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__label__wiki	0.574526	0.574526	Home > General Health > Woman Battling Multiple Health Issues Refuses to Take ‘No’ From Her Insurer Woman Battling Multiple Health Issues Refuses to Take ‘No’ From Her Insurer By ariannawmd on October 11, 2013 FRIDAY, Oct. 11In May 2012, Quinn Nystrom made a decision to get well. She’d been battling an eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, as well as trying to maintain good control of her type 1 diabetes. But she’d had some form of eating disorder — both anorexia and bulimia — since she was 12 years old. At 26, the Baxter, Minn., resident had been in treatment for two years and still struggled every day to try to eat normally. Most days, though, her eating disorder won. But that May, a friend who’d been in treatment with her, and who also had type 1 diabetes, died. “At her funeral, I thought, ‘This can’t be me.’ I had to stop the chaos and not give everything up,” Nystrom said. “I knew I didn’t want to half-ass it,” she added. “I wanted to go to a place that could give me the best chance of getting better.” Nystrom found a treatment center that boasted good success for people who have co-existing mental health disorders. Having type 1 diabetes made this more complicated because her treatment, and her life generally, would always have to include a focus on food because of her diabetes. She has to take insulin to survive, and it’s important to match the amount of insulin to the food she eats to prevent dangerously high or low blood sugars. When she was evaluated at the new treatment center, it was recommended that she enter a residential treatment program for three to four months. Nystrom said that level of care was suggested because she’d already tried a partial-day program that had failed to stop her disordered eating. In addition, because she had co-existing mental health issues, the treating physician thought that residential treatment would be the best way to tackle everything at once and set Nystrom on the road to recovery. Her insurance company, which until this point hadn’t balked at paying for treatment, refused to pay for the residential program. She appealed the decision three times, but each appeal was denied. One appeal reviewer said that Nystrom was seeking BMW-level care when she really just needed Honda-level care, according to court records. However, the insurer was willing to continue covering Nystrom’s treatment through the partial-day program, even though she’d tried that for two years with no success. So, while the appeals were ongoing, Nystrom entered a residential treatment program — at a cost of $45,000 total. Her parents sold some of their possessions to pay for their daughter’s treatment. The biggest irony, according to Nystrom, is that the partial-day program that the insurance company wanted her to go to would have cost more than the residential treatment she received. She’s now suing her insurance company to try to recoup the money her parents invested in her recovery. “This case is for the principle,” she said. “I’m hoping it will give other young women and men the confidence to challenge their insurance companies.” “If this had been about my type 1 diabetes, and I was at the hospital, there wouldn’t be a question,” Nystrom noted. “Why is mental health looked at as something they can decide yay or nay to? Why is there a doctor, who has never spoken to me or seen me, allowed to give a thumbs up or down to my treatment?” Whether changes in health coverage brought about by the Affordable Care Act will keep others from following the same path as Nystrom remains to be seen. At least some residential services are included as essential health benefits that most insurance plans will have to offer under the new law, according to Mental Health America. Health and legal experts generally agree, though, that at this stage in implementation of the law, the details remain sketchy. But no matter the outcome of Nystrom’s lawsuit, her own story has a happy ending on the personal side. Residential treatment “saved my life,” she said. “It was the best treatment place I could’ve gone. Life is great in recovery. I’m in graduate school now, and I’m working on a book. I wouldn’t have been able to do that before. I’m in the best place I’ve been in a really long time because I got the treatment I knew I needed.” Read this HealthDay story on how the Affordable Care Care may benefit people with mental health issues.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line764
__label__cc	0.534316	0.465684	WikiManiacs A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most pow A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable. 30 review for Memoirs of a Geisha Juushika – Mar 26, 2008 Memoirs of a Geisha is an American novel, and as such the attempt at West does East, especially on the complex and delicate subject of the geisha, is compelling, interesting, but also heavy-handed and ultimately ineffective (even more so in the case of the film). It is a wonderful introduction to geisha, Japanese culture, and the East for the uninitiated Western reader, and I can see why the book is popular, but I found it disappointing. For the reader already familiar with the culture, western Memoirs of a Geisha is an American novel, and as such the attempt at West does East, especially on the complex and delicate subject of the geisha, is compelling, interesting, but also heavy-handed and ultimately ineffective (even more so in the case of the film). It is a wonderful introduction to geisha, Japanese culture, and the East for the uninitiated Western reader, and I can see why the book is popular, but I found it disappointing. For the reader already familiar with the culture, western influences are all too clear and the book comes off as a bit clunky and imperfect. I also had some problems with the general perception of the characters by readers versus the way the characters were actually portrayed in the book--Memoirs is far from the good-willed fairy tale that people assume it is. By all means, read it, but leave it open for critique and remember that a more authentic representation of eastern culture, especially in the details, will come from the east itself. A lot of my critique stems from the fact that this movie has attained such wide-spread fame and been made into a movie, to be sure. I feel like it is being perpetuated as something it is not. Even the introduction to the book (a faux translator's note) perpetuates the myth that Memoirs is an accurate, beautiful, in-depth reflection of the life of a geisha, when in truth it is no more that historical fiction and is written by an outsider. Golden has done his research and is well-educated on his subjects, and I have no problem with people reading from, taking interest in, and even learning from this book; I do, however, think it is important that readers don't conflate the American novel with Japanese reality. They aren't the same thing, no matter how much research Golden did, and if we take the book as an accurate representation we're actually underestimating and undervaluing geisha, Japan, and Japanese culture. Because Golden attempts to write from within the geisha culture, as a Japanese woman, he must do more than report the "facts" of that life--he must also pretend to be a part of it. Pretend he does, acting out a role as if he has studied inflection, script, and motivation. He certainly knows what makes writing "Japanese" but his attempt to mimic it is not entirely successful. The emphasis on elements, the independent sentences, the visual details are too prevalent and too obvious, as if Golden is trying to call our attention to them and thus to the Japanese style of the text. He does manage to draw attention, but to me, at least, what I came away with was the sense that Golden was an American trying really hard to sound Japanese--that is, the effect betrayed the attempt and the obvious attempt ruined the sincerity of the novel, for me. I felt like I was being smacked over the head with beauty! wood! water! kimono! haiku! and I felt insulted and disappointed. The problems that I saw in the text were certainly secondary to the purpose of the text: to entertain, to introduce Western readers to Japanese culture, and to sell books (and eventually a film). They may not be obvious to all readers and they aren't so sever that the book isn't worth reading. I just think readers need to keep in mind that what Golden writes is fiction. Historical fiction, yes, but still fiction, therefore we should look for a true representation of Japanese culture within Japanese culture itself and take Memoirs with a grain of salt. I also had problems with the rushed end of the book, the belief that Sayuri is a honest, good, modest, generous person when she really acts for herself and at harm to others throughout much of the book, the perpetuation of Hatsumomo as unjustified and cruel when she has all the reason in the world, and in general the public belief that Memoirs is some sort of fairy tale when in fact it is heavy-handed, biased, and takes a biased or unrelatistic view toward situations, characters, and love. However, all of those complains are secondary, in my view, to the major complain above, and should be come obvious to the reader. Memoirs goes quickly, is compelling, and makes a good read, and I don't want to sound too unreasonably harsh on it. However, I believe the book has a lot of faults that aren't widely acknowledged and I think we as readers need to keep them in mind. This is an imperfect Western book, and while it may be a fun or good book it is not Japanese, authentic, or entirely well done. Sophia. – Nov 22, 2011 So.. Memoirs of a Geisha. I'd been wanting to read that one for a very long time. I had heard so many good things about it. It's supposed to be awesome, and deep, and beautiful, right? Wrong. It's not. The writing was what bothered me the most. It's pretentious and superficial, and sloooooww and it goes on and on and on and on and on and still, very little happens. In some sort of weird combination, the writing is both superficial and cliché. It feels like Golden thought it would be a good idea So.. Memoirs of a Geisha. I'd been wanting to read that one for a very long time. I had heard so many good things about it. It's supposed to be awesome, and deep, and beautiful, right? Wrong. It's not. The writing was what bothered me the most. It's pretentious and superficial, and sloooooww and it goes on and on and on and on and on and still, very little happens. In some sort of weird combination, the writing is both superficial and cliché. It feels like Golden thought it would be a good idea to emphasize all the Japan-and-nature clichés to the point of ridiculousness : I still can't believe how many times he compares something to the nature. Ironically, it doesn't feel natural at all. It feels forced and weird and and it's very annoying, as it slows down the pacing (which is already very slow) and frequently interrupts the narrator's flow of thoughts. Examples? Yes, yes. Because I was so sick and tired of reading for the 40th time how something is LIKE a bird or a snake or whatever, I made a list. Enjoy, people. This is how Sayuri narrates the story. Please notice and enjoy how natural this way of thinking sounds : "I felt as a dam must feel when it's holding back an entire river." "I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it all day long." "My poor scalp felt the way clay must feel after the potter has scored it with a sharp stick." And it goes on : "Like water bugs kicking along the surface." "Like the crisp skin of a grilled fish." "Like a scrap of paper in the wind." "Like ruts in the bark of a tree." And on : "Like a pig trying to survive in a slaughterhouse." "Like a stray cat on the street without a master to feed it." "My mind on the eve of my debut was like a garden in which the flowers have only begun to poke their faces up through the soil." "It was like when a caterpillar turns into a butterfly." "Out of my element as a pigeon in a nest of falcons." "Felt as a simple smelt must feel when a silver salmon glides by." Still not enough? I was hoping you'd say that. Here you go!(view spoiler)[ : "Like what a workman does to a field using a hoe felt the way clay must feel after the potter has scored it with a sharp stick." "I felt as the waves of the ocean must feel when clouds have blocked the warmth of the sun." "As if he were the wind that blew and I were just a cloud carried upon it." "Like a tree and its roots, or like a shrine and the gate that stands before it." "With as much difficulty as a hungry child turns away from a plate of food." "I felt like a slab of tuna the grocer had just delivered." "I was like a temple bell that resonates long after it has been struck." "I tried to imagine I was simply a house standing in the rain with the water washing down the front of me." "Like when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom." "Like the tree where the tiger might sharpen its claws." "Like a fish belly-up on the stream." "A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence." "As much a part of her as a song is part of a bird." "Was as simple as a stone falling toward the ground." "If you no longer have leaves, or bark, or roots, can you go on calling yourself a tree?" "Felt toward him just as an ice pick feels toward a block of ice." "The two of them weren't "spending time together" any more than a squirrel is spending time with the insects that live in the same tree." "Like the fisherman who hour after hour scoops out fish with his net." "Like a mouse expecting sympathy from the snake." "Like rice pouring from a torn sack." "Expanding just like a river whose waters have begun to swell." "I was like a child tiptoeing along a precipice overlooking the sea. And yet somehow I hadn't imagined a great wave might come and strike me there, and wash everything away." "Like a snake that had spotted a mouse." "Your eyes hang all over him like fur on a dog." "I began to feel like a tree whose roots had at last broken into the rich, wet soil deep beneath the surface." "Just as naturally as the leaves fall from the trees." "Just as a stone must fall toward the earth." "It was all like a stream that falls over rocky cliffs before it can reach the ocean." "No more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean." "Just like watery ink on paper." (hide spoiler)] So yeah. Just because of that, it can't get more than 2 stars for me. It just can't. It's awful to read. And the characters. SIGH What can I say about them? Hatsumomo was just a big cliché, and so was Pumpkin, and so was The Chairman. They didn't feel real. None of them did. Sayuri on top. So I'm supposed to feel something for her, right? Relate to her somehow. That was impossible. I don't know why, but somehow I was able to relate to Chiyo - but not to Sayuri. Even though they're the same person, I couldn't bring myself to care for Sayuri. As soon as she "grows up" (even though she keeps telling her story with the skills of a freakin' 4 year old) so around the time when she becomes a geisha, that is, she becomes insufferable. And she has this sort of weird fascination for adult men, first M. Tanaka and after The Chairman, and it's just so annoying. Why does she like them? Why? And, yeah, she was also such a victim. She never made anything to change her condition, she was just this kind of submissive woman who, well, blinks and, I dunno, bows. I know it's the way she's supposed to behave, but still, it's infuriatingly boring to read about such a character. The only thing she ever does for herself is (view spoiler)[ sleeping with The Minister so she doesn't have to undergo Nabu-whathisname as a danna (hide spoiler)] but even that is done in the purpose of eventually being with The Chairman. And who was he, that Chairman? Who was that man we hear about, again and again and again? What's he like? Have they ever had a real conversation? I don't think so. She idealizes him, she never sees him as who he really is, she just keeps wetting holding that stupid handkerchief every night and that annoyed me. It felt childish and weird. The only character I liked was Mameha, and she's the angel of the story, meaning that you're just supposed to like her because she's, well, perfect, kind, loyal and beautiful, the way Agnes is in David Copperfield or Melanie in Gone With The Wind. The informations about Geishas were nice, I suppose, but I don't know how much of it is true. The war was awfully, awfully boring, and very badly executed. I think you can see it was written by an American just by the way the United States are depicted. They atomically bombarded Japan and two of greatest its cities and yet, Sayuri doesn't even blink and say "The American troups were very kind to us and gave candy to the children." Er... Really? The plot dragged on and on, and I had to struggle to finish the book. The ending felt rushed. I hate, hate it when authors do that. He wrote a whole book about someone's life, and the final chapter is soo rushed and it goes like "So that was forty years ago, now I'm seventy and I'm old and I'm gonna tell you what happened in my life between then and now in like, two sentences. So I married the guy I talked so much about, and then we went to live in the USA because that's like ZOMG the best country EVAR! And then he died, and.. Ah yes.. Did we have a kid? Oh, but wouldn't you like to know!.. Well you won't, cause I'm not telling you, neener- neener. Whatever I'm old, and I'm probably gonna die now LIKE A BIRD THAT FLIES AWAY", because what would be the final sentence without a nature-related comparaison, huh? Right. I swear, the book probably deserves an award, for like Worst Ending Chapter Ever or something. It made no sense, it gave no real closure. Everything in this book was just so... flat. It tried to be epic and it tried to be a classic but it failed so badly. The characters weren't well fleshed-out, it was obvious that the Good people (Sayuri, Mahema) would triumph over the Bad (Hatsumomo), it was obvious that Sayuri would get her happy ending after all.. See, all throughout the book, I was completely disconnected, I didn't feel anything. I didn't smile, or laugh, I certainly didn't cry. I can't even say I'm angry or that I hate the book - because hatred requires that I care, and I don't. I'm just... indifferent. Bored. Unimpressed. And isn't it the worst state of mind you can possibly be in after you finish a book? Ultimately, it didn't leave a mark. So the book as a whole was a major disappointment and I'm glad it's over. I just hope the movie might be better - I kept thinking it would be better to watch it, seeing how graphic the descriptions were (of the kimonos, for example). [Edit: So I saw the movie. Meeeh.] But as a book, it was unconvincing and very flawed. Liz Lynch – Sep 09, 2007 Like eating fancy dessert at a gourmet restaurant, Memoirs of a Geisha is beautiful, melts lightly off the tongue and will be forgotten shortly after it's done. The language is strikingly lovely, and Golden paints a remarkable picture of a time and place. If you're looking to learn something deep about the psychology of Japanese culture, or meet nuanced characters, then I'd steer you elsewhere. The story only skims the top of the more complicated aspects of a Japan in decline, focusing mostly on Like eating fancy dessert at a gourmet restaurant, Memoirs of a Geisha is beautiful, melts lightly off the tongue and will be forgotten shortly after it's done. The language is strikingly lovely, and Golden paints a remarkable picture of a time and place. If you're looking to learn something deep about the psychology of Japanese culture, or meet nuanced characters, then I'd steer you elsewhere. The story only skims the top of the more complicated aspects of a Japan in decline, focusing mostly on a genteel lifestyle that probably seems more appealing from the outside. There's a way in which the book, written by a man and a westerner, is slightly fetishistic, but less so than you might imagine. Another reader suggested that perhaps the superficiality of the story is intentional, and that the book, in a way, resembles a geisha. Beautiful and eager to please, yet too distant to really learn much from and ultimately little more than a beautiful, well-crafted object to be appreciated. If that's the case, Arthur Golden is remarkably clever, and I applaud him. If it's not the case, the book remains very pretty and an easy read. Jeffrey Keeten – Nov 28, 2013 ”Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper. “ Geisha Mineko Iwasaki basis for Chiyo/Sayori. Chiyo, with her sister Satsu, and her mother and father live in a shack by the sea on the coast of Japan. The shack leans, and has to be propped up to keep from total collapse. Her mother is sick and on the verge of death. Her father is a fisherman, uneducated, and generally befuddled by anything that doesn’t have ”Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper. “ Geisha Mineko Iwasaki basis for Chiyo/Sayori. Chiyo, with her sister Satsu, and her mother and father live in a shack by the sea on the coast of Japan. The shack leans, and has to be propped up to keep from total collapse. Her mother is sick and on the verge of death. Her father is a fisherman, uneducated, and generally befuddled by anything that doesn’t have to do with his fishing nets. When a businessman from the village comes to them with an offer to take their girls to the city it doesn’t take much to convince the father that nearly any opportunity is better than staying there in the tilted shack by the sea. He was wrong. Or was he? Without a crystal ball or access to a series of timelines showing the variations created by changing key decisions at critical junctures how can we know? Satsu, who is fifteen, is promptly placed with a brothel. Not exactly what her father had in mind. I’m sure he was told she would be trained for “domestic service”. Chiyo, who is nine, is deemed young enough to be trained to be a geisha. She is a lovely child with startling rare gray/blue eyes. Those Blue Eyes are what set her apart. The Mother of her geisha house is equally startling in appearance. ”Instead of being white and clear, the whites of her eyes had a hideous yellow cast, and made me think at once of a toilet into which someone had just urinated. They were rimmed with the raw lip of her lids, in which a cloudy moisture was pooled, and all around them the skin was sagging.” Obvious a bit of a failing liver issue going on here, but wait she is really much more mugly. ”I drew my eyes downward as far as her mouth, which still hung open. The colors of her face were all mixed up: the rims of her eyelids were red like meat, and her gums and tongue were gray. And to make things more horrible, each of her lower teeth seemed to be anchored in a little pool of blood at the gums.” Okay so Chiyo lets out a gasp. She starts out her new life in trouble. It doesn’t end there. She is quickly considered a threat to the lovely and vindictive Hatsumomo who is the only fully trained geisha working for the house. Chiyo is accused of stealing (not true). She is accused of ruining an expensive kimono with ink (true but under duress). She is caught trying to escape ( she broke her arm in the process so try and give the kid a break). Well, all of this ends up costing her two years working as a housemaid when she could have been training as a geisha. She receives an unexpected benefactress, a mortal enemy of Hatsumomo named Mameha decides to take Chiyo under her wing and insure that she has another opportunity to become a geisha. Chiyo, tired of scrubbing floors and being the do-this and do-that girl of the household realizes her best chance at some form of freedom is to elevate herself. The Movie based on this book was released in 2005 and directed by Rob Marshall. At age 15 her virginity or mizuage is put up for auction. It is hard not to think of this as a barbaric custom, but for a geisha, if a bidding war erupts, she can earn enough money to pay off all the debts that have accumulated for her training. Chiyo, now called Sayuri, is fortunate to have two prominent men wanting to harvest her flower. The winner is Dr. Crab who paid a record amount for the privilege. ”Of course his name wasn’t really Dr. Crab, but if you’d seen him I’m sure the same name would have occurred to you, because he had his shoulders hunched up and his elbows sticking out so much, he couldn’t have done a better imitation of a crab if he’d made a study of it. He even led with one shoulder when he walked, just like a crab moving along sideways.” Not the vision that any girl would have for her first time, but ultimately it is a business transaction that frees Sayori from the bonds of debt. After the deed is done, the eel spit in the cave, Dr. Crab brought out a kit filled with bottles that would have made Dexter jealous. Each bottle has a blood sample, soaked in a cotton ball or a piece of towel of every geisha he has ever treated including the blood from his couplings for their virginity. He cuts a piece of blood soaked towel that was under Sayori and added it to the bottle with her name. Ewwehhh! with a head snapping shiver. The cultural obsession, every country seems to have one, with female virginity is simply pathological. Girls can’t help, but be fearful of the process. Not strapped to a table by a serial killer type fear, but still there has to be that underlying hum as the man prepares to enter her. I wonder if men, especially those who avidly pursue the deflowering of maidens, are getting off on that fear? I’ve made myself feel a little queasy now. Sayori is on her way to a successful career. She is in love with a man called The Chairman and wishes that he will become her danna, a patron, who can afford to keep a geisha as a mistress. There are people in the way, keeping them from being together, and so even though there were many geishas who wished for her level of success she still couldn’t help feeling sad. ”And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped about my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy. “ It was fascinating watching this young girl grow up in such a controlling environment; and yet, a system that can also be very deadly. One misstep, one bit of scandal, and many geishas found themselves ostracized by the community. They could very easily find themselves in a brothel. During WW2 the geisha community was disbanded, and the girls had to find work elsewhere. Sayori was fortunate. Despite all the hardships I know she was enduring, Arthur Golden chose not to dwell on them in great detail. I was surprised by this because authors usually want and need to press home those poignant moments, so that when the character emerges from the depths of despair the reader can have a heady emotional response to triumph over tragedy. I really did feel like I was sitting down for tea with Sayori, many years later, and she, as a way of entertaining me, was telling me her life story. Golden interviewed a retired geisha by the name of Mineko Iwasaki who later sued him for using too much of her life story to produce this book. She even had light brown eyes not as striking as Sayori's blue/gray eyes, but certainly light enough to be unusual. I wonder if Iwasaki was still the perfect geisha, keeping her story uplifting, and glossing over the aspects that could make her company uncomfortable. Mineko Iwasaki The book is listed in the 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. It was also made into a film, which I’ve been avoiding, knowing that I wanted to read the book first. I notice some reviewers take issue with Sayori. They feel she did not assert herself, and take control of her life. She does in the end, but she is patient, and waits for a moment when she can predict the outcome. I feel that she did what she needed to do to survive. Most of the time she enjoyed being a geisha. It takes a long time to learn not only the ways to entertain, but also all the rigid traditions that must be understood to be a successful geisha. As she gets older, and can clearly define the pitfalls of her actions, we see her manipulating the system in her favor. If you wish to see more of my most recent book and movie reviews, visit http://www.jeffreykeeten.com I also have a Facebook blogger page at: https://www.facebook.com/JeffreyKeeten T.J. – May 13, 2008 Damn if you aren't one of the most problematic things I've ever read, Memoirs of a Geisha. Like much of non-Asian America, I was swept up in the delight of reading this book in 2000. I was fifteen and precocious, and the narrative was arresting. I couldn't put the book down. I wrote this in 2000: "Golden has hit pay dirt with this masterpiece. An insightful, curious, and caring look into the mysterious world of geisha, Arthur Golden peels away the ignorance and labeling that westerners have covere Damn if you aren't one of the most problematic things I've ever read, Memoirs of a Geisha. Like much of non-Asian America, I was swept up in the delight of reading this book in 2000. I was fifteen and precocious, and the narrative was arresting. I couldn't put the book down. I wrote this in 2000: "Golden has hit pay dirt with this masterpiece. An insightful, curious, and caring look into the mysterious world of geisha, Arthur Golden peels away the ignorance and labeling that westerners have covered the secretive Japanese profession. Although it sinks at times into a near melodramatic prose, the book's protagonist is interesting, insightful, and enjoyable. Her witty anecdotes and thoughtful mannerisms in speaking make Memoirs of a Geisha a delightful and unstoppable read." Then I got older, went to college and graduate school, and developed a critical, thinking eye. And I'm mad at myself. insightful? Really? God, I was naive. This novel, while entertaining is so problematic I rarely have time to descend into my criticism. It continues the Orientalism that Edward Said loathed so very much; rather than "skillfully entering" the world of a Japanese woman, it apes her identity, and ultimately deprives her of a voice, creating a sort of Orientalist imagination for us to enjoy without ever really seeing her. The book is still engaging as a narrative, but the sappy ending, the frankly sexist portrayals at some points, and Sayuri's outright inability to identify outside of her Chairman is rather frightening. It serves to objectify fetishism at its worst. Yet I can only give you three stars, because I'm still partly under your spell, Golden. Damn. Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin – Nov 03, 2018 This book was wonderful. I absolutely love the movie, which I now need to watch! In many ways, this was a sad story for me. I would really like to read a biography of a geisha and watch a documentary to really look into their world. We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course. Happy Reading! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 This book was wonderful. I absolutely love the movie, which I now need to watch! In many ways, this was a sad story for me. I would really like to read a biography of a geisha and watch a documentary to really look into their world. We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course. Happy Reading! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 Argona – Aug 16, 2013 I became fascinated with Japanese culture when I was a teenage girl and since then I have read many Japanese-related books and articles and have watched many movies and animes that depict parts of Japanese culture but the fact remains that I am not Japanese, I have never been to Japan and I am a foreigner, captivated by this exotic and very different culture. As a foreigner, I see many beautiful and unique aspects to Japanese culture but I also know about certain painful historical facts such as I became fascinated with Japanese culture when I was a teenage girl and since then I have read many Japanese-related books and articles and have watched many movies and animes that depict parts of Japanese culture but the fact remains that I am not Japanese, I have never been to Japan and I am a foreigner, captivated by this exotic and very different culture. As a foreigner, I see many beautiful and unique aspects to Japanese culture but I also know about certain painful historical facts such as treatment of women in certain eras of Japan. My point is, I don’t want to discuss accuracy of this book regarding Geisha life. I am not Japanese and I am not a historian and therefore, I am not qualified to judge. So I keep my opinion and impression Geisha to myself. It appears that this story is based on the life of a certain geisha, but the author clearly states that both the story and characters are fictional and I am going to stick with that. I admit that I was disappointed when I realized that this turned out to be fiction, only and only because I had been told otherwise by author himself while reading the preface. I mean, what’s with the contradiction? I couldn’t understand the pretense. Why pretend this is a real story when it’s a beautiful fiction? What’s wrong with fiction? I admit, as I reached the end of the book, I came to realize why the author tried to portray this story as a real life story when writing the introduction but I will write about that later. I liked the writing style. Some people may find it pretentious but I understood that this is an attempt to write as close as possible to Japanese style of writing and story-telling and to seem poetic. The writing also helped me to see the world through Chiyo’s eyes and better understand her mind. I should mention that Chiyo and Sayuri are the same person. Some people may say, parts of the story drag on and on and yet nothing important happens. I quickly get bored but I couldn’t put this book down once I had started reading and I had already seen the movie years ago. This is not a perfect book but it is an amazing one. Little Chiyo simply captivated me with her story. I wanted her to survive, to fight and to find happiness. There isn’t a single character in this story that I actually hate. They are all different human-beings with flaws of their own that struggle to survive and get by their hard lives. Some choose to do so by crushing others and some choose to do so by fighting their way through and lending a helping hand when they can. I might have had a few explosions regarding treatment of women and the way chiyo’s mind operates if I didn’t know Japanese culture at the time of this story well enough. I have Japanese friends, so I know what I am talking about it. Chiyo is quite young when she falls in love with a man much older than her, too young in my opinion to fall in love but I understood her feelings. The moment she meets the love of her life, Chairman, is a turning point in her story and happens to be my most favorite part. Yes, she focuses her entire life on reaching this man. As a woman, I would have liked her to have bigger goals and dreams of her own and for example, seek freedom or independence but when I think about her situation, her education and upbringing, I get her. Chiyo is a slave, being trained for the sole purpose of pleasuring men. Men that mean nothing to her and are like alien beings. Up to this point, not a single person has shown her any kindness without ill intentions and when she is about to lose her faith in humanity, a man appears out of nowhere and shows her true kindness. Finally, a man means something to her. One of these men that she is supposed to serve has a face and value to her. I am not surprised she made it her life-purpose to reach him. I would have liked her to interact more with him during the course of the story but it wasn’t really necessary. Chairman was the man SHE wanted and SHE desired for herself. Considering her life, that was a big goal. And I didn’t really need to know more about Chairman. He was the symbol of true kindness. Her dedication to reach him was moving and touched me very deeply. As I said before, during parts of this story, nothing important really happens, but I was eager to learn more about Geisha life. The author is obviously well-informed and has done his research. The story was interesting enough. All characters seemed real and relatable. I even liked Hatsumomo! And even though I wanted Chiyo to reach the love of her life and therefore happiness more than anything, I liked Nobu a lot too. He was a great man but it’s not like we can change our emotions or how we feel about different people and their behaviors whenever we want to. I could feel Sayuri’s misery and fear as she had to make decisions that would ultimately hurt people dear to her, from Pumpkin to Nobu. Sayuri is simply human. She too acts selfish and neglects her friends. I don’t blame her but I wish she had acted differently at certain times, at least regarding poor Pumpkin. I also clearly felt the touch of war and the darkness that spreads over hearts and souls at such a time. The fear, pain and misery as everything changes and there is no longer any certainty to the future. I was touched by the relationship between Chairman and Nobu, even though it was only behind the scene and between the lines. Once you think about it, it was a very deep and touching bond. Although poor Sayuri had to suffer because of this very bond, I understood why Chairman had to act the way he did. The only part of the book that made me laugh and shake my head at the author, the AMERICAN author, was the part regarding American soldiers throwing candy at children. It was mentioned abruptly and I found it very funny. Two nuclear bombs and this is what Sayuri comments about. Yes, I am sure American soldiers weren’t as scary as they were supposed to be but they were still invaders. It takes time for certain wounds to heal. It’s not about American soldiers. It’s about war, invasion and loss! At the end, this is not a fairy-tale. I am a fan of fairy tales and I firmly believe in happy endings. Ironic, since in real life, I am very realistic and even cynical. But when I open a book, I want happy endings. Somewhere along the way, I had started to dream of a fairy-tale style happy ending for little Chiyo and reading the last pages of the book left me a little sad. That’s why as I mentioned above, it was after finishing the book that I understood why the author has tried to sell this story as a real one. All throughout the book, the story tries to remain realistic(Which is why sometimes nothing really happens) and it's important to remember this, when reading the bittersweet ending, Otherwise, the ending might feel a little unsatisfactory and even rushed. But the truth is, the bittersweet ending was still a happy ending, just a realistic one. Still, I wasn’t 100% happy with it. I agree that the author could have done better just by adding 50 pages or so. In conclusion, this is the beautiful story of a little innocent girl as she fights her way through life and hardships in an unfair society and struggles to reach her loved one and have a reason to simply wake up every day and live. This is not a fairy tale but it does contain certain elements of those tales therefore this book is not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it and find it very memorable and special. Elyse Walters – Jul 20, 2012 I read this a long time ago ---(a favorite) --- Its amazing a 'male' wrote this book. (sure 'felt' like a female speaking). I read this a long time ago ---(a favorite) --- Its amazing a 'male' wrote this book. (sure 'felt' like a female speaking). Fabian – Dec 02, 2014 Well, I finally got around to this one. & I think I understand its fan base and its subsequent literary worth; it was the "Gone Girl" of the 90's. (Only in popularity.) This time, the fairy tale (with "Girl" it seems as if we're more comfortable with the cautionary tale in the 10's) has a Cinderella and many suitors after her. It is absolutely immersive... a page turner that has as many colors as a used-up coloring book. I see the geisha in that light: like La Marilyn, the geisha are symbol of t Well, I finally got around to this one. & I think I understand its fan base and its subsequent literary worth; it was the "Gone Girl" of the 90's. (Only in popularity.) This time, the fairy tale (with "Girl" it seems as if we're more comfortable with the cautionary tale in the 10's) has a Cinderella and many suitors after her. It is absolutely immersive... a page turner that has as many colors as a used-up coloring book. I see the geisha in that light: like La Marilyn, the geisha are symbol of tragedy and misplaced youth and beauty. The plot is orchestrated in that well-intentioned Great Novel tradition. A Great Expectations-meets-Great Gatsby novelty item that's as pure as winter's snow, that shimmers & attracts the senses like a ruby from some volcano deep in the Pacific. Metaphors and similes are very effectively used here, & their dual purpose is clear: it tells the life story in a very non-nebulous manner, in clear, concise, not-to-be-misconstrued mode; and the words seem authentic enough to evoke an actual geisha-- it is her telling you her memoirs, sitting there with you, drinking tea. Also, Hastumomo, in the role of ugly stepsister, is an adversary from hell. Grrrreat character! Too bad she leaves the narrative at too-crucial a juncture (the anticlimax meaning, then, the immediate displacement of anything that did not fit into the societal standards from the board... Lame!). She is a worthy nemesis to our heroine--as voracious for fresh meat as a Great White. The feud between them two is the centerpiece of this Fanny Hill-like tale, this enormously feminist (?) text. For in Gion, Japan, the geisha are treated like a lot of women have been, like objects, pawns, or even disembodied ideas. Henry Avila – Jun 01, 2016 In a small Japanese fishing village of Yoroido, on the coast of the Sea of Japan, a child Chiyo Sakamoto, 9, lives with an ancient father, dying mother, and older sister Satsu, in a dilapidated home, leaning over a cliff, the year 1929, things are tough and will get harder, as the Great Depression is about to commence...the impoverished family needs help and the two sisters are sold. Pretty Chiyo, with beautiful eyes, to become a geisha after a long apprenticeship and the unlucky, plain Satsu, a In a small Japanese fishing village of Yoroido, on the coast of the Sea of Japan, a child Chiyo Sakamoto, 9, lives with an ancient father, dying mother, and older sister Satsu, in a dilapidated home, leaning over a cliff, the year 1929, things are tough and will get harder, as the Great Depression is about to commence...the impoverished family needs help and the two sisters are sold. Pretty Chiyo, with beautiful eyes, to become a geisha after a long apprenticeship and the unlucky, plain Satsu, an abused prostitute....In a house that never becomes a home, in the former royal capital of Kyoto, in the section called Gion, where most geisha live, and the tea houses to entertain rich men, there, the scared girl is under the complete control of three money- hungry women, who show no pity, Granny, (she has coins in her heart) the matriarch, and her two adopted daughters, Mother, the real boss, and Auntie, they love nicknames, both are as unfeeling as Granny. The only genuine geisha in residence, is stunning Hatsumomo, as beautiful as she is detestable, and takes an odd, instant hatred to the little girl and torments her nonstop. One day while doing an errand, the child starts crying in the streets, her miserable life has no joy, a man known as the chairman , the owner of an important electronics business, stops and comforts Chiyo, leaving her, his monogrammed handkerchief, it will be the most prized possession, the girl has, at last, someone cares... she falls in love, and this will remain forever. After an aborted escape try with her sister, she falls from the roof of a neighbor's house, injuring herself, things become even more dismal, Chiyo is demoted to a lowly maid in the house, no more school to learn her profession, to the elation of cruel Hatsumomo. Still life is cloudy, and is never foreseen, even the fortune -tellers, the geisha go to, often, can't predict accurately... the most successful , glamorous, admired geisha in Kyoto , Mameha, becomes her "Big Sister", a mentor that can help any woman rise to the top, how strange. Her name is changed later to "Sayuri", she returns to school, becomes a fine dancer and does a solo, at the annual celebrations in the local theater, her poster is painted by a famous alcoholic artist in town, the career prospers, but the chairman, that Sayuri constantly meets in the tea house parties, ( where the men get drunk on Sake, listen to stories told, watch the singing, the dancing, and music played by the geisha) is rather distant, and doesn't recognize the grown- up woman ... Gruff Nobu, scarred and disabled, in a war, the chairman's best friend, and second -in -command , at the electronics firm, likes Chiyo/Sayuri , he, her love, can never interfere, too much respect for his colleague, and they are so close, it is a sad, hopeless situation for Chiyo/ Sayuri ... The years roll by, and war is on the horizon, change is coming, it always is...the now renowned geisha, awaits...The most famous, popular, geisha, Mineko Iwasaki, now retired, ( one of the characters is based on her, in the novel) greatly helped Mr. Arthur Golden , in research, revealing to him, in confidence, the secrets of the mysterious life of these women , for the first time, much to her later regret... Matthew – Aug 27, 2018 This one is going to be a bit difficult for me to review. I enjoyed it, but it was kinda weird. It was interesting, but kind of slow. The historical fiction aspect is interesting, but I have seen many reviews critical of the actual truth of it all. The pros: - Very good storytelling - Each chapter was its own short story and I found it easy to read and stay interested. - Characters - I was invested in the characters. In fact, I was so invested I could feel my loathing for one of the bad characters This one is going to be a bit difficult for me to review. I enjoyed it, but it was kinda weird. It was interesting, but kind of slow. The historical fiction aspect is interesting, but I have seen many reviews critical of the actual truth of it all. The pros: - Very good storytelling - Each chapter was its own short story and I found it easy to read and stay interested. - Characters - I was invested in the characters. In fact, I was so invested I could feel my loathing for one of the bad characters curdling in my very soul. It's usually a good sign when you want to reach into the book and smack a character. - The setting and the history - it was fascinating to learn about Geisha culture in pre-WWII Japan and how different it is from anything in American history. The Cons - This one may not be fair because it is probably historically accurate, but the Geisha culture made all the male characters seem like creepers. So, even when there is one you are supposed to like or who is supposed to be a hero, you know that he is all about pre-pubescent, up-and-coming Geisha and hoping to be able to deflower as many as possible. Just skews things a bit. - Kind of slow - even thought I thought the storytelling was great, there were a few times where it started to drag and I was ready to move on to the next part of the story. - Accuracy - Without Goodreads, I would have probably never have known this, but it seems there is some question as to the accuracy of the account in this book. Often, other, more reliable titles are suggested. But, was this supposed to be a non-fiction memoir, a story based on some facts surrounding the Geisha culture but equal parts fact and fiction, or just a completely made up story? I am not completely sure, but it should provide some interesting follow up research. So, I am going to go with 4 stars because it was an interesting story and despite some slow spots and creepers, it was pretty entertaining. Also, questions/controversy over its accuracy might actually raise the entertainment value! Annemarie – Sep 17, 2018 This was one of the best-written books I have ever read. There was something so special about the writing style, I can't really put it into words. It was just so "fitting" and transported me right into this fascinating world. I knew absolutely nothing about the Geisha tradition going into this book, and I feel like I've learnt so much! It is extremely evident that the author did a lot of extensive research and clearly appreciates the Japanese culture. I never would have guessed that I could beco This was one of the best-written books I have ever read. There was something so special about the writing style, I can't really put it into words. It was just so "fitting" and transported me right into this fascinating world. I knew absolutely nothing about the Geisha tradition going into this book, and I feel like I've learnt so much! It is extremely evident that the author did a lot of extensive research and clearly appreciates the Japanese culture. I never would have guessed that I could become so invested in the life of a single girl, who is growing up in a country I don't have any connection to, and who is living a lifestyle I've never thought all too much about before. I thing the exquisite writing style is what truly makes this book. Of course the plot is interesting as well (especially if, like me, you don't know anything about all the work that goes into becoming a Geisha), but without Arthur Golden's wonderful storytelling it would have been only half as good. He made me feel things I wouldn't have felt otherwise. He managed to make even the most mundane things sound exciting and interesting. I especially need to mention the fact that there were many things happening I would have found disgusting and appalling under different circumstances (this is not a critique on the book itself; these situations are realistic and an attribute to the time period the book takes place in). However, the author pulled me so far into the story and had such a beautiful way of describing things, that I just couldn't bring myself to be angry at anything. All in all, this was an absolute perfect book to me. If I were to teach a writing class, I would definitely choose this novel as an example on great storytelling. It deserves all the hype and acclaim it gets. Michi – Jun 11, 2007 Very entertaining, but kind of made me gag. Everything was written in this faux-asian "My heart ached like cherry blossom petals floating on the river..." bullshit. Very entertaining, but kind of made me gag. Everything was written in this faux-asian "My heart ached like cherry blossom petals floating on the river..." bullshit. Shelby trains flying monkeys – Dec 09, 2013 I read this book back when it first came out. I never wrote a review of it because when I first joined GR I didn't really know what it was all about. It took a bit before it sunk in for me. Now GR members get spammed at times. The newest form of spam is review bumping. I didn't even know that existed because..well I'm a slow learner. I kept noticing the same person's reviews on my thread. Several times a day. All day. For weeks. Someone finally pointed out to me that they are bumping their review I read this book back when it first came out. I never wrote a review of it because when I first joined GR I didn't really know what it was all about. It took a bit before it sunk in for me. Now GR members get spammed at times. The newest form of spam is review bumping. I didn't even know that existed because..well I'm a slow learner. I kept noticing the same person's reviews on my thread. Several times a day. All day. For weeks. Someone finally pointed out to me that they are bumping their reviews. Then I saw several status updates from people posting about how it was driving them bonkers. Now my friend Kat decided to take a stand..she made a awesome little badge to show we are all fabulous..not just the top reviewers, and my friend Kelly has a great idea..we are gonna spread some love. Everyone on GR is Goodreads Fabulous. Here's my friend Argona's review for this book. Her's is much better than anything I could have written..Go show her some love. Argona..you are Goodreads Famous baby! Luffy – Aug 27, 2014 What a disappointment. Why is it that in most books' reviews, only the marginal niche fans vote massively, upholstering the average score so unfairly. Unless, it is the romantics who do read diversely that in their unbiased way, gave the book four to five stars. Even people who gave the book the same score as me must have done so for different reasons. Maybe the ending threw them. Maybe I'll never know. I'm left scratching my head as to why this book is considered the best historical fiction on What a disappointment. Why is it that in most books' reviews, only the marginal niche fans vote massively, upholstering the average score so unfairly. Unless, it is the romantics who do read diversely that in their unbiased way, gave the book four to five stars. Even people who gave the book the same score as me must have done so for different reasons. Maybe the ending threw them. Maybe I'll never know. I'm left scratching my head as to why this book is considered the best historical fiction on this site. I'll pool all my misgivings from the last third of the book in this paragraph. Chiyo's outlook towards life is delusional, and is vindicated by her being united with her beau. I wonder what friends I myself would have had my life been more successful. Chiyo's memories of her past are very selective. Sometimes she wants to be a geisha, but anyway she has no choice. Her heart breaks and reseals itself over her journey in becoming one. Her infatuation with the Chairman and her laughable dressing of her repulsion to Nobu sums up the genre of romance. The book is an ungodly mess in its themes. The analogies and lesson-like counsel that passed for wisdom at the end made it all clear. This book's just an escapist dream for delusional romantics of all genders and ages. My reason for my score is mainly that at not one point did the book reel me in. I was never hooked. I have to consider Hatsumomo, most of the book's main archenemy. She is described as stupid, but reveals herself as cunning. The latter attribute is proved beyond doubt. But her stupidity, abetted by drunkenness, only comes at the end. This was a missed opportunity to dress up a promising character. When Hatsumomo mars a kimono belonging to her rival, it's almost an act of vandalism. But we are never allowed to get the insight whether the act itself has the fuel of 30% meanness and 70% stupidity, or the other way round, or some other permutation. I first intended to write more than I'm doing. But I want to put this book behind me quickly. I want to make two points (which is more than my favorite team can make at the moment). First, I knew that such a dishonest and cowardly book would make of the tragic Pumpkin, a mean spirited person. I knew it! Her separation from Chiyo should have been temporary. Instead, she estranges herself from joy and purpose in life in the most random way. She is very wimpy in her decision to "join the dark side". It's just not that convincing. Maybe her scavenging act early on foreshadows what the author did with her. It's not an excuse though. Second thing, the stupid and bizarre episode between Chiyo and the Baron. It should have had consequences, but it seemed like the mother of all treaties had been signed between all parties. Very inexplicable. Inexplicable but quite welcome. It's an occurrence that made me distance myself from the narrator. I don't have to be concerned with her when she troubled trouble. This book, were it a flawed masterpiece and dealt with a genre I detest, would still have gotten more than two stars. But at no point did Memoirs reach a pinnacle or peak of sorts. No event was reciprocal, there was no theme except from a rags to riches story. Nature sometimes was described richly, but new objects of unfamiliarity and technology were glossed over, which is cool, as we're all aware of modern contrivances. It's just that everything I've mentioned makes the narrator fake. It's just sad. It means I'll never read this book again. Neither it nor I deserve it. Arah-Lynda – Jul 23, 2011 A beautiful, poingnant story that is so incredibly, lyrically captivating you are seduced from the very first word. An absolute work of art, each page overflows with beautiful, sensual, evocative images. Such is the skill and authority of Golden's writing, I feel as though I have spent hours, being entertained by the most gifted of all Geisha. Utterly Satisfying. I want to read it again for the very first time! A beautiful, poingnant story that is so incredibly, lyrically captivating you are seduced from the very first word. An absolute work of art, each page overflows with beautiful, sensual, evocative images. Such is the skill and authority of Golden's writing, I feel as though I have spent hours, being entertained by the most gifted of all Geisha. Utterly Satisfying. I want to read it again for the very first time! Clumsy Storyteller – Nov 20, 2015 Very interesting,entertaining, and quick to read! Chiyo/Sayuri and her sister Satsu were sold into slavery at the age of 9 by their father, Sayuri tells of her traumatic arrival at the Nitta okiya (a geisha house), where she endures harsh treatment from everyone, In spite of the problems she had to face, Sayuri became the beautiful geisha accomplished in the art of entertaining men. “He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.” “Can't you see? Every s Very interesting,entertaining, and quick to read! Chiyo/Sayuri and her sister Satsu were sold into slavery at the age of 9 by their father, Sayuri tells of her traumatic arrival at the Nitta okiya (a geisha house), where she endures harsh treatment from everyone, In spite of the problems she had to face, Sayuri became the beautiful geisha accomplished in the art of entertaining men. “He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.” “Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you.” Dem – Aug 19, 2019 I had seen Memoirs of a Geisha described many times as the “Perfect Novel” and one of the 100 books you should read before you die, so perhaps my expectations were a little height for this one as I was expecting an emotional read and a novel that would transport me in time and enlighten me to mystery of the Japanese culture of the time but sadly this story while good and well written was too slow moving and an unemotional read for me I had been wanting to read this novel for years and they say I had seen Memoirs of a Geisha described many times as the “Perfect Novel” and one of the 100 books you should read before you die, so perhaps my expectations were a little height for this one as I was expecting an emotional read and a novel that would transport me in time and enlighten me to mystery of the Japanese culture of the time but sadly this story while good and well written was too slow moving and an unemotional read for me I had been wanting to read this novel for years and they say “what’s for you won’t pass you by” so when I found this one in a used book shop I felt it was time to finally take this one home. It has been loved by so many of my friends over the years and I really was intrigued by the the lives of Geisha. TBH I actually thought this was a true story and only realised about 30% into the book that it was a fictional account. The novel tells the story of a fictional geisha working in Kyoto, Japan before, during and after World War II. I loved the first first 100 pages of this novel, the story starts out strong and the characters and culture is intriguing. I enjoyed the slow pace (to start with) but then the book just seemed to drag and become dreadfully descriptive and I found myself page counting and wishing the the novel was 100 pages shorter. I enjoyed the characters to begin with and yet by the end I was very glad to part company with them. The book does offer a fascinating glimpse into the hidden world of the Geisha and this was an aspect of the novel that I really enjoyed and the reason I rated this one 3 stars (which means I liked it but didn't love it) but I am afraid this copy will make its way back to the used book shop and hopefully another reader will enjoy the experience more than me. J.L. Sutton – Apr 09, 2020 “If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.” Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautifully written novel about one of Japan's most famous geisha. I just wasn't sure I trusted the immersion into geisha life that the novel purports to represent. I enjoyed the read, but everything, all the dramatic tension from Sayuri becoming a geisha to auctioning off her virginity, fit way too nicely into a competition between Sayuri and her rival, Hatsumomo. It ga “If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.” Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautifully written novel about one of Japan's most famous geisha. I just wasn't sure I trusted the immersion into geisha life that the novel purports to represent. I enjoyed the read, but everything, all the dramatic tension from Sayuri becoming a geisha to auctioning off her virginity, fit way too nicely into a competition between Sayuri and her rival, Hatsumomo. It gave Memoirs of a Geisha a page-turning quality (and maybe that's just good writing), but here it struck me as a little false. I need to remind myself that it is fiction, but this prevents me from accepting the world of the novel. 3.5 stars ❄️BooksofRadiance❄️ – Jul 21, 2018 Loved the book and the writing but there was something about it that I passionately disliked as well. I can’t explain it as I myself don’t understand it but it definitely hindered my enjoyment to the full. I was also somewhat take aback by my sheer dislike for Sayuri. I feel like I’m the only one who actively disliked her to this extent but there were moments where I felt so infuriated by her, by her selfishness, her utter lack of loyalty, her self-importance... I just couldn’t stand her. Lyn – Dec 30, 2018 A pleasing mix of Great Expectations and Little Orphan Annie but all mixed up in Japanese Geisha society. Full disclosure: I, like many westerners, believed that geisha were a high end version of prostitutes. Sophisticated, talented and very excessively priced – but prostitutes all the same. Golden’s book has afforded me some erudition and I now know that is not the full story … except, well … there are still some elements of prostitution in the story. The fictional geisha first person narrator de A pleasing mix of Great Expectations and Little Orphan Annie but all mixed up in Japanese Geisha society. Full disclosure: I, like many westerners, believed that geisha were a high end version of prostitutes. Sophisticated, talented and very excessively priced – but prostitutes all the same. Golden’s book has afforded me some erudition and I now know that is not the full story … except, well … there are still some elements of prostitution in the story. The fictional geisha first person narrator describes her own role as akin to a mistress rather than a wife, with formal rules that for the most part established that a geisha was connected to her “danna” or patron. It’s all very complicated and I never fully understood what was going on. To be fair, looks like the intricate etiquette rules confuse many Japanese as well. My usual genre is science fiction / fantasy so this was something of a departure for me, but honestly, the description of Japanese culture, particularly Geisha culture, might as well have been something dreamed up by Jack Vance or Robert Silverberg it was so alien to me. Golden describes the “memoirs” of a fictional geisha, Sayuri, and her ascent to the role of geisha in a bildungsroman style. We also share in Sayuri’s animosity with rival geisha Hatsumomo and her complicated relationships with patrons and sponsors. Entertaining and provocative, this also sheds light on a time and place, Japan before, during and after WWII. Sara – Jul 05, 2019 I loved the romantic parts but I just wished it was more and I also found this book to long and some parts were realy boring , but overall I realy enjoyed it and now I finally know what an geisha is 😁 Jason Koivu – Nov 29, 2008 A Cinderella romance that unexpectedly swept me away! Memoirs of a Geisha is a very picturesque and dramatic tale of a young village girl taken from her family and raised in Kyoto as a geisha. Usually I don't go in for romance. Don't get me wrong, I love love. But I prefer my love stories to be true. There is something immensely powerful about real love. As far as I've been able to discover, much of this story is based on the actual events of the life of former geisha Mineko Iwasaki. Why do I th A Cinderella romance that unexpectedly swept me away! Memoirs of a Geisha is a very picturesque and dramatic tale of a young village girl taken from her family and raised in Kyoto as a geisha. Usually I don't go in for romance. Don't get me wrong, I love love. But I prefer my love stories to be true. There is something immensely powerful about real love. As far as I've been able to discover, much of this story is based on the actual events of the life of former geisha Mineko Iwasaki. Why do I think so? She sued Golden for defamation of character. Apparently he included details she'd told him during their interviews that were not meant for print. Well, that's good enough for me! I was dazzled by the details and enchanted by the well-paced plot. It's not for everyone, but if you liked the movie version you shouldn't be disappointed by the book, being that the two are identical in most ways. Around the time I read Memoirs... I got the chance to visit Kyoto and made a point, as many tourists do, of seeking out the Gion District. The preservation of the area makes it worth the effort and cost of traveling in Japan. Almost medieval in its narrowness, the main historical road is a delight to behold, with its architecture and decor stuck in time as it is and the occasional geisha shuffling to and from buildings. I highly encourage a visit. Go when the cherry blossoms are in bloom. Go see a tea ceremony. Just go. You'll be glad you did. Megan B. – Feb 13, 2008 This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The world of Geisha is a secret and forbidden world. The shell is beautiful and seems to be a life of luxury, but the core is pure suffering. Geisha do not love, they do not choose their fate, and their life is owned by the men they entertain. They are not meant to feel. The very word geisha means moving art. That’s all they’re meant to be. Not humans but paintings. Like a sculpture, beautiful but cold as the stone their made of. Memoirs of a Geisha is a book that is based on a true story and le The world of Geisha is a secret and forbidden world. The shell is beautiful and seems to be a life of luxury, but the core is pure suffering. Geisha do not love, they do not choose their fate, and their life is owned by the men they entertain. They are not meant to feel. The very word geisha means moving art. That’s all they’re meant to be. Not humans but paintings. Like a sculpture, beautiful but cold as the stone their made of. Memoirs of a Geisha is a book that is based on a true story and let’s us catch a glimpse of the world where the women paint their faces and don’t deserve to love. Based in the 1920’s in Kyoto, Japan a young girl named Chiyo lives with her sister Satsu, in a poor town called Yoriodo along with her sick mother and elderly father. Her father sells Chiyo and her sister to Mr. Tanaka to be taken to an office where they decide that Chiyo will become Geisha for her good looks and blue eyes but Satsu will be taken to a prostitution house in the pleasure district. Chiyo is taken to the Nitta okiya (Geisha House) to become a Maiko (apprentice geisha). She breaks her leg from trying to run away and her training is stopped. Chiyo is then told that both of her parents have died. She meets the Chairmen of Iwamura Electric Company and falls in love with him. She dedicates her life for him to become her danna (not a husband but similar, the danna gives geisha kimono, and money to afford an apartment. Danna are usually wealthy men). Hatsumomo is the lead Geisha in the Okiya and is jealous of Chiyo’s good looks and the attention she gets. Thus, she treats Chiyo like the dirt she walks on. The only person in the okiya kind to Chiyo is Pumpkin, an aspiring geisha the same age as Chiyo. Her dream is to be adopted by oka-san (owner of the okiya) and be the lead geisha of the okiya. Mameha, a renowned geisha, comes to the okiya to offer to be Chiyo’s onee-san (older sister). She teaches Chiyo all of the secrets to becoming a great geiko or geisha. She is no longer known as Chiyo but, Sayuri. Sayuri meets Mameha’s danna, the Baron. He takes an unusual interest in Sayuri, and when she goes to the cherry blossom festival held at his estate he brings her into his quarters. He presents to her, a beautiful kimono. He offers to give the kimono to her if she merely would take hers off. Sayuri panics and the Baron starts removing her obi. He did not violate her, just merely looked at her. Rumors spread that Sayuri is now a worthless Meiko (Meiko must be virgins for their mizuage; their first sexual experience which is sold to the highest bidder). With her debut not far away Sayuri has to mend all wounds with the patrons who heard the rumors that Hatsumomo spread. The bidding begins and Dr. Crab, one of Sayuri’s patrons, wins her mizuage. Sayuri then becomes a geisha, and unexpectedly is adopted by oka-san and is the head of the okiya. Pumpkin is extremely upset for that was her dream. Sayuri is given yet another name, Nitta Sayuri (taking the name of the okiya is a custom in the geisha world). She then obtains a danna, a general in the army whom she doesn’t really like. War is declared on Japan. Sayuri’s danna leaves to fight in the war and is killed. Nobu, a patron and good friend, takes Sayuri into hiding in northern Japan. She lives there for years working at a dye factory owned by Nobu’s friend. Nobu comes for her and offers to become her danna. Sayuri, still in love with the Chairman, doesn’t know what to say. Nobu says that before she answers Sayuri and Pumpkin need to entertain a party with an American general to try and make peace. She accepts and tries to look like the geisha she was years before. Nobu clearly doesn’t like the General so Sayuri uses the general to make Nobu hate her. Sayuri tells Pumpkin to bring Nobu to the warehouse later at night. Sayuri brings the General with her and starts to be intimate with him. The door opens and instead of bringing Nobu as Sayuri asked, Pumpkin brought the Chairmen! The Chairmen sees and walks away. Sayuri runs to Pumpkin and asks why she would bring the Chairmen. Pumpkin says that Sayuri stole the one thing that she wanted, to be adopted by oka-san. She took what Sayuri wanted as vengeance. Sayuri is depressed. She almost certainly lost the one she loved. She gets invited to a small get together and is surprised to find that the only person in the tea house is the Chairmen. He begins by saying that Nobu was supposed to come but heard about what happened and now is livid at her. He continues that he was the one who told Nobu because he understood Sayuri’s intentions. He says that Pumpkin explained and begins to kiss Sayuri. He confesses his love to her and offers to become her danna. A danna is not a husband. Danna’s are usually married and have a geisha as a mistress. No matter how much she would like to marry the Chairmen she can’t. Sayuri moves to America because of a feud with who would inherit the Iwamura Electric Company, the Chairmen’s son-in-law married to the daughter he had with his wife or a rumored son with his mistress, Sayuri. She moves to New York and the Chairmen visits regularly. The book ends with Sayuri saying that the day Mr. Tanaka took her away was the worst and best day of her life. She says, “As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr. Tanaka hadn’t torn me away from my (house Yoriodo). But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.” I would highly recommend reading this book. It’s a window into a different world and makes you admire but pity the geisha. ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ is an empowering novel that every person should read to appreciate what they have. Britany – Oct 12, 2019 I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to read this one, but I'm so glad I finally got to it. This is decidedly a slow burn of a novel. The introduction confused me a little bit with a translator talking about meeting with Sayuri- a well known geisha that wanted to tell her story to this one person and leave her legacy behind. The reader is quickly taken back to the 1930's in Gion as we watch Sayuri become one of the most renowned geisha in Japan. The writing was beautiful and this is novel to I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to read this one, but I'm so glad I finally got to it. This is decidedly a slow burn of a novel. The introduction confused me a little bit with a translator talking about meeting with Sayuri- a well known geisha that wanted to tell her story to this one person and leave her legacy behind. The reader is quickly taken back to the 1930's in Gion as we watch Sayuri become one of the most renowned geisha in Japan. The writing was beautiful and this is novel to slowly savor. It moves as slowly as I imagine Sayuri walking in her kimono across the pathway. The life of a geisha is thoroughly researched and detailed for the this novel. The characters are well drawn and I appreciated the delicate almost brutal pacing. At times this just went too slow for me, and at other time, I couldn't get enough. This book was so engrossing and I can appreciate the extra time it took for me to have the relationship I did with it. Now, I plan to watch the movie. Ahmad Mustafa – Aug 02, 2017 4.5 stars This novel is very rich and full of diverse characters and shows a big deal of the classic Japanese tradition. -Every character represents an aspect and an attitude of humans -Although it is lengthy but I don't find it boring,the length of the book helped in building up the anticipation for the end,thus more satisfaction. -some people find it insulting to women,well it is a novel not the author's belief. -I kinda liked Hatsumomo and felt bad for her end,she was the salt of the book. -the ag 4.5 stars This novel is very rich and full of diverse characters and shows a big deal of the classic Japanese tradition. -Every character represents an aspect and an attitude of humans -Although it is lengthy but I don't find it boring,the length of the book helped in building up the anticipation for the end,thus more satisfaction. -some people find it insulting to women,well it is a novel not the author's belief. -I kinda liked Hatsumomo and felt bad for her end,she was the salt of the book. -the age of the characters along the novel is a little peculiar,and the age difference between Sauyri and the chairman is huge if left to the readers calculations. -The writing style of the author is nice,and it seems to be affected by the meticulosity of the Japanese. I wish i have read it before watching the movie,which i will watch again after finishing it. Nenia ✨️ Socially Awkward Trash Panda ✨️ Campbell – Jan 20, 2019 Instagram \|\| Twitter \|\| Facebook \|\| Amazon \|\| Pinterest As a reader of bodice-rippers and books that are a part of the Luxury Suite Trash Experience™, I'm prepared to discuss how and when some of my favorite reads can be problematic. I don't feel bad about enjoying them but I do think it's important to have dialogues about why others might not, and why this is 100% okay for others to feel this way without having their opinions lambasted by stans. I, for example, refuse to buy or read anything Instagram \|\| Twitter \|\| Facebook \|\| Amazon \|\| Pinterest As a reader of bodice-rippers and books that are a part of the Luxury Suite Trash Experience™, I'm prepared to discuss how and when some of my favorite reads can be problematic. I don't feel bad about enjoying them but I do think it's important to have dialogues about why others might not, and why this is 100% okay for others to feel this way without having their opinions lambasted by stans. I, for example, refuse to buy or read anything by Orson Scott Card for personal reasons and once had an Angry White Man ™ call me names for being unable to separate my personal feelings about what Card has said about the LGBT+ from my feelings about his books. We all have those lines that can't and mustn't be crossed, so I totally understand why others choose to get political with their wallets. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA came under fire for multiple reasons, parts of which had to do with the book, and parts of which had to do with the film. The book has obvious surface issues, like cultural white-washing (giving the heroine blue-grey eyes, downplaying the tragedy of Hiroshima by portraying all American soldiers as fun-loving rascals who are definitely not rapey (seriously)), as well as presenting Chiyo's rise to geisha as a glorified Cinderella story shrouded in Orientalism (and some of the blurbs in this book really underscore that view with coded language, such as the Chicago Tribune's describing the book as "[a]n exotic fable" (emphasis mine) and Vogue's "a startling act of literary impersonation, a feat of cross-cultural masquerade" (emphasis mine). I'm not sure what "cross-cultural masquerade" means but it sounds unfortunately like, "literary yellow-face." The deeper issue came with one of Arthur Holden's sources, an actual real life geisha named Mineko Iwasaki, who took umbrage with the way the details of her life were mangled in the telling of this novel. I had always been aware of the controversy, and knew it had prompted her to write a memoir detailing her life with more accuracy called, GEISHA: A LIFE, but only found out today while researching the background for this book that she apparently sued both the author and the publisher on the grounds that he had allegedly promised to keep her identity secret, and yet her name features prominently in the "acknowledgements" section of the book. The movie was controversial because Chinese actresses Ziyi Zhang (Sayuri), Michelle Yeoh (Mameha), and Gong Li (Hatsumomo) were cast to play the roles of the Japanese women in the book. The response to this was the typical "white people who are of X descent play characters of Y descent all the time, and no one bats an eyelash," but the problem with that line of reasoning is that it assumes that actors of color have the same opportunities and varieties of roles open to them that white actors do, which isn't the case. Actors of color have far fewer opportunities, and when opportunities do turn up, they are usually type-cast. Memoirs of a Geisha was a beautifully filmed movie and I felt very grown-up when my mom took me to see it with her after I'd read the book for my high school book club, and it will always have a place in my heart, and I still admit that it smacks of cultural appropriation. Getting to the book, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA is one of those rare books that I have reread several times, and I consider it the entre to my love of epic stories and bodice-rippers. There is something so exciting about following a character from childhood and seeing them evolve and grow over the course of a novel, following them as they navigate new and exciting life changes and forge new relationships. Chiyo/Sayuri was a very readable protagonist and her goal - become a successful geisha - is a very clear one to follow, and root for, because the Cinderella story is so universal. Upon this subsequent reread, I did notice things that somehow escaped my notice before. Chiyo's detachment from her family, and her under-reaction by the news of their deaths was very strange. I was also bothered by the fact that she never met her sister, Satsu, again, as it kind of felt like the author had left the door open for that reunion, seeing as how Chiyo/Sayuri experienced so many other reunions in her life. I also remember feeling sorrier and more sympathetic for Nobu the first time around, but now, as an educated and wise woman, I see that he is one of those "nice guys" who puts women on pedestals and cannot forgive them for toppling or getting dusty. Even when Chiyo/Sayuri was in his good graces, he was so mean to her, and it was kind of hard to read about that this time. There were also some wtf moments, like the mizuage scene (or the virginity auction), which I guess was one of the portrayals that Iwasaki was much more upset about. Then the man who buys Sayuri's mizuage takes the blood stained towel her maidenhead dripped on and puts it in a briefcase holding his virginity collection, or vials containing blood-stained fabrics from all the geisha he has despoiled. What a creep! I couldn't believe I'd forgotten the virginity briefcase. It reminded me of a scene from a historical bodice ripper I read about this Norman invader who had a necklace made of the pubes from all the women he'd raped. You can't make this stuff up, guys. Romance novels are the wild, wild west. To the author's credit, he wrote a somewhat convincing woman, especially with regard to sex and her views of her body and her relationships with other women. While reading this book, I couldn't help but compare this to Jason Matthews's RED SPARROW, in which the heroine didn't resemble an actual human being so much as an emotionless sex robot. Sayuri had hopes and dreams, and Golden doesn't kid himself that pretty young women dream about banging geeky older men for their personalities or their pasty looks; Sayuri does what she does to survive, but she prefers men she's attracted to on her own terms and isn't truly happy until she settles down with someone who can give her what she really wants. It's such a simple thing, but so many dudes either choose not to understand this or don't want to understand this in their writing of women and man, it shows. So, kudos. I enjoyed this book, problematic content and all. I'm sorry it caused pain, and controversy, but I am reviewing this from my own biased, privileged perspective as a white lady, so take my opinion with several grains of salt. It helps to read this as a trashy bodice-ripper and not as 'historical' fiction. 4 stars Khalid – Apr 15, 2007 Memoirs of a Geisha is an amazing novel that discusses the life of a Geisha, a Japanese artist-entertainer. Both its very exotic setting, with its extremely different value system, and its fascinating plot, which grabs your interest early on and keeps you waiting for more all along, contribute to making this novel a special book worthy of reading. The best quality in this novel, in my opinion, is the way the narrator (Chiyo), tells the story. Her reflections concerning much of the events in the n Memoirs of a Geisha is an amazing novel that discusses the life of a Geisha, a Japanese artist-entertainer. Both its very exotic setting, with its extremely different value system, and its fascinating plot, which grabs your interest early on and keeps you waiting for more all along, contribute to making this novel a special book worthy of reading. The best quality in this novel, in my opinion, is the way the narrator (Chiyo), tells the story. Her reflections concerning much of the events in the novel are very similar to those of the reader. At least I felt I could connect with her, and approved of – even if I didn't always agree with – many of her actions. The pain she suffered is well-depicted in the novel, we almost start to feel that pain with her; we often share the same surprises with her about the different things a geisha should or should not do, and even share the pleasures of success regardless of the fact that most of us despise the geisha way of life. A slave, sold by your own family, and trained for the sole purpose of pleasuring men, whether you like it or not. Imagine living such a life; I know I cannot. Yet, at some point, you are happy that Chiyo succeeded in becoming a geisha. If that's an indication of anything, it's the skills of the author. They say a geisha is no prostitute; well, that may be true, but as the story truly shows, the main revenue for a geisha is through sex, at least when she is a successful one. To me, sex for money, no matter how much you sugar coat it, is still some form of prostitution. I don't like what she did with Nobu, but I understand her perspective. Our emotions are not necessarily affected by how other people treat us, but by how we feel about their behavior. The chairman in my opinion was much more the Chiyo type than Nobu is, and her dedication to reach him amazes me, though not the methods she used to achieve it after her desperation. The destruction of Hatsumomo was, in my opinion, the brightest point in the story. I feel that the story, and the geisha life, has changed forever after the Second World War, so Chiyo, or any other geisha at the time for that matter, could not have been more successful after the war, nor could the story be more fun. Yet, another bright point was the encounter with the Chairman. Since Pumpkin caused the Chairman to run into Chiyo and the Minister, I knew the Chairman and Chiyo are going to have a future together. In fact, when Iwamura Electric called for Chiyo to the Ichiriki Teahouse, I guessed – correctly – that Nobu won't be there, but the Chairman. The most disappointing thing in this novel, in my opinion, is the way the author talked about the US. If the novel had talked about any other place than his country, this might have been tolerable, but when an American author, writing a novel that takes place in Japan for the most part, makes the main character fall in love with the US, and talks about it like a country much better than Japan, there is something wrong. Unless, and I hope this is the case, he did this mainly because the actual geisha upon which he based his novel had described this to him. Then I might accept it. Joey Woolfardis – Jun 20, 2016 Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003. There's nothing positive about this book, so let's just go straight in to why it was so bad. The narrative was unbelievable. And I don't mean "OMGA DID YOU SEE THAT?" kind of unbelievable, I mean it was so unconvincing it was dire. At not point did it feel like a woman, a Geisha, a girl, a human being was telling me a story. It felt so flat and boring and my gosh, she was tedious. She had the emotiona Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003. There's nothing positive about this book, so let's just go straight in to why it was so bad. The narrative was unbelievable. And I don't mean "OMGA DID YOU SEE THAT?" kind of unbelievable, I mean it was so unconvincing it was dire. At not point did it feel like a woman, a Geisha, a girl, a human being was telling me a story. It felt so flat and boring and my gosh, she was tedious. She had the emotional range of an egg. The world description was non-existent. The beginning, when we are in the Japanese countryside, was the only part that was descriptive: we had a lovely house and lovely scenery, and then we moved to Tokyo and all of a sudden it's just grey and stone, and that's it. And oddly empty of people. No atmosphere, no city scenery; it was vague at best. It could have still been happening in the fish factory. There also needs to be an amendment to the Bechdel Test. 3.1: Two women have a conversation about something that isn't just bitching about other women. And, whilst I don't agree that "culture" automatically means you forgive something, and I realise it was a different time and a different place, but I don't want to read about creepy old men who creep about pubic hair growing on twelve year olds' vaginas. I just don't. And I know this is the most unhinged and incoherent review ever, but I also didn't find myself learning anything particular about Geisha. In fact, I'd agree with most other reviewers and say it was far too Westernised and almost Romanticised. Fun Fact Amendment: All Geisha were originally men. Think about that. Blog \| Instagram \| Twitter \| Pinterest \| Shop \| Etsy Michelle – Jul 20, 2014 First book I've read on Geisha's and I loved it so much it has fuelled my need to get to Japan and my fascination with all things Japanese. I thought this was a fantastic book and a great insight to the culture although i am aware of the controversy surrounding it and the liberties the author took but this will still remain an all time favourite for me. First book I've read on Geisha's and I loved it so much it has fuelled my need to get to Japan and my fascination with all things Japanese. I thought this was a fantastic book and a great insight to the culture although i am aware of the controversy surrounding it and the liberties the author took but this will still remain an all time favourite for me. 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__label__cc	0.677485	0.322515	Badgers and Beyond December 9, 2018 · web manager Author: Jonathan Mills A quick glance at Wisconsin’s 2019 recruiting and season outlook should provide a mood boost after a disappointing finish this year. The Big Ten Conference boasts nine programs participating in bowl season this year. And for the 17th straight year, the Wisconsin Badgers are bowl bound. This time around, it’s to the city that never sleeps. Although UW is yet to take a snap in the Pinstripe Bowl to be played in Yankee Stadium in New York, it is never too early to look ahead, specifically towards the expectations and projected roster of the program in 2019. So, where to begin? Entering the 2018 season, many expected the offense to be a major strength and the driving factor that would eventually drive Wisconsin to the College Football Playoff. Yikes! In fact, the Badgers recorded the conference’s seventh-best scoring offense (29.3 ppg), trailing behind opponents like Nebraska (30.0 ppg) and Purdue (31.9 ppg). Although Wisconsin finished with the fourth-best total offense (433.2 yards/game), one must question how far the team would have slipped in the rankings if not for the weekly performances of 2018 Doak Walker Award Winner and sophomore star running back Jonathan Taylor. His performance was guided by a healthy offensive line, one that graced the cover of Sports Illustrated before the season, but its [offensive line] play was erratic. On defense, the Badgers were not as strong as they were a season ago. Additionally, the team suffered injuries before and during its regular season. Specifically, pass-rushers struggled mightily this year which was certainly a characteristic this program hasn’t experienced over the last few years. Although there are lot of positive and negative takeaways to consider next season, arguably the biggest anticipation is that of incoming quarterback Graham Mertz. The Kansas product is enrolling early at UW to go through spring camp, and turned down big-name offers from schools like Clemson and Notre Dame. He was recently named Gatorade 2018 Kansas Football Player of the Year and completed 61 percent of his passes for 3,886 yards with 51 touchdowns. These are big numbers, but he will be taking advantage of the new NCAA red-shirt rule before he is even remotely close to competing for the starting job at UW. When analyzing the running back position, the only questions surrounding Jonathan Taylor are (a) Will he keep healthy and (b) How much money can he make in the NFL is he keeps this production rate up? Also, the receiving corps will be more of the same, headlined by pieces like AJ Taylor, Danny Davis and Kendric Pryor. One of the biggest holes UW must fill is that of the offensive line. Michael Deiter, David Edwards and Beau Benzschawel will not be returning, but should earn a shot to succeed in the NFL. The defense is still young, but could use a boost of depth as injuries were frequent in 2018. Fortunately, Wisconsin’s 2019 recruiting class is shaping to be one of its best. With Mertz at the helm, names like Julius Davis (RB), Spencer Lytle (LB), Hayden Rucci (TE) and Semar Melvin (CB), among others, figure to find their footing when the opportunity arises. The strong pool of players suggests UW knows how to evaluate talent. This is especially true, since many of the prospects were unranked when they received an offer from the Badgers. And with college football’s early signing period on the horizon (Dec. 19), there is still time for head coach Paul Chryst and his staff to land a few notable names. On to the next. Exec Team’s Top Ten Albums of 2018 → ← Dispatch Show Review Recently in The Blog Partnership program vaccinates critical populations at long-term care facilities. WSUM Exec Staff’s Favorite Albums of 2020 Cause of crash unknown as search for pilot aboard Wisconsin fighter jet continues. UW-Health to distribute Pfizer vaccine to front-line workers when approved. Weekly Adds: 12/1 More Entries >	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line777
__label__cc	0.572452	0.427548	Faculty Profile: Tonya Kowalski Students and faculty work together to expose others to the needs of Native American communities (From left) Lanna Allen, Candidate '20, and Professor Tonya Kowalski recruit members to the Native American Law Student Association during the fall Opportunity Fair From the School of Law Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2019 Exposing students to Native American legal issues is the goal of the re-activated Washburn University School of Law Native American Law Student Association and its organizers. Tonya Kowalski, professor of law, is advising the organization and teaches two courses, Tribal Law and Government and the International Law of Indigenous Peoples, for Washburn. “The lawyers we are training need to have exposure to these issues because they can do harm without even realizing it,” Kowalski said. “Like so many marginalized communities, we are often blind to the Native American people who are right here in Topeka and to their communities in our region. It’s one of the areas of law that touches everything else, from family law to business transactions.” Lanna Allen, a 3L law student and president of the organization, is focused on organizing the activities for the organization, including teaming up with the Federal Bar Association to try and bring tribal judges to campus. They are also planning on a film series in conjunction with the International and Comparative Law Center and hosting Blake Follis, ’13, the first law school graduate and first attorney general of the Modoc Nation, as a speaker. Allen came up with the idea for reactivating the student organization after meeting a student with significant ties to the Native American community and knowing many other students also had an interest. Allen, who hopes to work on federal Indian law and natural resources law in the future, hopes some of the experiences will be life-changing or career-changing for students. “I didn’t want other students to be cheated out of the experience of a local NALSA chapter, and our student organizations are very well supported,” Allen said. “I knew from the faculty they would be very encouraging and supportive to help attract good speakers and events.” Kowalski believes the importance of having a student organization like this is multilayered. Affinity groups such as NALSA can help students to find community, support, and networking connections. They also signal to new students that they are very much welcome and wanted here at Washburn Law. “Student organizations also play a role in helping to build an ethos of giving back to the community, doing pro bono work, and raising money for charitable causes or student activities.” Kowalski said.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line778
__label__wiki	0.957058	0.957058	Adobe Board of Directors Dr John E. Warnock Co-founder, former chairman and retired chief executive officer of Adobe Dr John Warnock was a founder of Adobe. Warnock served as our Chief Executive Officer from 1982 until December 2000. From December 2000 until his retirement in March 2001, Warnock served as our Chief Technical Officer. He served as Chairman of the Board from April 1989 to January 2017, sharing the position with Charles M. Geschke from September 1997 onwards. Warnock previously served on the board of directors of Salon Media Group, Inc. from 2001 to 2017, where he served as Chairman of the Board from 2006 to 2017. Warnock holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah, an M.S. in mathematics and a B.S. in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Utah. As a co-founder of Adobe and its former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Warnock has experience growing Adobe from a start-up to a large publicly traded company. His nearly 20 years of executive and technological leadership at Adobe provide the Board with significant leadership, operations and technology experience, as well as important perspectives on innovation, management development and global challenges and opportunities. As former Co-Chairman of the Board of directors of Adobe and Chairman of the Board of Salon, Warnock has a strong understanding of his role as a director and a broad perspective on key industry issues and corporate governance matters. Download full bio (PDF) Shantanu Narayen Chairman, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Shantanu Narayen currently serves as our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of our engineering technology group. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products and in March 2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development. In January 2005, Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer and effective December 2007, he was appointed our Chief Executive Officer and joined our Board of directors. He was elected Chairman of the Board in January 2017. Narayen serves on the board of directors of Pfizer Inc., a multinational pharmaceutical corporation. He previously served as a director of Dell Inc. from September 2009 to October 2013 and as a member of the President’s Management Advisory Board from March 2011 to January 2017. Narayen holds a B.S. in electronics engineering from Osmania University in India, an M.S. in computer science from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. As our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and as an Adobe employee for more than 19 years, Narayen brings to the Board extensive leadership and industry experience, including a deep knowledge and understanding of our business, operations and employees, the opportunities and risks faced by Adobe and management’s current and future strategy and plans. In addition, his service on other boards gives him a strong understanding of his role as a director and a broad perspective on key industry issues and corporate governance matters. Frank Calderoni Lead director President and chief executive officer, Anaplan, Inc. Appointed as Adobe’s Lead Director in 2020, Frank Calderoni also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan, Inc. Prior to joining Anaplan in January 2017, he served as Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Red Hat, Inc. from June 2015 to December 2016. Until June 2015, he was an Executive Advisor at Cisco Systems Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry. From 2008 to January 2015, Calderoni served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cisco, managing the company's financial strategy and operations. He joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, a storage networking company where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for SanDisk Corporation, a flash data storage company. Before joining SanDisk, Calderoni spent 21 years at IBM, a global services, software and systems company, where he became Vice President and held controller responsibilities for several divisions within the company. Calderoni currently serves on the board of Anaplan, Inc., a planning and performance management platform provider. Calderoni holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Fordham University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Pace University. As a result of his positions at Cisco, as well as his past service as chief financial officer of publicly traded global technology companies, Calderoni brings to the Board abundant financial expertise that includes extensive knowledge of the complex financial and operational issues facing large global companies and a deep understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations. He provides the Board and Audit Committee with significant insight into the preparation of financial statements and knowledge of audit procedures. Through his senior executive positions, Calderoni has demonstrated his global leadership and business acumen. Amy Banse Managing director and head of funds, Comcast Ventures Amy Banse has over 27 years of experience investing in, acquiring and building companies at Comcast. As Senior Vice President of Programming Investments from 1996 to 2004, she oversaw the development of Comcast’s cable network portfolio, leading investments in E!, The Golf Channel and the Company’s regional sports networks (now the NBC Sports networks) and launching Sprout (now Universal Kids). She was the founder and president of Comcast’s digital media division, Comcast Interactive Media, from 2004 to 2011, driving the acquisition of a number of digital properties, including Fandango and, together with her team, overseeing the development of Xfinity TV. Her transition to venture capital came in 2011 when she moved to San Francisco to head up the company’s venture capital arm, Comcast Ventures. Under her leadership, Comcast Ventures has expanded its team and geography to include offices in New York and Los Angeles and has grown the size and diversity of its portfolio, making it one of the country’s most active corporate venture arms. Today, Comcast Ventures invests in early and later stage companies across a wide spectrum of categories, including commerce, digital media, cybersecurity, SaaS, enterprise and autonomous vehicles. In addition to serving on the Adobe board, Banse is on the board of portfolio companies Nextdoor, TuneIn and Quantifind and also serves on the boards of The Clorox Company and the nonprofit Tipping Point Community. James E. Daley James Daley is the retired executive vice president of Electronic Data Systems Corporation and retired co-chairman-operations and vice chairman-international of Price Waterhouse LLP. He served as Adobe’s Lead Director from 2017 to 2020. He has been an independent consultant since his retirement in July 2003 from Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), an information technology service company. Daley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDS from March 1999 to February 2003 and as its Executive Vice President of Client Solutions, Global Sales and Marketing from February 2003 to July 2003. From 1963 until his retirement in 1998, Daley was with Price Waterhouse, L.L.P., an accounting firm, where he served as Co-Chairman-Operations and Vice-Chairman-International from 1988 to 1998. Daley holds a B.B.A. from Ohio University. With more than 35 years of service with the international accounting firm Price Waterhouse, L.L.P., as well as his past service as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded global technology company, Daley brings to the Board extensive expertise related to the business and financial issues facing large global technology corporations, as well as a comprehensive understanding of international business and corporate governance matters. Laura Desmond Former chief revenue officer of Publicis Groupe Laura Desmond has been a member of Adobe's Board of directors since 2012. She is currently Founder/CEO of Eagle Vista Partners, a strategic advisory and investment firm focused on marketing and digital technology and an Operating Partner in the Media & Technology Practice at Providence Equity Partners, a private equity investment firm. Prior to this, she was the Chief Revenue Officer of Publicis Groupe, a group of global marketing, communication and business transformation companies, from December 2016 to December 2017. From 2008 to December 2016, she was the Global Chief Executive Officer of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), a global marketing and media services company which is part of Publicis Groupe. Prior to her appointment as Global Chief Executive Officer in 2008, Desmond was Chief Executive Officer of SMG — The Americas from 2007 to 2008 where she managed a network spanning the United States, Canada and Latin America. She was Chief Executive Officer of MediaVest, based in New York, from 2003 to 2007 and from 2000 to 2002 she was Chief Executive Officer of SMG’s Latin America group. Ms. Desmond previously served as director of Tremor Video, Inc. from January 2012 to September 2013. She currently serves on the board of directors of Syniverse, DoubleVerify and Capgemini SE. Ms. Desmond also serves as an advisory board member to Madison Wells Media and Uptake Technologies, Inc. She holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Iowa. Leeny Oberg Chief financial officer, Marriott International Leeny Oberg has served as the CFO of Marriott International since 2016. Prior to that role, she was the CFO for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott, where she contributed significantly to the brand’s performance, growth and organisational effectiveness. Ms. Oberg has held a range of financial leadership positions with Marriott since first joining the company in 1999, including an assignment in London as senior vice president, International Project Finance and Asset Management for Marriott in EMEA. Her experience also includes financial leadership roles at Sodexo (previously Sodexo Marriott Services), Sallie Mae, Goldman Sachs and Chase Manhattan Bank. Ms. Oberg earned a degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. With her experience in corporate finance and development, Ms. Oberg brings to the Adobe Board expertise in finance and capital allocation strategy, corporate planning, merger and acquisition strategy, as well as international growth planning. Dheeraj Pandey Founder, CEO & chairman, Nutanix Dheeraj Pandey co-founded Nutanix, a global leader in enterprise cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, in 2009 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and as the Chairman of its board of directors. Prior to founding Nutanix, Mr Pandey was the vice president of engineering at Aster Data (now Teradata), where he helped build and lead its product and engineering teams. His professional experience also includes leadership and software engineering roles at Oracle Corporation, Zambeel, Inc. and Trilogy Software, Inc. He has been recognised with several prestigious industry awards including Dell’s Founders 50 and the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Silicon Valley. Mr Pandey holds a degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a Graduate Fellow of Computer Science in the University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. programme. With his experience in the technology industry as a global executive leader and technologist, Mr Pandey brings to the Adobe Board engineering expertise, an in-depth understanding of the enterprise technology landscape and valuable insight on growing a company from a start-up to a publicly traded company. Dave Ricks Chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company Dave Ricks currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Eli Lilly and Company and became Chairman of the Eli Lilly and Company Board of directors in June 2017. Prior to January 2017, Mr Ricks served as President of Lilly Bio-Medicines. From 2009 to 2012, he served as President of Lilly USA, the company’s largest affiliate. Mr Ricks served as President and General Manager of Lilly China, operating in one of the world’s fastest-growing emerging markets, from 2008 to 2009. He was general manager of Lilly Canada from 2005 to 2008, after roles as Director of Pharmaceutical Marketing and National Sales Director in Canada. Mr Ricks joined Eli Lilly and Company in 1996 as a Business Development Associate and held several management roles in US marketing and sales before moving to Lilly Canada. He served on the board of directors of Elanco Animal Health, Inc., an animal healtcare company providing products and services for companion and food animals, from September 2018 until March 2019. Mr Ricks earned a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University. Dan Rosensweig President and chief executive officer of Chegg.com Dan Rosensweig is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Chegg.com, an online textbook rental company. Prior to joining Chegg.com in February 2010, Rosensweig served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RedOctane, a business unit of Activision Publishing, Inc., a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Prior to joining RedOctane in March 2009, Rosensweig was an Operating Principal at the Quadrangle Group, a private investment firm. Prior to joining the Quadrangle Group in August 2007, Rosensweig served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! Inc., an Internet content and service provider, which he joined in April 2002. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Rosensweig was President of CNET Networks, Inc., an interactive media company, which he joined in October 2000. Rosensweig served for 18 years with Ziff-Davis, an integrated media and marketing services company, including roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary ZDNet, from 1997 until 2000 when ZDNet was acquired by CNET. Mr Rosensweig served on the board of directors of Time Inc., a media company comprised of many global news and culture brands, from June 2017 to January 2018. Mr Rosensweig holds a B.A. in Political Science from Hobart College. As a result of his current executive position at Chegg.com, as well as his former positions as a senior executive at global media and technology organisations, Mr Rosensweig provides the Board with extensive and relevant executive leadership, worldwide operations and technology industry experience. Dr Charles M. Geschke Co-founder, former chairman, director emeritus and retired president of Adobe Dr Charles Geschke was a founder of Adobe. He was our Chief Operating Officer from December 1986 until July 1994 and our President from April 1989 until his retirement in April 2000. He served as our Chairman of the Board with Warnock from September 1997 to January 2017, and member of the board until April 2020. Geschke holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University as well as an M.S. in mathematics and an A.B. in classics, both from Xavier University. As a co-founder of Adobe and its former President and Chief Operating Officer, Geschke has experience growing Adobe from a start-up to a large publicly traded company. His nearly 20 years of executive and technological leadership at Adobe provide the Board with significant leadership, operations and technology experience, as well as important perspectives on innovation, management development and global challenges and opportunities. As former Co-Chairman and a member of the Board, Geschke has a strong understanding of his role as a director and a broad perspective on key industry issues and corporate governance matters.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line783
__label__wiki	0.59157	0.59157	Colgate-Palmolive’s Stock Dips Despite Strong 1Q What’s happening: Shares of Colgate-Palmolive Company fell on Friday despite the consumer products company reporting strong first-quarter results. What happened: Shares of Colgate-Palmolive fell 2.5% during regular trading hours on Friday, following the release of quarterly results. Investor sentiment has generally been positive for Colgate-Palmolive so far this year, with people stockpiling goods amid lockdowns across the globe. In fact, Colgate-Palmolive’s stock has so far been immune to the overall market’s freefall, with shares down by merely 0.5% year to date. Despite this and the company beating both sales and profit expectations for the first quarter, investors chose to focus on certain issues highlighted by the overall results and management withdrawing the outlook for 2020. How were the results: Colgate-Palmolive recorded growth in revenues and earnings and surpassed expectations. Net income climbed to $715 million, or 83 cents per share, from $560 million, or 65 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. The figure came in higher than the consensus estimate of 73 cents per share. Sales grew to $4.10 billion, from $3.89 billion in the year-ago quarter and beat Wall Street estimates of $4.08 billion. Why it matters: Although Colgate-Palmolive witnessed strong volume growth in the latest quarter, there were some concern areas. The company’s sales in North America, which represents a quarter of overall sales, gained 9%, while European sales jumped 12%. However, sales in the Asia-Pacific region plummeted 12% for the quarter. While some categories gained as consumers loaded up their pantries amid the stay-at-home orders, other categories were significantly weakened. Moreover, the coronavirus pandemic had a negative impact on the operations of FMCG companies. The New York-based company withdrew its outlook for the year, citing uncertainties related to buying behaviours after the lockdowns are eased. Management indicated that the company’s 2020 sales may be negatively impacted by unfavourable foreign exchange rates. Colgate-Palmolive also disclosed that it continued to witness supply chain disruptions, despite some improvement in trends. The oral care giant also said it had not expected India to close down the way it did. The lockdown in India is severely hurting the company’s Asia-Pac sales. A three-week lockdown in India was further extended to May 17 to control the spread of the virus. During mid-March, Colgate-Palmolive raised its quarterly dividend from 43 cents per share to 44 cents per share and announced the retirement of its Chairman Ian Cook, naming CEO Noel Wallace as his successor. What to watch: Colgate-Palmolive’s operations need to resume for the company to return to its normal growth trajectory. With various countries now planning to reopen their economies, investors will be on the lookout for news related to the resumption of the company’s operations. Moreover, any projections by management will be welcomed by investors till the company formally issues its outlook for the year. US stocks would be in focus today, ahead of a couple of economic reports scheduled for later in the day. Context: US stocks began the first trading day of the new month on a lower note after posting record gains for April. Investors were disappointed by various companies issuing warnings related to the COVID-19 outbreak and rising tensions with China. Details: The S&P 500 declined around 3% on Friday, closing slightly lower for the week, after Amazon and Apple issued sobering views around the coronavirus impact on their business. Exxon Mobil also reported its first quarterly loss in more than 30 years. Although the S&P 500 delivered its best monthly performance for the April month due to a slowdown in COVID-19 cases globally, the latest earnings releases and economic reports are pointing towards more pain ahead. Amazon warned of a potential loss for the second quarter due to massive coronavirus-related expenses. Apple didn’t issue earnings guidance at all citing uncertainty related to the pandemic. US President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate against China for its way of handling the coronavirus outbreak, by implementing various tariffs on the world's second-largest economy. The Dow fell 2.55% to close at 23,723.69 on Friday, while the S&P 500 declined 2.81% to settle at 2,830.71. The Nasdaq 100 lost 3.20% to finish the trading day at 8,604.95. What to watch: Investors continue to keep an eye on the daily coronavirus numbers, with the total number of cases exceeding 3,507,420 globally. The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the US has surpassed 1,158,040 with around 67,680 deaths. Markets await a couple of economic reports from the US, including the ISM New York index and factory orders. US factory orders, which were unchanged in February, are expected to plummet 9.8% in March. Other Markets: European indices were trading lower at 9:00 am GMT, with Spain’s IBEX 35, German 30 and French 40 down by 3.1%, 3.1% and 3.5%, respectively. EUR/USD - 1.0802 and 1.1053 Positive EUR/JPY - 116.00 and 119.70 Negative German 30 - 8,255.65 and 12,272.99 Negative Wall Street - 23,112.00 and 25,992.47 Negative Bitcoin – 7,140 and 11,000 Positive EUR/USD (1.0934, -0.45%) Dow ($23,437, -0.77%) Brent ($25.95, -1.9%) GBP/USD (1.2441, -0.49%) S&P500 ($2,803, -0.65%) WTI ($18.49, -6.5%) USD/JPY (106.78, -0.14%) Nasdaq ($8,671, -0.53%) Gold ($1,716, 0.9%) India’s manufacturing PMI plunges to 27.4 in April US stock futures point to lower open on Wall Street Sweden's manufacturing PMI declines to 36.7 in April Malaysia posts a narrower trade surplus in March Indonesia’s inflation rate falls to 2.67% in April South Africa’s total vehicle sales, Mexico’s business confidence, manufacturing PMI and foreign exchange reserves, Brazil’s manufacturing PMI and balance of trade as well as Russia’s corporate profits.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line784
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__label__wiki	0.967637	0.967637	Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 Epidemiology in the real world Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 October 2019 #aea2019 Please note, keynote speaker details will be added as they become available. Ross C. Brownson the Lipstein Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He studies the translation of evidence to public health practice and policy, with a content focus on environmental and policy determinants of chronic diseases. Dr. Brownson is the author of 15 books and over 550 peer-reviewed articles. His books include Applied Epidemiology, Evidence-Based Public Health, and Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. Dr. Brownson is the recipient of the Abraham Lilienfeld Award for outstanding contributions in teaching and mentoring (from the American Public Health Association) and the Charles C. Shepard Science Award (the highest award for science, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). He is a former board member of the American Cancer Society and a former president of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. He is also active in the American College of Epidemiology, where he is a recent past-president. Professor and Director, Prevention Research Centre, Washington University in St. Louis Dr Ross Brownson Philippa Howden-Chapman is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, where she teaches public policy. She is director of He Kainga Oranga/ Housing and Health Research Programme and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities. She has conducted randomised community housing trials in partnership with local communities, which have had a major influence on housing, health and energy policy. She has a strong interest in reducing inequalities in the determinants of health and has published widely in this area, receiving a number of awards for her work including the Prime Minister’s Science Prize in 2014. She is currently the chair of the WHO Housing and Health Guideline Development Group and was a member of the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/publichealth/staff/otago024457.html Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman Kypros is a professor in the School of Medicine & Public Health, where he holds a Senior Brawn Research Fellowship. Kypros was trained in experimental and clinical psychology at the University of NSW, University of Otago, and University of California San Diego from 1994-1998. Kypros completed a PhD in injury epidemiology at the University of Otago in 2002. With the input of many colleagues, Kypros has established an alcohol research group at the University of Newcastle which is the hub of several national and international collaborative projects. These address a range of methodological, aetiological and intervention questions concerning the burden of injury and disease attributable to alcohol consumption. Kypros has a growing interest in how the alcohol industry shapes science and policy, and in research integrity, including how research is funded. https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/kypros-kypri Professor School of Medicine and Public Health (Health Behaviour Sciences), The University of Newcastle Professor Kypros Kypri Elizabeth A. Stuart, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Education at JHSPH. She received her Ph.D. in statistics in 2004 from Harvard University and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Dr. Stuart has extensive experience in methods for estimating causal effects and dealing with the complications of missing data in experimental and non-experimental studies, particularly as applied to mental health, public policy, and education. She has published influential papers on propensity score methods and generalizing treatment effect estimate to target populations and taught courses and short courses on causal inference and propensity scores to a wide range of audiences. Her primary areas of application include mental health, substance use, and policy evaluation, including co-directing the JHSPH Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Research. She also serves as Evidence Workgroup lead for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. Dr. Stuart has received research funding for her work from the National Institutes of Health, the US Institute of Education Sciences, and the National Science Foundation and has served on advisory panels for the National Academy of Sciences, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and the US Department of Education. Dr. Stuart was recently recognized with the mid-career award from the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association, the Gertrude Cox Award for applied statistics, and the Myrto Lefkopoulou award from the Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. Associate Dean for Education, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dr Elizabeth Stuart Dr. Friedenreich is a cancer epidemiologist with the Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research of CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Kinesiology of the University of Calgary (U of C). She holds a Health Senior Scholar career award from Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions and in 2012 was named the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Weekend to End Women’s Cancers Breast Cancer Chair at the University of Calgary. Dr Friedenreich is the Scientific Director for CEPR and the Division Head for the Division of Preventive Oncology, Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Dr. Friedenreich completed her doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto in 1990 and postdoctoral work at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France and at the U of C between 1990 and 1994. In 2004-5, Dr. Friedenreich was the Visiting Scientist at the IARC. In 2013, Dr Friedenreich was a co-recipient of the Canadian Cancer Society’s O. Harold Warwick Prize. Dr Friedenreich was named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2016. https://charbonneau.ucalgary.ca/our-members/dr-friedenreich-christine PhD, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Adjunct Professor, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute Dr Christine Friedenreich Professor Joan Cunningham is a social epidemiologist with 25 years’ experience in research and capacity building relating to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. She is currently Professor, Senior Principal Research Fellow and NHMRC Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research. She served as President of the AEA from 2000-2004, the first woman and first non-doctor in that role. Her core focus is on equity in health and health care. She has undertaken research across diverse areas including end-stage kidney disease, social determinants, health system performance, racism, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental health and cancer. She has a strong, sustained history of highly productive multidisciplinary research collaborations, and a long record of success in building research capacity and in mentoring and developing emerging research leaders, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers. She was awarded the AEA's Mentoring Award in 2011 in recognition of her achievements. Senior Principal Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research Professor Joan Cunningham Dr Chelsea Bond is an Aboriginal (Munanjahli) and South Sea Islander Australian and a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at The University of Qld. Dr Bond has worked as an Aboriginal Health Worker and researcher in communities across south-east Queensland for the past 20 years and has a strong interest in strength-based health promotion, public health narratives of Aboriginality and racism within the health system. She is also a current recipient of an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award. 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__label__cc	0.729388	0.270612	-Policy & Advocacy You are here: Policy & Advocacy / View AACN's Washington Weekly The 117th Congress Commences: Impeachment Proceedings Underway Newly elected and returning Senators and Representatives were officially sworn in on Sunday, January 3, 2021, marking the beginning of the 117th Congress. Democrats continue to have the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives with Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) re-elected as Speaker. In the Senate, and taking into account the results of Georgia’s run-off elections, there is a fifty-fifty split between Democrats and Republicans. Once Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris is sworn in, Democrats will lead with a slim majority, as the Vice President casts the tie-breaking vote in her role as President of the Senate. Given the horrific actions on Wednesday, January 6, Congress is currently considering impeachment proceedings. AACN will continue to monitor legislative activity as the 117th Congress gets underway. Deadline Approaching: Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Apply today for the Nursing Workforce Diversity Program (NWD) administered by the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA). The NWD program works to increase educational opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities, underrepresented within the profession. Eligible applicants include schools of nursing, nursing centers, and other academic health centers. The deadline to apply is January 19, 2021; for more information on the program and eligibility, click here. For details on how AACN can provide the technical assistance required to participate in this program, click here. Apply Now for the 2021 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program The 2021 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (Nurse Corps LRP) is now open for applications. Administered by HRSA, the program covers up to 85% of unpaid nursing education debt. Eligible applicants must be registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, or faculty. Recipients must work for at least two years in a Critical Shortage Facility or at an eligible school of nursing as faculty. Apply by February 25, 2021. Click here for more information.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line791
__label__cc	0.690131	0.309869	Missing Benton Harbor man's body found in St. Joseph River BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- A missing Benton Harbor man's body was found on Thursday, in the St. Joseph River. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department responded this morning to a report of a possible body in the St. Joseph River between Moccasin Drive and Blackhawk Trail, off Napier Avenue, in St. Joseph Township. Deputies arrived on the scene at 10:50 a.m., and were able to confirm that it was a body. The body was identified as Timothy "Bulldog" Allen, who was reported missing by his family on Nov. 12. Allen was last seen on Nov. 9, near the area where his body was recovered. Several searches had been preformed on land and in the water to find Allen, but none had been successful. The body was taken to Grand Rapids for autopsy to determine the cause of death.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line793
__label__wiki	0.685742	0.685742	"[Arms Control Today] has become indispensable! I think it is the combination of the critical period we are in and the quality of the product. I found myself reading the May issue from cover to cover." – Frank von Hippel Co-Director of Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University The Guterres Disarmament Agenda Latest ACA Resources Nuclear Challenges for the New U.S. Presidential Administration: The First 100 Days and Beyond Middle East WMD-Free Zone Meeting Postponed (January 1, 2021) By Randy Rydell The adage “where you stand depends on where you sit” aptly summarizes the state of the literature and policies on disarmament today, especially nuclear disarmament. Hence, the nuclear-weapon states and their allies defend their possession of such weapons as fully consistent with their international disarmament commitments. Meanwhile, the non-nuclear-weapon states maintain that the “grand bargain” in the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has not been implemented. In frustration, many in civil society, working with several governments, are promoting the newly concluded Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. One characteristic of this predicament is the entrenched nature of the positions and the lack of any sense that the protagonists are pursuing opportunities for dialogue in good faith. In terms of communication across these political lines, one finds two models: a “dialogue of the deaf” and a “dialogue of the like-minded.” In such a climate, dialogue degenerates into parallel monologues guided by the spirit of a zero-sum game regulated by a bizarre form of rules that could have come from the Marquess of Queensberry, complete with rounds, a winner and loser, and boisterous audiences, minus a referee and prohibited punches. This has long been the case inside and outside the UN multilateral disarmament machinery. Rejecting this business-as-usual approach, UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched his disarmament agenda with an address at the University of Geneva on May 24, 2018.1 The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) simultaneously released a 73-page non-paper that elaborated this new agenda,2 and in October, it issued the agenda’s implementation plan.3 This article will describe the initiative’s key themes and proposals and identify those features that represent continuity or change relative to proposals advanced by his predecessors. It will also discuss obstacles to implementation and opportunities for progress. Finally, it will reflect on the broader role of the United Nations, its Secretariat, and its secretary-general in advancing global disarmament objectives. That a UN secretary-general would speak out on disarmament should hardly evoke surprise. After all, each leader since 1946 has addressed the issue as a UN priority, especially nuclear disarmament. Dag Hammarskjöld referred to nuclear disarmament in 1955 as the UN’s “hardy perennial,” while U Thant stressed the social and economic costs of the Cold War. Kurt Waldheim elaborated on disarmament at length in his annual reports on the work of the UN. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar presided over the establishment in the Secretariat of the Department for Disarmament Affairs. Boutros Boutros-Ghali approached disarmament as part of a larger process of peace building. Kofi Annan often addressed disarmament in his speeches, emphasizing the norm-setting role of the UN and its contributions in strengthening the multilateral principles of disarmament. Guterres’ immediate predecessor, Ban Ki-moon, was also a prominent advocate for disarmament. He was the first incumbent secretary-general to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, and the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He created the post of high representative in the new Office for Disarmament Affairs, and he was the first secretary-general to offer his own comprehensive disarmament proposal, which addressed nuclear weapons, conventional arms, missiles, space weapons, and military spending.4 All of these secretaries-general recognized that real progress, especially in nuclear disarmament, depended on actions by member states. They understood well that the lack of progress was a reflection of the interests and priorities of states, not any failure on the part of the UN. They knew the severe limitations facing their initiatives absent a good faith effort by states to fulfil their disarmament commitments. Overall, their combined intention was less to cause disarmament than to cultivate a political environment conducive to progress on a global level. They sought to raise questions, gather data, and identify specific actions that would advance disarmament goals, elevate priorities, rally support among concerned member states and civil society groups, and educate the public about how disarmament advances the principles and goals of the UN and its charter. New Elements Although consistent with the views of his predecessors, the Guterres agenda contains some new elements that help to distinguish it from their proposals. Guterres, who became secretary-general in January 2017, had been known for his competent service as Portugal’s prime minister and for his work in humanitarian affairs, having served as the UN high commissioner for refugees. As a candidate for secretary-general, he did not identify disarmament as his top priority, a stance that might not be helpful in gaining the support of the permanent members of the Security Council, which are the five NPT-recognized nuclear powers (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Yet in announcing a detailed, comprehensive disarmament agenda a year later, he clearly identified this set of issues as a personal priority and a hallmark of his incumbency. His proposal coincides with a growing interest in multilateral arenas in the humanitarian approach to disarmament. This approach is prominent in the deliberations of the UN General Assembly and in meetings of the NPT parties. The General Assembly’s adoption of the nuclear weapons prohibition treaty in 2017 and the subsequent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize later that year to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons were direct reflections of that approach. Izumi Nakamitsu, the current UN high representative for disarmament affairs and the secretary-general’s most senior adviser in the Secretariat on disarmament matters, also comes from a background in humanitarian affairs, most notably on issues relating to refugees and development. In the UN Secretariat, the Guterres/Nakamitsu team no doubt will have the strong support from governments and civil society groups advancing the humanitarian approach to disarmament. This, in turn, will help in gaining recognition from elsewhere in the Secretariat of the importance of disarmament to the advancement of virtually all formal UN goals as set forth in the UN Charter. Thus, in contrast to his predecessors, Guterres has placed himself at the vanguard of a significant political movement in support of concrete progress on disarmament matters. He will undoubtedly face obstacles in convincing other parts of the UN family of the importance of disarmament in advancing their own issues—obstacles that former High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane collectively called the “disarmament taboo”—but his humanitarian credentials and his explicit linkage of disarmament to development, peace-building, and other UN mandates will likely help in overcoming many of these obstacles. The greatest barriers, however, remain those that have faced his predecessors: the unwillingness or inability of the nuclear-weapon states to fulfill their disarmament commitments and the broader, misguided assumption that national security is a direct function of the weapons a state possesses. Broad Themes Guterres framed his agenda to advance three priorities, each embodying a humanitarian theme: “disarmament to save humanity,” focused on weapons of mass destruction; “disarmament to save lives,” dealing with conventional arms control; and “disarmament for future generations,” examining challenges posed by new technologies.5 His agenda combines many overarching themes. Comprehensive disarmament. The Guterres agenda is not simply a nuclear disarmament proposal. Instead, it offers a comprehensive approach to disarmament that resembles the venerable UN goal of “general and complete disarmament under effective international control,” a subject on the General Assembly’s agenda since 1959 and which the assembly declared in 1978 was the UN’s “ultimate goal” in this field.6 Although the non-paper makes only a passing reference, the agenda clearly draws on decades of efforts to advance this goal in multilateral arenas. This is quite significant because critics of disarmament have constantly declared that disarmament is a naive and even dangerous approach to dealing with security issues. They argue that nuclear disarmament would create inviting new opportunities for conventional war. They point to the problem of cheating, as disarming countries would inevitably become vulnerable to what amounts to general and complete noncompliance. A comprehensive approach, by contrast, incorporates wider security issues in its treatment of disarmament. It recognizes the relationship between nuclear disarmament and conventional arms control and hence the need to pursue both simultaneously. It emphasizes verification, transparency, irreversibility, universality, and binding legal commitments. It recognizes the social and economic opportunity costs of excessive military spending, a problem also identified in the UN Charter (Article 26). It associates disarmament and arms control as vital to the future of international peace and security and frames the relationship between disarmament and security as mutually reinforcing and interdependent. The contrary view, that security is a prerequisite for disarmament, is heard from nuclear-weapon states to explain their failure to disarm. International malaise. In making his case for disarmament, Guterres, in his agenda document, emphasizes the risks associated with the world “on the brink of a new Cold War,” characterized by a “deteriorating international security environment,” “unrestrained arms competition,” and “surreptitious interference in domestic political processes and the increasing pursuit of malicious and hostile acts just below traditional thresholds for the use of force.” He regrets the decline of multilateralism and the lack of disarmament negotiations. He calls the current nuclear risks “unacceptable” and “growing.” The norm against using nuclear weapons. Guterres endorses the joint statements by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” adding that “[a]ny effort to expand the possible range of situations in which nuclear weapons are designed to be used could be destabilizing and jeopardizes the 72-year practice of non-use.” Challenges facing the UN. Guterres has a great deal to say about UN shortcomings in advancing disarmament. He states, “Despite [its] proven benefits, disarmament is not well integrated in the work of the United Nations in conflict mediation and prevention. And its tool set needs to be brought up to date, especially in the collection and use of data.” He affirms that “the total elimination of nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations. But our efforts towards this end remain in a state of severe crisis.” He has recommendations for improving the relevance and work of the General Assembly First Committee on disarmament and international security, the Conference on Disarmament, the UNODA, and even his own Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. Various dimensions of disarmament. More than his predecessors, Guterres stresses the risks facing urban populations from the lack of progress on disarmament and the perpetuation of military confrontations worldwide. “Civilians,” he states, “continue to bear the brunt of armed conflict around the globe.” He stresses that “humanitarian and security considerations are not mutually exclusive, and they both underpin and lend urgency to all the efforts of the international community…. As armed conflict has moved from open fields and into villages, towns and cities, the humanitarian impact has been devastating.” With regard to development goals, he says that “excessive spending on weapons drains resources for sustainable development. It is incompatible with creating stable, inclusive societies; strong institutions; effective governance and democracy; and a culture of respect for human rights.” Further, he says that “mobilizing sufficient resources in support of disarmament and arms regulation is critical to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Reflecting on nuclear-weapon risks, he says that this “demands that disarmament and nonproliferation are put at the [center] of the work of the United Nations,” emphasizing that “the existing norms for the disarmament and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons are mutually reinforcing and inextricably linked.” Dialogue and negotiations. His agenda places a particularly heavy emphasis on the importance of “engagement, dialogue, and negotiations.” He stresses that “[i]n order to realize an improvement in the international security environment, it will be necessary for the international community not only to work to devalue the role of military options in seeking security, but also to revalue the role of political dialogue and negotiations for disarmament and arms control as the safer, smarter, and more effective means for achieving the same ends.” New technologies. Guterres identifies several risks from emerging technologies, including lethal autonomous weapons systems, hypersonic glide vehicles, long-range conventional weapons, maneuverable re-entry vehicles, and cyberweapons. “We could even face the creation of cyberweapons of mass destruction,” he warns. New partnerships. He addresses the importance of diversifying the base in support of disarmament. “Disarmament initiatives have been most successful when they involved effective partnerships between all the relevant stakeholders—governments, the expert community, and civil society organizations—as well as strong interest and support from the general public and well-functioning international negotiation forums.” He adds, “There also needs to be more efforts to include other actors with a stake in the disarmament processes, including from private sector and industry, in the work of the United Nations.” Specific Actions Ironically, Guterres’ proposals for nuclear disarmament in many ways are the most disappointing, especially regarding the details in the implementation plan. The recommendations read like a compilation of standard proposals routinely included in annual General Assembly resolutions, with very few innovations. He is in favor of reducing stockpiles, ensuring nonuse, reducing their role in security doctrines, constraining modernization, bringing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty into force, increasing transparency, developing verification, halting the production of fissile material for weapons, resuming disarmament and arms control negotiations, strengthening and expanding nuclear-weapon-free zones, adhering to the Iran nuclear deal, and supporting the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. There is very little discussion of exactly how states are to be persuaded to implement these desired actions. He offers a recitation of ends, but with respect to means, his heaviest emphasis is on the vague recipe for dialogue and engagement. With regard to chemical and biological weapons, he emphasizes accountability and further progress on achieving universal adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention. He stresses the Security Council’s primary responsibility to halt further erosion of the norm against chemical weapons use by ending impunity and ensuring accountability for any use. He calls for new leadership and unity among the Security Council and secretary-general to restore respect for the global norm against chemical weapons use, including through the creation of an impartial mechanism to identify those responsible for the use in Syria. He proposes the establishment of a UN core, standing, coordinating capacity to conduct independent investigations of the alleged use of biological weapons. He also draws a connection between other UN public health-related activities and efforts to respond to or prevent the use of biological weapons. Guterres seeks establishment of risk reduction measures, including commitments not to introduce cruise missiles, and re-engagement with the international community to address issues related to missiles. He proposes a study by the UNODA and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) on the implications of long-range conventional weapons, including those using hypersonic technologies, and encourages the United States and Russia to “resolve their dispute” over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty constraints on long-range nuclear forces. (The United States announced its intention to withdraw from the INF Treaty after the Guterres agenda was released.) Conventional arms are the focus of several of the more innovative proposals in the Guterres agenda. He supports a political declaration relating to the use of such weapons in populated areas. He supports increased transparency and accountability on the use of armed drones while favoring the development of common standards for the transfer, stockpiling, and use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. He promotes more effective state and regional action on excessive and poorly maintained stockpiles. He recognizes the importance of exploring opportunities for regional dialogue on building confidence on military matters, including by encouraging mutual restraint in military expenditures and arms acquisitions, stockpiling, and transfers. For the UN, he calls for creating casualty recording mechanisms among human rights components of UN peace operations. He supports the introduction of “civilian harm mitigation cells” within the military structure of UN and member states’ forces involved in conflicts. He says that the UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy should include, as part of risk assessments, information from UN entities about the types of weapons and their use on the battlefield. He urges a strengthened and coherent UN interagency coordination on improvised explosive devices to ensure a whole-of-system approach. Guterres says that he will pursue a new UN model for sustained funding for international assistance for the control of small arms and light weapons and will establish a UN multipartner trust facility through the Peacebuilding Fund to provide a more sustainable solution with a strong development focus. He calls on the UNODA and UNIDIR to study how knowledge of the impact of arms, especially excessive and destabilizing accumulations, can be incorporated into analyses of risk. Addressing new and emerging weapons technology, his goals include preventing the emergence of new and destabilizing strategic weapons, including in outer space; fostering a culture of accountability and adherence to norms, rules, and principles for responsible behavior in cyberspace; exploring how UN entities can facilitate the exchange of information on new weapon reviews; facilitating the exchange of information and experiences between states on reviews of new weapons; working with scientists, engineers, and industry to encourage responsible innovation of science and technology; ensuring that humans remain at all times in control over the use of force; and making the secretary-general’s good offices available to contribute to the prevention and peaceful settlement of conflict stemming from malicious activity in cyberspace. The Guterres agenda identifies some additional reforms, largely procedural, relating to the Conference on Disarmament, General Assembly, UNODA, and UNIDIR. More generally, it calls for efforts to improve coordination among the disarmament organs, reduce redundancy in their deliberations, utilize available expertise better and achieve more equitable representation, and undertake studies by the UNODA and UNIDIR on ways to better coordinate and integrate the work and expertise among the various disarmament bodies. Yet, there is little discussion of reforms needed in the Security Council, except with respect to arrangements to ensure accountability for chemical or biological weapons use. The agenda calls for efforts to facilitate strategic security dialogue at the regional level and to revitalize existing regional forums or establish new ones aimed at developing common regional approaches to global problems. It calls for increased engagement between the UNODA and the UN Department of Political Affairs to strengthen existing platforms for regional dialogue on security and arms control. It encourages the establishment of new regional nuclear-weapon-free zones. The agenda underscores the need for UN efforts to ensure equal, full, and effective participation of women in all decision-making processes related to disarmament and to make gender parity “a moral duty and an operational necessity.” The agenda’s goals for civil society and youth include efforts to facilitate participation by nongovernmental organizations in disarmament forums; encourage greater public engagement on security priorities, including on military spending; ensure that civil society investments are fully consistent with international legal norms; engage entrepreneurs and business leaders to build further momentum for societal engagement in advancing the shared norms of humanity; achieve the greater integration of experts, industry, and civil society representatives into the meetings of all UN disarmament bodies; establish more disarmament education and training opportunities for youth; and facilitate the public’s access to tools, training, and networks useful for addressing local problems “where measures for disarmament, demilitarization and the prevention of armed violence can make a difference.” This agenda faces numerous obstacles. Some are political, the most challenging being to win the support of the nuclear-weapon states. Developing countries will generally support the agenda, but some may resist its full implementation, especially on issues such as the use of explosives in cities, the arms trade, reductions in military expenditures, and enhanced transparency. Other obstacles are economic: How will the agenda be funded? Will the UN’s work in disarmament receive additional financial and personnel resources? The agenda does not address this challenge. There are also many technical problems to be resolved relating to evolving weapons technologies and including some familiar problems of developing the means to verify effectively that nuclear disarmament is actually occurring and verifying that fissile material is not being produced for use in weapons. Other work remains to be done at the International Atomic Energy Agency and among states on solving the technical problems of verifying stocks of fissile material and their movement within and across borders. Yet, the agenda may open up new opportunities for progress in disarmament. The emphasis on data collection is surely an area where the UN has a potential contribution to make. Unfortunately, the agenda failed to mention the UNODA’s own repository of nuclear weapons information, which it created following a mandate established at the 2010 NPT Review Conference.7 Although meager in its present state, it at least offers an opening for future improvement, which would be fully consistent with the secretary-general’s emphasis on data collection elsewhere in his agenda. The agenda’s repeated emphasis on the importance of cities in the field of disarmament offers many possibilities for constructive action in the years ahead. The international nongovernmental organization Mayors for Peace has members from more than 7,600 cities worldwide.8 Each year for the last dozen years, the U.S. Conference of Mayors has adopted a resolution in support of nuclear disarmament, arms control, and reductions in military spending and the redirection of such resources to meeting the needs of cities.9 City mayors, joined by state and local governments, have much to contribute in building political support for disarmament, mainly by bringing the issue down to earth by establishing its relevance to individual citizens. Yet, they were not in the agenda. The Guterres agenda has only just been announced, and it remains a work in progress. Its weaknesses, especially apparent in the nuclear disarmament field, should not obscure its many contributions to the evolution of national and multilateral efforts to advance disarmament, nonproliferation, and arms control while limiting military spending. It has already contributed to advancing the humanitarian approach to disarmament and has the potential to deepen cooperation between the UN and city, state, and local governments in addition to national parliaments.10 The agenda’s implementation plan will require some modifications over the years to come, and if U.S.-Russian relations improve and enable a resumption of strategic nuclear arms control, if not progress in disarmament itself, this agenda will have gone far in establishing an overarching framework for enhancing security through disarmament. States view the world through the lenses of their own particular interests, but Guterres has attempted to approach disarmament as a challenge facing the entire world community, actually all of humanity, including future generations. His disarmament agenda offers a view from the world community’s “center,” a welcome contrast to the prevalent countervailing trends of rising nationalism and militarism. 1. António Guterres, “Remarks at the University of Geneva on the Launch of the Disarmament Agenda,” May 24, 2018, https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2018-05-24/launch-disarmament-agenda-remarks (hereinafter Guterres remarks). 2. UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), “Securing Our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament,” 2018, https://front.un-arm.org/documents/SG+disarmament+agenda_1.pdf. 3. UNODA, “Securing Our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament,” December 4, 2018, https://www.un.org/disarmament/sg-agenda/en/#actions (Implementation Plan). 4. Ban Ki-moon, Address before the EastWest Institute, SG/SM/11881-DC/3135, October 24, 2008. 5. Guterres remarks. 6. Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, A/S-10/2 (28 June 1978), https://s3.amazonaws.com/unoda-web/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/A-S10-4.pdf. 7. This repository was established pursuant to Action 21 as agreed at the 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. UNODA, “Repository,” n.d., https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/repository/ (accessed December 16, 2018). 8. For more information, see Mayors for Peace, http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/ (accessed December 16, 2018). 9. The latest resolution was adopted this year in Boston. U.S. Conference of Mayors, “Resolutions,” n.d., https://www.usmayors.org/the-conference/resolutions/?category=c9179&meeting=86th%20Annual%20Meeting (accessed December 16, 2018). 10. Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) has been working for many years to promote parliamentary support for disarmament. PNND, http://www.pnnd.org/ (accessed December 16, 2018). Randy Rydell, executive adviser to Mayors for Peace, was a senior political affairs officer in the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs from 1998 to 2014. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Mayors for Peace. 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__label__wiki	0.50826	0.50826	Talking whiskey and legacy with the author of "Pappyland" Seira Wilson on November 18, 2020 Pappy Van Winkle whiskey is hard to find, highly coveted, and shrouded in mystery as to why there is so little of it available. Author Wright Thompson spent three years with Julian Van Winkle, creator of this magic elixir, and in Pappyland Thompson tells the story of the Van Winkle family, a legacy lost and reclaimed, and a surprising parallel journey of his own. I am one of the many who have been enchanted by the cult of Pappy, and I loved Pappyland—one of our picks for the Best Books of the Month. I caught up with Thompson by video chat recently to talk about booze, Kentucky, and more. Here's a bit of that conversation: Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review: What made you decide that you wanted to write the whole story of Pappy Van Winkle whiskey and its creator Julian Van Winkle—whom you refer to as Booze Yoda? Wright Thompson: Like all great ideas I was dragged to it kicking and screaming. I've had to issue many, many apologies to people because I was like, I don't want to do this, I don't want to do this, and then it turned out to be life-changing. So, you know, editors and my agent were like, We think this is a really interesting story, so I started spending time with Julian. And then I had sort of an epiphany: all these conversations I was having with him about his family and his craft ended up almost accidentally speaking perfectly to me about things I was dealing with in my life—about inheritance and how to be a son and how to be a father, and my family. And I just at some point realized if I don't just write about how these things are in conversation with each other... To use a sports metaphor from my day job for ESPN, I was watching the pitch sail by. So I just decided that I'm going to write it as I'm experiencing it, and I didn't tell anyone. I didn't tell the people at Penguin that this is what I was doing. I just did it and thought, Well, if they're mad at me about it, I can just start over. But this is how I'm experiencing it—in this really, intimate personal way—and that's how I needed to write it. The thing as it was first conceived is very different than what ended up on the page and I just sort of followed the thing where I thought it wanted to take me. It really was profound for me. I know people say that in interviews, but it really was the right words at the right time for me, personally. Reading about your time around Julian and around tons of Pappy just sounded like such a great time! I thought, Oh, I would love to meet this man! Oh, he's just fun! Just...the gestalt of Julian is incredible because you wake up to have breakfast and they have Allan Benton's bacon, and you're going to have some wine and it's fabulous, and, oh, this is a cheese that got shipped to him. There is a nonstudied and nonaffected, real attempt to extract every moment of joy from every moment. And when you're around them, it is palpable, it's seductive, there's just...the light feels different in their house sometimes. They're just fun to be around in that way. Everything is the fullest expression of something. I mean, he's a craftsman on some level. It's like John McPhee's birch bark canoes on some level, you know—I mean, there's not that much difference, in the intent at least. What do you think about the whole cult of Pappy after going to some of these events, having people meet Julian, and listening to the talk? It's funny, we were sitting around their dinner table one night and I was just, in hindsight especially, I was being a real jerk, snob—you know, I was really mocking it. Because the only whiskey in my house right now is what's open. A couple of bottles. I buy it, I drink it, and that's the deal. I pour it in my decanter and that's where it stays. And I was sort of making fun of the obsession and they were both [saying], Wait a minute, hang on, you don't really know what you're talking about, and you're also trying to superimpose your way of enjoying something onto everyone else. And as long as someone finds joy, or finds connection, or community, or tribe, or whatever the thing is that they're looking for from this, then why does it really matter to you what way they do it? And that checked me a little bit because I was being an a-hole, but I think that people are desperate for tribes and community. During this time of separation, and national anxiety, and quarantine, that need is even greater. A lot of what you see in the fandom of bourbon in general, and of Van Winkle in particular, feels to me like it's flowing from some sort of existential need. If you needed the haiku of bourbon, it is: bourbon is famously made in a state that pretends it lost a war it actually won. Because Kentucky wasn't in the South during the Civil War. So this whole myth of Kentucky is just that. There were way more Union sympathizers in Kentucky than Confederate sympathizers. One of the people that I talked to in the book is a professor at Ole Miss, Charles Reagan Wilson, who is the world's expert on Lost Cause mythology, and one of the things he said that was so interesting in the context of Kentucky is "The Irish remember the defeats long after the English have forgotten the victories." So bourbon flowing from that place is something that I thought was very important both for me writing the book, and for people reading the book, to unpack and to really interrogate. Is there a particular moment that you think of when you reflect on the three years that you spent working on the book and the time that you were together? What stands out for you? You know, it's funny. I called him one time and I was like, I need to taste some of this old whiskey because I'm writing about it. So I made a trip up there to drink, and he opened this really fabulous bottle of whiskey that he would have never opened and both of us were just like, Ooohhaahh, but it was also oxidizing so fast that even 20 minutes after he opened it, it wasn't the same. It was still good—really good—but some ineffable thing had escaped the bottle when we pulled the cork and was gone forever. And that to me, if I had spent three years and was going to write a poem instead of a book, it would have been about that. On some level that moment is the beating heart of the whole thing. If you ask me what is the most load-bearing scene in the whole book? It's that. If you pull that out, the whole thing sort of falls apart because it is speaking to something cosmic and ineffable, and obviously the thing that is evaporating is both the result of a chemical process, but it is also the result of our expectations and myths colliding with the reality of the liquid that human beings made and put in a bottle that human beings made. I mean, those things are bound to be in conflict. And so I was sitting there and that was a real "holy shit" [moment]. Even as it was happening I'm like, Well, that's in the book! Writing as fast as I can. We caught up with Wright Thompson to learn more about the cult of Pappy Van Winkle whiskey and its charismatic creator. best-books, nonfiction, eating-drinking, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last Wright Thompson Rupi Kaur's favorite...	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line802
__label__wiki	0.937014	0.937014	The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time (Paperback) By Robert Jordan This is book number 1 in the Wheel of Time series. #2: The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #3: The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #4: The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #5: The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $24.99 #6: Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time' (Mass Market): $10.99 #7: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #8: The Path of Daggers: Book Eight of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #9: Winter's Heart: Book Nine of The Wheel of Time (Paperback): $22.99 #10: Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #11: Knife of Dreams: Book Eleven of 'The Wheel of Time' (Paperback): $22.99 #12: The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time (Paperback): $22.99 #13: Towers of Midnight: Book Thirteen of The Wheel of Time (Paperback): $22.99 #14: A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time (Paperback): $22.99 #15: New Spring: Prequel to The Wheel of Time (Paperback): $18.99 #16: The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places, and History of the Bestselling Series (Hardcover): $39.99 A beautifully-written and all-consuming fantasy epic series that throws you into a world of magic, adventure, and destiny. We start in a small region of the Westlands known as The Two Rivers, where farmers, blacksmiths, and innkeepers lead a simple and content life. When magic and monsters suddenly invade their land, a small group of young townspeople embark on a journey to turn legend into reality and fulfill the prophecy of the Dragon Reborn. I cannot recommend this series enough. — Colleen Soon to be an original series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! The first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs--a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts--five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light Warrior of the Altaii By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time ROBERT JORDAN (1948-2007) is best known for his internationally bestselling epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time®, which has sold over 40 million copies in North America and is currently being adapted for the screen. A native of Charleston, Jordan graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and received multiple decorations for his service. Praise for Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time® “His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre.” —George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones “Anyone who’s writing epic of secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn’t just a part of the landscape, he’s a monolith within the landscape.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle series “The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)” —Robin Hobb, author of the award-winning Realm of the Elderlings series “Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers.” —Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows “Jordan’s writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!” —Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone “[Robert Jordan's] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal... He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times bestseller list face of fantasy.” —Guy Gavriel Kay, author of A Brightness Long Ago “Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn’t thank him enough.” —Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle series “I don’t know anybody who’s been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful.” —Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls “I’ve mostly never been involved in any particular fandom, the one exception of course was The Wheel of Time.” —Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series “I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan.” —Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings “You can't talk about epic fantasy without acknowledging the titanic influence Robert Jordan has had on the genre.” —Jason Denzel, author of Mystic and founder of Dragonmount.com “Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal.” —The New York Times “The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.” —San Francisco Book Review “The most ambitious American fantasy saga [may] also be the finest. Rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended.” —Booklist “Recalls the work of Tolkien.” —Publishers Weekly “This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended.” —Library Journal “Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal.” —The New York Times “Jordan is able to take ... familiar elements and make them his own, in a powerful novel of wide and complex scope. Open religious and political conflicts add a gritty realism, while the cities and courts provide plenty of drama and splendor. Women have a stronger role than in Tolkien.... Each character in this large cast remains distinct.... Their adventures are varied, and exciting.... The Eye of the World stands alone as a fantasy epic.” —Locus “Robert Jordan has created a fantasy world as tangible and credible as history. He has a fine eye for detail and a vivid sense of drama.” —Morgan Llewelyn “Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World proves that there's still plenty of life in the ancient tradition of epic fantasy. Jordan has a powerful vision of good and evil-- but what strikes me as most pleasurable about The Eye of the World is all the fascinating people moving through a rich and interesting world.” —Orson Scott Card “Jordan's world is rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended.” —ALA Booklist Publisher: Tor Books Series: Wheel of Time Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Fiction / Fantasy / Action & Adventure Mass Market (October 29th, 2019): $10.99 Paperback (August 11th, 2020): $18.99 Hardcover (January 15th, 1990): $39.99 CD-Audio (May 5th, 2015): $87.99 Prebound (November 15th, 1990): $20.80 Compact Disc (May 1st, 2004): $59.95 Compact Disc (April 6th, 2004): $259.55	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line806
__label__wiki	0.818215	0.818215	Yphtach Lelkes to Join the Annenberg Faculty this Fall Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D. Long before the job was even posted — before he even got his Ph.D. in Communication — Yphtach Lelkes hoped to someday join the faculty at the Annenberg School for Communication. “The school’s high standing, the excellent research, the location — It was always a bit of a dream job,” he says. He feels very lucky right now. Starting in September, Lelkes will become an Assistant Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. His main area of research is the way that media environments influence people’s political opinions. This includes topics like how media influences political attitudes and voting behavior; how access to a wider array of media contributes to civic participation; and how partisan media affects trust. Lelkes is a fan of the “natural experiment,” where changes in real world conditions allow researchers to study a topic that normally would be too complex to parse. For example, households in the U.K. switched from analog to digital television at different time points, and when they did, the number of channels available multiplied. Lelkes combined data on media availability by postal code with longitudinal survey data to discern how that access to more media influenced political activism.. He has also studied a phenomenon called affective polarization, whereby Republicans and Democrats today don’t necessarily disagree with each other more than they did historically, but they dislike each other significantly more. For example, in 1960, 5% of Americans said they would be unhappy if their son or daughter married someone from another political party. Today, that’s about 40%. Today Americans also rate the opposite party vastly more selfish and less intelligent. For someone who studies the often polarized, rancorous realm of modern American politics, Lelkes has had an interesting vantage point of late: Since 2012, the Milwaukee-native has been an Assistant Professor of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam. Studying America from abroad has its advantages and its disadvantages, he says. “Having some distance on American politics has allowed me to enjoy it a bit more,” he says. “Things seem less drastic in a way, and I’m surrounded by a media environment that has different perspectives on things that we don’t really question in the U.S.” At the same time, he adds, he’s now looking forward to being immersed in the environment of his research, where people are intrinsically interested in the subjects. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005, Lelkes pursued a Masters Degree in Political Science from Temple University. At the time, he was partly drawn to the program by his family living in Philadelphia, but through the course of his study, he became excited to work with faculty who studied political behavior and political psychology. This led him to a Ph.D. in Communication at Stanford, where he combined his interests in Political Science and Communication, and also got a Ph.D. minor in Social Psychology. He has published papers in the Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, and PNAS, among others, and has won several awards, including a Google Research $75,000 grant and the 2015 Roberta Sigel Award for Best Paper Presented at the International Society for Political Psychology Conference by a Junior Scholar (with Sean Westwood). As he begins packing and looks ahead to his new job, Lelkes is all about the people. “I look forward to being in a stimulating environment with such creative and smart people, working with really good Ph.D. students and smart, enthusiastic undergrads,” he says. On a personal level, Lelkes plays guitar and rock climbs — “both at a mediocre level, but enthusiastically” — and is looking forward to Mexican food, American humor, and a chance to do some camping. “I can’t wait to get started and be part of the Annenberg community,” he says.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line808
__label__wiki	0.549	0.549	Ep 24 - Retinoids with Amanda Hughes We have heard about retinol; it is not a new ingredient. But what are the many forms of retinoids? How are they converted in the skin? How do we select the appropriate form and navigate an onboarding to skin care routines? We answer all these questions and more with Amanda. Amanda Hughes Amanda is a licensed esthetician and spa owner with 15 years’ experience in the treatment room. Though she has spent most of her spa career in medical spas, she is also an esthetician instructor for continuing education and cosmetic chemistry. She is an avid cannabis educator and activist, jewelry designer, evolving herbalist, and passionate advocate for plant medicine. She owns Skintelligence Texas and is the founder of Higher Education Texas. 00:00 Ella Cressman: You are listening to ASCP Esty Talk, where we share insider tips, industry resources and education for aestheticians at every stage of the journey. Let's talk, because ASCP knows, it's all about you. 00:15 EC: Hello and welcome to ASCP Esty Talk, the ingredient decked-out series. Here we explore the fascinating world of ingredients and how they work within the skin. I'm Ella Cressman, licensed aesthetician and owner of the HHP Collective. I'm also a certified organic skin care formulator and self-proclaimed ingredient junkie. Today, we are going to discuss the golden child of advanced skincare, and that is retinoids, and we're lucky enough to have Amanda Grace Hughes. Woo-hoo-hoo! Amanda is a licensed aesthetician and a spa owner, with 15 years experience in the treatment room. Though she has spent most of her career in medical spas, she's also an aesthetician instructor for continuing education and cosmetic chemistry. Other interests... She is also an avid cannabis educator and activist, jewelry designer and evolving herbalist and passionate advocate for plant medicine. She owns Skintelligence in Texas and is the founder of Higher Education Texas, so we're lucky enough to have her to talk about retinoids, and looking forward to future episodes. Welcome, Amanda. 01:21 Amanda Grace Hughes: Hi, Ella. Thank you, so happy to be here. 01:23 EC: I am super excited to have you on because I love when I have like-minded professionals and we come together and we're able to geek out on skin care. So I guess what... We hear a lot about retinol, we know it's one of the golden children, especially when you're looking at making changes in the skin, but let's dive a little deeper. Let's talk about, what is vitamin A. 01:44 AH: So, vitamin A, not exclusive to skin care, Vitamin A is needed within your body for all cell differentiation. It's found everywhere, there's different receptors in your body, vitamin A or retinol receptors that are found in your epithelial cells, digestive tract, respiratory, skin, bones, immune, it's everywhere, it's required for... Even good for fertility and reproduction and vision, and vitamin A is so essential that a lot of infectious diseases are always found to be lacking in vitamin A or they're made worse by deficiency. It's... I could go on and on about the health aspects and attributes of it. It helps in the production of hemoglobin and iron, so lots of people that are anemic and they're dosing iron and it's not working. What they really need is probably some beta-Carotene or some Vitamin A supplementation as well. 02:46 EC: You bring up a good point because often we talk about topical application, you know, 'cause that's what we're licensed in, that's our scope of practice, but it's important to understand these supplements, these vitamins are these integral part of just living, that there's a connection, there's a face-body connection. [chuckle] 03:03 AH: Yeah, I mean, I have always found it next to impossible to help any client that has any skin issue just by treating them topically, if only just to have a conversation about what's going on internally. And sometimes it's as simple as hearing that all they do is eat fast food and drink coffee, or sometimes it's as complex as, are you taking the right supplements? Are you eating the right foods? And retinoids are found... When I used the term retinoid, I just kinda mean an umbrella term for all the vitamin-A derivatives that, they're found in animal sources and plant sources. There are different types of vitamin A, vitamin A from animals is retinoids, and from plants is that good all Beta-carotene that we always think of with our colorful fruits and vegetables. It's pretty outstanding how it works in the body and very similar to how it works in the skin, as far as how the retinoids or the vitamin A that you're consuming orally through foods or supplement and how it's converted into retinoic acid in your body, it's similar to how it is in your skin. Retinoids, when they're in your skin, can affect and regulate up to a thousand different genes through these Vitamin A or retinoid receptors. So what those receptors are designed to do is to sort of create this homeostasis in your skin, that when you start off with the Vitamin A or Beta-carotene, it is converted. 04:33 AH: And what we most often use, the blanketed term most of us use, I think, is retinol, but what we should be saying is retinoids, because retinol is such a specific type of conversion. But once we have the basic, the very first stage of a retinol or retinoid or vitamin A would be your retinol esters. So those retinol esters, through enzymes in your skin or in your body, depending if you're talking about orally or topically, those retinol esters are converted into retinol, and then retinol, through enzymes in your skin, are converted to retinaldehyde. From retinaldehyde, we can convert with those enzymes into retinoic acid. So, we've got retinol esters to retinol, retinol to retinaldehyde, retinaldehyde to retinoic acid, and with each conversion, the potency is lost the closer you get to retinoic acid. In other words, retinoic acid, by weight, would be stronger than retinaldehyde, stronger than retinol and stronger than an ester, by weight, meaning if you have the exact same quantity. So, each time it's converted, there's a little bit of strength, if you will, or potency, lost, if that makes sense. So there's advantage and disadvantages of that logically. We know, most of us, if you've worked with topical vitamin A products, you know that your retinoic acid is strong, it's very strong, and you often have fantastic results and you most definitely have some unwanted side effects, if at first. 06:12 EC: What you're saying is that the retinoic acid is stronger than retinaldehyde, and retinaldehyde is stronger than retinol? 06:20 AH: Yes, and retinol is stronger than retinyl esters. 06:23 EC: And retinyl esters are stronger than vitamin A. Or they're all derivatives? [chuckle] 06:29 AH: I think in skin care, they certainly do all have a place and a purpose. And we could list, we could have a mile-long list of the things we know retinoids to do, and remember retinoid is just... That's a vitamin-A derivative. It's like the umbrella term for all the vitamin A metabolites. We could make this mile-long a list of everything that retinoids do and hyperpigmentation, acne, collagen building, wrinkle reduction, firming, on and on. There's so many of them, and most of them are attributed to what issues you had to begin with, what skin conditions you are treating, and also what form if assuming all the forms that you're choosing are stable, and what form of retinoid do you use? So different forms have sort of a slightly different effect on those receptors 'cause there's so many jobs those receptors can do. 07:26 EC: Do you think on that line, it also depends on who it's hanging out with? [chuckle] 07:30 AH: Exactly. 07:32 EC: So you have this retinoid, this tough kid who can beat anybody up or this... And I say that meaning, and see a lot of those changes that's going to instigate collagen synthesis by getting in at that form and that molecular structure or initiating that result. Or it's gonna go and soothe pigments or encourage this cell differentiation that you're talking about, and that is the intention of vitamin A, but it also depends on who it's with. I think of my friend who has a tough-love approach, and I often... So she'll tell our friends, "Oh no, that's ridiculous. You shouldn't do that." And I come in and like, "Well, what she's trying to say is," and soften the blow, if you will. So that's similar in skin care formulation, right? 08:18 AH: Absolutely, yeah, so certainly the carrier or the other products, the other ingredients that are active in the product matters, stability matters. 08:27 EC: You've mentioned that stability. I think that's important to talk about too. 08:29 AH: Yeah, yeah. All of that certainly matters. I really like, and I'm hoping we'll get to this later, I think we will, is... Just when you start off with your retinoid treatment, like if you're new to retinoids or you're ready to get serious about a routine with retinoids, I really like to leave a lot of actives out at first. The skin is designed to... Your skin is actually designed to keep things out, not to let things in, right? There's a reason why we can frankly pour bleach on our hands and live through it. Your skin protects you. It's designed to keep things out, so to find a retinoid that actually is going to get in where it needs to get in, that's the key. And it's not always there. You know that. You know there's a lot of products, especially your lower-end lines or drug store or some of the drugstore lines that just because it says it has vitamin A in it, it doesn't necessarily mean much. It could just be some carrot oil from beta-carotene. 09:30 EC: Hey guys, stop. Let's take a quick break. 09:36 Speaker 3: Is your skin care practice totally covered? If you're an ASCP member, you know that you have great professional liability insurance that covers you. But what about your stuff? Well, ASCP offers business personal property insurance, which is coverage for your stuff. It's a professional contents coverage policy that protects your smashers, your cabinets, your steamers, your zappers, all those good things protected by an insurance policy that starts to just $95 per year. To learn more about BPP coverage, as we like to call it, please come visit www.ascpskincare.com/bpp, and there you can get your BPP from ASCP, ASAP. 10:23 EC: Let's get back to the conversation. So I had a client when I was early, starting early in my career, and I guess it was like middle of the beginning of my career, and I had a client come in for an eyebrow wax. And I lifted her skin, and it turns out that she was on a drugstore product, RoC retinol. And I didn't think about it because I had always had this association that those weren't effective. They didn't have enough in there to do anything, so it's completely my workspace but, and I took a time... 10:54 AH: I don't know any esthetician who hasn't lifted an eyebrow because of vitamin A. 10:58 EC: Right. I've had a lot of learning moments, fortunately. [chuckle] Yeah, it makes me feel better that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team 'cause when I tell those kind of stories like, "Nope, those are learning opportunities, and it just made me strive to be a better brow artist. But they had that, so I do know that some of these over-the-counter products have it. So it's good that we know that especially when we're doing our consultation and such. But there are different forms, like you mentioned, and they may have a different effect. Another client of mine had an inferior product, and I was talking to her about retinol or retinoids in her routine, specifically for what she wanted. And she went out and got something different. She came in, and her face was deep red. It was obviously the wrong kind of formulation. So let's talk about... We kind of touched on retinoids, retinyl esters, retinaldehyde and retinoic acid, but let's talk about how they're different from each other. 11:52 AH: Okay, let's start at the bottom as far as skin care ingredients. I am not going to count Beta-carotene and I'm not gonna count some of the vitamin A alternatives as retinoids yet. I'd like to cover that, but with your true retinoids, is first strength. Remember, we talked about the conversion, esters to retinol, retinol to retinaldehyde, retinaldehyde to retinoic acid. So your retinoid esters are an alcohol and a fatty acid. Those together form an ester. They are more light stable than some of the other conversions that come after that, so that's a total benefit. If they're more light stable, they also can be a little safer for photosensitivity. So the closer you get to retinoic acid, the greater you're increasing your photosensitivity in your skin and your vulnerability to further sun damage. 12:52 EC: Now, are you talking about light sensitivity like sun, or are you talking about changing the potency by packaging? Or both? 12:58 AH: So I'm talking about, if it's... All of your retinoids should be in opaque packaging. They should just all be in opaque packaging, or if they are in a glass bottle, then they need to be in a UVA filtered, the blacker... The black or the dark blue ones are a little better than clear and amber, but I prefer opaque packaging because it keeps that vulnerability down to the light source decreasing the potency. So that, yes, that's relative, but I am also talking about in your skin, your photosensitivity to sun damage is a little less with your retinoid esters. So both, it's a light stable product in the packaging, and they also have less photosensitivity in your skin. 13:46 EC: I think that's an important point, because often we get super excited about sustainable packaging, which is good, it's important, sustainable packaging, or, "Oh, this is so pretty," but we also just another podcast have to talk about functional product packaging too, because there's so much involved, and I know that you know that, but with developing product packaging is this whole other animal. 14:09 AH: Well, it's huge because for you to spend as a consumer, for you to spend, I don't care if it's $15 or if it's $215 for a product, you want it to be as effective as they intended it to be when it was created by the time it gets to you and you've opened it and used it a few times, so packaging is crucial. I see lots and lots of products, not just retinoid products, but... Lots of skincare products and herbal formulations and HPP and everything, where the packaging, the very first thing as a professional... The very first thing you and I see before we're able to even try a product, touch it, read the ingredient deck, the very first thing we see is the packaging, and there's a good percentage of that time that we can look right at the packaging and say, "Well, I don't care what's in it, it's already lost all the valuable potency just by the [15:04] ____. 15:05 EC: You and I can, and I think that's an important point. It's an important point, as it's beyond the pretty, it's on the function. And same goes here for retinoids, or retinols. 15:13 AH: For sure. 15:14 EC: So thank you for bringing that up, because I think that it's something we have to definitely touch on, especially new estheticians, or you, also, as a seasoned esthetician, you lose track of that sometimes, and you flip over and you look at the ingredient deck but you also, you have to consider packaging. 15:29 AH: Or you're just enamored with some really pretty packaging. 15:34 EC: Almost happened to me once. It almost happened to me in the last year, I almost... I was like, oh, this is so pretty, and luckily I turned over, immediately looked at the ingredient deck, and then the next... The scent experience, and I was like, oh, no, this is not for me. But I was... Fool me once, I was there. I was... I get it, I understand, but we need to be aware of that. But not to get off subject of retinoids, but retinoid... 16:00 AH: That's okay, that's okay. 16:00 EC: It depends on... The packaging is important. 16:03 AH: For all of them. So back to your esters, with your retinoid esters, retinyl palmitate, retinyl acetate, those are two real common ones that you'll see, retinyl acetate is very lipophilic, so it's commonly used in those creamier formulas. It will convert into retinol in your skin, which then, I'm gonna say this so many times so everybody gets it, so from your ester it turns into retinol, and from retinol to retinaldehyde, and then to retinoic acid. I like the esters for people that have sensitive, reactive skin, people that are new to retinoids, people that maybe have been retinoid... Emotionally or physically burned by retinoid and they're scared. So it's a good reason to get their confidence back up in retinoids and not be so afraid of it. One thing that I think is interesting, and I've not seen a ton of studies on it, but I think that in your skin, all retinoids are stored as retinyl palmitate. That's how they're stored. So no matter how you put it in your skin, if it's successfully converted, it's stored as retinyl palmitate. So I think there's substantial reason to believe that as far as an ester goes, the retinyl palmitate is probably your better bet, because that would indicate less conversion, so less loss of potency, if you will. 17:28 EC: So this is like a margarita versus a tequila shot. 17:31 AH: Exactly, exactly. So this is not quite a virgin margarita, this is like a margarita with four drops of tequila in it. But four drops of tequila for some people... 17:43 EC: Still tequila. 17:43 AH: That's a lot of tequila. 17:45 EC: Right. 17:45 AH: For me it is. [chuckle] Let's go to, what would be after esters is retinol. So retinol, and it's the O-L, R-E-T-I-N-O-L, I say that because often we see retinol with I-L for some of our forms, but this is retinol, which is the most common form, especially over-the-counter. It's stronger in weight than esters, so when I say stronger in weight, I mean you would have to use about 10 times more ester to get the same results as one-tenth of that of retinol. So it's stronger by weight, it's typically found in 0.01 to one percent, which doesn't sound like a huge jump, but that's 100 times stronger, one percent's 100 times stronger. Kind of nice that you have so many options of strength, kind of confusing to think, well, I used to use a 0.01, I'm gonna go ahead and jump up to the one percent. That's a hundred times stronger, so you just need to pay attention to, but it's all math, math... So it's math. I like... There's a substantial amount of research behind retinol, for anti-aging effects, there's more research behind retinol than there is any other form of retinoids, even Retin-A, there's more research behind retinols, because so many... 19:15 AH: It's in so many over-the-counter or any non-prescription strength product systems. It's in so many that all these companies have done lots and lots and lots, lots of research. So when you're looking for retinol, I just want you to pay attention for sure to that strength, especially if you're changing products, you wanna know what you came from and what you're going into. 19:37 EC: Okay, so we have retinyl esters and retinol, and next, we have retinaldehyde. 19:44 AH: Yeah, so retinaldehyde is the direct precursor to retinoic acid, which is sort of our end result here. So before it's retinoic acid, its retinaldehyde, after it's retinol, it's retinaldehyde. It is faster and stronger than your retinol, by weight, typically, not always, but typically, retinaldehyde is found in either acne-targeted retinoid products, or retinoid products that are better for people who have normal to oily skin. It's not so much for your dryer skin. Retinaldehyde has an ability to affect the retinoid receptors that target your anti-bacterial effects. So retinaldehyde, not that it doesn't do all the things that retinoids do, as far as outside of acne, but I've noticed that typically it's in the products that are more targeted and geared for antibacterial or oily, or oil control, or acne, even if it's just adult acne and sometimes acne. I find that that's typical of those. And not that your esters aren't, but retinaldehyde, compared to your retinol or your esters, it's typically used for more of an anti-bacterial purpose. And it's hard to really say which retinoid is good for what, because the way that... 21:11 AH: Fun fact, the way that retinol, or the effects of retinoid on anti-aging and hyper-pigmentation were discovered, is Retin-A was first... When it first came on the market pharmaceutically it was for acne, and there was some derms that were showing their acne patients how to use it, how to apply it, what it looks like, how it feels, and of course, my derm even does this and I do this in my clinic, you take a little bit, you say, "This is how much you're gonna use," and you put that little pea size on your right hand, your right finger and you rub it on the back of your left. And you say, "Here you go," and you show them, right? Well, these derms were noticing the elasticity and hyper-pigmentation and the texture of their left hand, which had no acne, was beautiful and it was improving. So like every other off-label use of every pharmaceutical that we find, that's very difficult, although it still helped with acne, it was helping with all these other things. So it's sort of difficult to break apart retinoids and say which one's good for what purpose. 22:19 EC: Yeah, I think I have that exact same thing. My left hand is gorgeous. My left hand is like 28 years old, 'cause this is where I show people, but this is also my palette that I would use to warm product on. And so now this hand is definitely 40. Well, it's kind of 35, I'm 42. So it's definitely a huge difference. In fact, it's a joke with my sister-in-law, and she's like... When I used to be in product sales she was like, "Just show them your hands, just show them your hands. They'll see it works." 22:49 AH: Absolutely. 22:50 EC: You brought up Retin-A, so that is... Leads me to the next one. 22:55 AH: Yeah, so the ultimate conversion, the end of our conversion steps is your retinoic acid. You see, retinoic acids... Well, I'm gonna actually touch on retinoic acid esters also because I think that kind of falls... It's a newer sort of ingredient technology, and it falls between retinaldehyde and retinoic acid, or it falls between retinol and retinoic acid. So not to be confused with our retinoid esters. So it's a retinoic acid ester. There's a few of them on the market, the most common one you've probably heard of is the Granactive one, or the HPR, that's one, but retinol retinoid it's more active than retinol but it has less irritation. So retinol retinoid is... It breaks up, it's one molecule, but it breaks up in the skin into retinoic acid and retinol. What! So you have retinol... 24:00 EC: Yeah, you have two shots in the margarita. 24:02 AH: What! So now it's like, "I would like a margarita and I would like a reposado in there, and I would also like a bottom shot." Like you've got two different kinds of tequila in one margarita, your liver doesn't see the difference. 24:15 EC: They have that at restaurants, where they call it a side car, where they have a margarita and then an additional shot that they put in, it hangs out. That's what this is. 24:21 AH: Yes, so I really... The reason I wanted to not skip that is because I think that I am a person who loves retinols and uses retinols, and I really try really hard to get my clients on them. I'm in Texas, it's sunny all the time, it's kind of a timing issue with us, but this has been really a nice addition, I think, to our industry, to have these retinoic acid esters. So it's just that one molecule, so it's just... It's active in just one step, put it on and it's active, because retinoic acid is active instantly in your skin. But the retinol is slowly converted, so you've kind got... I'm not gonna call it a time release but that's kind of what's happening, because it's not an intentional time release and because everyone's skin sort of breaks down things slower than... Different speeds for different people. The retinol retinoid, which is your retinoic acid ester, there's studies that say that it supports collagen synthesis eight times more than retinol, which is a lot. 25:27 AH: So if you were coming off of the retinol, that's a lot more effective, but you'll have less irritation because you're using the two of them together. You have less irritation than you would with retinoic acid alone. So there's not a ton of these products on the line, but there are some. The one, I think I hear about the most is The Ordinary. That was one of the first ones I started hearing about, and they have several different ones with different carriers, and some of them have different actives. It's interesting because this molecule, the Granactive molecule, it binds directly to these retinoid receptors. So it acts like a pure retinoic acid, but it has way less irritation than your retinoic acid prescription. So they say that it's less irritating than even 0.5% retinol, which is a pretty safe level for most experienced retinol users. It's interesting, I think it's interesting because of all these reasons. Also it's more stable than other retinols. Because every time you make an ester, you've got a little bit more stability. 26:33 EC: Yes. So shelf life, also [26:35] ____. 26:36 AH: There's not a ton of research on it, all the research is done by... That I've seen, has been done by the people making the products, and that's not that that's always a bad thing, but really, the proof in all your skin care products is always just, time will tell. 26:55 EC: So I think I could probably talk to you all day. However, we do have to be conscientious. I would love to have you back on another podcast and talk about all ingredients because I love when I can geek out with someone. So for now we're going to go from esters to retinol, to retinaldehyde and into retinoic acid, and then to goodbye. But we wanna definitely thank you, Amanda Grace, for your time, and hopefully you'll come back for another episode. 27:28 AH: I'd love it, thank you. Great. 27:30 EC: Thank you so much. And I will have ways to get in touch with Ms. Amanda Grace in the show notes, and we wanna thank you so much for coming and listening to ASCP Esty Talk, the ingredient decked out series. Have a great day. 27:44 EC: Thanks for joining us today. If you liked what you hear and you want more, subscribe. If you wanna belong to the only all-inclusive association for estheticians, that includes professional liability insurance, education, industry insights and an opportunity to spotlight your sick skills, join at ascpskincare.com. Only 259 per year for all this goodness. ASCP knows it's all about you.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line809
__label__wiki	0.818867	0.818867	WATCH: New tool launched to tackle child neglect A new tool for those working with children is being launched by the Government to help identify neglect. The Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) was launched yesterday, World Children’s Day, as part of the Safeguarding Partnership Board’s Neglect Strategy. The tool will get practitioners to look at four areas with parents and young people – physical care, safety, emotional care, and developmental care – and rank a child’s needs on a scale of one to five. It will be introduced to key staff in late November and early December, who will go on to teach it to other staff across the public sector and anyone working with children in Jersey. Video: How the GCP2 works. Mark Owers, Director of Children’s Safeguarding and Care, said: “We continually strive to improve the way we support parents and carers and provide greater protection for children. The Graded Care Profile 2 will give professionals an objective, standardised way to measure and improve the quality of care children receive.” Sarah Elliot, Independent Safeguarding Chair, said: “I welcome the introduction of the GCP2 2. Research demonstrates that when children experience neglect, they are more likely to experience other types of abuse further down the line. “The GCP2 will allow professionals to intervene earlier to support parents, protect children, and stop neglect before it escalates.” The initiative comes as the Children’s Commissioner also launched a new project yesterday, 'Our Life in Numbers', which brings together all publicly available statistics on children on the island to map vulnerability and understand where services may be falling short. The statistics collated give estimates that indicate 164 children and young people on-island currently have experienced maltreatment or personal harm. Out of those incidents, 38 were classified as neglect. The Office of the Children's Commissioner said: "It is crucial that we understand the vulnerabilities of our children and young people at this particular time, when the Covid-19 pandemic is laying bare the seriousness of existing challenges, and creating fresh ones." Pictured: Each day an estimated 363 children are bullied, according to findings from the Office of the Children's Commissioner. The new Children’s Minister, Deputy Jeremy Maçon, also marked World Children’s Day by sending a message to the island’s children, saying: “Please continue making those incredible efforts to help keep everyone safe. It really does make a difference. “This special day is your day. It’s a day I want each and every one of you to celebrate your achievements. You deserve it. Enjoy it safely.” He added: “This year has been an unprecedented and challenging year for some of our services that work with children and young people, and our staff have shown some excellent examples of leadership by going that extra mile. “I would also like to pay tribute to all those who work so hard to protect our children and keep them safe.” GALLERY: The statistics... FOCUS: "I feel like it's imagery" Children’s Commissioner urged to be clearer about finances Man admits to possessing nearly 900 indecent images of children Court reduces £50k fine imposed after gate severed child's finger	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line813
__label__wiki	0.950622	0.950622	Slots zoning backed Tyeesha DixonThe Baltimore Sun Despite adamant opposition from local homeowners who say that a newly proposed slots parlor at Arundel Mills would attract crime, traffic and some unsavory company, elected county officials say they will work with community members to figure out the best way to pass slots zoning legislation. Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold said that although he is against expanding gambling, Marylanders voted for the referendum last fall, and he will work to draft legislation that accommodates the surrounding communities, should the state approve either or both of the proposed sites. "I don't think it would be fitting or appropriate to step on the voice of the people," Leopold said. "That issue has been decided." Last week, the state received two bids for slots parlors in the county, at Arundel Mills and the Laurel Park racetrack. The county executive said the proposed legislation would accommodate both sites. Arundel was the only jurisdiction in the state to receive two bids. "I'm pleased that there is competition," Leopold said. Developer David Cordish, president of Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos., envisions a billion-dollar entertainment, retail and residential complex for the Arundel Mills project that would create 2,000 construction jobs and be separate from the mall. Currently, Anne Arundel County's zoning laws do not permit slots. Leopold said he plans to submit a bill to the County Council in the next 40 days that would change that. Although a state commission will decide which sites, if any, will be chosen for the parlors, the county government's role is large - if the government does not enact a new zoning law, no slots can come to the county. After Leopold submits his bill, the County Council will take public comment on it before voting. Assuming its passage, the county executive would then have to sign it into law. Council Chairman Edward R. Reilly, who represents the county's 7th District, said that even though he voted against slots, "the people have spoken" and the council must craft legislation that "minimizes impact" for the communities surrounding the sites. "I'm taking a very cautious, slow look because of the possible impact on the neighborhoods," Reilly said. "Whatever legislation we consider should not anoint one vendor over another. It should be broad enough to handle all of the suitors but strict enough so we can handle the impact." But Joseline Castanos, who has lived in a single-family home near Arundel Mills for seven years, said no matter how it's sliced, a slots parlor at the mall is a bad idea. "I can't even think what would happen if we have a casino, basically, down the street from our homes," said Castanos, 36. She lives in Chapel Ridge Village, which is part of the Villages of Dorchester community near the mall. Castanos said when she moved to Hanover from Laurel, she tried to escape an increasing crime problem. "Here I move to the Hanover area, which was nice and quiet back then, and now safety issues are driving us out again," she said. If the slots parlor is built at Arundel Mills, she would "seriously consider" selling her home, even in such a tough market. "It's definitely not something I want to have down the street from where I'm raising my children," said Castanos, a mother of two. Alok Banga, also a Villages of Dorchester resident, took a similar stance. "Are we running out of ideas for raising money?" said Banga, 37. "We're already lacking behind in an education sector and already high on the crime side because of the mall. ... If we have slots, then that's definitely a step in the wrong direction." Daryl Jones, the councilman for the 1st District, which includes Arundel Mills, said he has made a call to arrange a meeting with the Cordish Cos. and a separate meeting with community association presidents to discuss the matter. "I certainly have a lot of concern with regards to the proposed location at Arundel Mills," Jones said. "A lot of concerns are raised on my part because really out of nowhere this proposal came." Josh Cohen, councilman for the 6th District, said one thing he will watch closely when the bill comes before the council is the impact slots will have on local businesses. "If you took all the slot machines at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas and doubled them, you still wouldn't have as many machines as are proposed for Anne Arundel County," Cohen said, referring to the 4,750 machines proposed for Arundel Mills. "Make no mistake, this debate is about fundamentally changing the economic landscape of our county." Cohen added that he thinks slots will be bad for business in downtown Annapolis, which is already struggling. "People just do not have much disposable income, and a casino-style slots palace ... is going to draw from the exact same customer base that our established businesses are counting on," he said. "In an economy like the one we have now, it's just the complete opposite of what a good economic policy should be. We should be looking to support locally owned businesses and put money back into the local economy." Not all Marylanders agree that slots are bad for Arundel Mills. Dave Borle, an Anne Arundel resident who was grabbing lunch at the mall Wednesday, said he would support the proposal "as long as it's controlled properly." "I don't really care, other than the parking issue," said Borle, 48. "I'm worried about the infrastructure around here." For more views on a proposed slots parlor at Arundel Mills, go to: baltimoresun.com/annearundel Arundel Mills Mall Josh Cohen	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line814
__label__wiki	0.653486	0.653486	Rawblood by Catriona Ward I don’t read many horror novels. After growing up very timid and easily scared, I find horror novels disappointingly un-scary these days. However, the description and buzz around Rawblood drew my attention. The promise of a modern gothic novel, genuinely unsettling, with originality and flair – who’d say no to that? Rawblood is the name of a mansion, the home of the Villarca family. There’s something sinister about the house and the family. Alfonso Villarca and his young daughter Iris live alone in the mansion, with just Shakes, an old groundsman / servant / stablemaster to look after them. Iris is constantly warned to stay away from other people, to not dare to develop strong feelings. And the local people are similarly keen to steer clear of the Villarcas. All except Tom Gilmore, a boy of Iris’ age, who befriends her, much to their fathers’ concerns. The story soon spirals outwards in time and characters. We follow Iris as she grows up, chafing against her father’s rules, yet deciding on a future worth adhering to the rules for. We also follow a friend of her father's, years before Iris is born. Those two narratives run in parallel for a while, revealing different aspects of Alfonso Villarca, and different glimpses of the looming darkness around the man. Rawblood is a well-written novel, showing different narrative styles in different segments. Diary entries filled with long sentences and slightly florid language are intermingled with scenes told in minimalist language and dialogue that rarely includes a complete sentence. A lot of it is written in present tense and first person, which might not sit well with some readers. It can be a little disorienting, but for the most part, I was sufficiently engrossed in the book to not pay too much attention to this. It’s not just a stylistic exercise - Rawblood also allows itself a measured pace. There is real skill in the way tensions and horrors shift. I wouldn't say the horrors escalate over time, but they start out all-too-natural and change as the story progresses. With its fin-de-siecle prose, gothic leanings, and its setting in a rural mansion in the moors, Rawblood is every bit the atmospheric chiller you may hope for. Comparisons with Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca are more than justified - Rawblood is a classy, complex novel. That said, all the atmosphere and writerly craftsmanship and style didn't quite manage to distract from the fact that the novel felt a little disjointed. For half its length, there are only two time periods and viewpoint characters. Then, as their narratives reach their climaxes, the number of timelines and viewpoint characters grows rapidly and unexpectedly. In terms of the reading experience, there’s a real moment of disjointedness, and a bit of a lull in excitement. The second half of the novel does add to the plot - significantly so - but the transition felt a bit hackneyed to me. It felt like reading two separate novels, rather than one. There’s enough visceral horror and sinister horror to entertain most readers, I imagine. Is it scary? If you have the capacity to be scared by books, then I would wager that yes, it is. I didn’t find it scary, but then, the last time I was scared by a book was half a lifetime ago... Modern gothic horrors don't get much better than this: it's original, atmospheric, and diverse in its sources of horror. It's a very smart novel. (People who love the horror genre may find it rates higher - for me, 3.5 is about as high as I would expect a horror novel to reach) Labels: Horror, Literary Fiction The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl The Ferryman Institute is a fantasy novel with a premise that's more unique than most. Our hero, Charlie, is a ferryman, someone whose purpose is to accompany the souls of the recently departed and safely transfer them to their afterlife. With its striking and evocative cover and its original premise, I was immediately sold on the book. Honestly, I could fawn over the beauty of the cover for a while - I adore it. That said, Colin Gigl imagines the Ferryman Institute as an office-based, public service type organisation. There are sadly no rivers to row across, no souls in the Styx... Charlie's job, in fact, is to be there when a person dies, and when the spirit appears, to convince the spirit to walk through a door towards the light (their afterlife), rather than staying behind on Earth and becoming a ghost, doomed to fade from existence. His job is made hard by the mental state of the spirits just after death: depending on their demise, they can be distressed, confused, terrified, irrational... We soon learn that Charlie is the best among Ferrymen: he has never failed to convince a spirit to walk through the door. He's the only Ferryman with such a perfect record, and he's been doing his job for a long while. But all is not well with Charlie: his work is eating away at him, grinding down his own soul. Unfortunately for him, he's immortal (and unable to sense pain), so it seems like he's stuck. Until, that is, a special assignment offers him a choice... The novel is the story of what happens after Charlie makes that choice. It's in large parts a chase thriller, accompanied by wise cracking dialogue and sarcasm. The story moves at a cheerful pace and never fails to entertain. On the other hand, if you're looking for something more than light entertainment, The Ferryman Institute is probably not for you. The humour is pleasantly diverting, but not cutting or particularly memorable. The story seems a little less original than I'd hoped for (it has quite a lot in common with Chris Holm's Dead Harvest, while the Ferrymen seem surprisingly similar to Dead Like Me - style grim reapers). Characters can occasionally seem a little contradictory (Charlie can go to and fro between being super-competent and completely gormless. Alice's ability to be humorous and sarcastic seems somewhat at odds with her debilitating depression). The plot can feel a little predictable. And the book does this post-post-postmodern thing of referencing pop culture a lot. One character even chose his own name from pop culture references. It feels a little like cheating - as if the author is either overly self-conscious of characters being too similar to others that went before, or as if the author is trying to use a shorthand way of telling the reader what to think and expect of a character / situation. Basically, The Ferryman Institute is a good first novel. Solidly entertaining, fast paced and fun. A promising start, though not quite as memorable and original as I'd hoped. Labels: Fantasy, Humour, urban fantasy TV show review: BrainDead Eyes I could stare at for hours. A few weeks ago, I was in the mood to watch something shorter than a movie, so I glanced through Amazon Prime's selection of TV shows to see if there was something worth watching an episode of. I settled on BrainDead because I was in the mood for something silly. Instead, I was surprised by the show - it's wry rather than silly. BrainDead's premise is that alien brain-eating bugs have landed on Earth and headed for Washington D.C.. We follow the story through the adventures of Laurel, a young woman from a political dynasty who wants nothing to do with politics (she prefers using her film making degree to make well-meaning documentaries about heritage music of small communities around the world, but, unsurprisingly, there is not much of a market for Austrian yodelling or Melanesian choirs...). Pressured by her father, she agrees to work for her brother, a young senator, in the run-up to, and during, a government shutdown over budget disagreements between Republicans and Democrats. BrainDead is a surprising show. It mixes West Wing style political drama with wry satire, scifi, and whimsy. Oh, and brain-eating, people-controlling bugs. It feels like a labour of love from its spot-on casting to the delightful way that "previously on BrainDead" summaries are delivered at the start of each episode. It's a show custom-made for young geeky adults. It also seems about as good an explanation as any for the way US politics (and UK politics, and politics across the Western world) have got to the dysfunctional, somewhat crazy place they're in. BrainDead definitely feels very, very contemporary (a year or two from now, it might feel aged): Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton appear in the background, and the political crises and topics will be familiar to anyone who follows the news. I'm an unashamedly political person, so the notion that a Republican could be a fair approximation of a decent person is quite baffling and the single biggest obstacle to suspension of disbelief in the entire show. Brain-eating, politician-controlling alien bugs? Seems legit. A Republican with a heart? Inconceivable! However, watching the huge-eyed actress last seen in Scott Pilgrim (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is always a delight, and makes up for the show's attempts to tread the political middle ground. And, of course, Tony Shalhoub is always entertaining, whether cameoing in Men in Black, leading in Monk, or antagonising in BrainDead. Well worth watching - and watching now, before the US election, while it might still be funny.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line816
__label__cc	0.559618	0.440382	Center for Illinois' Future The employees and leaders of BCG’s Chicago office are committed to making a difference for the people of Illinois. We are passionate about driving transformative change on critical issues that affect the people of the state. Since the founding of BCG’s Chicago office in 1979, we have partnered with organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to advance important public and social sector programs in Illinois. In 2017, we launched the Center for Illinois' Future, which further focuses our time, talent, and capabilities on the people and social sector organizations of Illinois. Investing in Impact Through the Center for Illinois' Future, BCG's Chicago office is investing its proven expertise to help organizations drive positive social change in Chicago and throughout Illinois. Over the past decade, BCG has worked with more than 70 social impact and public sector organizations throughout Illinois, across a broad variety of social issues. We’ve also invested approximately $75 million in Illinois-based organizations—and our ongoing commitment to improving the lives of the people of Illinois is stronger than ever. Marin Gjaja, the managing partner of BCG's Chicago office, meets with leaders from Chicago's public and private sectors. Photo by Catherine Else. Arne Duncan of the Emerson Collective describes his collaboration with BCG on combating gun violence in Chicago. Photo by Catherine Else. Chicago's commercial and civic leaders gather for the CIF launch event. Photo by Catherine Else. BCG has worked with a wide range of social impact and public sector organizations throughout Chicago and Illinois. We’ve been privileged to work with the City of Chicago, the University of Chicago Urban Labs, Advance Illinois, Northwestern University, The Field Museum, the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, the Latino Policy Forum, and many other outstanding organizations. Next Section: Meet Our Team Bringing the Best of BCG to Advance Society Get to know the people who are driving positive social change in Chicago and Illinois. Making a Difference for Chicago and Illinois	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line818
__label__wiki	0.794395	0.794395	Police fire tear gas at Muslim protesters demanding end to violence AHMADABAD, India (AP) - Police fired tear gas at about 3,000 people, mostly Muslims, who demonstrated peacefully outside a police station in Gujarat state on Wednesday, demanding security forces protect them after a Hindu mob rampaged through their neighborhood. The police have been accused of failing to do enough to protect Muslims from Hindu militants and sections of the force have even been accused of taking sides and supporting the Hindus. Last Sunday, police officers shot nine Muslims in the head during a Hindu-Muslim clash. The state government has said it will investigate the killings and a human rights group denounced the shootings saying police deliberately targeted the Muslims. Police said they fired tear gas on Wednesday because they feared the protesters might turn violent. No injuries were reported. More than 500 Hindu and Muslim women and children were sheltering inside the police station, in the Shahibaug area of Ahmadabad, at the time of the demonstration. The demonstrators demanded police protection after a 5,000-strong, armed Hindu mob rampaged through Shahibaug, a mostly Muslim neighborhood, on Tuesday night blowing up cooking gas canisters to ignite fires and destroying 30 shops and a Muslim shrine. Despite being fired at with tear gas, the demonstrators refused to leave the station until they were assured by senior officers that those responsible for Tuesday night's violence would be arrested. Also Tuesday, hundreds of Hindu men and women stormed the local police commissioner's office. Some demanded the release of Hindus, arrested for allegedly taking part in the violence. Others demanded the closing of a relief camp housing 4,500 Muslims whose homes were razed by Hindus. The Hindu protesters said the presence of the Muslim refugees caused tension in the area. The death toll from nearly two months of violence rose to 863 on Wednesday when a body with multiple stab wounds was found in the exclusive Law Garden area of Ahmadabad, the commercial capital, and a burned body was found near a temple in another part of the city, police said. The religions of the two dead were not known. The sectarian fighting began on Feb. 27, when Muslims set fire to a train carrying Hindu activists returning from a pilgrimage aimed at building a Hindu temple on the site of a mosque destroyed by a Hindu mob in 1992. Since then, most of those killed have been Muslims, many burned alive and their businesses and homes destroyed by Hindu mobs. The inability of the state government to stop the rioting, and allegations of police discrimination, have provoked widespread demands for the dismissal of the state's top official, Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The violence has provoked outrage from the opposition in Parliament against Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Hindu nationalist party, which also controls Gujarat's state government. A Parliament debate that could lead to censure of the federal government is to begin April 30. Why We Can't Clone Jesus	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line820
__label__wiki	0.597112	0.597112	State of Dowry Deaths by Shuriah Niazi Kanta Chauhan killed herself in July 2006. She was 26, and pregnant. She had been harassed for dowry by her husband, Hemant, and in-laws for the two years that she had been married. Arguments over dowry were a common occurrence in this household in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. Unable to endure the trauma any longer, the young woman hanged herself in her bedroom while her husband was at work. He was arrested promptly. Beena Saktawat, a young woman, died of burns under suspicious circumstances in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, in December 2006. The police registered a case against her husband for allegedly instigating his wife to commit suicide as a result of his incessant demands for dowry. Investigations by the police, the medico-legal reports as well as statements made by Beena's relatives established that her death was not accidental. According to recently-released data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 2,276 female suicides as a consequence of dowry disputes were reported in 2006. The numbers can be translated as around six dowry deaths a day over one year. The figures were 2,305 and 2,585 in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Ironically, India has a number of laws intended to protect women from marital violence, abuse and extortionist dowry demands. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of dowry, "as consideration for the marriage". Dowry is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for a marriage. According to the Act, the giving or taking or abetting the giving or taking of dowry is a punishable offence. However, gifts given without a precondition are not considered dowry, and are legal. Then, there is also the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, whose Section 5 defines domestic violence as those acts that harass, harm, injure or endanger the aggrieved person with a view to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any dowry or other property or valuable security. While there does seem to be a marginal decline in dowry deaths across the country, Madhya Pradesh continued to top the national list for the fourth time running with 585 cases - accounting for around one-fourth of the total number of such incidents. Situated in the heart of India, the state of Madhya Pradesh is fast becoming famous for the wrong reasons. In addition to tipping the scales in the number of dowry-related suicides, the state has witnessed one of the most ghastly killings - again related to dowry. Bhoomi Ramchandani, 19, was married to a businessman in Indore. In September 2006, her body was found, chopped into pieces and placed in two bundles near the jogging track of a popular park in the city. The ghastly incident was brought to light when neighboring residents found the mutilated body and notified the police. As suspected, the guilty were her parents-in-law, Dhanwantari and Jamnadas, and their son and Bhoomi's husband, Manoj. Speaking up in her defense, Dhanwantari was reported to have said that her daughter-in-law would never listen to her and that there were constant arguments between the two. The real motive, it emerged, for the gruesome murder was dowry. But what is the reason behind the increasing number of such cases in Madhya Pradesh, a state known for its large tribal population that accords its women with respect? Vijay Pathak, a social worker, believes that the influx of people from other cities is certainly one of the causes for the rising number of dowry deaths. Another reason for the increase in such incidents is the slow rate of conviction. In 2004, disgusted by the trend of dowry, the priests in Chhatarpur district had united against the social evil and resolved not to solemnize any marriage in which a dowry demand had been made. Unfortunately, all priests in the state did not comply with the decision and the initiative did not grow into a movement. Pramod Soni, a sociologist, believes that people's urge to become rich effortlessly has resulted in the increasing demands for dowry. Pressurizing a bride's family seems the easiest way to make easy money, as it is felt that people are ready to do anything for the sake of their daughters. Either the bride endures the trauma or urges her family to give in or, in extreme circumstances, eventually takes her life when neither she nor her family can tolerate any further harassment, he explains. Not that a suicide prevents the guilty groom from seeking another match or rather another chance of acquiring easy wealth. Says Asha Mishra, National Coordinator of Samta, an NGO that works among women across 22 states of the country, "The biggest problem the girl's family members face is that they have to prove that the girl has been murdered and that, too, for the sake of dowry. In most of the cases, they are unable to prove the crime due to the collusion between the police and the boy's family." Further, lengthy judicial procedures are often demoralizing, restricting family of victims from getting justice. What may help counter the many obstacles a harassed woman and her family may face in the pursuit of justice, are the Family Counseling Centers, located in the Mahila Thanas (women-only police stations) and set up by the state in order to resolve marital disputes. Alternatively, if a woman is unable to get to such a centre, she could lodge a complaint by dialing 100 and asking for the Women's Help Desk. Each of the 38 districts of the state has one such help desk functioning out of a prominent police station. Once the telephone report is registered, trained counsellors, available round-the-clock, swing into action to solve the problem. More by : Shuriah Niazi	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line822
__label__wiki	0.936252	0.936252	Criminal records keep small-business owners from aid program Posted: Apr 21, 2020 / 03:46 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 22, 2020 / 12:34 AM CDT Shown is a portion of a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Application Form, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Washington. The Paycheck Protection was supposed to be a lifeline for small businesses, helping them stay afloat and keep their employees on the payroll during the coronavirus pandemic. But guidelines from the Small Business Administration say that businesses are ineligible if someone who owns at least 20 percent of the company is incarcerated, under indictment, on probation or parole or had been convicted of a felony within the last five years. Ineligible would-be applicants and advocates say the restrictions are a slap in the face for those who have served their time, especially from an administration that has trumpeted second chances. (AP Photo/Wayne Partlow) WASHINGTON (AP) — Damon West was hoping the government’s coronavirus rescue package for small-business owners would help replace the income he’s lost now that he can’t travel the country as a keynote speaker. But then he got a call from his accountant. A question on the application form asked whether, within the last five years, he had been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a felony or “been placed on any form of parole or probation.” Another asked whether anyone who owns at least 20% of the company was incarcerated, under indictment or on probation or parole. If so, they are ineligible. It was a gut punch for West. In 2009, he was sentenced to life in prison but made parole in 2015 and now works as an author, teacher and speaker, visiting schools and correctional facilities to talk about how he turned his life around. “You go and you pay your debt, and you’re still paying your bill,” he said. The Paycheck Protection Program, which already doled out $350 billion and is now awaiting another cash infusion, is supposed to be a lifeline for businesses teetering on the edge, helping them stay afloat and keep their employees on the payroll during the pandemic. Independent contractors and the self-employed also qualify. But not, it turns out, if they have had certain run-ins with the law. The Small Business Administration, which oversees the program, did not respond to questions about the reasoning. And Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday evening that there were no plans to lift the rules, which he said were less onerous than those originally envisioned. But ineligible would-be applicants and their advocates say they are a slap in the face for those who have served their time, especially from an administration that has trumpeted second chances. They note many businesses run by formerly incarcerated people employ other people with criminal records who could be driven back to crime if they lose jobs. Robert Rooks, co-founder of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a national criminal justice reform organization, said he’d heard from multiple small-business owners frustrated by the provision. “I’m hearing that people have worked their entire life to get to this place where they have something they can call their own. They’ve paid their debt to society, clawed their way to this point and should be able to get what everybody else is able to get to keep their business afloat,” he said. Many people with felony convictions, he noted, have been forced to start their own businesses and become entrepreneurs because it’s so hard to get hired with a record. For West, who lives in southeast Texas and describes himself as the “poster child” of someone who reformed their life after years in prison for organizing dozens of burglaries, the restriction “felt kind of like a kick in the gut, a punch in the gut,” especially given the administration’s talk of second chances. “If this administration truly feels like those that have done their time should have a second chance, those that have paid their debt should get a second chance,” then the rule doesn’t make sense, he said. President Donald Trump achieved a rare bipartisan victory in 2018 when he signed criminal justice reform legislation called the First Step Act. He has since highlighted efforts to help formerly incarcerated people find jobs and talked about helping the “forgotten” men and women. His campaign spent millions on a Super Bowl ad that featured the story of Alice Marie Johnson, a nonviolent drug offender whose life sentence Trump commuted after reality TV star Kim Kardashian West championed her case. The ad showed footage of the emotional moment when Johnson was released from prison and reunited with her family. “Thanks to President Trump, people like Alice are getting a second chance,” the ad said. Johnson said in an interview Monday that she was aware of the small-business rule and that she and others had succeeded in getting the administration to scale back an earlier version of the restrictions, which would have included those with misdemeanor records and gone back seven years instead of five. “I’m so sorry for the small-business owners,” she said, blaming the speed with which the program had been pulled together. “It’s really heartbreaking that this couldn’t have been fixed. … We are ringing this bell of what is going on. I want you to know that we are not being silent on this.” Trump said he’d “look into” the issue when asked about it during his daily briefing Monday. But Mnuchin on Tuesday said the rule already reflected changes that had been made because of the White House’s work on criminal justice issues. “There were actually much more onerous restrictions in the SBA program. There were people who had misdemeanors that weren’t allowed to access the programs, it was much longer than five years,” he said. “We did take this into account.” The comments were bad news for advocates like Mark Holden from the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, who have been making calls and sending letters to the White House and congressional leaders urging them to amend the policy as they finalize a package to give the program another cash infusion. “Secretary Mnuchin’s comments are little solace to the thousands of small-business owners with criminal histories who have bounced back from tremendous adversity to become job creators and entrepreneurs — only to be locked out of this critical program,” said Michael Mendoza, national director of #cut50, a criminal justice reform group. Holly Harris, executive director of the Justice Action Network, said her group had been reaching out to Republicans on Capitol Hill to try to get their support. “It’s just absurd to cripple people who have done everything you’ve asked of them,” she said, adding that the issue was also a matter of public safety. “When people can’t work, what do these geniuses who wrote this language think they’re going to do? They’re going to return to crime, return to addiction, all the things they’ve done the hard work to get away from.” Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo contributed to this report. More US Politics Stories	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line823
__label__cc	0.606858	0.393142	Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison By a Biometrica staffer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in a New York courtroom on March 11, marking the culmination of a case that fueled the global #MeToo movement. The ex-Hollywood producer had faced between five and 29...	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line825
__label__wiki	0.934884	0.934884	Emily Craig shortlisted for 2017 Women of the Future Award GB Rowing Team athlete and 2016 world champion Emily Craig has been nominated for in the Sport category of the 2017 Women of the Future Awards Emily Craig at the 2017 World Rowing Championships - Naomi Baker World champion rower Emily Craig has been shortlisted for a Women of the Future Award, in a line-up that celebrates the brightest talents in a host of fields. Craig took gold at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight women’s quadruple scull, progressing into the Olympic class lightweight women’s double scull with London 2012 champion Katherine Copeland in 2017. The pair took European Championships bronze in May and at the recent World Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton, Craig and Copeland recorded a fifth-place finish. Craig, 24 from Mark Cross, is shortlisted in the sports category alongside the likes of speed skater Elise Christie – one of Great Britain’s hot prospects for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, and upcoming amateur jockey Page Fuller. The women shortlisted across the categories work tirelessly to empower others, forge new paths and impact their colleagues, communities and the world at large positively. “It is a huge honour to be shortlisted, especially alongside some really inspirational women,” Craig said. “It’s great that rowing is being represented at the awards, especially as I believe that many of the female athletes I train alongside and compete against embody many of qualities of women of the future.” The winners of the Women of the Future Awards will be announced at a ceremony in London on 15 November. A full list of nominees can be found here. Craig learned to row at Bewl Bridge RC near her home in Sussex, before going on to row for the University of London BC under the tutelage of Brian Young and Phil Gray. She won her first international medal at the World U23 Championships in 2013, where she took bronze in the lightweight quad, before taking silver and gold in consecutive years at the senior World Championships in 2015 and 2016. Have you got what it takes to row for Great Britain? Check out the various routes into high performance rowing here.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line831
__label__wiki	0.504893	0.504893	Trump’s Energy Picks In a Race Against Time to Get Confirmed Stephen Cunningham Jul 28 2020, 4:58 AM Jul 29 2020, 11:52 AM July 28 2020, 4:58 AM July 29 2020, 11:52 AM (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump announced two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has been hamstrung by vacancies for two years. But a tight Senate schedule raises questions about whether they’ll be confirmed before the year ends. Trump tapped Mark Christie, chairman of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, to fill a Republican slot at the agency. He also named Allison Clements, who spent a decade as an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, to fill a vacant Democratic seat. The next step for the nominees: confirmation hearings, followed by a vote on the Senate floor. That may be a tall order, as the Senate has just 55 working days left this year and an agenda packed with budget bills and pandemic-related legislation. The last person Trump nominated to the commission -- Republican James Danly in 2019 -- didn’t get a vote before the session ended, which forced the White House to resubmit the nomination the following year. “Given the Senate’s packed agenda over the next month or so, the earliest we would expect the full Senate to vote on the nominees is in September or October,” analysts at Height Securities LLC wrote in a note.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line834
__label__cc	0.704995	0.295005	John 18 :: English Standard Version (ESV) Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus (Mat 26:47–56; Mar 14:43–52; Luk 22:47–53 ) Jhn 18:1 Jhn 18:1 - When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Jhn 18:2 - Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. Jhn 18:3 - So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jhn 18:4 - Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” Jhn 18:5 - They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”[fn] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. Jhn 18:6 - When Jesus[fn] said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. Jhn 18:7 - So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jhn 18:8 - Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” Jhn 18:9 - This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” Jhn 18:10 Jhn 18:10 - Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant[fn] and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) Jhn 18:11 - So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas Jhn 18:12 - So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews[fn] arrested Jesus and bound him. Jhn 18:13 - First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. Jhn 18:14 - It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. Peter Denies Jesus Jhn 18:15 - Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, Jhn 18:16 - but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. Jhn 18:17 - The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” Jhn 18:18 - Now the servants[fn] and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself. The High Priest Questions Jesus Jhn 18:19 - The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. Jhn 18:20 - Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. Jhn 18:21 - Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.” Jhn 18:22 - When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?” Jhn 18:23 - Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?” Jhn 18:24 - Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. Peter Denies Jesus Again Jhn 18:25 - Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” Jhn 18:26 - One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” Jhn 18:27 - Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed. Jesus Before Pilate (Mat 27:1, 2, 11–14; Mar 15:1–5; Luk 23:1–5 ) Jhn 18:28 - Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters.[fn] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. Jhn 18:29 - So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” Jhn 18:30 - They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” Jhn 18:31 - Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” Jhn 18:32 - This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die. My Kingdom Is Not of This World Jhn 18:33 - So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jhn 18:34 - Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” Jhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” Jhn 18:36 - Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” Jhn 18:37 - Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Jhn 18:38 - Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him. (Mat 27:15–23; Mar 15:6–14; Luk 23:13–23 ) Jhn 18:39 - But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Jhn 18:40 - They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.[fn] ESV Footnotes Greek I am; also verses 6, 8 Greek he Or bondservant; twice in this verse Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14, 31, 36, 38 Or bondservants; also verse 26 Greek the praetorium Or an insurrectionist The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Books and Bibles, a Publishing Ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 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__label__wiki	0.733563	0.733563	Jaclyn Hill Is Selling A Ton Of Personal Items For A Really Good Cause Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images By Kali Borovic There's a new place to find Jaclyn Hill, and it isn't on YouTube. The makeup artist is trading in her powder brushes for another passion — fashion and animals. According to her Snapchat announcement, Hill is having an eBay auction and all the profits will go to an animal protection charity. Her fans are already going crazy about the first come, first serve sale, so here's everything you need to know. It's no secret that Hill has a love for fashion. The YouTuber is always showing off her outfits on social media, most of which sell out the same day she poses in them. Now, instead of hoping the items stay in stock, you can purchase items that once hung in Hill's closet — but only if you're quick enough. According to Hill's Snapchat, she's put together an eBay auction filled with 300 pieces of clothing and accessories. Hill's online sale will be on Thursday, Oct. 19 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. Every single cent that Hill makes off her gently used clothing will go to the Humane Society of the United States. She says on Snapchat that she chose the organization because it is currently helping displaced animals from Hurricane Irma, which hit her home state of Florida just weeks ago. Previously, the makeup artist received criticism from fans on Instagram for leaving the state and posting glam outfit photos in Chicago during the natural disaster. Jaclyn Hill Snapchat All you have to do to participate is head over to her page on eBay called Jaclyn Hill Closet. Once the auction goes live on Oct. 19, you'll be able to buy an item immediately. Unlike the typical eBay setup, you won't be able to offer a certain amount of money. You'll only be able to buy it at the set price. Once it's gone, it's gone for good. Hill gave a mini preview of all of the items that will be included in the sale on her Snapchat. Although the YouTuber said that the prices would be affordable, she showed off a large number of high-end brands like Chanel, YSL, Gucci, and Givenchy. She didn't give an example of any of the prices. This isn't Hill's first time doing an eBay auction either. Her first time around was in November 2017. Just like this time, she put up a selection of clothing and accessories, but donated to the Cambodian Children's Fund. Every single item sold out last time in less than 24 hours and raised a whopping $22,000. Tons of other celebrities have done similar sales as well, but not all of them have done well. In 2013, Kim Kardashian had an eBay sale, but only pledged 10 percent to charity, which her fans called her out on. Since then, the social media star has auctioned off her entire pregnancy wardrobe on eBay, but stuck with the same 10 percent donation. Fans are super excited about both being able to buy Hill's clothing and the charitable aspect of the sale. From the looks of it, this collection is going to go extremely fast. There's no denying that this girl loves her animals. She recently added two more "furbabies" to her family, although she doesn't mention if they were adopted from the Humane Society. Fans don't even care about the details. Just give them a time and a place to shop. Jaclyn, do you take credit? It would of been nice of her to give a little more of a heads up next time. Proud fan right here. How many packets of Ramen will fit in that Chanel bag that Hill is selling? Jaclyn Hill: 1, Bank Account: 0	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line838
__label__wiki	0.877577	0.877577	Review: Buried treasure, impending war and loss in ‘The Dig’ by Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press Posted Jan 13, 2021 7:02 am PST Last Updated Jan 13, 2021 at 7:18 am PST This image released by Netflix shows Director of Photography Mike Eley, from left, actor Ralph Fiennes and Director Simon Stone on the set of "The Dig." (Larry Horricks/Netflix via AP) Just before the outbreak of the World War II, a small-time archeologist was hired by a local woman to excavate her land. The thought was that it possibly contained some Viking remnants. But what was unearthed in the mounds out in the fields was far more significant than they could have imagined: Buried in the grounds of Sutton Hoo was actually a ship that would end up providing a deeper understanding of the sophistication of the early Anglo-Saxon period. It’s this true story that John Preston used as the stage for his novel “ The Dig,” which has been adapted into a very lovely film by screenwriter Moira Buffini and director Simon Stone. Carey Mulligan stars as the Sutton Hoo landowner, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow, mother to a pre-teen son and a bit of an amateur archaeologist who has a hunch about one of the mounds on her property. There’s also a ticking clock behind her expedition — the story is set in the summer of 1939 and by September, Britain would be declaring war. The man she chooses for the job is Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes), a local excavator for a provincial museum. He is no doubt a brilliant archaeologist and an expert in his region, taught by two generations of his own family, but his formal education and external demeanour denote a lower class and thus he’s not taken seriously by many. Even his colleagues call him “unorthodox and untrained.” Basil establishes a connection with Edith, however, who had purchased the lands with her husband to explore the mounds together. The project was derailed by his untimely death and she and her son, Robert (Archie Barnes, excellent), are determined to finish even with the impending war and much of the country distracted elsewhere. When they do realize what lies beneath the mounds is in fact more important than Viking graves, suddenly the big museums and important archeologists find the time and resources to contribute to the dig. This adds a whole host of subplots and characters, including Edith’s cousin, Rory (Johnny Flynn), who has enlisted with the air force, and newlywed archaeologists Stuart (Ben Chaplin) and Peggy Piggott (Lily James), all of whom roll their sleeves up to join in the project. It’s here where the film’s novel origins become a bit of liability as they rush through various side stories with the Piggotts and Rory. These threads were likely more rewarding in the book, yet they do still add scope and context to this very insulated story. And it’s very easy to get swept away by it all. Mulligan is also too young for this part (Nicole Kidman was originally slated for the role), although she excels nonetheless with a subtle and heartbreaking performance. The director, Stone, is an acclaimed theatre director in his native Australia without many film credits to his name. His 2015 debut, “The Daughter,” an Ibsen adaptation, was not widely released in the United States. But in “The Dig” he and his talented filmmaking team have made a truly beautiful piece, contemplative and melancholy, with a lovely score by Stefan Gregory and enveloping scenery shot by Mike Eley. In some ways “The Dig” feels like its own artifact too, like a lost Anthony Minghella film made 30 years ago and buried until now. “The Dig,” a Netflix release in theatres Friday and on Netflix Jan. 29, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “brief sensuality and partial nudity.” Running time: 112 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. MPAA Definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line843
__label__cc	0.680956	0.319044	The City of Inglewood provides water to 86% of the residences and businesses in the City. Water is provided in the remaining areas by Golden State Water Company and Cal America Water. The water provided by the City is pumped from City-owned wells, treated, and blended with water purchased from the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) through Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) pipe connections. The City also purchases recycled water from WBMWD. Recycled water is used for irrigation and landscaping purposes at City parks, cemeteries, and schools. Recently, City Council approved the use of recycled water for street sweeping and sewer flushing purposes. This project is the first of its kind in Los Angeles County and will conserve approximately 1.5 million gallons of drinking water per year. Early settlers were attracted to Inglewood by artesian wells. There are 152 miles of water distribution mainlines in Inglewood's municipal system with over 15,000 domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and fire service connections. The City's Sanford M. Anderson Water Treatment Plant, (named for our first Water Superintendent), has appeared in several movies, commercials, TV shows. Water from Inglewood's four wells, filtered and disinfected at our Water Treatment Plant, is monitored for 103 Federally Regulated possible contaminants, and examined daily for indicator and aesthetic qualities. The average person uses 123 gallons of water per day. For City water and sewer standard drawings, please call 310-412-5333. 1 Manchester Boulevard Inglewood CA 90301 Annual Water Quality Reports	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line844
__label__wiki	0.788281	0.788281	SOUTHERN-MISS Regen McGee gets Southern Miss nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year Award Rashad Milligan Mississippi Clarion Ledger Late in her senior year at Pass Christian High School, Regen McGee didn't even know she was going to be a collegiate athlete. At the time, Regen's sister, Devin, was a soccer player at Southern Miss. While Regen planned to attend Southern Miss, she was just going to be a student. Regen had no interest in a potential track scholarship offer from the Golden Eagles. Devin made a promise to Regen that if she accepted the offer, Devin would switch to track instead of playing soccer her senior year. No switch was ever needed. Devin played soccer and Regen joined the track team at Southern Miss. And four years later, Regen has been nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. "I'm really excited to represent USM in any aspect I can," Regen said in a school release. "Especially the track team. I was definitely proud. I even sent (Southern Miss track) Coach (Jon) Stuart a message thanking him again just because he thought I qualified for that position." The NCAA Woman of the Year Award, established in 1991, recognizes graduating female student-athletes who stood out in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their careers. Regen is one of 259 nominations on the Division I level for the award. A spring 2020 graduate, she lettered in both cross country and track and field in four seasons. She helped with the Southern Miss Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's food drive last fall, which collected 1,010 pounds of canned foods and non-perishable goods. The drive's donations went to the Eagles Nest Food Pantry on campus. A math major, Regen did research on differential equations through Southern Miss' honor college. She's been accepted to graduate school at Alabama, but will wait to enroll until the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Regen was a member of the Luckday Citizenship Program, where students receive scholarships based off volunteer and leadership positions they had in high school. She volunteered to oversee the Southern Miss High School Invitational each year she was in undegrad. At the invitational, she got athletes to their respective stations and positions on the field. Regen was unable to use the restroom during the hot, 10-hour meets, and she missed some classes. "That was my favorite thing that I did every year," Regen said. "From freshman year to senior year. We were able to do it this year right before everything got canceled. That was always the most amazing thing." In fall 2019, she was Southern Miss' Conference USA Spirit of Service winner. "I had an opportunity that other people weren't given because I had the chance to run in college," Regen said. "I had a family that pushed me to run and to be the best that I could be. I like to get out there and help other people when they aren't given the same opportunity." Conference offices will select up to two candidates from each conference. Then, the Woman of the Year committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the top 30 honorees—10 from each division. From the top 30, the committee will determine the three finalists before naming the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year in the fall.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line845
__label__wiki	0.657227	0.657227	Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion The Trump administration leaves a legacy of confusion over cybersecurity issues with few positives. Blog Post by Brandon Valeriano December 21, 2020 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program Diplomacy & International Institutions What’s in the EU-UK Brexit Deal? The European Union and the United Kingdom came to a last-minute trade deal on Christmas Eve, narrowly averting the hardest of all potential Brexits. But major uncertainty remains. In Brief by Matthias Matthijs December 28, 2020 Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines? Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the first vaccines are being distributed, spurring hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight. Backgrounder by Claire Felter December 21, 2020 InfoGuides Independent Task Force Program Women, Civic Participation, and the Legacy of the 19th Amendment Conference Call with Lucy Gettman and Rachel B. Vogelstein December 16, 2020 State and Local Conference Calls and Webinars Religion Leaders Local Journalists The Final Days of Brexit Negotiations Panelists discuss the latest developments in Brexit negotiations, including the main points of contention among the parties, prospect of a deal before December 31, and implications for the private sector. Virtual Event by Jennifer Hillman and Matthias Matthijs December 22, 2020 Lectureship Series Webinars & Conference Calls Rethinking the Role of the U.S. Mexican Border in the Post-9/11 World Testimony by Stephen E. Flynn Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress. Written Testimony before a hearing of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate U.S.-Mexico: Immigration Policy & The Bilateral Relationship Stephen E. Flynn, Ph.D. Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.) Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies Chairman Lugar, Senator Biden, and distinguished members of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. I am the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations where I recently directed the Independent Task Force on Homeland Security, co-chaired by former Senators Warren Rudman and Gary Hart. In June 2002, I retired as a Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard after 20 years of active duty service. I am honored to be appearing before you this morning to discuss the issue of border control as an element of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico. North America finds itself in paradoxical times. On the one hand, the hemispheres economic prosperity depends on an open continental system that facilitates the free movement of people and goods. On the other, worries over Americas exposure to catastrophic terrorist attacks have transformed homeland security into one of Washingtons leading preoccupations. The result is that while the NAFTA imperative of a more open border was gathering steam prior to 9/11, since that fateful day, controlling the southwest border in an effort to prevent illegal immigration and smuggling has been advanced as essential to combating the terrorist threat against the United States. Security has trumped cross-border facilitation as our abiding interest. This is a mistake since it wrongly presumes that there is an automatic tradeoff between advancing greater degrees of openness to support the movement of legitimate people and goods and the need for more rigorous border controls. The experience over the past decade of stepped-up enforcement along the Mexican border suggests that U.S. efforts aimed at hardening its borders can have the unintended consequence of creating precisely the kind of an environment that is conducive to terrorists and criminals. Draconian measures to police the border invariably provide incentives for informal arrangements and criminal conspiracies to overcome cross-border barriers to commerce and labor movements. In addition, unilateral measures pursued on one side of the border create political impediments for enforcement cooperation on the other. The result is that the border region becomes more chaotic which makes it ideal for exploitation by criminals and terrorists. Terrorists and the tools of terrorism do not spring up at the border. Instead, they arrive via hemispheric and international trade and travel networks. Advancing a continental approach to deterring, detecting, and intercepting illicit actors seeking to exploit those networks would accomplish two things. First, it would provide some strategic depth for responding to a threat before it arrived at a critical and congested border crossing. Second, it would allow the ability to segment risk so that the cross-border movements of people and cargo deemed to present a low-risk could be facilitated. Then limited enforcement resources could be targeted more effectively at those that present a high risk. The shared risks of loss of life and massive economic disruption presented by the catastrophic terrorist threat should provide the basis for greater levels of bilateral cooperation that can remove many longstanding barriers to continental commerce precisely because those barriers themselves can elevate security risks. For example, the longstanding neglect of the border in terms of limited infrastructure investment and tepid efforts at customs and immigration modernization and harmonization made no sense in purely economic terms. But the resultant inefficiencies that carry substantial commercial costs also create opportunities that thugs and terrorists can exploit. Thus, there is a national security rationale to redress those inefficiencies. The agendas for both promoting security and greater continental commerce can be and must be mutual reinforcing. The Hardened Border Paradox Great powers have been building great walls throughout history. The Great Wall of China, the Maginot Line, and the Berlin Wall went up at considerable expense in sweat and treasure and all ultimately failed to block or contain the forces that prompted their construction. The recent efforts by the United States to protect the southwest border including installing a 26-mile long fence between San Diego and Tijuana, has had a similar fate. Take the case of illegal migration. Stepped-up patrolling and policing of the border may raise the costs of getting to the United States, but it also creates a demand for those who are in the business of arranging the illegal crossings. Migrants who once simply strolled across the border to seek work on the other side, now need professional help. That help is provided by guides known as coyotes who take migrants to remote border locations or put together increasingly sophisticated smuggling operations at the land border entries. As the coyote business becomes more lucrative, criminal gangs are better positioned to invest in pay-offs of front-line agents.[1] The prevalence of corruption, in turn, undermines information sharing and operational coordination between U.S. authorities and their Mexican counterparts. Enforcement driven-delays at the border also ironically contribute to creating opportunities for smuggling narcotics as well. In Laredo, Texas for instance, truck crossings were at 2.8 million in 1999, up from 1.3 million in 1993.[2] Many of these trucks operating at the border are old and poorly maintained and owned by small mom-and-pop trucking companies. The turnover-rate among drivers is extremely high. These conditions are prevalent because waiting hours at a border crossing in order to make a 20-mile round trip, with an empty trailer on the return, is not a lucrative business. Moving intercontinental freight is, so the trucks and drivers who make long-haul journeys tend to be of a higher quality. Since it is uneconomical to run a state-of-the-art rig near the border, trailers are usually offloaded at depots near the border. In the case of south-bound traffic, a short-haul truck is then contracted to move the freight to a customs broker who will then order another short-haul truck to transport the freight to another depot across the border. A long-haul truck will then pick up the load and carry it into the interior. The drivers of these short-haul rigs tend to be younger, less skilled, and are paid only nominal wages— as little as $7 to $10 per trip. As a result, the potential payoff for carrying contraband through a congested border crossing is all the more tempting.[3] The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates that more than half of the cocaine that arrives in the United States comes via the southwest border.[4] Even with the rise in the number of inspectors and investigators assigned to the 28 border-entry points in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, given both the volume and the nature of the trucking sector that services the border, the U.S. government clearly is facing needle-in-a-haystack odds as it strives to detect and intercept illicit drugs. The pure cocaine to feed Americas annual coke habit could be transported in just fifteen of the more than 20 million 40-foot containers that arrived at Americas land and sea borders each year. And in addition to looking for drugs, the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection is charged with monitoring compliance with more than 400 laws and 34 international treaties, statutes, agreements, and conventions on behalf of 40 federal agencies.[5] So while the prevalence of migrant and narcotics smuggling seems to provide a compelling rationale for tightening up controls along U.S. borders, aggressive border inspections in turn, confront improbable odds while fostering the kinds of conditions that generate ample time and opportunity within a Mexican and US border city for these illicit transfers to occur. Hardened borders also transform the cost-reward structure so amateur crooks are replaced by sophisticated criminal enterprises and corruption issues become more pronounced. In short, the experience of the southwest border suggests that aggressive border security measures end up contributing to problems that inspired them in the first place. The Open Border Paradox The United States has enjoyed the remarkable good fortune of having the oft-heralded longest undefended border in the world with it Canadian neighbor to the north. For much of the two nations history, to the extent that there was a government presence along the 49th parallel, it was only to collect customs duties. As a result, the 5,525 mile border can be summed up as a national boundary with no fences and a few toll gates. In recent years, those toll gates have come under increasing pressure as cross border trade has flourished. Take the automotive industry, for example. General Motors, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler manufacture many of the parts to build their cars and trucks from plants in the Canadian province of Ontario. Several times each day these parts are delivered to the assembly plants in the United States. Delivery trucks are loaded so that parts meant for specific vehicles can be unloaded and placed directly on the appropriate chassis as it moves down the assembly line. This just-in-time delivery system has given the Big Three a more cost-effective and efficient production process. It has also generated a great deal of truck traffic. For example, up to 9000 trucks a day transit the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. At these rates, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials must clear one truck every 18 seconds. If they fall behind, the parking lot can accommodate only 90 tractor-trailers at a time. Once the parking lot fills, trucks back up onto the bridge. The resulting pileup virtually closes the border, generating roadway chaos throughout metropolitan Windsor and Detroit, and costs the average automotive assembly plant an average of $1 million per hour in lost production. Over the past two decades, the episodic attention directed at the northern border was primarily centered around efforts to minimize any source of administrative friction that added to cost and delay of legitimate commerce. The notion of the 49th parallel as a security issue is a recent phenomenon that burst into the limelight just prior to the millennium. The catalyst was the December 1999 arrest of an Algerian terrorist with ties to Osama bin Laden in Port Angeles, Washington. Ahmed Ressam had arrived onboard a ferry from Vancouver in a passenger car with a trunk full of bomb-making materials. Only a U.S. Customs Service officials unease with the way Ressam answered her questions prevented him from driving onto American soil. The jitters surrounding the Ressam arrest turned into near panic immediately following the September 11 attacks. Worries about the possibility of additional attacks led to the effective sealing of the border as every truck, car, driver, and passenger came under close examination. Within a day there was a 16-hour queue at the major border crossings in Michigan and New York.[6] By September 13, Damiler-Chrysler announced they would have to close an assembling plant on the following day because their supplies were stuck on the north side of the border.[7] On September 14, Ford announced they would be closing 5 plants the following week.[8] Washington quickly reconsidered its initial response and within a week, the border inspection wait times returned close to normal. On its face, the open and very limited controls exercised at the U.S.-Canada border would suggest that it was ripe for exploitation by criminals and terrorists. The reality is that the imperative to manage cross-border threats without disrupting trade that amounts to more than $1 billion a day and the travel of 220 million people each year, has led to an extraordinary degree of cross-border cooperation. On the Vermont-Quebec border, for instance, Canadian and U.S. law enforcement officers at the federal, state, provincial, and local levels have been meeting for 18 years to discuss their criminal cases without any formal charter. The relationships are such that participants sit together and share information in much the same way they might at a roll call if they all belonged to the same police precinct.[9] The resultant collegiality spills over into their daily police work. In fact, local agents in Vermont or New Hampshire who are frustrated on occasion by bureaucratic obstacles to getting information or assistance from U.S. federal agencies have found a successful end-run to be to seek out their Canadian counterparts and ask them to serve as intermediaries for their requests! In Washington state and British Colombia, U.S. and Canadian police, immigration and customs officials, stood up a bi-national team in 1996 to work on cross-border crimes with local, state, and provincial enforcement agencies. The team was called the Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) and initially focused on drug smuggling, but the portfolio later expanded to include terrorism. Following the September 11 attacks, Washington and Ottawa agreed to establish a total of 8 of these IBETs along the border.[10] The movement towards emphasizing a broader framework of bi-national cooperation versus focusing on the physical borderline gained impetus in 1999 when Prime Minister Jean Chretien and President Bill Clinton formed a process of consultation labeled the Canada-U.S. Partnership (CUSP). The process had as its objective the reinvention of border management to support the seamless passage of legitimate flows of people and goods between the two countries.[11] Progress towards this end was somewhat halting until after September 11. With 40 percent of its GDP tied to trade with the United States[12] , the post-9-11 closing of the border transformed the CUSP agenda into Ottawas top priority. The then Canadian foreign minister, John Manley, was dispatched to Washington to meet with the new White House Director of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge. Manley found a sympathetic audience in Ridge who had just stepped down as Governor of Pennsylvania (Canada was that states number 1 trade partner.) Together they hammered out a 30 point Smart Border Action Plan which they announced on December 10, 2001. The preamble of the declaration declared: Public Security and economic security are mutually reinforcing. By working together to develop a zone of confidence against terrorist activity, we create a unique opportunity to build a smart border for the 21st century; a border that securely facilitates the free flow of people and commerce; a border that reflects the largest trading relationship in the world.[13] In short, in dramatic contrast to the approach the United States had pursued on its southern border throughout the 1990s, with respect to its northern border Washington has concluded that its security is optimized by striving to keep the border as open as possible, while working to improve cooperative bi-national arrangements. Indeed, efforts to harden the border along the 49th parallel have been assessed to be self-defeating not just in economic terms, but in security terms. Closing the border in the wake of a terrorist attack only reinforces the military value of engaging in such attacks. This is because it means the U.S. government ends up doing something to itself that no other world power could aspire to accomplish— it imposes a blockade on its own economy. The result is to convert a small investment in terror into massive disruption of daily life that has a clear and adverse effect on the U.S. and overall global economy. Americas adversaries would undoubtedly take solace in this and recognize that the potential benefits of this kind of warfare warrants consideration. Beyond Border Control Embracing openness and advancing homeland security need not be an "either-or" proposition if Washington is willing to apply the lessons it has drawn from its northern border to Mexico and the broader global community. The end game must not be about defending a line on a map, but advancing greater bilateral integration while managing important safety, security, and other public policy interests. This balancing act can be accomplished by: (1) developing the means to validate in advance the overwhelming majority of the people and goods that cross the border as law abiding and low risk; and (2) enhancing the means of federal agents to target and intercept inbound high risk people and goods. Accomplishing the first is key to succeeding at the second since there will always be limits on the time and resources available for agents to conduct investigations and inspections. The goal must be to limit the size of the haystack in which there are most likely to be illicit needles. Verifying legitimate cross border flows as truly legitimate is not as fearsome task as it might first appear. This is because aggregate border crossing numbers are somewhat misleading since so many of the vehicles, drivers, and people are regular customers. For instance, while there were 4.2 million recorded southwest border truck crossings in 1999, these crossings were made by roughly 80,000 trucks.[14] If we are willing to make the investment, the technologies are certainly available to identify frequent travelers as such. After undergoing a pre-screening application and inspection process, vehicles can be equipped with an electronic transponder and the driver can be provided with a NAFTA transportation identity card with encoded biometric information to confirm that they are in fact who they profess to be. Quickly clearing these vehicles and their drivers allows inspectors to focus more of their time and energy on examining unfamiliar or suspicious traffic. Similarly, the vast majority of the daily pedestrian border crossings are made by day laborers who return to their homes south of the border each evening. These individuals can be recognized as such by inspectors who are assigned to the border. Well-designed border crossings that are adequately staffed with inspectors who are well-trained in behavior pattern recognition can be more effective than reliance on high-technology when dealing with this foot traffic. An inspector does not need a machine to tell her if she is looking at a face she has never seen before. And a biometric devise is useless in detecting behaviors such as excessive anxiety that should arouse suspicion. There is no substitute for human judgment when making these kinds of calls. Manufacturers, carriers, shippers, importers or exporters could be encouraged to adopt stringent internal security practices that reduce their exposure to internal criminal conspiracies and which deter criminal elements from targeting their vehicles and goods once they leave a factory, warehouse, or transshipment facility. They should also be encouraged to invest in information and tracking technologies to maintain near real-time accountability of their drivers, vehicles, and cargo from the point of origin through the final destination. Finally, they should transmit in advance, the electronic information border agents need to assess their compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. Theft-resistant transportation networks are more difficult for criminals and terrorists to compromise. Should there be advance intelligence of such a compromise, these information systems will make it easier to locate and interdict shipments that might contain illegal migrants or contraband before it enters a crowded port or land border inspection facility; alternatively, authorities can put together a controlled-delivery sting operation, where the contraband is allowed to reach the intended recipient so that the appropriate arrests can be made. Given the value this has for security, the U.S. government should work to create every incentive for expanding participation in these frequent-traveler programs including providing adequate staff to quickly process applications and eliminating or substantially reducing or waiving of the fees for receiving these biometric cards and transponders. Since these programs advance our national security, making an appropriate investment in federal resources to them is appropriate. Still, bringing about the kind of transformation that makes the private sector a willing and able partner in supporting a reinvented border control mission requires strong market incentives. Happily such incentives exists if the U.S. government is thoughtful about how new investments in transportation infrastructure are made at and near the border. Specifically, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century has targeted substantial funding for major roadway improvements under the Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program.[15] As development and management plans for such projects as the Ports-to-Plain Corridor and the I-69 NAFTA highway are drawn-up, the development of a dedicated trade lane should be incorporated. That is, like commuter High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes found around many metropolitan areas, access to a dedicated trade lane would be restricted to only those vehicles and drivers and that cargo that participates in the new border management regime. An additional incentive could come by moving many of the border entry inspection processes away from the physical border itself and instead consolidate them into a single trilateral NAFTA inspection facility and locate it on a dedicated traffic lane that leads to the border. For instance there is an 18-mile new toll road leading from I-39 to the Mexican state of Nueva Leon via the recently constructed Colombia Bridge on the outskirts of Laredo, Texas. Why not have the United States, Mexico, and Canada agree to grant extraterritorial legal authority within a NAFTA inspection facility placed at the start of that toll road where trucks, drivers, and cargo could be examined by inspectors from all three countries and where each agency is allowed to enforce their respective national laws and regulations for goods and conveyances bound for their jurisdiction. Statutes governing the development of border crossing facilities and infrastructure should be examined to identify legal barriers which prevent or slow the investment of federal monies in these projects. Specifically, there should be a fast track for completing environmental impact studies that can delay border infrastructure projects up to ten years. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has already embraced this approach in sea ports under a program Commissioner Robert Bonner has called the Container Security Initiative. An important element of that initiative is stationing U.S. Customs inspectors overseas in loading and transshipment ports to inspect suspicious cargo before it is even loaded on a ship. Nations who agree to participate are given reciprocal privileges in U.S. ports.[16] In the North American context, the end-state, ideally, should be to develop a single zone conducting one-stop arrival and departure inspections. In the case of northbound trucks from Mexico City and Monterey and southbound trucks bound for the Mexican interior, operators would have to stop just once at a location where there is plenty of space to conduct inspections so there is no risk of hours-long backups that now routinely plague the bridges. Once the trucks are cleared, the flow of traffic could be closely monitored by use of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) radio frequency or GPS technologies. But simply relocating where inspections take place is not enough. Border control agencies need to fundamentally change the way they are doing business as well. The days of random, tedious, administrative and labor-intensive border inspection systems— the bane of every legitimate international traveler and business— must be numbered. The manpower constraints inherent in traditional border-control practices guarantee their continuing inability to adequately police the surge in continental and global commerce. What is the alternative? The answer lies in placing greater emphasis on developing the means to enhance domain awareness and the capacity to perform anomaly detection. In the computer industry, anomaly detection represents the most promising means for detecting hackers intent on stealing data or transmitting computer viruses.[17] The process involves monitoring the cascading flows of computer traffic with an eye towards discerning what is normal traffic; i.e., that which moves by way of the most technologically rational route. Once this baseline is established, software is written to detect that which is aberrant. A good computer hacker will try to look as close as possible to a legitimate user. But, since he is not, he inevitably must do some things differently and good cyber-security software will detect that variation, and deny access. For those hackers who manage to get through, their breach is identified and shared so that this abnormal behavior can be removed from the guidance of what is normal and acceptable. In much the same way, the overwhelming majority of the vehicles, people, and cargo that move across the U.S. borders move in predictable patterns. If inspectors have the means to analyze and keep track of these flows, they will have the means to detect aberrant behavior. In short, anomaly detection of cross-border flows is possible, if the regulatory and enforcement agencies whose daily tasks is to police those flows: (1) are given access to intelligence about real or suspected threats, and (2) are provided the means to gather, share, and mine private sector data that provides a comprehensive picture of normal cross border traffic so as to enhance their odds of detecting threats when they materialize. If the public sector undertakes these changes, the private-sector must also change its attitude about engaging in self-policing and sharing anything but the minimum amounts of relevant data with government agencies. Border control agencies have important and legitimate jobs to perform. The general public wants restrictions on the flows of contraband such as weapons, drugs, and child pornography. Immigration policies require that who enters and who leaves their jurisdictions be monitored and controlled. Many public-health strategies aimed at managing the spread of disease require the identification and isolation of people, livestock, and agricultural products that could place the general population at risk. Safety and environmental threats connected with unsafe shipping and trucking mandate that the transportation sector be monitored. And trade rules must be enforced for trade agreements to be sustainable. Barriers to continental progress The approach to border management outlined above has started to gain some currency with respect to the U.S.-Canada border. Just prior to the first anniversary of the tragic attacks on New York and Washington, President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien met on the Detroit-side of the Ambassador Bridge to launch an initiative dubbed the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program whose purpose is to move pre-approved goods across the border quickly. The two leaders also announced the expansion of program designed to speed the flow of pre-screened low-risk travelers across the border known as NEXUS along with a number of actions they are taking in support of the Ridge-Manley Smart Border agreement.[18] Against the backdrop of the worlds busiest commercial border crossing, President Bush declared: With these two initiatives, we'll ensure faster movement of legal, low-risk goods, and faster travel for people cross our borders, and we'll be able to better enhance security. Our inspectors will spend less time inspecting law-abiding citizens and more time inspecting those who may harm us.[19] For his part, the former Prime Minister Chrétien asserted: We recognized that we could create a smart border-- one that was not only more secure, but more efficient for trade, to permit our businesses to get back to business, to allow our nurses, engineers and computer technicians to provide their services, and our students to attend classes. To let our communities continue planning a shared future together, secure in the knowledge that the border welcomes legitimate trade and travelers.[20] While ample challenges remain with regard to adequate staffing, infrastructure, data management, and intelligence issues to make this risk management approach more capable and credible, there is clearly a consensus that measures that would have the net effect of hardening the border between Canada and the United States would be counterproductive. Meanwhile, the situation on U.S.-Mexican border stands in marked contrast. This is not for the want of any willingness on Mexicos part. President Vincente Fox has repeatedly offered to have a no-holds bar conversation on the future of its shared border with the United States. But, there has been little enthusiasm in the post 9-11 Washington to reciprocate. While the new homeland security imperative is cited as the rationale for change to the north, to the south it is being proffered up to explain why the U.S.-Mexican border reform agenda has move from the political fast track to the breakdown lane. The persistent incidence of crime, narcotics and migrant trafficking, and corruption are rallying points for advocates of tightening-up border enforcement. The generally unchallenged assumption is that, now more than ever, the United States needs to be committed to vigilance along the southern border. But, the case for fundamental reform should be even more compelling. Presumably, the combination of the new high security stakes and the acknowledgement in the Ridge-Manley agreement that hardening the 49th parallel is self-defeating, should create fertile ground for a thoughtful reexamination of the prevailing approach to managing the southern border. So why hasnt this logic been the prevailing one? The answer lies with the fact that the southern border is imprisoned in a legacy of immigration and drug enforcement efforts. Despite two decades of evidence to the contrary, Washington continues to see interdiction at the border as the key to successfully combating the northbound flow of illicit drugs and migrants. To adopt the smart border agenda throughout North America will require that Washington countenance an alternative approach to dealing with the issues of illicit drugs and immigration. It will require the federal agencies for whom border enforcement has been a growth business to acknowledge the unintended consequence of their collective effort has been to actually make the border region more difficult to police and secure. And it will require those within the U.S. Congress who oppose NAFTA to stop exploiting Americas newfound homeland security imperative as a means for advancing their protectionist agenda. The most important reason to get border management right is to satisfy what is arguably the most critical homeland security imperative of our time: to reduce the risk that hemispheric and global trade lanes will be exploited to smuggle a weapons of mass destruction into the United States. Without a committed effort to advance a bilateral approach to border management, terrorists will continue to have ample opportunity to bring their battles to American streets. It is in the collective interest of the United States and Mexico to work together to mitigate that risk. But the impetus for challenging conventional notions of border control owes it source not just to a transformed post-9/11 threat environment. It is also a long overdue response to the evolution of commercial and social patterns of interaction throughout North America that have made continental relationships more dynamic, organic, and integrated. As such, the case against traditional border management practices such as those pursued along the southwest border had been already made by the close of the last century for anyone willing to look at objectively at the yawning gap between enforcement rhetoric and reality. Stepped-up efforts to harden the border are a flawed, even counterproductive, approach to advancing important security and public policy interests. By contrast, the kind of smart border initiatives being embraced on the northern border hold out real promise. The outline for transformed border management is clear. It requires a risk management approach to policing cross-border flows which includes the close collaboration of the major beneficiaries of an increasingly open North American continent— the United States neighbors to the North and the South, and the private sector. The stakes of getting this right are also clear. Transforming how the border is managed is an essential step towards assuring the long-term sustainability of hemispheric economic integration within the context of the transformed security environment of the post-9-11 world. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I look forward to responding to your questions. [1] Peter Andreas, Border Games: Policing the U.S.- Mexico Divide (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000). [2] Keith Philips and Carlos Manzanares, Transportation Infrastructure and the Border Economy, in The Border Economy (Dallas: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, June 2001), 11. [3] Field visit by the author to Laredo, Texas Aug 20-21, 2001. [4] Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Drug Control Strategy: 2001 Annual Report, Shielding U.S. Borders from the Drug Threat (Washington: USGPO, 2001). [5] U.S. Customs Service, About U.S. Customs, accessed on September 6, 2002 at http://www.customs.gov/about/about.htm. [6] U.S. Customs Service, Border Wait Times at major northern and southern border crossings. Current border wait-times information is available at http://www.customs.gov/travel/travel.htm. [7] Steve Erwin, Automakers forced to shut down: Parts shortage suspends production, Edmonton Journal, September 14, 2001, F4. [8] Parts Shortages Cause Ford Shutdown, Associated Press, September 14, 2001. [9] The Committee is informally known as the Leene Committee, named for its founder, James Leene, a former policeman who serves in the U.S. Attorneys office in Burlington, VT. [10] 6th Annual Canada-U.S Cross-Border Crime Forum Press Release, July 6, 2002, accessed on September 6, 2002 at http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Releases/e20020722.htm [11] George Haynal, Interdependence, Globalization, and North American Borders, in Governance and Public Security (Syracuse: Maxwell School, 2002), 55. [12] Authors calculations based on statistics available at Statistics Canada, www.statcan.ca [13] The Whitehouse Office of Homeland Security, Action Plan for Creating a Secure and Smart Border, Dec 12, 2001, accessed on September 5, 2002 at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011212-6.html [14] Office of the Inspector General, Interim Report on Status of Implementing the North American Free Trade Agreements Cross Border Trucking Provisions, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, MH-2001-059, (May 8, 2001), 7. Also, Statement of the Honorable Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, USDOT, Motor Carrier Safety at the U.S. Mexican Border, July 18, 2001 before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate. [15] TEA-21 [1119(a)] [16] Robert C. Bonner, Pushing Borders Outwards: Rethinking Customs Border Enforcement, A speech presented at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., Jan 17, 2002. 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__label__cc	0.60963	0.39037	Avions de Combat de L'Otan Gérard Paloque Created in 1949 by ten European countries, joined later by Canada and the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was originally intended to federate the defense means of the signatories, in the context of the beginning of the Cold War, just after the Berlin blockade. Text in French. 600 profiles and about 300 period photographs Dimensions : 11.7 X 8.3 inches Text in French. Created in 1949 by ten European countries, joined later by Canada and the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was originally intended to federate the defense means of the signatories, in the context of the beginning of the Cold War, just after the Berlin blockade. Setting up this alliance meant the weapons of the member countries and especially their air forces were very rapidly modernized, especially under the aegis of the United States, the only country at the time to have a nuclear weapon, the indispensable prerequisite for all dissuasion. In the following decades several nations joined NATO, whereas France decided to go it alone and, on the contrary, leave NATO and ensure its own defense. The disappearance of the USSR then the Warsaw Pact in the 1990s meant the role of the Alliance had to be reviewed, because it had lost its main adversary and raison d’être. Meanwhile it started to take part in various external operations, and a certain number of countries from the former Eastern Bloc gradually began joining it. In this 300+ page book, the fighting planes of each NATO country’s air force, be they a founder member or a new member, are presented in detail, the nations being classified by alphabetical order, which gives a very complete panorama of the machines in operation and the camouflage systems and markings used, notably thanks to more than 600 profiles and about 300 period photographs. Berlin 1933-45 Jean-Louis Maurette L'inexorable Defaite Jean-Yves Mary Tilly-Sur-Seulles 1944 Stéphane Jacquet Raid de Dieppe Nicolas Bucourt, Hervé Fihue, Frédérick Jeanne, Mathieu Masson Sur le Sentier de la Guerre Raid de Bruneval et de La Poterie - Cap d'Antifer Alain Millet Les Bateaux Vikings Damien Bouet	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line850
__label__wiki	0.563591	0.563591	Case Profile page permalink Case Name Christina A. v. Bloomberg JI-SD-0001 Docket / Court 4:00-cv-04036-LLP ( D.S.D. ) State/Territory South Dakota Case Type(s) Juvenile Institution Attorney Organization Youth Law Center On February 24, 2000, juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1487 in the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, ... read more > On February 24, 2000, juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1487 in the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Southern Division, challenging conditions of confinement at the facility. Plaintiffs alleged numerous constitutional violations which included the following: (1) improper and punitive restraint methods; (2) lengthy solitary confinements; (3) lack of mental health services; (4) inadequate training of staff; (5) arbitrary' discipline and punishment;(6) the presence of male staff members in the female shower area;(7) monitoring of telephone calls and visits; and (8) the lack of special education courses. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as class certification. On July 7, 2000, the District Court, (Chief Judge Lawrence L. Piersol) certified the class and subclasses. Christina A. ex rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg, 197 F.R.D. 664 (D.S.D. 2000). Extensive discovery and settlement negotiations followed. A settlement was reached on November 6, 2000. The Court held a fairness hearing on December 11, 2000 and approved the Settlement Agreement and dismissed the case without prejudice on December 13, 2000. It retained jurisdiction for purposes of enforcing the Settlement Agreement and resolving issues of costs and attorneys' fees. The plaintiff class moved for an award of attorney's fees and expenses. On Sept. 28, 2001, the District Court awarded plaintiffs $302,617.50 in attorney's fees and $74,019.98 in costs and expenses. In making the award, the District Court found that plaintiffs were a "prevailing party" under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (''PLRA'') was not applicable. Christina A. ex rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg, 167 F.Supp.2d 1094 (D.S.D. 2001). Defendants appealed. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (Circuit Judge Beam) reversed, holding that: (1) juvenile inmate class was not a ''prevailing party'' under § 1988, and (2) the juvenile institution qualified as a correctional facility under fee limiting provisions of the PLRA. Christina A. ex rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg, 315 F.3d 990 (8th Cir. 2003). No further case activity was noted on the PACER docket. Dan Dalton - 02/25/2007 compress summary - click to show/hide ALL - Issues and Causes of Action click to show/hide detail Confinement/isolation Restraints : physical Sexual abuse by residents/inmates Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages) Totality of conditions Medical/Mental Health Mental health care, general Type of Facility Government-run Causes of Action 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Defendant(s) South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton Plaintiff Description All juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton. Indexed Lawyer Organizations Youth Law Center Class action status sought Yes Class action status granted Yes Filed Pro Se Unknown Prevailing Party Plaintiff Public Int. Lawyer Yes Nature of Relief Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement Source of Relief Settlement Form of Settlement Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree Filed 02/24/2000 Case Closing Year 2003 Case Ongoing No Court Docket(s) D.S.D. 04/07/2003 00-4036 JI-SD-0001-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records] Memorandum Opinion and Order (197 F.R.D. 664) JI-SD-0001-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: Google Scholar Memorandum Opinion and Order (2000 WL 33980011 / 2000 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 22312) Memorandum Opinion and Order (167 F.Supp.2d 1094) U.S. Court of Appeals Reported Opinion (315 F.3d 990) show all people docs Judges Beam, Clarence Arlen (D. Neb., Eighth Circuit) show/hide docs JI-SD-0001-0003 Piersol, Lawrence L. (D.S.D.) show/hide docs JI-SD-0001-0002 \| JI-SD-0001-0004 \| JI-SD-0001-0005 \| JI-SD-0001-9000 Simko, John E. (D.S.D.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs Plaintiff's Lawyers Eklund, Wally (South Dakota) show/hide docs Finley, Michael (District of Columbia) show/hide docs Johnson, Charles Rick (South Dakota) show/hide docs Pochop, Stephanie (South Dakota) show/hide docs JI-SD-0001-0001 \| JI-SD-0001-0002 \| JI-SD-0001-0004 \| JI-SD-0001-0005 \| JI-SD-0001-9000 Schindler, Marc (District of Columbia) show/hide docs Soler, Mark I. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JI-SD-0001-0001 \| JI-SD-0001-0002 \| JI-SD-0001-0003 \| JI-SD-0001-0004 \| JI-SD-0001-0005 \| JI-SD-0001-9000 Defendant's Lawyers Barnett, Mark W. (South Dakota) show/hide docs Beck, William (South Dakota) show/hide docs McMahon, James E. (South Dakota) show/hide docs Moore, James Ellis (South Dakota) show/hide docs	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line851
__label__wiki	0.61334	0.61334	AVG: 57.2 AVG: 71.6 No College Consensus AVERAGE: 65.2 No Publisher Consensus Student Consensus Publisher Ratings U.S. News - Regional Universities South Washington Monthly Masters Cappex Scores last updated on April 1, 2020 Mount Berry, GA Percent Admitted 4-year Graduation Rate Student-to-Faculty Ratio Average Undergraduate Students Aid In-State Tuition and Fees Out-of-State Tuition and Fees = Average Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs https://www.berry.edu Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Berry College is a private, 4-year school located in Mt Berry, GA, in the northwest portion of the state between Atlanta and Chattanooga, TN. The school (and other educational institutions) was founded in 1902 by Martha Berry for academically able but economically poor children of the rural South—those who usually could not afford to go to other schools. The 27,000 acre campus is considered the largest contiguous college campus in the world and includes Lavender Mountain. 16,000 acres are overseen by the state department of Natural Resources. The picturesque campus features the “House O’ Dreams” – a mountaintop cabin built by students in 1922 as a gift to Miss Berry. The campus also boasts a wide variety of outdoor activities throughout the year. The academic campus features traditional collegiate gothic architecture and was featured in films and TV. Berry College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges and offers Bachelor’s degrees and Master’s degrees in over 50 fields. Noted for Nursing, Music and Teacher education, the largest program on campus is in Business. The College is comprised of four schools and one division: Campbell School of Business; Charter School of Education and Human Sciences; Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences; and Division of Nursing. Per the Mission Statement, “Berry College is a comprehensive liberal-arts college with Christian values. The college furthers our students’ intellectual, moral and spiritual growth; proffers lessons that are gained from worthwhile work done well; and challenges them to devote their learning to community and civic betterment. Berry emphasizes an educational program committed to high academic standards, values based on Christian principles, practical work experience and community service in a distinctive environment of natural beauty. It is Berry’s goal to make an excellent private liberal-arts education accessible to talented students from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds.” There are over 2,200 undergraduate students enrolled in Berry College, most of whom live on campus among the six residence hall divisions which include traditional dormitories, townhouses and cottages. The College sponsors over 75 clubs and student organizations, including club sports and intramurals. For the varsity athlete, the blue and silver Vikings field teams in 12 sports and participate in NCAA Division III competition. Each Fall, the founder’s birthday is marked by Mountain Day with many activities, alumni events and traditions. Students are made aware of the school’s stated Core Values: A curriculum that stimulates the mind, cultivates a strong work ethic, and develops personal value systems; We value a curriculum that challenges (Head) our faculty and students, and responds to the needs of a rapidly changing business community. We seek to maintain currency in our respective fields and be continuously active in our professional disciplines; Multiculturalism and diversity; supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff; Collaboration, teamwork and the promotion of individual strengths; Service-learning and citizenship; Interacting with the larger community including local, national, and international publics; Continuous improvement of processes; Worthwhile work done well. Campbell School of Business Rankings that feature Berry College 25 Best Mountain Colleges Top Consensus Ranked Colleges for Outdoor Enthusiasts 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the Fall Top Consensus Ranked Schools for Fall Foliage Best Regional Universities - South See Schools in Georgia GEORGIA Rankings Best Online MBA Programs in Georgia 2019 Online MBA Rankings Best Colleges & Universities in Georgia Top Consensus Ranked Schools in Georgia 2020 Best Online Colleges & Universities in Georgia Top Consensus Ranked Online Schools in Georgia 2020 25 Best Colleges for Skiing & Snowboarding Top Consensus Ranked Schools for Winter Fun Top Consensus Ranked Schools with Amazing Aquatic Centers	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line857
__label__wiki	0.788208	0.788208	Authorship Guidelines Reading: Comics Unmasked: A Conversation with Adrian Edwards, lead curator of Printed Historical Sour... XML (EN) Comics Unmasked: A Conversation with Adrian Edwards, lead curator of Printed Historical Sources, The British Library City University London, GB Lecturer in Library Science, City University London In this interview Adrian Edwards, lead curator of Printed Historical Sources, The British Library, talks to Ernesto Priego about the Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at The British Library, 2 May – 19 August 2014. Keywords: British Library, Libraries, Comics, Comic Books, UK, Comics Unmasked, Exhibition, Art How to Cite: Priego, E., 2014. Comics Unmasked: A Conversation with Adrian Edwards, lead curator of Printed Historical Sources, The British Library. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 4(1), p.Art. 2. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/cg.an Jamie Hewlett design for Comics Unmasked at the British Library © Jamie Hewlett 2014. Ernesto Priego [EP]: You have worked at the British Library for 25 years and are the lead curator of Printed Historical Sources at the Library. This exhibition [Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK; The British Library, 2 May – 19 August 2014] wouldn’t have been possible without your collection… Adrian Edwards [AE]: Paul Gravett and John Dunning from COMICA had been thinking of an exhibition on the history of British comics, and they’d been thinking this for a long time. Because the Americans are very good at talking about their history of comic-making, as are the Belgians, the Italians and the French, but we don’t do it very much here, and we tend to buy into the American history. And yet there is a very long history here. Paul and John had been thinking for some time about making something that’s about British comic-making and celebrates it. They really wanted it to be in a national institution, to give the exhibition a serious focus, to take it away from the kind of exhibitions you get quite a lot - of comic artwork in an art gallery setting - and show it in a different light. I think they had come to the British Library a few times, trying to suggest how that might work. Although they have lots of ideas - since they’re experts on comics - they didn’t really have either the knowledge of the collections here nor what it was we do when we’re trying to build an exhibition, which is actually quite a complex thing. There are lots of reasons why we do exhibitions, and there are reasons we do them in particular ways. That’s why I got pulled in to work with them. My role covers from the invention of printing - I manage people who look after 15th century printing and antiquarian books - right through to British printing today, and I’ve done exhibitions in the past in that space. I did ‘Evolving English’ [12 November 2010 – 3 April 2011] which looks at the history of the English language, and unusually here I’ve worked across the Library in different places, so I know the collections that are currently here at St. Pancras, and I knew them when they were at the British Museum; but I also know the collections that were, up until recently, in Colindale at the Newspaper Library. Which for comics is important because lots of things were there. And I also know the material up in Boston Spa, where I also worked; and there are very few people in the British Library who have worked with the collections in all three sites, and know how they fit together. So I was brought in to work with John and Paul to make this happen. So, in terms of who was curating the exhibition, John and Paul are the guest curators whose ideas are behind the exhibition and who as comics experts will be the public face of the show to the outside world. They’re writing most of the labels and they have suggested most of the material. But I’m also there as the Library’s internal curator, also suggesting material, drawing together the interpretation, and providing the internal links to exhibition build and design, marketing, communications, our learning programme, and so on. EP: Right, but they had to have access to the material to know what’s in there. AE: And know how it all fits together, yeah. So once the three of us came together we then started working on the scope of the exhibition, so that’s where we start, with the objectives, what we’re trying to achieve. Each of us can have a different preference as to which is most important, but they’re really to celebrate the history of British comics and British comic creators, and to highlight the British Library as a place to do research into comics and graphic novels by showing just the range of materials we have here. And to really help, from the Library’s point of view, engage with the creative industries, which is something we want to do now. In the past we’ve engaged very strongly with the arts and humanities researchers. Other parts of the Library engage with business people, there’s science areas and patents engaging with the whole world of science and technology. But at the moment we’re trying to focus on building links with the creative industries, so that kind of fits well with comic-making. This thing of inspiring people to look at our materials, to look at things we’ve got here to get them thinking and creating, is an aim of the exhibition. The interesting thing is, it’s the right time for the British Library to be doing an exhibition on comics. It’s the right time generally because people are very interested in them at the moment, and you see comics everywhere, in a way you didn’t perhaps five years ago. It’s the right time for the British Library because of the closure of the Newspaper Library at Colindale. Historically, weekly periodicals and newspapers were sent to the Newspaper Library at Colindale, and they had been since the 1930’s. This led to this situation where, if you were studying something like the Beano, you would’ve had to go to Colindale in North West London to look at the weekly parts and then the British Museum or the new British Library to look at the annuals and any special issues. So for the first time eversince the 1930’s, you’re able to actually see everything, in one place. EP: Does that mean there’s no central physical location where all the comics are collected? AE: No, the collections of the Library aren’t arranged in that way for the most part. There are some historic collections that are kept together, for example the King’s Library, the library of George III, is kept together, but generally speaking, as materials come in they’re sorted into vulnerable and not vulnerable, then it’s arranged by size, so that you’re making effective use of the shelf space. EP: Is this the size of individual items? AE: Yeah. In the past it would’ve been that all issues of periodicals, as they came in, all went together on shelves that were the right size for that periodical. But now we’ve moved to the situation where they don’t even go together. This means that issue 20 isn’t next to 21 which isn’t next to 22. As they come in they’re going into high-density storage, and everything has the unique barcode so it can be retrieved. EP: Some times researchers are not really aware of the challenges that a library would face in organising or deciding the criteria to collect, classify and order comics… AE: There are a lot of collection items in the Library - about 150 million items - and when you’re talking in those terms, even if you put things on a shelf standing up with a 3cm gap above them, all those 3cm gaps add up to an awful lot of storage space when you’re talking about millions of things. We’re always looking at more efficient shelving all the time. EP: It must be particularly challenging with comics that come in different formats, and then throughout time the physical dimensions of individual titles might have changed… AE: Absolutely. But historically things were kept together. The British Museum Library did different things at different times, but there are places in the collection where comics come together historically. For example, all of the material that went to Colindale, to the newspaper collections, all the weekly comics were dispersed among the collections originally, arranged by year. You went to the shelves for 1969, and everything that came out in 1969 was arranged by title. But if you were to follow the same title for 1970, you’ve got to go to the 1970 area. As people became aware of material at Colindale becoming more collectible and valuable, things were taken out of sequence and put into a strong room. They did that for early newspapers, so for all the pre-1830 newspapers. But they also did it for the big comics, because comics were becoming collectible. So it just so happens that because of that, all of the weekly comics were moved, at Colindale, into an area that includes newspapers, but is basically 95% comics in one place, for weeklies, which is quite nice. You could walk the shelves and see not only the famous titles but all the children’s comics, which were coming out weekly all through the 20th century, in one place. Elsewhere, during the Second World War, most British Museum Library staff went off to fight, and they had to put in emergency arrangements about what to do with material that continued to arrive. And after the War, you had a situation where you didn’t have any staff. The priorities were rebuilding an economy, not staffing libraries. What was done was, with material that arrived through legal deposit that publishers sent in automatically, some were catalogued and put on shelves in the normal way, but with other things, for quite a long time they said they didn’t have the resources to do this, because of the effect of the War. So they just arranged it all by publisher on the shelves. In doing that, they in effect created an area where there were loads of comics again, because in the late 1940’s and all through the 1950’s, they didn’t think that cataloguing and describing comics was important enough to justify staff resources when there was hardly any staff. They all ended up going in one place. We’ve actually got another area where we’ve got shelves and shelves of things that arrived in the 1940’s right through the 1950’s, which is almost all comics again, and they’re all legal deposits, published by UK publishers. Also, at that time, it was still the British Empire, and material being printed in the British dominions sometimes came in, depending on the legislation in that country. But within that there are some of African comics, which you might not see easily outside. EP: Were there cases of British comics being reprinted, say, in India… AE: I haven’t seen India, but I’ve seen West Africa, for Nigeria and the Gold Coast… EP: And they were in English, obviously. And maybe some local adaptations… AE: It’s something people need to do some work on. EP: Yeah, absolutely. AE: There’s a nice group of things there. For materials that weren’t weekly, there’s also the British Museum Library, where they had an area for vulnerable materials, which they call “the Cupboards”, which have shelf-marks which begin “CUP” today, and these cupboards were shelves with lockable doors on the front originally, and that’s where they put pornography - well, it was erotica really. That’s where they put lots of things like… EP: Cards and postcards… AE: Yeah, odds and ends, really. Things that they didn’t know what to do with. But there were quite a lot of comics. So that CUP sequence carried on right up until the British Library came along and started managing the collections differently from the 1970’s. If something started in the 60’s and 70’s it may still be using CUP, so you can walk through these areas where the shelf-marks begin with CUP, and most of them are here below this building at St. Pancras. And amongst other things, and they are amongst other things, you can say “oh, there’s a comic” on that shelf, and there’s another one there, and there’s another comic there, and then there’s runs of things. There’s a little concentration, a whole mixture of things there. Sometimes people could purchase, on the book market, a small collection of comics, and they would’ve been put into boxes, and they’ll be on the shelves there. But I have to say they are mixed in with a lot of ‘top shelf’ magazines of naked men and women… EP: And some of those publications might contain comics as well… AE: They might be comics as well, and in the exhibition we’ll pick up on some of that. We’ll be looking at how the mainstream magazines, whether they’re the ones of women for straight men, like Penthouse, often contain comics, or the gay men’s one contain comics as well. EP: It’s interesting that the exhibition seems to have an orientation to a grown-up readership. AE: Yes it is, absolutely. There are comics everywhere else, they’re all over the place, you just have to find them. At the beginning I did an awful lot of looking through bibliographies and catalogues saying ‘have we got it?’, and invariably, yes, we have got it. But they’re just by themselves, here, there and everywhere, most stuff is all over the place. Aware of this huge amount of material, we had to develop a theme. We had the idea that it is celebrating British comics and creators, but we needed a theme, we needed to focus in more. What we decided to focus in on was sedition, the idea that comics do things such as push boundaries, challenge authority.They show things that are not usually shown, they’re a thorn in the side of authority sometimes. And that whole idea of being a bit naughty: it can be from the very gentle, such as showing children doing things that they shouldn’t and getting away with it, and at the other end you’ve got public protest comics. So we’ve got that whole range there. And in-between we’ve got things that depict things that you wouldn’t, at that time, be seeing very often elsewhere. Within erotica we’ll have gay sex pictured, which is not that common, and if you think of the heroes and superheroes, we will have them, but we’ll be showing where British creators have done something a bit unusual, and made these all-confident, white, muscular, powerful superheroes vulnerable in some way, like showing Superman crying. And usually it’s been British writers and artists that have introduced these vulnerabilities to American comic book heroes. So that’s the whole idea, and the link with things that are just a bit naughty. I’ve mentioned erotica, but we’ve got links with drugs… and sort of pushing boundaries technologically as well. You mentioned earlier webcomics, so we will be looking at how comics expand beyond the printed page and they engage with other media. The obvious things are movies and videogames, but we look at gallery art as well, and music. Torrid Erotic Art, 1979, © Erich von Götha - Robin Ray. EP: Is this something that the Library is collecting as well? AE: Not everything is from the Library’s collection. With any exhibition we do we bring in materials. We bring in material that’s not within our collection, because obviously every institution has a collection development policy, as to what it collects. One of the things we decided we wanted to do early on in this particular exhibition was to show a bit about how comics are made, to show some original scripts, some artwork at different stages, just to show how this all goes together. We wouldn’t have that kind of material in the British Library. The national institutions that collect scripts and artwork are more likely to be the Victoria & Albert Museum, or the Tate, depending on the period and subject. It’s not really something we would collect. We need to borrow things in, but we’re always keen to borrow things in anyway, because an exhibition that’s just of the printed page could be a bit boring. EP: Have you borrowed from private collections as well? AE: Yes. There are lots of issues in that, what tends to happen with material in libraries, periodicals especially, is they get bound up into bigger volumes, and that means that if you want to show several things from the same title but different years, sometimes you find they’re actually bound together and you can only have one opening. Those openings might be too tight along the gutter, and you can’t really read what’s there. There’s a lot of instances where although we have copies in the Library, what we’re actually going to show is something we bought in basically, or we borrowed from John Dunning or Paul Gravett. It’s just easier. So there’s a lot of that. It’s just easier to show something that’s not our copy, although we have them here for researchers to use, it’s about what works in the gallery space; especially when we’re mentioning the same title more than once. We’re borrowing material from the Victoria & Albert Museum, from the British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent, from the Warburg Institute - we’re borrowing materials linked to Aleister Crowley from there, because we’re quite interested in this link between drugs, the occult, black magic and comics that several people have explored. I think Alan Moore describes himself as a magician these days, doesn’t he? So we’re really looking at that link there. And to do that we had some materials here that we can show - we’ll show what people often call grimoires, these books of spells by John Dee, Elizabeth I’s magician. We’ve got those here so we’ll be showing one of those. Aleister Crowley’s such an important character, but we don’t really have anything like that, but it’s at the Warburg, so we’re borrowing some of his manuscript spell books, and we’re borrowing one of the tarot cards that he designed, which features in comics and graphic novels actually! EP: So what’s the main historical coverage? AE: Most of the materials are 19th - late 20th century; in fact, 60% of the exhibits are 1980 or later. But there’s older stuff. There’s a lot of background stuff, because comics just didn’t arrive out of nowhere, they built on the history of popular publishing, so we’ll be showing 18th century things - quite a lot of 18th century erotica, for example, to show how that informed later erotic comics. You’ve got to find boundaries because you can talk about everything and in an exhibition you’ve only got a limited amount of space, so we’re sticking with published comics, printed or web, and mostly printed because web stuff doesn’t make good use of an exhibition space. People don’t want to pay to go and see something they could log into their Internet to look at, so we focus on print. We go back to the beginning of print… just to show, we go back to the 1470’s, to ask the question, ‘this is a comic, isn’t it?’. It’s got some angels fighting dragons, it’s got sequential panels, it’s got speech balloons, it’s got everything, a mixture of graphics and storytelling, and it’s brightly coloured. You look at it and you think, ‘yeah, that’s a comic’. It’s just to sort of ask the question, ‘what makes a comic?’ We’ve chosen to link that to the 1470’s, and that’s the earliest thing that we’re showing, so we’re sticking to the idea of things that are printed. EP: You’ve worked in several other exhibitions here at the Library as well. Have there been any specific challenges in this exhibition? AE: I think the biggest challenge really is the fact that so much material is in copyright, which means that although we can legally show it - we can show our copies to members of the public and charge people to look at them - there are creators and publishers out there who don’t think that’s true. They say ‘this is our copyright, this is our brand’, so there’s an element of that, and we know what the laws are in the UK obviously… EP: Yeah, this is the British Library of all places…! AE: Yeah, we can. There’s no problem about that. But that hasn’t stopped people challenging us, especially from the United States, where the laws are quite different. But we’re not in the United States. And also, the fact that you can’t reproduce things very easily once they’re in copyright. So John and Paul have jointly written a book to go with the exhibition (Gravett and Dunning 2014), but they couldn’t get images of everything in the exhibition, because of clearing copyright. Sometimes it’s just ‘the answer is no’, or ‘it’s too complicated because too many people have a share in that piece of work’, or the publisher just wants to charge too much. We may be a big public institution, but we don’t actually have a lot of money. And exhibitions are done fairly cheaply, they’re not something we get a lot of taxpayer’s money to use, as we do with building a collection, or engaging with schools and universities. Exhibitions have to be slightly different, they’re to one side. So that’s been a problem, and that extends to creating graphics - so if you wanted to show a comic, you’ve got one opening in an exhibition case, but you wanted to show the title on the cover, for example… You’d do that normally by taking a photo of the cover and putting it next to a label: so you’re showing the opening, but you’ve got a picture of the cover. To create that picture of the cover sometimes it’s just been too complicated and so we often can’t do it. EP: I can totally relate to that. I’m not surprised the biggest challenge in this case it’s been copyright and licensing… AE: Copyright is by far the biggest thing. Even in like press photos of what we can have in the exhibition. EP: Did you not have that same challenge when you had a smaller exhibition in the lobby of children’s illustrated books [4 October 2013 - 26 January 2014]? AE: It’s always an issue, but it’s a bigger one for this exhibition because so much of the material is recent. You think of the previous exhibition, “Georgians Revealed” [8 November - 11 March 2014], virtually nothing was in copyright. So we were free to do whatever we wanted, you know, tweet pictures of things in the exhibition, anything like that which we can’t do very easily with “Comics Unmasked”. So that was the biggest one, I think. One of the other challenges is the institutional one of us looking at adult themes. And this is a big public institution. So just on a very basic level, you can imagine how conservative newspapers could react to the British Library putting comics that display gratuitous violence or gay sex on display. So we’ve got to be very careful about this. Things will be taken out of context. We ask people not to take photos in the gallery, but we know they will because people have mobile phones and they do, so we know that people will take pictures out of context. So we’ve been very careful to say this is an example of how values were different in the 1950’s, this kind of storyline was thought acceptable then, but it’s not now, and balance it by looking at some things around it. But once people take a photo out of context they can create mischief. EP: There’s research about the role that libraries played in censoring comics, particularly in the 1950’s, at least in the US (e.g. Brenner 2013; Schutten 2013; Tilley 2007). This is very liberal in comparison. AE: I’m not aware that the British Museum Library and the British Library have ever censored anything. We’ve always collected what comes in via legal deposit. Even if something is borderline questionable whether it’s legal or not, in the past, if it came into the British Museum via legal deposit, we would’ve accepted it. It may have gone in a restricted collection, over time values change, and it may not be in a restricted collection now. But that material’s always been accessible, and that’s why we’ve got so much of this material that we can show in the exhibition - things that other libraries may have felt that they couldn’t keep or even buy. But it’s still true though that not everything comes in by legal deposit. We go out and buy and always have done. When it comes to buying material it’s down to a) whether the money was available at the time when it came out, and b) whether the curators who were buying at the time were aware of it, and thought that it was something that they should pursue. There are things that we obviously haven’t got, that for one reason we didn’t get, but whilst doing the research for the exhibition, I wouldn’t say there are any patterns to that. We found feminist comics, we found gay and lesbian comics, we found comics for the black community… EP: It seems like the exhibition will also show a liberal and progressive view of the UK. Would you say it will do things for visitors coming from abroad? What message do you think it will bring? AE: People in Britain have always used comics to push boundaries. Really it’s reflective of how there always has been free speech and that people have gone out there and made comics. Some of the things that we’ll be showing are like --fanzines… they’re things that people have made with their own resources at home, and they’ve found a way of distributing them some way. It’s a very democratic medium in that respect. EP: The way you present it would make me think, for instance, as a visitor or a user of the Library or someone who lives in the UK or a researcher, that comics are also a very British expression… AE: Lots of Western cultures have comics. I spent my teenage years in Italy and I certainly used to read comics in Italy. This isn’t about saying Britain is different, it’s just about saying, hang on, Britain was doing some very interesting things too. And perhaps that’s what’s been missed. EP: Indeed. You’ve said it better than what I’ve tried to. AE: Shall I talk you through the sections of the exhibition? EP: Yes please, if you don’t mind. AE: So there are six sections to the exhibition. That’s largely dictated by there being lots of different stories we want to tell, but we’re limited by a physical space that you can only divide up in particular ways. So although the gallery space is one large cube, there is an entrance area and an area that’s a long wide corridor as well, so those sorts of shapes inform how you divide up what you’ve got on display and it’s almost always true that you end up having five, six, seven sections in that exhibition space. That’s just what it lends itself to and it’s hard to move away from that. So we’ve got six. The first is ‘Mischief and Mayhem’, which is sort of where we look at being naughty, right through to gratuitous violence. But we’ve also got blasphemy in there as well. I haven’t mentioned blasphemy - that’s a controversial theme that will come back to haunt us no doubt. We’re showing not just comics that push these boundaries, but we’ve got the backlash against them. If you think of in the 1970’s you’ve got the boys comic Action, which was quite violent, so we’ll be showing that, but we’ll also be looking at how there was a movement against these comics, how W H Smith’s refused to stock it. We’ll show how the Communist Party of Great Britain brought out a pamphlet against children reading these sorts of comics earlier in the 1950s. Actually, what was going on there wasn’t really about comics, it was about American culture overtaking Britain… And we’ll have lots of violence and gore in that bit, so we’ll have things like From Hell, Alan Moore’s graphic novel… So that’s the first bit. And then we move onto a section that really looks at how comics reflect society. We’re calling it ‘To See Ourselves’, which is a quote from Robert Burns, “to see ourselves as others see us”. Well we’re in Britain, so you have to look at class, which is where we can bring in characters like Ally Sloper and so forth, and look at diversity - so that’s where we’ll get race, for example… women being portrayed in comics, so we’ll see some of how comics that depicted women tended to be drawn by men in the past, and then something’s changed, and you look at the situation today where - I don’t know what the figures are, but off the top of my head, maybe half of all graphic novels are by women and half by men, or maybe it’s more by women than men, I don’t know. But something has changed, And just asking questions round that and drawing it out as something to think about. And we’ll look at the trend toward autobiography in comics, largely but not only in graphic novels, and you can see all sorts of experiences there. We’ll look at issues like anorexia and depression. So that’s the second one. And the third section is about politics. So some obvious things about political satire, which goes back a long time in history. And then there’s the sorts of places where people have tried to change policies by commenting on them in comics, for example, votes for women - we’ll look at suffragette comics, which is something that’s gone on from the 1910’s to now really, with Mary Talbot’s [Sally Heathcote] suffragette graphic novel coming out. So we have all of those. There’s a strong movement of anti big-business in comics, so we’ll be showing some of that, and we’ve found some examples going back to the 1880’s or 1890’s, where they start talking about big business through comics, and we’ll follow right through to today. Also within politics is anarchy, and we’re sort of focusing there really around V for Vendetta and the Occupy Movement. Then we move onto sex, where we’ve got erotica of all kinds, and see how that’s changed over time. Specifically something changed with the arrival of HIV and AIDS, where rather than just being naughty, the comics started being educational about sex. And then you got to a situation today where they’re a part of everyday storytelling. In that section there’s a lot of things on display that are a bit awkward, a bit naughty, and that’s why that section of the exhibition has been designed so that you can bypass it if you want. EP: Will there be some kind of warning? AE: Yeah, the exhibition itself does have a parental advisory notice. But that’s not the only place where there will be warnings. I mean, there’s the gratuitous violence, and that, I think, is more offensive… And some of the racial stuff… There’s an Enid Blyton comic from the 50’s - a strip that she did for papers in the 1950’s - it’s just not acceptable to us today, but obviously it was seen as acceptable then. There’s a lot of things that people might find offensive in the exhibition actually, that’s what it’s there to do - it’s to challenge and get you thinking. Within the sex section we’ll have for example the… I haven’t really mentioned audio… the piece of Rupert the Bear and Gypsy Grandmother in the Schoolkids issue of Oz, and with that we’ll have audio from the obscenity trial itself, so we can hear some of the things that were said, because unusually the judge allowed part of the trial to be recorded, and those tapes are at the British Library. And then we move on to a section on heroes, which we call ‘Hero with a Thousand Faces’, which is really a transition of two things – it starts off with looking at British heroes, so we look at what heroes were like before comics, so characters like Dick Turpin in penny dreadfuls and so forth. He’s really an anti-hero, he’s a criminal, and yet he’s being romanticised and idolised, and that continues into early comics, and we’ll look at the British comics and how their heroes have always been a bit different from the American ones. Their values have always been a bit odd, shall we say, and we’ve got a tradition of female heroes, whether it’s Modesty Blaise or Tank Girl… So it’s a bit different from the American tradition. And then we’ll go onto the American superheroes, but only inasmuch as they have been reinterpreted by British writers and artists. There are some lovely things there including artwork by Frank Quietly… Frank Quietly artwork for Batman and Superman will be there, some original stuff. So you get a sense that they’re doing things that are different - characters being disabled, or in The Authority where two characters look suspiciously like Batman and Robin as a gay couple who adopt a daughter, you know, that kind of stuff… twisting the American dream. And then the final section we titled “Breakdowns”. That’s where we look at that relationship between drugs, black magic, and comics, and then how comics really leave the page and people start playing with the panel sequence and moving into three dimensions, and difficult things with panels where you look at them and don’t really understand what’s happening at first… And then how they leave the page completely. I’ve mentioned videogames…And there’s a selection of webcomics there as well. EP: How will you be displaying those, with a screen? AE: So they’re going to be on screens, and you’ll be able to navigate your way through them. They’re not a large number - there’s about half a dozen, I think. But some of them are going back in time… like Club Salsa. So some of these are like early webcomics that were thought lost, but some people we’ve been collaborating with have managed to bring together the pieces and recreate them. As well as very recent webcomics as well. And thinking digitally, we’re very aware in an exhibition of things in book form… you can only show one opening. You can show the cover or an opening with a left and right page. Sometimes a story is complete in that opening, but very often it’s not. So we wanted some way that people could read some of the stories in greater depth. What we’re doing is at various points through the gallery there are seating areas with iPads, and with those iPad we’ve arranged with a company called Sequential to provide - within the gallery space only - full comics, and some of those are older comics, some of them are 1980’s graphic novels and comics, and some of them are very recent. There’s a selection of things that you can sit down and read in full. Judge Dredd: The Complete America, 2003, by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil © With the kind permission of Rebellion. EP: Do you think this exhibition will help people not be confused about terminology, about comics and graphic novels and what that means? AE: What we’re going to do is ask questions. We’re going to say in very broad terms that anything that is sequential art that tells stories using graphics probably in panels, most often with words - sometimes in speech balloons -counts as a comic. But really we’re just asking questions and showing things and asking ‘is this a comic?’ EP: That’s fantastic. AE: I think one of the really exciting things is, talking to people who are interested in comics, one of the things they’re really excited about is the fact that it’s happening at the British Library. People may not know anything about the British Library, they might not come here, but just the fact that comics are being the subject of a big exhibition in a national institution seems to be quite important to people. And what’s important for us from the point of view of being curators here, is making the link between researchers and comics. Now that’s something that is, as a curator, is an objective for me, but these are a fabulous resource for understanding what people’s values were in the past, whether it’s what people found funny, what people didn’t find funny, or what was considered edgy in past decades. If you’re researching Britain in the 1880’s or 1960’s or 1970’s, I think you’ve really got to think, well, maybe comics are something I should be looking at, because they tell me quite a lot about what was going on, what people’s values were, what the issues were. EP: Absolutely. I’m really glad you’re mentioning this. AE: For some people the exhibition is about contacting comic creators out there and saying ‘come and have a look at stuff and get inspiration and go and make your own’, but for me it’s about bringing all these researchers we’ve got working at the British Library collections and saying ‘hang on, you’ve not been looking at the comics! You’re missing something important here!’ EP: Absolutely, that’s great. Has the exhibition changed your own view of the collection? How has working on the exhibition changed things for you? AE: I suppose the big issue that keeps coming up for us is women in comics. Because there is a sense for people that perhaps don’t know comics, because they perhaps read them as a child and then didn’t ever really think about them seriously again, they associate them either with children or as a sort of boy’s toys. They’re the sort of thing that’s a very male world and in the past the big commercial comics were run as businesses, so women were at home, men were working, so it’s men who are drawing the female characters, writing the female characters. All the way through we’ve been looking to see… we don’t want to skew the exhibition by showing things that misrepresent what things are like in the collections here and what the history of comic-making is, but we have been looking to try and draw out places where women have been involved in writing and creating and publishing comics. That’s actually proved quite interesting. There are whole gaps where we can’t find women at work, but equally, there are places where we didn’t expect to find them. People that have studied the history of comics, they’re probably well aware that characters like Ally Sloper was drawn by Marie Duval; but then there’s a bit of a gap for many years. But what we did find was some of the erotica that was produced in Britain in the 1950’s in the mail order magazines that you used to see in an advert and you sent off these things in the post… some of these were drawn by women - we’re showing one called Fads and Fancies from the mid-1950’s. Which we wouldn’t have expected. It’s not really clear who the audience is either. Is it men or is it couples? Maybe it’s couples. But it’s quite interesting that. EP: It’s also a very important point that the exhibition presents a story or different stories within it…. AE: Exhibitions are very different from books. Books have to be comprehensive and footnote everything and try to be completely coherent, have a very detailed, deep narrative that runs all the way through. In an exhibition it’s very much a lighter touch than that. You’re showing a range of different things, bringing them together and saying ‘these tell a story’. But we’re really asking questions, ‘what do you think?’, that’s what we’re asking people in the gallery all the time. Sometimes it’s actual questions, but a lot of the time it’s just showing two things, explaining what they are, leaving you to think ‘my goodness, what’s going on here? This is interesting’. You can’t be comprehensive. You show what you show, and it’s a real-life experience going into an exhibition, so you’ve got to think about pace and variety. There is a risk with exhibitions of books, that it gets quite monotonous. So you’ve got to change the pace, you’ve got to have three dimensional things mixed in with two dimensional things. You’ve got to have short labels and bigger labels, because otherwise they’re tiring as it is, and this exhibition has about 220 exhibits… I guarantee it will get an awful lot of comments like – ‘it’s too big’, ‘it took me too long to go round’ - that’ll be one of the biggest comments, because that’s always one of the biggest comments, even when we try and reduce the number of exhibits. And this has fewer things than previous exhibitions. I can guarantee people are going to comment it’s taken too long to get round, that there’s too much stuff. You’re looking at big and small, you’re looking at displaying things different ways, flat and vertical, you’re looking at putting in things that support your story but just change the pace. We look at Mr. Punch as a character from the very beginning, just because he’s an enduring figure that’s right through comics, and he kind of symbolises the mischievous in many ways. So we’ve got a painting, we’ve got a statue. In the politics area we look at health policies, government health policies and the reaction against them. There’s a point where we’ve got a Health Education Council anti-smoking campaign where they licensed Superman and he fights the evil Nick-O’Teen. That’s nice as a poster, but in front if it we’ve got the character Andy Capp, another enduring character… It’s a little talcum powder dispenser, a plastic thing with Andy Capp with a cigarette in his mouth… And then we’ve got some audio with Reg Smythe, the creator of Andy Capp, talking on the radio about how the character gave up smoking. It’s just that sort of vibe - you wouldn’t do that in a book, but it’s about, within the exhibition gallery space, changing the pace, making things that you walk across the room to look at. If you’re getting tired of reading one kind of thing you can look at something different. It’s that mixture. EP: You are offering a glimpse into a vast collection and it also contains items from other collections as you said, so it is just a glimpse of a larger universe… AE: In marketing terms it’s a way of driving business to our collections. Joining up… EP: Creating engagement with… AE: Our researchers, yeah. Really, researchers and people that are creating things and looking for inspiration. EP: …for reference… I think that’s an important role still for many artists and writers, but I’m hoping that for researchers - you know, people in higher education as well - helps them see the wealth of source material there. “Dolly's Revenge”. The Illustrated London News. © British Library Board. AE: There’s some fascinating stuff. There’s so many things that are exciting about this, but some of the 19th century comics that we found, such as the ones in The Graphic and The Illustrated London News, you actually have places where, in the Christmas issues, members of the public could write in and send sketches of things, stories that happened to them. And the in-house artists would draw them up as comics. You actually get, from the 1880’s, a glimpse of what a young woman on a ship going across the Atlantic felt about being pursued by various gentlemen, because she expressed this in these sketches that were sent in to, I think it The Graphic that one..... And then they drew them up. So it’s getting a glimpse into people’s lives. And you think ‘oh, that’s quite interesting’. EP: You knew about these items before, or did you discover them in the process? AE: Well it’s an interesting thing isn’t it, really. One of the things I’m aware of with being a librarian-curator is how different research communities know different things. A lot of things from the 19th century are something that the comics world don’t know about. So they’ll be saying, ‘hidden in the vaults of the British Library…’ … Okay, we can see that coming. On the other hand, people interested in print culture in Victorian England coming from the point of view of printing, or Victorian studies, do know these things exist, but don’t realise that they’re important. And the two really have never come together. So quite often what we found with, say, Paul Gravett and myself going through the basements looking at things, is I sort of say ‘oh, there’s these of course’, and he’s saying ‘oh my God, nobody knows about these!’… ‘What do you mean, nobody knows about these?’ And often he’s right. Though we know about them and I know I’ve shown them to people who do Victorian studies and they’ve written about them, they’ve never made that leap to the graphic arts world and comics world. And one of the things I didn’t realise was, for example, the Illustrated London News, sometimes, when it’s been digitised, they haven’t always included the Christmas supplements, which is often where the comics are. Not always, but it’s something sometimes we don’t realise. Here at the British Library we think something’s been digitised and people are researching it, and we don’t realise we’ve got bits of it that aren’t so widely known. That applies to lots of things like Ally Sloper - various libraries have Ally Sloper’s Half-Holiday, which arguably is one of the first comics, but it seems that fewer libraries have the summer specials. That’s the sort of thing we don’t necessarily know. I haven’t mentioned… We are showing - possibly - what was the first British comic, I don’t know, it’s how you define things isn’t it? But we’re going to ask that question around the Glasgow Looking Glass of 1825, which I think it is also going to be the subject of an exhibition in Glasgow next year. They’re going to present it as Scotland’s first comic, is what they intend to do at the Hunterian Gallery. EP: Excellent yes, I’ve written about The Looking Glass, I think it was really influential… AE: Have you looked at our copy? EP: No, I haven’t… AE: Well, ours is just ‘as published’, just plain lithography, but the copy they have in Glasgow is coloured, and it looks like it may have been coloured at the point of distribution, possibly. So that’s a question people are looking at now… how these copies were sold. EP: The exhibition will also show us the evolution of print technologies then, of publication, colour… AE: Yeah, you’ll see the change in print technology. The early exhibit that I mentioned from the 1470’s is woodblock printing. It’s actually German; it’s something we have in the collections, we just thought we’d ask the question ‘what makes a comic?’ against it. If you skip to the old illustrated things that we have much more in the exhibition, they’re British things, you can track wood engraving… I suppose it’s the big thing in the 19th century, progressing into lithography, and into chromothography, and then all sorts of photo-mechanical processes. And lots of different processes now, with different ways of creating web comics - you’ll be able to see that. EP: Brilliant… we could keep on talking about this for hours… AE: Yeah, don’t get me started… EP: Is there something you’d like to add to conclude the interview? AE: It’s strange, in my mind, that nobody’s ever done this before. No one’s ever really had a look at a whole history of British comic-making in one place, in one go. Therefore, we know we’ve had to be selective and choose stories which we think are interesting, you know, exhibitions have to be story-led. That means there’ll be a lot of people who say, ‘you haven’t got this, you haven’t got that, you haven’t got the other’. But this is one of the risks of being a pioneer, being the first one, to make it easier for the next person who does an exhibition on comics because they’ll be able to come along and see what we did that people felt was wrong. I think the whole thing is just really exciting, we’re showing parts of the British Library collection that we don’t normally show, and the buzz we’re getting back from the comics community is enormous. There’s so much anticipation. EP: There’s been such a long history of feeling, if not rejected, overlooked; and this exhibition feels like a seal of approval by an institution that is perceived as really cool … a serious institution that at the same time everyone knows is doing very cool things. Well, at least for many of us in research and for those in the creative industries and business… AE: What we need to do is make sure that there’s a legacy that carries on as obviously the British Library will be moving onto its next exhibition afterwards, which is going to be Terror and Wonder: the Gothic Imagination… (3 October 2014–27 January 2015). And then we’ve got huge Magna Carta celebrations coming up. So we’ll be moving on, but there is a legacy here, and that’s that through doing this exhibition we’ve got lots of uncatalogued material finally catalogued, so all of the late 1940’s, 1950’s material I mentioned earlier has now all been catalogued and is visible in the catalogues. Lots of things that we missed at time of publication we’ve now acquired; some things that we got for the exhibition are, when the exhibition closes, going into the collections. Some things arrived early enough that we could get them shelf-marked and catalogued beforehand. But lots of other things will be going in afterwards, and hopefully we can maintain this sort of developing link with comics academics, so we’re very interested in maintaining the links we’ve been building with Roger Sabin (1993, 2001) in Central St. Martin’s [College of Arts and Design], for example, because both the British Library and Central St. Martin’s are part of the development to create a Cultural Quarter here around King’s Cross. EP: Excellent. Thank you very much. Brenner, R and (moderator) (2013). Busting the Comics Code: Comics, Censorship, & Librarians, American Library Association Conference. Sunday June 30 2013, Chicago Abstract available at http://ala13.ala.org/node/11753. Accessed 25 April 2014. Gravett, P and Dunning, J H (2014). Comics Unmasked. Art and Anarchy in the UK. London: The British Library. Sabin, R (1993). Adult Comics: An Introduction. London and New York: Taylor & Francis. Sabin, R (2001). Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels. A History of Comic Art. 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__label__cc	0.681216	0.318784	CompAir slices energy costs at bakery Just three months after installing two fixed-speed L110s and one regulated-speed L132RS compressor, along with a heat recovery system from CompAir, a leading supplier of bread products is on target to achieve annual energy savings in the region of £188,000, with a payback on investment in less than two years. The company recently embarked on a period of investment, with the aim of improving its equipment and processes to ensure consistent production levels. Compressed air is used throughout the production process, 24 hours per day, to help produce over two million bread products every week. The plant’s existing compressors, which were over 20 years old, were no longer providing an efficient source of air, so the company opted to review its compressor system. Inefficient air The bakery had previously using four fixed-speed compressors, three of which were CompAir machines. Because of their age, and the fact they were running continuously, the compressors were becoming inefficient and expensive to maintain. A full air audit, including leak testing identified that, by installing three new compressors, including a regulated speed unit as well as a heat recovery system and SmartAir Master controller, the customer could benefit from considerable energy savings. The regulated speed L132RS and fixed speed L110 compressors produce the correct amount of air to match requirements, meaning the compressors are always running at optimum efficiency. The additional fixed speed unit acts as a standby compressor for use during essential maintenance work. In addition, the SmartAir Master controller from CompAir helps to reduce energy consumption by operating all of the compressors in the network to the narrowest pressure band. The unit’s remote monitoring capability allows the operator to view system performance and detect any errors via a PC. It has also allowed machine-running hours to be equalised so that no compressor is over or underused. Typically, almost all of the energy that is used to power a compressor is converted to heat and is then wasted. All three compressors came factory fitted with CompAir's oil-to-water plate heat exchangers, allowing recovery of up to 72% of the power consumed. The heat recovery system enables the company’s boiler water feed to be preheated, helping to reduce the company’s annual natural gas consumption, saving approximately £139,000 per year. In order to meet the strict hygiene requirements of the food industry, it is important to generate clean and dry air. The company therefore chose to install a desiccant dryer with steam regeneration from CompAir, along with food grade filtering and oil. The new system will provide overall annual energy savings in the region of £188,000 with a return on investment in less than two years. If you are a member of the trade or general business media and have any questions regarding the Gardner Denver Industrials Segment, please contact: Beth Selestow +(1) 724 239 1568	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line860
__label__wiki	0.954946	0.954946	Thousands of Europeans protest against Acta Thousands of people have taken part in co-ordinated marches across Europe in protest against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta) Published: 13 Feb 2012 8:10 Thousands of people have taken part in coordinated marches across Europe in protest against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta). The protests came a week after about 2,000 people marched in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, and two weeks after thousands of people in Poland protested against Acta when the country and 21 other European Union states, including the UK, signed the agreement. Following the first protests in Poland, the country's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said he would hold off plans to ratify the agreement, admitting that the negotiation process "did not involve sufficient consultation". In the latest round of marches, the biggest protests were held in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. Around 200 protesters gathered in central London and there were demonstrations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and other UK cities, according to the BBC. Saturday's London demonstration was supported by the Open Rights Group, which alleges that Acta negotiations were carried out in secret by EU bureaucrats. UK-based privacy campaigner Big Brother Watch has called for a parliamentary debate on Acta, also arguing that the treaty had been signed in secret. Germany and the Netherlands are among the European states that have not yet signed the agreement, along with Estonia, Cyprus and Slovakia. Acta is aimed at improving the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) by setting international standards for dealing with copyright infringements. But critics believe it will lead to censorship of the internet. Acta’s supporters insist the agreement will not alter existing laws and will instead provide protection for content creators in the face of increasing levels of online piracy. The UK's Intellectual Property Office maintains that Acta should not mean new laws relating to internet use. Signing Acta is important for the UK, the IPO said, as it will set an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual property rights through the creation of common enforcement standards and more effective international cooperation. The treaty cannot be enacted before it is ratified by the European Parliament after a debate scheduled for June. Read more on IT legislation and regulation European Parliament rejects Acta European Parliament votes on fate of Acta International Trade Committee votes against Acta By: Jennifer Scott Key EU parliamentary committees vote against Acta President of European Parliament critical of Acta – ComputerWeekly.com UK to take part in weekend protests against Acta – ComputerWeekly.com MEP quits as thousands protest ACTA signing – ComputerWeekly.com	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line861
__label__cc	0.610353	0.389647	CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING – ONLINE COURSE THE RISE OF POLITICAL CULTS COURSE CONCILIATORS GUILD Turning Down the Heat As the political temperature rises across the world, John Bell, Ivan Tyrrell and John Zada explain why they founded The Conciliators Guild, and their hopes for it. TYRRELL: We are having this conversation on the day after President Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw the US from the nuclear agreement with Iran and re-impose sanctions. This event brings sharply into focus the very reason that we set up The Conciliators Guild: to get understanding out there about how human beings work and what motivates us, so that we can have more intelligent, effective diplomacy in dealing with world crises. We had the idea of setting it up about a year ago, when you, John [Bell], expressed to me your frustration about the lack of psychological knowledge in diplomacy. BELL: What I have always noticed in my work – and, I think, Trump’s action on Iran is another mark of this – is that there is a way today of doing politics that is fundamentally and consistently dangerous and destructive. People go round and round in a labyrinth of gamesmanship, trying to gain supremacy over each other, and not really getting anywhere, other than feeling like ‘top dog’. At the same time, some deeper part of them has an inkling that there is another way to look at things, yet they don’t know how to do it, how to get there. One solution tends towards dialoguing and making each other feel better, hoping, with a wish and a prayer, that they will get to the ‘promised land’. The search for supremacy doesn’t work, as well as being very destructive, but neither does wishful thinking. Thus, there is a big gap in the middle, something which we at the guild often call “the missing piece”, which is the more intangible, human, motivational element. And that piece is not clearly identified in politics, not explicitly understood and so, inevitably, is not mastered. And because it is not mastered we get chaos. Our job, as you say – and, in my view, what is at the heart of the guild – is to get the ideas about human givens, and other ideas about basic patterns of collective behaviour, out there; get them more well known as explicit articulations of how people behave and what really motivates them, and how that can translate into politics. ZADA: I came into this because John and I have long shared a keen interest in politics and, a few years ago, we grew more and more interested in psychology, because we discovered that this explained so much about the behaviour of collectives and cultures that were otherwise baffling. It dawned on us that understandings from the human givens approach to psychology are a means of clarifying something that is otherwise a mystery to many people – to the general public and even to those who work in John’s profession of diplomacy, in the sense that they don’t quite have the full picture. We saw, for instance, that unmet human needs in the Middle East, such as the need for security, status and autonomy, not only fuel conflicts between groups, such as with the Israelis and Palestinians, but also create upheavals domestically between rulers and their citizens – we have seen this in the Arab Spring, where it is clear that many youth in the Arab world were searching for dignity, or some respect from their leaders, and greater control over their lives and their future. BELL: Although emotions are in plain view. they are so much a part of all of us that we don’t really consider their role. Diplomats sometimes implicitly recognise emotional motivations but little conscious attention is paid to them as a critical dimension to be mastered in politics. TYRRELL: I think that everybody knows, somewhere inside themselves, when they are missing understandings. That’s why many people are attracted to the human givens in the first place, because it supplies the understanding about innate needs. People get interested in what we are doing because it explains so much. BELL: Trump’s statement about Iran and the nuclear file and the likely destructive consequences serve as an example of why this kind of information is now crucial in order to improve our politics. It is not a luxury. People need to master their more hidden behaviour patterns. If we don’t, we will just keep sinking further. And, to go back to your point, Ivan, that people know when something is missing, we have seen a little bit of this in the feedback from the trainings that we have already done with people in the world of diplomacy. And we have seen it in the receptivity to the ideas from our advisory board. People know there is a missing piece. We just articulate what it is to them. The other dimension to this, which will, I think, get explored over time through the guild, is that, while many people do have good intentions in politics, they don’t have good enough methods. Helping them improve their understanding of the mechanics of being human can help improve their methodologies. Right now, it is all rather random. TYRRELL: We have made a good start. BELL: Yes, we have already done two significant training sessions, one in London and one in Helsinki. TYRRELL: The first one, the day in London, was run by Human Givens College in association with the then fledgling Conciliators Guild, and attracted a number of international diplomats and mediators. It was ambitious in its aims – we wanted to increase awareness of what war, terrorism and bullying, even the refugee crises, reveal about the human psyche, show ways to see through unhelpful political and cultural assumptions and, through recognising underlying emotional dynamics driving different behaviours, pave the way toward greater effectiveness in all kinds of conflict resolution efforts. A couple of people from a mediation organisation in Helsinki, called Crisis Management Initiative, came to that day and they were so impressed that, as they left, one of them said to me, “See you in Helsinki”. I didn’t think she meant it but, in fact, we were invited over quite soon afterwards to do the training there. BELL: What to me was most fascinating was how the basic ideas of human givens really caught on with them, not only for their work but also for them as individuals. It is so basic in a way that it impacted their own outlook on life and, if we think about it, that is the ultimate effect. It means that the people who walked out of that room are more informed about themselves and, therefore, will ultimately be able to perform their role, no matter what it is, in a much better fashion. The ideas are that foundational. ZADA: And now some new possibilities have arisen from our efforts. BELL: Specifically, in June 2018, we are going to be delivering the training at the European External Action Service, which is the European Union’s diplomatic service. This is the service that helps the head of EU foreign affairs – the holder is currently Federica Mogherini of Italy – to carry out common foreign and security policy for the member states. So that is highly positive for us, obviously, because it is an important international institution. We have also got requests in the pipeline from elsewhere in the world. So, what we teach in the workshop is beginning to grow in influence. The other equally important dimension of the guild is that we have a senior advisory board of experienced diplomats, mediators and politicians, people with a lot of political experience from around the world who are interested in our ideas. We are planning to get them together soon, to launch the ‘guild’ aspect of The Conciliators Guild – a forum for likeminded, constructive people, interested in these ideas, to work together to fully take them on, disseminate them and, importantly, bring other likeminded people on board as well. So this is just the beginning for the guild. TYRRELL: As John [Zada] alluded to earlier, we want these ideas to trickle down from powerful people because, when powerful people are seen to respect these ideas, that is when they will spread to the universities, the rest of the education system and the general public, through the media. Those members of the general public who quickly see that this makes sense will, as a result, be able to talk about politics and crises across the world from this psychological angle, and so the understandings will gradually spread to others. ZADA: Another way of putting it is that we are trying to make these ideas part of political culture, enabling them to get disseminated so that people who don’t work professionally in these fields can recognise their own motivations and their own behaviours vis-à-vis politics, and thereby gain clarity about their own reactions to situations. This applies to cult thinking and behaviour, to conditioning and brainwashing – all these sorts of things that go on that haven’t been properly defined in public circles, thereby getting people to have a bit more control over their lives, in a sense. Because, if a lot of political behaviour is attributable to unconscious motivations, by bringing those motivations to awareness you are in effect allowing people the chance to better channel them, if that is what is required. You are giving people more control. TYRRELL: It is about creating a lingua franca. Let’s take the example of attention, for instance. We have a limited amount of attentional energy available to us every day and so where we direct our attention is really critically important. That isn’t taught in schools. Some people seem to know it and use their attention more effectively than others but that understanding isn’t yet part of a lingua franca. There have been some excellent books that particularly cover the impact of social media and screen time in this respect – showing, for instance, just how much effort is made to capture people’s attention purely to sell them stuff. That is treating us like sheep – no, actually that is an insult to sheep. BELL: We are in discussions with several diplomatic academies across the world which have shown interest in our workshops. These diplomatic academies, part of foreign office ministries around the world, are where diplomats are trained and it is where we want to direct our energies. TYRRELL: And not only does this mean that the next generation of diplomats may have very different core understandings than they do now but the current crop of diplomats have continuing professional development requirements, like the rest of us, so the understandings will reach them, too. But it is going to be a slow process, as they have lots of things vying for their attention. BELL: We have to be realistic about what we are doing and how we are doing it, and we have to recognise that most of politics, international or domestic, is a process of manoeuvring for resources and influence. That is its general nature – that’s politics. Fine, we recognise that. What we want to do is add a dimension that makes innate needs and other understandings of human behaviour a reference that will ultimately change behaviour patterns. We are adding another way of looking at what they are doing. TYRRELL: So it could be said that we are strengthening the foundations with some solid psychological and behavioural knowledge, which wasn’t really part of their upbringing. BELL: The best example is in the area of violent extremism and its causes. It is very simple to explain: if you don’t consider the basic motivations of violent extremists at the emotional level, you are missing a huge chunk of the remedy. That is a very clear example of what policy makers need to do more and more – and they are inexperienced at working at that level. TYRRELL: You mentioned before that politics is largely about a jockeying for resources and influence. Even in that context, there is value to be derived from taking account of the human givens. BELL: Absolutely. The more the practitioner understands his or her own emotional needs and those of others and adds them into the equation, whatever the situation, the lower the emotional temperature, the clearer the practitioner’s mind and their ability to see a larger context and, therefore, the more efficient and effective the solution arrived at. We are helping to move them away from obsessions and the fixated mind. TYRRELL: It’s an educational task for the whole human race, really. Civilisations come and they go. We need to look at that picture, take the big helicopter view of what is happening. Civilisations initially go through a creative burst of conquest and commerce, as John Glubb talks about – he was a British soldier who transformed the Arab Legion into the best-trained force in the Arab world and was also a scholar, who published much about how empires and civilisations work. As he explains, we reach a point at the top of a civilisation’s power where people become apathetic and complacent, and degeneracy sets in. That is where we are now, in the downward arc. So we need to understand what stage different cultures are at – for example, China is in the ‘conquering’ stage – the rising stage of civilisation – but that is clashing with those in decline, like America and Europe. I think it is important, if we are, as it seems to me, in a downward spiral of degeneration, that we learn to take a long-term view and realise that every age and culture is derived from its predecessors and adds some contribution of its own – particular characteristics, skills and qualities – and passes them on to its successors. It is all part of evolution, which gives us hope for a better world eventually. Ours is a technological civilisation whereas previous civilisations have majored on other specialisations: military conquest, administrative arts, religion, trade, poetry and philosophy, etc. So the long-term refining of humanity, a process of which HG work is a part, will include the technological skills that we have introduced. The problem is that when you are in a particular culture it’s hard to see what stage it is at. BELL: Yes, all cultures bind and blind. We are all members of cultures, so our identities blind us to some degree or another, and in international relations that is an absolutely critical factor. At what point do you go with your culture, your national identity, blindly, and at what point do you open up to the world? That is an art that you are not going to manage before you know how the ‘cult in culture’ works, how collectives can be blind to certain aspects of collective behaviour and very open to others, as psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains very well in his book The Righteous Mind. In our trainings and workshops for diplomats, we describe these dimensions of group behaviour so that, in international relations, cultures can be less blind towards each other – literally. As we are seeing in the Middle East today, the blindness is getting deeper and deeper and deeper. There is no evident desire to go back and take a look at why we are fighting and what we are actually after, other than supremacy. So, in my view, this identity issue is absolutely crucial. ZADA: Looking at world events through the lens of needs throws a whole new light on many things. One example is the recent development on the Korean peninsula, which can be partly traced to attention seeking. We have been discussing among ourselves lately how some of the behaviour of the North Korean regime seems connected to their lack of needs getting met as a collective. For instance, take the need for attention: the missile tests and all the belligerent dialogue provide a way for them to engage with the international community to make up for their isolation. Trump, through how he has been responding, has, in a way, forced and nudged them to engage with the world in a different way. TYRRELL: He was talking to them in their own language, a more bullying language. The ruling family in North Korea has been bullying their people quite cruelly for a long time, and their people had just accepted it. ZADA: Jonathan Haidt explains very clearly how our political motivations, of whatever colour, are tied to certain moral intuitions that arise long before moral reasoning comes into it. He talks about “foundations”, which are each like a continuum – for example, the care/harm foundation, the authority/subversion foundation, the loyalty/betrayal foundation – and shows how people at the opposite ends of the political spectrum put more weight on some than others. He also talks about the rider and the elephant, the former being our conscious reasoning and the latter the 99 per cent of our mental processing that happens outside of our awareness. I think Trump inadvertently through all his messaging, belligerent though it was, spoke to the ‘elephant’ of the North Koreans – whether that was primarily through fear or just conveying the sense that the United States are not going to play their attention-seeking game. So that caused the North Koreans to rethink their method of engagement and thus allowed them to choose a different way of engaging with the world. BELL: These understandings can constitute elements of a paradigm shift. There is an error out there in Western political thought and in international relations, which John just referred to, which is that politics happens at the level of the rational and of clear interests. And it also happens mostly through coherent structures: government institutions, legal structures, the courts. But the reality is that there is this elephant, as in Haidt’s analogy, or this iceberg, an analogy that we at the guild often use to express the same thing – that almost all of what is going on is beneath the surface. There is this massive, instinctive motivational component to human behaviour that is not only extremely active, it can completely override our more rational selves. And if nations, leaders and citizens are unconscious of it, don’t understand that it is there, or else don’t understand how it works or happen to fall into it by accident, like Trump, because he is so instinctive and impulsive, then it rules us. We are not masters of our own destiny. We are being ruled by parts of ourselves that we have no clue about. I see our job, in the guild, as to crystallise that stuff, to get people to know more about it and, ultimately, to be in control of it to some degree. That is a new paradigm and it sits in contrast to the rational paradigm. The other important thing to say is that there are demagogues, numerous ones who instinctively know how to play the emotional card, and they are successful. I see it as our job, tough as it may be, to show that the negative demagogues are taking the elephant in the wrong direction. It has got to go somewhere because it is part of us, but we are going nowhere until we know how to ride the role of identity and culture in our lives, and the basic human needs that they attend to. The role of meaning is another huge one that needs to be recognised. Ironically, it is the progressive left that tends most to ignore all this, because they tend to be materialistically and economically deterministic. The assumption among many liberal and left-leaning people is that, if material issues are taken care of and the state can utilise rights and the law properly, then matters will settle. This can go a distance to address issues of justice and unfairness – or corruption; however, if the state is also coercive and imposes itself on citizens by these very means, or if issues of a more organic culture are ignored, trouble will follow. Recently, in Catalonia we have seen how the Spanish central government has decided to deal with a need for greater autonomy in that region with a legal response – nothing has been solved. There will be no solution unless the central government attends further to Catalonian needs in terms of their identity, the ‘elephant’. TYRRELL: There is an idea that historian Jim Penman has which supports what we have just been talking about; governments reflect societies more than societies reflect governments. They are reflective of our deeper emotional sides. ZADA: This goes back to the need to get the ideas out further than the elites, so that there is cultural social change that can lead to better choice of leaders and better political systems. It is not enough to work just at the governmental level. Societies need to transform too. Work at both levels will affect the other. It’s the boomerang effect. TYRRELL: Yes. When ordinary people are muddled and preoccupied with frivolity, politicians are going to be muddled. If we have got a population that doesn’t know where it is going and are only interested in entertaining themselves and spending money, the politicians aren’t going to be very good. So, to bring this conversation to a close, how shall we sum up where we are trying to go in the next year? BELL: For me, it is very straightforward. We want to do as many workshops of the type described as we can and get these ideas out to policy makers and diplomats as broadly as possible. And we want to enlarge the guild – we have a small base of interested people who want to work with these ideas, but we want it to grow. And, frankly, we need to have the financial capacity to do so, so any help is very gratefully accepted. John Bell (Director of the Conciliators Guild) is the director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Programme and the Eurasia Programme at The Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax). He is a former Canadian and UN diplomat who has served in Ottawa, Cairo, Beirut, Jerusalem and Gaza. Ivan Tyrrell (Director of Strategy for the guild) is director of Human Givens College and editorial director of Human Givens. John Zada is a freelance writer, photographer and journalist with an interest in politics, psychology and culture. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East. This article first appeared in the Human Givens Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2018. 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__label__wiki	0.756338	0.756338	CTO Realty Growth Buys Tampa Office Building As part of a 1031 exchange, the company purchased a 120,000-square-foot Class A property that has been fully leased to Ford Motor Credit since 1998. Scott Baltic Sabal Pavilion CTO Realty Growth, of Daytona Beach, Fla., has acquired an approximately 120,000-square-foot Class A office property in Tampa, Fla., for about $26.9 million. The four-story building is fully leased to a single tenant, Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, and has been since Highwoods Properties developed the 12-acre project in 1998. READ ALSO: Stressed Out: Are Commercial Properties Close to Default? Located at 3620 Queen Palm Drive, the building is known as Sabal Pavilion, according to information provided to Commercial Property Executive by Yardi Matrix. That information also indicated that the seller was Pacer Partners, of Miami. CTO Realty reported that the lease with Ford was recently extended through March 2026. The transaction was arranged as part of a 1031 like-kind exchange using about $27 million of the approximately $37 million of the CTO’s restricted cash generated from unspecified previously announced property dispositions primarily sales of single-tenant retail assets. The company further noted that the initial investment yield is about 8.4 percent, or above the high end of CTO’s 2020 guidance. In a prepared statement, John Albright, CTO’s president & CEO, said the acquisition represents an attractive cash flow–accretive transaction in a high-growth MSA. He added that the company has so far this year completed more than $164 million of income property acquisitions, at a weighted average cap rate of about 7.9 percent. Tampa trends Tampa’s office market ended the second quarter with an overall vacancy of 12.8 percent, which represents a rate increase of 120 basis points from last year, as well as an increase of 50 basis points for the first half of 2020, according to a second-quarter report from Cushman & Wakefield. Class A vacancy increased by 80 basis points year-over-year, to 11.0 percent. The I-75 Corridor submarket specifically had an overall vacancy of 18.9 percent on an inventory of nearly 7.8 million square feet. Fortunately, no further office space is under construction in the submarket. The average asking rent for Class A space in the I-75 Corridor is $24.46, again according to Cushman & Wakefield. Last November, a Swiss-American joint venture bought a five-building, 756,000-square-foot office portfolio in Tampa for $156.9 million. CTO also announced that it has collected about 90 percent of its August 2020 contractual base rents. Of the remainder, the company reportedly agreed to defer about 3 percent, while about 7 percent remains “unresolved.” The majority of the unresolved contractual base rent is related to a property in Falls Church, Va., that’s leased to 24 Hour Fitness. CTO reports that it’s in discussions with 24 Hour Fitness and “is hopeful to reach an agreement on current and past due rents in the coming weeks.” Highwoods Properties Inc. Pacer Partners Bridge Investment Pays $57M for Tampa Office Building Cushman & Wakefield To Lease, Manage Tampa Office Projects Heritage Insurance Signs 89 KSF Tampa Lease Top 5 Florida Markets for Industrial Development GID Buys Tampa Bay Warehouse for $14M	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line864
__label__wiki	0.976265	0.976265	After Chipotle Outbreaks, Will ‘Food With Integrity’ Still Resonate? Chipotle Mexican Grill is struggling to convince its customers it’s a safe place to eat, after several outbreaks of foodborne illnesses have sickened hundreds of its customers. But no one thinks the task is going to be easy. “This is a fairly significant problem for Chipotle,” Timothy Calkins, clinical professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, tells us. While customers are often quick to forgive companies for transgressions, that may not be the case this time, he says. “The difficult thing for Chipotle is that, it’s not that there was one incident. There have been a number of different incidents,” he says. “And the problem with that is that it creates an overall perception, and it raises questions about safety.” The once-high-flying restaurant chain has been hit with two separate outbreaks of E. coli over the past three months. The larger one sickened 52 people in October, mostly in Washington and Oregon, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A separate outbreak in November sickened five people in Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma, the agency said. In December, scores of students at Boston College fell ill after eating at a nearby Chipotle, an outbreak the company said was due to a norovirus, which causes vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. And in August, a salmonella outbreak in Minnesota sickened 64 people who had eaten at Chipotle. The state’s Department of Health later linked the illness to tomatoes served at the chain. Founded in Colorado more than two decades ago, Chipotle has enjoyed rapid growth by positioning itself as a healthy, fresh alternative to traditional fast-food chains, a company that serves “food with integrity.” “To eat at Chipotle was sort of the ethically and ecologically right thing to do, which resonated with a great deal of customers,” says Andrew Alvarez, an analyst at IBISWorld, a market research firm. The multiple outbreaks of foodborne illnesses have struck at the very heart of that image, says John Stanton, professor of food marketing at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. “They’ve kind of positioned themselves as a special company that caters to the fresh and delicious product, etc., and they’ve let people down. And when you let people down, they take that pretty seriously,” Stanton tells us. The bad publicity has taken a toll on the bottom line at the company, which has warned that its sales fell in the last quarter of 2015. Once a darling of Wall Street, Chipotle’s stock fell 30 percent last year, and the company says its sales have fallen by as much as 11 percent. Chipotle has responded by promising to become an “industry leader in food safety.” A press release promised more stringent testing of produce, better training of employees and “continuous improvements throughout its supply chain, using data from test results to enhance the ability to measure the performance of its vendors and suppliers.” The company’s founder and CEO, Steve Ells, also apologized for the outbreaks in a Dec. 10 interview on NBC’s Today show: “It was a very unfortunate incident, and I’m deeply sorry this has happened, but the procedures we’re putting in place today are so above industry norms that we are going to be the safest place to eat.” But a message of contrition could be hard to sell to customers, Stanton says. “I mean, my first question, as soon as they said that, was why didn’t they do that originally? I mean, they obviously weren’t doing all they could to make their products safe, and they’re now paying a price for it,” he says. Northwestern’s Calkins says companies can eventually recover from public relations disasters such as this one. Chipotle first has to discover the source of the recent outbreaks, he says. Once it does, Calkins says, “they need to get out there and get people feeling good. They’ve got to invest a lot in advertising, so that when people think about Chipotle, they’re not thinking about food safety. They’re thinking about that great brand, and the food they love so much.” Calkins says other companies, such as Toyota, have come back from big public relations disasters, so it is possible. But he says it will take time for Chipotle to crawl out of the hole it has stumbled into.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line865
__label__wiki	0.983942	0.983942	Mayor Giuliani again lashed out at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey at a Crain's New York Business breakfast yesterday, saying the agency "screws New York and has historically." He was asked about New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman's threat to cut off money for New York airport projects if the mayor pursues his efforts to take over the airports from the Port Authority. "Let her block it," he said. "We'll get them now, instead of 2015." The authority's airport leases with the city expire in 2015. Robert Boyle, Port Authority executive director, said later that the agency has made "great strides" to accommodate "the mayor's recent complaints" and hopes to do more in the near future. "But in order to accomplish that, we need cooperation and not consternation," he said. Asked about a possible expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mr. Giuliani said he had yet to see a plan from the officials who run the state-controlled facility. He added that he wants any expansion proposal to make Javits more of a large convention center rather than just a bigger exhibition hall. Javits officials were puzzled by the mayor's remarks, noting that Fran Reiter, when she was deputy mayor, received a two-hour briefing on a Coopers & Lybrand study that proposed doubling Javits' exhibition space to 1.5 million square feet. Mr. Boyle, who is also chairman of the Javits board, said, "If he wants a presentation, it's available in a moment's notice. We'd be absolutely delighted to show it to the mayor." Tax cuts Mr. Giuliani promised new tax cuts in the city budget he unveils next week. His first priority, he said, will be eliminating the sales tax on clothing purchases. Next, he said, would be reducing or eliminating taxes in a way that creates jobs. That includes a possible reduction in the unincorporated business tax and elimination of the commercial rent tax over the next four to five years. The mayor noted that he cut taxes by $1.1 billion in his first term. The mayor also prodded the United Federation of Teachers to endorse his call to end tenure for school principals. He said opposition to ending tenure and other reforms, like ending social promotion, could prompt political pressure to build for vouchers, something the UFT strenuously opposes. "If the system is not flexible to embrace these reforms to show tremendously increased performance, at some point the desire to have vouchers, if the legal problems can be resolved, will become overwhelming," he said. COUNSEL MOVES: Glen Bruening, an assistant commissioner at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, has joined the governor's counsel's office, overseeing environmental issues. A holdover from the Cuomo administration, Mr. Bruening gained the governor's trust as the No. 2 negotiator, behind then-counsel Michael Finnegan, on the New York City watershed deal in 1995. He replaces Nick Garlick, who is now working for Lou Tomson, deputy secretary for authorities. Virginia Fields leaning toward Green Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields is leaning toward backing Public Advocate Mark Green for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. Mr. Green was an early supporter of Ms. Fields in her primary campaign last year, while Mr. Green's Senate opponents, former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro and Rep. Charles Schumer, did not make endorsements. The backing of Ms. Fields, the city's most prominent black elected city official, would give a boost to Mr. Green in courting African-American voters, who made up 17% of the Democratic Senate primary vote in 1992. MetroPlus, Healthfirst receive top ratings for Medicaid health plan in city Sponsored Content: Northwell tackles women’s health issues during Covid-19 crisis	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line867
__label__wiki	0.977737	0.977737	England vs India: Captain Virat Kohli shattering records at will Kohli has also been making his bat talk as he scored 200 runs in the 3rd Test (97 & 103 in two innings). Shubham Featured Writer Updated - Aug 23, 2018 4:07 pm India captain Virat Kohli. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Virat Kohli might be India’s all-season run machine but the man has also been smashing records as a captain, one after another. His captaincy run has been such that even the great Don Bradman is not out of reach. The ongoing series between India and England has two more crucial matches to go and Kohli has a lot to gain, both as a batsman and a captain and innumerable Indian fans will hope he succeeds in the mission. Kohli, who is now India’s second most successful captain in Tests (22 wins) after Mahendra Singh Dhoni (27), achieved a major feat in the third Test at Trent Bridge which India won by 203 runs to make the series 2-1. The dashing right-hander scored 200 runs in the match (97 & 103 in two innings) and as the runs came in a winning cause. With that, he surpassed legendary Australian captains Sir Donald Bradman and Ricky Ponting. He now has scored 200 runs or more in a Test match that India won on seven occasions, one more than the former Australian greats. Overall, Kohli has scored 200 runs or more in a Test as many as 10 times. In the current series, he has composed 200 runs in a Test match twice. He did the same in the first match at Edgbaston (149 & 51) though India lost on that occasion. Kohli overtakes Bradman and Ponting Bradman and Ponting had 200 or more runs in a game that Australia won on six occasions during their captaincy. While Bradman did it four times against England and twice against India, Ponting did it twice against Pakistan and South Africa and once against the West Indies and England. For India, Dhoni had scored 200 or more in a winning cause for India when he slammed 224 against Australia in Chennai in 2013. Kohli, who now has 23 Test hundreds and 58 international tons besides 16 Test tons as the captain, is also on course to better one of Bradman’s mega record as the captain of Australia. Eight decades ago, the legend led Australia from 0-2 down against England to win a home series 3-2. India made it 1-2 at Trent Bridge and will look to force one of their biggest comebacks in an overseas series under Kohli’s captaincy. India’s head coach Ravi Shastri, however, is not ready to look too far ahead at the moment. When asked about the famous win by Bradman’s Australia, he said: “1936-37, I wasn’t even born man! Why are you reminding me of ‘36-37? One match at a time, we live in the present, okay? One game at a time. Nottingham is over. There’s a break and we move to Southampton and start afresh. Take a fresh guard,” he told reporters after the third Test. India take on England in the fourth Test at Rose Bowl in Southampton from August 30. For all the latest cricket news and other updates follow CricTracker. Don BradmanENGvINDVirat Kohli Reports: Team India player refused to post ‘all is well’ message even at CoA’s advice It’s an honour for me to be playing with you still and to have started under you: Virat Kohli on Dhoni Twitterati slams Virat Kohli for demoting himself to No.4 in order to accommodate KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan Stats: Virat Kohli ends his streak by naming an unchanged playing XI in the 4th Test	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line868
__label__wiki	0.796618	0.796618	On this Crock Russell Shaw Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit, by Garry Wills, (2000) Doubleday, 328 pages, $25 When Pope John Paul II summoned Catholics to a “purification of memory” by facing up to faults, he spoke of a process that should engage us all. This stripping away of delusion and self-deception will be difficult, but it will be enormously beneficial to the Church in the end. It is, then, one’s sense of an opportunity not just lost but squandered on ideological games that makes Garry Wills‘s Papal Sin such a ghastly disappointment. Wills sets out to call the Church to account for dishonesty on issues from annulments and sex to infallibility and relations with the Jews. Whatever one thinks of his choice of topics, there is potential value in this sort of probe. But the results are valueless or worse. Take clergy sex abuse. Although bishops are more sensitive in responding to this problem than they used to be, the continued emergence of new cases 15 years after the crisis first came to light raises the question of whether, even now, the authorities have fully confronted the evil. There is serious need for honest, broad-based discussion of this matter. But Wills is no help. Whatever good his indignation might have done is spoiled by linking pedophilia to celibacy. Pedophilia, as he remarks, is “a crime of deep compulsion,” tending to repeat itself over generations and often practiced by people who themselves were abused as children; and one of the most notorious clerical pedophiles, Rudolph Kos, had been married before he — God knows how! — got himself admitted to a seminary and ordained (“He has a problem with boys,” his wife told a tribunal official during the annulment process). Yet Wills implies that celibacy causes pedophilia and marriage cures it. Is he serious or, as seems more likely, is it just that anything will do for attacking celibacy? It is axiomatic that someone who wants to impugn the truthfulness of others should be impeccably truthful, but this indictment of dishonesty in the Church has a multitude of dishonesties of its own. Unlike the author in his j’accuse, I do not suggest that Wills is guilty of “structures of deceit” (whatever these may be) but only of false reasoning, shoddy scholarship, and overuse of polemical rhetoric intended to slant the argument his way in the absence of compelling evidence. Wills accuses John Paul II of offending against truth by designating St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross — Edith Stein — a Catholic martyr. Stein was no martyr for the faith, he argues, since she died at Auschwitz in 1942 for being a Jew; the pope’s unworthy aim was to enter a symbolic claim to Holocaust victimhood status on behalf of Catholics. At the time of the relevant events, however, Stein was living in a Carmelite convent in Holland. The Nazis were rounding up Dutch Jews but had exempted Christians of Jewish descent. The bishop of Utrecht published a pastoral letter denouncing the deportations, and the Nazis retaliated by canceling the exemption. It was then that Stein was seized and sent to her death at Auschwitz — for being a Jew and a Christian. As for the notion that John Paul wanted to co-opt the Holocaust, it is merely contemptible. By now, it is clear to all but the incorrigibly bigoted that eradicating Catholic anti-Semitism was a crucial priority for the pope. Edith Stein’s symbolic role in this noble project is Christian-Jewish reconciliation through the shared experience of redemptive suffering. Wills’ s book very likely will be praised for scholarship by some who don’t know any better (and probably by some who do), but its scholarship is more often show than substance. The treatment of Vatican Council I and the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility is a case in point. Wills accuses Pius IX of rigging Vatican I and coercing the bishops to get the definition he wanted. But even Hans Küng, in Infallible? An Unresolved Enquiry, his book-length effort to deconstruct the dogma, dismisses that idea, saying, “There was freedom of speech (there was often more plain speaking than at Vatican II) and freedom of voting.” Klaus Schatz, in his carefully researched Papal Primacy: From Its Origins to the Present, says the position of critics like Wills “ignores the facts.” Küng’s book was published in 1970, Schatz’s in 1990. Wills says nothing about either. That is typical. His footnotes brim with references to secondary sources, journalism, and works that support whatever case he is trying to make. Scholars who do not agree with him are usually ignored. Wills is good at sneering. Implicit in the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is the idea that Mary’s “very flesh was…like kryptonite, unable to die.” Someone who thinks human embryos possess personhood presumably believes that, via spontaneous abortions, “God himself [is] sending them by the millions to limbo.” The Church’s view of the papal magisterium is that “the Pope alone…is competent to tell Christian people how to live.” Pius IX was “a soft man, lachrymose [who] could almost be said to have wept himself into power,” and Paul VI had “sad sunken eyes in…smudgy Italian sockets.” And so forth. This is not the language of someone bearing the lamp of truth, or even of someone who trusts in facts and arguments. It is the coarse rhetoric of a man on a self-appointed mission to slash and burn — to overcome opponents by humiliation and bullying. Often, Wills talks nonsense: “Today…people think the host could be desecrated if handled by anyone but a priest” (lay eucharistic ministers abound); the New Testament refers to a woman apostle (Romans 16:7 speaks of an Andronicus and Junias –arguably, Junia — as “apostles” but in a generic sense and plainly not in the sense of the Twelve); St. Paul was married (see 1 Corinthians 7:7); Paul had no theory of natural law (see Romans 2:14-15); there were women at the Last Supper, but they are systematically “censored out of” paintings of that event (and also, one might note, out of the Gospels). The silliest statement of all may be the claim that “truth is a modern virtue,” and untruth is something moderns have “little tolerance” for. This, in the Age of Spin! Neither in the past nor in the present has Church leadership always deserved high marks for truthfulness and openness, and the politicization of much Catholic academic theology in the service of ideology is one of the tragedies of the day. These matters definitely need airing. But Papal Sin is a setback to the cause of truthfulness it claims to champion. When the International Theological Commission published Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and Faults of the Past, its secretary, Fr. Georges Cottier, O.P., observed: “First of all, we must speak of the faults that really existed. When speaking of the Church’s past, many things are said which are often calumnies or myths. Historical truth is the first requirement.” Too bad Garry Wills wasn’t listening. This review first appeared in the June 2000 issue of Crisis Magazine. Tagged as Books, Church, History, sex By Russell Shaw Russell Shaw is the author of Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church (Requiem Press), Nothing to Hide: Secrecy, Communication, and Communion in the Catholic Church (Ignatius Press), and other works.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line869
__label__wiki	0.7588	0.7588	Religion Today Blog Christian Blog and Commentary U.S. Appeals Court Rules against Trump on DACA Policy Amanda Casanova Amanda Casanova is a writer living in Dallas, Texas. She has covered news for ChristianHeadlines.com since 2014. She has also contributed to The Houston Chronicle, U.S. News and World Report and… A U.S. appeals court ruled to block the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Obama-era program that keeps young immigrants from deportation. The three-judge panel of the 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted unanimously to uphold a preliminary injunction that said President Donald Trump could not end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. According to the Associated Press, the case could head to the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this week, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case. "The good news is, by rejecting DACA in the 9th Circuit -- finally, we've been waiting for that -- we get it to the Supreme Court," Trump said at the White House on Friday. "We want to be in the Supreme Court on DACA." Last year, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to cut DACA "based on serious doubts about its legality and the practical implications of maintaining it.” In response, many lawsuits were filed across the U.S. including one in California. In that case, a judge ruled against the attempt to shut down DACA and the program was reinstated in January while the program’s future was litigated. DACA has protected some 700,000 people who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children or came with families with expired visas. "In upholding Judge Alsup's preliminary injunction, the Court recognized that Dreamers are 'no different from any other productive—indeed inspiring—young American,' and that DACA was put in place to prevent 'the cruelty and wastefulness of deporting productive young people to countries with which they have no ties,’” said attorney Ethan Dettmer of the firm representing some of the DACA plaintiffs. Photo courtesy: Svyatoslav Romanov/Unsplash Church Leaders in Nigeria Not Giving Up on Rescue of Leah Sharibu Read More Religion Today Blog Church Leaders in Nigeria Not Giving Up on Rescue of Leah Sharibu Friday, November 9, 2018	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line871
__label__wiki	0.941653	0.941653	Settlement Organization by Kristin A. Kuckelman In this section, I examine the physical organization of Castle Rock Pueblo from several perspectives: the physical layout of buildings, plazas, and middens; the rate and sequence of building construction; and variation in styles of architecture among different residence groups or areas of the site. These topics are of interest because, first, architectural layout can reflect aspects of the inhabitants' social organization (Lipe and Hegmon 19891:21). Second, the rate and sequence of building construction can tell us how quickly people moved from scattered hamlets to aggregated villages such as Castle Rock Pueblo during the thirteenth century, an important aspect of settlement in the Mesa Verde region that is still poorly understood (Varien 19991; Varien and Kuckelman 19992). And third, stylistic variations in architecture might reflect differences in social rank or status. Village Layout Evidence indicates that buildings at Castle Rock Pueblo were constructed in suites of two to six surface rooms with an associated kiva nearby; these are commonly called kiva suites. The settlement at Castle Rock Pueblo thus may be thought of as a concentration of individual kiva suites. Sand Canyon Pueblo represents a different style of late Pueblo III village in which kiva suites were grouped into large, contiguous architectural blocks. In addition, some of the architectural blocks at Sand Canyon Pueblo (Block 300, for example) were composed not of conventional kiva suites, but almost entirely of surface rooms, which may indicate use specialization. Another characteristic of Castle Rock organization, typical of villages in the Sand Canyon locality (Adler 19941:94), is that each residence cluster appears to have had its own midden, rather than there having been only one or a few locations for refuse disposal shared by the entire village. These characteristics may indicate that the growth of this village was less planned and more piecemeal (Lightfoot et al. 19921:17) than that of a village like Sand Canyon Pueblo, which is interpreted as having been at least partly preplanned (Bradley 19931). The Castle Rock site plan (Database Map 509) shows that the residence clusters (or kiva suites) form several larger clusters of buildings in five areas: at the southeast edge of the site; against the south face of the butte; against the north face and on top of the butte; at the northeast edge of the site; and at the northwest edge of the site. Although it is not apparent from the site plan, these clusters are at least partly a result of the topography of the site (Database Map 510). The structures at the southeast edge of the site are in a relatively level area, but the ground surface between them and Structure 102 slopes steeply. Another rocky, sloping area lies northwest and northeast of Structure 102. The area occupied by the structures against the south face of the butte is relatively level, but just south of it the ground slopes steeply down to the exposed bedrock of the plaza. There is also a steep slope between the structures against the north face of the butte (Structures 302 and 304) and those separated to the north. Some of this clustering was probably intentional, however, and reflects residence groups that were related or affiliated in some way. These clusters could have been equivalent to the architectural blocks present at Sand Canyon Pueblo, which could be important for understanding the sociopolitical organization of these villages. Two possible plazas were identified at the site (Lightfoot et al. 19921:17). One is an area of exposed bedrock south of the butte that is bordered on the south by an intentionally placed row of boulders. The other is an open area near the north edge of the site that is enclosed by structures to the east and west and by a site-enclosing wall to the north. See "Public Architecture" in "Architecture" for a discussion of these possible plazas. The buildings on the butte must be mentioned here as part of the layout of the village, just as the butte itself must be seen as an integral, though natural, component of the village. These buildings are discussed in more detail in the following section and in "Architecture" and "Chronology." Rate and Sequence of Construction The available tree-ring dates for Castle Rock Pueblo suggest that construction of the village got off to a slow start. The earliest structure was Structure 204 (a partly underground kiva), which was probably built in A.D. 1256 (see Table 1 in "Chronology"). We found no remnants of surface rooms near this kiva. There is no evidence of more construction until Structure 206 (a completely underground kiva) was built four years later. This new construction could have been the result either of the arrival of a new residence group or of internal growth of the existing group. A north-south row of surface rooms to the west, including Structure 205, appears to have been built and used by the same residence group that built the kiva. Additional rooms might have been built at that time by the same residence group. The nearness of Structure 206 to the two-story rooms wedged between the boulder to the east and the butte face, and to the rooms on top of the boulder, suggests that these buildings were associated with one another. In A.D. 1261, Structure 302 (a kiva) was built near the north face of the butte. The nearness of Structures 305 (a tower), 306 (an alcove room), 308 (a room), and 309 (another alcove room) indicates that these structures, as well as Structure 301 and others that were on top of the butte, were built and used by the same residence group that used the kiva. Three years later, another tower (Structure 401) was built, this one along the edge of an arroyo at the northwest edge of the village (also see "Towers" in "Architecture"). The purpose of this tower is unknown, but testing revealed that its original floor contained evidence of food preparation. The final floor contained a hearth and household tools. This tower might have been built for a special purpose by a residence group already living in the village, such as the group in Structure 302. Or it might have been built by a new group, along with undated Structures 402 (a kiva), 408 (a D-shaped enclosure), and 407 (a room); these structures are closely spaced and could have been a residence cluster. Tree-ring dates indicate that the next structure to be built, in A.D. 1265, was Structure 101 (a kiva) at the southeast edge of the site. It is unclear which other structures in this area, if any, were built by this new residence group at the same time. In the next year, Structure 105, an oversized and probably communal kiva, was constructed in a central position just south of the butte. Thus, by A.D. 1266 the small village contained enough residents to warrant building a communal structure. Perhaps one or more of the nearby, undated kivas (Structures 110, 104, 103, and 102) or the undated structures at the southeast edge of the site (Structures 107, 108, 112, and 125) had also been built by this time. In any case, a minimum of four and a maximum of 12 residence groups were living in the village by 1266. Two years later, Structure 405 (a kiva) was built at the northeast edge of the village. This structure was probably built at the same time as the rest of a cluster consisting of two additional kivas (Structures 405, 406), a one-story surface room (Structure 403), and an adjacent two- to three-story building (Structure 404/409/410). Limited excavation in the lower room (Structure 404) exposed a subfloor feature indicating that food processing had occurred there, among other activities. The construction of this cluster seems to indicate the arrival or creation of two new residence groups. These groups might have been related in some way, because the surface buildings were constructed as a unit and the cluster lies some distance from other buildings. Site-enclosing walls were then constructed, one between the northwest corner of Structure 403 and the east wall of Structure 401, and another beginning at the southeast corner of Structure 404, trending southward. The latest tree-ring date for the site is a noncutting date of A.D. 1274, from Structure 304, a kiva. There is no cluster of cutting dates to indicate when this kiva was built, but it was either built or still being repaired after A.D. 1274. The surface rooms possibly used by the same residence group include adjacent, undefined rooms east of the kiva, along with Structure 307/310 (a tower). Although little remains of Structure 307 today, historic photographs show that this building, perched on a ledge midway up the butte face, was originally at least two stories tall (Figure 1). If so, its roof could have provided one of only three possible access routes to the top of the butte. Another route was a narrow, inclined ledge on the north face of the butte below Structure 301, and the third could have been created by placing a ladder on the roof of Structure 305. From data gathered during excavations, it appears that all structures in the village except Structures 108, 126, 304, and 308 were still in use until the occupation ended. The rate and sequence of construction suggests that the village grew slowly at first. Later, however, the rate of construction increased, and during the A.D. 1260s, new structures were built almost every year. On the basis of these data, it is believed that the movement of individual families or residence groups from dispersed hamlets to this aggregated village occurred primarily during the 1260s. Stylistic Differences in Architecture Differences in architectural style can indicate differences in the status or rank of village residents (Flannery 19722:45; Lekson 19841:271), differences in the time of construction of various parts of a village, or the presence of different kin, social, religious, or political groups in distinct areas of a village. A substantial amount of variation could indicate that new arrivals came from widely scattered, unrelated hamlets instead of having a more common origin. At Castle Rock Pueblo, no variations of this sort were detected in the overall quality of the architecture across the site, in the types of masonry cross sections, or in the amount of shaping of the stones in the masonry walls exposed. Analyses of possible differences in artifact assemblages and plant remains are presented in "Artifacts" and "Plant Evidence." The settlement organization of Castle Rock Pueblo indicates that this village grew piecemeal during its 20- to 25-year existence. The layout of the site shows no evidence of the preplanning evident at other thirteenth-century villages such as Sand Canyon Pueblo (Bradley 19931). Construction began slowly in the mid-A.D. 1250s but the village grew rapidly during the 1260s, when some impetus prompted a steady stream of residence groups to abandon their small farming hamlets and join this growing, defensible village. Groupings of residence clusters suggest that at least some of the physical organization of the village was affected by kinship ties. The village itself may have been organized into northern and southern halves, each with its own plaza. The presence of only one oversized kiva may symbolize the cohesiveness of the village as a whole. The lack of noticeable variation in architectural style or quality indicates a lack of rank or status differences within the village. References cited \| To borrow, cite, or request permission	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line874
__label__wiki	0.943719	0.943719	Africa's Revival - Over So Soon? War between Eritrea and Ethiopia dissolved one of Africa's closest partnerships. By Lara Santoro Special to The Christian Science Monitor When President Clinton visited Africa in March, much was said about Africa's renaissance, a political and economic revival of the continent brought on by a handful of enlightened leaders. The "Museveni gang," as it was unofficially known, had taken a cue from Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, a former guerrilla fighter who in 1986 inherited a wasteland and turned it into one of Africa's most vibrant economies. Belonging to the gang were Rwanda's Vice President Paul Kagame, a guerrilla fighter who came to power in 1994, putting an end to the country's ethnic genocide; and Laurent Kabila, another guerrilla leader who toppled Zaire's extravagant dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, in May 1997. To the north, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea were showered with similar praise. They, too, had led armed struggles against a harsh dictatorship, that of Ethiopia's Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam, and had come to power in their respective countries as a result of that struggle. Aside from a past in military fatigues, what Africa's "new leaders" shared was a Marxist matrix from their university days and, later on, a painless conversion to the fundamentals of capitalism. In exchange, they received multimillion-dollar loans from bastions of free-market thinking like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. With the glaring exception of Mr. Kabila in the newly renamed Congo, they all unshackled their economies, privatized state-owned enterprises, and worked hard to lure foreign investors. In Ethiopia, Mr. Zenawi's policies had such promise that he obtained $106 million from the United States alone, making his country the second-largest US aid recipient on the continent after President Nelson Mandela's South Africa. Under the Greater Horn of Africa Initiative, the US sent $10 billion into the region this decade, mainly in emergency relief. The policy promoted support for Ethiopia and Eritrea as stable partners in the region. WITH Ethiopia and Eritrea now lobbing bombs at each along their border, many have suggested it may be time to reassess the situation. "When the war started [in May], someone came to me and said, 'Does this mean this African Renaissance is over?' and all I could say is, 'Yep, I'm afraid it is,' " a Western diplomat in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, says. "Of course this war delivered the final blow to the whole Renaissance thing," adds another diplomat. "People feel terribly betrayed." Ethiopia and Eritrea, two of Africa's closest allies, went to war over a border dispute May 6, two months after the Clinton visit. Hundreds of people have been killed, and attempts by the US, Rwanda, and the Organization of African Unity to negotiate a peaceful resolution have failed. Before that, Congo leader Kabila sufficiently offended the US for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to declare in February that everyone's patience was "running thin." By then, Kabila's government had consolidated a pattern of abuse and arbitrary arrests and obstructed a United Nations investigation into the massacre of some 80,000 Rwandan refugees during his rebel campaign. In Rwanda, Vice President Kagame has come under increasing criticism from human rights groups. In an attempt to quell a rebel insurgency in the northwest, the Army has been given free rein to "kill indiscriminately," rarely distinguishing between rebels and innocent civilians, says Human Rights Watch-Africa. That leaves Uganda's Mr. Museveni as the only representative of Africa's new leadership in Central Africa. Museveni has yet to allow political parties other than his own, but in Uganda, dissent is largely tolerated and the country has prospered. Ethiopian Army attacks Eritrean military post in retaliation for rebel violence After years of unrest, Ethiopia enters new era of openness Renegade soldiers in Eritrea overrun information ministry	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line876
__label__cc	0.538605	0.461395	Billionaire Philanthropist Discusses His Institute's Work to Perfect Cancer Immunotherapy Beth Fand Incollingo Immunotherapy has become a buzzword in the cancer community, but to Sean Parker it’s much more. The 39-year-old billionaire is intensely focused on the promise of immunotherapy, and has become a major force in helping to drive its potential to cure cancers. After making his fortune as president of Facebook at the age of 24, and later investing in the digital music service Spotify, he launched the Parker Foundation in 2015. The following year, the foundation issued a $250 million grant to start the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Its goal is to breed collaboration between top cancer researchers, nonprofit organizations and industry to get treatments to patients more quickly. The institute’s projects include studying how the microbiome affects patient response to immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors; using CRISPR-cas9 gene-editing technology to engineer cancer-fighting T cells; and discovering tumor neoantigens (protein fragments) that may be targetable with cancer vaccines. Earlier this year, Parker shared his thoughts about the status of immunotherapy and the institute’s work during the Washington Post’s Chasing Cancer Summit. Here, CURE shares condensed excerpts from that interview. Moderator: You gave $250 million to finding a cure for cancer, and to research. What have you learned? Sean Parker: I just had this strong gut feeling that the field of immunotherapy was going to become the next frontier in cancer treatment, because we’d been going after oncogenes and the oncogenic driver mutations (cancer-causing genes and the mutations that create them) for a long time, trying to find targeted therapies. We’d had some success with kinase inhibitors and a variety of other small-molecule drugs, but the idea that the immune system played some role in regulating cancer was not in vogue. Yet, the data seemed to contradict this, and I ended up catching that wave at precisely the correct moment. The big realization was that the immune system does, in fact, play a role in regulating the early stages of cancer — that all tumors eventually, prior to or concurrent with metastasis, develop immunosuppressive capabilities that shut the immune system down, and that if you can block those with drugs by creating targeted or cell therapies, you can overcome all the obstacles that cancer sets up. What will be the next big breakthrough? You can’t be a specialist in everything, especially in medicine. You have to narrow your focus, so I’ve become the cell therapy guru in our group. I’m pretty much obsessed with T cell biology. In the 90s, we talked a lot about nanotechnology. The idea was (that) you’d have little nanobots roving through your body doing various things. I remember thinking, “Wow, that’s really cool: I’ll have robots in my body cleaning crap out of my endothelium when I get atherosclerosis.” Then, I remember thinking, “Wow, those robots could come with lasers and kill cancer. That would be so cool.” What ended up happening is no less cool; it just sounds more complicated. Cell therapy takes cells out of a patient’s body and modifies them with a viral vector, which edits the cell. You can give it a cancer- or cell-specific target to reprogram the cell so it targets only cancer or only the cells you want to kill. Once you’ve produced several thousand, you can expand them in a culture and can grow hundreds of millions or billions of cells and give them back to the patient, where they kill the cancer and leave normal cells alone. Is that different than gene editing? You’re probably thinking of CRISPR-cas9. It has so many different applications, depending on what you’re trying to do. Originally, the hope was that you could do gene editing to remove a genetic defect in an unborn baby or fix genetic defects in adults to restore function. As fast as this technology is in making gene edits, the fact that it still relies on things like viral vectors to transfect the cell makes it really slow. But we’ve have had some major breakthroughs. One is that you can, for the first time, make a cut and insert a very large amount of DNA (within a cell). You can insert an entirely new T cell receptor — 1,500 bases of DNA — into a cell without killing or harming it. The reality is that we can now go in with incredible precision and control and reprogram the way these cells function, so in essence they are those little nanobots that we were talking about in the `90s, but it turns out they’re made of your own cells. An example is one experiment that was done by a lead investigator and a pair of grad students in a week. They effectively knocked out (the function of) every gene, one by one, in a CD8 T cell, which is a killing cell. And then they looked at things like how quickly the cells expanded and a lot of other markers. You can imagine how many months or years that would take using normal methods. What came of this was that they recapitulated, in a week, 30 years of work that had been done by the leading immunologists in the world. Does this represent an inflection point for cancer research? Now, suddenly, we really do have enough data to justify big data (huge banks of information that can be analyzed to identify patterns) and AI (artificial intelligence). I’ve been saying it may be premature to think that Google is going to solve all our problems in health care, because they’ve got a great AI team and tons of computational power, but we just don’t know enough about the biology. Well, now that you can do massively parallel, totally unbiased screens where you can understand exactly what a gene does, its functional relevance to a particular cell in a particular tissue in a particular individual, that unlocks this ability to interrogate cells to learn about their function and how they’re wired. I mean, just having a map of the human genome is useless if you don’t know what the genes do. And so, we’re now entering a realm where that discovery process is going to happen much, much faster. I think we’re going to see a real explosion in terms of how quickly we can move. You’ve said that the bulk of research funding still needs to come from the National Cancer Institute. Under a divided government, do you expect that funding to continue? We just succeeded in our last budget in continuing to increase funding. (The money dedicated to) the National Institutes of Health had been down on an inflation-adjusted basis by 15 or 20 percent from where it should have been, if funding had increased at the rate of inflation. We’ve gotten them back there, for the most part, but I think more funding is needed. This is important not just in terms of taking care of people and making sure that great research is getting funded, but it’s also important in terms of American competitiveness in the global economy. If we’re not leaders, if we’re not innovating, if we’re not at the forefront of CRISPR and the revolution happening there, and if we’re not pushing the envelope in other areas, we could lose our global leadership advantage to China. (Pharmaceutical companies are working to) produce cell therapies for more indications. It looks like these drugs will increase health care costs — they’re $500,000 treatments (that are labor-intensive to provide). But we’re seeing this work as more companies enter the space and (the process of administering the drugs) becomes more automated, because they are curative. If you can move to a model where therapies are curative, (we could ease) the burden on the system of constantly treating cancers and then having remissions followed by relapses, and the endless care and suffering that goes into that. The result will be that the cost of therapies will come down, and when you’re cured, you’re cured. I’m more optimistic today than I was five years ago. News \| Immunotherapy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line879
__label__cc	0.69106	0.30894	On Jackie Robinson and Bone Marrow Transplants Gary Stromberg Gary Stromberg co-founded GIBSON & STROMBERG, a large and influential music public relations firm of the sixties and seventies. The company represented such luminaries as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Muhammad Ali, Barbra Streisand, Boyz II Men, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, The Doors, Earth, Wind & Fire, Elton John, Three Dog Night and Crosby, Stills, & Nash. He also spent time in the film business co-producing movies such as Car Wash (Universal Studios) and The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh (Lorimar/United Artists). Stromberg has also written three books, The Harder They Fall (Hazelden - 2007) and Feeding the Fame (Hazelden - 2009) and a third book for McGraw-Hill Publishing, entitled Second Chances, which was published in 2011. He's currently working on a fourth book, She's Come Undone, for HCI Publishing, which will come out next spring. “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” This is a short speech I gave recently at the City of Hope Bone Marrow Transplant Survivors Reunion, a day I’ll never forget. The baseball hat I’m sporting today has the number 42 instead of a team logo. You may wonder what that means, so I’ll explain. Dr. Stephen Forman and I are big Dodger fans and we talk baseball every time I see him at my regularly scheduled follow up visits to the City of Hope. At my last visit in April, he informed me that the upcoming Bone Marrow Transplant Survivors Reunion is the 42nd anniversary of this wonderful event. I noted the coincidence, as it was just Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball, a day when every player on every team wears number 42, Jackie’s famous uniform number. It’s a number that’s been officially retired, so no player in major league baseball will ever wear it again. Its Jackie’s number for time and eternity. Forty-two is significant to me in another way. It’s the year I was born. May 14, 1942 to be exact, but I’m here to celebrate another birthday today: July 18, 2012. It’s the day I was given a new life by the generosity of a man I didn’t even know, a man halfway around the world in a country called Israel. But I’m getting ahead of myself. In March of 2012 I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a condition I don’t have to explain to any of you. I was told that even if extensive chemo were to put my disease in remission, I would still need a bone marrow transplant to survive. As I inquired what this process entailed, I was told that I needed to find a donor that possessed the same DNA as me. I was further told that a DNA match would likely come from someone of the same ethnicity. “Great, I thought… I’m a white guy, so I’m in the largest gene pool.” “Not so fast, white boy! You’re not white in genetic terms, you’re an Ashkenazy Jew, and that’s a separate and rather small category. If a donor is to be found for you, it will likely come from this group.” Upon completion of a solid month of chemo, I was sent home from the hospital to await word on whether or not a donor had been located. I have to say, the next couple of weeks were the most anxious ones of my life. I spent a great deal of that time trying to come to terms with the possibility that no donor would be found and that this might be the end of the road. Well, you’ve already figured out the rest of the story. My donor, Alex Kikis, was identified, and for whatever reasons, he agreed to provide life-saving bone marrow to me. Arrangements were made, and a courier was sent to Israel to collect the bone marrow harvested from Alex. The courier then got on a plane, flew back to the City of Hope and the transplant proceeded the next day. How amazing is that? Without going into the recovery process, I was one of the fortunate ones. The transplant took and within a few weeks I was home working on reclaiming my life. One big thing was missing though? Who was this anonymous man and when can I meet him. I called Be the Match, the organization that hosts the bone marrow registry, and was told that BMT recipients must wait at least one year to seek contact with their donor. That’s if the donor is a US citizen. To contact foreign donors, the waiting period is two years. “Two years? That seems like an eternity,” I thought. But that’s how it works. Well, I got on with my life, but always kept an eye on the calendar, marking off the months in anticipation of the time when I could reach out to my donor. When that time finally arrived, I eagerly contacted Be the Match and asked how to proceed. “You have to fill out a form, which we will process for you, and in a few weeks we’ll let you know if your donor would agree to you contacting him. Those few weeks passed, and I called Be the Match again, to be told that my donor had not responded but that I could try one more time. If he didn’t respond this time though, I should move on with my life and just accept that I was given a gift, and let it go at that. When no one responded to my second attempt, I was very disappointed, but accepted my donor’s decision and tried to move on. But guess what? Shortly after that, Be the Match called and said, “Your donor has agreed to connect with you!” How great I thought, this is amazing news. But there was a problem. My donor, Alex, turned out to be an immigrant to Israel, whose primary language is Russian and secondary language is Hebrew. He speaks only a little English, so we have become Facebook friends, though I never got to engage him in a real conversation. When City of Hope informed me that I had been selected to meet Alex and that they were bringing he and his wife Larisa to our BMT Survivors Reunion, I was elated. I’ve been dreaming about this day since I found out I had a donor, almost six years ago. I’d like to circle back to my opening remarks when I mentioned the significance of the number 42, and its owner, Jackie Robinson. Jackie summed it up better than I ever could when he once famously said, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Alex Kikis, my family and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the impact you’ve had on mine! News \| Leukemia \| Acute Myeloid Leukemia	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line880
__label__wiki	0.964867	0.964867	Holocaust denier Irving sparks new controversy over interview with Spanish newspaper By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 10:52 EST, 6 September 2009 Not impressed: Israel has condemned a Spanish newspaper for publishing an interview with David Irving Eminent historians, as well as the state of Israel, have condemned a Spanish newspaper for publishing an interview with Holocaust denier David Irving as part of its World War II coverage. El Mundo's interview, which they say is justified by freedom of expression, saw Irving make statements such as: 'The Holocaust is just a slogan, a product like Kleenex or Xerox printers.' 'They've turned it into a commercial phenomenon, and succeeded in making money out of it - producing films about it which have made millions,' he said. Israeli ambassador Raphael Schutz called Irving a 'con man' and called it an insult to free speech, legitimate historians and to those reading it. Irving went on: 'Until the 1970s [the Holocaust] was just a speck of dust on the horizon. The proof is that it doesn't appear in any of the biographies of the great leaders of the Second World War. But from then on it became fashionable. 'The Jews turned it into a brand, using the same technique as Goebbels. They invented a slogan... and repeated it ad nauseam.' In the past, Irving has said he believed the figure of 6million Jews murdered by the Nazis was an exaggeration. When asked by El Mundo about this, he said: 'I'm not interested in figures. I don't count bodies. I'm not all that interested in the Holocaust.' He also denied that Hitler was to blame for what occurred during the Second World War, or that he wanted to exterminate the Jews. 'Hitler was a simple man constantly deceived by his subordinates', he said. He added: 'In Hitler's speeches there is only one anti-Semitic sentence. Something about "when the war begins, I want the Jews to suffer". But that's just a stereotypical expression.' Instead, Irving blames Churchill for the war because he 'was in the hands of the Jews'. Avner Shalev, the director of Israel's Holocaust Museum, wrote to El Mundo to complain about the interview. He said: 'There are subjects about that don't permit a 'for' and 'against'. The paper gives legitimacy to a man who doesn't deserve it... It is inconceivable that a serious newspaper should provide a platform for anti-Semitism.' Alicia Vikander, Jo Hartley and Naomi Ackie join BAFTA EE Rising Star Award panel to select the 2021 shortlist Conor McGregor vows to fight personal injury lawsuit after two women sue him for millions in Dublin McGregor, 32, has denied all wrongdoing	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line881
__label__wiki	0.926254	0.926254	WE WIN! Terror TV Al Jazeera America Dies, Shutting Down in April – Inshallah! We did it! For years we have been fighting the terror organization’s network, Al Jazeera, and while it was a wild, circuitous process, we have ultimately prevailed. Jihad TV is an epic fail! All those Muslim Brotherhood billions going down the proverbial toilet. Excelsior! Remember how Hillary Clinton lauded these bloody propagandists during the “Arab Spring”? Her favorite news channel. What a fight! This was Goebbels TV a la 2015. “Al Jazeera America Quits,” NY Times, January 13, 2015: The cable news channel Al Jazeera America, which debuted in 2013 to great fanfare when it promised to cover American news soberly and seriously, is shutting down by the end of April. The move was announced at a companywide meeting on Wednesday. In a memo to the staff, Al Jazeera America’s chief executive, Al Anstey, said the “decision by Al Jazeera America’s board is driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace.” “I know the closure of AJAM will be a massive disappointment for everyone here who has worked tirelessly for our long-term future,” he continued. “The decision that has been made is in no way because AJAM has done anything but a great job. Our commitment to great journalism is unrivaled.” Al Jazeera America went on the air in August 2013 after it bought Al Gore’s Current TV for $500 million. It promised to be thoughtful and smart, free of the shouting arguments that have defined cable news in the United States over the last decade. But meaningful viewership never came, with prime-time ratings sometimes struggling to exceed 30,000 viewers. To make matters worse, the newsroom was hit with turmoil last year when staff members complained bitterly of a culture of fear. There was an exodus of top executives, along with a pair of lawsuits from former employees that included complaints about sexism and anti-Semitism at the news channel. In May, Ehab Al Shihabi, the chief executive of Al Jazeera America, was replaced by Mr. Anstey. Morale improved in the following months but ratings remained low. And Al Jazeera America has not been free of controversy in recent months. In November, the news station’s general counsel, David W. Harleston, was suspended following a report in The New York Times that he did not appear to be licensed to practice law. In late December, Al Jazeera aired an hourlong documentary that linked some of the biggest stars in Major League Baseball and the National Football League to performance-enhancing drugs. The most prominent athlete mentioned in the report was the Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who angrily denied the report, calling it “complete garbage” and “totally made up.” As part of Wednesday’s announcement, Mr. Anstey said that after the cable news network shuts down by April 30, Al Jazeera would expand its digital presence in the United States. The expansion “would bring new global content into America.” VIDEO: Terror TV’s Al Jazeera aka Current TV’s Jihad against Pamela Geller VIDEO: Pamela Geller speaks at Al Jazeera Press Conference VIDEO: Question and Answer Session, Al Jazeera Conference AFDI: Pamela Geller to Address “Investigate Al Jazeera Now” Press Conference” The Al Jazeera Con —Al Jazeera VP: ‘Israel supporters should die a fiery death’ —‘I AM NOT CHARLIE’: Leaked Newsroom Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Fury over Global Support for #CharlieHebdo —Al Jazeera op-ed praises Jerusalem synagogue jihad massacre —An Al Jazeera Muslim Brotherhood-tied News Anchor’s Bloody Call —Terror TV Al Jazeera’s ‘Journalists’ Threaten Coptic Christians in Egypt to Withdraw Jizya reports —Terror TV Al Jazeera sues ATT over its refuses to carry the network —Ex-CNN Joie Chen & Soledad O’Brien to work/pimp for terror TV Al Jazeera Courtesy of Pamela Geller. Previous articleCommon Core Book Publishing Manager: I Hate Kids – Common Core is All About Selling Books and Making Money Next articleVictim’s Father Demands Obama Use Martial Law Powers: “Declare State of Emergency for Gun Epidemic”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line884
__label__wiki	0.681118	0.681118	Home » Andra Rush receives Distinguished Woman in Logistics award Andra Rush receives Distinguished Woman in Logistics award DC Velocity Staff Time was when the supply chain profession had very few female practitioners. But today, that's all changed. Women have ascended to key leadership roles in logistics and related fields and are using their influence to change lives. For an example of that, look no further than Andra Rush. Rush, who was recently honored with the Women In Trucking Association's (WIT) 2017 Distinguished Woman in Logistics award, is chair and CEO of Wayne, Mich.-based Rush Trucking Corp.—a company she founded in 1984 with one van and two pickup trucks. Today, Rush Trucking transports goods for Fortune 100 companies across the U.S. and Canada with 1,100 trucks and 700 drivers. In addition, she is president and CEO of Dakkota Integrated Systems; and chair, president, and CEO of Detroit Manufacturing Systems (DMS), two affiliated companies that supply components and assemblies to the auto industry. As founder, chair, president, and CEO of Rush Group, which operates Rush Trucking, Dakkota, and DMS, she leads the largest woman-owned business in Michigan, and one of the largest Native American-owned businesses in the U.S. Her mission from the very beginning has been to create sustainable job opportunities in underserved communities. President Barack Obama acknowledged Rush during his 2014 State of the Union address for creating manufacturing jobs in Detroit with the June 2012 opening of Detroit Manufacturing Systems—the first such plant opening in the city in decades. Rush served two terms from 2013 to 2016 as a member of the U.S. Manufacturing Council, which regularly advises the U.S. Commerce Secretary on matters related to government policies and programs, and their impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector. In a measure of the growing role of women in the industry, other finalists for the award included respected leaders Lacy Starling, president of Legion Logistics LLC, and Karen Duff, president and CEO of International Express Trucking Inc. (IXT). The prize was established three years ago to promote the achievements of women employed in the North American transportation industry, highlighting their work in the field of commercial transportation and logistics, which encompasses both logistics service providers and motor carriers, according to WIT and award sponsor Truckstop.com. The winner of this year's award was announced at the Transportation Intermediaries Association conference in Las Vegas last month. Publications & Associations KEYWORDS Dakkota Integrated Systems Detroit Manufacturing Systems International Express Trucking (IXT) Rush Trucking Women in Trucking Association Spero receives “Distinguished Woman in Logistics” award Three finalists selected for Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award Knichel receives first Distinguished Woman in Logistics award Recent Articles by DC Velocity Staff Need an item? Hail a store Cobot sales forecast for swift rebound from “arid” slump in 2020 ATA cheers court ruling upholding looser hours of service caps	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line886
__label__wiki	0.845409	0.845409	1:18 Moss and Brooks 1957 Vanwall 1:18 Moss and Brooks 1957 British GP winning Vanwall For many, many years we have been asking the major 1:18 diecast manufacturers to produce a replica of the Vanwall. But never to any avail. And so we were delighted when, late last year, SMTS, the famed Hastings-based, white-metal manufacturer, agreed to replicate Stirling Moss’s famous 1957 British Grand Prix winning car. There’s no maker in the world better positioned to get the detail of this car totally correct. These guys know the classic F1 scene better than anybody. They are also, of course, superlative model makers. But this time, they won’t be working in white metal. The car will be modelled with a resin body. The wheels, suspension and other parts will be metal including, of course, the highly detailed spoked wire wheels. Mike Hawthorn’s 1958 Championship The Vanwall team was founded by Tony Vandervell, the owner of a company called Thinwall that manufactured bearings in a factory in Acton. The team started out racing modified Ferraris in non-championship races, but in 1954 they created their first cars to race in the Formula One World Championship. At the end of the 1955 season, it was plain that the engine was sound, but that the chassis needed improvement. It was recommended to Vandervell that he hire the services of young, up-and-coming designer Colin Chapman. The next season revealed the car’s potential, although it achieved little in championship-qualifying races. But they did enough to secure the services of Stirling Moss for the 1957 season, who was to have as his team-mates Tony Brooks and Stuart Lewis-Evans. 1957 British Grand Prix at Aintree The British Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1957 championship. After Le Mans, Stirling had gone to the south of France for a bit of R&R with his fiancée. A fancy water-skiing move went wrong, and Stirling ended up with a nasty nose infection. He had to miss the French Grand Prix, but made it back for the British Grand Prix in July. It was clear from qualifying that it was going to be a tough race, with the Maseratis of Fangio and Behra going faster for most of the day. Nevertheless, Moss grabbed pole right at the end of the session.Moss got away slowly, but regained the lead by the end of the first lap. By the 25th lap, the Vanwall had developed a misfire. Moss came in. An earthing wire was removed, and he rejoined the race, albeit in seventh place. It didn’t solve the misfiring problem, so he pitted again. Immediately, Brooks, who was still suffering from his Le Mans accident, was called in and his car was passed to Moss. Stirling rejoined the race in ninth, a whole minute behind Behra, who was leading the race. Stirling gradually worked his way up through the field. Luckily the clutch on Behra’s Maserati disintegrated, whilst Hawthorn got a puncture. With 20 laps to go, Moss was in a lead that he did not relinquish. It was to be his second Grand Prix victory at Aintree, but his first in a British car, although the points were shared with Brooks. The 1:18 SMTS replica As we go to press on this issue of Diecast Legends, we have just seen the final pre-production sample of SMTS’s replica. It looks fantastic, and we have no doubt that SMTS has got all the details absolutely right. Only the wheels and tyres remain to be produced, and these are due to be completed soon. Only 500 examples are going to be made, and given that this is a race winning car that has never before been modelled in 1:18 scale before, we anticipate that the production could be entirely sold out before we receive a single piece. It is, by the way, totally exclusive to Diecast Legends. Our advice is to get an order in now, because this is a replica you really don’t want to miss out on.Best, in our opinion, to order your example and then return it if you’re unhappy with it, than to miss out altogether. Not, of course, that anybody’s going to be unhappy. SMTS has been replicating F1 cars for more than 40 years. They know how to make superlative models. Shop for the 1:18 Moss and Brooks 1957 Vanwall	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line889
__label__cc	0.720198	0.279802	Raw - Okay Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf Director: Julia Ducournau Drama \| Horror \| Foreign \| 2016 When I first hear of this film from David, I found the synopsis to be slightly interesting. Enough to let him add it to our list, but I in no way knew what to expect as far as the story line goes. On one hand, I knew that she was going to become a cannibal, but the way it happened and the reasons as to why it happened made this film not as bad as I thought it would be. Justine is a Rookie in vet school, and she is being hazed. Which I find really strange for an entire school to be hazed, but okay. She's forced to eat meat. After growing up a vegetarian her whole life, this sparks some strange urges in her and some strange bodily effects. I don't know what much I can say about this film. There's a lot of dead animals - for scientific purposes - and there a lot of weird stuff that the upperclassman do to the poor freshmen for Hazing. Total Carrie mode in the first part of the film. The acting in this film I think is great. Garance shows, as to what I can only assume, the perfect emotions for the screen as Justine goes through the urges and the internal fight against those urges. The film itself is extremely gory and graphic. I really don't know what else to say, so I'm just going to end it here with my rating. I give it an "okay" rating. The concept was interesting and I thought the two actresses who played the sisters was great. I wouldn't watch it again, and I feel like you have to have a certain taste for a movie like this. (3/5). REVIEW: White House Down REVIEW: Despicable Me	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line891
__label__cc	0.700136	0.299864	Education Expertise Government Expertise Healthcare Expertise Senior Living Expertise Manufacturing Expertise Clubs & Associations Expertise Rawhide Boys Ranch Client Success Story Rawhide Boys Ranch – Brendan Ganser, Facilities Manager New London, WI 4 maintenance technicians and 22 buildings on 600 acres Needed to document work and track utilities to find inefficiencies Huge utility savings and a streamlined work order process Brendan Ganser, Facilities Manager at the Rawhide Boys Ranch, has seen great success with Dude Solutions’ maintenance and utility tracking software. After years of using a paper system, the ranch decided it was time to switch to a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) from Dude Solutions. “Implementation was great,” Ganser said. “Dude Solutions ended up putting a lot of our data in the system for us – we just sent them the information, which was incredibly handy for us. We work with a pretty small crew for the size of facility, so it was really a good thing for them to help us set up the system.” The maintenance staff took to the maintenance software quickly. Continued Ganser, “A couple of my guys are not real computer savvy. But I’ll tell you, the Dude Solutions program is so easy to use they picked it up in no time. As a matter of fact, they found some functions in it that I didn’t know were there.” When it comes to running the ranch, there are lots of different inspections that can’t be forgotten. Just like many other regulated organizations, everything has to be tested and inspected, including the wells (tested monthly), the furnaces (yearly) and more. “It’s never-ending,” said Ganser. “When we do find an issue during an inspection, it turns into a work order, it gets completed, and we have record that the issue was addressed.” The maintenance software helps the staff stay on top of everything. Ganser also mentioned that the software helps with the age-old repair versus replace dilemma. “The biggest thing is if we’re working on, let’s say it’s a refrigerator, instead of sitting there saying ‘Well, I think we repaired that or replaced that last year,’ then trying to find the paper trail to verify that used to be close to impossible. Now we can look up and see exactly what we’ve done, decide if we have put too much money into a certain piece of equipment, and justify a replacement with no guessing.” As it turns out, Dude Solutions makes it so Ganser doesn’t need to guess where the maintenance budget is being spent, either. “If you had $100 in your pocket, and after a week, someone said, ‘How much do you have left?’ and you said, ‘Well I have $10,’ where did it all go? It’s going to be hard to remember exactly what I spent it on. It’s the same thing with work orders. We used to sit there and go ‘I couldn’t tell you right off hand.’ But now with [the software], I pull up all the work orders I’ve done and I have the facts right in front of me.” Along with maintenance management software, Ganser has seen great successes with Dude Solutions’ utility tracking software. Everyone knows old and aging buildings mean a lot of the equipment and assets are getting to the end of their useful life. The oldest home on the ranch campus was built in 1908, but the average building age is about 22 years. “The largest building on the ranch was built in 1994,” Ganser explained, “and the heating system that was put in was very inefficient. It was getting to the point where we weren’t going to be able to replace the system as is. One of my contractors came in and suggested we switch to a boiler/chiller system. The new system was $260,000 and that’s a chunk of money for us.” Once they made the switch, they were able to track usage within our system and the Board of Directors couldn’t believe how much they were saving in energy costs. It 100% justified the $260,000 for the new system. You can’t argue with actual numbers. The savings are so dramatic, at one point our utility costs at one building were down 74%. "Even now, we’re tweaking things and trying new things out, and we can see how they are working almost immediately in the software, and that makes my job easy,” Ganser said. Club & Associations Northridge Church Client Success Story	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line895
__label__wiki	0.995971	0.995971	ABC/Billy Kidd Who Are The New Women On Matt's 'Bachelor' Season? Drama Is Coming By Abby Monteil Matt James' journey to find love on The Bachelor is officially underway, but fans might not have even met his final rose recipient yet. During the show's Jan. 4 premiere, Chris Harrison noted that the show received a record number of applications from women wanting to be on Matt's season. And as a new promo for the season confirmed, that means even more contestants will soon arrive to compete for Matt's heart. So, who are the new women on Matt's Bachelor season? Many fans will have seen them before, actually. Warning: Light spoilers for The Bachelor Season 25 follow. In the Season 25 promo released on Jan. 4, another limo pulls up to Nemacolin Resort, and Chris told Matt, "Everything is about to change," as new women show up to meet Matt. The original women understandably aren't too thrilled about the new additions. "We've known Matt for weeks now," one contestant says in a voiceover, indicating the new women won't arrive until later on in the season. It's unclear why ABC felt the need to add to the cast, although there's a good chance these women were already quarantining at the resort and were not brought in as a last-minute decision. They were all featured in The Bachelor's October 2020 Facebook post that revealed the women who were being considered for Matt's season. When they weren't mentioned during Chris Harrison's "Meet the Women" livestream announcing the official cast, fans assumed they'd been cut from the lineup, but the new promo reveals that's not the case at all. Also revealed in the promo: The return of Heather Martin, a previous contestant on Colton Underwood's season of The Bachelor who now appears to be looking for love with Matt. Her arrival, however, doesn't seem to be as premeditated as the other women's were. "Heather, what are you doing here?" Chris asks her in the promo (as if he doesn't know...). "You could honestly destroy this whole thing for Matt." However, she assures the camera that, whatever she's up to, "I do feel like Matt's worth it." Most fans already know who Heater is, but what about the other women? According to Bustle, here are the four new contestants vying for Matt's heart: Brittany Galvin This 23-year-old model hails from Chicago, and in the new promo, she instantly stirs up drama with the other women by announcing the producers "wanted to save the best for last," insinuating the new girls are better than the original ones. The promo also shows her emotionally admitting something that happens on the show could "ruin my entire life." Does she have a secret? Catalina Morales Catalina won Miss Puerto Rico in 2015 before heading to law school and becoming an attorney. The 30-year-old's Instagram bio reveals she's one busy lady who splits time between New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico. As if a law career weren't enough, she's also a published author who previously hosted a Puerto Rican TV segment called Catalina's Universe. Kim Li Kim is a 28-year-old registered nurse who's been sharing her experience working throughout the coronavirus pandemic, as well as educating people about the disease and how to get tested, on Instagram. Oh, and she also describes herself as a "professional dumpling" in her Insta bio. Ryan Claytor Ryan was one of the first new faces to appear in the promo, as she stepped out of the limo and immediately told Matt, "You look so fine!" The 26-year-old New York dancer is no stranger to TV; she recently performed on the FX show Pose. When she's not dancing, Ryan has also been a vocal advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement on Instagram. It's not clear when these reported new cast members will arrive on the show, so fans will have to keep watching Season 25 of The Bachelor on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC to find out. Why Did Sarah Leave Matt's 'Bachelor' Season? She Self-Eliminated Who Is Marylynn On Matt's 'Bachelor' Season? She's 1 To Watch By Rachel Varina Who Is Rachael On Matt's 'Bachelor' Season? She's A "Hopeless Romantic"	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line900
__label__wiki	0.876491	0.876491	Ukraine's troubled east Blood in the streets The situation is deteriorating in eastern Ukraine Ex-communist Europe Eastern approaches by T.J. \| SLOVIANSK “Don’t go up there! It is war,” yelled a drunk man sitting on the stoop of a shop in a village on the outskirts of Sloviansk as your correspondent walked into town. With trees felled to block roads and Ukrainian forces tightening their grip around the rebel-held eastern town, the situation took a dramatic turn for the worse on May 2nd. In the historic Black Sea port of Odessa, rival groups of pro- and anti-Ukraine supporters clashed. In a major escalation of the crisis some 30 anti-government protesters were then reported to have died, (numbers vary) after having been chased into the trade union building which was set on fire. Most were reported to have been asphyxiated but several were reported to have died after jumping from windows trying to escape. In the regional capital of Donetsk, in eastern Donbas, armed men seized the railway control centre, which brought almost all rail traffic to a halt. Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down by rebels around Sloviansk and one rebel was reportedly killed. Several western journalists trying to get into the town were detained for hours by the rebels. The Russian authorities upped the pressure when Dmitriy Peskov, spokesman for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, lashed out at the Ukrainian authorities for the Sloviansk operation, saying:"While Russia is taking steps to de-escalate the conflict,” the Ukrainian authorities have “launched a punitive operation that destroyed the last hope for Geneva Accords to be effective." The accords, which were signed on April 17th by Russia, the United States, the European Union and Ukraine, and were allegedly intended to help end the conflict, have quickly turned out to be empty. European and American leaders blame Russia for this. While fear gripped Sloviansk and the surrounding countryside, and Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers made some progress towards the town, many news reports and official announcements turned out to be untrue. Stepan Poltorak, the commander of the Ukrainian National Guard, said that his men had “practically cleared Sloviansk of the terrorists.” In fact, there was no fighting inside the town, and it remained firmly under rebel control. Access into Sloviansk is now difficult. All roads are blocked by the improvised barricades of the rebels or Ukrainian army checkpoints. Small numbers of people have been walking out of the town, to be collected by family and friends beyond the various barricades. Many are angry but feel powerless. “If we could we would tear this army apart, with our teeth,” said Vasily, a 35-year-old builder, by a felled tree barricade. At one Ukrainian army and police checkpoint locals looked on curiously and took cover from the torrential rain. “We are just here to make sure there are no casualties amongst ordinary people,” said one policeman, wearing a coloured ribbon associated with the rebels even though he was apparently on the Ukrainian side. The big question for Kiev is how many members of the army and the police are reliable, especially as so many parts of the police force have failed to resist rebel takeovers in much of the east. A major police checkpoint has been set up on the road out of the northern city of Kharkiv, leading south to Sloviansk and Donetsk. This location is loaded; it’s here at Drobytsky Yar that thousands of Jews were murdered by the Nazis in 1941. Checking documents a policeman said: “Yes, this is where the Jews were shot during the war, and soon the Kiev junta will be brought here.” He used the term favoured by the Russian media and the rebels to describe the Ukrainian government, for whom he was working, at least for now. More from Eastern approaches Romania's elections Transylvanian surprise Polish fracking Shale fail Latvia and gay rights A minister comes out	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line901
__label__wiki	0.855211	0.855211	Q&A: Charles Cobb Guns n' Rosa The story of non-violent protest and armed self-defence in the American South Books, arts and culture by D.H. CHARLES COBB is a veteran of the Southern civil-rights movement, who decided to leave college in the 1960s to work full-time in the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC), one of the movement's key organisations. As a journalist and visiting professor at Brown University, he has been documenting the untold stories of the civil-rights movement in an effort to address what he describes as the reductionist history of black resistance in America. His latest book, "This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed", details how armed self-defence and non-violent protest were complementary tactics in the effort to secure civil rights for black Americans. What was the impetus behind the book? My very strong feeling as someone involved in the Southern freedom movement, is that the story of the freedom struggle in the South has been incompletely told. It’s disconnected from real history and reduced to simplistic stories. As Julian Bond, who was also involved in the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee, said to me, “The whole narrative of the civil-rights movement has been reduced to Rosa [Parks] sat down, Martin [Luther King Jr.] stood up, and white Americans saved the day.” And Stokely Carmichael has been reduced to “black power” while Martin Luther King Jr. has been reduced to the “I Have a Dream” speech. So I have this concern about the accuracy of an American freedom struggle. For example, why was a freedom struggle necessary? To understand this, you have to go all the way back to slavery, along with the subsequent laws and attitudes that emerged from this system of oppression. This helps us understand the pattern of rebellion by black Americans over the centuries. Why do you think the history of the civil-rights movement and southern freedom struggle is so incomplete? Because to take an honest look at history requires us to be challenged. And it’s easier to deal with the uncomfortable history of racism in America when it's reduced to the idea of a “noble non-violent movement”. It’s easier to view Dr King as an icon even though he was a very radical individual. Further, I’ve been a working reporter most of my life, and I have found that news is shaped more by what’s left out than by any bias of the reporter. And the views about the southern freedom movement is shaped significantly by what’s left out—such as the contributions of SNCC, the Congress of Racial Equality and even the Southern Christian Leadership Council. Of course, we know about Dr King. I was part of SNCC—and I’ve seen how the contributions of the young people in the 1960s and these other organisations are often left out of popular discourse. I think the upsurge of student protests in the 1960s and the decisions of students such as myself to leave school and work at the grassroots level radically changed the direction of the southern freedom movement—though this is largely ignored in contemporary discussions. Can you tell me about the title? The title is a shortened version of what a Mississippi farmer told Dr King in 1964: “This non-violent stuff ain’t no good Dr King; it will get you killed.” While this was much too long for a title, it certainly helps illustrate the attitudes about resistance among black people in the South. You described the experience of black Americans in the South as one of terror. Can you elaborate on this idea of terrorism in America’s history? Well, organisations such as the Ku Klux Klan were very much terror organisations. When they bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and killed four little girls, that was a terrorist act. And as a journalist, I understand that in the aftermath of September 11th, the idea of terrorism resonates in the public mind more than ever before. But those of us in SNCC and the southern freedom movement, we always understood the actions of white supremacy groups as terrorist attacks, which necessitated self-defence. Can you help resolve what might appear to be a philosophical tension between the ideas of a non-violent movement and armed resistance? They may appear that way philosophically. But I don’t subscribe to the notion that there is a dichotomy between non-violent protest and armed self-defence, and neither did the people of the South. They sometimes operated in tension; but more often operated in tandem. People didn’t describe themselves as “non-violent” or “violent”. People of the South talked about being “in the movement”. And they made very practical and hardheaded decisions. Ms Fannie Lou Hamer, who was a leader in the voting-rights drive in Mississippi, would say that she had shotguns throughout her home—and “anyone who throws dynamite on my porch won’t write his momma again.” So she didn’t see any contradiction between that stance and being part of a non-violent movement. The fundamental question that people asked themselves was “what makes the most practical sense”. In some instances, grabbing a gun to protect oneself made the most sense. Other times, going to protest at the county courthouse was more appropriate. It’s also important to understand there is a very real difference between non-violent protest and armed self-defence, particularly in the rural south. There is also a difference between being in an urban setting and the rural south. When you are protesting in a city or sitting in at lunch counters, you are choosing whether to be a target of potential opposition. When you are in the rural areas, the punishment and attacks are collective—blowing up churches or killing people who had no connection to the movement was not uncommon. So the choices you had to make were very different. Very few people believed in non-violence as a way of life—with the exception of maybe Dr King or Reverend James Lawson, who helped organise students in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of us accepted non-violence as a tactic that seemed to work, rather than a way of life. Do you think that, philosophically or morally, the power of non-violent resistance was greater than the power of the gun? You could argue that, in a sense. But we were really focused on non-violence as a tactic. For example, who could be opposed to those well-dressed students sitting at lunch counters trying to get a hamburger and a cup of coffee? It really appealed to the sensibilities of people who may not have otherwise embraced civil rights—at least in the cities. However, in the rural areas, there’s really no place to sit in. In the South, people didn’t want hamburgers but rather more control over their own lives. What do you think dictated the decision to choose one approach over the other? It’s purely a question of practicality. You couldn’t mount an armed attack on the county courthouse. But you could on the other hand mount a non-violent attack on the county courthouse by attempting to register to vote. These are the practical considerations. The use of guns wasn’t about armed attack—but rather the human impulse to protect oneself and one’s family. As a veteran of the civil-rights movement, what do you see as its modern-day struggle? In the South, we thought of ourselves as being involved in the freedom movement. So if we think about the freedom movement, there are a few major issues that remain with us today. Can you get quality education is public schools? This issue was not decided in the 1960s. If you are not educated, how can you meaningfully participate in your civil rights? The second issue is the steady erosion of civil liberties in the name of national security. Finally, the last freedom-rights issue in my mind centres around money: who has it, how do they use it, and what does this mean for the direction of country? More from Prospero The Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives on TV with “WandaVision” Music and misogyny Phil Spector’s legacy Language barriers “Minari” sets off a debate about awards and foreign-language films	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line902
__label__cc	0.521389	0.478611	John William Waterhouse John William Waterhouse (1) John “Nino” William Waterhouse is an Italian oil painter who specialized in historical, classical and literary paintings. On April 6, 1849, Waterhouse was born in Rome, Italy to a painting family. Shortly after he was born, his family relocated to England where Waterhouse would help in his father’s studio until his enrollment in the Royal Academy School in 1870. Over the next two decades, John Waterhouse traveled multiple times to Italy to paint and travel. His earlier works depicted classical scenes. It wasn’t until the 1890s that Waterhouse would develop a preference for Pre-Raphaelite paintings where the subject was a femme fatale or other tragic woman. In 1883, John Waterhouse married Esther Kenworthy and moved to Primrose Hill Studios in London. In 1885, he was elected as an associate member for the Royal Academy and became a full member ten years later. He joined the advisory board in 1901 for the St. John’s Wood Arts Club to help other neo Pre-Raphaelite students. He continued to paint until his death from cancer in 1917. Portrait of Miss Claire Kenworthy by John William Waterhouse \| Fine Art Print	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line905
__label__cc	0.554963	0.445037	North Atlantic right whales. Photo credit: NOAA, Wikipedia Commons. Endangered Whales React To Environmental Changes November 20, 2019 November 19, 2019 Eurasia Review 0 Comments -Some “canaries” are 50 feet long, weigh 70 tons, and are nowhere near a coal mine. But the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale is sending the same kind of message about disruptive change in the environment by rapidly altering its use of important habitat areas off the New England coast. These findings are contained in a new study published in Global Change Biology by scientists at the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (formerly the Bioacoustics Research Program) at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and at Syracuse University. It’s the longest running published study to continuously monitor the presence of any whale species at one location using sound.” “The change in right whale presence in Massachusetts Bay over the six years of the study is striking,” says lead author Russ Charif, senior bioacoustician at the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (CCB) at Cornell. “It’s likely linked to rapid changes in conditions along the Atlantic Coast, especially in the Gulf of Maine which is warming faster than 99% of the rest of the world’s ocean surface.” Charif points out that, starting in 2011, other studies began documenting dramatic changes in habitat use by right whales in other parts of the Gulf of Maine, which includes Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay. Massachusetts Bay is the gateway to Cape Cod Bay, one of the most important feeding areas for North Atlantic right whales, who congregate there in large numbers in late winter to early spring. Nineteen marine autonomous recording units (MARUs) were deployed by CCB in Massachusetts Bay from July 2007 to April 2013, recording around-the-clock to detect the characteristic “up-call” of the North Atlantic right whale. Analysis of 47,000 hours of recordings by computer detection systems and human analysts found that in all but one of the study years detection of right whale calls kept increasing. “During the six years of the study, our detection rates doubled during the winter-spring months,” says study co-author Aaron Rice, principal ecologist with CCB. “During the summer-fall months the rate of detection for right whales had increased six-fold by the end of the study period, rising from 2% to 13% of recorded hours.” The scientists found right whales were present to varying degrees all year round in Massachusetts Bay, with implications for conservation efforts. “There are seasonal conservation measures that kick in based on our historical understanding of where and when right whales are most often congregating, including Massachusetts Bay,” Rice explains. “But the old patterns have changed and whales are showing up in areas where there are no protections in place to reduce the likelihood of ship strikes or fishing gear entanglements.” Entanglements and ship strikes remain the biggest threats to right whales with unknown cumulative effects from changing water temperatures, rising ocean noise pollution, and other stressors. The increasing use of Massachusetts Bay occurred even as the overall right whale population declined. Latest estimates peg the population at about 400 animals with only 95 of them females of reproductive age. “Our study data end in 2013 and conditions may have changed even more since then,” says Charif. “We need to do more of these long-term studies if we’re to have any hope of understanding how right whale habitat is changing because of human activities and before it’s too late for the species to survive.” Home » Endangered Whales React To Environmental Changes ← Bats In Attics Might Be Necessary For Conservation Venerable Fulton Sheen To Be Beatified In December →	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line911
__label__wiki	0.537068	0.537068	Public Release: 26-Apr-2012 Eating more berries may reduce cognitive decline in the elderly Flavonoid-rich blueberries and strawberries offer most benefit Blueberries and strawberries, which are high in flavonoids, appear to reduce cognitive decline in older adults according to a new study published today in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society. The study results suggest that cognitive aging could be delayed by up to 2.5 years in elderly who consume greater amounts of the flavonoid-rich berries. Flavonoids are compounds found in plants that generally have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Experts believe that stress and inflammation contribute to cognitive impairment and that increasing consumption of flavonoids could mitigate the harmful effects. Previous studies of the positive effects of flavonoids, particularly anthocyanidins, are limited to animal models or very small trials in older persons, but have shown greater consumption of foods with these compounds improve cognitive function. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, elderly Americans--those 65 years of age and older--increased by 15% between 2000 and 2010, faster than the total U.S. population, which saw a 9.7% increase during the same time period. "As the U.S. population ages, understanding the health issues facing this group becomes increasingly important," said Dr. Elizabeth Devore with Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. "Our study examined whether greater intake of berries could slow rates of cognitive decline." The research team used data from the Nurses' Health Study--a cohort of 121,700 female, registered nurses between the ages of 30 and 55 who completed health and lifestyle questionnaires beginning in 1976. Since 1980 participants were surveyed every four years regarding their frequency of food consumption. Between 1995 and 2001, cognitive function was measured in 16,010 subjects over the age of 70 years, at 2-year intervals. Women included in the present study had a mean age of 74 and mean body mass index of 26. Findings show that increased consumption of blueberries and strawberries appear to slow cognitive decline in older women. A greater intake of anthocyanidins and total flavonoids was also associated with reduce cognitive degeneration. Researchers observed that women who had higher berry intake delayed cognitive aging by up to 2.5 years. The authors caution that while they did control for other health factors in the modeling, they cannot rule out the possibility that the preserved cognition in those who eat more berries may be also influenced by other lifestyle choices, such as exercising more. "We provide the first epidemiologic evidence that berries may slow progression of cognitive decline in elderly women," notes Dr. Devore. "Our findings have significant public health implications as increasing berry intake is a fairly simple dietary modification to test cognition protection in older adults." This study is published in Annals of Neurology. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this article may contact healthnews@wiley.com. Full citation: "Dietary Intake of Berries and Flavonoids in Relation to Cognitive Decline." Elizabeth E. Devore, Jae Hee Kang, Monique M.B. Breteler and Francine Grodstein. Annals of Neurology; Published Online: April 26, 2012 (DOI:10.1002/ana.23594). Author Contact: To arrange an interview with Dr. Devore, please contact Lori Shanks with Brigham and Women's Hospital at ljshanks@partners.org or at 617-534-1604. About the Journal: Annals of Neurology, the official journal of the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society, publishes articles of broad interest with potential for high impact in understanding the mechanisms and treatment of diseases of the human nervous system. All areas of clinical and basic neuroscience, including new technologies, cellular and molecular neurobiology, population sciences, and studies of behavior, addiction, and psychiatric diseases are of interest to the journal. About Wiley-Blackwell: Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, with strengths in every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many of the world's leading societies. Wiley-Blackwell publishes nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed journals and 1,500+ new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory protocols. For more information, please visit www.wileyblackwell.com or our online platform, Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), one of the world's most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences, and humanities. Dawn Peters healthnews@wiley.com http://www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell NUTRITION/NUTRIENTS	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line912
__label__wiki	0.508185	0.508185	Disability abortions A cross-party parliamentary inquiry has been launched to review the law governing abortion on the grounds of disability. It will be chaired by Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, who said, ‘This inquiry will examine evidence and establish whether there is room for a review of this legislation, bearing in mind both medical advances and advances in our attitudes towards disability over recent years. ‘The majority of the commission has a particular interest in disability and we are keen to receive evidence from as many people as possible, to enable a thorough analysis of the current law and practice’. Virendra Sharma MP, vice-chairman of the inquiry and chairman of the Down’s Syndrome All Party Parliamentary Group, said, ‘We are entering this inquiry with open minds and are looking forward to receiving evidence from a wide range of different perspectives, with a particular focus on assessing the information and guidance provided to families following the diagnosis of a disability’. The current law permits an abortion to take place up to birth (40 weeks), if tests for disability indicate that the child may be disabled when born. There is a legal limit of 24 weeks for abortions on other grounds. Terms of reference governing the inquiry require it to assess the intention of the current law, how it works in practice and the prospects for developing the law going forward. The inquiry will also consult individuals, medical, legal experts and interest groups to assess the impact of the current law on disabled people and their families. Additionally, it will assess whether the differentiation between abortion on the grounds of disability and non disability is discriminatory, following the passing of the Equality Act 2010. The inquiry meets over February and March and will report in May. Previous articleSea level scare Next articleFaith and finance Christian Heritage Centre welcomes home-school group Increasing persecution Nine-a-Day	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line913
__label__wiki	0.963212	0.963212	Stay Tuned: ‘College Behind Bars’ explores the transformative power of education Melissa Crawley More Content Now Bad things happen when a suspected cheater tangles with her university professor, Netflix gets family-friendly with a Dolly Parton anthology series and a documentary focuses on the lives and experiences of prisoners seeking college degrees. Dispatches: Weekly TV news And Salt Lake City makes 10. Bravo announced that the latest installment of the “Real Housewives” franchise, its 10th, will be based in the Utah capital. “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” will debut in 2020. Doh! Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, angered fans of “The Simpsons” when it broadcast episodes of the series in 16:9 aspect ratio, which ruined some of the show’s jokes. The streamer responded that it will make amends in early 2020 by airing the first 19 seasons and a few episodes from Season 20, in the series’ original 4:3 aspect ratio. The third season of “American Crime Story” (FX) will focus on former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Based on Jeffery Toobin’s book, “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” production on the series will begin early next year with a premiere date scheduled for Sept. 27, 2020. Contenders: Shows to keep on your radar AMC Network’s streaming service, Sundance Now, launches the U.S. debut of British drama “Cheat” (Nov. 21). The four-episode psychological thriller focuses on a university lecturer who confronts one of her students about an essay she suspects is plagiarized. The accusation begins a dark game of cat and mouse that quickly spirals out of control. “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings” (Nov. 22, Netflix) is an eight-episode anthology series, with each installment based on one of the country music legend’s songs. Parton will appear as an actor in an episode or introduce an episode. The cast includes, Julianne Hough, Kathleen Turner, Gerald McRaney and Melissa Leo, among others. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) is one of the toughest and most effective prison education programs in the country. “College Behind Bars” (Nov. 25-26, PBS, 9 p.m. ET) follows a dozen BPI students as they struggle to earn degrees. Taken from nearly 400 hours of footage that was filmed over four years inside maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the documentary from award-winning filmmaker, Lynn Novick, focuses on themes of educational access, breaking the cycle of repeat offenders and the role redemption plays in our notion of justice. More than two million men and women are behind bars in America. Of the 630,000 released annually, close to 50% end up back in prison within five years. “College Behind Bars” is a timely and insightful film that challenges conventional wisdom about incarceration and demonstrates the power of education to change lives. Report Card: A look at ratings winners and losers Winners: NBCUniversal has renewed “The Kelly Clarkson Show” through the 2020-21 season. Losers: The upcoming third season of “Marvel’s Runaways” (Hulu) will be its last. Melissa Crawley is the author of “Mr. Sorkin Goes to Washington: Shaping the President on Television’s ‘The West Wing.’” She has a Ph.D. in media studies and is a member of the Television Critics Association. To comment on Stay Tuned, email her at staytuned@outlook.com or follow her on Twitter at @mcstaytuned. The Examiner of East Jackson County ~ 410 S. Liberty, Independence, MO 64050 ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Cookie Policy ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service ~ Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line915
__label__wiki	0.836176	0.836176	Matt Taven: Fans Are Going To Be Extremely Happy With What 2020 Has In Store For ROH In a time where wrestlers have more options than ever, Matt Taven stuck with Ring of Honor when his contract was up in September. Taven reportedly signed a deal that was for "twice the largest NXT deal." Taven announcing he re-signed with the company came a day after he lost the ROH World Title to RUSH at ROH Death Before Dishonor. Related Article IMPACT Wrestling Results for 1/19/21 Private Party Are the New IMPACT Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Speaking to Sporting News, Taven revealed why he re-signed with the company and stated he's excited about the future. "I can't express enough how grateful I am for Ring of Honor as a company, the locker room, the office," he said. "Everyone that's been with the company past and present has had such an effect on my life. This is home. This is family. It's weird to think of being anywhere else. Again, I still feel like I have a lot more to prove. Obviously, since last year, there's been a lot of talent that has gone to other places. There's so much going on in wrestling that a lot of attention is being spread and there was a transition time with Ring of Honor that I was proud to carry the torch through some of the toughest times in the company's history and saw that we still got this. I'm extremely happy being with ROH and I know that the future is extremely bright. Fans are going to be extremely happy and entertained with what 2020 has in store for Ring of Honor." Taven won the ROH World Title at ROH-NJPW G1 Supercard in April at Madison Square Garden. Taven's victory was met with immediate criticism as many fans were hoping Marty Scurll would win the triple threat ladder match and claim the ROH World Title. Taven held the title for the better part of the year, and while his matches were generally well-received, attendance in 2019 was down. "For some reason, nothing has come easy to me in my entire career," he said. "I've had to, literally, scratch and claw — as cliche as that sounds in wrestling — for everything that I've ever gotten. I'm extremely proud of everything that I've ever accomplished. There's a small group of people that were on the bandwagon and that's really all I needed. And it shows you how much accomplish without everyone being on your side and with just hard work, without anyone else's assistance. No matter what I did, I probably wasn't going to be received well but hearing 'F— you, Taven' at Madison Square Garden definitely set the tone for how people would feel going forward. If you saw my reaction at MSG, it's the way I felt about it every day since. I'm all right, ain't nobody gotta worry about me.” On Friday at ROH Final Battle, Taven will battle his former friend Vincent (Vinny Marseglia). Fightful will have live coverage of ROH Final Battle beginning at 7 p.m. ET.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line916
__label__cc	0.591439	0.408561	DGCX and CGSE Team Up to Facilitate Cooperation within Precious Metals Markets The DGCX-CGSE MoU is the latest in a growing number of deals between the UAE and Hong Kong. Aziz Abdel-Qader \| Exchanges ( Institutional FX ) \| Tuesday, 13/12/2016 \| 15:34 GMT+2 2016-12-13T13:34:57+00:00 2016-12-13T14:03:38+00:00 Photo: Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) The UAE’s key futures marketplace, the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society (CGSE) in Hong Kong, the first MoU that CGSE has signed with an exchange in the Middle East. To unlock the Asian market, register now to the iFX EXPO in Hong Kong The partnership will strengthen DGCX and CGSE global collaboration and support opportunities that will mutually benefit the exchanges. The agreement is designed to facilitate closer cooperation within the precious metals markets. It additionally will support the positions of both exchanges as benchmark reference pricing venues, and further establish them as prime centers by connecting Asia and the Middle East. DGCX, the only derivatives market in the Middle East, added that the purpose of the memorandum is to educate their respective members on existing and new products and explore other areas of cooperation. Furthermore, it should help identify the best models to increase trading activities and improve their respective markets’ liquidity. The DGCX- CGSE MoU is the latest in a growing number of deals between the UAE and Hong Kong as both countries strengthen bilateral financial cooperation and promote trade and investment. Steven Chan Sheung Chi, President of the CGSE, commented: “CGSE’s mission is not only to develop its role as China’s offshore hub for precious metals trading but also to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN countries. We have a broad ranging strategy in support of the Belt and Road Initiative that satisfies the demand in Dubai and that will benefit both parties. As Dubai is in the route of the Belt and Road, we shall work together to develop a proprietary product satisfying both parties’ need.” Gaurang Desai, CEO of DGCX, added: “2016 has been a year of forging partnerships for us, especially among leading Chinese trading bodies. We are pleased to join forces with CGSE and work towards strengthening our links with the Chinese precious metals market. At DGCX, we adopt an ‘inside out’ and ‘outside in’ approach where we offer regional products to global investors and global products to regional investors. The MoU embodies this approach, as we grow our offerings and expand our reach to cater to different traders and investors across the globe.” Tags: dgcx London Stock Exchange to Close Refinitiv Acquisition on Jan 29 Delphine d'Amarzit Becomes First Woman to Lead Euronext Paris MOEX Reports Strong Rebound in FX Volumes, up 33% YoY	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line917
__label__wiki	0.790536	0.790536	US Presidents & Their Military Service Last year, we highlighted the service of some of our presidents in celebration of President’s Day. This year, we’d like to continue that tradition. President’s Day honors the birthday of our nation’s first president George Washington (born on February 22, 1732), whose service we all know helped create and shape the United States. However, it’s also an opportunity to celebrate all presidents who have served our country. We’ve chosen to highlight those who, in addition to being elected president, also served in the nation’s military. Here are a few more facts about US presidents who proudly and bravely served in the armed forces: Fifth president of the United States James Monroe fought during the Revolutionary War. He dropped out of law school at Virginia’s College of William & Mary and quite literally revolted. His first act of rebellion after dropping out entailed raiding the arsenal of the British royal governor. Along with some classmates, they made off weapons and supplies which they gave to the Virginia militia. Monroe joined the Continental Army and found himself as part of George Washington’s army at the historic Battle of Trenton in 1776. He suffered a severed artery during the battle which almost proved to be deadly. Afterwards he was cited for his bravery, promoted to captain, and returned to Virginia to recruit soldiers for his company. “Old Rough and Ready” is the nickname bestowed on President Zachary Taylor during his pre-presidency years of military service. He was given the name because he was never afraid to get his boots dirty alongside his men. Though he’s well known for his service during the Mexican War, his service started in the U.S. Army in 1808. He fought during the War of 1812, and later gained national-hero status when he fought in the Mexican War, winning battles in Buena Vista and Monterrey. As a result of his service, supporters saw him as a strong candidate for the presidency. He became the 12th president in 1848, but passed away suddenly 16 months later. Joining the United States Military Academy in 1911 is what began the military career of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Upon joining, he found West Point’s code of Duty, Honor, Country mirrored the values instilled in him while growing up. Though World War I ended before he was deployed, Eisenhower rose through the ranks. He served as military aide to the US’s World War I commander of forces, General John J. Pershing, and then US Army chief of staff General Douglas MacArthur. Later Eisenhower was made a full general, and helped plan the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. That’s right, D-Day was planned in-part by then-General Eisenhower. Soon after he returned home as a hero, and in 1945 began to serve as chief of staff of the US Army. Like many other young Americans in 1941, John F. Kennedy was compelled to volunteer his service to the US military as the US entered World War II. Part of his inspiration was older brother Joseph, who was training to be a Naval pilot. John soon joined the Navy too. His position entailed staying off Japanese from conquering island chains throughout the Pacific Ocean. In one reported incident involving a collision with a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy dragged an injured crew member 4 miles in the water to the safety of a deserted island. Along with 9 additional members of the crew, they were stranded there for four days before being rescued. Posted on February 12 2018 in Blog	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line921
__label__wiki	0.749897	0.749897	George Washington University drops SAT, ACT requirement WASHINGTON (AP) -- George Washington University will no longer require that students submit their ACT or SAT scores for most freshman admissions. Dean of Admissions Karen Stroud Felton said in a statement Monday that university administrators were concerned that below-average test scores were leading some otherwise strong students to not apply to the school. "Although we have long employed a holistic application review process, we had concerns that students who could be successful at GW felt discouraged from applying if their scores were not as strong as their high school performance," Felton said. "We want outstanding students from all over the world and from all different backgrounds - regardless of their standardized scores - to recognize GW as a place where they can thrive." The policy will take effect for students seeking admission for fall 2016. The change was recommended by a task force on access and success that university President Steven Knapp formed in early 2014. Schools officials say testing will still be required for home-schooled applicants, as well as students from high schools that only provide narrative evaluation of students, college athletes and those applying for a seven-year program that leads to a combined bachelor's/medical degree. The university joins hundreds of colleges that have made submitting ACT or SAT scores optional for students, including American University, also in the District of Columbia, and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. According to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, more than 125 private colleges and universities featured in U.S. News and World Report rankings now have test-optional admission policies.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line923
__label__cc	0.58847	0.41153	The Streetfighter (1974) Alien: Alone (2019) Neverland (2011) We Will Live Again (2012) MERV (2013) Stranger From Shaolin (1977) Power Rangers (2015) Harlequin (2013) The Donor (2001) Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe (2018) The Phantom (1943) TV Series Adventure Classic Movies Inside Miami’s Luxury Car Hustle (2018) 2018 \| Documentary “The car business in general is a tough business. The car rental business, even more so. Anybody who finds out they can make money and drive a Ferrari, I mean, they’re diving in head first,” says Matt Cruz, owner of MVP Exotic Rentals, a legitimate luxury car rental business based in Miami. But when everybody wants to be a celebrity, how do you tell the difference between faking it and making it? The game is finesse, and with the allure of getting behind the wheel of the world’s most expensive cars, who wouldn’t want to play? In a world where likes and fame can be bought and the filtered facade of Instagram reigns supreme, VICE meets some of the legit — and the not-so-legit — players that cater luxury car rentals to the biggest rappers, athletes, and celebrities of the moment. Prospect (2014) The Leviathan (2015) Too Late for Tears (1949)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line925
__label__wiki	0.950971	0.950971	NCAA championship game isn't just Okafor vs. Kaminsky INDIANAPOLIS – Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Monday's national championship game will not be a one-on-one matchup between him and Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky. Okafor is 6-feet-11 and Kaminsky is 7-feet. They both are centers. Kaminsky is the national player of the year and Okafor is the runner-up. But this won't be him vs. him. "We have to deal with the entire Wisconsin team," Okafor insisted this afternoon. "So it's going to be a collection of myself and my teammates working together on both ends of the floor. They're better than just one player. We're going to have our hands full come tomorrow night." Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski agreed with his prized freshman, who will likely be an NBA rookie alongside Kaminsky next year. "Yeah, it won't be a one-on-one matchup," Krzyzewksi said. "You know, they do a lot of things where you're switching. We'll have different matchups. It won't be one guy against another. I know how you like to do it in the papers, put one guy ... it's like a boxing match each time. It hardly ever works out that way, but it's cool to put it down that way." Later, Kaminsky was asked about his matchup against Okafor, but he didn't try to deflect it a different direction. "It's going to be a good matchup," Kaminsky said. "To be the best, you got to beat the best. He's one of the best in the country, and Duke is one of the best teams in the country. We see it as another good matchup for us. We're going to do whatever we have to do to come out on top." ■ Camaraderie: Wisconsin appears to be one of the loosest teams in the history of college basketball. That is apparent in the media sessions when the players are constantly whispering to one another and trying crack each other up. "Yeah, I guess that's how we are," said junior Sam Dekker. "We kind of feed off one another in that sense. But, yeah, it's fun to be around these guys. You know, some people tell us, like on Twitter, they'll be like: 'Focus, guys.' But that's just us. We know when we have to focus. When we get on court, it's all business, which is how it should be. But when we're doing this stuff, you should just be yourself, not get too caught up in it. Yeah, that's how we all live." ■Fun with words: One of the media's favorite players has been sophomore Nigel Hayes, who has had fun trying to stump stenographers who transcribe the interview sessions with difficult words. Hayes seemed stunned when he was asked a serious question. "I don't really know how to answer questions," he said. "I just thought I was brought here to say some words and you guys might laugh." When asked if he had any special words, Hayes said he had one to describe coach Bo Ryan: "Logorrhea," he said. "If you don't know what that means when you look at it, you'll laugh. And succedaneum. Those are my two words I have today. Thank you, everyone, for the questions. I'm over/under two. I'm under right now." For the record, logorrhea is excessive talkativeness, especially when the words are uncontrolled or incoherent, which seems to describe Ryan. Succedaneum is a substitute. ■Findland is Duke: Wisconsin's semifinal victory over previously unbeaten Kentucky was compared to Duke's 1991 semifinal win over defending champ UNLV. Two days later Duke had to play again to actually win the national championship. Ryan mentioned Wisconsin women's hockey coach Bob Johnson, who scored two goals for the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team that beat Russia. "I was reminded, I can't tell you by how many people: 'Hey, Bo, in 1980, you know after we beat Russia, we had to beat Finland,' " Ryan said. "Most people think that Russia was the gold-medal game. I think it was Finland, wasn't it? I've been reminded on a few text messages that Finland is Duke, both really good teams. "Duke is a really good team. I think Finland was a good team because they got to the finals. So, yes, we know we've got 40 (minutes) more, as I've said a thousand times. I think last night's game simply says: OK, it puts you in position now to go after the championship."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line926
__label__wiki	0.548858	0.548858	How Buhari is Turning Nigeria into a Fascist State Twitter:@farooqkperogi Buhari’s Nigeria is a suffocatingly fascist, illegitimate rigocracy, and it will only get worse in the coming years. Dissent is now violently suppressed. Opposition is pathologized and criminalized. Elections are militarized and rigged blatantly—and with criminal impunity. Rule of law and due process are officially disdained and murdered at the highest levels. The judiciary is now a pitiful poodle of the presidency. Rank nepotism and total disregard for even the wispiest pretenses to meritocracy are now normalized. What we are seeing now is Hitler-level fascist conquest of the Nigerian democratic space. The imperfect but nonetheless emergent culture of democracy that re-sprouted in the country from 1999 is now being systematically annihilated and replaced with fascist totalitarianism. Buhari’s ascendancy to the Nigerian presidency and the ravages he and his puppeteers are inflicting on democratic culture remind me of German philosopher Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics. In this book, Adorno took issue with the conventional Marxian understanding of the nature of the progress of history. Marxian (and, before it, Hegelian) dialectics takes for granted that the resolution of the contradictions between the thesis and the antithesis of historical epochs often leads to a synthesis, which is invariably positive. But that’s not always true. Adorno, a German Jew, witnessed Adolf Hitler’s unspeakable fascist brutalities firsthand; he lived through fascist barbarities that negated the high-minded promises of the European Enlightenment and of modernity. I will vulgarize Adorno’s insights to make sense of Buhari’s pollution and reversal of Nigeria’s democracy. There is no doubt that from 1999 to 2015, Nigeria did make minor, scarcely perceptible but nonetheless visible progress in democratic ethos. Elections have always been flawed, but they became progressively better, even if only marginally, each year. The 2015 election, defective as it was, represented a qualitative improvement over all other elections that preceded it, and is perhaps Nigeria’s best to date. There has always been intolerance for, even suppression of, dissent, but because this was often resisted by critical sections of the society—the media, civil society groups, and sometimes the judiciary— it often came across as anomalous. All that has changed. Critics of government lose their jobs without as much as a whimper from anyone. Critical voices on social media are arbitrarily arrested and jailed on trumped-up charges. The news media are forced to self-censor and squelch critical voices in their opinion pages. The judiciary has been subdued and decapitated. Votes no longer matter. INEC now arbitrarily allocates fraudulent figures to poodles of the presidency during shameful shams called “election.” Fraud and state-sponsored violence are now legitimate instruments of governance. The Buhari regime legitimizes its strangulation of basic democratic liberties through duplicitous appeals to a transparently fake anti-corruption crusade that has been intentionally designed to ensnare only opponents of the regime while mollycoddling crooked pro-regime fat cats. That is classic fascism: it subsists on the self-created notion of widespread societal decadence, which justifies the enthronement of the authoritarian state, the worship of the supreme leader who reputedly embodies moral regeneration, and the suspension of civil liberties in the service of a putative moral revival. To be sure, Nigeria is no stranger to asphyxiating absolutist tyranny. But it has never experienced this depth, breadth, and severity of fascist despotism under a system that pretends to be a democracy. Most importantly, under past military dictatorships, the country always had a robust culture of civil rebellion to checkmate and neutralize tyranny. But Buhari’s fascist monocracy is enabled and nourished by the very people who had made it their life’s calling to fight past military dictatorships. And that is what is particularly scary about what is unfolding in Nigeria today. Human rights organizations, pro-democracy groups, and the legacy news media formation either are in bed with Buhari’s fascist regime or are too cowed to speak up. The result is that people are increasingly becoming desensitized to the habitual rape of democracy, and tyranny is being normalized. Even when Buhari told the Nigerian Bar Association that he had no use for the rule of law and due process, there was no outrage. When he illegally “suspended” the Chief of Justice of Nigeria over allegations that have now turned out to be bogus by the admission of the regime’s own prosecution counsel (which I’d called attention to several times in the past), there was no condemnation, much less a protest. Of course, when he coerced INEC to declare him winner of an election he clearly lost, everyone who should talk has looked the other way. The next phase of Buhari’s fascism is to perpetuate himself in power beyond 2023—if he is lucky to survive the mandate he stole this year, that is. The incoming National Assembly will be a pliant, slavish, rubber-stamp congress of yes-men that will tweak the constitution to legitimize and even prolong Buhari’s tyranny. Opposition parties will be decimated and Nigeria will become a one-party state. Since Nigeria’s intellectual, cultural, and political elites are already compromised, resistance to Buhari’s fascism is a forlorn hope. Most people know that Nigeria is in the throes of economic collapse, that the slenderest tinctures of democracy are being eroded every day, and that there is more division now than at any time in Nigeria’s history, but they feel helpless and appear to have come to terms with this depressing reality with listless surrender. A newspaper editor told me last week that, “People here are carrying on like a conquered people.” There is no doubt most people in Nigeria outside the circle of the bloodstained buccaneers who are ruthlessly fleecing the nation now are overcome by a sense of helplessness and have developed ego defense mechanisms to justify their indifference to the creeping totalitarian fascism in the nation. Michael Rivero, an American journalist, actor, and activist, once captured it this way: "Most people prefer to believe their leaders are just and fair even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which they live is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of a corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. “Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." In other words, in order to free themselves from the twin burdens of critical thinking and direct action to change or challenge a bad government, people become willing suckers of sterile government propaganda. Nowhere is this more nakedly apparent than in Nigeria. Many otherwise sober, clearheaded people are making peace with the fascism in the country. They legitimize their moral cowardice by swallowing the propaganda of the regime: Buhari is fighting corruption; it gets worse before it gets better; even though Buhari is bad, the alternative is worse; in the interest of stability, let’s not rock the boat; Buhari will hand over power to the people of my region, so we can wait out his incompetence for another four years; and so on. I warned several times in the past that Nigeria might not survive a Buhari second time in its present form. Although he did clearly lose the election, he rigged himself back to power in ways never seen before in Nigeria’s entire history, and will be sustained in power by people’s moral cowardice. Then he’ll complete the destruction of the country he started. I hope people of conscience act before it’s too late. Posted by Farooq A. 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__label__wiki	0.843366	0.843366	Environmental group lists Flat, Allen creeks on list of states problem waterways Coalition blasts alleged political motivations behind Glades Reservoir, landfill expansion A statewide water advocacy group has identified two Hall County waterways in its 2012 “Dirty Dozen” report: Flat and Allen creeks. The Georgia Water Coalition, which released the report Wednesday morning, slammed both for water quality reasons but also tied them politically to Gov. Nathan Deal, who is from Hall County. The report targets Flat Creek as it relates to the proposed Glades Reservoir, which the group describes as a “boondoggle reservoir project (that) threatens Lake Lanier, Chattahoochee River and downstream communities.” “While local support for the project has waned recently, Gov. Deal has indicated that he might come to the rescue with state funds to prop up the floundering project,” the report states. The coalition also criticized the Hall County Board of Commissioners’ approval last week of a rezoning to allow for the expansion of a private landfill off U.S. 129/Athens Highway and Monroe Drive. “Promoted by politically-powerful individuals with ties to Gov. Nathan Deal, expansion of the Gainesville Waste and Recycling landfill poses a serious threat to Allen Creek and the Oconee River and to the health of families in Newtown,” according to the report. Newtown is a historically black area of southside Gainesville. The coalition is a consortium of 175 conservation and environmental organizations, hunting and fishing groups, businesses and faith-based organizations formed in 2002. “This list not only highlights some of the most egregious water pollution problems in our state, but also calls attention to state policies that harm our rivers and waste our tax dollars,” said April Ingle, executive director at Georgia River Network. “The sites on this list are examples of Georgia’s failures to protect our water, our fish and wildlife and our communities.” A press release introducing the report is especially critical of Deal. “The Deal administration’s appointments and actions suggest that enforcing environmental laws are not a priority,” said Joe Cook, executive director and riverkeeper with the Rome-based Coosa River Basin Initiative. “Track the money divvied out in Gov. Deal’s new water supply program and you get further clarity about this administration’s priorities and allegiances.” An email from Deal’s spokesman, Brian Robinson, says in response to the report that the “Deal administration has sought a balanced approach as we continue to face tough choices in the budget, even in high-priority areas. “Georgia has accomplished much on conservation in recent years and Gov. Deal’s water supply plans will prepare our state for its population growth needs through 2050. A steady and reliable water supply is crucial to Georgia families and Georgia business, and Gov. Deal is working hard on that.” The coalition said it believes the “most glaring example” of Georgia’s “misguided strategy to circumvent federal control over the Chattahoochee by damming its tributaries” is the $95 million Glades project, which is in the permitting stage with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Plans call for damming up a portion of Flat Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, to store enough water to provide the county with about 70 million gallons of water a day. “This project would divert and impound water that would otherwise fill Lake Lanier, interfering with federal management of the lake and complicating efforts to reach a water-sharing agreement with Alabama and Florida,” the report states. In an Oct. 15 interview with The Times, Deal said he believes a state partnership with Hall County on Glades Reservoir is something “that needs to be explored.” “Obviously, we need to have the support for the state to enter into an agreement of that kind,” he said. “I think that’s why it’s important for people other than just those who live in Hall County to understand the significance of this project. It is regional, but in many respects it is statewide.” As for Allen Creek, residents live near the proposed expansion “of a landfill that processes food waste, biosolids and sewage sludge,” the report says. The commission’s approval came with conditions, including that no composting operation can be started. “From what we’ve heard (regarding) concerns of the neighborhood with the smells, that (condition) should take that (problem) away,” said Brian Rochester of Rochester & Associates, which applied for the rezoning on behalf of Gainesville-based DOJI Properties. The coalition believes that, based on history of the site, that composting could become a future use. “We’ve already seen an example with the existing Gainesville Waste and Recycling site that was permitted several years ago with a zoning for an ... inert landfill and down the slippery slope it went and became available for biosolids and food wastes,” said Sally Bethea, executive director for the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. “We’re pretty troubled by what’s been going on at the county commission level over the number of years,” she added. “Hopefully, there’ll be a change.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line932
__label__wiki	0.862553	0.862553	James Gunn in Talks to Write and Direct Suicide Squad Sequel Michael Leri Tuesday, October 09, 2018 James Gunn might still direct some comic book movies, but not from Marvel. DC and Warner Bros. have hired the writer and director to, appropriately, write and direct the next Suicide Squad film. This is the first public project Gunn has been attached to since his abrupt firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in July 2018. The Wrap reported Gunn’s “switch” earlier today. Gunn has not made a statement regarding this news and has not tweeted since July following his apology regarding his old offensive statements. Warner Bros. nor DC have commented either. Deadline also reported that DC and Gunn were in talks to develop this film and settled the deal once Disney fired him. The first Suicide Squad hit theaters in 2016 and was met with abysmal critical reception. The film was lambasted for its poor script, weak characters, bad story, and more. It currently sits at a 28 percent on Rotten Tomatoes right next to Batman V Superman‘s 27 percent but just a bit above Catwoman‘s nine percent. Critics were more forgiving to Justice League and Man of Steel, but not by much (40 percent and 55, respectively). Aside from 2017’s Wonder Woman, DC has struggled to be a live action competitor to Marvel, whose films are both critical darlings and financial juggernauts. Poaching one of the Marvel’s most unique filmmakers was likely a calculated move to replicate its success. Gunn was most known for Guardians of the Galaxy, which was a band of ragtag misfits filled with tons of emotional baggage. The members of the Suicide Squad, albeit more sinister, have more than a few of these similarities in common with the four Guardians of the Galaxy. Suicide Squad even took more than a few nods from Gunn’s hit film, as it also had a focus on pop music and a distinct visual palette. However, one was more well regarded. Those commonalities probably made Gunn a good fit in DC’s eyes. Gavin O’Connor, known for the 2016 film, The Accountant, was previously attached to direct the Suicide Squad sequel. But he is now directing Torrance, a drama starring Ben Affleck, for Warner Bros. instead. Suicide Squad’s director, David Ayer, also won’t be returning, which makes sense given his rough time developing that film. Tags: Comics, DC, dc comics, geek culture, James Gunn, Suicide Squad Welcome to the new GameRevolution community platform	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line933
__label__cc	0.683048	0.316952	Global Population Hits 7 Billion Later This Year 7:42 pm July 30, 2011 By Geeky Gadgets ‘Tis a fact and not speculation. Barring a cataclysmic giant asteroid or a zombie apocalypse, 135 million people are expected to be born this year. A number that would easily rank among the top 10 world’s most amazing feats. The analysis of such a new milestone, however, is quite disturbing. Professor David Blume of Harvard University weighed in on the issue by pointing out obvious ripples from such a spike in world numbers. Economies will be strained and there’s instability ahead if food production, water supply, and sanitation aren’t at hand to support such enormous population surges. According to him: Those challenges are not insurmountable, but we cannot deal with them by sticking our heads in the sand. We have to tackle some tough issues ranging from the unmet need for contraception among hundreds of millions of women and the huge knowledge-action gaps we see in the area of child survival, to the reform of retirement policy and the development of global immigration policy. It’s just plain irresponsible to sit by idly while humankind experiences full force the perils of demographic change. Between 1999 and this year, a billion people were added. That’s freaking huge and indicative of a large young population outside the developing world. Such a disparity could spell turmoil for volatile governments (see Arab Spring). Let’s just hope that runaway human expansion won’t spell the end of us all. Source CNN Filed Under: Geeky Stuff	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line938
__label__wiki	0.914262	0.914262	Home / General News / News / Trend / Another Chibok? Hundreds Of Students Still Missing As Troops Rescue 200 Children After Attack In Katsina Another Chibok? Hundreds Of Students Still Missing As Troops Rescue 200 Children After Attack In Katsina Hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in north-western Nigeria. The attackers arrived on motorbikes and started shooting in to the air, causing people to flee, witnesses said. They targeted the Government Science Secondary School - where more than 800 students are said to reside - in Katsina state on Friday evening. More than 200 students have been rescued, while the army and air force have joined the search for the missing. Residents living near the all-boys boarding school in the Kankara area told the BBC they heard gunfire at about 23:00 (22:00 GMT) on Friday, and that the attack lasted for more than an hour. Security personnel at the school managed to repel some of the attackers before police reinforcements arrived, officials said. In a statement on Saturday, police said that during an exchange of fire, some of the gunmen were forced to retreat. Students were able to scale the fence of the school and run to safety, they said. However, witnesses said they saw a number of students being carried away. One police officer was taken to hospital after being shot and wounded, police said. Several local residents on Saturday said they had joined the police in searching for the students who remained missing, while many parents said they had withdrawn their children from the school. "The school is deserted, all the students have vacated," one witness, Nura Abdullahi, told AFP news agency. "Some of the students who escaped returned to the town this morning, but others took a bus home," he added. Katsina is the home state of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently there for a week-long private visit. The attack on Friday came two days after the kidnapping of a village leader and 20 others in another part of the state. In 2014, more than 270 girls were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram from a school in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line939
__label__wiki	0.542605	0.542605	Dunsfold Park market gets one-year approval OBJECTORS protesting about plans for a Saturday morning market at Dunsfold Park, near Cranleigh, have struck a partial victory. Waverley Borough Council planners agreed to halve the two-year permission sought following complaints that the 200 stalls proposed could trigger up to 3,000 extra traffic movements. The application for a “traditional market selling a variety of high class goods”, to be held on Saturdays and bank holidays between 9am and 1pm, was recommended for approval by planning officers when it was heard by the eastern area planning committee on July 25. They considered it represented a reasonable commercial use of the site provided it did not breach the 2,723 daily vehicular movements Dunsfold Park is permitted. But representatives from Alfold and Dunsfold parish councils and the Dunsfold Aerodrome Group (DAG) used the public speaking slot before the plan was determined to protest that it would attract a huge amount of traffic and Waverley would be unable to “police” the situation. “A Saturday market with 200 stalls will generate around 3,000 movements,” said DAG objector Derek Gardiner. “The traffic will all come off the A281 past the mobile homes at The Compass Gate and it will be very disruptive.” Councillor Maurice Byham backed the traffic objections when the committee’s discussion got under way. “Surrey Highways has recommended refusal,” he said. “It’s clear there will be a considerably greater number of vehicles than the limits set. “It will generate traffic from all areas to create the same problem on the A281 on a Saturday that we have during the week.” Cllr Richard Gates said he could “well understand” the traffic concern, but he welcomed economic activity within the borough. “There has got to be some way to exercise control,” he said. “If the limit is breached that could put the following week’s market in doubt.” "Successful business venture" Several committee members expressed concern that the market could undermine local trade, but Cllr Brian Ellis thought it could provide a new sales outlet. “We have had a very successful Thursday market in Cranleigh for many years,” he said. “It has not affected retailers, indeed one retailer has a stall there.” Waverley planning officers said sensors would be in place to count the traffic and enforcement action could be taken if the limit was breached. They agreed the market’s potential impact on local shops and markets was an important issue. “It is considered that the scale of the market would not materially affect the vitality and viability of nearby shopping centres,” they said. “The temporary period of this permission would allow for ongoing monitoring of any potential impacts.” The committee voted to approve the plan if the applicant agreed to operate the market for a trial period of one year. Speaking after the meeting, Jamie McAllister, Dunsfold Park development executive, welcomed the decision. “We are pleased by Waverley Borough Council’s decision to grant consent, albeit with a reduced period of one year,” he said. “We are confident that this opportunity provides us with time to demonstrate the market as a successful business venture and of benefit to the local community. “It also adds a further positive dimension to the variety of businesses already operating at Dunsfold Park, while offering the retailers of Cranleigh another outlet to promote their goods and services.” Dunsfold Dunsfold Park	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line941
__label__cc	0.700657	0.299343	Furore over Post Office closure plan RESIDENTS and councillors across the village are set to protest against the closure of the Post Office at Hamilton Avenue, Cobham, following the announcement it may cease trading later this year. Post Office Ltd has embarked on a programme to restructure and modernise its national network of more than 9,000 urban post offices after claiming there are too many branches chasing too few customers. As a result of increased running costs and concerns about future income, many sub-postmasters face an uncertain future unless changes are made. The Hamilton Avenue branch is one of 30 across the country, including one in Molesey and Long Ditton, that have been earmarked for closure. Post Office Ltd has agreed with the sub-postmaster of Hamilton Avenue that his branch should close permanently in September/October this year, following a preference exercise. But regular user Cllr Dorothy Mitchell is outraged at the plans. She insists the alternative post office in Hollyhedge Road is not big enough to cope with the increase in people using it. “I have always used the one in Hamilton Avenue because you can drive around there if you have parcels,” she said. “You can carry them easily and you can get them posted no problem. “To try to leave Cobham with a very small post office in Hollyhedge Road is ludicrous. “If you have people coming for their pensions, car tax, forms for renewal of passports, business post, to post parcels, and to collect family allowance you are going to have absolute chaos. “It’s completely rubbish to close the branch in Hamilton Avenue. “People all over Cobham should be writing in about this because if they don’t and it is closed, the centre one will find it even more difficult to cope.” Cllr Mitchell said the only other post offices are in Stoke D’Abernon, which, she says, is too far for many to travel, and a very small one in the newsagent’s by the station. And she said the shop in Hamilton Avenue had previously been given planning permission to go ahead with a complete revamp, which would have included a bigger post office and disabled access. “You can’t accommodate disabled people in the Hollyhedge Road branch,” she said. But Drew McBride, head of area at Post Office Ltd, said residents will be given the opportunity to air their views before a final decision is made. “Proposals to close post office branches are not made without considerable research and discussion so we are anxious that customers and all relevant organisations understand our rationale and have the opportunity to give us their views,” he said. “We have a responsibility to ensure that customers in Cobham will continue to have a reasonable access to local post office products and services. Even after any changes are made, well over 95 per cent of customers will still live within a mile of a post office branch. “Having met with the sub-postmaster from Hamilton Avenue post office branch and also with other local sub-postmasters, we have concluded that if Hamilton Avenue post office branch were to close, it would improve the long -term prospects of the other branches in the area. “In particular, we have made sure that Cobham post office branch at 20 Hollyhedge Court would be fully geared up to cope with extra customers should the closure go ahead.” No decision will be made until they have considered all views about the closure and the services provided by the nearest, alternative branches. To air your views, write to Drew McBride at National Consultation Team, PO Box 641, St Albans AL1 5XN, by August 7.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line942
__label__wiki	0.810722	0.810722	Housing plans for Dorlcote site make progress THE redevelopment of a key site in the centre of Witley has moved closer following the submission of a planning application last week. Objections voiced in May that land formerly occupied by Dorlcote, a sheltered housing scheme for the elderly, was not an appropriate site for a large affordable housing scheme, failed to halt the project when it was first proposed by Waverley housing officers in May. Villagers complained that 20 new homes would exacerbate the existing traffic problems in Middlemarch and Roke Lane and said they would prefer a mixed development of affordable homes and houses to be sold on the open market. They argued that the prime plot was worth several million pounds to a developer and it could be a one-off opportunity to solve the traffic problems as a condition of the sale. Waverley supported the recommendation by housing officers that the site should be sold to Thames Valley Housing Association(TVHA), however, because it would help meet the urgent need for low cost homes. Residents had an opportunity to voice their concerns about the development at a recent one-day exhibition of the proposed plans, which was attended by TVHA representatives and housing officers. In a lengthy design statement submitted with the application, the architects said the road safety worries had been taken on board and two new junctions from Roke Lane were now included in addition to the Middlemarch access, which is shared by the Chandler Junior School. They said complaints that the style of buildings “appeared too modern for the village” had also been heeded and a more traditional design was now being proposed. The development will consist of a pair of two-bedroom bungalows, four two-bedroom flats and four one-bedroom flats, 10 two-bedroom houses and two three-bedroom houses.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line943
__label__wiki	0.788057	0.788057	Work starts on West End danger junction at last WORK has finally begun to improve a troublesome junction in West End after a three-and-half year delay. 00:00, 3 MAY 2007 On Monday, Surrey County Council started work on the junction of Benner Lane, Church Road and Bagshot Road. The scheme, due to be completed on June 29, will widen Bagshot Road to provide a right turn lane into it. There will be a pedestrian refuge in Bagshot Road to help them cross and also protect right turn traffic. Access into Benner Lane will be widened to provide another refuge to assist pedestrians crossing and prevent turning into Church Road. There will be kerb realignment around the junction to formalise the banned exit from Church Road and banned right turn into Church Road. The news has come as a relief to West End Parish Council, which has been pressing for action to be taken for many years and has been frustrated by county council delays. In October 2003, the road was closed off with traffic cones and a new lane introduced on the A319 Bagshot Road for cars turning right on to Benner Lane at the junction with Church Road. Parish councillor George Bright, who campaigned to have some sort of improvement on that part of the road, said: “It is about time. It seems to have been going on for ever. “Being one of the first people to call for an improvement, I am pleased to see it is finally happening. I called for either a roundabout or improvements like this to be implemented because of the accidents that were happening there. “I would have preferred a roundabout to be installed but was told that this would be too expensive. But this method will cost quite a lot of money. This is the next best thing.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line944
__label__wiki	0.859111	0.859111	Whitney Port & Tim Rosenman are married! Sunday 8 November 2015 Congratulations, Whitney Port! On Saturday, 7 November, the 30-year-old former Hills star got married to her fiancé Tim Rosenman in Palm Springs, California. "It's such a great feeling!" the couple revealed in a statement to Us Weekly. "We finally get to stop saying fiancé and be husband and wife! We really always knew we would end up together and now we can start a new amazing chapter in our lives. The wedding was everything we hoped it would be and will cherish the memories for the rest of our lives." Whitney Port and her new husband met when he was working as an associate producer on MTV's reality series The City. The couple announced their engagement in November 2013, and earlier this year Whitney revealed on her blog that he proposed to her twice. A post shared by Whitney Port (@whitneyeveport) Old Family Photos: How many of these celebrities do you recognise as kids? Way back before selfies and social media, the A-list were at the mercy of plain old polaroids. "To make a very long story short, Timmy originally planned to propose to me in Australia but the plan didn't go quite his way," Port wrote in a post on her blog, explaining that before she and Rosenman flew to Australia for a vacation, she overheard his boss wishing him "good luck" at the end of a phone conversation. When she wouldn't stop asking him what his boss meant, Rosenman dropped to one knee and proposed to her then and there. He ended up proposing a second time when the 3-carat oval engagement ring arrived. SOURCE: US WEEKLY On 5 Octobr 2015, we wrote... Former Hills and City star, Whitney Port, and a load of her closest friends jetted to Mexico over the weekend to celebrate her upcoming wedding. Yep, it was a sun-filled hen party. WhitneyPort/Instagram Whitney Port is pregnant - but she doesn't want to know the sex See how she announced the lovely news... The 30-year-old is set to marry her fiancé of almost two years, Tim Rosenman later this year, but before they say I do, she enjoyed sun, sea and cocktails with some of her besties. Whitney's sister Jade joined in on the fun, and the gang stayed at the luxurious Cape Hotel on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. We have Insta-stalked them, and now we're green with jealousy with the infinity pool action and the gorge looking Mexican food. Whitney Port reveals new bob hairstyle on Instagram Whitney Port reveals new long bob hairstyle on Instagram - Celebrity Hair News on GLAMOUR.COM UK [instagram id="8bNlGRroSi"] On 23 January 2015, we wrote... Whitney Port has given an interview with E! about her upcoming wedding to fiancé Tim Rosenman. The former Hills star revealed some details about her big day, but fessed up that she's not picked out a wedding dress yet. Want legs like Whitney Port? Yes, us too… The face (and legs) of the new Venus & Olay razor Whitney Port has revealed how to get good legs this summer... "I don't have the dress yet. I'm a very indecisive person and I feel like I want to choose the dress a little bit closer to the date. I don't really wanna be staring at a dress for too long because I'm afraid that I'll get sick of it, but I definitely have ideas in my head of what I want." She said that the wedding will take place sometime this year - but where will it be? Has she got the venue nailed? She teased: "It will be a destination and it will be sorta medium size. We have a good amount of people that we would like to share the day with, so it will definitely be lots of friends and family." Whitney also revealed that she and her fella will be writing their own vows, because "it's just more personal and we don't really wanna be reciting something. We really want it to come from our own hearts." Will they be saying 'I do' and then rush to make babies? Not yet… The Hills' leading ladies: then & now It's amazing what effect time, fame and fortune have had on the fashion of Lauren Conrad and co. "Family Is definitely something we've talked about and something that's important to us," she says. "I come from a family of five kids, so just having tons of sisters and a brother and that kind of big family atmosphere is something that's really important to me. I'm definitely not in any rush, but hopefully in the next couple years we'll start to make that move." Whitney has previously said: "I really wasn't always one of those girls that pictured what my wedding would be like or pictured having this fairy-tale wedding. So I think that's why I'm so easy-going about it-I know it's going to be a reflection of us and I know just like a special weekend to share with all of our loved ones." SOURCE: E! On 22 November 2013, we wrote... Calling all The Hills fans - we've got some news you're going to love. Whitney Port, the 28-year-old reality TV star-turned-designer is engaged to marry boyfriend Tim Rosenman, nearly one month after her former Teen Vogue colleague Lauren Conrad's beau put a ring on it. The Winter Trend We Hope You Avoid: Baggy Leather Trousers Baggy leather trousers are having a moment... We're just not sure that's a good thing The couple actually met on the set of short-lived The Hills spin-off The City, which starred Port - Rosenman was an associate producer. After the show ended in 2010, the pair kept in touch before hooking up. A rep for the pair confirmed to Us Weekly that they were engaged, telling the publication earlier this year: "She is super comfortable with him and in love… She likes that he is from New York because he is such a great tour guide when they visit the city" As the head of her own label, Whitney Eve, Whit's wedding dress will no doubt be beautiful. But, sadly, those hoping for a mega The Hills reunion at either Conrad's or Port's wedding will be disappointed - Whitney revealed to People magazine that she doesn't stay in touch with anyone from the show: "I think we all kind of went our separate ways once the show ended…I'm fine with it, like I'm at peace with it. With me, I never feuded with anyone, and nothing ever ended badly, so it just naturally happened." Read our exclusive interview with Whitney here. Ariana Grande's engagement ring is so unique (and it's sure to inspire a lot of Christmas proposals!) People think Taylor Swift is married after seeing this picture from her new video Not gonna lie: I'm convinced. OMG! Taylor Swift just revealed that her surprise 9th album, Evermore, will be out TONIGHT (!!) We are blessed. 'Movement not exercise' is the A-lister's new year health mantra, here's how to do it We are here for this. Prince William and Kate Middleton just released the sweetest Christmas video dedicated to key workers We’re not crying, you are.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line946
__label__wiki	0.749404	0.749404	World Issues June 3, 2013 The Ten Best Lines From GQ’s Story on Kim Jong-il’s Sushi Chef Yes, Kenji Fujimoto always wears a do-rag and shades. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was obsessed with eating and drinking: He spent $700,000 a year on cognac, loved toro, and craved Big Macs. Kenji Fujimoto served as the supreme leader’s sushi chef for eleven years, a time during which he also became Jong-il’s close confidant. Writer Adam Johnson interviewed Fujimoto, finding that the two men often acted like frat bros: They watched Schwarzenegger movies, pulled pubic hair pranks, and viewed Iron Chef together. Although this isn’t the first time that Fujimoto’s been interviewed, this is a long, fascinating profile that’s worth a full read. But since it’s Monday morning and you’re swamped with work, we’ve rounded up the greatest lines from the GQ article. 1. “It was Fujimoto who flew to France to supply the Dear Leader’s yearly $700,000 cognac habit. And when the Dear Leader craved McDonald’s, it was Fujimoto who was dispatched to Beijing for an order of Big Macs to go.” 2. “One day, several black Mercedeses arrived at the cooking school. The first car bore the license plate 2-16, Kim Jong-il’s birthday. The second contained five women kidnapped from Thailand to be used as sex slaves. Fujimoto was asked to get into a third car.” 3. “When he spent leisure time with Kim Jong-il, they drank Bordeaux wines and discussed Shogun-sama’s favorite Schwarzenegger movies.” 4. “Kim had also established an institute dedicated to his longevity. Its staff of 200 approved every element of Kim’s diet. Each grain of Kim’s rice was hand-inspected for chips and cracks — only perfectly shaped rice, grown in North Korea, was approved … All were impressed when Fujimoto served the freshest meal of all: still-living fish he’d fillet alive by cutting around the organs — a skill he’d learned while working at Japan’s Tsukiji fish market.” 5. “Kim Jong-il was a fan of cooking shows. Iron Chef was his favorite. When Fujimoto’s culinary travels took him to Japan, he stocked up on VHS tapes of the latest episodes so he and Shogun-sama could have long discussions about foie gras, truffles, and Kobe beef.” 6. “As a wedding prank, Kim Jong-il had the unconscious Fujimoto’s pubic hair shaved off.” 7. “Shogun-sama said, If you like me, why don’t you kiss me on the cheek? I don’t remember how many times I kissed him. A hundred times? A hundred kisses. We would go to the sauna together, naked. Shogun-sama said, Oh, you have a good body, a masculine body. I said, I’m good at sports. It’s not too much to say I was a good playmate for Kim Jong-il.” 8. “Fujimoto’s sister in Japan sent him VHS tapes of Bulls playoff games, so Kim Jong-un’s first taste of Western hoops came from watching Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman — men who became his heroes.” 9. “He remained on Kim’s good side, with the occasional lapse. He once failed to clean his room at a guesthouse, and Kim decided to make an example of him by taking away his kitchen. For six months, Fujimoto was forced to prepare sushi in a gymnasium.” 10. “In March 2001, Fujimoto casually mentioned to Kim Jong-il that he had a new Iron Chef video, an episode Kim had never seen. When they watched it together, Kim discovered the episode’s “mystery ingredient” was one he’d never tasted before: sea-urchin roe, or uni … Though Kim had banned Fujimoto from travel after his Tokyo arrest, the idea of a new delicacy proved too much.” Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi [GQ] Related: Kim Jong-il Had Kind of a Homoerotic Relationship With His Former Sushi Chef [DI] kenji fujimoto The Ten Best Lines From GQ’s Story on Kim Jong-il’s Sushi	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line955
__label__wiki	0.879244	0.879244	The Palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play Turning a modest hunting lodge into the magnificent Palace of Versailles was the crowning glory that defined King Louis XIV’s France. But this opulent edifice was more than a fashion statement for the Sun King, writes Jonny Wilkes: it was a political endeavour that cemented his personal authority Louis XIV looked out at his father’s old hunting lodge and envisioned a stronger, more unified and more magnificent France than the one he had inherited at the age of four. Now in his twenties and ruling on his own as an absolute monarch, he dreamed of building a palace of unparalleled opulence. This would be the spot on which he would do it. It would become, no matter how long it took or how much it cost, the centre not only of his country, but of society, culture, art and influence in all Europe. Versailles was not an obvious location for a grand palace; it was a hamlet surrounded by forests and marshland, with a single track connecting to Paris, a little over ten miles away, along which cattle were taken to market. Yet Louis enjoyed staying at the lodge as a boy, as it offered a retreat from a capital that he greatly disliked. He had come to the throne in 1643. His mother, Anne of Austria, ruled as regent with the help of chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, but these years were defined by a period of civil unrest known as the Fronde. On one occasion, rioters broke into Louis’ bedroom, leaving him traumatised and with a deep distrust of Paris. Versailles gave Louis a clean slate to create and exert his own royal authority. Why did Louis XIV build the Palace of Versailles? Following Mazarin’s death in 1661, Louis caused a shock by announcing he would rule without a chief minister, taking absolute control of government. He was of the belief that the divine right of kings made him answerable only to God. From musketeers to Macron: 10 remarkable facts about the Sun King, Louis XIV King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power He instigated a series of administrative and military reforms, as well as the construction work at Versailles. The latter began under the supervision of architect Louis Le Vau, with painter Charles Le Brun overseeing interior design and landscape architect André Le Nôtre in charge of the gardens. All three were the greatest in their fields. Everything inside the palace was to glorify Louis, and everything outside was to show that even nature fell under the King’s will. Mountains of earth had to be moved to level the ground, rivers diverted, swamps drained and thousands of trees transported from across France. Over the years, Le Nôtre created a panorama of manicured lawns, parterres and flowerbeds, statue-filled groves, walkways, towering hedgerows and dozens of the most extravagant fountains. Supplying the vast streams of water required by the fountains constituted a devilishly difficult challenge that pumping stations failed to alleviate. In the end, Louis’ gardeners switched off the jets at every opportunity. The grand gardens of Versailles need to be replanted every century to maintain their design. (Photo by Gilles Rigoulet/Getty Images) As with his government, Louis had his say in all aspects of the decision making. No detail was too small – he once declared that even passports could not be signed without his command – and he worked long hours to prove himself a committed administrator. Le Vau had to alter his original design for the palace to satisfy Louis’ demand that the hunting lodge be preserved. The resulting ‘enveloppe’ therefore saw the three new wings enveloping the lodge, now at the centre of the complex. The party palace Enough progress had been made for Louis to hold his first lavish get-together at Versailles in May 1664. He started as he meant to go on: ‘The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island’ lasted for six days and six nights. There were horse parades, firework displays and theatrical performances, even the premiere of a ballet. Though it was officially all in honour of his mother and his wife, Louis used the week of banquets to introduce the world to his palace (he sent out engravings of the events to European courts) and celebrate his mistress, Louise de la Vallière. Vaux-le-Vicomte: the inspiration for Louis XIV’s Versailles 8 of the nicest kings in history Despite his dedication to his position, Louis knew how to enjoy the pleasures of life. He had several mistresses, among them his brother’s wife, Henrietta of England, and the witty and beautiful Madame de Montespan, who replaced Vallière. Reportedly, his desires could not be contained by them; it’s said that one day he grew so impatient waiting for a lover to undress that he turned his attention to one of the maids. Louis XIV had several mistresses, among them his brother’s wife He was a great patron of writers, artists and musicians too. At Versailles, this meant countless commemorations of himself. Master playwright Molière wrote hagiographies, court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully produced hundreds of baroque pieces to give the palace its own soundtrack, and every wall and space seemed to be filled with paintings and sculptures of Louis. He appeared as historical and mythological figures, from Alexander the Great to the gods Zeus and Apollo, or as his emblem, the Sun, which he chose shortly after assuming absolute power. Of course, the other way the Sun King could seek glory was on the battlefield. The French invaded the Spanish Netherlands in 1667, which Louis claimed on behalf of his Spanish wife, Marie-Thérèse. When that endeavour ended unsatisfactorily, he allied with England and attacked the Dutch Republic. That war concluded with the 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen and left France with extended frontiers in the north and east. Louis, approaching 40, now stood tall as the dominant force in Europe. Peacetime never lasted long during Louis’ reign – and he spent most of it planning his next military move. Yet his victories in the Franco-Dutch War allowed him to focus on domestic goals, most notably centralisation. Louis intended the palace to become the official royal residence and seat of government, so construction at Versailles intensified. The Affair of the Poisons With such labyrinthine rules, was it possible to rig the game at Versailles? Those at court certainly tried… As Louis XIV prepared to move his government to Versailles in the late 1670s, a scandal erupted that appalled and intrigued in equal measure – it featured murder, black magic and the King’s own court. Before her execution for poisoning her father and two brothers, Madame de Brinvilliers cried out that she was far from the only one guilty of dabbling in poisons. A three-year investigation headed by Paris police chief Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie looked into the matter and uncovered a booming magical underworld, where rebel priests performed black masses and sorceresses sold concoctions ranging from love spells to ‘inheritance powders’ made of arsenic. One of the most popular potion-peddlers was La Voisin, who named among her clients those looking for advantage at Versailles. The Duc de Luxembourg bought charms to keep him safe from swords, while a number of women looked for any additive to seduce the King. With De la Reynie convinced of an epidemic, Louis appointed a special tribunal in April 1679. Its sessions took place in a hall lit only by flaming torches, the chambre ardente (burning chamber). More than 400 people were accused, dozens exiled and 36 put to death, including La Voisin. Fear spread among a court already riddled with suspicion and the deaths continued, but Louis put an end to things after he heard a name of someone implicated that alarmed him: the Madame de Montespan, his mistress. Fearing the King may tire of her, she is said to have sprinkled love potions into his food; potions made from Spanish fly, iron filings, sperm and menstrual blood. It was even claimed she had a priest perform a sacrilegious mass over her naked body, which involved the sacrifice of an infant. Montespan was never tried, but the affair revealed something dark and rotting at the heart of Louis’ Versailles utopia. Between 1678 and the declaration of Versailles as the centre of government on 6 May 1682, Le Vau’s replacement, Jules Hardoiun-Mansart, built more than had been constructed in the previous 20 years. As well as two massive wings for the nobility and princes of the blood, he added the architecturally splendid Great and Small Stables (capable of housing 700 horses), the artificial Lake of the Swiss Guards (replacing a marshland known as the stinking pond) and completed the 1,670-metre Grand Canal after more than a decade of digging. Boats would regularly be seen on the water, among them gondolas presented to Louis by the Republic of Venice. Scandal, conspiracy and the affair of the poisons: inside the court of Louis XIV Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history’s weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions Building went on from dawn to dusk, with up to 36,000 people working in the gardens in dire and dangerous conditions. Injuries became a daily occurrence, and so many died that bodies would be quietly removed at night in bulk. The workers went on strike, but Louis saw Versailles as a symbol of his prestige – and, therefore, France’s prestige. It was worth any price. When half a dozen men were crushed in an accident, one grieving mother approached Louis to request her son’s body. He had her imprisoned. It was not only the human cost that mounted. Taxation, and more efficient tax collection, had helped with the astronomical cost of Versailles, but minister of finances Jean-Baptiste Colbert went further by turning the palace into a showcase of French manufacturing. This suited Louis, so Colbert nationalised the tapestry industry and persuaded Venetian mirror makers, considered the world’s best, to come and work at a French company. Louis creates the first knights of the Order of St Louis in 1693. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Their skills were vital for Mansart’s pièce de résistance: the Hall of Mirrors. A spectacular gallery with wide windows on one side, overlooking the gardens and a wall of mirrors on the other, Louis used it to host major events, including diplomatic meetings with the Doge of Genoa and ambassadors of Siam and Persia. The hall was the shining gem in the Versailles crown. The purpose of Versailles was not just to inspire awe, though, but also deference and servitude. By putting the court under his roof, Louis could control his nobility with a tight grip in a velvet glove. If you were to have any hope of advancement, you had to be at Versailles and abide by the King’s rules. Contact with Louis became currency, and the worst thing for the King to say about a courtier was that he never saw them. “Falseness, servility, admiring glances, combined with a dependent and cringing attitude, above all an appearance of being nothing without him, were the only means of pleasing him,” wrote one of the courtiers who never pleased Louis, named Saint Simon. Louis turned his life, movements and even ablutions into a daily performance, governed by a seemingly endless list of detailed rituals and strict rules of etiquette – all in order to keep the nobles busy. Being stuck at Versailles and playing strange social games based on Louis’ whims meant they could not bolster their personal power in their own lands and rise up in rebellion. Louis turned his life, movements and even ablutions into a daily performance All revolved around the Sun King, starting when he first awoke. A select group would be granted access to the King’s bedchamber, although they were not to cross the railing to get near the bed during the ceremonial levée (rising), and only the most senior in the room had the honour of helping Louis into his shirt. Meals were a spectator event, dances had to be joined in the correct order of rank and people had to know what type of chair they were permitted to sit in. Living at Versailles was an expensive business. Courtiers had to be seen in the latest fashions, which cost so much that they could bankrupt the wearer – or they had to borrow from the crown, making them more dependent on Louis. Maintaining the proper degree of fashion was crucial, so after Louis began losing his hair and had a risky operation on his bottom, huge wigs and groin bandages became all the rage. What was it like living at the Palace of Versailles? Life at Versailles was controlled by a series of bizarre decrees on etiquette and decorum. Forget them at your peril… Knocking on the King’s door was not permitted. Instead, courtiers had to scratch the woodwork with the little finger on their left hand and wait to be granted entrance. Women could not hold hands or link arms with a man. They could place their hands on top of his bent arm or touch fingertips. No one could sit on a chair with arms in the presence of the King or Queen. Chairs with backs were reserved for the highest-ranking nobles, like the dauphin, so most perched on stools. When presented to the King for the first time, women had to curtsy three times while approaching and three times when retreating. It was improper to ask to relieve yourself in front of the King, even during a coach ride that could last hours. Courtiers either did not drink beforehand or trusted in their bladder control. Men had to have swords when attending the public meals, called the Grand Couvert. If they arrived unprepared, they had to rent one. A courtier could not wipe their face or nose with a napkin. If someone sneezed, it was impolite to say “God Bless You” out loud. Instead, courtiers said it silently while removing their hat. The first nobles to stay at Versailles had called it a “mistress without merit”. Life at court could be far from glamorous, not least as the building spent years at a time under scaffolding. Perhaps the greatest problem was the lack of toilet facilities – courtiers thought nothing of answering the call of nature in the corridors. Poor drainage and nearby marshes filled Versailles with bad odours. When a noble first came to live at Versailles, they would be offered one of the 350 rooms Louis had built. Yet the quality of the apartments and how close they got the inhabitant to the King varied wildly, so days would be spent bartering and cajoling for the best ones. In such a sprawling space, with everyone gossiping and looking for any fault or weakness to exploit, Versailles could feel claustrophobic despite its size. Courtiers thought nothing of answering the call of nature in the corridors This was only worsened by the fact that Louis kept everyone under surveillance and intercepted their mail. Courtiers came up with codes to try to keep their messages secret, so the King employed cryptographers. Yet the only thing worse than being at Versailles was not being at Versailles. For a short while, at least. Louis XIV’s death By the 1680s, the parties, feasting and debauchery that had come to be expected at Louis’ palace had begun to wane, making the orchestrated daily schedule and etiquette unbearably tedious. Following the Queen’s death in 1683, Louis married Madame de Maintenon, a woman much more subdued and pious than any of his mistresses. The ailing King may have been more concerned with his spiritual wellbeing, but he still made enemies in Europe (notably with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which had protected Protestants in France) and courted war. Silver from Versailles had to be melted down to pay for his campaigns, with public opinion finally turning on him after the disastrous War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century. When Louis died on 1 September 1715, after gangrene spread through his leg, he had spent more than 72 years on the throne and outlived many of his descendants, including his son. It would be his great-grandson who succeeded him. He supposedly said on his deathbed, “I have loved war too much”, but it was glory that he adored, whether it came from battle or from the pomp and majesty of his gargantuan palace. He had fulfilled his dream of building a palace that would be the heart of France – and that may have contributed to the downfall of the monarchy. Versailles came to be seen as a symbol of waste and corruption that fuelled the fires of the French Revolution. The Palace of Versailles in numbers Mirrors line the 17 arches of the Hall of Mirrors Hospitals built to care for those injured while working at Versailles Jets on the Neptune Fountain Rooms in the palace, although there are more than 1,200 fireplaces The area, in square metres, of Versailles, making it the world’s largest royal domain Days that Louis XIV’s body was displayed in the Mercury Room following his death Trees uprooted by a massive storm in 1999, including some planted by Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Time taken to construct the Grand Canal, from 1668-79. At parties, its 1,670-metre length would be lined with candles or torches Heads of hair needed to make a royal wig Jonny Wilkes is a freelance writer specialising in history This content first appeared in the August 2018 issue of BBC History Revealed More on: France Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war? The French Revolution through 7 severed heads	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line960
__label__cc	0.695535	0.304465	Donate to Healing of Memories About Healing of Memories A message from Father Michael Our support appeal Restoring Humanity/Youth Work The Restoring Humanity activities for the year kicked off on the 6 January when we hosted a group of young people from the Church of Sweden. The purpose was to share and reflect on the work of the organisation. There was an interesting discussion on the past and present situation in South Africa with a focus on our apartheid history and its ongoing impact in the country. The group also participated in a team-building exercise. Some of the observations and questions from the group included '' The longer we are here, the more we see the complexity of the situation; there is no easy solution to make everyone get same opportunities; how does the school talk and teach about apartheid today; is there a big difference between schools in different areas; what do you think is the biggest difference between the people in townships and in rich areas? Why does so many people not like the solution, to give back what apartheid took away from the oppressed...? Toward the end of January the 'Restoring Humanity Youth Project' invited past and present youth facilitators to a meeting. The gathering was mainly to reflect on the journey facilitators have travelled with the project. They also reflected on the impact on their lives outside the project focusing on their personal lives and communities. Secondly, to share plans for this year, in terms of youth programmes that will be implemented and the contribution facilitators could make since some of them started the journey 9 years ago. Some have become parents, gotten married, qualified as teachers, social workers, are building careers in the arts and so on. This group assisted in mobilising and organising the first Restoring Humanity facilitators training that took place in February. It brought together young people between the ages of 19 to 25 from Delft, Khayelitsha, Samora Machell, Langa, Belhar, Masiphumelele and Mfuleni to be trained as facilitators. Participants were introduced to the history, work and ethos of IHOM, they then explored various facilitation methods and skills needed for facilitation. The focus of the youth work for 2020 will be Gangsterism and its impact in communities and develop strategies for young people to intervene. One of this will be the Boys to Men project that will specifically address toxic masculinity and the link between gangsterism and gender based violence. Support our work by donating online. Simply click the button and you will be redirected to the Credit Card payment facility. The Institute for the Healing of Memories seeks to contribute to the healing journey of individuals, communities and nations. Our work is grounded in the belief that we are all in need of healing, because of what we have done, what we have failed to do, and what has been done to us. North American Website Institute for Healing of Memories 5 Eastry Road, Claremont, info@healingofmemories.co.za © 2011 - 2021 The Institute for Healing of Memories. All Rights Reserved. managed by raramuridesign	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line963
__label__wiki	0.941947	0.941947	6 Important Business Email Templates 6 Ways to Prep For Performance Review Season Now How Couples Can Split Their Money and Bills to Be Fair HerMoney How-To: All About Emergency Funds (How Much, Best Accounts, Rules for Women and More) 5 Things To Take From The FIRE Movement (Even If You Don’t Want To Retire Early) 6 Types of IRAs Every Woman Needs to Know About Make Sure Your 401(k) Is On the Right Track IRA vs. 401(k) – What’s the Difference? Retirement Tools for Everyone: Freelancers, Employees and Business Owners 6 Tips for Stay-at-Home Moms Starting Over After a Divorce Applying For A Personal Loan? Get Answers To These 4 Questions First Debt Consolidation 101: What to Know A Single Woman’s Guide to Buying a House Confessionals Mind Over Money: How These 4 Women Challenged Their Financial Beliefs — and Thrived Why Is The Friends & Family Cell Phone Plan The Last Bastion Of Financial Independence? I Make Much More Than My Husband — Here’s How We Manage The Only Types of Purses and Handbags You Need to Own People Who Have a Credit Score Under 700 Should Make These 5 Moves ASAP Affordable Makeup Brands to Buy Earn Careers 6 Successful Women Who Got Fired and Went on to Greater Achievements Koa Beck \| September 24, 2019 When it happens, getting fired seems like it's the worst thing possible, but Oprah, Anna Wintour and our own Jean have been fired and came back better than ever. Are high-ranking women more likely than high-ranking men to get the axe? A troubling new study shows that the answer is yes for female CEOs — 45% more likely in fact. The researchers don’t have a lightning bolt of a reason why this is the case, but they do note that it happens even when the company is performing well. But here’s the thing to realize, whether you’re fired from the C-suite or on your way there: There’s hope! Some of the most well-known and well-regarded women in almost every industry have lost one big job — or big client — at one point in their career. The good news for any of us who may lose a job is that most of them have bounced back to become even more successful. Here are six women who went on to even greater achievements after being fired. Jean Chatzky Jean Chatzky, the CEO of HerMoney and financial editor of The Today Show on NBC, spent the first 15 years of her career working full-time for personal finance magazines, moving from Forbes (where she was a fact-checker) to Smart Money (where she was a writer) to Money (where she was a columnist and editor-at-large.) It was from the latter that Chatzky got the axe. “The editor who had brought me to the magazine had left,” said Jean. “I should have seen the writing on the wall.” Instead, when her new boss came into her office and started talking about budgetary cuts, offering her the opportunity to keep her column but as a freelancer, she didn’t get it at first. “It wasn’t until I called my husband to tell him what happened that I realized I had just been fired.” Although it didn’t feel like it at the time, Jean says in hindsight it was a gift. Being fired was what led her to double down on supplementing the side-gigs she already had (including the Today show and writing books) with a fuller portfolio of clients — and eventually gave her the confidence to launch HerMoney. SUBSCRIBE: Get behind-the-scenes financial insights from “Today” show Financial Editor Jean Chatzky. Subscribe to HerMoney today. Now the artistic director of Conde Nast and longtime editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, Wintour had a less successful run as a junior fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar in the 1970s. After quitting Harper’s Bazaar UK in 1975, Wintour moved to New York City and got hired at the American sister publication. But she was fired after only nine months, in part for her outlandish photo shoots. Wintour recounted the experience to United’s Hemispheres magazine, saying “I was told I would never understand the American market. I did a shoot in Paris, and I remember it very clearly: It was a couture collection, and I put dreadlocks in the model’s hair. It was too much for them. That was the end of me at Harper’s Bazaar.” Some months later, she became the fashion editor at the now-deceased publication Viva, an erotic women’s magazine that announced its folding in 1978. Once again, Wintour was out of a job. She took a fashion editor position at the now shuttered women’s magazine Savvy before moving on to New York magazine in 1981. Two years later, she was named the creative director at Vogue, and then editor-in-chief of British Vogue. In 1988, she hopped back over the pond and assumed her notorious role as editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition of Vogue. In 2010, Wintour told a fashion conference, “I recommend that you all get fired. It’s a great learning experience.” While enrolled at Tennessee State University and working part-time at a local radio station, Winfrey received an offer from the Nashville CBS evening news station to be an evening news anchor. She became the first female (as well as the youngest!) African-American anchor in Nashville. A few years later, Winfrey was hired as a reporter and anchor in Baltimore, an experience Winfrey describes as being marred by sexual harassment, sexism and humiliation. She was fired after only seven and a half months as co-anchor and placed in a much lower profile role on a morning segment reading news headlines. But eventually, she moved to the morning talk show “Baltimore Is Talking,” and, in 1983, was hired to host WLS-TV’s then low-rated, half-hour morning talk show, “AM Chicago.” The first episode with her aired in January 1984. Within months, the show went from last place in the ratings to become the highest rated talk show in Chicago. And the rest is history. In 2011, Winfrey recalled, “Not all my memories of Baltimore are fond ones … But I do have fond memories of Baltimore, because it grew me into a real woman. I came in naive, unskilled, not really knowing anything about the business — or about life. And Baltimore grew me up.” Prior to assuming her acclaimed role as Olivia Pope on the ABC series “Scandal,” Washington had less-successful starts on two other television shows. She was reportedly cast in the shows (which she has not identified); but once the show got picked up, she was fired and her character was recast. Twice in a row. Ouch. Later, in 2012, Olivia appeared as the signature “gladiator” in the white coat and became the first African-American female lead in a network drama in nearly four decades. But even before getting that breakout role, Washington said she was relieved that she was cut from the earlier shows. The 2013 winner of the NAACP “Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series” award told The Hollywood Reporter that had she maintained roles in either of those two shows, she would have missed out on the opportunity to play Della Bea Robinson in the critically acclaimed film “Ray,” with Jamie Foxx. She added, in retrospect, “… if only I could have known then what I know now, I would have cried a lot less! Those heartbreak moments … It seems at the time like a my-career-is-over moment, but it makes perfect sense in the end.” Kim France Prior to founding Lucky magazine in 1999, France held editorial positions at Sassy, New York magazine and Spin. When the shopping magazine published its first issue in 2000, the accessible style and cheerful, girl-next-door models were seen as quite a departure from other Condé Nast fashion publications. But when the recession hit, recreational shopping didn’t hold the same priority for American readers and Lucky could not maintain advertising pages. Other Condé Nast publications reportedly bounced back, but Lucky couldn’t quite recover. France was “replaced” by Brandon Holley, then the editor-in-chief and business lead of Yahoo! Shine, in 2010. Since leaving Lucky, France started her own fashion and style blog Girls of a Certain Age, geared toward women who are beyond their 20s and 30s, described as “all about smart, wearable style for real-life grown women who have long since abandoned the juniors’ department” by Redbook magazine. In 2012, France joined OpenSky, a shopping site, as a curator. That same year, she told WWD, “I don’t think I’m interested in working for or with The Man anymore.” Pat Kingsley Before retiring in 2009, PR powerhouse Pat Kingsley was known for such high-profile Hollywood clients as Ellen DeGeneres, Jodie Foster, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Bullock, Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise. She is credited with defining modern publicity, maintaining optimum control over her clients through very limited, yet strategic, press exposure. Kingsley navigated some of the most defining and controversial moments in her clients’ careers, managing DeGeneres’s iconic “Yep, I’m Gay” 1997 TIME magazine cover and engineering Billie Jean King’s coming out press conference in 1981. But after representing Cruise for 12 years, the “Top Gun” star fired her, reportedly for wanting to be more vocal in the direction of his career. She continued to work at the highly esteemed PMK/HBH agency — which she founded as Pickwick Public Relations in 1969 — for five more years. In 2007, Kingsley stepped down from her role as CEO to nonexecutive chairman to focus on clients such as Michael Mann, Jodie Foster and Sally Field. “I won’t have to do any administration work,” Kingsley said at the time of her transition. “I can do creative work with clients, which is the part that I think I do best.” Despite the end of her professional (and personal) relationship with Cruise, she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2013, “Tom Cruise was a prince.” JOIN US: Join our judgment-free zone of like-minded, successful ladies: The HerMoney Facebook group! Editor’s note: We maintain a strict editorial policy and a judgment-free zone for our community, and we also strive to remain transparent in everything we do. Posts may contain references and links to products from our partners. Learn more about how we make money. getting fired side gigs success stories successful women This Week In Your Wallet: Healthy Relationships Life is the topic. Money is the tool. 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__label__cc	0.747851	0.252149	Jun. 17, 2015 07:36PM EST This Teen Is In A Dangerous Situation With An Older Man. Seeing What The Bystanders Do Is Shocking! "What Would You Do?" That's what ABC's new primetime show asks you in its title. Basically there are random situations in public places and the response of the people around the situation is featured in the program. What do they do? Do they say nothing? Call the police? Intervene? One episode shows what happens when a grown man attempts to prey on a young girl. We think you'll like their responses. What would you do?	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line969
__label__wiki	0.971107	0.971107	BEVO BEAT Softball Former Longhorn Thom signs with NPF’s Dallas Charge Posted February 26th, 2015 Michael Adams American-Statesman Staff @michaeladamsaas Texas’s Taylor Thom rounds second base after hitting a home run against Florida State during game two of their NCAA Super Regional in Austin, Texas on Sunday, May 26, 2013. National Pro Fastpitch expansion franchise the Dallas Charge announced the signing of Thom Thursday. (Deborah Cannon/American-Statesman) Texas softball great Taylor Thom – the 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year – signed a free agent contract to play for the National Pro Fastpitch expansion franchise Dallas Charge. The details of Thom’s contract were not disclosed in Thursday’s announcement. She becomes the second player from Texas for the Charge, which will open their inaugural season on June 3 at home against the Pennsylvania Rebellion, which hosts former Longhorn Mandy Ogle. Thom becomes the seventh former Longhorn to join the NPF, which includes Cat Osterman, Megan Willis, Brejae Washington, Nadia Taylor, Ogle and Blair Luna. “I am extremely excited to to sign with the Charge and play against and with some of the best players in the game,” Thom said in a press release. “I’m looking forward to starting my NPF career in my home state and being able to reconnect with the great softball fans in Texas.” The Cedar Park native is Texas’ career leader in RBIs (178) and ranks second all-time in career home runs (38). She was the 2011 Big 12 Freshman of the Year and was a three-time All-Big 12 selection. Thom set Texas’ single-season RBI record in 2013 while helping the Longhorns make their first College World Series appearance since 2006. By signing with the Charge, Thom will be reunited with coach Jennifer McFalls, a current assistant at Texas. McFalls worked closely with Thom as the Longhorns’ defensive coach. Thom graduated from Vista Ridge High School in 2010 and was a three-time all-state selection. Next story: Is Vince Young still pursuing a football career? Former Texas assistant Bruce Chambers lands at Arlington ISD Is Vince Young still pursuing a football career?	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line972
__label__wiki	0.68945	0.68945	E-mail us[email protected] +264 (0)64 412540Swakopmund, Namibia * Special * hotel prinzessin rupprecht In 1902 the building was built as a military hospital. In the annual report of 1901 / 1902 it states that Lazarett consisted of the following: 1) Hospital with 13 rooms and 2 rooms with toilets, 2) Building consisting of 6 housekeeper rooms, 2 Corridors and a lounge for the housekeeper 3) A depot consisting of 4 rooms and 1 room for the depot manager 1904 – 1908 it was changed into a military hospital and on May 14, 1909 was run as the new District Hospital. On December 27, 1909 the District Hospital was closed and thereafter handed over to the City of Swakopmund. 1912 The City of Swakopmund and the “Bavarian Association of the women of the Red Cross for the Colonies” combined the formation of a Board of Trustees between them. On April 1, 1914 the handing over of the building at the Bavarian National Association of the Red Cross for the colonies with the requirement to set up a rest home took place. Originally it was named after the late wife of the Bavarian Crown Prince, Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Maria Gabriele Princess Rupprecht Home which was supervised by MARIE DOUGLAS. Ample funds for the renovation, including the beautiful curved Pediment on the roof were funded by her. In 1925 a delivery station opened on the rear grounds after an agreement with the Catholic Hospital in addition, because the delivery station at the hospital was closed. In the middle of the 1930’s a Children’s Recovery and Baby Home was opened and in 1954 an extension and conversion for a Student Hostel was done. 1980 Renovation for the district Hall was done and rented out to the Rössing Uramium Mining Company Limited. From 1985 onwards, the student population was very low and disappointing; they started taking in to some seniors, therefore the conversion to a retirement home. April 1989 the closure of the maternity ward took place and was it was converted into a nursing The hotel building remained a pension since the takeover of the Bavarian National Association. Our Ebook © 2011-2021 Copyright by Hotel Prinzessin Rupprecht. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line973
__label__cc	0.691737	0.308263	Gumb History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Early Origins of the Gumb family The surname Gumb was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire. Early History of the Gumb family This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gumb research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1327, 1815, 1859, 1455, 1487, 1620, 1685, 1620 and 1682 are included under the topic Early Gumb History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gumb Spelling Variations Spelling variations of this family name include: Gomm, Gumm, Gomme, Gom, Come, Com, Cumme, Cumm and others. Early Notables of the Gumb family (pre 1700) Another 41 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Gumb Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gumb migration to Australia + Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Gumb Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century Mr. Daniel Gumb, (b. 1829), aged 54, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1] Mrs. Elizabeth Gumb, (b. 1833), aged 50, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1] Mr. Frederick Gumb, (b. 1871), aged 12, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1] Contemporary Notables of the name Gumb (post 1700) + John Gumb, American politician, Member of Nebraska State Senate, 1923 [2] First Fleets ^ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 19). Emigrants to Australia NSW 1860 -88 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/nsw_passenger_lists_1860_88.pdf ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html Gumb (English)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line974
__label__cc	0.554848	0.445152	Heardacre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms The origins of the Heardacre name lie with England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when the family lived in Hardacre, Clapham, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The place-name is derived from the Old English personal name Hearda, and the Old English word æcer or the Old Scandinavian word akr, both of which mean "plot of cultivated land." The place-name as a whole means "Hearda's farmland." Another source claims the name was derived from the ancient Saxon word Hardgear meaning "a strong spear," and in this case it would not have any relationship to farmland. Early Origins of the Heardacre family The surname Heardacre was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. The name is derived from the ancient Saxon "Hardgear" meaning "a strong spear" and does not have any relationship to farmland. Early History of the Heardacre family This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heardacre research. Another 195 words (14 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Heardacre History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Heardacre Spelling Variations Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Heardacre were recorded, including Hardacre, Hardaker, Hardiker, Handsacre, Handacre and others. Early Notables of the Heardacre family (pre 1700) More information is included under the topic Early Heardacre Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Heardacre family To escape oppression and starvation at that time, many English families left for the "open frontiers" of the New World with all its perceived opportunities. In droves people migrated to the many British colonies, those in North America in particular, paying high rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Although many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, those who did see the shores of North America perceived great opportunities before them. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Research into various historical records revealed some of first members of the Heardacre family emigrate to North America: George Hardacre, who arrived in Maine in 1779. Heardacre (English)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line975
__label__cc	0.637447	0.362553	Identifying an Antagonist (Portland, OR) Question: I've recently come across Dramatica theory and it has helped me a lot. I am writing the first book in a three book series. One issue I'm still having trouble with is identifying my antagonist. My understanding of the antagonist is someone (or something) that stands in the way of the protagonist reaching their goal, be through physically preventing or urging the protagonist to reconsider their goal. My protagonist/MC is a woman who is very sick and must find a cure for her sickness. However, in order to find a cure she must confront her own personal demons and learn to confide in people, trust others, and eventually confront her past. She would rather ignore her sickness and claims that it's not as bad as it may seem. The Influence Character is someone who cares deeply for her and urges her to actually do something about it. The MC and the IC travel together to find a cure, but they keep running into dead-ends on finding a cure that sends them down another path. Each path makes the MC confront more of her past and pushes her more out of her comfort zone. The MC tries to avoid a cure because she fears confronting her past while the IC convinces her at each step to push past that. When the IC is no longer in the picture, he has had such an impact on her that she can finally trust and confront her past to get the cure. All this leads me to say that the MC's inner fears and demons are actually the antagonist. Her constantly double guessing herself stands in the way of her achieving her goal. But can the protagonist/MC be the antagonist? Can she actively be seeking her goal for a cure while also avoiding it? Other than her own fears and confronting her past, the only thing keeping them from solving the goal of a cure is actually finding something that will work. They must travel to do so. No one is actively preventing her from finding a cure. Please help and thank you in advance! Answer: It seems to me that the antagonist functions in your story are represented by the "demons" from the MC's past. Presumably, you will have your MC confront these demons, whether they are in the form of other people, her memories of other people, or aspects of herself. In some stories, the MC will journey to her past (via dream, hypnosis, or imagination) and interact with the people in her memories who are holding her back. Or you might have her journey to see these people in the present, assuming they are still alive, and as a result of the encounter change her conception of them. In other stories, the main character may confront aspects of herself in a dream or her imagination. A dark shadow or "voice in her head" can hold her back as effectively as a physical monster. The antagonist may be a personified aspect of her personality. You could also create a character in the present who is similar to someone in the MC's past and triggers a response in her that is counterproductive. Learning to deal with this person in the present may solve her problem in the past. In any case, it helps to put a face to the thing that is standing in the MC's way. Join in and submit your own question/topic! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Character Invite.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line976
__label__wiki	0.862863	0.862863	Technip buys Subocean's assets in £10m deal French energy giant said it will retain 300 of Subocean's 350 employees Scott McCulloch FRENCH energy services firm Technip has been confirmed as the buyer of all of Subocean Group's assets in a deal worth £10 million. Aberdeen-based Subocean, a specialist in laying power cables for the renewable energy sector, was placed into administration on Friday with the loss of 50 jobs. Technip said it planned to retain the remaining 300 employees. Ron Cookson, managing director of Technip UK, said: "We are very pleased to have been able to capitalize upon the high potential renewables market and look forward to welcoming Subocean into the Technip Group." No details have been released by the administrators as to the full extent of the Subocean's debts or how much creditors can expect to recoup as a result of the deal with Technip. Subocean had secured new funding package worth £42 million in December 2009, with £25 million coming from HSBC and £17 million from LDC, the venture capital arm of Lloyds Banking Group. At that time of the £42 million overall investment, Subocean managing director John Sinclair said he planned to expand the company into Europe by 2011 to capitalise on those EU countries signed up to meet renewable energy targets by 2020. However cuts to public sector funding across the UK and Europe have put many renewable energy projects on hold. Technip opened a new office in Aberdeen in February, 2010 to capitalise on opportunities in the renewable energy sector in the North Sea. Bruce Cartwright, joint administrator and head of of business recovery services for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Scotland, said in a statement on Friday efforts to find a "solvent solution" to protect Subocean's jobs and creditors had failed. Following the announcement of a deal being struck later that day, Cartwright said: "Subocean operate in what is still an emerging and immature market, and over recent weeks and months, the directors have worked tirelessly to find a solvent solution that would protect creditors and jobs. "Unfortunately it became clear that this strategic approach was no longer feasible and as a result the directors requested the appointment of Administrators. "Over the last ten days, there has been an intensive amount of activity as we worked with the directors to explore the options open to them and find a long term solution. "During this period we have worked with a number of interested parties who recognised the potential of the market that Subocean currently operates in. "We believe that the deal we have reached not only preserves the business and the employment of the majority of the workforce but will also allow it to develop to a new level. "As such it is a critical step in the ongoing development of the renewables industry in Scotland."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line978
__label__wiki	0.815978	0.815978	Jarvis Stewart As managing partner, Jarvis is the principal advisor and strategist to the firm’s clients. He also serves as managing partner and chief strategist at IR+Media LLC, a public affairs and strategic communications agency specializing in crisis and corporate communications. Jarvis has built a national and global reputation for his government affairs advocacy and impact investment consultancy. He has advised small, medium and multi-national enterprises on geopolitical issues related to their growth expansion and brand protection. His attention to details and relationship building has attracted the attention of policymakers, corporate and global investors who often solicit his advice to help shape their organization’s future. Jarvis’s clients have included FedEx, Genesis Motor America, Hyundai, SCL Health Systems, Shell Oil Company, Toyota, Verizon, Walmart, 1784 Capital Holdings and the Williams Capital Group LP. He also advises RussellCar Inversora, a Latin American private equity firm and their micro and credit lending platform. Jarvis is also an active member of the American Business Chamber – Dubai. Jarvis is the former Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Harold Ford, Jr. and served on the senior staff to Clinton Labor Secretary Alexis Herman. A native of Texas, he is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University and currently lives in the Washington, DC area. Keenan Hale Federal & Congressional Affairs A native of Georgia, Keenan has built a solid reputation both on Capitol Hill and within the public policy community to offer superb service to his clients. As Senior Director, he helps clients develop their federal legislative and regulatory agendas and use his long-standing relationships to achieve their policy goals. Prior to joining Ian Reid, Keenan worked for a Florida-based law firm in their Washington, DC office as a government affairs professional. Keenan started his public policy career on Capitol Hill, serving on the legislative staff of U.S. Representative Al Green of Texas, a senior Member on the House Committee on Financial Services and Committee on Homeland Security. He is the former president of the Congressional Black Associates and an active member of the Young Black Lobbyists association and the Washington Government Relations Group. Keenan is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he played wide receiver on the football team. While at Syracuse, he was an All-Academic Team honoree, two-time bowl winner, and Big East Conference Champion. Brett Scott As Managing Director, Brett works closely with both U.S. and international clients on engaging and navigating the Federal government. He spent 20 years in government, beginning with the Department of Justice as a litigator in the tax and civil divisions. Brett later joined the staff of former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) as general counsel and U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) as legal counsel. Brett has formed and negotiated several joint ventures between U.S. and global companies in South America and Asia. A recognized thought leader on homeland and national security, his legal expertise is in demand from both world and corporate leaders interested in supply chain protection. He holds a degree in Accounting from University of Mississippi as well as a JD from the University of Idaho. Tracking address: No emailing: j1-cbabca@tcli.ianreidllc.com (do not email this address - tracking purposes only) Copyright © 2020 Ian Reid LLC. 202.833.9400 (office) \| 202.833.9401 (fax)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line980
__label__wiki	0.820051	0.820051	Home » NFL Combine could ink new Indy extension deal later this year NFL Combine could ink new Indy extension deal later this year February 27, 2019 \| Mickey Shuey Keywords Arts & Entertainment / etc. / NFL / NFL Combine / Pro Sports / Sporting Events / Sports Business / Tourism & Hospitality / Tourism Groups NFL ratifies 14-team playoffs, says it’s ‘pretty confident’ season will start on time Visit Indy to cut employee hours amid forced events lull Penske shares thoughts on having to postpone Indy 500 NCAA weighs more eligibility for sports cut short by pandemic New Indy 500 date could come just when tourism industry needs it most City tourism and event leaders say they are working closely with representatives of the NFL Scouting Combine to extend the event’s stay in Indianapolis past next year. The Combine—a five-day showcase featuring 300 of college football’s top players—has been hosted by Indianapolis since 1987 and is slated to be held at Lucas Oil Stadium through 2020.The Combine is currently in the fourth year of a five-year deal with Indianapolis. While a decision about the event’s future won’t be announced for several months, Indianapolis seems to be in prime position to keep the event for 2021 and beyond. Jeff Foster, president of locally-based National Football Scouting—a group that oversees the Combine for the league—confirmed the organization is in conversations with the city, Visit Indy and the Capital Improvement Board, which owns and operates the stadium and the Indiana Convention Center. Foster said the hope is to secure a deal that could keep the Combine in the city for the next several years. He declined to say whether the event is in danger of moving to another city or whether incentives might be offered to keep the event in Indianapolis. He said no immediate announcement is forthcoming on the matter, but said one would be made in "the next year." "Certainly prior to … the 2020 event, we will have made those decisions and will be able to announce," Foster said. Foster said the city’s track record puts it in a prime position to land a multi-year extension. The event has been a fixture in Indianapolis for decades, first at the Hoosier Dome and now at Lucas Oil Stadium, with some ancillary events held at the convention center. “There’s no substitute for experience,” Foster said. “Having 30-plus years of experience and helping us plan, organize, coordinate and execute such a challenging event is … important.” Chris Gahl, vice president of Visit Indy said the group has had conversations about keeping the Combine both internally and with other involved parties for the past several months. He said the tourism group isn’t going to show its cards on incentives, since doing so could lead to more competitive bids from other cities. Gahl said this year’s Combine is expected to have an economic impact of $8.4 million and provide up to $10 million in media exposure for the city. This includes more than 100 hours of TV coverage on NFL Network, ESPN and ABC, and from at least 1,400 credentialed media, the NFL’s second-highest count behind the Super Bowl. “That (exposure is) something as a city we never want to take for granted,” Gahl said. “This event has people talking about football, certainly, but it also gets them talking about Indianapolis as the host city.” Mayor Joe Hogsett said the Combine “shines a spotlight on Indianapolis” each year and the city is hopeful it will stay for the long term. “With record-setting growth and exciting plans for the future of the Indiana Convention Center, we hope to continue this proven partnership with the NFL Combine for decades to come,” the mayor said in written statement. A slew of community events are also put on in conjunction with the Combine, which generally occurs out of the view of the general public.This year, that includes a public bench press event at the convention center and meet-and-greets with current and former Colts players: – Thursday, Feb. 28 from 2-5 p.m. (meet and greet with Reggie Wayne, 4:30-6:30 p.m.) – Friday, March 1 from 2-5 p.m. (Jacoby Brissett, 4:30-6:30 p.m.) – Saturday, March 2 from 2-5 p.m. (Jacoby Brissett and Eric Ebron, 4:30-6:30 p.m.) – Sunday, March 3, from 2-4 p.m. (Eric Ebron, 4-6 p.m.)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line981
__label__cc	0.64368	0.35632	Home Entertainment 10 All time favourite Hindi Movies you can Watch anytime 10 All time favourite Hindi Movies you can Watch anytime Keshav Uniyal Movies are a platform where you can feel another world living on the earth. It is an audio and visual method by which everyone can enjoy the reel world. There are so many Hindi movies which are unforgettable and are made with a unique and exciting concept. Also, they are full of entertainment, lessons and full-fledged with an outstanding showcase of acting skills. Such Bollywood movies are evergreen, and every time you watch, they bring you the same pleasure. Below mentioned are 10 such movies you can spend your idle time with. 10 All-time Favourite Hindi Movies You can Watch Anytime are: 1. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag One of everyone’s favourite movies is the Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. This movie is one of the most exceptional pieces of acting. Every time you watch it, you’ll feel the same enthusiasm, excitement and patriotism in yourself. This brings a beautiful message for the audience that is of learning dedication, hard work, and sticking on one’s goals. Even in term of cinematography, content and direction, everything is lovely, and this is one of the evergreen movies. You might also be interested in knowing about the Top 10 Best Directors In The Last Three Decades In India. 2. Paan Singh Tomar The second movie is the Paan Singh Tomar. It is one of the most excellent films ever made in Bollywood. The actor, Imran Khan, steals the heart of so many people by his performance. This movie portrays a beautiful story of a man in the Army and then, in the end; he turned out to be a Daku. Imran Khan is a live example that actors are not only meant for looks, six-pack abs or style but acting skills are what makes one a phenomenal actor. 3. Munna Bhai MBBS A perfect entertainer lead by Sanjay Dutt, it’s a movie full of comedy, action, romance and morals. With tiny parts and scenes, various sensitive issues are lifted and explained with punches of comedy and emotions. Munna Bhai that is Sanjay Dutt is a street style gangster with a cool and chilled attitude. The movie revolves around how he wants to become a doctor using all the harmful practices he can do to satisfy his parents. The end turns out to be a happy one. You can watch it anytime, anywhere. It is a complete package of entertainment. 4. Andhadhun The fourth movie is Andhadhun. This movie won the hearts of many people, even outside India. The movie content and execution is fabulous. It’s a crime thriller where a blind pianist turns out to be the witness of a murder. The lead star cast that is Aayushman Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte is already known for their phenomenal and out of the box acting. It is a perfect option for you if you love thrillers. Also, read Indian Cinema And Intended Controversial Contents. 5. Dangal Dangal has been directed by Nitesh Tiwari who has given popular movies to Bollywood like Bareilly Ki Barfi, Bhoothnath Returns, and Chillar Party. The movie is based on the real-life story of the Phogat family and their struggles with the society, sports, and orthodox mindset people. All the characters in the film have played an incredible role, and we cannot get any other alternative for this movie other than all the star cast that is here. It is a story of the two girls who fight for the gold medal to make their father proud. This movie is full of emotional drama and motivation. The movie is a perfect choice to bring up the sporty spirit in you. [Must Read: List Of Iconic Female Characters In Bollywood Movies] 6. Sholay The sixth movie is Sholay. It is one of the oldest films in the Bollywood Cinema. This movie is the evergreen movie, and the legends of Bollywood have played the leading protagonist roles. The movie is a complete package of action, romance, thrill, comedy and all other elements loved by the audience. The movie has the power of taking you back to the era it was made in. The story revolves around the village Rampur which is troubled and then got rid of Gabbar Singh, the gangster. 7. 3 idiots What is the film in which every college student can relate to their life? That is 3 idiots. A spectacular blockbuster by Aamir Khan, 3 idiots, is based on the novel by Chetan Bhagat – Five Point Someone. The movie has already won 55+ awards. It’s a unique concept with all perfect blemishes of comedy, entertainment, values, and morals. You can never be bored of it no matter how many times you watch it. 8. PK The eighth movie is PK. PK is a complete comedy with proper proportions of pathos and happiness. It’s another unique concept based on religions, and it’s myths. PK was also released in China and earned a lot of love there. It is the story of an alien who is lost on earth. Right direction by Rajkumar Hirani, perfect performance and sensible comedy. It is a perfect fit for your movie cravings. 9. Phir Hera Pheri The ninth movie is the Phir Hera Pheri. This movie deserves all the love it has from the audience because of the perfect comedy. A sequel of Hera Pheri, Phir Hera Pheri never disappoints you in comedy even if you watch it for the hundredth time. Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Bipasha Basu and all the cast of this movie is placed perfectly on their places and justify their character perfectly. It is one of the best comedies Indian Cinema has ever produced. 10. Bajrangi Bhaijaan A remarkable movie by Salman Khan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a movie full of entertainment and emotions. It can make your eyes full of tears every time you watch it. The story is about a Young Man, Bajrangi, who is a devotee of Lord Hanuman. He helps a dumb little girl from Pakistan to reach her country back after she is lost in India. He tries his best to make her reach her country back. The movie is full of emotions and optimism and displays the true beauty of India, where humanity is always kept first. It’s a perfect option for someone who loves to watch the emotional drama. Whenever in confusion about what good to watch, you can always rely on these movies. This article has been edited and reviewed by Mansi Yadav. Indian Actors I am specialist in typing. I like to work in free environment so that i can work without any pressure. I can type in English. My main moto towards my work is to complete within the time period. Time is money and money is everything. There is always a one chance just to show what a person can do with their skills.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line985
__label__wiki	0.864894	0.864894	THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945 © IWM HU 106382 Use this image under Non-Commercial licence. By downloading or embedding any media, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is: © IWM HU 106382 Purchase & License <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984" target="_blank"> <img src="https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/531/524/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs" alt="THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945"> </a> <span> THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945 <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright">© IWM (HU 106382)</a> </span> [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984][img]https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/531/524/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs[/img][/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984]THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945. © IWM (HU 106382)[/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright]IWM Non Commercial License[/url] <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984" target="_blank"> <img src="https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/558/11/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs" alt="THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945"> </a> <span> THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945 <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright">© IWM (HU 106382)</a> </span> [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984][img]https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/558/11/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs[/img][/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205221984]THE TRIAL OF THE SIXTEEN, JUNE 1945. © IWM (HU 106382)[/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright]IWM Non Commercial License[/url] Presiding judge of the trial, Colonel-General Vasiliy Ulrikh (centre), listening to defence of imprisoned Polish leaders in Moscow, 21 June 1945. Asscociate judges, Major-General A. Dmitriev (left) and Colonel N. Detistov (right), are on his sides. Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Petrusov, G. (Photographer) Soviet official photographer (Undefined) MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION Ulrikh, Vasiliy Vasilievich Soviet Trial of Polish leaders 1945 Soviet Takeover of Poland 1944-1947 Imposing of Communism in Europe Poland 1939-1945	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line987
__label__wiki	0.637594	0.637594	Gallery Visits Group Raffaello Sanzi Known as Raffaello: A Child Prodigy, an Artist Hosted by the Consul of the London Gallery Visits Group You must be a member of the London Gallery Visits Group to attend this activity. Would you like to join this group? Sat 05 Dec 15:00 - 16:00 A child prodigy, the artist, whose full name was Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, was among the most celebrated artists in Europe at the time of his death. Today, he’s considered one of the three most influential creators of the era alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael’s reputation for having a wild sex life has long fed myths that the Renaissance artist died of syphilis in Protected content age 37. But Protected content after his death, medical researchers have finally put that tall tale to rest. According to an article that appeared this week in Internal and Emergency Medicine, a journal published by the Italian Society of Internal Medicine, the painter likely died from a pulmonary disease. The researchers at the University of Milano-Bicocca who authored the report say the illness was wrongly identified by physicians, who treated the fever-ridden Raphael by bloodletting with incisions or leeches—a process that likely sped up his death rather than aiding in his recovery. “We are sure that bloodletting contributed to Raphael’s death,” Michele Augusto Riva, one of the study’s authors, told the Guardian. “Physicians of that period were used to practicing bloodletting for the treatment of different diseases, but it would not generally be used for diseases of the lungs. In the case of Raphael, he did not explain the origin of the disease or his symptoms and so the physician incorrectly used bloodletting.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line989
__label__wiki	0.535015	0.535015	Interior Announces $3.4 Million for Brown Tree Snake Control on Guam (Jun 3, 2020) DOI. Office of Insular Affairs. U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech announced the release of $3,442,389 in fiscal year (FY) 2020 grant funding to suppress and control the brown tree snake (BTS), Boiga irregularis, primarily on Guam. Funds also support prevention, detection, and rapid response efforts in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Hawaii, in addition to research and development on how to improve suppression methods and potentially eradicate the snake on Guam. The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Brown Tree Snake Control program FY 2020 funds are divided among several federal, state, and territorial agencies that collaborate in support of the three pillars of BTS suppression: $1,229,296 is used for control in rapid response and research activities, $1,724,210 is used for interdiction, and $488,883 is used for prevention through coordination and outreach. Interior Awards $942,206 to Eradicate Invasive Species in Insular Areas (May 20, 2020) U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech announced $942,206 in fiscal year (FY) 2020 Coral Reef and Natural Resources Initiative grants to eradicate and control the spread of invasive species in the U.S. territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), as well as in the Republic of Palau, and Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Funding will be used to introduce biological control of coconut rhinoceros beetles, control and eradicate feral cats and monitor lizards, and destroy wild vines, all of which are disruptive to ecological systems and impacting communities and livelihoods in the islands. Pennsylvania Sea Grant Receives $800,000 to Combat Invasive Species (Jul 27, 2018) Pennsylvania State University. An $800,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will support a two-year effort to control and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species across Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on the Lake Erie Basin. The funding, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, supports efforts to implement Pennsylvania’s Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Management Plan. It will directly support nine field projects to prevent or control the spread of aquatic invasive species, including: targeted control of Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in Pymatuning Lake; the removal of red-eared slider turtles from Presque Isle Bay; and surveys of Natural Heritage Areas within the Lake Erie watershed. Warner & Kaine Announce more than $1.5 Million in Funding for UVA & VT to Support Agricultural Industry (Jan 16, 2020) United States Senate. Mark R. Warner. U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $1,549,891 in federal funding for the University of Virginia (UVA) and Virginia Tech to improve resources for the U.S. agricultural industry and rural communities. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools (FACT) Initiative, which focuses on data-driven solutions to address problems facing the agricultural industry. Funding includes $499,952 for the University of Virginia to better understand America's agricultural commodity flows and their role in the spread of invasive species, which is important for food security and economic stability. This project will help provide policy makers with guidance to better address vulnerabilities in food systems. RemoveGrants and Fundingfilter RemoveAlabamafilter RemoveOklahomafilter RemovePennsylvaniafilter RemoveTerritoriesfilter RemoveGuamfilter ApplyNorthern Mariana Islandsfilter (1) ApplyMichiganfilter (1) ApplyFederal Governmentfilter (3)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line990
__label__wiki	0.896699	0.896699	Pat Smith quoted in Tax Notes on Kennedy concurrence calling for reexamining Chevron Ivins attorney Pat Smith was quoted in a Tax Notes article on Justice Kennedy’s concurring opinion last week in Pereira v. Sessions, in which he called for a reexamination of the Chevron doctrine giving deference to agency regulations. After Killing Quill, Kennedy Eyes Scaling Back Deference. Patrick J. Smith of Ivins, Phillips & Barker Chtd. said that while it’s clear Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch are willing to entertain a Chevron challenge, he isn’t sure Chief Justice John Roberts will go along. Smith said Roberts views his role as Chief Justice as being the protector of the institution of the Court, and since Chevron has been such a widely cited case, Roberts may only be prepared to cut it back substantially without outright eliminating it. Smith pointed to Roberts’s dissenting opinion in City of Arlington v. Federal Communications Commission, 133 S. Ct. 1863 (2013), in which he disputed whether an agency is even entitled to deference on the scope of the agency’s authority. Roberts said courts defer to an agency’s interpretation of the law when and because Congress has conferred on the agency interpretive authority over the question at issue, but that it is the role of the courts to decide whether Congress has, in fact, given the agency that authority. “An agency cannot exercise interpretive authority until it has it,” Roberts said, noting that the question whether an agency has that authority is up to the courts. In a similar vein is Roberts’s opinion in King v. Burwell, 135 S. Ct. 2480, 2489 (2015), in which he concluded that the question at issue in the case was far too significant to conclude that Congress intended to leave the resolution to the IRS. Smith noted that if the Court did do away with Chevron, taxpayer challenges to regulations would multiply because it would be so much easier for them to win.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line992
__label__wiki	0.888116	0.888116	Home Upcoming IPO Future Ventures IPO Likely to Open by April End Future Ventures IPO Likely to Open by April End Future ventures is planning to hit the capital market with its initial public offer (IPO) in the last week of April 2011. The company is planning to raise Rs. 750 crore from IPO. The company earlier in 2008 had also filed documents with SEBI for the IPO to raise approx Rs 3,700 crore prior to financial crisis. But the adverse market conditions forced the company to withdraw the IPO plan. The second DRHP has some changes from earlier one; the first DRHP said the company wanted to invest in consumption-led sectors. The second one has narrowed its focus to FMCG, fashion, food processing, home products, rural distribution and education. According to K K Rathi, CEO, Future Ventures, the major part of the fund what the company is raising will be used in acquiring new businesses, and a small part will be used in growing exixting businesses. Kishore Biyani’s Future Group is holding 60% stake in the company, while media house Bennett Coleman holds 10 per cent. Rest of the stake is held by individual investors. The consolidated losses of the company had decreased to Rs 21.34 crore in 2009-10 from Rs 55.60 crore in 2008-09. The company’s total income had increased by 36 per cent to Rs 177.91 crore in 2009-10 from Rs 130.64 crore in 2008-09. Source: Religare Technova	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line993
__label__wiki	0.973726	0.973726	2020 Winners & Shortlists An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020 Shortlist Launch 2020 An Post Irish Book Awards 2019 photos George R.R. Martin An Post International Recognition Award event Awards Photos 2018 Awards categories and past winners Eavan Boland, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, to be honoured with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017 The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is delighted to announce that Irish poet Eavan Boland is the recipient of this year’s ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’. Eavan will be presented with the award at the annual event in Dublin on Tuesday, November 28th in the presence of celebrated Irish authors representing the very best of Irish fiction, poetry, sport, crime, food, children’s and non-fiction writing. Eavan Boland will join a host of other distinguished Irish writers and poets in the Irish Book Awards’ Hall of Fame who have received the ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’. Former recipients include; John Montague, JP Donleavy, Paul Durcan, John Banville, Maeve Binchy, John McGahern, Edna O’ Brien, William Trevor, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney and Jennifer Johnston. Eavan Boland was born in Dublin in 1944. The daughter of a diplomat and a painter, Boland spent her childhood in London and New York, later returning to Ireland to attend secondary school in Killiney and university at Trinity College in Dublin. Her first collection, 23 Poems (1962), was published when she was still a student and her early work was informed by her growing awareness of the troubled role of women in Irish history and culture. Boland has spoken of the “difficult situation” she experienced as an Irish woman poet: “I began to write in an Ireland where the word ‘woman’ and the word ‘poet’ seemed to be in some sort of magnetic opposition to each other. I couldn’t accept the possibility that the life of the woman would not, or could not, be named in the poetry of my own nation.” Years later during her inaugural Presidential speech of 1990, Mary Robinson quoted the poet approvingly; “I want the women who have felt themselves outside history to be written back into history; in the words of Eavan Boland ‘finding a voice where they found a vision’.” Currently editing Poetry Ireland Review, Eavan Boland recalls “standing in a bookstore in Dublin when I was a young poet – Greene’s in Clare St, or Hodges Figgis perhaps – taking a journal down from the shelf and opening it at a new poem.” Many, many collections later with a hugely distinguished career in academia still flourishing, and her poetry a fixture on the Leaving Cert, Eavan Boland’s sense of wonder and enchantment at the power of poetry remains undimmed. For her art, for her eloquence and for her stalwart advocacy for poetry, The Board of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is proud to honour Eavan Boland as the winner of the 2017 Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award. A spokesman for the Board of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards said: “We cannot think of a more deserving Lifetime Achievement honouree than Eavan Boland. It’s not just that her poetry is internationally acclaimed for its depth and subtlety, but Eavan has been a huge inspiration to women writers in a country that has not always treated them with appropriate respect. She joins our other Lifetime Achievers, Edna O’Brien, Jennifer Johnston and Maeve Binchy in a formidable pantheon of strong independent women writers. We salute her and congratulate her warmly”. This is the twelfth year of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards, which are dedicated to honouring Irish writers across the entire publishing spectrum. This year’s shortlist features a diverse array of acclaimed authors and well known Irish personalities including literary heavyweights. RTÉ Television will be broadcasting highlights of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards on RTÉ One on Wednesday, 29th November during the primetime slot of 9:30pm. This programme will showcase one of the biggest celebrations of Irish writing, with many of Ireland’s most celebrated and loved authors in attendance. Tweets by @AnPostIBAS Book of the Year 2020 A Ghost in the Throat marks Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s prose debut, and has received widespread acclaim for its stunning use of language and highly original approach, weaving together two complementary stories: the narrator’s own relationship with pregnancy and motherhood, and the life of eighteenth-century poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. © IRISH BOOK AWARDS \| SITE MADE BY BOOKSWARM Our website uses cookies and thereby collects information about your visit to improve our website (by analyzing), show you Social Media content and relevant advertisements. Please see our cookies page for furher details or agree by clicking the 'Accept' button.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line994
__label__wiki	0.620135	0.620135	# Bring Back Our Girls By Omar C. Garcia \| Missions Pastor Kingsland Baptist Church \| Katy, Texas Until recent weeks, not many of us had heard the name Abubakar Shekau — leader of Boko Haram, the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the abduction of 284 Nigerian schoolgirls. In a moved that stunned the world on April 14, Shekau and his minions kidnapped 276 girls from a school in Chibok and, shortly thereafter, another 8 girls. This is but one of the latest evils perpetrated against children by this Nigeria-based Islamic terrorist group. As if fools and idiots were lacking on the world stage, Shekau forced his way onto the pages of the Playbill and assumed his position in front of a global audience. And he could care less about rotten tomatoes. A Boko Haram intermediary said that Shekau “is the craziest of all the commanders. He really believes it is OK to kill anyone who disagrees with him.” For an encore performance, Boko Haram slaughtered more than 300 people in a Nigerian village near the Cameroon border. No wonder the words Boko Haram have become a synonym for fear in Nigeria. Why school girls? The answer may lie, in part, in the meaning of the words Boko Haram. This Arabic-Hausa compound phrase conveys a range of ideas from “books are forbidden” to “Western education is forbidden” or “is a sin.” A man claiming to be Shekau said in a recently released video that girls should be married by age 12, not go to school. “I abducted your girls,” he boasted. “I will sell them in the market, by Allah. There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell. I will sell women. I sell women.” As if to add insult to injury, the thickset bearded psychopath said, "Why is everybody making noise just because I took some girls who were in western education anyway?” In the mind of Shekau, it’s a sin for Muslim girls to get an education but it’s ok for him to kidnap and sell these young girls into forced marriages or slavery where they will lose their innocence and be repeatedly overpowered and raped. This is the reasoning of a man whose impoverished worldview has no regard for the sanctity of human life. Acts of violence like those committed by Boko Haram in Nigeria are no longer just some unfortunate regional problem. The kidnapping of the schoolgirls has stirred global outrage. Parents, women, and girls around the planet are standing in solidarity with the kidnapped Nigerian students. Using the hashtag Bring Back Our Girls, people around the globe have let their voices be heard. Among them, Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot at point-blank range by the Taliban and survived. Let’s pray that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan indeed has some good luck in finding “our” girls. Perhaps he will finally deal decisively with Shekau and Boko Haram with the assistance of other nations who have offered their expertise and intelligence. No evil that seeks to destroy children, a nation’s most precious resource and hope for the future, should be allowed to commit acts of terror with impunity. #BringBackOurGirls Local Justice	cc/2021-04/en_head_0027.json.gz/line1001

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