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Whoever leads in artificial intelligence in 2030 will rule the world until 2100
Indermit Gill Friday, January 17, 2020
To kick off the Future Development blog in 2020, we present the fourth in a four-part series on the future of development.
A couple of years ago, Vladimir Putin warned Russians that the country that led in technologies using artificial intelligence will dominate the globe. He was right to be worried. Russia is now a minor player, and the race seems now to be mainly between the United States and China. But don’t count out the European Union just yet; the EU is still a fifth of the world economy, and it has underappreciated strengths. Technological leadership will require big digital investments, rapid business process innovation, and efficient tax and transfer systems. China appears to have the edge in the first, the U.S. in the second, and Western Europe in the third. One out of three won’t do, and even two out three will not be enough; whoever does all three best will dominate the rest.
Indermit Gill
We are on the cusp of colossal changes. But you don’t have to take Mr. Putin’s word for it, nor mine. This is what Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a serious student of the effects of digital technologies, says:
“This is a moment of choice and opportunity. It could be the best 10 years ahead of us that we have ever had in human history or one of the worst, because we have more power than we have ever had before.”
To understand why this is a special time, we need to know how this wave of technologies is different from the ones that came before and how it is the same. We need to know what these technologies mean for people and businesses. And we need to know what governments can do and what they’ve been doing. With my colleagues Wolfgang Fengler, Kenan Karakülah, and Ravtosh Bal, I have been trying to whittle the research of scholars such as David Autor, Erik Brynjolfsson, and Diego Comin down to its lessons for laymen. This blog utilizes the work to forecast trends during the next decade.
4 waves, 3 facts
It is useful to think of technical change as having come in four waves since the 1800s, brought about by a sequence of “general purpose technologies” (GPTs). GPTs are best described by economists as “changes that transform both household life and the ways in which firms conduct business.” The four most important GPTs of the last two centuries were the steam engine, electric power, information technology (IT), and artificial intelligence (AI).
All these GPTs inspired complementary innovations and changes in business processes. The robust and most relevant facts about technological progress have to do with its pace, prerequisites, and problems:
Technological change has been getting quicker. While the pace of invention may not have accelerated, the time between invention and implementation has been shrinking. While average implementation lags are difficult to measure precisely, it would not be a gross oversimplification to say that they have been cut in half with each GPT wave. Based on the evidence, the time between invention and widespread use was cut from about 80 years for the steam engine to 40 years for electricity, and then to about 20 years for IT (Figure 1). There are reasons to believe that the implementation lag for AI-related technologies will be about 10 years. With technological change speeding up and first-mover advantages as big as they have always been, the need for large and coordinated investments is growing.
Figure 1. Technology adoption lags have fallen a lot since the 1800s
Source: Comin and Mestieri (2017).
Leapfrogging is practically impossible. While a special purpose technology such as landline telephones can be skipped in favor of a new technology that does the same thing such as, say, mobile phones, it is difficult for countries to leapfrog over general purpose technologies. For a country to overtake another, it must first catch up. Technological advancement is a cumulative process. Business process innovations needed to utilize the steam engine were necessary for firms to take advantage of electric power. More obviously, electricity was a precondition for information technology. Regulations that facilitate or impede technical progress, education and infrastructure, and attitudes toward the social change that accompanies new technologies matter as much as the technologies, pointing to the need for complementary policies that shape the economy and society.
Automation is labor-share reducing, not labor displacing. While the most commonly expressed concern today is that the spread of artificial intelligence will replace workers with smart machines, the effects of earlier GPTs are better summarized as reducing the share of labor earnings in value added. But the evidence also suggests that since the 1970s, automation in relatively advanced economies has put pressure on labor earnings. Put another way, the concern should not be widespread unemployment but the fact that incomes are becoming increasingly skewed in favor of capital over labor. This means that countries that have efficient arrangements for addressing distributional concerns have an advantage over those that don’t.
Big money: Advantage China
Putin is not the first Russian leader to understand the importance of breakthrough general purpose technologies. A hundred years ago, Vladimir Lenin’s Communist Party invented the Five-Year Plan to exploit electric power. Indeed, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that modern planning practices originated with Lenin’s plan for the electrification of the Soviet Union. To appreciate the importance of electrification, it is worth reading Lenin’s short Report on the Work of the Council of People’s Commissars. Here are extracts from that speech, delivered in 1920 to “stormy and prolonged applause”:
“You will hear the report of the State Electrification Commission, which was set up by the All-Russia Central Executive Committee of February 7, 1920. Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country. We are weaker than capitalism, not only on the world scale, but also within the country. Only when the country has been electrified, and industry, agriculture and transport have been placed on the technical basis of modern large-scale industry, only then shall we be fully victorious. We have a plan which gives us estimates of materials and finances covering a long period, not less than a decade. We must fulfill this plan at all costs, and the period of its fulfillment must be reduced.”
Figure 2. China may already be spending more on R&D than the United States
Today, the most serious practitioner of Soviet-style planning is the Chinese Communist Party. In 2015, it announced the $1.68 trillion Made in China 2025 plan, to do with artificial intelligence what Lenin had done for electric power. The plan is to transform the Chinese economy and dominate global manufacturing by 2030. China has neither the entrepreneurial nimbleness of America nor the capable public finance systems of Western Europe, but it is putting a lot of money into digital dominance. The question is whether this will be enough.
The last two decades witnessed the rise of China as an economic power; the next 10 years will decide whether it will eventually become a superpower. For now, President Xi’s approach could be summed up much as Lenin’s strategy was in 1920: State capitalism is the People’s Party plus artificial intelligence.
Business practices: Advantage America
The story goes that in 2018, President Donald Trump complained to President Xi Jinping that Made in China 2025 was insulting to the U.S. because it aimed to make China the global leader in technology. Since then, there are no official references to it. No point taunting the world’s technology leader into doing more, the Chinese government reckons.
But the real advantage of the U.S. is that government exercises a lighter touch than in China or Europe, leading to shorter lags from invention to market and quicker adaptation by businesses so that productivity gains are realized more quickly than in competing countries. Notice the relatively rapid diffusion of computers—available for use simultaneously in all rich economies—in the U.S., as compared with Canada, Japan, Germany, and France (Figure 3).
Figure 3. Quicker diffusion of computers in the US than in Canada, Japan, and Western Europe
Sources: Historical Cross-Country Technology Adoption Dataset by Comin and Hobijn (2004) and the Maddison Project Database.
The regulatory, infrastructural, and cultural conditions that lead to quicker business process innovation require tight industry-academic linkages, a welcoming environment for high-skilled immigrants, sound product-market regulations, and sensible hiring and firing rules. These will be not easy for either China or Europe to institute, and the U.S. will have this edge for a while.
Ameliorative arrangements: Advantage Europe
While the United States is quick to innovate, Western Europe is intrinsically more equal. Take a look at both the diffusion and penetration of internet use plotted in Figure 4. Europe played catch-up between 1990 and 2010, but internet usage has been more widespread in every European country since then. Greater income inequality in the U.S. surely has something to do with this, but it would be even more worrying if it were also due to more unequal opportunity. There is growing evidence that this is the case, and growing concerns that these gaps will quickly widen as AI-based technologies spread across the economy.
Figure 4. Quicker diffusion of the Internet in the US, but lower penetration than in Europe
Source: World Bank’s World Development Indicators and the Maddison Project Database.
Since technological change will exacerbate inequality both of opportunities and outcomes, efficient redistribution will become more necessary during the next decade than it has been in the past. Europe would then have a big advantage: Market income inequality in all but five European countries is lower than the U.S. (Figure 5). After taxes and transfers, every European economy has a lower Gini coefficient than America’s.
Figure 5. European countries have the most redistributive tax and transfer systems
Source: Causa and Hermansen (2018).
People who make long-term economic forecasts have a tendency to focus on strengths: China can mobilize a lot of money so it will become a superpower, the U.S. has a good climate for business so it will continue to dominate the world economy, and Europe is more egalitarian so it’ll get more bang for the buck. But perhaps we should look instead at the willingness of economies to remedy their shortcomings. China has to find ways to encourage entrepreneurship and address the massive disparities in education and wealth. Europe has to mobilize large amounts of money and make it easier for investors anywhere to bring inventions to the Single Market. The United States just has to quickly figure out ways to restore competition in tech, finance, health, and public education, so its redistribution systems are not strained.
So, who’s most likely to succeed during the next decade? My money is on the United States. Productivity growth will pick up again as businesses take advantage of new technologies, consumers will take home big price and quality gains, and policy types will stop fretting about fears of secular stagnation. If enough of the tax burden is shifted from labor to capital, the incomes of middle-income households will keep pace. Expect the United States to call the shots for the rest of the century.
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The BURP Club is pleased to announce that a selection has been made for this year’s Spirit of Free Beer Competition Bill Moe Award. This annual award is named for the late BURP member Bill Moe and is given to the participant who achieves the highest scoring beer at the competition with a malt extract-based beer (i.e., at least 50% of the fermentables must be based on malt extract). Bill Moe won several awards at the Spirit of Free Beer with his extract-based beers before sadly passing away from cancer in Oct 2001 at the too young age of 30.
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Robert Gesink Just Wants to Win Bike Races
Gesink Wants to Win in 2013
Relaxing during training camp, Gesink, 26, talks about his climbing, his injuries, and his desire to win any race he can. (James Startt)
After finishing fifth in the 2010 Tour de France, 25-year-old Dutch rider Robert Gesink was instantly hailed has the next great stage-race rider in country steeped in Tour de France glory. But while injuries and personal tragedy have sidetracked his Tour de France efforts, Gesink has shown himself to be a more complete rider, winning races like the Montreal Grand Prix and the Tour of California. And in the end, winning bike races, any bike race, is what motivates Gesink the most. Bicycling caught up with the amiable Dutch rider while he was training with Team Blanco in Mallorca, Spain.
With your tall and thin profile, not to mention your ability to climb mountains, you have the reputation of being a classic Dutch climber. But you are much more. You’ve had excellent results in one-day Classics, winning the Montreal Grand Prix in 2011 and finishing third in Amstel. And you have had some very strong time-trial performances.
I love the Classics. I think I can do well in some of the really, really tough Classics. In most of the Classics, like Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Amstel, I have shown that I can be there at the front. Winning is always difficult, but I am there. And of course I like to climb. But I am taller than most GC riders and that puts me at a disadvantage in the high mountains. But I have finished in the top 10 in a Grand Tour four times already so I know I can be there too.
The last two years have been hard, and breaking a leg last year certainly didn’t help. But I feel like I am back now. And I need to be, because my team, Blanco, needs to have some good results since we are looking for a sponsor.
Your previous sponsor, Rabobank, withdrew its sponsorship after nearly 20 years in the sport as a result of numerous doping scandals at the end of 2012. It still assured you salaries, but for how long?
One year for sure and then we will see. But we definitely need to attract new sponsors as soon as possible.
You have spoken a fair amount about your desire to keep the team together. Obviously you would have no trouble finding another contract, but you clearly seem motivated by the idea of staying with your current team.
Yes, for sure. Everybody here on Team Blanco has a lot of trust in my capabilities and I have a lot of trust in them. I definitely want to stick together with them because it is a real friendly group. We want to stay together as a whole group so finding a sponsor is really important.
You’ve decided to do the Tour of Italy this year. Is that one of the reasons, so that you can get a big result early in the season?
Well we already started really well, in the Tour Down Under, but we have to keep that going. But for me there are two main reasons for riding the Giro. One is that I don’t like to do the same season every year. It is important to change, to have new objectives. That’s what motivates me, but also yes, we need to get results early this year. Also there are a lot of good young Dutch riders on the team, so we just really need to keep this thing going.
What has happened with Team Blanco after Rabobank withdrew sponsorship reminds me of the transformation of Team Highroad after its sponsor, Telekom, pulled out. Instead of destroying the team, the whole process really unified its members and they became the winningest team in cycling.
I think everyone has learned from what has happened, because I don’t think anybody saw it coming. As a result I think everybody is giving a little bit more than they were already giving. Hopefully that will give us the extra push to get more results and we will find a sponsor. We have a great team structure here and I know that the whole team has been doing things the right way, the clean way, for the past five or six years. In a way, we are paying for past mistakes because a lot of things changed in cycling, and especially on our team, after 2007 [when team leader Michael Rasmussen was expelled from the Tour while wearing the yellow jersey]. And on our team there have been several huge management changes. These have definitely been difficult times, but there are a lot of guys, a lot of young riders that have already made the most difficult steps, that of turning professional. Now we just need to find a sponsor to help us continue.
Growing up, were you motivated by all great bike races or did you dream of the Tour de France? For me there were always a lot of races that were important.
I am Dutch, and the Amstel Gold Race is really important. And there are the real Classics like Liege-Bastogne-Liege or the Tour of Lombardy. You know often a season is judged by how well you did in the Tour de France. But for the riders it is completely different. It is also how you did in the Vuelta or the Giro or other really important races. So I am pretty much motivated for every race I start.
Do you have a race you most dream of winning?
I would like to win a Grand Tour, any Grand Tour. I am still improving and I think it is more and more possible. And cycling is cleaning up, so my chances are getting better.
You had a rough couple of years with injuries, not to mention personal tragedy when your father died.
Yes, it has been really rough. It started when my father died. He crashed on a mountain bike, fell on his head, and after two weeks he died. That really got me thinking. I was saying to myself, “What are you doing racing down a mountain at 100 kilometers an hour! And what does it matter how fast you climb up? You are not changing peoples’ lives!” It just didn’t make sense any more. Then I had a bad crash in the Tour de France that year. Cycling just lost its fun for me. My father was the one who got me into cycling, taking me out for rides on the mountain bike, and we would still ride together when I had an easy day. He was one of my biggest fans. So it was just really strange to lose someone you love so much in a sport that you also love so much. Cycling just didn’t make sense to me anymore.
But after a year I managed to find some fun in it again, but then in 2012 Tour de France, I had another bad crash and it all came back. What made it worse was that the Dutch fans started turning against me. But you know what they say, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Your big objective this year is the Tour of Italy. Have you looked at the course much?
This year I really wanted to focus on stage races, starting already with Paris-Nice; so riding the Giro fits into that kind of a program. In terms of this year’s Giro I went to the presentation and saw the profile, but hey, every Grand Tour is really difficult and there will definitely be a lot of good guys to beat.
You are the defending champion of the Tour of California, even though you won’t defend your title this year since you are riding in the Tour of Italy. But it has been an important race for your career.
Absolutely. It is funny—I am always good in races overseas. There is California of course, but also the Montreal Grand Prix and the Tour of Oman. There is something about races far away from home that are good for me. Some might say that it is the lack of pressure, but I think it is more that I just adapt easily. When you race overseas you often don’t have all of the luxury of the races here in Europe. But then once again I really like racing hard in every race. I just can’t sit back in the peloton and do nothing. I like to win races.
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All Eyes on Cavendish
After last year's successes at the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish has experienced a rough start to the 2010 season.
(James Startt)
British cyclist Mark Cavendish sat under a hoard of journalists, responding flatly to a flurry of pre-race questions on the eve of the 2010 Tour de France. He appeared polite, reserved and perhaps even nervous. He appeared to be many things, but he was not the Cavendish we're used to seeing.
Just last year the cycling world discovered Cavendish not only as the winningest sprinter in professional cycling, but also one of the most honest, extroverted and flamboyant champions in the sport. He fresh energy was easily adored.
As he sped to six stage wins in the 2009 Tour, he entertained fans with a seemingly endless array of victory gestures that celebrated his team sponsor or sunglasses supplier. But occasionally he also irritated his competitors, and on one occasion he was even relegated to last place on a stage for not holding his line in a sprint.
This year, however, Cavendish has struggled to find his mark. And his antics have often proved to be more irritating than amusing.
The 24-year-old’s season first got sidelined when an infected tooth became potentially dangerous and forced him off the bike for two weeks in late January and early February. As a result he did not dominate the early season racing as he had in the previous year.
Then there was the troubling two-fingered salute, interpreted as an obscene gesture in certain European countries, that he brandished upon winning a stage in the Tour of Romandy. The following day his HTC-Columbia team withdrew him from the race.
The trouble continued in the Tour of Switzerland when he swerved in the final rush of a pack finish on stage four and crashed with German cyclist Heinrich Haussler. Race officials fined Cavendish. But when he reportedly spit on the feet of Haussler after they finally crossed the line, certain riders protested his presence in the race on the following day.
“I think he has been a lot of work for himself,” Bob Stapleton, general manager of Cavendish’s HTC team. “He had such a good season last year and then got off to such a poor start this year that it was really disappointing for him. And then there has been a whole series of misadventures since then.”
To date Cavendish has only scored three wins this season, a long stretch from the 14 victories he boasted before the 2009 Tour. Clearly pressure is mounting for Cavendish to perform quickly in this year’s Tour.
“I actually think that, if he is honest, the problems already started last year because he generated fair amount of jealousy,” said Daniel Friebe, a British journalist who collaborated on Cavendish’s autobiography Boy Racer.
“Last year he was so dominant and even he admits that he can be brusque,” said Friebe. “At times he is abrupt with people and he is very emotional. And so as he started losing, people were very quick to jump on him. He’s candid. He says exactly what he thinks. He doesn’t dress it up. We in the press, we like that. We enjoy that. But who knows whether it may be getting to the point where it is damaging him because it costs him a lot of nervous energy? Maybe he doesn’t even know”
“Mark is the same as he always was,” says Scottish rider David Millar. While Millar is captain on the rival Garmin-Transitions team, he has kept an eye on the evolution of Cavendish, who often looked up to Millar when he was an amateur cyclist. “The difference is that he’s not winning. It’s amazing what you get away with when you are winning. But when you’re not it’s a different story…It’s a shame because Mark is a really nice kid, he’s just really emotional.”
Cavendish’s first opportunity to rectify his current situation comes on Sunday’s stage from Rotterdam to Brussels. The roads across Holland and Belgium are flatter than a cornfield in Kansas and hence perfect for the kind of mass sprint finish that Cavendish craves.
Talking with Bicycling privately on the eve of the race, Cavendish shied away from speaking of his recent misadventures. “I’m here at the Tour de France and I want to concentrate on that,” he said. “Obviously I’d like to win a stage and I think with our team we can definitely win a stage, definitely wear jerseys like last year.”
“I think he is still finding his feet for the season,” Stapleton adds. “He’s been good, really good, several times and I think once he gets on a roll you’ll see the Mark you are expecting. And right now he is really focused on really showing people that he is as good as he always said he was.”
And clearly there will is no better way for Cavendish to show just how good he can be than on the roads of the Tour de France.
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Sam Deering departs for Full Time football
by richard | Nov 14, 2019 | Squad, Uncategorized | 1 comment
Sam Deering has joined National League Dagenham & Redbridge.
The National League side have strong ambitions to get back into League football and it was offer that suited both parties and Sam expressed his desire to play full-time football again and look at getting back into the league.
Sam joined The Blues during the summer of 2017 from Ebbsfleet United having helped them to promotion back to the National League. Whilst with Town Sam made 93 starts and 18 sub appearances, scoring 23 goals.
During the 2017-18 season, Sam was part of the treble-winning side that lifted the Isthmian League title, Isthmian League cup, and Essex Senior Cup
We thank Sam for all his hard work and memories he has given us in his time at the club and we wish him the best of luck at Dagenham
Dai James on November 14, 2019 at 10:11 am
Sam will be sorely missed. I always felt that his presence on the pitch helped to drive the team. He was also very approachable and valued the the input from supporters.
I wish Sam every success in the future
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Voice Prompts ............................................................................................................................................................................................6
Using the LCD Display .............................................................................................................................................................................9
Using the Passive Airway Support System (PASS) .......................................................................................................................... 10
Using Electrodes...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Applying CPR-D•padz ............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Applying pedi•padz II (Infant/Child Electrodes)................................................................................................................................ 13
Using the CPR Monitoring Function — Real CPR Help................................................................................................................ 14
Using the Audio Recording Option .................................................................................................................................................... 14
INSTALLATION AND SELF TEST...........................................................................................................................................................15
Inspecting the Unit.................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Preparing the AED Plus for Use.......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Using the Self Test Feature................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Battery Installation Self Test ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Power On Self Test ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Manual Self Test............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Automatic Self Test...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Automatic Monthly Test (software version 5.32 or higher only) ..................................................................................................................... 18
Installing or Replacing Batteries........................................................................................................................................................... 18
Identifying Battery Condition ............................................................................................................................................................... 20
MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................................................22
Maintaining the AED Plus...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Maintenance Checklist ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Cleaning the AED Plus........................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Optional Maintenance for Technical Professionals ......................................................................................................................... 23
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Contacting Technical Service ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
International Customers............................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
ZOLL ADMINISTRATION SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................................................26
Installing ZOLL Administration Software.......................................................................................................................................... 26
RescueNet Code Review Software .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting Up Data Communications....................................................................................................................................................... 26
ORDERING ACCESSORIES ....................................................................................................................................................................27
APPENDIX A: SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................29
ZOLL AED PLUS Administrator’s Guide
Guidance and Manufacturer’s Declaration - Electromagnetic Emissions ................................................................................... 32
Rectilinear Biphasic Waveform Characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 36
Clinical Trial Results for the M Series Biphasic Waveform........................................................................................................... 40
Randomized Multi-Center Clinical Trial for Defibrillation of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) and Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) .......... 40
ECG Analysis Algorithm Accuracy...................................................................................................................................................... 42
The AED Plus® Administrator’s Guide is to be used by responsible medical authorities in conjunction
with the ZOLL AED Plus Operator’s Guide (REF 9650-0300-01).
The AED Plus is to be used by trained rescuers to provide emergency defibrillation. It incorporates a
sequence of visual and voice prompts to help rescuers follow established AHA/ERC Guidelines 2005
protocols for use of AEDs. It also incorporates recording/memory capabilities to allow medical
control authorities to review rescuer’s use of the device. Recording includes ECG rhythms, event data,
device identification, and optionally, voice recording of rescuer and ambient sounds. This information
is available via an upload capability to a personal computer for event review and archiving.
Both the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) publish
extensive information regarding the use of automated external defibrillators and their relationship to
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The following publications provide supplemental material to be used
in conjunction with the ZOLL AED Plus Administrator’s Guide and Operator’s Guide:
1. 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC; Supplement to Circulation,
Volume 112, Issue 24, December 13, 2005.
2. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2005; Resuscitation (2005) 67S1,
S7-S23.
This guide provides information about the operation and care of the AED Plus unit. The administrator,
and user should read each section carefully. Make sure to read the Safety Summary section.
This guide is divided into six sections.
Preface - This page.
Safety Summary - Describes General Warnings and Cautions.
Introduction- Provides a general product overview of the AED Plus.
Section 1 - Operation - Describes the functions of all controls and indicator lights of the AED Plus.
Section 2 - Installation, Self Test, Maintenance and Troubleshooting- Describes configuration of the
unit, data communications, troubleshooting, maintenance and how to order accessories and supplies.
Appendices - Provides the specifications of the AED Plus, characteristics of the ZOLL Rectilinear
Biphasic™ waveform, and information on the ECG Analysis Algorithm Accuracy.
Safety Summar y
The following section describes general warnings and safety considerations for administrators, rescuers,
and patients.
• Use the AED Plus unit only as described in this manual. Improper use of the device can cause death
or injury.
• DO NOT use or place the AED Plus unit in service until you have read the AED Plus Operator’s and
Administrator’s Guides.
• DO NOT use or place the AED Plus unit in service if the unit’s status indicator window (located on
the left side of the handle) displays a red “X”.
• DO NOT use or place the AED Plus unit in service if the unit emits a beeping tone.
• Connect the electrode cable to the AED Plus unit after installing batteries.
• Keep the electrode cable connected to the AED Plus unit at all times.
• This device should only be used by properly trained individuals.
• Only use electrodes labeled “Infant/Child” on children less than 8 years old or weighing less than
55 lbs (25 kg). Use CPR-D•padz® if victim is older than 8 years or weighs more than 55 lbs (25 kg).
• Always stand clear of victim when delivering a shock. Defibrillation energy delivered to the victim
may be conducted through the victim’s body and cause a lethal shock to those touching the victim.
• DO NOT TOUCH the electrode surfaces, the victim, or any conductive material touching the victim
during ECG analysis or defibrillation.
• Move victim away from electrically conductive surfaces prior to use of equipment.
• DO NOT use this unit near or within puddles of water.
• Keep the victim as motionless as possible during ECG analysis.
• DO NOT use this unit near flammable agents, such as gasoline, oxygen-rich atmospheres or
flammable anesthetics.
• Avoid radio frequency interference from high-power sources that might cause the defibrillator to
interpret cardiac rhythms incorrectly by turning off cell phones and 2 way-radios.
• Disconnect non-defibrillation protected electronic devices or equipment from victim before
defibrillation.
• Dry victim’s chest, if wet, before attaching electrodes.
• Apply freshly opened and undamaged electrodes, within the electrode expiration date, to clean and
dry skin to minimize burning.
• DO NOT place the electrodes directly over the victim’s implanted pacemaker. Pacemaker stimuli
may degrade the accuracy of ECG rhythm analyses or the pacemaker may be damaged by
defibrillator discharges.
• Check labeling inside the AED Plus cover before using the cover as a Passive Airway Support
System (PASS) device. Ensure it is intended for this use.
• DO NOT use Passive Airway Support System (PASS) if there is a suspected head or neck injury.
Place victim on a firm surface before performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• DO NOT recharge, disassemble, or dispose of batteries in fire. Batteries may explode, if mistreated.
• Do not use or stack the AED Plus unit with other equipment. If the unit is used or stacked with other
equipment, verify proper operation prior to use.
• Do not disassemble the unit. A shock hazard exists. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.
• Use only commercially available type 123A lithium manganese dioxide batteries. Discard batteries
properly after removal from unit. Use only batteries from recommended manufacturers.
• If the device is stored outside the recommended environmental conditions, the electrode pads and/
or batteries may be damaged or their useful life reduced.
• Safety and effectiveness data submitted by ZOLL Medical Corporation to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) under section 510(K) of the Medical Device Act to obtain approval to
market are based upon the use of ZOLL accessories such as disposable electrodes. The use of
electrodes from sources other than ZOLL is not recommended. ZOLL makes no representations or
warranties regarding the performance or effectiveness of its products when used in conjunction
with electrodes from other sources. If unit failure is attributable to the use of accessories not
manufactured by ZOLL, this may void ZOLL's warranty.
• The CPR-D•padz electrode can be connected to other ZOLL Defibrillators with Multifunction
Cables. Defibrillation can be administered when connected to other ZOLL Defibrillators. The CPR
function does not operate with any device other than the AED Plus and AED Pro®.
Use the AED Plus when a suspected cardiac arrest victim has an apparent LACK OF CIRCULATION
as indicated by:
• Unconsciousness; and
• Absence of normal breathing; and
• Absence of a pulse or signs of circulation.
When the victim is less than 8 years of age or weighs less than 55 lbs (25 kg), the AED Plus should be
used with AED Plus Pediatric Electrodes (pedi•padz®II). Therapy should not be delayed to determine
the victim’s exact age or weight.
Contraindications for Use
Do NOT use the AED Plus when the victim:
• Is conscious; or
• Is breathing; or
• Has a detectable pulse or other signs of circulation.
Intended Users of the Device
The AED Plus external defibrillator is intended to be used by personnel who are qualified by training in
the use of the AED Plus device, basic life support, advanced life support, or other physician-authorized
emergency medical response to defibrillate victims of cardiac arrest. The Real CPR Help® function
provides a metronome designed to encourage rescuers to perform chest compressions at the AHA/ERC
recommended rate of 100 compressions per minute. Voice and visual prompts encourage a compression
depth of 1½ - 2 inches for adult victims. The Real CPR Help function is not intended for use on victims
under 8 years of age.
Tracking Requirements
U.S Federal Law (21 CFR 821) requires the tracking of defibrillators. As an owner of this device, you
have the responsibility under this law to notify ZOLL Medical Corporation if this product has been
received, lost, stolen or destroyed or has been donated, resold or otherwise distributed to a different
If any of the events described above occur, please contact ZOLL Medical Corporation in writing with the
following information:
1. Originator’s organization - Company Name, Address, Contact Name and Contact Phone Number.
2. Part Number/Model Number and Serial Number.
3. Disposition of Device (e.g. received, lost, stolen destroyed, distributed to another organization).
4. New Location and/or Organization (if different from #1 above) - Company Name, Address, Contact
Name and Contact Phone number.
5. Date change took effect.
Notification of Adverse Events
As a health care provider, you may have responsibilities under the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA)
for reporting to ZOLL and possibly to the FDA, the occurrence of certain events. These events, described
in 21 CFR Part 803, include device related death and serious injury or illness. In any event, as part of our
Quality Assurance Program, ZOLL should be notified of any device failures or malfunction. This
information is required to assure that ZOLL provides only the highest quality products.
• Carefully inspect each packing container for damage.
• Examine the unit for any signs of damage that may have occurred during shipping.
• If the contents are incomplete or damaged or if the unit fails to pass its self test as indicated by a Red
“X” in the status indicator window after battery installation, contact ZOLL Medical Corporation’s
Technical Service Department.
• Review the shipping list to insure that all items ordered were received.
Throughout this document, voice prompts are indicated by capital italicized letters, such as
CALL FOR HELP.
WARNING! Warning statements describe conditions or actions that can result in personal
injury or death.
CAUTION! Caution statements describe conditions or actions that can result in damage to the
unit.
NOTE Notes contain additional information on using the defibrillator.
Symbols used in this manual or on the equipment include the following:
Class II equipment
Defibrillation protected Type BF patient connection
ATTENTION: Refer to manual for more information
DANGEROUS VOLTAGE
Not new battery cells
New battery cells
Do Not push button
Do not use this manufacturer
Ok to use this manufacturer
Unit equipped to treat adult and pediatric victims
Authorized representative in the European
Consult instructions for use
Using the ZOLL AED Plus
The AED Plus is an automated external defibrillator (AED) that uses voice prompts and visual
indicators to guide the rescuer through a resuscitation sequence that may include defibrillation and/or
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The unit incorporates the ZOLL Rectilinear Biphasic
Defibrillation waveform, and operates in either adult or pediatric mode.
The AED Plus supports both adult and pediatric defibrillation electrode pads, and automatically
adjusts the defibrillation energy based on the type of electrode pads connected to it. Following
attachment of electrodes to a victim’s chest, the defibrillator monitors the electrocardiographic (ECG)
rhythm of the victim’s heart, analyzes that rhythm, and determines whether the rhythm is shockable
or non-shockable. When needed, defibrillation energy is delivered through these same electrodes.
When the unit detects a shockable rhythm, it charges and issues the warning PRESS FLASHING
SHOCK BUTTON. The rescuer presses the Shock Button to deliver the shock. The rescuer will then
be prompted to perform CPR for a period of two minutes, after which the unit automatically initiates
a new ECG analysis.
Some versions of the AED Plus include a cover that can also be used as a PASS (Passive Airway
Support System) to support the victim’s neck and shoulders in a position that assists in maintaining an
open airway. Some versions also contain disposable accessories (razor, barrier mask, scissors, and a
towel). The AED Plus is powered by ten commercially available consumer brand lithium-manganese
dioxide batteries.
The AED Plus can:
• Perform periodic self tests to ensure its continual readiness.
• Use a one-piece electrode assembly (CPR•D-padz) that facilitates proper electrode placement and
that is easy to apply to the victim.
• Analyze heart rhythm and inform the rescuer if the rhythm is shockable or non-shockable.
• Deliver defibrillation treatment to victims of cardiac arrest who exhibit shockable ECG rhythms.
• Provide voice prompts and graphics to guide the rescuer regarding what to do and when to do it
during a cardiac emergency, such as calling for help or giving CPR to the victim.
• Provide audible beeps to encourage rescuers to provide CPR compressions at 100 CPM (requires
CPR-D•padz).
• Monitor the depth of chest compressions during CPR and provide voice prompts, if compression
depth is inadequate (requires CPR-D•padz).
• Provide a unit cover that functions as a Passive Airway Support System (PASS). (Note the PASS
feature is standard with some versions of the product and optional with others.)
• Upload data from the defibrillator to a computer to store events or print event reports.
• Use commercially available batteries.
Using Real CPR Help ®
The CPR-D•padz include a sensor that detects the rate and depth of CPR chest compressions. This
sensor is placed (as part of the electrodes application) on the victim’s chest so that it is located between
the rescuer’s hands and the victim’s lower sternum during chest compressions. When the rescuer
performs CPR compressions, the sensor detects their rate and depth and sends the information to the
AED Plus unit. When used with CPR-D•padz, the AED Plus monitors the depth and rate of CPR chest
compressions. It provides a CPR metronome function designed to encourage rescuers to perform chest
compressions at the AHA/ERC recommended rate of 100 compressions per minute (CPM) as well as
voice and visual prompts to encourage a compression depth of 1½ - 2 inches for adult victims.
WARNING! Real CPR Help is intended for use on adult victims only; do not use on victims
The adaptive metronome function is disabled during periods when CPR should not be performed (for
example, during ECG analyses and defibrillation shock sequences). During periods when CPR may be
indicated, the metronome begins issuing audible beeps following detection of the rescuer’s first few
compressions. The beeps continue automatically (at rates described below) until a few seconds after
chest compressions are halted by the rescuer or until the recommended “CPR period” ends (1 minute
for AHA and ERC protocols). If the rescuer ceases chest compressions during the CPR period,
metronome beeps stop within a few seconds after compressions are halted. Audible beeps resume
during the CPR period following any re-initiation of CPR compressions. If no CPR compressions are
detected during “CPR periods”, the AED Plus periodically re-issues the CONTINUE CPR prompt.
The rate of beeps issued by the AED Plus adaptive metronome function adapts to the rescuer’s actual
chest compression rate. The metronome will beep at 100 CPM when chest compressions are delivered
at greater than 80 compressions per minute (CPM). Should the rescuer fail to deliver compressions at
80 CPM or greater, the metronome will beep at a rate that is approximately 15 CPM higher than the
rescuer’s actual rate. This increased metronome rate is intended to encourage the rescuer to increase
his/her chest compression rate until the recommended 100 CPM rate is achieved. The metronome beeps
at a minimum rate of 60 CPM in cases where the rescuer’s compression rate is substantially below
60 CPM.
During CPR, the AED Plus may issue one or more audible prompts based on the depth of chest
compressions detected. When Real CPR Help determines that compression depth is consistently less
than 1½ inches, a PUSH HARDER prompt will be issued. A GOOD COMPRESSION prompt will be
issued if the rescuer responds by increasing compression depth to 1½ inches or more.
This section describes the following functions:
• Operating Controls and Indicators
• Using the AED Plus Graphical User Interface
• Voice Prompts
• Using the LCD Display
• Using the Passive Airway Support System (PASS)
• Using Electrodes
• Applying CPR-D•padz
• Applying pedi•padz II (Infant/Child Electrodes)
• Using the CPR Monitoring Function — Real CPR Help
• Using the Audio Recording Option
Operating Controls and Indicators
See Table 1: Control Functions for an explanation of each of these controls.
LCD Display (not supplied on
some units)
Electrode Connector
IrDA Port (on side of unit)
Battery Compartment (bottom)
Microphone (hidden)
Speaker (bottom)
Shock Button
Figure 1: Identifying Operating Controls and Indicators
Table 1: Control Function
Control/Indicator
ON/OFF Button
Turns power ON or OFF.
When held depressed for > 5 seconds initiates self test or data
communications.
Illuminates to indicate which step rescuer must take to treat a victim.
Illuminates when the AED Plus is charged and ready to deliver a shock to the
victim.
When pressed, causes the charged and ready AED Plus to discharge its
energy into the victim.
When the AED Plus is not charged the lighted button is extinguished.
Pressing this button initiates a voice prompt that indicates the number of
defibrillator shocks delivered since the unit was powered on.
Icons that explain the series of steps needed for resuscitation and
Status Indicator
Illuminated check mark indicates the unit passed its last self test and is ready
for use.
Illuminated “X” indicates unit has failed its self test and is not ready for use
Displays elapsed time, shock count, user prompts, CPR compression depths
and ECG waveforms.
IrDA Port
Provides a communications link between the defibrillator and a personal
computer or another IrDA equipped device.
PASS Cover
Some AED Plus models include a cover that may be used as a shoulder
support to aid victim airway management. The PASS can be ordered
separately for other AED Plus models (see “Ordering Accessories” on
page 27).
Holds 10 123A lithium manganese dioxide batteries used to power the unit.
Connector for attaching electrodes to the AED Plus.
Provides audio prompts and metronome beeps that direct rescuers on what to
do during a rescue; also provides voice prompts to indicate if service is
When voice recording option is installed, this microphone picks up and
records ambient sounds, including rescuer’s voice.
Using the AED Plus Graphical User Interface
The AED Plus graphical user interface (see Figure 2) is visible on the top of the unit when the cover
is removed. The pictograms are reminders of the steps to follow when performing a rescue and
reinforce instructions provided through voice prompts and optional display messages.
Each pictogram on the device is associated with an indicator light (LED) and voice prompts. This
combination draws attention to the graphics in a sequence defined by current protocols for use of an
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) by the AHA and ERC.
Figure 2: Graphical User Interface
The AED Plus unit contains an LCD display (some special models do not have an LCD) that displays
elapsed time, number of shocks delivered, text messages corresponding to the voice prompts, and
depth of CPR compressions. The LCD can also be configured to display the acquired ECG signals.
When the AED Plus is turned on, the unit automatically initiates the sequence of voice prompts and
graphic illuminations for a rescue event. The sequence continues until the AED Plus is turned off or
the electrodes are disconnected from the victim for an extended period of time. As soon as electrodes
are attached to the victim and impedance of the connection is verified, the unit stops cycling through
the above-mentioned voice and graphic illumination sequence and automatically begins analysis of
the ECG rhythm.
Following the results of this ECG analysis, voice prompts tell the rescuer whether a shockable or
non-shockable rhythm has been detected. If a shockable ECG rhythm is present, the graphics
illuminate and voice prompts guide the rescuer through the defibrillation sequence. When no shock is
advised, the AED Plus issues the audio prompts, NO SHOCK ADVISED and START CPR, and
illuminates the CPR-related graphics. A period of 2 minutes (depending upon device configuration)
is then allowed for rescuer CPR. Following this “CPR period”, the AED Plus automatically re-initiates
a new ECG rhythm analysis.
The AED Plus automatically adjusts defibrillation energy to adult or pediatric levels based on the type
of electrodes attached to the unit. In its factory default configuration, the unit delivers the first three
shocks at 120J, 150J, and 200J respectively in adult mode, and at 50J, 70J, and 85J in pediatric mode.
However, the device can be configured to deliver shocks at other energy levels, as long as the setting
for each successive shock is the same or greater than the setting for the preceding shock. Shocks are
delivered by depressing the Shock Button (indicated by the heart icon and associated LED) located in
the center of the graphical user interface.
Consult the AED Plus Operator’s Guide for more details on the graphics included in the unit’s graphic
interface, the audio prompts issued at each step in the treatment protocol and the rescuer action
associated with these audio and visual prompts.
Loss of contact between the electrodes and the victim interrupts ECG analysis and/or shock delivery
until the electrodes are re-attached and results in a CHECK ELECTRODE PADS prompt to the operator.
Voice Prompts
During clinical use of the AED Plus, you may hear the following voice prompts.
Table 2: Clinical Voice Prompts
Voice Prompt
UNIT OK.
AED Plus has successfully passed its power up self tests.
UNIT FAILED.
AED Plus has failed its power up self tests and is not usable for
victim care.
CHANGE BATTERIES.
AED Plus self test has detected a low battery condition that is
insufficient for the device’s use for victim care. Replace batteries
Relax as much as possible and focus on the rescue effort.
CHECK RESPONSIVENESS.
Check victim for responsiveness/consciousness by gently
shaking the victim and shouting “Are you all right?”.
Activate the EMS system or ask a bystander to do it for you.
OPEN AIRWAY.
Place victim in the supine position and perform Head Tilt – Chin
Lift or Jaw – Thrust maneuver to open victim’s airway.
CHECK BREATHING.
Look, listen or feel for the presence of breathing and/or airflow
from the victim’s lungs.
GIVE TWO BREATHS.
If victim is not breathing, give two rescue breaths.
PLUG IN CABLE.
Ensure that the electrode cable is properly connected to the AED
Plus electrode connector.
ATTACH DEFIB PADS TO
PATIENT’S BARE CHEST.
Attach defibrillation pads to the victim’s bare chest.
CHECK ELECTRODE PADS.
Previously attached electrodes are not making good contact with
the victim’s skin or the electrodes are defective.
ADULT PADS.
AED Plus has detected adult electrode pads connected to it and
adjusted defibrillation energy settings to adult levels.
PEDIATRIC PADS.
AED Plus has detected pediatric electrode pads connected to it
and adjusted defibrillation energy settings to pediatric levels.
DON’T TOUCH PATIENT,
ANALYZING.
Do not touch victim, an ECG rhythm analysis is in progress or
about to begin.
SHOCK ADVISED.
ECG rhythm analysis has detected the presence of ventricular
fibrillation or shockable ventricular tachycardia.
NO SHOCK ADVISED.
ECG rhythm analysis has detected a rhythm that is not treatable
by defibrillation.
ANALYSIS HALTED. KEEP
PATIENT STILL.
ECG rhythm analysis has been halted due to excessive ECG
signal artifact. Stop any ongoing CPR and keep the victim as
motionless as possible.
DON’T TOUCH PATIENT.
PRESS FLASHING SHOCK
Warn all persons in attendance of the victim to stand clear and
stop touching the victim. Press the Shock Button to deliver
defibrillation therapy.
RELEASE SHOCK BUTTON.
Shock Button was depressed before the defibrillator was ready to
defibrillate. Release the Shock Button and press again after the
ready tone sounds.
SHOCK DELIVERED.
A defibrillation shock has just been delivered to the victim.
NO SHOCK DELIVERED.
No shock was delivered to the victim because rescuer failed to
press Shock Button or an error condition was detected.
n SHOCKS DELIVERED.
A total of n shocks have been delivered since the AED Plus was
turned on.
START CPR.
Begin CPR.
CONTINUE CPR.
Continue providing CPR. This prompt may also be issued if
Real CPR Help fails to detect chest compressions at least ¾ of an
inch deep.
PUSH HARDER.
CPR compressions are consistently less than 1 ½ inches deep.
GOOD COMPRESSIONS.
After prompting to Push Harder, rescuer has succeeded in
delivering chest compressions at least 1 ½ inches deep.
STOP CPR.
Stop CPR, the AED Plus is about to begin an ECG rhythm
Prompts that may be heard during non-clinical use of the AED Plus unit include:
Table 2b Non-Clinical Voice Prompts
IF NEW BATTERIES,
PRESS BUTTON.
Press the Battery Reset Button located in the battery compartment
after replacing ALL batteries in the device with new batteries.
NON-RESCUE MODE.
AED Plus device has entered the diagnostics/data communications
ESTABLISHED.
IrDA Communications between the AED Plus and a personal
computer or modem have been established.
Using the LCD Display
The AED Plus is equipped with a 1.3 x 2.6 inch LCD screen (see Figure 3) that displays the following
Shock Count
CPR Depth of
Compression Indicator
SHOCKS: 05
With ECG
Without ECG
Figure 3: LCD Displays
NOTE Some special AED Plus models do not have an LCD.
Shock Count (Upper left corner of screen): Indicates the total number of defibrillation shocks
delivered by the AED Plus since it was last powered on. Shock count is saved through brief power off
periods (< 5 seconds). When the AED Plus is turned off for more than 5 seconds, the shock count is
reset to 0.
Elapsed Time (Upper right corner of screen): Indicates the total time in minutes and seconds that has
elapsed since the AED Plus was last powered on. Elapsed time continues to be counted through brief
power off periods (< 5 seconds). When the AED Plus is turned off for more than 5 seconds, elapsed
time is reset to 00:00. When elapsed time exceeds 99 minutes and 59 seconds, the timer wraps around
to 00:00 and continues counting.
CPR Depth of Compression Indicator (Right side of screen): A bar graph is displayed that shows
the depth of chest compressions measured during the delivery of CPR. Indicator lines are displayed in
the bar graph area at 1 ½ and 2 inches of compression depth to provide reference points for rescuers
performing CPR.
Visual User Prompts (Lower 1/3 of screen): Whenever the AED Plus issues a voice prompt, the text
of the voice prompt is simultaneously displayed on the LCD display.
ECG Waveform (Center portion of screen): Although AED Plus units do not display ECG waveforms
in their factory default configuration, the device can be specifically set up to continuously display
ECG signals as they are acquired.
Using the Passive Airway Support System (PASS)
If there is no evidence of head or neck trauma, the head tilt chin lift method is the recommended
maneuver for opening the airway. The PASS may be placed under the victim’s shoulders to help
maintain head tilt.
WARNING! DO NOT use PASS if suspected head or neck injury. Place victim on a firm
surface before performing CPR.
If the victim requires airway support and there is no evidence of head or neck trauma, roll the victim on
his/her side and then roll him/her back over so that the PASS is under the victim’s shoulders causing the
head to tilt backwards.
For PASS COVERS only: The shape of the PASS, when placed under the shoulders of the victim, can
be used to help maintain an open airway (see Figure 4).
The unit cover also functions as the Passive Airway
Support System (PASS).
Place the PASS under the victim to lift his/her shoulders.
Do not use the PASS if there is a suspected head or neck
injury.
Figure 4: Using the PASS Cover
Using Electrodes
DO NOT reuse electrodes.
The AED Plus supports both adult and pediatric electrode pads. The device automatically adjusts
defibrillation energy to adult or pediatric levels depending on the type of electrodes connected to it.
Make sure that the electrode pads used are appropriate for the victim.
WARNING! DO NOT use adult electrode pads or CPR-D•padz on victims under 8 years
of age.
The AED Plus uses electrode packs that are connected to the unit by a cable. The package contains
electrodes that you attach to the victim.
• Make sure to install a new package of electrodes and connect the electrode cable to the unit after
each use, to prepare for future emergencies.
• Check the electrode expiration date regularly to ensure that electrodes are fresh and ready to use
in an emergency situation.
• Replace electrodes, if expired
• After the AED Plus is powered on and completes its self-test, the unit will issue an “Adult Pads”
voice prompt or a “Pediatric Pads” voice prompt to indicate the type of electrodes connected to the
unit. Verify that the connected electrode pads are appropriate for the victim being treated. Connect
alternate electrode pads if necessary.
If the electrodes are not attached properly, the unit issues the CHECK ELECTRODE PADS or the
ATTACH ELECTRODE PADS voice prompt during operation. If the electrode cable is not properly
attached to the unit, the unit issues the PLUG IN CABLE prompt. Make certain to connect the electrode
cable to the AED Plus unit and attach the electrodes to the victim properly.
WARNING! Electrodes must be pre-attached to the device. Keep the electrode cable
connected to the AED Plus unit at all times.
The electrode package may include:
• Scissors to cut clothing or chest hair.
• Razor to remove excessive hair at the electrode application site, if necessary.
• Small towel to make sure that the victim’s skin is dry.
• Gloves.
• Barrier Mask.
NOTE Electrodes contain no hazardous materials and may be disposed of in general trash unless contaminated
with pathogens. If contaminated, appropriate precautions should be used in their disposal.
Applying CPR-D •padz
Prepare the victim before attaching the electrodes.
WARNING! CPR-D•padz are intended for use on adult victims only; do not use on victims
To prepare the victim:
1. Remove all clothing covering the victim’s chest.
2. Ensure the victim’s chest is dry.
3. If the victim has excessive chest hair, clip or shave the hair to help ensure proper adhesion of the
electrodes.
To apply the electrodes:
1. Tear open the electrode package and unfold the electrodes. Place the electrodes on the victim
according to the graphics on the package (see Figure 5).
2. Hold the CPR sensor and place the sensor between the nipples and on the middle of the victim’s
breastbone, using the sensor’s cross hairs to guide you.
3. Press the CPR sensor with your right hand and pull the number 2 tab to peel the protective backing
from the electrode. Press the electrode from the center out to make sure it adheres properly to the
victim’s skin.
4. Press the CPR sensor with your left hand and pull the number 3 tab to peel the protective backing
NOTE If the victim is large or there is a need to place the electrode under a breast, you may need to tear away
the lower pad at the perforated line (see Figure 5) and extend the pad. Place the pad slightly to the victim’s
left and below the victim’s left breast.
NOTE If the victim has an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator in the upper right chest, angle the electrodes
slightly to avoid placing the electrodes over either device. Make certain that the CPR sensor maintains a
position over the lower half of the breastbone.
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Figure 5: Placement of CPR-D•padz
Applying pedi•padz II (Infant/Child Electrodes)
Important! This symbol indicates that an AED Plus unit is equipped for treating adult and pediatric victims.
An AED Plus unit without this symbol is not equipped to treat pediatric victims and will NOT
work with the pedi•padz II pediatric electrodes. To upgrade an AED Plus unit for use with
ZOLL pedi•padz II pediatric electrodes, contact ZOLL Medical Corporation or an authorized
ZOLL distributor for information on the ZOLL AED Plus Pediatric Upgrade Kit.
1. Tear open the electrode package and unfold the inner package to expose the electrodes. Place the
electrodes on the victim according to the graphics on the package (see Figure 6).
2. Remove the round electrode from its backing material and place it on the victim’s chest (as shown
in Figure 6).
3. Place your hand on the electrode edge and, using the other hand, gently roll the electrode onto the
victim’s chest, pushing any air out from beneath the electrode as you go.
4. Roll the victim onto his/her chest, remove the square electrode from its backing and place it on
the victim’s back (as shown in Figure 6).
5. Place your hand on the electrode’s edge and, using your other hand, roll the electrode onto the
victim’s skin, pushing any air out from beneath the electrode as you go.
6. Roll the victim onto his/her back and follow the AED Plus prompts.
NOTE The pedi•padz II (infant/child electrodes) can also be used with ZOLL pacemaker products for up to
one hour of pacing (see the M Series Operator’s Guide for information about pacing).
Infant/Child Defibrillation Electrodes
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Figure 6: Placement of pedi•padz II
Using the CPR Monitoring Function — Real CPR Help
When used with ZOLL CPR-D•padz, the AED Plus monitors the rate and depth of CPR chest
compressions. The AED Plus provides a CPR adaptive metronome function designed to encourage
rescuers to perform chest compressions at the AHA/ERC recommended rate of 100 compressions per
minute. Voice and visual prompts encourage a compression depth of 1 ½ - 2 inches for adult victims.
Real CPR Help operates only when CPR-D•padz are used, and is intended for use on adult victims only.
To use Real CPR Help you must do the following:
1. Connect CPR-D•padz to the AED Plus unit.
2. Apply the CPR-D•padz to the victim as described in the previous section
Ensure that the CPR sensor is centered on the lower half of the victim’s sternum.
3. If no signs of circulation are present when the AED Plus issues the START CPR prompt, place your
hands on top of the CPR sensor and push on the sensor to deliver chest compressions to the victim.
After your first few compressions, the AED Plus adaptive metronome will begin issuing timing
beeps. Try to maintain synchronization between these beeps and your chest compressions. Shortly
after you stop chest compressions to deliver rescue breaths the metronome will stop beeping.
NOTE If the AED Plus prompts you to PUSH HARDER, your compressions are less than 1½ inches deep. Increase
your compression depth to improve CPR performance.
4. Deliver the appropriate number of rescue breaths then resume chest compressions. The metronome
will begin to beep again after your first few compressions have been delivered.
Using the Audio Recording Option
If installed and configured, the AED Plus contains an audio recording option that records and stores
20 minutes of continuous audio and clinical event data during a rescue. (The unit records and stores at
least 7 hours of clinical event data if the audio recording option is disabled.) The recorded audio data is
synchronized to the clinical event data. The audio recording starts when the AED Plus issues the
STAY CALM prompt.
NOTE The AED Plus allows for up to 3 minutes of audio recording prior to electrode attachment. When you
turn the unit off, the first indicator light (LED) on the graphical user interface illuminates and the second
indicator light (LED) flashes intermittently while the unit stores the data in memory.
Whenever the device detects a clinical event in rescue mode, the AED Plus deletes previously stored
data (ECG, Audio and Event) from memory before data for the current rescue is recorded. Overwriting
of old ECG, audio and event data begins 10 seconds after the electrodes are properly connected to the
victim. However, if the AED Plus is started in Non-rescue Mode, the recorded data of the last rescue is
retained and may be uploaded to a data storage or archiving system.
Installation and Self Test
This section describes the following functions to prepare the AED Plus for use:
• Inspecting the Unit
• Preparing the AED Plus for Use
• Using the Self Test Feature
• Installing or Replacing Batteries
• Identifying Battery Condition
Inspecting the Unit
Once unpacked, inspect the device for any signs of damage due to shipping. Check for accessories and
any other parts ordered.
Preparing the AED Plus for Use
To ensure that the AED Plus is functioning properly and is ready for use in an emergency situation,
the following set-up and checkout procedures should be performed before placing the device into
service and after each clinical use.
1. Inspect all external surfaces of the unit to ensure that they are clean and free of structural damage
such as cracks, broken or missing parts.
2. Inspect the electrode connector to ensure that there are no broken or missing connector pins.
3. Verify that new CPR-D•padz, stat•padz® II or pedi•padz II to be used with the AED Plus are well
within their expiration date.
4. Follow instructions provided with the new electrodes to pre-connect them to the electrode
connector on the device and pack them within the AED Plus cover.
NOTE If the electrodes are not connected to the AED Plus unit, the device will fail the self test and display
a red “X” in the status indicator window.
5. If the status indicator displays a red X, install new batteries. (See “Installing or Replacing
Batteries” on page 18.)
6. Close the top cover of the AED Plus unit and initiate a self test by pressing the Power Button.
Verify that the unit issues the UNIT OK voice prompt. This prompt indicates that the new batteries
and electrodes are properly installed and that the unit is ready for service.
7. Verify that the AED Plus unit issues the appropriate “Adult Pads” or “Pediatric Pads” voice
prompt.
8. Turn the AED Plus unit off.
9. Wait 2 minutes. Verify that the green check symbol () appears in the status indicator window
and that the unit does not emit a beeping tone.
10. Place the AED Plus unit in service.
11. Check the AED Plus unit periodically to ensure that the green check symbol () appears in the
status indicator window.
NOTE If the status indicator displays a red X following completion of the above test, the AED Plus is not
ready for use and may be defective. Remove the AED Plus from service and consult the
Troubleshooting section on page 23 of this guide to help determine the problem.
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CBRE Appoints Chris Connelly Global President for Asset Services and Investor Leasing Business Lines
Los Angeles, CA | August 20, 2018
Los Angeles – August 20, 2018 – CBRE has appointed Chris Connelly as Global President, Asset Services and Investor Leasing, two key global business lines that serve the property management and leasing requirements of real estate investors around the world.
CBRE’s Asset Services business provides property management services for approximately three billion sq. ft. of commercial property. Investor Leasing provides property leasing and marketing services across all commercial real estate asset classes. Mr. Connelly will also oversee the Asset Services and Investor Leasing business lines in the Americas, in addition to globally.
“Chris is the perfect person to build on our market-leading property management and leasing services. His deep market insight and leadership skills are highly regarded by our professionals and our clients,” said Jack Durburg, Global Chief Operating Officer, CBRE. “I am looking forward to his leadership in driving operational excellence and exceptional outcomes for our investor clients and our people.”
A long-time leader for CBRE in the Americas Region, Mr. Connelly brings a broad range of experience to his new leadership position. Previously he served as President of Mountain Northwest Division, overseeing CBRE’s operations in the Bay Area, Sacramento/Reno, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix/Tucson, Denver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
Prior to that role, Mr. Connelly led CBRE’s Midwest Division, which includes Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Louisville.
Earlier, he held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility for CBRE in the Chicago area, including leading the company’s downtown Chicago office. In 2011, Mr. Connelly took over responsibility for leading the Greater Chicago Region as executive managing director, before being promoted to president for the Midwest Division in 2015. He began his career at Jones Lang LaSalle, specializing in industrial, land and office brokerage.
Mr. Connelly received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois.
In his new role, Mr. Connelly will report to Mr. Durburg and remain based in Chicago.
Mark Thomton
Corporate Communications, Retail and Industrial & Logistics
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12 Poets From Countries Affected By The Travel Ban
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By E. Ce Miller
The outrage following Donald Trump’s immigration order, which he signed on January 27 as an executive order designed to keep refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations out for three months, was immediate; and opposition to the order arose just as quickly. Although the controversial order — which affected immigrants, refugees, and other travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — was later blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Trump administration has announced a rewrite of the immigration ordert, reported to appear this week. While Trump has given Americans little indication that the Constitutionality of the revised order will be any better than that of the last, it’s important to remember that this fight is probably only just beginning — and there’s more you can do than protest at the airport or donate to the ACLU (although keep doing those good things too.)
At a time like this, the importance of hearing and sharing the stories of immigrants and refugees cannot be overstated. It is these stories: of the families torn apart by war and political violence, of their hopes for making better lives for themselves away from their homelands, and of their hard-won entry into the United States, that remind everyone of the necessity of continuing to fight against the ignorant and hate-filled autocracy that the Trump administration aspires to.
As we all wait for this next wave of Trump-insanity to break, check out these 12 poets from the countries affected by Trump’s immigration order.
Solmaz Sharif
Poet and author of the 2016 National Book Award-nominated poetry collection Look: Poems, Solmaz Sharif is an Iranian-American writer, a 2013 NEA fellow, and a current lecturer at Stanford University. Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Sharif’s poetry is concerned with conflict and language — exploring modern warfare and the words we use to describe (and justify, and obscure, and normalize) it. And I am not being hyperbolic when I say my bookshelves would not have been the same last year without her.
Ghada Alatrash
Ghada Alatrash is a Syrian writer and translator — she grew up in Damascus before attending high school and college in Texas, where her Syrian diplomat father retired — who has translated the poetry of Arabic writers like Youssef Abdul Samad and Najat Abdul Samad, with the expressed goal of amplifying the voices of marginalized communities around the world. Though not poetry, her first English-language book is a recently-published collection of seven fictional stories about Syrian women, titled Stripped to the Bone: Portraits of Syrian Women, which was released in May.
Safia Elhillo describes herself as "Sudanese by way of Washington, DC," a slam poet and writer whose work has been translated into Arabic and Greek. Elhillo’s debut poetry collection, The January Children, will be available in March, from the University of Nebraska Press, and begins with a story of the generation of children born in British-occupied Sudan, who were categorized into age groups based on their height and each given the birth date of January 1. From there Elhillo explores post-colonialism, displacement, and how the history of a country like Sudan has been fictionalized by the occupiers and mythologized by its people.
Khaled Mattawa
Khaled Mattawa is another poet who both composes his own poetry and works to translate the writing of other Arabic poets. Born in Benghazi, Libya before immigrating to the United States where he attended high school and college, Mattawa published his first collection of English-language poems in 1995, and his first translated collection: Questions and Their Retinue by the Iraqi poet Hatif Janabi, a year later. Since then he has gone on to write and translate a number of collections, including his 2010 title, Tocqueville, which is fierce and political, exploring the experience of being Muslim and a person of color, musing on America as a political experiment, and commenting on the experience of bearing cultural and social witness.
Without a doubt the most globally-recognized writer on this list — thanks to Beyoncé and her album Lemonade, which credits Warsan Shire with film adaptation and poetry — the Kenyan-born Somali poet is an artistic force to be reckoned with: author of the 2011 collection Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, and the 2015 collections Her Blue Body and Our Men Do Not Belong to Us. Her writing most often focuses on spaces of displacement and belonging, and the experience of moving through the world in a female body.
Adnan al-Sayegh
Born in Kufa, Iraq, poet Adnan al-Sayegh is a writer who has literally risked his life in order to put his words out into the world. Sentenced to death in Iraq in 1996 for writing that spoke out against the Iraqi dictatorship and exposed hard truths about the lives of Iraqi citizens, al-Sayegh was exiled in Jordan, Lebanon, and Sweden, before ultimately resettling in London. Later, after returning to Iraq in 2006 to read his poetry at the Al-Marbed Poetry Festival in Basra, al-Sayegh was again sentenced to death and having his tongue cut out (he returned to exile in London.) al-Sayegh is the author of 11 poetry collections, including last year’s Pages from the Biography of an Exile.
Known for writing poetry that has been deemed "too erotic" by Syrian publishers, the Syrian/Sunni Muslim poet Maram al-Masri has been writing since she was a young girl growing up in Latakia, and later Damascus. Currently resettled in Paris, her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Corsican, German, and English, including the 1997 collection (her most well-known to-date) A Red Cherry on a White-tiled Floor: Selected Poems.
Raghda Gamal
Raghda Gamal is a Yemeni journalist and poet who has had two powerful collections of poetry translated into English: the 2012 collection Lost in a Fairy Tale, and later that year Once Upon a Revolution, which is composed of 13 poems and photographs that detail Gamal’s life during the 2011 political uprising in Yemen — and experience she recently shared more widely via a Huffington Post article published last week, headlined: A Message To My Child, In Memory Of The Revolution In Yemen.
Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi-American Dunya Mikhail is another writer who has challenged her country’s authoritarian regime, at the risk of her own safety and life. Mikhail was born in Baghdad, where she worked as a translator and journalist for the Baghdad Observer before being placed on a list of Saddam Hussein’s enemies, and immigrating to the United States. Her 2005 PEN Translation Award-winning poetry collection, The War Works Hard, was Mikhail’s first book published in English, and sheds light on the atrocities that occurred in Iraq while challenging the heroism and glorification of war.
Nyabuoy Gatbel
Nyabuoy Gatbel was born in the Pinyudo refugee camp, located on the border of South Sudan and Ethiopia, making the refugee experience a deeply personal one for the young poet. Her first poetry collection, The Fire Within, was the result of a GoFundMe campaign and saw a limited print run — so you’ll have to work to track this one down, as it’s currently out of print. In it she deals with myriad issues: race, gender, war, genocide, sexual and physical violence, birth, death, Western imperialism, Eurocentric ideals, her time at Pinyudo, the destruction of her community, and the process of immigration.
Sheida Mohamadi
Sheida Mohamadi is an Iranian poet, novelist, and journalist who was the first Poet in Residence at the Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, Irvine, where her collection of poetry and photography, I Blink and You Are a Peacock, was published in 2016. Her writing focuses on women’s rights, including the poetry collection Aks-e Fowri-ye Eshqbazi — translated to The Snapshot of Lovemaking in English — which was published underground in Tehran in 2007. In addition to being translated into English, Mohamadi’s work has also been published in French, Kurdish, Swedish, and Turkish.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
Sudanese poet and journalist Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi got his poetic start when he was just 15-years-old, with the publication of a poem entitled The Wind, which appeared in the literary journal Al-Shawa. Widely celebrated by readers in Sudan (although currently living in exile in London, as a result of his work on the Al-Sudani newspaper) his poetry has also been translated into English by the Sudanese poet Hafiz Kheir, with English poets Sarah Maguire and Mark Ford — including the 2016 collection A Monkey at the Window, which is filled with vivid imagery and falls into the tradition of great classic love poetry.
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May 30, 2018 – Great Frauds Require Darkness
No doubt you’re aware of the massive fraud recently uncovered at Theranos, the high tech medical startup purported to be able to run any number of diagnostic tests from a single drop of blood and not the typical vials’ worth required. Theranos was a rare “unicorn”, a Silicon Valley upstart valued at as much as $10 billion at its peak and headed by an attractive young woman modeled after the late Steve Jobs, down to his trademark black turtleneck. As it turned out, Theranos’ diagnostic machines didn’t work as advertised and the whole fraud, said to be the largest since Enron, was uncovered by a sharp and determined reporter at the Wall Street Journal.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/john-carreyrous-new-book-on-silicon-valley-bad-blood.html
About the only good news to the uncovering of the fraud at Theranos was that the principle victims were well-connected and powerful investors and not large numbers of average investors. And since the diagnostic machines didn’t work as advertised, I suppose it was just a matter of time before the basic fraud was eventually uncovered. But that doesn’t change the fact that the reporter, John Carreyrou, who uncovered it was instrumental in the fraud’s demise.
The simple answer to how so many supposedly sophisticated investors got blindsided is that they were not only in the dark as to the real facts surrounding the fraud at Theranos, but once invested, they uniformly adopted, knowingly or otherwise, perspectives that perpetuated the fraud. In other words, they developed attitudes and reacted in ways to deny that a fraud existed, most likely to protect their investments. Who willingly agrees to admit to having been hoodwinked?
Therefore, the first rule of great frauds is that the real facts must remain in the dark; while the second rule is for insiders to deny and fight against the facts being brought into the sunlight. In a nutshell, those are the two rules that have enabled the COMEX silver manipulation to exist for as long as it has. Frauds can last an incredibly long time. Theranos was founded in 2003, so the fraud lasted nearly a decade and a half. The silver fraud has lasted for more than three decades, but then again, this fraud is more sophisticated with vested interests much stronger and well-entrenched than the fraud at Theranos.
I believe a big key to the unmasking of the Theranos fraud was the platform on which Carreyrou disseminated his findings – the Wall Street Journal has a total daily subscription base of 2.5 million readers, with more than a fair share of those involved in the financial industry. Carreyrou’s first story on Theranos appeared in Oct 2015 and in practically one fell swoop, the real Theranos story was brought out of the dark and into the light, despite a fair amount of resistance from insiders. It’s much different with the fraud of the COMEX silver manipulation.
Admittedly, many thousands of individual investors have come to learn of the COMEX silver manipulation fraud over the years, but none have learned about it from a main stream media platform like the Wall Street Journal or 60 Minutes (which also featured Theranos). Word of the COMEX silver fraud has largely been disseminated on the Internet on decidedly non-main stream media platforms. In fact, any reference to the COMEX silver manipulation from mainstream media has tended to undermine the validity of the allegations of fraud on the COMEX. Why is this?
I think it has to do with the nature and complexity of the allegations of fraud in COMEX silver. With Theranos, it came down to the very simple proposition of did their blood testing technology work? The equally simple answer was no – so case closed. With silver, it’s nowhere near as simple, as the question of price manipulation is far more complex (although I strive to make it simple). Plus, there’s another impediment to grasping the silver fraud – one has to accept that it has been going on in full view for quite some time and, therefore, has been missed completely to that point. That’s a very difficult proposition for most people to accept. Please allow me to explain.
Most investors feel they are familiar with how prices are derived, namely, through the free market buying and selling by a nearly unlimited number of participants. In commodities, moreover, it is felt that the buying and selling by actual consumers and users and the producers of those commodities is what sets prices – the law of supply and demand. Therefore, a great natural resistance exists when first hearing that contrary to everything that has been learned, instead, a few large paper speculators are making the prices that actual consumers and producers are forced to take. This thought is so contrary to the price process that was assumed to exist that the first reaction is to reject the new concept as merely a way out conspiracy theory, no matter that irrefutable data exists to show that the paper traders on the COMEX are setting silver prices. Who wants to willing admit he or she had a wrong take on something as basic as the price process in silver?
But a general unwillingness to see the price discovery process as being different from one’s prior assumptions is just the start of the impediment to ending the COMEX silver fraud. With Theranos, about the only constituents opposed to seeing the fraud unmasked were those who had invested great sums or time and stood to lose not only money, but suffer reputational damage as well. Thankfully, no legitimate medical authority or securities regulator sought to defend the company after the fraud was alleged.
Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth with the COMEX silver fraud, where virtually all the leading supposedly legitimate participants and regulators have aligned themselves to prolong the fraud. Let’s start with the primary regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Whereas the Securities and Exchange Commission wasted little time is finding Theranos to be a fraud, the CFTC has denied the COMEX silver fraud every step of the way, starting more than 30 years ago; although it has basically clammed up on the matter for the past decade, despite more specific allegations of wrongdoing than ever before.
In fact, it is the CFTC’s own data that indicates the consistent presence of a concentrated short position (by JPMorgan) over the past ten years in COMEX silver futures that is so dominant and controlling of price that the bank has never once taken a loss when shorting silver, only profits. And in addition to JPMorgan never taking a loss in COMEX silver futures, it has used the result of its price suppression – an artificial low price – to acquire the largest position of physical metal in history, some 700 million ounces and counting. That’s nearly seven times the amount of silver bought by the Hunt Brothers in 1980 or Berkshire Hathaway in 1998.
Because the CFTC has denied the existence of a COMEX silver manipulation since 1986 and on multiple occasions thereafter, it has painted itself into the corner of never being able to change its mind, no matter what the evidence may be. For the agency to now admit that silver has been manipulated in price would be tantamount to admitting it obstructed justice for decades. That’s just not going to happen. Many Theranos insiders sought to keep that fraud under wraps with a lot less motivation than is facing the CFTC.
An old friend, one who has been aware of the COMEX silver manipulation for 30 years (as I portray it) asked me this week why some insider hadn’t stepped forward as a whistleblower. While it’s true that new whistleblower incentives have been enacted that make it possible for such an insider to reap a monetary reward of many tens of millions of dollars, none have stepped forward for a very simple reason. Any such award is entirely contingent on the CFTC bringing charges of manipulation in silver, something it has denied for decades. For the CFTC to do so now is about as likely to occur as the US agreeing to completely dismantle its own nuclear arsenal in the pending talks with North Korea – something that’s not going to happen.
And it’s not just the CFTC that has dug in its heels in ever moving against the COMEX silver manipulation; take the self-regulator, the CME Group, which owns and operates the COMEX, where the silver manipulation fraud is carried out. Were the CME to move against the silver manipulation, not only would it be depriving itself of many millions of dollars in trading revenue, it would be opening itself up to endless lawsuits for allowing the fraud to continue for as long as it has. There is no chance of that.
The leading beneficiary of the COMEX silver manipulation, JPMorgan, has made billions of dollars in illicit trading profits since it became the leading short seller in COMEX silver futures on its takeover of Bear Stearns ten years ago and has used its suppression of prices to amass 700 million oz of actual metal on the cheap. Does anyone think for a moment that JPM would turn itself in for manipulating prices?
Even the chumps and enablers of the COMEX silver manipulation, the managed money traders have no interest in exposing the fraud because it would involve admitting they have squandered investors’ funds in a scam and would jeopardize their collection of ongoing management fees. At Theranos, it was a relative handful of inside investors which attempted to keep the fraud in the dark; with the COMEX silver fraud, the list of those keeping the real facts in the dark is a mile long and includes the regulators, the exchange operator, as well as the leading participants, including those on the losing side of the equation. Talk about an entrenched fraud.
Pitted against the powerful insiders intent on keeping the COMEX silver fraud in the dark are everyone else in the world, including mining companies and silver investors, the vast majority of which don’t have a clue about the fraud, or worse, those who suspect something is wrong but refuse to acknowledge it. In this group are included those who denied the silver manipulation early on and can’t face up to admitting they were wrong even as compelling new data proving fraud roll in. There seems to be a lot of that nowadays.
The surest proof of the COMEX silver manipulation fraud is the refusal of the insiders to openly discuss that which must be confined to the dark. The CFTC refuses to answer or refute direct and specific allegations, like JPMorgan never taking a loss in shorting COMEX silver and the fact that JPM has been the leading short seller all while amassing more physical silver than any entity in history. And JPMorgan and the CME Group are so intent and keeping the real facts under wraps that both shrug off public allegations of criminal behavior that would normally bring charges of libel and slander were the allegations not to be true. Let me be clear, both JPMorgan and the CME Group are stone-cold crooks when it comes to silver.
Even though the Theranos insiders did their best to keep the real facts in the dark, in the end the truth won out. So too will this be the case with the COMEX silver fraud. Sure, it has taken much longer with silver, but then again the insiders are much more formidable because the stakes are so much higher. With Theranos, the fraud was with a privately held high tech startup; with COMEX silver we are talking about a world commodity in which everyone, including the regulators, the world’s leading exchange and the world’s most important bank, are up to their eyeballs in keeping things in the dark.
Not only are the stakes much higher in silver, so are the potential rewards. There was no real profit opportunity in exposing the Theranos fraud because there was no public trading or the opportunity to short the shares. With silver, there is nothing but an immense profit opportunity because the net result of the COMEX fraud has been to create an artificially low price on a commodity quite literally known to everyone in the world. Considering all the many ways of doing so, buying cheap silver is about as easy as falling off a log.
And given the power and connections of those most responsible for the COMEX silver fraud, the CFTC, JPMorgan and the CME, I can easily foresee a circumstance where the real facts are kept in the dark, yet the price still explodes. Regardless of whether the facts ever become widely known, no manipulation lasts forever and this sets up the possibility of silver exploding in price with those most responsible for the manipulation never spilling the beans. All three, the CFTC, JPM and the CME, will remain mum, while JPMorgan cashes in on tremendous, but ill-gotten gains and the rest of the world makes up silly reasons for why silver prices rose sharply. In fact, it is an outcome I’ve resigned myself to. Either way, with the facts staying in the dark or becoming exposed, silver prices will explode.
Turning to price action since the Saturday review, the good news is that the weakness displayed yesterday (combined with Monday’s holiday weakness), should have moderated the certain managed money buying and market structure deterioration which occurred on last Thursday’s rally, particularly in silver. Yesterday’s trading volume in silver was especially high and with prices once again penetrating the key 50 day moving average to the downside, the selling had to be predominantly of the managed money technical fund variety.
The trading volume in gold yesterday while sky-high looked to be mostly of the typical roll-over volume associated with tomorrow’s first notice of delivery day in June gold, always a traditionally big delivery month. Because of the roll-overs and the fact that gold has remained below its key 200 day moving average (as well as its 50 day ma), it’s hard to get a read on how much managed money selling occurred in gold, although I didn’t detect much. I do think there was heavy managed money buying in gold last Thursday, even though no moving averages were penetrated to the upside (as was the case in silver), but I’d love to be wrong.
As far as what this week’s COT report will indicate, once again, I’m not sure. On Friday, I would have ventured that there was substantial managed money buying in both gold and silver as a result of Thursday’s big rally in each, but I’m thinking much of the deterioration in silver may have been offset by yesterday’s cutoff day selloff. To complicate matters further, the first day of the reporting week, last Wednesday, featured a high volume selloff in silver. It’s as if the managed money traders were getting whipsawed on a daily basis in silver, as prices fell and rose through the 50 day moving average. I’d be quite happy with an unchanged reading in silver and no more than a 15,000 net contract increase in managed money buying in gold and ecstatic with less managed money buying in each than that. However, this is one of those reporting weeks where nothing would surprise me.
I still feel that there has been a shift in the relative market structures in gold and silver as I tried to convey on Saturday, with gold’s structure having turned relatively better than silver’s of late. For much of this year, silver’s market structure was extremely bullish, while gold’s was nowhere near as bullish. Now, gold has appeared to catch up in terms of market structure. Therefore, I was not particularly surprised at gold’s better relative price performance through yesterday. However, that’s not to say that the market structures in both gold and silver are not bullish enough to support price rallies of significant proportions.
I am concerned about JPMorgan’s apparent willingness to add to short positions in silver over the past three reporting weeks and also its apparent adding of short positions in gold last week as the short seller of first resort and not just last resort. JPMorgan is the main crook in both silver and gold and what it does will largely determine prices. Since no one can read JPM’s intentions beforehand, gold and silver are at its mercy; although the fact that JPMorgan holds important quantities of physical metal (700 million oz in silver and 20 million oz in gold) leaves open the possibility that prices could rocket higher with virtually no advance notice.
Silver – $16.52 (200 day ma – $16.80, 50 day ma – $16.54)
Gold – $1301 (200 day ma – $1309, 50 day ma – $1323)
January 16, 2021 – Weekly Review
January 13, 2021 – The Silver Shorts’ Last Stand?
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A Woman Says Jeremy Piven Groped Her On The “Entourage” Set In 2009
Two other women also made accusations against Piven. BuzzFeed News spoke to a dozen people who said the women had shared their stories with them as far back as the 1990s. Piven has vehemently denied all the women’s allegations and provided polygraph results to support his denials.
By Krystie Lee Yandoli and David Mack
Krystie Lee Yandoli BuzzFeed News Reporter David Mack BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on November 24, 2017, at 9:28 p.m. ET
Posted on November 22, 2017, at 9:55 p.m. ET
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Jeremy Piven at the Season 6 premiere of Entourage in Los Angeles in 2009.
When Anastasia Taneie was in her early twenties, she worked as a background actor on a number of TV shows. It was dull but steady work that she could rely on for a paycheck, and, if she got lucky, could potentially lead to bigger roles. At the age of 23, the Los Angeles area resident booked a gig on Entourage, HBO’s hit series about a rising movie star, his group of longtime friends, and pugnacious power agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Piven’s role earned him multiple Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
But it was on the set of Entourage in April 2009, Taneie, now 30, told BuzzFeed News, that Piven grabbed her breasts and genitals in a dark hallway as he forcefully pushed her up against a wall. It was an experience that she said has haunted her for years.
“I was scared at the time nobody was going to believe me. I didn’t want to make a scene. I just wanted to go home,” she said. “It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever experienced.”
Taneie is one of three women who told BuzzFeed News that they have been sexually harassed or assaulted by Jeremy Piven. Their experiences span back as far as 1995, when one woman said she had to fight Piven off when he pinned her down in her Los Angeles living room. In 2003, another woman said he forced himself on top of her in a New York hotel room and masturbated.
BuzzFeed News also spoke to a dozen people over several weeks who said the women had shared their stories with them either at the time or in the years since. Some of these people asked to remain anonymous, citing either the industry influence Piven wields or the desire not to be associated with the attention attached to accusing a prominent Hollywood figure, but most chose to be named.
After being approached by BuzzFeed News about these allegations on Nov. 14, Piven strongly denied all the claims in this story, as he has with previous sexual misconduct allegations against him. “Let me be absolutely clear, this simply did not happen,” he told BuzzFeed News in a statement through his lawyers. “I would never force myself on a woman. I cannot speak as to why a person would create a story like this.”
Through his representatives, he threatened to pursue legal action and demanded the women in this story take a polygraph test.
Piven’s representatives also provided to BuzzFeed News results of a polygraph test they said he took on Nov. 13. In the test, Piven said he had never grabbed a woman’s genitals without her consent or used force to take sexual advantage of a woman. He was also asked specifically about two of the women in this story, Amy Meador and Tiffany Bacon Scourby, and denied any wrongdoing. He said all the claims of sexual misconduct against him were false. According to the examiner, Piven passed the test. (The examiner told BuzzFeed News on Friday, after this story's publication, that neither Piven nor his representatives had any control or influence over the questions or results. He said the actor was very relaxed and calm during the interview, and he did not detect that Piven was using any “counter measures” to try to beat the instrument, such as breathing techniques.)
Shortly before this story's publication, a spokesperson for Piven said one of the accusers, Meador, wanted to speak with BuzzFeed News to personally retract her story.
Piven himself then called these reporters directly (the actor never said the phone call was off the record). "I know this is unorthodox, I really do and at the same time I felt this had to be done," he said. "We're living in times where there are real victims out there and we need to focus on it, and this is a situation where I had to take matters into my own hands and I had to step up and take this lie detector test because it’s incredibly important to get the truth out."
He also asked for time for Meador to contact BuzzFeed News to retract her story. "You guys have done your due diligence," he said. "But I just want you to wait while you receive her information."
However, reached by telephone, Meador disputed this and said she wished to proceed. (Piven's spokesperson did not respond to an email stating that Meador still wanted to share her story).
Piven then called a second time (once again, he did not request the call be off the record). He asked for one hour to send "documents" that would "speak for themselves," but he repeatedly declined to specify the nature of the material he was offering. "The problem with me telling you is then it can be presented in a different light as opposed to you finding these on your own, then having your own narrative which I want you to have," he said.
He then said he would call back in "one beat." An hour passed, but neither Piven, nor his representatives, followed up.
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Piven on the Entourage set in March 2009.
Taneie said she followed Piven after he struck up a conversation with her and others during a filming break on location at a theater in downtown LA. Araceli Giacoman, another background actor on the show that day, told BuzzFeed News she was also among the group of women Piven had approached. “Then he said something quietly to Anastasia and they walked away, and he took her away,” Giacoman said. “It looked dark down there.”
Taneie said Piven told her he and his manager wanted to discuss something with her, but that when they were alone he suddenly grabbed her and pushed her against a wall. That’s when she said he then began to grope her chest and genitals.
Piven stopped only when an assistant director happened to walk by, Taneie said. The star then told the AD to remove Taneie from the set because he said she came on to him, she said. (BuzzFeed News contacted five ADs who worked on the set of the sixth season of Entourage for comment; two did not respond, two made initial contact then stopped responding, and one said he had no comment.)
Giacoman said she remembered being worried that Taneie was gone longer than she expected, and she recalled Taneie looking “a little distraught,” “scared,” and “shaken” when she returned to the holding room for extras. Andy Lobo, another background actor on set that day, said he remembered Taneie coming into the room crying and revealing to him that Piven forced himself on her. Taneie’s mother, who asked to remain anonymous because she works in the entertainment industry, remembered her daughter calling her after she was driven off set to her car. “She called me frantic with what Jeremy Piven had done to her. He cornered her,” Taneie’s mother said. “She was crying on the phone.”
Taneie told BuzzFeed News she never formally complained to anyone on the show. “I was scared at the time nobody was going to believe me,” she said. “I didn’t want to make a scene. I just wanted to go home.”
Contacted for comment, a representative for HBO told BuzzFeed News, “We reviewed our records and did not receive any complaints against Jeremy Piven on Entourage. HBO takes sexual harassment very seriously and we make it a priority to ensure that everyone experiences a safe and comfortable work environment.”
Jason Rupe, who helped cast extras on Entourage between 2009 and 2011, told BuzzFeed News that he received complaints from a number of women who never wanted to work on the show again after being verbally harassed by men on the set “that were constantly giving them a hard time [and saying] 'Hey, you're cute,’ ‘Hey, you're hot, ‘Hey, come back to my trailer.’”
“I do remember being quite frustrated at one point and even maybe telling one or two of the ADs, like, 'Look, this shit's gotta stop,’” Rupe said. “These are great actresses that fit exactly what you're looking for, but they don't want to come back because they're getting hassled a lot.’”
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Piven in 2009.
After the New York Times and the New Yorker reported about sexual harassment and assault allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein in early October, Ariane Bellamar — an actor and occasional reality television star — tweeted an accusation on Oct. 30 that Piven had groped her in his trailer on the Entourage set in 2005. (Piven has “unequivocally denied” Bellamar’s claims; in the polygraph test his representatives provided, he denied all her claims and passed, per the examiner).
With more than 800,000 followers, Bellamar’s tweets about Piven then emboldened other women to come forward with stories — all of which Piven has emphatically denied.
Cassidy Freeman — an actor who’s appeared on Smallville, Wisdom of the Crowd, and Longmire — wrote that Piven exhibited predatory behavior toward her. “I know what you did and attempted to do to me,” she said in an Instagram post.
Freeman did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but she spoke briefly about her allegations against Piven for the first time on Nov. 11 to the Hollywood Reporter. “Of course he's going to deny it. I wish that he would take responsibility, but that's on him,” Freeman said, adding that she wants to open up more about her story. “My wish is that no other girl or woman needs to feel fearful of him in the future.”
Advertising executive Tiffany Bacon Scourby, 39, then shared her story with People magazine, saying she met Piven at a New York City hotel on the morning of Oct. 3, 2003, after he invited her to accompany him to a taping for Late Night With Conan O'Brien. (Piven did, in fact, appear on the show that night). Bacon Scourby said that after a few minutes of small talk in his room, Piven pinned her down, exposed his genitals, and masturbated on her. She recounted running from the room, rubbing his semen off her sweater, and calling a friend from a cab.
“I remember her calling me from the cab hysterically crying and going into graphic detail about what had happened,” the friend, Jay Gutnick, told BuzzFeed News. “She was in shock.”
Two other longtime friends of Bacon Scourby, Kristi Kelly and Kimiya Roesser, also told BuzzFeed News that she told them about the incident at the time.
Reached by phone, Bacon Scourby declined to be interviewed for this story on the advice of her attorney (Piven’s representative had told People he was looking at legal options) but provided a statement to BuzzFeed News again asserting she was sexually assaulted by Piven.
“I deeply regret that I did not come forward immediately after the assault took place,” she said, adding she had decided to share her story now because of Piven’s denial of Bellamar’s claims.
“I regret that if I had shared my story sooner, I may have been able to protect other women,” she said.
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Taneie said she, too, was nervous about coming forward at the time because she didn’t think anyone would believe her. However, she said the recent avalanche of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood had inspired her to come forward. (Taneie also shared her story on Friday in a Facebook Live video.)
“I have kids and I just want one less monster off the street,” Taneie said. “And Harvey Weinstein came to justice, why not Jeremy Piven too?”
Taneie was also wary of sharing her story for fear of not being believed due to a 180-day prison sentence she served in 2010 after pleading no contest to one count of first-degree residential burglary. (Representatives for Piven did point to Taneie’s criminal history as evidence of her alleged unreliability. She told BuzzFeed News she was innocent of the charge but had trusted the wrong people — “everybody makes mistakes” — and couldn’t afford to fight the case in court.)
“Because some people have a past, like a criminal record … it makes women not want to say anything, even if they did get hurt,” Taneie said. “They don’t want to say anything and then get judged for something that has nothing to do with the situation, and they look at them as liars.”
Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred told BuzzFeed News that some women who experience sexual harassment or assault fear not being believed because of “irrelevant and inaccurate, or even accurate, attacks on them that may be irrelevant to their claim.”
“A person does not have to be a nun in order to allege that she’s a victim,” Allred said. “Most people are not nuns and never will be.”
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Piven on Oct. 31, 2017.
In 1995, some 12 years before Taneie came to the Entourage set, Amy Meador says she was assaulted by Piven at her then-home in Laurel Canyon.
Meador, now 45, told BuzzFeed News she met Piven at a coffee shop in West Hollywood, where they swapped phone numbers and she gave him her address for a date. Piven had only experienced mild success at this point in his career, including a brief turn on Seinfeld.
Piven never showed up for the scheduled date, Meador said, until months later when he unexpectedly appeared at her home, apologizing for ghosting on her and claiming he’d been ending things with another woman. “If you’ve come to get laid, you’ve come to the wrong door,” Meador said she told him. “Don’t waste your time. Nothing is happening here.”
She said Piven agreed to come in with the understanding that they would just watch TV. After sitting on her couch together for about an hour, Meador said Piven suddenly forced himself on her. “It was just the harder I fought, the harder he got,” Meador said.
Eventually, she said, she was able to kick Piven off of her. When he got up off the floor, she said Piven locked himself in her bathroom for about 20 minutes with her phone before reemerging, and she finally kicked him out.
She said she still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the incident.
Meador’s sister Lisa Meador, her longtime friend Michelle Blake, and another friend from high school who asked to remain anonymous said Meador told them in the late ’90s about the incident. Her cousin and longtime friend from elementary school, both of whom asked to be anonymous, told BuzzFeed News that Meador also told them in the late ’90s that Piven came to her house, attempted to pin her down, and then she broke free.
While she’s been telling people in her personal life this story for nearly two decades, Meador said she wanted to publicly share this now because of the response to allegations against Weinstein.
“I didn’t realize that by not coming forward, I wasn’t protecting someone else,” she said.
Marcus Jones also contributed reporting to this story.
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This story has been updated with comments from the polygraph examiner.
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32 Best Drive-In Movie Theaters in America
Keilah Keiser Historic, Road Trip
During these uncertain times, many are finding it difficult to think of something new and exciting to do while social distancing. However, as many businesses that serve as forms of entertainment are shut down due to COVID-19, those who are sheltering in place are turning to drive-in movie theaters for a new out-of-the-box activity and a way to watch movies from somewhere other than the couch.
Traditional movie theaters all over the world have closed their doors, but these drive-in theaters have reported increased ticket sales during this time as individuals are able to practice social distancing while enjoying a movie from the safety of their own cars.
The History of Drive-In Movie Theaters
The classic American entertainment experience of a drive-in theater first began in the early 1900s. Richard Hollingshead patented this idea in 1933 as a solution for his mother who was unable to comfortably fit in the small traditional movie theater seats.
Hollingshead’s drive-in theater idea later became Park-In Theater, a drive-in that catered to families. His idea sparked many more drive-ins to sprout up all over the country — this concept really took off in the 1950s during the Baby Boomer generation, known for being car-lovers.
Families throughout the years flocked to this form of entertainment since it offered a lot of flexibility as compared to indoor theaters. It also served as a very affordable date night option — only around 25 cents at the time.
However, over time as towns became more developed and land became more expensive, these mom-and-pop businesses struggled as mainstream cinemas and technology became more modernized and dominated the industry.
Although drive-ins experienced a loss of business in the past, many have remained opened and are symbols of nostalgia and American culture. With today’s current pandemic, they have made a comeback and offer a way to support local businesses.
Mix things up with this fun activity idea for your family or even for a romantic date night. Below we’ve highlighted the top ten drive-ins movie theaters, as well as 22 additional locations to check out! Read on to explore these retro drive-ins in America.
1. Mission Tiki Drive-In Theatre
Location: Montclair, California
Operating Hours: April to October
Fun Fact: This drive-in hosts car shows
In 1959, Hawaii became a state which led to the mainland becoming intrigued by Polynesian tiki bars and home decor. Mission Tiki Drive-In is the perfect example of this retro Hawaiian aesthetic. After being closed down for 50 years, it finally got revamped in 2006. This location has four screens that show films seven days a week.
2. 99W Drive-In Theatre
Location: Newberg, Oregon
Fun Fact: This drive-in is one of only four still operating in Oregon
This old-fashioned movie theater opened up in 1953 with only one screen and has been operated by the same family for three generations. The first films to be played at 99W featured Yvonne De Carlo in “Sea Devils” and “Under the Sahara.” People who visit this drive-in can experience a nostalgic environment as they visit the old-timey snack bar during the film’s intermission.
3. Coyote Drive-In
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Operating Hours: Year-round
Fun Fact: Come hungry — this drive-in has an onsite cantina
The Coyote Drive-In theater was founded in 2011 with the goal of creating a family-friendly experience in Fort Worth. This drive-in location offers scenic views of the city. Be sure to arrive before the movie screening to listen to some live music while you enjoy a nice cold beer.
4. Skyview Drive-In
Location: Skyview, Illinois
Operating Hours: April to September
Fun Fact: This location’s original playground from the 1950s has been remodeled for kids to enjoy
This location opened up in 1949 and was recognizable for the pink paint job it donned during the ‘60s and ‘70s. While it’s no longer pink, Skyview Drive-In continues to show double features on Fridays and Saturdays to a loyal community of movie buffs.
5. Starlight Drive-In Theater
Fun Fact: You can bring your own food to this location
The Starlight Drive-In Theater is well-known in Atlanta for its eclectic art-deco style and has been operating for 60 years. With over four screens, you can enjoy the most recent Hollywood movies. You can also check out their flea market as an added bonus to your drive-in experience.
6. Galaxy Drive-In Theatre
Location: Ennis, Texas
Fun Fact: Two movies only cost seven dollars at this location
Ahead of its old-fashioned counterparts, the Galaxy Drive-In Theatre allows you to purchase your movie tickets ahead of time and beat the crowds. It even features the occasional 3-D movie, so make sure you get your popcorn ready!
7. Highway 21 Drive-In
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina
Fun Fact: This drive-in is known for raising money for their community
Visit this roadside favorite to watch your favorite films under the stars. The Highway 21 Drive-In opened up back in the ‘70s and survived the mass closing of these theaters during the ‘80s. Today, they’re known for philanthropic events that help benefit local residents.
8. Swan Drive-In Theatre
Fun Fact: This drive-in theater was founded by a World War II veteran
One of four remaining drive-in movie theaters in Georgia, the Swan offers blockbuster movie showings year-round. During World War 11, Mr. Tilley, the owner, was stationed in England. While in England, he admired the swans swimming in the lakes and ponds and decided that “Swan” would be the name of this drive-in. Visit this location to embrace a little slice of history!
9. Stars & Stripes Drive-In Theater
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Fun Fact: This drive-in has a second location in New Braunfels, Texas
Get a taste of what life was like back in the 1950s at the Stars & Stripes Drive-In. In addition to showing movies on three different screens, this Texas theater’s most interesting quirk might be its 1950s-themed cafe, complete with classic soda parlor-style milkshakes.
10. Boulevard Drive-In Theatre
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Fun Fact: Their box office has been untouched since the 1950s
The Boulevard Drive-In Theatre in Kansas City is a family-friendly location that has been open since 1950. Children under 11 can enter for free, and you can even bring your own snacks and drinks. A Swap & Shop flea market has been hosted there since 1975.
22 Additional Drive-ins to Visit Around the U.S.
Capri Drive-In Theater, Coldwater, Michigan
Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In Movie Theater, Gibson City, Illinois
Bangor Drive-In, Herman, Maine
Midway Drive-In Theater, Minetto, New York
Santee Drive-In Theatre, Santee, San Diego
66 Drive-In, Carthage, Missouri
Swap Shop Drive-In, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bengies Drive-In, Baltimore, Maryland
Admiral Twin Drive-In, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Route 66 Drive-In, Springfield, Illinois
Becky’s Drive-In Theatre, Walnutport, Pennsylvania
Four Brothers Drive-In, Amenia, New York
Greenville Drive-In, Greenville, New York
Warwick Drive-In, Warwick, New York
Saco Drive-In, Saco, Maine
Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Hull’s Drive-In, Lexington, Virginia
Malco Summer Quartet Drive-In, Memphis, Tennessee
Ford-Wyoming Theatre, Dearborn, Michigan
Delsea Drive-In, Vineland, New Jersey
Mesa Drive-In, Pueblo, Colorado
Mendon Twin Drive-In, Mendon, Massachusetts
Although drive-ins may seem like an American relic, these 32 drive-in movie theaters still serve as a form of entertainment for many communities, and also offer a great social distancing activity during this uncertain time. To check out these locations, be sure to rent a car to experience them yourself on a nostalgia-filled adventure! Before your visit, double-check hours of operation as they may vary due to COVID-19. Please be sure to follow current social distancing guidelines during your visit.
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Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896. He studied mining engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and in 1834 entered the Government service. After being sent on commissions to England, Sweden, and Norway, he was attached to the department of the Lower Rhine. He was a close observer of geological phenomena and during this time published a paper on the ore deposits of Scandinavia which attracted the attention of Berzelius, and also issued his "Description géologique et minéralogique du département du Bas-Rhin". His appointment as professor of geology and mineralogy at Strasburg furnished him with a laboratory suitable for his experimental work in synthetic geology, begun in 1849. His brilliant experimental researches at Strasburg, and later at Paris, extended over a number of years and have served to make him famous in the annals of geology. They comprised the artificial production of minerals, the geological action of superheated aqueous vapour, the effect of mutual abrasion, the influence of pressure and strain in mountain-making, etc. During the years 1857-61 he made a detailed study of the hot springs of Plombières, observing at the same time the chemical action of thermal waters. In 1861 he was admitted to the Académie des Sciences and succeeded Cordier as professor of geology at the Museum of Natural History in Paris and curator of the collections; to the latter he made extensive additions, particularly of meteorites. It may be mentioned in this connexion that daubréelite (CrS), a grayish granular mineral found in meteoric iron, was named after him. From 1862 he also lectured on mineralogy at the Ecole des Mines of which he became director in 1872. Daubrée's career was a long and active one. He was one of the foremost of Catholic geologists, and was much esteemed for his amiability and nobility of character. One of his friends and admirers was Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil. Besides the works already mentioned, he was the author of: "Observations sur le métamorphisme" (Paris, 1858); "Etudes synthétiques de géologie expérimentale" (Paris, 1879); "Les eaux souterraines" (Paris, 1887); "La classification des météorites du Muséum", and many articles in the "Journal des savants" and the "Revue des deux mondes".
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The Real ‘Secret’ Behind Manifesting Through Intention
Richard Enos
The idea that we actually manifest the physical world into being in every moment based on our thoughts used to be the stuff of fairy tales for most people. There was a sense that old sayings like ‘As ye think, so shall ye be,’ and ‘Everything is possible for him who believes,’ were considered to have some mysterious wisdom, but few really took them to be direct conditions of reality itself.
A little over a decade ago, however, many started to take the subject more seriously. The popularity of a movie and book entitled ‘The Secret,’ which brags 28+ million copies in print translated into 52 languages, was an important contributor to the popularization of the idea that we can manifest the things we want in our lives through the power of intention.
Has Our Belief Subsided?
I have observed over the past decade, at least in terms of the people and communities I am in contact with, that the belief and optimism in the power of intention has waned somewhat. While some people have gone forward and made the power of intention the centerpiece of their life’s activities, many who once tried to engage in such practices have since become disillusioned by the idea, a consequence of failed attempts, or have simply forgotten about it and returned their focus to strictly material processes to try and get what they want out of life.
Are you familiar with the idea? Have you made some attempts at manifesting through intention in the past, and have since shifted away from the practice? Let’s read on.
To manifesting through intention is first to overcome what seems to be a logical paradox; as we try to visualize what we want (a new car, lover, etc.), we have to somehow ‘feel good’ about the whole matter, as though we are not actually lacking what we want. As The Secret feature speaker Joe Vitale says,
It’s really important that you feel good. Because this feeling good is what goes out as a signal into the universe and starts to attract more of itself to you. So the more you can feel good, the more you will attract the things that help you feel good and that will keep bringing you up higher and higher.
But how are we supposed to feel good about what we are lacking? Even those who have been highly successful at manifesting through intention have a devil of a time explaining how they are having positive feelings in relation to the exercise of bringing towards them something they don’t have enough of or don’t have any of.
In some writings on the subject, the ‘wanting’ of something as an intention does not bring to us the thing itself but only the continued ‘wanting’ of it. We are told that the proper mindset is to feel grateful for what we ‘want’, as though we already have it. But the fact is that we don’t have it! Otherwise we wouldn’t be asking for it. How do we get around this paradox?
The Real Secret: Become ‘Service To Others’
I believe the secret to overcoming this paradox is in understanding that there are mainly two types of people in the world: those who are oriented towards service to self, and those that are oriented towards service to others.
Those who are fundamentally ‘service to self’ see themselves as separate from the rest of humanity, they see the world’s resources as scarce, and they feel they have to compete with others to get what they want. In this state of fear, manifesting from intention becomes very difficult, because their fear of lack will always be more powerful than their ‘belief’ that they can get what they want.
Those who are fundamentally ‘service to others’ see all of humanity as connected, the world’s resources as unlimited, and in getting what they want they actually inspire others to get what they want. My favorite book on the subject, ‘The Science of Getting Rich,’ written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles, says it this way:
You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.
In choosing to manifest through intention in our lives this way, we can actually see our lives as modeling and inspiring others who are actively seeking their own desired manifestations. So it’s really a win-win mentality between ourselves and others. There are no ‘limits’ to what can be manifested. Wattles says that no matter how many people actively intend abundance, the material universe is compelled to bring it into being.
People who have a true service to others mentality serve others with a confidence that they will be served themselves, by universal design. When serving others authentically, there is love and lightness, and a genuine sense that we ‘have’ to give, and so we naturally feel gratitude for our own abundance. What we want is already a part of us, since we are connected to all things–so there’s no longer a contradiction in being grateful for what we want. This gratitude really embodies the amorphous ‘feel good’ of Joe Vitale, or the ‘higher vibration’ of so many other commentators.
If you have tried and given up on the process of manifesting through intention, it might be helpful to check if your intentions were always grounded in fear-based egocentric desire, as mine were in my earlier failed attempts to manifest. If you can make the move to orient your life to be in service of others—a monumental shift to be sure—you will see that manifesting through intention will become more natural, enjoyable, and ultimately successful.
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Franchise Owners in Houston Help With Storm Cleanup
Over the past few days Houston, TX has been crippled by one of the worst floods the city has ever seen. The rain seemed to never end as rain totals surpassed 17 inches in only 24 hours. It has been estimated that nearly 240 billion gallons of rain fell in the Houston area. The flooding has caused over $5 billion dollars in damage and has left thousands of people’s homes destroyed.
Local College Hunks Hauling Junk franchise owners are feeling the effects of the storm as well. Ashley and Ryan Shahan, owners of Southwest Houston, have checked in with all of their H.U.N.K.S. to make sure they are safe and with their families. “Schools have been canceled for two days so two hunks were unable to work, as they were needed for childcare, and one other is unable to make it to work because the streets are not passable out of his home. Another is away for military training and fortunately, his significant other reported back they are okay.” Ashley along with her husband Ryan have been jumping onto the trucks to get out into the community and lend a hand wherever they can. They have reached out to local ministries and cities nearby to let them know how they can be of service.
David and Barbara Betzko, owners of Central Houston, have also been very active in the community. After speaking with David about the flooding he told us about a family they recently helped out, “Barb and I and a couple of Hunks, Ryan Smith and Christian Gibbons, extended our services at no charge to a local family. This family had their home devastated by a major flood last Memorial Day and they were just moving back into their home after it was recently restored.” David has praised the people of Houston for rallying together and helping out their neighbors during this unfortunate time.
While nothing can take away from the devastation and hardships that the people of Houston are currently facing; it is a great sight to see there are still genuine people who care more about helping others than making money. Everyone at our corporate office would like to say thank you to all the owners of the Houston locations, and to all the H.U.N.K.S. that work tirelessly to help others in a time of need.
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Crew SC Academy sees 2 called-up
November 25, 201710:20AM EST
CHICAGO – The U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team will finish 2017 with a training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. from Nov. 19 to Nov. 26. Two Columbus Crew SC Academy players from the U-16/17 teams earned call-ups: forwards Aiden Morris and Jose Rivas.
Although it’s the U-18s’ fifth event of the year, the 24 players called into camp by head coach Omid Namazi are a mixture of 2001 and 2002 birth years, marking the start to the 2018-2019 Youth National Team player cycle across all age groups.
Rivas — a 2019 graduate — has appeared in nine matches for Crew SC's Under-18/19 team and one for the Under-16/17 team, scoring three goals. All three of his goals have come in the older age bracket.
Morris — a 2020 graduate — has also appeared 10 times for Crew SC, with nine starts coming with the Under-16/17 team. He's scored three goals.
The player pool, transitioning from the U-16 Boys’ National Team, comes into camp after most recently participating in June’s 2017 International Dream Cup in Japan. Across the Pacific, the U-16 BNT fell to Guinea 2-1, Japan 4-2 and Netherlands 5-2. Ten of the 24 players on this roster return from U-16 head coach Sean Tsakiris’ squad at the tournament.
The trip to Chula Vista marks the fifth gathering of 2017 for the pool of players born in 2001 or later. Namazi got an early, first-hand look at the age group in April, when he led the U-16s for twelve days at the prestigious Tournament of Montaigu while Tsakiris assisted the U-17 MNT during its World Cup qualifying campaign in Panama.
At the Tournament of Montaigu, the USA started with a 1-0 victory over Belgium before falling to France 3-2, two days later. In their final group stage game, the Americans defeated rival Mexico 3-0, behind a brace and one assist from forward Stefan Stojanovic.
Of the 24 players brought into camp, 22 have registered at least one season in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Herriman, Utah), Alex Rando (New York City FC; New York, N.Y.)
DEFENDERS (6): Julian Araujo (Barca Academy; Lompoc, Calif.), George Bello (Atlanta United FC; Douglasville, Ga.), Nico Benalcazar (New York City FC; Wilton, Conn.), Luke Hansen (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), David Mendoza (Chicago Fire; Chicago, Ill.), Leonardo Sepulveda (LA Galaxy; Corona, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (9): Oscar Cervantes (LA Galaxy; Indio, Calif.), Cameron Duke (Sporting Kansas City; Overland Park, Kan.), Justin Haak (New York City FC; Brooklyn, N.Y.), Luis Hernandez (FC Dallas; Mesquite, Texas), Nelson Martinez (D.C. United; Woodbridge, Va.), Aidan Morris (Crew SC Academy; New Albany, Ohio), Owen Otasowie (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; Merryhill, Wolverhampton, England), Marcelo Palomino (Houston Dynamo; Houston, Texas), Thomas Roberts (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas)
FORWARDS (7): Luis Arriaga (Real Salt Lake; Herriman, Utah), Jerry Ayon (Monarcas Morelia; Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico), Azriel Gonzalez (Seattle Sounders FC; Renton, Wash.), Jose Rivas (Crew SC Academy; New Albany, Ohio), Gabriel Segal (Bethesda-Olney; Bethesda, Md.), Stefan Stojanovic (Sockers FC; Des Plaines, Ill.)
UPDATE: Following the release of the roster, the LA Galaxy informed U.S. Soccer that forward Ulysses Llanez was unable to join the U-18 MNT in Chula Vista due to injury.
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This article is part of our Essential Guide: Brexit and the UK technology sector - read our analysis of the implications
UK IT community rocked but keeping calm in face of Brexit
The UK IT sector reacts with alarm, tempered by a calm pragmatism, to the British Referendum verdict to leave the European Union. Reporting by the Computer Weekly team
This article can also be found in the Premium Editorial Download: Computer Weekly: How will UK IT adapt after Brexit?
Published: 24 Jun 2016 13:00
The UK IT community, users and suppliers, have reacted with alarm, fortified by some sangfroid, to the majority decision of the British people to leave the European Union (EU), in the Referendum of 23 June 2016.
Julian David, CEO of IT industry trade body techUK, said: “Today the British public has decided that the UK should leave the European Union. This is not the outcome that the majority of techUK members were hoping for. It opens up many uncertainties about the future.
“However, the UK tech sector will play its part in helping the UK to prepare, adapt and thrive in a future outside the European Union.”
But, he warned: “Without the benefits of EU membership, the UK needs to be at its very best to succeed.”
More on the user side of the IT community, the BCS issued a statement saying: “This is the start of a long process for the country. For BCS, it is the beginning of a dialogue, led by members, but facing towards our society, to develop a shared vision for the UK’s digital future outside the European Union.”
BCS CEO Paul Fletcher added: “This morning we start a process of huge national significance, against a backdrop of uncertainty. It’s important for BCS as a chartered organisation to show leadership and foster debate in how we can make the most of that process.
“Our members, together, have an important role in creating a digitally successful, prosperous and thriving UK.”
David Evans, director of policy and community at the BCS, said the organisation would be talking to the Department for Business and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the first instance “about what needs to be done and how we can help”.
“We are already working on several projects around some of the key areas for negotiation – such as personal data regulation,” said Evans.
“Our starting point is that the UK must be a leading nation for digital innovation, with citizens at the heart of our approach, and very much open to international business. To support this, we need to ensure that the relationship we have with the EU is right around personal data and access to markets.”
BCS Elite, the computer leadership forum of the BCS, recently joined forces with EuroCIO, a group representing CIOs of international firms operating in Europe.
The UK representative of EuroCIO Ben Booth said: “We will inevitably be affected by things that are decided in Europe, particularly around standards, so having a voice in the process that decides those standards is more important when we are no longer part of Europe.”
Booth believes EuroCIO now has a role to play as a significant lobby group in Europe, which speaks for the user community. He previously worked as an interim CIO at a number of European organisations. He said some of these organisations may well delay major IT initiatives due to market uncertainties arising from the UK exiting Europe.
The Brexit vote has raised some concerns in the information security community, but the two-year transition period means that there is an opportunity to adapt.
More than a third of information security professionals have expressed fear that leaving the European Union (EU) will make the UK more vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a pre-referendum poll.
They are concerned that Brexit will mean they will no longer benefit from intelligence sharing with other EU states, according to a survey by security firm AlienVault.
The research, which polled around 300 information security professionals at the 2016 Infosecurity Europe conference in London, also found that more than a fifth actively support EU legislation around data protection and believe that it benefits them and their work.
Despite these concerns, information security certification body (ISC)2 has urged calm, saying there is time for the profession to adapt to soften the effects of the Brexit vote.
Adrian Davis, European managing director at (ISC)2, said information security is well-recognised as an international concern that has motivated levels of co-operation that already transcend national boundaries and politics, and there is no reason to believe that this will come to an end or even be significantly interrupted by the Brexit vote.
“Practicing professionals in the UK and across Europe have at least two years ahead of them to understand the practicalities that will affect their day-to-day job. There is a good chance that quite a lot of what was anticipated over this time will not change,” he said.
UK will still comply with GDPR
The need in the UK to comply with the GDPR, for example, will remain the same, he said, as UK businesses will continue handling EU citizen data.
Commenting further on the GDPR, Peter Galdies, development director at data governance, risk and compliance firm DQM GRC, said the long-term effect of the Brexit vote is not likely to be significant.
“After Article 50 is invoked, which gives our official notice to leave the EU, there will be a mandatory two-year minimum period in which we remain a member of the EU while we negotiate an exit,” he said.
“During this time, all existing legislation – including GDPR – will continue as before. Many forecast that this process might take much longer, with many estimates between 3 and 6 years.”
The many organisations which already manage or contain personal data relating to EU/EEA state citizens, said Galdies, will continue to have to manage that data according to the requirements of the GDPR regardless of Brexit, or they will be in breach of the GDPR and risk large fines.
It is highly likely, he said, that the UK with a strong new commissioner with a proven history of backing and enforcing consumer rights will adopt a legislation directly modelled on the GDPR.
“So while we are going to be living in uncertain times for a few years to come, it is likely privacy will still be high on the agenda and the pressure for organisations to retain and build trust will remain,” he said.
Entrepreneurs undaunted
In the startup area of UK IT, voices remain bullish, especially in Remain-voting London.
Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates, said: “Today’s result is not what the London tech sector wanted to see, but we will continue our efforts to build London tech and continue on our journey to make London a world-leading tech hub.
“Digital and tech entrepreneurship has taken hold in London, and we will continue to nurture this in the coming months and years.
“During this week, which is also London Technology Week, Tech London Advocates has been focusing on the importance of diversity in tech. After this result, the London tech sector will continue to celebrate and welcome talent from London, the UK, the European Union and from around the world.”
UK science post-Brexit
Nicola Blackwood, member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon, and chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee that earlier this published a landmark report on big data exploitation, said: “It is vital that the government moves quickly to reassure our scientists and their collaborators in Europe that the UK remains firmly open for business as a willing and reliable partner.
“If EU research funding is affected after the exit negotiations that follow, the Her Majesty’s Treasury may have to reallocate funds previously sent to the EU.”
The view from Scottish tech
Scotland, along with Northern Ireland, London, Manchester and Liverpool, voted in the majority to stay in the European Union.
Glasgow-based Jim Duffy, CEO of Entrepreneurial Spark, said: “True entrepreneurs are opportunity hungry and with change comes that opportunity. In our global economy, UK businesses are trading across the world, not just in Europe, and exiting the EU is unlikely to reduce trading opportunities in the long term.
“Entrepreneurs will simply just get on with it . What’s important today is that they continue to focus on planning to ensure that they can navigate any turbulence in the coming days and weeks, while exploiting bigger opportunities in the months and years to come.
“Today’s news also opens huge opportunities for the SNP to relook at Scotland’s position in the wider UK, being entrepreneurial in its approach to a further independence referendum.
“The mind boggles where this could stop with renewed calls for a united Ireland and the Prime Minister expediting his exit, but, speaking from an entrepreneurial mindset perspective and sensing opportunity, there’s scope for a variety of stakeholders to seize the initiative.”
Brexit confounds outsourcing
Kerry Hallard, CEO of the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), echoed many in the IT community with a “not the result we wanted, but let’s get on with it” comment.
“This is certainly not the result that members of the National Outsourcing Association wanted; this is not the result that the British outsourcing industry as a whole wanted,” she said.
“That fact was clearly demonstrated in March 2016 when we surveyed the UK outsourcing industry, and again just two days ago when we polled more than 200 industry representatives on their beliefs regarding Britain’s EU membership at our NOA Symposium conference.
“Nevertheless, the people of Britain have decided to leave the EU, and it is vital now that our political and business leaders do everything they can to restore and maintain market stability as a new relationship with the EU is established. David Cameron must protect Britain’s businesses during his last few months as prime minister.
Discussing UK citizens working in Europe, Hallard said: “It is paramount that our government does everything it can to protect the rights of EU citizens living and working in the UK.
“The valuable skills they bring to the outsourcing industry and our country are essential to the wellbeing of our businesses and economy – they will be significantly missed if those individuals are forced to leave our country.”
Datacentre implications
From a datacentre perspective, UK firms will need to consider EU data laws when deciding where to host UK and EU citizen data.
According to law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an important question is whether the UK would be classified as a “safe third country” by the European Commission, so as to permit EU personal data to be transmitted to the UK.
“If it were not, UK companies doing business in the EU would need to re-think their data protection compliance strategy,” the law firm noted.
In the past, datacentre and cloud services have established European centres in places such as Dublin to get a foothold into the European market – serving UK and continental Europe customers.
Jon Leppard, director of Future Facilities, said: “Britain has decided to leave the EU, and this brings uncertainty in the short-term. The datacentre industry is, at its core, a bricks-and-mortar industry that has a long-term vision for the decisions it makes. It is therefore likely to see some increased caution from the industry as it waits to see how the Brexit evolves.
“This caution is likely to come in the form of increased use of colo and shorter-term projects instead of going for the new build in the months to come until the outlook is more clear.
“That said, the general trend of the industry is moving towards colo, and perhaps Brexit is simply going to be a catalyst for the adoption of this model. Right now, some see this as an opportunity, and others a risk – we need a bit more time to see who is right.”
As Computer Weekly previously reported, a number of cloud operators are actively establishing datacentres in the UK, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce.
Box, which runs from Equinix datacentres, is believed to be operating a UK facility. Others, such as Dropbox, have publicly given a commitment to opening European datacentres. However, Dropbox has yet to give a specific date for a UK datacentre.
From a US and Silicon Valley perspective, Matt Pfeil, founder and chief customer officer at NoSQL database company DataStax said, on a trip to London just ahead of the poll: “We didn’t base our European efforts on London as the ‘capital’ of Europe. It was more that customers pulled us here. It would concern me if companies moved from here, though.”
Turing and Berners-Lee
From the consulting sector, Tudor Aw, head of technology sector at KPMG UK, reacted to the Brexit outcome on an upbeat note, invoking the shade of Alan Turing and the genius of Tim Berners-Lee.
“A poll of TechUK members prior to the EU referendum showed that some 70% were in favour of Remain. Today’s result is therefore disappointing for the industry. That said, I remain optimistic and confident over the future of UK Tech,” said Aw.
“My view is that the core attributes that make the UK Tech sector so strong and attractive remain in place, including an amazing talent base that has a long track record of creativity, such as Alan Turing’s first working computer to Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web.
“Add to that the great infrastructure and facilities, first class universities, a stable legal system, appropriate fiscal incentives and an ecosystem of advisors that support the needs of tech companies.
“Technology is a sector that will only increase in importance and works without borders. I therefore continue to see the UK Tech sector as one that will not only withstand the immediate challenges of the referendum result, but one that will continue to grow and thrive.”
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Climate - Wales (United Kingdom)
Introduction - Valley, Lake Vyrnwy, Cardiff
In Wales, a country belonging to the United Kingdom and overlooking the Irish Sea, the climate is oceanic, cool, humid and cloudy for most of the year.
The wind blows frequently too.
However, there are differences depending on the area. The coasts are milder, while the inland areas, where hills and low mountains are found, are colder, and can experience heavy snowfalls in winter.
Precipitation is abundant on the south-western coast and in inland hills, where it exceeds 1,500 millimeters (60 inches) per year, while it drops to 850-1,000 mm (33-40 in) on the remaining coasts.
Snow is rare on the coasts, while it becomes more frequent in the inland hills. It snows on average for about 10 days a year in Swansea, on the southern coast, for 25 days in the inland hills, and for more than 40 days in Snowdonia.
In winter, the temperature generally reaches -5/-6 °C (21/23 °F) on the coldest days along the coasts, and lower values in inland areas.
However, from time to time there may be more intense cold spells than usual. In December 2010, the temperature dropped to -17.5 °C (0.5 °F) in Llysdinam, Powys, to the east of the mountains, while in January 1940, it even dropped to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) in Rhayader, in the same area.
In summer, the temperature rarely reaches 30 °C (86 °F), and it does so only on the hottest days.
In August 1990, the temperature reached 35 °C (95 °F) in Hawarden Bridge, northeast of Snowdonia and a short distance from Liverpool.
The island of Anglesey is located in the northwest. In the RAF (Royal Air Force) station of Valley, the average temperature goes from 5.5 °C (42 °F) in February to 16 °C (61 °F) in August. Here are the average temperatures.
Valley - Average temperatures
Rainfall amounts to 840 mm (33 in) per year. The wettest season is autumn. Here is the average rainfall.
Valley - Average precipitation
75 55 65 55 50 55 55 70 70 100 105 90 840
3 2.2 2.6 2.2 2 2.2 2.2 2.8 2.8 3.9 4.1 3.5 33.1
14 11 12 11 9 10 9 11 11 15 16 15 143
In the interior of Wales, there are hills and low mountains, where the climate becomes colder and wetter as the altitude increases.
In the national park of Snowdonia, we find Mount Snowdon, which reach 1,085 meters (3,560 feet) and is the highest in Wales. It is believed that one of the peaks of the area (Crib Goch) is the rainiest point in the whole of Great Britain: 4,475 mm (176 in) of rain fall there per year. On these peaks, it can snow from October to May. Temperatures vary a lot, and can become mild under the influence of south-west air masses.
Already on the banks of Lake Vyrnwy, at an altitude of 360 meters (1,180 ft), the temperature is lower than at sea level. Here are the average temperatures.
Vyrnwy - Average temperatures
6 6 8 10 14 16 18 18 15 12 8 6
Precipitation is plentiful, given that it amounts to 1,600 mm (63 in) per year. Here is the average rainfall.
Vyrnwy - Average precipitation
195 145 140 95 95 90 95 95 115 200 175 200 1635
7.7 5.7 5.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.5 7.9 6.9 7.9 64.4
In the south-west of Wales, we find then the Brecon Beacons National Park, whose highest point is Pen y Fan, 886 meters high.
In Cardiff, the capital, located in the south, in the Bristol Channel, the average temperature ranges from 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) in January to 17.4 °C (63.3 °F) in July. In summer, it is the warmest city in Wales.
Here, the temperature reached -10.2 °C (13.5 °F) in January 1987 and 33.5 °C (92.5 °F) in August 1990.
Here are the average temperatures.
Cardiff - Average temperatures
In Cardiff, 1,150 mm (45 in) of rain fall per year, with a maximum between October and January and a relative minimum between April and June. Here is the average precipitation.
Cardiff - Average precipitation
120 85 90 70 70 65 80 95 95 135 125 125 1150
In Wales, the sky is often cloudy, however, the coasts, where there are 1,500/1,600 hours of sunshine per year, are the sunniest areas. In Cardiff, the sun shines for about 6 hours per day from May to August (which, considering the length of the days, are not many). Here are the average sunshine hours per day in Cardiff.
Cardiff - Sunshine
The temperature of the sea in Wales remains very cool, if not cold, even in summer: in August, the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean reaches 16 °C (61 °F). Here are the average water temperatures at Swansea (located on the coast, west of Cardiff).
Swansea - Sea temperature
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The best time to visit Wales is summer, from June to August, since it is the mildest period of the year.
In winter: pack warm clothes, such as a sweater, a coat, a wind jacket, and a raincoat. For colder periods: pack gloves, a hat, and a scarf.
In summer: pack clothes for spring and autumn, a jacket and a sweater, and a raincoat or umbrella.
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Quora discovers data breach that may affect 100M users
Question-and-answer site says names, email addresses and encrypted passwords were exposed.
Steven Musil
Dec. 3, 2018 6:26 p.m. PT
A data breach may have exposed the personal information of about 100 million Quora users, the question-and-answer website said Monday.
"We recently discovered that some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third party," Quora Chief Executive Adam D'Angelo wrote in a blog post Monday. "We are working rapidly to investigate the situation further and take the appropriate steps to prevent such incidents in the future."
The breach, which D'Angelo said was discovered Friday, compromised account information such as names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Other information exposed included public content such as questions, answers and comments, as well as nonpublic content such as downvotes and direct messages.
D'Angelo said the company is notifying users who may have been affected by the breach and invalidating their account password as a precaution. Quora also said it's retained a digital forensics team to investigate the breach and notified law enforcement officials.
"We believe we've identified the root cause and taken steps to address the issue, although our investigation is ongoing and we'll continue to make security improvements," D'Angelo wrote.
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Ozaukee County Courthouse
According to the History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, the first courthouse was built in the Village of Port Washington in 1854. It was described as "a substantial building of brick, 3 stories in height." The first floor was "fitted up" for a jail and living apartments for the jailor. The second floor was designed for office purposes. The third floor was the court room.
The cost of this building was $12,000.
In 1867 a fireproof building was erected adjacent to the main building at a cost of $6,000. This building was then occupied by the Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Clerk of the Court, and County Treasurer.
On November 24, 1899 the County Board adopted a resolution which stated that the building, then used as the courthouse was no longer suitable for that purpose and was an unsafe place to hold court. It was then determined that a new courthouse was to be constructed during the year 1900 at a cost not to exceed $30,000. The following day a resolution was adopted, which called for issuance of bonds in the amount of $30,000, bearing interest of 4% per anum, and which were to be retired over a period of 15 years.
On February 21, 1901 bids were presented to the County Board. Low were Wurthmann and Vollmar, $50,288 and John Schramka $50,117. A resolution was then adopted which rescinded the resolution calling for the $30,000 bond issue and another one was adopted providing for $45,000 in bonds, still at 4% interest but to be retired over a 9-year period. It was decided that all bids were too high, so plans and specifications were revised and new bids were called for. A few days later, Wurthmann and Vollmar submitted a low bid of $48,897 and the contract was awarded to them. Change orders were issued which added $1,914 to the contract amount. Later that year, contracts were awarded for furniture, with the total of these contracts amounting to $4,826.
On March 1, 1902 a resolution was adopted, which noted that the building had not been completed by this date, as had been called for in the contract. Contractors were given until March 28 of that year to complete the work, but with the provision that the county be allowed to occupy the court room and all other rooms on the second floor.
On March 19 the building was accepted. During the following several months, landscaping and sidewalks were completed at a total cost of $949 and additional furniture and equipment costing $353 was purchased. Electric fixtures were also installed at a cost of $1,075. Before the first year was over, the eagle on the courthouse tower was damaged (probably having been hit by lightning) and had to be replaced at a cost of $252.
The total cost of this building, including furniture, equipment and related items was $58,014. The building contained 18,360 square feet of usable space on 3 floors, and cost $2.77 per square foot for construction.
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The freedom of expression of lawyers towards judges and experts
By a judgment of the Grand Chamber and a Chamber decision made during the first half 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has developed its case law related to the freedom of expression of lawyers, guaranteed by article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The cases related to two types of actors involved in judicial proceedings: permanent actors - the sitting judges - who are the natural contact points for lawyers and obstacle for lawyers; intermittent actors - the sworn experts - whose opinion may have an important influence on outcome of a trial.
In the case of Morice v. France (n° 29369/10), a French lawyer has been criminally and civilly punished for defamation due to criticism of two judges published in an article in a leading daily. This article repeated, on one hand, the terms of a letter addressed by Mr Morice to the Minister of Justice requesting an administrative investigation into the judges’ conduct, and on the other hand, comments made to the journalist author of the article in question. Mr Morice was sentenced with a fine and ordered to reimburse costs, pay damages and to publish statement in the daily in question.
By a judgment of 23 April 2015, adopted unanimously, the Court found a violation of article 10 of the Convention. It was stated in particular that Mr Morice had expressed himself through value judgments, which relied on a sufficient factual basis. His words dealt with a subject of general interest, namely the functioning of justice and the progress of a case which addressed a matter of wide importance and a high level of media coverage.
The significance of the judgment lies in the comprehensive consideration of the case law of the ECtHR related to the freedom of expression of lawyers, which is different depending on whether the lawyer expresses him/herself inside or outside the courtroom.
Its relevance also lies in the fact that, according to the Court, “in view of the specific status of lawyers and their position in the administration of justice … lawyers cannot be equated with journalists. Their respective positions and roles in judicial proceedings are intrinsically different. Journalists have the task of imparting, in conformity with their duties and responsibilities, information and ideas on all matters of public interest, including those relating to the administration of justice. Lawyers, for their part, are protagonists in the justice system, directly involved in its functioning and in the defence of a party.”
It also lies in the statement according to which “a lawyer should be able to draw the public’s attention to potential shortcomings in the justice system; the judiciary may benefit from constructive criticism.”
Finally, it lies in the distinction which can be made between judges, who are restricted by the particular mission of the judiciary in society, and lawyers: “the speech of judges, unlike that of lawyers, is received as the expression of an objective assessment which commits not only the person expressing himself, but also, through him, the entire justice system. Lawyers, for their part, merely speak in their own name and on behalf of their clients”.
Nevertheless, the Court emphasises that “the proper functioning of the courts would not be possible without relations based on consideration and mutual respect between the various protagonists in the justice system, at the forefront of which are judges and lawyers.”
In the case of Fuchs v. Allemagne (n° 29222/11 and 64345/11), a German lawyer had been disciplinarily and penally condemned for defamatory speech towards an expert in informatics, expressed in written observations given to a tribunal and relating to an indictment.
While he was representing a client accused of having downloaded child pornography on his computer, Mr Fuchs had argued that a private expert who was mandated by the Prosecutor’s Office to decrypt the data files, who was sworn in before taking up his duties before the judicial authorities, could have manipulated the files in order to obtain the evidence required by the Prosecutor’s Office. The expert filed a complaint for defamation, and Mr Fuchs was sentenced, in particular, to a fine.
Subsequently, the disciplinary commission of lawyers reprimanded Mr Fuchs and imposed a fine for having failed to meet his obligation to conduct his professional activities in a conscientious manner and to deserve the trust associated to this profession.
By a decision of 27 January 2015, adopted unanimously, the Court declared the application was manifestly ill-founded and therefore inadmissible. The sanctions imposed on Mr Fuchs constituted an interference with his right to freedom of expression, but they were provided for by law (the penal code and the code of legal professions), they pursued a legitimate goal (protection of reputation and protection of the rights of the sworn in expert), and they were necessary in a democratic society.
The Court assessed that Mr Fuchs could not, in the name of defence of his client’s interests, generally suggest that the expert falsified the evidence. Moreover, the comments at issue did not include any objective criticism of the expert’s work on the trial, though they were aimed at generally denigrating his work and declaring his conclusions unworkable. Thus they were not justified by the legitimate defence of the client’s interests. Furthermore, they were not made in public. Finally, the Court does not judge the fines imposed in the framework of criminal and disciplinary procedures to be disproportionate.
It is the first case where the Court has ruled on a challenge by a lawyer on the integrity of a sworn in expert. According to the Court, sworn in experts “must be able to perform their duties in conditions free of undue perturbation if they are to be successful in performing their tasks. It may therefore be necessary to protect them from offensive and abusive verbal attacks when on duty”.
It is an important decision. Firstly, because the use of sworn in experts is relatively frequent in European countries, particularly in criminal matters. Secondly, and more importantly, because the Court does not forbid lawyers to criticise the experts’ work at any point, although it sets some reasonable limits in this regard.
Ultimately, the Morice judgment and the Fuchs decision result from very different circumstances and come to a close in a very different way: a violation in one case and a finding of inadmissibility in the other. They concern, however, the same issue, that of lawyers’ freedom of expression. They present also the same merit of specifying lawyers’ rights and duties when they comment on judges and sworn in experts. To that extent, they are useful to a profession which is often at the forefront, in Europe, of the enforcement of the Convention.
Vincent BERGER
Professeur au Collège d’Europe
Ancien jurisconsulte de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
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By Corruption Watch 03 Sep 2018, 12:19
The second week of public hearings for the Zondo Commission into state capture saw damning evidence that puts former president Jacob Zuma at the centre of what appears to be intricate plans for fleecing government departments to meet the interests of the Gupta family.
It was first former ANC member of parliament Vytjie Mentor, and then Themba Maseko, former head of the government communications and information system (GCIS) who placed Zuma in close and seemingly inappropriate proximity to Ajay Gupta, the patriarch of the controversial family of businessmen. Mentor testified that Zuma was at the Saxonwold home of the Guptas on the day Ajay offered her a cabinet post. It was Zuma, she said, who tried to calm her down from her shocked and irritated reaction to Gupta’s proposal.
Once appointed to position of minister of public enterprises, Mentor would have been expected to facilitate the abolishment of the South African Airways route between Johannesburg and Mumbai – thereby making way for the entry of another airline. Not long afterwards Malusi Gigaba assumed the position of public enterprises minister, following a cabinet reshuffle by Zuma in which Gigaba’s predecessor Barbara Hogan was fired. It was under his watch that the air route was abolished as Gupta had wanted.
Gupta reach extends far
Maseko, on the other hand, told the commission that a telephonic conversation with Zuma himself helped prepare him mentally for an ensuing meeting with Gupta, where the latter would instruct him to demand advertising budgets from different departments and channel it towards the New Age newspaper, owned by the family.
His removal from public office was also facilitated by Zuma, who instructed then minister in the presidency, and Maseko’s immediate superior, the late Collins Chabane, to fire Maseko. His unceremonious removal from the position was followed by the immediate placement of Jimmy Manyi, who would – years later – be announced as the owner of the New Age as well as ANN7.
The changes brought on at GCIS by Manyi, believed to be in the interest of facilitating the Guptas’ wishes, were described in detail by the acting CEO of the department, Phumla Williams. She continues with her testimony on Monday.
Expert witnesses unpack state capture
On Friday afternoon it was the turn of two experts who have written extensively on the subject of state capture, to participate from Washington, D.C., in the US, via an international video link.
Chile-born economist Dr Daniel Kaufmann is the president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, an organisation providing policy advice and advocacy at an international level. He is viewed as a leading expert, researcher, and policy adviser on governance and development, and also helped develop the concept of legal corruption. Kaufmann was a director at the World Bank Institute, leading work on governance and anti-corruption.
Professor Joel Hellman is the dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Also an economist, as well as a political scientist, he was the World Bank’s first chief institutional economist until joining the university in July 2015.
Led by Adv Thandi Norman, the two explained what state capture is, what it involves, and how it works in practice, before going into detail about the impact state capture has on economies, especially those of countries in transition. The former Soviet Union was cited as an example of a region that is still suffering the long-lasting effects of state capture.
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THE AXEMAN OF NEW ORLEANS: A JAZZ-LOVING JACK THE RIPPER
THE AXEMAN FORCED A CITY TO LISTEN TO JAZZ TO AVOID HIS TERRIFYING WRATH.
From May 1918 to October 1919, a serial killer aptly named the Axeman unleashed a wave of terror throughout the city of New Orleans. Though the total number of victims is unclear, at least 12 people across the metropolitan New Orleans area were attacked by the Axeman over a 17-month period, and at least seven died from their injuries.
On May 22, 1918, the first victims, an Italian grocer named Joseph Maggio and his wife, Catherine, were butchered as they lay sleeping in their apartment at Upperline and Magnolia Street. The couple’s throats were slashed with a straight razor, their heads bashed in by an ax. When investigators arrived, they found the bloody clothes of the murderer as well as an ax and a chisel. A panel in the rear door had been chiseled out, and though initially police suspected the motive was robbery, they quickly dismissed it after realizing nothing in the house had been stolen. In fact, money and valuables had been left in plain sight.
In hopes of quickly solving the case, detectives urgently questioned potential suspects, in particular Joseph’s brother, Andrew, who operated a barbershop at 123 South Rampart Street. After discovering that the straight razor used in the attack on Catherine belonged to Andrew, police arrested and charged him. Though Andrew admitted he’d brought the razor home to repair a nick in the blade, he insisted he’d had no part in the murder of his brother and sister-in-law. A few days later, he was released due to lack of evidence. The only clue discovered was a message written in chalk near the victim’s home: “Mrs. Joseph Maggio will sit up tonight. Just write Mrs. Toney.” Interestingly, after investigators began researching old cases, they discovered three murders and a number of attacks against Italian grocers that had occurred seven years earlier, in 1911. In each of the murders an ax had been used, and in each instance the killer had gained access to the home through a panel in the rear door.
ILLUSTRATED MAP OF AX MURDERS IN NEW ORLEANS, 1919. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Almost exactly a month later, a grocer named Louis Besumer and his mistress, Annie Harriet Lowe, were discovered lying in a pool of blood. Besumer had been struck with an ax above his right temple, and Lowe had an injury over the left ear. Though both had been badly injured, they miraculously survived the attack. As with the previous cases, a panel of the kitchen door had been removed, a chisel was found at the scene, and valuables had not been stolen. After a brief search, investigators found a small, bloody ax (owned by Besumer). Besumer survived his wounds, but Lowe eventually died in August. Federal authorities were called in to investigate, and though Besumer had sustained serious injuries, including a fractured skull, he was arrested for Lowe’s murder. Besumer served nine months in prison before a jury acquitted him in May of 1919.
In the meantime, in early August of 1918, the Axeman struck again, attacking and wounding a pregnant woman. After returning from work, Edward Schneider returned to his home on Elmira Street to find his pregnant wife covered in blood. Though her scalp had been cut open and several of her teeth had been knocked out, she survived the attack and was able to provide police with details concerning the assailant. Though the police eventually arrested a suspect named James Gleason, he was later released due to lack of evidence. Just five days after the Schneider attack, on August 10, 1918, an 80-year-old Italian grocer named Joseph Romano was attacked. Romano was found covered in blood from several deep gashes in his face. Though he was rushed to Charity Hospital, he died two days later from his wounds.
During the next few months, the murders mysteriously stopped, and New Orleans residents breathed a sigh of relief. However, the Axeman’s rampage would soon resume, and over the next seven months, he would attack six more victims, including a two-year-old girl.
The first of these incidents occurred in Gretna on Monday, March 10, 1919. After hearing screams coming from a house on the corner of Jefferson and Second Streets, a man reportedly found Mrs. Rosie Cortimiglia clutching her dead two-year-old daughter. Rosie’s husband, Charles, was reportedly lying next to her in a pool of blood. After searching the premises, investigators found a chiseled wooden frame removed from the door and a bloodstained ax underneath the kitchen doorsteps. According to Rosie, her baby had been killed by a single blow of the ax, and though her husband had fought the attacker, he’d been struck repeatedly with the ax. As in previous cases, no money or valuables were taken from the home. Though Rosie’s neighbors (and business rivals) were initially charged and found guilty, their sentences were later overturned.
Three days later, on March 13, 1919, a person alleging to be the Axeman sent a letter to New Orleans newspapers offering a strange proposition: “I am very fond of jazz music,” he wrote, “and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it on Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.”
WORLD’S MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW ORLEANS. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
That evening, the citizens of New Orleans followed the Axeman’s instructions. All night, jazz music blasted from restaurants and clubs across the city, and not one person was murdered. Interestingly, it was reported that the most common song heard that evening was a familiar composition titled “The Mysterious Axman’s Jazz” written by a local composer named Joseph John Davilla.
While many New Orleanians breathed a sigh of relief, they would soon realize their feelings of security were premature. This became abundantly clear on August 10, 1919, when Steve Boca (also a grocer) was found after having been attacked with an ax. Though the blow cracked his head open, he somehow remained conscious and made it successfully to a neighbor’s home before collapsing in the doorway. As with the previous attacks, investigators found an ax and a panel chiseled from his door.
The panic coursing through the city only intensified three weeks later on September 3, 1919, when 19-year-old Sarah Laumann was found at her home on Second Street with multiple gashes on her head and several missing teeth. Six weeks later, the Axeman attacked his final victim, Mike Pepitone, who was found lying in a pool of blood. Unlike the other attacks, however, this time there was a witness. Pepitone’s wife (Esther Albano) reportedly saw the ax-wielding man running from the scene, and while investigators weren’t able to make an arrest at the time, Albano reportedly shot the suspect who had killed her husband one year later in Los Angeles. Though many doubted Albano’s claims that she’d killed the man responsible, a thorough investigation revealed that the man she’d murdered, named Joseph Mumfre, had been incarcerated for most of his life. In addition to his unsavory criminal history, investigators also discovered that during periods when the attacks had ceased, Mumfre had been in prison. Mumfre also reportedly left New Orleans immediately after the attack on Pepitone, at which time the attacks suddenly ended. In spite of this, there was no specific evidence to link Mumfre to any of the crimes, and while the circumstantial evidence was convincing to some, police didn’t agree, and Albano faced 10 years in prison for Mumfre’s murder.
While many still debate whether Albano actually murdered the Axeman, for many, the motivation for the attacks was clear. Because the majority of the incidents targeted Italian-Americans, many believed the murders were racially motivated. People pointed to the fact that most of the victims were grocers, and they argued that theattacks were Mafia hits conducted to pressure the businesses into paying protection money. While some were skeptical, there was evidence of similar murders outside the New Orleans area involving Italians in the same time frame: Joseph Spero and his daughter in Alexandria in December 1920, Giovanni Orlando in DeRidder in January 1921, and Frank Scalisi in Lake Charles in April 1921. These seemed to only bolster the theory.
tacks were Mafia hits conducted to pressure the businesses into paying protection money. While some were skeptical, there was evidence of similar murders outside the New Orleans area involving Italians in the same time frame: Joseph Spero and his daughter in Alexandria in December 1920, Giovanni Orlando in DeRidder in January 1921, and Frank Scalisi in Lake Charles in April 1921. These seemed to only bolster the theory.
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Shannon Johnson
Director for Mental Health, Naval Medical Center
As I reflect back on my life nearly a quarter of a century after I graduated from Whitworth, I am more aware and appreciative of my liberal arts education. Whitworth equipped me with a foundation for lifelong learning, a strong sense of purpose, and a desire to serve. My liberal arts education and experiences prepared me well for a challenging career as a navy officer and military psychologist during a time of war.
I am particularly grateful for the critical-thinking skills that I sharpened during my time at Whitworth. The coursework required me to challenge assumptions, logically work through problems, and clearly explain my position. I was exposed to new ideas and worldviews that broadened my perspective and prompted me to clarify and articulate my own beliefs. The capacity to think flexibly, consider diverse views, and manage ethical conflicts has been essential in my role as a clinician and leader often under stressful circumstances.
Campus life and the small-classroom environment at Whitworth afforded me important opportunities to live with students from diverse backgrounds, learn how to communicate respectfully, and gain practice working collaboratively to accomplish a shared mission. These experiences and the skills they fostered have been invaluable in the military settings where I have served around the globe. Whether deployed on a ship for months at time, living in crowded tents in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, or providing services to military families in Japan, a respect for others, an appreciation for diversity, and a capacity to work cooperatively on teams have been critical. These proficiencies also have served as the foundation for my development as a leader in the navy and my success in executive medicine.
I am grateful for my liberal arts education at Whitworth, where my professors were committed to developing whole persons and intentional about the integration of faith and learning. My peers and I left Whitworth with a strong desire to become agents of change in the world and prepared to serve humanity. While the details of my unique mission were not clear at the time of my graduation, I was equipped with the confidence and motivation to seek out opportunities to serve. For me, that opportunity came when I earned my PhD in clinical psychology and accepted a commission as a U.S. Navy officer.
The faith foundation I cultivated at Whitworth has been the bedrock of my resiliency through five arduous combat deployments and has helped me stay centered and focused on the mission at hand, despite traumatizing events on the battlefield. Undoubtedly, my experience at Whitworth both inspired and equipped me to adopt a style of servant leadership that has allowed me to have an impact on individual lives and the military’s mental-health system beyond what I could have ever imagined a quarter of century ago.
Shannon Johnson, a commander, currently serves as the director for mental health at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. She provides strategic oversight for a full range of clinical services in three departments: psychiatry (inpatient and outpatient), psychology, and the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program.
She earned a BA in education with a special education endorsement from Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in 1988. Following graduation, she was employed as a special education teacher while completing her MEd in counseling and guidance at Whitworth. She went on to earn a PhD in clinical psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology in La Mirada, California. In 1998 she was commissioned as a U.S. Naval officer and reported to the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) to begin a career as a navy psychologist.
From 2000 to 2003, she served aboard the USS Carl Vinson and completed two Western Pacific deployments. The Navy then sent her to Boston, Massachusetts, where she was accepted into the Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychology. Following her post-doctoral training, she served as director of educational and developmental intervention services at the Naval Hospital Yokosuka, where she was responsible for six divisions across mainland Japan.
She returned to NMCSD in the fall of 2006, and soon was deployed with an army unit to Baghdad, Iraq. She returned to Iraq with the marines in August 2008. While assigned to NMCSD, she served as the head of the fleet’s largest mental health clinic in the Pacific. In 2010, Commander Johnson was deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Upon her return a year later, she assumed the duties of director for mental health at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. During her tour she oversaw the delivery of care to U.S. Marines returning from deployment with combat-stress related conditions and traumatic brain injury.
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Here’s How Tom Cruise Reacted When Jamie Foxx Blew His Audition for ‘Jerry Maguire’
Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx has a rock-solid reputation as a seasoned professional actor. But before he tackled roles in movies like Ray and Django Unchained, Foxx made an audition flub. Here’s how things got awkward when the rising star read a scene for Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise. Spoiler alert — he didn’t get the part.
Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise | Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Jamie Foxx tried to impress Tom Cruise
In an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Foxx recalled his experience when he auditioned for the 1996 film, Jerry Maguire. The actor had been tapped to try out for the role of NFL star, Rod Tidwell, in the movie. He told Stern this about his first meeting with Tom Cruise:
“I’m in LA, and I audition just like on a — I don’t know how I got in. And the guy goes, ‘He’s great. We’re gonna take you to New York.’ Because they hadn’t signed Tom Cruise on yet. ‘We’re gonna take you to New York and read for Tom Cruise.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’”
Jamie Foxx recalled that when Tom Cruise walked in, clad in a leather jacket, “he looked like he had just walked off of Top Gun.” Cruise asked Foxx where he lived, to which he replied, “Oh, I got two houses. You know, I live in LA and Vegas. You know what I’m saying?”
“So, I said, ‘Where do you live?’ And he said, ‘Rome.’ And I said, ‘Rome Street?’ He looked at me like, no mother f*cker. Italy.”
Foxx made blunders during the script reading
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Fresh off of In Living Color, Foxx managed to get through the audition, but not without another gaffe. Reflecting on the situation, he described the experience to Stern, saying this:
I kept looking at him. Imagine that you’re from Texas, and you’ve done a little bit of sh*t, but you ain’t seen no real f*cking stars, right? So, I’m just sitting there watching it, and we get to reading, right. And we’re reading. We’re reading, Howard.
And as I’m reading, you know, he does a dramatic pause, you know, but that’s his thing. I f*cking think he lost his place. So I take the script, and I say (points at the script) no, we right here, “Show me the money.” And then you say… He says, “I know. I was taking a pause.” I said, “OK, yeah. I’m f*cking this up.”
Jamie Foxx on The Howard Stern Show
Foxx confessed, “I blew it so bad that he just started laughing at me.” He was still learning the differences between TV and movie acting, even down to vocalization. Cruise was speaking at a lower level than Foxx was accustomed, and he asked the superstar to speak up. With all of Foxx’s missteps, Cruise gave a priceless response, saying, “Hey guy. You gotta get it together.”
Foxx and Cruise ended up working together on a different film
Happy 15th to Collateral! Few films have inspired me as much as this one did. It came at the perfect time in my life. Will never forget it. Thank you @MichaelMann @TomCruise @iamjamiefoxx @jadapsmith pic.twitter.com/EhwrYjS9e2
— Chris Stuckmann (@Chris_Stuckmann) August 6, 2019
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The role of Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire ultimately went to Cuba Gooding Jr., and he won the Oscar for his performance. But Foxx quickly learned the Hollywood ropes, scored other big opportunities, and got a second chance to work with Cruise later in his career. The actors teamed up in the 2004 film Collateral. That same year, Foxx starred as Ray Charles in Ray, which earned him an Academy Award.
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Some Fans Totally Missed ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Director Joe Russo’s Early MCU Cameos
Bryan Steele
Marvel fans are very glad that the Russo brothers were able to stick the landing with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The Russo brothers landed those two big gigs due to their success in directing past Marvel Cinematic Universe films, such as Captain America: Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
While the Russo brothers love directing MCU movies, they also enjoy getting a little cameo in them, too. For example, in Avengers: Endgame, Joe Russo had a lengthy cameo where he plays a gay man talking to Captain America. That said, while this was an easy cameo for fans to spot, Joe Russo actually had cameos in his earlier MCU movies, too.
Fans didn’t remember seeing Joe Russo in earlier MCU films
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As a fan on Reddit said, they didn’t realize that Russo had small cameos in both Captain America: Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In both of those movies, he plays a doctor, though obviously, he doesn’t play the same doctor.
In Captain America: Civil War, he plays a doctor who’s killed by the movie’s villain, Baron Zemo. It’s a small cameo, as he just lays motionlessly in a bathtub, but it’s an effective one. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, he has lengthier scenes where he plays a doctor who’s helping Nick Fury after Fury was almost assassinated. That said, this cameo didn’t involve much acting, either.
Interestingly, his brother, Anthony Russo, hasn’t made a single cameo in the MCU yet.
The movies that the Russo brothers have directed
Joe Russo | Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
One of the reasons why Joe Russo’s cameo in Avengers: Endgame is so easy to spot is because, by the time that movie came out, many hardcore MCU fans have already seen or heard about the Russo brothers. Before the MCU movies, they weren’t famous directors, as their biggest projects weren’t really that big in comparison to the MCU.
In fact, due to their relative lack of experience, it was a pretty big gamble for Marvel to give the Russo brothers so much control over the MCU. According to IMDb, the Russo brothers had only directed three movies before they were given the opportunity to direct Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Those three movies were a 1997 movie called Pieces, the 2002 movie, Welcome to Collinwood, and the 2006 movie, You, Me and Dupree.
Despite this gamble, it paid off. Due to how successful their MCU movies were, fans started to notice them, and fans started to pay attention to them whenever they were interviewed. This made it easy for fans to recognize Joe Russo’s face in Avengers: Endgame, especially compared to his cameos in his earlier MCU movies.
The Russo brothers’ future in the MCU
The Russo brothers’ next movie won’t be in the MCU, since they seem to want to direct other movies for now. However, they’re not against the idea of making a return to the MCU. The one thing that the brothers loved about working for Marvel was the idea of telling a story over many movies. This TV-style of storytelling is something that they’d want to do again if Marvel will let them.
While all Marvel movies are connected, they want to be able to direct multiple movies in the universe rather than do one or two movies and then go. It’s possible that Marvel will allow them to do that, or Marvel may take a risk with new directors instead. In any case, the Russo brothers have plenty of work in store for them. Their latest movie, which they wrote and produced, Extraction, was a success for Netflix and Netflix has already greenlit a sequel.
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Will There Be a ‘Harlots’ Season 4? Fans React After Hulu Officially Cancels the Show
Megan Elliott
The ladies of Harlots have shut their doors. Hulu’s acclaimed period drama about brothel owners and prostitutes in 18th century London has officially been canceled after three seasons. The news comes nearly a year after the show’s last episodes arrived on the streaming service.
Harlots starred Samantha Morton as ambitious madam Margaret Wells and Lesley Manville as her powerful rival Lydia Quigley. The cast also included Jessica Brown-Findlay, Liv Tyler, and Eloise Smyth.
Fans were hoping for ‘Harlots’ Season 4
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— Harlots (@harlotsonhulu) September 4, 2019
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The Harlots Season 3 finale premiered on August 28, 2019. Since then, the show’s fans have been waiting for news about a possible fourth season. While the season 3 finale wrapped up key storylines, viewers were still hoping that there were more episodes to come.
“Absolutely the best ending to the season,” one tweeted. “BRAVO! Over the moon with the ending. Looking forward to another season.”
“I see what you did there,” another wrote. “Wrapped everything in a nice bow. I’m still gonna need a season 4.”
Viewers are disappointed that ‘Harlots’ won’t be coming back
RT if you're proud of our girl, Emily. #HarlotsOnHulu pic.twitter.com/iHvYfZsbjb
— Harlots (@harlotsonhulu) August 31, 2019
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Given the way Harlots wrapped up various loose ends at the end of season 3, it’s not a huge surprise that the show has been canceled. Previously, new seasons had been announced a few months after the previous season ended. As more time passed after the end of season 3, it seemed less and less likely that Harlots Season 4 would be happening.
Still, fans are disappointed to learn that the show has officially been canceled.
“#Harlots is exactly the kind of period drama we need to see more of on our televisions and the fact that it’s been cancelled is a tragedy,” one tweeted
“Bummer! #harlots was sly, smart, funny and feminist…it’s take on sexism, race & class shrewdly package in a show supposedly about sex,” another wrote. “Why is it always the best writing on TV that gets killed?”
‘Harlots’ championed female creators
Harlots executive producers Debra Hayward, Alison Owen, actress Lesley Manville, and executive producer Moira Buffini |Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Not only did Harlots have female-focused storylines, but it also championed female creators behind the scenes. All the directors and writers on the show — which premiered in 2017 — were women.
“The world of prostitutes and brothels is a very familiar trope for fiction and film, but what [writer Moira Buffini] wanted to do was to do it exclusively from the female point of view,” producer Alison Owen told The Hollywood Reporter.
“We obviously wanted to get the best people for the job. What we found were the best people for the job tended to be the female voices, because they connect with these women in a very visceral way,” Owen added. “That’s not to say that we wouldn’t have hired a guy if he interviewed well for that job, but as it happened, we just found a great group of women and it worked out incredibly well.”
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Bears, Robinson seem to be a perfect match
Using Next Gen Stats, NFL.com writer Matt Harmon ranks the Bears and new receiver Allen Robinson as the best fit between an NFL team and a receiver it signed in free agency.
Harmon predicts that Robinson will excel in an offense run by new Bears head coach Matt Nagy and offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, based off the hybrid spread schemes that Nagy ran with the Kansas City Chiefs and Helfrich operated at the University of Oregon.
Allen Robinson joined the Bears after spending his first four NFL seasons with the Jaguars.
"The way Nagy and Helfrich approach offensive design is a major reason why the Robinson signing is a tremendous fit," Harmon wrote.
"The lack of use in the middle of the field caused over 50 of Robinson's targets in 2016 to come on plays where he had less than a yard of separation. That's the most for any wide receiver over the last two seasons. If Nagy designs a similar offense to the one employed by the Chiefs during his tenure as offensive coordinator, that will not be an issue in Chicago."
Robinson, 24, signed with the Bears March 14 after spending his first four NFL seasons with the Jaguars, catching 202 passes for 2,848 yards and 22 touchdowns in 43 games.
Robinson was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2015, recording 80 receptions for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns. He followed with 73 catches for 883 yards and six TDs in 2016 but missed 15 of 16 games last year after tearing his ACL in Jacksonville's season opener.
At his introductory news conference, Robinson revealed that he signed with the Bears in part because he felt the offense was a good fit for his skill set.
"Nagy and Helfrich were already set to create a more favorable offense for their quarterback with their congruent spread-offense philosophies," Harmon wrote. "Now they've found a No. 1 wide receiver who is up to the task in assisting their efforts. The move is only made better by how desperately Robinson also needed to find a team ready to use his talents in a more efficient manner."
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LAUSD Magnet Schools: The Priority Points System Explained
The Priority Points System for Magnet Schools admission may be the most confusing, frustrating aspect of the admissions process for many parents. Admission to an LAUSD magnet school is determined by using a combination of a priority points system, a random lottery system, and a student's race. Students with the highest number of points are admitted first. However, if there is a tie in the number of points, then a lottery system is used. The lottery is influenced by a student's race since the district must create a diversified student body.
Example: Magnet School A has 120 openings but there are 200 applicants with the following points (points are discussed in detail below):
30 applicants - 23 points
35 applicants - less than 12 points
The first three groups with 23, 20 and 15 points total 105 applicants, so they fill the first 105 slots. That leaves 60 applicants with 12 points competing for the remaining 15 slots.
The admission process now goes to a lottery system. But because diversification must be achieved, there are essentially two lotteries - one for "white" applicants and one for "non-white" applicants. Each school has a certain target racial composition, such as 60% or 70% non-white. Thus, the number of students admitted by lottery from each lottery group depends on the number of such students needed to achieve the school's desired racial composition.
In this example, 15 of the 60 applicants with 12 points will be randomly admitted to Magnet School A. The 35 applicants with less than 12 points will not get in.
Points are awarded to magnet school applicants as follows:
12 points for Matriculation - Students who are "graduating" from one magnet school receive 12 points when they apply to a magnet program at the next level.
4-12 points for being placed on a Waiting List - Students who have been previously placed on a magnet school's waiting list and are not already enrolled in a magnet program receive 4 points for each consecutive year of being on a waiting list, up to a maximum of 12 points.
4 points for students whose "home" school is a Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian And Other Non-Anglo (PHBAO) School - Students whose resident LAUSD school is designated as PHBAO receive 4 points (non-cumulative). {Note: PHBAO is pronounced "f-bah-oh" - LAUSD employees use it as a real word all the time.}
4 points for students whose "home" school is designated Overcrowded - Students whose resident LAUSD school is designated as overcrowded receive 4 points (non-cumulative).
3 points for students applying to a magnet school attended by a Sibling. - Siblings must reside at the same address at the time of application.
Maximum possible points: 23
For a more detailed discussion about Priority Points, check out LAUSD MAGNETS HANDBOOK: A Guide to Getting Your Child into an LAUSD Magnet School, available for just $2.99 at Amazon (affiliate link).
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Carrie Underwood Reveals How She Told 3-Year-Old Son Isaiah That She's Pregnant
His reaction to her baby bump was PERFECT. ❤️
By Megan Stein
Carrie Underwood’s son Isaiah is ready to report for his big brother duties!
The country singer announced in August that she and her NHL player husband Mike Fisher are expecting their second child together. Although they shared the news with fans via a sweet video on Instagram, the way they revealed the family update to their 3-year-old boy was a little more private—and infinitely more adorable.
The “Cry Pretty” songstress explained the story to CMT’s Cody Allen, opening with the fact that Isaiah has some concept of pregnancy, but he still “doesn’t really believe” the process.
“He’s kind of been around us talking about it, but I just wanted to be careful not to confuse him,” she said. “And I’ve had friends around me who have been super pregnant and we’re like, ‘There’s a baby in there!’ and he’s like, ‘No there’s not.’”
But as her baby bump began to grow, her toddler started to notice—and respond—to the difference.
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“I started getting a little more full in the midsection and I was in a swimsuit,” she said. “And he was just sitting there, kind of just looking at my belly, and he starts squishing it with his little hands."
Carrie continued to say that she thought Isaiah was moving in to give her stomach a smooch, prompting her to believe that he inherently knew that she was expecting. “I kind of thought he was gonna go in to kiss it, and I was like, 'This is about to be the sweetest moment,'” she said with a laugh, adding, “I’m like, ‘My kid's a genius!’”
But little Isaiah wasn’t quite the fortune teller that his mom predicted he might be.
Instead, “He literally goes in and blows on my belly,” she said. “All over my belly, and I’m like, ‘OK and you’re three. And all of a sudden you’re back to being three.’”
After his too-cute kid moment, she confessed to her son that she was pregnant. “He was super sweet about it,” she said. “He’s a little confused, not really knowing how that got there. I just told him God put it there and we accepted that answer.”
Though she’s not convinced he fully understands the change, she’s confident that he’s going to love the experience of having a younger sibling.
“He’s just going to be a good big brother,” she said. “He’s a good little guy.”
Megan Stein Megan Stein is the senior editor for The Pioneer Woman, and oversees entertainment, features, and news for the website.
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Here’s How The Chart-Topper “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” Became A Country Music Standard
Classic, Country Music
In 1962, husband-and-wife country music duo Carl Butler and Pearl made “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” a famous duet.
The song only needed four weeks to be a No. 1 hit on Billboard Hot Country Singles, one of country music’s fastest ascensions ever. But what’s even more impressive is that it spent eleven non-consecutive weeks on the chart’s topmost position.
Ever since then, “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” was considered to be a country-music standard, in addition to being the longest-running No. 1 song for a performer’s debut single on the Hot Country Singles; however, that record is now held by Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” since 2013.
The Record Skyrocketed More Than They Have Imagined
“Don’t Let Me Cross Over” was written by Penny Jay, who – at that time – couldn’t get the break that would take her to the big time.
Jay made a modest living singing before small groups in little venues. One day, as she rode toward another show in a high school gym, she got an idea for a song that would send music duo Carl Butler and Pearl’s names to the top of the charts and open the door to a new style of country music recording.
While watching the yellow stripes on the highway that marked the areas where one couldn’t pass, the singer-songwriter used them for a song title idea. She began with that simple concept of not crossing these no-passing zones into crossing a line that would lead to a sinful affair.
She built a moralistic number about a person caught on the verge of cheating for the very first time and titled her new song “Don’t Let Me Cross Over.”
“Don’t let me cross over love’s cheatin’ line. I’m tempted, my darlin’, to steal you away. So help me, my darlin’, stay out of my way. You know that I love you, but I’m not the cheatin’ kind. I’m faced with a heartache at love’s cheatin’ line,” the song begins.
And since the early ’60s was a very conservative era in which female vocalists would not record cheating songs, she has to find the right man to cut it. However, when Carl Butler heard the song, he had an even better idea.
Butler insisted that “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” would make a solid duet song, and he wanted his wife to have her harmonize with him on the cheating number. Butler believed that the fact that they were happily married would get rid of any adverse reaction caused by the song’s lyrics.
And Butler proved himself right. The record skyrocketed more than they have imagined. Other labels even started seeking out duet acts and would record them. Eventually, mixed duets became a staple of most record companies’ catalogs.
Moreover, “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” made it to the Top Ten two more times. Jerry Lee Lewis and his sister, Linda Gail, recorded the first remake in 1969, and it peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
But six years before that happened, Jim Reeves recorded a solo version of the song for his 1963 album, Good n Country. Sadly, Reeves tragically died a year after that.
So, up-and-coming country singer Deborah Allen recorded a vocal track, and her producer added it to the existing Reeves’ track. The Reeves-Allen duet was then released as a single in 1979 and reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart – becoming one of Reeves’ many posthumous hits.
You can listen to “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2bZ9zQB0j8
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Town & City Halls in Le Sueur County, Minnesota
There are 3 Town & City Halls in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, serving a population of 27,810 people in an area of 449 square miles. There is 1 Town & City Hall per 9,270 people, and 1 Town & City Hall per 149 square miles.
In Minnesota, Le Sueur County is ranked 52nd of 87 counties in Town & City Halls per capita, and 30th of 87 counties in Town & City Halls per square mile.
List of Le Sueur County Town & City Halls
Find Le Sueur County, Minnesota town & city halls.
Cleveland City Hall 205 4th St Cleveland, MN
Le Center City Hall 10 W Tyrone St Le Center, MN
Waterville City Hall 200 South 3rd Street Waterville, MN
About Le Sueur County Town & City Halls
A Le Sueur County Town or City Hall is a building that serves as the focal point of government activity for a town or city in Le Sueur County, MN. It is the location where the proceedings of the Le Sueur County legislative body take place and usually houses the central offices for the executive and administrative functions of the government. Depending on the size of the building, some municipal functions, and a number of citizen services may operate out of a Town or City Hall in Le Sueur County.
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The £20million pledge that says people in the West Midlands are less likely to own cars in future
The cash was announced by the region’s mayor, Andy Street, as he spoke at the Conservative conference in Birmingham’s ICC.
Updated 14:06, 1 OCT 2018
The West Midlands has received £20million to help develop new transport schemes such as car-sharing services and electric bicycles.
Experts believe people will be less likely to own a car in the future. Instead, they will be more likely to join car-sharing schemes or to hire cars on a short-term basis, in a similar way to the cycle-hire schemes currently operating in the West Midlands and London.
The government funding will enable transport authority Transport for West Midlands to work with businesses to develop new schemes.
There will also be improvements to the way roads are monitored and information is collected, to allow transport authorities to cut down on congestion.
Mr Street said: “I am delighted that today the Government is announcing that the West Midlands will be the first ‘Future Mobility Area’ in the UK.
“This is a sector where we lead the world. Autonomous vehicles are being tested in Birmingham, electric taxis manufactured in Coventry, and Range Rovers are sold around the globe.
“The Future Mobility Area will make sure the residents of the West Midlands can travel around the region as quickly, easily and cheaply as possible.”
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: “We will create an environment where new technologies and services can be deployed, giving passengers more choice than ever before.
“Whether you’re travelling to work or training or education, all will benefit from the innovation to come.”
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Dwayne Buckle stops for a group picture with PHFR on Sunday, Jan. 10. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
VIDEO: Icy plunge marks end of Red Deer firefighter’s trek across B.C. for cancer
Dwayne Buckle completes 12-week march from Red Deer to Port Hardy
Tyson Whitney
A journey that started in Alberta nearly three months ago came to an end on the tip of northern Vancouver Island this weekend with a leap into the cold depths of the ocean.
Dwayne Buckle is a firefighter who walked from Red Deer, across the Rockies, through the Kootenays, into the Lower Mainland, and all the way up Vancouver Island to Port Hardy to raise funds for cancer.
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Buckle set out from Red Deer on Oct. 21, stating the reason behind the hike was that he had three family members who had passed away from cancer: “my grandfather, my auntie, and my cousin.”
After coming up with the idea that he was going to ‘hike for the cure,’ it only took him five days to actually hit the road after making up his mind.
“I’d been sitting back thinking about how my family pushed me and never gave up and made me fight for everything I wanted,” he said, noting it was actually his aunt who was really instrumental in helping him achieve his goals in life, and this was how he wanted to honour his family.
The hike from Red Deer to B.C.’s Lower Mainland featured one of the toughest parts of the journey, Rogers Pass — a dangerous crossing in the Selkirk Mountains east of Revelstoke. This was the only part of the journey he had a support vehicle with him, Buckle said that was due to his friends not wanting him “to get stuck in the snow tunnels or the crazy weather conditions at the top.”
After catching the ferry to Vancouver Island, Buckle started the final part of his 1,500 km trek. He said it was “eventful, very physical, with lots of beautiful scenery along the way, and of course there were some big challenges like weather, traffic, and road conditions.”
“As I started coming up-Island, I met so many amazing people who were very kind and helped me get to the end.”
Buckle even had a run-in with a cougar during the hike. He reached for his phone instead of his knife, “but by the time I got my phone out it was already in the bush again,” he laughed.
After travelling with fire crews following him through Sayward, Woss, and Port McNeill, he woke up on the morning of Jan. 10 ready to finish his journey.
“It was like every other morning, but I was stoked, I knew this was the end and I was ready to push,” he said.
Due to extremely rainy weather conditions, his gear bag, which normally weighs 45 pounds, swelled to about 50 pounds, but that didn’t stop Buckle as he kept moving through the storm.
Port Hardy Fire Rescue met him at the ‘Welcome to Port Hardy’ sign, and from there they walked with him into town.
As he came around the bend at the top of the hill overlooking Carrot Park, he saw the ocean waiting for him at the bottom of the hill.
The only thing going through Buckle’s head at that moment was “I came this far, let’s get it done.”
He walked down the hill right into Carrot Park, and then kept going straight to the ocean and dove in. He then dove in a second time.
Why the second dive, you might be wondering?
“I’ve had a lot of conversations with people dealing with cancer and they said in the cancer unit they have a bell for the last treatment of chemo, and a few followers asked me to jump in the ocean for a second time, so that’s what the second leap was for,” he explained.
Above all else he wanted to acknowledge his aunt Sharon Ancelet, his cousin Lyle Ancelet, his grandfather Victor Carpenado, “and anybody else out there who’s dealing with cancer or suffering from it, this was all in support of them as well.”
After 82 days on the road, he added he’s feeling sore, and that it will take “about a month to get my feet adjusted and my bones back to normal.”
With only a few rest days in Port Hardy, he will heal up and then head back to Red Deer.
“I’ve got a lot of people asking, ‘oh are you hiking it’ and I’m like ‘no no, I’m busing it this time,’” he laughed.
Buckle’s fundraising goal is $2,500, which he estimates he will definitely be hitting before he leaves Port Hardy to go back home.
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After jumping in the ocean, Dwayne Buckle was given donations from various people, including Weston Ireton (right) and his brother Beckett. Weston is now cancer free after a two-year battle with leukemia. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
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The Local 303: Colorado Artists We’re Featuring For January 2021
By Alisha Sweeney
We are welcoming the new year with some exciting Colorado musicians!
Get lost in the latest from hip-hop artist and activist Xiuhtezcatl. The teenage multi-hyphenate was named Time's "100 Next" two years ago as well as receiving accolades from Rolling Stone who put him on its “25 under 25” list in 2017.
South of France is readying the release of "Remember That Cool Thing We Did" due out next month. The album includes "Comme Ca," the poppy single heard in the latest season of Netflix series Bojack Horseman.
Northern Colorado legend Jon Snodgrass comes to the Local 303 after a very prolific 2020 that saw the release of three new albums; one of which is with English folk singer Frank Turner. Snodgrass is a founding member of bands Drag the River and Armchair Martian.
Boulder folk musician Daniel Rodriguez, formerly of Elephant Revival, has a new album out called "Sojourn of a Burning Sun," and one of our favorites is his song inspired by our state.
Teenage act HEINWA who recorded an EP with her brother during the first few months of quarantine sent us her debut; as well as Immigrant's Child, another band that started jamming in their mid-teens. The four-piece, now in their early-twenties, put out an impressive first EP in November.
Latin pop singer Katiria, who comes from a musical family, recently moved to Colorado from Puerto Rico will premiere her single "Mientes" a catchy song in Spanish that she wrote in quarantine.
Jess Parsons channels female folk and pop rock icons from the 1970s on her new solo EP out this month. The talented songwriter leaned into her break as a touring member of Australian musician Alex Cameron's band.
Another beloved Denver indie act, Bud Bronson & the Good Timers got some studio time during the pandemic with "Manifest Fantasy" and KoKo LA from the collective R A R E B Y R D $ represents her group as she digs deep with her new solo release.
Husband-wife band Plume Varia responds to the unprecedented circumstances of 2020 with a hopeful new single "Hold On To Me." Collaborators and couple WALLY also share their new dream pop singles.
Meet some of the musicians (virtually!) We will livestream our Local 303 Meetup on Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. MT on our homepage or watch from YouTube. The Meetup will feature performances from Jess Parsons and Immigrant's Child.
Meet January's picks:
Bud Bronson & The Good Timers
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Hometown: Denver
Latest Release: Manifest Fantasy, Self-released, Dec. 4, 2020
About: Bud Bronson & the Good Timers (BBGT) has always been about mythology. As young 20-somethings in the early 2010s, we dove headfirst into the clichés of youthful indulgence, championing the idea that maturity was a burden to be forever avoided. In 2020, with the flames of dystopia rising higher by the day, the band's transformation has come full circle. "Manifest Fantasy" is a greatest hits collection of BBGT tropes—the war between escapism and reality, the promise and emptiness of idealism, the false safety of the past versus fear of the future—all delivered with the bone-crushing heaviness of modern-day American existence.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: We can’t practice, we don’t have shows to look forward to, and it’s hard to remember we’re part of a huge community of musician pals in town, because we never see them. But we did manage to record this EP last summer, and we are trying to prep for our next rock odyssey. We’re doing what we can. Things will get better!
Website: https://budbronsonandthegoodtimers.bandcamp.com/
Get Social: Instagram, Facebook
Daniel Rodriguez
Hometown: Grew up in Mystic, Conn. but live in Boulder, Colo.
Formed: Started Elephant Revival in 2006. Went solo in 2018.
Latest Release: "Sojourn of a Burning Sun," Renew Records/BMG, Aug. 28, 2020
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: It's certainly has been tough on the financial side, but on the creative side it has been wonderful. I wrote a couple records worth of songs over this extended period of being stationary. Now I just have to get in the studio once this all blows over.
Website: www.drodriguezmusic.com
HEINWA
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Latest Release: "HEINWA: At Home with Her Greatest Hits" Self-release, Oct. 30, 2020
About: HEINWA is the solo project of Annalise Goetz, a music education student from Denver. Annalise started HEINWA during spring 2020 while quarantined at her parents' house. With the help of her brother and producer Alex Goetz, HEINWA's debut EP was released. The EP, "HEINWA: At Home with Her Greatest Hits" reflects on the unprecedented nature of 2020 and maintains a warm spirit by featuring audio clips of people closest to Annalise that she could not see in person. Despite all of the weird stuff that 2020 has brought, Annalise remains a funny guy motivated by Chicken Tikka Masala and good tunes.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: There is an inclination to want to create something meaningful in all of my time stuck in the house but everyday is pretty mundane so I don't feel like I can always create something that people will want to listen to. There is a lot of negativity and panic surrounding the pandemic and so it is important to find positive outlets for all of the emotion that comes along with this. Writing music has been everything to me during this time of disconnect. Even though it may be hard to write as much music as I want to, I've found that people around me are super supportive. Everyone needs good news and joy and great music right now so there are a lot of people to share your hype with.
Website: https://heinwa.bandcamp.com/releases
Get Social: Spotify, Instagram
Immigrant's Child
Hometown: We all come from different parts of Colorado so we just say Denver!
Latest Release: "Immigrant's Child" EP, Self-release, Nov. 27, 2020
About: Immigrant's child consists of four members: Josiah on bass, Mario on guitar, Brenden on drums and Keeana on vocals. Siblings Josiah and Keeana met Mario years ago and have been jamming since they were 14, 15 and 17. In 2017 the trio started writing music regularly and Brenden joined a year later.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: We started playing shows for the first time last summer. After working on a bunch of new music we decided that 2020 would be our year and we booked most of the summer, but then quarantine happened. We were bummed that we weren’t able to play live shows because it’s the best part about being musicians, but quarantine has given us time we may have never had otherwise. Recording the EP had been on the back burner because we got busy with work, performances, school, etc. The time at home gave us an opportunity to focus on recording, getting a new photo shoot done, working with a graphic designer for new art, and focusing on social media. It has been hard getting creative to keep people interested, but quarantine has taught us how cool of a tool social media can be in a time like this and how isolation can provide time for art to grow.
Get Social: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Jess Parsons
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Hometown: Liberal, Kan. but Denver since 2008
Latest Release: "Hear Me Calling" EP, Self-released, Jan. 8, 2021
About: With equal parts heartbreak and splendor, Jess Parsons' songs evoke the classic singer songwriters of the 70s with a touch of Rumour's-style world weariness. She can also be seen performing with Alex Cameron, The Still Tide, Bluebook, Patrick Dethlefs & Street Cats Making Love.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: It's definitely been a shift. There was quite the hustle in 2018/2019. When I wasn't on tour with Alex Cameron, most nights of the the week I was performing or rehearsing with one of the other projects I'm in. The first few months of quarantine felt like a vacation. I really enjoyed the break! Over the summer and fall I recorded some. Also, performed at and booked for Lost City, which was a really fun experience. Most recently, some friends and I bought a tape machine. Working on a basement covers record to pass the winter months.
Website: www.jessparsonsmusic.com
Get Social: Instagram
Nicole C. Kibert
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mo. and based in Fort Collins, Colo.
Formed: Started releasing records in the early 90s
Latest Release: I've put out 3 records during quarantine:
1) "Prost Mijos" (a positive vibes kids record for adults mostly)
2) "TACE" (rock record w/ a bunch of buddies)
3) "Buddies II: Still Buddies" w/ Frank Turner
About: Jon Snodgrass is a longtime musician who plays rock & roll and Americana. He is a founding member of Armchair Martian, Drag The River,
and Scorpios. In addition, he has made records with Frank Turner, Cory Branan, Joey Cape, and is a senior class alum of The Revival Tour. He has toured all over the world with Flogging Molly, Frank Turner, and Justin Townes Earle to name a few.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: I'm getting more done actually. Three records & 33 jingles. I was commissioned to write a bunch of songs for people and jingles for places this summer.
Website: jonsnodgrass.com
Get Social: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Katiria
Hometown: Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and moved to Denver, Colo. in 2019.
Formed: Quarantine 2020!
Latest Release: ''Mientes'' (Single), Self-Released, Dec. 12, 2020
About: Music was always my passion. All I ever wanted to do is sing in front of a large audience for the rest of my life. I would always sign up for school talent shows, competitions, or anything involving performing arts so I can have those minutes that fulfill me so much. I even remember performing some Shakira or Britney Spears to my entire family whenever I had a chance. I knew from an early age that this was the thing that was going to make me the happiest. My dad even bought me my first guitar for my fourth birthday so I can follow his footsteps.
Katiria’s father was a well-known singer and songwriter for the Salsa and Merengue genre, collaborated with big artists, such as Lalo Rodriguez, Paquito Guzman and Hector Tricoche.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: Not gonna lie, at first it was tough. I had to postpone so many things I had planned. I couldn't meet people to record or do music videos. My producer got sick and the other one had to go back to school, but I just had to find a way to make it work. I had an URGE to write and sing. I told myself this was going to be the year I finally start my music career, I couldn't let myself down again. So I bought myself a microphone, and started working with producers virtually. It turned out amazing! I met people who were going through the same thing and learned so much from doing music production online. I'm beyond grateful I didn't give up.
Get Social: Instagram, Facebook, Spotify
Koko LA
Hometown: Aurora, Colo.
Formed: I've been performing music as a classically trained violist since 2000. I've been a recording artist since 2011. In 2015, I teamed together with Kheya Lenay Yeager to form the R A R E B Y R D $ Collective, better known as the group R A R E B Y R D $.
Latest Release: "$UCH_IZ_LIFE," Self-released, Nov. 22, 2020
About: KoKo LA is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, engineer, producer who created a name for herself through her witty & forthright lyricism, as well as her unique style of soulful vocalizing. Once a solo artist, she banded with Key~Lady & the Front Strangers in 2015 to form R A R E B Y R D $, a collaborative collective based out of Denver. Along with R A R E B Y R D $, KoKo LA focuses on collaborating with as many quality artists as possible, with the intent of building & cultivating an expansive sonic future.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: Being a musician in quarantine has been highly beneficial for our craft, as a collective, & my personal craft(s). Before quarantine, we were always on the go, show after show. We were booked up through the summer! However, once the pandemic struck and we were holed up, I took the opportunity to continue the journey that is uniting mind/body/spirit. Through that, I was able to create more freely and without the pressures we set on ourselves because of the constant motion. I was literally forced to sit still with my craft and get to know it, along with what I wanted to hear. I will be a part of an unpopular opinion in saying that 00 it was the best thing to ever happen to my sound.
Get Social: Koko LA Instagram, R A R E B Y R D $ Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat
Plume Varia
shon cobbs
Latest Release: "Hold On To Me" (Single), Self-Released, Dec. 11, 2020
About: Plume Varia is the indie/dreampop duo of Shon and Cherie Cobbs currently based in Placitas, New Mexico. Their debut album "Fact | Fiction" was produced by and features David J. Haskins of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets, as well as Josh Freese of NIN, Devo, Sting, etc.
Launching in 2013, the duo made their mark in the Denver music scene, being nominated multiple years in a row for the Westword Music Awards and winning in 2018. They have been featured in Paste Magazine's Daytrotter, NPR, PBS, The Denver Post, Westword, and many national and international music blogs.
They've had the pleasure of opening for national acts such as Peter Murphy, Gang of Four, Dada, Pure Bathing Culture, Har Mar Superstar, In The Valley Below, and many more.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: It's an interesting kind of difficult, honestly. I think at the beginning of the quarantine, many people who identify as creatives envisioned a quarantine where you could allow yourself to become engulfed in some sort of creative exploration or pursuit. You tell yourself that there is a pressure on you to show that you were able to use the extra time to focus and really turn around some amazing art. But that's just not reality. Reality is that it is extremely difficult to create freely when you wake up dreading this day's death count, when you fear for the direction of the country politically, and especially when your creative whims suddenly seem less important while pressed against the backdrop of the fight against police brutality and this watershed moment for the BLM movement. Our new single "Hold On To Me" is about that feeling that no matter how hard we all are trying, or how differently we are each affected by this year's historic nature, we still feel it, that low hanging cloud of despair that has gripped us all since March. It then becomes about learning how to acknowledge those feelings, respecting their existence, but then finding a way to still create through the fog.
Website: www.plumevaria.com
Get Social: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube
Latest Release: "Hideaway" (Single), Dec. 1, 2020, "The Passenger" (Single), Dec. 1, 2020 and "Remember That Cool Thing We Did" LP, Staycation Records, Feb. 18, 2021
About: South Of France is an indie-pop band that was initially started by multi-instrumentalist songwriter/producer Jeff Cormack in 2011. Inspired by his love for retro guitar-pop, South Of France began as a spare-time, lo-fi, garage rock project until the indie music and film world noticed his unique ability to create dynamic melody and guitar-driven indie-pop that is centered around his intertwining vocal parts with layers of reverb-soaked harmonies. Their independently released, debut full-length album "Another Boring Sunrise" was released in 2012 and landed them print features in Under The Radar magazine, Filter Magazine and earned several excellent reviews from numerous influential music critics around the world.
In 2014 South Of France was listed as one of the top ten reasons to visit Denver by Refinery29 Magazine.
Website: www.southoffrancemusic.com
Get Social: Instagram, Spotify
Latest Release: "Shimmer" and "Sometimes I Do" (Singles), Self-release, Oct. 23, 2020
About: Wally is a musical project made up of artists Hayley Gray, Dex Carpenter, and sometimes you. Located in Denver, the couple creates their music from a makeshift studio in the corner of their bedroom. Wally lives in an experimental purgatory between Space Pop, Indie Rock, and your next-door neighbors’ soundscape EP. While their self-titled album deals in identifying and observing the strange and glorious things that make up life, their upcoming 2021 release is about facing it all head on.
Their most recent singles give the listener a sure foreshadowing of what’s to come. “Sometimes I Do,” is inspired by a sudden trip home for a family death. It offers a dark timbre in its musicality, while the vocals maintain bright and soothing harmonies reminiscent of previous single “Be a Dog.” The track “Shimmer,” a parable masquerading as a childhood memory, showcases an upbeat and reedy synth atop blown out drums, while the lyrics tell a frantic story about getting lost—and found—in the Appalachian woods.
What's it like being a musician in quarantine: We started writing our upcoming album right before the pandemic hit, and being home made our writing arguably more cohesive than was the case for our last record. When we wrote our first and self-titled album in 2018, we were basically working jobs with opposite schedules. So, sometimes Dex would lay the groundwork for a project and I'd add in over top or vice-versa. With the record we just finished writing, it feels more like we are finding a unified sound because we were able to create almost every song while we were sitting right next to each other. We feel very fortunate to have been able to concentrate on music during quarantine.
Website: https://www.wallysounds.com
Get Social: Instagram, Twitter, Bandcamp
Xiuhtezcatl
Hometown: Boulder, Colo.
Latest Release: "Runway Tapes" EP, Self-Release, Oct. 16, 2020
About: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is an advocate, leader, activist and hip-hop artist. Recently named Time's "Next 100," Xiuhtezcatl has felt called to change the narrative on what it means to be an activist since an early age. Still a teenager, X has spoken multiple times at the UN, addressing the General Assembly and spoken on panels with the likes of Bernie Sanders, Van Jones, Shailene Woodley, Bill Mckibbens and Pharrell Williams.
The young multi-hyphenate has a unique talent for connecting people through popular culture and sharing the message of his indigenous roots to better serve the planet and reimagine the future for his generation.
His message and depth transcends his 19 years on the planet, yet is still packed with all the hard-hitting grit that appeals to today’s hip-hop fans. His rhyme scheme is raw and quick witted, influenced by a diverse range of artists like Anderson.Paak, Jaden and Earthgang. His thought provoking lyrics are anchored by the Indigenous roots of his father’s lineage and the social justice work of his mother. Being bilingual and a skilled code switcher, he incorporates Spanish and English interchangeably into his music, which has become the outlet for representing his cultural heritage.
“Voice Runners,” Xiuhtezcatl’s new collaborative album with LA based artist Tru, is a project which reflects his identity and struggles as a young Indigenous man growing up as a minority in mainstream America. X is committed to delivering music that has as much meaning as it has radio appeal.
Website: https://xiuhtezcatl.com/
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Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe agree on 'potential' new trade deal that will see Japan slash tariffs on U.S. agricultural imports – while still facing taxes on their own auto exports – in triumph for American farmers
Donald Trump says he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached a trade deal 'in principle' on Sunday at the annual Group of Seven summit
President claimed the agreement was favorable to U.S. farmers, because it Japan would be buying up excess corn that's rotting on the stalk
'This is a tremendous deal for the United States,' he told press while speaking alongside Abe in Biarritz, France, where this year's gathering is being held
Potential deal would slash tariffs on U.S. beef, pork and other agricultural imports, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer claimed
He said during the announcement that Japan would be also buying a lot of wheat, wine, ethanol and dairy products from the United States
By Katelyn Caralle, U.s. Political Reporter and Francesca Chambers, Senior White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com
Donald Trump says he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached a trade deal 'in principle' on Sunday at the annual Group of Seven summit.
The president claimed the agreement was favorable to U.S. farmers, because it Japan would be buying up excess corn that's rotting on the stalk now that a China trade accord is no longer imminent.
'This is a tremendous deal for the United States,' he told press while speaking alongside Abe in Biarritz, France, where this year's gathering is being held. 'It's really tremendous deal for our farmers.'
The potential deal would slash tariffs on U.S. beef, pork and other agricultural imports, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer claimed. He said during the announcement that Japan would be also buying a lot of wheat, wine, ethanol and dairy products from the United States.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he had reached a trade deal with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that would be 'tremendous' for U.S. farmers
He also said Japan agreed to make large corn and wheat purchases from the U.S.
Japan and the United States are two of the seven largest economies in the world, and the Asian nation is America's third largest trading partner after Canada and China.
Trump and Abe made a surprise announcement that they were close to reaching a trade deal on the second day of the G7. They seemed to have differing opinion on what close meant, with Trump claiming it was all but completed and Abe saying they'd reached a potential agreement.
'We're very far down the line. We've agreed to every point, and now we're papering it, and we'll be signing it at a formal ceremony,' the U.S president stated.
His timeline for completion was the United Nations General Assembly, which will be held at the end of September in at the multinational organization's headquarters in New York City.
'And one of the things that Prime Minister Abe has also agreed to is we have excess corn in various parts of our country, with our farmers, because China did not do what they said they were going to do,' he claimed. 'And Prime Minister Abe, on behalf of Japan, they're going to be buying all of that corn.
Trump claimed that Japan would be making a 'massive purchase of wheat also' and 'the very, very large order of corn will go quickly.'
'But importantly, it's something that wasn't in the agreement that we may not even -- we may do that as a supplementary agreement. But we appreciate that very much. We just agreed to that on the other idea of the door,' he stated.
Trump claimed on Twitter a little later, 'Big Trade Deal just agreed to with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. Will be great for our Farmers, Ranchers and more. Really big Corn purchase!'
Abe said the agricultural product purchases by private sector businesses were a 'possibility' but did not comment on any other alleged points of the framework.
At Trump's invitation to speak, he said, 'So with regard to the potential purchase of American corn, in Japan we are now experiencing inspect pest on some of the agricultural products. And there is a need for us to buy certain amount of agricultural products.
'And this will be done by the Japanese private sector. That means that Japanese corporations will need to buy additional agricultural products. And we believe that there is a need for us to implement emergency support measures for the Japanese private sector to have the early purchase of the American corn,' he explained.
Trump and Abe met for a bilateral meeting earlier in the day where they discussed a wide variety of issues
Abe reaffirmed that it would be up to Japanese businesses to decide who they purchase corn from, regardless of the step his government takes to lower barriers to buying from America.
'Of course, there is something that is already a shared understanding between -- by the Japanese public, Japanese private sector, as well. So that's why, against such backdrop, I do think that there is a possibility for us to cooperate to address this issue,' he said. 'And with regard to further details, I would like to continue discussing with you, Mr. President.'
Trump was not deterred. He claimed that the Japanese private sector follows the lead of the public sector, and he had no concerns at all.
One remaining sticking point was a tariff on Japanese cars that Trump's said he won't take off.
'They stay the same. They're staying the same,' he told a group of reporters.
The same day he reached the trade deal with the Asian nation, Trump admitted that he was having 'second thoughts' about escalating tariffs on Chinese products.
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed in a statement that U.S. president meant that he wished he had hit China with stiffer penalties.
'President Trump responded in the affirmative - because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher,' Grisham said, playing clean-up.
During Trump and Abe's bilateral meeting earlier in the day Sunday, the two discussed a wide variety of issues, including North Korean missile testing.
The Washington ally challenged Trump on whether the authoritarian nation's actions violated the agreement.
'I'm not happy about it. But, again, he's not in violation of an agreement,' Trump said of North Korea testing short-range missiles.
Abe disagreed, claiming that Tokyo's 'position is very clear,' that the actions violated the agreement.
'[T]he launch of short-range ballistic missiles by North Korea clearly violates the relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions,' he said. 'So, in that sense, it was extremely regrettable for us to experience another round of the launch of the short-range ballistic missiles by North Korea in recent days.'
Trump and Abe agree on new trade deal that will see Japan slash tariffs on US agricultural imports
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What the 'blizzard' really cost you
New Jersey awoke Tuesday to a collective, "Wait, what?" as forecasts calling for heavy snow and perilous travel conditions proved wildly inaccurate.
"The Blizzard of 2015" failed to live up to all the foreboding theme music. Instead of feet of snow, the state, locked down in a state of emergency, got mere inches.
In frost-bitten places like South Dakota and Minnesota, they have a term for the weather we wound up with Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Perhaps the only thing "historic" about the storm, at least here in New Jersey, were the extraordinary apologies that chastened meteorologists issued afterward.
Clearly, mistakes were made. Now, somebody has to pay for it.
That "somebody" would be you.
For all its unrealized potential, the storm could still pack an economic wallop. The forecasters may have gotten that part right, at least.
Consider the unnecessary overtime for road crews and other public employees.
The lost wages and tax revenue from stores and others businesses that shut down early Monday and kept employees home Tuesday, in anticipation of something far more ... dramatic.
EDITORIAL:The blizzard was a fizzard
The vacations, business trips and job interviews disrupted by the pre-emptive cancellation of thousands of airline flights across the Northeast. The extra aggravation caused Monday by those two words that every working parent of school-age children dreads: early dismissal.
All the overkill adds up, in ways that may be impossible to tease out precisely.
Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, said the state had little choice but to react to the forecasts the way it did.
"It's premature, I think, to assess costs. Regardless, it is the state's primary responsibility to protect the public in weather events like these, and the manpower and resources must be put in place to do the job," he said in an email. "Of course, like everyone else we rely on the forecasters' predictions, which were for a severe, even historic storm. Those predictions held until late last night, unfortunately."
Local officials, too, felt their hands were tied.
Businesses impacted
Heeding forecasters' dire warnings, some businesses planned to close Tuesday long before the storm ever reached the state.
United Airlines, which accounts for the bulk of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, announced on Monday it was halting operations in the Northeast region on Tuesday.
Banks and credit unions across the state shut down early on Monday, and many remained closed Tuesday, even though the forecast didn't pan out. On Monday, Wells Fargo workers were stacking sandbags to protect flood-prone branches near the coast. The bank announced Monday that all 305 of its branches would be closed Tuesday.
Rich and Nadine Demczyszyn, who own a printing business in Jackson, On the Spot Graphics, said they reluctantly took the day off, too, since many of their clients in northern New Jersey and Long Island had closed for the day.
"We're not a huge company," said Rich Demczyszyn, of Jackson. "It hurts."
The couple may recoup at least some of their losses through sales of a storm-related T-shirt they began selling online Tuesday.
"I survived the Blizzard of 2015" it reads, tongue firmly in cheek.
David A. Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist and a Rutgers geography professor, said, as with any storm, there are bound to be winners and losers. The former group, he added, would include the supermarkets and hardware stores that were overrun with shoppers prior to the storm.
"Some people have benefited from this, others haven't, but overall, when you stop the economy, clearly there's an impact," he said.
Some of the economic costs, he added, can be mitigated by the fact that so many people today are able to do their work from home.
"I mean, Rutgers is closed today, but I've done nothing but sit in front of my computer (working) since 7 o'clock this morning," he said. "You're the 12th person I've spoken to, and there's more waiting."
Virtually all those calls, of course, were from reporters wanting to know what went wrong with the forecast.
"I knew when I woke up today that it was going to be a day of 'splaining," he said. "There's a lot of 'splaining to do."
Shannon Mullen: 732-643-4278; smullen@app.com
Contributing: Susanne Cervenka, Erik Larsen, Amanda Oglesby, Dan Radel and Russ Zimmer
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No consensus on National Accountability Commission as another round of talks fail
Muhammad BilalPublished November 15, 2017
Politicking on accountability
Another meeting of a parliamentary committee deliberating the establishment of a National Accountability Commission ended inconclusively on Wednesday, with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) refusing to budge on the issue while PPP leaders chose to skip the proceedings entirely.
The JI and PTI want the laws governing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) kept as they are, fearing that the government is pushing forward the legislation to protect Nawaz Sharif and his family.
"The accountability of the family of holders of national office should also be brought within the purview of accountability laws," PTI's Shireen Mazari proposed at the meeting. "However, the government seems set on this proposal," she alleged, insinuating that the Sharif family's legal woes were influencing the government's lawmaking.
The leaders of political parties also failed to reach a consensus on the procedure of filing a corruption reference against an accused.
"We want someone other than the NAB chairman to take a decision on the filing of a reference against an accused," Law Minister Zahid Hamid said.
"We would rather that the Accountability Commission make this decision rather than the NAB chairman," he explained.
Laying out the way forward, the law minister said the decision to keep NAB in its current form or replace it with the National Accountability Commission would be taken after a vote.
"I hope that a decision will be taken regarding the delimitation of constituencies in the meeting of parliamentary leaders scheduled for today," he later said.
"The Elections Act (Amendment) Bill will also be tabled before parliament soon," he assured.
"Through an amendment, we will maintain separate voter lists for Ahmadiyya voters," he added.
The parliamentary committee has been summoned for another meeting on Friday.
Before the 13th meeting of the committee, all parliamentary parties had agreed on a proposal for across-the-board accountability and bringing generals and judges within the purview of NAB. But the PTI and MQM suddenly took a U-turn on October 11, 2017, the 13th meeting, shattering hopes for the approval of the almost finalised bill.
The bill "does not introduce a single measure of reform that would improve the current accountability process or bring corrupt elements to task," PTI's chief whip in the National Assembly, Shireen Mazari, had said in a letter submitted on behalf of her party on October 17, the 15th meeting of the committee.
The letter also objected to the lack of a time frame for the applicability of the proposed law. It also termed the creation of a separate agency for prosecuting accountability cases "illusory and illogical", as the proposed commission will still overlook the agency and the move will not improve prosecution in corruption cases.
The PTI also questioned the retention of the 'voluntary return' clause and the proposed provision to reduce the punishment for an offender from a maximum of 14 to a maximum of seven years if the illegal gain is fully recovered.
Under Section 25 of the National Accountability Ordinance, the NAB chairman, with the approval of any accountability court, can order the release of an accused found guilty of corruption after he/she enters into a plea bargain or an agreement by returning the misappropriated money to the Bureau.
The party also objected to a proposed provision that will give the right to bail to an accused who has been in custody for more than a year without their trial being concluded.
"Considering the fact that it is extremely unlikely for any NAB trial to conclude within a year, this provision will ensure that every person accused of corruption is released on bail," the letter read.
Section 51 of the proposed bill, which says that proceedings against a person will abate if a trial is not concluded within ten years, was also questioned by the PTI, which claims: "a person who may clearly be guilty of looting public money and abuse of power can go free as a result of delay in his trial" because of the provision.
It also objected to the retention of the powers of pardon granted to the proposed commission and raised other technical and operational issues.
The JI rejected the bill in the 15th meeting of the committee, held at the Parliament House on Tuesday, October 24.
The JI’s parliamentary leader, Sahibzada Tariq Ullah, had told the committee that his party had rejected the bill because it thought that there were some flaws in it and that it did not have the requirements needed for developing a better accountability system in the country.
“Accountability laws should be improved,” he had said.
Sources close to the law minister have said that the government wants to get approved the bill by the committee and later by the Senate and National Assembly with consensus.
They said that even after the opposition of the bill by the PTI, MQM and JI, the government could get the bill approved not only by the committee but also by the two houses of parliament. But, they added, it might provide an opportunity to opposition parties to take to the streets for agitation.
New commission proposed to replace NAB
Committee ‘under pressure’ to bring judges, generals under accountability law
No consensus on accountability of judges, generals
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Nov 15, 2017 04:04pm
Fazal Karim
Misleading tactics by PML to escape accountability in the present Penama and Hudaiba cases. Leave this till current cases exposed by Panama and other s candles are concluded. Corrupt leaders under the pretext of democracy winds to wind up superior courts and replace them by provincial and national assemblies.
Nov 16, 2017 08:15am
@Fazal Karim Agreed
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Consuming Passions
Private Obsessions of a Remarkable Collector
Writer Paul Theroux has traveled the world by plane, train, horse, and foot. For his book North Star Africa, he went by canoe, "chicken bus," and cattle truck from Cairo to Cape Town. Along the way he amassed a lifetime of knowledge—and favorite things.
By Paul Theroux on March 30, 2010
About four years ago I saw what I considered a masterpiece of its kind in the Chor Bazaar, the so-called Thieves' Market, in Bombay. It was a reverse-glass painting of an Indian nautch girl—dancing girl—caught in a sinuous move, intentionally teasing, probably done in the mid- or late 19th century, with Chinese characters in black brushstrokes on the wood-slatted back and set in a decaying frame. I wasn't sizing it up. I was teased, indeed falling in love. It was an old feeling.
The collector's instinct, which is also a powerful appetite, begins with a glimpse of something singular, and a smile of recognition, as though the collector has noticed what Auden once called "a soul-bewitching face." The collector has fallen hard, but the feeling cannot be openly expressed or the collector's urgency will be betrayed. Meanwhile, emotion takes hold as the collector lingers, fizzing with curiosity. From fascination to acquisitiveness, the feeling deepens, becomes tinged with a kind of benign lust, and next a sense of calculation, and finally a blatant greed for possession. The collector's catchphrase, like the lover's, is "I must have it." So much ambiguity seems almost dangerous in its seductiveness. Yes, it is a kind of passion.
Money is the least of collecting's motivators. With enough money you can own anything and you can pay people to find the stuff. Collecting isn't about paying money for something rare. The need to discover is the driving force, making collecting such a complex preoccupation, it is almost imponderable. To avoid being self-conscious, I have not deconstructed my own impulse much. I tell myself that I am not "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," as Autolycus says in The Winter's Tale, and I insist that my travel has been enriched by this enthusiasm.
Another crucial distinction: Collecting is not the same as shopping. It has a greater affinity with hunting or, as I suggested above, in the language of desire, with the trawling associated with seduction, resulting in a love affair. Collectors are not merely possessors; they are themselves possessed by the search and at last by the objects of their affection. What lover doesn't know this?
In all collecting, effort matters more than cash, and uniqueness lends beauty to an object. Intimate knowledge and stealth are part of the quest. Since connoisseurship cannot be taught, collecting involves intense self-education. You must know the history of what you own—Avoir sans savoir est insupportable, as the saying has it. I find in my nearest big library books on collecting beer cans of the world, bottles, coins, Chinese porcelain, modern first editions, movie posters, seashells, and much more. But for many of us, there are no handy manuals or guides. What has sustained me over the years is the thrill of the chase. Add travel to collecting and you have the sort of passion that can sustain half a lifetime of pleasurable searching.
That reverse-glass painting was probably done by a Chinese painter in Gujarat, I found out later. The process of painting on the back of a pane of glass an image to be viewed from the front was European in origin (a cheaper and quicker version of stained glass), but the style of this piece was Chinese, the subject secular and unusually sensual. In the 18th century, Europeans introduced this technique of painting to India, where it flourished. The Chinese had learned reverse-glass painting from early Jesuits in China at about the same time or earlier, and some itinerant Chinese artists eventually got to India, where they produced many of these secular paintings.
I bought this beautiful thing and I looked for more. It wasn't easy to find others, but I was delighted by the variety I encountered—religious, mythical, erotic—and the out-of-the-way places where I found them.
With each new painting I was possessed with a greater desire to know more about reverse-glass painting in India. Barbara Rossi's From the Ocean of Painting, a survey of India's popular paintings; Glass Paintings: An Ephemeral Art in India, by Samita Gupta; and a piece by Roy C. Craven Jr. in a 1983 Arts of Asia magazine were helpful. With the passing years I have found out enough so that I can identify the good ones, the range of subjects, the various styles, the regional differences—places as distant from each other as Tanjore in the south, Bengal in the east, Gujarat in the west—and many artistic sensibilities at work, as well as the hands of Chinese and Indians.
As all collectors discover eventually, the objects of their affection become scarcer and more expensive as time passes and their taste develops and their connoisseurship ripens. But whenever I go to India, I look for such paintings. What entrances me is that though these reverse-glass paintings are superb, they are not treasures in the classic sense but rather beloved objects from a household created by an individual hand, someone with enthusiasm and vision.
Not long ago I was researching another area of my collecting enthusiasm, African artifacts. Verifying a piece, I found quoted in a catalogue a wise observation by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, who wrote (in La Flamme d'une chandelle): "Whenever we live close to familiar everyday things, we begin once again to live slowly, thanks to their fellowship, and so yield to dreams which have a past, yet in which there is always something fresh and new. The objects we store away in our treasure chest of things, in our small personal museum of beloved things, are all of them talismans for our dreams."
Bachelard, a great explicator of reverie, of the precious space in houses and of old-fashioned handmade objects, like oil lamps and cupboards, is an ideal philosopher for the dreamier collector.
It is hard for me to separate collecting from travel, which seems to me an associated activity. Traveling collectors are people I recognize. One of the greatest pieces of Marquesan art (now in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts) is the wooden carving of a graceful human hand collected by Robert Louis Stevenson when he was sailing the Pacific in the 1880s, looking for a place to live. The traveler Sir Richard Burton filled his labyrinthine home in Trieste, Italy, with his collection of African and Middle Eastern artifacts. On his many visits to Haiti, Graham Greene—one of the least acquisitive of men, but a compulsive traveler—became enamored of 20th-century Haitian paintings and ended up with a superb collection, some of which he mentioned in his novel The Comedians.
These travelers were not merely treasure hunting in distant lands but rather giving a point and purpose to their journeys. This is salutary because travel at its most rewarding is a solitary quest. I also have periods of thinking that travel can seem one of the most annoying, self-indulgent, even futile ways of passing the time. But travel should be about looking deeper into the world at large, into oneself. It is obvious that the study of the material culture of a place reveals subtleties in the history of its people. I don't think it is a rationalization to say that collecting is a creative activity as well as a spur to wider, more sensitive travel and true discovery.
The collector's passion is something I have felt my whole life, though really I did not collect anything for a number of years, not even books. I was nomadic from the time I left college in 1963 until ten years later, when I settled down in London. I had lived in Italy, in Uganda, in Malawi, and in Singapore. In this decade of traveling light, I had wandered widely: into the Congo, to Nigeria, to Borneo, to India and Burma, all over Malaysia, throughout northern Sumatra and East Java, and to Bali. I coveted much of what I saw but bought nothing. I hardly owned anything at all, was virtually possessionless, until I was in my mid-thirties. Where would I have put it?
There was another reason. In those days in Africa, most of the desirable artifacts had spiritual power and were in frequent use. Not much was for sale. I recall in the mid-sixties witnessing a frenzied all-night dance of the Agnoni people, called the Nyau, or the image dance, in the Malawi bush, at a place on Lake Nyasa, in the village of Mua: drums, masks, bells, rattles, headdresses, and a symbolic image that was paraded in the firelight. Around that time, on the southern shore of Lake Victoria, the Sukuma people held dance competitions at which they displayed elaborately carved human-size figures with movable limbs, called mabinda. It did not occur to me to buy any of the masks or artifacts that were used in these ceremonies, and probably the dancers would not have parted with them.
After I bought a house, my life changed dramatically. For one thing, with a real home, a place to return to, I became a bolder traveler. And perhaps the collecting passion itself depends on surrounding oneself at home with objects of personal significance. For the first time I was able to collect the things I saw in my traveling.
I set out from this first house in the early autumn of 1973 to take the trip I wrote about in The Great Railway Bazaar. On that trip I became an actual collector rather than an ardent fancier and I began to understand the joy, and the psychopathology, of collecting. I was deeply melancholy on this almost five-month trip alone. I missed my family badly; my spirit needed soothing. I had time on my hands. In Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, the Kapali Carsi, I spent days comparing jewelry and samovars and carpets. I bought some Seljuk bracelets. I took the train to Iran and in the bazaar of the holy city of Meshed I found an ancient blue-glazed tile. Going overland, I continued into Afghanistan, where had I wished I could have swapped my gold Omega watch for a crate of tribal rifles, with mother-of-pearl inlay in the stocks. I bought some small Mogul miniatures in Pakistan, some Rajasthani pichavais (temple paintings) in India, a dagger in Sri Lanka, a watercolor in Calcutta, a Buddha in Vietnam, and more. The larger items I sent home, the smaller ones I kept with me to Japan and on the homeward leg on the Trans-Siberian Express. In those days, a traveler with a glittering dagger in his bag was not viewed as a threat.
The Rajasthani pichavai, I learned, was from the temple at Nathadwara, an image of young Krishna, Shri Nathji. I found some of these in London, and the next time I went to India I searched specifically for more of them. Highly colored, beautifully painted, some of them quite large, they seem to me the epitome of the art of veneration—piety and skill given expression on a piece of cotton cloth. Thirty years later I am still fascinated.
In the late seventies, on the Old Patagonian Express trip from Boston to Esquel in Argentina, I discovered Spanish colonial paintings of biblical scenes, of Christ, of patron saints watching over South American cities. I could not afford expensive ones, but I found slightly damaged paintings, beautiful but needing a little restoration. I studied the subjects, the periods, the restoration techniques. When I was traveling in Ecuador, researching my novel Blinding Light, I found more of these colonial paintings and by then could distinguish between an original, a good copy, and a brazen fake.
I had first gone to China in 1980, a time when there were impromptu flea markets in many rural towns and villages. I found a large lacquer fish, a teapot, a scroll, a cricket cage, a jade bowl, some gilded lions that had been casualties of the Cultural Revolution. Back home, I researched the objects. The cricket cage, a smooth pumpkin-colored gourd with a minutely carved ivory top, interested me most. On subsequent trips to China and Hong Kong I looked for cricket cages, for cricket paraphernalia—food dishes, ticklers, fighting arenas, containers for catching crickets—and I educated myself to the point where by the time I set off to write Riding the Iron Rooster, that trip could have been subtitled "in search of cricket art," though I did not mention it in the book.
One of the paradoxes of traveling in the Pacific, as I did in the late eighties and early nineties for The Happy Isles of Oceania, is the discovery that not much of the traditional material culture still exists. There were exceptions, but on most islands where there had been wood and clay and thatch, missionaries and traders had introduced plastic bowls and tin pots, aluminum boats and canvas shelters and corrugated-iron roofs. If you want an authentic Hawaiian calabash or poi bowl or dogtooth-leg rattle, you will need to go to a dealer or an auction in Europe or New York. I have never seen any Hawaiian piece I desired for sale in Hawaii, though I have seen many in Paris and Amsterdam.
In quest of The Happy Isles, I found that canoe art still existed in some places, notably the wilder shores of New Guinea; on the Trobriand Islands and Palau, the outlying islands of the Solomons; and in Vanuatu. The people there are still making and decorating canoes in the old way. The epitome of canoe art is found in the splashboard and the prow of a Trobriand voyaging canoe, in the cleverly made and decorated scoops used for bailing the canoe, and in the varieties of paddle. On many islands the people are still firing pots or carving slit drums or making masks and war clubs. I picked up many of these objects, and I saw in some islands the remnants of an older culture, in particular the war clubs.
Collecting and studying Pacific war clubs has occupied me for the past ten years. Every island has its own form of club, with a specific purpose in battle, out of wood or whalebone. In Hawaii and Kiribati sharks' teeth were fixed to clubs, and the Maori fashioned clubs from pounamu, or greenstone. The Fijians created the greatest variety of clubs, and the successful warrior often inserted the teeth of his victim in the club head to give it greater power. Many Pacific clubs are works of art, and not battle-scarred at all, leading me to believe that they served the same purpose as ceremonial swords did in Europe—an intimidating object to swagger with. Many old prints engraved by European navigators show Pacific Islanders engaged in head-bashing, but quite a few depict men holding a gracefully carved club as a symbol of authority.
With the passing years, the traditional culture of Africa has given way to modernity, to Christian or Islamic conversion or to the dazzle of electronics. And by degrees African artifacts of all sorts have become available, even the masks from the Nyau dance and the marionettes from the Sukuma people that I coveted in the sixties. Of course there are dealers in the great cities of the world, but it is still possible to find pieces in Africa. And some of the simplest are the most evocative. I own a Baga snake sculpture and some Chokwe helmet-masks, Yoruba ibejis, and Lunda walking sticks, but I have come to see the beauty in a stool, a bowl, a comb, something that had been carefully made and used often in a village, the old, worn, everyday things that Bachelard spoke of. Such a masterpiece of simplicity and grace is the African tree trunk smoothed and shaped by the Dogon people into a ladder, used to gain access to an upper-story granary.
Any scrupulous examination of our pleasures, even our aesthetic pleasures, and especially collecting, will probably reveal deep down a twisted pathological condition. And it is impossible to be a collector and not to be overwhelmed by such an accumulation of worldly goods. As a collector I am always battling self-consciousness and trying to avoid the bigger questions raised by this happy obsession. I am given heart by Bachelard. In his telling phrase, justifying all the travel and effort of collecting, one could not do better than his identifying these objects as talismans for our dreams.
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Marble Gallery - Hungary, May 2019
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Marble Gallery #16 Showing
In a town somewhere in Hungary with historical and cultural value we discovered one of the most beautiful ballrooms of the whole country. As one of the few cinemas in the region, this used to be the center of attraction for art lovers and the youth. The last screening, however, was already ten years ago and since then the stately theater has been rotting away at a rapid pace. Lately, it has become an insider’s tip of the local urbex community. We were one of the first international photographers when we explored this place. It’s hard to believe that such an architecturally impressive structure lies forgotten within the city center. As the last visitors of the theater we’re trying to bring history to life and show you the beauty of decay.
Marble Gallery #08 Hall of Mirrors
Hungary has some of the coolest abandoned places we know of. So, it was only a matter of time until we would start a road trip to this country. In the first episode of our new series you could already see fascinating derelict palaces which we explored as the kick-off to our journey. We managed to delve into the moving history of these sites. Also the grand architecture made a lasting impression. But actually, all of that was just a taste of what we should experience this time.
Marble Gallery #03
We didn’t know anything about the place we wanted to explore on that day. The exterior façade was damaged completely and the whole building complex looked rather like abandoned construction works than a historical theater. We thought, if this was the spot, it would be a disgrace for the town. How can they let a cultural center go to rack and ruin like this? This is what we wanted to find out. And apparently, we were at the right place. An inconspicuous door was leading us to the imposing entrance hall.
Marble Gallery #04 Grand
Guys, this was only the foyer. What else can be expecting us here that can top this?! To make it a bit more interesting for you, we share the history of the place we were researching after our exploration. Actually, the cinema was only a small part of a larger building complex with moving past. Originally, the site was constructed as hotel. Its story already started in the 14th century. But the way it looks today, the hotel wasn’t built before 1890. Only after a communization in consequence of World War Two, several refurbishments and extensions as well as numerous changes of name it became the popular entertainment center it was until its closure around 1990. Located at the biggest and most important road in the middle of the city, this building complex combined restaurant, night club, clothing store, barber shop, cine club and the theater itself. The picture palace probably opened in the 60s and even outlived the end of the hotel.
Marble Gallery #10 Cinema Hall
This looks more like a traditional theater than a modern cinema, right? After another major picture palace in the city had to shut down, the management of this facility decided to change the profile completely in order to guarantee economic survival. The place became an art cinema and mainly avant-garde films were shown. The entrance fees, however, remained super cheap. This should be one of the reasons why the theater perished in the end. In this image you can see the last show in 2008. Since then the building has been vacant. The projectors were given to another cinema in the town which had to deal with outdated equipment for years.
Marble Gallery #13 Picture Palace
For ten years the cinema has been falling apart now and it's striking to see how little vandalism you can find here so far. We only spotted some graffiti but the main rooms have been spared. Unfortunately, most parts of the building ensemble are completely empty. During a multi-year remediation operations simply discontinued. Due to the bumbling demolition and construction works the structure was partly damaged beyond repair. As a matter of fact, the hotel, which was closed down 30 years ago, was supposed to be revived again. Instead there's now a massive ruin downtown. We felt watched the whole time. Due to the central location the streets around the building were quite busy. Because of the missing windows in most parts, pedestrians could have spotted us quite easily. Luckily, nobody was expecting foreign daredevils to be inside the old walls. That's why people simply overlooked us.
There's a last highlight we kept from you so far. Here you can see a popular restaurant and how it used to look a long time ago. It's located exactly below the cinema hall. For that, we have to go back to where we started though.
Marble Gallery #06 Night Club
As you might be able to guess from taking a look at those images over the door, the former restaurant was used as a night club the last few years before the cinema was shut down. You could mistake those pillars for dancing poles but actually, nothing here is reminding of the time when this saloon was used as a striptease bar. Today, you only find splendid architecture and great decay.
Marble Gallery #25 Ballroom
So, how will the future of this unique place look like? In fact, we can be optimistic. The city bought the building complex back a while ago. The restoration to its former glory would cost many million Euros; that's for sure. But plans for a comeback already exist. That this will be a cinema again, is highly unlikely though. Anyway, we would be happy to see the forgotten paradise be highly frequented again in the future. Not by scrap metal thieves and vandals but by residents and businessmen. It would be a shame to let such a historical place be buried in oblivion.
Marble Gallery #23 Comeback
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The secret to Kyle Korver’s record-setting shot
By Ray Glier;
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ATLANTA – To shoot his 3s, Kyle Korver does 35 to 40 minutes of vigorous leg lifts two times a week — dead lifts of more than 300 pounds — to make sure his legs are ready for the fourth quarter.
To shoot his 3s, Kyle Korver sprints into his jump shot in pregame workouts to make sure he practices his specialty at game speed.
To shoot his 3s, Kyle Korver has to be a thorny defender, or else he is not going to get on the court in the first place.
To shoot his 3s, Kyle Korver walks to his car following the morning shootaround with his knees encased in ice.
The party line is to throw an elbow at a 3-point shooter like Korver, to dismiss him, to make him caricature. Soft. One-dimensional. Easy prey off the dribble.
Korver, a graduate of Pella High School, is the Atlanta Hawks’ 32-year-old, 6-foot-7 swingman who owns the NBA record for consecutive games making a 3-pointer (118). He recoils at the notion he is a merely a specialist, some kind of hood ornament. He is a dutiful NBA player.
“Three-point shooting better be the best part of my game, but if that’s all you do, you don’t get to play that much in the NBA,” Korver said. “I try and be solid all around. I enjoy basketball, not just shooting.”
Korver was invited to the All-Star Weekend 3-point Shootout in New Orleans but declined so he could spend time with his family. He broke Dana Barros’ record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer (89) on Dec. 6.
There are fundamentals to Korver’s success as a shooter. For instance, repeated mechanics is more important to him than finding rhythm, which is the case with most shooters.
“If I look back at the greatest shooters of all time I can find all kinds of mistakes in mechanics, but if you look at it, they are the same mechanics every single time, so the first part of shooting is finding the shot you can make every single time,” Korver said. “It doesn’t matter what it looks like, but you have to be able to replicate it every single time.
“Eventually, you get to a point where you recognize what’s wrong. When I am warming up I would rather miss a shot than make it. If I am making it and they are going in and all I have is a good rhythm, well, that rhythm may not be there during a game.”
The essence of Korver’s success is playing off screens and spacing.
Also, the transition 3, once shunned in the NBA, is a part of his repertoire. According to statistics compiled by Synergy, in the last five years, Korver connects on transition 3s at a robust 45.9 percent. His 3s in the half court are 44.9 percent.
Here are some Koverisms:
“A screen is all about separation from your man, understanding the ins and outs of getting separation from your man, the speed of when to speed up and slow down. You have to be able to know where you want to get after the screen. And so much is timing.”
“In our offense, we want to play with pace and we want to play with space, which means we’re giving Jeff (Teague) and our point guards room to operate in the pick and roll. We’re spaced out with shooters and making defenders choose between one or the other.”
Korver does everything he can to help the Hawks win. He sets screens, draws defenders out of the lane, makes himself a pesky defender, finds the open man, helps on defense, and scuffles for the loose ball. It is fantasy to think a guy with one trick could survive in the NBA for 11 years. Korver is a responsible player all over the floor, not just at that arc 22 to 23-feet, 9 inches from the rim.
But Danny Ferry, general manager of the Hawks, understood Korver would not neglect the rest of the game when he was acquired from the Chicago Bulls in July 2012.
“He really wants to play the right way on both ends,” Ferry said. “Obviously his shooting is what he is known for. But he brings so many intangibles on both ends. He works to rebound, or least put a body on someone. If you are guarding the ball you can trust that, if he is supposed to be there behind you, he’ll be there.”
Korver’s true shooting percentage in 45 games is .655, which is third among players who have played 40 games. His job is not to average 25 points. His job is to take shots he can make and spread the floor. He shoots 46.3 percent on 3s, 51.1 percent from 2-point range and 92.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Korver said the streak is intact not because he is chasing it every night, but because his job is to shoot the long ball. The streak is also intact because other people were looking out for it.
On February 13, 2013, in Orlando, the Hawks were pummeling the Magic when Korver was pulled from the game for good without a made 3. A few seats away, there was a humming in assistant coach Bob Weiss’ pocket. It was Weiss’ wife texting him that Korver did not yet have a 3. The streak was in jeopardy. Korver was reinserted into the game.
“I didn’t like it, I didn’t like it one bit, that’s not who I am as a player,” Korver said. “I went in missed two 3s and looked at the bench like ‘Get me out of here’. Then I made one.”
Korver was validated as a player by USA Basketball talent scouts Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski when they selected Korver as one of 28 players for the 2014-16 USA Men’s National Team Pool, which would compete in the 2016 Olympics.
“It’s kind of cool that it’s happening now; I’ve never been the most talented guy on a team, but I’ve always wanted to be a good teammate,” he said. “I don’t need the ball a lot, I’ll try and create some space for you, when you get double-teamed I’ll try and knock it down, and try and play the right way. They are trying to build the best team, and to be thought of maybe being a piece of the best team is very cool, an honor.”
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After a hospital appointment in England, he returned to Africa as Dean of the Native Medical Aids School. He worked in a leper colony and treated prostitutes in Yemen PDR (formerly Aden).
At the outbreak of WW2, he worked in England as a surgeon in the hospitals of the Emergency Medical Service. He treated numerous soldiers, wounded at Dunkirk and later during D Day. In 1957 he held the most senior surgical post in Ethiopia.
Back in Ireland, he took up the post of County Surgeon in Naas, Co. Kildare and continued to develop his method of Deep Relaxation as an alternative to anaesthesia and drugs and devoted himself to using Hypnosis as a mind-strengthening, relaxation therapy, to overcome mental or physical conditions.
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Saudi Arabia, officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has one of the fastest-growing and most impressive higher education systems in the Middle East. Thus, it is hardly surprising that thousands of international students choose to enrol at Saudi Arabian universities and colleges every year.
With a colourful blend of modern architecture, ancient sites, and the beautiful Red Sea coast, it’s easy to understand why many want to study and live in this kingdom, at least for a while.
Why study in Saudi Arabia
1. Saudi Arabia invests a lot in education
In Saudi Arabia, education is taken very seriously. Over 20% of the annual budget is invested in developing, improving, and maintaining a high standard of teaching at all education levels. This is also reflected in the large number of higher education institutions: there are over 25 public universities and more than 65 private colleges where students can enrol.
2. International students have access to funding
Saudi Arabian universities offer scholarships to all international students, regardless of their country of origin. Usually, the scholarship application is included in the university application process. The most substantial scholarships cover full tuition fees and a large part of the monthly living costs.
3. Modern infrastructure and facilities
Students enjoy state-of-the-art resources and facilities, both in terms of studying and living. Universities have the latest technologies necessary for lab work and advanced research. As for on-campus accommodation, at some universities, students even benefit from air conditioning, gyms, swimming pools, and restaurants.
4. Saudi Arabia is an economic powerhouse
It’s no secret that oil is the key asset that has transformed Saudi Arabia into one of the top 20 economies in the entire world. This has allowed the beautiful Arab country to build an impressive infrastructure, a stable financial system, and to position itself as an attraction for tourists with money to spend.
As an international student, it’s a bit harder to find a job after graduating from a Saudi Arabian university. But this doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Students with specialist skills can find work in fields like IT, banking, telecommunications, or the oil industry.
In 2018, for example, the average salary was around 7,250 EUR per month, making Saudi Arabia the highest paying country among the five Gulf Cooperation Council states.
What is it like to study in Saudi Arabia?
One aspect noticed by all internationals is the different culture and system of values. Gender segregation is widespread, so girls and boys will study at different universities and live in campuses that are far apart. In terms of infrastructure, you can expect modern facilities and resources.
Most extra-curricular activities take place in schools or on school grounds. You’ll also observe various limitations; for example, all forms of public performances, like theatre plays or concerts, are prohibited.
What to study in Saudi Arabia?
International students can enrol in various English-taught degrees. The following are only some of the most popular study options:
Business degrees in Saudi Arabia
Computer Science degrees in Saudi Arabia
Engineering degrees in Saudi Arabia
Natural Science degrees in Saudi Arabia
Medicine degrees in Saudi Arabia
Which universities to attend in Saudi Arabia?
These are some of the top-ranked universities in Saudi Arabia:
Alfaisal University
King Saud University
Each university in Saudi Arabia has its own admission system on their website that allows future students to apply for and enrol in their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes. So, once you select the university of your choice, you can go through their application and submit your materials there.
Here are some documents you might need to submit during your university application:
A scan of your diploma (high school or Bachelor’s degree)
A transcript/record of your previous courses
A scan of your passport and/or birth certificate
Testing scores
Evidence of scholarship or funding
Letters of recommendation (2 or 3)
Portfolio and/or writing samples
Helpful ways to make sure you qualify for a Saudi Arabian university
Take preparation courses
This kind of courses enables degree-seeking students to get an extra educational boost just before they start their Master’s degree or other post-graduate degree programmes. Try a pre-MBA, pre-Law, or pre-Medicine programme, as well as any other foundation or preparation courses that will allow you to study in the degree programme of your choice.
Improve your English through an English-language prep course.
If you’re attending a degree programme in Saudi Arabia, you will need to prove that your language skills are good enough to participate in the classes and understand the lectures. These courses will also prepare you for any of the English-language tests that universities require.
English-language tests
To study in Saudi Arabia, you’ll need to provide proof of your English language proficiency. The certificates generally accepted by Saudi Arabian universities are:
PTE Academic
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C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency
Still, you should always check your university’s website to be sure what the exact requirements are.
Let’s take a closer look at the tuition and living expenses in Saudi Arabia:
Tuition fees at universities in Saudi Arabia
Tuition ranges wildly at public universities in Saudi Arabia. Study programmes can cost anywhere from 0 (yes, completely free!) to over 22,000 EUR per academic year. At some institutions, tuition is calculated using the total number of credit hours — very similar to the American education system.
Like in most other countries, private universities are more expensive.
Depending on the type of accommodation and your lifestyle, you will need anywhere between 650 and 1,000 EUR to cover your monthly expenses. Here are some of the average costs of living in Saudi Arabia:
Accommodation (rent a private flat): 325–565 EUR/month (on-campus rooms are usually cheaper)
Utilities: 120–140 EUR/month
Monthly public transport pass: 34 EUR (without discounts)
Three-course meal for 2 people at a mid-range restaurant: 22.50 EUR
Milk: 1.15 EUR
Loaf of bread: 0.65 EUR
Cappuccino: 2.65 EUR
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Where to study abroad?
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Systems, Structural Properties and Levels of Organisation: The Influence of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy on the Work of F.A. Hayek
Paul Lewis
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the influence exerted on the thought of F.A. Hayek by the work of the biologist and founder of system theory, Ludwig von…
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the influence exerted on the thought of F.A. Hayek by the work of the biologist and founder of system theory, Ludwig von Bertalanffy. The author’s methodology includes textual analysis and archival work. It is argued first of all that Bertalanffy provided Hayek with a conceptual framework in terms of which he could articulate the philosophical significance of his theoretical psychology. In particular, Bertalanffy’s work afforded Hayek a set of concepts that helped him to articulate the relationship between mental and physical events – that is, between mind and body – implied by his theory. The second part of the chapter builds on the first by exploring how Hayek subsequently applied the abstract conceptual framework or ontology set out by Bertalanffy to the economy. In this way, Bertalanffy’s ideas helped Hayek to articulate and shape his emerging view of the economy as a complex adaptive system, which consists of different ‘levels of organisation’, which displays ‘structural’ or ‘emergent properties’, and which evolves over time on the basis of those group-level properties.
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542016000034A005
cultural evolution
group selection
The Road to Servomechanisms: The Influence of Cybernetics on Hayek from The Sensory Order to the Social Order
Gabriel Oliva
This chapter explores the ways in which cybernetics influenced the works of F. A. Hayek from the late 1940s onward. It shows that the concept of negative feedback…
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This chapter explores the ways in which cybernetics influenced the works of F. A. Hayek from the late 1940s onward. It shows that the concept of negative feedback, borrowed from cybernetics, was central to Hayek’s attempt to explain the principle of the emergence of human purposive behavior. Next, the chapter discusses Hayek’s later uses of cybernetic ideas in his works on the spontaneous formation of social orders. Finally, Hayek’s view on the appropriate scope of the use of cybernetics is considered.
F. A. Hayek
Norbert Wiener
Garrett Hardin
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
The History of a Tradition: Austrian Economics from 1871 to 2016
Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne and Patrick Newman
This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the contributions of the Austrian school of economics, with specific emphasis on post-WWII developments. We provide a brief…
This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the contributions of the Austrian school of economics, with specific emphasis on post-WWII developments. We provide a brief history and overview of the original theorists of the Austrian school in order to set the stage for the subsequent development of their ideas by Ludwig von Mises and F. A. Hayek. In discussing the main ideas of Mises and Hayek, we focus on how their work provided the foundations for the modern Austrian school, which included Ludwig Lachmann, Murray Rothbard and Israel Kirzner. These scholars contributed to the Austrian revival in the 1960s and 1970s, which, in turn, set the stage for the emergence of the contemporary Austrian school in the 1980s. We review the contemporary development of the Austrian school and, in doing so, discuss the tensions, alternative paths, and the promising future of Austrian economics.
market process theory
Carl Menger
Austrian Thinking on International Economics
H. Visser
The epithet “Austrian” in “Austrian economics” is applied to the work of economists as far apart in time as Carl Menger, whose Grundsätze der Volkswirthschaftslehre …
The epithet “Austrian” in “Austrian economics” is applied to the work of economists as far apart in time as Carl Menger, whose Grundsätze der Volkswirthschaftslehre (Principles of Political Economy) first appeared in 1871, and Ludwig Lachmann, Israel Kirzner and Murray Rothbard, writing a century or more later. It would be vain to attempt to define Austrian economics by a set of beliefs, commonly held by its adherents. There is much to be said for following Zuidema (1987), who prefers to speak of “styles” rather than “schools”. This implies that there need be no clear‐cut dividing lines between Austrians and the rest of the economics fraternity and that not all those dubbed “Austrian” are necessarily “typically” Austrian all of the time. There certainly seems to be a style of reasoning that can be seen as specifically Austrian. Some of the components of a “style” mentioned by Zuidema are:
Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 15 no. 3/4
Revisiting Hayek’s Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-213420160000021008
F. A. Hayek and the Rationality of Individual Choice
Mario J. Rizzo
An underappreciated aspect of F. A. Hayek’s mature views about rationality is the inter-relation of the “pure logic of choice” and rule-following behavior. Sometimes it is…
An underappreciated aspect of F. A. Hayek’s mature views about rationality is the inter-relation of the “pure logic of choice” and rule-following behavior. Sometimes it is asserted that Hayek abandoned his earlier understanding of individual rationality and replaced it with a completely rule-oriented conception of decisionmaking. In fact, however, the analysis in Hayek’s Sensory Order gives us the framework in which the relative roles of explicit choice-logic and rule-following can be discerned. Furthermore, this framework also shows that his fundamental conception of individual rationality is pragmatic, contextual, modifiable, and ecological. While standard neoclassical economists were axiomatizing the explicit logic of choice, Hayek was decades ahead of these economists in understanding the nature of decisionmaking outside of completely artificial worlds in which there are no cognitive limits and in which the structure of the environment is simple. This paper attempts to lay the foundation for an integrated understanding of Hayek’s pragmatic rule-following rationality and the “ecological rationality” of Gerd Gigerenzer and other researchers.
sensory order
pure logic of choice
The Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (Austrian Economic Association) in the Interwar Period and beyond
Hansjörg Klausinger
The Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (Austrian Economic Association, NOeG) provides a prominent example of the Viennese economic circles and associations that more than…
The Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (Austrian Economic Association, NOeG) provides a prominent example of the Viennese economic circles and associations that more than academic economics dominated scientific discourse in the interwar years. For the first time this chapter gives a thorough account of its history, from its foundation in 1918 until the demise of its long-time president, Hans Mayer, 1955, based on official documents and archival material. The topics treated include its predecessor and rival, the Gesellschaft österreichischer Volkswirte, its foundation in 1918 soon to be followed by years of inactivity, the relaunch by Mayer and Mises, the survival under the NS-regime and the expulsion of its Jewish members and the slow restoration after 1945. In particular, an attempt is made to provide a list of the papers presented to the NOeG, as complete as possible, for the period 1918–1938.
Austrian school of economics
Vienna economic circles
“Un-Austrian” Austrians? Haberler, Machlup, and Morgenstern, and the Post-Emigration Elaboration of Austrian Economics
Janek Wasserman
Historians of economic thought have begun to reintegrate “un-Austrian” Austrians back into discussions of Austrian Economics, yet many scholars have argued that the…
Historians of economic thought have begun to reintegrate “un-Austrian” Austrians back into discussions of Austrian Economics, yet many scholars have argued that the Austrian School dissolved after emigration, with only Mises and his followers left to carry on the legacy. This chapter argues that a renewed focus on the networks established by the Austrians themselves, before and after emigration, reveals a distinctly different picture of Austrian Economics. Focusing on their shared interest in international trade theory and business cycle theory and their continued contributions to economic methodology, we see the émigré Austrians advancing Austrian ideas while also reconstituting and elaborating new Austrian affiliations. Ultimately, we find ourselves in agreement with Herbert Furth that Austrian Economics is far broader than Hayek, Mises, and their acolytes would have it, and that it is vital to understand and preserve this more diverse tradition by investigating more closely the works of Haberler, Machlup, Morgenstern, and others.
Oskar Morgenstern
Gottfried Haberler
Fritz Machlup
trade theory
economic methodology
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Hayek and His Socialist Friends
Peter J. Boettke
Philosophy, Politics, and Austrian Economics
Hayek’s Nobel
Bruce Caldwell
The paper offers a number of vignettes surrounding Friedrich A. Hayek’s receipt of the Nobel Prize. It examines Hayek’s life before he got the prize, describes the events…
The paper offers a number of vignettes surrounding Friedrich A. Hayek’s receipt of the Nobel Prize. It examines Hayek’s life before he got the prize, describes the events in Stockholm, and offers a summary of the main themes of his Prize Lecture. It then examines the subsequent impact on Hayek’s life and career. It concludes by looking at the impact of the Prize on scholarship about Hayek and the Austrian movement.
Friedrich A. Hayek
Gunnar Myrdal
pretence of knowledge
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Andy Edwards doesn’t know if Francesco Becchetti wants to sell Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient president Francesco Becchetti (second row, middle) looks on with head of recruitment Rob Gagliardi, chief operating officer Vito Miceli and chief executive Alessandro Angelieri in the first row (pic: Simon O'Connor). - Credit: Archant
Brisbane Road boss reflects on departure of Jay Simpson to MLS outfit Philadelphia Union
Leyton Orient boss Andy Edwards admits he doesn’t know if president Francesco Becchetti is looking to sell the League Two club.
Earlier this week, LOFT called on the Italian to put the O’s up for sale and I analysed why it appears the 50-year-old is doing just that.
But Edwards is concentrating on the football side of things and concedes they need a couple of reinforcements this month.
He added: “I’ve not heard anything about Francesco selling the club, so I can’t really comment on that.
“I’m unaware of it and know as much as anybody else on that one, but from the football side of things we are in a really difficult situation.
“Obviously I’m looking at teams around us and they are building their squad and bringing people in to help them fight.
“I’m hoping maybe at some point this month we can do the same because you look at the players we have and we’ve only got two wide players in Gavin Massey and Sandro Semedo so we’re very light in numbers.”
When Jay Simpson asked to leave the club at the end of 2016, it was hoped his wages would enable Edwards to boost the Orient squad.
However, the 45-year-old revealed the striker signing for Philadelphia Union earlier this week hasn’t changed anything.
“I think Jay has got a three-year contract. He’s gone to Philadelphia and it seemed to happen very quickly,” said Edwards.
“I literally found out a couple of days before he signed. It is a great move for him and he’s a good lad and a very good footballer, so I wish him all the best.
“No I don’t think it will allow me to bring people in, so we are going to have to work with the players at the club right now.”
While that is the case for Edwards now, the O’s boss retained a glimmer of hope that the situation may change.
Orient supporters will desperately wish that can happen with the Brisbane Road club in need of at least a winger plus a central defender.
Edwards added: “I’d hope to bring players in, I really would, but at the moment I’ve been told we can’t do that.
“It might change, things do, but as it stands right now we’ll work with the players we have got and see where it takes us.”
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Bethnal Green & Bow MP Rushanara Ali says this government is ignoring the ordinary people
Published: 10:52 AM June 25, 2014 Updated: 8:40 AM October 14, 2020
- Credit: Archant
Every year around this time, the Government of the day sets out its vision for the year ahead in the Queen’s Speech. It’s a great opportunity for me to stand up in Parliament and respond on behalf of local residents.
What I heard was a Government which isn’t listening. Unemployment in London is still a shocking 12 per cent higher than national averages, and we needed a Queen’s Speech which showed the Government understood how tough things are for people. What we got was a thin list of policies proving they have run out ideas for the future.
And this Government showed little promise in providing for the future. Under this Conservative-led Government, the next generation is being left behind. Recently, the official child-poverty watchdog showed that 3.5 children in the UK are set to live in poverty by 2020. More than two-in-five children in Bethnal Green and Bow live in poverty. To make matters worse, two-thirds of those children live with someone who works. That’s why, in my response, I focused on how the Government should make work pay.
Currently, five million people in the UK are on low-pay. Labour introduced the minimum wage 15 years ago, and it’s Labour again leading calls to increase the minimum wage nearer to average earnings. Yet low-pay isn’t the only issue for people trying to make a living. When you’re employed on a zero-hour contract, you can’t secure your weekly pay-check. These contracts have ballooned since 2010 to 1.4 million. I was proud that the Labour Party put forward proposals providing new rules on these contracts to protect workers.
What was lacking most from the Government’s plans were ways to help our young people. From Tory cheers, you wouldn’t know one-in-four young people in London are still unemployed. This number is likely to be even higher if you are a young person of white-working class, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage. That’s not fair – and it’s a massive waste of talent and potential. Labour will introduce a Compulsory Youth Jobs Guarantee ensuring young people can get into work and earn a living for themselves.
Only a Labour Government will fight for ordinary people - working to ensure they have a decent wage, helping with childcare costs, and creating training and job opportunities for young people. Only a Labour Government will help with housing costs through scrapping the bedroom tax, and ending tax breaks for millionaires.
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Bethnal Green campaigner helps bring flower power to Hyde Park
Owen Beith at the installation in Hyde Park - Credit: Archant
Flower power was on show in Hyde Park as campaigners tried to ramp up the pressure on world leaders to tackle global hunger.
Bethnal Green resident Owen Beith was one of tens of thousands of volunteers who helped create a huge installation of spinning flowers ahead of the G8 summit of world leaders which is being held in London this week.
Owen, of Sewardstone Road, said: “I came along because I wanted to add my voice to this important event.
“One in eight people don’t have enough to eat every day and there’s enough food in the world for everyone to go to bed with food in their stomachs. I hope the Prime Minister and G8 listen to our message and act.”
The event, on Saturday June 8, also attracted Mile End’s most famous film director and Olympic Opening Ceremony mastermind Danny Boyle. It was organised as part of international aid charity Oxfam’s “Enough Food for Everyone IF” campaign.
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Kray art goes under the hammer
Published: 3:37 PM August 31, 2010 Updated: 8:31 AM October 14, 2020
A LETTER written by one of the East End’s notorious Kray twins is set to go under the hammer at auction later this month.
A LETTER written by one of the East End’s notorious Kray twins is set to go under the hammer at auction in September.
It forms part of a memorabilia auction held in Hampshire and will be open to bids along with three paintings.
The letter was written on prison paper by Reggie Kray - who died in jail in 2000 - and is expected to fetch around �120.
But the paintings by Ronnie, who died of a heart attack in 1995, are expected to fetch much more as collectors bid to get their hands on genuine Kray artefacts.
One of them, which shows a cottage on a hill, was painted by Ronnie during the first year of his time in Broadmoor.
It was once owned by the pair’s mother, Violet, and is expected to go for around �1000 - although experts believe it could fetch more.
A second painting of a similar scene could go for a similar amount, while a third - of two African figures - is estimated to be worth around �800.
Charles Evans, from Prospect Auction Rooms, said: “There are some very unusual pieces and we imagine there will be a great deal of interest - particularly with the Krays being in the news so much lately.
“Oil paintings appeal to lots of different people for a different number of reasons and I think they will get snapped up pretty quickly.
“I think they’ll be of particular interest to people who collect Kray memorabilia because they were created during the first ten years of the twins being put in prison.”
The brothers began painting after they were jailed in 1968 and produced hundreds of paintings during their spell inside.
Last year, a series of landscapes painted in prison art classes by the twins sold for more than �12,000.
Both twins started painting after they were caged following their 1968 murder trial at London’s Old Bailey.
Viewings for the auction take place on Thursday September 16 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm and Friday September 17 from 10am to 7.30pm.
The auction will be held at Prospect Auction Rooms, Prospect Road, New Alresford, Hampshire, at 1pm on Saturday September 18.
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East Ender to reach new heights in Everest climb
Nadia Sam-Daliri
Published: 6:00 PM March 14, 2011 Updated: 8:32 AM October 14, 2020
Not many of us get to see out our childhood dreams but one Wapping man’s vow as a six-year-old to climb Everest is about to become a reality.
Aptly-named Stewart Edge, 32, is an experienced mountaineer having climbed Mont Blanc and South America’s highest peak Cerro Aconcagua, but in 12 weeks’ time he is planning to be atop the highest point on earth.
Luckily for him, he is able to fit in some practice by scaling the steps at work – 1,128 of them to be precise.
The construction manager has been working on the City’s tallest building, Heron Tower in Liverpool Street, and can climb the stairs in 25 minutes with a 20 kilo weight on his back.
He has also been cycling every day and training in intense army bootcamps.
But nothing can completely prepare him for the task ahead.
He said: “I’ve always been into the outdoors. I’m not really a city person but I make sure I get away a lot.
“This has always been a dream. When I was six I got an atlas and told my parents I’d climb Everest one day. I don’t think they took it very seriously at the time.”
Setting off to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu in a fortnight, Mr Edge will then travel to basecamp and spend 10 weeks acclimatising to the conditions.
It will then take five days to scale Everest and two to come down.
He is climbing the mountain with four others, none of whom he has met yet.
The East Ender, who lives on a houseboat with his long-term girlfriend, is aiming to raise �29,029 – Everest’s height in feet - for children’s charity Starlight.
The charity grants wishes for terminally ill children and provides entertainment in hospitals and hospices across the UK.
Mr Edge said: “I’ve been very lucky to travel all over the world and see out my dreams.
“Not all children are that lucky so I wanted to raise money for a charity that was going to make a difference for them.”
Go to intrepid-edge.com to read Mr Edge’s blog and make a donation.
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New cycle hire docking station in Victoria Park
Sophie Morton
Published: 7:00 AM August 8, 2019 Updated: 8:55 AM October 14, 2020
There is a new Santander Cycles docking station in Victoria Park. Picture:TfL - Credit: TfL
A new Santander Cycles docking station has opened in Victoria Park.
Situated at the Bonner Gate entrance, it has space for 21 bikes and aims to encourage more people to explore the park and surrounding area on two wheels.
It brings the number of docking stations in Tower Hamlets up to 119.
David Eddington, head of cycle hire at TfL, said: "We know that many people use our bikes to cycle around parks and that there is demand for more bikes at these locations.
"Victoria Park is a perfect example of this and we're pleased to be able to boost the amount of bikes available to hire and dock around the park.
"We look forward to seeing even more people getting active and exploring this beautiful park on Santander Cycles."
The cycle hire scheme was launched in 2010 and last year, saw cyclists make a record 10.5 million journeys.
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Tower Hamlets arts groups face uncertain future from 2012
Alistair Kleebauer
GALLERIES and arts groups in the East End could lose their Arts Council England funding in 2012 as the national body faces a 30 per cent cut over four years from 2011.
A cut of nearly seven per cent in funding has been passed on to organisations like the Rich Mix Centre in Bethnal Green Road, the Whitechapel Gallery and the Chisenhale Gallery in Chisenhale Road for 2011-12.
But those regularly funded organisations now need to apply for funding for April 2012 onwards by January 24 next year.
Bow’s Chisenhale Gallery will receive �144,000 in Arts Council funding in 2011-12, a cut of �11,000 from this year.
Gallery manager Isabelle Hancock, 28, said: “Some organisations could completely lose their funding, others could get more than they currently get.
“We know that we have to be realistic and be prepared to look for other funding and we’ve been told you can’t be 100 per cent reliant on funding from the Arts Council.”
The Rich Mix will see a �48,339 drop in funding, to �652,225, over the next financial year.
Jane Earl, interim director of the Rich Mix, said: “For our part we are committed to protecting the arts and the cultural programme we deliver.”
The Whitechapel Gallery receives nearly a third of its yearly one-and -a-quarter million pound funding from the Arts Council but that will drop by �86,811 in the following financial year.
It is also unclear if Tower Hamlets council will still provide contributions to the gallery’s education programme, working with local primary and secondary schools.
The council was unavailable to confirm what cuts could be made.
East End arts institutions, including the Rich Mix, the Chisenhale Gallery, Cardboard Citizens in Hanbury Street and Spitalfields Music in Brushfield Street, are planning a tour of the borough’s arts groups for local MPs in the New Year to showcase their work.
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Moscovici: Progress on deficit reduction must not be reversed
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Pierre Moscovici spoke to EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-France about France’s left-wing primary, the impact of Donald Trump’s election, the 3% deficit rule, the Commission’s March white paper and the importance of the euro.
Pierre Moscovici is a French Socialist politician and the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs.
Is the subject of Europe enough of a priority in France’s left-wing primary?
Europe was not a big subject in the right-wing debate, and it is not enough of a priority on the left either. We have two threats to stand up to. On the one hand, there is the noisy Euroscepticism that just wants tear the whole thing down – to me, the idea of a confrontation with Germany seems far-fetched and completely wrong. And when this loud form of Euroscepticism affects my own political family, I fight it too. On the other hand, we have to be aware of the quieter kind of Euroscepticism, which talks like Europe but is really about individual states.
Europe finally takes centre stage in French election
In their eagerness to distance themselves from the National Front, the left-wing candidates for the French presidency are suddenly discovering their pro-European side. Some even want more sovereignty to go to Brussels. EURACTIV France reports.
On the right and the left, several candidates have announced their intention to allow the budget deficit to stray over the 3% threshold. What is your view on this?
France has made great efforts over the last five years to cut the deficit. If this effort is continued, France should pass below the 3% threshold in 2017. That is good news, if nothing else, because it will restore the country’s credibility. Today, there are only three countries left under excessive deficit procedures. Portugal should come out of it this year. Spain in 2018. And then there’s France. To have any kind of political weight next to our partners like Germany, we have to keep our promises. I say this to all the presidential candidates: you should think twice before allowing the deficit to grow.
But don’t several candidates view it as a straightjacket?
This would be a very bad signal for France to give its partners. What we need after the presidential election is to work on our relations with Germany to make the eurozone more powerful. Allowing deficits to grow once again would mean getting into debt and exposing ourselves to increasing interest rates. It would mean not having the money to fund public services, education, security, ecology. This is not fair because it means ordinary French citizens have to pay taxes to pay off debts held by the rich.
When you look at the Socialist primary, how do you react?
I want the Socialist candidate to be able to say that France and Europe are inseparable. We don’t want France to wake up one day without a strong Europe. I support a left-wing vision of Europe. If we lose sight of that vision, we will find ourselves in a considerable political and intellectual regression.
Can the election of Donald Trump bring Europe closer together?
If I look at the world today, I see a Trump presidency that will change the global balance of power, and without a doubt progressively lead to America’s isolation. I see an aggressive Russia, a powerful and fragile China, I see Turkey at a crossroads and Great Britain on its way out of the European Union. In this context, more than ever we need a united, solid and powerful European response. If the next French president, whoever it is, does not give the French people a firm view of France’s position in Europe and shape the Europe they want, the big questions of our time will pass us by.
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Which questions are these?
Take security, the fight against terrorism, the refugee crisis, tax evasion, climate change, the economic crisis… None of these questions has a purely national response. Stonewalling Europe is not the way to address the difficulties of French society.
The terrorists that hit Paris, Brussels, Berlin travelled right around Europe. What would you recommend to tackle this?
Exactly. These are international networks, we need a collective response. To protect our borders and tackle the financing of these networks.
But one could argue that these movements are aided by the free movement of people.
We have to protect our shared external borders, promote the exchange of intelligence, mechanisms that help us check the movements of criminals. What is more, Schengen is not incompatible with border controls.
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Even within the border-free zone?
Yes. Re-establishing borders would be against Schengen, but not border controls. It is possible to change, to improve Schengen. Taking it apart is something else: it is an inward withdrawal that does not solve any of our challenges.
The treaties advise against – but do not outlaw – budget surpluses, like Germany’s. You made a proposal in November…
Yes, the eurozone’s collective contribution to economic growth is finally becoming positive. The countries that still have problems with deficits must continue to make efforts, but those with surpluses must invest more. That is what the Commission has demanded.
Germany has not played along…
Not yet, but the debate is still ongoing. I think that after the 2017 electoral cycle, where several of the most important countries, economically speaking (The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy), will vote, we will be able to carry out this relaunch of the eurozone. My idea is to that together, we have to invest more.
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Is anything going to change during an election year?
2017 is an election year, but it does not have to be a blank, wasted year. That is why the European question must be at the heart of the election campaigns. It is not incompatible with budgetary rigour.
Should we expect new initiatives at the end of March for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome?
The Commission is working on a white paper for this very occasion. We will make ambitious proposals, notably on the future of the eurozone. Our proposals will be put to a public debate and decided on by the member states. We should not forget that it is the Commission that makes the proposals and the states that implement them.
For the last five years, we have constantly repeated that we have to stick to the rules if we want to be respected by Germany. But is Germany prepared to be more flexible?
In Germany, they are waiting for France, it’s true. We should be able to build a new contract, with France able to reform by cutting its deficit and Germany more open to investment in Europe, with a more forceful eurozone. The euro protects us, but the French also want the euro to make their economy more dynamic. For that, we need a eurozone budgetary capacity, better governance with a eurozone finance minister, transparency, accountability to the European Parliament and European citizens, and finally, an all-around positive budgetary orientation.
Without convergence, the euro may fall apart.
After Brexit, everyone is talking about the need to bounce back. But this has been slow in coming, hasn’t it?
Yes. Brexit was a big shock that generated a will to consolidate the 27-state EU around the issues of internal security and defence. But let’s not forget that everything begins with the economy. Protecting Europe citizens is vital, but making Europe more dynamic is just as important. Acting together as a 27-nation bloc is essential. Strengthening the euro is vital.
But the crisis has deepened divisions, particularly between the European North and South…
That is right, and it strengthens my case. When we look at the euro, we see that it has brought a lot in terms of identification and protection against monetary variations. We have a central bank that works well and exceptionally low and unified rates. The euro avoids harmful speculation between its members. But at the same time, anyone can see that it is lacking in dynamism, that the euro must become a factor of convergence. This is the point of the Commission’s proposals. If the divisions continue to grow, the idea of dismantling the eurozone may become a more popular one, or even a reality. The euro is a brilliant, historic experiment, but it will always be fragile if it is not able to create convergence.
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One response to “Moscovici: Progress on deficit reduction must not be reversed”
So to summarize some points: in order to pay back the money that banksters stole, we need to reduce the deficit. In order to reduce the deficit we cut public funding, dismantle social welfare, etc. and in this way we are not paying the rich, but we support the poorer. The Schengen is not incompatible with border controls, since people are still free to move but now there will be borders to control that movement. Last but not least, Germany is not a country with budget supluses because of the crisis, but a country with deficit in investments, public spending, etc., hence in need. If we could summarize in three letters, those would be WTF. How more Orwelian can it become? …
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Public Release: 30-Jun-2014
Joint education standards help GI, hepatology programs meet accreditation requirements
Bethesda, MD (June 30, 2014) -- A team of representatives from five gastroenterology and hepatology societies have created a toolbox designed to help gastroenterology training directors meet the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Internal Medicine Subspecialty Reporting Milestones requirements while training fellows to independently care for patients. Thirteen core tasks, known as "entrustable professional activities," or EPAs, have been identified that define the work of gastroenterologists and hepatologists. A toolbox for each task includes, among other things, specific behavioral objectives related to knowledge, skills and attitudes; identification of the key reporting milestones needed to achieve mastery; and suggested assessments to gauge progress.
This toolbox is the creation of the Oversight Working Network (OWN), which is a committee made up of representatives from five societies -- the AGA Institute, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS) and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), receiving support from colleagues from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and the GI Program Directors Caucus.
The project was developed in response to the new twice-yearly reporting milestones requirement -- a key component of the Next Accreditation System. This new outcomes-based accreditation system for graduate medical education programs takes affect for gastroenterology on July 1, 2014. Submission of the first reporting milestones report for GI fellowship training programs are due to ACGME between November and Dec. 31, 2014.
"The GI societies must ensure that the needs of our trainees, program directors and educators are being met in ways that best help them prepare for the practice of gastroenterology and hepatology," said Suzanne Rose, MD, MSEd, professor of medicine, senior associate dean for education, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and lead author of the paper. "We respect the autonomy of GI fellowship programs and offer the new tools to help educators and trainees supplement their current approach while being able to meet the new requirements in the Next Accreditation System."
The white paper describing the project and approach, which was generated by the OWN Committee, is published in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the AGA Institute; Hepatology, the official journal of AASLD; Neurogastroenterology and Motility, the official journal of ANMS; and GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the official journal of ASGE, as well as online by ACG. Additional feedback was provided by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. The full toolbox will be available on each journal's website and on the OWN website:
http://www.ownyourfellowship.org .
About the AGA Institute
The American Gastroenterological Association is the trusted voice of the GI community. Founded in 1897, the AGA has grown to include 17,000 members from around the globe who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice and advancement of gastroenterology. The AGA Institute administers the practice, research and educational programs of the organization. http://www.gastro.org.
About the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
AASLD is the leading organization of scientists and healthcare professionals committed to preventing and curing liver disease. AASLD was founded in 1950 by a small group of leading liver specialists and has grown to an international society responsible for all aspects of hepatology. Information about AASLD is available at http://www.aasld.org.
About the American College of Gastroenterology
Founded in 1932, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is an organization with an international membership of more than 12,000 individuals from 80 countries. The College is committed to serving the clinically oriented digestive disease specialist through its emphasis on scholarly practice, teaching and research. The mission of the College is to serve the evolving needs of physicians in the delivery of high quality, scientifically sound, humanistic, ethical, and cost-effective health care to gastroenterology patients. http://www.gi.org.
About the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society
Founded in 1980, The American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS) is an organization dedicated to leading the field of neurogastroenterology by fostering excellence in multidisciplinary research, education, training, and patient care. Neurogastroenterology encompasses the study of central control, peripheral gut mechanisms, and brain-gut interactions with relevance to the understanding and management of gastrointestinal motor disorders and functional gastrointestinal disorders.
About the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Since its founding in 1941, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has been dedicated to advancing patient care and digestive health by promoting excellence and innovation in gastrointestinal endoscopy. ASGE, with more than 12,000 members worldwide, promotes the highest standards for endoscopic training and practice, fosters endoscopic research, recognizes distinguished contributions to endoscopy, and is the foremost resource for endoscopic education. Visit http://www.asge.org and http://www.screen4coloncancer.org for more information and to find a qualified doctor in your area.
Aimee Frank
media@gastro.org
@AmerGastroAssn
http://www.gastro.org
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Olivia Coleman. Griff Rhys Jones, Clive Owen and Ralph Fiennes among the 25 greatest actors from Suffolk and Norfolk
Andrew Clarke
John Hurt at Cinema City in Norwich for a screening of The Elephant Man. Picture: Bill Smith - Credit: Bill Smith - Archant
The death last weekend of East Anglian acting legend John Hurt brought home the fact that we have so many talented stars of stage and screen living on our doorstep.
Sir John Hurt with the Oustanding Contribution to Cinema award in 2012 - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
Arts editor Andrew Clarke and local arts providers nominate 25 of our greatest acting stars, people who help put Suffolk and Norfolk on the cultural map
1. Sir John Hurt
One of Britain's acting giants. He lived in north Norfolk and was a staunch supporter of Sheringham Little Theatre, appeared in productions made by Holt-based Capriol Films, was patron of Cinema City in Norwich and became the first chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts.
He made his name on film and TV, making his screen debut in Z Cars but his performance as Quentin Crisp in the groundbreaking The Naked Civil Servant made him a star quickly followed by memorable starring roles in I,Claudius, Alien, The Elephant Man, White Mischief, Scandal and as Winston Smith in 1984. His role as Ollivander in the Harry Potter films made a greater impression than his limited screen time would suggest.
John Hurt arriving for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at The Savoy in London - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
Although, he was largely a screen actor he had tremendous success on stage in Chekhov's The Seagull as well as Brian Friel's Checkhov-inspired Afterplay and Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece Krapp's Last Tape.
2. Sir John Mills
Sir John Mills was a true East Anglian. Born to a school master in Belton, near Great Yarmouth, he grew up in Felixstowe and worked briefly for corn merchants Pauls in Ipswich before following his sister Annette to London to seek fame and fortune in such films as In Which We Serve, Scott of the Antarctic, Ice Cold in Alex and Ryan's Daughter. He retained fond memories of his life in Suffolk and leant his name to the home of Eastern Angles theatre company.
Artistic director Ivan Cutting remembers meeting him: 'I only met him once, when he came down to University College Suffolk (as it was then), with his friend the actress Dulcie Gray, since his wife was too ill to travel, to be awarded his honorary degree. Off stage as we had dinner he was quiet and clearly a frail old man, but on stage he was marvellous, thrilling the audience with great anecdotes and name dropping like mad.
Sir John Mills in Ipswich
As we left to go and have a look at the theatre in Gatacre Road named after him, he walked slowly through the college towards his car, a magnificent Rolls Royce, parked outside, which his manager was driving. But as we approached it he suddenly came alive again and started telling me how he'd got the car. I got that for £5,000 he said. His eyes sparkled and he chuckled at the deal he'd pulled off so many years before. And that was what made him such a good and popular actor, to be both a star and also have the common touch.'
3. Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy, a big supporter of the HighTide theatre festival, has a bolt hole in the Suffolk countryside just outside Saxmundham. A terrific character actor he spent many years working at the Liverpool Everyman and at The National Theatre with Ken Campbell. He found fame later in his career when he found himself cast in film and TV productions.
He can be spotted at cultural events in and around Suffolk and has a great supporter in Leiston Film Theatre's Wayne Burns. 'We love the warmth of Bill Nighy at Leiston Film Theatre and it's always a buzz when he is appearing on our screen, especially as he is one of our patrons.
Bill Nighy at the Aldeburgh Documentary Festival. Picture: Nick Tipping Photography - Credit: Nick Tipping Photography
'For me, it's Bill's memorable performance as washed-up pop singer Billy Mack in Love Actually that sticks in my mind, directed by Suffolk resident Richard Curtis, - another regular visitor to the Film Theatre. The audience clearly enjoyed his on screen antics in that film and in the Exotic Marigold films too.'
4. Diana Quick
Diana Quick has been a Suffolk resident for more than 30 years and is heavily involved in East Anglian cultural life. She has been a patron for the HighTide theatre festival when it was based in Halesworth and appeared in two new plays Midnight Your Time and The Big Meal.
Best known for playing Lady Julia Flyte in the landmark television production of Brideshead Revisited, she is still a regular on screen and on stage. Recent TV includes The Missing and The Living and the Dead.
Suffolk actress Diana Quick in Aldeburgh
She is on the board of directors for Aldeburgh Cinema as well as being the artistic director for the long-running Aldeburgh Documentary Festival.
5. Sir Michael Gambon
Stalwart of the The National Theatre, famed for his roles in The Singing Detective, Maigret, and more recently as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series, Michael Gambon has enjoyed a quiet life away from the spotlight on the Suffolk coast.
Although he has had high profile screen roles like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, he has spent most of his career on stage in plays like Harold Pinter's Betrayal and working alongside Sir Laurence Olivier at The Old Vic.
Michael Gambon - Credit: PA
In 2012 he played a leading role in Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut with Quartet, based on the same-titled play by Ronald Harwood.
6. Martin Shaw
Judge John Deed star, Martin Shaw has been a long-time Norfolk resident living just yards away from his partner in two separate houses.
The former Professionals, The Chief and Inspector George Gently star has gained fame for his TV series but has made a conscious effort to balance this with stage work. His portrayal of Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde saw him follow the long-running production from The Globe on the Southbank to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, a theatre he returned to as Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons.
Martin Shaw as the Chief - Credit: Archant
Martin Shaw keeps a low profile in Norfolk, seeking out the peace and quiet of country living.
7. Griff Rhys Jones
A champion of country living and community life, Griff Rhys Jones has lived outside Ipswich for the best part of 30 years and is fiercely protective of the natural heritage to be found in the Suffolk countryside. He was a major voice in the fight to get high voltage power cables buried underground rather than marching across Constable Country.
He first came to prominence as a member of the ensemble who brought Not The Nine O'Clock News to our screens before forging a long-running partnership with Mel Smith which gave rise to the long-running TV series Alas Smith and Jones as well as two feature films Morons from Outer Space and Wilt.Elsewhere he founded the Talkback TV production company as well as being a campaigner for restoring classic theatres, old buildings and preserving our waterways which was reflected in his TV series Three Men in a Boat.
Griff Rhys Jones at Flatford Lock - Credit: Su Anderson
On stage he won Olivier awards for his roles in Charley's Aunt (1984) and An Absolute Turkey (1994). He also appeared at the National Theatre as Toad in Alan Bennett's production of The Wind in the Willows in 1990 and starred as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Oliver! in London's West End opposite fellow Suffolk performer Kerry Ellis.
8. June Brown
EastEnders legend June Brown was first seen as Dot Cotton on Albert Square in July 1985. Dot was a sanctimonious, interfering busybody with a wayward son, Nick, who tried on more than one occasion to bump off his 'ma'.
Over the years, Dot has become an iconic character, one of the touchstones of EastEnders. Born in Needham Market, June Brown went to primary school in Ipswich and then to Ipswich High School before training for the stage.
June Brown - Credit: PA
Although Dot Cotton has softened such is Brown's acting ability that she has always given us a wonderfully consistent and believable characterization. The actress celebrates her 90th birthday later this month.
9. Helen Fraser
Helen Fraser first came to the public's attention in the hit film Billy Liar opposite Tom Courtenay, who she trained alongside at RADA. She played Billy's prim and proper girlfriend Barbara while he dreamed of running away with the more free-spirited Liz, played by Julie Christie. Following Billy Liar Helen was cast in Roman Polanski's swinging sixties horror film Repulsion alongside Catherine Deneuve and Ian Hendry.
Helen moved to Suffolk in 1969 with Oscar-winning sound-recordist husband Peter Handford who she met on Billy Liar when he loaned her his coat during freezing location filming. During the 1970s she was a regular on the Dick Emery show and kept busy with guest appearance on The Two Ronnies, The Likely Lads, Rising Damp, Casualty and One Foot in the Grave.
Helen Fraser - Credit: Archant
She has also had two runs in Coronation Street. But, her career took on another lease of life when she was cast as head warder Sylvia Hollamby 'Bodybag' in the long-running prison drama Bad Girls, a role which she reprised on stage in Bad Girls: The Musical.
10. David Morrissey
David Morrissey is one of the nation's most versatile actors. Married to author Esther Freud, he lives on the Suffolk coast near Southwold. He has just enjoyed a sell-out London run in Hangmen by Martin McDonagh which followed the life of Harry Wade, England's second-best hangman, and what he did after the abolition of hanging in Great Britain in 1965.
In his early career Morrissey always balanced theatre with television and film work but recently he started working more on screen in such series as Finney, where he assumed the role originated by Sting in Stormy Monday, along with high profile roles in Our Mutual Friend, Hiliary and Jackie, State of Play and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. He even played an alternative Doctor in a Christmas Dr Who with David Tennant.
David Morrissey - Credit: PA
In addition to his acting work, David Morrissey is also writing and directing a series of independent films. In an interview he said that he feels a weight lifting from his shoulders when driving along the A12 to Suffolk. 'Once I get past Chelmsford I feel that I am coming home.'
11. Sam Clemmett
Sam Clemmett is a rising star who cut his acting teeth in Norwich and is now starring in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End. John Bultitude, from Norwich Theatre Royal, remembers the young actor. 'A great depth of acting ability and characterisation always helped Sam stand out and has helped him carve out a hugely successful career.
Although he is currently wowing West End audiences in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Sam has enjoyed a very varied acting career and a versatility that has seen him play everything from a sinister stalker in the emotionally-wringing BBC3 drama Murder Games: The Life and Death of Brock Bednar to gracing the Norwich Theatre Royal stage in a cameo role in the family musical The Wind In The Willows.
Sam Clemmett played Albus Potter in the Harry Potter And The Cursed Child stage play. Photo: Charlie Gray/PA Wire . - Credit: PA
Coupled with his undoubted skill and stage-craft is a dedication to his work and an off-stage charm which are only going to enhance his career and range of roles in the weeks, months and years ahead.'
12. Roger Lloyd Pack
The Only Fools and Horses star wasn't born in East Anglia but he fell in love with Norfolk after working at Melton Constable Hall on the film The Go Between in 1970. His friend, film-maker Tony Britten, who directed him in the Cromer-set film In Love With Alma Cogan, explained: 'When shooting The Go Between they found a house in the woods for him to stay at, rather than a hotel, and he just fell in love with Norfolk and decided to stay here. It really was love at first sight for him.'
A versatile character actor his career took him from small-part supporting player in Hammer horror films of the 50s and 60s to appearing in the Harry Potter films, but he was best known as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses and as Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley.
Actor Roger Lloyd Pack - Credit: PA
'He was such a wonderful, well-rounded actor and I thought it would be great to see him in a leading role, rather than in a comedic supporting role, which he was so good at,' said Mr Britten of his In Love With Alma Cogan leading role of Norman. 'He was great to work with and was professional to the fingertips. Off set he was very 'un-actorly.' He was happy to just go for a beer. He wasn't a luvvie.'
13. The Nimmo Twins
Norfolk natives The Nimmo Twins - neither twins or called Nimmo and technically three: Join Owen Evans, Karl Minns and Nigel Woolston - have been delighting Norwich audiences for over 20 years with their Normal For Norfolk shows.
Sam Moreno, from Norwich Playhouse, said: 'The three teamed up after working together in local theatre groups in Norwich and from humble beginnings in pub bars and foyers they've become an essential feature of East Anglian life, enjoying sold-out residencies at their spiritual home the Playhouse as well as selling out the Theatre Royal.
Karl Minns - The Nimmo Twins - Credit: ECN - Archant
With a stable of characters taking a sideways look at life in Nelson's County, the Twins have conquered the national comedy circuit, TV and radio. Their finely observed comedy is full of rural ribaldry and agricultural arsing about with songs, monologues and sketches riffing on everything from Norwich City Football Club to the difficulties of staging a bicycle race in Norfolk.'
14. Olivia Coleman
Olivia Coleman is the face of modern television, appearing on everything from Channel Four's Peepshow to 2012, W1A and Broachurch to the films London Road, Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur, Simon Pegg's Hot Fuzz, The Iron Lady and the big budget Queen Elizabeth in Hyde Park on Hudson.
Douglas Robb, headmaster at Gresham's School, near Holt, Norfolk, says staff and pupils take a great pride in watching a former student achieve great things in her chosen profession.'Every time it's announced that former Gresham's pupil, Olivia Colman has taken on a new role, there's a wave of excitement at the school. From days where peers talked about her performances in school productions long after the curtain closed to her much anticipated return as DS Miller in ITV's Broadchurch, Olivia has always excited, intrigued and inspired her audience.
Olivia Coleman - Credit: PA
'During her time at Gresham's she was noted for her versatility, determination and unassuming hard work, qualities that have seen her go on to become one of the country's best loved and respected actresses. And when Hollywood actress Meryl Streep, during her BAFTA award acceptance speech for Carol, described Olivia as 'divinely gifted', we couldn't have agreed more.'Olivia had since credited Gresham's and former head of drama, Paul Hands for her love of acting noting that she was encouraged 'to have a crack at' what she enjoyed. We are so delighted that Olivia did have a crack at it and feel immensely proud of her for all she has gone on to achieve.'
15. Ralph Fiennes
One of the greatest actors of his generation Ralph Fiennes is also one of the busiest – hurtling between playing Shakespeare on stage with the National Theatre and the RSC to conjuring up pure evil as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films.
Born in Wangford, near Southwold, into a very creative family – his father was a photographer, mother Jennifer Lash, a writer, his brother Joseph is an actor, Magnus is a composer, Jacob a conservationist while sisters Martha and Sophie are both film-makers.
Ralph Fiennes at the Latitude Festival
He lived for his first six years in Suffolk before the family moved to Ireland. His great love is Shakespeare and his directorial debut was bringing Coriolanus to the big screen. Other great film moments include playing Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Count László Almásy in The English Patient, Justin Quayle in John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener and his award-winning Monsieur Gustave H in The Grand Budapest Hotel.
15. John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier was born within sight of Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal and alongside the brewing operations of Greene King, two things which would have pleased him very much. John Le Mesurier was part of Britain's acting establishment for many years appearing alongside Tony Hancock in his television shows and on screen in British comedies with the likes of Peter Sellers, Eric Sykes and Terry Thomas.
He was often accused of playing himself but he had rare gift of making acting look easy. He found huge fame playing the incredibly relaxed Sergeant Wilson in the TV classic Dad's Army and writer-director David Croft said that as the years progressed the dividing line between Arthur Wilson and John Le Mesurier just evaporated.
A young fan with actor John Le Mesurier, who played Sgt Wilson of the BBC comedy series Dad's Army
Although he was sent away to boarding school as a young child, filming Dad's Army in Thetford and west Suffolk must have seemed like a return home.
16. Ian Lavender (Pike from Dad's Army lives at Woolpit) (Theatre Royal)
John Le Mesurier's Dad's Army co-star Ian Lavender lives just outside Bury St Edmunds and is a keen supporter of the Theatre Royal as well as having played there. Danusia Iwaszko, Ian's director who worked with him in Bury and on tour, says: 'I directed Ian Lavender as Tommy in a tour of You're Never Too Old by Steve Wood (AB Productions).
During the rehearsals, it was a revelation to see the character of Tommy emerge.
Ian Lavender opening the new extension at Woolpit Village Hall in February 2004 - Credit: Archant
He worked on intuition, tried different approaches week by week, until he had created a perfectly formed character which he played with ease. He brings natural comedy timing, real talent and very high standards to everything he does.'
17. Paul Eddington
Good Life and Yes Prime Minister star Paul Eddington lived for many years outside Sudbury in west Suffolk. His son, Dominic, a carpenter, still lives in the county and is reponsible for a large number of sets which appear on stage in the region's theatres.
Paul was a jobbing actor mixing theatre and guest roles on television until his 40s when he landed the role of Jerry in the classic sit-com The Good Life opposite Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith. This turned into a major star and led onto Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. During his TV career he found time to play Sir Paul Plyant in the Restoration Comedy The Double Dealer at the Wolsey Theatre.
Paul Eddington in the Double Dealer at the Wolsey Theatre.
It was a return to Ipswich having played a season as a young actor at the old Arts Theatre in the town.
18. Stephen Fry
Norfolk resident and cultural icon, Stephen Fry is a writer, actor, campaigner, presenter, his grandfather came to Britain establish the sugar beet factory at Bury St Edmunds. Although born in London, Fry grew up in the village of Booton near Reepham, Norfolk, before attending various boarding schools and having a troubled childhood.
He made friends with Hugh Laurie at Cambridge University and with Emma Thompson was part of the Cambridge Footlights. After leaving university he and High Laurie continued a creative partnership resulting in the TV shows A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and worked on Blackadder together. After going their separate ways, Stephen had a breakdown during the run of the stage play Cell Mates and largely avoided stage work for many years afterwards but enjoyed a successful return in Twelfth Night at The Globe in 2012.
Stephen Fry. Picture: Matthew Usher - Credit: Archant
He makes frequent guest appearance on film and TV and from 2003 to 2015 became the presenter of quiz show QI. He lives outside Kings Lynn.
19. Sam Claflin
Pirates of the Caribbean and Hunger Games actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich and was raised and went to school in Norwich. David Lambert, director of the Norwich Theatre Royal Arts Courses, remembers the charismatic young actor's first steps on stage.
'I always remember that Sam was more interested in football than acting when he first started on the course.
Sam Claflin - Credit: PA
We moulded him and worked with him and he became one of the course's leading lights playing a number of leading roles including Fagin in Dodger. 'He was great on stage but there is no doubt the camera loves him. He has got presence and personality which just jumps through the cinema screen at you. I am very proud of him and how well he has done. It is so great that a lad from Costessey can make it big like Sam.'
20. Joan Hickson
Miss Marple lived just outside Manningtree and was a frequent visitor to the Wolsey Theatre and to the Mercury in Colchester. Joan had a long-lived career that spanned cutting drama on stage, appearing in hard-hitting plays like A Day In The Death of Joe Egg, to being a sem-regular character actor in the early Carry On films.
She was particularly memorable as the acid tongued matron in Carry On Nurse and the inebriated old lady in Carry On Constable. But, it was as Miss Marple, the definitive Miss Marple many may say, that she became a household name.
Joan Hickson as Miss Marple
She never over-played the role and took great pains to make the character seem real. She was a huge supporter of local theatre and enthusiastically told me one evening at the Wolsey. 'I always like coming here. There's no such thing as a poor seat. You can always see everything.' Which for an actor is always important.
21. Clive Owen
Hollywood star Clive Owen loves the local life. A patron and huge supporter of the Harwich Electric Palace, the second oldest purpose built cinema in the country, loves to just turn up with his family, watch a movie and disappear again.
He lives quietly in the wilds of north Essex and has said that a rural life with his family keeps him grounded in the topsy turvey world of big budget TV and movies. He first shot to fame in the ITV series Chancer before landing lead roles in high profile movies such as Stephen Poliakoff's Close My Eyes, Croupier, Gosford Park, Sin City, Inside Man and Children of Men.
Clive Owen outside the Electric Palace
Since 2014, Owen has played Dr. John W. Thackery on the award-winning medical drama series The Knick.
22. Ruthie Henshall
Stage star Ruthie Henshall lived in Lawford, outside Manningtree for many years before moving deeper into the Suffolk countryside and finding a new home outside Hadleigh.
West End star Ruthie made her name in Cats before landing leading roles in Miss Saigon and in the so-called early 'dream' cast of Les Miserables. She also played Nancy in Oliver opposite Jonathan Pryce before landing her own star vehicles in Peggy Sue Got Married and Marguerite. She also co-starred alongside John Barrowman in Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together in New York.
Ruthie Henshall
Her biggest success came in Chicago where she played both leads, Velma and Roxie, both in the West End and on Broadway. She has just finished an extended run as Mrs Wilkinson in Stephen Daldry's award-winning stage musical Billy Elliott.
23. Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis is proof that sometimes the understudy can steal the limelight. Born and raised in Haughley, outside Stowmarket, Kerry was Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the National Theatre's production of My Fair Lady and was on stage playing the role of Eliza Doolittle when Queen guitarist Brian May was in the audience.
Brian was in the early stages of developing We Will Rock You as a West End musical. Impressed with Kerry's voice and stage presence he invited her to audition, she won the role of Meat and spent three years in the show before moving onto become the first English actress to play Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked – playing the role for a further three years.
Kerry Ellis - Credit: Archant
This was followed by playing Nancy in Oliver at Drury Lane opposite Griff Rhys Jones before establishing a solo singing career which she alternates with stage roles. She has just finished a London run of the new musical Murder Ballad and is currently touring in a new musical Wonderland in which she plays Alice.
24. Jane Lapotaire
A former Northgate High School student in Ipswich, Jane was a contempoary of Trevor Nunn at the school. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1960s, it was her performance in the title role of Marie Curie in 1977 that first brought her to wide attention.
In 1978 she performed the title role in Pam Gems's play Piaf, directed by Howard Davies for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon and then at the Warehouse Theatre, Covent Garden in 1979.
Jane Lapotaire
Two years later, the show moved to Broadway where Lapotaire won the Tony Award for Leading Actress in a play. In later years she started to balance acting with writing. In Everybody's Daughter, Nobody's Child, she talks of her childhood growing up in Levington Road, Ipswich. In 2000, while working in France, Lapotaire suffered a cerebral haemorrhage which became the subject of her book Time Out of Mind.
25. Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill is one of the dominant figures in contemporary British character acting. He moves seamlessly between independent British films and Hollywood epics. He is equally accepted as Yosser Hughes in Boys From The Blackstuff, King Théoden in Lord of the Rings or as Captain Edward J. Smith in Titanic.
Living quietly between Halesworth and Lowestoft, Bernard Hill fell in love with Suffolk while filming Drowning By Numbers at Thorpeness and decided to stay. He is a big supporter of HighTide theatre festival and as artistic director Steven Atkinson remembers helped give the fledgling event some professional clout. 'Think of Bernard Hill and you probably picture The Lord of the Rings, Titanic or Boys from the Blackstuff. He is also a passionate East Anglian, and in particular a champion for local arts.
Actor Bernard Hill - Credit: Archant
Bernard appeared in the 2010 HighTide Festival under the direction of a newcomer called Joe Murphy. Bernard was right to trust him; Joe is now directing Star Wars' John Boyega in Woyzeck at the Old Vic. Bernard was one of the first to champion the need for ongoing arts coverage in the East Anglian Daily Times. For that and much more, Suffolk arts leaders are all grateful to him.'
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Suffolk Libraries chief executive reveals plan to retire in 2018
Emily Townsend
Suffolk Libraries chief executive Alison Wheeler. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
The chief executive of Suffolk's library service has announced she will be stepping down from the role next year.
Chief executive of Suffolk Libraries, Alison Wheeler. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: sarah lucy brown sarah lucy brow
Alison Wheeler, a former librarian, has been in charge of the service since 2012.
The 59-year-old, who has lived and worked in the county for more than 38 years, revealed she would be retiring yesterday - explaining that she has decided to move on to the next chapter of her life.
She will be devoting more time to being a family carer - but will not be leaving libraries completely and plans to stay on as a trustee of the national library and information organisation, CILIP.
Alison will also continue to be a trustee of Eastern Angles.
'I've worked for nearly 40 years in Suffolk's public library service and it's been a privilege and a pleasure to work with all of the staff over the years', she said.
'It's been an especial honour to lead Suffolk Libraries for the last five years. I will be 60 next February and I have decided to move on to the next chapter of my life, devoting more time to being a family carer. I'm sure I will also be an active and supportive library user. In fact, you can rely on it.'
Alison, who qualified as a librarian in 1979 after studying at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth, has worked in and managed libraries across the country for more than a decade.
Before joining Suffolk Libraries she spent four years working in adult social care as the head of information and advice.
She added: 'I am very proud of what have all achieved together at Suffolk Libraries, and believe that our library service is better than ever, ready and preparing for another five years of successful and innovative delivery. I will continue as chief executive until February 2018 when I will hand over to whoever is lucky enough to lead this exceptional organisation.'
Recruitment for a new chief is under way - a candidate pack can be downloaded from the service's website.
Suffolk Libraries board chairman Tony Brown said: 'I'd like to pay tribute to Alison as she has contributed so much to the success of Suffolk Libraries over the past five years and to the county's library service over many years. Her particular combination of vision, passion, versatility, and resilience will be impossible to replicate.'
Visit suffolklibraries.co.uk to apply for the chief executive role.
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Wymondham Royal British Legion women’s section standard is laid up at Wymondham Abbey
Stuart Anderson
Published: 2:15 PM February 20, 2017 Updated: 10:52 AM October 10, 2020
The Wymondham women's section of the Royal British Legion, laid up their Branch Standard during morning service at Wymondham Abbey. Pictured are The Right Revd Alan Winton, Bishop of Thetford and Dawn Jessett. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt
It has been the focal point of marches and remembrance services for years.
The Wymondham women's section of the Royal British Legion, laid up their Branch Standard during morning service at Wymondham Abbey. Pictured are Dawn Jessett and Iain Colquhoun. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt
But the standard of the Wymondham Royal British Legion's (RBL) women's section has made its final journey and will now go on show permanently at Wymondham Abbey.
The standard was officially given to the abbey for safekeeping at a 'laying up ceremony' following the closure of the women's section last September.
Sandy Dean, former chairman of the branch, said it was an emotional day for more than 20 women's section branch members who were there.
She said the ceremony took place during the morning Eucharist service on Sunday, February 19, in front of a congregation of about 100.
Mrs Dean said: 'It was quite a sad occasion, but it was all done very nicely by the abbey.
'The standard was brought up to the altar by our standard bearer, and the vicar placed it on the altar. There was a final hymn and then it was led to a chapel of the abbey followed by the choir, the priests and the Bishop of Thetford, and then the standard was hung on the wall.'
Mrs Dean said The Last Post was also played at the service, which was led by the Revd Catherine Relf-Pennington.
The Wymondham RBL women's section closed, along with scores of others across the country, after a re-organisation at a national level.Mrs Dean said many former members were still upset about the fact the women's section had to close.
She said: 'It was the way it was done that was the problem. We were very active and raised a lot of money over the years.'
The women's section had been running since 1953, and although it was initially only open to serving and former armed forces members, it was later opened to all women.
Mrs Dean said former members of the women's section planned to keep meeting and raising money for good causes around the area.
She said they were already planning to hold a coffee morning in March to benefit the The Walnut Tree Project, which helps veterans and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
Do you have a story about something happening in your community? Email stuart.anderson@archant.co.uk
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Home ties for King’s Lynn and Gorleston in FA Trophy and Vase draws
Published: 12:33 PM November 14, 2016 Updated: 2:54 PM October 10, 2020
Gorleston (green) v Northampton Sileby Rangers in the second round of the FA Vase. Alex Kounnas scoring Gorleston's first goal. Picture: ANTONY KELLY - Credit: Archant
King's Lynn Town and Gorleston have both been handed home ties in this afternoon's draws for the next rounds of the FA Trophy and FA Vase.
King's Lynn will host Southern Premier Division rivals St Ives Town at The Walks in the final qualifying round of the Buildbase FA Trophy, avoiding a tie against a National League North or South side.
Lynn have not faced the Cambridgeshire club in the league yet but were beaten 6-5 on penalties at St Ives in the League Cup in early October, following a goalless draw which saw Lynn defender Matty Castellan suffer a nasty head injury.
The youngster had to be kept in hospital overnight following the second half collision, which delayed the game for around 30 minutes.
Lynn reached third round qualifying of the Trophy thanks to an impressive 3-1 win at Buxton on Saturday. The tie is scheduled to be played on Saturday, November 26, with £4,000 in prize money going to the winner.
Gorleston will welcome Essex Senior League side Basildon United to Emerald Park in the third round of the Buildbase FA Vase.
The Greens beat Northampton Sileby Rangers 2-1 in the second round at Emerald Park on Saturday.
The third round ties are scheduled to be played on Saturday, December 3, with £975 in prize money going to the winners and £325 to the losers.
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Punk legend Terri Hooley to attend Norwich screening of Good Vibrations
Published: 3:53 PM September 24, 2013 Updated: 2:31 PM October 10, 2020
Terri Hooley. - Credit: Submitted - September 2013
A punk music 'legend' will be presenting a screening at Cinema City in Norwich next month.
Terri Hooley, a prominent figure in the Belfast punk scene and founder of the Good Vibrations record shop, will be presenting a screening of a film about his life as part of the Norwich Sound and Vision festival.
The film, also entitled Good Vibrations, is being screened at 6pm on Thursday, October 10. It will be followed by a Q&A with Mr Hooley, chaired by punk music pundit John Robb.
The film is set in Belfast in the 1970s, when the bloody conflict known as the Troubles shut down the city, and when Hooley decided to open his record shop.
The film stars Irish actors Richard Dormer and Dylan Moran.
Tickets are available in person at the St Andrews's Street cinema's box office, by calling 0871 902 5724 or by going to www.picturehouses.co.uk
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WIPO's Main Event: NGOs Approved, More Support for the Development Agenda
By Ren Bucholz
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The Development Agenda is the most contentious issue WIPO has ever considered. So it's pretty surprising to hear the Chair describe a "wide majority, a significant majority" of opinion on just about anything. But that's what he said about the push to keep the agenda at the center of WIPO's work. While the vast majority of countries want to continue tackling the DA in a high-level meeting process known as the IIM, holdouts like the United States and Japan are still pushing to bury discussions in a nebulous committee that hasn't met for years. We won't know the results of this jockeying until Monday or Tuesday, but we'll report here as soon as we do.
And in a rare show of unanimity, the fight to admit more non-government organizations (NGOs) to WIPO was won on Thursday (scroll to the bottom of this page for background)! The assembly's final act of the day was passing Agenda Item 23, which accepted all pending applications from NGOs. Mighty is my w00t!
(Notes after the jump.)
**WIPO General Assembly: Day 4**
September 29, 2005 (Thursday)
Notes by:
Thiru Balasubramaniam, thiru at cptech.org, Consumer Project on Technology
Ren Bucholz, ren at eff.org, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Teresa Hackett, teresa.hackett at eifl.net, Electronic Information for Libraries
[NOTE: This is not an official transcript. Any errors and ommissions are regretted.]
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10:55 AM (Start).
[RB: The discussion of the Development Agenda started later in the morning. Click here to jump directly to that section. The afternoon was occupied primarily with discussion of the Standing Committee on Patents, and that discussion can be found here.]
Chair (Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo. Permanent Representative of the Philippines): I would like to give the floor to the WIPO Secretariat in order to make an announcement on new WIPO officers.
Secretariat (Edward Kwakwa): Could I please draw your attention to document "A/41/INF/4"
I wish to simply read the names of the new officers, and to save time, I will refrain from reading the names of all 60 officers.
Chair of General Assembly
Enrique MANOLO (Philippines)
Vice-Chairs:
Zigrids AUMEISTERS (Latvia)
Usman SARKI (Nigeria)
WIPO Conference
Rigoberto GAUTO VIELMAN (Paraguay)
Guilherme de AGUIAR PATRIOTA (Brazil)
M'hamed SIDI EL KHIR (Morocco)
WIPO Coordination Committee
Love Mtesa (Zambia)
Peter Li-Feng Schrock (Germany)
Maximiliano Santa Cruz (Chile)
Chair: We conclude agenda item 3. The Director-General is present today and would like to comment on agenda item 4.
Secretariat (Director-General Idris): Thanks people for thanking him, then dedicates those thanks to his staff.
Over the last year, he was struck by the amazing upswing in use of IP in many DCs and LDCs. Double-digit growth on a variety of axes illustrates the importance of comprehensively formulated IP systems.
WIPO remains more committed than ever to supporting LDCs to strengthen their regional and national IP systems, policies, and their accompanying action plans. He is fully conscious of the aspirations of LDCs regarding public policy space, especially where it relates to health, education, food, security, living conditions, employment and the elimination of poverty. WIPO will continue to pursue these concerns in its development program.
Finally, takes note and welcome the offer of the gov't of Japan to host a WIPO Japan office. If he understands, this office would be dedicated to research-based output. We have an excellent atmosphere of negotiations.
Welcomes the fact that this initiative won't have any financial implications for this organization.
[TB: I believe he is responding to the general statements made by Member States, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs in the plenary on Monday and Tuesday. ]
Chair: Thanks DG for his remarks. We now revert to our consideration of Agenda item 13 [RB: Agenda Item 13 = the Development Agenda].
Malaysia: Would like to commend WIPO on its good work in conducting 3 IIMs so far. We view IIM as a venue for constructive discussions for all Member States.
Since the proposal for the African Group has still to be discussed. In order to hold a fair and balanced review, this and other proposals should be tabled and discussed at the same venue.
Malaysia believes that the IIM's mandate should be extended for another 3 meetings, if necessary, in an effort to produce recommendations for the next GA.
[TB: Malaysia supports renewing the mandate]
Japan: This delegation is happy to continue discussion on this important item. We believe that this discussion should continued in a permanent body.
We would like you to recall that the IIM was a compromise. The IIM is not a permanent body; it is an ad hoc body.
In the PCIPD, we understood that the mandate of the PCIPD is flexible enough to cover the development agenda. We believe that discussions of the development agenda should continue in PCIPD.
This delegation is of the view that, even if we discuss proposals in the PCIPD instead of an IIM, that it would still be equitable to pending proposals.
[TB: Japan does NOT support renewal of IIM process-supports shunting the discussions into the PCIPD]
Kenya: It is widely acknowledged that development is the greatest challenge to international community today. Just a few days ago, world leaders met in NY to assess progress towards the Millennium Goals. WIPO has a great deal to contribute with regard to the delivery of the MDGs.
IP must not be mixed up with technical assistance.
Kenya supports the establishment of a WIPO Development Agenda with a clear mandate and monitoring systems. We believe the Friends of Development proposal is a good basis. Matters should be handled by IIM, not PCIPD. While we would welcome an expansion of PCIPD as well, we think that IIM is the best place to continue this discussion.
WIPO DA is not about just expanding the scope of rights, but is more like a human right with social goals.
Benin: The WIPO DA is of crucial importance to our group (LDCs).
The IIM process must be maintained in 2006 to consider the proposal by the African Group amongst others. We support the statement made yesterday by Morocco on behalf of the African Group.
Relief of poverty is a vital concern, and we thank the countries here who have stood in solidarity with us.
Bahrain: We have specific social and economic needs in our country. Because of the increasingly important role of IP in general, we need to increase advocacy and awareness building programmes for IP. This will help improve living standards. We hope that WIPO can help us to keep up with the pace of technological development.
On the proposals that have been put on the table, we believe it's important to find a good formula for dealing with them.
Pakistan: It has been a year since the need for a DA was first discussed at last year's GA. The last WIPO assembly authorized more focused discussion on the DA based on the Friends of Development proposal. As mandated by the Assembly, it was taken up by three IIM meetings. We have not only travelled some distance on this road, we have a roadmap to chart our course.
Globalisation has enhanced the importance of the development orientation of the IP system. WIPO as a member of the UN family has an unambiguous responsibility to fully integrate the development dimension.
It is not the mandate, but the mindset that needs to be tuned for a certain development quotient in all of WIPO's activities. We have drawn attention to three clusters of concerns.
1) Affordability of essential products including pharmaceuticals, textbooks, educational software.
2) The misappropriation of traditional knowledge and genetic resources.
3) Increasing restrictive effects of IP on access to technology and ability of developing countries to innovate.
These concerns lead us to what the Director General pointed out in his opening remarks. It is important to create a policy space that codifies exceptions and limitations that already exist, and fosters their growth where they do not. We must create a results-oriented development agenda for WIPO. We need a balance between IP rights and the public interest.
The way the IP system affects developing countries at different levels must be examined. We need to have a standing group that assesses the impacts of IP in myriad contexts. This could even be launched as we discuss the DA, as it would only improve our decisions.
The IIM process was mandated to examine the FOD proposal and others to make the necessary recommendations to the GA. It is unfortunate to note that most discussion took place on procedure. The IIM process could not even achieve a first reading of the all the proposals in their entirety.
However, it is encouraging that proposals continued to be placed before the IIM. We are confidant that WIPO has the intellectual reserves to meet this challenge.
This brings us to either renewal of the IIM process or shifting to the PCIPD. We believe that this Assembly should renew the mandate for the following reasons:
1) The last Assembly charged the IIM and that duty has not been fully discharged. Equity for all pending proposals requires that the IIM be continued.
2) It is evident that the issues raised will cut across the whole range of WIPO activities.
3) Despite a slow start, the IIM process acquired a momentum that must not be lost to yet another procedural debate.
4) The IIM process has evolved into a setting where the differing aspects of the DA could be discussed in an integrated manner.
We would like to conclude that a DA for WIPO is a milestone for this organization and it is our collective responsibility to ensure that high standards of equity and fair play be maintained in these discussions.
South Africa: We recognize the fact that new proposals have been tabled, including the African Group, and that the IIM mandate should be extended.
We understood development to cover the following issues:
1. Public health and intellectual property. The work of the World Health Organization through the Commission on IP Rights and Health (CIPIH) is important in this regard. We are tackling these problems in South Africa through compulsory licensing and parallel importations.
2. The CBD work is related to development including genetic resources, benefit sharing and disclosure.
3. Access to educational learning materials and information. Maybe the Berne Appendix should be incorporated into national legislation.
South Africa is of the view that intellectual property is cross-cutting nature means that it should not be the domain of one national department or of one international organization.
We must approach IP in a collective manner. The UN agencies are also coming to grips with the DA. Other bodies e.g. WTO has exactly identified that there is a problem. The Doha Declaration is a good example.
These issues do not form part of the work of the PCIPD. We doubt that the PCIPD has the necessary expertise to deal with this issue. WIPO itself should rise to address this agenda.
It is also hoped that bilateral trade negotiations shall not undermine flexibilities provided for in the TRIPS agreement. I hope South Africa is not asking the impossible from WIPO. Please extend the mandate of the IIM.
Jamaica: Yields to Minister of Justice from Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua & Barbuda (Speaking on behalf of Caribbean delegates): A DA for WIPO will contribute to the strengthening of the organization's already significant contribution to development. It is therefore quite logical that the mandate of the IIM should be extended to the next GA to allow for further time for engagement with the issues. It would be premature to end discussions and support the recommendation that further IIMs be convened and that it should report to the GA.
Cuba: We fully support the statement of Argentina made on behalf of our delegation. We must implement the development dimension into all aspects of the organization's work.
We must analyze the proposals in a proactive way. We must have an IP system that takes into account the needs of developing countries and public policies.
Cameroon: We would like to associate ourselves with the statement of Morocco. DA is of immense importance to our countries, as has been stated by others. No concrete conclusions have emerged from the IIMs, and so we question whether its mandate has been exhausted.
Our observation is as follows: the IIM has already built a focus on this item, and we believe that this focus should be sustained.
The African Group is still to table its proposal. Another advantage is that the IIM has the character of an ad hoc structure, which is usually more expeditious than a permanent body. Also, some of the important concerns mentioned by South Africa cannot be dealt with by the PCIPD.
Egypt: We associate ourselves with the statements made by Argentina (GFoD) and Morocco (African Group)
We believe that the national IP system should be implemented in a way beneficial to development. We've therefore become active in things like the African Group proposal to the DA. This proposal has clearly reflected the group's endeavor to translate this into concrete results.
We view the outcome of the IIM as a concrete step towards our goals. However they were unable to fully address the proposals of member states during the three meetings allotted. There has been a clear consensus to continue these discussions. We join the clear majority of member states in calling for a continuation of the IIM.
It is important to understand that we do not mean to make the IIM a permanent process - as that would simply undermine the urgency of the DA - but rather to integrate the development dimension in WIPO activities.
Let me remind you of the call of the leaders of 77 countries of the importance of development.
By integrating the DA into its work, WIPO would send a clear message to DCs and LDCs that their concerns are being addressed.
Paraguay: We attach a great deal of importance to the development agenda. IP needs to be an increasingly general tool to contribute to countries' prosperity.
I had the pleasure to chair the IIM meetings. I sensed the genuine interest and commitment of delegations proceeding on the issues, even though we spent a lot of time on procedural issues.
Our delegation believes that besides the importance of this issue, that the mechanism chosen by last year's Assembly was appropriate. The number of proposals submitted backs up this judgment. It is most logical and simple to ask for a number of similar meetings to continue.
We would like delegations who have reservation in this regard to have the flexibility to hold further IIMs to move forward with addressing proposals that haven't yet been addressed. the appropriateness of moving forward
Chair: We have 7-8 more speakers on this item. I would remind delegations to adhere to the 5 minute time limit.
Algeria: We support the statement made by the African group.
We are in the process of comprehensive reform of the UN system, and the foundation is that development must be addressed holistically. As a specialized agency of the UN, WIPO must be involved. IP is a key aspect of the DA. Our Chinese colleague pointed out the benefits of IP for development. What is true in China, can be true in any of our countries. The question is not whether to set up a body, but first to identify objectives. There is agreement on a need for a DA.
My delegation believes that, at this stage, we need to study all of the proposals. The IIM was set up by the GA, but it has not yet finished its mission. It shouldn't be stopped in the middle of its mandate.
Jordan: Jordan has joined proposal sponsored by Bahrain. In our view, this represents a balanced programme of action. Other proposals submitted are worthy of attention and interest. We hope to reach a consensus on the content of the proposals, notwithstanding the name of the body.
India: We support the mechanism of IIM created by 2004 Assembly. To our mind, the 3 IIM's have provided a good forum for both developing and developed countries to make the mind of WIPO more focused on the tasks of development. Our remaining tasks are to identify the aspects of each proposal that we want to act on, and to craft recommendations for the GA.
The suggestion to move the DA to the PCIPD would restrict the scope of the interaction and would not serve the purpose as this forum is mainly for technical assistance.
By proposing the renewal of the IIM mandate we don't want to give the impression that we want to micro-manage WIPO's work or stall any reforms. I plead to you to let the IIM process continue. I find it imperative to do so. Otherwise we might send the wrong signals to the world that we are more interested in promoting IP than promoting public policy goals.
Thailand: The mainstreaming of development issues into all aspects of WIPO is a key task. We therefore support the extension of the IIM mandate into 2006.
Colombia: The IIM has been a useful intergovernmental exercise. The interesting discussions on development and IP, and the firm commitment of members states, has led to more than 27 constructive proposals for member states. Several countries have indicated that they will submit new proposals and Colombia is in the process of drafting a new proposal. Other proposals of equal importance have not been discussed due to lack of time. It is quite clear that we need to continue this process.
A new mandate from this Assembly should have two clear aims:
1) To continue discussing and analysing the existing proposals, and all the new ones that come along.
2) Under its mandate, the IIM could make recommendations and submit it to the 2006 General Assembly and have it take a decision on these recommendations.
From that point, the process will have been completed with actions and proposals that complement WIPO's role.
Afghanistan: IP is an essential aspect of the development process.
My delegation supports the DA in WIPO. However, we feel this should not be an additional work but should transcend all aspects of WIPO's work as it underlying all IP categories e.g. patents, copyright.
We are of the view that WIPO is the place where these discussions should take place. We believe that the work of the IIM should continue, and that we should set certain targets. We support the statement made by Argentina.
Peru: We support the statement of Argentina (GFoD) and Mexico (GRULAC)
The differences between developed and developing countries are immense in terms of IP. Exports from the developed countries have a high IP-component value, and therefore their citizens benefit greatly when rights are expanded. The countries with less technical capacity seek differential treatment, so that they might develop. We therefore focus on places that we have strength: manufacturing, biodiversity, folklore, handicrafts need preferential treatment by the Assembly. We should not focus just on broadcasting, software and other areas where developed countries have strength.
With regard to the appropriate forum to seek consensus, we believe that the IIM should continue its work. The impatience shown by some countries should not be used to argue for the IIM's deactivation.
The IIM is doing good work and it could very well continue the mandate given to it by this Assembly.
Sudan: Recognition that there are vast differences between the IP/technical capacity of developed/developing countries. I quite agree with the statement by the African Group and am in favour of extending the mandate of the IIM.
Uruguay: We support the FoD statement. To achieve a balance between the producers of knowledge and the users of knowledge, there should be a development dimension. Uruguay considers it necessary to promote and protect the public domain and other commitments by our countries of the MDGs. It is appropriate to renew the mandate of the IIM. The DA is of sufficient priority to all countries and should be discussed in a dedicate meeting.
Iran: I would like to associate myself with with the GFOD statement and the Asian Group statement. Poses several questions:
1) Why do we support the IP agenda for development?
Development is an integral part of all UN activities. This explains the global consequences of the MDGs. The DA goes beyond technical assistance to norm setting and other areas. Development is a cross-cutting phenomenon. Specific attention should be paid to the relationship between IP and development. We strongly support the extension of the IIM to 2006
2) What do we mean by IP agenda for development?
This needs to be discussed further to come to some consensus.
3) What should we do about this?
We strongly support the renewal of the IIM for 2006.
Chair: Thanks to everyone, and now I'll make a brief summary of where we stand.
Everyone here articulated their belief in the importance of the DA. There also is agreement on the need to discuss proposals in IIM including two that have not yet been discussed.
There was the issue of course of where to proceed.
A wide majority, a significant majority believe that the IIM should be extended. The Chair noted the alternative proposal to put it into the PCIPD.
There is some difference of opinion on this issue. This isn't a big deal, and I am optimistic that we can agree on this point. We shall try to have informal consultations later this afternoon. We shall set agenda item 13 aside for now.
We have 18 items left, and we need to get through them by tomorrow. I'd therefore like to open Agenda Item 14.
Secretariat (Francis Gurry): The future work plan of the Standing Committee on Patents. Let me tell of the story of this long saga. Last year the United States submitted a proposal on a future work plan of for the SCP. The Director General held informal consultations in February in Casablanca. The SCP failed to reach agreement on the work plan.
Switzerland (on behalf of Group B): In order to improve the world's patent systems, it is necessary to implement common patent examination standards.
Argentina (GFOD): Document GA/32/9 draws our attention to the last meeting of SCP. Notes the Casablanca recommendations. Of interest was that these recommendations left aside issues of concerns to developing countries. The discussion of the 11th session of the SCP indicates that there is no consensus on this issue. The discussions in the SCP should focus on a broader set of issues. In fact, this marked the third time that this was rejected.
This proposal cannot form an appropriate framework in which to move forward.
In fact, patents are so cross-cutting that they will impact public health, environment, and nutrition. The implications of patents on health came to a fore in 2001 at Doha. The Doha Declaration encouraged countries to use flexibilities. WIPO should take into account the development dimension. Norm-setting at WIPO should take into account the safeguarding public interest flexibilities
The four proposals singled out in Casablanca and the US/Japan (last year's GA) involve core aspects of the patent regime. Under Article 27, countries have flexibility to determine standards of flexibility.
Unfortunately, the proposals of the US and Japan would prevent local flexibilities from being respected, and they depart from the norms of multilateral policy formation.
We would like to raise again our concerns with the manner in which the Casablanca consultations were organized. This sort of situation should not repeat itself. A new possible SPLT treaty that did not take into account the development dimension would not be acceptable.
Morocco: We support patent law harmonization. IP is a development tool.
United Kingdom (on behalf of EC and Bulgaria/Romania): We remain concerned with the outcome of the last session of the SCP. We should concentrate on a few set of issues. The EU supports the statement made by Group B.
China: On the future work of SPT & SPLT:
1) In the recent years of the revitilization of patent law harmonization has been of great importance to a number of countries.
We support what developing countries propose.
2) There have been 6 sessions since the drafting of SPT, and there has been much work done on this. However, due to the circumstances that blocked substantive progress on this treaty, we have seen proposals to limit the scope of the treaty in order to gain consensus. We see why this might be valuable.
3) Outlines issues of import to DCs within the treaty, suggests that these should be integral to future drafts. We need to have international rules on this as soon as possible.
We would like to support your work in making substantive progress.
Czech Republic (On behalf of Central European & Baltic States): Committed to continuing work on patents. Support EU position.
United States: We support Group B statement. We need a sensible plan to move forward on the SPLT-we should focus our work on:
1) prior art
2) grace period
3)novelty
4) inventive step
We do not believe that a single undertaking is the appropriate framework to move things forward as it would be unworkable and inefficient.
There is a successful precedent at WIPO for breaking larger issues into smaller talks. By limiting the scope, we can move forward. We recommend limiting the scope of the SCP is the best course of action.
Japan: We've been working on SPLT since 2000, but we are still far from agreement on it.
Egypt: Attach ourselves to the statement made by Argentina. We need to carry out these discussions in balanced manner. We should examine the consequences of these discussions on health, biodiversity and nutrition.
Algeria:
South Africa: We would like to support Argentina's and Morocco's statement. We are a member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COOP 7 sp?)
If one follows the approach if the IGC, then you cannot accept that patent systems continue to ignore DA issues.
The DA should permeate all WIPO treaties. WIPO should produce instruments that cater to the needs of all Member States. SPLT should protect against bio-piracy and protect genetic resources.
South Africa is on the verge of passing a law on this, and we recommend other countries proceed with this as well.
Trinidad & Tobago:
Venezuela: Restates support for FoD. Inappropriate to proceed with harmonisation work.
Brazil: We fully endorse the statement made by Argentina. In this agenda item as unfortunately, we have both a matter of substance and procedure. Procedure was not adequate to help find a solution to the impasse. I disassociated myself from the Casablanca process. Harmonization may be a euphemism for standardization that is not appropriate.
We also believe that harmonisation is in opposition, to a certain extent, to our believe that patent laws should be in line with the national interests of each country. Despite these concerns, we have supported going forward. However, we do not believe that it is appropriate to proceed on a small number of issues, as this might contribute to misunderstanding over this form of "harmonization."
Iran: Associates itself with statement by Argentina (GFOD). At the last GA, it was decided that the dates of the SCP were to be decided by the WIPO DG.
There should be a recognition of public interest flexibilities and disclosure of origin.
Doha Declaration drew attention to the nexus of IP and health.
Lack of consensus in the deliberations was reflected three times.
rejected 3 times ??
India: The Prime Minister of India said earlier this year "An ideal regime has to strike a balance between the innovators and the users of the fruits of these innovations". This will be possible only when all the substantive issues are treated on an equal footing.
Access to health, nutrition [missed some] are some of our key concerns.
Substantive issues of interest to us include: access and benefit sharing, disclosure of origin, and policy space.
Chile: We believe that the best, if not the only way, to get a balanced agreement is by including all aspects of patents, including in the draft treaty.
Chair: The GA is invited to give directions on the SPLT. In the view of the chair, it is difficult to give a summary of the direction of the future work programme. There were differing views which can only be clarified in a more informal setting. We have a basis to continue discussions however. I will defer action on this item and will continue in an informal setting.
Agenda item 15 at around 15.00.
1:12 PM (End of morning session)
Chair: We'll now move to Item 15.
Deputy Director-General (Francis Gurry): Document 6 concerns involving indigenous communities in these intergovernmental meetings, including the establishment of a voluntary travel fund. The IGC has come to an agreement on the voluntary fund. Attendees would have to come through accredited NGOs. WIPO would administer the fund. Text has been created and consensus achieved - now we need to approve.
Document 7 concerns work of IGC. In 2003, the GA established a mandate for the IGC to create a biennial report. GA is invited to check out the report, and asked to renew the mandate of the IGC to work on folklore and TK. Also, paragraph 33 of the original mandate is no longer necessary. We suggest removing it.
Chair: Can we agree on the first item? Yes - so decided. Now we turn to the second item.
Argentina (On behalf of FoD): Many developing countries have been disappointed in the progress of the IGC. Many pushed for a renewed focus on mandating results-oriented work for the IGC.
Note that we have not limited any outcomes, including a treaty implement to carry on this work.
We endorse the recommendation submitted to the GA to renew the mandate of the IGC.
Switzerland (On behalf of Group B): The IGC is making good progress under its current mandate. No need to expand its mandate. Welcomes voluntary contribution funds.
UK (On behalf of EC and acceding states):
The EU supports wider stakeholder participation in the work dealing with traditional cultural expressions and traditional knowledge. The EU has submitted a proposal on the issue of genetic resources regarding disclosure of origin. Any renewal of the mandate of the IGC should include all these issues.
Morocco: We'd like to emphasise the importance of the work of the IGC. We'd like to continue this work by introducing several binding international instruments. This is the only way to implement the work we've done. We therefore believe it wise to take a contributory approach to adjusting its mandate.
We also highlight the IGC's work on traditional culture expressions as quite important.
The African Group expresses its support for the creation of a voluntary fund to fund the participation of indigenous groups.
Iran (on behalf of Asian Group?): We have repeatedly expressed our interest in tangible outcomes for IGC. Despite the hard work of the committee, there has been opposition to tangible results.
The group is of the opinion that all Member States that the mandate of the IGC be renewed.
On paragraph 33, we believe that reopening the earlier mandate is unwise. We recommend renewing IGC's mandate without removing the paragraph.
China: IGC is charge of very difficult work. We hope that on the basis of preliminary results achieved by the IGC we can continue discussions on folklore, genetic resources and traditional knowledge to put forward solutions to these problems.
South Africa: We have got some difficulties in the Secretariat request regarding paragraph 33. What exactly is being asked?
International dimensions can be looked at.
Enough information has been amassed and the IB should come with a text , that text may lead to an internally binding instrument.
Have we been following the correct mandate for the last two years? The mandate should be crafted so that we know exactly what it is.
Secretariat: The existing mandate is set out in paragraph 1 set out by the General Assembly two years ago.
In para 32, the IGC asks to have its existing mandate extended.
and secondly to consider the extension of the existing mandate as set out in paragraph 1. That is all the GA is asked to do at this stage.
Director General: If the question is whether the extension of the work of this committee implies an extension of its mandate, the answer is yes. The question is whether to extend the existing mandate for two more years, but that the substantive discussion on the extension of the mandate would be made within the IGC.
DG:
India: With our ancient civilization, we have a unique storehouse of TK, genetic resources, etc. As such, we really want a binding international instrument.
United States: We support the continuation of the mandate of the IGC. We will support the voluntary fund but we would also like to encourage that measures be taken to ensure that the representatives are not self-selected, but indeed speak for a broad spectrum of groups.
Chile: We support the renewal of the mandate of this committee.
Kenya: We agree that the IGC's work should produce a binding international treaty. We also agree with extending its mandate.
We look forward to when the benefits that accrue from the protection of TK, genetic resources are shared with the relevant groups.
We expect that the renewed committee will produce model laws and draft treaties by the end of the year.
Egypt: It is our understanding that there was a clear consensus to renew the mandate of the IGC. Finally we would like to reaffirm our position that the work in IGC should be treated in the same footing as work at the SPC and at the WTO.
Morocco: We believe that we must regulate the exploitation of TK at international level which can only be done through a legally binding instrument.
to stop the illegal exploitation of such resources. We approve the creation of a voluntary fund.
Chair: I have a list of 10 speakers. Recognize that.
Turkey: We welcome the establishment of a voluntary fund and we support the delegation of Morocco speaking on behalf of the African Group.
In addition, we'd like to recall our position on this topic, and indeed we wonder if our opinion was fully taken into account during the last meeting.
The selection of representatives should be made in close co-operation with member states. We asked the Secretariat why it was possible for donors to be involved in this process. We made this request in writing because we had not received an answer. We recommended the deletion of Article 6 f.2, we thought it had been deleted, and we therefore cannot endorse the proposal as it stands.
Oman: The Sultanate of Oman attaches great importance to this issue, as do our people. We agree to the proposed decision and hope that we will arrive at a legally binding instrument for the protection of genetic resources and TK. We have already enacted legislation for this purpose as our constitution stresses this principle. We also support the establishment of a voluntary fund.
Peru: On behalf of the GRULAC countries. It is important to renew the mandate for two years.
Peru: On behalf of Peru. We would like to endorse the statement by the GFOD and the statement on behalf of GRULAC. The work of the committee is very important to Peru as we have many indigenous communities.
Therefore, we also welcome the creation of the voluntary fund. We think that things have been very productive to date, especially with regard to traditional knowledge. However, other areas have languished. For the sake of consensus, we accept the renewal of the mandate, but we should strive to achieve tangible results, as is the case with TK where we already have a possible legal instrument which could be binding in the long term.
Kyrgyzstan: We think that the best outcome of the IGC is an international instrument, and we need it ASAP. So we call for the renewal of the IGC's mandate, and we support the voluntary fund.
Canada: Canada supports the renewal of the existing mandate of the IGC.
Sudan: We support the extension of the IGC's mandate, and the voluntary fund.
Trinidad & Tobago: We take note of WO/38/7. We are compelled to recognise the valuable work done so far, but it would seem that decisions are only achieved after lengthy debate.
We appreciate the efforts of the IGC, as we recognize that this isn't easy to do.
Our music, drama, oral literature, arts and crafts now find themselves exposed to the wider world and are subject to profit making concerns. We are sure this applies to other developing countries. We welcome the establishment of the voluntary fund.
New Zealand: We support the statement made on behalf of Group B. The resources produced are invaluable to policy makers and stakeholders, regardless of where the work leads.
The work on principles, for example, has been useful in working through TK issues. Many of us are just getting started on our own policy work, and the continued production of IGC's materials is itself valuable.
There are many country specific variables and we acknowledge that it is a complex issue. So it doesn't surprise us that the IGC is still figuring things out.
We support the continuation of the IGC and the adoption of the voluntary fund.
Nigeria: We note with satisfaction the proposal to renew the mandate and to establish a voluntary fund. We are concerned about the rate of progress on the IGC. There have been lots of discussions but we regret to note that little substantive work has been done. After 8 sessions and mountains of documentation, we still do not have before us a consolidated text that can form the basis of a binding instrument.
The core issues are not limited to protection of TK, but to preventing the exploitation of patent applications. We associate ourselves with all those who have called for an internationally binding instrument.
Malaysia: Supports the extension of the IGC. We think that a binding instrument is an important goal, and we support the voluntary fund.
Ethiopia: Here we are dealing with assets in which LDCs have a comparative advantage.
We also note that the discussion have themselves been valuable, and the materials obtained there have found their way into domestic legislation. We support the extension of the IGC and the voluntary fund.
Iran: As a culturally rich and developing country, this issue is of great importance to us and why reaching internationally binding frameworks is necessary. In light of this, we think that the extension of IGC's mandate should be approved.
Antigua & Barbuda: We support the statements of Peru & Trinidad & Tobago. We agree that the mandate be extended to the next biennial.
Chair: No more speakers. Draws attention to paragraph 33 on page 9 of WO/ga/32/7, asks for consensus, then adopts it as amended.
Proceeds by quickly touching on:
Agenda Item 16 - calls on Gurry to take floor.
Agenda Item 17 - regarding the Patent Law Treaty
Agenda Item 22 - concerning Internet domain names
Agenda Item 23 - All observers have been admitted.
[RB: This last item is short but significant. Many organizations, including EFF, fought to gain access for a broad selection of NGOs. Today, we won.]
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Cheryl Praeger, centre, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, and Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, at the awards ceremony last October
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Top mathematician on discovering the symmetry of creation
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The first pure mathematician to win the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, Cheryl Praeger, has a warm, gentle and refined voice that makes listening to her a pleasure.
Speaking to Eternity by phone from Perth, Praeger sounds ebullient when speaking of the eminent award, which comes with a cash prize $250,000.
“I think being the 2019 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science in Australia is really very, very special because I’m glad to be an Australian and living here and it’s an award for the country,” she says.
“I’m the first pure mathematician to win the award and I’m the first person, scientist, working in Western Australia to receive the award – and for me that’s been a really, really special thing.”
Cheryl Praeger
A committed Christian, Praeger, 71, was less than half her age and the mother of two little boys when she was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Western Australia in 1983.
“I’m the second woman to be a professor of mathematics at an Australian university and I was quite young when that happened – I was 35 years old.”
So it’s hardly surprising that the top mathematician’s tone turns pedagogic while patiently explaining the basics of her branch of pure mathematics that deals with questions of symmetry.
“I look at the theory of symmetry, what kind of groups there could be, and what’s made it very exciting over my career is that around the ’80s they discovered all the building blocks of symmetry. These are called finite simple groups,” she says.
“So all these groups of symmetry you can cut them up into small bits in a certain technical way and you discover the simple pieces then; and no matter how you cut them up, as long as you’re following the rules, you’ll get the same number of simple pieces of each type and they’re called the factors or composition factors.”
Praeger was not involved in the huge undertaking of completing the classification of these building blocks of symmetry but in the exciting consequences of their discovery.
“The main theme of my research has been to work out the consequences of knowing the finite simple groups in describing all sorts of possibilities like what kind of networks with certain properties can you get which are rather symmetrical or what kind of graphs or whatever,” she explains.
“They have no right to run that fast, you know, it’s just that they’re relying on an extremely deep piece of mathematics.”
The applications of her research – which spans decades and more than 400 journal publications – include public key cryptography which keeps your communication with your bank secure, for example. Another of her major contributions is the development of algorithms used in global mathematical computer systems.
“If you’re trying to identify certain types of symmetry groups, it’s enough to find elements with particular properties, and then you can use a deep theoretical classification to deduce what’s happening without doing lots of computation,” she explains.
“And so we’ve got some algorithms, some methods that work on the computer which run so incredibly fast – they have no right to run that fast, you know, it’s just that they’re relying on an extremely deep piece of mathematics – and lots of my work’s been involved with constructing those methods and some of the theory.”
“Mathematics seemed to explain the world a bit to me – and I loved solving problems.”
Born in Toowomba, Queensland, in 1948, Praeger says she first became keen on mathematics in early high school.
“It seemed to explain a whole lot about the world – I mean, really surprising things that I hadn’t thought of. As a girl, I wasn’t brought up with a lot of mechanical training. I cooked and sewed and read and got in the outdoors but mathematics seemed to explain the world a bit to me – and I loved solving problems.”
When Praeger started doing research in mathematics, she felt it was like discovering part of Creation.
“I was feeling like I was discovering part of reality and it was a mathematical reality,” she says.
“You may be constructing something or you may be discovering something that’s already there … it’s more of a philosophical thing but a personal feeling that certain parts of reality were revealed when I would solve a big problem that I’d been working on for a long time and so for me it was a positive feeling of revelation or discovery.”
“I had no intention of responding, but then I thought I should, and I was pretty much decided that I was a Christian from then on.”
Praeger gives a rather succinct summary of how she became a Christian at the age of 11 or 12.
“I was living in the country in Nambour. A group from my church went to a different church to listen to a Billy Graham crusade meeting. We were listening to a recording and I had no intention of responding, but then I thought I should, and I was pretty much decided that I was a Christian from then on.”
Praeger’s tone becomes more tentative when asked how her faith informed her research, but she agrees with my suggestion that she sees God’s creative hand at work.
“Someone else looking on may not interpret it in the same way, but I think that for me I see the most amazing mathematical structures – and I think of that as another part of reality. We can’t see it, but it’s there and we can explore it, computationally, visually sometimes. And the discoveries are extraordinary, some of them.”
Praeger is amazed to report that her sleeping brain would sometimes come to her aid in resolving some of her most difficult mathematical problems.
“Early in my career, I would be so obsessed and intensely focused on a problem that occasionally I can remember it was hardwired in my brain and I solved the actual problem almost in my sleep,” she says.
“I couldn’t sleep sometimes, and I would be thinking of how to solve a problem and making notes so that I could get back to sleep again, so that sort of thing is incredible.”
Looking to the future, she is excited about the possibility of a quantum computer and the challenges it will bring for mathematics.
“Well, it would be nice to see a quantum computer – that’s going to create such a huge group of new challenges. I hope I will be involved in that, but I might be looking on in amazement at what’s happening.”
“There’s so many new threats like plagiarism, fake news, wrong use of research.”
She is conscious, though, that her work, in helping scientists to encrypt information, may be used for destructive ends. For example, quantum computing systems are tipped to become the weapons of the future.
Praeger says she is pinning her hopes on keeping science within ethical boundaries through her work with the newly formed Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in Science.
“There’s so many new threats like plagiarism, fake news, wrong use of research, so there’s a lot of ethical issues; also some of what this committee does is keep track of injustices to scientists,” she explains.
“If some scientists are imprisoned because of their science or threatened because of their scientific work, then this committee is responsible for tracking and protesting.”
The committee plans to bring together a group of experts to decide what is new and most important for scientists in their ethical work behaviours, what their responsibilities are to media and government and what new possibilities and threats they face.
“We hope to make a report on this. Also we’re trying to look at some of the individual cases. Even though these have to be kept confidential, there might be general issues that we can make public statements about. It’s all very well to send the leader of a country a confidential letter about an individual case, but no one knows about it because it’s confidential. Maybe there are general issues involved that we can and should make public.”
As an international body made up of members from different countries and disciplines, she believes this committee is uniquely able to be really effective.
“Because it has access to such expertise right across the board, we hope we will be heard by bodies like the United Nations about the global issues that the world is facing.”
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New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS single, 'OUT OF TIME', set for UK release via Spinefarm Records - First to feature CHESTER BENNINGTON | FESTIVALPHOTO
New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS single, 'OUT OF TIME', set for UK release via Spinefarm Records - First to feature CHESTER BENNINGTON
Multi-platinum US rockers, Stone Temple Pilots, will release their first single with new vocalist Chester Bennington on July 15th 2013 via Spinefarm Records in the UK.
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Gene Discovery Points to New Pathways and Treatment Strategy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Breakthrough research funded by CVS/pharmacy and ALS Therapy Alliance cites two new genes that control outgrowth of motor nerve terminals; suppressing one gene may prolong human survival of ALS
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In the battle to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), scientists from Belgium have made a rare and exciting discovery: a new gene that influences survival time of ALS. The findings, reported in today’s issue of , were funded in part by CVS/pharmacy and the ALS Therapy Alliance, a Boston-based nonprofit. The findings also confirm another recent study that identified the same pathway to finding a treatment for ALS.
The research team, headed by Dr. Wim Robberecht, has found that loss of activity of a receptor called EphA4 substantially extends lifespan in this disease. Dr. Robberecht’s report began with observations in worm and mouse models of ALS. Investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) then documented that in rare human cases defects in the same gene prolong survival in human ALS.
“These findings are particularly exciting because they suggest that suppression of EphA4 may be a new way to treat ALS,” said Robert Brown, D.Phil., M.D., a co-author and Chair of Neurology at UMMS and president of the board for the ALS Therapy Alliance.
The UMMS team reported three weeks ago that there is another new ALS gene, profilin-1 (PFN1). PFN1 works in conjunction with EphA4 to control outgrowth of motor nerve terminals. Together these discoveries highlight a new molecular pathway in neurons that is directly related to ALS susceptibility and severity.
“It is exciting that two studies identify the same pathway in ALS; hopefully, this will accelerate efforts to find a treatment,” said Dr. John Landers, a scientist at UMMS and senior author of the PFN1 study.
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a devastating degenerative disorder of motor neurons that leads to progressive weakness and paralysis; life expectancy is just three to five years. ALS attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling muscles while leaving the brain intact, ultimately causing patients to become “trapped” in their own body. To date, there are no significant treatments for this disease.
The research received key funding from CVS/pharmacy, the largest corporate donor supporting cutting edge research for the cause and cure for ALS, and ALS Therapy Alliance. Over the last decade, the ALS Therapy Alliance, through support from CVS/Pharmacy, has raised $30 million for ALS research, focusing on breakthrough studies that improve the understanding and treatment of ALS.
“CVS/pharmacy is proud to support the innovative research efforts generated through the ALS Therapy Alliance,” said Jonathan C. Roberts, Executive Vice President, CVS Caremark. “These new findings offer hope for the thousands of patients who suffer from ALS, and to their friends, families and communities.”
In addition to the ATA and CVS/Pharmacy, the UMMS ALS research program was generously supported by Project ALS, P2ALS, the Angel Fund, and the National Institutes of Health.
“I am deeply grateful to these extraordinary funding agencies for their continued support of ALS research conducted by the ALS Therapy Alliance to help us explore new ways to solve this deadly medical puzzle,” said Dr. Brown.
CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS), is America's leading retail pharmacy with more than 7,300 CVS/pharmacy and Longs Drug stores. CVS/pharmacy is reinventing pharmacy to help people on their path to better health by providing the most accessible and personalized expertise, both in its stores and online at CVS.com. General information about CVS/pharmacy and CVS Caremark is available at .
Founded in 2000, ALS Therapy Alliance facilitates ALS research projects and collaborations among a diverse group of scientists and clinicians. The scientists involved in the ATA are affiliated with some of the best universities and medical centers, including, among others, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard College, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, and Boston University. ATA's board is comprised of outstanding clinicians, scientists and business associates including two Nobel Prize Laureates, H. Robert Horvitz, Ph.D. and Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., who are committed to the organization's mission. CVS Caremark is the largest corporate donor to ALS research. For more information, please visit .
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12 Late-Stage Interview Faux Pas That Could Cost You The Job
Young Entrepreneur Council
YEC is an invite-only organization comprised of the world's most successful entrepreneurs 40 and younger.
Most job applicants work hard to make a great first impression during their initial interview. They're polished, polite, well-versed in the company and the role, and have excellent answers for common (and not-so-common) interview questions.
Unfortunately, some candidates begin to show their true colors as they get to the second- or third-round interview. They get comfortable and assume that, because they've made it this far, they're a shoe-in for the job -- and this overconfidence can lead to some obvious slip-ups.
We asked 12 members of Young Entrepreneur Council about their biggest interview turnoffs as a candidate progresses through the hiring process. From revealing lies to boasting about other offers, here are some faux pas that anyone should avoid if they want to get an offer.
These entrepreneurs share interview mistakes that could cost you the job.
All photos courtesy of YEC members.
1. Bad-Mouthing A Former Employer
As surprising as it might seem, there is no dearth of potential candidates who don’t think twice before bad-mouthing their previous employers. Think of it as an unwritten rule -- you should never bad-mouth a previous or existing employer during an interview. This may well be the only reason you fail in an otherwise great interview. Even if what you plan to say is true, refrain from saying it to a prospective employer. When asked why you want to quit your last job or are looking for a change, make sure you come up with a tactful reason that explains your move. Otherwise, your interviewer will view you as not being mature enough or someone who might speak ill of the company at a later stage. Bad-mouthing your ex-colleagues comes across as being unprofessional as well. - Derek Robinson, Top Notch Dezigns
2. Exaggerating Or Misrepresenting Their Expertise
When I'm hiring for a technical position, I want to know about the interviewee's experience and their problem-solving skills. Experience with a particular programming language, application or hardware system is often important. It's a huge red flag when it becomes clear that the interviewee exaggerated in their resume. In the later stages of the hiring process, we have in-depth discussions about specific technologies, and it's obvious when people have misrepresented their expertise. It's also counterproductive because I'm really more interested in their problem-solving abilities. I'd rather hire a less-experienced person with the capacity to learn than someone who is dishonest. - Justin Blanchard, ServerMania Inc.
3. Not Taking Responsibility For Past Shortcomings
When I look for the perfect candidate for a position at my company, I'm looking for someone who not only can do the job, but who will be a positive addition to the culture. One of my biggest interview turnoffs in later rounds is when the candidate doesn't take accountability when reviewing past unsuccessful outcomes. It's OK to miss a number or have a short stint at a past job, but be honest about it and be mindful of how you share those experiences. Putting others down shows me you'll bring a negative attitude to the organization, which is an immediate pass from me. Plus, if you forget to send a thank-you note, the hiring managers notice -- trust me! That goes such a long way in staying top of mind when it comes to making that final decision. - Suneera Madhani, Fattmerchant
4. Lack Of Ambition
We like to hire hungry and aggressive team members. Most candidates seem aggressive in the first interview but they will shy away toward the end. I've spoken to many entrepreneurs who notice the same thing. My advice for candidates would be to stay in contact with the employer, follow up thoroughly, continue to do research about the company and improve your skills for the position. You will have a much better chance of getting hired, especially in a startup. - Brandon Stapper, Nonstop Signs
5. Not Following Up On A Promise
We recently went through a lengthy interview process to hire a VP at our company. We interviewed several highly qualified candidates who each had impressive resumes. All were well-spoken, organized and brought tremendous experience to our small company. It was difficult to compare the finalists to each other because they were both excellent in their own ways. One candidate, however, during early interviews offered to deliver a one-page summary of what they could bring to our company. We never followed up and waited to see if it would be produced. The candidate never came forward with such a document and thankfully, gave us a reason to set the finalists apart from each other. If this candidate was not able to follow up now, we were alerted of what to expect in the future. - Diego Orjuela, Cables & Sensors
6. No Change From Earlier Rounds
When you bring someone in for an interview, that's an important kick-off point in their relationship with your company. You get a feel for them and they get a feel for you -- but that's just a start. If you're bringing them back for later rounds, they should know more about your company, have more deeply insightful questions about the role and have refined their thinking about how and why they'd be a good fit. If that hasn't happened, it shows a lack of curiosity and enthusiasm. If their development at the company is static during the hugely pivotal interview process, it's almost certainly going to stay that way once they've settled in. - Tim Chaves, ZipBooks Accounting Software
7. Responding With Indifference
Candidates often believe that playing it cool will make them more attractive to employers. In reality, it is a terrible strategy. Interview processes are long and arduous. Hiring managers want a quick and enthusiastic "yes" from their top candidate once they have reached the final stage. But when an offer is met with indifference (think comments such as, "I need a few days to think it over" and/or "I have other offers on the table"), it is a massive turnoff. From the employer's perspective, extending a job offer is kind of like proposing marriage. Imagine being down on one knee, presenting a ring, only to be told by the potential spouse that they can't accept right away because they have other suitors out there and they need to think about it. It sounds silly, but it's true. - Jackie Ducci, Ducci & Associates
8. Asking About Work-Life Balance
I understand that work-life balance is a necessary component to having a happy team. However, the overemphasis of work-life balance from the interviewee tends to portend a negative outcome. When we hear mentions of that in the interview process it becomes a memorable sticking point. Instead of the interviewee making generalizations about work-life balance or drawing indirect boundaries, specific questions or statements have a much better perception. The statement, "Work-life balance is important to me" in our interview committees is often interpreted as, "I don't want to work too much." A question like, "How often are employees expected to work on a project at night or on a weekend?" is a better way of approaching the topic. - Stephen Hetzel, BidPrime
9. Not Following Up After Each Interview Round
Proper follow-up after an interview is critical. While multiple follow-ups are not necessary, a brief email, phone call or, in some cases, a text are really necessary for our company to consider a candidate. It is not simply manners but genuine interest in the position that this gesture displays. An interview without a follow-up to discuss items left unsaid or even just to check if we need sample work or additional materials does not bode well for the future performance of any position. We value highly the follow-up on all tasks in our business, and if candidates do not follow up on an interview, it speaks to their future performance value. - Matthew Capala, Alphametic
10. Lack Of Engagement With The Outside World
I'm wary of a candidate who doesn't seem curious about people. I always ask about hobbies or the last book they read. These questions give me a sense of what's important to them and how they're engaging with the outside world. I want to make sure I'm not bringing an automaton to the team. Our company is about helping regular people -- I need folks on my team who can relate to our customers and draw on their own life experiences to solve problems we haven't considered yet. - Sean Harper, Kin Insurance
11. Simply Answering Questions, Rather Than Having A Conversation
One big faux pas for me is when an interviewee answers my questions and just keeps waiting for the next question to roll up. I frankly don't like one-sided interviews and I don't like the feeling of pulling teeth to have a normal conversation -- I want the candidates to interview us as a company as well. By not doing so, it tells me that they're only interested in getting a job and getting paid, rather than joining a company for its culture and how they can contribute to the bigger goal. When I don't feel like we're getting interviewed, I lose interest in the candidate immediately because I question their true motives for wanting to work at WANDR. - Jinny Hyojin Oh, WANDR
12. Mentioning Competing Offers
Interviews are a sales function and every good candidate will be running a parallel process with other companies. But they should not be touting it, and especially not stating overtly that they're being offered a specific competing package. Just as the interviewer is seeing other candidates, an employer wouldn't quote functional differences between the candidates to the candidates themselves. A prospective employee doing this shows bad judgment and a lack of passion for your company mission. - Fan Bi, Menswear Reviewed
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« Responder #60 em: Junho 30, 2004, 07:01:22 pm »
Digital flight control system on US Army CH-47F to use BAE Systems CsLEOS™ real-time operating system
An open-architecture real-time operating system developed by BAE Systems has been selected for use on the newest version of the U.S. Army’s CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter, the CH-47F. The CsLEOS™ operating system will underpin the helicopter’s digital flight control system.
The digital control will replace analog flight controls on CH-47D helicopters as Boeing upgrades 300 of the aircraft to the F-model standard under contract to the U.S. Army. Its digital design will provide significantly greater reliability, maintainability, and flexibility than the existing analog control. The system also will incorporate a built-in diagnostic system for detecting and analyzing system failures and faults.
“The operating system that runs an aircraft flight control computer must be exceptionally robust,” said Milan Dedek, CsLEOS product manager for BAE Systems Aerospace Controls. “Our operating system was developed specifically for use on flight control and other mission-critical aircraft systems and is ideally suited to this use. We are proud that CsLEOS has been chosen to demonstrate its capabilities on this important Army program.”
An ARINC-653-compliant, fault-tolerant, hard-real-time operating system, CsLEOS was designed from the ground up for safety- and mission-critical applications that place a premium on security, predictable real-time response, and safety. Utilizing hardware memory protection, CsLEOS provides “Brick-wall” time, space, and resource partitioning between the kernel and applications operating on the same hardware platform. It also assures resource availability in both the time and space domains.
This combination facilitates the robust partitioning defined in ARINC 653, enabling applications with different DO-178B safety levels to run concurrently on the same processor. CsLEOS also supports “on-the-fly” application rescheduling, giving it the flexibility needed to meet a broad range of today’s safety-critical applications.
To assure fast recovery for time-critical events without compromising system safety, CsLEOS synchronizes all redundant channels on a frame-by-frame, lock-step basis, ensuring that all channels process the same data concurrently. In the event of a fault on one of the channels, the RTOS restarts the channel within milliseconds. To further enhance fault tolerance, CsLEOS provides a built-in health monitor.
To streamline application development, upgrades, and D0-178B certification, CsLEOS supports independent loading of application modules. Unlike approaches in which a portion of the kernel must be linked to each application, CsLEOS interacts exclusively with applications through its applications programming interface. This enables existing applications to be modified and new applications to be built and installed without the entire system having to be recompiled and rebuilt.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery, and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea, and in space. The company designs, manufactures, and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, and guided weapon systems. It is a pioneer in technology with a heritage stretching back hundreds of years and is at the forefront of innovation, working to develop the next generation of intelligent defense systems.
BAE Systems has major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company employs more than 90,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately £12 billion through its wholly owned and joint-venture operations.
BAE Systems North America is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 25,000 people who live and work in some 30 states, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to solving its customers’ needs with highly innovative and leading edge solutions across the defense electronics, systems, information technology, and services arenas.
BAE Systems Platform Solutions Sector provides a wide range of products and capabilities that include fly-by-wire flight controls, digital autopilots and flight directors, full-authority digital engine controls, inertial sensors and navigation guidance systems, displays, integrated avionics, power management systems, unmanned aerial vehicle systems, low-visibility precision landing systems, air traffic management systems, launch-vehicle controls, and hybrid electric vehicle drive systems. The sector is based in Johnson City, N.Y., and employs more than 6,000 people at facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom.
« Responder #61 em: Julho 02, 2004, 11:36:11 am »
RAFAEL anuncia nova versão do míssil Spike-ER
A RAFAEL anunciou o aparecimento de mais um membro da família de mísseis israelenses Spike: trata-se da variante PBF (Penetration, Blast and Fragmentation, ou Penetração, Sopro e Fragmentação) do Spike-ER. A nova versão foi desenvolvida para possibilitar o uso em áreas urbanas e conflitos de baixa intensidade com um mínimo de danos colaterais. A variante básica do Spike-ER contém duas cabeças de guerra em tandem, capazes de penetrar a blindagens de carros de combate pesados em alcances de até 8km. Pode ser disparado de dia ou de noite a partir de helicópteros, veículos leves e plataformas navais, dispondo ainda das capacidades de poder ter a missão abordada após o lançamento, atacar alvos ocultos e realizar vigilância e avaliação de danos em tempo real.
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FAB negocia aeronaves de segunda-mão
A FAB está estudando uma proposta sul-africana para o fornecimento, por US$2 milhões, de dois lotes de treinadores bipostos Atlas Impala Mk.1. O primeiro seria de 22 aeronaves, a serem entregues juntamente com 48 motores Viper; no segundo, viriam mais 23 aviões. O Atlas Impala Mk. 1 é a versão do Aermacchi MB326 construída sob licença na África do Sul em número de 151 exemplares. Com esses aeronaves, a combalida frota de Xavante da FAB seria reforçada, podendo o tipo se manter em serviço até 2010.
Sensor sul-africano escolhido para o Rafale
O sistema de determinação e acompanhamento da posição da cabeça do piloto desenvolvido pela Denel foi escolhido para instalação nos caças multifunção Rafale encomendados pela França. O equipamento é vital para a utilização de displays e/ou visores de tiro acoplados ao capacete do piloto, e também foi selecionado para uso no Gripen e no Eurofighter Typhoon. Utilizando diodos emissores de luz, o sistema é imune a variações do ambiente eletromagnético do cockpit, e não requer recalibragem quando da instalação de outros equipamentos.
Egypt requests upgrade of three CH-47Cs to D configuration
On 6 July 2004, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt to upgrade three CH-47C Chinook medium lift helicopters to the newer CH-47D configuration as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $108 million.
The Government of Egypt has requested a possible sale to upgrade three CH-47C Chinook medium lift helicopters to the newer CH-47D configuration, eight T55-L-712 turbine engines, spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical data, communications equipment, maintenance, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government Quality Assurance Team, contractor representatives, contractor engineering and technical support services, preparation of aircraft for shipment, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $108 million.
This proposed sale would contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been an important force for political stability in the Middle East.
The Egyptian Armed Forces will use these helicopters for troop transport and logistics support. They may also be deployed in future joint exercises with the United States such as Operation Bright Star. Egypt, which already has CH-47 helicopters in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing the upgraded helicopters.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractor will be Boeing Helicopter Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are no offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require a U.S. contractor representative for up to two years in Egypt. Additionally, four contractor representatives and several
U.S. Government Quality Assurance personnel will be required for one week following the arrival of the aircraft.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale
This notice of a potential sale is required by law; it does not mean that the sale has been concluded.
Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Lockheed Martin / Northrop Grumman team delivers first Longbow radar hardware to Japan
ORLANDO, FL, July 6, 2004 --
Longbow International, a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) joint venture, delivered the first two of 23 Longbow Fire Control Radar units to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) in support of the Japanese Defense Force.
“This delivery is important because it is the first in support of a licensed production program in which Longbow International transfers technology to MELCO,” said Tom Eldredge, Longbow International program manager. “This technology transfer will enable MELCO to perform final assembly and test of fire control radar line replaceable units.”
MELCO representatives visually inspected the assembled hardware, and the Longbow International program quality manager signed the certificate of conformance, establishing that units meet procedures and requirements for final acceptance and sell-off of the units.
“Customer inspection of the deliverable hardware was highly successful,” said Bill Liable, Longbow International quality manager. “This was the first time MELCO representatives were exposed to the hardware. They were very satisfied with the inspection and data review, noting that the Longbow fire control radar team had demonstrated commitment and dedication to deliver nothing but the best quality products.”
With U.S. government approval, Longbow International is transferring technology in exchange for license fees and royalties. The government of Japan selected the Apache in August 2001, and decided to enter a licensed production program contract rather than a direct purchase. MELCO was selected as the fire control radar customer-teammate. The agreement specifies that approximately 60 aircraft and 23 radars will be procured in annual contracts for two or three fire control radars per year for 10 years.
The Longbow system comprises a fire control radar, a radio frequency (RF) interferometer, a fire-and-forget RF Longbow Hellfire missile and an M299 launcher. The Longbow system’s integrated capabilities enhance the Apache’s lethality fourfold and its survivability sevenfold. Longbow’s radar enables the pilot to rapidly and automatically search, detect, locate, classify and prioritize multiple moving and stationary targets.
“This contract for delivery of fire control radars and RF interferometers to the government of Japan through MELCO continues a tradition of providing the world’s finest attack helicopter equipped with the latest technology sensor systems to our allies,” said Richard Russell, Longbow International president.
The licensed production work scope includes all of the hardware in line replaceable unit kits consisting of line replaceable modules, shop replaceable units, cables and chassis for final assembly and test of the mast mounted assembly, programmable signal processor and low-power radio frequency units by MELCO. It also includes the test equipment required for final assembly and test, training for production and documentation.
Current contract work is performed in Orlando and Ocala, FL; Baltimore, MD and Owego, NY.
Baltimore-based Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of defense and commercial electronic systems and sensors, including airborne radar, navigation systems, electronic countermeasures, precision weapons, airspace management systems, communication systems, space sensors, marine and naval systems, government systems and logistics services.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2003 sales of $31.8 billion.
GE Delivers First CT7-8E Engines For US101/EH101 Helicopters
July 06, 2004 -- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS -- GE has delivered the first set of three CT7-8E engines to Agusta Westland for the US101/EH101. The CT7-8E has been selected as the powerplant for the US101 helicopter being proposed for the U.S. Marine Corp VXX program.
"We are very pleased to be a part of the US101 team," said Ed Birtwell, vice president of Turboshaft Engines at GE. "With the recent FAA certification, the CT7-8E provides the most advanced engine in its class for the US101 and the EH101, delivering 20 percent more power with a state-of-the-art FADEC (full authority digital electronic control) system. This is an important milestone for GE Turboshaft Engines. For over two years, we have been working with the helicopter team to develop the growth engine for the US101/EH101, and we are proud to now deliver this superior product on schedule."
GE delivered the first set of engines for the first model of the EH101 19 years ago. Since then, the GE-powered EH101 has amassed over 100,000 engine flight hours, serving a worldwide customer base.
The CT7-8E, the newest member of the CT7/T700 engine family, incorporates improvements derived from over 50 million flight hours on over 30 different helicopter and fixed-wing applications powered by CT7/T700 engines throughout the world. The CT7-8E features an advanced, higher-flow compressor designed with new 3D aerodynamic technology, a modern FADEC system, a hot section and turbines proven on GE's CT7-9 engine, and significantly increased hot-temperature/high-altitude performance.
GE Transportation, Aircraft Engines, part of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of jet engines for civil and military aircraft, including engines produced by CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma Moteurs and GE. In addition, GE Transportation, Aircraft Engines provides comprehensive maintenance support for GE and non-GE jet engines in service throughout the world.
Eurocopter Romania completes first Royal Air Force Puma upgrade
An important phase has been covered on the delivery, today, in Brasov, to the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, of the first PUMA helicopter completely refurbished and overhauled by EUROCOPTER ROMANIA. After the investments made in 2002 and 2003 to provide EUROCOPTER ROMANIA with a modern production hall, this delivery demonstrates factually what the company is capable of offering on the worldwide, highly competitive market, referring to overhaul/repair and upgrading works for both civil and military PUMA helicopters.
Starting this moment by the end of the year, other three PUMA helicopters will be delivered to the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom.
Another important phase will be covered at the beginning of September on starting the upgrading works for 24 PUMA helicopters belonging to the UAE Armed Forces, in cooperation with S.C. IAR S.A. Brasov. The works are complex, looking at a complete re-motorization, the installation of a new automatic pilot and of a new avionics system.
In the same time, EUROCOPTER ROMANIA develops its activities so that it may cover the civil market needs in Romania as well as in the neighboring countries.
Thus, at the beginning of January, the company was certified by the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority, as per European regulations, as a JAR 145 repair and overhaul centre for the EC 135 helicopter. This agreement allows the company to assure the technical support for the civil customers operating such type of helicopter in Romania. Two such helicopters are going to be delivered next week to the Ministry of Health. An extension of this agreement is in preparation for other types of helicopters (EC 120, EC 155, AS 350, AS 365) in order to cover the entire range of helicopters currently operated in Romania by both civil and para-public customers.
Source: Eurocopter
Team US101 selects Applied Geo Technologies to supply wiring harnesses for Marine One helicopter
Choctaw, MS, July 1, 2004 – The US101 team competing to offer the next Marine One helicopter for the President of the United States expanded by one today with the announcement that Applied Geo Technologies (AGT), a CHAHTA Enterprise company owned by the Mississippi Band of the Choctaw Indians, will supply wiring harnesses for the US101 medium-lift executive aircraft.
“The Choctaw Indians are the latest addition to Team US101, a partnership of more than 200 small and medium-sized American companies in 41 states that are creating thousands of long-term jobs to build the most capable and best-equipped helicopter for the President at a time of increased threat,” said Stephen C. Moss, AgustaWestland Inc's president.
CHAHTA Enterprise is a leading supplier of wiring harnesses for the automotive industry with manufacturing facilities in Choctaw, MS and Mexico. Customers include Ford, General Motors and Daimler-Chrysler. Under this agreement, US101 team member AgustaWestland will enter AGT into a mentoring protégé program that will allow AGT to expand into the aerospace industry; AgustaWestland will also assist AGT in further developing its aerospace capability to compete successfully in both the commercial and military markets. This agreement paves the way for the creation of new employment opportunities in Choctaw, MS.
“AGT is yet another solid example of Team US101’s commitment to create jobs by building, integrating and maintaining the US101 helicopter in the United States,” said Stephen D. Ramsey, Lockheed Martin’s US101 vice president and general manager.
“The Choctaw Indians have a proud heritage of faith in their country and their freedom and it’s an honor for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to be part of the team that will build the US101 for the President of the United States,” said Chief Phillip Martin.
“AGT is proud to be a part of the US101 team building the most technologically-advanced medium lift helicopter in the world,” said Allen Hines, AGT’s president. “The expansion of our business into the military and civil aerospace markets will create additional jobs in Mississippi.”
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Galileo and GPS Will Navigate Side By Side: EU and US Sign Final Agreement
(Source: European Commission; issued June 28, 2004)
The European Union and the United States concluded an agreement on GALILEO and GPS at the end of the Summit held in Ireland on 26 June 2004.
The agreement on the promotion, provision and use of the two satellite-based navigation systems and related applications that was signed by Commission Vice-President Loyola de Palacio and US Secretary of State Colin Powell will allow each system to work alongside the other without interfering with its counterpart’s signals and thus give a huge boost to users worldwide.
Vice-President Loyola de Palacio said: “This agreement will allow the European project GALILEO to become the world standard for civil and commercial use of satellite navigation; it will offer the best possible level of services to all users”.
After more than 4 years of intensive talks, the results for GALILEO, and, more importantly, users of GALILEO and GPS worldwide, are highly satisfactory. The agreement confirms that GPS and GALILEO services will be fully compatible and interoperable and therefore makes the joint use of GPS and GALILEO and the manufacturing of equipment much easier and cheaper.
GALILEO has now become the de facto world standard of open signals in the GNSS mass market. GALILEO will not need to rely on a “GALILEO-only” user community; instead it will be instantly accessible and used by millions of people who today use GPS. This means that all users of satellite radio-navigation will be able to simultaneously, with only one receiver, use one or the other of the two systems, or both at the same time.
In addition of being the first civil system specifically dedicated to civil users, the additional feature of GALILEO is its commercial nature. The agreement with the United States does confirm the quick introduction of GALILEO in all user segments (mass market and professional) throughout the world. The market potential is indeed considerable: 3 billion receivers and revenues of some 250 billion euros per year by 2010 worldwide, and the creation of more than 150.000 high qualified jobs in Europe alone.
The agreement represents a major asset for the business case of the future GALILEO operator expected to finance at least two-third of the deployment of the system (1.4 billion euros), one-third being financed by the public sector (700 million euros). Such promising prospects will intensify the current competition between the three pre-selected consortia of companies which are running to get the concession to operate the system.
Results of this competition which is run by, the Galileo Joint Undertaking (the programme’s management-arm), will be disclosed by the Commission in October in view of a decision by the Council in December to move to the successive phases of the programme and open the way for the conclusion of the concession contract in 2005.
Finally, this agreement allows the last system specifications to be set, a crucial aspect for the swift operation of GALILEO. After the current development phase (2 satellites under construction will be launched by the end of 2005 and 2 shortly after), the deployment of the remaining 24 satellites (and related ground stations) is expected by 2008, date at which the system should start operation.
BACKGROUND NOTE:
The total cost of Galileo amounts to 3.2 billion euros, respectively 1.1 billion euros for the development phase (2002-2005), fully financed by the public sector (half by ESA and half by the Commission) and 2.1 billion euros for the deployment phase (2006-2007), co-financed by the private (the concession holder) and public sectors (the Commission).
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Czech Republic’s Airspace Protection with Multi-Role Supersonic Aircraft
(Source: Czech Ministry of Defence; issued June 14, web-posted June 18, 2004)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the most detailed review available of the process which led the Czech Republic to sign on June 14 a lease agreement for Swedish-supplied Gripen fighters.)
**In 1993, MiG-29 supersonic fighter aircraft were decommissioned from the inventory of the Czech Armed Forces.
**In 1995, the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic Parliament resolved that modernizing the MiG-21 aircraft would be ineffective.
**In 1997, the Government decided in favour of supersonic aircraft acquisition and endorsed a plan to procure 72 L-159 subsonic aircraft.
**In 1999, Concept on the Development of the MoD Department, including procurement of supersonic aircraft, was approved by the Government. In the same year, MiG-23 and Su-25 aircraft were decommissioned from the inventory of the Czech Armed Forces.
**In 2000, public bidding process began in order to select supersonic aircraft supplier.
**In 2001, a report on bids evaluation was submitted. The government decided to initiate contractual negotiation with BAE/SAAB. Furthermore, the Su-22 aircraft were decommissioned and the L-159 aircraft introduced in this year.
**In May 2002, draft agreement on the procurement of 24 Gripen tactical supersonic aircraft was submitted. The draft agreement was approved by the Government. With that, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic rejected the draft bill on the aircraft’s procurement financing.
**On July 9, 2003, the Government of the Czech Republic, by decree No. 686, endorsed the draft provision for completing the Concept on the Development of the Air Force of the Czech Armed Forces in the area of airspace protection by means of a supersonic aircraft, and, commissioned the Minister of Defence, inter alia, to:
--send a request for submitting Feasibility Study to the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, French Republic, Canada, the Kingdom of Netherlands, Republic of Turkey, United States of America, Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Sweden;
--assess the Feasibility Studies received, including that of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, develop a proposal on further procedure and submit these to the government for decision.
**On July 25, 2003, multilateral working session was held where the tender specifications and further requirements by the MoD were conveyed to the bidders.
**September 11, 2003, expert workshop attended by representatives from the countries addressed was held AFB Caslav to specify the terms of the procurement process.
The workshop was not attended by UK representatives. The British party, having analysed the requirements that were submitted to all addressed countries on July 25, 2003, decided not to continue in the process of searching an interim solution to securing the Czech Republic’s airspace.
The aim of the Caslav meeting was to specify technical, financial and time aspects concerning the bids processing.
The workshop participants were apprised of the operational conditions and parameters of the airbase where the aircraft are planned to be operated in future.
**On October 20, 2003, the Government, by decree No. 1051, determined the aircraft procurement is a strategic order.
**On October 31, 2003, the three-month period for development of feasibility studies was terminated and the bidders’ proposals were submitted:
--7 countries presented their bids – Belgium, France, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Sweden and the USA.
--Turkey withdrew on 15 Oct 2003.
--By the decree No. 1050, dated 20 October 2003, Bids Review and Evaluation Commission was appointed. This nine-member joint commission was included representatives from the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance.
**On November 30, 2003, the interdepartmental commission completed the Feasibility Studies’ assessment and, based on the set criteria, established bids’ order which was then presented to all government members by the Minister of Defence. The Commission recommended the bid submitted by the Kingdom of Sweden on the JAS-39 Gripen complex system as the most favourable. The bid on F-16 MLU aircraft by the Kingdom of Belgium placed second, bids submitted by Canada, Netherlands and the USA followed.
**On December 17, 2003, the Government of the Czech Republic decided the Swedish bid is the best one for the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Minister of Defence Miroslav Kostelka, Minister of Finance Bohuslav Sobotka, Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban and Minister of Foreign Affairs Cyril Svoboda were commissioned to negotiate procurement of fourteen aircraft exclusively with the Kingdom of Sweden.
**In December 2003, the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, along with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Industry and Trade, initiated negotiations on the Swedish bid.
**On May 28, 2004, documentation on the prepared supersonic aircraft lease was presented to the Government.
**On June 2, 2004, the Government held deliberations on draft Memorandum of Understanding, Lease Agreement and Industrial Co-operation Agreement.
**On June 9, 2004, the Government of the Czech Republic, based on successful negotiation between the Czech ad Swedish parties, by Government decree No. 596, decided on the lease of Gripen aircraft, and entrusted the Ministry of Defence with finalizing negotiations with the Swedish party and signing contractual obligations.
**On June 14, 2004, agreements between the Czech Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden concerning the lease of JAS-39 Gripen aircraft for the needs of the Czech Armed Forces were signed at the Ministry of Defence. By these agreements, the Czech Republic’s airspace protection will be secured through leasing the JAS-39 aircraft for the duration of 10 years (from 2005 till 2015).
In 2005, service life of the MiG-21 supersonic aircraft of Czech Armed Forces’ inventory will be over. (ends)
Agreements on Gripen Supersonic Aircraft Lease Signed Today
On Monday, 14 June 2004, a set of agreements were entered into and signed at the Czech Ministry of Defence by the Czech Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden on the lease of JAS 39 Gripen supersonic fighter aircraft to be operated by the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
The agreements are as follows:
--Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, which regulates the use options of JAS 39 Gripen fighters by the Czech Republic;
--Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic and Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), on lease of the aircraft, support system and provision of related services;
--Agreement on Industrial Cooperation Program, through which the Gripen International undertakes to perform in the Czech Republic so-called offset programs valued at 130 percent of the contract value.
A press conference was held after the agreements were signed, attended on behalf of the Czech party by Minister of Defence Miroslav Kostelka, Deputy Minister of Defence for Armaments Jaroslav Kopriva, Chief of General Staff ACR Lieutenant-General Pavel Stefka and the Head of the Czech negotiation team COL Vladimir Ficenec; and Minister of Defence Leni Bjorklund, Director of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Jan-Olof Lind and Executive Director of Gripen International Ian McNamee representing the Swedish party.
Pursuant to the signed contracts, the Czech Republic will lease 14 new JAS 39 Gripen supersonic fighters. The lease period starts on the day of acceptance of the first plane and terminates as at September 30th, 2015. The first 6 fighters are to be delivered to the Czech Armed Forces in April 2005, the remainder in August and October 2005. Pilot training will be launched in August 2004.
The total contract price, amounting to CZK 19.650 bn., is fixed and will not be subject to possible future exchange rate fluctuation. The Czech Republic will repay the lease on annual basis. Thirty projects have already been agreed upon in the framework of the offset program, while 20 percent of the Swedish investments will be directed immediately into the Czech defence and aviation industry.
“The Czech Republic becomes the first NATO nation to use a fourth-generation supersonic aircraft. You will be proud of it“, said Leni Bjorklund, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden, in conclusion of the press conference.
South Korea Chooses Three Helicopter Bidders
(Source: Korea Information Service; issued July 9, 2004)
Two European consortiums and Bell from the United States were picked by the Defense Ministry on Friday (July 9) as the three final contenders for Korea's 10 trillion won ($8.6 billion) "miracle" helicopter project, which would give this country a fleet of next generation craft and generate lucrative exports.
The three are AugustaWestland consortium from Britain and Italy, the Franco-German Eurocopter and Bell.
Boeing and Sikorsky, both from the United States, were cut from the field as the heated global competition for the Korea Multirole Helicopter project, the country's single largest arms procurement undertaking, entered its closing stages.
The ministry refused to disclose any specific data of its review, or why Boeing, which has rarely failed to win military bids in Korea, was excluded.
The objective of the multi-billion dollar project is to replace the country's aging choppers with 477 new aircraft by 2012. Another several hundred helicopters will be built simultaneously for export purposes. Korea wants the foreigner manufacturer to design an aircraft that combines the concepts of cargo delivery and attack.
Though this design may be economical, some experts say it is not practical for a real combat situation and they point to previous failures.
The ministry exploratory team's next move is to learn if the three bidders can meet Korea's procurement standards and help Korea develop 34 core components.
The selection process is to end late next month and by mid-September the ministry will chose a winner.
"We will take into consideration the bidder's development plan and its credit in deciding a final winner, but the bottom line is we want a bidder who could provide stable research and development," said Park Sung-kuk, a head of the KMH project in the ministry at a news conference.
Park was referring to the government expectation that a partnership with any one of these companies can help Korea develop its own brand.
Another ministry official added that they will choose whoever suggests the best and lowest bid.
The ministry aims to set the price of a helicopter for utility operations under 15 billion won and the model for attack 20 billion won.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a pool of major aircraft developers, has been contracted to work on the project with foreign bidders on 18 key components such as engines and computer-guided operations.
The Agency for Defense Development has been reviewing proposals from domestic bidders who are to develop 16 core techniques on computerized cargo and data recording systems.
Graz: Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid Hands Over First F-5E Tigers to Austria
(Source: Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports; issued July 8, 2004)
(Issued in French; unofficial translation by defense-aerospace.com)
Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid is due to hand over the first four F-5E “Tiger” combat aircraft to the Austrian air force today, Friday July 9. In total, Austria has leased 12 “Tiger” aircraft belonging to Switzerland to ensure the surveillance of its air space until the service introduction of its fleet of Eurofighter combat aircraft.
The Austrian Defence Minister; Günther Platter, will take part in the hand-over ceremony, which will take place at Graz-Thalerhof air base. Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid will be accompanied by the commander of the Air Force, Corps Commander Hans-Rudolf Fehrlin, and by defence procurement chief Alfred Markwalder. The two ministers will also discuss bilateral security issues.
Austria and Switzerland signed an umbrella agreement governing the four-year lease of 12 F-5E aircraft in April 2004. In addition to the aircraft, the agreement also covers logistical aspects, maintenance and personnel training. In exchange, Austria will pay Switzerland the amount of 54 million euros.
The United States authorized the transfer of the aircraft on June 14. American authorization is required as the aircraft were originally procured by Switzerland from the United States.
Pilot and ground crew training began at Dübendorf immediately after this agreement.
The first four aircraft, already sporting Austrian air force livery, will be flown to Graz by Austrian pilots.
NUEVA ZELANDA ADJUDICA A INDRA UN CONTRATO PARA EL SUMINISTRO DE UN SISTEMA DE DEFENSA ANTIAÉREA.
Indra se ha hecho con un contrato del Ministerio de Defensa de Nueva Zelanda para la implantación, integración y mantenimiento de un sistema de defensa antiaérea por un importe global de diez millones de euros. Este contrato supone el primer suministro de la empresa española a las Fuerzas de Defensa neocelandesas. El puesto de mando de integrará en el sistema táctico de comunicaciones móviles del Ejército. El sistema entrará en servicio a finales de 2006.
EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON EN SINGAPUR.
El pasado 28 de junio dos aviones Typhoon de la Royal Air Force –RAF- salieron de las instalaciones de BAE Systems en Warton – base actual del Typhoon en el Reino Unido – con rumbo a Singapur, donde el avión ha sido seleccionado para la fase final del programa de sustitución del avión de combate de este país. Tras cinco días de navegación y 13.000 kilómetros recorridos en varias etapas, los aviones llegaron a su destino el viernes día 2 por la tarde. Los aviones Typhoon se quedarán en Singapur alrededor de dos semanas. Este desplazamiento representa un gran reto, ya que el avión ha entrado en servicio en la RAF solo a finales de 2003 y que se encuentra en la fase inicial de vida operativa. El requerimiento de Singapur de realizar la evaluación “in situ” ha coincidido con la necesidad de ensayar algunos elementos del Typhoon. El desplazamiento del avión a Singapur cumple así con una serie de objetivos, incluidos ensayos operativos iniciales de reabastecimiento en vuelo, ensayos de soportabilidad del avión y evaluación de sus prestaciones en ambientes cálidos y húmedos.
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DeKalb County homeless man reunited with dog
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - It's an incredible story of love and commitment between a man and his dog.
In this case, a homeless man who spent the night outside the DeKalb County Animal Services Shelter in search of his beloved Chihuahua, Tita.
"It's obvious he loved the dog and the dog loved him," said Andie Peart, the rescue coordinator at the DeKalb County Animal Services Shelter in Chamblee.
She told FOX 5 News, the man and his dog, came together last Friday at the newly opened DeKalb County Animal Services Shelter in Chamblee. She said the homeless man had scraped enough money to take Uber to the old facility in Decatur in search of his best friend.
" I guess he just slept outside and we're actually closed to the public there and his dog was actually here in Chamblee," said Peart.
She said one of the employees gave the man money for bus fare to the new shelter. When he dog there he was met at the front door by the director.
"He looked at her and he and he said my dog is my life. Please I need to have her and she said, of course, how can we help." said Peart.
She said it's unclear how Tita got lost and ended up at the shelter about five days ago. A quick search based on the man's description took them to Tita who signaled to them he was the man in her life.
"You see a reunion like that and you can tell that the dog really cares about the people and vice a versa. It's really touching and it's a really rewarding experience," said Peart.
She said the shelter gave the man a leash, money to take Marta back to Atlanta and offered to follow-up with veterinary care to make sure this reunion story is a successful one.
"We haven't had one this successful before so I think everyone is happy to see her go back to her dad," said Peart.
A representative told FOX 5 News the shelter works with several homeless individuals on a regular basis because their love for their dogs isn't less than anyone else's.
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Vinayak Verma
Vinayak had always seen his father indulge in sports that got him interested in the field. He was 9-years-old when he chose archery as a sport. The initial 3 years, he would practice the basics and then he focused more on the recurve event. Vinayak looks up to his father as his role model and the biggest support. His father taught him to play Archery at the initial stage.
Vinayak recalls his fondest memory of the sport was getting selected for the World Archery Youth Championship. His personal goal is to get selected for the main team and then defeat some of the best archers from Korea, as it remains one of the best nations to produce world-class archers across the globe.
Vinayak’s training involves going for a jog at 5 am. After he gets back home, he leaves for the training arena where he trains till 1 pm. And in the evening he trains till 6 pm. Badminton is Vinayak’s second favourite sport that he likes to play with his father at leisure.
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Justin Bieber Unveiled as New Face & Body of Calvin Klein
by Samir Malpande
Lady Gaga Takes 50 Selfies for New Shiseido Campaign
Best and Worst Dressed at the SAG Awards
We’ve seen his toned torso many times before, but it’s been revealed Justin Bieber’s abs will be receiving a lot more attention….
NEW YORK Jan. 7, 2015– Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH], today announced that global superstar and 30-time platinum-selling phenom Justin Bieber will be featured alongside Dutch supermodel Lara Stone in the Spring 2015 Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein Underwear global multi-media advertising campaign.
Shot by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in New York City, the brand’s latest campaign features Bieber with Stone in key jeans and underwear styles of the season, furthering the iconic brands’ longstanding legacy of bringing fashion and music together. C
“Justin joins a long list of musicians, models, celebrities and fashion icons that have been featured in our global advertising campaigns,” said Melisa Goldie, Chief Marketing Officer of Calvin Klein, Inc. “Justin’s global recognition, expressed affinity for the brand, and powerful persona bring a compelling energy to our jeans and underwear brands.”
“Calvin Klein is such an iconic brand and I am excited and honored to become a part of the Calvin Klein brand legacy with this campaign. I have been a longtime fan of the brand and have worn their jeans and underwear for a while, so this is kind of a dream come true,” said Bieber. “This is the beginning of an exciting new year for me, personally and professionally, and being a part of this campaign has been a fantastic opportunity and experience.”
Calvin Klein’s ongoing connection to music began with one of the brand’s earliest and most iconic campaigns which memorably featured Mark “Marky-Mark” Wahlberg alongside model Kate Moss. Over the years, the house has continued its association with music and pop culture, dressing and supporting a range of musicians around the world. This past year alone, those artists included talent such as Taylor Swift, Drake, Sam Smith, Kanye West, Harry Styles, Ciara, Usher, Future, Rita Ora, Trey Songz, Ne-Yo, Iggy Azalea, Fergie, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Common, Solange Knowles, Big Sean, and Tinie Tempah.
The campaign, which was announced globally via social media yesterday, will roll out worldwide in 20 countries spanning digital, outdoor and print advertising, as well as exciting experiential components, timed to coincide with March 2015 magazine issues. This season will represent Calvin Klein’s most digitally-focused campaign to date with an increased social presence to amplify and create conversation around the campaign, engaging both Calvin Klein’s and Bieber’s fans and followers. The campaign will also feature the #mycalvins call to action that the brand initiated last February, which invites fans of the brand to participate in the social media campaign by posting a selfie of themselves wearing Calvin Klein.
Musician, dancer, actor and singer-songwriter, Bieber – who was recently ranked by Twitter as the #1 most tweeted about musical artist of 2014 – has released four number-one albums to-date and has starred in two films, Never Say Never (2011) and Believe (2013). In 2011, he was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy. In 2013, Bieber received a Diamond award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to recognize his single “Baby” as the best-selling digital song of all-time with over 9.3 million copies sold. That same year, he was also awarded a Teen Choice Award for “Choice Male Artist” and “Choice Single: Male Artist” for his song “Beauty and a Beat.” His latest album, Journals, was released last year, one song per week, with nearly all of the songs appearing on the Top 40 charts. For more information, visit justinbiebermusic.com.
Stone, considered one of today’s top supermodels, has a long-standing relationship with the house; she was first introduced on the Calvin Klein Collection runway at the Spring 2007 show and has been the face of multiple global advertising campaigns for the house’s lifestyle brands since Fall 2010.
“Given my on-going relationship with the house, this shoot reunited me with my Calvin Klein family – and it was really fun working with Justin,” said Stone. “We had a great time on set and we had a lot of fun shooting the campaign. I think the shoot really captured the energy of the Calvin Klein brand.”
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Press Release / March 24, 2014
Tullow’s tax disclosures torpedo Big Oil’s campaign for secrecy
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UK oil company becomes the world’s first extractive firm to publish revenue payments to governments by project
The UK company Tullow Oil today became the world’s first extractive firm to publish details of its revenue payments to governments broken down by each project the company operates worldwide. The disclosures, released today in Tullow’s annual report, show the taxes, royalties, licence fees and other public revenues generated by the company’s operations across 21 countries – 14 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa – for the years 2012 and 2013.
Tullow’s voluntary disclosures are being released in advance of a new EU law, due to come into force in the UK in 2015, that will require EU oil, mining and logging companies to publish their payments to governments on a project-by-project basis. These detailed disclosures will enable citizens in economically poor but resource-rich regions to monitor public revenues worth hundreds of billions of dollars and hold governments to account for how the money is used.
The disclosures deal a heavy blow to a lobbying campaign being waged by some of Tullow’s industry competitors to keep revenue payments secret. The American Petroleum Institute, an oil lobby group whose leading members include ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and BP, is trying to weaken the implementing rule for a U.S. law that requires U.S.-listed oil and mining companies to publish their payments on a project-by-project basis. The rule is currently under review by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Tullow’s welcome disclosure blows a hole in the argument made by some oil companies that project-level reporting will impose a heavy burden on business,” said Dominic Eagleton, a senior campaigner with Global Witness. “This should encourage the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a strong payment disclosure rule that allows citizens to identify which companies are making payments and the amounts they contribute.”
Tullow’s disclosure reflects the emergence of a new global reporting standard for natural resource payments. All 28 EU Member States are required to have project-level disclosure legislation in place by July 2015, with the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Finland publicly committed to swift implementation of the rules. Outside the EU, Norway brought an equivalent law into force in January 2014, Canada is on track to creating a matching legal standard by April 2015, and Switzerland’s government is developing options for similar legislation.
In addition, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a revenue reporting scheme that governments sign up to voluntarily, made project-level disclosure a requirement for all 44 of its implementing countries when the EITI’s global standard was revised in May 2013.
“Instead of trying to weaken transparency rules designed to combat corruption and poverty in resource-dependent countries, the oil majors should follow Tullow’s lead and embrace the fact that project-by-project reporting is now the new global standard,” Eagleton added.
- Tullow Oil’s payment disclosures are on pages 176 to 179 of its 2013 Annual Report, available here: http://www.tullowoil.com/files/pdf/tullow_ar_report_2013.pdf
- The EU Accounting and Transparency Directives, signed into law in June 2013, require EU-listed and large, EU-registered oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish their payments to governments on a project-by-project basis.
- The U.S. Dodd-Frank Act (Section 1504), signed into law in July 2010, requires oil, gas and mining companies that report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to publish their payments to governments on a project-by-project basis. In July 2013 a U.S. District Court vacated the SEC rule that implements the Section 1504 law, and instructed the SEC to revisit certain aspects of the rule. The SEC is not required to change the rule, but must give fuller justifications for its policy choices.
- The EU Accounting and Transparency Directives require full public disclosure of project-level payment data, including the identity of companies making payments. The American Petroleum Institute has proposed that the SEC should change the U.S. rule and require payment disclosures to be aggregated at the level of province or region, and withhold the identity of companies making payments.
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Black Lives Matter Activist Enters Baltimore Mayor’s Race
DeRay Mckesson joins a crowded field at the last minute, but there's no doubt he's a serious contender to replace the outgoing mayor.
J.B. Wogan | February 4, 2016
DeRay Mckesson, a civil rights activist and prominent member of the national Black Lives Matter group, announced his candidacy for mayor of Baltimore Wednesday night.
Though Mckesson enters the race at a relatively late point -- he filed at the actual last minute ahead of the deadline -- he has more than 298,000 followers on Twitter and national celebrity status from his involvement in the police brutality protest movement.
The city’s current mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, decided last September not to seek re-election in the wake of the Baltimore riots over 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.
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Mckesson joins a crowded field in the Democratic primary in late April, including former Mayor Sheila Dixon, state Sen. Catherine Pugh, and City Council members Carl Stokes and Nick Mosby, among others.
Mckesson, a Baltimore resident, made a name for himself in the last couple of years as a community organizer protesting the deaths of Gray in Baltimore and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. He has never been elected to office, but he has some experience in the public sector, having worked as a human resources administrator in the Minneapolis and Baltimore public school systems.
In an essay published on the website Medium, Mckesson framed his inexperience in political office as an asset:
"I have come to realize that the traditional pathway to politics, and the traditional politicians who follow these well-worn paths, will not lead us to the transformational change our city needs. [...] It is true that I am a non-traditional candidate -- I am not a former Mayor, City Councilman, state legislator, philanthropist or the son of a well-connected family. I am an activist, organizer, former teacher, and district administrator that intimately understands how interwoven our challenges and our solutions are."
McKesson's announcement drew immediate national attention, prompting stories in national publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vox and Gawker. The Post’s Wesley Lowery, who was himself arrested along with another reporter while covering the protests in Ferguson, wrote that Mckesson is “armed with a deep Rolodex of media contacts built during the Ferguson protests -- there are likely few national reporters or television producers without one of his several cell phone numbers.”
"He can win," tweeted David Simon, a former Baltimore Sun crime reporter and screenwriter who co-created "The Wire," an HBO series that focused on the city's problems. He also tweeted that Mckesson was a “facile, thoughtful communicator. At ease with rhetoric and ideas. And yes, nothing to lose politically.”
Mckesson has yet to release a detailed platform, but overhauling Baltimore’s police department is likely to be a major aspect of his campaign. He has been involved with Campaign Zero, a national group that aims to prevent any fatalities by police officers. The group calls for civilian oversight of law enforcement and limits of the use of force by police.
In his Medium essay, Mckesson also alluded to his interest in tackling job development, job access, grade-level reading, transportation and college readiness. Lowery, the Post reporter, noted that in a closed-door meeting in January, Mckesson and his supporters spent most of their time talking about issues other than criminal justice and policing, such as education, public health and housing.
The April primary will be the decisive election, as Baltimore is a liberal stronghold where the vast majority of registered voters are Democrats. The city hasn't elected a Republican mayor since the 1960s.
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Great Falls City Commissioners approve May 8 vote on Park District
Great Falls Tribune
With little more than 13 weeks to go before the chance for a public vote slips by, Great Falls City Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to give city voters the chance to either adopt or deny the creation of a new park maintenance district in Great Falls.
"Shall the proposition to organize Great Falls Park District Number 1 be adopted?" is the question voters will be asked to answer come May 8.
For nearly a year and a half city officials have been testing the waters, trying to gauge how much support existed within the community for a tax to fix and maintain the city's recreational infrastructure.
"For those that are opposed I understand," said Commissioner Bill Bronson, evoking the memory of Great Falls' founder, Paris Gibson, who designed the original city plat to include numerous public parks. "I am certainly concerned as you are about any additional request that's made of us for some type of public service or amenity, even if it is at a relatively small price. But ask yourself for the good of the community, for your children for your neighbors, is the price that's being asked to be paid all that great."
If approved by the public the price of Great Falls Park District Number 1 would amount to $22.92 per year on property with a taxable value of $100,000. That would raise $1.5 million annually to address a backlog of roughly $12.6 million in deferred maintenance for the city's parks, trail system, recreational facilities and urban forest.
Of the 40 or more people in attendance at the time of the vote, not one spoke in opposition to letting the citizenry decide the matter. Many rose to express their deep support for the creation of a Park Maintenance District, a few expressed concerns over the added tax burden.
The city commission has been pressed to move the issue forward by a state statute which dictates that voting on special taxation districts must coincide with local school elections.
During a special work session on Jan. 8, commissioners voted unanimously to cut the funding proposal for Park District Number 1 by more than a third, dropping the annual cost of services from $2.27 million to $1.5 million.
Any registered voter who is a resident of Great Falls, as well as all owners of real property within the exterior boundaries of the City of Great Falls are eligible to vote in the Park District Number 1 referendum.
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Notes on the Geography of The Western United States: The Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad, opened in 1869 from Sacramento to Promontory, Utah, was the greatest American public works project of its time. Strictly, it wasn't a public work: it was a publicly subsidized one, executed by the group of four capitalists soon called the "Big Four." They were Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and--the brains of the outfit--Collis Huntington. The railroad they built was soon overshadowed by the much longer Southern Pacific railroad, which the Big Four also built and controlled; late in the 19th century they folded the CP into the SP, and the name CP slipped into history. Now, the SP itself has disappeared into the Union Pacific. Unlike the first merger, which was all in the family, this second one was a takeover by a rival, albeit a rival whose track from Promontory east to Council Bluffs, Iowa, had also been part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad.
The UP's Overland Route across the Sierra Nevada is basically the one built by the CP, though the route has lost traffic as the UP directs more traffic to less mountainous routes. The line is sampled here from Sacramento east as far as Truckee, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada.
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The wall of Sutter's Fort, center of Sutter's New Helvetia. The fort had deteriorated badly by 1885, when restoration efforts began at the hands of the Native Sons of the Golden West. The wall was rebuilt by 1905.
Fireplace.
Sutter's agrarian fortune would collapse with the Gold Rush, but there were newcomers to take his place. They included these two, who started out running a Sacramento hardware store. Forty years ago, the neighborhood was near collapse, but it's now been restored as part of an Old Sacramento State Historic Park. All along the line of the railroad across the Sierra, in fact, history has been discovered as a tourist-promotion strategy.
There is a vastly larger new Sacramento, of course, and it starts just beyond the elevated freeway.
A block from the hardware store, Sacramento also has the fine California State Railroad Museum, which includes a couple of engines from the pioneer period. This one is Central Pacific No. 1, built in Philadelphia in 1862, shipped around Cape Horn, and put in service while the railroad was still under construction. It remained in service until 1895. Named the Gov. Stanford, it was on display until 1963 at Stanford University.
The museum also has the only surviving SP cab-ahead engine. These immense engines, with a view far superior to that offered by the conventional rear-cab locomotive, were created so that engineers and firemen would no longer be nearly asphyxiated in the many mountain tunnels. The cab-ahead engine would not have been possible with a conventional coal-fired boiler, but the SP converted to oil just after 1900. The rest of the fleet--more than a hundred of these engines were built--was scrapped in the 1950s.
Although the SP kept the CP's locomotive shop at Sacramento, in 1908 it moved the freight yard 18 miles east to Roseville. The location is a few miles short of Rocklin, where the track hits granite, leaves the flat alluvium of the Sacramento Valley, and begins the long 7,000-foot climb to Donner Pass.
The Roseville yard--the U.P. now calls it the J.R. Davis Yard--is much too big to photograph from the ground. It covers about 700 acres spread over 6 track miles, and it contains a 55-track classification yard, along with 8-track receiving and departure yards. It's U.P.'s biggest freight yard on the West Coast, and it sorts ("blocks" in railroad lingo) 2,000 cars a day, so that when they arrive at smaller yards like Oakland or Fresno they don't have be sorted again for their final destinations. Notwithstanding a U.P investment of $140 million in the yard, the system was badly clogged when this picture was taken in October, 2005: the enlarged (not to say engorged) U.P. was no longer a smoothly functioning machine. Acute labor shortages, in particular, meant that whole trains were stuck on sidings.
Like Sacramento, Roseville is linking a downtown-rejuvenation project with history, not only with the historic U.S. 40 sign but with the street name Judah. Theodore Judah was the engineer--"crazy Judah," as he was called--who surveyed the route that became the CP. He died of Yellow Fever in Panama just as the project was getting underway.
A few miles to the south, Folsom has jumped into history with two feet. Here, an old highway bridge, in service from 1893 to 1917, was refurbished and reopened to bicycle and pedestrian traffic in 2000. It crosses the American River downstream from Folsom Dam.
Speed and load warnings.
Sutter Street.
Sutter Street. Disneyland North?
When the railroad hits granite at Rocklin, it begins tunneling.
The date on this tunnel--the Clark Tunnel, through Boulder Ridge--indicates construction during the reign of E.H. Harriman, who briefly controlled the Southern Pacific as well as the Union Pacific and who invested huge sums in upgrading his properties, including double-tracking the Central Pacific. At many points, like this one, the second track diverges from the first in search of a better gradient.
These foothills, with a good climate and good access to rail transport, were soon planted to fruit trees.
Does the country look a little dry for fruit trees? Well, that's where irrigation ditches came in handy, like this one, which burbles over the top of the railroad tunnel a couple of pictures back; in fact, the tunnel's masonry entrance can be discerned just beyond the pole.
Towns sprouted, including Penryn, its name from Griffith Griffith, a Welsh miner who went into the granite-quarrying business. The town's Masonic Hall is shown here. Its date, of course, is less than a decade after the railroad's completion. The painted X on the pavement warns motorists of one of the CP tracks--the old one.
Penryn was also the site of a real-estate promoter's dream of attracting British colonists. As an amenity, Parker Whitney planted hundreds of palms: 869 survive and are the only living designated historic landmarks in California.
The foothill fruit was taken to track-side packing houses for shipment east in ice-cooled boxcars. These are the sheds in Newcastle, a few miles past Penryn. The fruit's gone, but the sheds have found new uses.
The mainline at Newcastle, with the old, now useless, siding that once served the packing sheds. The elevation here is about 1,000 feet. This was the end of the line in 1864, when the company was temporarily out of money.
We're at Auburn, 10 miles farther east and at an elevation of about 1,300 feet. This is Mother Lode country, and Auburn is the Placer County seat. The picture illustrates not only the former county courthouse, proud on its hill, but the changing demography of California.
The town's banks have moved to newer commercial districts, and the old core has begun mining its own history.
One part of Auburn has been spared the rewrite.
An Auburn street stretches up to the old railway station. (If you're in the mood, why, you can buy some Thomas Kinkades at that shop on the right.)
The station.
But check this: we're looking at new rail. Look closely at the branding. See it? The rail was made in Japan. Sic volvere Parcas. There's only one track here, because the newer line is on the other side of town, along with the Amtrak station.
Another 10 miles uphill: Colfax, elevation 2,400 feet.
A new statue of Schuyler Colfax himself. Is he unfamiliar? He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1865, when Lincoln asked him to go out to California and assure Western miners about their importance to the nation. Colfax spent two months travelling west by stagecoach. Arriving in Sacramento, he was taken by train to the end of the line, where a town was created and named for him. In later years, Colfax was Grant's vice-president.
Here, too, in Colfax, the history bug is raging. Back in the 1960s, this strip was dead but not buried. It's alive again.
A couple of miles to the north, a 1924 concrete-arch bridge over the Bear River was, according to a plaque, "saved from the wrecker's ball in 1986." Restricted now to pedestrian use, the bridge is a good indicator of the local devotion to the past. The new and much higher bridge is partly visible at the right edge of the frame.
The railroad makes a big S-curve at Colfax, crosses Interstate 80, and heads to its first bit of scenery. The bridges are more of Harriman's work; they replaced the original timber trestle.
The scenic point is Cape Horn, where the railroad overlooks the American River Canyon. The cliff here is famous in railroad lore, because it was cut by Chinese laborers lowered in baskets from the cliff top. There's only one track here; the new one runs through a long tunnel through the ridge.
The same scene, showing Cape Horn in its setting. Who named it Cape Horn? Presumably someone who, in pre-railroad days, had come here on a long voyage around South America.
Dutch Flat, another 10 miles up the line. Founded in 1851, it had Placer County's largest voting population in 1860, which helps explain why Judah came here to begin building public interest in the transcontinental railroad.
There aren't many buildings left in Dutch Flat, but many of the survivors look set to last another couple of centuries.
The Dutch Flat Hotel, its ground floor built in 1851.
A few miles past Dutch Flat, the railroad hugs the north side of the American River Canyon, which here is about 2,000 feet deep.
Oops! A freight rolls through.
We're at Blue Canyon, elevation 4,700 feet. The old ice-cooled fruit cars used to be seriously dripping by the time they were dragged here by the cab-aheads. Here, instead, is Amtrak's California Zephyr. The name is mildly offensive to rail buffs: it properly belongs to the Western Pacific, which used to run streamlined trains of that name two canyons north, along the Feather River. The WP route, now also controlled by the U.P., has no passenger service, however, so the name has been transplanted here.
By Blue Canyon we've moved out of the flat-topped ridges of the mid-Sierra into more rugged, glaciated country. The winters, and the trucks running in winter on chains, are hard on the highway surface. The tracks are off to the right, but they're about to cross a divide, leave the American River basin, and continue east along the south side of the valley of the South Yuba River.
We're in the valley of the South (or South Fork) Yuba River and chasing the Zephyr.
Here's that same bridge, seen from its south side. The Interstate is across on the north side of the Yuba, at the toe of the rightly-named Red Mountain. Until the development of rotary snowplows about 1900, the trains here ran through 40 miles of wooden snow sheds, frequently set alight by stray locomotive sparks. To protect the sheds, the CP maintained a lookout in a cabin at the top of Red Mountain. Maybe they're rotted away now, but in the 1960s you could still see a huge accumulation of empty tin cans near the old lookout cabin.
The same bridge, one last time, with a view of the south wall of the Yuba's valley.
The wooden snowsheds were unceremoniously pulled down in the 1960s. The new sheds are of prefabricated concrete and are restricted to the occasional points where slides are most common. Yes, that's a bit of the Zephyr.
Bits of the old sheds are scattered about as a handy reminder that the sheds were not flimsy structures.
Shed frames were massive.
A close-up of the new sheds.
An interior.
And here's that same Zephyr, now running through Summit Valley.
The East Side, with Truckee beyond Donner Lake and with old U.S. 40 snaking down that way. The Interstate is routed north of here, while the railroad runs around the ridge on the right. The two tracks separate at the summit, with the old line running through a short tunnel and the newer one running through a 2-mile-long one, but they join again and wind down the hill seen here on the right. The tracks take advantage of side valleys--Lakeview Canyon and Coldstream Valley--and loop into them to ease the grade.
Truckee, elevation 5,800 feet, where the heavy construction ended and the railroad continued east through the modest Truckee River Canyon, past Reno, and out across Nevada.
Main Street early in the morning: Truckee, too, has discovered money in them thar tourists.
Bay Area East.
Safeway is a mile to the west, where modern services are clustered.
A B&B.
Old railway-worker housing.
Pre-gentrification.
The Star Hotel was built as his own house by George Shaffer, a pioneer lumberman who, before the railroad was open over Donner Pass, managed to skid a locomotive over the summit so work could continue farther east. Shaffer made the house a hotel in 1871, and it stayed open as such at least until 1986.
A couple of miles north of town, an innocent-looking meadow.
Alder Creek. Idyllic?
Depends who's looking. This is one of two camps of the Donner Party; it's much, much less visited than the one near Donner Lake. Twenty-five people were stranded here in the winter of 1846; 11 survived.
A few miles farther north, another broad valley, Kyburz Flat, significant because in pre-railroad days it was part of the stagecoach route over the Sierra via Henness Pass.
Ruins of More's Station on the route of the California Stage Company.
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Superior Court Invalidates Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard
by Brian E. Moskal on May 22, 2017
Earlier this month, Judge Christopher E. Krueger of the Sacramento Superior Court issued an order invalidating the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for hexavalent chromium. The California Department of Public Health (“DPH”) established an MCL of 10 μg/L, or parts per billion (ppb), pursuant to a rulemaking effort that concluded in 2014. (This rulemaking function has since been legislatively transferred to the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Board”), Division of Drinking Water as of July 1, 2014.) Hexavalent chromium is the chemical made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich.
MCLs are promulgated for specific chemicals under the federal and California Safe Drinking Water Acts. Although established for drinking water programs, the MCLs are also often used as screening levels and cleanup standards at properties where potential environmental impacts are being investigated and remediated. California MCLs are required under the state Safe Drinking Water Act to be at least as stringent as the federal MCL for a given chemical and as close to the California Public Health Goal (“PHG”) for the chemical as technically and economically feasible. The PHG, which is set by the California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment, is the level of a chemical at which it ostensibly poses no health risk. PHGs are not enforceable standards. They are, as the name implies, simply goals. The PHG for hexavalent chromium is 0.02 μg/L, or 20 parts per trillion, which is an extremely low number.
In 2014, the California Manufacturers and Technology Association and Solano County Taxpayers Association filed a petition for writ of mandate in the Sacramento Superior Court challenging the 10 ppb hexavalent chromium MCL on several grounds. Petitioners’ primary arguments were that DPH failed to consider the economic feasibility of this standard and whether the standard is, in fact, economically infeasible. They contended these defects violated both the California Administrative Procedure Act and the California Safe Drinking Water Act, with the costs of compliance prohibitively expensive for water utilities and their ratepayers, especially for small utilities.
The court agreed with Petitioners that DPH failed to consider the economic feasibility of the 10 ppb MCL, particularly for small water utilities and their ratepayers. The court noted that DPH prepared exhaustive cost estimates. DPH estimated annual cost per water system, per service connection, and per water source for four different system sizes – small, medium, large, and very large – and for seven potential hexavalent chromium MCLs ranging from 1 to 30 ppb. These costs included monitoring costs, capital costs (total and annualized), and operation and maintenance costs. DPH also estimated the benefits of the standard, concluding it would prevent 12 cancer cases per year.
However, the court concluded that, despite preparing these thorough cost estimates, DPH failed to analyze their economic feasibility. For example, DPH estimated that the 10 ppb MCL would cost ratepayers of small water systems – those with 200 or fewer service connections – an average of $5,630 per year per service connection (generally one household or business). But DPH failed to analyze whether those small utility ratepayers could actually afford this cost. Although during the litigation DPH presented certain alternatives water systems could use to meet these costs, such as blending MCL-compliant and non-compliant water, seeking grant funds, and seeking waivers from the MCL, the court concluded DPH failed to consider these alternatives – and their impact on economic feasibility – during the rulemaking process. Doing so only during litigation is legally insufficient.
Because of this failure, the court did not address whether the standard is, in fact, economically infeasible, but it suggested without ruling that it probably is infeasible, particularly for these small system ratepayers.
The court rejected Petitioners’ argument that there were fatal flaws in DPH’s data and cost estimates. Nevertheless, the State Board will have to return to the drawing board and undertake additional rulemaking for hexavalent chromium, which could take several years and, unsurprisingly, end up back in litigation. The court rejected DPH’s request to leave the 10 ppb MCL in place in the meantime, indicating that doing so might “create an inexorable amount of momentum for [DPH] to simply readopt 10 ppb without adequately considering its economic feasibility.” The court also rejected DPH’s request to invalidate the MCL only as to small water systems. The court did not place a time limit on establishing a new MCL but noted that the legislature set a two-year deadline for doing so, although this deadline expired in 2004 and DPH was under a separate court order to submit an MCL by 2014. So the saga continues.
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A'COURT, William (1779-1860), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
A'COURT, William Pierce Ashe (1747-1817), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
ABBOT, Charles (1757-1829), of Kidbrook, Suss.
ABDY, Sir William, 7th Bt. (?1779-1868), of Felix Hall, Essex.
ABERCROMBY, Robert (1784-1855), of Birkenbog and Forglen, Banff.
ABERCROMBY, Sir John (1772-1817), of Tullibody, Clackmannan.
ABERCROMBY, Sir Ralph (1734-1801), of Tullibody, Clackmannan.
ABERCROMBY, Sir Robert (1740-1827), of Airthrey Castle, Stirling.
ABERCROMBY, Hon. Alexander (1784-1853), of Tullibody, Clackmannan.
ABERCROMBY, Hon. George (1770-1843), of Tullibody, Clackmannan.
ABERCROMBY, Hon. James (1776-1858), of Spring Gardens, Westminster.
ACHESON, Hon. Archibald (1776-1849), of Market Hill, co. Armagh.
ACLAND, Sir Thomas Dyke, 10th Bt. (1787-1871), of Killerton, nr. Exeter, Devon.
ADAIR, James (?1743-98), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.
ADAIR, Robert (1763-1855), of 24 Great Marlborough Street, Mdx.
ADAM, William (1751-1839), of Woodstone, Kincardine and Blair Adam, Kinross.
ADAMS, Charles (1753-1821), of Chapel Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx.
ADAMS, James (1752-1816), of Berkeley Square, Mdx.
ADAMS, William (1752-1811), of Bowden, nr. Totnes, Devon.
ADDINGTON, Henry (1757-1844), of Woodley, nr. Reading, Berks. and White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surr.
ADDINGTON, John Hiley (1759-1818), of Langford Court, Som.
ADEANE, James Whorwood (1740-1802), of Chalgrove, Oxon. and Babraham, Cambs.
ADEY, Stephen Thurston (d.1801), of 13 Cleveland Row, St. James's, Westminster.
AGAR ELLIS, Hon. George James Welbore (1797-1833).
AGAR, Emanuel Felix (?1781-1866), of New Norfolk Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx.
AGAR, Henry Welbore, 2nd Visct. Clifden [I] (1761-1836).
AGNEW, John (1759-1812), of Whitton Park, Mdx.
AINSLIE, Robert Sharpe (1777-1858), of West Torrington, Lincs. and Chingford, Essex.
AINSLIE, Sir Robert (?1730-1812), of Great Torrington, Lincs.
ALCOCK, William Congreve (?1771-1813), of Wilton, co. Wexford
ALDRIDGE, John Clater (?1737-95), of New Lodge, St. Leonards Forest, Suss.
ALEXANDER, Boyd (1758-1825), of South Barr, nr. Paisley, Renfrew.
ALEXANDER, Henry (?1763-1818), of Glentogher, co. Donegal.
ALEXANDER, James (1769-1848), of Somerhill, Kent.
ALLAN, Alexander (?1764-1820), of Kingsgate, Kent and Baker Street, Marylebone, Mdx.
ALLAN, George (1767-1828), of Blackwell Grange, co. Dur.
ALLANSON WINN see also WINN ALLANSON
ALLANSON WINN, Sir George, 1st Bt. (1725-98), of Bramham Biggin, Yorks.
ALLARDICE see BARCLAY ALLARDICE
ALLARDYCE, Alexander (?1743-1801), of Dunnottar, Kincardine.
ALLEN, Jefferys (?1760-1844), of Bridgwater and Stocklinch Manor, Som.
ALLEN, John Hensleigh (1769-1843), of Cresselly, Pemb.
ALLSOPP, Lewis (d.1835), of Old Pavement, Nottingham and Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.
ALTHORP Visct. see SPENCER, John Charles
AMCOTTS INGILBY see INGILBY
AMCOTTS, Sir Wharton, 1st Bt. (1740-1807), of Kettlethorpe Park, Lincs.
AMYATT, James (1734-1813), of Freemantle, Hants.
ANDERSON PELHAM, Charles (1749-1823), of Brocklesby, Lincs.
ANDERSON PELHAM, Hon. Charles (1781-1846), of Manby in Broughton, Lincs.
ANDERSON PELHAM, Hon. George (1785-1835).
ANDERSON, John William (1735/6-1813), of Mill Hill, Hendon, Mdx.
ANDOVER, Visct. see HOWARD, Thomas
ANDREWS, Miles Peter (c.1742-1814), of Bignore, nr. Dartford, Kent and Green Park,, Mdx.
ANGERSTEIN, John (?1774-1858), of Woodlands, Kent.
ANNESLEY, Arthur (1760-1841), of Bletchington Park, Oxon.
ANNESLEY, Francis (1734-1812), of Reading, Berks.
ANNESLEY, George, Visct. Valentia (1770-1844), of Arley Hall, Bewdley, Worcs.
ANNESLEY, William Richard, Visct. Glerawly (1772-1838), of Castlewellan, co. Down.
ANSON, George (1769-1849), of Rushal Hall, Staffs.
ANSON, Thomas (1767-1818), of Shugborough, Staffs.
ANSON, Hon. George (1797-1857), of St. James's Square, Westminster.
ANSON, Hon. Thomas William (1795-1854).
ANSTRUTHER (afterwards CARMICHAEL ANSTRUTHER), Sir John, 2nd Bt. [GB] (1785-1818), of Elie House, Fife.
ANSTRUTHER, John (1753-1811), of Anstruther, Fife.
ANSTRUTHER, Robert (1757-1831), of Baltully, Fife.
ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1718-99), of Anstruther and Elie, Fife.
ANTONIE see LEE ANTONIE
APSLEY, Lord see BATHURST, Henry and Henry George
ARBUTHNOT, Charles (1767-1850), of Woodford, Northants.
ARCHDALL, Mervyn I (?1724-1813), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Trilleck, co. Tyrone.
ARCHDALL, Mervyn II (1763-1839), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh.
ARCHDALL, Richard (c.1746-1824), of Spondon, Derbys.
ARCHER HOUBLON, John (1773-1831), of Great Hallingbury, Essex and Welford, Berks.
ARDEN, Sir Richard Pepper (1744-1804), of Tarporley, Cheshire.
ARDEN, 2nd Baron [I] see PERCEVAL, Charles George
ARKWRIGHT, Richard (1781-1832), of Ashbourne Place, Derbys.
ARUNDELL see MONCKTON ARUNDELL
ASHBURNHAM, Hon. George (1785-1813), of Ashburnham Place, Battle, Suss.
ASHHURST, William Henry (1778-1846), of Waterstock, Oxon.
ASHLEY (afterwards ASHLEY COOPER), Hon. Cropley (1768-1851).
ASSHETON SMITH, Thomas (c.1752-1828), of Faenol, Caern. and Tidworth, Hants.
ASTELL see THORNTON (afterwards ASTELL), William
ASTLEY, Jacob Henry (1756-1817), of Melton Constable, Norf.
ATHERLEY, Arthur (?1771-1844), of Southampton and Tower House, Arundel, Suss.
ATKINS, John (c.1760-1838), of Halstead Place, nr. Sevenoaks, Kent.
ATKINSON (afterwards SAVILLE), Christopher (?1739-1819), of 3 Park Street, Westminster, Mdx. and Hill Hall, Hales, Norf.
ATKYNS WRIGHT, John (c.1760-1822), of Crawsley Park., Oxon
ATTERSOLL, John (c.1784-1822), of 11 Devonshire Street, Portland Place and Hendon, Mdx.
ATTWOOD, Matthias (1779-1851), of Gracechurch Street, London and Dulwich Hill House, Surr.
AUBREY, Sir John, 6th Bt. (1739-1826), of Dorton, Bucks. and Llantriddyd, Glam.
AUCKLAND, 1st Baron [I] see EDEN, William
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Hawkeyes feel regret after weather decision, doubleheader split
IOWA CITY, Ia. – The scene changed completely in a matter of hours — in the sky and in the Big Ten Conference baseball standings.
A healthy crowd of 1,961 at Duane Banks Field first enjoyed a sunny Saturday afternoon and a 13-4 Iowa rout of Northwestern. But there was a Game 2 — planned earlier in the day because of Sunday's rainy forecast — which turned into a wet and gloomy 4-1 loss for the 14th-ranked Hawkeyes.
Illinois became the Big Ten's lone first-place team at 10-1 with a Saturday win, and Iowa (26-11, 10-2) for the first time in 2015 fell from the top spot.
The decision to play two came with regret for Iowa coach Rick Heller, who got a call Saturday morning that the forecast didn't look good for Sunday. That moved Sunday starter Calvin Mathews into a Saturday role, and the right-hander with an injury history struggled in 3 2/3 innings.
"If I had it to do all over, hindsight,I would've went with my gut and just played over three days," Heller said. "Because you never want to play a doubleheader. You just don't know what's going to happen in 18 innings."
Northwestern (11-26, 4-8) went with back-to-back left-handed starters, which also threw Iowa off. Though the Hawkeyes piled up a season-high run total in the opener, they struggled against Reed Mason in Game 2 with the same batting order.
"Kind of a letdown-type situation that can happen," Heller said.
The second game didn't end until almost 10:30 p.m. after the doubleheader began at 1, an hour earlier than scheduled. That's because of a 3-hour, 5-minute lightning and rain delay in the middle of the ninth inning.
After the teams returned before a smattering of loyal fans, Iowa went 1-2-3 in less than five minutes — but still came away with its fourth Big Ten series win. Nebraska comes to town next weekend.
Third baseman Kris Goodman said the Hawkeyes needed to flush the loss "right after the shower. In baseball, you have to have a short memory."
Goodman's two-run, second-inning home run began Iowa's first-game outburst. The lead became 4-0 after Jake Mangler's two-run single. He drove in five runs for the game.
The best news for Iowa in the opener besides the attendance? Stud starting pitcher Blake Hickman wasn't seriously injured after a batted ball knocked him to the ground.
Hickman said afterward the line drive got him in the left triceps before landing in the glove of second baseman Mangler, who then threw to first for an inning-ending double play. (Yes, it's been that kind of season for Iowa.)
"I was laying there (on the mound) and saw three outs and thought maybe they got it wrong or something," Hickman said.
After a few tosses in the bullpen, Hickman knew he was good to go. The converted catcher ended up throwing seven scoreless innings on a career-high 115 pitches in improving to 6-1.
"Coach asked me if I was good," said Hickman, whose ERA in Big Ten play dipped to 1.88. "Nothing was taking me out of that game."
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Jeremy Kuzmarov, Contributor
Historian, intellectual, political activist
Foreign Policy Reform Urgent Task for Brand New Congress
08/21/2016 06:34 pm ET Updated Aug 22, 2017
Bernie Sanders supporters have started a grassroots initiative to transform the U.S. Congress in a more progressive direction by 2018, advocating a platform of economic equality, climate justice, civil rights, criminal justice reform and fair trade, according to The Nation.
Strong emphasis should also be placed by Brand New Congress (BNC) on reforming U.S. foreign policy, channeling money from foreign wars and the so-called military industrial complex into domestic revitalization and reform.
During the Democratic Party primary, Bernie famously called Hillary Clinton out for her ties with Henry Kissinger and support for regime change, and lamented on at least a few occasions' obscene military spending levels.
Foreign policy generally took a back seat though to domestic issues.
Bernie's critique of the role of money in politics could have more consistently extended to DynCorp, Bechtel, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC - known as ""NSA West") and other war profiteers who influence elections and buy off politicians in a similar way to Exxon-Mobil, Goldman Sachs and the major pharmaceutical giants.
President Barack Obama Jr. received large donations from the head of General Dynamics, one of the largest weapons manufacturers in the world. His administration in turn preserved record military budgets while lessening regulation on arms exports.
In 2012 General Atomics, the leading drone manufacturer, received $1.8 billion in government contracts while donating $505,000 during that election cycle, 61 percent to Republicans and 39 percent to Democrats in what was a good return for its investment.
Two of the top Congressional recipients, Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Jerry Lewis (R-CA), sat on the congressional drone caucus, while the third, Diane Feinstein (D-CA) was a consistent supporter of huge military budgets and had an assistant that became a paid General Atomics lobbyist.
These cases illustrate the hold of the so-called military industrial complex on Congress, which a genuine political revolution should aim to overturn.
The urgency of this latter task is spelled out by Noam Chomsky in his latest blockbuster book, Who Rules the World?
The Yoda of the American left quotes William J. Perry, Bill Clinton's former Defense Secretary and long a proponent of high tech weapons systems, who believes the threat of nuclear holocaust is greater now than at the height of the Cold War.
Pressured by Congressmen in the pockets of Bechtel which now runs many of the top nuclear weapons production facilities, the Obama administration has initiated a trillion dollar nuclear arms modernization initiative which has triggered a renewed nuclear arms race with the Russians and Chinese. They feel encircled with the expansion of NATO and military "pivot to Asia."
Perry was among those to call for President Obama to kill a newly developed nuclear tipped cruise missile with improved targeting and lower yield that might encourage "limited nuclear war" which could escalate to utter disaster.
Patrick Cockburn, recipient of the 2014 foreign affairs journalist of the year award, spells out another urgent reason for foreign policy reform in his chilling book, The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution.
He traces the growth of ISIS to the wreckage bred by the U.S. war in Iraq and persecution of Sunnis by the sectarian Shiite government of Nouri-al Maliki, and to the dissolution of Syria bred in part by the Western decision to prolong the civil war by arming oppositionist rebels led by militant jihadists.
Cockburn's book gets into the role of Turkey in providing a haven for jihadist fighters and the extensive financing provided to Sunni militant groups by Saudi Arabia, recipient of record billion dollar arms packages by the Obama administration.
The Saudis have long aimed to export their fanatical Wahhabist religious faith and have stoked sectarian divisions fueling a lot of the unrest in the Middle East.
Since the 1980s, the U.S. has meanwhile poured billions of dollars into nuclear-armed Pakistan, whose intelligence services have financed the Taliban.
The 2011 U.S.-NATO war in Libya was another catastrophe which ruined Africa's wealthiest economy and turned the country over to sectarian militias and fundamentalist gangs.
With Iraq and Syria, Libya is now a vivid symbol of the failure of the U.S. War on Terror.
Despite billions of dollars spent and much blood that has been shed, the scourge of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism has extended to levels beyond Osama bin Laden's wildest dreams and threatens the West on a level greater than ever before.
BNC is a welcome new initiative which urgently needs to focus on getting into office candidates who will work to end the failed War on Terror, and reverse Obama's nuclear weapons buildup and other militaristic policies that are contributing to a more dangerous world order.
Along with other progressive measures like fighting climate change and economic inequality, this platform would I believe be supported by a large number of Americans who see things falling apart at home and are tired of endless wars.
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Researchers Find Link Between Solar Flares and Radioactive Elements on Earth
New Discoveries, Science & Technology News
Large solar flare recorded by the SOHO/EIT telescope using UV light.
When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives of space-walking astronauts and maybe rewriting some of the assumptions of physics.
It’s a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away.
Is this possible?
Researchers from Stanford and Purdue University believe it is. But their explanation of how it happens opens the door to yet another mystery.
There is even an outside chance that this unexpected effect is brought about by a previously unknown particle emitted by the sun. “That would be truly remarkable,” said Peter Sturrock, Stanford professor emeritus of applied physics and an expert on the inner workings of the sun.
The story begins, in a sense, in classrooms around the world, where students are taught that the rate of decay of a specific radioactive material is a constant. This concept is relied upon, for example, when anthropologists use carbon-14 to date ancient artifacts and when doctors determine the proper dose of radioactivity to treat a cancer patient.
But that assumption was challenged in an unexpected way by a group of researchers from Purdue University who at the time were more interested in random numbers than nuclear decay. (Scientists use long strings of random numbers for a variety of calculations, but they are difficult to produce, since the process used to produce the numbers has an influence on the outcome.)
Ephraim Fischbach, a physics professor at Purdue, was looking into the rate of radioactive decay of several isotopes as a possible source of random numbers generated without any human input. (A lump of radioactive cesium-137, for example, may decay at a steady rate overall, but individual atoms within the lump will decay in an unpredictable, random pattern. Thus the timing of the random ticks of a Geiger counter placed near the cesium might be used to generate random numbers.)
As the researchers pored through published data on specific isotopes, they found disagreement in the measured decay rates – odd for supposed physical constants.
Checking data collected at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island and the Federal Physical and Technical Institute in Germany, they came across something even more surprising: long-term observation of the decay rate of silicon-32 and radium-226 seemed to show a small seasonal variation. The decay rate was ever so slightly faster in winter than in summer.
Was this fluctuation real, or was it merely a glitch in the equipment used to measure the decay, induced by the change of seasons, with the accompanying changes in temperature and humidity?
“Everyone thought it must be due to experimental mistakes, because we’re all brought up to believe that decay rates are constant,” Sturrock said.
The sun speaks
On Dec 13, 2006, the sun itself provided a crucial clue, when a solar flare sent a stream of particles and radiation toward Earth. Purdue nuclear engineer Jere Jenkins, while measuring the decay rate of manganese-54, a short-lived isotope used in medical diagnostics, noticed that the rate dropped slightly during the flare, a decrease that started about a day and a half before the flare.
If this apparent relationship between flares and decay rates proves true, it could lead to a method of predicting solar flares prior to their occurrence, which could help prevent damage to satellites and electric grids, as well as save the lives of astronauts in space.
The decay-rate aberrations that Jenkins noticed occurred during the middle of the night in Indiana – meaning that something produced by the sun had traveled all the way through the Earth to reach Jenkins’ detectors. What could the flare send forth that could have such an effect?
Jenkins and Fischbach guessed that the culprits in this bit of decay-rate mischief were probably solar neutrinos, the almost weightless particles famous for flying at the speed of light through the physical world – humans, rocks, oceans or planets – with virtually no interaction with anything.
Then, in a series of papers published in Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research and Space Science Reviews, Jenkins, Fischbach and their colleagues showed that the observed variations in decay rates were highly unlikely to have come from environmental influences on the detection systems.
Reason for suspicion
Their findings strengthened the argument that the strange swings in decay rates were caused by neutrinos from the sun. The swings seemed to be in synch with the Earth’s elliptical orbit, with the decay rates oscillating as the Earth came closer to the sun (where it would be exposed to more neutrinos) and then moving away.
So there was good reason to suspect the sun, but could it be proved?
Enter Peter Sturrock, Stanford professor emeritus of applied physics and an expert on the inner workings of the sun. While on a visit to the National Solar Observatory in Arizona, Sturrock was handed copies of the scientific journal articles written by the Purdue researchers.
Sturrock knew from long experience that the intensity of the barrage of neutrinos the sun continuously sends racing toward Earth varies on a regular basis as the sun itself revolves and shows a different face, like a slower version of the revolving light on a police car. His advice to Purdue: Look for evidence that the changes in radioactive decay on Earth vary with the rotation of the sun. “That’s what I suggested. And that’s what we have done.”
A surprise
Going back to take another look at the decay data from the Brookhaven lab, the researchers found a recurring pattern of 33 days. It was a bit of a surprise, given that most solar observations show a pattern of about 28 days – the rotation rate of the surface of the sun.
The explanation? The core of the sun – where nuclear reactions produce neutrinos – apparently spins more slowly than the surface we see. “It may seem counter-intuitive, but it looks as if the core rotates more slowly than the rest of the sun,” Sturrock said.
All of the evidence points toward a conclusion that the sun is “communicating” with radioactive isotopes on Earth, said Fischbach.
But there’s one rather large question left unanswered. No one knows how neutrinos could interact with radioactive materials to change their rate of decay.
“It doesn’t make sense according to conventional ideas,” Fischbach said. Jenkins whimsically added, “What we’re suggesting is that something that doesn’t really interact with anything is changing something that can’t be changed.”
“It’s an effect that no one yet understands,” agreed Sturrock. “Theorists are starting to say, ‘What’s going on?’ But that’s what the evidence points to. It’s a challenge for the physicists and a challenge for the solar people too.”
If the mystery particle is not a neutrino, “It would have to be something we don’t know about, an unknown particle that is also emitted by the sun and has this effect, and that would be even more remarkable,” Sturrock said.
Via Physorg.com
Tag: Earth, physics, radation, radioactive elements, radium, Silicon, solar flare, sun
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Tag: JAXA
Science & Technology News, Space, Space Flight
Japan just bombed an asteroid in our solar system, for science
Japan’s space agency said it successfully dropped a small bomb on an asteroid on Friday as part of its mission to better understand the history of the Solar System.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft detonated the copper explosive, also known as the Small Carry-on Inspector (SCI), on the Ryugu asteroid on Friday.
The SCI weighs about 2 kg (4.4 lbs) and is the size of a baseball, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
Hayabusa2 released the SCI about 500 meters (1,640 feet) above Ryugu’s surface around 11:13 am Japanese time (02:13 UTC) on Friday, JAXA tweeted.
Continue reading… “Japan just bombed an asteroid in our solar system, for science”
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Supersized solar farms are sprouting around the world (and maybe in space, too)
In a quest to cut the cost of clean electricity, power utilities around the world are supersizing their solar farms.
Nowhere is that more apparent than in southern Egypt, where what will be the world’s largest solar farm — a vast collection of more than 5 million photovoltaic panels — is now taking shape. When it’s completed next year, the $4 billion Benban solar park near Aswan will cover an area 10 times bigger than New York’s Central Park and generate up to 1.8 gigawatts of electricity.
That’s roughly the output of two nuclear power plants combined and almost double the planned capacity of the vast Villanueva facility now growing in the Mexican state of Coahuila — currently the largest facility in the Americas. (The largest solar farm in the U.S. is the 580-megawatt Solar Star facility near Los Angeles.)
Continue reading… “Supersized solar farms are sprouting around the world (and maybe in space, too)”
Science & Technology News, Solar Power, Space
JAXA: Space sail producing energy
Japan’s main space agency has said that they have successfully deployed a space sail 770 kilometers above the earth and that it has started producing power. Continue reading… “JAXA: Space sail producing energy”
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The Next Great Space Race – Space-Based Power Stations
Futurist Thomas Frey: Earth’s appetite for power continues to grow. Since the 1960s, power consumption has quadrupled around the globe, with many countries opting to build large oil and coal plants to meet the demand.
Continue reading… “The Next Great Space Race – Space-Based Power Stations”
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to build an orbiting solar farm
Mirrors in orbit would reflect sunlight onto huge solar panels.
What if you could imagine looking at Tokyo Bay from high above and seeing a man-made island in the harbor, 3 kilometers long. There is a massive net stretched over the island and studded with 5 billion tiny rectifying antennas, which convert microwave energy into DC electricity. Also on the island is a substation that sends that electricity coursing through a submarine cable to Tokyo, to help keep the factories of the Keihin industrial zone humming and the neon lights of Shibuya shining bright.
Continue reading… “The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to build an orbiting solar farm”
Japanese Space Probe Misses Venus Completely
Japanese probe Akatsuki
A Japanese space probe on a £190 million mission to orbit Venus has missed the planet completely – but could be more successful when it next passes by in six years’ time, scientists said.
Continue reading… “Japanese Space Probe Misses Venus Completely”
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Amazing Video Of Japan’s Satellite Moments Before Crash
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The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released high-definition video captured by the Kaguya moon probe moments before crashing onto the lunar surface on June 11. (Pics)
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Tag: shadow
Great Videos, Robots, Science & Technology News
Shadow’s robotic hand uses AI to grip any object
Shadow’s Dexterous Hand
It’s not easy to build a robot that can compete with that astounding piece of machinery called the human hand. But the UK company Shadow has a solid contender. And while its robotic hands imitate nature, why keep nature’s limitations? Shadow’s Dexterous Hand “sees” the shape of the object approaching it to help it determine how to hold it. (Video)
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Crazy Stuff, Current Events, Historical Perspectives, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints
New Year’s Eve Blue Moon Eclipse
On December 31st, we will see the second full moon of the month, or the 13th full moon of the year. These rare occasions are called a blue moon, as in “once in a blue moon”. But that’s not the only thing special about New Year’s Eve this year. There will also be a partial lunar eclipse on the 31st (visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia)!
Only a very small portion of the Moon’s southern limb will be in the Earth’s umbral shadow, but there will be a noticeable darkening visible over the Moon’s face at the point of greatest eclipse. Need more?
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Crazy Stuff, Hot Issues, Latest Trend, People Making a Difference
Dark Dating
The waiter knows in advance where the dogs are sitting
Love is after all blind. So is it bad to go on a blind date – where you don’t know whom you are meeting? Dark dating as an idea, which is a hot favorite among Londoner’s this hunting season.
“It is very interesting. Something quite different the fact you talk with people without seeing them. It’s funny because you can’t judge the height, you can’t judge the features. You completely talk freely with the other person. And after it’s funny to discover how the person looks like,” said a dark dater. Video after the jump.
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Breakthrough Thinking, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference
Shadow Reaching
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Shadow Reaching is a new kind of user interface for large touch screen displays developed by Garth Shoemaker, Anthony Tang, and Kellogg S. Booth from the University of British Columbia. It creates a rather unusual way of interacting with very large displays.
According to information from the video, Shadow Reaching “supports natural interaction over the entire large display surface and provides strong user embodiment”.
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Survivors and Activists Spotlight Solutions to End Violence Against Women
By UN Women
LOS ANGELES (IDN-INPS) – Commemorating Human Rights Day and the global advocacy campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) held a fundraising luncheon in Santa Monica, California, on December 10. In the hometown of the #MeToo movement, the event brought together a powerhouse of survivors, dignitaries, UN officials, gender experts and Hollywood celebrities.
Hosted by UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman, the event celebrated the ground-breaking initiatives supported by the UN Trust Fund across the world over the past 22 years and highlighted the work that remains to end this human rights violation, which impacts one in three women worldwide.
The UN Trust Fund is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls and is managed by UN Women, on behalf of the UN system.
The December 10 event brought to a close the global mobilization of the 16 Days of Activism campaign. This year’s UN theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25) and the 16 Days of Activism was “Orange the World: #HearMeToo”, amplifying the voices of women and girls around the world who have survived violence or who strive to defend women’s rights – many of them very far away from the limelight or media headlines.
A relentless champion to end the global pandemic of violence against women and girls, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman highlighted why she personally raises her voice on this issue, and why it must be of utmost priority for all: “When I became UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador some time ago, I met with women and girls who had survived violence and who were supported by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. I saw first-hand the real difference it makes in the lives of women and girls. I’m here today to continue this work and amplify the voices of women survivors through the media and help raise significant funds for programs that address this issue.”
“We are witnessing the power of a global sisterhood to end the normalization of violence against women and girls that is telling perpetrators “time is up”. We must continue to amplify the voices of all survivors and activists, especially those who are typically marginalized or whose voices have been muted, and come together in global solidarity for change,” said Under- Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka underlining the force of the mobilization that has taken hold globally, and the need to propel it further.
Mesmerizing the event guests, actor and activist Gabriella Wright narrated the powerful story of Alice Mathe, a young woman survivor of violence from Zimbabwe, who is deaf. Unlike many others in her situation, Alice managed to access justice by taking her attacker to court, with the support of an UN Trust Fund initiative providing specialist services to girls and women with disabilities, and he is now in jail.
An honoree at the event, the United States former Vice President Joe Biden received the Orange Heart award. Other notable speakers included Aldijana Sisic, Chief of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, and Clea Guerra Romero representing UN Trust Fund grantee Flora Tristan Women’s Centre in Peru. Sherwin Bryce-Pease, UN Bureau Chief of South African Broadcasting Corporation as emcee and musical performances by David Hernandez, added their unique flavor to the powerful event.
The luncheon highlighted the continued dearth of resources for global interventions to end violence against women and girls and called upon those in attendance to contribute to support interventions funded by the UN Trust Fund, which has supported 460 organizations in the last 22 years, reaching over 6 million people last year alone.
Aldijana Sisic, Chief of the UN Trust Fund, highlighted the significance of investing in ending the human rights violation of violence against women and girls: “The long-term test for all of us is not whether we bring down a few powerful men, but whether we ensure we do not let down and leave behind millions of women and girls around the world. We now have an opportunity to build on the courage of survivors in the wake of the #MeToo movement, born in this very city, and demonstrate the systemic nature of violence against women and girls.”
Since November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women) this year, the 16 Days of Activism have brought together governments, communities, survivors, activists and the public to raise awareness on the urgent need to end violence against women and girls. Over 600 campaign activities have been held in over 90 countries around the world, with iconic buildings and monuments being lit in orange to call for a violence-free future, such as the Angel of Independence in Mexico City, the majestic Giza pyramids in Egypt or the Yangon City Hall in Myanmar.
In powerful public events in dozens of countries around the world, including public concerts in Chile, Colombia and Bangladesh, using murals in Afghanistan and in public transportation hubs in El Salvador, Vanuatu, and The Philippines, global citizens have stood in solidarity with survivors and advocates. [IDN-InDepthNews – 11 December 2018]
Related article > https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/sustainability/gender-equality/2313-stop-preventable-scourge-of-violence-against-women
Photo: UN Trust Fund 16 Days Fundraising Event. Credit: UN Women
IDN is the flagship of International Press Syndicate.
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An Overview of India’s Market Today: Looking at S&P BSE Indices
Islamic Index Market Update: August 2014
Less Risk Meant Higher Returns for August
Sell Just Before, Not After, the FOMC Meets
Mid-caps: Neglected middle children of the equity universe…
Blog - Sep 5, 2014
Utkarsh Agrawal
Associate Director, Global Research & Design
Categories Equities, India
Tags India
The stock markets in India have performed phenomenally in the recent months. The S&P BSE SENSEX (India’s most tracked bellwether index) has been scaling heights never seen before. The one-year, risk-adjusted return of the index was approximately 3.53 as of August 29, 2014. With 30 stocks, the index is well diversified across sectors. It will be intriguing to explore the performance of the sectors with the help of S&P BSE sector indices for the one-, three-, five- and seven-year time periods ending on August 29, 2014. All the sector indices are subsets of the S&P BSE 500, and they cover approximately 90% of the market capitalization of the respective sectors in the index, giving a good idea of each sector’s performance.
In all the observed time periods, the S&P BSE AUTO has consistently yielded higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P BSE SENSEX.
The S&P BSE BANKEX only provided risk-adjusted returns close to those of the S&P BSE SENSEX in the seven-year time period, and it remains lower than S&P BSE SENSEX for all the time periods.
Compared with the S&P BSE SENSEX, the S&P BSE CAPITAL GOODS delivered less than 25% of risk-adjusted returns in the three-, five- and seven-year time periods, and it came close to S&P BSE SENSEX in the one-year time period.
The S&P BSE CONSUMER DURABLES provided risk-adjusted returns greater than those of the S&P BSE SENSEX only for the three-year time period.
Except for the one-year time period, the S&P BSE FMCG provided higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P BSE SENSEX over all the other observed periods. The S&P BSE FMCG has the most stable risk-adjusted return profile.
The S&P BSE HEALTHCARE also provided higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P BSE SENSEX for all the time periods except for the one-year period.
The S&P BSE IT provided higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P BSE SENSEX in all the time periods except for the one-year time period as well.
In the three-, five- and seven-year time periods, the S&P BSE METAL delivered less than 15% of risk-adjusted returns compared with the S&P BSE SENSEX. The S&P BSE METAL remains lower than S&P BSE SENSEX for all the time periods.
Compared with the S&P BSE SENSEX, the S&P BSE OIL & GAS has given less than 55% of risk-adjusted returns in all the time periods.
The S&P BSE POWER has been hit the hardest with negative risk-adjusted returns in the three-, five- and seven-year time periods, and it remains lower than S&P BSE SENSEX for all the time periods.
The S&P BSE REALTY has also had negative risk-adjusted returns in the five- and seven-year time periods, and it remains lower than the S&P BSE SENSEX for all the time periods.
For all except the one-year time period, the S&P BSE TECK has had a risk-adjusted return profile close to that of the S&P BSE SENSEX. The S&P BSE TECK returned almost half of the S&P BSE SENSEX in the one-year time period.
*S&P BSE CAPITAL GOODS; **S&P BSE CONSUMER DURABLES
Source: Asia Index Pvt. Ltd. Data as of last trading date of August 2014. Risk adjusted return has been calculated for total return indices. This chart may reflect hypothetical historical data. Please see the Performance Disclosures for information regarding the inherent limitations associated with back tested data. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Equities, India
Michael Orzano
Senior Director, Global Equity Indices
Tags DJIM, DJIM Asia Pacific, Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic indices, S&P Global BMI, shariah, shariah benchmarks
Islamic Indices Outperforming Conventional Benchmarks in 2014
Shariah-compliant benchmarks have outperformed conventional indices in 2014 as Financials – which are underrepresented in Islamic indices – have experienced some weakness, and Information Technology, Health Care and Energy – which tend to be overweight in Islamic Indices – have been sector leaders.
Through August 27, 2014, the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index gained 7.3%, while the Dow Jones Global Index gained a comparatively modest 6.0%. The effect has been particularly strong in Asia where the DJIM Asia Pacific Index has gained 9.0% year-to-date, while the Dow Jones Asia Pacific has gained just 6.0%. Key U.S and Middle-Eastern Islamic benchmarks likewise experienced similar outperformance.
Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets Rebound After Weakness in 2013
Regional markets that fared poorly in 2013 – notably Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets – have generally rebounded and outperformed so far in 2014. Following a decline of 0.3% in 2013, the DJIM Asia Pacific Index gained 10.7% through August 27. Likewise, the DJIM Emerging Markets Index was up 10.4% over this period, following a loss of 2.2% in 2013.
GCC Markets Power Higher Despite Volatility
Middle-Eastern equity markets have been highly volatile in 2014, but have continued to power higher. The S&P U.A.E Shariah and S&P Qatar Shariah have gained 40% and 52%, respectively year-to-date through August 27 despite seeing sharp temporary drops in excess of 20% in June. Saudi Arabia has also seen strong performance in 2014 as enthusiasm over the expected relaxation of foreign investment restrictions has buoyed the country’s equity market. Through August 27, the S&P Saudi Arabia Shariah Index was up 6.5% for the month and nearly 25% year-to-date in USD terms driving a nearly 25% year-to-date increase in the S&P GCC Composite Shariah.
DJIM, DJIM Asia Pacific, Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic indices, S&P Global BMI, shariah, shariah benchmarks
Kevin Horan
Director, Fixed Income Indices
Tags bond, Corporate, corporate bond, fixed income, High Yield, index performance, interest rates, Investment Grade, kevin horan, TIPS, US treasury
In August the yield of the S&P/BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Index dropped by 23 basis points from 2.56% to 2.33% where it closed out the month. Holding the 10-year alone returned 2.19% for the month and has returned 8.42% year-to-date on a total rate of return basis.
TIPS or Treasury Inflation Protection Securities also have performed well year-to-date. The S&P 10 Year U.S. TIPS Index has returned 8.69% year-to-date. The performance of the 10-year TIP was slow in June and July, but picked up in August returning 0.61%.
U.S. investment grade corporate bonds as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index returned 1.38% in August and have returned 7.05% year-to-date. The pace of return is similar to 2012 when the index returned 8.86%. When comparing the rating segments of the index, AAA bonds returned 1.70% for the month, the same return as BB bonds. These bonds have returned 8.01% year-to-date.
The S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index had a strong August returning 1.47% for the month. August’s return makes up for the -1.31% performance in July and is second to the February rally of 1.92% though not enough to outpace investment grade year-to-date.
bond, Corporate, corporate bond, fixed income, High Yield, index performance, interest rates, Investment Grade, kevin horan, TIPS, US treasury
Blog - Aug 28, 2014
Categories Blitzer's Insights, Equities, Strategy
Tags Fed and Journalists, FOMC, Sell Before the FOMC
A recent academic paper (link here, full citation below) demonstrates that day-to-day stock market returns follow a regular bi-weekly cycle tied to the schedule of FOMC meetings, the Fed’s policy unit. A rolling five day return calculated as the excess return of stocks over T-bills peaks on the day the FOMC meets and then every other week quite consistently thereafter. The pattern goes back to 1994 when the FOMC began regular announcements of its policy adjustments. With a series of analyses, the paper argues that the return pattern is statistically significant and would be likely to generate economically significant returns. The analysis builds on an earlier paper that found strong positive equity returns in the 24 hours just before the FOMC releases its meeting announcement. Since the analysis was based on all stocks traded in the U.S. using data from Ken French’s web site, implementing a strategy based on the results might require a lot of trading. However, similar results might be possible using ETFs or index futures.
The puzzle is what is generating such strong returns before the FOMC announcements? If the announcement contained important news about monetary policy and the economy, one would expect the market move to come immediately after the announcement. The research shows that internal meetings at the Fed follow a regular two week cyclical pattern tied to the FOMC meeting schedule. Moreover, these internal meetings include bi-weekly discussions of the discount rates set by regional Fed banks and regular economic analyses by the Fed staff. Could information from these meeting be seeping into the markets? The timing of other economic data, such as weekly and monthly data releases can’t explain the pattern of stock market returns. Moreover, the Fed through its own analyses and data it gathers to support its policy making has a wealth of economic information. One likely source is comments made to journalists with the intention of influencing the markets. The research gives examples of news articles the appear from time to time on the front page of the Wall Street Journal or New York Times citing “Fed insiders” or “staff forecast” or suggesting that “Fed officials would welcome…”
Paper: “StockReturns and the FOMC Cycle” by Anna Cieslak, Adair Morse and Annette Vissing-Jorgenson, June 25, 2014. Second related paper: “The Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift” by David O. Lucca and Emanuel Moench, July 2013
Blitzer's Insights, Equities, Strategy
Fed and Journalists, FOMC, Sell Before the FOMC
Tags mid-cap, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600
“Middle Child Syndrome” is a psychological label for the empirical observation that middle children often do not receive as much parental attention as first and last-born siblings. But within the ashes of (relative) neglect may lay the seeds of a strong sense of independence, according to Catherine Salmon and Katrin Schumann in their book, “The Secret Power of Middle Children”[1].
Mid-caps stocks are also relatively neglected and often overlooked – to the detriment of equity investors who may miss out on holding future leaders in their respective industries before becoming better known large-cap names. The relative obscurity may be partially due to the academic focus on the size factor as a structural driver of returns. “Small Minus Big (SMB)”, as the Fama/French size factor is known, leaves no thought of “mid” as a way to drive long-term performance. Another reason may be the popularity of large-cap and small-cap benchmarks like the S&P 500 and Russell 2000. But mid-caps stocks, as a group, have some interesting characteristics. In many ways, they have the potential to offer the best of both worlds – possibly greater dynamism than grown-up siblings and more maturity than little brothers and sisters.
As it turns out, mid-cap stocks have a unique fundamental profile in comparison with large-caps or small-caps. For example, see the bar chart below showing the median of total assets among constituents of the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the S&P SmallCap 600 indices:
Mid-cap stocks also have performed very differently than other market segments. This is a chart of the total return index levels for the same three benchmarks:
If you are interested in hearing more about mid-caps as a unique market segment and mid-cap indexing, join S&P Dow Jones Indices and guest panelists for a webinar on September 4, 2014.
[1] Hudson Street Press, 2011.
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The spirit of the west valley
The chemical processes of the Yamhill Valley’s most notable products, wine and beer, are pretty straightforward — sugars from grapes or starches from grains are fermented with yeast to create alcohol.
But what if they're taken to the next step?
That was the question that drove longtime winemaker Tad Seestedt into the distilling business.
Ransom Spirits, which operates on a farm outside Sheridan, and the wide variety of spirits produced there, are the result of Seestedt’s passion for that succeeding step in the process.
“I was working for a winery back in the early '90s, and someone on the night crew forgot to turn on the compressor for the press with a load of riesling in it,” he recalls. “I came in that morning and made tank measurements and something didn’t add up; there was very little juice in the tanks. I went to see where the pumice, the skins, had been dumped and realized they really hadn’t been pressed. That’s when the light went on, and I thought, ‘This is a great opportunity to try and make grappa.’”
Grappa is one of Ransom’s signature products, along with its widely celebrated Old Tom Gin and a variety of whiskies, gins and other spirits, and is traditionally made with the leftovers from the winemaking process. American spirit consumers generally trend more toward grain spirits, but Seestedt continues to produce his unique brandy for its flavor and its connection to his start in distilling.
“It’s almost entirely Gewürztraminer for our grappa. That’s a Germanic variety of white wine that’s very aromatic. In the past, we were making grappa from many different types of grapes, but that’s always been my favorite. It’s very distinctive,” he said. “Because we like making it, we’re still making it, but we’re only making our favorite one.”
Whatever the final product, the process is much the same — fermentation, then distillation.
“You have to ferment first. Distillation concentrates alcohol; it doesn’t create alcohol,” Seestedt explained. Once the wine or wort is fermented, it goes into the still. Ransom operates a pair of '70s vintage French pot stills, each with a gas-fired kettle and a large condenser tank. The initial liquid is boiled, which separates the alcohol from the water, and the result is cooled back into liquid and collected. The process is time intensive — each cycle of operation can take up to 16 hours, and the product must run through the still twice to achieve the desired flavor and concentration — resulting in a 90 percent or more reduction in volume from start to finish.
“If we start with 100 gallons of wine, we end up with 10 gallons of brandy,” Seestedt said. “When we’re making gin and whisky, the reduction is more extreme because the starting alcohol is lower.”
The product comes out of the still at between 130 and 150 proof, or up to 75 percent alcohol by volume. It’s further processed and aged before water is added to achieve bottle proof, which is 88 proof for Old Tom Gin.
Ransom has been in business since the late 90s, but moved to the West Valley in 2008 with the purchase of a 40-acre farm that houses the distillery, Ransom’s winemaking operation and provides the space to grow much of the barley in Ransom spirits “I came out to this area in Sheridan for the farm country. This piece of land is sort of multipurpose,” Seestedt said. “It has good soil for grapes and it’s good for grains. It allows us to be versatile in what we’re going to grow.”
Seestedt sources the grapes that go into Ransom wine and brandy from around Oregon, particularly the Eola Hills, and the grain which is not grown on site comes primarily from a company in Vancouver.
The land the distillery sits on, the painstaking process required to create fine spirits, and the resulting products are all part of the fulfillment of Seestedt’s lifelong passion. “I was always fascinated with distilling and distilled products,” he said. “Working as a winemaker was a natural extension into looking into what comes after fermentation.“
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Why Demand/Supply Integration Is the Key to World-Class Demand Forecasting
By Mark A. Moon
The Idea Behind DSI
How DSI Is Different from S&OP
Signals that Demand and Supply Are Not Effectively Integrated
The Ideal Picture of Demand Supply Integration
DSI Across the Supply Chain
Typical DSI Aberrations
DSI Principles
Critical Components of DSI
Characteristics of Successful DSI Implementations
DSI Summary
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This chapter explores the essence of Demand/Supply Integration (DSI), distinguishes it from Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), articulates from a strategic perspective what DSI is designed to accomplish, describes some typical aberrations from the “ideal state” of practice, and describes some characteristics of successful DSI implementations.
Demand and Supply Integration: The Key to World-Class Demand Forecasting
One of the companies that participated in the DSI/Forecasting Audit research was in the apparel industry. This company, a manufacturer and marketer of branded casual clothing, had very large retail customers that contributed a large percentage of overall revenue. Understandably, keeping these large retail customers in stock was very important to the success of this company. If these retailers’ orders could not be filled, then out-of-stock conditions would result, with not only lost sales as the consequence, but also potential financial penalties for failure to satisfy these retailers’ stringent fill-rate expectations.
As is the case for many companies in this industry, considerable manufacturing capacity had been offshored to sewing operations in Asia. This strategy helped to keep unit costs down, but it also had a negative impact on the company’s responsiveness and flexibility. At the time of our audit, the research team heard about a communication disconnect between the supply chain and the sales organizations at this company. A variety of problems had left the company with significant capacity shortages. Although these problems were solvable in the long run, in the short term, the company was having significant fill-rate problems with some of its largest, most important retail customers. Some of the most popular sizes and styles of clothing were in short supply, and customers were not happy. Supply chain personnel were working hard to address these problems, but in the short term, there was little to be done. Although these supply chain problems were impacting the company’s largest, most important customers, personnel from the field sales organization were being incentivized to open new channels of distribution and locate new customers to carry their brands. As one supply chain executive told this story, she said in exasperation, “We’re out of stock at Wal-Mart, and they’re signing up new customers! What the hell is going on here?”
This example is a classic illustration of what can happen when Demand/Supply Integration, or DSI, is not a part of the fabric of an organization. This chapter explores the essence of DSI, distinguishes it from Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), articulates from a strategic perspective what DSI is designed to accomplish, describes some typical aberrations from the “ideal state” of practice, and describes some characteristics of successful DSI implementations.
Demand/Supply Integration (DSI), when implemented effectively, is a single process to engage all functions in creating aligned, forward-looking plans and make decisions that will optimize resources and achieve a balanced set organizational goals. Several phrases in the preceding sentence deserve further elaboration. First, DSI is a single process. The idea is that DSI is a “super-process” containing a number of “subprocesses” that are highly coordinated to achieve an overall aligned business plan. These subprocesses include demand planning, inventory planning, supply planning, and financial planning. Second, it is a process that engages all functions. The primary functions that must be engaged for DSI to work effectively are sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, and senior leadership. Without active, committed engagement from each of the functional areas, the strategic goals behind DSI cannot be achieved. Third, it is designed to be a process that creates aligned, forward-looking plans and makes decisions. Unfortunately, when DSI is not implemented well, it often consists of “post-mortems,” or discussions of “why we didn’t make our numbers last month.” The ultimate goal of DSI is business planning—in other words, what steps will an organization take in the future to achieve its goals?
Our research has shown that three important elements must be in place for DSI to operate effectively: culture, process, and tools. An organization’s culture must be focused on transparency, collaboration, and commitment to organization-wide goals. Processes must be clearly articulated, documented, and followed to ensure that all planning steps are completed. Effective tools, normally thought of as information technology tools, are also needed to provide the right information at the right time to the right people.
Predictive Analytics: Data Mining, Machine Learning and Data Science for Practitioners, 2nd Edition
By Dursun Delen
Corporate Governance Matters, 3rd Edition
By David Larcker, Brian Tayan
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Inklings Awarded Two Silver Crowns
On March 18, Inklings was awarded with two Silver Crown Awards by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association; one for the paper and another for Inklings News Online. Members of the staff traveled to...
Inklings Wins Crown Award
Image via Wikipedia The Staples High School newspaper, Inklings, has been named a High School Newspaper Crown Finalist for the 2011 Crown Awards by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Inklings...
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Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NVO): Insiders Aren’t Crazy About It
Published on June 6, 2013 at 5:01 pm by Obaidul Haque Ripan in News
Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO) was in 13 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. NVO shareholders have witnessed a decrease in support from the world’s most elite money managers lately. There were 14 hedge funds in our database with NVO positions at the end of the previous quarter.
At the moment, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to analyze the equity markets. A duo of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading interest. At Insider Monkey, our studies have shown that, historically, those who follow the best picks of the elite fund managers can outperform their index-focused peers by a healthy margin (see just how much).
Equally as integral, bullish insider trading activity is another way to parse down the marketplace. There are many incentives for a corporate insider to drop shares of his or her company, but only one, very obvious reason why they would behave bullishly. Various empirical studies have demonstrated the useful potential of this method if piggybackers understand where to look (learn more here).
Keeping this in mind, we’re going to take a gander at the latest action surrounding Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO).
What have hedge funds been doing with Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO)?
In preparation for this quarter, a total of 13 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of -7% from the previous quarter. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of notable hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings considerably.
According to our comprehensive database, Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management had the biggest position in Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO), worth close to $430.7 million, comprising 1.1% of its total 13F portfolio. On Fisher Asset Management’s heels is Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies, with a $424.4 million position; 1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Some other hedge funds with similar optimism include Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell’s Arrowstreet Capital, Tom Gayner’s Markel Gayner Asset Management and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management.
Judging by the fact that Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO) has experienced falling interest from the aggregate hedge fund industry, logic holds that there is a sect of money managers that decided to sell off their entire stakes heading into Q2. It’s worth mentioning that Mike Vranos’s Ellington said goodbye to the biggest stake of all the hedgies we track, worth about $0.9 million in stock.. Murray Stahl’s fund, Horizon Asset Management, also dumped its stock, about $0.3 million worth. These transactions are interesting, as total hedge fund interest fell by 1 funds heading into Q2.
How are insiders trading Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO)?
Insider purchases made by high-level executives is best served when the primary stock in question has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the last 180-day time frame, Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO) has experienced zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s go over hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO). These stocks are Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (ADR) (NYSE:RDY), Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC), Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:FRX), Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN), and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA). This group of stocks belong to the drug manufacturers – other industry and their market caps are similar to NVO’s market cap.
Arrowstreet CapitalFisher Asset ManagementInc. (PCYC)Markel Gayner Asset ManagementNASDAQ:PCYCNovo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NVO)Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) (NYSE:NVO)NYSE:NVOPharmacyclics
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Published on June 6, 2013 at 5:01 pm by Inan Dogan, PhD
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Believable Fakes
2018 Australian University Ultimate Changes
Recently announced changes to Australian University Games (AUGs) by Australian University Sport (AUS) have shifted the format back to a fully split division competition, and have committed to at least two years of competition on the Gold Coast. Whilst these changes may prevent some blowout score lines at AU
Gs, there are murmurings that it could limit development in smaller clubs and disincentivise regional clubs from attending due to the location changes.
TL; DR
Ultimate moving back to split division format (Division 1 and 2) for the first time since 2014
Both Division 1 and Division 2 to be held on the Gold Coast for the next two years
Top 10 teams from AUGs 2017 qualify for Division 1, rest for Division 2
Division 2 teams cannot qualify for Division 1 of the same year
Effects of a split division format
Ultimate moving back to its split division format has potential to entrench the East Coast bias currently present in Australian Ultimate, and could hinder the ability of small clubs to develop and grow their programs. Only 4 men's teams from 2017 qualified for Division 2, and only 1 women's team, raising the question will there be enough interest for a competitive, enjoyable tournament?
Teams cannot be promoted or relegated in the same year, which could grow the split in quality between the two divisions, as teams from Division 2 won’t be able to experience the benefits of higher level university ultimate. Additionally, the high level of turnover in university ultimate may mean that a team’s quality may vary drastically from year to year.
These changes have worked out well for Queensland teams. All Queensland teams qualified for Division 1 in 2018, and holding the competition locally for two years will allow Queensland teams to drive recruiting with promises of a low cost, enjoyable ultimate experience. With only 1 gold medal going to a Queensland team since 2014 (UQ women’s, 2017), they will be looking to leverage this opportunity for increased development and recruitment to add to the trophy cabinet.
NSW teams won’t mind these changes, however it could hinder the ability of smaller clubs to develop and recruit players. Typically strong universities, such as USYD and UNSW, who qualified for both the men’s and women’s Division 1, have been able to send both teams regardless of tournament location. However, only the women’s teams from the University of Wollongong and the University of Technology Sydney qualified, leaving these clubs in an interesting situation. As we all know a large proportion of the fun at AUGs is hanging out with the opposite gender. This could hurt recruitment efforts.
Of the two main universities in the Australian capital territory, these changes will be more impactful to UC than ANU. ANU has had a strong attendance record at AUGS, sending two teams to every single gender AUGs, and will be looking to continue that trend despite the changes. However for the UC Buckets, these changes make make the jump to AUGs more difficult. With consistent showings at EUGs, the Buckets have yet to attend a single gender AUGs. These changes may allow UC to compete in a more even competition, however they also could lose recruitment power as new players may not be as attracted to a split division AUGs
Victorian teams had a strong showing at AUGS 2017. However, 3 out of the 5 teams relegated to Division 2 were from Victoria. Previous powerhouses Monash University and La Trobe failed to qualify in the men's Division, while Swinburne was the only women’s team to miss out on Division 1. The unpredictable level of strength in 2018 Div 2 could mean Victorian teams fare worse for these changes
No South Australian teams were present at Uni Games 2017, pointing to the #eastcoastbias in Australian ultimate, however as per the AUS changes, they will automatically qualify for Division 2 in 2018. Again, locating the Games so far away from Adelaide for two years could discourage SA teams from attending and developing players.
Despite their geographic separation, all WA teams qualified for Division 1 in 2018. However, trying to convince new players to make the trip across to the Gold Coast may be a tough sell, especially if less attention is paid to the social elements of AUGs. Additionally, basing the games in the Gold Coast for the next two years fiscally impacts WA teams the most.
AUS are trying to refocus the Australian University Games on elite sport, and away from the “party mentality” which allegedly runs through AUGs. The only current information published says that AUS will no longer have “exclusive” venues from 2018 onwards. This strategy was trialled in 2017, however after much convincing from the University of Queensland team, most Ultimate players went to Melbas anyway. In my opinion, it would take an extreme push (such as demolishing Melbas, or removing Ultimate as a sport) by AUS to prevent the entirety of the Frisbee community on the Gold Coast from inhabiting the top floor of Melbas.
NZMUC 2019 Preview: Part 2 - The Central Chaos and Southern Shuffle
NZMUC 2019 Preview: Part 1 - The North Remembers
Who Will Win Round 2 Of The AUL 2019?
Mens | Womens | Mixed | Tournaments | Training | Believable Fakes
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Welcome Recognition of Bangladeshi as First-Ever ‘Pollution’ Refugee
By Kamal Ahmed
The recent verdict by a French court stopping the deportation of an unnamed Bangladeshi on the grounds of deadly air pollution in Dhaka has raised eyebrows among many of us. In some of our newspapers and portals, an undertone of ridicule and aspersion against the assumed lack of patriotism in him was evident. Environmentalists, however, celebrated it as a landmark ruling as governments will now have to take tackling air pollution as a matter of urgency to prevent mass migration. For the last few decades, we have heard a lot about climate refugees, mostly as a result of forced displacements following extreme natural events or disasters caused by climate change. However, the person in question is probably the first legally recognised "pollution" refugee of the world.
As a Muslim woman born and brought up in Denmark, Nadia Helmy Ahmed broke many stereotypes when she started boxing at the age of 15. “Back then it was not common for girls to take up elite boxing, let alone common for Muslim girls, I used to be the only girl in my gym, along with ten others boys,” said Nadia to IPS News.
Temperatures have plummeted way below zero in Bosnia, making life even more miserable for hundreds of migrants and refugees — including entire families with small children — sleeping rough while trying to reach Western Europe.
Culture of Misogyny and Toxic Masculinity Driving Sexual Violence in Bangladesh
In October 2020, Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets, outraged by the reports of gruesome gang rapes and sexual violence that were taking place in the country. According to Ain O Salish Kendra, a Bangladeshi human rights organization, 975 women were raped in the first nine months of 2020, 43 women were killed after being raped and 204 women were attempted to be raped by men in Bangladesh.
Is the COVID-19 Vaccine a Potential Biological Weapon in Reverse?
If the coronavirus is not deemed a biological weapon, is the heavily-publicized Covid-19 vaccine in danger of being weaponized when over 159,000 Palestinians who have tested positive in Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are being denied treatment during a deadly pandemic?
Stand Tall, UN Humanitarians
By Trevor Page
Most people around the world were glad to see the back of 2020: From the devastating bushfires in Australia to the plagues of locusts through East Africa stretching across Arabia to Pakistan, extreme weather, melting ice sheets at the poles, and Covid-19 that still engulfs the globe.
Drop in Remittances – a Financial Lifeline for 800 Million People – Could Impact Financial Stability of Numerous Countries
By Alison Kentish
On Dec. 2 Gabriel Arias, 42, left a Washington Heights, New York, money transfer agency after sending money home to the Dominican Republic. For the past eight years, every fortnight he would come to this branch at 171st street after getting paid from his construction job. But things are different this year and he worries about his family back home. Arias lost his job in May, amid heightened COVID-19 restrictions in the state. He told IPS he has tried to work some odd jobs, but has barely earned enough for his monthly apartment rental. This early December visit to send money home was only his second since June.
Climate Action for Human Rights
By Cameron Diver
Climate change and human rights are two key issues in international development and their interaction is increasingly in need of focus at national, regional and international levels. In the Pacific, where the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories are on the front line of both climate ambition and the ongoing effects of the climate crisis, climate change is recognised as the region’s single greatest threat. Urgent climate action is consistently called upon to protect the interests of youth and the most vulnerable populations, together with preserving the ‘shared needs and interests, potential and survival of our Blue Pacific and this great Blue Planet’.
Nyagoa’s Long Journey
By Education Cannot Wait
Nyagoa Dak was born to a world in chaos. Her story is one of loss, of redemption, of struggle and of triumph. At a very early age, Nyagoa lost her parents to the conflict in South Sudan. As the conflict escalated, she escaped with her grandmother to Ethiopia in 2014. There they settled in the Pugnido refugee camp in Ethiopia’s Gambella region.
Millions of New Poor Are on the Way – Who Cares?
The recent meeting of the G20 – scheduled to take place in Riyadh but held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic – has been an eloquent example of how the world is drifting, in a crisis of leadership.
CARE Offers Policies That Engender Success for Young People in Agribusiness
By Victor Manyong and Kanayo F. Nwanze
Often cited as Africa’s greatest asset, its youth are also among the most vulnerable and volatile. A large and growing population of talented young people has the potential to drive economic growth and well-being of societies across the continent but, as the African Development Bank warns, current conditions of severe unemployment are translating into poorer living conditions, higher flows of migration, and greater risks of conflict – in short, a social disaster in the making.
Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
On 10 December, representatives for the World Food Programme (WFP) will in Norway receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall. This is taking place while the COVID-19 pandemic is causing lock-downs and suffering all over world, limiting agricultural production and disrupting supply chains.
From Political Prisoner to Champion of Human Rights – The Wai Wai Nu Story
By Mariya Salim
Instead of being cowed by her seven-year imprisonment, Wai Wai Nu, emerged stronger and more determined to fight for the rights of all people, including the Rohingya in her native Myanmar.
Mexican’s Labor Rights Closely Watched… by the US
As many have observed worldwide, the outcome of the US presidential elections has been, as expected - full of hope and fear. Many people had the bad feeling that if Trump were to be re-elected, the uncertainty, already enormous due to the pandemic and its effects, would jeopardize the economic recovery worldwide. The triumph of Democrat Biden does not guarantee great solutions, but at the least offers a little more of transparency, certainty, and stability.
Reversing the Rohingya Crisis: One Woman at a Time
“This is a crisis without a quick fix that could take years to resolve unless there are concerted efforts to address its root causes”, says Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes.
African Languages Matter: Is There Still Time to Prevent Cultural Genocide?
By Victor Oladokun
As a 10 year-old newly arrived in Lagos from England, I recall listening intently to how the Yoruba language - my father's language - was spoken. I would constantly repeat in my head or verbally repeat what I thought I had heard. I was not always successful. Many times, what would come out of my mouth would throw my friends into fits of laughter.
Ecuadorian Director Shows a Different Kind of Migration
By SWAN / A.D. McKenzie
Ecuador’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards’ International Feature section is a surprising movie, highlighting a story that up to now has been little-known. Titled Vacío / Emptiness and directed by self-taught filmmaker Paúl Venegas, the work focuses on how increasing numbers of Chinese migrants have ended up in Latin America over the past 15 years, and it features a cast of mainly non-professional actors – speaking Mandarin, Spanish, English and some Cantonese.
Despite Conflict and COVID-19, Children Still Dream to Continue Their Education in Afghanistan
By Guy Dinmore
As if four decades of war were not enough, then came the pandemic. For each of the past five years, Afghanistan has been identified by the United Nations as the world’s deadliest country for children and, despite progress made in peace talks between the government and the Taliban, child and youth casualties from the ongoing conflict continue to mount in 2020.
Human migration is a matter of global concern. Flows of migrants and refugees influence and change the social, economic and political dynamics of their destinations -- and the places they have left behind. IPS covers crucial issues such as migrant and refugee rights, irregular or undocumented migration, human trafficking, remittances, displaced persons and forced labour. And the positive: in many cases migration creates a new dialogue among civilisations. Migrants themselves become the building blocks of bridges connecting different cultures.
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For $10,000, You Can Float in Space With William Shatner
Johnny Jet June 30, 2017
Fans of space, Star Trek and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, take note: You have a chance to fly through the air—in simulated zero gravity—alongside William Shatner this summer.
On August 4, ZERO-G and Roddenberry Adventures are running a very special zero-gravity flight out of Las Vegas, where the annual Star Trek convention will be in full force. Without leaving the atmosphere, passengers will experience space-like weightlessness in 30-second intervals as ZERO-G’s expert pilots fly a specially equipped 727 in parabolic arcs (see how that works here). Shatner, who of course played Captain Kirk in Star Trek, will be taking part!
“Going weightless will turn a dream into reality,” said Shatner. “I’ve always wondered what it would be like to actually explore the Final Frontier and now I have the opportunity to experience zero gravity firsthand. It will be an incredible adventure.”
Buzz Aldrin on a previous ZERO-G flight
Space is limited, but available—for $9,950 per person, plus 5% tax—here. ZERO-G’s zero-gravity flights without William Shatner are also available at other times and places throughout the year.
Jun 30, 2017 Johnny Jet
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That actually sounds pretty epic, but I don’t think I’d want to spend that money without leaving the atmosphere. I’m dying to get to space.
World’s First Custom Safari Planning Tool
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Connected on Royal Caribbean
By Hannah L. Uram: In February, Royal Caribbean unveiled the latest technological advancement for today’s cruise enthusiasts: Royal Connect. The application is revolutionary, being the first software to allow guests…
Around the World on Singapore Airlines A380 Superjumbo Aircraft
Note: This trip was sponsored by www.SingaporeAirlines.com With the introduction of JFK-Frankfurt-Singapore daily service, travelers can now circumnavigate the globe on the A380 with one carrier. The Singapore Airlines A380…
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Abbas: Arabs erred in rejecting 1947 partition plan
"It was an Arab mistake as a whole. But do they punish us for this mistake for 64 years?” says the Palestinian Authority president.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, TOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
Abbas R 311
(photo credit: REUTERS)
The Arabs made a mistake in 1947 when they rejected the UN partition plan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview with Channel 2 on Friday.
“At the time, 1947, there was [General Assembly] Resolution 181, the partition plan for Palestine and Israel. Israel existed. Palestine diminished. Why?”Abbas said as he described the UN resolution, designated to create a Jewish and an Arab state.
Asked why the Arabs had rejected the plan while Jewish leaders accepted it, Abbas replied: “It was our mistake. It was an Arab mistake as a whole. But do they punish us for this mistake for 64 years?” Palestinian leaders have always insisted that Resolution 181, which paved the way for Jewish statehood in parts of then-British-ruled Palestine, must be resisted by Arabs who went to war over it.
Decades of regional fighting have hinged on challenges to Israel’s existence and expansion.
By describing historical fault on the Arab side, Abbas appeared to be offering Israel an olive branch, while promoting his own bid to sidestep stalled peace talks by winning UN recognition for a sovereign Palestine.
When the interviewer suggested the reason was Jewish leaders’ acceptance of the plan and its rejection by the Arabs, Abbas said: “I know, I know. It was our mistake. It was our mistake. It was an Arab mistake as a whole.”
The Prime Minister’s Office did not comment on the interview.
Israeli officials acknowledged the significance of the statement regarding 1947, but also noted the vague language that Abbas used, which fell short of recognizing that Israel – even back then – was intended to be a Jewish state.
Palestinians have said they recognize the State of Israel, but not the Jewish nature of the state.
The question, said one Israeli official, who requested anonymity, is what mistake did Abbas reference? Does Abbas regret that the Palestinians failed to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in 1947, asked the official. Or did Abbas imply that it was a tactical mistake to go to war instead of accepting a two-state solution.
“If Abbas wants to show that he has learned from his mistakes, he should articulate what was the mistake,” the official said.
“I would like to hear Abbas say that the mistake was that Palestinians should have recognized [in 1947] that two states for two peoples is the right solution, and that the Jewish people have a right to a state of their own. But he didn’t say that,” said the official.
Abbas’s comments come as the international community is pushing to bring the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
The Palestinians have insisted that for negotiations to resume, Israel must stop settlement construction in the West Bank and Jewish building in east Jerusalem.
Israel has said the root of the conflict is the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and not the settlements.
Palestinians in the past year have turned away from a negotiated solution in favor of seeking statehood without negotiating with Israel. They have asked the UN Security Council to recognize them as a member state of the UN.
On Friday, Abbas told Channel 2 that UN recognition of their independence would help Palestinians pursue negotiations with Israel, which in turn could produce an “extra agreement that we put an end to the conflict.”
His language raised the hackles of his Islamist Hamas rivals, who control the Gaza Strip and with whom Abbas is trying to consolidate an Egyptian-brokered power-sharing accord.
Hamas opposes coexistence with Israel.
“No one is authorized to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people, and no one is authorized to wipe out any of the historical rights of our people,” said Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza.
“There is no need for Abu Mazen [Abbas] to beg the occupation,” Barhoum said, using a Hamas term for Israel.
Alluding to recent political turmoil that, in US-aligned countries such as Egypt and Jordan, has emboldened popular hostility to Israel, Barhoum said Abbas “should arm himself with the emerging Arab support.”
Asked on Channel 2 how he could bring Hamas to agree to peacemaking, Abbas, himself a refugee from Safed, now in northern Israel, said: “Leave it to us, and we will solve it.”
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Sabbioneta, Italy - renaissance period new town
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Sabbioneta is a very interesting town and perhaps unique in northern Italy. The town was designed in the 16th century by Vespasiano I Gonzaga to be a perfect example of how a renaissance period fortified town should be laid out, and retains many of the palazzos and buildings, and also the town layout from that time.
Brief history of Sabbioneta
The town did exist prior to its 16th century restructuring, and Sabbioneta originally had Roman origins when it was founded here because of the quality of the agricultural land and because of its position on the "Via Vitelliana" trade route.
By the Middle Ages it was a fortified town with a castle which, according to tradition, was renovated in the early years of the sixteenth century by the Marquis Ludovico, grandfather of Vespasiano.
The 16th century Sabbioneta you see today consists of a planned grid of streets within a star-shaped hexagon of fortified walls, with the town buildings and design based on an idealised vision of Roman and Greek cities of antiquity. Because of this unusual history it is now protected as a UNESCO heritage site. See further details of the town history and layout further down and also history of Sabbionetta.
Explore Sabbioneta : a very small 'Renaissance Capital' in Italy
This interesting history can still be followed in the streets of Sabbioneta with many notable buildings from the 16th-17th centuries to be seen. Start your visit in the Piazza Ducale, with one end dominated by the Ducal Palace which is currently used as the town hall.
One very noteworthy idea in Sabbioneta was the theatre - the Teatro Olimpico. As you admire the interior, including a balcony of statues, recall that this theatre, built at the end of the 16th century, is not just a rare example of a Renaissance theatre but was also the first free-standing theatre to be built anywhere in the world!
Other notable sights include the Gallery of the Ancients, which is a large gallery with painted walls that was once a display areas for hunting trophies, the Palazzo Grande and the Palazzo Giardino, the small baroque style Church of San Rocco and the Porta Imperiale that once provided access to the fortified town.
Also worth a visit is the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta that once stood in the ancient castle. In 1562 the Prince Vespasiano Gonzaga decided to demolish it as soon as possible to implement his urban projects that would radically change the original structure of the medieval town. The new parish church was erected on the “Piazza Nuova” using the stones from the previous church.
This second church was rebuilt in 1581 and fits well in the context of the square, where the Duke's Palace remains the main architectural monument. The interior of the church has a single nave, with a lowered ceiling to accent lighting.
It is not at all apparent that the village of Sabbioneta was initially a great success, despite the ambitions of its founder, Duke Vespasiano. It is hard to imagine the reactions of the bemused peasants being told they must relocate from their smallholdings into the town, which was never really needed at the time, and even less necessary after the demise of Vespasiano.
Be that as it may, Vespasiano has left a fascinating legacy and Sabbioneta makes an interesting stopover in this part of Lombardy.
Who was Vespasiano Gonzaga
Vespasiano Gonzaga was a very learned man, and a true lover of antiquity. He spared no expense and employed the best artists of his time. He founded magnificent palaces, a stunning arcaded Art-Gallery, an unbelievable Library, beautiful gardens, a mint, and one of the most attractive theatres of the Renaissance, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616) ; and also churches, and classic structures of every kind. Overall Vespasiano Gonzaga “rebuilt” the whole town, creating a very “small Renaissance capital” in Italy.
As early as November 1590 Vespasiano was poor in health, and on February 25, 1591, dictated his will. He died on February 27, 1591, and was buried in the church of “Incoronata.” In 2012 the family tomb of Vespasiano Gonzaga was discovered in Sabbioneta. The discovery of the body of the great "conditor" of Sabbioneta was an exceptional event, followed by a meeting of experts who have even recreated the "real face" of Vespasiano.
Sabbionetta layout and design: town planning
Sabbioneta, according to tradition, was conceived by Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga as "his town," so much so that the public inscriptions named him always as "conditor" [= founder] of Sabbioneta. The town presents a network of orthogonal streets that sub-divide the small fortified town into blocks of equal sizes, with the walls in the shape of an irregular polygon, reinforced with bastions and a castle, today lost.
The internal network of streets is organized around a main axis, which connects the two town gates. Important monuments include the Duchy Palace, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, the library, the long art-gallery, where the Duke kept his art collection, and the “Teatro Olimpico”, erected by Vincenzo Scamozzi.
Vespasiano, to realize his idea of his city, took advantage of the long experience of military architects in the service of the King of Spain (whom he knew having spent some years at the court of Charles V) and, in designing Sabbioneta, he held on behalf of the "Treatise on Architecture" by Pietro Cattaneo (died 1569), published in 1554.
The two squares are placed in an asymmetric position and are the two most important centers of the town, around which are located the most representative palaces. The so-called “Piazza Ducale” was the center of public life with the market, surrounded by the major buildings, the administrative headquarter, the magnificent library, in which were conserved works of classical authors, military engineering projects and urban defense plans.
Local Sabbionetta gourmet experience
After appreciating the art be sure to take a break with the cuisine of Sabbioneta. The typical product of the area is the pumpkin, the basic ingredient for the preparation of ravioli, risotto and gnocchi. For gourmets there are the noodles with a duck sauce and polenta. Among the sweets of Sabbioneta, try the so-called "sbrisolona" with hazelnuts, washed down with the red wine of Sabbioneta.
Where is Sabbioneta?
Sabbioneta is a small town situated to the south-east of the Lombardy region of italy, between Mantua and Cremona.
You can find more local travel ideas in the Lombardy guide.
Hotels in and near Sabbioneta
Map of Sabbioneta and places to visit
Sabbioneta places to visit
Famous for Parmesan cheese and Parma ham, Parma has a fascinating medieval centre and outstanding frescoes in the cathedral
Parma guide
One of the loveliest town squares in Lombardy can be seen here in Mantova, with a great number of imposing monuments to see
Mantua guide
The Polirone Abbey in San Benedetto Po was one of the most important 16th century Benedictine monasteries in Italy
San Benedetto Po guide
In Correggio there are lots of historic buildings and an important museum containing artworks by the Renaissance artist of the same name
Correggio guide
Fidenza is visited for both its substantial historic centre and for the very popular Fidenza shopping village
Fidenza guide
The large town of Carpi has retained a good number of historic buildings and churches of interest
Carpi guide
...or see all our recommended places to visit in Lombardy
The harbour village of Bellagio is a pretty village on Lake Como
The Amalfi Coast has one of the most lovely coasts in Europe
The Cinque Terre villages are one of the loveliest parts of Italy
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Jean Frances DuffM.A, M.P.H
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The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
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Partnership for Faith and Development
President, The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
Ms Duff serves as chief executive of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) an international, interfaith, multi-sector collaboration for excellent evidence for faith groups’ activity and contribution to development and humanitarian challenges. JLI’s goal is to equip policymakers and practitioners with the information they need to scale up faith engagement for the common good. She also serves as President of the Partnership for Faith and Development, providing expert services on inter-religious and multi-stakeholder partnerships, and on cross-sector collaboration. In 2008, she co-founded the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty at Washington National Cathedral. Previously, she led the Cathedral’s global poverty program as Managing Directorof the Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation. In 2008, she co-convened the Women, Faith and Development Alliance. Ms Duff holds graduate degrees in Clinical Psychology (University College Dublin) and in Epidemiology (Columbia University). She is a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Main Publications:
1.) Duff, Jean and O Wilkinson. Key Examples of Methods and Mechanisms for Engagement, and Recommendations for ActionForum on Localizing Humanitarian Response to Humanitarian need : the role of Religious and faith-based organizations. Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2017.
2.) Duff, Jean and H. Manguerra. "Considerations on Evidence for Faith Groups’ Activities and Contributions to Development, and Emerging Approaches to Evidence." The Ecumenical Review 68.4, December 2016
3.) Duff, Jean and H. Manguerra. "Religious Engagement in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Health Progress." Journal of Catholic Health Association, Sept-October 2016
4.) Duff, Jean, M. Battcock, A. Karam, and A. Taylor. "High-level collaboration between the public sector and religious and faith-based organizations: fad or trend?" Review of Religion and International Affairs; Vol 14, Number 3, Fall 2016
5.) Duff, Jean (ed.). Religion and Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty-Conference Proceedings. Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities.
6.) Duff Jean and W. Buckingham. Strengthening of partnerships between the public sector and faith-based groups. Lancet, 2015.
7.) Duff, Jean (ed.). Many Faiths Common Action: Increasing the Impact of the Faith Sector on Health and Development. Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty and the Global Initiative on Faith Health and Development. November 2010.
7.) Duff, Jean and A. Hipple. "The Center for Interfaith Action and the MDGs: Leveraging Congregational Infrastructures for Maximum Impact on Disease and Poverty." Cross Currents, September 2010, pp 368-382.
8.) Duff Jean. "Together Against Malaria: Faith led Community Mobilization in Mozambique." In Development and Faith, edited by Katherine Marshall and Marisa Van Saanen. The World Bank, 2007
Areas of Actions:
DialogueShared Human ValuesEnvironmentHumanitarian AidSustainability
Forms of Actions:
Capacity Building and EmpowermentNetworkingResearch
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Romania architectonic Blog Posts
Nation’s Heroes Memorial
by Mark | Jan 11, 2021
Nation’s Heroes Memorial in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1963. Socialist-era memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Fashion House (Casa de Modă) in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1968. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Former Cinema Central
Former Cinema Central in Brăila, Romania. Completed in the 1980s. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Bloc 43
Bloc 43 apartment building in the Transylvanian city of Deva, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Helmsman” (“Timonier”) in Constanţa, Romania by sculptor Ada Geo Medrea. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Customs House in Tulcea, a city on the Danube in Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Culture House of Trade Unions
by Mark | Sep 30, 2020
Culture House of Trade Unions in Tulcea, Romania. Completed in 1965. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Agro Food Market
Agro Food Market in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1984. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania – Brotherhood
National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania – Brotherhood in Deva, Romania. Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
The Port Authority building in the Danube city of Tulcea, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Solid-Fluid”
“Solid-Fluid” in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1976 by sculptor Alexandru Marchis. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Romanian Railways Computing Centre
Romanian Railways Computing Centre in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1969. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Lira da braccio
1511, Manufacturer: Giovanni d'Andrea
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This lira da braccio by Giovanni d’Andrea is probably the most ornate instrument of its type. The arched back resembles the face of a man but it also suggests a human torso. The belly is reminiscent of the form of a female body. It is reasonable to suppose that this design is a reference to the close relationship between love and music. Dendrochronological analysis has revealed that the youngest growth ring of the front plate is from 1504, which coincides with the year of its making indicated in the signature. Traces of working on the body and especially on the edges of the belly and back suggest that the original contours of the instrument were possibly different and that it arrived at its present appearance at a later date. (rh) Lit.: Rudolf Hopfner: Masterpieces from the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. A Short Guide through the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Vol. 1, Vienna 2019
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Giovanni d'Andrea
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Williams scores 16 for hot-shooting Manhattan in 71-67 win
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)Warren Williams came off the bench to score a season-high 16 points to lead Manhattan to a 71-67 win over Canisius on Friday night.
Williams was 7-for-9 shooting as the Jaspers shot 55% from the field. Tykei Greene and Pauly Paulicap each scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Manhattan (5-5, 1-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Samir Stewart had 12 points.
Majesty Brandon scored 15 points with 10 rebounds for the Golden Griffins (5-8, 0-2), who have now lost four straight games. Scott Hitchon added 12 points.
Malik Johnson, the Golden Griffins’ leading scorer coming into the matchup at 14 points per game, was held to only 6 points on 2-of-10 shooting but dished eight assists.
Canisius came within a point, 60-59, on a pair of Brandon free throws with six minutes remaining, but Stewart drained a 3 for Manhattan at the other end and the Jaspers stayed just out of reach the rest of the way, making 8 of 10 free throws.
The Golden Griffins were 3-for-11 from the floor in the final minutes, 0-for-6 from distance.
Manhattan faces Niagara on the road on Sunday. Canisius takes on Fairfield at home on Sunday.
Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Referee confirmed for Munster's Christmas PRO14 clash with Leinster
Frank Murphy will referee the meeting of Munster and Leinster on St Stephen's Day at Thomond Park
THE match referee has been confirmed for Munster's big Guinness PRO14 interprovincial clash with Leinster at Thomond Park on St Stephen's Day, 7.35pm.
Former scrum-half Frank Murphy is set to take charge of the big derby clash in Limerick, his 40th game in the Guinness PRO14. Murphy will be assisted by assistant referees Chris Busby and Rob O'Sullivan, while Olly Hodges is the TMO.
This will be the third year in a row that Murphy takes charge of the Christmas Pro14 meeting of Munster and Leinster at Thomond Park.
Murphy playing Rugby at Crosshaven RFC, later attending CBC Cork winning a Munster Schools Cup. He would go on to represent UCC and Cork Constitution before turning professional and playing for Munster, Leicester Tigers and Connacht.
Murphy won a Premiership and EDF Cup title with Leicester Tigers and played eight times for Ireland A, as well as representing Ireland vs The Barbarians in 2008.
The 36-year-old took charge of his first All-Ireland League fixture in 2015, the Cork derby meeting of Sunday's Well and Highfield.
Murphy made his PRO14 refereeing debut in 2016 when officiating at the clash of Dragons and Edinburgh.
He has since gone on to referee at both European Challenge Cup and Champions Cup level as well as men's international fixtures. Murphy was a World Rugby U20 Championships referee in 2017 and was an assistant referee during the 2020 Six Nations.
The meeting of Munster and Leinster will be televised live on eirSport and Premier Sports.
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Dantonio candid on tough times, hopeful in GR speech
Chris Solari
GRAND RAPIDS – It had been a month since Mark Dantonio decided to “step out in the light a little bit” and address a sexual assault allegation involving three unnamed Michigan State players and a staff member.
Since then, there has been another sexual assault reported that resulted in Dantonio dismissing Auston Robertson from the team. The 11th-year coach also said on a teleconference that players had been “red-locked” from the program.
On Monday, Dantonio spoke before the West Michigan Sports Commission – his first public appearance since the Spartans’ spring scrimmage on April 1. He admitted that he thought to himself, “Is this really a good time?”
Yet Dantonio – who did not speak with reporters afterward – was candid about what has been happening around his football team.
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“Obviously the last number of months – really starting in July when we lost Mike Sadler – it has been difficult,” Dantonio told the crowd of about 800 at JW Marriott ballroom. “It’s been really just difficult, one thing after another, as we move through the year. The last four months especially difficult.”
The Spartans endured a disastrous and injury-plagued 3-9 season last fall, the worst in Dantonio’s first 10 seasons. They also dealt with the deaths of two former players, Sadler and Mylan Hicks.
Since the season ended, a number of other issues have surrounded MSU football:
* Three unnamed players and staff member Curtis Blackwell have been suspended since Feb. 9 after an alleged sexual assault in January.
* Defensive Auston Robertson was dismissed from the team April 21 after being charged in a separate alleged sexual assault on April 9.
* Linebacker Jon Reschke announced he was leaving the program on Feb. 24 for making “an insensitive and totally regrettable comment involving a former teammate.” Offensive lineman Thiyo Lukusa also left the program before the spring semester began.
* Dantonio also confirmed that an unspecified number of other players had been put in a “red-lock” situation throughout the spring. That forced the Spartans to have a true scrimmage rather than drafting teams as they normally do for the spring game.
Dantonio spoke on March 28 about the first sexual assault allegation. He talked about his team after the spring game and again on an April 12 during a Big Ten teleconference. Dantonio and his wife, Becky, did not make their scheduled annual appearance on the Children’s Miracle Network telethon on April 21 for family reasons. They are the honorary co-chairs of the telethon for Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. He did attend a Thursday function for the Lansing Promise scholarship foundation.
“I tell my players I’ve got my birds in the nest. My job is to protect them, the ones that are sitting in that nest right now, and move them forward in their lives,” Dantonio said. “There is no question that at this point in time, our situation impedes progress. It makes it difficult to go day to day without dealing with some problem or dealing with some sort of issue that has to do with the whole.
“But I can tell you this – just like the Spartans stood at Thermopylae, shoulder to shoulder, that’s what we will do. There’s no question we’ve come together as a football team and come together as a group of people.”
Peter Secchia, a prominent MSU alum and former ambassador to Italy, introduced Dantonio to the crowd Monday and said Dantonio is “in the middle of a lot of issues that are undeserved to him.”
“Again, I come over here, you sort of say ‘What am I going to talk about?’ How are we going to go through this thing? How difficult is it going to be?” Dantonio said. “I’m for the good for people. I want everybody to understand that when I walk up to players, I’m going to be for the good, and I’m going to look at them in every aspect and look for the good in them as well. I’m also for opportunity, and opportunity to be successful.
“I’m also for tough love, and I believe in sacrifice, and I also believe in retribution. All of those things are in play as we go through the day-to-day routine at Michigan State. I don’t think there’s any question those things are happening.”
Dantonio said he talked to Kirk Cousins on Saturday and thought back to when his former quarterback had to be the face of the program as it was coming off the Rather Hall incident in 2009. He recalled Cousins being a leader in the face of adversity.
“I look back at the time he was at Michigan State and saw how he bonded with people,” Dantonio said, “how he involved himself with the best players, the worst players, the big players, the skill players, the players with a lot that they have in their life, the players without so much, the players who were struggling and how he brought our football team together at times of crisis.
“That’s what everyone has to do right now at Michigan State. That’s what I’m called to do on a daily basis.”
Contact Chris Solari:csolari@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter@chrissolari. Download our Spartans Xtra app for free onAppleandAndroiddevices!
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University Catalog 2020-2021
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Academic Discovery Program (ADP)
The Academic Discovery Program (Pennsylvania ACT 101) is a specialized academic support program for students from Philadelphia whose admission applications indicate they meet certain criteria in terms of academic potential and financial need. Students are offered admission to the Academic Discovery Program after completing an extended application process including testing and an in-person interview with program staff. Students accepted through ADP must complete an intensive academic summer bridge program involving courses in mathematics, writing, study skills, and critical reading and thinking before the start of their first year. During the academic year, students take courses from the standard La Salle University curriculum, but they are provided with the service of a student success coach and tutors to support their efforts. The ADP provides intensive support across all four years to ensure students develop and maintain effective study habits, establish and pursue clear goals, earn strong grades, and graduate in a timely fashion. As much as possible, each student’s program is tailored to his or her individual needs.
View the Academic Discovery Program website for more information, including course descriptions and a breakdown of ADP requirements.
Additional questions or concerns may be addressed to:
Wendell Griffith, Ph.D.
Director, Academic Engagement Programs
griffith@lasalle.edu
De La Salle Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning: Community-Engaged Learning, Service Learning, Explorer Connection
The De La Salle Institute works to advance the mission of La Salle University by providing opportunities throughout the year for instructors and staff to ensure that high impact practices are incorporated throughout the teaching and learning continuum.
Service Learning, Community-Engaged Learning, and the Explorer Connection work together to provide enriched, robust learning experiences for students that take them beyond classroom walls. These programs specialize in building relationships with the community both on- and off-campus.
Community-Engaged Learning
Such programs at La Salle exist to create and support meaningful educational experiences for students through direct engagement with the city, its resources, and its residents. Our programs invite students to experience the many cultural assets of our community, as well as to witness, critically reflect upon, and respond to its challenges. We aim to foster the kind of education that is at the heart of La Salle’s mission: one that empowers students to live fuller and more thoughtful lives, while working for the common good. Community-Based courses incorporate community engagement as a significant portion of the course’s work. One example: Inside Out courses, which are held in local prisons with a student population composed of half La Salle students and half incarcerated students.
Community-Engaged Learning also encourages students and faculty to make use of Philadelphia as a learning venue through both the City as Classroom program, in which faculty can apply for funding for course-related opportunities in Philadelphia and the Cultural Passport program, in which first-year students receive discounts to cultural institutions throughout Philadelphia. These community-based learning activities are tied to course goals. They can range from museum admission, to theatre tickets, to reimbursement for travel costs to local sites and communities of academic interest.
Service Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that provides students with the opportunity to practice, perform, and observe the theories and practical applications of academic course content through service in the community. The service learning experience is processed through structured and on-going reflection through a mix of writing, reading, speaking, and listening, individually and in groups. Service learning is most effective when there is a sustained commitment throughout the semester and when the service experience addresses community-identified needs based in reciprocal relationships with community partners.
The Explorer Connection
The Explorer Connection offers co-curricular opportunities for students, faculty and staff to engage with current events, social trends and justice issues through panel discussions, guest lectures, workshops and teach-ins. The Explorer Connection’s weekly Explorer Café event provides regular occasions for the campus community to engage each other in conversation on timely topics ranging from the impact of social media on student health, to the ethics of open source coding, to the role of higher education in preparing students for professions, and more.
View the Community Engaged website or the De La Salle Institute website for more information or contact Tara Carr-Lemke at 215.951.5120 or carrlemke@lasalle.edu
Higher Education Initiative at La Salle University
High school students attending partner high schools may be eligible to take dual-credit, or, college-credit only, coursework at La Salle University. Dual-credit programs include the Community Scholar Program, the Diocesan Scholar Program, and the Transformation Scholar Program. College-credit only programs include the Summer Scholars Program and the Travel Study Partners Program.
High school students in the above programs are advised by the Registrar’s office, in consultation with the program director. Summer Scholars and Travel Study Partner students must pay all attendant registration and/or travel fees before attending classes.
High school students enrolled in college-level courses are subject to all policies regarding matriculated La Salle University students. Students should refer to the Student Guide to Resources, Rights, and Responsibilities for policy details.
Grades earned by students in dual-credit courses become part of a student’s academic record at both La Salle University and the student’s high school, and, additionally, affect GPA at both institutions. Grades earned by high school students enrolled in college-credit only courses are not reported to high schools by La Salle University. Both dual-credit and college-credit only courses develop college transcripts. Transcripts do not indicate that students took courses as high school students. La Salle University does not guarantee that courses will transfer to other institutions. Official La Salle University transcripts can be requested through the Registrar’s office.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) gives students, parents and guardians certain rights and protections with respect to education records. FERPA-protects education records of minors in college credit or dual credit courses differently than High School courses. La Salle University administrators may communicate with high school administrators regarding a student’s performance in a dual-credit course and the parents and guardians of minor students in a dual credit course may receive education records directly from the high school; however parents and guardians may not receive education records directly from La Salle unless the minor enrolled in the dual-credit or college-credit course gives express written permission.
View the Higher Education Initiative website for more information. Alternately, call (215)951-1160, or email langemak@lasalle.edu
Junior and senior high school students with GPAs of at least 3.5 and no history of serious disciplinary violations are eligible for this program. To apply, students must attend School District of Philadelphia high schools; students are selected through a District selection process.
Diocesan Scholar Program
Seniors attending Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and Catholic private schools are eligible for this program. Applications and selections are managed by The Archdiocese.
Transformation Scholar Program
Junior high school students with GPAs of at least 3.5 and no history of serious disciplinary violations are eligible for this program. Students from any official partner high school are eligible to apply to this program; students are selected through a La Salle University selection process.
Summer Scholars Program
Junior and senior high school students with GPAs of at least 3.5 and no history of serious disciplinary violations are eligible to take an accelerated summer course through this program. Students are selected through a La Salle University selection process.
Travel Study Partners Program
Junior and senior high school students with GPAs of at least 3.5 and no history of serious disciplinary violations are eligible for this program. Students attend courses and travel in cohorts from official partner high schools.
La Salle University emphasizes the need for a strong basis in the humanities and the development of specific skills for all undergraduates. For this reason, all students are required to complete a core curriculum which fulfills the University’s institutional learning objectives, along with intensive study in a specific discipline. The curricular structure of the University Honors Program follows the general University model, but with modifications that recognize the needs and abilities of the highly motivated and intellectually gifted student.
Professors teaching in the first-year Honors Program “triple” coordinate their courses so that, at any particular time during the academic year, the students will be viewing the same period of civilization through the perspective of three different disciplines–literature, history and philosophy. Classroom instruction in the first-year “triple” is complemented by activities such as attendance at area performing arts organizations and visits to other cultural venues and sites of particular interest.
Each year approximately 70 to 80 students are admitted to the Honors Program. Invitations are extended to students who have been accepted for admission by the University, who have combined SAT Critical Reading and Math scores of approximately 1260 or a composite ACT score of 26 and who have high school GPAs of 3.5 or higher.
14 courses designed specifically for the Honors Program are required. Other requirements include:
The Honors triple each semester in the first year of studies (history, literature, philosophy)
An ethical issues seminar
An independent project
A cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 overall and in Honors courses must be maintained
Students who complete all of the requirements of the Honors Program are graduated from
La Salle with the special distinction of General University Honors. This distinction is noted on the official transcript, on the diploma, and in a special listing in the Commencement program.
The Honors Affiliate Program
The Honors Affiliate Program aims to attract talented students who have opted not to join the full Honors Program to Honors courses. It’s an opportunity for students to take advantage of the true spirit of a liberal arts education, and broaden their perspectives beyond their majors and minors.
In order to pursue the Honors Affiliate program, students must:
Have completed one full year of study at LaSalle,
Have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5, with no grade lower than a ‘B,’’
Complete the Honors Affiliate Scholars application,
Submit a recommendation from a member of LaSalle’s full-time faculty,
Receive a positive recommendation from an interview committee
To successfully complete this program and graduate as an Honors Affiliate Scholar, students will be required to:
Successfully complete two semesters of a university-level foreign language at the intermediate level,
Successfully complete one semester of undergraduate research,
Engage in two university service trips OR enroll in one LaSalle travel study course,
Successfully complete three Honors program elective courses.
Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0
Completion of the Program
Upon completion of the Honors Affiliate Program, students will receive an Honors Affiliate Scholar Certificate and a special designation on the transcript. In addition, students will receive an invitation to apply for the Fulbright Scholarship program and personal mentoring by Honors Program staff members to prepare the Fulbright application.
The University Honors Program office is located in College Hall 304. The Director of the Program is Brother Michael McGinniss, F.S.C., and Ph.D. For additional information, call 215.951.1360 or email honors@lasalle.edu.
Internships, Externships, Co-ops, and More
Students have ample opportunity to find work related to their majors or career goals while simultaneously earning academic credit and gaining real world experience. In addition to internships, externships and cooperative education, there are a variety of clinical, practicum, and field experiences also available.
Typically available to juniors and seniors from any major, internships may be part-time or full-time, paid or unpaid, and can range in length from three to six months. Students must be in good academic standing, having completed appropriate academic requirements.
Co-op programs are available through the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Business. They typically involve full-time, paid work experiences lasting from three to six months.
Nursing, Communication Science Disorders, Education and Social Work are among the departments that require students to participate in hands-on experiences such as clinicals, practica, and field experiences. These may range from one to three semesters of work or service and are integrated into the curricula. (Check your academic department requirements for details.)
Externships usually include full-time, paid summer employment and are most common in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
It is highly recommended that students investigate and prepare for internships, co-ops, etc., before completing the sophomore year. Early academic planning is critical in order to stay on track for graduation. The La Salle University Career Center can help you identify and apply for these opportunities and also will assist you with resume writing and interviewing skills.
View the La Salle University Career Center website for more information or contact 215.951.1075 or careers@lasalle.edu
Students at La Salle can participate in Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) through a partnership agreement with Drexel University. The program is open to all students who desire to earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard upon graduation.
Courses are offered at Drexel University, with transportation provided to and from training by La Salle university. Freshman and Sophomore students who are not on scholarship do not incur a military service obligation by enrolling. Additionally, military science courses are applied toward graduation requirements. Juniors and Seniors enrolled in the Advanced Course will commission as Army Officers upon graduation.
The primary purpose of ROTC is to commission the future officer leadership of the United States Army and motivate young people to be better citizens. Students enrolled in the ROTC program receive instruction in the fundamentals of leadership with emphasis on self-discipline, integrity, confidence, and responsibility. ROTC is the only college elective that teaches leadership and management skills that enhance your future success in either a military or civilian career.
ROTC scholarships worth up to full tuition and fees are available on a competitive basis. Advancing freshman and sophomore students compete for two and three-year scholarships. All junior and senior students with a scholarship can receive a stipend for books and education fees and a non-taxable subsistence allowance per month while attending classes.
For more information on the program, scholarships, and career opportunities, contact ROTC at Drexel University.
La Salle/Military Science Courses Required for Army ROTC:
MSC 101 - Intro to Military Science I
MSC 102 - Intro to Military Science II
MSC 201 - Fundamentals of Leadership I
MSC 202 - Fundamentals of Leadership II
MSC 301 - Leadership & Management I
MSC 302 - Leadership & Management II
MSC 401 - Leadership Dimensions Practice
MSC 402 - Contemporary Military Policy
The AFROTC program offered through Detachment 750 at Saint Joseph’s University offers college students a three- or four-year curriculum leading to a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force (USAF). In the four-year option, a student (cadet) takes General Military Course (GMC) classes during their freshmen and sophomore years, attends a 4-week summer training program between their sophomore and junior years, and then takes Professional Officer Course (POC) classes during their junior and senior years. Cadets in the three-year option will be dual-enrolled in both GMC classes during their sophomore year, attend a summer training program, and take POC classes during their junior and senior years. A cadet is under no contractual obligation with the USAF until entering the POC or accepting an AFROTC scholarship. The GMC curriculum focuses on the scope, structure, organization, and history of the USAF with an emphasis on the development of airpower and its relationship to current events. The POC curriculum concentrates on the concepts and practices of leadership and management, and the role of national security forces in American society.
In addition to the academic portion of the curricula, each cadet participates in a two-hour Leadership Laboratory (LLAB) and two hours of Physical Training (PT) each week. Both LLAB and PT utilize the cadet organization designed for the practice of leadership and management techniques.
For more information about the AFROTC program, contact ROTC at St. Joseph’s University located here.
Travel/Study
La Salle offers semester-long courses with travel components included to enhance the educational experience. Past courses have included: The Lasallian World: View from United States and Guatemala; Comparative Business Practices—Germany or France and the United States; Education to Globalization in India; Conflict Resolution: Ireland; Narrative Versions of the Vietnam War; International Film in Prague; and Globalization and Tradition in 21st-Century China; between Globalization and Tradition in 21st-Century India; and The Political Economy of Latin America.
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH LASALLIAN SCHOOLS La Salle is part of the “One La Salle” program. This allows students to study at selective Lasallian universities worldwide as part of a special exchange study abroad program. Each select program will require students to not only apply through La Salle’s study abroad application process but also the Lasallian institution abroad.
For more information about Study Abroad, Travel Study, or Exchange Programs with Lasallian Schools visit the Education Abroad website.
Undergraduate Student Research
Undergraduate Research is a program which provides opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct research in all fields with La Salle faculty members who are actively investigating and publishing and eager to mentor undergraduates in research projects. Students can engage in personalized and professionally rewarding research in the arts and social sciences, in business, in nursing, and in the physical sciences. Such work, intellectually valuable in itself, can lead to conference papers and publications, which provide distinctive credentials for job-hunting and for further professional study. The research normally occurs over one semester and the student receives three credits once the research is completed. In addition, the student’s work is disseminated through a public poster session on campus and through Digital Commons, an online repository managed through the Connelly Library.
Visit the Undergraduate Student Research website for more information or contact Dr. Judith Musser at musser@lasalle.edu
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Newsletter: A former Ukraine prosecutor speaks out
The scoop from a cafe in Kyiv.
A Former Ukraine Prosecutor Speaks Out
Ukraine’s former top law enforcement official Yuri Lutsenko says he repeatedly rebuffed demands by President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue. In an interview with The Times in Kyiv, Lutsenko said he told Giuliani that he would be happy to cooperate if the FBI or other U.S. authorities began their own investigation, but he didn’t want Ukraine used to conduct a political vendetta that could affect the U.S. election. “I told him I could not start an investigation just for the interests of an American official,” said Lutsenko, who was fired as Ukraine’s prosecutor general last month.
Yuri Lutsenko, the former prosecutor general of Ukraine, at an interview in a Kyiv cafe on Sept. 28, 2019.
(Sergei L. Loiko/Los Angeles Times)
More About the Impeachment Inquiry
— Bitter partisan divisions have emerged, with Trump allies and Democrats taking to talk shows to present stridently opposing views. Trump himself fanned the flames more by tweeting that Rep. Adam B. Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, should be “questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason” and accused Democrats of destabilizing the nation. Democrats pushed back, saying that if the whistleblower’s complaint is borne out, Trump’s misconduct would merit removal from office.
— Meanwhile, after straining all year to make their candidacies about things bigger than disgust with Trump, Democratic White House hopefuls now find themselves in the thick of a primary contest abruptly upended by the party’s clamor to impeach him.
— House investigators have scheduled a deposition with Kurt Volker, who stepped down from his role as the State Department’s special envoy for Ukraine on Friday. As it turns out, a 20-year-old student at Arizona State University broke the news of Volker’s departure.
A State of Emergency on Homelessness?
Should California’s governor declare a state of emergency over the homelessness crisis? L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and City Councilman Joe Buscaino have made such a proposal, with the idea being that it could cut through red tape and free up funding. But some question whether such a declaration would be merely symbolic.
Don’t Even Vape, Bro
School officials in California have long been concerned about young people vaping, but those worries have taken on new urgency as reports of vaping-linked illnesses and deaths have grown. Now, educators are stepping up campus patrols, installing detection devices, bringing in addiction counselors and modifying health classes. They’re also enlisting students in the campaign.
Down, but Don’t Count Him Out
For months, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel had been carefully choreographing his Wall Street entrance. Last week, those best-laid plans went awry, and the company — the owner of talent agency WME-IMG and mixed martial arts league UFC — pulled the plug on its initial public offering. What now? It’s new territory for Emanuel, a brash dealmaker who famously struck out on his own after being hit by a car.
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OUR MUST-READS FROM THE WEEKEND
— Investigators found many red flags in 2017 when a man was found dead inside Democratic donor Ed Buck‘s home. Why did it take so long to arrest him?
— California has a new law for contract workers taking effect Jan. 1. But many businesses aren’t ready for change.
— After a turbulent year, L.A. rabbis are wrestling with the politics of faith. “People love to say, ‘Talk about politics,’ but none of us are prophets — it’s not our job,” one says.
— For those with disabilities, scooters and bad sidewalks aren’t the only hazards in L.A.
— Communist China will turn 70 on Tuesday. Here are the personal memories of some citizens during key moments in its history.
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— In Bakersfield, officials are considering putting homeless people in jail for misdemeanor drug offenses and potentially for trespassing.
— These politicians once helped regulate legal marijuana. Now they’re working for the industry.
— The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an inquiry after a recruitment ad went up on the right-wing website Breitbart, saying such a job listing would conflict with the department’s “core values.”
— A rare tornado touched down in Yolo County. Of course, people took video of it.
HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS
— Journalists are having a moment on the big screen in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “The Friend” and “Hustlers.” It might be because of podcasts ... or the president.
— At the world premiere of “The Irishman,” there was a mob scene for Martin Scorsese’s mob masterpiece.
— At the box office, “Abominable” opened with an estimated $20.8 million. It was the best showing for an original animated film this year.
— Is it worth the drive from L.A. to San Diego to see the musical stage adaptation of “Almost Famous”? Theater critic Charles McNulty gives an emphatic “yes.”
— Authorities say a man accused of driving an SUV through a suburban Chicago shopping mall is facing a state terrorism charge.
— Protesters in Hong Kong stepped on and, in some cases, stomped on printed images of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s face as demonstrations continue ahead of Communist China’s 70th anniversary.
— Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on “60 Minutes” that he takes “full responsibility” for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but denied allegations that he ordered it.
— British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied wrongdoing over his links to an American businesswoman who allegedly received money and favorable treatment because of their friendship during his time as mayor of London.
— Elon Musk has unveiled a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship Mars spaceship. He claims it could reach orbit in less than six months and fly humans next year, but there is reason for skepticism.
— Low-price fashion chain Forever 21 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Back in July, we looked at where the company went wrong.
— For Postmates, the food delivery app service poised to go public in the coming weeks, there’s one place it needs to win big: in L.A.
— Another horse has died at Santa Anita, which is trying to shake the memories of a winter/spring meet in which 30 horses died. The latest fatality is likely to intensify the debate over the safety and viability of horse racing in California.
— The Dodgers set a franchise record with their 106th victory in their regular-season finale. They will play Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday against either the Washington Nationals or Milwaukee Brewers.
— The Times’ editorial board writes that anti-China fervor is gripping Washington, D.C., and the collateral damage could be 800 mostly union jobs at the BYD electric bus factory in the high desert city of Lancaster.
— Columnist Robin Abcarian examines six arguments against impeaching Trump — and why they are dead wrong.
WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING
— The Trump administration has in recent weeks been investigating and retroactively classifying the emails of current and former State Department officials who sent messages to Hillary Clinton‘s private account. “I’d like to think that this is just routine, but something strange is going on,” said one former official. (Washington Post)
— Plant intelligence: a brief history of the idea that plants have sentience and how it might be rethought. (Paris Review)
— Who wrote this catchy new wave song? Ever since it appeared online 12 years ago, people have been trying to figure it out. (Rolling Stone)
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If you ever find yourself in Ione, about an hour‘s drive southeast of Sacramento, you’ll want to visit a haunted hotel, which was originally built to house miners during the Gold Rush, and Preston Castle, a former boys reform school called Preston School of Industry. Among those who served time there was country singer Merle Haggard, who had a small “PSI” tattoo on his wrist. As Haggard once sang, Mama tried.
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