. Marta Harnecker, Monday, December 5, 2016, Venezuela: Economic war or government errors? Translated by Rachael Boothroyd, abridged from Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Chilean scholar Marta Harnecker – talking Marxism, Venezuela and the Latin American Left with Greek journalist Tassos Tsakiroglou during her early 2017 visit to Athens – raised key issues: Neoliberalism and its horror – the extension of hunger and misery, increasingly unequal distribution of wealth, destruction of nature, increasing loss of sovereignty – created a situation where people reacted, resisting at first and then going on the offensive to make possible the election of left-wing presidential candidate with anti-neoliberal programs. What Chavez sowed has marked many people from the popular sectors and it has made them mature, as I could testify in person during the years I lived in Venezuela. I believe that all those people who were given the opportunity to study, to think, to participate, to build, and to make decisions, that grew enormously in their self-esteem and matured as human beings, will defend the process. The process may have committed errors… but nobody can deny that a new revolutionary subject has been created in Venezuela. Marta Harnecker, in dialogue, February 1, 2017, “A New Revolutionary Subject has Been Created in Venezuela”, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal Learning from Bunge la Mwananchi – The People’s Parliaments in Kenya MR. KIPTOO JOHN, PRESIDENT, BUNGE LA MWANANCHI: In the heart of Nairobi, members of Bunge la Mwananchi, which means “the people’s parliament” in Swahili, meet routinely/almost religiously every day. Bunge la Mwananchi – one of the most vocal grassroots organizations in Nairobi and across Kenya, having managed to establish Peoples Assemblies across every major town in all 47 counties across the country – is a grand idea/ideology built on the theory of people’s power, self-organizing, and giving voice and visibility to the People. The main goal of the movement is to transform the lives of the many ordinary poor Kenyans by redefining the agenda and body politic of the nation. This is achieved by making claim to article 1 of the constitution which states that; All sovereign authority belong to the people of Kenya….and through this constitutional provision the movement further makes claim to the Bill of rights …The Right to freedom of expression and the Right to freedom of Assembly to create discussion/debate platforms or spaces where Kenyans can come together regularly to dialogue around their “real life challenges”, investigate their interconnection to government or global policies and political accountability; and consolidate their power to push for change. Mr. Kiptoo John, President, Bunge La Mwananchi Learning from Rojava’s Experience GREEN LEFT WEEKLY – INTERVIEW WITH HAWZHIN AZZEZ: In Rojava, a profoundly democratic and revolutionary experiment is underway. A multi-ethnic, feminist and socialist-oriented society is being built from the ground up, organised around communes and other bodies of participatory democracy. The experiment began with an insurrection in 2012 that freed the area from the Assad regime and established a “liberated zone”. Rojava’s revolutionary forces have also fought off the genocidal terror gangs of ISIS to survive as a democratic model and inspiration for the war-torn region. Hawzhin Azeez is member of Kobane Reconstruction Board in the largely Kurdish area of northern Syria and a former politics lecturer at Newcastle university. Jacob Andrewartha and Zane Alcorn, from 3CR’s Green Left Radio show, spoke to Azeez on August 12 about the revolution’s gains and how to support Rojava’s reconstruction. Can you give us the background on what’s happening in Rojava and the Kurdish revolution? In northern Syria, which is a strip of Kurdistan we call Rojava, we were attacked by ISIS — who we call Daesh — and so the Kurdish people were forced to defend themselves against these invading forces. As a result, we created the Peoples Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). We also had to discuss a lot of things about how to coexist with one another, because northern Syria is actually really multicultural. We have so many different ethnic and religious groups. So in this process, we’ve been trying to build a radical democracy, a democracy based on three major ideas. The first is that we want to be multicultural and democratic. Secondly, we want to have a gender liberated society where men and women are equal — a very radical idea for the Middle East. Thirdly, we want an ecologically sound society. So what we’ve been trying to do since the 2011 uprising [across Syria against the Assad regime] and the civil war is try to engage in this democratisation process in north Syria. We’ve faced a lot of challenges but at the same time we’ve actually achieved a lot of successes. I have had the pleasure of being in [Rojavan city of] Kobane for about nine months helping with its rebuilding after ISIS attacked it. There are different communes, cooperatives, neighborhood and city councils, which are being formed in order to create the forms for radical democracy. This sort of democracy is very much based on the idea of reducing the power and influence of the state. It brings democracy back down to the grassroots level, where you try to democratise society and community and get the community to actually make the decisions for themselves. This process involves a lot of education about civic responsibilities, what freedom actually means and involves, and about genuine democracy. So it’s an incredible revolution at the moment that’s happening in northern Syria, it’s absolutely brilliant. Green Left Weekly, August 21, 2016, ‘Rojava sets democratic revolutionary example’ – interview with Hawzhin Azeez’ RAHILA GUPTA: For the purpose of raising awareness of their ideas in the general population, Kongira Star carries on a tradition of the ‘comrades’ of PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) immersing themselves into the community. Both men and women go from house to house, spending one night in each home… In less than four years, the women’s umbrella organisation, Kongira Star, has set up an autonomous, grassroots, democratic structure… Kongira Star’s organisational network is deeply embedded across Rojavan society although they were only formally established in 2012. Their structure mirrors the Tev-Dem, the Movement for a Democratic Society, which includes all ethnicities and religions, and is an exercise in direct grassroots democracy. At the neighbourhood level, they have set up communes ranging in size from 7 to 300 families depending on whether they are based in villages or cities. All the members elect a man and a woman under the co-presidentship rule to manage the work and to represent their interests at the next level, the House of the People (Mala Gel), a kind of regional council. The commune also elects members of specialist committees like health, education, services or conflict resolution which will be led by co-presidents. The same structure is reflected in the next level up in city assemblies. Only problems that cannot be resolved at commune level make their way up the structure. Rahila Gupta, 26 April 2016, Rojava revolution: It’s raining women Green Left Weekly in Interview with Hawzhin Azeez: It has been described as a feminist revolution, can you tell us a bit about the sort of changes that are occurring in Rojava? Rojava really came to international attention when it was defending itself in 2014 against the invading ISIS terrorists. It really came to attention because of the Kurdish women who were picking up guns and going to the front lines. They have formed their own military units and were defending themselves very, very successfully against ISIS — a well-armed terrorist group. But this feminist revolution is actually more than a military thing. It means more than just women picking up guns and defending themselves and their community. What it really means is a revolution in the way that society is organised, a revolution in the way we understand freedom, a revolution in the way we understand gender equality and relations. When I was in Kobane, there was the Kongira Star, which is an umbrella women’s group that was really engaging a lot of education, actively trying to educate society, men and women, about their relationships with one another and their roles within society. What they’ve tried to do is bring women out of the private sphere, out of the home, and into the public area. So we have women in all areas of public and political administration. In every place, every political party, organisation, NGO and civil society group, we have a gender quota which is at 40% women. We also have the co-chair system, which means that we have to have one male and one female in positions of authority, so that it’s not just men dominating all the time. Like in the Western world it has been very difficult for a woman get into positions of power. So we are really reordering and restructuring society and women are actively taking part in the revolution, actively taking part in reorganisation of the society. Women are at the forefront of this revolution on the social, political and economic level. Women are creating the cooperatives and communes that are the backbone of the economy and this new society. The women are leading the way. You talk about the democratisation of Rojava. Considering you are from Australia yourself, I’d like to know how does Rojava differ from say, the liberal democracy we have in Australia right now? How have things been done in Rojava compared to Australia or other liberal democracies? That’s actually a really good question. The difference is that when we live in the Western world, there is a propaganda process that encourages apathy towards the political process. There is this idea that being involved, being political, being an activist, is a really lowly thing to do. Why would you want to do that when you have this incredibly wealthy rich country where you can go and be wealthy, make money and be apathetic and ignorant of the political processes? In Australia, we are not encouraged to be more humane, not encouraged to learn about what is going on in Syria, Turkey, Africa, Asia, in places and in countries and in groups and people that have no impact on us. Rojava, on the other hand, encourages democratisation at the local level. What that means in practice is that at the street level we have councils, every couple of streets, you have one council. Then let’s imagine in a neighbourhood there’s 20 of these small councils, they come together and they have one neighbourhood-level council. Then in a city like Kobane, a rather small city, there’s about 14 neighbourhood councils. All the local neighbourhood councils come together and form the city council. So, it is levels and layers of democratisation. It is not about having an election once every four years where you’re encouraged to vote for one of two political parties that have similar political ideologies that make absolutely no difference. No, it encourages people to be part of making decisions. People are making daily decisions about their community, their lives, the policy and decisions that impact them. But this is not an easy process. Parallel to this we have a reorganisation of society through education. There is education happening at all levels. At the school levels, we have 89-year-olds going to these education classes to learn about what democracy means, learning about their civic responsibility. We have everybody engaging in learning what their responsibilities are, what it really means to live democratically and what they actually have to do, and this is an important thing. To live democratically, to live freely, it involves responsibility, it means acting, it means being knowledgeable. It means if I am going to live in a free society, I actually have to do something contrary to other so-called democracies where there is always a centralisation of authority and power at the government level. So in a place like Turkey, for example, the Erdogan government is centralising more and more power and authority in the hands of a few political elites. This is the complete opposite of our radical democracy, where we encourage everybody in the community to contribute to the decision-making processes in their communities. This is why it is a truly radical, truly new democratic system in Rojava. Green Left Weekly, ‘Rojava sets democratic revolutionary example, Interview with Hawzhin Azeez, August 21, 2016 GREEN LEFT WEEKLY – INTERVIEW WITH SALEH MUSLIM MOHAMED: Saleh Muslim Mohamed is co-president of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), representing the independent communities of Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) and its armed wings, the People’s Defence Units (YPG) and Women’s Defence Units (YPJ). Saleh Muslim Mohamed speaks with Jonas Staal about the fight of Rojava against the Islamic State (IS) and the development of democratic autonomy during the Rojava revolution. – SALEH MUSLIM MOHAMED: We have created, in the middle of the civil war in Syria, three independent cantons in the Rojava region that function by democratic, autonomous rule. Together with the ethnic and religious minorities of the region – Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Christians, Kurds – we have written a collective political structure for these autonomous cantons: our social contract. We have established a people’s council including 101 representatives from all cooperatives, committees and assemblies running each of our cantons. And we established a model of co-presidency – each political entity always has both a female and a male president – and a quota of 40% gender representation in order to enforce gender equality throughout all forms of public life and political representation. We have, in essence, developed a democracy without the state… Another way of referring to this concept of democratic confederalism or democratic autonomy is radical democracy: to mobilise people to organise themselves… We are practicing this model of self-rule and self-organisation without the state as we speak. Other people will speak of self-rule in theory, but for us, this search for self-rule is our daily revolution. Women, men, all strands of our society are now organised. The reason why Kobane still stands is because we have built these structures. Democratic autonomy is about the long term. It is about people understanding and exercising their rights. To get society to become politicised: that is the core of building democratic autonomy. In Europe, you will find a society that is not politicised. Political parties are only about persuasion and individual benefits, not about actual emancipation and politicisation. Real democracy is based on a politicised society. If you now go to Kobane and you meet the fighters of the YPG and the YPJ you will find that they know exactly why they are fighting and what they are fighting for. They are not there for money or interests. They are there for elementary values, which they practise at the same time. There is no difference between what they do and what they represent. So how do you politicise a society to that level of political consciousness? You have to educate, 24-hours-a-day, to learn how to discuss, to learn how to decide collectively. You have to reject the idea that you have to wait for some leader to come and tell the people what to do, and instead learn to exercise self-rule as a collective practice. In dealing with daily matters that concern us all: these have to be explained, criticised and shared collectively. From the geopolitics of the region to basic humanitarian values, these matters are discussed communally. There has to be collective education so we know who we are, why we are facing certain enemies and what it is we are fighting for. In a community that is at war and facing humanitarian crisis, who is the educator? The peoples themselves educate each other. When you put 10 people together and ask them for a solution to a problem or propose them a question, they collectively look for an answer. I believe in this way they will find the right one. This collective discussion will make them politicised. What you are describing as the heart of democratic autonomy is in essence the model of the assembly. Yes, we have assemblies, committees; we have every possible structure to exercise self-rule throughout all strands of our society. Democratic autonomy is not an idea to be realised in a day; it is an approach, a process that takes explaining, education: it’s a revolution that takes all of our lives. Green Left Weekly, November 16, 2014, Rojava revolution pushes radical democracy – Jonas Staal in interview with Saleh Muslim Mohamed Learning from the Example of the Zapatistas of the Mexican Chiapas WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA – ON THE ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION: The Zapatistas – the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, or EZLN [Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional] – was founded on November 17, 1983 in Chiapas, Mexico by indigenous and non-indigenous resistance movements. Over the years, the group slowly grew, building on social relations among the indigenous base and making use of an organizational infrastructure created by peasant organizations and Liberation theologians in the Mexican branches of the Catholic church. The EZLN did not demand independence from Mexico, but rather autonomy in the forms of land access and use of natural resources normally extracted from Chiapas, as well as protection from despotic violence and political inclusion of Chiapas’ indigenous communities. The ideology of the Zapatista movement, Neozapatismo, synthesizes traditional Mayan practices with elements of libertarian socialism, anarchism and Marxism. The historical influence of Mexican Anarchists and various Latin American socialists is apparent in Neozapatismo. The EZLN opposes economic globalization, arguing that it severely and negatively affects the peasant life of its indigenous support base and oppressed people worldwide. Another key element of the Zapatistas’ ideology is their aspiration to do politics in a new, participatory way, from the “bottom up” instead of “top down”. Since December 1994, the Zapatistas had been gradually forming several autonomous municipalities, called Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (MAREZ). In these municipalities, an assembly of local representatives forms the Juntas de Buen Gobierno or Councils of Good Government (JBGs), would (although unrecognized by the federal or state governments) nonetheless oversee local community programs on food, health, education, and taxation. Derived from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – on the Zapatistas MEXICO-US SOLIDARITY NETWORK – ON ZAPATISMO: Juntas of Good Government – extra-constitutional governing structures – carry out all the functions of local and regional constitutional governments… including economic decisions, law enforcement and an effective judiciary. An oversight committee watches for abuse of power. The Juntas govern under the mandate “mandar obedeciendo” (lead by obeying). They represent an experiment in devolution of power to the community level, and they are rapidly gaining the reputation among Zapatista and non-Zapatista communities alike for honest and transparent government. The concept of autonomy is central to Zapatismo. Autonomy is understood as building a world in which all worlds have a place. It means respect for traditions and customs (usos y costumbres) with decentralization of power to the community level. A central element in the Zapatista concept of autonomy is the rejection of the “mal gobierno” (bad government), and this includes rejecting financial assistance from the government. However, the Zapatistas are adamant and patriotic about being Mexican, and have no desire to form an independent state. The Zapatista project is constructed on three foundations: education, health care and collective development. The education system centers around the training of indigenous education promoters who teach primary school in their native languages as well as Spanish. Likewise, the health care system is centered around the training of indigenous health care promoters who practice a combination of western medicine and traditional healing. Regional clinics are situated in the Juntas of Good Government, while local clinics provide preventive and emergency care. Economic development is built collectively using the cooperative model. Today the most important coops are found in coffee production and artisanry. Decisions in the coops are made by the members and income is distributed equitably, while international export is largely conducted through the fair trade market. cultures unique to Chiapas, the Zapatista movement offers inspiration for millions of people around the world who are building their own local alternatives to neoliberalism. The Mexico-US Solidarity Network, Zapatismo Learning from Catalonia Green Left Weekly’s Dick Nichols and Denis Rogatyuk spoke to Quim Arrufat, a joint national spokesperson for the People’s Unity List (CUP), about the referendum and the broader struggle for Catalan independence. The CUP is a Catalan based organisation committed to independence and socialism. DICK NICHOLS and DENIS ROGATYUK IN INTERVIEW WITH CUP SPOKESPERSON QUIM ARRUFAT: So where is the democratic option for change? The opportunity to build something different lies in Catalonia, where a majority exists based on the mix of people’s movements, nationalist movements and many other forces: this majority delegitimises the rule of Spanish state institutions. We see here the opening of an historical opportunity, a chance for a decisive battle, that could be won or lost — it depends on whether we are active enough, able to build our own specific agenda within the independence process and able to create enough majorities for change. If not, we will end up with a neoliberal Catalonia… Catalonia has 150,000 workers in cooperatives, with over 10,000 cooperatives based here, active and successful in many fields. Hence, the idea of building a mixed economic system based on a very strong public sector is possible in Catalonia. Now, seeing their social and political support bases and activists demonstrating for independence, this bourgeoisie (the Catalan business community) has no other alternative but to say: “Let’s take this decision to be independent, otherwise in 20 years we will be the same as the bourgeoisie of Murcia”, namely with an economy fuelled by speculation and with no real productive capacity. The Catalan bourgeoisie has seen an end to their cooperation with the Spanish state, provoked by the actions of that state. Dick Nichols and Denis Rogatyuk, August 26, 2017, Showdown in Catalonia, Green Left Weekly GREEN LEFT WEEKLY: In this interview conducted by Green Left Weekly’s Dick Nichols and Denis Rogatyuk, Quim Arrufat, spokesperson for the People’s Unity List (CUP), speaks about the origins and nature of the CUP and its relationship with the Catalan government. What features of Catalan society gave rise to the CUP? It has a lot to do with the political history of Catalonia, with its strong movements of anarchist and cooperativist tendencies, and grassroots social movements that have always defended a program of emancipation for Catalan society. Over many years this tradition was not represented in official politics, but it has always existed in Catalan society. It always considered that being outside the parliament was much more effective than being inside elected institutions. That stance allowed the traditional political parties to operate within the institutions while keeping the street and various networks as the space for the social movements to organise their demands — and in a very effective way. However, with the beginning of the crisis in 2008 the whole political system started to break down. The legitimacy of the political parties came into question, such that many people and movements saw that there was a need to bring their message and their way of doing politics from the street into parliament. The CUP was one of the political instruments that had been operating on a local basis, making it possible to combine the struggle on the street with the struggle in the institutions. We in the CUP also worked to build up institutions of counter-power. These included cultural centres, social centres, cooperatives, local alternative media etc. Within the CUP, the practical experience of combining these struggles and the circumstances of the crisis convinced a majority of the people in the social movements of the need to break into the institutional scene. That is why the CUP is now in the Catalan parliament. The CUP doesn’t consider itself part of the state. You have parties — political actors — that represent a part of society within the state, and you have the CUP, which is clearly coming from within society, with the goal of abolishing the capitalist state and creating another kind of democratic power. Nor does the CUP consider itself to be permanently tied to parliament. We are there to drive further change at this particular political moment, but if we are not successful we will rethink what we are doing in the parliamentary arena. The Catalan pro-independence left has historically been divided among many different currents. How did unity among them in the framework of the CUP come about? The key was our local orientation. The current period of the CUP can be traced back to about 15 years ago, with the emergence of a new generation of militants who undertook to revive the municipalist project of the CUP, which had existed previously but was very weak. We consistently rejected the notion of building a national organisation until we’d accumulated some political power in the municipalities. We sought to work together on practical matters to see how to manage power, how to manage social movements, how to organise people on a local basis, and only then build a national organisation. Our method has allowed us to confront testing issues without creating serious splits and with less risk of division than in other organisations. Meanwhile, at the local level, everyone is united, the project is working and growing, and this doesn’t depend on the leadership of the national organisation, even if there is some connection. If the national project of the CUP were one day destroyed because we became divided or lost elections, the local projects would be 100% secure and could survive without the national project. Green Left Weekly, August 11, 2017, Inside Catalonia’s ‘urban Zapatistas’: An interview with People’s Unity List (CUP) spokesperson Quim Arrufat An honest, viable, realistic way to establish Real Global Democracy and achieve Sustainability GREAT WAYS TO EXPLORE THIS SITE: 1. Start with the Introductory Letter for the Earth Holocracy Proposal. 2. 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__label__wiki	0.57609	0.57609	Who Are the 20 Most Beautiful Black Women Celebrities in the World Today? Beauty, Celebrities This list is a celebration of the beauty of black women. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but some qualities are recognized internationally. They include talent and charm as well as sexiness and being savvy. The women below come from different worlds. They are actresses, singers, models, athletes, and TV personalities. They are the most seen and followed on social media, which enables them to make or break trends. Whether they come from powerful families or were self-made, these women know they are beautiful and that shows through. Date of birth: September 4, 1981 / Birthplace: Houston, Texas, U.S. / Height: 1.69 m Profession: Singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer No doubt Queen B is at the very top. She has already been voted hottest woman of the 21st Century by the readers of GQ magazine. With her typical black women curves, she is simply gorgeous. Her couple (married to Jay-Z) is one of the most powerful in the industry. She ranks 9th in terms of followers on Instagram and she is a pop-culture icon. Date of birth: March 2, 1989 / Birthplace: Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom / Height: 1.7 m As many of her co-stars, Nathalie became popular thanks to her role in “Game of Thrones.” She has also appeared in “Fast 7, The Fate of the Furious” and “The Maze Runner.” Her beauty is particularly known for her natural curls and having one of the most appealing physique on this list. Date of birth: February 20, 1988 / Birthplace: Saint Michael, Barbados / Height: 1.73 m Profession: Singer, Songwriter, Actress, and Businesswomen. She is the youngest artist to have 11 number 1 singles on Billboard Hot 100 list, ranked fourth most powerful celebrity in 2012 according to Forbes and she’s one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World at just a little over 30 years old. If you need more, she’s also one of the sexiest… Date of birth: June 19, 1978 / Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. / Height: 1.7 m Profession: Actress, dancer. Zoe Saldana will make you green with envy (her role as Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy). She has played in so many blockbusters that we won’t even try to insert them here. Even more to our point, she’s been on Maxim’s Hot 100 List a few times already. Zoe is definitely a black beauty. Date of birth: December 1, 1988 / Birthplace: Venice, L.A, California, U.S. / Height: 1.57 m Profession: Actress, singer, model Zoe’s beauty is even more impressive when you understand that you can actually compare hers to her mother’s, actress Lisa Bonnet who is simply one of the most beautiful women of her time. She has also played in many blockbusters and plays in her own band “Lolawolf”. In 2017, she was part of Maxim’s Hot 100 list. Date of birth: January 25, 1981 / Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, U.S. / Height: 1.68 m Profession: Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, pianist Alicia is a trendy RB singer and pop star, known for her natural look. She is sexy, curvy, hot, and isn’t afraid to speak her mind. Did we mention that she is hot? Date of birth: August 26, 1986 / Birthplace: London, Connecticut / Height: 1.69 m Profession: Singer, dancer, actress, model Cassie began her singing and actress career very early. She shows an incredible style that is always feminine, edgy and sophisticated. She has also modeled for Calvin Klein and other important brands. Date of birth: August 14, 1966 / Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. / Height: 1.65 m Halle is the first black actress who won an Oscar for best actress. She also represents Revlon, can be found in Maxim’s Hot 100 list most years and was voted sexiest women alive by Glamour Magazine. She is the perfect combination of a beautiful girl with brains. Date of birth: August 8, 1981 / Place of birth: Panorama City, L.A, California, U.S. / Height: 1.65 m Meagan started her career at the tender age of 4 years old. Since then she has appeared in a plethora of TV Series, films and music videos. She made it to number 6 on People Magazine Most Beautiful List in 2016. Date of birth: January 31, 1977 / Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, U.S. / Height: 1.63 m In terms of black beauty, there aren’t many who can claim to have kept their place for as long as she has. She has an incredible body and a killer look. Throughout her career, she has been nominated many times for Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Here are the next 10 most beautiful women closing the list: Janelle Monáe – Profession: Singer-songwriter, actress Ciara – Profession: Singer Gabrielle Union – Profession: Actress Naomi Campbell – Profession: Model, actress, and singer Tyra Banks – Profession: TV personality, actress, producer, entrepreneur, author, former model, and occasional singer. Noemie Lenoir – Profession: Model and actress Selita Ebanks – Profession: Model and actress Lupita Nyong’o – Profession: Actress Chimamanda Ngozi – Profession: Novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction. Rosario Dawson – Profession: Actress, producer, singer, comic book writer, and political activist.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line171
__label__cc	0.637061	0.362939	Home Financial News Asian Alliance Insurance posts Rs.250mn profit in 1Q Asian Alliance Insurance posts Rs.250mn profit in 1Q Reinforcing its status as one of the country’s fastest growing insurers, Asian Alliance Insurance PLC achieved a gross written premium (GWP) of Rs.867 million for life, a 21 percent increase compared with the previous year, whilst the consolidated group premiums that included general insurance, were recorded at Rs.1,317 million for the first quarter of the 2015 financial year. Profit after tax for the period was Rs.251 million for the company and the group profit was Rs.200 million. The Asian Alliance brand has gained considerable momentum over the past months and is being driven on the platform of innovation with value and customer convenience being foremost in mind. The company has stepped up the intensity of its operations with a number of industry firsts in its life business. Higher non-medical and financial underwriting limits have been provided to top sales advisors based on certain parameters whilst non-medical straight forward businesses are underwritten and processed on a straight-through basis, utilising the robustness of the company’s proprietary IT system. Self-service insurance facilities that are linked to kiosks are being rolled out to branches to enable sales advisors and even customers to carry out their requirements without depending on any office staff, at their own convenience and on their own time. The general insurance business launched a revolution in the motor industry with the most innovative Click2Claim product that delivers the fastest claim settlement in the market, whilst eliminating the hassle and inconvenience that follows a motor accident. The product is receiving rave reviews and has picked up strongly, enabling considerable operational convenience and cost efficiencies that are at the centre of the new GI strategy that is being executed with a strong focus. “The growth in the life insurance business in particular is a strong endorsement that reflects the success of Asian Alliance Insurance PLC’s innovation-driven strategy,” Asian Alliance Insurance PLC Chairman Ashok Pathirage said. “This performance is especially noteworthy, considering that this comes during a challenging period – the first financial quarter since the segregation of life and general insurance segments. With increasing life insurance penetration being a pressing national need, the rapid increase in gross written premium of life insurance is particularly heartening.” “With continuous investment in staff, as well as introduction of cutting-edge solutions such as self-service insurance and a number of industry first moves, Asian Alliance Insurance has laid a solid foundation not only for short but more importantly for long-term growth,” Asian Alliance Insurance PLC Managing Director Iftikar Ahamed said. “We are confident that this will increasingly reflect in our future financial performance.” SL human rights situation seriously deteriorated under Gotabaya’s Govt.: Report shows	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line172
__label__wiki	0.753374	0.753374	Debate: Mission to the Moon or Mars? With space exploration gradually progressing, many are wondering whether we should return to the Moon first or attempt a landing on Mars. Some refer to this as the "Moon First" debate. This debate took new shape and importance in July of 2009, on the 40th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. They, and many other Apollo astronauts, argued - during this 40th anniversary celebratory period - that they would rather see human society push on to Mars than return to the moon. Their principal argument was that it was simply more inspiring, and a greater "frontier" for human exploration than a return trip to the Moon. They even extended this argument, based on their experience following the Moon landing, saying that a mission to Mars could help unify humankind and soften conflicts around the world - at a time when tensions and animosities internationally are fairly high. But, opponents make fairly compelling arguments as well, typically along the lines of a mission to mars being far more risky and expensive (and, at a time of financial difficulties). There are also practical challenges, such as how to keep humans on Mars for multiple months and safe from deep-space solar radiation. The weight of the supplies for such a long journey and the risks of bone-loss during the long weightless journey are also concerns that create major technical, practical, and economic barriers. But, as the former Apollo astronauts argue, these challenges are no greater in the modern era than those that faced NASA's moon mission in the less-technically-advanced 1960s. And, they ask, is it not the human spirit to take-on these challenges, instead of shrinking from them? These and other arguments are broken-down below. 2. Inspiration: Would a mission to the Moon be more inspiring? \| \| \| \| 3. Risks: Is a moon mission considerably safer, and thus desirable? \| \| \| \| 4. Feasibility: Is a mission to Mars less technologically feasible? \| \| \| \| 5. Science: Is a new Moon landing better for scientific research? \| \| \| \| 6. Moon-to-Mars: Would a Moon landing aid an eventual mission to Mars? \| \| \| \| 7. Public opinion: Where does public opinion stand on the issue? \| \| \| \| 8. Weighty statements: Miscellaneous quotations from weighty sources \| \| \| \| 9. Pro/con sources \| \| \| \| 11. External links and resources \| Inspiration: Would a mission to the Moon be more inspiring? It's time for humans to return to the Moon after decades away. Humans were last present on the Moon's surface in 1972. That was a long time ago. With all the major advances in technology that have taken place since then, it is time that humans return to the Moon's surface. This is almost an issue of simply asserting that, in the many decades that have passed, the task of returning to the Moon can be done again, and with much greater ease than in 1972. Returning to the Moon also fulfills human impulse to explore Richard Hollingham. "Why go back to the Moon?" BBC. July 19, 2009: "I'm unapologetic in my belief that the primary reason we should go back to the Moon is because, as humans, it's what we do. We explore, we investigate and ultimately, we establish a foothold." Going to the Moon is fundamentally inspiring - even a return trip. The idea that returning to the Moon is not inspiring is hard to take seriously. The idea of putting a human being on a planet foreign to the Earth is fundamentally exciting and inspiring. Returning to Moon will re-kindle the same feelings as Apollo. Returning to the Moon will re-kindle many of the same positive feelings felt by Americans and humans around the world when the Apollo astronauts went to the Moon. And why shouldn't it? Going to the moon is going to the Moon. It's an excitand creating and inspiring prospect at all times in human history. A longer-stay and a Moonbase would be inspiring. Staying for a longer period of time on the Moon, or possibly creating a Moonbase would be different than the initial trips to the moon between 1969 and 1972, and would be very exciting and inspirational. Having a human or a small group of individuals subsequently live on the moon would be even more inspiring, as humans would look up to the Moon every night and contemplate their common humanity with those living on the Moon. In general, it is possible for humans to design the next trip to the Moon in ways that are very distinct from the Apollo trips, adventurous, new, and inspiring. Humans can go back to the Moon and on to Mars. There is no reason humans have to pick between going to the Moon and going to Mars? It is not a one-or-the-other question. We can go both back to the Moon and on to Mars. This is the general proposal put forward by George W. Bush and President Obama, calling for a return to the Moon around 2020 and pushing on to Mars in the mid 1930s. So, as much as the debate is splitting hairs about one "or" the other, this is a false dichotomy. Humans can go both to the Moon and on to Mars. Mission to Mars would inspire the world Buzz Aldrin. "Commentary: Let's aim for Mars". CNN. June 23, 2009: "By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969." Mission to Mars creates needed heroes James Cameron. "Why Go to Mars?" Space.com. August 25, 1999: "Our children are raised in a world without heroes. They are led to believe that heroism consists of throwing a football the furthest, getting the most hang time during a slam dunk, or selling the most movie tickets with your looks and your boyish charm. [...] Going to Mars is not a luxury we can't afford. It's a necessity we can't afford to be without. We need this. [...] We need this, or some kind of challenge like it, to bring us together to all feel a part of something and to have heroes again." Going back to the Moon is not inspiring. Going back to the moon is not an inspiring feet, as it only archives what was already achieved in 1969, over 40 years ago. This does not provide a sense of progress, but rather a sense of stagnation. Going to Mars offers a sense of progress, and the broadening of achievable Horizons. In this sense, only going to Mars really scratches the human will to explore new territories, and break down boundaries. Returning to the Moon does not. Returning to the Moon would be an unjust act of nostalgia. Buzz Aldrin said, on the 40th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing in July 2009, that a return mission to the Moon would be only a, "glorified rehash of what we did 40 years ago."[1] Mission to Mars holds possibility of finding life there. "Mars beckons..?" Cumbrian Sky. July 21, 2009: "The only good reason to send people to Mars would be to make their mission a dedicated, focused search for life on the Red Planet. [...] Why? Because, at the end of the day, all this space stuff, it’s all about Life. [...] As a species we are fascinated by Life. We are driven, with a ferocious, insatiable hunger, to learn all we can about its origins and fate, strengths and frailties, limitations and possibilities." Going to Mars would unify the world Captain Alan Bean, The 77-year-old was part of the Apollo 12 mission and became the fourth man to walk on the Moon, sided with going to Mars instead of returning to the Moon: "We ought to gather the international community and go to Mars. I know it isn't how others feel because it is much cheaper to go back to the Moon but I would rather we went to Mars. If we did it with all those other countries it would have a tremendously unifying effect on the Earth. It would be an inspiration for all people on Earth."[2] World needs inspiring Mars mission now; Moon-mission delays this. The world is ensnared in a number of major conflicts and challenges at present. Some label the rift between the Islamic world and the West and a "clash of civilizations". An inspiring mission to Mars can help soften our attitudes to other humans and resolve these conflicts. A mission to the Moon cannot do so as well, and such a mission would delay the pacifying effect of a mission to Mars. But, this should not be delayed. Risks: Is a moon mission considerably safer, and thus desirable? Going to Mars is extremely dangerous compared to the Moon. In 1999, a Mars orbiter, which is an unmanned craft designed to collect data, crashed down to the surface of Mars when trying to land. This error was made largely because of one minor error by the craft's engineers. [3] This spacecraft freefell to the surface of Mars where it crashed and exploded into pieces that now litter the Martian landscape. If only one error caused an unmanned craft to fail, resulting in the $125 million craft being lost, a manned mission would appear to be unsafe. If we allowed any actual human beings go to Mars, the human error possibilities are multiplied by many factors. Mars will subject spacemen to high levels of radiation "NASA outlines its strategy for manned mission to Mars in 2031." Thaindian News. November 29th, 2007: "NASA needs to come up with solutions for effectively protecting the astronauts from the high levels of cosmic radiation they will be exposed to in deep space and on the surface of Mars. They will also need medical equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses or injuries." Long weightless travel to Mars would weaken Astronauts "Astronauts face bone danger." BBC. May 4, 2000: "Astronauts returning from missions in space may take months to start recovering from dangerous bone-thinning. Living in conditions of near zero-gravity places less stress on bones, and in response, they weaken. This thinning could mean that astronauts are vulnerable to bone fractures." Also because of the lack of work done by the muscles during long durations of weightlessness, the human heart weakens very much from underuse which could endanger a long-term space mission by far. Entry into the Martian atmosphere is hazardous "Going to Mars: A mission fraught with risk." Canadian Space Agency. September 9, 2003: "Hazards of entering into the Martian atmosphere. Entry into the Martian atmosphere is a crucial stage of the mission and represents a massive obstacle to its success. Various factors—such as the density of the Martian atmosphere, a sandstorm, an outcrop of rock, the spacecraft's speed, a faulty trajectory, a lack of fuel, or an electronic glitch—could jeopardize a mission. Many missions have, in fact, failed at this stage." Rescue mission to Mars is not possible Sam Dinkin. "Colonize the Moon before Mars." The Space Review. September 7, 2004: "First, on a mission to the Moon, Earth rescue is a decent possibility for certain kinds of failures. On a trip to Mars, this would be out of the question. As NASA is finding out with its shuttle return to flight efforts, having a standby rescue ship and a space station to go to makes failure recovery for many failures feasible without too much increased capability from our existing hardware." Mars is more hospitable than the Moon in many ways Guy Gugliotta. "U.S. Planning Base on Moon To Prepare for Trip to Mars." Washington Post. March 26, 2006: "In some ways, the moon will be harder than Mars. Moon dust is much more abrasive than Mars dust; Mars has atmosphere; Mars has more gravity (one-third of Earth's); Mars has plenty of ice for a potential water supply, while the moon may have some, but probably not very much." Solar radiation is no major danger to Mars astronauts. Radiation only becomes dangerous when absorbed in large quantities, over short periods of time. According to the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, a dose of 100 rem causes a 1.81% increase in the likelihood of cancer in the next 30 years of a person's life. Astronauts inside a spaceship during any of the last 3 large recorded solar flares would have experienced doses of 38 rem; inside of the storm shelter - 8 rem. On the surface of Mars, which offers much radiation protection due to its atmosphere, the unshielded dose would have been 10 rem, the shielded dose 3 rem. In total, radiation doses of 52.0 and 58.4 rem taken on the missions, are well below dangerous thresholds -- even were they to come all at once. [4] Artificial gravity can overcome zero-gravity on Mars mission. The problem of zero gravity during the trip to Mars is actually not a problem at all: zero-gravity conditions can be eliminated altogether during the trip, as artificial gravity can be created through the use of centrifugal force. Furthermore, we should take into account the Mir cosmonauts, Sergei Avdev spending a total of 748 days in zero-gravity over 3 missions, and Valeri Polyakov spending 438 consecutive days without gravity. There were no long term negative impact, having no reason to believe that zero gravity causes health problems. [5] Mars can be terraformed, while Moon cannot "First step in terraforming Mars." On to Mars: "When we compare our moon to Mars, we see that Mars is much easier to terraform then the Moon. The moon's 28 day day-night cycle is unsupportable for plants and isn't comfortable for humans either. Plant growth on a greenhouse on the moon wouldn't be possible either: solar radiation would destroy them and if the greenhouse was made to shield the solar radiation ( a very thick greenhouse ), the temperature differences would kill the plants: Much too hot during day-time, much too cold during the night." Feasibility: Is a mission to Mars less technologically feasible? Traveling to Mars takes far longer than to the moon. Estimates by NASA's top scientists conclude that the travel-time to get to Mars is about 2-3 months one way, which equals out to 4-6 months round trip. Risks of Mars mission jeopardizes funding for NASA. There is a silent, universal thing known to all NASA people: "If anything goes wrong, we're done for". Simple as that... If anything happens like Apollo 1, that killed astronauts during a test run, inspiration will be plumet for the human race and NASA missions will suffer major financial and p.r. setbacks. With the danger of "Mar missions" being a lot higher than any other thing humans have attempted in space, inspiration, hope, and joy for the human race will be in severe danger because of a huge change that something can go wrong resulting in the termination of the mission or the loss of astronaut lives. Weight of supplies for long Mars trip is impractical. The Apollo missions crammed as much food as possible to keep the astronauts alive and it ended up that even freeze-dried food is heavy. It costs about $35,000 per pound to send things into space (non-living) which would also be incredible food costs for just one mission. Craft to Mars must carry exercise, artificial-gravity equipment. Because long periods of weighlessness deteriorates astronaut's bones, a "Space Shuttle" to Mars must make room for special exercise equipment and enough extra air for this exercising. Without this equipment astronauts could be dead from underwork by the time they get to Mars in the 2-3 months it takes to get there. We have not done prerequisites for a "Mars Mission". We would at least have to have a human orbit Mars for an extended period of time and come back healthy for any thought of a Mars landing to be even plausible! Or, at a minimum, we would need to send a human half way to Mars, to study the effects on the human body, before sending humans the entire distance - not mention making a landing. Mission to Mars will have major communications time-lag. "Going to Mars: A mission fraught with risk." Canadian Space Agency. September 3, 2008: "The 20-minute communications lag. Another difficulty is the communications lag between Earth and a spacecraft travelling to Mars. Depending on the distance between the two, it can take almost 20 minutes to send commands, and then another 20 minutes before a response is received. Scientists must react quickly when problems arise, and then wait with great patience for the response, which will arrive 40 minutes after they send the initial signal. This also means that robots and systems we send to Mars must be able to make some of their own decisions, or at least know to wait for a command if something is not right." Large tech leaps were made for Moon mission, why not for Mars? During the "Space Race" in the 1960s and 70s the US (as well as other countries) had to start from scratch. Nothing about space habitation, transportation, or interaction has been put together of any sort. NASA had a system to allow for a continuous progression of space knowledge with the Mercury, Gemini, and then Apollo missions. This progressive system allowed for the adaptation and streamlining of the process of eventually landing on the Moon. If we could go to the Moon in 1969, we can go to Mars now. The idea that humans are somehow not yet prepared to go to Mars, and that we need more preparation and practice (by again going to the Moon, or through some other process), ignores the fact that going to the Moon was a monumental challenge in 1969, and yet we did it. Going to Mars now is an equivalent challenge to going to the Moon in 1969. It's a challenge, but we can do it. We can commit to a mission to Mars before knowing how Robert Zubrin, president of the Mars Society: "This idea that you have to know how to do it before you can commit yourself to the program is completely false. We didn't know that we could do Lewis and Clark successfully before we set them out [to explore the American West in the 1800s]."[6] Committing to Mars will inspire NASA to make it happen "Why we must go to Mars." On to Mars: "There are additional reasons to send humans to Mars. Nations, like people, thrive on challenge; they languish without it. The space program needs a challenge. Consider these statistics: Between 1961 and 1973, with the impetus of the moon race, NASA produced technological innovations at a rate several orders of magnitude greater than that it has shown since. Even so, NASA's average budget in real dollars then was only about 20 percent more than today ($16 billion 1998 dollars compared with $13 billion). Why the enhanced productivity? Because NASA had a goal that forced its reach to exceed its grasp. Far from being a waste of money, having NASA take on the challenge of a manned mission to Mars is the key to giving the nation a real return for its space dollars." Orbit of Earth around Sun makes speed faster to Mars than Moon "Manned mission to Mars." On to Mars: "But reaching Mars is a bit easier thanks to Earth's rotation around the sun. As a rocket escapes Earth to reach another object in space, Earth gives it an extra speed because of its 30 km/sec orbital speed. When we try to reach Mars we profit from this effect, but when we reached the moon, we don't." Science: Is a new Moon landing better for scientific research? There is much more to be discovered on/about the Moon In the scope of research and the gathering of information, Humans have only barely begun to actually study the moon from a scientific perspective. If you are going to do some sort of research or study, the moon is obviously the more logical thing to do is study the Moon because it is much closer and would allow for the easiest, safest, and quickest method of transport of human beings as well as scientific data and evidence because of it's proximity to the Earth. Many things on planet earth are influenced by the moon and having us physically studied it so little it only seems proper and logical to deal with the Moon first and Mars later. Eugene Cernan, who was the last astronaut to step off the Moon, said in 2009: "We need to go back to the Moon, we need to learn a little bit more about what we think we know already."[7] Moon desolate, but still holds scientific mysteries Richard Hollingham. "Why go back to the Moon?" BBC. July 19, 2009: "The exploration of the Moon is maybe best compared with the expeditions to Antarctica. They are both uncompromising, extreme environments that, at first, would appear to have little to offer to human advancement. As it's turned out, Antarctica has proved to be vital for scientific discovery. It has taught us about our atmosphere, oceans and climate. 18th and 19th century explorers were desperate to discover that last continent - in the 21st century the Moon provides an even greater challenge." Moon affects Earth more than Mars so should be returned to. Since the Moon does affect the Earth more directly and strongly than the planet Mars, wouldn't it be most logical to study the object with the most impact first. We have barely scratched the surface (literally and figuratively) of Moon research and something that affects the Earth in such a great magnitude should most defintely researched thoroughly before other celestial bodies such as the planet Mars. Mars is more scientifically interesting than the Moon Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who circled the Moon alone while Mr Armstrong and Mr Aldrin walked on it, said Mars was more interesting than the Moon: "Sometimes I think I flew to the wrong place. Mars was always my favourite as a kid and it still is today."[8] Mars reveals more to scientists about climate change Buzz Aldrin. "Commentary: Let's aim for Mars". CNN. June 23, 2009: "Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape." Mars mission would reveal much about Earth's history/future. Buzz Aldrin. "Commentary: Let's aim for Mars". CNN. June 23, 2009: "Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of [...] how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars, we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world." Mars could be made inhabitable, but not the Moon Buzz Aldrin. "Let's Aim for Mars." CNN. June 23, 2009: "Just as Mars -- a desert planet -- gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential." Mars mission would inspire kids to become scientists "Why we must go to Mars." On to Mars: "The first manned landing on Mars would serve as an invitation to adventure for children around the world. There will be some 100 million kids in the U.S. schools over the next 10 years. If a Mars program were to inspire just an additional 1 percent of them to pursue scientific educations, the net result would be one million more scientists, engineers, inventors, medical researchers and doctors." Moon-to-Mars: Would a Moon landing aid an eventual mission to Mars? A Moon landing will be a catalyst for a Mars landing. If we landed on the Moon with all our 21st century technology and filmed the moon in high definition for all to see on their televisions the general public would be inspired enough to allow for extra spending for a much more ambitious project like a Mars landing which will take much more time, work, and resources. Not only in the public aspect, but in the scientific aspect, the a new Moon landing would allow for the continual advancement and improving of technology as was seen in the early US space programs in the 1960s and 70s: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were all continual improvements backed on the top of one another as the programs went up and allowed for nearly seemless transition from orbit, to spacewalks, to docking, and finally to the first Moon landings. If we can do this we can easily and more safely transition from Moon landings, human orbit of mars, extended travel duration in space, and eventually a human being landing on the face of the "red planet" A Moonbase will help instruct establishing a base on Mars. There are many similarities between Mars and the Moon that make a Moon landing a good means of preparing to go to Mars. The most important similarity is between Moon and Mars dusts, which are both extremely corrosive, and for which machines and mechanical joints must be specifically designed. Progressive systems could be refined by another moon landing. When we wanted to go to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s we had progressive systems that allowed the building upon knowledge gradually as time went on, mission by mission. The unfortunate thing is that we have not been to the moon or attempted anything like that in a little under half a century. We have lost the progression chain and have only done orbiting and satellite repair/launch for the past couple decades. We need to restart the chain with another moon landing. Returning to the Moon will delay a mission to Mars. Michael Collins, who circled the Moon while Mr Armstrong and Mr Aldrin walked on it, said: "I worry that the current emphasis on returning to the Moon will cause us to become ensnared in a technological briar patch needlessly delaying for decades the exploration of Mars - a much more worthwhile destination."[9] The moon is not a good place to prepare to go to Mars. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step on the Moon in 1969, argued in 2009: "Why go to the most difficult place [the moon] to do that [practice techniques for going to Mars]? Why not do it on the International Space Station?"[10] Lunar expedition will not prepare mankind to survive on Mars. The gravity on Mars is roughly 1/3 of the Earth, while on the Moon it’s 1/6. The temperatures on Mars range from -90C to +10C, while on the Moon averages +100C. The Moon has a 672-hour day and Mars a 24.65 hours. The environments differ completely. Moreover we could say that we should go to Mars in order to prepare for the harsh environment on the Moon. Practice before going to Mars is useful, but it can be done in the Arctic, at 1/1000th the cost of the training location of the Moon. [11] Public opinion: Where does public opinion stand on the issue? There is little public support for a mission to Mars "Mars beckons." Cumbrian Sky. July 21, 2009: "THE PUBLIC AREN’T INTERESTED IN SENDING PEOPLE TO MARS. There. I’ve said it. We were all thinking it, but no-one was saying it. Time to face facts. There is, at present, NO public demand – or even support – for a manned mission to Mars. They think it would be a huge amount of money spent for absolutely bugger all practical use. And until space enthusiasts and the space community, and, yes, NASA itself, can give the public a damned good reason for sending people to Mars and not just more rovers, WE ARE NOT GOING TO MARS." Women are less keen on mission to Mars than men Brian Montopoli. "Poll: Americans Say U.S. Should Go to Mars." CBS. July 20, 2009: "Men (62 percent) are far more likely than women (42 percent) to favor sending astronauts to the planet." Public opinion polls favor sending a manned mission to Mars. "Poll: Americans Say U.S. Should Go To Mars." CBS News. July 20, 2009 "A slim majority of Americans believe the United States should send astronauts to Mars despite the current economic crisis, a newly-released CBS News poll finds. [...] Fifty-one percent of those surveyed back the journey to Mars. Forty-three percent opposed it. In 2004, 48 percent said the U.S. should send astronauts to Mars, while in 1999 that figure was 58 percent." Weighty statements: Miscellaneous quotations from weighty sources Many Apollo astronauts advocate going to Mars, not Moon Captain Alan Bean, The 77-year-old was part of the Apollo 12 mission and became the fourth man to walk on the Moon, sided with going to Mars instead of returning to the Moon: "We ought to gather the international community and go to Mars. I know it isn't how others feel because it is much cheaper to go back to the Moon but I would rather we went to Mars. If we did it with all those other countries it would have a tremendously unifying effect on the Earth. It would be an inspiration for all people on Earth."[12] General statements favoring a mission to Mars over the Moon Mr. Eugene Cernan, who was the last astronaut to step off the Moon in 1972, said in 2009: "I think the next major goal is not to spend three days, or three weeks or three months on the Moon, but to have you folks, or your kids, or your grand-kids sit here and talk to a group of guys who can tell you what it was like to go to Mars."[13] Launching exploration to Mars best honors Apollo mission. Buzz Aldrin: "The best way to honour and remember all those who were part of the Apollo programme is to follow in our footsteps; to boldly go again on a new mission of exploration." Trudy E. Bell. "Why colonize the Moon before going to Mars?" Science Fraser Cain. "Why Colonize the Moon First?" Universe Today. March 21st, 2009 CNN "NASA's metric confusion caused Mars orbiter loss" 9.30.1999 "Advantages of going to the Moon before Mars". NASA. May 6th, 2005 Leonard David. "Moon-to-Mars Plans Emerge: New Agenda or Apollo Retread?" Space.com. September 19, 2005 How Far is the Moon from Earth? Distance From Earth to Mars "Moon astronauts urge Mars mission." BBC. July 20, 2009 Buzz Aldrin. "Commentary: Let's aim for Mars". CNN. June 23, 2009 Video of Buzz Aldrin making the case (in parts) for going to Mars James Cameron. "Why Go to Mars?" Space.com. August 25, 1999 "Mars beckons..?" Cumbrian Sky. July 21, 2009 "Why we must go to Mars." On to Mars "Why Go to Mars?" Imagineering E-Zine Robert Zubrin. "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must" (1996) Will Heaven. "We should ditch Trident to go to Mars." Telegraph.co.uk. July 20th, 2009 Ethan Siegel. "Should we go to Mars or not?" Starts with a Bang. July 24, 2009 Debate: Mission to Mars Debate: Colonization of the Moon Debate: Space exploration Debate: Funding for space exploration Debate: One-way, one-person mission to Mars Debate: Manned mission to Mars "NASA outlines its strategy for manned mission to Mars in 2031." Thaindian News. November 29th, 2007 Guy Gugliotta. "U.S. Planning Base on Moon To Prepare for Trip to Mars." Washington Post. March 26, 2006 Brian Montopoli. "Poll: Americans Say U.S. Should Go to Mars." CBS. July 20, 2009 Retrieved from "http://www.debatepedia.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Mission_to_the_Moon_or_Mars%3F" Categories: Space \| Science \| Moon \| Mars \| Technology	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line173
__label__cc	0.5821	0.4179	the last book I ever read (Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro, excerpt eight) from Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro: Over coffee in the Villa Capri café, they told me about Alice, who was not at the time of the photographs actually Alice Marsh but still Alice Glass. And her sister, Mary Louise Glass, took out her wallet and showed me her photograph, which of course was a picture of the woman in the leather traveling portfolio upstairs, and told me that if I wanted to find out more about her I should go to their hometown, Marlin, and there talk particularly to Posh Oltorf, the Brown & Root lobbyist, who had been her close platonic friend. Over the next few weeks, Ina and I drove up to that sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere several times, and heard enough to know that Alice Glass was in truth not just another bimbo, that although, as I was to write, “Alice Glass was from a country town…she was never a country girl,” that she had come to Austin as a secretary to a state legislator, that, as one legislator recalled, “Austin had never seen anything like her,” a woman a shade under six feet tall with reddish blond hair that, if she loosened it fell to her waist, creamy-white skin and features so classic that the famed photographer Arnold Genthe was to call her “the most beautiful woman” he had ever seen; that on the same night Charles Marsh met her, he left his wife and children and took her east, and that, when, on a trip to England, she saw the majestic eighteenth-century manor house called “Longlea,” he built her a replica of it on a thousand-acre estate in the Virginia Hunt Country, where she led the Hazelmere Hunt (“the only thing Texas about Alice was her riding,” a friend told me; “she could really ride”), and created a glittering salon of journalists and politicians—to which, in 1937, the new congressman from Texas was invited with Lady Bird, and soon began coming weekend after weekend. At first, her sister and her friend said, both Johnsons came, but soon, they said, “he would leave her on weekends, weekend after weekend,” and come to Longlea, where “sometimes Charles would be there, and sometimes Charles wouldn’t be there,” because Lyndon and Alice had become lovers, in an affair that lasted for years, right under the nose of a man vitally important to Lyndon’s career.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line177
__label__cc	0.689071	0.310929	DevraDoWrite Music, books, good works, and other reasons for living. July 4th kicks off USAF summer series All of the military branches have marvelous musicians, but I have friends in the Air Force who keep me apprised of their concerts. The Ceremonial Brass will be on the Today Show first thing in the morning. Come evening, The Airmen of Note July 4th Celebration begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (6th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC), and the Concert Band and Singing Sergeants celebratioin begins at 8 p.m. at the Air Force Memorial (One Air Force Memorial Drive, Arlington, VA). The Airmen of Note is premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force, known for their distinctive mix of contemporary big band sounds and classics from the swing era. Their summer series officially starts swinging on Friday July 6, 2007 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater located at the base of the Washington Monument, Washington D.C. Other July performances are on the 24th at 8pm (US Capitol Steps), July 25th and 27th 8pm (Air Force Memorial), and 31st at 8 p.m. (US Capitol Steps). The Concert Band, a world class symphonic wind ensemble, team up with the Singing Sergeants to present an evening of entertainment ranging from light classics and popular favorites to classical transcriptions and original works for the band idiom. The Concert Band and Singing Sergeants series includes two more performances at the Air Force Memorial on July 6th and 11th, plus a July 10th concert on the West Steps of the United States Capitol, Washington D.C. — all at 8 p.m. If Brass is your pleasure, you can hear the Ceremonial Brass Quintet on July 13th, or, if strings are your thing, join The Air Force Strings for an evening of popular and light classics on July 18th and 20th — all at 8 p.m. at the Air Force Memorial. Also on the 17th, the younger crowd might prefer the Max Impact-High Energy Pop Rock Band on the West Steps of the United States Capitol at 8 p.m. This is “the newest performing unit in the Air Force Band’s musical arsenal,” said to fuse the elements of contemporary music from today’s hip-hop, pop and urban sounds-and everything in between. Author Devra Hall LevyPosted on July 3, 2007 July 11, 2007 Categories I'm All Ears Previous Previous post: Dance Lessons Next Next post: No I’m not dead Boos & Bravos Date Specific I'm All Ears I've Got Mail Jazz Ears This 'n' That Benny Powell Gerald Wiggins Les “Coach” Fernandez Luther Henderson Archives Select Month April 2020 April 2017 October 2016 April 2012 October 2011 September 2011 June 2010 April 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 August 2009 June 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 November 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 IROM Jazz Lives JazzWax JerryJazzMusician Overgrown Path Rifftides SloaneView DevraDoWrite Proudly powered by WordPress	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line182
__label__cc	0.707707	0.292293	US Navy Patent: Really?? Thread: US Navy Patent: Really?? 2019-Jul-24, 08:56 PM #31 eburacum45 And bear in mind as well that the Inuit do not exist in a vacuum. 40 years ago is after the release of Star Wars; one, or several, of these witnesses may have seen the first of these films, or maybe any of the many other sci-fi films and TV programs that take inertialess flight to be a normal part of spaceflight (hint- it isn't). Canada isn't a complete cultural desert, and it wasn't 40 years ago either. The Orion's Arm Universe Project 2019-Jul-25, 04:16 AM #32 As an anthropology student... could we please not say “primitive”? I think that's a fair request. Just in my defense, I brought up the word but I deliberately put it in "scare quotes" to indicate that it's not really a proper word to use. Others seem to have replied to my post but without using the quotation marks. stutefish Is it possible that this is a patent along the lines of, "the drive itself does not exist, but if it ever does, we hold the patent for this particular application of such a drive." Originally Posted by stutefish Those kinds of patents should not be enforceable as I understand it. The WIPO guidelines say: - The invention must be capable of industrial application, meaning that it must be capable of being used for an industrial or business purpose beyond a mere theoretical phenomenon, or be useful. - The invention must be disclosed in an application in a manner sufficiently clear and complete to enable it to be replicated by a person with an ordinary level of skill in the relevant technical field. So if someone came up with an alternative way to do this they should be able to challenge the original patent holder to demonstrate their patented invention. And if they cannot, the patent is revoked. In the US this is enhanced by the requirement of 'utility' for a patent grant. If you can't show that you have something that can do what you claim it can then the patent can be challenged. So I don't see these patents as particularly useful as they'd probably be shot down fairly quickly if a working technology came along. At least that is my understanding. I am not a lawyer. I'm not familiar enough with US patent law, and it is constantly changing (particularly the interpretations of it), but I have seen patents like that. Back when I grew quartz crystals, I saw a patent (also from a government lab) for filtering impurities out of hydrothermal solutions (350+C and 10,000+ psi) so as to grow more perfect crystals. The patent was granted, even though there was no alloy in existence out of which someone could fabricate a filter to actually do such a thing. But at least that patent didn't violate known physics. Originally Posted by Shaula Yes to all of that (by my understanding). However, it is also my understanding that there are no challenge mechanisms in the US (there are in other countries) other than taking it to court (and that is usually for patent infringement). So, unless someone takes it to court, the patent stands. It is sad that an examiner allowed the patent, but having dealt several times with such things, I'm pretty unimpressed by the knowledge of many patent examiners. Originally Posted by Swift I thought that all changed in 2012-3 with the America Invents legislation. You can ask for a patent review (an ex parte re-examination - at a cost of $18,000 though...) which you can't take part in. If you want to actually take part you have to go for an opposition challenge (an inter partes review). If that fails you can then go to court. But, yes, it is a great example of a patent that simply should not have been granted. I have some sympathy with the patent staff - they probably had a bunch of convincing people with jobs suggesting strong scientific credentials telling them that this was feasible. 2020-Nov-13, 08:29 PM #39 Grant Hatch Wa. state Been a long time.... I decided to look a little deeper at the patent process info and found some things..... The patent was rejected by the examiner initially and the Navy appealed. The appeal was filed by a Dr. James Sheehy, Chief Technology Officer of the Naval Air Systems Command stating that: " I am familiar with the above referenced patent application as well as the development, usage and properties of the craft using an inertial mass reduction device. That as a result of my education and career I am regarded as a subject matter expert and can be considered a person of ordinary skill in the art in the subject matter of the above patent application." " That the invention described in the above referenced patent application is enabled via the physics described in the patent application and the peer reviewed papers described in the Inventor Amendment dated January 23, 2018." He also says that he makes the statements with the knowledge that " willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under USC 18 1001." The appeal included a reference some IEEE paper relating to "Estimation of Q-Factors and Resonant Frequencies". The Examiner, Philip J Bonzell then allowed the Patent. I believe it cost the Navy $800 to appeal. Also found the below on a website after searching Dr. Sheehy: (fncypants) "Being a patent lawyer, I had to dig a little deeper because there is a record behind every patent. As you some of you already know, the patent office does not freely give patents for impossible devices. No perpetual motion machines, no magic invisibility cloaks, nothing that an ordinary person in the relevant art could not build after reading the patent. This is a doctrine called “enablement”—the patent, plus what is already known in the art, must be enough to enable one to build a working device without undue experimentation. This is the quid pro quo of the patent system: to get ownership of the invention for 20 years, you must tell everyone enough about it to build it themselves. This patent almost suffered the fate of non-enablement at the patent office. What led to its issuance is the interesting part because patent examiner tried and tried to reject this patent as not “enabling” the invention. Yet it issued anyways. I cannot link directly to the patent prosecution documents, but the files are public and you can find them at the USPTO database[0] by searching for the patent's application number 15/141,270. The patent was filed in April 2016. The first action by the USPTO was in November 2017 with the usual delay and it rejected all claims as not enabling the invention. Simply put the examiner said: “You’re claiming a perpetual motion machine, good-bye.” The patent examiner and the applicant held an interview in January 2018, which is an ordinary event to try to convince the examiner is wrong. The examiner pointed out “that he still felt there were enablement issues.” The applicant disagreed. No agreement was reached. A few days later, the applicant filed his formal response to the rejection. He attached a published article under his authorship in AIAA Space Forum[1]. He also cited other publications on how to “generate extremely high EM flux intensities.” Basically, he's saying I'm peer-reviewed here is some other peer-reviewed articles, and it being peer-reviewed that's all you need to know. But most interestingly, he attached a letter from Dr. James Sheehy, Chief Technical Officer of the Naval Systems Air Command, indicating that the amount of magnetic field and electricity described as being required by the patent “can be created, and thus the invention is enabled.” Dr. James Sheehy is a real dude, with that real title and corresponding resume.[2] Dr. Sheehy’s letter is fascinating. It asserts that the applicant is currently one year into a project to demonstrate the feasibility of high EM field-energy and flux and has begun experimenting with associated propulsion systems. Dr. Sheehy says he believes the research shows the invention will be a reality. Then he says (seriously, he says) “China is already investing significantly in this area and I would prefer we hold the patent opposed to paying forever more to use this revolutionary technology.” The examiner at the patent office (who is typically kind of knowledgeable in the field) nevertheless called B.S. Peer-reviewed, shmear-reviewed. He rejected the application again finally in March 2018. He pointed out "for a high energy electromagnetic field to polarize a quantum vacuum as claimed it would take 10^9 teslas and 10^18 V/m." He said "these levels are not feasible with current technology so how would someone of ordinary skill be able to know how to create this craft? The largest magnetic field ever created is 10^3 teslas and a neutron star is 10^ teslas so how are you using a microwave emitter that produces a magnetic field that is three orders of magnitude greater than a neutron star?" And so on... Basically, the examiner said this is bull****. As is often done in this situation, the applicant filed an appeal from the patent examiner’s rejection. This is usually a procedure that is next addressed by a board of patent judges, with more briefing, typically oral argument, and takes months to years. But the appeal was never picked up after it was lodged, and it is unclear why. Two months after the appeal was filed, on October 31, 2018, the examiner (for no reason apparent in the file) allowed the patent to issue without comment and on the same day the government paid the fees it owed. The patent was issued in due course. Whether or not the named inventor was a crank, and whether or not the invention was equally frivolous, this was a patent prosecuted by a Navy attorney, vouched for by the Navy CTO, and pushed through under atypical circumstances, in a public forum. What's even more intriguing is that, if the Navy wanted, it could obtain the patent under a secrecy order that would keep it from the public's eyes until it was declassified. Knowing all this, now ask yourself why this impossible sounding patent issued in a public forum with high-level brass support under tax payer dollars." [0] https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair [1] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2017-5343 [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-sheehy-28437a8/ Some other interesting links... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...nt-is-operable Last edited by Grant Hatch; 2020-Nov-13 at 09:09 PM. Originally Posted by Grant Hatch That’s nice. So when will there be a lab demonstration and more importantly, when will there be independent lab tests of the claimed inertia reduction? I couldn’t care less about completely unsupported scientific claims or a patent based on these claims. There are plenty of nonsense patents, and people making claims they can’t support. Last edited by Van Rijn; 2020-Nov-13 at 09:30 PM. 2020-Nov-14, 12:45 AM #41 If everything in post 49 is true, and I have to say I haven't tried to verify anything, what I would conclude is that a scientist at the DOD is working on something that is intriguing, but doesn't seem to have any feasibility now. If it was feasible, then surely they would have issued a secrecy order and the information would not be public. But if they realize that Chinese scientists are working in this area, and they think there could be some breakthrough some time in the future, then filing a patent would be a sort of insurance policy. The statement by the Chief Technical Office seems to be saying that, the way I read it. This story exhibits a worrysome trend for me, that patents have fully swung from protecting an inventor with a deal that gives the state access, to a means for large organisations to squash the small. The method is to file a bizarre patent then use it to attack any later invention, knowing that the huge cost of defending is prohibitive, plus the even bigger penalties for (unfairly) losing are scary. This is a reversal of the original intentions of invention patents which developed out of monopolies in trade. I have experienced this when applying, you get a cease and desist notice from a big player whose argument is “ if you are working in this area you must be infringing our patents” with no specifics. It is especially insidious if the bulldozer patent is “if anyone finds a way to do antigravity, we claim priority for the fictional idea” or similar. It would not work for any small company but it seems allowed for huge vested interests. OK, but Why? Does the Navy think an inertialess drive is coming soon or what? Why would they bother to patent a seemingly impossible drive system? And then there is this from the (fncypants) patent lawyer scratching his head in puzzlement: [ "Dr. Sheehy’s letter is fascinating. It asserts that the applicant is currently one year into a project to demonstrate the feasibility of high EM field-energy and flux and has begun experimenting with associated propulsion systems. Dr. Sheehy says he believes the research shows the invention will be a reality. Then he says (seriously, he says) “China is already investing significantly in this area and I would prefer we hold the patent opposed to paying forever more to use this revolutionary technology.” ] Really? I think there is more to this than meets the eye. But what?? OK, but Why? Does the Navy think an inertialess drive is coming soon or what? Why would they bother to patent a seemingly impossible drive system? When someone promotes a “new physics” based technology claim, it typically comes down to one or more of these things. (1) The researcher (or researchers) is/are not subject matter experts. See for instance, Pons and Fleischmann and their cold fusion claim. They didn’t seem to understand just how unlikely their claim was and didn’t test things they should have before making their claim. (2) The researcher is a subject matter expert but doesn’t test carefully enough or just misses something. The claimed FTL neutrinos were an example where an important detail was originally missed in the experiments. There are also cases where the researcher (perhaps not consciously) refuses to consider possibilities that would cause their experiment to fail. Rather they are only interested in results that seem to confirm their hypothesis. (3) It is a scam. This is often seen with magic energy machine claims, but it also often comes up with space drive claims (in many cases, if the claim were actually true, they would break conservation of energy, so these are closely related subjects). Incidentally, when you’re playing with strong magnetic fields (as are claimed to be needed here) or pushing a lot of energy around it isn’t hard to have effects that could appear to be anomalous motion if you don’t consider all the effects that can be caused per known physics. This has come up in some of the emdrive experiments. Sometimes things start as an experimental mistake and evolve into a scam. In this case, though, nothing whatsoever appears to have been demonstrated. We can guess what might be behind this, based on how these things turn out over and over again, but there is nothing here to actually look at. Maybe you like to imagine new physics exists where there is no evidence, but I’ve seen too many bad claims and outright scams to take things like this seriously. 21st Century Schizoid Man That's the thought that occurred to me . . . A: "Things that are equal to the same are equal to each other" B: "The two sides of this triangle are things that are equal to the same" C: "If A and B are true, Z must be true" D: "If A and B and C are true, Z must be true" E: "If A and B and C and D are true, Z must be true" Therefore, Z: "The two sides of this triangle are equal to each other" I don't know how things work in the Navy, but I know that in private industry worthless patents are often filed for. When I worked for Exxon, their policy was to keep secret (proprietary) really valuable inventions (so no one knew about it and could try to steal the idea and get around the patent), but to publish worthless inventions, because it looked good ("look, we got this number of patents last year, aren't we clever") and maybe someone else could use the invention and would license it from Exxon. Very often in private industry, the inventors of a patent get some sort of bonus or reward for filing for and getting granted patents. Plus patents look good on your resume. Maybe it is as simple as that. I also have to say that a significant amount of stuff in the patent literature is wrong. I personally have found patents that when I tried to reproduce the work, I could not, either because information in the patent was wrong or incomplete. I don't know if such mistakes and omissions are deliberate or accidental, but I suspect there are examples of both. So the Navy just bulldozes through with an "impossible drive", somehow bypassing the normal appeal process when the reviewer refuses to grant the patent? Then for some reason the reviewer rolls over and grants the patent. Wouldn't that imply the Navy and possibly the reviewer actually think it IS possible but didn't make public the "evidence"? Just trying to follow this to a logical conclusion. That would also imply that what was made public in the patent application was not complete..... That is certainly worth reading, in the context of this discussion. It quotes Dr. Mark Gubrud, a University of North Carolina physicist: "Pais deploys fairly sophisticated babble to make this sound plausible to those who know what real physics sounds like, but don't understand much of it. Which is likely to include most patent examiners, journalists, and Pais's own enablers in the Navy." "I don't know why Sheehy defended Pais's patents. I am certain it's not because they really make some kind of sense. I suspect the story is just one professional charlatan who has embedded himself in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, plus one or a few supervisors he's managed to fool." Ultimately, Guburd believes the patents signify nothing more than “an illustration of the need for transparency and peer review,” but that “even with such niceties, nonsense gets funded, often for political and ideological reasons, or simply out of corruption. But nonsense seems an especially hardy perennial in hierarchical, closed and secretive organizations.” For anyone who has read The Men Who Stare At Goats, none of the above should seem at all surprising. Alternatively a person with a pet project devotes a lot of time to fighting for a patent, and everyone involved gives up trying to fight him because it is just not worth the time and effort. So he gets a patent for an impossible thing that the patent people know would be challenged and overturned quickly if any real examples of similar technology emerge. It is pretty common in science and tech for senior researchers to have these kinds of pet, speculative or fringe interests that their position allows them to indulge. And leadership is going to listen to them about how feasible it is. I've worked with plenty of examples of this! At the end of the day their output in other areas is valuable and their other projects can be seen as a way to keep them happy and motivated, with a slim chance that they will turn out to be right and the organisation will reap a huge reward. Not everything is a conspiracy to hide some deep dark secret. Speaking of The Men Who Stare At Goats....Reminds me of some of the crazy "remote viewing" projects the CIA had going on back in the day. Had guys supposedly spying on the Russians from a comfortable room in the states! Hah! Well.... anyways, the reason I keep hammering away at this drive thing is because I have personally seen something ( I believe) which exhibits the characteristics of this drive. Personally I find telepathy more likely than alien space craft, although agreed never demonstrated nor with basis in any known science, so not patentable by any conventional means. Although with sensors now detecting brain waves and implanted sensors being actively pursued, we are nearly there. It is a well established principle that you cannot patent an idea that you cannot demonstrate, and that, for me, remains the case with yet to be developed technology. Originally Posted by profloater It is a well established principle that you cannot patent an idea that you cannot demonstrate, and that, for me, remains the case with yet to be developed technology. I guess it depends on what you mean by "demonstrate", but I'm not sure that is correct. This is from a website called ipwatchdog: United States patent laws do not require you to have a prototype in order to apply for a patent, all that is required is that you be able to describe the invention so that others could make and use it. So, while you do need to have some kind of identifiable manifestation, you can start by proving your concept on paper. And this from a law firm's website Fortunately, having an idea may be further along the path to intellectual property protection than you think. The USPTO doesn’t require physical samples or prototypes of your invention, just the proper illustration and documentation to fully describe it. So while an abstract idea won’t get you anywhere, putting that idea into real, physical descriptions can put you on the path toward a patent. Working with an illustrator or patent drafting artist can provide you with the documentation you need to prove that your idea is more than abstract. CJSF The Space Coast This story exhibits a worrysome trend for me, that patents have fully swung from protecting an inventor with a deal that gives the state access, to a means for large organisations to squash the small. This is indeed commonly done, and has been for some time. It's a form of corporate bullying. "The sun is a quagmire It's not made of fire Forget what you've been told in the past Electrons are free (Plasma!) Fourth state of matter Not gas, not liquid, not solid" -They Might Be Giants, "Why Does The Sun Really Shine?" lonelybirder.org Yes i did not mean prototype, that was dropped long ago but demonstrate as a description that supposedly works and would allow others to build it. Demonstrate might include calculations and ranges of values. And drawings of course. Another factor is that patents tend to be short term for major projects like a new rocket engine using new physics. Branding has become more important in everyday invention because a brand can be protected for as long as fees are paid, and even without fees using “passing off” laws although these are different in USA from UK. Some major takeovers are basically to secure ownership of brands. In a funny way the mention of the USNavy in this case is more important than the patent details. Originally Posted by CJSF I once sat through a corporate presentation where my (now former) employer claimed, “We use patents like swords, not shields.” 2021-Jan-13, 01:44 AM #56 Well, ok, but then add in the Gov's release of a few videos of Navy pilots filming UAP's which according to the pilots own accounts as well as ship radar techs seem to exhibit the characteristics of the "Drive" and to me it seems as though there may be more to this story than is now appreciated. Last edited by Grant Hatch; 2021-Jan-13 at 01:50 AM. The timeless ends of formless starts....all ends in dark and begins in light... Or a case of wishful thinking and confirmation bias. You have no performance stats for "The Drive" and no real basis for the claims of similarity except a series of assumptions you are making about both the engine and the UAPs. It would also seem rather stupid to own a revolutionary drive, test it on your own pilots and then let them talk about it (instead of just reading them in). I'm sure you can come up with some elaborate justification for this, however, so you can keep believing. 2021-Jan-13, 02:33 PM #58 What does seeing an unidentified object in a blurry clip, have to do with a military space engine? I suspect I know what your answer would be but I'd like to hear you articulate it directly. Not true. Blurry clips indeed... You obviously have not listened to the first person accounts from both the pilots and the radar techs on board said ship(s) which are out there on the net....listening to their accounts it is obvious that what they witnessed was an inertialess drive.... crafts coming down from 100k ft+- to close to sea level in less than a second for instance... Why do you think the US Gov is releasing these clips? Are they pandering to the UFO nuts? Why do you belittle and marginalize first hand accounts from the military personnel? If nothing else, if these accounts are accurate, the Fermi paradox is no longer a paradox and we are Not alone. The more interesting question is, What are they doing here? Not true. Blurry clips indeed... You obviously have not listened to the first person accounts from both the pilots and the radar techs on board said ship(s) which are out there on the net....listening to their accounts it is obvious that what they witnessed was an inertialess drive.... I listened, and that certainly is not obvious to me. I heard claims of things they couldn’t identify. I don’t know how you can go from that to a conclusion of witnessing an inertialess drive, except by making claims out of whole cloth. Are you an expert on inertialess drives and their characteristics? Do you have a working example of an inertialess drive you can demonstrate? Can you even describe the physics behind an inertialess drive? (Note, I’m asking for solid, experimentally supported physics, not some vague claims from a website). Those are serious questions, please answer. Why do you belittle and marginalize first hand accounts from the military personnel? I see two issues here: What the personnel said, and your interpretations and conclusions. It’s very common for witnesses to make unsupported interpretations of things they saw. There are a number of documented cases of pilots misidentifying the moon, Venus, balloons, reflections, and other things as “impossible” flying craft. 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__label__wiki	0.767217	0.767217	frankinterviewsnews frank news is dedicated to storytelling across all mediums. A space for debate, discussion, and connection between experts and a curious readership. Topics are presented monthly with content delivered daily. Tatti Ribeiro Clare McLaughlin More Often Less Often © 2021 Frank News LLC. Frank News is a registered trademark The First Four Art and Access The Cost of College Immigration Part II On the Press The Two Parties Pandemic Response II Justice, Part II Justice, Part III A Year In Preview January: A Year In Preview Anti-Poverty Movements: A Reading List by franknews © Frank The Attitude of the Texas Legislature by Senator Rodriguez The interview below was originally published July 11, 2018 in our Immigration issue. This interview with Senator Rodriguez, who represents District 29 in El Paso, was conducted and condensed by frank news. It took place June 28, 2018. This is part one of an ongoing conversation between frank and Senator Rodriguez. Tatti: I covered the presidential election in 2016, and interviewed someone who worked for your office. Sen. Rodriguez: Yes, of course. Tatti: I loved El Paso then... Sen. Rodriguez: Move over here. Tatti: I want to! Sen. Rodriguez: Please do. This is the best city in the country. Tatti: In this process we're seeking experts who live with immigration policy everyday. Sen. Rodriguez: Who told you I was an expert? Who misinformed you? Tatti: Well, we define expert differently at frank. Someone who crosses the border everyday to donate blood for $75 a week is an expert. Sen. Rodriguez: That's a good way of looking at that, okay. Tatti: So, that's what we're here to discuss, but to start, would you tell me where you grew up and how you ended up where you are now? Sen. Rodriguez: I grew up in South Texas down in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Have you been down there? South Padre Island, Brownsville, McAllen? Tatti: Not yet. Sen. Rodriguez: This is the very southern tip of the state of Texas there by the Gulf of Mexico, so I grew up down there. I was a migrant farm worker, followed the crops all over the country, went to high school down there, went to our local university and then to the Pan American University, now it's called UT Rio Grande Valley, and I went to law school at George Washington up in Washington DC. During the most momentous period of many people's lives, Nixon is in office, Watergate happened while I was there, the Vietnam War was raging, we were on the streets and I got a lot of exposure coming from an agricultural region, migrant farm worker, I had culture shock being on the East Coast and the attitudes of people over there, you know the higher, more superior intellectually, thinking that they're better than you experience. I had traveled all over the country already as a migrant farm workers so, it wasn't like it was my first time being out of my home. I'd been to California, to Idaho, to North Dakota, to Indiana, to Michigan, to Missouri. Tatti: When did you decide to run for office? Sen. Rodriguez: Not until 1992. Tatti: What inspired that? Sen. Rodriguez: Working with the first Chicana county judge that we elected in 1990, who invited me to be her legal advisor here at the courthouse and realizing that the work I was doing for her, liasoning with the county attorney's office and all the other elected officials, the sheriff, the district clerk, the County Clerk, you know the constables, the judges, I was handling all of that for her, I told her I could do a better job than the county attorneys doing, so I'm going to run for office. Because I went through Watergate as a young person, I was very idealistic just like you guys, I felt like I could change the world; I still do as a matter of fact. But if you read the history of Watergate you will find out that a lot of us young people who wanted to be in public service, who wanted to run for office, became disillusioned when the president of the United States was found to be lying to the people and was a crook, despite the fact that he said, I am not a crook, right? I was interested in politics and public policy, I wanted to run for office earlier, much earlier. But I became disillusioned with that whole Watergate episode like a lot of other young people did. And so even though I continued supporting other candidates, I kind of dropped out of the notion that I myself would run. I had always planned on doing some legal services work for farm workers, because I had been a farm worker and that's what I did, 10 years worth after I left DC. Like a lot of other young people I became disillusioned with government, got engaged more in community work, and it took me from 1974 until 1992, to get myself to run for office. Tatti: Do you see similarities in the perception of public service and government now? Sen. Rodriguez: There's no question. There's a lot of analogies we could make about Nixon's view of the presidency and how he used the presidency, and how Trump views the presidency and how he's using the presidency. No respect for the institution, no respect for the Constitution, engaging in policies that oppress people, that minimize and marginalize those who are different. We are going through another traumatic period in our nation's history as a result, which we went through back then because of Vietnam and Nixon. Tatti: If we zoom out from the present to look at immigration with a wider lens, has policy changed drastically from president, to president, to president? Sen. Rodriguez: That's a very good question. I supported President Obama but I was a critic of President Obama and joined chorus with those who said that he was the deporter in chief. Because more people were deported under Obama then George Bush or Clinton combined. There have been immigration policies that someone like me, who has been a supporter of immigrants all my life, disagreed with some of my Democratic presidents. But, neither Clinton nor Bush nor Obama separated families. I know it's kind of kosher today to read in the paper, some media saying, well you know, separation of families takes place all the time. If a mother commits a crime, she has to go to jail and the child was separated from the mother, they give all kinds of examples, right? But what they're overlooking is that in those typical situations, the child remains with a family member. With Grandma, with an aunt, with an uncle, with relatives. Very rarely is a child abandoned. That's the difference. What you see here is official government policy separating children from their mothers, and keeping them out of touch with one another for long periods of time, which even a mother who's incarcerated has an opportunity to be talking to her child to her children, in the regular criminal context. And the children with the relatives can go visit the mother at jail during visitation hours. This is no comparison to what's happening right now. This is inhumane, there's no other way to say it, everybody's been saying it, but it's true. It's inhumane, it's cruel and it is a black mark on the history of this nation. It has gotten to the point where our president and people under him and those who support him, Governor Abbott you know, the elected officials here in Texas who support him and these policies, are all culpable in having committed, and are committing a crime against these children. I call it a crime, because these children are going to be harmed for life. Make no mistake about it. I'm not an expert in that but I've heard the expert testimony, because prior to the development of this zero-tolerance policy in the separation of families, immigrants come in, including those from Central America seeking asylum. They started coming in, in 2014 because of the increased violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. A lot of them are unaccompanied minors, but some of them were with their mothers or fathers. When they presented themselves at the border they were arrested and taken to these detention centers that we have had in Texas since 2014, over in Dilley; little community of Dilley, and Corn City. Those are kind of in Central Texas. I serve on the Senate Veterans and border Veteran Affairs and border security committee, and there was an attempt by the state to certify or license those two facilities; detention facilities. Barbed wire, their prisons with the children, there with their parents, not separated. The state, because of a federal court judge's decision, decided that they needed to license those two facilities as child care facilities, quote-unquote, under state law. And there were lawsuits filed against that happening, because this is by no means, no stretch of the imagination, a child care facility. They're prisons, and run by the private prison industry; private companies. There was a bill introduced by the Republicans to have these facilities certified as child care facilities. And many of us opposed that. When we had the Senate committee hearing last year during the regular legislative session, we had the experts come in, the pediatricians, the psychologists, the therapists, the counselors, all of them saying, having them in that setting with their mothers is a lifechanging experience for these kids. Four-year-olds, five-year-olds, six-year-olds, they're going to be traumatized for life, they're going to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder, they're going to have emotional damage for the rest of their lives, and be more susceptible to illnesses. Their testimony was pretty compelling, very strong and as a result, even two of the Republican senators felt so changed by what they heard that they didn't join voting the bill out of the committee. Then, after about two or three weeks, the powers that be persuaded them that they needed to vote for this bill, voted out of committee so they could come to the floor of the Senate and voted out of the Senate. And that's what happened. Long story short, that's what happened. You have an attitude in the Texas Legislature that is the same attitude in Washington by those who are anti-immigrant, anti-latino, who proclaim that they are doing these things in order to promote safety and security in our country, but in fact in my view, are doing it out of political expediency. Using immigrants to create fear in the general population as has been done in past history so that they can get the support of their right-wing conservative elements. Plain and simple. Tatti: Do you think that Texas has a responsibility politically, to be the leaders in the conversation about immigration? Sen. Rodriguez: Absolutely, but we're not because of the Republicans controlling the legislature, and all of the levels of power. We don't have a single Democrat in approximately 28 or so state agencies, running the agencies. The Senate is 31 members where I work, 11 of us are Democrats. They have a clear majority, so they can pass literally anything they want. We used to have a long standing, over 60 year rule, called the two-thirds rule, that said in order to bring any bill to the floor of the Senate to debate, you had to get two-thirds of the Senate members to support it. This lieutenant governor Dan Patrick did away with that rule, because when he became lieutenant governor us Democrats, under the two-thirds rule could block bills like Senate bill 4, the sanctuary cities bill for example, and we were blocking it, ever since I came into the Senate. So, he did away with the two-thirds, and now they could pass anything they wanted without us, without the Democrats, unless two of the Republicans came over with us, which under the Iron Fist of the lieutenant governor happened only one time, one session and then they lost their chairmanships. He punished them and this last session not a single one of them crossed over to help us block the bathroom bill, the sanctuary cities bill, anti-immigrant legislation, bills that inserted religious liberty into all kinds of bills, Child Protective Services, foster care, other things, essentially putting a provision in those bills saying that if those people who provide those services have a sincerely held religious belief, that it's against their religion to provide services to someone, that they can not do so. That's the atmosphere working in the Senate, and that we find at the national level. Getting back to your question, I mean the atmosphere for relating to immigration issues is poisonous. It's the worst that I have ever seen, even though if you study American history, we've got these periods where we have welcomed undocumented immigrants to come and pick our crops, to come and work on things, service sector construction and so, especially when there was that need for labor, and then when the economy is good, get rid of them, including US citizens. It happened in the 30s and 40s, that's the history of this country. I mean, we are supposed to be a country that is welcoming to immigrants and we have been, but there's also this aspect of it, that whenever we did not want the immigrants around, we use them as scapegoats, they're taking jobs, they're hurting the economy, they're all on welfare, they're committing the crimes. Tatti: What's the reality of living in close proximity to the border? Sen. Rodriguez: It's a safe city in the United States for its size, based on FBI statistics. We don't have the violence here that you hear about in Juarez or in Chihuahua or down in Matamoros, where I grew up Reynosa. It's normal, we live it and in fact I think this is the best, this is the largest binational community in the world, El Paso Juarez. And it is beautiful. We have a symbiotic relationship with Juarez, why? Because we have a shared history, this used to be part of Mexico. It's only after the United States stole the land from Mexico through the pretext of the Mexican War; US-Mexican war, that all of a sudden there was a separation from this natural resource. The river, the Rio Grande. We have long-standing historical ties, cultural ties, language ties, customs, familial ties, trade ties, like nowhere else in the world. Then you have people come in like Trump, and start putting money to put up walls between us? Start implementing policies that demonize immigrants, including some of our own family members. Remember that this is for us, the Ellis Island of the Southwest. Immigration coming in from Europe and Asia mainly come through Ellis Island. But for us, a lot of people came through El Paso over a period of history. That's why we call it the Ellis Island of the Southwest, with migration patterns up to LA. When you speak of immigration, you really have to appreciate the history of this nation with regard to immigration, and the policies, and the politics that have played a part in the development of our laws with respect to immigrants. Look at the Chinese Exclusion Acts, when we allow Chinese to come in because we wanted them to build our railroads, including here in El Paso by the way, then when they weren't needed anymore, all of a sudden it's the Yellow Peril, get them out of here. The Nationalization of U.S. Elections by Dan Hopkins This interview with Dan Hopkins, Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, was conducted and condensed by franknews. What were the original assumptions in the Constitution about state-level loyalty versus national government loyalty? It's a good question. The Constitution is now far enough back in our collective memories that I think it's really valuable to start by having some sense of what the U.S. was like at the time. There were some scholars who argued that the Constitution is well understood as a peace treaty between sovereign states about how they were going to govern their affairs. In 1776 and even in 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, the U.S. was a collection of 13 quite different colonies. It took the Georgia delegation six weeks to travel to Philadelphia in order to participate in the Constitutional Convention. Different colonies had very different economies and different religious heritages. This was a quite diverse country and, thus, the Constitution was designed to protect substantial levels of state-level autonomy. I think it is really important to recognize that at the time, many of the people thought of themselves as Americans, but also to a certain extent, as New Yorkers or Virginians or Pennsylvanians. When do you start to see a shift towards politics in the U.S. becoming more nationalized? To some degree, it's an ongoing process that has unfolded in fits and starts over our 200-plus year history. I do think that the Civil War is a critical turning point. In the run-up to the Civil War, you see many more implications of state-level identities. I'm a Georgian, I'm a Virginian. And obviously, the Civil War pitted state against state. It's generally been the case that the Republican party has been more likely to invoke federalism. Of course, the exemplary issue is the issue of civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s. Even in more recent times, the Republican party has advocated for there being less of a role in the federal government asserting itself to protect the rights of African-Americans, especially, but not only in the South. I think it's fair to say that if you've heard a state rights argument in the last 50 years, it's more likely to be coming from the Republican party. There's also an element in which as power shifts, we see changes. When the Republicans control the federal office, sometimes it's Democrats who say, "Hey, it's important to let California write its own laws with respect to clean energy or car emissions standards." At the same time, the extent to which we see Republican states moving to block sanctuary cities, for instance, is surprising. If you're a principled federalist, then presumably cities shouldn't be punished for diverging. In general, I see very few principled federalists in American politics. I think that all too often in contemporary American politics, federalism is just the clothing we use to dress up certain arguments instead of being a principled approach to a range of policy problems. What factors contribute to a nationalized political landscape? I actually think there's a relationship between the transformation of campaign finance, the transformation of voting, and the transformation of what's getting covered in our newspapers. There's a unifying element to all of this. Let's look at campaign finance first. In many of the most competitive 2020 Senate races, large majorities of money came from out-of-state donations. What does that do to the candidates, and how does that affect the way constituents perceive elections? I think that the nationalization of the campaign finance structure is an example of our nationalized set of divisions. What we're trying to do is refract these highly nationalized divisions through our federalist system. And the result often distorts representation in critical ways. One of the key facts about campaign finance has been that as late as 1992, two-thirds of all donations to federal candidates, to members of Congress, were coming from within the state that they represent. 20 years later in 2012, only one-third of all dollars were coming from the states that people represented. The danger is that the representatives and senators increasingly have one constituency where they get their votes, but a separate constituency from where they get their money. That is not how our system was designed to work. It was not designed for members of Congress to spend four hours a day raising money from people who are not their constituents. And simultaneously, there has been a collapse of local media. I wonder how the decline of local news plays into this landscape? When the internet first became a sizable presence, there was a hope that it might actually lead to a proliferation of local news. With the internet there are very, very low production costs, so, theoretically, I could put up a newsletter about my neighborhood. But in fact, as you said, the rise of the internet and the rise of cable television led to this dramatic concentration of our attention on a very, very small number of nationalized news sources. Partly that's because the news media would target us based on where we lived. The Philadelphia Inquirer targeted a set of people who wanted to know about life in and around Philadelphia. But more recently we instead see that the business model for many media companies is to compete based on who voters are and who readers are and who consumers are, rather than where they live. Rather than providing me with information specific to Philadelphia, they will identify me as someone who likes the National Football League or cares about politics. That has led to the fragmentation of our media environment. One of the real losers in this has been people's attention to state and local politics. State and local politics have never been on the top of people's priority lists. It used to be that if I were reading the Philadelphia Inquirer, as a by-product of learning what the Eagle's score was, I also learn a little bit about who my mayor was or who my governor was. And nowadays, since I can go right to ESPN or I can go right to Fox News, I can skip over all that state and local information. In a world where state and local politicians want to be well-known, they're much more likely to attach themselves to a lightning rod federal issue than they are to actually dive into the challenging, complex issues that face their local community. Which really allows issues to be manipulated. When we focused on immigration, something I found interesting was how much immigration was used as a campaign tool in Ohio or Maine. It’s easy to make a border terrifying when you don’t live near one. Do you feel like campaigning has changed based on the ability to take issues that don't have anything to do with your constituents, but are made to look like they have everything to do with constituents? Yeah, absolutely. One of the real challenges with a nationalized political environment is that it encourages attention to issues that are evocative and emotionally charged and often have to do with specific groups of people, but ultimately do not have clear policy effects. I think one prominent example of this is not long after President Trump was elected he attacked football players who refused to stand for the National Anthem. I think it's a very instructive case because he wasn't proposing any policy. This was purely about symbols. I worry that in the nationalized political environment, it's very hard to put together a political coalition that speaks to auto workers and nurses in the suburbs of Detroit, and retirees in Maricopa County. This is a very diverse country. One of the easier ways to knit together a political coalition is to reach for these divisive, identity-oriented issues, even if that's not actually what's going to motivate the policies that you're proposing. I do think that there's been a real connection between the way in which our politics has nationalized and the way in which our politics has become more identity oriented. It's these kinds of identity charged issues that can have an intuitive meaning to people in places from Montana to North Carolina. Has your work clarified your opinion about how national politics should work? What do you advocate for moving forward in terms of policy and campaigning? I certainly think that voters do better when they have the information that they need, and I think that we are missing an opportunity to really use our federalist system, because there are so many different kinds of issues that face the different communities in our country. If we are trying to force all of those issues onto a single divide between Democrats and Republicans, we're going to miss a lot of critical issues. I think some of the disaffection with contemporary politics stems from the fact that many of us deal with problems in our day-to-day lives that are not represented by the Republican-Democrat divide. I do want to be wary of nostalgia — or suggesting that some earlier period of history was markedly better. Yes. I worry a lot that today's voters just don't know much about state and local politics, but state and local politics wasn't always vibrant and democratic in previous generations, right? As a social scientist, I think part of my job is to lay out trends. I do think that nationalization is something that we should forecast as being a major part of our politics moving forward. I also think that there are some policy changes on the edges that I would advocate for that I think would help reinforce the connections between places and voters, and to make better use of our current federalist system. For instance, I think campaign finance matching, so that every dollar you get locally is amplified, is a great idea. I think that could encourage politicians to lay down roots in the specific communities they represent and to spend less time trying to raise money from Manhattan or Dallas. I think we should also do everything in our regulatory capacity to help promote, protect, and foster high-quality, non-partisan coverage of states and localities. As a country that is hemorrhaging reporters who cover states and localities I do think that given how many important decisions are made at the state and local level, as a society, we have a real stake in the quality of local news media. There are fewer statehouse reporters, there are fewer city hall reporters, and there are fewer people who are tracking state and local politics to hold our politicians accountable. I think that has been underappreciated, and one of the real dangers in contemporary American democracy. Fundraising off of Catastrophe by Jecorey Arthur This interview with Jecorey Arthur, Louisville Councilman-Elect, Professor, and Musician, was conducted and condensed by franknews. We first spoke Jecorey in August 2020. Jecorey \| I’ll just start at the beginning. I announced that I was running for Louisville Metro Council at Simmons College of Kentucky, the HBCU that I teach at. I was inspired by the fact that the HBCU should be the center of the Black community, and I wanted to bring people to that school. Little did I know that our local NPR station released a 2,500 plus word hit piece about me, calling into question whether Simmons had contributed to the campaign illegally. In the end, everything was cleared. But this hit piece was kind of a culture shock for me. That was my introduction to the world of campaign finance: getting hit with allegations of criminality. I wasn't overly energized about raising funds. When I think of money, I think of service. I think of exchange. I think of contracts. If you're going to give me money, you need to get something in return. That is not the case with campaign finance. When the pandemic hit, we stopped soliciting donations. I did not ask for a single donation publicly from early March for the rest of the campaign. It felt criminal or tone-deaf to be begging people for money for your campaign when they're living through the nightmare of COVID-19 and all the uncertainties that came along with it. At the time, people were rationing toilet paper and bottled water. We didn't ask for donations. Then Amaud Aubrey was killed. George Floyd was killed. Breonna Taylor was killed. Everything that I had been talking about in my campaign had already been amplified by COVID-19, and my message was further amplified after these murders. We saw a reflection of how America treats Black people. I became a voice for racial justice in the local movement, and, honestly, I didn't have to ask for money. People heard me talking about these problems and introducing solutions to those problems, and they wanted to get behind what I was doing. This was the first time I ever dealt with campaign fundraising, but, in a way, it came naturally to me because I believed in producing something for people that I wanted to serve. We utilized our funds to get community members PPE, and it wasn't some marketing scheme where you got a mask that says 'Vote for Jecorey.' It was just a solid black mask. We raised over $40,000 in a local race. To put that in perspective of another city council race in 2016, there was a three-way race, and the current councilwoman raised over $80,000. frank \| You're one of the first people I've spoken to who has said, I can't believe the audacity of these candidates and institutions, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, continuing to ask people for money. Do you feel like you have a conversation about the ethics of that with other people in politics or with people around you? Well, I've had that conversation a number of times. It's really criminal when you think about it. Let's say you put together all seven candidates in my race alone, and let's say we raised a quarter-million dollars. In the end, only I won my race. Everyone else just wasted $210,000. You wasted space on that billboard. You wasted these yard signs – yards signs that I am pissed politicians still aren't picking up. Amy McGrath lost to Mitch McConnell and she still has yard signs throughout the West End of Louisville, the blackest area in this region. We got your yard signs everywhere, but you lost your race by like 20 plus points. Amy McGrath raised over $74 million and only 3% came from inside the state. There is, as you say, the physical residue of that loss: yard signs on your constituents' lawns, but the non-physical component is that all that money came from people who will never have to bear the burden of that loss. Amy McGrath is a perfect example of what I'm about to say: I don't believe we should give candidates money unless they have a proven track record to back up their platform. When I talk about creating jobs, I have already been doing that through my business and through arts organizing. When I talk about education, I've been to over 120 schools out of the 150 schools in this school district. I have already been doing education work. When I talk about housing, it's rooted in my lived experience. And some of that experience is personal, some of it is professional. Mitch McConnell said this about Amy McGrath, and some people thought it was funny and some people thought it was kind of sexist, he said, you ran on a platform of being a mother and being a Marine. I was already saying that before McConnell. You can't talk to me about racial injustice as a white woman who lives far removed from what I'm going through if you have never worked on racial justice or racial injustice. You can't talk to me about how to deal with this pandemic if, at the bare minimum, you have never worked with aging healthcare facilities, worked with healthcare facilities in general. You've never volunteered. You've never spoken up and advocated for them. She was selling hopes and dreams, and if I have no reason to believe that you are going to make my hopes and dreams come true, I shouldn't give you money. You don't deserve my money. You gotta know what you're paying for. Would you go to a restaurant and give them your money if they had an F health rating? Well, McGrath basically had no rating at all. She had no experience. Do you think you need to raise that much money to be competitive in congressional and Senate races? If I had a burger, and instead of being made out of beef, it was made of feces, it does not matter how much money I spend on marketing. It is still going to be a feces burger no matter what. In the case of that race, you had a Democrat with a nothing-burger. Meanwhile, Kentuckians were starving. We didn’t really know what she stood for until the end. And that raised another question of, do you really care about serving people? Do you care about this platform? Or are you just running a vanity project? I mean, she had a decent amount of money left over and I think she made a PAC. Was it ever about the people you're supposed to serve? How much of that money have you pocketed? We have to raise these questions. How do you begin to change the narrative that raising this much money is a democratic success? Organizing. That takes us away from the politician, and it takes us to the people. Organizing is the way that we counter this, and we change this mindset. There are 26 Metro council members in Louisville, Kentucky, and all 26 of them have 26,000 constituents. There are way more of the constituents than politicians representing those constituents. What would happen if all 26,000 of your constituents organized around an issue? What does that look like to a representative? On average, in my city, you might get hit up a few times a week, maybe dozens of times. But if you get thousands of calls for justice on a specific issue, that level of political engagement is going to cause change. The president at the HBCU I teach at, Dr. Kevin Cosby, says that politicians don't change because they see the light, they change because they feel the heat. And over the summer we thought we felt some heat, but I truly believe if we were organized, that was just preheat. And we were only going to turn it up. I was impressed with the level of political engagement when these protests were at their peak. People were watching council meetings and disappointed that it took so long. People were engaging in politics when before they never even knew who their city councilperson was. I was so impressed, but you have been living in the city for many decades, and you're just now getting politically engaged in a process that controls your life? I’m surprised people aren’t rioting more, and over other issues, like poverty. A lot of people just don't know the numbers. Or, if they do know the numbers, if the people in power know the truth — they just hide it, ignore it, or perpetuate it. What we as the people have to realize is that politicians do what we allow them to do. And if we're not organizing around issues, it's almost like some of those protests happened in vain. It's almost like Breonna Taylor died in vain. It's almost like Dr. Martin Luther King died in vain because we did not have the amount of care that it took to continue fighting. Of course, it's going to get cold. Of course, it is going to be hard. Of course, there's going to be so many hurdles and obstacles and battles on the way, but we ain't free yet. There's so much left to do. And people were having parades and brunches when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won. I don't think people are serious about freedom. I don't think people are serious about change. I think we use the word change all the time and people really don't mean it. It just sounds cute. People aren’t serious, period. I was on Twitter earlier, watching this debate happen because some woman calling the GOP “fuckers”. No serious person could possibly think this mattered. Yeah. They're unserious. Yeah. It just feels like some sort of dishonesty that people are contributing to in order to participate in the game that they know is a game. Yeah. I'm constantly disappointed in some of our adults. It's crazy. I mean, even over the summer, some of these people’s whole lives and whole identity were centered around protesting. A protest is just a tool, but what are you doing now? Voting is a single tool. Calling your elected official is a single tool. A protest is a tool. We need to look at protests as marketing for an issue, but people began to see the protests as the issue. It makes me wonder, how long has it been this way? And when will we see some actual uprising and some seriousness in terms of change? Because right now, people aren't serious. It's very disturbing. I was just on a call earlier about housing. There's this woman who was in charge of an office that they were essentially trying to discredit by saying she doesn't do her job. Their solution was to create other initiatives that basically did her job for her. Well, okay, but she makes over a hundred thousand a year and you help pay for her salary. Instead of calling her and emailing her and pulling up on her and making sure she is doing her job, you're going to try and do her job, halfway? While taking donations from poor people to do it? No. Don't let these people off the hook. Don't ever let the government off the hook. This is the one single government that we have. Make them work for you. They are supposed to work for us. That's it. That's the reminder. People just need to go spend one day in like dingy Congress to get rid of this idea that they know better than you. They don't know better than you. They know what you tell them is the truth. I alluded to this earlier, but I want to really say it plainly: because of our wealth position, our interests end up not really being represented in government. It takes so much work on the back end to get politicians to commit to our needs. The average Black family is worth $1,700. We aren't going to max out on our campaign contribution if we even donate to campaigns. Of course, it is illegal for favors in exchange for campaign contributions to exist, but they definitely exist. And if you have a group of people who aren't involved in campaign contributions at all, you have to ask, is that why we're not getting our needs met? The National League of Cities, released an agenda of what they would like to see from Biden and Harris. And the Black Caucus, might as well have not contributed to it at all. It had no value to us, and no reflection of what we're going through. It makes me wonder, how do we expect politicians to have our interests at heart, when they just catered to their donors? And on the flip side, how engaged are we? I'm not even in office yet, and I get emails and phone calls every day from some group wanting to talk to me about funding something, or acquiring some building, or getting my support on something. And these are all white groups with interests that have nothing to do with Black people in our city. Politicians need to be held accountable, and we also need to be held accountable. We can't just engage during the election cycle; we have to engage all year around because they are making decisions to impact your life all the time.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line191
__label__wiki	0.863247	0.863247	Music Review: Josh Haden, Devoted Back in 2001, in the first week of my blog, I went to see a show by Josh Haden’s former band Spain at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle. I was really into Spain at the time, and soaked up the whole atmosphere: the hushed reaction of the crowd, the tight performances of the band, Josh Haden’s eyes-closed, stone-still performance with his bass at the vocal mic. But the reaction of my friend—a sarcastic request for “another mellow song!”—made me realize that Spain lived or died by how convincing you found its blend of slow, quiet, blues and country-inflected late night bar music and heart-on-sleeve sincerity. Certainly the band’s best moments—the song “Every Time I Try,” snagged by Wim Winders for the soundtrack to his film The End of Violence; their superb swan song “I Believe”; and their entire first album, The Blue Moods of Spain, all revolve around that formula. Over time, though, their work began to feel just a little like it was a formula. And the more the sound drifted toward country, the more I felt like Josh’s heart wasn’t in the songwriting. The songs were still simply beautiful—“Mary” is an aching melody that has been stuck in my head for days at a time—but the lyrical content seemed less broad in intention or scope than it had on the first few albums. Turning, then, to review Josh Haden’s first proper solo album, a self-released affair called Devoted, one must ask: are the songs still slow? Is the country twang still there? Are any of them not love songs? In other words, what’s new? The answer: Josh Haden found Dan the Automator. Yes, the songs are still slow love songs. Having set a landmark with his song “Spiritual” (and really, having a song from your first album covered by Johnny Cash has to count as a home run), Josh doesn’t dwell overlong in that starkly religious land, though the closing “Salvation” returns to the territory in a pan-religious way. There is a powerful religious subtext, though, to almost every other song on the album, whether it’s “only love will set you free” in “Discontent” or “take my hand and never go astray” in “Show Me the Way.” This is perhaps to be expected given Josh’s position on the purpose of music: “Why waste my time with music that doesn’t help to bring me to a deeper understanding of life?” And, again, thanks to Dan the Automator’s beats and some quirky keyboards from John Medeski (of Medeski, Martin, and Wood), the sound is totally different from Spain, even with the continued presence of guitarist Merlo Podlewski: less bluesy, less organic, brighter, flatter, more trancelike in places (indeed, at times Josh’s performance recalls another singer-songwriter who hooked up with a beat-focused producer, Beth Orton). Not all the experiments are successful. The upbeat “Drifting” is spoiled by an uncertain-pitched vocal and a beat that feels canned, and the harmonies on “Want You So Bad” are likewise wobbly. But balancing out these low points are some real gems: the apocalyptic imagery of “Hallelujah,” the dark seduction of “Love You More,” and even the Spain-manque of “Light of Day.” In fact, some of the strongest moments on the disc are the ones that sound most like Josh’s old band. Which, I suppose, begs the ungenerous question: why change at all? But songs like “Show You the Way” and “Devoted” blend the plaintive songwriting of Haden’s older canon with a fresher musical palette, and maybe that’s the value of this recording: helping to distill the essence of Haden’s songwriting in the absence of the sonic hallmarks of the old band. This review also published at Blogcritics. Author Tim JarrettPosted on March 7, 2007 Categories Music Previous Previous post: Frozen food Next Next post: Wireless jukebox follow-up	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line195
__label__wiki	0.875291	0.875291	History of Palestine Sports Palestine and Olympics Issam Khalidi "I am proud to fly high the Palestinian flag during the ceremony, this is an affirmation that we Palestinians exist and hope our state will be one day as other sovereign states around the world." Maher Abu Rmeileh [1] When thirty-two-year-old Majdi Abu Marahil crossed the finish line in the men’s 10,000-meter race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and thus became the first Palestinian athlete to compete in the leading international sport event, a decades-long struggle to have Palestine participate in the Olympics came to an end. The runner, born in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, and whose training often consisted of a daily twenty kilometer run from his home to the Erez border checkpoint which he crossed to work as a day laborer in Israel, fulfilled his dream and the dream of many Palestinians: participating as equals on the world stage. His participation truly embodied a personal and collective victory over adversary, in the sports arena and beyond. In the twenty years since the Atlanta games, fourteen Palestinian sportsmen and sportswomen have taking part in five Olympics and though there are still many obstacles, the nation’s participation in the worldwide tournament is no longer questioned. Achieving this was the culmination of a long road and relentless efforts by Palestinian activists and their international allies. They had to overcome lack of funds and training facilities, Israeli blockades and bombings, and religious and cultural prejudices. Becoming a member of The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and getting to participate in the Olympic games (as well as in other international tournaments such as The World Cup) was a long process that mirrored Palestinian efforts to be regarded as a sovereign nation and take its rightful place in international sporting events as well as in other international realms. In this essay we will focus on the history of Palestine in the Olympics. In 1924 the Maccabi federation applied to join the International Football Association. Maccabi leaders, aware that before being admitted to any international sport organization they have to establish a more inclusive association, formed The Palestine Football Association (PFA) and invitation to join was sent to Palestinian Arab teams. The first meeting of the new football association directorate included fourteen Jewish representatives and one Arab delegate-Ibrahim Nusseibeh of the Arab Sports Club of Jerusalem. However despite his participation in the first directorate session, Nusseibeh's name never again appears in the record of the association, demonstrating the lack of sincere desire by the Jewish committee members fro true integration. Later PFA adopted Zionism’s blue and white colours and dropped Arabic as one of its languages within three years of its founding. The Zionist anthem “Ha-Tikva” was played alongside Britain’s “God Save the King” at the start of official matches. The Palestine Olympic Committee followed a similar pattern with its nine members, seven of which were Jewish. The exploitation of PFA by the Jewish athletic officials and the continued marginalization of the Arabs was among the Zionist goals, especially after joining FIFA in June 1929; therefore, the Palestinians announced their dissatisfaction with the Jewish practices in seizing this Association. On 26 April 1927, under the title (Palestine and Olympic Games) the Zionist-oriented Palestine Bulletin published this news: Our London Correspondent writes us as follows: I was wondering whether Palestine will be represented at the Olympic games which are taking place next year in Amsterdam. I have made special inquiries and I have been informed by the Olympic Committee that only nations who have an Olympic Committee of their own are invited to participate. Consequently, the Palestine Athletic organizations have not received a special invitation, especially as being British Mandated Territory it is assumed that a Palestine delegation will be included in the British delegation. However, I am advised that the Olympic games it must apply to the International Olympic Committee at Lausanne, Switzerland. In order not to be late the application must reach the Committee sometime this summer. [2] There is a clear similarity between the process of the affiliation of the PFA with FIFA and the Palestine Olympic Committee POC. [3] The same was repeated in 1934 when the Jewish Maccabi Sports Association applied to join International Olympic Committee IOC, but IOC refused its application unless this committee will include Arab members. In August 1933 a letter signed by Lord Aberdare, member of the IOC, mailed to the Maccabi organization: To the question of an Olympic Association for Palestine I will ask you to send me the texts of the letter by which I inform that Association of the impossibility for the I.O.C. to recognize officially the Olympic Association of Palestine, because in the present form it represented only the Maccabi organization and is not fully representative of all communities and sports, which is not accordance with our Rules. You will judge yourself if something more precise has to be said. It seems to me that if they obey by our suggestions and if they enlarge their Association by taking with them the other Jews, the Moslems, and Christians; nothing will prevent them to take part as a separate country. There is no question of Independent nation in the rules. In the meantime, I will see that they are not invited by Hitler to the Berlin Games.[4] Subsequently, the Maccabi decided to push Ali al-Mustaqim, a Moslem from Haifa and another Christian (not mentioned his name), to be represented as Arabs, just to reveal to IOC that there are two Arab members one of them is the POC Vice President. In a letter to Y. Yakutiely - Secretary of POC (and President of the Maccabi Organization), Ali al-Mustaqim accepted and confirmed this position: With reference to your letter of the 21st inst. [in or of the present month], asking me to accept the Vice-Presidency of the Palestine Olympic Comm. Dear Sir it would be my greatest pleasure to accept the said Vice Presidency. I should very much pleased indeed to be able to meet the rest of the members of the Committee. On this occasion, I hereby pledge to do my best to promote the sport and the Sportsmanship Spirit in this country namely Palestine.[5] Officially, POC was affiliated with IOC in 1934. Later, Arabs were marginalized from this committee. The Zionists had no disire to cooperate with them. The former viewed establishing athletic federations and committees as a means of achieving overall Zionist goals of establishing and legitimating Zionist claims to Palestine. These official organizations helped represent Palestine as "Jewish," both regionally and internationally and were seen as instrumental in achieving the leadership's national and political goals. Later this committee received an invitation to participate in the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936; however, it was rejected because of the persecution of Jews by the German Nazis. The Zionists workers association ha-Poel (established in 1926) represented Palestine in the Workers Olympics in Europe in 1931 and 1937. The Jewish athletic organizations set up their semi Olympics (Maccabiad, Maccabiah) in Tel Aviv in 1932, 1935. Ten thousand attended the second Maccabiah, the Zionist flags were raised; participants and attendees chanted for the future national home.[6] In May 1932 a team from Palestine took part in the Syrian Olympics, this team included 12 members from the Maccabi, 6 from the British, 6 – YMCA, 3- Hapoel, 1 Armenian.[7] In 1935, Palestine was invited to take part in the Mediterranean Olympics. Under the title (Palestine and the Greece Olympics) Al-Difa’ (established in 1934) commented about the participation in these games: “In Athens the capital of Greece the Mediterranean Olympic Games will be held between 28the and 30th of this month [ June 1935], it was mentioned in the news that “Palestine” will participate in these games…. We were informed that 12 Jewish athletes will travel to participate in these games; claiming that they represent Palestine; it is likely that we will get news that these young men raised the Zionist flag, claiming that it represents the Palestinian flag. Who is responsible for delivering the exact information about the identity of these young men to the Greece government?"[8] It’s a matter of fact that Arab sports lagged behind Jewish sports. The Jews came to Palestine from developed industrial societies. Definitely, they brought with them physical culture and the culture of sports. The yishuv, and the Zionist movement that represented it, in consequence, received powerful external support, both from many of its coreligionist elsewhere and from the greatest imperial power of the day, as well as from the League of Nations. [9] All the gauges of the economic, social, and political advancement of the yishuv – the massive import of capital, the inflow of highly skilled human capital, the community’s predominantly urban nature, its high degree of ideological homogeneity, its unique social makeup and governing structures – when taken together, indicate its capacity for generating considerable state power.[10] After the re-establishment of the Arab Palestine Sports Federation in 1944, Arab sports movement witnessed a remarkable progress. At that time, Khaireddin Abu al-Jibin Difa’s sports columnist commented on the receiving of the General Secretary of Palestine OC the invitation for participating in the Olympic Games which was planned to be held in 1948 in London. “His honor transferred this invitation to the Palestine Olympic Committee” (which was dominated by the Jews), asking: “Who are the members of this committee? Do the Arabs take part in it, or the Jews only? Who will represent Palestine in these international games; in which the Arabs have the rights to participate because they make up the majority of the population?”[11] The well-known Palestinian boxer Adib al-Dasouqi was completely aware that if Palestine might share in the Olympic Games, he would be able to win; therefore he showed an interest in the participation of ‘Arab’ Palestine in these games. He wrote in Filastin: “all the other nations started to prepare for the next Olympic Games; did our organizations start to get ready for the participation?”[12] Unfortunately, the High Arab Committee, which its major attention was focused on political issues, although it has allocated a sum of money from its budget for sponsoring athletic clubs, games and sports occasions. At the same time, it did not actually realize the patriotic and ideological importance of sports. Since it was officially announced that the 1948 Olympic Games were to be staged in London, a volume of letters and correspondence has been received by the Palestine Post, the main theme of which has been: Should Palestine compete in the Games?".[13] In this regard Palestine Post’s sports editor wrote: “Palestine, in my opinion, which has been based on over 25 years of personal contact with all branches of sport, should send a track and field team and a football team and possibly a basketball team in addition to the four much-fancied sports. Palestine should not dwell on whether or not they have a chance of success in these events, but look to the future. The placing of Palestine on the world sports map should be the endeavor of every sportsman, old or young.”[14] The question of Palestine's participation in the 1948-Olympic Games was discussed at swimming teachers and instructors conference which was held in Tel Aviv on March 1. [15] Palestine’s four best football trainers, all of whom are ex-members of the Jewish Vienna Hakoah Club, have been invited by the PFA to select a representative Palestine side to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games in London. [16] This came few months before the outbreaks of fights between Arabs and Jews. The catastrophe of 1948 was a big blow to Palestinian sports. However, living in such conditions in the Diaspora has not deterred Palestinians to continue their sports activities and seek to join international sports federations. In 1968, a decision was made by the PLO to form the Palestine Supreme Council for Youth Care; the PLO member Ibrahim Sukkar signed this decree. Farook al-Qadoomi assigned Ibrahim al-Zard for secretary of the committee. In 1969, few branch committees were established in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qattar, and the United Arab Emirates. After 1970, the headquarters of this committee was moved from Amman to Lebanon. A new supreme council was formed from qualified Palestinian athletic leaders in Lebanon. The council started to remove the impacts of the war; new clubs were founded in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Athletic and scouts activities started to rise. The first conference of the Supreme Council of Youth Care was held in Beirut in Suq al-Gharb in 1974 (later it was changed to Palestine Supreme Council for Youth and Sports). The ‘actual’ Palestine Olympic Committee POC was established in 1974, during the meeting of the Supreme Committee of Sports and Youth. In 1976, the statutes of this committee were endorsed. The POC was not affiliated to the Supreme Council, but it was directly under the supervision of the Executive Office of Youth and Sport and was run by its members. In order to gain recognition from the IOC, the POC began coordinating with the Arab Association, formed in 1976. POC was accepted as a member of the Arab Association. Ahmad Qudwa, who was the President of the Supreme Council, became the President of the POC. It is clear that the statutes and the basic law of the POC were formed and designed especially to facilitate the acceptance of the application to join the IOC. The first time the Palestine Olympic Committee (POC) applied to join the IOC was in 1979. The main obstacle before the POC was the claim by IOC that the POC does not represent a regional area that is internationally recognized. That was also the reason behind the rejection of Palestine Football Association PFA. The IOC did not take into consideration the conditions in which the Palestinians live, such as the Diaspora [Shatat], and the inability of all Palestinians to live on their homeland - Palestine. The members of IOC ‘relied’ on laws which denounced the Palestinian rights; they were also subject to political pressures from different sides. In 1980, during the Olympic Games in Moscow, Palestine applied for membership in the IOC, however, the Palestinian delegates who took part in these games decided to postpone the application because they were advised by the Asian OC to do so, for unknown reasons. In 1982, the Olympic committee was reformed. The announcement of this reformation was distributed to all Arab and international Olympic committees. The headquarters of the POC was located in Syria and then moved to Tunis. Despite the new conditions, the POC in 1984 continued to apply to join the IOC (the year that the Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles). Later, the presidents of the Palestine sports associations and members of the international associations were invited to attend the meeting of the General Assembly of Sports Associations. The members of the Palestinian delegation could not obtain the visas to enter the United States, though they were invited officially by the international federations. The President of the Asian Olympic Committee helped in convincing the committee, which had organized the meeting, as well as the American Embassy in Kuwait, to give visas to the delegation to enter the United States. Once they arrived in the United States, the delegation began to move in different directions; it had a few interviews with the media and met with other delegations that took part in these games. Unfortunately, despite all these efforts, the POC could not join the IOC. However, during the Olympic Games in Seoul, it was accepted as a member in the Asian Olympic Committee (which was a great victory). Baghdad hosted the location of the new headquarters of POC; they were located in the Palestine Sports Club. The Palestinians sought continuously to join the IOC; documents show that there were a lot of letters sent by the POC to the IOC to accelerate this process. All attempts were not in vain. In 1989, the POC took another direction in achieving this goal. In order to get solidarity from international federations, it contacted the teams of the French Sports Workers Federation and the Italian Association for Popular Sports. The Palestinian national team met with these two teams, in these two countries. The Italian Association’s President announced that a few popular Italian athletes signed a petition demanding the approval of the membership of POC in the IOC, especially after the Declaration of an Independent Palestinian state in Algeria. However, these efforts did not succeed. The Palestine Olympic Committee was recognized as a member of the Olympic Council of Asia in 1986. In 1990, the POC received an invitation to take part in the Asian Olympic Games in China. Palestine was represented by Ahmad al-Qudwa, Rabi’ Turk, and Rafic Abdel Sayyed. In Monaco, on the 101st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it ratified the decision taken by the IOC Executive Board on September 18, 1993, to grant provisional IOC recognition to the Palestinian Olympic Committee. This gave Palestine the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in the United States; it was the start of their entry into the international arena. In 1995, POC was recognized as a permanent member of IOC. Since 2009, POC has been headed by Jibril Rjoub, President of Palestine Football Federation. Today, despite the obstacles placed by the repugnant Israeli occupation, Palestinian sports are witnessing remarkable growth and progress. Certainly, one of the reasons for this is the affiliation with the IOC and FIFA, beside the thorough hard-working athletic leadership who struggled to meet the ambitions of the Palestinian people. Some opponents believe that Palestine has no right to membership in IOC and FIFA, claiming that it does not meet the definition of independent country status; that there are eight criteria accepted by the international community used to determine whether an entity is an independent country or not. It is generally agreed that an independent state must possess certain characteristics in order to have its existence recognized by the states of the world community: (1) a determinable territory; (2) a fixed population; (3) a functioning government; and (4) the capacity to enter into relations with other states. [17] There should be no problem with having the state of Palestine satisfy these four criteria. Indeed, whether they know it or not, all state parties to the United Nations Charter – including the United States and Israel – have already provisionally recognized the Palestinian people as an independent nation by virtue of UN Charter article (80) and League Covenant article 22(4).[18] Palestine's' first participation in Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996. Maher Abu Rmeileh a 28 years old Judoka was the first athlete reached the qualifying standards. Abu Rmeileh carried the hope of his people and the Palestinian flag at the opening ceremony in London 2012.[19] The relative underperformance of Arab nations in the Olympics can be explained by a number of variables such as finance, demography, sporting culture, policy and governance. [20] In Palestine beside political conditions that resulted from the Israeli occupation, there were a number of obstacles stood in from Palestinian athletes who participated in the Olympics. Among them was the lack of financial and moral support and the shortage of facilities. Baha' al-Farra, the fifth Palestinian runner who took part in London Olympics in 2012 told Sam Sports: I was so glad when I knew that I was chosen to represent Palestine in one of the biggest athletic games in the world. Since that day I am looking forward to present a very positive participation to Palestine and me. I will do everything I could to be in the best shape. I train myself every day in one of the halls and the streets in Gaza, there is no track in all Palestine. We are prohibited from training in the municipal track (earth-soil track) because Gaza Municipality demands that we have to pay monthly fees for this purpose. However we will not get desperate, we still struggle to maintain our fitness and improve our results... Now I am training once a day in the evening because of the lack of a track. I am desperately waiting for the training camp which will give me the opportunity to increase my training and practice competing with other athletes. Majid Abu Marahil, the first runner who took part in Atlanta 1996 in 10 km and coach of Palestine's national team and companion of Al-Farra's to London urged all the officials in the Municipality of Gaza to give al-Farra and the national team the ability to practice without any conditions that include fees. He said that in general the athlete is a representative of Palestine, and it is a great honor for everyone to see Palestine exists in the biggest international gathering. The coach Abu Hasira who discovered al-Farrah said: we as coaches lack conditions to refine the athletes. Athletes, especially in Palestine, need to communicate (compete) with other athletes in order to prepare Olympic athletes so they can honorably present in Palestine. [21] Olympic times for track and field athletes are timed on a digital timer. They use starting blocks and race on a track that is made from synthetic rubber called Tartan, for which they use spiked shoes to run the track. The POC does not provide athletes with adequate training tools for its athletes, and they have chosen athletes in the past who did not have qualifying scores. Instead, they chose wildcard athletes to attend the last five Summer Olympic Games. Having a great desire to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016, a young athlete Mohamed al-Khatib said he has gone to the POC four times since 2013, and each time they told him he would never make it, that making the Olympics required “good genetics” and a qualifying time, but he never let it discourage him. He said, “They’d break me for a second, but as soon as I left, I’d say, ‘No, God is bigger. If it is genetics, he can make me do it. And I’m not going to go back there until I have a [qualifying time]. They want to talk numbers, then I’ll give them a number.’” The POC International Relations office commented that it could be possible to participate by qualifying score and time; however, we suffer from lack of means and equipment. The POC is working hard on changing that. We have been promised by the International Olympic Committee that [they] will provide us with all necessary facilitation to establish the track field in Palestine very soon.[22] Another committee that was the pride of Palestine is the Palestinian Federation for the Disabled, it was established in 1993 on behalf of a group of injured and disabled victims of the first Palestinian uprising in 1987, together with rehabilitation experts from Abu Raya Center - Ramallah, and funded by the Palestinian Ministry for Youth and Sports and the Palestinian Olympics Committee. Its purpose is to enhance the skills and abilities of people with disabilities through sports.[23] One of the greatest challenges facing the PPC is the high cost of specialized equipment to enable people with disabilities to participate in sports activities. Much effort goes into fundraising in order to ensure that appropriate equipment is available.[24] The PPC’s main focus at present is to raise awareness of the importance of sports activities for people with disabilities through specialized training programs, workshops, and the formation of committees in various areas throughout Palestine.[25] In Paralympics, Palestine's first participation came at the Sidney Paralympics in 2000, where Husam Azzam won bronze in the shot put event and a silver in Athens. Mohamed Fannuna won the bronze medal in long jump in Athens in 2004.[26]They also face obstacles such as the lack of facilities and support for the officials. As an example, Khamis Zaqout from Gaza, who lost the use of his legs while working on a building site in Israel two decades ago, trains in a park in Gaza City, one of the very few green areas in the cramped coastal enclave on the eastern Mediterranean that has borders with Israel and Egypt. "We face many challenges... We must train outside the Gaza Strip and we desperately need equipment. Nobody would ever believe that a champion could arrive in London without the appropriate clothing or even a discus," Zaqout said.[27] Issam Khalidi, an independent scholar living in San Francisco, California, is the author of History of Sports in Palestine 1900 - 1948, One Hundred Years of Football in Palestine in Arabic and English, as well as various articles on the subject of sports included at www.hpalestinesports.net. [1] Palestinian Judoka a 28 years , who made history as the first ever to qualify for the world biggest sporting event. Quoted from http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/27/228680.html [2]Palestine Bulletin, 26 April 1927. [3] According to FIFA rules, only associations representing states could be accepted as members. Thus, Maccabi officials were compelled to invite not only their Zionist political adversary, ha-Po’el, but also Arab teams to join the Palestinian Football Association (PFA). Therefore, in addition to the fourteen Zionist representatives that participated in the first meeting of the new soccer-association directorate, one Arab delegate took part—a member of the Nusseibeh family representing the Arab Sports Club of Jerusalem. However, despite his involvement in this first session, Nusseibeh’s name never again appeared in the directorate’s protocol. Wingate Sports Archive, AD1.21/15. Quoted from Tamir, Sorek. Palestinian Nationalism has left the field: A Shortened History of Arab Soccer in Israel. International Journal of Middle East Studies – 35, (2003). [4] Khalid ُjawi, al Haraka a-Riyadiya al Falastiniyafi al-Shatat[Palestinian Sports Movement in Diaspora](Damascus. Al-Dar al-WataniyyaLilnashr,2001), 57 – 60. [6]Maccabiah or Maccabiad, Jewish Olympics, held in 1932, 1935. The main purpose of these games was to bring more illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine. [7]Palestine Bulletin, 2 May 1932 [8]Difa’, 15 June 1935. [9] Rashid Khalidi, The Iron Cage, (Boston: Beacon, 2006), p. 9. [10] Rashid Khalidi, The Iron Cage, p.21. [11]Difa’, 28 May 1947. [12]Filastin, 23 August 1946. [13]Palestine Post, 22 March 1946. [15]Palestine Post, 19 February 1946. [16]Palestine Post, 15 July 1947. [17]See, M. Akehurst, A modern Instruction to International Law 53 (4th ed. 1982). [18] Francis A. Boyle, Palestine, Palestinians, and International Law. Clarity Press, INC. , Atlanta, 2003. P. 31. [19]Palestinian Olympic team was given warm welcome at London city hall, Al Arabiya News, 27 July 2012, online at http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/27/228680.html [20] Mahfoud Amara and Ian Henry, Special Issue: The Olympic Movement and the Arab World- History, Culture and Geopolitics, The International Journal of the History of Sport. [21]Mahmoud Alloh, Al'ab al-Quwa al-Falastiniyyah, Palestinian Track and Field, Facebook, 24 January 2012, online at [22] Ash Gallagher, How one Palestinian is racing to get to the Olympics, 24 November 2015, al-Monitor, online at http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/palestine--west-bank-join-olympic-games.html [23]http://archive.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=2481&ed=154&edid=154 [24]Ibid. [26]"Palestine at Paralympics,'' online at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_at_the_Paralympics [27]Nidal al-Mughrabi, Gaza Paralympians Confident of success in London, August 15, on at 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-paralympics-palestine-idUSBRE87E0LD20120815 Established in November 2009, this blog aims to introduce readers to the developments of sports in Palestine. HPS is concerned about highlighting and documenting Palestinian sports since the first decade of the 20th century to the present date, which will require contributions from all researchers and historians. For information, please contact; iskhalidi55@hotmail.com Issam Khalidi, an independent scholar, lives in Monterey CA, US. Born in Jerusalem, Palestine. Received his PhD in 1987 from the Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, Russia. Articles and opinions published on this blog reflect the views of their authors. تاريخ الرياضة الفلسطينية تعني هذه المدونة بشأن تاريخ الرياضة الفلسطينية ، والذي يميزها هو أصالتها وصدقها ومصادرها الموثوقة والمُوثَّقة من أمهات المراجع ، وهذا بالطبع أفضل من الاعتماد على المصادر غير الموثوق بها التي تأخذ على عاتقها مهمة كتابة تاريخنا. إن تاريخنا الرياضي هو جزء من تاريخنا الفلسطيني العام ، الذي سُلب وتعرض لمحاولة التشويه والإخفاء والإهمال، والاهتمام به هو مهمة وطنية يقوم به كل الاكاديميين والمؤرخين من أجل الحفاظ عليه وعلى تراثنا الفلسطيني. هذه المدونة هي محاولة لتفنيد الادعاءات الإسرائيلية بأنه لم يكن للعرب في فلسطين أي نشاطات ثقافية واجتماعية وترفيهية ، في الوقت الذي بلغ عدد الأندية العربية في فلسطين قبل النكبة حوالي خمسة وستين نادياً ، معظمهما تقريبا كانت أعضاء في الاتحاد الرياضي الفلسطيني ، الذي تأسس في عام 1931 ، واعيد تأسيسه عام 1944، والذي أصبح يزاحم اتحاد الأندية الرياضية في فلسطين والاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم (الصهيونيين) على الساحة الرياضية في فلسطين بسبب إنجازاته العظيمة التي حققها إبان فترة 1944 - 1947. تضم هذه المدونة بعض المقالات لكُتاب آخرين التي تُعبّر عن آراء أصحابها ، كمحاولة لتقديم الرأي والرأي الآخر . نرجو من القراء الأعزاء المزيد من المشاركة في التعليقات والمقالات التي لها صلة بتاريخنا الرياضي الفلسطيني . ونكون شاكرين لكل من يقدم الدعم أيضا وخاصة في المصادر التاريخية التي لها قيمة عظيمة في مسار ابحاثنا التاريخية. كما وتقدم هذه المدونة دائما يد العون والدعم لكل من له اهتمام بتاريخ رياضتنا الفلسطينية . Soccer in the Middle East A new book edited by Alon Raab and Issam Khalidi http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Middle-Sport-Global-Society/dp/0415612446 Sports and the Palestinian BDS Struggle http://mondoweiss.net/2017/02/sports-palestinian-struggle/ Al-Jazeera World Girls FC We follow the Palestinian girls facing challenges on and off the pitch as they pursue their passion for football http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2012/06/2012626105337593602.html FIFA.com - PALESTINE on FIFA.com FOOTBALL PALESTINE INSTITUTE FOR PALESTINE STUDIES INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM STUDIES PALESTINE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Palestine Association for Children's Encouragement of Sports (PACES) Palestine Rememberd Palestine Police 1931 نادي شباب العرب عام 1944 ، ويظهر (الأول في اليسار جلوسا) اللاعب جبرا الزرقا صورة نادرة لفريق الخليل الرياضي عام 1924 Palestine Post, 9 November 1945 Palestine Post: 7 March 1943 Palestine Post: 4 April 1944 Palestine Post: 14 January 1942 Palestine Post - April 1946 Palestine Post - October 1946	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line197
__label__cc	0.635838	0.364162	Some doctors won’t meet with the President Hear from the doctors who chose not to meet with the President even if invited. Posted by Kathryn Serkes, AAPS at the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons DOCS AS PROPS OOPS! President Obama mistakenly invites OPPONENT to stand up for him at White House today AAPS doctors ask, Is he having trouble finding supporters? Oct 5, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC — One of the doctors who will NOT be standing behind the President today is one of his most vocal opponents. But he would have been there if the White House had its way. Dr. Eric Novack of Phoenix, AZ, was one of the 50 doctors invited to the White House photo op today. But he turned down the invitation, because he has lead the fight to pass state legislation and constitutional amendments to prohibit individual insurance mandates. “They had 16 hours to Google me, but I guess no one bothered,” Dr. Novack told Kathryn Serkes, Director of Policy and Public Affairs for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in a video interview available at Takebackmedicine. Dr. Novack says that it was very tempting to accept the “once-in-a-lifetime” invitation, but in the end, he had to say no. But it also makes him question whether the doctors who will be there today actually support the President, or even understand all of the details of the bills. “Are these doctors just star-struck, or do they have real knowledge about what they are supporting?” asked Serkes. “It’s looking like another dog-and-pony-show, and doctors should not be used in this shameful manner. First the President vilifies them, now he wants their help.” And that’s when he’s not just ignoring them. AAPS and other groups held a rally of 1,000 on Captiol Hill on Sept. 10. “Where was the President then?” “And at the very least, it makes the White House look like it does some very sloppy work,” added Serkes. AAPS SURVEYS REBUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS Serkes also rebuts the White House claims that doctors overwhelmingly support the public plan. A recent poll on the AAPS web site, Takebackmedicine shows that 93% of the doctors polled are even more adamantly against the President’s plans after his national address to Congress and the country on Sept. 9. Further, pre-publication results of an AAPS survey show that about 80% of doctors would refuse to VOLUNTARILY take part in a public plan. So what will Dr. Novack be doing on Monday instead of standing behind the President? “I’ll be taking care of patients – because that’s what it’s all about.” This entry was posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 3:09 pm and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Show-Me Institute Flint Hills Center for Public Policy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line198
__label__wiki	0.714362	0.714362	impactmania > Articles > Aliza Shvarts on Being Banned and What We Have in Common Aliza Shvarts on Being Banned and What We Have in Common Aliza Shvarts was 22 years old when Yale Art School banned her performance art piece Untitled [Senior Thesis] (2008). The project, in which she used her body as a medium was met with international controversy, even resulted in death threats. Today, the artist and scholar is completing a PhD at NYU, teaches at The New School, and is a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art. impactmania sat down with Aliza in East Village, New York, where she looks back at the response to her senior performance art piece. We discuss the power others have over our bodies, belonging, and what we all have in common. Aliza, how do you look back at the year 2008? The year 2008 [financial crisis] was impactful for everyone. It’s interesting to see how we’re still living with the legacy of that on a global scale. A lot of my work is thinking about how these larger social forces, like the material conditions of capitalism, are felt personally — both through how we express ourselves as gendered subjects, and how we are able imagine what our bodies can do. This is how I see the feminist framework that I use: I bring together the persona and political through performance-based concepts such as endurance, duration, and legacy. A lot of the looking back I’ve been doing on 2008 has been in anticipation revisiting my controversial work Untitled [Senior Thesis] next year. I’m having a solo show at a gallery called Artspace in New Haven in May 2018. I interned there at age 18 when I first got to Yale, so it’s a very friendly space to revisit, one where I feel very supported by amazing feminist curators. And by revisiting the work 10 years later, I’ve been able to have a lot of conversations with people who I didn’t have conversations with at the time. What will you be revisiting? Partly I’ll be revisiting the experience of having my work banned and being denounced by a major university at age 22, and partly the project itself, which was never fully realized because it got banned. Working with this nonprofit gallery, I’m getting a chance to more fully articulate aspects, I felt were left out of the conversation at the time, as well as show materials I never got the chance to show. Will you bring the project to fruition with this new gallery? I’m not re-performing it, though I will be showing some of the banned video footage. A big part of the piece was the context of its reception. That was always something I anticipated being part of the piece — though on a much smaller scale. I thought it would spark conversation on campus, but did not expect this international controversy. That reception will be inherently different 10 years later, so on some level revisiting the work will constitute a new work all together. Since it became more about you versus the project, was the whole dialogue of the human body and art missed? Yeah, I think so. I crafted a very particular set of acts, though most people don’t even know what those were, you know? There was this sound-bite version in the headlines, and it became the version that circulated, almost erasing what I actually did with my body. That has actually profoundly impacted my work since. I’ve been interested in ideas of gossip and rumor — how narrative circulates and has a performative force to it. That’s largely from this experience of being banned. Do you understand why people were so upset with the project? I do and I don’t. It’s interesting, ‘cause there is a range of things that people are upset about coming from very different political perspectives. There have been other artists who have used blood in art. Certainly, yeah. And have treated the body as a medium in art. This is an established tradition in feminist art since at least the 1970s. Yes. Do you think people were disproportionately outraged with your work? I don’t know — it’s hard to say because not that many artworks have dealt with biological reproduction and abortion. As a social and a political issue in the United States, it’s an overdetermined discourse. I think that’s why people didn’t really pay attention to the nuances of what I actually did. The suggestion of miscarriage, the suggestion of abortion, was enough to incite people’s already-instilled beliefs. I did a lot of research before I did the piece. I was looking into all these medical journals and reading articles where doctors were advising other doctors on how miscarriage should be talked about when talking to the parents. There were all of these articles saying, “Well, you should let the mother decide how to address it —follow her emotional bond, whatever it is.” It was crazy to me that a doctor would need to be told this by an academic article — that women didn’t have the power to choose how they relate to the products of their own bodies, that doctors had to be officially advised in the twenty-first century simply to listen to women and to believe them. I’d say this reading was a large inspiration for the project: it made me think about how the greater feminist act is not insisting on one of two pre-determined narratives of what counts as life or what doesn’t, but rather insisting on the right to choose in a more complex way. Insisting on the right to determine one’s own relationship to one’s bodily capacities. That was a large impetus for the piece, and if I really think about it, actually seemed to be the most contentious aspect. Film still from Untitled [Senior Thesis] (2008) and Official Statement from Yale University. Courtesy of the artist. I think people just have strong emotional associations of reproduction. It’s such an important part of people’s lives: whether to biologically reproduce or not to reproduce. The project was always about making that question more visible, more complex. A lot of women suffer from the predetermination of a singular narrative around reproduction. And they experience themselves as failures in relationship to it. That’s such a violent, painful thing that the larger social world imposes on women, especially when reproduction is not just a biological act. When we really think about what reproduction is, we have to acknowledge that we are reproducing ourselves, our families, and one another socially, emotionally, and politically all the time. In the end we cannot even have a discussion about it. Yes, the discourse is at such a fever pitch that there’s very little room to be able to say something more. Which is actually the purpose of art, right? Art often becomes a place to say things that you could not say in the political field. It’s a space of experimentation. What has been a surprising learning experience for you as an artist? At the time, I was very surprised about the strong anti-Semitic discourse that my project invoked. I kept getting all these death threats, a lot of very ugly emails, and a lot of them referred to me over and over again in this very particular phrase: “murdering Jewess.” I was interested in the peculiarity of that phrase. I remember wondering at the time, “How do they know?” I mean, I guess I read as pretty Jewish, but my ethnicity wasn’t part of the work. I Googled around a bit curious about where this language was coming from and I found a neo-Nazi website in which there was a forum. There was an argument within the forum over the question of “orthodoxy.” The participants were obviously against abortion, against women’s choice, all of that. But another faction was making the argument that I was a Jewish woman killing my Jewish offspring and that they should support that as a matter of “orthodox” white supremacist belief. It was such a shocking debate to encounter—one that I couldn’t even have imagined beforehand. It was an interesting glimpse into the broad scope of ideology. As we’re learning, particularly after the 2016 presidential elections, that spectrum is actually far broader than we anticipate in certain places. Did you find any support at the time for your work? I did have some people voicing their support at the time, though I didn’t really have that in a very public way. My friends and certain professors were there for me. But the university administration punished by either censoring or firing anyone who had provided any concrete or public form of support. The Dean of the Yale Arts School at the time, Rob Storr, actually prohibited the Yale arts faculty from giving me any type of critique on the piece, even though it was my senior thesis, because to do so would be to acknowledge it as art. I now meet academics and artists who are interested in it though, especially younger generations of artists who’ve since read about it. Maybe this is why the idea of intergenerationality has been so important for me. In your own moment maybe you might find no context, but context unfolds over time. How did you get so ballsy? [Laughs.] It doesn’t occur to me often that I’m doing something ballsy. I’m used to pursuing thought or certain types of theoretical premises rigorously. They often bring me to places that are challenging. But where is this passion coming from? I think it just comes from my dorky belief in what the role of art is. There’s a lot of artwork out there that reaffirms a conventional idea of the aesthetic. That art should be beautiful, or it should be a nice commodity, it should look good above your sofa, all of that. We might all have our own opinions about that. But what excites me so much when I undertake a new project is that art is this very special place where you can experiment. You can delve deeper into those various forces, those very material conditions that determine us in our daily lives. Art can be a place to rehearse things. Most of this comes from a critical sense of utopia — a desire for things to be different. Aliza Shvarts with Trista Mallory at the 2017 NYC Women’s Day March. What kind of things do you want to be different? Things for women, things for queer people, things for people of color. It’s about refusing the present conditions. I mean, we all have to live, we all have to negotiate the present conditions as they are, but can do so with an eye towards something better. We have to make do but that doesn’t mean we have to accept that things couldn’t be different, that power couldn’t change over time. This is an idea that really comes from my PhD advisor at NYU, José Esteban Muñoz, after the project. José passed away in 2014, which was very sad. It was very sudden. His last book was called Cruising Utopia: the Then and There of Queer Futurity (2009). In it he posits an idea of queer utopianism. A lot of politics is about critiquing the present, unpacking these different ways in which power is violent and is impacting us in ways that we might even not know. But after a while, there’s certain exhaustion to that. But then where do you go, what do you do — how do you enact critique in meaningful ways? His book was about not just how the future can be better, but how the future could be something that’s not already determined, how futurity itself is something that is made and enacted. His idea is that utopianism is a criticality of the present. It’s a queer orientation towards a horizon that’s not yet here. It’s profound because it tells us that we don’t have to necessarily just be given to the impasses in the present, right? The battles we fight are not necessarily in the here and now. We can marshal all the resources available to us, not only in the present, but also across generations of people. I really like that. And I realize I’ve gotten away from your question. [Laughs.] How did José Esteban Muñoz leave an imprint on your professional career apart from influencing your current work? Right out of Yale, I applied to a bunch of MFA and PhD programs. It was a difficult moment, because every single MFA program rejected me. I had some extra phone interviews with one program, in which one of the deans got on the line and asked if I was “sorry for what I did to Yale.” There was a lot of anxiety at the art institutions about my practice, which was very painful. I felt that with this project I was articulating my practice within a feminist lineage — one that would connect me with other artists I respected and admired, many of whom were teaching at the art schools I applied to. I felt from the art world an overwhelming silence, but thankfully that was not true from the theory world, Established artists weren’t necessarily interested in talking to me, but art historians were. Jennifer Doyle wrote about my project in relationship to work in her book called Hold it Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art (2013). She is actually the one who suggested that I go work with José. Meeting both of them, I felt taken up in a certain realm of queer theory and feminist art history. José lobbied pretty hard for me to come to NYU. I felt very wanted, like I had found a real community. What has he said or done besides obviously looking at bringing you in to continue your work. Is there something he said that stays with you? One thing he said which I’ve since stolen, ‘cause I think it’s a great quote, is the closest thing he does to a “sport” is “pick over the bones of old, dead, white men.” [Laughs.] It is actually also quite a serious idea too, because it brings up the question of whether it is really possible to live in a world where you only encounter people who share your politics. How do you take the resources of the world as it is and use them for your own project, for your own flourishing? Especially as a person who feels minoritized in different ways. His book, Cruising Utopia, proposes a really important model insofar as it heavily draws on the writings of Ernst Bloch, who was a Frankfurt School philosopher. Bloch would probably not be so happy that he was this major inspiration for queer theory. Many of the philosophers we use in contemporary theory are imperfect. They’re people too, right? Often they’re racist, homophobic, misogynist people with complex lives. Have you found a way to work with thinking from others that is different from yours — how do you build solidarities through difference? Solidarity must be possible beyond a realm of self-identical formation. Which is to say that solidarity has to be possible in a way that maintains rather than erases difference. An extreme example is to take the work of thinkers who would be horrified by you and use it for your own thought. In a prior book, José had a term for this, which is disidentification. He raised this very important question, which is how do you identify or dis-identify with a larger formation of power and use that for your own flourishing? I took a class with him called “queer belongings” — which was a concept I really didn’t get at first. For me, my queerness has always stemmed from my weirdo-ness. I’ve always felt at odds. I didn’t understand why I didn’t want what the other girls wanted. It was a very isolating experience growing up. So I cornered José in the hallway, during one of the breaks and said: “José, I don’t understand — what is queer belonging? What does this mean?” He was trying to get rid of me, like wanted to go for coffee or something. [Laughs.] But he tried to calm me down. He said that it’s important to think about the lived paradox of belonging. Most of the great theorists of community, of collectivity, people like Karl Marx — they were these weird loners sitting in their rooms dreaming of a future collective, dreaming of the possibilities. I think what he was telling me was that it’s not about a comfort in the present. It’s about this critical political commitment to go beyond the individual self. And perhaps the people who feel that desire most acutely are people who have felt isolated in their own individual selves. Now I’m much more interested in ideas of kinship, collectivity, and community. That was the turning point for me. We’ve been interviewing architects, religious leaders, and economists about belonging. Belonging — what does that even mean? Is that a virtual space, a state of mind? It’s a great question, because I think that technology changed us so much. Most of our encounters are mediated; you can have deep emotional commitments to your phone. Anyone that’s ever dated long distance feels the romance of that technological interface. [Laughs.] You touch on something here, with virtual reality, now your brain thinks it happened. Is it then real? Yes, is it real? Is that difference even meaningful? It’s a fascinating question. On some level, we’re getting more and more able to overcome the ways we are physically apart. I think this is especially important for women, as there are a lot of patriarchal structures — historically and in the present — that conspire to keep us apart. For example, if you’re the feminist on a panel, there’s only one of you, right? It’s similar to how if you’re the person of color at a panel, there’s also usually only one of you. There’s this way in which you don’t get to feel your collectivity because you’re a marginal in relation to a majority. People manifest their own collectivities in such different ways. I believe in the ways in which, for example, the girls on Tumblr are engaged in a collective project. Feminism can unfold in these virtual spaces too. Those types of collectivities are just as meaningful as people gathering in the streets. It is just as meaningful as a consciousness-raising group would’ve been in the 1970s. There’s this great power in coming together, even if only briefly, that people are manifesting for themselves with the tools they have available. Especially now, people are really invested in organizing resistance to the current administration. You teach a number of classes, from feminist art to critical thinking. What is the most difficult thing for students to grasp? My classes are fairly political and fairly radical, so the students who take my classes are pretty self-selecting. We begin with Marxist theory and we only get more critical from there. There’s an exuberant moment where they’re embracing the criticality — learning how violent capitalism is, how it’s imbricated in all of these other structures of racism, sexism, colonialism, and genocidal violence. It can be hard for the students though, because you are teaching about ideology as a historical construction and violent formation, and at the same time, you’re teaching that there’s no outside to ideology. We’re in it. That’s always an interesting moment for me to listen to the students, to try and engage their questions about how we can work towards a nonviolent future. The answer I have for myself, the answer I give them when they ask me what we can do in this system, is that theory and art practice are amazing spaces where you can envision the future. This is a place to rehearse and to stage resistance. Of course, I try and resist this cathartic trajectory of a single progress narrative — how through art, you arrive at utopia. You never arrive at utopia. Utopianism is itself what you do with your criticality. That’s the hardest part for students. It’s overwhelming to learn about how, for example, the wealth of the United States is very much based on the expropriated lives of enslaved people, brought here during the transatlantic slave trade and the genocide of indigenous people. They want to know what the right thing to do next is, but there is no right thing. Just provisional solutions. Our own history as a nation involves the most violent forms of atrocity. It’s traumatizing for students to hear about and to feel their own implication, or to suddenly have a historical context in which to situate their own individual experiences. But that’s also what’s transformative about learning, right? From that place of trauma, they necessarily have to rebuild. From that place of individual experience, they come to collective consciousness. And I think that process is valuable for them. For all of us, really. You spoke of minoritized people who need to work within the capital structures. How is this for artists who may be working outside of the structures but their artwork would still need to be supported by museums and collectors? You can see directly how things are stacked against artists. It’s the people in charge of major institutions, directly profiting off of an endemic system of debt in which most artists are entangled. Even if you can sell your work and make a profit, you’re still in that debt cycle. Occupy Museums has a piece about this in the current Whitney Biennial. It’s a very clear legible piece, it is modeled on the idea of an art fair but instead of just the art on display, the debt of the artist is also on display. They curated 30 works which are “bundled” into the types of debt that the artists hold. Some of them are student loan debt; some of them are credit card debt; some of them are debts related to the Puerto Rican debt crisis. And then, interwoven into the piece are references to BlackRock, which is the largest asset management company in the world. At the top of the installation is a quote from the CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, in which he says, “The two greatest stores of wealth internationally today are contemporary art and apartments in Manhattan…” That gives you this glimpse into the logic of the collecting class. The most powerful part of the piece though, at least for me, is what you see underneath Fink’s name. You see that he’s the co-founder and CEO of BlackRock, Inc. And that he’s a trustee of MOMA, trustee at NYU, and a major beneficiary of the 2008 financial crash. [From the Occupy Museum website: “Blackrock Inc…it barely existed before 2008. Today it manages 5.1 trillion dollars of assets. If you hold any kind of debt to any bank, chances are that it is traded by Blackrock. The firm is deeply invested in Americans—and especially students to remain in permanent debt.”] This is where my socialism comes out. What does it even mean to accumulate wealth? We all believe in hard work. Wealth is hours of someone’s life. For wealth to accrue, someone else has to be selling his or her labor time at a loss. Art has become such a luxury commodity and also a store of wealth. A lot of people park their money in art because it’s fairly compact, and it’s going to appreciate in value. It’s a larger system of speculation that artists themselves don’t benefit from — one that actually necessitates that artists are under-compensated for their labor. It’s what you mentioned before; you are part of the system that you can’t escape. Yes, and this is why some artists build ways in which their works get sold. To limit the potential for speculation on their work, if that’s possible. W.A.G.E, Working Artists for the Greater Economy, has done amazing work about insisting the artists being recognized for their labor and remunerated for it. So many artists are told that they should do things for free, because it’s great exposure. You can die of exposure. [Laughs.] When our labor goes unpaid, we’re told that we’re supposed to recuperate that in the objects that we sell. So the objects have value, but we don’t, our lives don’t. This is a trap. Everybody’s life should have value. It’s a system that ignored what artists really do — as if our labor itself wasn’t what produced the value. Some of the innovators and economists I interviewed say, “The artists are the ones who will escape the robotizing of work.” The artists has the ability to create — a skill that can’t be easily taken over by robots. That is interesting. On some level, it totally makes sense that artists and the creative class will be the last vestige of human originality. Which goes back to a romantic model of what art was, where the artist has this interior that they bring to the world via their objects. Kant calls it the “genius” of the artist. Then there is this social model of what artists do, which is we see the conditions that we share in a social world and try to intervene in them. In this way art is less about genius and more about experimentation and revolution. And art affords that, right? The studio offers you a space to do the things you couldn’t do on the factory floor or in the office. Of course, the studio, the factory, and the office are all sites of production for commodities and wealth. But if artists are willing to intervene critically in present conditions of value, maybe they are still doing something original that automated labor can’t fulfill. Film still from Nonconsensual Collaborations (2012-present). Courtesy of the artist. Give me a few words that describe your journey so far. Well, that is a hard question. The phrase I’ve been thinking about a lot, which connects my Untitled [Senior Thesis] piece to my ongoing Nonconsensual Collaborations project to this “viral” turn that I’ve taken in a new digital piece called How does it feel to be a fiction? is this idea of wayward reproduction. Part of the difficulty of being a queer subject is that you feel the means of reproduction — physically but also socially— are not yours. There’s a feeling of incapacity. But there are so many different ways that we can reproduce ourselves, ones that don’t depend on these structures of power. Biologically there’s a lot of ways to have children, to pool your reproductive capacities, if that’s what you want. I don’t have children and I don’t want to have children, so something more meaningful for me is this idea that we can also socially reproduce each other in a lot of different ways. We can collectively reproduce each other in ways that are not necessarily within these channels of what’s allowed. That for me is what art is, it is what teaching is, and it’s what friendship is. I think that’s what writing is too. It’s this way of being part of something without having to be part of it in the way that’s prescribed. I’d say that’s a big motivating factor in my work: I’m always exploring how to reproduce an idea, how to reproduce a politics, how to reproduce solidarity or community outside the traditional realms of visibility and action. You mentioned that you felt like a weirdo — don’t you think that everybody feels that way? I do! There’s this illusion that if you want to be part of something, your belonging has to be based on similarity. But solidarity is not necessarily about similarity—it can also be about differences that cannot be resolved. José used in his work this idea of “identity-in-difference.” It’s a phrase coined by Latina Studies scholar Norma Alarcon and is used in LatinX activism. That’s this idea that the most political thing to hold in common is exactly that idea of difference. Everybody feels different, but I think everybody feels difference differently, right? The difference you might feel internally while being rewarded monetarily in your life choices has different stakes attached to it than when your difference authorizes violence against you. But ultimately, yes — I think difference is what we have in common. 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__label__wiki	0.781378	0.781378	Top 5 Superhero Movies Coming in 2018 By Elan Solomon We take a look at the biggest comic-book names hitting the big-screen in 2018! The age of the comic-book movie genre is in full swing, and both Marvel and DC’s film adaptations are releasing in rapid succession. Considering the sheer number of movies coming out from these two studios, and others, it can be difficult to keep track of which characters are next hitting the silver-screen – so we’re going to count down the five biggest spandex-clad releases to look forward to in 2018! Black Panther (February 2018) After the T’Challa made an explosive entrance with his big-screen debut in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War in 2016, a solo-outing was slated for not long after. It will serve as an origin story that takes place mostly in Wakanda, the fictitious kingdom that Black Panther protects. The plot involves forces both external as well as within the kingdom trying to usurp his rule – and only by taking his rightful place as king and embracing the mantle of the Black Panther will he be able to protect his people. The cast is quite star-studded, featuring Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan as rival Erik Killmonger, and Andy Serkis as the villain Ulysses Klaw – but other talents include Angela Basset, Forest Whitaker and Lupita Nyong’o. Throughout Marvel’s comic book arcs, Black Panther comes into contact with many characters, so a positive reaction to this film could see T’Challa getting more solo features – as well as perhaps facing off or teaming up with some of Marvel’s other greats. Avengers: Infinity War (May 2018) Marvel’s grandest cinematic production will undoubtedly be when almost their entire roster of heroes must team up to take on their universal threat, Thanos. With his goal being the assembly of the Infinity Stones – which will allow him insurmountable power, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy and other heroes all need to combine their efforts to stop him. The sheer scale of this movie will likely make the price of admission worth it, as the collection of actors and stars on screen will be something to behold. With dozens of characters making appearances it will be the team-up to end all team-ups in what will be a spectacular culmination of Marvel’s cinematic universe. The merc with the mouth will be cussing his way into theatres with Ryan Reynolds reprising his breakout role as Wade Wilson/Deadpool. After last year’s runway success, Fox Studios is continuing with the Deadpool universe by adding more characters to the story – starting with famed X-Men character Cable, the son of Cyclops and Jean Grey. He’s a super soldier with various mutant abilities including telepathy, telekinesis and the ability to manipulate technology; and Cable will be played by none other than Josh Brolin. The studio hasn’t released a huge amount regarding the plot, but Deadpool and Cable are likely to be at odds in whatever story unfolds, but they may not be traditional adversaries. The directors have confirmed that the overall comedic tone will be maintained and that they’re planning for a third Deadpool movie – signalling that they’re heavily invested in the success of the character. X-Men: Dark Phoenix (November) Dark Phoenix is the direct sequel to X-Men: Apocalypse, which may have been a slightly divisive and underwhelming movie to some, but performed the function of introducing the younger members of the traditional X-Men team quite well. The Dark Phoenix saga is a popular story arc both in the comic books and cartoons, with Jean Grey the central character. As her exceptional powers develop, a persona called Phoenix begins corrupting her good nature and posing a threat to the rest of the X-Men, and they must decide whether Jean Grey’s powers can be allowed to grow unchecked. The stars from Apocalypse will all make a return to form the X-Men squad people grew to love from the cartoons, with few new characters to be introduced. This story-arc is famed for being dramatic and delving deeply into the characters – hopefully the film adaptation can replicate that iconic atmosphere. Aquaman (December) Arthur Curry, better known as his heroic persona Aquaman, is going to heavily feature in 2017’s Justice League – but Jason Momoa won’t just be playing the character in team-ups as he’s been given the opportunity to develop in the role with an Aquaman origin story. It will likely follow the traditional Aquaman genesis, with Arthur Curry being the child of the Atlantean queen, Atlanna, and a human sailor Thomas Curry. As Arthur becomes more aware of his powers, and the fact that he also belongs to another world, he’ll have to choose which one he’s going to embrace. Jason Momoa is joined by Amber Heard as Mera and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, with James Wan, of The Conjuring fame, in the director’s chair. 2018 looks to be another year jam-packed with comic book movies with these five being the biggest, but Tom Hardy’s Venom could also be released if production goes to schedule and Ant-Man also gets a sequel. Which of these are you most hyped to see? Let us know in the comments below & tweet us at @MenStuffZA! Related Items:Aquaman, avenger's marvel, Black Panther, comic book, Deadpool, deadpool 2, Featured, film, Justice League, movies, Superhero movies, X-Men Netflix Movies in 2021: Check Out Footage of ‘Army of the Dead’, ‘Red Notice’, and More 22 Biggest Movies of 2021 Book Tickets for the Outdoor Cinema at the Grande Roche Hotel & Stand a Chance to WIN! 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__label__cc	0.585509	0.414491	a: Force ~ b: a shove "Force is like giving the object a shove, it adds motion in a direction. But since it is added, the object will go faster and faster as long as Force is applied." http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Game_Engine/Logic/Actuators/Motion Date: Sep 10 2015 7:10 PM b: a push or pull on an object "Force is like a push or pull on an object in a certain direction. It is the physical entity that causes an object to accelerate. Units for the magnitude of force include dynes, newtons (symbol N), and pounds (lbs). " http://colalg.math.csusb.edu/~devel/IT/main/m08_vectors/src/s06_apps.html b: pushing or attraction "A way of defining the concept of force is like pushing or attraction; pushing a piece of wood on a table surface, there is a force on the workpiece; However, the formulation of Newton has the advantage of offering a more precise definition of the concept of force. The first law of inertia says that a mobile tends to keep moving at a constant speed while any external force acting on it." http://edukalife.blogspot.com/2015/06/biography-of-isaac-newton-considered.html a: Net force ~ b: wind pushing a kite "The First Law of Motion applies to a kite. When the kite is laying on the ground, and there is no wind, the kite is at rest. But when the wind starts to blow, the kite starts to rise, and changes from being at rest, to being in motion. If the kite is in motion, or if the kite is flying, the amount of wind can decrease, and eventually the kite can come down to the ground, and no longer be in motion, the kite will be at rest. The net force is like the wind, and the object is the kite." Of course in this case the net force is the wind force minus the force of the gravity pulling the kite back to the ground.... For the kite to stay in the air, the force from the wind must be greater than the force of gravity http://newtonknowledge.weebly.com/newtons-first-law-of-motion.html a: The Force Awakens ~ b: one big homage "Star Wars: The Force Awakens is like one big homage to the original Star Wars. Or is it a remake?" http://godawa.com/star-wars-star-wars-redux-with-female-feminist-luke/ Date: Jul 23 2017 2:01 PM b: second bar mitzvah Writer: Steven Spielberg http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-roots-of-star-wars/ b: cover for a song " In many ways, The Force Awakens is like a cover for a song you really love. And in all fairness, that may be exactly what we need right now, ..." http://screenrant.com/star-wars-disney-george-lucas-deal-charlie-rose/	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line205
__label__wiki	0.750064	0.750064	Most Popular Files Newest Files Home File Sources FAQ Contact Privacy Policy Public Domain Picture: Summer lab gives cadets engineering experience By: U.S. Air Force photo/Joel Strayer, Courtesy: US Air Force Views: 336 \| Downloads: 1 This work, identified by PublicDomainFiles.com, is free of known copyright restrictions. Summer lab gives cadets engineering experience Cadet 1st Class Qais Al Jobour operates a backhoe during the Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory course at the Academy. The course exposes cadets to several aspects of civil engineering, including heavy equipment operation, steel bridge construction, designing and pouring concrete beams and paving portions of a road. U.S. Air Force photo/Joel Strayer Download: Largest Download: Small Size: 958 x 1437 Why is this picture in the Public Domain? Produced by United States Government The file available on this page is a work of the United States government. A work of the United States government, as defined by United States copyright law, is "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. government as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law. Where is this picture from? World War II had been over for two years and the Korean War lay three years ahead when the Air Force ended a 40-year association with the U.S. Army to become a separate service. The Department of the Air Force was created when President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. View more information & files How may I use a Public Domain picture? The file available on this page in the Public Domain. Files in the public domain have no restrictions on use and may be used for any purpose, without any conditions, commercial or not, unless such conditions are required by law. Possible Prohibited Uses Although a file is in the public domain, the work may still have some restrictions for use if it contains any of the following elements: File contains an identifiable person and such person has not provided a model release. File contains an identifiable building or structure and the owner of such building has not provided a property release. File contains a registered corporate logo or trademark. Files containing any of the above elements that do not also have a provided release would generally fall under editorial uses only and may not be used for commercial purposes. Users downloading files that are designated as "editorial use" assume full responsibility for their use of the file(s). Depending on your use, the use of editorial use files may require additional rights that publicdomainfiles.com or the copyright owner may or may not be able to provide. You should consult with your legal counsel to be sure your use is legal. By downloading this file, you indicate that you understand and agree to all of these terms and assume full liability for your use of the file(s) and agree to hold publicdomainfiles.com harmless should any liability arise. Home \| File Sources \| Frequently Asked Questions \| Contact Us \| Privacy Policy \| © 2012-2014 publicdomainfiles.com	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line211
__label__wiki	0.929754	0.929754	UT/TT Poll: Texans say illegal immigration, terror are greatest threats to U.S. By Ross Ramsey Before last week’s terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris, Texas voters had illegal immigration and foreign terrorist groups at the top of their list of greatest threats to the U.S., according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Given a list of possible threats to the country, 22 percent chose illegal immigration, followed by 18 percent who chose foreign terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda. Other issues trailed behind, including political polarization, decaying infrastructure, gun violence and unfriendly foreign nations. "Even before the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, Texans expressed deep concern over border security,” said Daron Shaw, co-director of the poll and a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. “I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt Texas voters agree with Bernie Sanders' statement [in Saturday’s Democratic debate] that climate change represents a more urgent threat than jihadist terrorism." Self-identified Democrats were less likely to list immigration as a threat, but 18 percent of independent voters and 36 percent of Republicans listed it first. Foreign terrorist groups were among the top items chosen by all three groups: 14 percent of Democrats, 20 percent of independents and 21 percent of Republicans listed that as the top threat facing the country. Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday joined other state chief executives to say Texas would refuse to accept Syrian refugees for resettlement here. Jim Henson, co-director of the poll and head of the Texas Politics Project at UT-Austin, said there are clear policy reasons, as well as political reasons, for that kind of response. “The initial responses we're seeing from both the Texas leadership as well as the field of presidential candidates reflect the partisan patterns in attitudes we saw in the poll prior to the Paris attacks,” he said. “These approaches are very likely to resonate with the significant share of the Republican electorate that already have attitudes demonstrably hostile to present and future undocumented immigrants, as well as a smaller but still significant share of voters who view the threat of foreign terrorism as the most serious threat to the United States,” Henson said. The list of most important problems facing the country was somewhat different in the poll, which, again, was conducted before the most recent attacks. Four items — the economy, political corruption/leadership, immigration, and federal spending/national debt — virtually tied for first on that list, each with about one in 10 voters choosing it as the top item. Only 6 percent listed national security/terrorism as the most important problem facing the U.S. Immigration and border security continue to top the list of most important problems facing the state, according to Texas voters. Those two items together accounted for 35 percent of the responses. Other issues each were listed first by fewer than 10 percent of voters: political corruption/leadership, education, the economy and health care. The state list has a distinct partisan tang: 57 percent of Republicans listed border security and immigration as the top problems facing Texas; 32 percent of independents said the same, as did 13 percent of Democrats. For that last group, the top two problems listed were political corruption/leadership and education. Nearly seven in 10 voters surveyed said the country is on the wrong track, while 22 percent said things are going in the right direction. They were generally more satisfied with the direction of the state: 45 percent said Texas is going in the right direction, while 36 percent said things in the state are on the wrong track. About a third of Texas voters said the national economy is better off than it was a year ago, while 37 percent said it’s worse and 28 percent said it’s about the same as it was. Asked about the Texas economy, 41 percent said it’s about the same as it was a year ago, while 29 percent said the economy has improved and 25 percent said the state economy has worsened. They and their families are in about the same economic spot they were in a year ago, according to 45 percent of the voters, while 23 percent said they are better off economically and 30 percent said they are worse off. The University of Texas/Texas Tribune internet survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8 and has an overall margin of error of +/- 2.83 percentage points. Numbers in charts might not add up to 100 percent because of rounding. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Analysis: President-elect Joe Biden has the most historically diverse Cabinet, but what does that mean for a divided country Biden to shut down Keystone pipeline "on day one" How one of the nation’s youngest Senators became its oldest President-Elect Your garden needs soil amendments. Here's where pros suggest you buy them	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line212
__label__wiki	0.729397	0.729397	All-new Volvo XC90 – first Volvo built on the company’s new Scalable Product Architecture by Stephen de Vries August 14, 2014 6:34 am 638 views0 Volvo’s all-new XC90 – which will be revealed in two weeks’ time in Stockholm – will be the first car in its range built on the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) modular chassis technology developed in-house by Volvo Cars. SPA has been under in-house development at Volvo for the past four years and is the cornerstone of the company’s ongoing USD 11bn transformation plan. This revolutionary platform will be introduced on the all-new Volvo XC90 and then rolled out across the Volvo’s future product range. The benefits of SPA are twofold. First, SPA allows Volvo’s engineers and designers a lot more freedom and flexibility, which means they can increase their scope when it comes to new and alluring design features and at the same time improve driveability, introducing world-first safety features, offering the latest connected car technologies and creating more interior space. “SPA and the all-new Volvo XC90 are firm evidence of our Volvo-by-Volvo strategy. The all-new Volvo XC90’s outstanding combination of luxury, space, versatility, efficiency and safety will bring the SUV segment into a new dimension, just as Volvo’s original XC90 did in 2002,” says Dr Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Volvo Car Group. Secondly, SPA will change the way Volvo builds cars in future by allowing a wide range of cars, powertrains, electrical systems and technologies – all of differing complexity – to be fitted on the same architecture, generating significant economies of scale. “SPA gives us a fresh technological start. Around 90 per cent of the components in the all-new Volvo XC90 and upcoming models are new and unique. We are raising the bar to the very top of the premium league when it comes to the level of quality and technology in every vital area,” says Dr Mertens. Liberating technology More freedom for designers With SPA, previous design limitations in areas such as wheelbase, overhang, vehicle height and the height of the front are a thing of the past. “This creates greater freedom for us to design cars with a confident stance, dynamic proportions and a number of distinctive design signatures. Our three recent concept cars have demonstrated this capability. Even though the all-new Volvo XC90 is an entirely different type of car, you will recognise the connection instantly when it is revealed in two weeks,” says Thomas Ingenlath, Senior Vice President Design of Volvo Car Group. Outstanding driving pleasure and flexibility Volvo’s new SPA chassis technology reduces weight and improves weight distribution, improving driving pleasure without compromising on ride comfort. SPA also allows for far more flexibility inside the car. The all-new Volvo XC90 features innovatively designed seats that free up interior space for passengers in the second and third rows, helping make the all-new Volvo XC90 a genuine and luxurious seven-seater. The sliding function on all seats in the second row can be used to create more legroom for passengers in the third row – or to increase loading capacity. The seats in the third row offer class-leading comfort for passengers up to 170 cm tall. “SPA has enabled us to create the world’s first no-compromise SUV,” says Dr Mertens. “You get the agility of a much smaller and lower car, an in-command feel and generous interior space, plus an adrenaline rush delivered by powertrains that offer an unrivalled combination of power and low emissions. Of course, it carries the Volvo badge, meaning world-class safety is standard.” Unrivalled combination of power and fuel efficiency The all-new Volvo XC90 offers a range of Drive-E engine options, all of which provide an outstanding combination of performance and fuel-efficiency. This modular family of two-litre, four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines has several levels of turbocharging to cover the whole range from high power and torque variants to fuel-efficient versions. The top-of-the-range Volvo XC90 T8 ‘Twin Engine’ combines a two-litre, four-cylinder supercharged and turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor and offers an unrivalled combination of power and clean operation – around 290kW and 630 Nm of torque with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of around 60 g/km (NEDC driving cycle). SPA is also able to integrate electrification at all levels without intruding on interior space or load space. Other carmakers have struggled to combine the bulk of a battery pack with a luxurious and spacious interior, something that Volvo has managed to overcome with SPA. Improved safety without compromises SPA helps make it possible for Volvo to bolster the company’s world-leading reputation for safety even further without compromising on design, size or weight. Thanks to the extensive use of high-strength boron steel, vehicles built on SPA can be made more compact and safer at the same time. SPA also includes an innovative electrical architecture that elevates the car’s intelligence level significantly. It is designed to make it easy to integrate new technology within fast-moving areas such as microprocessor, sensor and camera technology. This facilitates the introduction of new accident-preventing safety solutions, and enables rapid introduction of new multimedia and connectivity options. “We have created a single nerve system with full control over all the connections in the vehicle. This is unique in the industry,” says Dr Mertens. Industrial benefits In addition to the significant product-related advantages of Volvo’s scalable architecture there are also industrial benefits. SPA allows Volvo to develop a model range consisting of cars based on the same joint modules and interfaces, scalable systems and components that are all built on flexible production line. This means all Volvo models from the 60-cluster upwards can be built on the same production line irrespective of complexity. The new face of Volvo: ‘Thor’s Hammer’ running lights Today, for the first time, Volvo is revealing images of the front end or ‘face’ of the all-new Volvo XC90 SUV, which is distinguished by its T-shaped running lights, christened ‘Thor’s Hammer’ by the design team after the shape of the hammer used by the famous Norse god of thunder Thor. “Anyone who looks in their rear-view mirror is going to know immediately that there is a new Volvo XC90 behind them,” says Mr Ingenlath. “The all-new Volvo XC90 is a car that has incredible presence on the road.” * Descriptions and facts in this press material relate to Volvo Car Group’s international car range. Described features might be optional. Vehicle specifications may vary from one country to another and may be altered without prior notification Stephen de Vries Tougher Ranger Unveiled for Second Odyssey Challenge Freelander XS – Ready For Anything General / by Staff - 9 months ago KIA Soul EV and Telluride win 2020 World Car Awards KIA Telluride SUV crowned World Car of the Year KIA Soul EV electric crossover named World Urban Car (SEOUL) 9 April 2020 – KIA Motors Corporation has won big at the… RAV4 RECEIVES FUNCTIONALITY UPGRADES The Toyota RAV4, segment pioneer and one of SA’s best-selling compact SUV’s, has received some notable functionality upgrades in response to customer feedback and ever-evolving market requirements. 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__label__cc	0.720174	0.279826	Newtown Tuesday Where: Community Stage Newtown Tuesday are four young Wellington boys who banded together in 2017 through The Rock Academy. It didn’t take long for them to realise they shared a love for the classics from the indie rock era and they soon had a strong set of rocking tracks for live performance. Now it’s mostly orginals for Newtown Tuesday with collaborative songwriting producing a strong set of guitar driven, rhythm laden tracks. This year they have been concentrating on getting an E.P. produced but they still love to take the stage to show off their talents, banging out their punchy, catchy rock tunes for all to enjoy. https://www.facebook.com/Newtown-Tuesday-2425676150776656	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line219
__label__wiki	0.662439	0.662439	Well-known attraction comprising large resorts, dining, shops & 4 theme parks with rides & shows. Address: Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL 32830 Hours: 9:00am – 12:00am Extra Magic Hours 8:00am – 9:00am More Information Beginning of tooltip Tickets prices, or costs vary based packages or coupons. West Side Restaurants Bongo’s Cuban Café Wolfgang Puck Café Fulton’s Crab House Planet Hollywood Of the thirty-four Resorts and hotels on the Walt Disney World property, twenty-eight are owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resort s. These are classified into four categories — Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and Disney Vacation Club Villas — and are located in one of five Resort areas: the Disney World Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Wide World of Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney Springs Resort areas. While all of the Deluxe Resort hotels have achieved a AAA Four Diamond rating, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is considered the highest tier flagship luxury Resort on the Walt Disney World Resorts complex. On-site Disney Resorts Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge (Opened) April 16, 2001 Theme African Wildlife preserve 1,307 Animal Kingdom Disney’s Beach Club Resort (Opened) November 19, 1990 Newport Beach cottage Number of Rooms 576 Epcot Disney’s BoardWalk Inn July 1, 1996 Early 20th Century Atlantic and Ocean City Theme, Number of Rooms 378 Disney’s Contemporary Resort (Opened) October 1, 1971 Modern Number of Rooms 655 Disney World Magic Kingdom Theme, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort (Opened) & Spa July 1, 1988 Early 20th century Florida Theme, Number of Rooms 867 Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort (Opened) October 1, 1971 South Seas Theme, Number of Rooms 492 Disney’s Wilderness Lodge May 28, 1994 Pacific Northwest, National Park Service rustic Theme, Number of Rooms 729 Disney’s Yacht Club Resort (Opened) November 5, 1990 Martha’s Vineyard Resort Theme, Number of Rooms 621 Epcot Moderate Resort (Opened)s Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort (Opened) October 1, 1988 Caribbean Islands Theme, Number of Rooms 2,112 Epcot Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort (Opened) August 1, 1997 Mexico, American Southwest Theme, Number of Rooms 1,915 Animal Kingdom Disney’s Port Orleans Resort (Opened) – French Quarter May 17, 1991 New Orleans French Quarter Theme, Number of Rooms 1,008 Disney Springs Disney’s Port Orleans Resort (Opened) – Riverside February 2, 1992 Antebellum South Theme, Number of Rooms 2,048 Value Resorts Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort (Opened) January 15, 1999 Disney films Theme, Number of Rooms 1,920 Animal Kingdom Disney’s All-Star Music Resort (Opened) November 22, 1994 Music Theme, Number of Rooms 1,604 Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort (Opened) April 24, 1994 Sports Number of Rooms 1,920 Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (Opened) May 31, 2012 Disney and Pixar animated films Theme, Number of Rooms 1,984 Wide World of Sports Disney’s Pop Century Resort (Opened) December 14, 2003 20th century American pop culture Theme, Number of Rooms 2,880 Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort (Opened) August 4, 2009 Modern Number of Rooms 428 Disney World Magic Kingdom Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas August 15, 2007 African safari lodge Theme, Number of Rooms 708 Animal Kingdom Disney’s Beach Club Villas (Opened) July 1, 2002 Newport Resort Theme, Number of Rooms 282 Epcot Disney’s BoardWalk Villas (Opened) July 1, 1996 Early 20th Century Atlantic City Theme, Number of Rooms 530 Disney’s Old Key West Resort (Opened) December 20, 1991 Early 20th Century Key West Theme, Number of Rooms 761 Disney Springs Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows (Opened) April 1, 2015 South Seas Theme, Number of Rooms 380 Disney World Magic Kingdom Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa (Opened) May 17, 2004 1880s Upstate New York Resort Theme, Number of Rooms 1,320 Disney Springs The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (Opened) October 23, 2013 Early 20th century Florida Theme, Number of Rooms 147 Disney World Magic Kingdom The Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge (Opened) November 15, 2000 Pacific Northwest Theme, Number of Rooms 181 Disney World Magic Kingdom Cabins and campgrounds Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort (Opened) and Campground November 19, 1971 Rustic Woods Camping Theme, 800 campsites 409 cabins Disney World Magic Kingdom Residential areas Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resorts (Opened) Fall 2011 Varies 450 homes Disney World Magic Kingdom Theme, Disney World in Bay Lake is the flagship of The Walt Disney Company. Every year, 52 million visitors pass through the gates, which first opened to the public in 1971. It was intended to surpass Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which opened in 1955. However, the “Florida Project” did not come into fruition. Walt Disney’s death made it impossible to create the complex he envisioned. Instead, Disney World was similar in most respects to Disneyland. The main difference was that everything was bigger and grander. No other holiday resort in the world enjoys this kind of annual attendance. Within the huge complex are four theme parks, two water parks, a handful of golf courses, hotels, and a camping resort. Walt Disney World Resorts also has a variety of entertainment venues as well as its own shopping district. There, the most beloved and admired cartoon and movie characters are just waiting for children of all ages from different parts of the world. Disney World Magic Kingdom Park is the first theme park in Walt Disney World, a cousin of the pioneering Disneyland. Disney World Magic Kingdom has been around since 1971, but it still beckons to children. There are six themed areas, namely Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Frontierlkand, Adventureland, Liberty Square, and Main Street USA. Of course, Cinderella’s Castle is difficult to ignore as it majestically towers above everything else. Pirates of the Caribbean and Hall of Presidents are two of the recent additions that have skyrocketed in popularity in no time. For first-time visitors in Orlando, Disney World Magic Kingdom is a good place to start, especially if they have young children in tow. Children still appreciate the classic charm of old favorites such as Jungle Cruise, Space Mountain, and It’s a Small World. Disney World Magic Kingdom is where every child’s dream comes true. It is where their favorite Disney characters and Disney princesses and princes come to life. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a savannah-themed park at the heart of Orlando’s most popular vacation resort. One of the highlights of a visit to Animal Kingdom is the Kilimanjaro Safari. About 1,700 animals are within the grounds, and this outdoor exploration gives park visitors exhilarating and heart-rending close encounters with rhinos, elephants, zebras, antelopes, wildebeests, and cheetahs. Disney’s Animal Kingdom also features amazing rides such as Expedition Everest and Tricera Top Spin for children, teens, and adults who are looking for more adrenaline-pumping attractions. A number of shows await those who want to relax and enjoy world-class entertainment from Disney performers. The surreal sets at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are some of the most unforgettable attractions in Walt Disney World Orlando. Before you end the day with bang watching the “Fantasmic!” fireworks spectacle, you can spend the day checking out realistic depictions of iconic scenes from Hollywood movies. Some of the most popular attractions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, the American Idol Experience, and the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. This theme park takes visitors into the wonderful world of show business. You have plenty of live shoes to choose from. You may also opt to view animation galleries, witness live stunts and go on a backlot tour. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon is a water theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and is one of two operating water parks at the resort. It is the second water park to open at the resort after Disney’s River Country, which closed in November 2001. In 2014, Typhoon Lagoon admitted approximately 2,185,000 visitors, currently making it the second most visited water park in the world. Typhoon Lagoon operates year-round with an annual maintenance closure during either the fall or winter; during the closure, its sister park, Blizzard Beach, will remain open.Of the major parks at Disney World, Typhoon Lagoon is the only one that lies within the city limits of Lake Buena Vista. Blizzard Beach and the four theme parks are within the adjacent city of Bay Lake. However, Lake Buena Vista is the mailing address for the entire Walt Disney World Resorts. Epcot is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. This 305-acre section of Walt Disney World Resorts has two main sections—World Showcase and Future Word. Epcot was intended to showcase man-made innovations. It has been developed into one of the largest theme parks in Orlando, and arguably the most diverse. Some of the main attractions are Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, and the 11 pavilions of World Showcase giving visitors the chance to immerse in the rich culture and heritage of 11 different nations. Epcot offers an educational experience for vacationers who are curious about the world they live in. Disney’s Blizzard Beach is one of Walt Disney World Resorts’s water parks. The complex is famous for Summit Plummet. While it seems daunting, a lifeguard is on standby to pull people out of the water if they have already spent their energy screaming on the way down. The park has some of the best thrill rides in Orlando, and its killer slides are considered by many as some of the best in the country. Blizzard Beach is usually more crowded than Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, the other water park in Disney World. However, the tropical island village motif of the latter is quite irresistible in the summer season. Typhoon Lagoon is popular for its shark reef and Surf Pool, one of the largest wave pools in the world today. Typhoon Lagoon’s pools and slides are perfect places to cool off especially at the peak of Florida’s summer months. If you want to swim with bonnethead and leopard sharks, then this is the place to be. Golf and recreation Disney’s property includes five golf courses. The four 18-hole golf courses are the Palm (4.5 Stars), the Magnolia (4 Stars), Lake Buena Vista (4 Stars) and Osprey Ridge (4.5 Stars). There is also a nine-hole walking course (no electric carts allowed) called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers. The Magnolia and Palm courses played home to the PGA Tour’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Arnold Palmer Golf Management manages the Disney golf courses. Additionally, there are two themed miniature golf complexes, each with two courses, Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland. Catch-and-release fishing excursions are offered daily on the resort’s lakes. A Florida fishing license is not required, because it occurs on private property. Cane-pole fishing is offered from the docks at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground and Disney’s Port Orleans Resort. Additional recreational activities include watercraft rentals, surrey pedal car rentals, and firework cruises that launch from several resort marinas.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line223
__label__cc	0.678942	0.321058	Paint Colors :: MANUFACTURERS :: MODERN MASTERS :: Metallic Paint Collection :: Colors :: Precious Metals :: BRASS :: MODERN MASTERS METALLIC PAINT 99846 ME-289 BRASS SIZE:QUART. MODERN MASTERS METALLIC PAINT 99846 ME-289 BRASS SIZE:QUART. MODERN MASTERS® METALLIC PAINT COLLECTION™ is an elegant alternative to ordinary latex paint. Unlike other metallic paint, Modern Masters Metallic Paint Collection paints apply easily—like traditional latex paint. All colors can be applied by brush, roller, or HVLP spray gun. Modern Masters Metallic Paint Collection paints combine real metallic particles, mica, and traditional pigments to create the forty-color palette of beautiful, shimmering colors. This unique approach enables the creation of non-fading colors never before available. Metallic Paint Collection products are water-based and non-hazardous. They contain no lead, mercury, or other toxic ingredients. 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__label__wiki	0.631428	0.631428	18153 150TH AVE. LEROY, MI 49655 0 Shopping Cart 0 Item(s)-$0.00 Home/What Does The Good Friday Agreement Say What Does The Good Friday Agreement Say Posted on December 20, 2020 By legendarylion Issues of sovereignty, civil and cultural rights, dismantling of arms, demilitarization, justice and police were at the heart of the agreement. CLAIM: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not prohibit the provision of barrier controls between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The agreement was for Northern Ireland to be part of the United Kingdom and remain in place until a majority of the population of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland wished otherwise. If this happens, the British and Irish governments will be “obliged” to implement this decision. These institutional provisions, established in these three areas of action, are defined in the agreement as “interdependent and interdependent”. In particular, it is found that the functioning of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the North-South Council of Ministers is “so closely linked that the success of individual countries depends on that of the other” and that participation in the North-South Council of Ministers “is one of the essential tasks assigned to the relevant bodies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland]. According to the agreement, “the development of a peaceful environment… A standardization of security measures and practices can and should mean. The agreement contains a complex set of provisions in a number of areas, including: the agreement reaffirmed its commitment to “mutual respect, civil rights and religious freedoms for all in the Community.” The multi-party agreement recognized “the importance of respect, understanding and tolerance with regard to linguistic diversity,” particularly with regard to the Irish language, Ulster Scots and the languages of other ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland, “all of which are part of the cultural richness of the Island of Ireland.” In a radio interview on 7 September (Nolan Show, BBC Radio Ulster, at 39:15), Jim Allister told MLA: “The Belfast agreement had nothing to say about the fact that you could not have border barriers in Northern Ireland, Ireland at all.” Brexit: New controls on some GB products in NI under backstop Katy Hayward, Reader in Sociology at Queen`s University Belfast, says that while a hard border in itself does not call into question the deal, it is “fair to say” that the acceptance behind the Good Friday agreement was “closer integration.” 3. If the majority of voters support this agreement in each of the referendums, the governments of their respective parliaments will adopt and support the legislation necessary to implement all aspects of this agreement and adopt all necessary related measures, including the holding of elections on 25 June, subject to the approval of Parliament, the Assembly, which would first meet in “shadow” mode. ← What Agreements Were Made At The Yalta Conference Contribute To The Rise Of The Cold War What Is A Labor Harmony Agreement → Superior Automotive Equipment 18153 150th Ave.Leroy, MI 49655 © 2015 Superior Automotive Website Design and Development by Legendary Lion Web Design. A Traverse City Web Design company.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line228
__label__wiki	0.953797	0.953797	Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Subject: Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film), Margo Martindale, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 44th Tony Awards Collection: 1955 Plays, Broadway Plays, Lgbt-Related Plays, Plays Adapted Into Films, Plays by Tennessee Williams, Plays Set in Mississippi, Pulitzer Prize for Drama-Winning Works First edition cover (New Directions) Mae/"Sister Woman" Gooper/"Brother Man" Doctor Baugh Reverend Tooker Date premiered Place premiered Morosco Theatre Death, mendacity, relationships, homosexuality, alcoholism Brick and Margaret's room on the Pollitt plantation in Mississippi Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. It was produced by the Playwrights' Company. One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite,[1] the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta"[2] of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features several recurring motifs, such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression, and death. Dialogue throughout is often rendered phonetically to represent accents of the Southern United States. The original production starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives, and Ben Gazzara. The play was adapted as a motion picture of the same name in 1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as Maggie and Brick, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood recreating their stage roles. Williams made substantial excisions and alterations to the play for a revival in 1974. This has been the version used for most subsequent revivals, which have been numerous. Falsehoods and untruths 2.1 Facing death 2.2 Stage productions 3 Original Broadway cast 4 Adaptations 5 Further reading 7 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially the husband and wife Brick and Margaret (usually called Maggie or "Maggie the Cat"), and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi. The party is to celebrate the birthday of patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, "the Delta's biggest cotton-planter",[2] and his return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told is a clean bill of health. All family members (except Big Daddy and his wife, Big Mama) are aware of Big Daddy's true diagnosis: he is dying of cancer. His family has lied to Big Daddy and Big Mama to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch's birthday but, throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. Maggie, determined and beautiful, has escaped a childhood of poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitts, but finds herself unfulfilled. The family is aware that Brick has not slept with Maggie for a long time, which has strained their marriage. Brick, an aging football hero, infuriates her by ignoring his brother Gooper's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's indifference and his drinking escalates with the recent suicide of his friend Skipper. Maggie fears that Brick's malaise will ensure that Gooper and his wife Mae end up with Big Daddy's estate. Through the evening, Brick, Big Daddy and Maggie—and the entire family—separately must face down the issues which they have bottled up inside. Big Daddy attempts a reconciliation with the alcoholic Brick. Both Big Daddy and Maggie separately confront Brick about the true nature of his relationship with his pro football buddy Skipper, which appears to be the source of Brick's sorrow and the cause of his alcoholism. Brick explains to Big Daddy that Maggie was jealous of the close friendship between Brick and Skipper because she believed it had a romantic undercurrent. He states that Skipper took Maggie to bed to prove her wrong. Brick believes that when Skipper couldn't complete the act, his self-questioning about his sexuality and his friendship with Brick made him "snap". Brick also reveals that, shortly before he committed suicide, Skipper confessed his feelings to Brick, but Brick rejected him. Disgusted with the family's "mendacity", Brick tells Big Daddy that the report from the clinic about his condition was falsified for his sake. Big Daddy storms out of the room, leading the party gathered out on the gallery to drift inside. Maggie, Brick, Mae, Gooper, and Doc Baugh (the family's physician) decide to tell Big Mama the truth about his illness and she is devastated by the news. Gooper and Mae start to discuss the division of the Pollitt estate. Big Mama defends her husband from Gooper and Mae's proposals. Big Daddy reappears and makes known his plans to die peacefully. Attempting to secure Brick's inheritance, Maggie tells him she is pregnant. Gooper and Mae know this is a lie, but Big Mama and Big Daddy believe that Maggie "has life". When they are alone again, Maggie locks away the liquor and promises Brick that she will "make the lie true". Falsehoods and untruths Mendacity is a recurring theme throughout the play. Big Daddy uses the word to express his disgust with the "lies and liars" he sees around him, and with complicated rules of social conduct in Southern society and culture. Big Daddy states that Brick's disgust with mendacity is really disgust with himself for rejecting Skipper before his suicide. With the exception of Brick, the entire family lies to Big Daddy and Big Mama about his terminal cancer. Furthermore, Big Daddy lies to his wife, and Gooper and Mae exhibit avaricious motives in their attempt to secure Big Daddy's estate. In some cases, characters refuse to believe certain statements, leading them to believe they are lies. A recurring phrase is the line, "Wouldn't it be funny if that was true?", said by both Big Daddy and Brick after Big Mama and Maggie (respectively) claim their love. The characters' statements of feeling are no longer clear-cut truths or lies; instead, they become subject more to certainty or uncertainty. This phrase is the last line of the play as originally written by Williams and again in the 1974 version.[3] The ways in which humans deal with death are also at the focus of this play, as are the futility and nihilism some encounter when confronted with imminent mortality. Similar ideas are found in Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", which Williams excerpted and added as an epigraph to his 1974 version.[4] These lines are appropriate, as Thomas wrote the poem to his own dying father.[5] Additionally, in one of his many drafts,[6] in a footnote on Big Daddy's action in the third act, Williams deems Cat on a Hot Tin Roof a "play which says only one affirmative thing about 'Man's Fate': that he has it still in his power not to squeal like a pig but to keep a tight mouth about it."[6] Stage productions There are many versions of the play script, one of which was influenced by director Elia Kazan, who directed the play on Broadway,[7] and another which was performed for the first time in London. The original Broadway production, which opened at the Morosco Theater on March 24, 1955, was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie; Ben Gazzara as Brick; Burl Ives as Big Daddy; Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama; Pat Hingle as Gooper; and Madeleine Sherwood as Mae.[8] Bel Geddes was the only cast member nominated for a Tony Award, and Kazan was nominated for Best Director of a Play. Both Ives and Sherwood would reprise their roles in the 1958 film version. The cast also featured the southern blues duo Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry and had as Gazzara's understudy the young Cliff Robertson. When Gazzara left the play, Jack Lord replaced him.[9] Others from the original Broadway production included R.G. Armstrong as Doctor Baugh; Fred Stewart as Reverend Tooker; Janice Dunn as Trixie; Seth Edwards as Sonny; Maxwell Glanville as Lacey; Pauline Hahn as Dixie; Darryl Richard as Buster; Eva Vaughn Smith as Daisy; and Musa Williams as Sookey.[8] In London, Kim Stanley starred as Maggie. A 1974 revival by the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut featured Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea, Fred Gwynne, Kate Reid, and Charles Siebert. Ashley was nominated for a Tony Award. For this production, Williams restored much of the text which he had removed from the original one at the insistence of Elia Kazan. He included a revised third act and made substantial revisions elsewhere.[10] According to Ashley, Williams allowed the actors to examine his original notes and various drafts of the script, and to make additions to the dialogue. When this production moved from Connecticut to Broadway, the part of Lacey was omitted and the number of Mae and Gooper's children reduced to three.[11] In that same decade, John Carradine and Mercedes McCambridge toured in a road company production as Big Daddy and Big Mama, respectively. The 1988 London National Theatre production, directed by Howard Davies, starred Ian Charleson, Lindsay Duncan, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, and Eric Porter. A revival in 1990 featured Kathleen Turner, who was nominated for a Tony for her performance as Maggie, though New York Magazine called her "hopelessly lost...in this limp production." Charles Durning, as Big Daddy, received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Daniel Hugh Kelly was Brick, and Polly Holliday was Big Mama. Holliday was also nominated for a Tony. A 2003 revival received lukewarm reviews despite the presence of film stars Ashley Judd and Jason Patric. Only Ned Beatty, as Big Daddy, and Margo Martindale, as Big Mama, were singled out for impressive performances. Martindale received a Tony nomination. A 2004 production at the Dana Ivey as Big Mama, and Emily Skinner as Mae. Shortly afterward, Masterson and Davidson were married. In 2008, an all-African-American production directed by Debbie Allen opened on Broadway. Terrence Howard made his Broadway debut as Brick, alongside stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama), Anika Noni Rose (Maggie) and Lisa Arrindell Anderson (Mae). In November 2009, the production moved to London's West End, where Adrian Lester played Brick and Sanaa Lathan was Maggie.[12] The West End Production received the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2010, a production of the play opened at Cambridge University's renowned ADC Theatre.[13] And in January 2011, a production to mark Williams' 100 birthday was presented at Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria. From May 3, 2011 to October 23, 2011, 'Cat' is being performed at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. From January 14 to February 26, 2012, 'Cat' is being performed at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A 2013 Broadway revival featured Ciarán Hinds as Big Daddy, Debra Monk as Big Mama, Benjamin Walker as Brick, and Scarlett Johansson as Maggie.[14] Original Broadway cast Barbara Bel Geddes as Margaret[15] Ben Gazzara as Brick Jack Lord as Brick (replaced Ben Gazzara) Burl Ives as Big Daddy Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama Pat Hingle as Gooper, sometimes called Brother Man[15] Madeleine Sherwood as Mae, sometimes called Sister Woman[15] R.G. Armstrong as Doctor Baugh, pronounced "Baw"[11] Fred Stewart as Reverend Tooker Janice Dunn as Trixie Seth Edwards as Sonny Maxwell Glanville as Lacey Pauline Hahn as Dixie Brownie McGhee as Brightie Darryl Richard as Buster Eva Vaughn Smith as Daisy Sonny Terry as Small Musa Williams as Sookey The big-screen adaptation of the play was made in 1958 by MGM, and starred Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Judith Anderson, and Jack Carson, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood reprising their stage roles. The Hays Code limited Brick's portrayal of sexual desire for Skipper, and diminished the original play's critique of homophobia and sexism. Williams was reportedly unhappy with the screenplay, which removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Brick and Big Daddy. Paul Newman, the film's star, had also stated his disappointment with the adaptation. Despite this, the film was highly acclaimed and was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman both received Oscar nominations for their performances. Most critics agreed that the film provided both them and Burl Ives with their finest screen roles up to that time. Cat may have been too controversial for the Academy voters; the film won no Oscars, and the Best Picture award went to Gigi that year. In 1976, a television version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was produced, starring the then husband-and-wife team of Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, and featuring Laurence Olivier as Big Daddy and Maureen Stapleton as Big Mama. Many concluded it was a superlative version of the play. In 1984 a television version was produced by American Playhouse, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. This adaptation, directed by Jack Hofsiss, revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film. Both Stanley and Fuller were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special, and Stanley went on to win. It was a reunion of sorts for Stanley and Lange, who received Oscar nominations for playing mother and daughter in 1982's Frances. ^ Parker, Brian: "Swinging a Cat", as published within Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 175. New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ a b Williams, Tennessee: "Notes for the Designer", Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 15. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ Williams, Tennessee: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 173. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ Williams, Tennessee: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 14. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ Parker, Brian: "Swinging a Cat", published within Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 177. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ a b Parker, Brian: "Swinging a Cat", published within Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 181. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ Williams, Tennessee (1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: Signet. pp. 134–135. ^ a b Williams, Tennessee (1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: Signet. p. 4. ^ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: The Playbill for the Morosco Theatre. Playbill Incorporated. 1955. pp. 25, 27, 36, 38. ^ Albee, Edward: "Introduction" for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 8. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ a b Williams, Tennessee: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 13. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. ^ "ACTUAL ARTICLE TITLE BELONGS HERE!". CatWestEnd.com. Retrieved 2011-06-21. ^ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' ADC Theatre"'". ADCTheatre.com. Retrieved 2011-06-21. ^ "Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and Ciaran Hinds Will Join Scarlett Johansson in Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Playbill. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-12-28. ^ a b c Williams, Tennessee: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p. 12. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2004. Bloom, Harold (Ed.) Tennessee Williams, Modern Critical Views, 80. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. Cañadas, Ivan. “The Naming of Straw and Ochello in Tennessee Williams’s Cat On a Hot Tin Roof”, English Language Notes 42.4 (June 2005): 57–62. Clum, John M. “‘Something Cloudy, Something Clear’: Homophobic Discourse in Tennessee Williams”, South Atlantic Quarterly 88.1 (Winter 1989): 161–79. Plooster, Nancy. “Silent Partners: Lost Lovers in American Drama”. 1995 Queer Frontiers: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual National Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Graduate Student Conference. University of Southern California. March 23–26, 1995, Ed. John Waiblinger. University of Southern California Library. USC.edu Shackelford, Dean. “The Truth That Must Be Told: Gay Subjectivity, Homophobia, and Social History in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Tennessee Williams Annual Review 1 (1998): 103–118. Stanton, Stephen S. (Ed.) Tennessee Williams: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1977. Winchell, Mark Royden. “Come Back to the Locker Room Ag’in, Brick Honey!”, Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Culture 48:4 (Fall 1995): 701–12. The National, indie rock band. "City Middle" from the record "Alligator": "I think I'm like Tennessee Williams, I wait for the click; I wait, but it doesn't kick in." Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Internet Broadway Database Cat on a Hot Tin Roof study guide, themes, quotes, character analyses, teaching guide Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1951–1975) The Shrike (1952) Picnic (1953) The Teahouse of the August Moon (1954) The Diary of Anne Frank (1956) Long Day's Journey into Night (1957) Look Homeward, Angel (1958) J.B. (1959) Fiorello! (1960) All the Way Home (1961) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962) The Subject Was Roses (1965) A Delicate Balance (1967) The Great White Hope (1969) No Place to be Somebody (1970) The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1971) That Championship Season (1973) Seascape (1975) Works by Tennessee Williams Candles to the Sun (1936) Spring Storm (1937) Fugitive Kind (1937) Not About Nightingales (1938) Battle of Angels (1940) The Glass Menagerie (1944) You Touched Me (1945) Stairs to the Roof (1947) A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) Summer and Smoke (1948) The Rose Tattoo (1951) Camino Real (1953) Orpheus Descending (1957) Suddenly, Last Summer (1958) Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) Period of Adjustment (1960) The Night of the Iguana (1961) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963) The Seven Descents of Myrtle (1968) In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel (1969) Will Mr. Merriweather Return from Memphis? (1969) Out Cry (1971) Small Craft Warnings (1972) The Two-Character Play (1973) The Red Devil Battery Sign (1975) This Is (An Entertainment) (1976) Vieux Carré (1977) A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1979) Clothes for a Summer Hotel (1980) The Notebook of Trigorin (1981) Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981) A House Not Meant to Stand (1982) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1950) Moise and the World of Reason (1975) Hard Candy: A Book of Stories (1954) Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories (1960) The Knightly Quest: a Novella and Four Short Stories (1966) One Arm and Other Stories (1967) Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed: a Book of Stories (1974) Baby Doll (1956) The Fugitive Kind (1959) Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966) Boom! (1968) The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (1957, filmed 2009) "The Catastrophe of Success" (1947) In the Winter of Cities (1956) Androgyne, Mon Amour (1977) In Masks Outrageous and Austere (1983) List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival (2001–2025) Twelfth Night / Uncle Vanya (2003) Mourning Becomes Electra (2004) Hamlet (2005) Hedda Gabler (2006) The Crucible (2007) Saint Joan (2008) This Histories (2009) After the Dance (2011) Anna Christie (2012) LGBT-related plays Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning works Plays by Tennessee Williams Plays set in Mississippi Plays adapted into films Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Biloxi, Mississippi, Natchez, Mississippi United Kingdom, City of London, Paris, Greater London, Australia Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Africa Movie Academy Awards, Canadian Screen Awards The Glass Menagerie, New York City, New York, A Streetcar Named Desire (play), Orpheus Descending Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand, Emma Thompson Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Film poster, Reynold Brown, Richard Brooks, Lawrence Weingarten, James Poe Margo Martindale The Americans (2013 TV series), University of Michigan, Nicole Kidman, Justified (TV series), Kentucky Pulitzer Prize for Drama Eugene O'Neill, Robert E. 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__label__cc	0.549027	0.450973	Tag Archives: Wandsworth Application Battersea Power Station to Lose Chimneys During Renovation Posted on July 11, 2013 by Roseanne Stearn Battersea Power Station could be temporarily left with just one solitary chimney after developers applied to change conditions of work on the listed building. Last week the Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) applied for permission to change the sequence in which the listed building’s chimneys are rebuilt. The new application, called a deed of variation, proposes a change to the original legal agreement, between Wandsworth Council and English Heritage, so that the first chimney could be rebuilt on its own. The remaining three would then be rebuilt at the same time. A safeguard will also be added to the legal agreement which will require the developer to provide a bond for the full value of the chimney works contract before the project can get under way. The council could use this bond to pay for the completion of the project if for any reason the developer failed to finish. No changes are being proposed to the design of the chimneys which would be constructed according to the original architecture plans so that they match the appearance of the originals. The development company estimates that changing the sequence of the chimney works would mean the power station restoration project could be completed two years earlier. In 2011 Wandsworth Council and English Heritage approved plans for each of the decayed chimneys to be rebuilt after successive engineering studies showed all four were beyond repair. Last month the Wandsworth Guardian reported campaigner’s fears the power station could permanently lose its famous chimneys once they were taken down. and a final decision on whether to approve the proposals will be made by the council’s planning applications committee. “It is entirely plausible the owners will take the chimneys down and then contrive some reason why they can’t be rebuilt. Council planners are now examining the application in detail.’ Keith Garner – Power station campaigner View the Wandsworth application and enter reference number 2013/3076. Posted in Battersea Power Station \| Tagged Application Commitee, battersea, Battersea Power Station, BPSDC, english heritage, Guardian Newspaper, Heritage fund, Keith Garne, planning application, Power Station Campaign, Power station Chimney, power station restoration, Wandsworth Application, wandsworth council \| Leave a reply	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line239
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__label__wiki	0.559132	0.559132	Cotswolds All Destinations Explore Cotswolds Cotswolds Tours All Cotswolds Tours Things to do in Cotswolds Broadway Tower How to Spend 1 Day in the Cotswolds An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Cotswolds represent the Platonic ideal of quaint, rural England, from their thatched-roof cottages and rolling, green hills to their heritage tearooms and charming villages. Happily, they’re also within day-trip distance of locales such as London and Oxford. Here’s how to plan the perfect 1-day visit. Morning: Follow in Shakespeare’s Footsteps Stratford-upon-Avon is considered a gateway to the Cotswolds, and no tour of the region would be complete without stopping to follow in the Bard’s footsteps. Though this town is small of scale, it’s famed the world over as the birthplace and former residence of William Shakespeare. During your stint in town, you can visit Shakespeare’s former abode, drop by Anne Hathaway’s cottage, explore a museum dedicated to the playwright, and admire the several theaters in town. Afternoon: A Market Town Excursion After your literary-minded excursion, venture into the heart of the Cotswolds, and visit a charming market town. Famed for the heritage architecture lining its High Street, its centuries-old market hall, and its picturesque country church, Chipping Campden is considered one of the Cotswolds’ unmissable highlights. Alternatively, nearby Stow-on-the-Wold mingles history and scenery. It’s the loftiest of the Cotswolds’ towns and dates to the Norman period. While in town, enjoy a restorative bite at a traditional pub or pretty tearoom. Evening: Scenery in Spades End your day out in the Cotswolds on a memorable note when you visit what is often described as the region’s loveliest village (quite the compliment, given the area’s general surfeit of beauty). Picturesque Bourton-on-the-Water is often described as “the Venice of the Cotswolds,” as it is bisected by the River Windrush. Arrive in time to watch the sun go down over the scenery, and traverse the many stone bridges that cross the river. Before returning to London, Oxford, or other area hubs—or your Cotswolds hotel—venture into one of Bourton-on-the-Water’s well-rated restaurants for an indulgent meal. 4 Tours and Activities \| All Cotswolds Tours Tour of the Cotswolds from Stratford-upon-Avon As an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Cotswolds are one of southern England’s most popular destinations—but without a car, it can be difficult to explore the region. This small-group, full-day tour from Stratford-upon-Avon makes logistics simple. Following pickup from your hotel, journey into the Cotswolds, to discover highlight villages like Bourton-on-the-Water, Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bibury, and more. As you go, learn more about the region’s wealth of history from your guide. Cotswolds Private Driving Tour from London Home to some of England’s most picturesque villages, and an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Cotswolds rank among the country’s most coveted destinations—and this private tour takes all the hassle out of planning a visit. Following pickup from your preferred London address, travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Visit many of the Cotswolds’ highlight towns, including Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, and Burford, and spy canals, thatched-roof cottages, and charming tearooms as you go. You can also amend the flexible itinerary to suit your interests. More Tours in Cotswolds Recommended for Cotswolds	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line252
__label__cc	0.579137	0.420863	BERLIN \| BRUSSELS (IDN) - The future of relations between the ACP Group of 79 countries and the 28-nation EU after 2020, when the current partnership agreement comes to a close, promises to be a critical issue for the Joint Council of Ministers gathering in Senegal’s capital Dakar on April 28-29. Though, according to the draft agenda endorsed by representatives of member states of the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change will draw the focus of the upcoming meeting. The Council is the highest decision-making body of the ACP-EU Partnership under a legally-binding framework encompassing trade, political dialogue and development cooperation between the two groups of countries. While their historic cooperation dates back several decades, both EU and the ACP are undergoing in-depth reflections on how to frame the future, in the light of key changes in the global environment. Originally brought together as a result of the Association Clause in the Rome Treaty of 1957, which established the European Common Market, the Georgetown Agreement of 1975 formally established the ACP Group as an intergovernmental association. But meanwhile the foremost goal of the Group is to promote South-South solidarity and North-South cooperation for the sustainable development of ACP countries and their successful integration into the world economy. ACP Secretary General Dr. Patrick Gomes said: “The 41st session of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers will be a very significant event for the ACP Group, given the urgent and serious nature of some of the topics to our Member States. I am pleased that our meeting with the European representatives allowed for thorough and efficient discussions, and we look forward to a successful meeting in Dakar next month.” At a meeting of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels on March 4, members agreed that the 2030 global development framework will have a significant bearing on future cooperation. “The ACP Group is of the view that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), constitutes a comprehensive approach that aims to achieve sustainable development for our Member States. It is important that concrete measures be taken to align our priorities, and better position ourselves to implement the 2030 Agenda successfully,” said the Co-President of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors, Roger-Julien Menga, Ambassador of the Republic of Congo. Co-President Pieter de Gooijer, Ambassador of the Netherlands, declared: “The European Union is absolutely committed to continue to play a full, active and constructive role in the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, in cooperation with all partners and stakeholders. It is very important to ensure that the ACP-EU Partnership be brought in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.” In addition to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in December 2015 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 will be a major point on the agenda. The ACP Secretariat press officer Josephine Latu-Sanft said that migration, development finance, private sector development and trade cooperation will also feature prominently on the programme. The Joint Council will also address the state of negotiations and implementation of the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) as well as the follow up from the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2015”. The Council of Ministers is expected to further cast a close look at EU’s global strategy on foreign and security policy. “Ministers will receive an update on the preparations for the 8th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, scheduled in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from May 30 to June 1, 2016. this year, Latu-Sanft said. The meeting of the ACP-EU joint Council of Ministers on April 28-29 will be preceded by the 103rd session of the ACP Council of Ministers from April 25 to 27, 2016. The ACP Group is the largest transnational intergovernmental organisation of developing countries in the international system, with 79 member countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. [10 March 2016] IDN is the flagship of International Press Syndicate. Photo: 40th session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly on December 4, 2015 in Brussels. Credit: ACP World Peace Brexit Business People	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line255
__label__wiki	0.536935	0.536935	Weiner (2016) Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign. Director: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman Actors: Adam S. Barta, Amit Bagga, Anthony Weiner, Bill de Blasio, Howard Stern, Huma Abedin, Jon Stewart, Lawrence O'Donnell, Stephen Colbert, Sydney Leathers Our Planet: Behind The Scenes (2019) Years spent recording footage of creatures from every corner of the globe is bound to produce a bit of drama. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look. Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art (2020) Banksy, the world’s most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts and daring invasions have outraged the establishment for over two decades. Featuring rare interviews with Banksy, this is… Life After Flash (2017) “Life After Flash” looks at the roller coaster life of Sam J Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went… Genre: Documentary, Sci-Fi Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded (2014) In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago. Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami… The Interrupters (2011) The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused. Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008) The outrageous story of 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry. I, Putin: A Portrait (2012) The multiple, award-winning television author Hubert Seipel, accompanied Vladimir Putin in Russia, over a period of many weeks. He not only conducted several interviews with him, but was also present… Children of Darkness (1983) A significant number of American children and teenagers – from all social backgrounds – suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while… Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008) A few years after his death, the widow of Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) asks Jon Ronson to look through the contents of about 1,000 boxes of meticulously sorted materials Kubrick left…. The Tickle King (2017) Featuring new, previously unseen footage documenting the bizarre and unsettling things that happened to filmmakers David Farrier and Dylan Reeve as Tickled premiered at film festivals and theaters in 2016…. George Best: All by Himself (2016) Northern Ireland’s legendary star remains one of the most naturally gifted footballers there has ever been. Earth: Making of a Planet (2010) Take a photographic journey thorough time from the violent birth of our planet four and a half billion years ago, through ice-ages, massive volcanic eruptions and the dinosaurs’ reign to…	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line258
__label__cc	0.576383	0.423617	JANKOVIC, VLADIMIR Panionios Athens 12 Forward Height: 2.02 Born: 3 March, 1990 Nationality: Greece @vjankovic12 Totals 6 2 122:55 43 8/21 4/12 15/18 6 17 23 6 2 9 2 1 18 18 42 Averages 6 2 20:29 7.2 38.1% 33.3% 83.3% 1 2.8 3.8 1 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 3 7 1 * at Telenet Oostende 6:36 0/2 1 1 2 4 1 -6 2 vs Stelmet Zielona Gora 31:26 16 4/9 1/3 5/6 1 5 6 3 3 5 13 3 vs Unics Kazan 28:17 12 3/6 0/3 6/6 4 3 7 1 1 1 3 6 17 4 at Unics Kazan 19:05 0/1 0/2 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 5 * vs Telenet Oostende 14:09 8 1/2 2/2 2 2 1 3 1 8 6 at Stelmet Zielona Gora 23:22 7 0/1 1/2 4/6 3 3 3 3 2 1 4 4 7 6 Totals 122:55 43 8/21 4/12 15/18 6 17 23 6 2 9 2 1 18 18 42 Average 20:29 7.2 38.1% 33.3% 83.3% 1 2.8 3.8 1 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 3 7 #14 in Games Played (6) Index rating 28 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. MoraBanc Andorra 11/7/2017 Points 16 Panionios Athens vs. Stelmet Zielona Gora 11/14/2012 Offensive rebounds 5 Fiat Turin vs. MoraBanc Andorra 10/17/2017 Defensive rebounds 5 Panionios Athens vs. Stelmet Zielona Gora 11/14/2012 Total rebounds 9 Fiat Turin vs. MoraBanc Andorra 10/17/2017 Assists 5 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. MoraBanc Andorra 11/7/2017 Steals 4 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. MoraBanc Andorra 11/7/2017 Blocks 2 Stelmet Zielona Gora vs. Panionios Athens 12/12/2012 Minutes 31 Panionios Athens vs. Stelmet Zielona Gora 11/14/2012 Grew up with Panionios BC Athens (Greece) youth teams. Made his debut with Panionios during the 2007-08 championship. Moved to Serbia for the 2008-09 season, signed by Mega Vizura. Back to Greece for the 2009-10 season, signed by Panionios BC Athens. Signed for the 2013-14 season by Panathinaikos Athens. In October'16 back to Greece, signed by Aris Thessaloniki. Moved to Andorra for the 2017-18 season, signed by MoraBanc Andorra. Won the 2013-14 Greek National Championship with Panathinaikos Athens. Won the 2014 and 2015 Greek National Cup with Panathinaikos Athens. Has been member of the Greek U-16 National Team. 2013-14 Panathinaikos Athens 17 11 0.6 1/4 25 2/8 25 3/6 50 11 3 4 1 2014-15 Panathinaikos Athens 27 223 8.3 42/104 40.4 32/96 33.3 43/58 74.1 99 31 56 5 2015-16 Panathinaikos Athens 22 125 5.7 31/49 63.3 16/40 40 15/28 53.6 54 12 30 2 2007-08 Panionios On Telecoms 2 3 1.5 0/1 0 1/2 50 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2012-13 Panionios Athens 6 43 7.2 8/21 38.1 4/12 33.3 15/18 83.3 23 2 6 2 2016-17 Valencia Basket 2 14 7 3/5 60 1/3 33.3 5/6 83.3 2 0 2 0 2017-18 MoraBanc Andorra 8 65 8.1 10/24 41.7 8/27 29.6 21/27 77.8 27 6 15 2 Totals 18 125 6.9 21/51 41.2 14/44 31.8 41/51 80.4 52 8 23 4 Averages 18 125 6.9 21/51 41.2 14/44 31.8 41/51 80.4 2.9 0.4 1.3 0.2 2007/08 Panionios 5 12 2.4 3/5 60 2/4 50 0/2 0 0 2 1 3 2009/10 Panionios 16 48 3 15/24 62.5 3/18 16.7 9/11 81.8 31 11 10 2 2010/11 Panionios 24 98 4.1 30/72 41.7 4/27 14.8 26/37 70.3 54 8 15 6 2011/12 Panionios 19 166 8.7 43/93 46.2 14/41 34.1 38/52 73.1 91 12 24 1 2012/13 Panionios 35 428 12.2 90/156 57.7 45/116 38.8 113/138 81.9 228 27 61 20 2013/14 Panathinaikos 30 168 5.6 41/66 62.1 22/62 35.5 20/28 71.4 75 15 30 2 2014/15 Panathinaikos 28 245 8.8 49/100 49.0 35/94 37.2 42/55 76.4 105 33 71 12 2016/17 Valencia 2 2 1.0 1/4 25.0 0/3 0.0 0/0 0.0 3 1 1 0 Aris 28 259 9.3 62/137 45.3 25/95 26.3 60/76 78.9 126 23 73 3	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line264
__label__wiki	0.735755	0.735755	Ambassadors Lecture Series (ALES): Human Rights in North Korea 9th November 2016 • 2pm • AEI Auditorium Download Invitation Card & Reply Slip for this event here! Ambassadors Lecture Series (ALES) by Professor Lee Jung-Hoon, Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights. The North Korean government has long been one of the worst abusers of human rights. But, the international prosecutory mechanism, built on a dense web of liberal human rights treaties, institutions, and rhetoric, has failed to hold the regime accountable. This began to change with a February 2014 report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea and the subsequent UN General Assembly’s endorsements of the commission’s recommendations for referral to the International Criminal Court and targeted sanctions. Despite pessimism over Chinese and Russian opposition to these measures, and the disappointing effectiveness of past sanctions against the Kim regime, several near- and long-term options are available to achieve genuine progress on North Korean human rights. The international community is finally realizing that promoting human rights, reducing the North Korean security threat, and improving inter-Korean relations are mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive, policy goals. The threat of an international criminal prosecution is new leverage that could help reign in Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Advancing human rights in North Korea can empower its persecuted populace to be more demanding, increasing the impact of international sanctions designed to impede the regime’s military escalation. Combatting the Kim regime’s atrocities is no longer just a nice normative goal, it has become a tool to reduce North Korea’s security threat and improve the chances of Korean unification. The UN commission of inquiry report on the sorry state of human rights in North Korea caps decades of NGO studies, academic papers, government pronouncements, and legislative hearings, all supporting the commission’s conclusions. Now that the General Assembly – our global legislature – has endorsed that report, the debate over how terrible things are in North Korea is done. The next step – enforcement – will test the nerve of our international human rights institutions, treaties, and rhetoric. How well that seventy-year old system responds may determine whether this pride of international law and global norms continues to be a remedial and deterrent force for liberal values. If our human rights regime cannot stand against atrocities unparalleled in the contemporary world, then what is its raison d’être? North Korea is a litmus test for whether the twentieth century’s hard won victories for human dignity continue to matter in the twenty-first century. About Professor Lee Jung-Hoon Jung-Hoon Lee is ROK government’s inaugural Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights. Before his appointment in September, he has served for three years as Ambassador for Human Rights. He is also a faculty at Yonsei University where he is currently Director of the Yonsei Center for Human Liberty which was founded by Amb. Lee in January 2014. The Center has played an active role in raising awareness and providing a venue for collaboration in research, media outlet, and NGO/think tank network. His former positions include research and teaching at U.C. Berkeley, University of Tokyo, CSIS in Washington, D.C., and Keio University. He is currently a senior member of South Korea’s National Unification Advisory Council and policy advisor at the Ministry of Unification. In the latter case, he chaired the Advisory Committee for Humanitarian Affairs. Other main commitments include his role as Co-Chair of Save NK, an NGO dealing mainly with North Korean human rights, Chair of the ‘Committee for the Establishment of Refugee Camp for the North Korean Defectors,’ Chairman of Future Korea Weekly, a bi-weekly current affairs magazine, and Vice-Chair of the Supporter’s Group for the ‘House of Sharing’ where several remaining “comfort women” are housed. He is also Chair/CEO of the Board of Tongwon Foundation that houses Tongwon University, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School (one of the top prep schools in Korea), Hanyoung High School, Hanyoung Junior High School, Hanyoung Kindergarten, and Kukje Haksulwon, a research think-tank. Ambassador Lee also hosted for five years a weekly TV program on current affairs and his writings and commentaries frequently appear on local and foreign media, including CNN, BBC, NHK, CNBC, ABC, Channel News Asia, NYT, Washington Post, etc. He also has great interest in professional sports, having served for four years as Chairman of the Korea Semi-Professional Tennis Federation. His contributions of over a hundred op-ed articles are compiled in a book to be published this October. His most recent journal article, “Drawing the Line: Combating Atrocities in North Korea,” was published in The Washington Quarterly’s summer 2016 issue. He received his BA from Tufts University, MALD from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College). Auditorium, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya Professor Lee Jung-Hoon	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line268
__label__wiki	0.94917	0.94917	How Roger Moore Became a New James Bond for ‘Live and Let Die’ Nick DeRiso Roger Moore was already a famous actor in the U.K. long before taking over the James Bond franchise. Still, earlier successes in TV's The Saint and The Persuaders didn't necessarily point to an easy transition. After all, as Moore was often reminded in the days before Live and Let Die premiered on June 27, 1973, he was no Sean Connery. Moore put on a stern public face, memorably brushing back early critics: "I never saw what the fuss was about. Hundreds of actors have played Hamlet, so it should be the same with James Bond." Things were much different, however, behind the scenes. "To say I was apprehensive about taking over from the great Sean Connery — the first and original 007 — would be an understatement," Moore later admitted in The 007 Diaries: Filming 'Live and Let Die.' "I'd said as much to the late director Guy Hamilton when we met for oysters and martinis in London, soon after I knew I'd got the job." Over the course of six films dating back to 1962, Connery had so fully inhabited Bond that no one – not even Moore himself – could imagine anybody else in the role. Still dining with Hamilton, Moore "confessed that when I was reading through the script, all I could hear was Sean's voice saying, 'My name is Bond.' In fact, as I said my lines out loud, I found that I was doing them in a Scottish accent," Moore noted in The 007 Diaries. "Guy had said: 'Look, Sean was Sean, and you are you, and that is how it is going to be.'" Watch the Official Trailer for 'Live and Let Die' Moore wasn't the first choice for a film that ended up confounding more than one expectation. Producer Cubby Broccoli reportedly made an initial offer of $4 million if Clint Eastwood would take over for Connery, but Eastwood wasn't sure anyone else could do justice to the Bond role. Burt Reynolds was apparently mentioned too. Meanwhile, Moore had recently declined an offer to continue making The Persuaders. (The British TV show was produced at Pinewood Studios, where Connery's initial farewell turn in Diamonds Are Forever was also shot.) Then co-producer Harry Saltzman called. "Cubby and I have decided we want to go with you as the next James Bond," Saltzman said, and "Roger was ecstatic – until Harry kept phoning with Cubby's notes," according to Tony Crawley's Casting Calls. "Roger was overweight, out of shape and his hair was too long." Even though Saltzman took a more primary role behind the scenes with the movie, Broccoli would be intimately involved with shaping this new Bond: "His TV image was too glossy and soft-centered, compared with the virile dynamite we had in Sean," Crawley remembered Broccoli saying. "Essentially, we had to bury The Saint and the lightweight giggling of The Persuaders." But Moore wasn't content to imitate anyone. Finally, he shot back: "Why didn't you just cast a thin, fit, bald fellow in the first place?" He'd be his own Bond, and fans responded: Live and Let Die went on to gross $161.8 million (or almost a billion in 2020 dollars worldwide), far exceeding even United Artists' most optimistic predictions. First, however, Moore would see a barber – and lose the extra pounds. Watch the Crocodile Farm Scene From 'Live and Let Die' "I'd finished 13 and a half months of doing The Persuaders series with Tony Curtis. The character I played, I let his hair get longer and longer," Moore told People in 2012. "Those were the days when I had enough hair for it to be wavy and grow long. We also indulged in quite a lot of champagne on the set of Persuaders, so I gained a little weight." What he never lost was a twinkling sense of humor that informed Live and Let Die, and then a record-breaking six more Bond films through 1985. Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz – who'd already selected Ian Fleming's second James Bond book as an inspiration – tweaked things to take advantage of Moore's breezier persona, echoing an era of irony and extravagance. "I mean, this man is supposed to be a spy, and yet everybody knows he's a spy," Moore later mused. "Every bartender in the world offers him martinis that are shaken, not stirred. What kind of serious spy is recognized everywhere he goes? It's outrageous. So, you have to treat the humor outrageously." Connery later pinpointed the differences in approach, saying he leveraged comedy as he exited scenes while Moore entered with a wink. Over time these touches of humor metastasized into a more self-indulgent silliness, as the lean danger of this first star turn dissipated. Perhaps more than any other Moore film, Live and Let Die manages to balance both impulses. Mankiewicz thought Fleming's narrative involving a gold smuggler could be transformed into one focusing on an African-American drug lord, in keeping with edgier recent cinematic fare like 1971's Shaft. Hamilton became intrigued by the prospect of doing something different, after initially saying Diamonds Are Forever would be his final directorial turn with Bond. Live and Let Die started, appropriately enough, with a funeral, as mourners march down Chartres Street in New Orleans' French Quarter, then move from Harlem to the fictional Caribbean island of San Monique in a tale marked by violence, mystery and voodoo. Watch the Speedboat Chase Scene From 'Live and Let Die' Bond gets involved while looking into the questionable relationship between San Monique's prime minister and a Harlem gangster known as Mr. Big who runs the perfectly named "Fillet of Soul" restaurant as front. (In a twist, Yaphet Kotto plays both characters.) Bond is guided along by an old CIA buddy (David Hedison as Felix Leiter), antagonized by a small-town Louisiana sheriff (played, oddly enough, by longtime New York City resident Clifton James) and enchanted by a tarot-card reader (Jane Seymour as Solitaire). Along the way, Moore took the neophyte Seymour under his wing, deepening their onscreen connection. "I was really, really lucky, because he had every reason to be nervous himself," Seymour told People in 2017. “It was his first Bond. No one could conceive of anyone being able to do what Sean had done. So, I can only imagine how hard it was for him, the pressure. But he took time out to be there for me as well." Throughout, Bond finds himself in fish-out-of-water moments better suited for the jocular Moore, as he began a run of straight-man roles opposite ever-more outrageous character actors (including James, who returned for 1974's The Man With the Golden Gun). At the same time, Moore proved deft at more traditional action scenes, holding his own opposite Julius Harris (as Kananga's henchman Tee Hee Johnson), walking over alligators and piloting a speedboat through a chase that ranks as one of the best sequences in the Bond filmography. Moore's presence wasn't the only instance in which Live and Let Die shook things up. The cast also featured the first black Bond girl, though United Artists executives apparently balked at a suggestion that Seymour's role be played by Diana Ross instead. At the same time, the movie's riff on blaxploitation films also opened the door for 007 to make forays into other genres, as the series adapted to the advent of Star Wars (1979's Moonraker), Miami Vice (1989's Licence to Kill) and the Jason Bourne franchise (2008's Quantum of Solace). They also referenced kung-fu movies not once (The Man With the Golden Gun) but twice (1997's Tomorrow Never Dies). Credit – or, in some cases, blame – goes back to Moore and Live and Let Die. Ultimately, Broccoli became a huge fan too. "What Roger has done with the part," Broccoli later told the Virginian-Pilot's Mal Vincent, "is sheer guts." James Bond Movies Ranked Next: James Bond Actors - Where Are They Now? Source: How Roger Moore Became a New James Bond for ‘Live and Let Die’ Filed Under: james bond, Roger Moore Categories: Entertainment News, Movies	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line275
__label__wiki	0.509954	0.509954	Home > Naturopathic News > NCNM News: University Status, $3 Million in NIH Grants NCNM News: University Status, $3 Million in NIH Grants April 21, 2016 Posted by AANMCNewsNCNM University Status, $3 Million in NIH Grants NCNM received approval from accreditors to become a university: The announcement came on the heels of approval and formation of a new School of Undergraduate & Part-Time Studies earlier this year, with classes to begin in fall 2016. The new name and logo will be announced in late June 2016. NIH Grants: Evidence-Based Research is always a hot topic in natural medicine, with funding historically tight. NCNM’s School of Research & Graduate Studies, and its Helfgott Research Institute are paving the way to attract support for our students. Ongoing studies of diabetes, cancer, gastrointestinal issues, pain and nutrition, to name a few, are underway. Work at the school got a huge boost with the award of more than $3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health. The two five-year complementary and integrative health grants will support studies involving mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis, and clinical research training for naturopathic doctors and Chinese medicine practitioners, as well as training in naturopathic and Chinese medicine modalities for conventional medicine researchers. NCNM is the oldest and one of the best-known colleges of its type in the world and has been a recognized authority in providing ground-breaking naturopathic medical education for more than 50 years. Learn More about NCNM! Earth Day 2016 #NatMedChat Discussion	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line277
__label__cc	0.511604	0.488396	Wigmore Mondays – Les Ambassadeurs Les Ambassadeurs / Alexis Kossenko (above) Les Ambassadeurs (Lina Tur Bonet, Stefano Rossi (violins), Tormod Dalen (cello), Allan Rasmussen (harpsichord) / Alexis Kossenko (flute, director) Wigmore Hall, London, 20 June 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gnc3g Available until 20 July Blavet Flute Concerto in A minor (1745) (14 minutes) Pisendel Sonata in D for violin and basso continuo (c1717) (11 minutes) Leo Flute Concerto in G (unknown) (8 minutes) Leclair Ouverture No 3 in A major, Op 13 No 5 (1746) (4 minutes) Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in A minor, RV108 (1724) (7 minutes) Les Ambassadeurs have not recorded this music, but the Spotify playlist below gives a guide to other versions in the event you are unable to get the broadcast link to work: It is more than possible that you will only have heard of one of the five composers in this concert, which also presented Les Ambassadeurs in their first visit to the Wigmore Hall. The ensemble is normally around fifteen strong, though to fit the confines of the venue here it was scaled down to five. Les Ambassadeurs is modelled on the Dresden Hofkapelle, an orchestra in Bach’s time that was regarded as one of the best in Europe. The music they choose comes from the 18th century, naturally, but here presents contemporaries who are not often heard. Michel Blavet (1700-1768) was a French flautist and composer, and a prominent part of Les Concerts Spirituel in Paris. His Flute Concerto of 1745 was rediscovered in 1954. Meanwhile the Italian composer Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) was a prolific composer for the stage, but wrote in particular for cello and flute. This concerto appears to be a recent discovery. Composer-violinist Leclair (1697-1764) appears with an overture intended for his only opera Scylla et Glaucus, while Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), an employee of the Saxon court in Dresden, wrote his Violin Sonata in an Italian style, bringing to mind the compositions of Vivaldi. Speaking of which, the concert concludes with one of Vivaldi’s many concerti for flute / recorder and strings. This one was composed at a time when the composer was often away from Venice, but sent scores by post for his pupils to play. A series of excellent performances gave a valuable insight into a corner of the eighteenth century not often visited in concert. Alexis Kossenko led his charges with great enthusiasm, and the planning of the concert was ideal to give a contrast between the works for flute and recorder and those smaller scale pieces for violin – brilliantly played by Lina Tur Bonet. The works of Blavet, Pisendel and Leo stood up well in comparison to their more illustrious contemporaries, with lively introductions from the strings in the flute concertos, setting the tone for some considerable virtuosity from Kossenko. 5:46 – the strings begin with a purposeful tune, the start of a lively Allegro. They are joined by the flute at 6:32. The flute is then the dominant character in proceedings, which includes quite a substantial development of the first tune. At 10:43 we hear the flute alone in a showy cadenza, over a single held note from the other players, before they wrap up the movement. 11:39 – Blavet stays in the key of A minor for his slow movement, a solemn piece of music – but then there is a switch to A major at 13:07, and a lighter outlook. Then at 14:16 the harmonies turn once more to the minor key, though there is now a more positive feel to the music. 15:07 – the strings begin with some brisk music, and you might hear the slap of bow on string as they strive for maximum thrust. The flute joins at 15:49 with a similar sense of purpose. At 16:35 there is a flashy cadenza, but then at 18:12 and 19:02 we hear it in some very difficult music, taking the solo role to extremes. Pisendel 20:45 – the ‘basso continuo’ (cello and harpsichord) set out a bright opening to which the violin quickly responds, before taking the lead in light hearted dialogue. Then at 22:00 the harmonies open out into more complex areas and the solo violin is given a really testing workout. Eventually Pisendel works his way back to the original key. 24:19 – a slow second movement, still in the original key of D major, but making moves towards the minor key a lot, giving the harmonies more colour in music of greater strife. 27:40 – back to the major key for the third movement, where the violin has a free standing part over the continuo, which anchors the music. From 30:30 Pisendel makes greater demands on his soloist, with rapid string crossing. There is a false end at 31:42, then a proper finish a couple of seconds later. 33:16 – the strings start off with a perky theme, setting out the main melodies and figures before the flute joins them at 33:57. Before long Leo is asking a lot of the flute, with some breathless phrases before we hear the strings’ theme again at 35:28, now in the key of E minor – the closest ‘relative’ to the work’s home key of G. 37:21 – for the slow movement Leo moves back to the ‘relative’ minor for a slow dance, gracefully introduced by the violins before handing over to the flute at 38:01. 41:23 – after the relative anguish of the slow movement the breezy finale is a nice contrast, the violins flourishing with their tunes, complemented by the flute from 41:58. 45:54 – a series of rapidly ascending scales on the cello and violin form the basis of the musical material for this characterful overture. It is a lively, bright piece of music. 51:16 – Vivaldi gets straight down to business in this piece, with no way of introduction – the strings and recorder are straight in together with some quick exchanges. From 53:30 the recorder has a tricky, virtuosic passage. 54:17 – slow, chugging violins over spread chords from the harpsichord set the scene, after which the recorder comes in with longer phrases. 56:44 – a triple time dance, led by the recorder with enthusiastic support from the strings. As a complement to this concert, here is a link to Les Ambassadeurs in accompaniment to the soprano Sabine Devieilhe, in an enticing album of vocal works by Rameau: This entry was posted in In concert, Small scale and tagged Alexis Kossenko, Antonio Vivaldi, BBC Radio 3, Jean-Marie Leclair, Leonardo Leo, Les Ambassadeurs, Michel Blavet, Wigmore Hall by arcanafm. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line278
__label__wiki	0.815704	0.815704	Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers Swarthmore College Peace Collection Dorothy Hutchinson's papers (l942-l980) document her activities in the peace movement, especially in international affairs, and in civil rights and civil liberties. Since she was known both as a writer and a speaker, her papers contain many articles, pamphlets, and speech notes. There are several autobiographical memoirs: Living Without a Plan, a l40 page manuscript of her autobiography (l979); "War Record of a Pacifist", a collection of her own views, correspondence, articles and clippings that describe World War II; and "Letters of Friendship" (l954), letters home describing her Journey of Friendship, a trip around the world with Hazel DuBois. Hutchinson requested that no portion of her memoir Living Without a Plan be published. There is also a small amount of biographical material including publicity newsclippings. Pamphlets written by Hutchinson include"A Call to Peace Now" (l943), published by the Society of Friends; "Must the Killing Go On? A Peace Catechism", (l943), published by the Peace Now Movement; "Toward World Political Community" (l965) and "Proposal for an Honorable Peace in Vietnam" (l968), both published by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. There is a considerable quantity of notes from speeches about international relations and religious subjects, as well as several unpublished articles. Approximately a quarter of the Hutchinson papers document the Peace Now Movement (l943, l944). These papers include its literature, partial files of the New York Office, and some files from George W. Hartmann, sent to Hutchinson by Hartmann's widow, in addition to Hutchinson's own correspondence related to PNM. There are many newsclippings about PNM and a letter (l976) to Glen Zeitzer in which Hutchinson tells him her recollections of PNM. SCPC also has material on PNM in its collective document groups. Since Hutchinson headed both the U.S. and International sections of WILPF during the l960s, there is WILPF-related correspondence and writings and speeches by Hutchinson. A significant amount of this material deals with the peaceful settlement of international disputes. There is a description of Hutchinson's fast at the Atomic Energy Commission in l958, and material about the World Peoples Conference in Geneva in l960 which she attended. Finally, the Hutchinson papers include reference material on topics including SALT (l97l), the Save Our Seas Movement (l972), and Vietnam (l969-l972), and a series of general subject files including nonviolent resistence and women's rights. Correspondents include Gertrud(e) Baer, Edith Ballantyne, Elise Boulding, Henry J. Cadbury, Stephen G. Cary, John A. Collett, Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, George W. Hartmann, Dorothy Hickey, Fujiko Isono, Andree Jouve, Emily Longstreth, A.J. Muste, Dr. Sushila Nayar, Mercedes M. Randall, Mark R. Shaw, Bessie Simon, and Nelly Weiss. Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 (Person) Materials are in English. Manuscript of Hutchinson's autobiography: "Living Without a Plan" (l979) may not be photocopied. Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) was born in Middletown, Connecticut. Polio at age five left her partially crippled. She received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in l927 and a Ph.D. In zoology from Yale in l932. In l933, she was married to R. Cranford Hutchinson, a professor of anatomy at Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania. The couple adopted and raised three children. Although she grew up a Methodist, Hutchinson became a member of the Society of Friends when she joined the Falls (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting in l940. She began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. l3,000 copies were printed and sold. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, then on leave at Harvard, and John Collett, a Norwegian who had left Norway when the Nazis invaded. Bessie Simon, who had supported the America First movement, became the PNM secretary and it was endorsed by Frederick Libby of NCPW and Mark Shaw of FOR. Many Americans regarded the Peace Now Movement as "selling out" to the enemy, and pacifist A.J. Muste criticized it for its efforts, saying the only acceptable peace was one in which the Allies would unilaterally and unconditionally lay down their arms. The PNM files were stolen and turned over to the Dies Committee of the House of Representatives whose investigation resulted in hostile publicity. Hutchinson resigned late in l943 because of health problems, although she remained supportive. Collett proved to be mentally unbalanced and Hartmann suffered a nervous breakdown in l944. PNM formally ended in l944 although an effort was made by a group in Philadelphia to continue its work under the name of the American Peace Terms Committee. . Hutchinson, continuing to raise her young family, was in demand as a speaker and writer on subjects both religious and political. She spoke at Friends gatherings, large and small, as well as at other church and secular gatherings. When her family moved from Fallsington to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Hutchinson joined the Abington Friends Meeting and taught an adult class there. When World War II ended, she worked to promote the United Nations and helped organize a local chapter of the United World Federalists whose purpose was world disarmament through world law. During the l950s, however, she became convinced that total disarmament as conceived by UWF was unrealistic without the creation of acceptable methods for the peaceful settlement of international disputes. In l954, she and Hazel DuBois, an eighteen year old black woman, undertook a Journey of Friendship under the sponsorship of the Abington Friends Meeting and travelled 25,000 miles around the world, promoting friendship and peace, especially among women. In l958, Hutchinson fasted for five days at the Atomic Energy Commission. The aim was "to elicit a human response" against U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific and protest the detention of the Golden Rule peace ship in Hawaii. She attended the World Peoples Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in l960. Hutchinson was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She attended the l4th International Congress in Stockholm in l959 and became president of the U.S. Section of WILPF in l96l, serving until l965. She then served as chairman of International WILPF from l965 until l968, the first American woman to hold that position since Jane Addams. She was one of the American women who attended the Bryn Mawr Conference of American and Soviet Women in l96l. Representing WILPF, she travelled to Poland in l963, and to Moscow in l964. She continued to be very active in the WILPF Committee on Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes. She urged participation in anti-Vietnam War activities in the late l960s, attending rallies and demonstrations. Dorothy Hutchinson was an activist in civil rights and civil liberties as well as in the peace movement. In l957, she travelled to Montgomery, Alabama, to celebrate the first anniversary of the bus boycott by blacks, and in l965, she particpated in the Montgomery march for One Man, One Vote, working with Coretta Scott King and handling the switchboard that kept Selma headquarters in touch with the marchers. In l968, she represented the Quakers in New Delhi at the first International Interreligious Symposium held by the Inter-Religious Committee on Peace, flying from there to Vietnam to meet with Vietnamese government officials. The Hutchinsons moved from Jenkintown to their retirement home on Jump Off Road near Sewanee, Tennessee, in l969. Dorothy Hutchinson continued to speak and write for peace and to be involved in Friends gatherings. In l977, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Mount Holyoke on the fiftieth anniversary of her graduation. 5.25 Linear Feet (5.25 linear ft.) Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked to promote the United Nations and helped organize a local chapter of the United World Federalists Hutchinson was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and became president of the U.S. Section of WILPF in l96l, serving until l965. She then served as chairman of International WILPF from l965 until l968. Hutchinson was an activist in civil rights and civil liberties as well as in the peace movement. In most of the folders in the Hutchinson papers, there is a mixture of different kinds of documents, including correspondence, her own writings or notes, and reference material. For the catalog record for this collection and to find materials on similar topics, search the library's online catalog. The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers. Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, 1981 (Acc. 81A-093, Acc. 81A-096). Allen S. Olmsted Papers (DG 095) Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers (DG 082) Peace Now Collected Records (CDG-A) Mercedes M. Randall Papers (DG 110) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section Records (DG 043) Much material printed by WILPF found with these papers was moved to DG 043 (WILPF). Some literature from the Peace Now Movement was moved to the collective document group by that name. Pamphlets, not written by Hutchinson, were noted and moved to SCPCn Pamphlet Collection Periodicals were moved to the SCPC Periodical Collection. Photographs were moved to the SCPC Photograph Collection. Bibliographic References Guide to Sources on Women in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, p. 14. Copyright to the items created by Dorothy Hutchinson have been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Checklist prepared by Martha P. Shane, January l986; This version of the finding aid was prepared by Chloe Lucchesi-Malone, July 2009. Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources Collett, John A. (John Albert), 1911- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 Peace Now Movement (Organization) Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources Society of Friends -- History -- Sources Women and peace -- History -- Sources Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section Baer, Gertrude (Correspondent, Person) Ballantyne, Edith (Correspondent, Person) Boulding, Elise (Correspondent, Person) Cary, Stephen G. (Correspondent, Person) Gjermoe, Johanne Ruetz (Correspondent, Person) Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 (Correspondent, Person) Hickie, Dorothy (Correspondent, Person) Isono, Fujiko, 1918- (Correspondent, Person) Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 (Correspondent, Person) Nayar, Sushila, 1914-2001 (Correspondent, Person) Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 (Correspondent, Person) Simon, Bessie (Correspondent, Person) Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/ Swarthmore 19081-1399 USA US peacecollection@swarthmore.edu Cite as: [Identification of item], in the Dorothy Hutchinson Papers (DG 125), Swarthmore College Peace Collection. http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/8/resources/7031 Accessed January 18, 2021.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line281
__label__wiki	0.541029	0.541029	Melancolía y metafísica Luis Fernández-Galiano Eduardo Souto de Moura is the author of a succinct oeuvre, limited in number and laconic in quality. The collection presented here, which can be described as essential rather than selected works, covers a thirty-year-long career, from his demanding t Regional Root The Knights Move Kenneth Frampton Anonymous architecture is a theme that interests me greatly, as does industrial architecture, for they are works with no direct message, capable of creating very beautiful atmospheres, personages that do not speak but make themselves understood perfe Jorge Figueira Linking up with the ‘laconic’ tradition – as Kenneth Frampton accurately defined it – of the School of Porto, the oeuvre of Eduardo Souto de Moura does not demand a large theoretical framework, which doesn’t mean that the cultural context from which From Porto to the World Carandá market, Braga Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal An old farm on a hill, close to the center of Braga, was the terrain chosen for the construction of the Municipal Market of Carandá: a linear building whose footprint rested on two perpendicular paths that linked the complex with the city, occupying Casa das Artes Cultural Center, Porto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal The building is located in the gardens of a neoclassical style house of the early 20th century in Porto. So as not to alter the historical identity of the precinct, the new structure occupies a perimeter position, replacing the enclosure wall with tw Faculty of Geological Sciences, Aveiro Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Housed in a rectangular block measuring eighty meters long and twenty wide, the Geological Sciences building is located in the Aveiro university campus. The urban plan for the campus foresaw a uniform image for the different schools, using exposed br Pousada de Santa Maria do Bouro, Amares Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal The origins of the monastery of Santa Maria do Bouro, located some ten kilometers north of Braga, are dark and surrounded by legends as those of many other medieval monasteries. Apparently, already in 1162 and on this site on the left of the Cavado R House in Moledo, Moledo Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Very close to the Miño River estuary, on the other side of the frontier with Spain, is a small Portuguese town called Moledo do Minho: a coastal location that is perfect for a family house, raised here upon an what used to a farmland, on a plot with Burgo Offices Complex, Porto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Boavista Avenue is the longest straight urban stretch in Portugal. It is five kilometers long and connects Rem Koolhaas’s Casa da Música, in the city center, with the Atlantic Ocean, to the west. The Burgo complex of offices and retail spaces goes up Apartment Block at Rua do Teatro, Porto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Located between the Duero River and the Atlantic Ocean, the Porto neighborhood where this residential block goes up corresponds to the area where the city grew beyond the medieval walls throughout the 18th century. The urban fabric in this zone is de Courtyard Houses, Matosinhos Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal The transformation of the old docks of the peaceful Atlantic estuary of Matosinhos, near Porto, in the lively port of Leixões, changed the character of the area, which gradually took shape as a dormitory town. This complex of ten courtyard-houses has Residential Building, Maia Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Maia has experienced an extraordinary development over the past years. It is still a large town, but its growth has been orchestrated following the objective of becoming a city: it has big avenues, a large civic center and an office tower next to the Porto Subway, Oporto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal With five lines and 68 stations, the Metro of Porto is a large and extremely complex infrastructure. Among the many tasks that setting up this vast network of 70 kilometers entailed, the architectural definition of the stations was an especially impo Cinema House Manoel de Oliveira, Porto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Designed as a tribute to the work of the filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, the most famous and long-lived among Portuguese directors, the Casa do Cinema is a small reinforced concrete construction of two levels, resembling a film camera the two large len Municipal Stadium, Braga Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Built for the football Eurocup held in Portugal in 2004, the Municipal Stadium of Braga is located on the precipitous terrain of an old limestone quarry on the northern side of Monte Castro. The project site, which initially was going to be an unappe Two Houses in Ponte de Lima, Quinta de Anquiao Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Very close to the frontier with Spain, the Portuguese municipality of Ponte de Lima is the holiday destination of a large number of families who spend weekends or longer periods there. On the outskirts of this tourist site, named after its Roman brid Building at the Avenida da Boavista, Oporto Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Located opposite the main axis of Avenida da Boavista and just a few meters from the Quinta da Avenida semi-detached housing complex – also by Souto de Moura –, this commercial and office building is conceived as a large plinth on which a series of i La Pallaresca Complex, Santa Coloma de Gramenet Eduardo Souto de Moura Spain The project is located in a transition area between the historic center of Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona), with a compact and established urban fabric, and the neighborhood of Singuerlin, with a precipitous and discontinuous morphology. The are Restructuring of the Robinson Factory, Portalegre Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal The Portuguese city of Portalegre is located at the edge of Serra de São Mamede Natural Park, just a few kilometers from the frontier with Extremadura. Traditionally linked to the textile industry of tapestries since the 17th century, the creation of Paula Rêgo Museum, Cascais Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal Paula rêgo (Lisbon, 1935), painter, draftswoman and engraver, is one of the most noteworthy figures of contemporary Portuguese art; her work reveals the influence of Lucien Freud, Arshile Gorky or Balthus. She was trained at the Slade School of Fine Building at the Novartis Campus, Basilea Eduardo Souto de Moura Switzerland The St. Johann district in the Swiss city of Basel is the site chosen for the campus of the pharmaceutical company Novartis: a miniature city designed by the urbanist Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani that includes works by renown architects like David Chi Uitzicht Crematorium, Cortrique Eduardo Souto de Moura Belgium Located south of the historic center, the neighborhood of the Flemish city of Courtray (Hoog Kortrijk) is a low-density area with large open spaces and a gently sloping topography. Aiming to develop a coherent structure with a recognizable identity f Miguel Torga Cultural Center, Sabrosa Eduardo Souto de Moura Portugal The novelist, columnist and poet Miguel Torga – pen name of Adolf Correia da Rocha –, is one of the most important of the 20th century. This cultural center wants to be an institution of reference in the study and dissemination of his literary oeuvre Melancolía y metafísica Melancholy and Metaphysics Raíz regional Regional Root Kenneth Frampton El salto del caballo Jorge Figueira Local y cosmopolita De Oporto al mundo From Porto to the World Mercado de Carandá, 1980-2001, Braga (Portugal) Carandá Market, 1980-2001, Braga (Portugal) Centro Cultural Casa das Artes, 1981-1991, Oporto (Portugal) Casa das Artes Cultural Center, 1981-1991, Porto (Portugal) Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, 1989-1994, Aveiro (Portugal) Faculty of Geological Sciences, 1989-1994, Aveiro (Portugal) Parador de Santa María de Bouro, 1989-1997, Amares (Portugal) Pousada de Santa Maria do Bouro, 1989-1997, Amares (Portugal) Casa en Moledo, 1991-1998, Moledo (Portugal) House in Moledo, 1991-1998, Moledo (Portugal) Complejo de oficinas Burgo, 1991-2007, Oporto (Portugal) Burgo Offices Complex, 1991-2007, Porto (Portugal) Bloque residencial en la Rua do Teatro, 1992-1995, Oporto (Portugal) Apartment Block at Rua do Teatro, 1992-1995, Porto (Portugal) Casas con patio, 1993-1999, Matosinhos (Portugal) Courtyard Houses, 1993-1999, Matosinhos (Portugal) Bloque de viviendas, 1997-2001, Maia (Portugal) Residential Building, 1997-2001, Maia (Portugal) Metro de Oporto, 1997-2005, Oporto (Portugal) Oporto Subway, 1997-2005, Porto (Portugal) Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, 1998-2003, Oporto (Portugal) Cinema House Manoel de Oliveira, 1998-2003, Porto (Portugal) Estadio Municipal, 2000-2003, Braga (Portugal) Municipal Stadium, 2000-2003, Braga (Portugal) Dos casas en Ponte de Lima, 2001-2002, Quinta de Anquião (Portugal) Two Houses in Ponte de Lima, 2001-2002, Quinta de Anquião (Portugal) Edificio en la Avenida da Boavista, 2004-2007, Oporto (Portugal) Building at the Avenida da Boavista, 2004-2007, Porto (Portugal) Conjunto La Pallaresa, 2004-2011, Santa Coloma de Gramenet (España) La Pallaresa Complex, 2004-2011, Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain) Reconversión de la fábrica Robinson, 2004-2011, Portalegre (Portugal) Restructuring of the Robinson Factory, 2004-2011, Portalegre (Portugal) Museo Paula Rêgo, 2005-2009, Cascais (Portugal) Paula Rêgo Museum, 2005-2009, Cascais (Portugal) Edificio en el Campus Novartis, 2005-2011, Basilea (Suiza) Building at the Novartis Campus, 2005-2011, Basel (Switzerland) Crematorio Uitzicht, 2005-2011, Cortrique (Bélgica) Uitzicht Crematorium, 2005-2011, Courtray (Belgium) Centro Cultural Miguel Torga, 2007-2011, Sabrosa (Portugal) Miguel Torga Cultural Center, 2007-2011, Sabrosa (Portugal)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line284
__label__wiki	0.835386	0.835386	in the United States called to tighten control over submarine Internet cables / ServerNews This week, a member of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called for a new test of the submarine cables that carry nearly all of the world’s internet traffic. “We must take a closer look at cables with ground handling stations in enemy countries– said FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks (pictured). – These include four existing submarine cables connecting the US and China, most of which are partly owned by Chinese state-owned companies.“. The United States has repeatedly expressed concern about China’s role in handling network traffic and its potential for espionage. About 300 submarine cables, which carry up to 99% of the world’s data traffic, form the backbone of the Internet. Starks noted that the FCC “must ensure that warring countries and other hostile actors cannot interfere, block or intercept messages they transmit“. Starks’ announcement comes a few weeks after Google and Facebook ditched Hong Kong’s Pacific Light Cable Network, which connects the United States to Taiwan and the Philippines. A segment of the cable to Hong Kong has already been laid, but it will not be activated after warnings from US intelligence agencies that Beijing may use this channel to penetrate American networks. A source from The Register found the situation amusing, given that the NSA was tapping submarine cables. Starks made two recommendations to the FCC. First, the commission must create a centralized “interdepartmental working group of national security“. The current monitoring system distributes questions among various institutions that “complicates internal coordination between different bodies and risks an inconsistent approach to national security issues“. Starks’ second proposal is to consider increasing the FCC’s authority over the use of submarine cables. “Given that the problems associated with these cables will become more complex and important to our national security, we must see if our regulator (authority) is sufficient to meet the current challenges.“Starks said.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line293
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__label__wiki	0.930198	0.930198	Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation Since 1957…… Creating and Edvocating Relevant Social Service Programs! A REVOLUTIONARY Charity! Header → Primary There is currently no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food. Get answers to other questions about COVID-19 and food from CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Famous Who Were Once Homeless Posted on December 7, 2009 by Abdul-Jalil al-HakimCategories:Uncategorized Content → Top AMWF KPFA Promo https://youtu.be/qoYRdVXF23A Join our FaceBook Groups Join our FaceBook JUDICIAL EQUITY AND REFORM INITIATIVE Group at: https://wp.me/Pye39-rB You can send me a “Friend Request” at Abdul-Jalil: https://www.facebook.com/ajalil1234/ and we will tag you in our Posts so you know when they are posted. Please consider our FaceBook Groups at: Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amwfnd/ SUPERSTARS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefirstssm/ TEENS OF THE 60’s: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teensofthe60s/ Noted Individuals Who Have Experienced Homelessness This is a list of celebrities and other prominent and famous individuals who have experienced being homeless for a brief or extended period at one time in their lives, either as children or adults. If available, the location of where the person slept at night is indicated in parentheses. ”Camping“ refers to homeless camping, not recreational camping. Total Names: 163 Males: 122 Females: 41 Nobel Prize Winners: 1 Nobel Prize Nominees: 2 Oscar Winners: 6 Oscar Nominees: 10 Emmy Award Winners: 8 Emmy Award Nominees: 11 Grammy Award Winners: 9 Grammy Award Nominees: 13 Best-Selling Authors: 6 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients (U.S.’s highest civilian honor): 1 Knighthoods: 1 Lionel Aldridge . . . American football player; television sportscaster-analyst; played in two winning Super Bowl games (homeless for 2 1/2 years). Photo: The Topps Company. Rubina Ali . . . actress (age 9, outdoor camping in Mumbai, India after municipal workers destroyed her family’s makeshift home located in the slums) (source: news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/124888, ”She’s world famous . . . and now homeless. The family of Rubina Ali, the 9-year-old girl who portrayed the young Latika in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, is trying to find shelter after authorities in Mumbai bulldozed their shanty house. This comes less than a week after the home of costar Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10 (young Salim) was demolished.“). Matthew Ansara . . . actor; son of actress Barbara Eden and actor Michael Ansara (streets in the Los Angeles area) (sources: 20/20 Downtown, ABC-TV newsmagazine, January 30, 2002, Barbara Eden oncamera sit-down interview conducted by Connie Chung / People magazine, March 11, 2002, Barbara Eden print interview). ————— Noted Individuals Who Have Experienced Homelesness ————— John Drew Barrymore . . . actor; father of actress Drew Barrymore (streets/shelters). Jean-Michel Basquiat . . . artist-actor (streets of New York City where he began as a graffiti artist and found fame as a canvas artist with the help of Andy Warhol. The poster at right is for a 1996 movie based on his life. The cast included actors Jeffrey Wright [title role], Benicio Del Toro, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Parker Posey, Courtney Love, and Tatum O’Neal.). Arthur Bell . . . ballet dancer (streets of Brooklyn in New York City). Photo: CNN. Halle Berry . . . Oscar-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress (shelter in New York City) (sources: Reader’s Digest, April 2007, cover story: ”Halle Berry: From homeless shelter to Hollywood fame.“ Page: 89: RD: ”Is it true that when you moved to New York to begin your acting career, you lived in a shelter?“ Berry: ”Very briefly. …I wasn’t working for a while. RD: “How old were you then?” Berry: “I probably was about 21. But a girl had to do what a girl had to do. You can do that when you’re 21 and ambitious, and your eyes are this big and you don’t want to go home.” / US magazine, April 22, 2007: “Halle Berry was homeless. Berry slept at a shelter in NYC after her mom refused to send her money.”) . Danny Bonaduce . . . actor; radio-show host; American author (car, just before beginning his radio career). Matt Borlenghi . . . Emmy Award-nominated actor (streets/truck/outdoor camping in Santa Monica, California) (sources: Entertainment Tonight, June 13, 2002, Matt Borlenghi oncamera sit-down interview conducted by Maria Menounos / Entertainment Tonight website article, June 12, 2002) . John Green Brady (John G. Brady) . . . governor of Alaska 1897-1906 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many “orphan trains,” accompanied on this particular trip by future North Dakota governor Andrew Burke). Photo: Alaska State Library. Sherry Brantley . . . American author; lecturer. T. Casey Brennan . . . American author (homeless shelter in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA). Shannon Briggs . . . boxer (streets of New York City while a teenager). Wes Browning . . . artist; writer; former university professor (cars/kitchen floor of friend’s apartment/couch at friend’s business). Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha) . . . religious leader; source for Buddhism; Enlightened One in the Buddhism religion (outdoor camping). Photo: artist’s rendering. Andrew Burke . . . governor of North Dakota 1870-1873 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many “orphan trains,” accompanied on this particular trip by future Alaska governor John Green Brady). Cappadonna . . . rap music singer (self-imposed homelessness on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland: “It was by choice. But it was more of my way of rebelling against the materialistic world.”). Cally Cardwell . . . mother of actress-singer Lena Cardwell (public transportation terminals in New York City with her daughter). Lena Cardwell . . . actress-singer (train, bus, and subway terminals in New York City for two years as a child with her mother). Photo: NBC-TV. Drew Carey . . . Emmy Award-nominated actor-writer-producer-comedian; best-selling American author (star of the television series The Drew Carey Show) (car) (source: Entertainment Tonight, May 23, 2002; birthdays segment, co-host Mary Hart: “Which star of The Drew Carey Show once lived out of his car? That’s Drew Carey himself, who turns 44 today.”) Jim Carrey . . . actor-writer-producer-comedian (yellow VW van in various Canadian locations with older brother John Carrey, older sister Rita Carrey, and parents Percy Carrey and Kathleen Carrey/outdoor camping in a tent with his family in the backyard of the home of his older married sister, Patricia Carrey). Lenedra Carroll . . . mother and manager of Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel (VW van; one of two used by mother and daughter). Todd Chaisson . . . singer-musician; lead vocalist of the band “Substance D” (cardboard box in the back of a grocery store in North Hollywood, California). Charlie Chaplin . . . Oscar-winning actor-writer-director-producer; British-born author; knighted (streets of London during his childhood after his father died and his mother suffered a mental breakdown). John Chapman . . . early American naturalist-nurseryman who traveled the American Midwest planting, harvesting, selling, and giving away apple trees; legendized in stories, poems, and songs as “Johnny Appleseed” (outdoor camping/barns). Kelly Clarkson . . . Grammy Award-winning singer; American Idol television talent show 1st-season winner 2002 (car/shelter, with her female roommate after a major structural fire forced them out of a 71-unit apartment building in West Hollywood, California in March 2002) (source: Inside Edition television newsmagazine, September 5, 2002; story/interview with her roommate-fellow Texan, actress-singer-dancer Janet Harvick. Janet: “It was really, really rough because we had just moved here, and we had just moved in the day of the fire. We knew nobody here—I mean nobody, so the night of the fire, the next day, and night, we stayed in our car.” / US Weekly magazine, September 23, 2002; print story: “’My apartment [building] burned down; my car got towed twice,’ recalls Clarkson, who, with nowhere to go, lived in a homeless shelter for several days.”) Photo: TV Guide. Willy Chow . . . martial arts master instructor (streets/outdoor camping in Hawaii). Kurt Cobain . . . Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-musician; rock star; lead vocalist of the band “Nirvana” (outdoor camping under a bridge in Aberdeen, Washington USA/cardboard box on the porch of a drummer friend/hallway floor of an apartment building/hospital waiting room/old couch in a garage). (source: book, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of kurt Cobain, by Charles R. Cross, 2001). Photo: Rolling Stone magazine. James A. Conrad . . . American author; physics researcher (car/outdoor camping; hurricane). Photo: jamesaconrad.com. Daniel Craig . . . actor; James Bond in the 007 movies (park bench in London while a struggling actor). (source: Daily Mail newspaper, October 14, 2005). Jacqueline Danforth . . . daughter of television journalist Barbara Walters and theatrical producer Lee Guber; founder-executive director of Daughters, Inc. / New Horizons Wilderness Program for young women (ran away from home in 1984 at age 15 and hitchhiked approximately 800 miles across the southwest United States for a month) (source: Dateline NBC TV newsmagazine, October 18, 2002, Jackie Danforth and Barbara Walters oncamera interview conducted by host Jane Pauley. Jackie: “I ended up hitchhiking with some guy that I, you know, met on the street. And he [eventually] went through my wallet and found a phone number.” Barbara: “And he called me. And then I knew where she was, thank God.”). Photo: Daughters, Inc. Frenchie Davis . . . singer; American Idol television talent show 2nd-season semifinalist contestant; Entertainment Tonight special correspondent (homeless for three months; stayed with friends) (sources: Entertainment Tonight, Februrary 12, 2003; Us Weekly magazine, March 3-10, 2003). Photo: American Idol. John Paul DeJoria . . . businessman; co-founder and spokesperson of the hair-care company “John Paul Mitchell Systems” (homeless twice in his early 20s as a single father in Los Angeles). Tyler Denk . . . male model (streets) (source: Entertainment Tonight, September 2, 2002; interview/story, co-host Bob Goen: “. . . and soon he was living on the street.”). Troy Donahue . . . actor (temporary shelters/outdoor camping in Central Park in New York City). Photo: TV Guide. Jack Dowling . . . artist (homeless for a year in New York City after the apartment building in which he lived was condemned by the City and given to New York University). Bobby Driscoll . . . Oscar-winning actor (as child star); the original voice of Walt Disney’s 1953 Peter Pan animated movie (died alone of a heart attack at age 31 in a vacant tenement building in New York City). D-Vine . . . rap music star (homeless shelter after his mother died). Andrea Dworkin . . . American author (under a bridge in Amsterdam/cot in a movie theater/streets/temporary shelters). George Eads . . . actor (one of the stars of the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) (car, in Los Angeles while a struggling actor). Janice Erlbaum . . . American author (shelter in New York City for a time while a teenager). Lars Eighner . . . American author (streets/vacant buildings/outdoor camping). Philip Emeagwali . . . supercomputer scientist; lecturer; one of the pioneers of the Internet (refugee camps and abandoned buildings with his family during his childhood in Nigeria/streets of Washington DC). Photo: emeagwali.com. Tiffany Evans . . . singer; Star Search 2003 Grand Champion in Junior Vocalist category (van, with family). Photo: Star Search/CBS-TV. Robert Evans . . . Oscar-nominated American film producer (Chinatown, Marathon Man, Urban Cowboy, Popeye, etc.); movie studio executive; author (source: USA Today newspaper “Talk Today” online chat, July 25, 2002. Q: “Did you ever experience homelessness for any length of time? A: ”I was living in Havana [as a young man] and was ordered to leave, put on a plane, and landed on a beach. For 24 hours, I was in Key West and was homeless.“). Richard Fagan . . . American songwriter; has written six number-one hit songs and albums featuring his songs have sold over 25 million copies (homeless twice in the 1970s after being discharged from military service in the Vietnam War). June Fairchild . . . actress (shelter/streets in downtown Los Angeles) (source: Entertainment Tonight, July 4, 2002; oncamera interview, including oncamera visits to homeless locations). Roch Fautch . . . artist (homeless for about three months after he got divorced). Doug Ferrari . . . stand-up comedian (car/homeless shelters in San Francisco). Ella Fitzgerald . . . Grammy Award-winning singer; U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (streets of Harlem in New York City for a year while a teenager just before she won an amateur singing talent contest at the Apollo Theater). Blaze Foley . . . singer-songwriter (friends’ couches/pool tables in nightclubs/dumpsters). John Francis . . . American author; founder of Planetwalk (walked across the United States and South America beginning in the 1970s). Franko B . . . artist (homeless for a few years). Leslie Frederick . . . singer-songwriter; photographer; American author (VW van/sleeping next to her motorcycle at roadside rest stops). Chris Gardner . . . Multimillionaire stockbroker; American author; the 2006 movie the Pursuit of Happyness starring Wil Smith was based on his life (subway stations, trains, bathrooms, church-run shelter with his son in California). John Garfield . . . Oscar-nominated actor (outdoor camping/freight trains). Mary Gauthier . . . singer-songwriter (streets during her teen years after running away from her alcoholic parents’ home). Charles Gayle . . . jazz musician (streets and abandoned buildings in New York City). Joe Gilliam Jr. . . . American football player; youth football camp operator; played in two winning Super Bowl games; Sports Illustrated magazine cover subject September 23, 1974 (streets/sleeping in a cardboard box under a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee). Photo: Sports Illustrated magazine. Bruce Goldwell . . . American author (outdoor camping in Venice Beach and Santa Monica, California for nearly a decade). Kelsey Grammer . . . Emmy Award-winning actor (star of the television series Frasier) (outdoor camping in back of a theater behind his motorcycle) (source: Entertainment Tonight, December 12, 2001, celebrity ”Rags to Riches“ story segment, snippet from a 1994 ET sit-down interview). Cary Grant . . . . Oscar-winning actor (streets of Southampton, England during a summer in his youth at the time of World War I) (source: book, Cary Grant: A Biography, by Marc Eliot, 2004, page 31: ”Archie then volunteered for summer work as a messenger and gofer on the military docks, often sleeping in alleys at night if he didn’t make enough money to rent a cot in a flophouse.“). Woody Guthrie . . . folk singer-songwriter; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; author (freight trains/outdoor camping). Janet Harvick . . . actress-singer-dancer (car/shelter, with soon-to-be rock star Kelly Clarkson after a fire damaged their apartment building in West Hollywood, California; see also above entry for Kelly Clarkson). Lemuel Hill . . . Native American artist (streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles during the ages 15-21/outdoor camping in Central Park after moving to New York City). Cheri Honkala . . . human rights advocate; American author; playwright; mother of actor Mark Webber (streets/vacant buildings/homeless shelters, with her son). Photo: ABC News. Fiona Horne . . . Australian-born singer; author; rock star; ”Australia’s most famous witch“ (streets of Kings Cross, Australia). Harry Houdini . . . magician; escape artist; paranormal investigator; Hungarian-born American author (streets/outdoor camping/temporary shelters; left home at age 12 in search of work and traveled for two years on his own, making his way from Wisconsin to Missouri and settling finally in New York City). Djimon Hounsou . . . West African-born (Benisese) Oscar-nominated actor; former model (subway/streets/outdoor camping near the Eiffel Tower for two years beginning at age 13). James Byron Huggins . . . best-selling American author; journalist; former police officer (car/camping in the woods after using his life savings to help religious freedom activists in Romania). Don Imus . . . radio-show host; photographer; best-selling American author (between the dryers in a Laundromat in Hollywood, California). William A. Inman . . . early American attorney; Republican prosecutor-judge (homeless during his youth after both his parents died). Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail . . . actor (age 10, outdoor camping in Mumbai, India after municipal workers destroyed his family’s makeshift home located in the slums) (source: news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/124888). Burl Ives . . . Oscar-winning actor; Grammy Award-winning folk singer; American author (freight trains/outdoor camping; hitchhiked in the 1930s while in his early 20s across America, Canada, and Mexico). Tom Jackson . . . singer-actor (streets of Winnipeg, Canada). Vinnie James . . . singer-songwriter (streets in Virginia as a teenager; later as an adult, a shelter in Sacramento, California). Photo: vinniejames.com. Jesus of Nazareth (Yeshua of Nazareth) . . . religious leader; source for Christianity; the Christ; God and Savior in the Christian religion (outdoor camping/temporary shelters). ”The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.“ Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58). Jewel . . . Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter (1979 VW van; joined eventually by her mother/manager Lenedra Carroll, who lived out of her own VW van. Jewel: ”I was homeless when I was 18.“ (quote source: TV Guide magazine, March 16-22, 2009, pg 9). Randy Johnson . . . American NFL football player (Bread of Life Mission homeless shelter in Punta Gorda, Florida, 1999) (source: Charlotte Sun newspaper, Florida, May 10 1999, republished September 26, 2009 after his death). Henry Lee Jost . . . lawyer; mayor of Kansas City, Missouri USA 1912-1916 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many ”orphan trains“). Michael Kalesniko . . . Canadian film director-writer-actor (car, with a friend one summer in the 1980s in Canada as they looked for work). Michelle Kennedy . . . American author (car). Photo: mishakennedy.com. Chris Thomas King . . . Grammy Award-winning American Blues musician; actor (public parks in London, England). Photo: Living Blues magazine, June/July/August 2003. Eartha Kitt . . . Grammy Award-nominated singer; Emmy Award-nominated actress; American author (apartment building rooftops in New York City). KRS-One (Lawrence Parker) . . . rap music star (homeless shelter in Bronx, New York City). Photo: MTV News. Dick Lane . . . American football player; National Football League Hall of Fame inductee (abandoned in a dumpster at the age of three months and then adopted by the woman who found him) (source: Time magazine, February 11, 2002, obituary). Josiah Leming . . . singer-songwriter; American Idol 2008 contestant (car, Mercury Topaz). David Letterman . . . Emmy Award-winning television writer-comedian; talk-show host; American author (host of the television talk-show Late Show with David Letterman) (red 1973 Chevy pickup truck). Isaac Levitan . . . Lithuanian-born Russian artist (empty school rooms in Moscow, Russia after his parents died). Photo: Self-portrait, 1880s. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Trasey Lewis . . . granddaughter of producer-writer-Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (shelter in Las Vegas, Nevada). Lil’ Kim . . . Grammy Award-winning rap singer; actress (car, for a time during her youth with her mother). Vachel Lindsay . . . American poet (traveled by foot on three ”tramps“ around the U.S. between 1906 and 1912 reciting his poems in exchange for food and shelter). Agustin Lira . . . Mexican-born singer-songwriter-musician; film music composer; playwright; a member of the music group Alma (outdoor camping/barns). Photo: Hector Amezcua. Traci Lords . . . actress-singer-songwriter; American author; former model (outdoor camping while a youth under a bridge one night with other runaway youths, as described in her autobiography Underneath It All). Li Lu . . . author (homeless for a year after a 1976 earthquake in China). Photo: CNN. Richard Mackenzie . . . Scottish-born author; golf caddie manager. Adam Makowicz . . . jazz pianist (small jazz club where he played and did chores; homeless for two years). Harry Edmund Martinson . . . Nobel Prize-winning Swedish author (abandoned by his mother at an early age along with his sisters when his father died; later as an adult, he traveled for a time on a ”homeless tramp“ as a vagrant and vagabond, experiences that provided the basis for some of his writings). Colin McCabe . . . Scottish-born actor (vacant building next to Union Train Station in Los Angeles). Photo: colinmccabe.com. Sam McClain . . . Grammy Award-nominated blues singer (streets of Pensacola, Florida). Pat McDonough . . . American author; Pulitzer Prize nominee (homeless shelter in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA during the winter of 1983-1984). Rose McGowan . . . actress (streets/sleeping in nightclubs in Portland, Oregon). Photo: TV Guide. Phil McGraw / ”Dr. Phil“ . . . TV talk show host, American author, former psychologist (age 12, Kansas City, Kansas USA, after he and his father moved there while the elder McGarw interned as a psychologist) (source: Globe tabloid newspaper, June 22, 2009, pg 42, ”Dirt Poor Dr. Phil Lived in a Car!“: ”TV shrink Dr. Phil McGraw is a multimillionaire now, but as a youth, he was so poor, he was homeless and living in a car. … ‘I was homeless living in a car with my dad. We eventually got a room at the downtown YMCA for five bucks a week…“). Heather Mills . . . British model-television presenter; author; humanitarian; divorced wife of singer-songwriter Paul McCartney (outdoor camping at London’s Waterloo train station at age 14). Ed Mitchell . . . former television reporter for ITN, BBC, CNBC, and media organizations (a bench next to a nightclub in Hove, Sussex). (sources: The Guardian, December 15, 2007; The Mail on Sunday, December 16, 2007 and December 23, 2007). Jim Morrison . . . singer-songwriter; poet; lead singer and lyricist for the 1960s rock band ”The Doors“; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (with The Doors) (rooftops/cars/under the pier at Venice Beach, California/friends’ couches). John Muir . . . early American naturalist; advocate for the creation of U.S. national parks; founder of the Sierra Club; author (outdoor camping/farms/a cemetary; traveled by foot from Indianapolis, Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico coast in southern Florida). Vali Myers . . . Australian artist; former ballet dancer (streets of Paris, France). Photo: 2002 documentary by producer-director Ruth Cullen. Michael Oher . . . American NFL football player; subject of the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and 2009 film The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock (homeless for a time as a teenager in Memphis, Tennessee). George Orwell . . . British author (shelter). Gordon Parks . . . film director (Shaft, Super Cops, etc.); ”Life“ magazine photographer; best-selling American author (empty trolley cars at night while a teenager after his mother died). Robert Pastorelli . . . Emmy Award-nominated actor (car, a 1967 Dodge, at age 43 while a struggling actor in New York City). Jaco Pastorius . . . musician; bassist (bass guitarist) (outdoor camping in Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Tyler Perry . . . actor-director-writer-producer; playwright (car: Geo Metro convertible in the mid 1990s in Atlanta, Georgia USA) (source: Best Life magazine, April 2008, cover story: ”A Longer, Richer Life: How Tyler Perry Went From Living in His Car to Commanding a $500 Million Enterprise (and Taking Control of the Starship Enterprise)“) Photo: tylerperry.com. Charles Sanders Peirce . . . Harvard University-educated genius scientist; mathemetician; logician; philospher; American author; first psychologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (homeless and destitute for a time later in life, relied on charity from friends). Margaret Quenemoen . . . recreational clothing designer-manufacturer; mountain climber (car). Sally Jessy Raphael . . . Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host; American author (car). Debbie Reynolds . . . Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actress-singer; American author (car for awhile after her divorce in 1973 from Harry Karl, as mentioned in her autobiography). Photo: TV Guide. Jonathan Richman . . . singer-songwriter-musician (outdoor camping in Central Park in New York City). Jose Rios . . . Puerto Rican-born artist (streets/outdoor camping). Shane Ritchie . . . British actor (streets of Plymouth in southeastern England for two weeks in 1980 at age 16). Joan Rivers . . . Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host; TV-radio show host; best-selling American author; comedienne (car). Photo: TV Guide. J.R. Richard (Janis Rodney Richard) . . . Houston Astros baseball player (under an Interstate highway bridge in Houston, Texas). Photo: Sports Illustrated magazine. Archie Roach . . . Australian Aboriginal musician-songwriter; one of Australia’s most popular musicians (streets). Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo) . . . British-born author; painter; photographer (outdoor camping next to canals in Venice, Italy). Julia Rose . . . singer-songwriter-musician (streets of Fell’s Point district in Baltimore, Maryland). ”Colonel“ Harland Sanders . . . businessman; founder-spokesperson of the ”Kentucky Fried Chicken“ fast-food restaurant chain (homeless at age 10 when his mother remarried and he left home due to altercations with his stepfather/car as an adult; slept in the backseat nightly because he could not afford lodging as he traveled around the United States and Canada, sometimes with his wife Claudia, trying to sign up restaurants to use his special fried chicken recipe for a franchise licensing fee). Coltin Scott . . . actor (car, after moving to Los Angeles). Kyle Secor . . . actor (car/yoga studio where he taught). Ibn Shabazz . . . actor; screenwriter (shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina). Tupac Shakur . . . actor; rap music star (homeless shelters). William Shatner . . . Emmy Award-winning actor-director; best-selling Canadian-born American author (pick-up truck with a walk-in camper on the back for a time after his divorce due to financial difficulties after the cancellation of the television series Star Trek, in which he starred. Included in that time was traveling the east coast of the U.S. appearing in a play on the summer theater circuit and sleeping in the camper with his dog, a Doberman pinscher. Shatner: ”I now had three children and an ex-wife to support and I was just about broke. I even lived out of a pick-up truck for a while.“ Source: DailyMail.co.uk, May 11, 2008 / Shatner: ”I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell. It had a little stove, a toilet, and I’d drive from theater to theater. The only comfort came from my dog, who sat in the passenger seat and gave me perspective on everything.“ Source: Details magazine, January 2008. / Shatner: ”I’d been a working actor for decades, I’d starred in three failed TV series [Star Trek the most recent] , and I was a divorced father of three children living in the back of a truck.“ Source: book: Up Until Now: The Autobiography, by William Shatner with David Fisher, 2008, page 159. / Also, earlier in his life, he hitchhiked across the U.S. with a male friend during a summer break after their freshman year in college. Source: from the same above autobiography, page 32: ”We had no money, so we made signs reading ‘Two mcGill Freshman Seeing the U.S.’ and hit the road. We spent three months living in cars and sleeping on the grass and on the beach.“) Photo: Paramount Television/CBS Studios. Martin Sheen . . . Emmy Award-winning actor-director-producer (New York City subway while a young struggling actor). Photo: TV Guide. John Shirley . . . American author; screenwriter (streets of San Francisco). Marc Singer . . . British-born director; documentary filmmaker; former model (subway tunnels in New York City for two years while making a documentary on the city’s homeless). Photo: Palm Pictures. Leroy Skalstad (Leroy Allen Skalstad) . . . photojournalist; disabled Vietnam war veteran (streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Photo: Vietnam war era image. Dave Sloan . . . American author; lecturer; poet (van/outdoor camping in the state of Georgia, USA). Photo: davesloan.com. Monique Fagan Smith . . . artist (Central Park in New York City). Photo: Frank Palazzolo. Patti Smith . . . Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter; poet (streets, parks, and subways in New York City). William Smith . . . early British geologist; cartographer; created the world’s first geologic map in 1815; given the title ”The Father of English Geology“ (homeless for ten years due to debts after publishing his large format map; later recognized as a genius and given a lifelong pension by King William IV). Sonique . . . British-born singer; (streets/homeless hostel at age 16 when her mother decided to return to her native island country of Trinidad). Skip Spence . . . singer-songwriter; founding member of the band ”Moby Grape“; original drummer for the band ”Jefferson Airplane.“ Scott Stapp . . . Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter; lead vocalist of the band ”Creed“ (car). Photo: VH1. Lee Stringer . . . American author (streets/subway tunnels in New York City). Photo: CNN. Lauralee Summer . . . American author (shelters with her mother during her youth). Hilary Swank . . . Oscar-winning actress (car, an Oldsmobile/one of two air mattresses on the floor of a friend’s vacant house at age 15-16 with her mother after the two moved to Los Angeles from Washington state by car). (source, among others: Reader’s Digest, January 2007, cover story: ”Hilary Swank: How Her Risky Choice Paid Off“ Page 102: ”In 1989, when she was 15, Swank and her mom packed up their Oldsmobile Delta 88 and, with just $75, headed to Los Angeles. They lived in the car until a friend gave them a place to stay. Swank’s mom used a pay phone to book her daughter for auditions.“) Photo: Vanity Fair, August 2006. Judy Swank . . . mother of Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank (car, an Oldsmobile/friend’s vacant house, with daughter). Tommy Tallarico . . . video game composer; writer-producer; elected to a term (2005-2007) on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (Grammy Awards) (Huntington Beach/car, for awhile after moving to Los Angeles from Springfield, Massachusetts). Photo: tallarico.com. Howard Tate . . . Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter (streets/homeless for 10 years in Camden, New Jersey). Joseph Teller . . . Father of magician-comedian Raymond Teller, the silent half of the magic-comedy act Penn & Teller (outdoor camping while a traveling teenager in late 1920s America). Rob Thomas . . . Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (park benches/beach; homeless for three years after turning 17). Photo: CNN. Lupus Thunder . . . quitarist; member of the rock band ”Bloodhound Gang“ (homeless for a month). Rino Thunder . . . Native American actor (Tompkins Square Park in New York City). Bill Traylor . . . artist (streets/floor of a funeral home in Montgomery, Alabama USA). Shania Twain . . . Grammy Award-winning singer (homeless shelter in Toronto, Canada in late 1978 at age 13 with her mother and siblings, as recalled in the book: Shania Twain: The Biography by Robin Eggar, 2005; Shania: ”We drove to Toronto and went to a shelter. We finally got fed every day.“). Jean-Claude Van Damme . . . actor (Los Angeles streets) (source: The Sun, UK newspaper, Feb 6, 2009, interview, Van Damme: ”My eldest son doesn’t know how to deal with society because I over-protect him because of my last life of being on the street and sleeping on the street and starving in L.A. I didn’t want him to have that.“). Mark Webber . . . actor (streets/vacant buildings/homeless shelters with his mother for a time during his youth). Terri White . . . Broadway actress-singer (park bench for three months in 2008 in Manhattan, New York City after losing her apartment) (source: People magazine, November 23, 2009, pg 120, ”Homeless to Broadway“: ”Last year Toni nominee Terri White was sleeping on a park bench. Now she’s living a dream.“). Todd Williams . . . American NFL football player (homeless for a time while a teenager). Michael Winslow . . . actor; vocal effects impressionist (Venice Beach in California for a time after hitchhiking from Colorado). David Wojnarowicz . . . artist; American author (streets of New York City). John Woo . . . Chinese-born film director (Mission Impossible 2, Broken Arrow, Windtalkers, etc.) (outdoor camping/crude shelter; homeless at age seven along with his family after a major fire in Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1953 destroyed his home and those of 50,000 other residents: ”There was a big fire. We were homeless for a year. We lost everything.“). 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__label__cc	0.718553	0.281447	Inclusive Voices for Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste From left to right: Laura de Jesus, Director of Codiva (LGBTIQ-rights organisation), Cesario da Silva, Director of Assosiasaun Defisensia Timor-Leste (Disabled People’s Organisation), Alberto Gonzalves, President of UNAER (Ermera Farmer’s Cooperative) and Fernando da Costa, Senior Manager for Partnerships and Influencing at Oxfam Timor-Leste. Blog post by Reginald Ramos Communications Advisor More from Reginald Ramos Timor-Leste’s oil-dependency, one of the most oil-dependent in the world, is a political and economic reality. While the challenge and need to diversify its economy is well-known among policymakers, communities outside of Dili are excluded from this debate. Timor-Leste lacks a discussion about what economic diversification means for communities - and what is the way to achieve a diversified economy. Strengthening Voices for Pathways in Good Governance In September 2019, Oxfam in Timor-Leste launched a new program called ‘Strengthening Voices for Pathways in Good Governance’ (Hadalan Lian Ba Governasaun Diak in the national language, Tetun). Over the next two years, the Hadalan program will bring diverse and inclusive voices together, particularly from rural communities, to create a dialogue on economic diversification and the everyday challenges and solutions needed to foster inclusive economic growth. At the program inauguration, Oxfam launched ‘Towards Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste’, a succinct report that explores key economic concepts and highlights the urgency to diversify Timor-Leste’s economy. The launch included the Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs, Australia’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste; and community leaders from the LGBTIQ community, people with disabilities and representatives from local farming cooperatives. Inequality in Timor-Leste While Timor-Leste’s economy has been growing, largely due to its rich natural oil and gas resources, benefits are only flowing to the small middle-class in the capital city, Dili. The poverty gap between the urban and rural areas has continued to expand in the past decade, with poverty rates in Dili of 25% compared to 80% in rural areas. A key challenge contributing to growing wealth inequality in Timor-Leste is the lack of development of critical key sectors to address poverty, such as agriculture. Nearly 70% of the population relies on subsistence farming for their livelihoods. Despite the population majority depending on agricultural, there has been no real growth in the agricultural sector since 2010. The lack of investment is stark, with the 2019 State Budget allocating just $14.7m USD to agriculture. This has been a decreasing allocation since 2014, when the government allocated $28m USD. In fact, under investment is clear as research suggests only 30,000 out of 70,000 hectares of viable farming land is actively in use. There is significant untapped potential to boost food and income security for the rural population in Timor-Leste. Government priorities The Timor-Leste Government has developed a vision to grow into an upper-middle income country with an educated and healthy population in 2030. According to this plan, agriculture, tourism and manufacturing are identified as the key non-oil sectors to diversify its economy. While the Timor-Leste Government have made these commitments, having a closer look at the budget over the past decade tells another story. In Timor-Leste, the government has mostly taken a ‘top-down’ approach to economic development. This approach is through large-scale infrastructure development, with the assumption that creating large-scale infrastructure will promote local industry growth. Infrastructure investment has consistently taken the largest share of budget allocations, equivalent to 22% of the total budget alone. A closer look at the infrastructure funding shows a majority going to roads and bridges (53%), the Tasi Mane project, a development project for petroleum infrastructure over the next two decades (14%), and airports (3%). This is in stark comparison to infrastructure funding allocated for irrigation for agriculture (0.6%), health (0.3%), education (0.2%) and tourism (0.1%). Although the government has indicated intention to diversify and develop its economy, key sectors such as health, education, tourism and agriculture were better funded in 2009 than they are in 2019. While Timor-Leste’s economy has grown, it is important to distinguish it from ‘inclusive economic growth’, in which the most poor and vulnerable communities are benefitting from this economic growth. Due to the focus on large-scale infrastructure projects, economic growth of the country has only benefited the small and growing middle-class in Dili. Most importantly, a majority of the funds for large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the Tasi Mane project, goes towards foreign companies. And while these same infrastructure projects do stimulate some local job economic growth, the local employment prospects dry up once the infrastructure project has been built – reflecting only a short-term gain for a small part of the population. Towards an inclusive future The goal towards an inclusive future in Timor-Leste is today’s challenge, particularly the need to develop key sectors such as health, agriculture, tourism and education. Oxfam’s ‘Strengthening Voices for Pathways in Good Governance’ program aims to contribute to the economic diversification debate by amplifying local community voices in this debate to influence - and achieve - inclusive development for all people in Timor-Leste. Download the full report 'Towards Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste' and key fact sheets here. Inclusive Asia	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line308
__label__wiki	0.903161	0.903161	American Society of Military Comptrollers To promote education, training and professional development in all aspects of military comptrollership. Members-Only Access About CDFM Professional Development Institute Virtual PDI DODFM Alignment AFC Journal DoD FM CP Newsletter ASMC Store House committee leaders selected for 114th Congress Home/Defense Financial Highlights, DoD on the Hill, News, Viewpoint/House committee leaders selected for 114th Congress House Republicans and Democrats have selected Committee chairmen and Ranking Members for the 114th Congress, which will convene in January 2015. Boehner and Pelosi announced the committee leadership selections this week. The Committees of most interest to defense include: Appropriations: Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) remains as chair of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) stays on as the Ranking Democrat. Rogers has been pushing for an Omnibus Appropriations bill to finalize action on FY2015 Appropriations in the lame-duck session. Armed Services: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) replaces Rep. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), who will retire at the end of this session, as chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). Rep. Adam Smith (R-WA) remains as Ranking Minority member. Thornberry is currently the HASC vice-chairman and has served on the House Intelligence Committee. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) replaces Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA) who was an unrelenting investigator of what he considered government wrongdoing. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) remains as Ranking Democrat on the Committee. Chaffetz has been highly critical of recent problems at the U.S. Secret Service and is expected to take a hard look at federal workforce issues. Homeland Security: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) stay on as chair and Ranking Democrat. Veterans Affairs: Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) remains as chairman and Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) becomes the new Ranking Democrat on the committee. Brown replaces Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) who is retiring. Foreign Affairs: Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Elliot Engel (D-NY) will remain as chair and Ranking of the House Committee Foreign Affairs Budget Committee: Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) becomes the new chair of the House Budget Committee replacing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) who will become chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stays on as Ranking Democrat. With the Republican takeover of the Senate next year many current committee Ranking Republicans will become committee chairs. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) is expected to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is expected to head the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Formal announcements for Senate Committee leadership positions have not yet been made. By admin\|2019-05-06T16:29:22-04:00November 21st, 2014\|Defense Financial Highlights, DoD on the Hill, News, Viewpoint\|0 Comments ASMC Merchandise 415 N Alfred Street © 2021 American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) Developed By A La Carte Web Services	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line309
__label__cc	0.723607	0.276393	Tag: Jesus From A Popular Defense of the Bible and Christianity “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Heb. 11:6) I once had a lively discussion with a borderline agnostic/atheist who said that he did not dismiss the idea that God existed…but that to believe and have faith he needed more objective, foolproof evidence for the existence of God and the truth of the Bible and Christianity. In pondering our talk afterwards, I thought of all of the evidences that are out there in the observable world…easily accessible through commonsense contemplation…that in the hands of a skilled litigator in a courtroom…for example…would not only convince most jurors of the existence of God…but also of the divine origin of the Bible and its message. There are dozens of categories of very persuasive arguments for the existence of God…many of which contain the obvious “miracles” we experience and see all around us…that we accept as “normal” and take totally for granted. A few of these obvious, commonsense evidences might be the “miracle” of sexuality…or digestion…or our respiratory system…our constant heartbeat…or our balanced and symmetrical locomotion and motor skills…or the generally brilliant assembly and integration of all of our body parts…all of which shout-out for ingenious design rather than random chance assemblage. Another obvious evidence for the existence of an intelligent designer God…easily accessible to ordinary, commonsense consideration…is the universal cuteness of any infant—a human toddler, a lion cub, a Labrador puppy, a baby elephant, young ducklings swimming after their mother in a pond…displaying the most sublimely complex and artistic information content in action…yet totally inexplicable and unnecessary under a Darwinian naturalistic framework…having no survival-of-the-fittest value whatsoever…but otherwise easily recognizable as a product of intentional, whimsical, premeditated design. Certainly the mystery of the origin of human speech and the natural inclination of youngsters to acquire, understand, and accurately differentiate subtle concepts in language and communication…at a phenomenal rate of speed…is a reality far too complex and incredibly integrated to be lightly and uncritically accepted as the result of gradualistic, chance descent-with-modification…rather than conscious, deliberate design at a brilliantly creative, extremely advanced level. In sports…our incredible facility to be able to play professional ice hockey in the NHL…to run back the opening kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown in college football…to hit a 95-mph fastball 400 feet over the left-field fence for a homerun in baseball…to play tennis, ping-pong, badminton, volleyball, run the 100-meter sprint in track & field, run a marathon, compete in the Tour de France bicycling race, surf the Pipeline on the North Shore in Hawaii, and score a goal in World Cup soccer…these amazing human activities we tend to take for granted. Yet these are physical acuities that are so advanced, so complex, so finely tuned, and so functionally integrated…that to ascribe their origin to blind, mindless, indifferent, naturalistic, trial-and-error processes as asserted in the theory of Darwinian evolution…when we see and observe nothing incrementally progressive or transitional in a major, creative sense anywhere in the natural world…currently or in the course of natural history…seems on its face to be nonsensical. Certainly the existence of the moral framework that permeates all of the social interactions between people…which we take totally for granted… needs explanation. Such things as romantic love, friendship, loyalty, bravery, humor, forgiveness, standing up for the right thing even when it costs us something, giving value to other people through respect…and the flip-side—lying, cheating, prejudice, selfishness, injustice, and evil…in the hands of a skilled debater could be persuasively argued to be far beyond the creative naturalistic reach of material particles and energy…given that particles and energy demonstrate no observable capacity for creating complex and functionally integrated systems, concepts, or information. Add to this the mind-boggling Age of Information explosion of the last two or three decades…in which intelligence has been linked to the origin of information wherever we find complex and functionally integrated systems in human creations…in computer software language codes, literary books of every genre, and inventions of every type. This corresponds to the information-rich systems we find in the natural world such as the Big Bang creation of the universe, the fine-tuning of the mathematical constants in the laws of science that enable the existence of complex life like ourselves—in the Anthropic Principle, the sudden appearance of new complex life-forms during the Cambrian Explosion, the complexity of information in the DNA code, the orderliness and the intelligibility of the laws of science, the integrated homeostatic systems in the human body, and the intricate body-plan architectures and lifestyle habits of every living creature…to name only a few examples. Curiously, in the area of the fine arts…we see the seemingly universal necessity of the finale-outcome of good overcoming evil…of the “good” cowboys wearing white hats rounding up the “bad” cowboys wearing black hats…fundamental as a satisfying through-line within the storyline fabric of movies, theater plays, and books. Oddly this comes from a modern popular culture that otherwise…outwardly at least…claims to avoid the acknowledgment of the concept of biblical sin…the universal imperfection we all share…and that we all try to minimize and to overcome. How can the existence and complexity of good and evil…sliced-and-diced in every which way in enumerable, fictional storyline settings and conditions…of unending fascination and interest to the human psyche…how can the plausible explanation for the existence of this complex reality…be the sole product of material particles and energy…according to the philosophical worldview of naturalism? The classic truism that “if we were all angels, we would not need laws and government”…separates human beings from the rest of the living natural world by the unbridgeable and distinctively discontinuous gap of moral reasoning. The mere existence of the word forgiveness in our vocabulary and in our dictionary argues for a transcendent capacity for moral reasoning and intellectual judgment far above the rest of the natural living world. The origin of the concept of falling short of some independent standard of behavior and thinking…requiring us to ask forgiveness from other people we have harmed or offended…in a materialistic Darwinian worldview…has no survival-of-the-fittest value. It is difficult to theoretically ascribe to the capacity of material particles and energy…the advanced potential for creating sophisticated, intellectually functional end-points such as forgiveness from one person to another…in the highly advanced and complex reality of moral reasoning and interpersonal relationships. 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__label__wiki	0.861326	0.861326	Baseball Canada Recognizes its Best at Convention TORONTO – Baseball Canada presented its annual awards at the 2008 Fall Convention, recognizing some of the hardest working people in the sport. This year, the MLB Volunteer of the Year Award goes to Geoff Hughes (Saskatchewan). The Lionel Ruhr Coach of the Year recipient is Mark Noel (New Brunswick), while the Dick Willis Memorial Umpire Award winner is Derrick Dubell (Manitoba). Ashley Stephenson (Ontario) is the Women’s National Team MVP, Kate Psota (Ontario) is the winner of the Jimmy Rattlesnake Award and finally, Province of the Year is awarded to the province of Manitoba. MLB Volunteer of the Year: Geoff Hughes Geoff Hughes first became involved in minor baseball in 1983 as an assistant coach for his son’s Mosquito team and he has been involved ever since. In 1988, he began is long administrative association with Saskatchewan Pee Wee Baseball where he has held the positions of Treasurer, Vice-President and President over the years. Geoff felt his greatest contribution was to help steer the construction of the present Pee Wee Park in Saskatoon through its planning process and approval by the City of Saskatoon. This three-diamond, city-owned baseball facility has been named the Geoff Hughes Baseball Complex in recognition of his efforts in obtaining the new park. In addition to the recognition received by naming the Pee Wee Park after him, he was also awarded the Investors Group Volunteer Sports Administrator Award in 2005 and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. Lionel Ruhr Coach of the Year: Mark Noel Mark Noel started his coaching career in 1996 when he joined the Chatham Ironmen program in New Brunswick as the Head Coach of the Bantam AAA team. In this capacity his team won the 1997 provincial tournament and represented the province at the Bantam National Championship in North Bay, Ontario. In 2000 he joined the Ironmen Midget AAA team as assistant coach and subsequently took over as Head Coach the following year. Under his guidance, his team represented New Brunswick at the Midget National Championship in 2002, 2003 and 2005, culminating with a silver medal at the 2005 championship in Trois Rivières, Québec. In 2006 he joined the New Brunswick Canada Cup program as an assistant coach, and later became Head Coach of the New Brunswick Selects in 2007. Since joining the program, the team has finished fourth, fifth and third respectively – resulting in a promotion to Pool A for 2009. His bronze medal team in 2008 was the first New Brunswick team ever to medal at the Baseball Canada Cup. Mark believes strongly in the benefit of continuing to improve his skills through NCCP training and is a full Level 3 coach. This year he participated in the pilots for the MultiSport theory modules for Competition-Development and he is now starting his level 4 tasks. Similarly he displays the leadership desired for high performance coaches as he has now returned to contributing at the grassroots level. He is now an assistant coach for the Ironmen Mosquito AAA team where he coaches his son. Dick Willis Memorial Umpire Award: Derrick Dubell In a relatively short 18 year umpiring career, Derrick Dubell has officiated many provincial and Western Canada championships, along with 11 National Championships. As this Winnipeg native’s own playing career began to wane, he started umpiring in 1990 and within four seasons had earned his Level 4 status and his first national assignment, the Baseball Canada Bantam Championships in Kelowna, BC. He hones his skills locally by doing extensive games in the Manitoba Junior League, the Winnipeg Senior League and the Northern League of Professional Baseball. This past season he was recognized by the Northern League as he was assigned a spot in the Annual All-Star Game. This past season also saw Derrick experience his first International assignment as he was afforded the opportunity to umpire at the World Junior Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. He umpired nine games in that tournament, including the prestigious plate assignment for the gold medal game. On top of his accomplishments, Derrick has also been serving the last several years as an Umpire Clinician for Baseball Manitoba, teaching the Level 1, 2 and 3 clinics and assisting at Level 4 clinics. Along with his teaching duties, he also evaluates up and coming officials during league play and has supervised several provincial championships. Women’s National Team MVP: Ashley Stephenson Ashley Stephenson receives the Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player Award for the second time after winning the prize in 2005. A member of the National Team since its inception in 2004, Ashley has dominated most offensive categories in her three appearances at the Women’s World Cup tournament. During the most recent World Cup in Matsuyama, Japan this past August, Ashley completed the tournament with a .625 batting average while driving in nine runs and finishing first in the category of stolen bases. Ashley was also a major contributor in the victory over the defending world champions, the United States, with a solid performance on the mound. Selected to the 2008 International All-Star team, she is a logical choice for this award. Jimmy Rattlesnake Award: Kate Psota The Jimmy Rattlesnake Award is presented for the first time to an athlete who is a member of the Women’s National Team. Kate Psota is the first female winner of the award, which is given to an athlete for their on-field accomplishments, as well as their team spirit and leadership. Kate has been a member of the Women’s National team since 2004 and is the ideal teammate which every team looks for. A strong competitor, Kate is among the cream of the crop of pitchers on the international stage, all-while being one of the most feared hitters on the planet. Always making herself available to her teammates, she also stands out by her involvement in team activities. Without a doubt, the name Kate Psota is synonymous with this award. Province of the Year: Manitoba Manitoba is awarded the Province of the Year for the fifth time and it’s first since 1999. The province was a force in governance and program development this past year, finishing first in both categories. In other developmental categories, Manitoba placed second in coaching and fourth in officials’ development. Finally, the association placed fourth in player registration in a year that saw every province showing a slight increase in registration numbers. Baseball Canada honours John Haar with Lifelong Coaching Award. BC Minor Baseball Coaches Conference receives 2020 Baseball Canada Event Recognition Award!. Anthony Pluta captures Baseball Canada Coach Developer Award. Ed Quinlan and Chris Wilhelm recognized with 2020 Baseball Canada Umpire Developer Award. Anne Hayes wins Baseball Canada Volunteer of the Year Award. Six-time national team member Jamie Romak captures 2020 Tip O’Neill Award. Dykxhoorn leads Lions to Taiwan Series title, named ‘Outstanding Player’ . Baseball Canada Tweets Tweets by baseballcanada Major League Baseball continues to be a significant contributor to the growth and development of Baseball Canada and its associated programs. Events such as the World Baseball Classic provide exposure for Canada’s top professional players while generating invaluable media coverage and associated revenue for developmental programming initiatives such as Winter Ball and National Championship tournaments. 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__label__cc	0.679133	0.320867	Universal Orlando Announces Reopening Plan For Theme Parks UPDATE: Universal confirms they are “ready to re-open” all three of its parks, including the water park Adventure Bay. Guests will be able to return on June 5. ORIGINAL POST: The theme parks of Universal Orlando Resort have been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. An originally planned March 31 reopening was pushed back to April 19 as conditions worsened. Mid-April came and went a month ago; Universal’s parks remain closed to the public. (Its CityWalk shopping area reopened for “limited operations” last week.) But today, Universal submitted its reopening plans to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. They suggested a phased reopening in three stages, with the Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventures parks opening back up to the public as early as June 5, just a few weeks from now. Here is what they proposed: June 1 & 2: Team members only June 3 & 4: Invited guests and possibly Passholders June 5: Open to public According to CNN, “all guests will be required to wear face masks and go through temperature screenings to enter the parks.” Guests who do not have masks will be provided a disposable one. And the plan calls for “reduced capacity” for the Universal parks, although it’s not clear at this time exactly how reduced attendance will be. The plan is not definitive yet; it still needs to be approved by the local government. There were rumors that Disney would submit its own proposal for reopening Walt Disney World’s parks today, but that did not occur. While its Disney Springs shopping and dining area reopened this week with social distancing guidelines, there’s still no timetable for the reopening of Disney’s American parks. For now, it looks like Universal will be getting the jump on its competition. For better or worse. Gallery — Amazing Movie-Based Theme Park Rides That Were Never Made: Source: Universal Orlando Announces Reopening Plan For Theme Parks Filed Under: Coronavirus, Universal Studios	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line317
__label__wiki	0.590283	0.590283	Recursion For Programmers Understanding how recursion works Recursion is a powerful programming technique. A function that calls itself recursively not only saves programming effort and avoids repetition but it can also be used to navigate complex structures such as Trees and Class Hierarchies. This is an intermediate-to-advanced level course. It is aimed at programmers who can already program confidently in one or more programming languages. It is not appropriate for beginners. The courses includes numerous short sample programs to show how recursion works. There are samples written in C, Ruby and C#. However, you don’t need to program in those languages to follow this course. Recursion works the same way in all mainstream programming languages. This course explains the theory and the practice of recursion. You can use the techniques that are taught to write recursive functions in whichever language you prefer: C, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Basic, Pascal and others. The course is not about any specific language. This is what you will learn… What is recursion? How variables are scoped in recursive functions How recursive functions return values The Stack and Stack Frames Debugging recursive functions Recursion v Iteration Stack Corruption, and how to avoid it Infinite Recursion, and how to avoid it Recursing Fibonacc Numbers Recursing a Class Hierarchy Trees and recursion Navigating subdirectories recursively Huw Collingbourne Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is a well-known technology writer in the UK. For over ten years he wrote the Delphi and Object Pascal programming column for PC Plus Magazine. He has also written numerous opinion and programming columns (including tutorials on C, C#, Java, Smalltalk, Delphi and Ruby) for a number of computer magazines, such as Computer Shopper, Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine, PC Pro, and PC Plus. He is author of a number of books on programming topics published by Bitwise Books: http://www.bitwisebooks.com. In the 1980s he was a pop music journalist and interviewed most of the New Romantic stars, such as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Boy George, and Depeche Mode. He is now writing a series of New Romantic murder mysteries. At various times Huw has been a magazine publisher, editor, and TV broadcaster. He has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge and holds a 2nd dan black belt in aikido, a martial art which he teaches in North Devon, UK (http://hartlandaikido.co.uk/). The aikido comes in useful when trying (usually unsuccessfully) to keep his Pyrenean Mountain Dogs under some semblance of control. Understanding Recursion What is this course about? (1:46) How to follow this course (3:01) Source Code Archive [DOWNLOAD] What is Recursion For? (2:36) A Simple Recursive Function (4:12) Debugging Recursion (7:44) Recursion and variable scope (2:07) How recursion works (5:35) Recursion and Stack Frames (3:09) Debug Call Stack (5:57) More Recursion (4:30) Recursion in Ruby (2:15) Recursive Functions that return values (5:21) Return values are special (2:37) Recursion, Iteration or Arithmetic (4:04) Using Recursion Recursing Fibonacci Numbers (5:03) Iterating Fibonacci Numbers (2:29) Infinite Recursion (3:28) The order of arguments (5:22) Stack Corruption (7:30) How Does Stack Corruption Occur? (4:35) How The Stack Grows (3:56) Stack Frames (4:16) Recursing a class library (5:26) Recursing through tree structures (6:32) Directory Navigation an example in C (8:58) Directory Navigation an example in Ruby (7:24) Summary of Directory Navigation (1:30) What next? (2:22) © Bitwise Courses 2021	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line318
__label__wiki	0.552685	0.552685	Home clean government Teachers Union Twists Facts to Cover for Anti-Amendment 49 Violation 10/22/2008 By Ben 7 Comments Teachers Union Twists Facts to Cover for Anti-Amendment 49 Violation Joanne Kelley reports on the Rocky Mountain News Stump blog: Supporters of Amendment 49 filed a campaign finance complaint over $2,800 of “in-kind” contributions a teachers union committee made to a group fighting the ballot measure. The complaint alleges the Colorado Springs Education Association’s issue committee made contributions to a group created to address statewide ballot issues when the teachers’ committee was created to promote issues in its own district. “I find it disturbing to see the teachers union funnel resources earmarked for local education issues into a fight against statewide political issues they don’t happen to like,” said Colorado Springs resident and former school board candidate Reginald Perry, who was named on the complaint filed with the Secretary of State’s office. But a spokeswoman for the Colorado Education Association said the law allows the teachers union committee to support or oppose both state and local ballot issues. “The (teachers) committee has the same purpose as Protect Colorado’s Future,” said Deborah Fallin of the Colorado Education Association. The same purpose. Really? The purpose of the teachers union committee? â€œPromote ballot issues in School District 11.â€ The purpose of Protect Colorado’s Culture of Corruption Future? â€œSupport initiatives #57; #62; #73; #74; #75 and #76. Oppose Amendments 47, 49 and 54.â€ They sound different to me. It’s sad that words cease to have plain meaning to the likes of the Colorado Education Association. And it’s sad (but not surprising) that the group fighting Ethical Standards would break campaign finance laws to get out its deceptive messages. Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: Amendment 49, campaign finance complaint, Colorado Education Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Education Association, Deborah Fallin, different, Ethical Standards, in-kind contribution, Joanne Kelley, local education issues, Protect Colorado's Future, purpose, Reginald Perry, reports, Rocky Mountain News, School District 11, Secretary of State, Stump, teachers union larrys says Aren’t Amendments 47, 49 and 54 on the ballot in District 11? Is District 11 not part of the State of Colorado? They sound the same to me. It’s sad that words cease to have plain meaning to the likes of the Independence Institute and its education gofers. Wow, that’s a stretch of logic. Thanks for sharing. Not a stretch of logic at all. Proposed Amendments 47, 49 and 54 are on the ballot in District 11 and they potentially affect District 11 teachers. If the proposed amendments are deemed to be of significant importance to the District 11 teachers, why isn’t it appropriate for the teachers union committee to make contributions to the people who are trying to defeat 47, 49, and 54? The stretch of logic is arguing that the teachers cannot donate $2,800 of their own money to help defeat anti-union proposed amendments that are supported, financially and otherwise, by the Independence Institute and its (undisclosed) donors and big-money out-of-state supporters. Forget about 49 for a moment, This is why 54 is so wrong. The Independence Institute and.or their supporters want to silence teachers unions from expressing their viewpoint, so that the Independence Institute and their supporters have no opposition to their point of view in the state house. It may be appropriate. But it isn’t legal as the campaign finance law stands. I’m no fan of all these campaign finance laws. But it is the liberals who have gotten us into the mess with all of them. In District 11, it’s also legal for the union to take full dues equivalency from non-members and use the money on political action. This isn’t appropriate, either, but it’s legal. And right now the law is enforced. A non-member teacher who had a sudden death in the family and missed the deadline to opt out of this automatic deduction While we have to enforce them now, maybe you’ll join with me to change both laws. 49 would help solve the latter by putting the power to make membership dues decisions in the hands of individual teachers and other employees rather than using our taxpayer-funded resources to enforce payment to a group someone doesn’t even support. Of 49 and 54, I like 49 better. (The Independence Institute has almost nothing to do with 54, by the way.) 49 does absolutely nothing to silence the voices of anyone. As seen above, in some cases it does the opposite. 54 only affects sole-source government contractors. Are teachers sole-source government contractors? A look at the recent history of Colorado presents real worries that I.I. might “have no opposition to their point of view in the state house.” It’s flattering to think a group so small could be so influential when the statist tide is rising against us on so many fronts. But to the point, why should some lobbying groups have the privilege of government payroll collections, while others don’t? If the political playing field is leveled, doesn’t that make interest groups (and ultimately governments) more accountable to the taxpaying citizens who pay their bills? OK, Sure. You’re the “Education Policy Analyst” for the Independence Institute, and you have no idea that proposed Amendment 54 would affect teachers unions in any way? Teachers unions are thousands and thousands of little guys and gals who would never have the time to individually “lobby” their legislative representatives. I.I. is a front for all sorts of big-money interests who want to remain behind the curtain, so that the wizard(s) cannot be identified. Level the playing field with 54? You are joking, right? My apologies if I didn’t communicate it clearly. You may wish to go back and read it in context. 49 levels the playing field. 54 is about opening up the government contracting process. Can teachers unions be considered sole source government contractors? If so, then 54 would affect them. Can teachers be considered sole source government contractors? I highly doubt it, but if so, then 54 would affect them. Though I’d be interested to hear how. And yes, I distinguish teachers from teachers unions. You conveniently have conflated them. That’s a discussion we can have later, if you want. But for now, I’ll just say if teachers unions represent the interests of teachers anywhere near perfectly, then 49 would scarcely be more than a temporary inconvenience at worst. “I.I. is a front for all sorts of big-money interests who want to remain behind the curtain….” As long as you remain convinced of that, nothing I say will be persuasive. Of course, it’s quite silly. It reminds me of the union leaders who published propaganda saying that we were “spending millions of dollars to destroy public education in Colorado.” That’s wrong on so many levels. Oh, well. There are plenty of people – rich and not-so-rich – who donate to the Independence Institute. Why don’t you come by to our lush, palatial digs sometime? Keep it up, though. Our supporters love this stuff…. Does the II disclose who their wealthy patrons are? We’re not talking about the facade on the building now; we’re talking about financial support. 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__label__wiki	0.829619	0.829619	Guest, Alain Sanders Alain Sanders Guest Category: Guest Occupation: Former Time Magazine Reporter Alain Sanders and associate professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey. Guest Biography: Alain L. Sanders is an associate professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has taught a wide variety of courses on American politics including classes on American government, the presidency, Congress, the courts, constitutional law, campaigns and elections, and the mass media. Prior to joining the Saint Peter’s University faculty, Professor Sanders was a professional journalist for 21 years. He worked as a senior reporter for TIME Magazine and wrote stories for every major news section of the magazine, including the Nation, World and Law sections. He was one of the first reporters to secure an exclusive in-depth interview with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: Lewis Powell. He was also a member of the original writing team for the pioneering, irreverent, humor-in-the-news Chronicles and Notebook sections, as well as a writer for TIME’s early Internet site. Professor Sanders frequently appears on U.S. radio and television talk shows and news program segments to discuss and analyze U.S. political developments. For several years, he was a regular weekly radio commentator on American news developments for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian radio stations 2KY, 4BC and 2NC. Professor Sanders is also a speaker who lectures on domestic and international politics before various public groups. A retired lawyer, Professor Sanders practiced briefly with a New York City law firm early in his career. He holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and a J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law. He was born in Paris, France and he is fluent in French. A retired lawyer, Professor Sanders practiced briefly with a New York City law firm early in his career. He holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and a J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law. He was born in Paris, France and he is fluent in French. Hello! I bumped to your site through Google, and want to tell you what a wonderful resource it is. It's a shame we don't have sites like yours anymore... I literally spent a hour reading everything in your site.. so much information.. lol. I'd be more than willing to contribute. Thanks and keep up the great work! God Bless ^_^ Love, ~ Wendy Smith	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line333
__label__wiki	0.985967	0.985967	Surrey music teacher hospitalized with COVID-19 shares her story Shannon Paterson Multi-skilled Journalist, CTV News Vancouver @ctv_shannon Contact Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:33PM PST Last Updated Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:35PM PST VANCOUVER -- After spending two weeks at Surrey Memorial Hospital battling COVID-19, Cambridge Elementary School music teacher Darlene Lourenco is back home and grateful to be alive. “I feel immense gratitude and love for everybody, everyone who helped me and everyone who thought of me and prayed for me,” said Lourenco. Speaking from her front steps, Lourenco said she’d been worried about catching COVID-19 at school since she returned to her portable classroom in September. “I have over 500 kids I see every week; I have nine classes a day from kindergarten up to a Grade 4-5 split,” she said. “I just kept waiting, hoping I would feel safe. I never really did.” After several confirmed cases among students and staff at the school, Lourenco tested positive for the virus on Nov. 6. “I don’t have any doubt that’s where I got it, because I don’t go anywhere,” she said. The 55-year-old music teacher spent two weeks in hospital, much of that time in the intensive care unit. “I was hooked up to monitors all over me, I could barely move, I was in a lot of pain,” Lourenco said. “I had a lot of anxiety and fear. I’m not as brave as my daughter was.” Lourenco’s 18-year-old daughter Lindsey died of leukemia in 2013. Lourenco said she felt Lindsey’s spirit with her as she battled COVID-19. “There’s no doubt in my mind that my daughter was somehow with me there,” she said. Lourenco was discharged from hospital on Tuesday. While Cambridge Elementary, which has been closed because of a declared COVID-19 outbreak, is scheduled to reopen next week, the veteran music teacher won’t be there. “I’m not ready to go back,” she said. “I can’t actually sing a note. I have very weak weak lungs. It will likely take some therapy. We’ll see what kind of changes they’ve made while I’ve been gone. I’m probably a little bit scared to go back into a portable, to be honest.” Lourenco believes teachers who work across multiple cohorts shouldn’t be in portables, and should have access to sinks and increased cleaning protocols. While beating COVID-19 has changed her, it hasn’t dampened her love for teaching music. “I miss teaching, I miss my students,” she said. “I want them to know that I’m fine and I will be back.” Darlene Lourenco spent two weeks at Surrey Memorial Hospital battling COVID-19. (CTV) B.C. government looking at music, P.E. classes after school COVID outbreak Parents, teachers relieved Surrey elementary school has been ordered to close	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line334
__label__cc	0.693296	0.306704	Tag Archives: Ken Loach I, Daniel Blake By Beer Movie on November 1, 2016 \| 3 Comments Director Ken Loach is a champion for people who rarely have one in the field of cinema. Hell he is a champion for people who rarely have one in broader society, let alone the arts. I, Daniel Blake (2016) is as indignant and timely a film as the 80 year old has ever made – crushing, empathetic and infuriating. In the screening I was in, you could feel the energy pulsing through the audience as each injustice was wrought on the characters. The film sees Daniel Blake caught in the confusing maelstrom of the welfare system in England. A situation that leaves an honest man barely able to eat or get by. The great Ken Loach accepting the top prize at Cannes Whilst the film is very specific to England, it confronts issues that also affect working class people in Australia as well as elsewhere. Conservative governments, fit to burst with privilege, see humiliation as an acceptable deterrent for welfare. They set out to frustrate those who desperately need help into abandoning hope because of the ‘system’. The film achingly depicts how state structures are used not just to humiliate, but to totally dehumanise those who most need the exact opposite in our society. The blame for this is squarely laid at the feet of conservative power, with their obsession for privatisation and savings above all else. Champions of ending welfare, they have never experienced hardship, so they can simply not fathom how others have. But all this is not achieved through staid or even generally depressing means. At the heart of the film is the (platonic) relationship between Dave Johns’ Daniel and Hayley Squires’ Katie. A single mum who Dan helps to get by in shocking circumstances. The heart and camaraderie of those in our society who have the least is one of the most uplifting elements of a film that for the most part is quite the opposite. Verdict: The most important element of Loach’s filmmaking and worldview is his affection and respect for those he is depicting. I, Daniel Blake shows his sharp eye can turn equally to the oppressive mechanism of the state and the real people who are crushed by it. A quietly devastating film. Longneck of Melbourne Bitter Related beermovie.net articles for you to check out: The Angel’s Share and Jimmy’s Hall. Posted in: Uncategorized \| Tagged: Ken Loach, Longneck of Melbourne Bitter films MIFF 2014: Jimmy’s Hall Jimmy’s Hall (2014) is Ken Loach’s 50th odd and apparently last feature film. Which sucks because the man still definitely has a lot to say and can say it better than basically anyone else. This is a film that made by so many other people would just be tired, period film blandness. But one of Loach’s great gifts as an artist (in my admittedly limited experience) is his ability to inject a lot of life into his stories. There were times watching this when I felt like applauding at the end of a scene because it was so rousing. The film is based on the true story of Jimmy Gralton an Irish communist in the 1930’s. Returning from time exiled abroad he once again starts up the titular hall, inspired by the effect that being away from a place can have on a person. Fashioned on socialist principles, the hall aims to provide education and amusement for all who wish to come. Importantly and provocatively, especially in relation to education, far from the reach and influence of the all powerful church. The film tells the uplifting story of what happened inside the walls and the rather more sober reaction that it receives from the more conservative nearby neighbours, who come in both fascist and Christian guises. It is hard to pinpoint exactly why Loach can make this material work where others would fail. Which is not to say that what he is working with his bad. The slice of history, probably unknown to many outside of Ireland, is fascinating and the script by Paul Laverty is pretty insightful. Actually the script is a very smart piece of work as it connects day to day goings on in the film, a potential affair for example, with the societal structures that bring them about and influence how they play out. But there are many similar films about similar historical events and it is rare that they are this good or this engaging. Loach is also not really that much of a stylist. Jimmy’s Hall, like all of Loach’s work I have seen, looks good but nothing more noteworthy than that. It could be that Loach is unabashed to be political. He’s famously left wing, once withdrawing a film from MIFF because the festival was sponsored by the Israeli embassy and were refusing to cancel the sponsorship. So here he shows that the commies are the good guys, at least in this environment, and it is hard not to get swept up in cheering for them. This is especially true when they go against idiotic fascists and power hungry members of the clergy. On this front, and others, it would appear that Loach has the power to choose only those projects that he is going to be distinctly passionate about and Irish revolutionaries are right up the veteran director’s alley. Barry Ward’s turn as Jimmy does not hurt either, as he convinces you that he’s a dude that you would follow and buy into his personal ideology. It is shocking that a film about Ireland in the 1930’s was made to feel relevant to 2014 Australia, but that is just one of Loach’s achievements with Jimmy’s Hall. Even if like me you have no idea who Jimmy Gralton was, you will still want to see this film and be inspired by the example that he set. Related beermovie.net articles for you to check out: MIFF 2014: Creep and MIFF 2014: When Animals Dream. Posted in: Uncategorized \| Tagged: Ken Loach, Melbourne International Film Festival, MIFF CIFF 2013 Preview: My Top 10 The Canberra International Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday. Usually leading up to a film fest I have seen nothing, but this is a little different. Thanks to my work on the Blue Mountains Film Festival and some other opportunities, I have seen a bunch of stuff, and there is a whole lot of things I have not caught yet that I am really looking forward to. So rather than a rambling preview, here is my countdown of the top 10 things (in vague order) to check out at this year’s festival. Click the hyperlinks to head to the official site to grab your tickets. #10: The Spirit of ’45 – Ken Loach is one of the few truly legendary directors still working today, and his recent effort The Angel’s Share prove he still has it. Whilst The Spirit of ’45 is a rather more muted affair than that rambunctious film, it is still well worth your time. Brimming with stock footage and interesting talking heads from those involved, the film which focuses on the politics of post WWII Britain shines a light on a bit of history that has not really been told. #9: Jazz I haven’t seen that I suspect is going to rock: Around the Block, Our Nixon, Blackfish, Short Term 12, A Hijacking, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Kill Your Darlings. Incendiary docos, indie darlings, much anticipated Indigenous drama and a Danish Captain Phillips are just some of the highlights that I am hoping to catch for the first time over the coming weeks. #8: In Bob We Trust – Father Bob Maguire is a bit of an Aussie icon or at the very least a Melbourne one. The free thinking and free talking Catholic priest was controversially sacked a couple of years ago. This doco follows the tumultuous fight he had on his hands and reminds you once again why it seems utterly crazy that the Church would wish to distance themselves from such a genuine, good humoured and charitable advocate. #7: In Bloom – This Georgian drama gives an insight into that society and especially its attitude toward women and the embracing of male bravado especially the way in which it is magnified by guns. Anchored by a couple of really good performances from youngsters Lika Babluani and Mariam Bokeria, In Bloom might not always be the easiest of viewing experiences, but it is a pretty satisfying. #6: Body of Work – This is CIFF artistic director Lex Lindsay’s first year at the helm and it has to be said he has pulled off a bit of a coup in wrangling this. Harvey Weinstein will be in town for a number of events and screenings, sharing his incredible experience and filmography. The festivities will be capped by the Aussie premiere screening of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. #5: Blue Ruin – This is a lean, taut revenge style thriller coming out of the States. It looks phenomenal, does not skimp on the blood, slyly commentates on American gun culture and benefits from a performance from Macon Blair that is perfectly balanced in its intensity and vulnerability. This is screening as part of… #4: Freaky Fridays at my beloved Arc Cinema… featuring Patrick!!! That’s right, the film I have spent the last couple of weeks whining about not being able to see because of rubbish distribution is playing at this year’s festival. It is a little strange for a post-release film to play in a festival such as this, but given it is not playing anywhere else, why not. The Freaky Fridays at Arc also include screenings of Magic Magic and John Dies at the End. #3: Cutie and the Boxer – Ushio Shinohara is a famous Japanese contemporary artist who is a bit of a New York fixture. He is the boxer of the film’s title as he is well known for his ‘boxing paintings’, Cutie is his wife Noriko, an artist in her own right. Refreshingly, this is a doco that is not afraid of showing people as they really are. As much as it is a 40 year love story (and it definitely is) it is also a film about the subjugation of Cutie by the boxer and how she gave up her own dreams to allow him to fulfil his own. #2: Child’s Pose – This critically lauded film won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale. You can see why too, this is a nuanced and very psychological film. … plays one hell of a mother in a really unsettling role. In fact unsettling is the best word to describe the film as a whole and it is probably unlike anything else you will see at this year’s fest. #1: Broken Circle Breakdown – I will make this really simple for you. Broken Circle Breakdown is the best film I have seen this year. Actually, the best film I have seen this year or last year. I programmed it in the Blue Mountains Film Festival this year and it took out the Silver Yowie award for best feature. Combining the soul of bluegrass with all of life’s most powerful emotions in a mind bogglingly good and multilayered film, this is the unmissable experience of this year’s Festival. Like what you read? Then please like Not Now I’m Drinking a Beer and Watching a Movie on facebook here and follow me on twitter @beer_movie. Posted in: Uncategorized \| Tagged: Bob Maguire, Canberra International Film Festival, Film festival, Harvey Weinstein, Ken Loach The Angel’s Share By Beer Movie on March 21, 2013 \| 2 Comments Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share (2012) was one of my top 5 films of last year. I was lucky enough to catch it again on the big screen tonight as it has just started a brief season at Arc Cinema here in Canberra. So I thought I would take the chance to share some more in depth thoughts on this pretty fantastic film. Loach and much of the principal cast at Cannes Loach is renowned for the social realism of his films. This is the only Loach film I have caught and it definitely does have that aspect to it, especially in regards the young people who have found themselves in community service and the circumstances that have led them to that place. But the film is also quite hilarious and if anything the straight comedy aspects of the film outweigh the dramatic side of things, though the balance is pretty spot on really. The film focuses on Robbie, a young man who has once again found himself in trouble with the law. The judge spares him jail time and instead Robbie finds himself in community service with a ragtag crew of lovable misfits. He also finds Harry there, the man who takes Robbie (and the rest of the crew) under his wing and sets them on the relatively straight and narrow. And the key to the new found hope for Robbie and his friends? Why the bottle of course. Robbie and his mentor Harry, who have a great relationship in the film. The Angels’ Share is a film that is in many ways soaked in and permeated by whisky. Harry changes Robbie’s life by engendering a passion for the spirit in him. The passion of many for whisky is examined in the film and the rampant pretentiousness that characterises much whisky drinking, buying and collecting is skewered quite intelligently. This newfound passion for whisky that Robbie finds offers him a way out of his life, which has left him a really beaten down and oppressed young father to be. I won’t go into too many details, but rest assured that the eventual path taken is perhaps not a standard cliché one that you will be thinking of. It is a really great swerve in the second half of the film which is one of the things that allows The Angels’ Share to rise far above the conventional ‘coming of age tale’ that my plot synopsis perhaps makes it sound like. Much of the reason that the second half of the film feels quite genuine is that the film takes a fair bit of time early on to establish Robbie’s dark past. This is no heart of gold lovable rogue. There were times in his life when he was an absolute thug and the film finds him struggling to resist his violent tendencies to embrace a new, calmer outlook on life. Robbie is played by Paul Brannigan, a non-professional actor. Or rather he was a non-pro, but it looks like this film has launched him into an acting career, one that based on this performance should be fantastic. Indeed a number of the roles here are filled by non-professional actors and it works really well. It is a contrivance that I am often not a fan of. Much of this is due to the fact that many directors feel there is something almost sacred about using non-pros and has a result a dirge of po-faced realism is all we get. But Loach is happy to let these guys let themselves go in this rollicking film. There is plenty of really boisterous humour, at times even verging into ‘gross out’ territory, and the latter half of the film is almost a heist film. All that being said they do also enhance the film by lending it a kind of laconic authenticity that I think would have been quite hard to achieve with usual performers. The ‘ragtag crew’ The Angels’ Share manages to be an uplifting and life affirming film without feeling like it is forcing that at all. Rather, by combining a hilarious comic sensibility with creative escape from the trials and tribulations of life, it manages to create it in a more organic way. Verdict: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter Like what you read? Then please like Not Now I’m Drinking a Beer and Watching a Movie on facebook here Posted in: Uncategorized \| Tagged: Ken Loach, Paul Brannigan Trailer for your Weekend: The Angel’s Share By Beer Movie on November 23, 2012 \| Leave a comment Generally speaking these trailers are for future releases that I am excited about. Something a little different this week, because I have already seen this week’s film The Angel’s Share. Directed by Ken Loach, I think it is an extremely good film, and one that at least here in Australia has gotten minimal buzz. So check out the trailer and if the film pops up in your part of the world, be sure to check it out. Posted in: Uncategorized \| Tagged: Ken Loach, The Angel's Share	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line337
__label__cc	0.581143	0.418857	Current Status of Indo-Nepal Border Posted on April 16, 2007 by bordernepal Current Status of the Indo-Nepal Border – Buddhi N Shrestha The demarcation of the border between India and Nepal began after the signing of the Sugauli Treaty on 4 March 1816. The work of demarcation was further accelerated when the negotiation began on another border treaty with the then British India on 1 November 1860 and was concluded in 1885. However, the delineation and demarcation of the total border area had not yet been completed. Therefore, in different places of different regions, dispute regarding the border and the no-man’s land area was experienced intermittently. In order to complete the border demarcation business, the work of preparing the strip-map by clearing the area and by raising necessary and additional border pillars has been taking place for the past 22 years. But border demarcation with strip-mapping has not yet been completed. Though there are 54 disputed areas altogether, and the main ones include Kalapani-Limpiyadhura, Susta, Mechi and Tanakpur. The details of places where dispute is in place regarding border violation are given in the Map. The reason for the continuation of such dispute is basically the unavailability of old maps and documents for demarcation. But it has also been caused by mutual disregard to the maps presented by one party to the other, the failure to inspect the field mutually in time and also to make decisions on the spot after witnessing the evidences. Claims and counter claims have been put forward by both sides regarding different border areas, but neither country has shown seriousness in protecting them. There is often found an opportunistic overtone in both countries regarding the ownership of such disputed border points. Individuals and groups involved in undesirable activities have been taking undue advantage of this fragility of the border. This has greatly affected the security of both countries. It has therefore become necessary to solve without delay the confusion regarding the status of the border as it has a great bearing on the feelings of nationalism among the people on both sides. Indian army personnel at the border India has deputed its military in its border along with Nepal in order to watch upon undesirable activities and to conduct activities favourable to itself. Along the Indo-Nepal border, the central government of India has deputed para-military security guards of Special Services Bureau (SSB). But no essential arrangement has been made from the Nepalese side for the security of Nepal-India border line. Looked from an angle, it appears that protecting India-Nepal border and safeguarding Nepal-India borderline mean the same. But, when taken seriously, things may begin to appear different. It is natural for the Indian security personnel not to allow their border area to undergo violence, but it is difficult to say that they pay the same amount of attention when the Nepalese side of the frontier is encroached upon. Therefore, Nepal should protect its land on its own. A press release issued by the Indian Embassy, Kathmandu on 24 September 2001 had mentioned that India had made a decision to depute ten thousand-strong special security forces of SSB in its border area with Nepal, with a view to making its external security strong. Under the scheme, India had planned to depute four battalions of security forces each in the states of Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh and also in other eastern states in a phase wise manner[1]. Three battalions of para-military forces were to be deputed in the 150 km-long Indian border area linked with Nepal’s Kapilbastu, Rupandehi and Nawalparasi districts, and each check post with security watch tower was decided to be established at a distance of every 5 kms in the border area [2]. The Indian Government has alerted the residents of the border area by deputing its para-military forces along the border. With the preparation of deploying the military personnel of Secret Service Bureau in the Indian border area linked with Nepal, India has also made a provision to give free of cost licenses to purchase weapons to the citizens of the village Panchayat.[3] Apart from this, based on the discussions held during the visit of the Indian military commander to Nepal, India will send its 13 army battalions to Nepal for the purpose of social services, and Indian military is planning to run health camps in the remote districts of Nepal[4]. But, for some time, India seems to have cut down the numbers of its paramilitary army for the border area linked with Nepal, as they have to be sent to Kashmir, the line of control between India and Pakistan. It has been learnt that India has divided Nepal’s districts lying along the frontier of India into different categories from the security viewpoint. Under the scheme, India has acknowledged 570 kilometer-long plain, open borderline linked with Nepal’s 8 districts ranging from Kanchanpur to Nawalparasi as ‘security-sensitive,’ and similarly, the 765 kilometer-long plain borderline linked with 12 districts beginning from Chitwan to Jhapa in the east has been classified as ‘observation area’. Accordingly, the 215 kilometer-long area covering 3 districts to the north of Jhapa and the 258-kilometer long hilly border area encompassing 3 districts to the north of Kanchanpur have also been classified as a ‘normal area’. Indian military posts have been established in border areas at a proportion of each post covering 3 to 5 kilometers of the borderline considered as ‘sensitive’ by India, and 30 to 50 para-military soldiers have been deployed at each post. For example, there are 15 SSB posts in the area covering 55 kilometers between Galgalia of Bihar and Pashupatinagar of West Bengal[5]. Similarly, in border areas considered as ‘under observation’, military posts have been established by taking into account the distance of 5 to 7 kilometers for each post, and deploying 20 to 50 soldiers in each post. Regarding ‘normal’ areas, military posts have been established at a rate of each post at the distance of 20 kilometers, and 40 SSB soldiers have been deployed in each of them. The following figures clarify on average as to how many and the distance at which para-military soldiers have been deployed: 1. In the plain areas of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: · Every 5 kilometers of the borderline = 1 post · Every post = 20 to 50 persons (35 soldiers on average) · Every one kilometer = 4 to 10 persons (7 soldiers on average) 2. In the hilly areas of Uttaranchal and Sikkim: · Every 20 kilometers of the borderline = 1 post · Every post = 40 soldiers · Every one kilometer = 2 soldiers (on average) 3. The average of both sections mentioned above is as follows: It can be inferred from above that in each of the four Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal and Sikkim, 5 para-military soldiers cover the border area covering 1 kilometer. In this manner, altogether in 260 check posts established along the borderline of 1,808 kilometers, around 9,040 para-military soldiers seem to have been deployed. The main objective behind deploying para-military forces by India along the open border with Nepal is stated to be the control of terrorist activities, smuggling, transport of weapons, and the activities of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), a Pakistani intelligence agency. It is in this respect, perhaps, that the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Bajpayee’s central government has given instruction to the concerned state governments to exercise extra vigilance along the Nepal-India border.[6] Because the Indian para-military forces have been deputed in its border with Nepal, several Nepali passengers have to face hassles while crossing over the border. The Indian soldiers are not found to have followed neither the practice of open border, nor are they seen to have treated passengers in a manner befitting the regulated border system. Instead, they have been found treating the Nepali people whatever they deem fit as per the time and circumstances, without really following any of the above-mentioned two systems. It is an irony that most of the ordinary Nepali passengers come across a number of hassles while the clever and malicious passengers easily cross the border. Passengers without any malicious interest and of ordinary nature are first detained and then released with great delay, whereas the ones like Maoists or wounded rebels are found easily entering India and receiving treatment in various medical centres. Some passengers have to submit the identity cards mandatorily while others don’t have. As there is no provision for maintaining a record of the passengers crossing the border, Indian army seems not to have implemented any of the two-border systems regularly. It is neither an open nor controlled border system but it is discretionary. In such a situation, a word of mouth (a verbal dictate) may become as good as laws or sub-laws (rules or regulations). Nepalese army at the border customs patrolling Since the customs offices, located on the Nepali frontier of the Nepal-India border, have not been able to raise government revenue by checking illegal exports of goods, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal decided to mobilise the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers for customs patrolling beginning from 14 March 2001. Such patrolling teams have been deployed within the border areas of 12 customs offices and 89 sub- customs offices. The customs patrolling by the RNA soldiers has certainly helped increase the government revenue. Although patrolling is limited only to supervising the customs, these teams have by and large maintained peace and security in the border area and have somehow helped maintain border security of Nepal. In sectors where army personnel have been deployed for customs patrolling, border pillars have been protected from being destroyed, and the residents along the border have experienced that the no-man’s land area has been spared encroachments. Though no substantial improvement has taken place in respect of border encroachment, it has certainly made an impact on public mind with regard to border security. §§ [1] Kantipur Daily, 5 October 2001 [2] Rajdhani Daily, 5 May 2002 [3] Kantipur Daily, 23 September 2001 [4] Rajdhani Daily, 17 May 2002 [5] Kantipur Daily, 13 August 2002 [6] Kantipur Daily, 29 November 2001 Filed under: Blogroll \| Leave a comment »	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line338
__label__wiki	0.891593	0.891593	World \| Asia China and India Locked in 'Eyeball-to-Eyeball' Border Standoff China and India, two nuclear-armed powers with a combined population of 2.7 billion, have been in an “eyeball-to-eyeball” military stand-off over territory in Bhutan, a kingdom in a remote area of the Himalayas, since mid-June. The flare-up, one of the most serious since China won a border war in 1962, comes as the two rising powers jostle for regional influence. The current dispute is near a three-way junction between Bhutan, China’s Tibet and India’s Sikkim. 1. Why is the area important? All land-based military and commercial traffic between India’s northeastern provinces and the rest of the country travels through the narrow strip of land known as the Siliguri Corridor -- also sometimes referred to as the Chicken’s neck. The Doklam Plateau -- where troops are currently facing off -- overlooks the corridor, which India defense strategists fear could be vulnerable to Chinese attack in case of a conflict. 2. How far back does this dispute go? An 1890 convention between Britain and China is supposed to determine the location of the border near the Siliguri Corridor. However it contains a contradiction that allows each country to claim support for its position, said Taylor Fravel, who studies border disputes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. India contends the border is at Batang La, while China argues it is at Mount Gimpochi, three miles to the south. If China is correct, it would gain access to the Doklam Plateau. 3. What’s the status of ties between the three countries? Bhutan has had close relations with India since 1949 when it agreed to a Friendship Treaty under which India would “guide” Bhutan’s foreign policy. This was updated in 2007 to remove the guidance provision. Both agreed that neither government would allow its territory to be used for activities harmful to the national security of the other. Bhutan doesn’t have diplomatic ties with China, though the two sides routinely holds talks aimed at resolving seven disputed border areas. 4. What is behind the latest flare-up? All three sides agree that a People’s Liberation Army road-building team entered the Doklam Plateau and started construction. India said that its troops entered Bhutan’s territory “in coordination” with Bhutanese authorities to stop the Chinese road builders. There are now about 3,000 troops on each side on the plateau, according to the Times of India. It is the first time that Indian troops have confronted China from a third country. 5. Is it all about a road? Bhutan’s foreign ministry says the road is being constructed on territory subject to a border dispute, and that the two sides in 1988 and 1998 agreed to refrain from changing the status quo of the boundary. China contends that it is operating in its own territory and cites the 1890 convention. The removal of Indian troops from the area is a prerequisite for “meaningful dialogue” to resolve the issue, China’s foreign ministry says. India cites a 2012 agreement that indicates the boundary points are yet to be finalized and says China’s actions could have serious implications for India’s security. 6. Is this stand-off more sensitive than others? All this is taking place during a period of tense relations between two rivals competing for influence in the broader South Asia region. Bilateral relations were frosty even before the current border dispute began because New Delhi objects to President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” trade-and-infrastructure initiative. Part of it traverses the Pakistan-administered part of disputed Kashmir, which India claims as its sovereign territory. China’s Global Times, raising Kashmir, said “under India’s logic, if the Pakistani government requests, a third country’s army can enter the area disputed by India and Pakistan.” 7. Will it lead to war as we saw in 1962? Most observers think not. Conflict wouldn’t serve either country’s interest. India, with an election in 2019, would risk losing an economically debilitating conflict with a much more powerful foe. China would risk its efforts to present itself as an international leader, filling the shoes of an isolationist U.S. 8. Without war, what other solution is possible? With nationalists in both countries stoking tensions, neither side can afford to be seen standing down. Most analysts predict a protracted stand-off before the two countries figure out a diplomatic solution. But it won’t be easy. Neither side wants to be the first to withdraw troops. Text by Bloomberg Mauritius interests Indian and Chinese tourists Statistics have showed a growth in the number of tourist arrivals from India and China Brics Launches Development Bank Ahead of Russian Summit The group of five major emerging economies known as Brics launched a development bank on Tuesday ahead of a summit in the Russian industrial city of Ufa, where Russia seeks to demonstrate it hasn’t been isolated by Western sanctions. India vs China: Which Has a Bigger Reform Challenge? Both India and China are in the middle of their worst economic slowdowns in many years. If IMF projections for 2012 prove accurate, China’s GDP will advance at the slowest pace since 1999, and India’s at the slowest pace since 2002. India and China Sign Trade Agreements, Despite Political Tensions Indian and Chinese companies signed Monday, November 26 in Delhi, commercial agreements on multi-billion dollar, thereby enhancing commercial ties despite political tensions. Études de médecine: la liste des universités dévoilée C’est une première à Maurice. Le Medical Council a compilé une liste d’institutions vers lesquelles les Mauriciens devront se tourner pour des études supérieures de médecine. chinaindia	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line344
__label__cc	0.678329	0.321671	Brevard County Real Estate and Home For Sale In The Brevard MLS Search the Brevard County MLS without an agent! Selling A Home \| Rockledge The MLIS or MLS degree is usually acquired from an accredited library school. ALA accredits 63 programs at 58 institutions across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.[3] ALA also offers an overview of international degrees in library and information science.[4] In 2017, there were five municipal entities selling water (figures in parentheses are millions of gallons/day): Cocoa (22), Melbourne (19), Palm Bay (6), Titusville (2), and West Melbourne (1). The fifth, Brevard County (1), is low because county areas outside the preceding cities, purchase their water from those cities.[259] In 2013, the county, for the first time, let a seven-year contract out for bids for solid waste. The resulting contract is expected to cost $1 billion over the lifetime of the contract, the county’s largest single contract. This was the first time in 20 years, a bid was requested. In the past, Waste Management, Inc has performed the work, not only for the county but for 9 of 16 Brevard municipalities. Waste Pro has five of the remaining municipal contracts. Rockledge and Titusville maintain their own trash service.[256] In 2013, the county directly contracts for solid waste pickup for 100,000 residences.[257] There is no major urban center.[8] The county is unofficially divided into three sections: North County, comprising Titusville, Mims and Port St. John; Central Brevard, which includes Cocoa, Rockledge, Merritt Island, and Cocoa Beach; and South County, which includes Melbourne, Palm Bay, Grant, Valkaria, and the South Beaches. The South Beaches is a term that measures direction south from the dividing line of Patrick Air Force Base, and includes South Patrick Shores, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Indialantic, and Melbourne Beach. Find out more about this beautiful Central Florida area. 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Project Weather is made up of interactive educational resources to help prepare students for the future. Influenced by the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County is also known as the Space Coast. As such, it was designated with the telephone area code 321, as in 3-2-1 liftoff. The county is named after Theodore Washington Brevard, an early Florida settler, and state comptroller. The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway along the eastern edge of Brevard County is the major waterway route in Brevard County. It includes the Indian River. Additional waterways include Lake Washington, Lake Poinsett, Lake Winder, Sawgrass Lake, the St. Johns River, and the Banana River. Dredging for the Intracoastal created 41 spoil islands in the Brevard portion of the Indian River.[7] 84,401 households in the county (38%) received social security payments in 2009 averaging $16,136 for a total of $1.7 billion annually. 53,717 (24%) received pension payments averaging $24,327 for a total of $1.3 billion annually.[153] Write down the house’s MLS number on a piece of paper. This is a number typically included on an advertisement or flyer marketing a property, and usually includes the letters “MLS.” This number will help you search for the listing. About Homes And Land: Homes & Land Magazine is the most popular and widely read real estate listings publication in the U.S. and Canada. Each magazine contains detailed listings for homes, houses, condos and land for sale, as well as new homes and apartment rentals. Each listing is also available here on our web site through our listings search. You can also order magazines for your local area to carry with you to find homes for sale. Jump up ^ “Property Taxes on Owner-Occupied Housing, by County* Ranked by Taxes as Percentage of Home Value 2008” (PDF). taxfoundation.org. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. 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It too has failed to acquire widespread adoption by brokers. The Brevard Symphony Orchestra and the Space Coast Ballet offer shows performed by professionals. There is the professional Space Coast Symphony Orchestra.[262] Community orchestras and bands include, but are not limited to, the Melbourne Community Orchestra,[263] the Space Coast Pops and the Community Band of Brevard.[264] Choral groups include the Brevard Community Chorus,[265] the Indialantic Chamber Singers,[266] and the Brevard Youth Chorus.[267] Property values tend to go up after infrastructure improvements are made. In northern Virginia, expansion of the metropolitan subway system had a tremendous impact on property values along the new tracks. Huge condo, apartment, retail, office, and mixed-use projects followed. It triggered a real estate boom. Inc. magazine selected two local small companies as among the fastest growing in the country over the past three years – Applied Global Technology (nearly 100% annually) and Stops (nearly 200% annually). Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies, 736, a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009. The area had 23,096 high-tech jobs with a ratio of 124 per 1,000 total jobs.[148] Although Brevardians may refer to past storms as “hurricanes”, by the time they strike there, some of them may have subsided to tropical storms or depressions. Because of the threat of storm surge, the beach community on the barrier island is often required to evacuate well in advance of the storm.[25] The possibility of storm surge is diminished when the storm comes across the state instead of from the Atlantic.[26] Find your dream home in Dallas using the tools above. Use filters to narrow your search by price, square feet, beds, and baths to find homes that fit your criteria. Our top-rated real estate agents in Dallas are local experts and are ready to answer your questions about properties, neighborhoods, schools, and the newest listings for sale in Dallas.Our Dallas real estate stats and trends will give you more information about home buying and selling trends in Dallas. If you’re looking to sell your home in the Dallas area, our listing agents can help you get the best price. Redfin is redefining real estate and the home buying process in Dallas with industry-leading technology, full-service agents, and lower fees that provide a better value for Redfin buyers and sellers. Start the pre-approved process by connecting with one of our featured mortgage partners. Getting pre-approved is an important part of the home buying process. We work with local Minnesota lenders with a proven track record. “We cannot think of anything Leslie could have done better in the sale of my late father’s home. While his home was beautiful and in a fantastic location, it was very dated and we live 400 miles away. Leslie knew the local market, gave us a realistic opinion of the value and put a lot of time and thought into what our priorities needed to be in order to sell the house quickly. She respected our thoughts and concerns throughout the process. The contractors she recommended for the updates did a great job. We have never had a real estate agent keep us as up to date as Leslie did. As closing approached, she went out of her way to assist us in tracking down the necessary documentation and signatures which was a huge help as we work and are so far away from Brevard. The most important things to me were that she was a pleasure to interact with and we came to trust her more and more as time went on.” Homes & Land Magazine provides you with extensive real estate listings including homes for sale, rental properties, condos, land for sale and building lots from cities across the United States and Canada. Seriously committed Manhattan brokerages are members of REBNY, and thus one may find the vast majority of updated and valid listings in Manhattan are represented by RLS. The REBNY RLS requires all listings to be entered and disseminated within 24 hours (Until 2007 72 Hours to accommodate agencies without weekend data entry)[37] So you’re perusing listings and finally you find it: Staring back at you from your laptop screen is the perfect house that’s in the right location, has the amenities you’re looking for, and still, somehow, fits in your budget. There’s just one problem: It’s sale pending. But what does sale pending mean exactly? Are you too late or do you still have a shot? In 2018, an official observed another possible housing bubble in the making. There were 250,000 housing units for a population of 580,000, ample for their needs. The population is not growing rapidly, new housing is being constructed. Nevertheless, prices are surging.[154] The county lies within five state representative districts. These seats are held by Tom Goodson representing the 50th district, Ritch Workman representing the 52nd district, John Tobia representing the 53rd district, Steve Crisafulli representing the 51st district, and Debbie Mayfield representing the 54th district. The county government maintains various landfills for solid waste. Brevard County Central Disposal Facility is located in Cocoa, has a size 190-acre (77 ha) and receives annually around 275,000 tonnes of waste.[253] In 2011, the average homeowner paid $57 annually to fund the maintenance of these sites.[254] Municipalities and the county contract separately for the pickup and transportation of waste, for which businesses and homeowners pay a separate monthly fee. There are 4,000 species of animals locally.[42] Common mammals include North American river otters, bobcats, white-tailed deer, raccoons, marsh rabbits,[43] and opossum.[44] Feral pigs, introduced by Europeans, present an occasional traffic hazard. Lovebug season occurs twice annually in May and August–September. Motorists, usually, encounter swarms of these while driving during a four-week period.[45][46] Deer flies are particularly noticeable from April through June.[47] There were 596 manatees in Brevard County in 2009, out of a total of 3,802 in the state. This is a decline from 2007 when there was a total of 859 out of a state total of 2,817.[48] Bottlenose dolphin are commonly seen in the intercoastal waterway.[49] The poisonous brown recluse spider is not native to the area but has found the environment congenial.[50] The Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network has counted species of butterflies monthly for a year since 2007. In 2010, it counted 45 species.[51] Included are zebra swallowtail butterflies.[52] Fish and reptiles include alligators, red snapper, sea turtles,[44] scrub lizards,[52] and rat snakes.[53] There are an estimated 3,500 gopher tortoises in the county. They are on the endangered list.[54] Health Outreach Prevention & Education (HOPE) is a network of community partners working together to provide care for people without insurance, and for children with special needs. This network includes hospitals.[citation needed] After various insurance companies pulled out of Florida after their losses from the 2004 hurricane season, property insurance became a major concern for many homeowners. As of 2011, 32,000 Brevard policyholders insure with the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.[158] In Italy there are many MLSs and it is possible to choose between a number of software enabling real estate agencies either to manage and share with others their properties or to syndicate their listings on the web, or both the two things. The data relating to real estate for sale/lease on this web site come in part from a cooperative data exchange program of the multiple listing service (MLS) in which this real estate firm HouseMax Pro Realty participates. The properties displayed may not be all of the properties in the MLS’s database, or all of the properties listed with Brokers participating in the cooperative data exchange program. Properties listed by Brokers other than this Broker are marked with either the listing Broker’s logo or name or the MLS name or a logo provided by the MLS. Detailed information about such properties includes the name of the listing Brokers. Information provided is thought to be reliable but is not guaranteed to be accurate; you are advised to verify facts that are important to you. No warranties, expressed or implied, are provided for the data herein, or for their use or interpretation by the user. The Florida Association of Realtors and its cooperating MLSs do not create, control or review the property data displayed herein and take no responsibility for the content of such records. Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin in the sale, rental or financing of housing. © Space Coast Association Of REALTORS® 2018. Information last updated on 2018-04-05. Eriksen, John (1994). Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955. Melbourne, Florida: JohnEriksen.net/. ASIN B076H69FDW. – This is a documented history of Brevard County, from prehistoric to the space age. Documented with 320 end notes drawn from 1000 sources. “Jason has represented me for 2 buy-side transactions (so far). I’m an out-of-state buyer, and Jason helped me navigate the process without me having to actually be there in person. Jason is very responsive–on email, phone, and text; and he went above-and-beyond whenever I asked for a favor. I ended up leveraging his network to remodel one of my houses, and everyone (plumber, electrician, roofer, etc) worked out flawlessly. Jason’s local knowledge really shines, and he’s really in tune with the local inner workings–finding listings before they are actually listings, for example. I highly recommend Jason; you’d be hard-pressed to find a more diligent, honest, and knowledgeable agent” Most MLS systems restrict membership and access to real estate brokers (and their agents) who are appropriately licensed by the state (or province), are members of a local board or association of realtors, and are members of the applicable national trade association (e.g., NAR or CREA). Access is becoming more open (e.g., without joining the local board)[citation needed] as Internet sites offer the public the ability to view portions of MLS listings. There still remains some limitation to access to information within MLSes; generally, only agents who are compensated proportional to the value of the sale have uninhibited access to the MLS database. Many public Web forums have a limited ability in terms of reviewing comparable properties, past sales prices or monthly supply statistics. This represents the cornerstone of several ongoing arguments about the current health of the real-estate market, which are centered on free and open information being necessary for both the buying and selling parties to ensure fair prices are negotiated during closing, ultimately allowing a stable and less volatile market. MLS Today: In the UK there are a number of seedling MLS systems that attempt to connect agents horizontally. INEA,[20] Lonres[21] and AgentHub.com[22] are examples of sites that serve similar functions to US MLS counterparts, however there are insufficient data to conclude that any of these systems are used popularly across the country. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage can help you find Brevard, NC homes for sale and condos. Refine your Brevard real estate search results by price, property type, bedrooms, baths and other features. Need more information? View Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Brevard real estate agents or offices and let us help you find the perfect property. We also have area guides that show more information about properties in Brevard, NC. The County elects a sheriff, directly responsible to the courts but also to the state for the enforcement of state laws. Police chiefs, appointed by their cities or towns, perform the same function locally. There is no overlap in jurisdictions. Some volunteers work alongside paid professionals.[116] Lake Homes For Sale \| Cocoa Beach FL Mls Home Listings \| Viera Florida 55 Plus Homes Brevard 55 + Homes For Sale Brevard Brevard Homes For Sale Brevard Waterfront Homes For Sale	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line347
__label__cc	0.584236	0.415764	Spelman sets out UK’s targets for Rio+20 The environment secretary says the world must set new goals to create a greener economy as she spoke about her plans for the United Nations sustainable conference. Charlotte Reid has more. Caroline Spelman, environment secretary, says that our “economic and environmental security” relies on having ambitious outcomes from Rio+20. Charlotte Reid Speaking at the London Guildhall to businesses and green groups, she said urgent action was needed because, “The international community has not made sufficient progress on important world challenges such as food security, access to clean water and sustainable energy”. So the UK is working on new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to bring together efforts on sustainability issues, such as food security and water. What Spelman is calling for fits in with the main themes of the United Nations (UN) conference, creating a green economy and a framework for sustainable development. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June. It will be used as a chance for world leaders to look at what the future of the planet holds and how it can be changed. It marks 20 years since the original Earth Summit, where action to tackle climate change originally began. Connie Hedegaard, EU commissioner for climate change, said the upcoming talks in Brazil are an “opportunity to rethink” the way that the economy currently works. As part of the run up to the conference the UN has released a report recommending what world leaders should address. It is called Resilient People, Resilient Planet: a future worth choosing. It says that world prices need to look beyond gross domestic product (GDP), the final value of a product and start taking into account the environmental costs of products too. Spelman also called for countries to move away from using just GDP as an indicator of progress. The proposal is called “GDP+” and would also get countries to measure the value of their natural resources and the wellbeing of their people. The environment secretary said, “It is becoming more and more apparent that GDP is not a perfect measure of progress, because it deals solely with economic output. It does not consider the other factors that contribute to sustainable growth such as natural resources, or social wellbeing”. She added, “We are committed to achieving growth, but this should not come at the cost of the natural resources we take for granted, or at the cost of wellbeing. We want to see countries acknowledging the true value of nature to our economy, by reflecting its worth in their accounts”. Spelman said, “Ultimately, it is the private sector and civil society who will deliver the green economy”. Blue & Green Tomorrow have previously written about the variety of ways that you can help out the planet through investment. There are a number of ethical IFAs and funds available which give a helping hand to the environment. To start doing your part to create a greener economy, speak to your IFA. If you don’t have one then fill in our online form and we’ll put you in touch with a specialist financial adviser. Related Topics:Ethical bankingFinanceWorld The Impact That Money Has On The Environment 6 Sustainability Finance Lessons I Wish I Learned In My 20s Top 5 Reasons Why Eco Investing Is Smart Investing Inefficiency Of Mainstream Banks For SMEs Highlighted By New Research £50 Million In Positive Investment Raised by Ethex Trump’s Surprise Win Has Low Impact On Bond Market, Says Robeco	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line350
__label__cc	0.556874	0.443126	PDF - Signposts - Policy and practice for teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education PDF - Signposts - Policy and practice for teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education (2014) Arabic Dutch English French German Greek Italian Norwegian Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Ukrainian Format : PDF Papier Epub mobi PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF Author(s) : Prof. Robert Jackson How can the study of religions and non-religious world views contribute to intercultural education in schools in Europe? An important recommendation from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)12 on the dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within intercultural education) aimed to explain the nature and objectives of this form of education. Signposts goes much further by providing advice to policy makers, schools (including teachers, senior managers and governors) and teacher trainers on tackling issues arising from the recommendation. Taking careful account of feedback from education officials, teachers and teacher trainers in Council of Europe member states, Signposts gives advice, for example, on clarifying the terms used in this form of education; developing competences for teaching and learning, and working with different didactical approaches; creating “safe space” for moderated student-to-student dialogue in the classroom; helping students to analyse media representations of religions; discussing non-religious world views alongside religious perspectives; handling human rights issues relating to religion and belief; and linking schools (including schools of different types) to one another and to wider communities and organisations. Signposts is not a curriculum or a policy statement. It aims to give policy makers, schools and teacher trainers in the Council of Europe member states, as well as others who wish to use it, the tools to work through the issues arising from interpretation of the recommendation to meet the needs of individual countries. Signposts results from the work of an international panel of experts convened jointly by the Council of Europe and the European Wergeland Centre, and is written on the group’s behalf by Professor Robert Jackson. 1. The recommendation: background, issues and challenges 2. Introducing Signposts and its key themes 3. Terminology associated with teaching about religions and beliefs 4. Competence and didactics for understanding religions 5. The classroom as a safe space 6. The representation of religions in media 7. Non-religious convictions and world views 8. Human rights issues 9. Linking schools to wider communities and organisations 10. Promoting further discussion and action 1. The full text of the recommendation 2. The Joint Implementation Group: membership and meetings. 3. List of papers presented by invited experts on topics of importance to the development of the document. Download an extract (1000) Signposts_extracts bis Format : Paper PDF Paper PDF ISBN 978-92-871-6201-4 Europeans and their rights - Freedom of religion (2007) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights proclaim that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including... Dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within... (2009) This policy recommendation defines the perspective from which religions and non-religious convictions are to be taken into account in a framework of intercultural education, while setting... Format : Paper PDF Paper PDF Epub mobi Epub mobi ISBN 978-92-871-6616-6 Manual on the wearing of religious symbols in public areas (2009) This manual explores how the European Convention on Human Rights relates to the freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It identifies the key concepts which can be found in the... Intercultural Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights... (2010) This report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as championed by the Council of Europe particularly through... Format : Paper PDF ISBN 978-92-871-6754-5 Living in Diversity - Lesson Plans for Secondary Schools (2010) This handbook was produced in the framework of the pilot project "Intercultural and interfaith dialogue through education", part of the Council of Europe-European Commission joint... Compass - Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People (2012... (2012) Human rights cannot be defended by legal measures alone. They need to be protected and safeguarded by everyone, including young people. Human rights are best respected and appreciated... Format : PDF PDF ISBN FreedThoughtEng Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (2013) A guide to the implementation of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line354
__label__cc	0.683072	0.316928	The legend of fall color There have always been stories about the origin of the land and the life that calls it home. Before there was science, those stories came from imagination and spirituality. In this series, I have created contemporary nature photography to illustrate them. Read more about my Legends of the Land series. Fall color used to be green. And, for the most part, so was winter color. Even during the coldest months, all trees kept their lush green leaves, allowing them to stay warm. But that all changed one autumn when those who were given so much couldn’t share a little. While the trees remained comfortable throughout winter, birds and other forest creatures had to travel south to find warmth. It was a long, tough trip, but they had to do it. There was no way they could survive the bitter cold. One autumn, however, there was a bird that wasn’t up for the journey. He was a young sparrow who was normally an acrobat of the sky. He was able to perform stunning twists and turns that captivated all. One day when he was practicing his elaborate routine he injured his wing. It was healing, but it wasn’t healing fast enough to be able to travel south with his family for the winter. To survive, he was going to have to find shelter in the forest. Sparrow first approached an oak tree, one of the largest in the forest. “Can I spend the winter with you?” Sparrow asked. But the old and cranky oak told the bird he wanted to spend the winter alone. Next, Sparrow approached the maple tree, regarded as the sweetest tree in the forest. “Can I stay with you this winter?” Sparrow asked. “Sorry, Sparrow,” she replied. “It was a long summer. I’m really tired and am just not up for any company.” Running out of options, the desperate bird approached a pine tree. His leaves weren’t much — more like needles, really — but at least they would provide some protection from the cold. “Sure, you can stay with me,” the pine tree replied. “I can’t provide you much warmth, but I will make you as comfortable as I can.” In the spring, the warmth returned, as did Sparrow’s family. The young bird not only survived the winter, but recovered completely from his injury. With the family reunited, the Great Creator, who had watched Sparrow’s struggle as cold weather set in, called the trees together for a meeting. “I could not be more disappointed in you,” the Great Creator said, gesturing toward the oak and the maple. “I have given you so much, but you were selfish. From this day forward, when the cold weather arrives, your leaves shall fall off and blow away.” “As for you,” he told the pine, “you gave what little you had and it touched my heart. For that, I will ensure that you remain vibrant green for all of your days.” — Based on a Cherokee legend (Learn more about Kevin Ebi's newest book, Living Wilderness, the first comprehensive portfolio of his fine-art images and download a free preview. Follow his photography on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram .) Labels: autumn, fall, fall color, forest, legend, legends, tree, trees	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line355
__label__wiki	0.859381	0.859381	2020 Emmy Awards: See all of this year's nominees, including 'The Crown,' 'Killing Eve' and 'Schitt's Creek' We're crossing our fingers for Schitt's Creek at the Emmys. The 2020 Emmy Awards nominations are… Vote: Who are your favourite Canadian celebrities and why do they make you proud to be Canadian? Summer solstice is this Saturday, which means Canada Day is just around the corner! Every… Emmys 2018: See all the nominees The 2018 Emmy Award nominations were revealed on Thursday (July 12) by The Handmaid’s Tale… All the looks from the Canadian Screen Awards 2018 red carpet Canadian stars turned up the glamour to celebrate homegrown… Tom Cullen on his new series 'Knightfall' and Canadian love Tatiana Maslany You might recognize him as Lord Anthony Gillingham, one of Michelle Dockery’s more memorable love… Justin Trudeau talks being the 'Sexiest Politician Alive' on 'Live with Kelly and Ryan' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on Live with Kelly & Ryan on Monday (June 5) and spoke… 5 most talked about moments from the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards From Catherine O'Hara's hilarious speech to Tatiana Maslany's declaration of… Diary of the Week: ACTRA Awards, The Artist Project See who attended Toronto’s biggest parties this… Canadian Screen Awards 2017: Full list of nominees Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany and the casts of Schitt's Creek and Kim's Convenience lead this… Jason Priestley, Jeanne Beker and more added to Canada's Walk of Fame Last night, six of Canada's biggest stars were officially inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame at…	cc/2021-04/en_head_0017.json.gz/line361

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