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Passing of Berwyn Fire Co. Life Member William J. Butler
BERWYN, PA - With heavy hearts, the members of the Berwyn Fire Company regret to announce the passing of Life Member William J. Butler. Bill joined the Company at the age of 16 as a school boy fireman in 1941. He was a lifelong resident of Chester County. At a very young age, he and his family moved to Berwyn. He was a resident of Berwyn for 58 years before settling in the West Chester area.
He served honorably in the United States Navy during World War II, in the South Pacific and South China Sea. He was a member of the Navy League, Philadelphia Chapter. In 1947, Bill went to work for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. He started in surveying, where he worked for fifteen years. He then transferred into construction where he worked for twenty years. He began as inspector, then moved up to project engineer on roads and bridges.
During his 79 years of membership at the Berwyn Fire Company, Bill served as a volunteer firefighter and was recognized multiple times by his peers as Firefighter of the Year. He was the most active responder twice as a firefighter and twice as an ambulance attendant. He also served in various leadership roles and committees during his volunteer service: President, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Trustee, By-Laws Committee, Fair Committee, Parade Committee, House Committee, Communications Committee, Building Committee, and Membership Committee.
In addition to his parents, William was predeceased by his siblings; Helen T., Thomas, John Francis and Michael Butler. He has no survivors. Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are requested to Camilla Hall, 1140 King Road, Immaculata, PA 19345.
Bill will be remembered as a legend for his dedicated and faithful service at the Berwyn Fire Company and to the Tredyffrin-Easttown community.
William J. Butler Obituary
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mainlinemedianews/obituary.aspx?n=william-j-butler&pid=197306275&fhid=4453
(L-R) Leon Walton, Frank Kelley, Bill Butler, Albert Brawn, Jr., Washington Kirk & Driver Louis Longacher
The home where Bill grew up next to the fire station on Bridge Ave. is pictured above in 1929. In 1970, Bill's home was purchased by the Company so that the firehouse could be expanded to fit modern fire trucks and other equipment.
(L-R) Bill Butler, John Stillwell, Larry Adams, Chipp Pyott & Bob Lewis
With heavy hearts, the members of the Berwyn Fire Company regret to announce the passing of Life Member William J. Butler.
Berwyn Fire Company
23 Bridge Avenue
Berwyn, PA 19312
Business: 610-644-6050
EMS Billing: 800-369-7544
E-mail: info@berwynfireco.org
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24-Year Old Entrepreneur Launches First Black-Owned Delivery Service
David Cabello, a 24-year old entrepreneur, is making history with the launch of his own business called Black and Mobile, the first Black-owned delivery service in Philadelphia. What's more, it is the first of its kind in the whole country to focus on supporting and promoting underrepresented businesses as they exclusively deliver orders from Black-owned restaurants.
David was studying at the Shippensburg University's College of Business in hopes to learn to start his own business one day. But when he felt that his white professors are somehow hindering him from doing so, he decided to drop out in 2016.
"How the hell would they know what the black community needs?" Cabello told the Philly Mag. "Only 2.5 percent business in Philly are black-owned, so I feel like college is just us teaching us how to work for the white man for the rest of your life, and I didn't want to do that."
Determined to start his own business, he taught himself how to design websites and apps. He was just making extra money doing deliveries for other services until he realized the potential of putting up his own delivery service in Philadelphia.
In February 2019, David launched Black and Mobile and partnered with Country Cookin', a black-owned soul food restaurant, to deliver orders from them. Since then, they have delivered hundreds of orders throughout the city. And in August, he launched a website with a full roster of all the black-owned restaurants in the city.
"With my platform we make it easy to find black-owned businesses -- there are no more excuses," Cabello said. "We locate every black-owned restaurant and we put them on our site. That way if you want to support them, we'll hire someone from the community and they'll bring it to your door."
Currently, it's just David and his brother Aaron who are doing the deliveries. This year, their goal is to hire 10 to 15 people to meet the needs of the growing clientele. He hopes to expand across the country one day and create more employment opportunities.
They have recently started a Kickstarter campaign to help them raise funds to upgrade and expand their services. So far, it has raised over $5,000.
For more information about Black and Mobile, visit blackandmobile.com or follow them on Instagram @blackandmobile
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In Somerville, a ‘wood magician’s’ sanctuary
By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,May 23, 2019, 6:48 p.m.
Tim Lorenzo at work on some of his wood sculptures in his Somerville studio. Craig F. Walker/Globe staff/Globe Staff
The building at 24 Webster Ave. in Somerville looks unappealing from the outside. Built more than a century ago as a schoolhouse outside Union Square, its brick facade is covered by pale blue siding that hasn’t been updated in ages. And with only narrow slits for windows, it’s hard to ascertain what’s happening inside. But the mystery dissipates upon opening the building’s heavy metal doors as a musky mix of sawdust, freshly cut lumber, and finishing oil wafts down the stairs.
For four decades, carpenters have honed their craft in the space as part of the Community Builders Cooperative, running renovation and construction operations in the school’s converted classrooms. Today, many of the co-op’s founders have now retired, and one of the schoolroom/workshops is home to the woodworking studio of Tim Lorenzo , an artist who is the resident creative carpenter at the Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo . His mural installations can be found in homes around the city.
Lorenzo, 39, is trained in historic restoration, and got his start working as a contractor on some of the city’s biggest building projects. About three years ago, while working on a remodeling project in the Millennium tower in Downtown Crossing, he realized he might need to pursue a new career path. he realized he might need to pursue a new career path. “All the designers are looking to make one really sweet unique feature,” for their built-outs, he says. “And I said, ‘I could do something way cooler than this.’” He decided to devote himself full time to making wood sculptures. (Lorenzo calls himself a “wood magician.”)
Finding a space to do his craft, however, wasn’t easy. “Art spaces for woodwork is really difficult, because nobody wants you in either space,” Lorenzo says. “It’s too much of a mess for art spaces and too much art for woodworking spaces.”
But he found a home at 24 Webster Ave., taking over the workshop of one of the building’s owners, Marc Rudnick.
“Inside my shop is such a perfect expression of me. There is no place than I would rather be,” Lorenzo says. “My work and my focus of life is to try and celebrate myself as a person, and this room is a direct outcome of that goal.”
Community Builders CooperativeCraig F. Walker/Globe staff/Globe Staff
Lorenzo’s 900-square-foot space is crowded with tools and lumber. His carved wood murals hang on the walls.
“I make almost all of my wood sculptures out of reclaimed urban trees, and use a power carver to do the wood murals. Last summer, I redid the butterfly exhibit at the zoo, and also built life-sized fairy houses, which was super fun.”
“My assistant would say I specialize in buying unique tools and using them incorrectly. I have a passion for traditional woodworking. It’s something that connects humans from across land and time.”
“I use a lot of traditional woodworking tools in abstract ways; most of my art is the cross between the classic use of tools used in a different fashion to talk about where we are today. I try and use the tools that are available in the best way possible, whether it’s carving with a chain saw or softening woodwork with a cement mixer to create a weathered and worn look. It’s hard to pin down. I’m really good at using a tool outside of what it’s supposed to be.
“A huge reason why I got this space was its history. The table saw was there, and the wood benches, and all to of the basic infrastructure. I reuse them and like the history of it.
Lorenzo uses traditional tools in non-traditional ways to make his wood sculptures. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/Globe Staff
One of Lorenzo’s current art projects involves fashioning “lumber gems” from reclaimed wood.
“They’re made from spalted beech and birch that came from Franklin Park Zoo. And some of them are oak and ash from the Blue Hills.
“Spalted basically means the tree has fallen down or gotten a fungus, and it has this really cool black texture to it. You don’t get this other places — it happens on park trees in the city because of the environment we create.”
“To make them jewel-like, I apply a shine coat, and I try to use all nontoxic items, and food based dyes for the colors.”
The former school hallway has been outfitted with shelves to house lumber for the carpenters’ various woodworking projects.
“The wood and tools and the things that are in the hallway — it’s a gem collection in a lot of ways. It’s a beautiful statement to the history of the building. The pictures on the wall are from mostly cool articles. Most of the woodworkers were really politically active hippies.”
“The wood [on the shelves] is the most beautiful collection. It’s a group of people’s lifetimes. There’s so much love and deep feelings about these things that are dusty and yucky to almost everyone else.”
“My neighbor’s shop has been there for 40 years, and the lumber on that rack, half of it has been there for 15 years. If carpenters were hermits, this would be his pot of gold. There’s a piece of wood that is in his shop and it’s too big, too valuable, and it’s too beautiful — he’s had it for 15 years, and he’s too afraid to cut it. It’s a piece of true Brazilian mahogany. He’s like, ‘We can’t cut this, what if we make the wrong thing?’ It is a truly a beautiful piece of wood.”
Tim Lorenzo (left) inherited his woodshop from Marc Rudnick (right). “The chair is out of my truck, and the chalkboards are from the original classrooms,” Lorenzo said. The Boston Globe/Globe Staff
Lorenzo inherited the woodshop from Rudnick, a longtime carpenter and one of the co-owners of the woodworkers collective that has occupied the building for over 40 years. Rudnick has been approached about selling the building, but he and Lorenzo are hoping to find a way to keep it a place where craftspeople and artists can continue their work in Union Square.
“The chair is out of my truck, and the chalkboards are from the original classrooms. It’s one of the things I loved when I was looking at the space. I bring my two kids to the shop and that’s something they identify with and relate to. They draw the pictures there most of the time.”
“I wanted to make it as comfortable as possible in my space. Most of the lamps are hand-me-downs from other people — they know that I like to fix them. There’s a strange assortment of tchotchkes in my space. It’s mostly funny things that make me feel at home.”
“Every day I think about what will happen when this place turns over. The owners are all old-timers — they’re all retired. I want to be able to purchase this building and turn it back into art space, while Union Square turns into a commercial mecca. I’m hoping to save some of that solo builder feel that’s always been in Union Square.”
Janelle Nanos can be reached at janelle.nanos@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @janellenanos.
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Colorado Encyclopedia - Greeley
Official Site of the City of Greeley, Colorado, United States
Greeley, Colorado - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
Greeley, city, seat (1874) of Weld county, northern Colorado, U.S., 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Denver, at an elevation of 4,665 feet (1,422 metres). It was founded in 1870 as Union Colony, a cooperative agricultural enterprise organized by Nathan Meeker, agricultural editor of the New York Tribune, with the support of journalist and sometime politician Horace Greeley. An agricultural-based economy prevails, with food processing and canning as the principal industries. Cattle feeding is important and there are large terminal stockyards. The surrounding area is extensively irrigated from the Cache la Poudre and South Platte rivers and the Colorado–Big Thompson water-diversion project. Oil, gas, and coal are worked in the vicinity. Greeley is the seat of the University of Northern Colorado (1889) and Aims Community College (1967). Ft. Vasquez (a reconstructed fur-trading post, 1837) and Rocky Mountain National Park are nearby. The Greeley Independence Stampede, a rodeo festival held in June and July, attracts visitors and competitors from throughout the West. Inc. city, 1886. Pop. (2000) 76,930; Greeley Metro Area, 180,926; (2010) 92,889; Greeley Metro Area, 252,825.
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Colorado, constituent state of the United States of America. It is classified as one of the Mountain states, although only about half of its area lies in the Rocky Mountains. It borders Wyoming and Nebraska to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the east, Oklahoma and New Mexico to the…
Denver, city and county, capital of Colorado, U.S., at the western edge of the Great Plains, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The city and county were consolidated as a single administrative unit in 1902. Denver lies at the junction of Cherry Creek and the South…
Horace Greeley, American newspaper editor who is known especially for his vigorous articulation of the North’s antislavery sentiments during the 1850s. Greeley was a printer’s apprentice in East Poultney, Vt., until moving…
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Play Junior League
broncos.com.au
Sun 27 Nov 2016, 08:00 AM
Parents and junior rugby league players will be part of a different league experience from 2017 onwards, with the code moving to ensure a more fun, friendly and free-flowing game for all to be a part of.
The changes are part of a wider review of junior rugby league, with a focus on improving the under six and under seven years of age game experience, while continuing to develop the overall game involvement for all levels both on and off the field.
After extensive research and consultation amongst grassroots communities, children at the younger end of the playing spectrum will be part of a playing experience from next season focussed on more game time, increased opportunities with the ball and a positive learning environment where players are rewarded for effort rather than penalised for mistakes.
NRL Head of Football, Brian Canavan said the changes to junior models of the game were designed to provide greater inclusiveness and opportunity for all participants.
“This has been a process of many years of liaising with grassroots parents, clubs and stakeholders,” Mr Canavan said.
“The overwhelming feedback and direction is that at a young age, it is important for kids to simply enjoy their footy and build on personal, physical and social life skills – and if players continue on with their rugby league, these sentiments and skills continue.”
“Parents want to see their kids having fun and enjoying their rugby league in a safe and friendly environment and it is important that those just starting out playing the game have a positive experience, regardless of how long or how far they go.
“The changes introduced from next season will ensure that everyone is given a greater opportunity to have a go, throw the footy around, and walk off the field each week having had fun with their friends.”
Along with changes on-field, the NRL will continue its policy of positive and appropriate off-field behaviour amongst parents, spectators and fellow participants.
“Children and young adults learn from those around them and we are committed to ensuring that those in our game, no matter what level and age, are respectful at all times,” Mr Canavan said.
Junior registration for 2017 seasons is now open nationally, with a dedicated website about where, what and how you can get involved in your local rugby league here at: www.nrl.com/play
The website also includes the various models and rules of the different game varietals, depending on age groups, as well as coaching and training programs and the game’s code of conduct for all participants.
The NRL has also launched a campaign to compliment the announcement today, inviting current and new players, particularly in the under six and seven years of age brackets, to ‘play in a different league’.
To view the modules per age group, please click on this weblink.
To view one of the participation TVCs, please click on this weblink.
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Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch relisted at 70% discount
Michael Jackson's renowned former home Neverland Ranch is back up for sale, and at a steep discount from its 2015 $100 million listing, the Wall Street Journal Reports reports. The 2,700-acre property, located 40 miles outside Santa Barbara, CA, was purchased by Jackson in 1987. He lived there for over 15 years, until his 2005 criminal trial for the alleged molestation of 13 year old Gavin Arvizo. Now the ranch is owned by a joint venture between Jackson's estate and real estate investment trust Colony Capital, who stepped in when Jackson defaulted on a loan backed by the property. Colony did extensive upgrades on the ranch after Jackson's death, spending millions of dollars and renaming the property Sycamore Valley Ranch. As you can see in the property details, it still has some of its famous (and outlandish) features:
Sycamore Valley Ranch | “Neverland” is the ultimate ranch retreat and gated estate of approximately 2,698 acres located 5 miles north of the town of Los Olivos. The main residence of approximately 12,598 sq. ft. offers six-bedrooms, including a large first floor master suite with a private loft and two master baths. The home was designed by Robert Altevers for William Bone in a French Normandy-style and meticulously crafted to perfection in 1982. The home is nestled between extensively landscaped gardens and a four-acre lake complete with a waterfall, incredible pastoral views to the south and majestic mountain views to the north. An expansive covered outdoor barbeque area is perfect for entertaining and is located adjacent to the inviting pool and nearby pool house and tennis court. There are multiple structures on the property including three separate guest homes, a 5,500 sq.ft. movie theater with stage, several barns, animal shelter facilities, corrals and a maintenance shop.
A fire department building and 1950s firetruck are also still on the property, according to the listing agents, but the amusement park is gone.
Neverland, with its new name, was first put on the market for $100 million in 2015, but in the years since listings agents were switched, the price was cut to $67 million, and it was taken back off the market while mudslides and wildfires ravaged the area. Now it's being relisted by Suzanne Perkins and Kyle Forsyth of Compass, at $31 million -- a 70% discount.
The timing of the relisting is hardly ideal, as Leaving Neverland, a documentary that reexamines the abuse allegations against Jackson, is set to air on HBO on March 3 and 4. Jackson's estate is suing in an attempt to stop the airing, but HBO haven't wavered in their plans to air the four-hour film.
Oprah will interview Leaving Neverland subjects Wade Robson and James Safechuck, and director Dan Reed, for "Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland," Pitchfork reports. The special is scheduled to air on HBO and Oprah's OWN on Monday, March 4 at 10 PM
Leaving Neverland will also be joined by a second documentary, Michael Jackson: The Rise and Fall, The Guardian reports. London investigative reporter Jacques Peretti, who has made three other documentaries about Jackson, will write and present the new film, which will air on BBC Two later this year. The Rise and Fall intends to "re-appraise" Jackson, and cover his life from childhood to preparations and rehearsals for the This Is It tour shortly before his death.
Filed Under: BBC, Dan Reed, HBO, Jacques Peretti, James Safechuck, Leaving Neverland, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson: The Rise and Fall, Neverland Ranch, Oprah Winfrey, Wade Robson
Categories: Music News, TV related news
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Send Photo of John Edward Dase
John Edward Dase
Service Date: 01/29/2015
Service Time: 3:30 PM
Service Location: Bunker's University Chapel
DASE- John Edward, Originally from Buffalo, NY, passed away January 25, 2015 at Lund Family Hospice Home in Gilbert, AZ, at the age of 85 after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years Rita Louise Mootz Dase, parents John E. Dase and Charlotte Neureuter, and daughter Nancy Jean. Mr. Dase was the beloved father of Linda Daily, Oak Island NC; Connie Rayner, Sun Lakes, AZ; Karin Shaughnessy, Bay Village, OH; Cheryl Roberson, North Ridgeville, OH; Lori Tabares, Emporia, KS; Larry Dase, Kennesau, GA; John A. Dase, Chandler, AZ; Kathy Stephens, Queen Creek, AZ; Kim Hathaway, Doylestown, PA. His sister Jane Duewiger, Hamburg, NY and brother Richard Dase, Angola, NY survive him. He was very proud of his 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. He was a devoted father, who dedicated exceptional time and talent to his churches serving as Elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Emporia, KS; Hope Presbyterian Church, Wheaton, IL., Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, Hot Springs Village, AR; Good News Presbyterian Church, Gilbert, AZ. He shared his vibrant tenor voice throughout his life in churches and community productions. He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Shriners contributing his leadership especially to the Royal Arch Masonic Lodge in Lackawanna, NY. Alongside his wife Rita, he proudly served the Order of the Eastern Star as Patron of Salome Chapter, Buffalo, NY and Grand Patron. He served in the US Navy Reserves from June 1948-June 1953. He retired as a lifetime employee of Interstate Bakeries in 1992. Visitation will be held from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm on January 29 at University Chapel, 3529 E. University, Mesa, AZ followed by a memorial service at 3:30 pm. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley 1982 E. Woodside Court, Gilbert AZ 85297.
Tracy & Mark Bramwell (Joe's aunt & uncle in NY)
Karen, Cheryl, Jen & sisters – so sorry for your loss. Our deepest condolences.
Brenda Bookshar
Karin, I am so sorry about your dad. Sending my love and prayers.
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2009 Federal Bar Association's Careers in Justice event for Romulus High School students
DETROIT, Mich. - Butzel Long shareholder Cynthia J. Haffey is coordinating this year's Federal Bar Association - Eastern District of Michigan Chapter - "Careers in Justice" event on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Romulus High School.
The event brings together Romulus High School's National Honor Society students, as well as other students currently enrolled in the school's legal justice curriculum, so they can gain additional insight about careers in the legal and federal law enforcement field. Featured speakers include: Eric Mathis, attorney, Butzel Long, Dean Kinsman, special agent, FBI Kevin Jones, U.S. Marshall Kim Ferranti, paralegal, Federal Defenders office Carrie Bryant, in house counsel, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Michigan and, Leroy Soles, supervisory attorney, Federal Defender's office.
Students will have an opportunity to learn about the speakers and their jobs, the educational requirements needed and a typical career path.
"Our goal is to provide the students with an understanding of the range of careers available and the unique and interesting aspects of those careers," said Ms. Haffey. "We hope to spark their interest in exploring a career in justice."
Based in Butzel Long's Detroit office, Ms. Haffey's primary areas of practice are commercial litigation. She has experience in numerous matters, including disputes concerning the sale of a business, shareholder, partner and owner disputes, sales commission disputes, fraud, tortious interference and other business torts, and automotive contractual disputes. In addition, Ms. Haffey has significant experience defending corporate employers against age, sex, racial discrimination claims and other wrongful discharge claims.
Ms. Haffey is a member of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan, American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan and the Oakland County Bar Association.
Ms. Haffey is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997) and Western Michigan University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980). While in law school Ms. Haffey was the recipient of the Norman I. Lemmon award, the Walter Nussbaum award and the Boaz Siegel Award.
Butzel Long is one of America's leading law firms, with 240 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City, Washington, D.C., Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, as well as Alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm is also a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm Butzel Long Tighe Patton. Butzel Long represents clients from diverse industries on a regional, national and multi-national level and is a member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.
Media Contact: Maribeth Farkas at Caponigro Public Relations Inc., (248) 355-3200.
Cynthia Haffey
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Screenscans Havana 14'30", 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Corrupted Images (Grayscale) No's 36, 27, 46, 43, 26, 25, 35, 47, 55, 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Maurice Carlin: First... Next... Then... Finally, 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Lever Arch Constructions, 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Corrupted Images (CMYK) and Publishing, Market St, 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Manipulated Images No. 29 & No.8, 2012. Image: Joby Catto
Blue (sleep mode) with David Medalla, 2012.
Maurice Carlin: First… Next… Then… Finally…
8 February 2013 — 17 February 2013
Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present its second Launch Pad project, First… Next… Then… Finally… a solo exhibition by emerging artist Maurice Carlin. Selected through open submission by a panel including Bryan Biggs, Director of the Bluecoat, Carlin’s exhibition will feature new work exploring the medium of print, publishing and performance often produced within the public realm. Launch Pad offers a prestigious opportunity to CG Associate members to use the gallery as a test bed for the production, display and consumption of contemporary art.
After completing an art foundation course in 2007, Carlin actively stepped out of the formal education system by co-founding Islington Mill Art Academy, a peer-led experiment into alternative forms of artist education, recently featured in Frieze, A N and Corridor 8 magazines. Respectively Carlin’s practice has developed from a unique context within the vibrant independent art and music scenes in Manchester.
“I often site the production of my work in the public domain, which becomes for me a form of ‘publishing’, drawing attention to the underneath and overlooked elements within the day to day world that largely go unnoticed. My practice explores spaces of transition, a stage where one thing has yet to become another. ‘Crisis’ as described by the writer Umberto Eco[1] is a productive “moment of transition in which something that held before doesn’t hold any longer and there is not yet something new”.
Major works in the exhibition will include Corrupted Images – analogue relief prints of surfaces referencing the first print/publishing techniques developed in ancient China – produced on a busy high street in Manchester which served as a temporary studio. Blue (Sleep Mode) a collaboration with renowned artist David Medalla, depicts Medalla wandering through the streets of Salford at night with a mobile projector, illuminating details of the walls and surfaces of the city. In Screenscans, glitch snippets of television programmes are collected on a handheld digital document scanner. These captured moments of day to day broadcasting are outputted as large, filmic, storyboard like prints, both suggesting and distorting narratives.
Carlin’s work has a beguiling simplicity and directness, often belying a complex web of ideas, explored through a variety of media and approaches. An openness to the possibilities within an arts practice is evident in his work, something almost certainly arising from the independence and freedom of a non University education.
Castlefield Gallery has commissioned an essay by Philip Auslander to coincide with the exhibition. Auslander is a Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He teaches in the areas of performance studies, media studies, and music. His books include Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture and Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music. He has reviewed art exhibitions for ArtForum International, Art Voices, and other publications and has written catalog essays for exhibitions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, and Norway. He is the editor of The Art Section: An Online Journal of Art and Cultural Commentary (www.theartsection.com).
Artist’s Biography:
Carlin (b. 1974, Donegal, Rep of Ireland) lives and works in Manchester. His work has recently been included in the exhibitions Blanco Blanco, La Escocesa, Barcelona, 2012; Self Publisher and Other Works, Banner Repeater, London 2011; How to Stay Awake, MCP, Antwerp 2011; Other Forms of Life (with Bik van der Pol), AND Festival, various locations 2010 and Beyond the Dustheaps, Dickens House Museum, London 2010.
Following this show Maurice will be researching ‘the ancient birth of DIY publishing’ in March 2013 during a 5 week artist residency in Beijing, which will feed into an ambitious 1 month long performance print installation in July coinciding with the Manchester International Festival. With further shows in San Diego and NYC later in the year, 2013 looks to be a prolific year for Carlin.
In 2007, he co-founded Islington Mill Art Academy, a free self organised art school. The Academy exists to experiment with what an education in art can be, where it can take place and how it can be paid for. Since its inception the school has undertaken residencies at the Merzbarn Cumbria, Transmission Glasgow and Westgermany Berlin. It has contributed to articles for publications such as Frieze and Art Monthly and presented at events and debates on the state of arts education at Arnolfini Bristol, ICA London and JMU Liverpool.
Launch Pads are short exhibitions or performances that punctuate Castlefield Gallery’s main exhibition programme providing artists and curators with the opportunity to use the gallery as a test bed for the production, display and consumption of contemporary art. Launch Pads will feature emerging talent selected from CG Associate members’ submissions (three times a year) and from the MA and BA art courses at Manchester School of Art (once a year). For more information about becoming a CG Associate member visit the Associates page.
Preview: Thurs 7 Feb, 6-8pm – All welcome
The preview of First… Next… Then… Finally… is kindly supported by Islington Mill.
[1] Umberto Eco and Stuart Hall: In conversation as published in The Listener, May 1985.
Trace Elements: The Work of Maurice Carlin. Commisioned essay by Philip Auslander
Press Release. Maurice Carlin: First… Next… Then… Finally…
Maurice Carlin: First... Next... Then... Finally... Reviewed by Carol Huston for Frieze Magazine
Maurice Carlin: First... Next... Then... Finally... Reviewed by Laura Yuile for a-n Interface
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Press Release: Castor Is Growing Throughout the Netherlands
Rob Konterman COO @ Castor
A majority of Dutch academic medical centers are collaborating with Castor EDC to capture standardized medical research data
Health-tech scale-up is helping the Netherlands lead the way in applying FAIR data in medical research
Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 4, 2019
Castor EDC has issued two more site licenses to major Dutch university medical centers. The data capture platform is now available to all researchers at the University Medical Center of Utrecht (UMCU) and the AMC location of the Amsterdam UMC. This provides them with a user-friendly means of capturing, integrating and standardizing research data.
Five of the eight UMCs in the Netherlands currently hold a site license for the platform. With these new partnerships, Castor’s advanced tools are now in use at all the major medical centers in the Netherlands. This means that the majority of medical researchers in the Netherlands can now store and process research data according to FAIR principles, thanks to Castor EDC.
FAIR Data: Faster, better results
The FAIR Data Principles are a set of guiding principles that aim to make medical research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The goal of FAIR is to enable researchers around the world to benefit from each other’s research data. Ultimately, FAIR makes it easier for researchers to collaborate, lowers costs, and improves research infrastructure and quality. These principles are aligned with Castor’s goal of “helping accelerate medical research by unlocking the potential of every byte of research data.”
“Saving time in a race against the clock”
The UMCU has expressed its trust in working with Castor. Above all, the medical center values the emphasis that Castor places on FAIR. “FAIR data is above all about saving time in a race against the clock, which is exactly what finding treatments and medicines often is,” says Teus Kappen, MD, PhD, Chief Science Information Officer at UMCU. “By making information accessible and reusable via Castor EDC, we will be able to make progress faster than previously possible.”
Chris Polman, PhD, a member of the Board of Directors at the Amsterdam UMC, is also impressed with the possibilities that Castor EDC offers: “Castor is already being widely used at the VUmc location of the Amsterdam UMC, so it is a logical step to have a site license for both locations. This will enable all of our researchers to capture data in a manner that is secure and compliant. It is also important that the data we collect can be reused for further research wherever possible. Castor also supports us during the implementation to capture data in accordance with FAIR data principles.”
Progress for the Netherlands in medical research worldwide
Once all the major research centers are using a FAIR system, the data they capture can be used optimally, says Barend Mons, PhD, one of the academics behind the FAIR data initiative. “Readily usable research data is essential to maintaining a high level of innovation. The fact that Dutch medical centers are taking this idea seriously gives them an advantage in the research world. The Castor platform perfectly translates FAIR principles into a practical, user-friendly environment.”
Gaining traction in academia
For Castor EDC, the new investment from UMCU and the contract with the Amsterdam UMC are important steps, enabling the company to now serve the majority of Dutch medical research centers. “For us, this is a perfect opportunity to support medical research in the Netherlands and implement FAIR data more quickly,” says Derk Arts, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO of Castor. “This investment is also an important step for our platform. Along with the collaboration with the Leiden University Medical Center, we are gaining even more traction in the academic world.”
Castor launches at the UMCU and AMC
Soon, 2,000 researchers at the UMCU and 2,500 at the AMC will be using Castor. It is important to ensure that the integration of the platform at these medical centers runs as smoothly as possible. That is why Castor will play an active role in implementing the platform. Through launch events featuring speakers, training sessions for each department and masterclasses about medical research, all researchers will have an opportunity to get to know the application.
About Castor EDC
Castor EDC was founded in 2012 by Derk Arts and has already captured 100,000,000+ data points since its inception. The data capture platform hosts more than 4,000 research projects in over 220 internationally renowned academic and commercial institutions including Leiden UMC and Radboud UMC in The Netherlands, King’s College Hospital in London, and Akron Children’s Hospital and Nebraska Methodist in the US, as well as Philips and Xcenda. Today, more than 30,000 academic, medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical professionals use Castor EDC, spread over 50 countries, with the majority in the Netherlands, UK and US.
In 2017, the company received a €1.1 million subsidy from the EU under the Horizon 2020 initiative of the European Commission. In 2018, it attracted around €5 million from investors at INKEF Capital who specialize in healthcare. Castor has over 50 employees across offices in Amsterdam and the United States. Learn more at castoredc.com.
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Today, astronomers are releasing the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun's corona, or million-degree outer atmosphere, in an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength of light. The 16-megapixel images were captured by NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, which was launched on a sounding rocket on July 11th. The Hi-C telescope provides five times more detail than the next-best observations by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
"Even though this mission was only a few minutes long, it marks a big breakthrough in coronal studies," said Smithsonian astronomer Leon Golub (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), one of the lead investigators on the mission.
Understanding the Sun's activity and its effects on Earth's environment was the critical scientific objective of Hi-C, which provided unprecedented views of the dynamic activity and structure in the solar atmosphere.
The corona surrounds the visible surface of the Sun. It's filled with million-degree ionized gas, or plasma, so hot that the light it emits is mainly at X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths. For decades, solar scientists have been trying to understand why the corona is so hot, and why it erupts in violent solar flares and related blasts known as "coronal mass ejections," which can produce harmful effects when they hit Earth. The Hi-C telescope was designed and built to see the extremely fine structures thought to be responsible for the Sun's dynamic behavior.
"The phrase 'think globally, act locally' applies to the Sun too. Things happening at a small, local scale can impact the entire Sun and result in an eruption," explained Golub.
Hi-C focused on an active region on the Sun near sunspot NOAA 1520. The target, which was finalized on launch day, was selected specifically for its large size and active nature. The resulting high-resolution snapshots, at a wavelength of 19.3 nanometers (25 times shorter than the wavelength of visible light), reveal tangled magnetic fields channeling the solar plasma into a range of complex structures.
"We have an exceptional instrument and launched at the right time," said Jonathan Cirtain, senior heliophysicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "Because of the intense solar activity we're seeing right now, we were able to clearly focus on a sizeable, active sunspot and achieve our imaging goals."
Since Hi-C rode on a suborbital rocket, its flight lasted for just 10 minutes. Of that time, only about 330 seconds were spent taking data. Yet those images contain a wealth of information that astronomers will analyze for months to come.
"The Hi-C flight might be the most productive five minutes I've ever spent," Golub smiled.
The high-resolution images were made possible because of a set of innovations on Hi-C's telescope, which directs light to the camera detector. The telescope includes some of the finest mirrors ever made for a space mission. Initially developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the mirrors were completed with inputs from partners at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Mass., and a new manufacturing technique developed in coordination with L-3Com/Tinsley Laboratories of Richmond, Calif. The mirrors were made to reflect extreme-ultraviolet light from the Sun by Reflective X-ray Optics LLC of New York, NY, and the telescope was assembled at the SAO labs in Cambridge, Mass.
For more information about Hi-C, visit http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/hic.html.
Key partners in the development of Hi-C include the University of Alabama in Huntsville; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; Lockheed Martin's Solar Astrophysical Laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif.; the University of Central Lancashire in Lancashire, England; and the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
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Boeing Pushes to Move Crash Suits From Hometown to Indonesia
By Janan Hanna | May 2, 2019
Faced with lawsuits over a plane crash half a world away, Boeing Co. is arguing it shouldn’t have to defend itself in a courtroom a short walk from its corporate headquarters.
The world’s largest planemaker has indicated in court filings that it’s likely to request that cases on behalf of victims in the October crash of a 737 Max plane be moved from the federal courthouse in Chicago to Indonesia, where the plane went down and where most of the victims lived.
On Tuesday, a federal judge told the company it must make the request within 45 days, according to plaintiffs’ lawyers. They say Boeing — if it can shift the U.S. cases 10,000 miles away — would skirt responsibility and lessen its financial liability.
“They don’t want them to have justice,” said Steven Hart, a Chicago lawyer representing some of the plaintiffs from the Lion Air crash into the Java Sea on Oct. 29, killing all 189 people aboard.
Boeing said there’s precedent for such cases to be heard in the country where the incident took place.
“The disputes relating to the Lion Air Flight JT 610 accident should be heard and resolved by the courts of the nation with the greatest interest in the matter,” the company said when it disclosed its plan in a legal filing late last year. “That means the Indonesian courts, just as other cases arising out of Indonesian aviation accidents have been resolved by the Indonesian courts.”
One of the lawyers representing Boeing, Bates McIntyre Larson, said she could not comment on pending litigation.
Timothy Ravich, a professor of aviation law at the University of Central Florida who has represented defendants in aviation cases, said such change-of-venue requests aren’t always granted. Boeing will argue that it should be heard in Indonesia because the plane crashed there and was flown by Indonesian pilots.
“They would say that’s where the airline was, witnesses are there” and there may be questions about how well the pilots were trained in Indonesia, Ravich said, adding that company lawyers may also argue that it’s more fair to the Indonesian victims to have their home courts preside over the cases.
No jury trials
Brian Kabateck, who is representing some of the Lion Air plaintiffs, said in an interview that it makes no sense to move the litigation to Indonesia because the 737 Max was designed, manufactured and sold in the U.S. The Indonesian judicial system doesn’t offer the same protections as the U.S. system, he said, including no jury trials or punitive-damage awards.
“This is not like other airline crashes,” Kabateck said. “I’ve never had a case in which everything related to the aircraft happened here. So why shouldn’t Boeing be held accountable where they designed and sold the plane?”
“Our justice system is based on the free flow of information — depositions, pre-trial discovery and due process on both sides,” he added. “All these issues either don’t exist in Indonesia or are murky.”
Hikmahanto Juwana, a law professor at the University of Indonesia, said it would be better for the plaintiffs to have the case heard in the U.S. If Boeing fails to fulfill any obligations dictated by a court verdict, it would be easier to enforce the ruling in the U.S. where most of the company’s assets are located, Juwana said.
Lawyers for the Lion Air families said in an April 24 filing that Boeing should be forced as soon as possible to seek a formal request to move the cases so the litigation can proceed. Boeing lawyers made their intentions known about moving the cases in a filing that seeks to place the Chicago litigation on hold.
Victims’ lawyers said they have a strong argument to keep the cases in the U.S. because there’s an indication the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration contributed to the accidents by, in effect, giving Boeing the authority to certify its own product.
The issue is particularly important given the second crash on March 10 that killed 157 people in Ethiopia. New evidence is emerging about the aircraft’s flight worthiness, including information from whistle-blowers that problems were identified before the crashes, Kabateck said, and that Boeing failed to correct them.
In the company’s first-quarter earnings call last week, CEO Dennis Muilenburg didn’t admit Boeing made any mistakes but in effect acknowledged it hadn’t done enough. Referring to efforts to address the problems raised by the two crashes, he said: “We own it.”
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Texas Best, Vermont Worst Tort Climate for Jobs, Capital Investment, Claims New Study
In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a corporate-backed, free-market think tank based in California. .
“What’s unique about this study is that it uses objective data, and with that data, can predict the winners and losers in the race for jobs and business investment. For states that don’t institute reforms – a metric factored into the ranking – the writing is on the wall,” said Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan, co-author of the study and director of Business and Economic Studies at PRI. “We hope that governors and state legislators will use the Index as a tool to assess their tort systems and enact laws that will improve their ranking, and as a consequence, the business climate of their state.”
The PRI report was quickly attacked by a pro-tort system, consumer group, The Center for Justice & Democracy, as “unscientific and meaningless, relying on a combination of discredited studies from other corporate front groups and self-serving categories that have no bearing on a state’s business climate.”
Texas on Top; Vermont at the Bottom
“Our study found that Texas has the best overall tort climate in terms of relative burdens and relative reforms, Vermont has the worst,” said PRI’s McQuillan. “By placing monetary caps on damages and instituting a wide range of tort reforms, state officials have made Texas very attractive for businesses – it’s no surprise that the state has had a strong economy.”
In addition to Texas, the top five states were Colorado, North Dakota, Ohio, and Michigan. At the bottom were Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The higher-ranking states tended to be in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, with some top performers – New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia – distributed across the country. The poorest-ranking states tended to be clustered in the Northeast and southern border. The Deep South and parts of the Southeast also ranked poorly.
The Saints, Sinners, and Salvageables
The study also categorized the states in terms of their prospective outlook. “But keep in mind that a state’s fate isn’t sealed. The ‘salvageables’ that have enacted reforms should move up in the rankings, and the ‘saints’ shouldn’t rest on their halos. With the trial bar always searching for legal loopholes and favorable forums, even the saints have to vigilantly guard their reforms,” said McQuillan.
Saints: The states that the reserachers believe are well positioned to stay at the top in future rankings are states with relatively low monetary tort losses that have also enacted some “significant reforms that will lower future losses.” These states include Kansas, Michigan, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
Salvageables: The states that are poised to move up in future rankings are those with medium or high relative monetary tort losses that have recently enacted meaningful reforms that will cut future losses. These states include Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. Of course, these states will move up only if they don’t enact subsequent laws that counteract the beneficial reforms and if they keep pace with other beneficial reforms enacted by other states, according to PRI.
Sinners: The states that are poised to fall in future rankings or stay at the bottom are those with relatively high monetary tort losses and “significant threats” and that have enacted few if any comprehensive reforms. These states include Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
“A poor civil-justice system lowers the standard of living for ordinary citizens,” said co-author Hovannes Abramyan, a PRI public policy fellow. “By limiting job and business opportunities, imposing excessive costs on consumers, and inhibiting innovation in products and services, the many are suffering for the few who gain from unnecessary civil lawsuits,” he said.
The Center for Justice & Democracy dismissed the study as another anti-consumer report by a corporate think tank.
In formulating its rankings, PRI says it consulted “dozens of legal experts.” However, the Center disputes that, claiming that such “experts” were largely top defense firms that defend corporate wrongdoers in court, but not a single consumer group, public interest organization, or attorney who represents average people.
In ranking states’ business environments, PRI praises states that have passed what the Center labels anti-consumer laws. “To the extent that this study measures anything, it is the degree to which corporations guilty of egregious wrongs are able to get off the hook for their actions in a particular state,” said Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D’s executive director.
Doroshow maintains that the PRI includes a “number of irrelevant and absurd factors” in its rankings. “Notably, PRI fails to mention that tort cases are a small percentage of civil cases. Most civil cases are either contractual cases, which are usually brought by businesses against other businesses, or education, taxation or property-related,” said Doroshow.
The study considers the number of lawyers residing in a given state, which the Center argues is irrelevant because, it claims, most lawyers work in the corporate sector.
“This report is nothing more than another attempt by yet another corporate front group to intimidate state officials who stand up for consumers’ rights and honor their juries and judges,” said Doroshow.
The U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report (available at www.pacificresearch.org) ranks all 50 states in terms of relative tort burdens and relative tort reforms.
PRI is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. For more information please visit www.pacificresearch.org.
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Multitasking Drivers Pose Safety Hazard, Say Ala. Police
Tony Barnett has seen it all in his 25 years as a law enforcement officer.
But sometimes he’s still surprised by what motorists will attempt to do while they’re driving.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 25 percent of the 6.3 million crashes reported each year involve some type of driver distraction.
Barnett, a captain in charge of the Florence Police Department’s traffic division, said drivers face enough distractions without some of the multitasking many attempt while they are behind the wheel.
“I’ve seen them do a little bit of everything,” Barnett admits.
Applying makeup. Shaving. He’s even seen drivers brushing their teeth. Yes, brushing their teeth.
Barnett said he’s witnessed students driving down the road with a textbook nestled on the steering wheel, reading as they are driving to school.
“I’ve seen that a bunch,” he said. “Makeup is the big thing with women, with the sun visor down, looking in the mirror.”
Barnett and other law enforcement officers concede that the biggest distraction comes from one of the most popular electronic gadgets — the cellular telephone.
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study revealed that dialing a cell phone triples the risk of a crash or near crash, and talking or listening to a cell phone increases that risk by 130 percent.
“That’s by far the most common distraction I see now,” Sheffield police Capt. Anthony Pace said.
“You see a little bit of everything,” Pace said. “Reading, I’ve seen some. Eating. You see that every day. People sometimes just get in another world when they’re driving and are not aware of what’s going on around them.”
Modern technology can certainly help drivers, but can also provide new distractions, as is the case with cell phones.
Vehicles today can be equipped with global positioning systems to aid drivers in getting to their destinations and digital video disk players to entertain passengers.
Electronic gadgets like mp3 players can also take a driver’s attention away from the road.
Still, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study indicates that cell phones cause the most distraction.
“It’s going to be between cellular telephone use and just basically not paying attention to their driving,” Muscle Shoals Police Chief Robert Evans said.
Evans said cellular telephones have become a part of people’s lives and are a necessity for some.
The chief also blames driver distraction on the fast-paced life most Americans live.
“People will take care of things they normally would not attempt in a car if they were not pressed for time,” Evans said.
“In some cases, they’re still getting dressed while driving down the road,” he said. “It’s unbelievable the things people will try to do while operating a car.”
So far, in the U.S., only four states have enacted bans on cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle. Another 15 states have restrictions of cell phone use by school bus drivers and teenage drivers.
Bills have been introduced into the Alabama Legislature addressing cell phone use and driving, but so far none have passed.
“I do think we will eventually see an eventual law limiting some types of cell phone use,” Barnett said.
He said he believes it will happen within the next five years and could come in the same way states were forced to adopt seat belt laws and stricter drunk driving laws.
“I don’t know if I would go that far,” Sheffield’s Pace said.
People, he said, need to be more aware of their surroundings and if they need to use a cell phone in the car, they should pull off the road.
State Rep. Marcel Black, D-Muscle Shoals, said the Legislature would have to be educated about the dangers of cell phone use and driving before legislators will support a ban.
“Anytime you restrict people’s freedoms, it’s a tough bill,” Black said.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study shows that while it doesn’t fit the typical definition of distracted driving, frustration with other drivers can be considered a distraction that could lead to a wreck.
Evans said billboards, which are designed specifically to draw drivers’ attention, could also lead to a wreck.
“Any amount of time your eyes are off the road is that much more opportunity to be involved in a traffic accident,” Evans said.
He said a ban on cell phone use while driving would become a reality if cell phone use can be directly linked to increases in traffic crashes.
“That’s when you can anticipate our Legislature introducing some bills regarding restrictions or prohibited use,” Evans said. “Until the numbers reach unacceptable levels, I don’t anticipate seeing that.”
Evans said there is no way to track the number of accidents that were directly caused by cell phone use.
He said cell phone use as a contributing circumstance would fall in the category of “driver not in control,” which includes failure to yield, reaching into the floorboard to retrieve something or changing your radio station.
Driver not in control, he said, is one of the leading causes of crashes in Muscle Shoals, along with following too closely and excessive speed.
He did say that in the future, accident reports could have a box to check if cell phone use is a contributing factor in a wreck. That would be one way to determine if legislation is needed to restrict the use of cell phones while driving.
Shoals residents offered mixed opinions on a ban on cell phone use while driving.
Eulalia Winborn, of Sheffield, said their use should be banned.
“I’ve almost been hit several times by people using their cell phones while driving,” she said.
Winborn said she has a cell phone but does not use it while driving.
Jackie Kimbrough, of Muscle Shoals, agrees that using a cell phone while driving can be dangerous, but isn’t sure a complete ban is necessary.
Kimbrough said she doesn’t like to use her cell phone while driving and will pull over it if rings. Sometimes, she said, she just doesn’t answer it.
Lucas Cantrell, of Sheffield, said cell phone use while driving should be prohibited.
“I think it’s dangerous, and I don’t think you should be driving and talking on a cell phone,” he said.
Cantrell said he has had a few near misses with people driving and talking on their cell phones.
“We were on our honeymoon and a lady cut us off who was using her cell phone,” he said.
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Chrism
Mixture of olive oil and balsam blessed by a bishop; used in certain sacraments and in certain ecclesiastical functions
Chrism, a mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a bishop in a special manner and used in the administration of certain sacraments and in the performance of certain ecclesiastical functions. That chrism may serve as valid matter for the Sacrament of Confirmation it must consist of pure oil of olives, and it must be blessed by a bishop, or at least by a priest delegated by the Holy See. These two conditions are certainly necessary for validity; moreover it is probable that there should be an admixture of balsam, and that the blessing of the chrism should be special, in the sense that it ought to be different from that which is given to the oil of the sick or the oil of catechumens. (Cf. Lehmkuhl, Cas. Cons. II, n. 102.) If either of the last two conditions is wanting the sacrament will be doubtfully valid. To deal with the subject in a sufficiently exhaustive manner, it will be enough to touch upon (I) the origin and antiquity of chrism; (2) its constituent nature; (3) its blessing; and (4) its use and symbolical significance.
(I) Origin.—In its primitive meaning the word chrism, like the Greek chrisma, was used to designate any and every substance that served the purpose of smearing or anointing, such as the various kinds of oils, unguents, and pigments. This was its ordinary signification in profane literature, and even in the early patristic writings. Gradually however, in the writings of the Fathers at all events, the term came to be restricted to that special kind of oil that was used in religious ceremonies and functions, especially in the administration of the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. Thus Origen refers to the visible chrism in which we have all been baptized: St. Ambrose venerates in the chrism the oil of grace which makes kings and priests; and St. Cyril of Jerusalem celebrates the praises of the mystic chrism (cf. Dict. de theol. cath., s.v. Chreme, where many references are given to patristic passages in which the word occurs). The early councils of the Church have also references to chrism as something set apart for sacred purposes and making for the sanctification of men. Thus the Council of Constantinople held in 381 (Can. vii) and the Council of Toledo, 398 (Can. x). Regarding the institution of chrism, or its introduction into the sacramental and ceremonial system of the Church, some theologians like St. Thomas (Sum., III, Q. lxxii, a. 4) and Suarez (De Conf., D. xxxiii) hold that it was instituted immediately by Christ, while others contend that it is altogether of ecclesiastical origin. Eugene IV, in his famous “Instruction for the Armenians” (Bull “Exultate Deo”, apud Denzinger, “Enchiridion”, p. 160), asserts that chrism is the matter of the Sacrament of Confirmation, and, indeed, this opinion is so certain that it may not be denied without incurring some note of theological censure. (Cf. Catechism of the Council of Trent, Pt. II, c. q. 7.) All that the Council of Trent has defined in this connection is that they who attribute a certain spiritual and salutary efficacy to holy chrism do not in any way derogate from the respect and reverence due to t he Holy Ghost (Sess. VII, c. iv).
Nature.—Two elements enter into the constitution of legitimate chrism, viz. olive-oil and balsam. The former is indeed the preponderating, as well as the principal, ingredient, but the latter must be added in greater or lesser quantity, if not for reasons of validity, at all events in obedience to a grave ecclesiastical precept. Frequent reference is made in the Old Testament to the use of oil in religious ceremonies. It was employed in the coronation of kings, in the consecration of the high priest and in the ordination of the Levites, and indeed, it figured very prominently in the Mosaic ordinances generally, as can be abundantly gathered from Exodus (xxx, 22 sqq.), Leviticus (viii), and Deuteronomy (xxviii, 40). Such being the prevailing usage of the Old Testament in adopting olive-oil for religious ceremonies, it is no cause for wonder that it also came to receive under the New Dispensation a certain religious recognition and approval. The second element that enters into the constitution of genuine chrism is balsam. This is an aromatic, resinous substance that is extracted from the wood of certain trees or plants, especially those belonging to the terebinthine group or family. In the manufacture of this sweet-smelling unguent the early Greek Christians were wont to employ as many as forty different perfumed spices or essences (Goar, Euchologion, p. 627). In the beginning of the Christian Era balsam was obtained from Judea (opobalsam) and from Arabia Felix (balm of Mecca), but in modern times it is also procured, and in superior quality, from the West Indies. What is required for chrism should of course be such as is sanctioned by the usage of the Church. The first mention of balsam as an ingredient in the composition of chrism seems to be found in the “Gregorian Sacramentary”, a work belonging to the sixth century. (Cf. Perrone, Pril. rheol., III, 135.) Now, however, according to existing legislation, the addition of balsam is requisite for lawful chrism, but whether it is necessary for the validity of the sacrament, assuming that chrism is the matter of confirmation, this is a matter about which theologians do not agree. (Cf. Bellarmine, De Conf., ix.) The modern view appears to be that it is not so required. But owing to the uncertainty mere olive-oil alone would be doubtful matter and could not, therefore, be employed apart from very grave necessity.
Blessing.—For proper and legitimate chrism the blessing by a bishop is necessary, and, probably too, such a blessing as is peculiar to it alone. That the bishop is the ordinary minister of this blessing is certain. So much is amply recognized in all the writings of the early centuries, by the early councils (cf. Const. Apos., VII, 42; the Second Council of Carthage of 390, and Third Council of Braga, 572), and by all modern theologians (cf. Frassen, xi, 440). But whether a priest may be the extraordinary minister of this blessing, and, if so, in what circumstances, this is a question that is more or less freely discussed. It seems agreed that the pope may delegate a priest for this purpose, but it is not so clear that bishops can bestow the same delegated authority ex jure ordinario. They exercised, it seems, this prerogative in former times in the East, but the power of delegating priests to bless chrism is now strictly reserved to the Holy See in the Western Church. (Cf. Perrone, Prael. Theol., III, 135.) The rites employed in consecrating the sacred chrism go to show that it is a ceremony of the highest importance. Formerly it could be blessed on any day of the year according as necessity arose. Now, however, it must be blessed during the solemn high Mass of Holy Thursday. (Cf. Deer. S. R. C., ed. Gardellini, n. 2475.) For the full solemn ceremonial the consecrating prelate should be assisted by twelve priests, seven deacons, and seven subdeacons. The oil and balsam, being prepared in the sacristy beforehand, are carried in solemn procession to the sanctuary after the Communion, and placed on a table. Then the balsam, held on a silver salver, is blessed, and similarly the olive-oil, which is reserved in a silver jar. After this the balsam is mixed with the oil. Then, the chrism, being perfected with a final prayer, receives the homage of all the sacred ministers present, making each a triple genuflection towards it, and each time saying the words, Ave sanctum chrism. After the ceremony it is taken back to the sacristy, and distributed among the priests who take it away in silver vessels commonly called oil-stocks, what remains being securely and reverently guarded under lock and key. (Cf. Catalani, Corn. in Rom. Pont., I, 120; Bernard, be Pontifical, II, 470-495.)
Use and Significance.—Chrism is used in the administration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, in the consecration of churches, chalices, patens, altars, and altar-stones, and in the solemn blessing of bells and baptismal water. The head of the newly-baptized is anointed with chrism, the forehead of the person confirmed, the head and hands of a bishop at his consecration, and the hands of a priest at his ordination. So are the walls of churches, which are solemnly consecrated, anointed with the same holy oil, and the parts of the sacred vessels used in the Mass which come in contact with the Sacred Species, as the paten and chalice. If it be asked why chrism has been thus introduced into the functions of the church liturgy, a reason is found in its special fitness for this purpose by reason of its symbolical significance. For olive-oil, being of its own nature rich, diffusive, and abiding, is fitted to represent the copious outpouring of sacramental grace, while balsam, which gives forth most agreeable and fragrant odors, typifies the innate sweetness of Christian virtue. Oil also gives strength and suppleness to the limbs, while balsam preserves from corruption. Thus anointing with chrism aptly signifies that fulness of grace and spiritual strength by which we are enabled to resist the contagion of sin and produce the sweet flowers of virtue. “For we are the good odor of Christ unto God” (II Cor., ii, 15).
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Edmonton-based cannabis retailer set to grow with investment from global retailer
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has agreed to make a strategic investment in Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. of Edmonton, which will use the funds to develop its Hifyre digital retail platform and expand its network of cannabis retail stores.
Couche-Tard makes strategic cannabis move with investment in Fire & Flower
The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 24, 2019 8:07 AM MT | Last Updated: July 24, 2019
Fire & Flower has announced a strategic investment by Alimentation Couche-Tard, a global retailer with more than 16,000 stores in 26 countries. (CBC)
An Edmonton-based cannabis retailer is planning to significantly accelerate its growth and expansion after entering into a deal with one of North America's largest operators of convenience stores and gas bars
"This strategic investment by Couche-Tard, one of the world's largest retailers, is transformative for Fire & Flower," said Trevor Fencott, Fire & Flower's chief executive officer, in a media release posted on its website.
"The retail cannabis platform we developed marries a best-in-class in-store experience with our proprietary Hifyre digital infrastructure and this is a huge vote of confidence in the platform."
Trevor Fencott, president and CEO of Fire & Flower, says the agreement will be "transformative" for his company. (Fire & Flower)
The companies say Couche-Tard's initial investment would initially give it rights to 9.9 per cent of Fire & Flower's equity, with the potential to increase its stake to 50.1 per cent in return for a total of about $380 million in growth capital.
Fire & Flower currently operates or licenses 23 cannabis retail stores in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario and a wholesale distribution division in Saskatchewan.
Alimentation Couche-Tard is one of North America's largest operators of convenience stores and gas bars, primarily under the Circle K global brand and under the Couche-Tard banner in its home province of Quebec.
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Fencott cites the opportunities created by Couche-Tard's international operations, which includes major markets in the U.S., Mexico and Europe.
Couche-Tard chief executive Brian Hannasch says the investment will enable the Laval-based retail chain to accelerate its move into the cannabis sector.
"Couche-Tard is excited to make this strategic investment in one of the fastest growing cannabis 'pure-play' retailers," Hannasch said in a statement.
"This investment in Fire & Flower, with a path to a controlling stake, will enable us to leverage their leadership, network and advanced digital platform to accelerate our journey in this new and flourishing sector."
The companies say an indirect subsidiary of Couche-Tard will initially buy about $26 million of convertible debt securities that can be converted to 24.3 million common shares at a price of $1.07 each, representing 9.9 per cent of equity.
At the same time, Couche-Tard will receive three series of warrants allowing it to purchase more shares. It will also get the right to top up its investment to maintain its ownership percentage.
Fire & Flower's stock is currently listed on the TSX Venture Exchange but it has received conditional approval to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange concurrent with the transaction.
Fire & Flower's stock price jumped 20 per cent to a two-month high at $1.37 a share following the announcement, while Couche-Tard stock was essentially flat at $80.73 in early trading Wednesday.
With files from CBC Edmonton
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New Years Day To Release Special EP Later This Year
In a new interview with the Rock Sound Podcast, New Years Day frontwoman Ash Costello shared that the band had actually finished a new record right before Vans Warped Tour, but scrapped the entire thing, as they weren't quite happy with the direction the music written had taken.
To give the fans a little something to close the gap between the last record (Malevolence, 2015) and the next one, which could be a while, the band is releasing a special EP somewhere in November, Costello shares.
Here's what she shared on the Rock Sound podcast:
"We actually, right before Warped, spent three, almost four weeks in the studio and we wrote nearly 20 songs and when we were done - we scrapped all of them!
We were just not feeling it, it wasn't what we wanted, man even looking back I'm like, 'I can't believe we decided to do that' because even though it didn't turn out the way we wanted it, we put in a lot of hard work... and that was right before Warped Tour and we didn't have time to do anything else.
So we get home from Warped Tour and we go, 'Okay, it's going to be a while until this next album comes out because we're definitely feeling the pressure on this one'... This time we all agreed we're going to let the album tell us when it's done.
So in the meantime we did an EP that we're going to release next month just to hold everyone over... of our favourite songs that we covered, which I'm actually really excited about.
It's five covers, one original song... it's one of the ones we really loved and we played it at Warped Tour, it's called 'Disgust Me'.
We decided to cover 'Fucking Hostile' by Pantera... I just really wanted people to see a girl could do it just fine, because when I first pitched it they go, 'Ooooh, it's really hard, think you can?' and I was like, 'Are you fucking kidding me? Give me the fucking song! Let me show you' and it came out brilliant."
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Samsung's second try with Cingular
Samsung rolls out new phones, including a new EV-DO handset for Cingular
Kent German
Oct. 24, 2006 5:56 p.m. PT
Samsung is taking the offensive in the battle for Cingular 3G supremacy with its new SGH-A707. Announced today in Korea and destined for America's wireless carrier, the A707 offers support for Cingular's HSDPA network, a 2-megapixel camera, a digital music player, and stereo Bluetooth. From what we can tell, it looks like Samsung is hoping to make a more respectable showing on the 3G front than it did with its recent Samsung SGH-ZX20.
Though the ZX20 was perfectly functional, its dull design didn't complement its high-end features. What's more, while the ZX20 was announced at this year's CES, it didn't hit the market until the summer and had the misfortune to follow in the wake of LG's flashy CU500. The A707's design still seems a bit understated, but at least it offers external music controls. We're not sure when the A707 will arrive at Cingular, so pricing isn't available at this moment.
Samsung is also readying its SGH-D347 for Cingular service. Similar to the SGH-D357, the new handset offers quad-band world phone support, Bluetooth, and push-to-talk compatibility. The SGH-D347 showed up on Samsung's Web site a couple of days ago, but it has yet to appear on Cingular's site. Lastly, Samsung also showed its SCH-B560 recently. Another 3G model with a pivoting display, the B560 is primed for multimedia functionality. Inside are a digital music player and a 2-megapixel camera.
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Obama sorry golf schedule changed wedding location
Ashley Killough, CNN
Updated 3:51 PM EST, Mon December 29, 2014
An Army couple had to relocate their wedding because of the President's golf game
They were informed after they first invited him to the wedding and he declined
Obama called the couple over the weekend and apologized
President Barack Obama apologized to a couple after his golf game in Hawaii forced the bride and groom to relocate their wedding Sunday.
According to a report out from Bloomberg, the couple – both captains in the Army – had previously invited Obama to their wedding, knowing that he’d likely return to his family’s vacation spot for the holidays.
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The couple, Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr., received an RSVP on Saturday from the President declining the invitation but sending them good wishes.
Later on Saturday they were told they’d have to relocate their wedding venue away from the golf course, which is located on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, because the President was planing to play golf.
“It was emotional, especially for her,” Jamie McCarthy, the groom’s sister, told Bloomberg. “She’s the bride and in less than 24 hours they had to change everything they had planned.”
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Obama regularly plays on the course, and anyone planning an event there is told ahead of time that plans may be reshuffled at the last minute when the President in town, according to a manager from the company that handled logistics for the wedding.
Naile Brenna, the manager, said they had alternative options on stand-by, and the couple ended up having their wedding at a “much prettier and much nicer venue” near the home of the base’s commanding officer, which has a view near the 16th hole.
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After Bloomberg asked for a response from the administration, the President called the bride. McCarthy said Obama apologized and congratulated the couple, and the phone call “made their day.”
The White House declined to comment on the story Monday after it was published.
It wasn’t the first time Obama’s plans interfered with a wedding this year. In October, a bride was late to her wedding in Chicago thanks to stalled traffic from the president’s motorcade.
CNN’s Maeve Reston contributed to this report.
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Autoimmune Diseases' Effect On Oral Health
Autoimmune diseases are disorders caused by a reaction of an individual's immune system to the tissues or organs of the person's own body. Most body parts can be affected by these diseases, and even though treatments exist to control symptoms, there are no cures. Some of these diseases affect the oral cavity and have a negative effect on oral health.
Understanding Autoimmune Diseases
The purpose of the immune system is to defend the body from invading microorganisms. When the immune system attacks the body's own cells and tissues, autoimmune disorders occur. Many of these diseases share symptoms, such as fatigue, dizziness and low-grade fever. According to the Office of Women's Health, approximately 23.5 million people in the United States are afflicted with at least one autoimmune disease, and women are at greater risk of acquiring an autoimmune disease than men are. Heredity and hormones often play a role in the onset and symptoms of the diseases. Hormonal changes can cause symptoms to change, sometimes for the better but sometimes for the worse. There are oral manifestations of many autoimmune diseases.
Disease That Affects Saliva
Sjögren's syndrome is the second most common autoimmune disease, according to Medscape. About 90 percent of the patients are women, and approximately 3 percent of all women over age 50 are affected by the disease. Some instances of Sjögren's syndrome are associated with rheumatoid arthritis. This disease attacks the glands, which leads to dryness of eyes, mouth and other body tissues. People afflicted with the disease may experience trouble eating and swallowing. Some patients' saliva takes on a thick consistency while other patients do not produce saliva at all. Both of these symptoms disturb taste and speech and cause an increase in dental cavities. The tongue may take on a cobblestone-like appearance because of the change in saliva. Patients with Sjögren's syndrome often get a fungal infection, called candidiasis, in the mouth. Good oral hygiene and frequent dental visits are needed to minimize the effects of this disease.
Diseases That Affect the Mouth
Crohn's disease involves the entire GI tract. This disease usually occurs in the patient's 20's and 30's but may also occur later in life in the 60s and 70s, according to Medscape. Crohn's disease affects the oral cavity in 8 to 29 percent of the patients who have this disease. The oral symptoms of Crohn's include swelling of the gums, ulcers in the mouth and swelling of the lips. These symptoms can cause eating difficulty and may be among the first of the disease's symptoms to appear.
Systemic lupus erythematosus damages body parts including skin, joints and kidneys, according to the Office of Women's Health. It mostly develops in young women, but it can affect people of either gender at any age. This disease causes fever, weight loss and a butterfly rash across the nose and cheeks. The oral manifestation that is most significant is mouth ulcers; the sores may not cause the patient pain.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of the skin. It affects about 2 percent of the population of the United States, according to Medscape. It typically develops in a patient's 20's or 30's. The scalp, elbows and knees become affected with scaly white plaques. Although psoriasis is not common in the mouth, oral lesions may occur on the lips, tongue, palate and gums.
Diseases That Affect Swallowing
Hashimoto's disease is an inflammation of the thyroid. It is the most common of diseases that cause an underactive thyroid, according to the Office of Women's Health. Women are more likely to get this disease than men are, and it often occurs at middle age. This disease can cause facial swelling, weakness, fatigue and sensitivity to cold. The throat may swell to such a degree that patients have difficulty swallowing.
Scleroderma causes abnormal growth of connective tissue in the skin and blood vessels and can lead to organ failure. The disease can cause skin to become thick or cause facial skin to become extremely tight. People with this disease may have trouble swallowing.
There are more than 80 different autoimmune diseases. The number of people with autoimmune disorders is growing, yet many of these diseases are difficult to diagnose. If you experience any of the symptoms described, seek a doctor with experience in treating these types of diseases, and make sure to have frequent dental exams and good oral hygiene to combat or neutralize the negative oral effects of the disease.
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Home Gaming App Spending on Christmas Grew 35 Percent to $407 Million Globally: Sensor...
App Spending on Christmas Grew 35 Percent to $407 Million Globally: Sensor Tower
Worldwide spending on mobile apps reached $407.6 million (roughly Rs. 2,988 crores) across Google Play and Apple’s App Store on Christmas day, according to a report. The record spending shows a 34.5 percent year-over-year growth from $303 million (roughly Rs. 2,221 crores) in 2019. A majority of the Christmas spending was on mobile games, with Tencent’s Honor of Kings emerging as the category leader. Apart from mobile games, TikTok attracted the bulk of consumer spending on apps.
Global app spending on Christmas in 2020 was 17 points higher than the growth experienced in 2019 when spending grew 17.7 percent year-over-year, as per a report released by app analyst firm Sensor Tower. Mobile games led the total app spending, with 27 percent growth to $295.6 million (roughly Rs. 2,165 crores) this year from $232.4 million (roughly Rs. 1,702 crores) on Christmas in 2019.
Honor of Kings by Tencent Games surpassed other mobile games in terms of spending on Christmas. Sensor Tower said the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game garnered $10.7 million (roughly Rs. 78.3 crores). This was up 205.7 percent year-over-year from $3.5 million (roughly Rs. 25.6 crores) on the same day in 2019.
In terms of non-gaming apps, consumers spent $112 million (roughly Rs. 820 crores), which was up 59 percent from $70.5 million (roughly Rs. 516 crores) spent in 2019. Sensor Tower stated that the total spending on non-gaming apps this year grew 4.2 percentage points from last Christmas.
Entertainment was the category that generated the most revenue outside of games on both Google Play and Apple’s App Store.
“On the App Store, Entertainment apps reached $19.3 million (roughly Rs. 141.3 crores) or 21.8 percent of all non-game spending. On Google Play, the category generated $4.3 million (roughly Rs. 31.48 crores) or 18.5 percent of all revenue generated,” Sensor Tower noted.
TikTok came on top in terms of consumer spend on apps outside of mobile games by generating $4.7 million (roughly Rs. 34.42 crores) globally in revenue on Christmas. Interestingly, TikTok’s popularity grew despite the existence of alternative short video-sharing apps from Facebook and other tech companies in the market. The growth was also despite the widespread criticism TikTok faced over data security in regions including in India where the app has been banned and the US where the company is currently embroiled in a legal battle.
US led global spending
US led the record app spending on Christmas, with consumers in the country spending nearly $130 million (roughly Rs. 952 crores). This shows a 38.7 percent year-over-year growth from $93.7 million (roughly Rs. 686 crores) last year, and exceeds global growth by six points, the analyst firm said.
Just like the global spending, mobile games generated the most revenue in the US. It reached $87.2 million (roughly Rs. 638 crores) to mark a 26.4 percent increase from close to $69 million (roughly Rs. 505 crores) in 2019. Non-gaming app spending in the US, on the other hand, grew 72.2 percent to $42.7 million (roughly Rs. 312 crores) on Christmas from $24.8 million (roughly Rs. 181 crores) last year.
Entertainment also led the non-gaming app spending in the US with $9.6 million (roughly Rs. 70.28 crores) generated on Christmas day.
Sensor Tower said that online game platform Roblox led the total game spending in the US, with the consumer spending growing 40.4 percent year-over-year to $6.6 million (roughly Rs. 48.32 crores) this Christmas from $4.7 million (roughly Rs. 34.40 crores) last year. Disney+ surfaced as the top non-gaming app for consumer spending in the US, with $2.6 million (roughly Rs. 19.03 crores) generated that shows 44.4 percent increase from $1.8 million (roughly Rs. 34.40 crores) in 2019.
Apple’s App Store captured a large part
Globally, Apple’s App Store captured the bulk of spending against Google Play. It received 68.4 percent of the total app spending of $278.6 million (roughly Rs. 2,039 crores), which went up by 35.2 percent year-over-year. In contrast, Google Play saw $129 million (roughly Rs. 944 crores) in revenue, up by more than 33 percent year-over-year.
Sensor Tower said that both App Store and Google Play store have collectively generated over $100 billion (roughly Rs. 7,32,225 crores) in consumer spending by November 2020. This comes as the result of a number of apps reaching new heights in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on digital spending.
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Fidel Castro signs First Agrarian Reform into law
The agrarian reform laws of Cuba sought to break up large landholdings and redistribute land to those peasants who worked it, to cooperatives, and the state.
Laws relating to land reform were implemented in a series of laws passed between 1958 and 1963 after the Cuban Revolution. Che Guevara was named head of the INRA as minister of industries and oversaw the land reform policies.
No. 3 of the Sierra Maestra was enacted in the Fall of 1958. It was enacted by the rebel forces under the command of Fidel Castro and implemented only in the "liberated territories" of Eastern Cuba under their control.
On January 27, 1959, Che Guevara made one of his most significant speeches where he talked about "the social ideas of the rebel army." During this speech, he declared that the main concern of the new Cuban government was "the social justice that land redistribution brings about."
On May 17 1959, the Agrarian Reform Law called on by and crafted by Che Guevara went into effect, limiting the size of farms to 1,000 acres. Any holdings over these limits were expropriated by the government and either redistributed to peasants in 67 acre parcels or held as state run communes. The law also stipulated that sugar plantations could not be owned by foreigners. A new government agency the National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA) was established to administer this law, and quickly became the most important governing body in the nation with Guevara named minister of industries.
INRA established its own 100,000 person militia, used first to help the government seize control of the expropriated land, supervise its distribution, and later to set up cooperative farms. The land confiscated included 480,000 acres owned by U.S. corporations.
Soon after Guevara trained these forces as a regular army, while the INRA also financed most of the highway construction in the country, built rural housing and even tourist resorts per Guevara’s industrial plans.
The Second Agrarian Reform Law was enacted in October 1963.
Source: Wikipedia Added by: Kevin Rogers
May 17: Upon his return to Cuba, Castro signs the Agrarian Reform Act. The government expropriates farm lands over 1,000 acres and bans land ownership by foreigners. Two hundred thousand peasants receive titles to land.
Source: PBS Online Added by: Kevin Rogers
On May 17, 1959, the Cuban government enacts its Agrarian Reform Law: distributing all farmlands over 1,000 acres to landless peasants and workers, and prohibiting foreign ownership of land — which had owned 75 percent of Cuba's most fertile land. The Cuban government buys all foreign owned land with 20 year fixed-term government bonds paying an annual interest rate of 4.5 percent (higher than most U.S. government bond rates at the time). Over 200,000 Cuban families own land for the first time in their lives as a result of the reform.
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Canandaigua Speedway’s ‘Wings & Warriors Tour’ Features WoO Sprints an/
Canandaigua Speedway’s ‘Wings & Warriors Tour’ Features WoO Sprints and Late Models
Concord, NC — Canandaigua Speedway’s ‘Wings & Warriors Tour’ Features World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and World of Outlaws Late Models
Rolling Wheels’ World of Outlaws Sprint Car Race Now Oct. 10 During Super DIRT Week.
The 2009 New York Outlaw Invasion is a blockbuster. The inaugural “Wings & Warriors Tour” at Canandaigua Speedway will feature the world’s most prolific dirt track racers from the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on May 25 and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series on June 23.
Plus, the superstars of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and their jet-like race cars will be featured during the 38th Annual Super DIRT Week festivities when they race Saturday, Oct. 10, at Rolling Wheels Raceway, giving New York its biggest stake in the series’ championship battle in years.
Beginning today, fans who purchase the $65 Wings & Warriors Tour advance reserved combo ticket package for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on May 25 and the World of Outlaws Late Models on June 23 will receive a pit pass to each event. That’s a savings of $80 over purchasing the same tickets on race day. Tickets can be reserved at the DIRTcar Racing Northeast Region office by calling 315-834-6606.
“Last year the World of Outlaws Late Model Series came to Canandaigua Speedway and put on an incredible show in front of a packed house,” GM Jack Deery said. “Ours fans asked for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars to come back, too. We’re thrilled we can make that happen, and offer our fans an affordable combo ticket with the opportunity to get a pit pass for free to both events. I believe the Wings & Warriors Tour will be the biggest thing Canandaigua Speedway has seen in a long, long time.
“On top of that, to have the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars be part of Super DIRT Week again is very exciting. It will no doubt make Central New York the focal point of dirt track racing in October.”
In addition to the World of Outlaws series, DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds will also be featured at the May 25 event with the BRP Late Models racing on June 23, making that night one of the biggest Dirt Late Model shows in New York history.
Stevie Smith captured the most recent World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature in 1999 at Canandaigua. Jac Haudenschild set a track record of 14.773 seconds at 121.844 mph in 1997. Steve Kinser has won four World of Outlaws A-mains at Canandaigua, more than any other driver.
Josh Richards won the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event last season at Canandaigua Speedway. The Wings & Warriors Tour will mark the series’ second appearance there.
For more information on Canandaigua Speedway, visit www.canandaiguaspeedway.com or call 315-834-6606. To learn more about the World of Outlaws, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
‘Dirty South’ Swing on tap after season-opening weekend
Open Red Episode 207 – Parker Price-Miller
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Tony Stewart Racing Outlaw Teams Try To Beat Local Competition in Pennsylva/
Tony Stewart Racing Outlaw Teams Try To Beat Local Competition in Pennsylvania
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INDIANAPOLIS (July 19, 2011) – The rivalry between the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series and the famed “Pennsylvania Posse” has been a little bit one-sided as of late. This weekend, Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser are hoping to lead the Outlaws brigade back to victory lane at historic Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. This weekend’s Summer Nationals and inaugural Morgan Cup offer three opportunities for the Outlaws to reclaim victory lane in Pennsylvania before concluding the weekend with their only stop of the season in New York at Lebanon (N.Y.) Valley Speedway.
For years, regional Sprint car racers have tried to ambush the WoO stars when they come to town. The central Pennsylvania region has been the toughest on the traveling Winged Sprint car drivers through the years, and the Posse’s recent run of 10 wins in the last 11 races at Williams Grove has allowed it to regain some bragging rights. Kinser, who will drive the TSR No. 11 Bass Pro Shops/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Maxim, and Schatz, driver of the TSR No. 15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J, each has had his share of runs through Pennsylvania in which he seemed unstoppable.
Kinser has started more than 150 WoO A-Features at the famed half-mile dirt oval and the 20-time WoO champion has won 37 times. His most recent win came in May 2008 and, earlier this season, he raced to a fifth-place finish in the 25-lap A-Feature on May 13.
Schatz has 15 career wins at the track during his 15-year WoO career, and seven of those have come during the Summer Nationals. In 2007, he won five of seven shows at “The Grove,” winning the Spring Nationals, the $25,000 Summer Nationals finale and $50,000 National Open. Schatz is the last WoO regular driver to race to victory at Williams Grove, and that came when the four-time WoO champion won the 2008 Summer Nationals finale.
Last week, the Outlaws’ “Month of Money” kicked off in Ohio and continues through Pennsylvania this week. Schatz won last week’s Wednesday-night Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio, and then scored a pair of top-10s during the Kings Royal weekend races at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway. Kinser finished second this past Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., during the second Silver Cup 30-lap A-Feature event. Saturday’s $20,000 top prize for the Summer Nationals winner follows the $50,000 paid out for last Saturday’s Kings Royal and the two $15,000 winner’s checks paid out on Tuesday in the Silver Cup. The “Month of Money” concludes Aug. 8-13 with the 51st annual Goodyear Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals that will pay the winner $150,000.
Schatz and Kinser continue to play key roles in the battle for the 2011 WoO championship. Schatz has 4,359 points through 32 races and trails leader Jason Meyers by 15 markers. He has earned three wins, 15 top-fives and 25 top-10s. Kinser, whose five wins are tied for most in 2011, ranks third with 4,298 points, 14 top-fives and 24 top-10s.
Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway, the pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. EDT, with the grandstands opening at 5:45 p.m. Time trials are scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. More details are available by calling Williams Grove Speedway at (717) 697-5000, or visit www.williamsgrove.com.
Sunday at Lebanon Valley Speedway, the pit gates will open at 2 p.m. EDT, with the grandstands opening at 4 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. For ticket information, visit www.lebanonvalley.com.
Race fans unable to attend this weekend’s races can catch all of the action on DIRTVision.com. Fans can listen live as Johnny Gibson, “Voice of the Outlaws,” calls the action as he does at all WoO Sprint Series events on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as on the DIRT Radio Network. Go to www.DIRTVision.com for more information on all the site features, including updated results from each night of racing, as well as a chat room to interact with other race fans.
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Steve Kinser, Driver of the No. 11 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/J.D. Byrider Maxim:
The “Month of Money” has begun and you are still looking to win one of the high-paying races. How tough was finishing second in Tuesday night’s second Silver Cup feature.
“I just made a mistake and let one get away from me. The guys had the Bass Pro Shops car really nice and I was able to get the lead and felt pretty good. The race was 30 laps. I made a mistake with two to go and got beat. We only have a few of these races that pay a little more than normal and you hate to let them slip away. I guess the only thing we can do is turn our attention to this weekend and see if we can make up for it.”
You’ve raced some of the best competition all around the world. What makes the teams from central Pennsylvania so tough?
“They have a lot of drivers who have spent some time racing on the road with the Outlaws in the past and their car owners provide them with top-notch equipment. That’s a pretty good combination, and they race quite a bit at their tracks. They can qualify and race pretty well, too. I’m sure, over the years, that area of the country has produced more than its share of top drivers and teams. We enjoy the competition and challenge that comes with it.”
Donny Schatz, Driver of the No. 15 TSR/Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J:
You are in the midst of the busiest part of the 2011 schedule. What does it take to be consistent when you are racing as much as you will be during the next couple of weeks?
“It’s about teamwork and being prepared. We are racers and this is our time to thrive. The schedule we have for July is what we are all used to – a lot of races at different tracks. That’s what this series is all about. You have to be good no matter where you are and that starts with preparation. The STP guys worked hard all winter and spring so we could be ready right now. This part of the season is when you can really gain a lot of momentum. That’s what we’re trying to make sure happens.”
Williams Grove Speedway is one of the toughest tracks on the circuit to be successful. In the past, you’ve done pretty well there, but it’s been a couple of years since your last win. What is it going to take to return to victory lane there?
“There are a lot of things that have to go right to win there. There are quite a few good cars that compete there regularly and it’s something where we have to be really good every time we hit the track. Qualifying is really important. If you can get yourself a good lap, then the rest of the evening goes much smoother. The heat races are tough and you have to go right away. The biggest thing is putting yourself in a position to be challenging for the win late in the race. That’s our goal. Like I said, there are a lot of steps in doing that, but we just take them one at time. We have two nights to keep getting better and, hopefully, we’ll get started with a good qualifying lap on Friday night and just build on it from there.”
About Armored AutoGroup
Armored AutoGroup Inc., headquartered in Danbury, CT, is primarily comprised of the Armor All® and STP® brands. Armor All’s® current product line of protectants, wipes, tire and wheel care products, glass cleaners, leather care products and washes is designed to clean, shine and protect interior and exterior automobile surfaces. STP’s® offering of oil and fuel additives, functional fluids and automotive appearance products has a broad customer base ranging from professional racers to car enthusiasts and ‘‘Do-it-Yourselfers’’. The company has a diversified geographic footprint with direct operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K. and distributor relationships in approximately 50 countries. For more information, please visit www.armorall.com and www.stp.com.
About Bass Pro Shops Group
Bass Pro Shops – 56 retail stores in 26 states and Canada visited by over 109 million people annually, international catalog and internet retailing, American Rod & Gun wholesale division selling to over 7,000 independently owned retail stores worldwide, Outdoor World Incentives also selling Bass Pro Shops gift cards through over 132,000 retail outlets across America and a restaurant division with 26 locations. For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops store locations, products or special events, please visit www.basspro.com. To request a free catalog call 1-800-BASS PRO.
Tracker Marine Group – Manufactures and sells Tracker, Nitro, SunTracker, Tahoe, Grizzly and Mako boats through Bass Pro Shops retail stores and over 400 dealers worldwide.
Visit www.trackerboats.com
Resort Group – Big Cedar Lodge and other resort properties including restaurants and golf course. Visit www.bigcedar.com for more information.
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Stewart Heads into Upper Midwest
Schatz Closes out Month of June
Schatz Grabs Podium in Home State
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End of Life: Discussions on Dying & Dignity
End of Life: Discussions on Dying & Dignity aired on May 19, 2011.
Series: Specials
Midterm Matters
In a volatile election year, WQED re-centers the conversation around issues that matter to Western Pennsylvanians. This production features thoughtful reports on our local infrastructure, economy and school safety. A diverse panel of political thinkers share their thoughts on how those issues might be affected by the midterm elections.
Harold Hayes.
Dr. Rueben Brock, California University of Pennsylvania;
Rennick Remley, GOP Committee Chair from Pittsburgh 7th Ward;
Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh.
Original airdate: Oct 25, 2018
This half-hour documentary explores and exposes threats to Pennsylvania’s watersheds, and highlights the efforts of committed scientists, water-quality advocates, and everyday citizens as they work to protect and restore the state’s streams and rivers . . . not only to benefit Pennsylvanians, but also for the health and safety of all of the life that exists in its downstream communities. Downstream was produced by Point Park University/Environmental Journalism, in association with WQED Multimedia.
State of Black Pittsburgh
Educators, politicians and activists discuss the issues that shape the community.
Original airdate: Jun 07, 2018
Ink & Image
Tattoos can transform – but in a way that goes far beyond body art. Explore the lives of people who use tattoos for mental health and medical reasons. The compelling documentary introduces self-harm and suicide survivors who use ink to cover their scars, a breast cancer patient who got tattoos to make reconstruction look more realistic and a veteran hoping to hide the wounds of war.
A Beacon for Change: The Pittsburgh Courier Story
Groundbreaking, influential, transformative. From its beginnings in 1907, the Pittsburgh Courier has been a leader among the nation’s African American newspapers – sparking historic change on issues ranging from education, housing and employment to discrimination in the military. With rare archival images and compelling interviews, this documentary explores the Courier’s impact on civil rights, social justice, culture and sports. The paper also provided historians with an invaluable chronicle of everyday life in the black community.
And Both Shall Row... My Love and I
It started with a shipwreck in 1850. Two Irish sweethearts are headed to the New World when calamity strikes. The chaos of the shipwreck separated the couple. But many years later, WQED picks up the story in Pittsburgh where their implausible reunion is a love story for the ages. It’s just one of a collection of poignant, romantic and life-affirming stories set in Western Pennsylvania – all with an engaging musical thread.
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Car sharing system powered by sun funtions as neighborhood battery in the Netherlands and Belgium
Over the next two years, our ambition is to realize a network of 80 solar roofs, 63 bi-directional charging stations and 150 electric shared cars. Therefor, we install solar roofs in schools, sports halls and municipal buildings in the immediate vicinity of residential areas in the south of Netherlands and Flanders.
These solar panels will provide not only for the building, as well as for shared electric cars, which save and generate energy through the use of smart, bi-directional charging points when the demand for electricity is high in a sustainable and flexible way.
By employing a sharing system, car use is made more efficient. Did you know that a privately used car sits unused for an average of 23 hours a day? One shared car can replace an average of four to 12 privately owned cars. This sharing system also frees up space otherwise needed for parking, making room for public green areas.
DeeldeZon ultimately contributes to the energy transition by realizing energy-neutral neighborhoods, towns, cities and countries.
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Australia: save the koalas’ forest!
Australia’s koalas need help: the recent loosening of environmental laws has led to a surge in land clearing and habitat destruction. The state of Queensland does not even require permits in many cases. The rampant deforestation needs to stop NOW.
In Queensland, a state in northeastern Australia, land clearing is at a ten-year high. Habitat loss is threatening a dozen plant and nearly one hundred animal species, including Australia’s iconic koala and the cassowary – a large, flightless bird.
The number of koalas has plummeted from an estimated 100,000 to 40,000 in only five years. Once at home in lush forests, many now have to cope with scattered patches of woodland and suburban sprawl. To change trees in sparsely wooded areas, koalas are forced to come down to the ground – where they are vulnerable to attack by dogs or meet their end as roadkill.
“Queensland has once again become a global land-clearing hotspot after its vegetation laws were torn up by the previous state government,” notes biologist April Reside.
In many cases, “self-assessable codes” apply to land clearing, meaning that landholders don’t need a permit – they simply send in the bulldozers and inform the authorities later. While large-scale land clearing for “high-value agriculture” does require a permit, it's questionable whether such clearing is subject to effective oversight.
The state of Queensland will be electing a new government on November 25th. Now is the time to build international pressure and strengthen the position of Australian conservationists.
Please call on Australian policymakers to stand up for the protection of koalas and other iconic species and stop the destruction of their habitat.
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$74 Million in Record-Setting Settlements in Crash of United Airlines #232
Corboy & Demetrio represented 39 clients in lawsuits against United Airlines in the horrific crash of Flight #232 in Sioux City, Iowa, obtaining for them nearly $74 million in settlements, including a single record-setting settlement for the family of one deceased passenger of $25 million.
In the 1989 air disaster, the jet’s hydraulic control system failed, which led to the plane slamming into the runway, losing its wings, splitting into several pieces, and bursting into flames. In total, 111 of the 296 people on board died in the deadly crash.
Three years after the crash, Corboy & Demetrio announced the securing of the largest wrongful death settlement in Illinois history up to that point in time (1992).
Corboy & Demetrio negotiated a $25,000,000 settlement for the family of a 39-year-old self-made millionaire, who was on Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago to survey a possible job site for his company. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
In all, for 39 different clients, Corboy & Demetrio obtained a total of $73,900,000 in settlements. All federal cases handled by Corboy and Demetrio were tried in the Northern District of Illinois.
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Search on for man fishing in kayak on N. Carolina coast
A search is underway for a man who went fishing in his kayak on the Outer Banks over the weekend and hasn’t returned, North Carolina wildlife officials said.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission said the kayaker, who hasn’t been identified, was fishing near the Old Manns Harbor Bridge in Dare County around 7 p.m. Saturday, The Charlotte Observer reported Monday.
According to the commission, the man’s wife called 911 on Sunday when he didn’t come home. She said his car was still parked at the access area near the bridge.
Authorities said the man didn’t have a life jacket.
N.C. Wildlife, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Coast Guard began a search Sunday night and resumed on Monday morning with help from the N.C. Marine Patrol.
The man is believed to be in a yellow kayak and was last seen wearing a burgundy hoodie, gray jacket, black sweatpants and gray Crocs, according to wildlife officials.
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1 Question 3 Walden University: Final exam for NURS 6670 Correct answers marked yellow. Question 1 Histrionic Narcissistic Borderline Schizoid Question 2 The physiologic symptoms of withdrawal may require a short-term hospitalization Unlike other substances of abuse, there are no medications to help reduce the intensity of withdrawal She will need to be monitored for depression Overcoming the intense craving for cocaine is the biggest issue Clare’s history of personal relationships is characterized by complete intolerance of being alone. Whether it is an Anne is a 32-year-old female who presented to care after a random drug screening at work was positive for cocaine. She was initially resistant to therapy, maintaining that her use is not a problem and she could stop at any time. Upon further discussion in session, it appears that she uses cocaine every day at work, sometimes 2–3 times, other days more. She also uses it occasionally at home and most weekends. During her third session, she admitted that it is a financial burden, and she basically cannot afford any other form of recreation. She understands that if she uses again she will lose her job, and she admits that she loves her job and that cocaine is not worth losing it. When counseling her about cessation strategies, the PMHNP advises all the following except: Alexa is a 27-year-old female who has come to group therapy while she is in the city jail. She was arrested for vagrancy because she was sleeping in her car in a parking lot at a local shopping center. She could not post bail, so she is sentenced to 14 days in jail. During group, she contributes that none of this is her fault. Her mother is totally evil because she would not let Alexa stay in the family home. She has some other family. but they are all jerks because they won’t help her. Alexa’s friend Melanie is the absolute best person in the world, but she can’t help because her boss fired her for no reason. Alexa has a history of arrests for buying illegal drugs and prostitution. The last time she was in jail, her sentence was extended for 30 days because she got into a fight with another inmate and beat her up so badly she had to be admitted to the hospital for 6 days. The PMHNP considers which of the following personality disorders?2 intimate-partner relationship or a close friend, Clare appears to always need someone in her life. She had a livein boyfriend of 3 years, and while they were together, he took care of everything. The PMHNP expects all of the following to be additional features of Clare’s history except: Has disproportionate anger toward an abusive spouse Question 4 Clothing Speech pattern Anger Anxiety Question 5 A 27-year-old female with a 1-month history of social withdrawal, anorexia, hypersomnia, unprovoked outbursts of anger, and a strong family history of endogenous depression A 41-year-old male with a history of childhood sexual abuse, loss of interest in both his professional and personal life, an unplanned 10 lb. weight loss in the last 3 months, and perceptual disturbances A 65-year-old male whose wife died 2 months ago and he reports a 3-week history of generally depressed mood, guilt about his wife’s death, insomnia, difficulty focusing on daily tasks, with increasing thoughts of dying A 72-year-old female who just relocated across country to live with her adult son and daughter-in-law who is despondent about leaving her home and reports forgetfulness, loss of appetite, new onset bowel problems, and extreme loss of energy Question 6 SSRIs TCAs Antiadrenergics Antipsychotics A variety of pharmacologic agents have demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Which of the following does not have any evidenced-based support in the literature? A PMHNP student is reviewing his notes from his clinical experience over the past week to prepare his first required case presentation on a patient suffering a major depressive episode. Which of the following patients best represents the DSM-5 criteria for major depressive episode? The PMHNP is conducting an initial interview with a patient whose history is consistent with avoidant personality disorder. The PMHNP understands that one of the most striking features of this interview is likely to be centered upon the patient’s:3 Question 7 Stuttered Increased Childlike Confused Question 8 History and symptoms are most consistent with antisocial personality disorder Fletcher needs a neurological workup to include an EEG and assessment for neurological soft signs Consistent with his symptoms, Fletcher will likely respond well to a stress interview It is likely that substance abuse is the underlying cause of symptoms and should be explored further Question 9 Which among the following neurotransmitters is decreased in depression and increased in mania? Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin Glutamate last few years; he is able to get hired for jobs because he is very engaging and likeable, and then invariably he gets fired because he misses work and doesn’t do his job properly when he is there. According to the wife, they have known each other since high school, where Fletcher was very happy and well-adjusted. He was on the soccer team, liked by teachers, and never demonstrated the tendencies he does now. Apparently in college he got involved with a fraternity that was notorious for alcohol and drug abuse, and he started drinking heavily; it was ―all downhill from there.‖ The PMHNP considers that: Fletcher is a 29-year-old male referred for court-ordered counseling. He has a long history of repeated offenses including DUI, domestic violence, battery, and other violent acts that fortunately have not yet caused any serious injury or death to the recipients. An interview with his wife reveals that he has lied about almost everything for the The PMHNP is on call at the local county correctional facility. He is asked to evaluate M.S., a 21-year-old male who was just arrested following an altercation at a local bar. M.S. has never been incarcerated before and apparently has no psychiatric or medical history available. His toxicology screen was negative for alcohol or any drugs of abuse. His mother says that he has in the past had some occasions when he got kind of agitated, but this is the first time it’s been a problem. Reportedly some people from his office were at the bar celebrating a birthday, and before anyone knew what happened an argument escalated into M.S. getting very loud, yelling, and acting ―crazy‖ before he punched a coworker and started breaking bottles. When considering a manic or hypomanic episode, the PMHNP expects that his speech would most likely be:4 Question 10 Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) ountertransference-focused psychotherapy (CTFP) Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) Question 11 A history of schizophrenia of a first-degree relative Sustained psychosis predating his mother’s death Comorbid Asperger’s syndrome Apparent frank thought disorder Question 12 Which of the following is a true statement with respect to the treatment of narcissistic personality disorder? Psychoanalytic psychotherapy has strong empiric support Both serotonergic drugs and lithium are useful Group therapy is rarely helpful Immobilized patients (hospitalized or incarcerated) have the best outcomes Mr. Kendall is a 47-year old male who is presented to care by his younger sister, Megan. Mr. Kendall has spent his entire adult life living in an apartment that was attached to his parents’ home. His mother died a few weeks ago, and the property is listed for sale. Mr. Kendall will have to move, and while discussing this with him, Megan became very concerned. He has apparently been considered odd all his life, has never married or even dated as far as Megan knows, but she had no idea how odd he was. When his mother died, he seemed disconnected from reality and had episodes of talking to people who weren’t present. Megan says that sometimes she does not even understand what he is talking about. He seems to think he has psychic powers, and that he doesn’t need to move because he knows the house will not be sold. When considering a diagnosis of schizotypal disorder, the PMHNP expects which of the following to be present in the history? Among the various types of therapeutic intervention for patients with borderline personality disorder, which of the following is characterized as polymodal, including group skills training, individual therapy, telephone consultation, and a consultation team with a goal of improving interpersonal skills and decreasing self-destructive behavior?5 Question 13 Schizoid personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder Paranoid personality disorder Delusional disorder Question 14 A history of racing thoughts Difficulty interacting with others Extremely high expectations of self Significant impairment at work Question 15 Hugo’s wife meets diagnostic criteria for this disorder A trial period with no wine ingestion is necessary to assess for withdrawal symptoms The family history should be assessed for genetic tendency Hugo may have unreasonable expectations Hugo is a 39-year-old male who has encouraged his wife to come to counseling because he is worried about her wine drinking. Hugo says that he and his wife have shared a bottle of wine with dinner most nights for the last couple of years, but in the last few months he has become worried that she drinks too much. They both agree that she never really becomes intoxicated, but he does not like the fact that evening wine has become the most important part of her meal. If he wants to go out, she will only go to a place that has a wine she likes. Last month they went on a week-long vacation, and she insisted on packing enough of her wine to last the whole time. If they go to a restaurant that does not have a wine she likes, she will take her own in a disposable coffee cup. It seems like for the last few months, she has been drinking more and more, occasionally finishing the bottle alone when he doesn’t want any. Both partners agree that there is no interference with work or any activities or responsibilities, but it is causing some tension in their marriage. When considering a diagnosis of substance use disorder, the PMHNP considers that: Darius is a 26-year-old male who presents for care as part of couple therapy with his wife, who is being seen for dependency issues. Darius himself seems very anxious to ―do the right thing‖ and appears to want to please the therapist. During the evaluation, Darius is impeccably dressed, very formal in his presentation and interaction, and is watchful of time because he has an appointment after the interview and states several times that he cannot be late. The PMHNP considers that Darius may have obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). In differentiating this from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), she explores his history further for: While preparing a class on personality disorders for a class of PMHNP students, the instructor is presenting case studies of patients with cluster A personalities. One of these cases is Clark M., a 41-year-old man who is described as a life-long ―loner.‖ In high school and college, he kept to himself, excelling in his studies in the sciences. Currently described as a brilliant computer programmer, he clearly prefers solitary pursuits and the company of his cat over people. He knows he is socially isolated, but he is just more comfortable this way. This description is most consistent with:6 Question 16 Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome Rebound depressive symptoms A manic or hypomanic episode Unresponsiveness to medication with future episodes Question 17 Which of the following is a true statement with regard to the etiology of substanceabuse? Neurotransmitters or receptors have been identified with most substances of abuse except for alcohol Twin and sibling studies do not support a genetic component with respect to the etiology of substance abuse S...
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●●●MUST READ BEFORE PURCHASE●●●Question 1 Alexa is a 27-year-old female who has come to group therapy while she is in the city jail. She was arrested for vagrancy because she was sleeping in her car in a parking lot at a local shopping center. She could not post bail, so she is sentenced to 14 days in jail. During group, she contributes that none of this is her fault. Her mother is totally evil because she would not let Alexa stay in the family home. She has some other family. but they are all jerks because they won’t help her. Alexa’s friend Melanie is the absolute best person in the world, but she can’t help because her boss fired her for no reason. Alexa has a history of arrests for buying illegal drugs and prostitution. The last time she was in jail, her sentence was extended for 30 days because she got into a fight with another inmate and beat her up so badly she had to be admitted to the hospital for 6 days. The PMHNP considers which of the following personality disorders? Histrionic Narcissistic Borderline Schizoid Question 2 Anne is a 32-year-old female who presented to care after a random drug screening at work was positive for cocaine. She was initially resistant to therapy, maintaining that her use is not a problem and she could stop at any time. Upon further discussion in session, it appears that she uses cocaine every day at work, sometimes 2–3 times, other days more. She also uses it occasionally at home and most weekends. During her third session, she admitted that it is a financial burden, and she basically cannot afford any other form of recreation. She understands that if she uses again she will lose her job, and she admits that she loves her job and that cocaine is not worth losing it. When counseling her about cessation strategies, the PMHNP advises all the following except: The physiologic symptoms of withdrawal may require a short-term hospitalization Unlike other substances of abuse, there are no medications to help reduce the intensity of withdrawal She will need to be monitored for depression Overcoming the intense craving for cocaine is the biggest issue Qu...
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75 Questions Answers check attachment Walden University:NURS 667 Question 1 Alexa is a 27-year-old female who has come to group therapy while she is in the city jail. She was arrested for vagrancy because she was sleeping in her car in a parking lot at a local shopping center. She could not post bail, so she is sentenced to 14 days in jail. During group, she contributes that none of this is her fault. Her mother is totally evil because she would not let Alexa stay in the family home. She has some other family. but they are all jerks because they won’t help her. Alexa’s friend Melanie is the absolute best person in the world, but she can’t help because her boss fired her for no reason. Alexa has a history of arrests for buying illegal drugs and prostitution. The last time she was in jail, her sentence was extended for 30 days because she got into a fight with another inmate and beat her up so badly she had to be admitted to the hospital for 6 days. The PMHNP considers which of the following personality disorders? Histrionic Narcissistic Borderline Schizoid Question 2 Anne is a 32-year-old female who presented to care after a random drug screening at work was positive for cocaine. She was initially resistant to therapy, maintaining that her use is not a problem and she could stop at any time. Upon further discussion in session, it appears that she uses cocaine every day at work, sometimes 2–3 times, other days more. She also uses it occasionally at home and most weekends. During her third session, she admitted that it is a financial burden, and she basically cannot afford any other form of recreation. She understands that if she uses again she will lose her job, and she admits that she loves her job and that cocaine is not worth losing it. When counseling her about cessation strategies, the PMHNP advises all the following except: The physiologic symptoms of withdrawal may require a short-term hospitalization Unlike other substances of abuse, there are no medications to help reduce the intensity of withdrawal She will need to be monitored for depression Overcoming the intense craving for cocaine is the biggest issue • Question 3 Clare’s history of personal relationships is characterized by complete intolerance of being alone. Whether it is an 1 www.OnlineNursingPapers.com intimate-partner relationship or a close friend, Clare appears to always need someone in her life. She had a livein boyfriend of 3 years, and while they were together, he took care of everything. The PMHNP expects all of the following to be additional features of Clare’s history except: Has disproportionate anger toward an abusive spouse Question 4 The PMHNP is conducting an initial interview with a patient whose history is consistent with avoidant personality disorder. The PMHNP understands that one of the most striking features of this interview is likely to be centered upon the patient’s: Clothing Speech pattern Anger Anxiety Question 5 A PMHNP student is reviewing his notes from his clinical experience over the past week to prepare his first required case presentation on a patient suffering a major depressive episode. Which of the following patients best represents the DSM-5 criteria for major depressive episode? A 27-year-old female with a 1-month history of social withdrawal, anorexia, hypersomnia, unprovoked outbursts of anger, and a strong family history of endogenous depression A 41-year-old male with a history of childhood sexual abuse, loss of interest in both his professional and personal life, an unplanned 10 lb. weight loss in the last 3 months, and perceptual disturbances A 65-year-old male whose wife died 2 months ago and he reports a 3-week history of generally depressed mood, guilt about his wife’s death, insomnia, difficulty focusing on daily tasks, with increasing thoughts of dying A 72-year-old female who just relocated across country to live with her adult son and daughter-in-law who is despondent about leaving her home and reports forgetfulness, loss of appetite, new onset bowel problems, and extreme loss of energy Question 6 A variety of pharmacologic agents have demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Which of the following does not have any evidenced-based support in the literature? SSRIs TCAs Antiadrenergics Antipsychotics Question 7 The PMHNP is on call at the local county correctional facility. He is asked to evaluate M.S., a 21-year-old male who was just arrested following an altercation at a local bar. M.S. has never been incarcerated before and apparently has no psychiatric or medical history available. His toxicology screen was negative for alcohol or any drugs of abuse. His mother says that he has in the past had some occasions when he got kind of agitated, but this is the first time it’s been a problem. Reportedly some people from his office were at the bar celebrating a birthday, and before anyone knew what happened an argument escalated into M.S. getting very loud, yelling, and acting ―crazy‖ before he punched a coworker and started breaking bottles. When considering a manic or hypomanic episode, the PMHNP expects that his speech would most likely be: Stuttered Increased Childlike Confused Question 8 Fletcher is a 29-year-old male referred for court-ordered counseling. He has a long history of repeated offenses including DUI, domestic violence, battery, and other violent acts that fortunately have not yet caused any serious injury or death to the recipients. An interview with his wife reveals that he has lied about almost everything for the last few years; he is able to get hired for jobs because he is very engaging and likeable, and then invariably he gets fired because he misses work and doesn’t do his job properly when he is there. According to the wife, they have known each other since high school, where Fletcher was very happy and well-adjusted. He was on the soccer team, liked by teachers, and never demonstrated the tendencies he does now. Apparently in college he got involved with a fraternity that was notorious for alcohol and drug abuse, and he started drinking heavily; it was ―all downhill from there. The PMHNP considers that:‖ History and symptoms are most consistent with antisocial personality disorder Fletcher needs a neurological workup to include an EEG and assessment for neurological soft signs Consistent with his symptoms, Fletcher will likely respond well to a stress interview It is likely that substance abuse is the underlying cause of symptoms and should be explored further Question 9 Which among the following neurotransmitters is decreased in depression and increased in mania? Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin Glutamate Question 10 Among the various types of therapeutic intervention for patients with borderline personality disorder, which of the following is characterized as polymodal, including group skills training, individual therapy, telephone consultation, and a consultation team with a goal of improving interpersonal skills and decreasing self-destructive behavior? Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) Countertransference-focused psychotherapy (CTFP) Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) Question 11 Mr. Kendall is a 47-year old male who is presented to care by his younger sister, Megan. Mr. Kendall has spent his entire adult life living in an apartment that was attached to his parents’ home. His mother died a few weeks ago, and the property is listed for sale. Mr. Kendall will have to move, and while discussing this with him, Megan became very concerned. He has apparently been considered odd all his life, has never married or even dated as far as Megan knows, but she had no idea how odd he was. When his mother died, he seemed disconnected from reality and had episodes of talking to people who weren’t present. Megan says that sometimes she does not even understand what he is talking about. He seems to think he has psychic powers, and that he doesn’t need to move because he knows the house will not be sold. When considering a diagnosis of schizotypal disorder, the PMHNP expects which of the following to be present in the history? A history of schizophrenia of a first-degree relative Sustained psychosis predating his mother’s death Comorbid Asperger’s syndrome Apparent frank thought disorder Question 12 Which of the following is a true statement with respect to the treatment of narcissistic personality disorder? Psychoanalytic psychotherapy has strong empiric support Both serotonergic drugs and lithium are useful Group therapy is rarely helpful Immobilized patients (hospitalized or incarcerated) have the best outcomes Question 13 While preparing a class on personality disorders for a class of PMHNP students, the instructor is presenting case studies of patients with cluster A personalities. One of these cases is Clark M., a 41-year-old man who is described as a life-long ―loner.‖ In high school and college, he kept to himself, excelling in his studies in the sciences. Currently described as a brilliant computer programmer, he clearly prefers solitary pursuits and the company of his cat over people. He knows he is socially isolated, but he is just more comfortable this way. This description is most consistent with: Schizoid personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder Paranoid personality disorder Delusional disorder Question 14 Darius is a 26-year-old male who presents for care as part of couple therapy with his wife, who is being seen for dependency issues. Darius himself seems very anxious to ―do the right thing and appears to want to please the‖ therapist. During the evaluation, Darius is impeccably dressed, very formal in his presentation and interaction, and is watchful of time because he has an appointment after the interview and states several times that he cannot be late. The PMHNP considers that Darius may have obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). In differentiating this from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), she explores his history further for: A history of racing thoughts Difficulty interacting with others Extremely high expectations of self Significant impairment at work Question 15 Hugo is a 39-year-old male who has encouraged his wife to come to counseling because he is worried about her wine drinking. Hugo says that he and his wife have shared a bottle of wine with dinner most nights for the last couple of years, but in the last few months he has become worried that she drinks too much. They both agree that she never really becomes intoxicated, but he does not like the fact that evening wine has become the most important part of her meal. If he wants to go out, she will only go to a place that has a wine she likes. Last month they went on a week-long vacation, and she insisted on packing enough of her wine to last the whole time. If they go to a restaurant that does not have a wine she likes, she will take her own in a disposable coffee cup. It seems like for the last few months, she has been drinking more and more, occasionally finishing the bottle alone when he doesn’t want any. Both partners agree that there is no interference with work or any activities or responsibilities, but it is causing some tension in their marriage. When considering a diagnosis of substance use disorder, the PMHNP considers that: Hugo’s wife meets diagnostic criteria for this disorder A trial period with no wine ingestion is necessary to assess for withdrawal symptoms The family history should be assessed for genetic tendency Hugo may have unreasonable expectations Question 16 When developing a pharmacologic treatment plan for the management of major depressive disorder, the PMHNP counsels the patient that the medication will be titrated up to the appropriate dose and then continued for a minimum of 3 months; medication must not be stopped abruptly or without provider supervision. This is because the physiologic consequence of abrupt cessation is likely to ...
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Question 1 Alexa is a 27-year-old female who has come to group therapy while she is in the city jail. She was arrested for vagrancy because she was sleeping in her car in a parking lot at a local shopping center. She could not post bail, so she is sentenced to 14 days in jail. During group, she contributes that none of this is her fault. Her mother is totally evil because she would not let Alexa stay in the family home. She has some other family. but they are all jerks because they won’t help her. Alexa’s friend Melanie is the absol...
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Mother of murdered Hillfields teenager 'relieved' after killer is denied parole
THE MOTHER of a teenage girl who was stabbed to death eight years ago says she “thanks God” that her killer has not been released.
Sam DimmerDigital Development Editor
Shantelle Campbell was 18 when she murdered Chantelle Lynch in a block of flats in Hillfields in February 2004.
She had armed herself with a knife and chased the 16-year-old through Douglas House before delivering the fatal blow.
Campbell was originally ordered to serve a 12-year prison sentence but that was reduced to nine on appeal.
A few weeks ago Campbell – who has now served more than eight and a half years of her sentence – went in front of a parole board to apply to be released.
That application was turned down, much to the relief of her victim’s mother Charlotte Higgins.
The mother of five said: “They said that they didn’t want to see her again for at least another 12 months.
“I’m a Catholic and I thank God she wasn’t released.
“All I wanted to know from my victim liaison officer was if Campbell had shown any remorse for what she did.
“She said she hadn’t.”
The parole board’s decision comes after Charlotte, of Radford Road, Coventry, decided to abandon a long-running legal dispute with Coventry City Council’s social services department.
She had contacted them because she was concerned that Chantelle was being abused but they decided not to intervene because she did not want any help.
Since her daughter’s death, Charlotte has been pursuing a claim of negligence against the council but problems with funding have forced her to pull out.
Now she wants to make sure her Chantelle’s experience isn’t forgotten and no-one else has to go through what she’s been through.
“It’s so important that her memory lives on,” Charlotte said. “I’ll never give up.
“Justice for me is knowing that no-one else will have to go through what my daughter and my family has gone through.
“I feel in my heart of hearts that it’s still happening.”
After Chantelle’s death the city council’s social services department issued 21 recommendations to improve the service.
They included undertaking risk assessments of young people’s relationships, increased awareness training for police and social workers and automatic reporting of sexual offences to police.
The recommendations were made in 2006 but Charlotte says she only received a copy late last year, by which time they had been superseded by local and national developments.
A spokesman for Coventry City Council said all the recommendations made after Chantelle’s death have been implemented.
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Vancouver Pride more than $100,000 in debt due to high city bills
The bills are ‘too onerous,’ says Pride co-chair
By Derek Bedry Dec 08, 2017, 8:31 PM EST
A member of the Vancouver Pride Society looks over the financial report at the annual general meeting on Nov 25, 2017. Credit: Moe Yang/Xtra
Two unexpectedly high bills from the City of Vancouver have plunged the Vancouver Pride Society into debt.
The first bill came last October, when the city suddenly charged Pride $125,000 for parade-weekend services — more than double the bill from previous years.
In contrast, the city charged just $48,615 in 2015, so when the 2016 bill arrived, VPS board members were shocked.
Pride appealed to the city for help and, after months of negotiations, the city has now agreed to forgive 60 percent of the bill, says Andrea Arnot, the VPS’ executive director.
But the negotiations took a year, and Arnot says Pride was slapped with a new bill for $67,956 for 2017, just three days after finally receiving the adjusted bill for 2016.
VPS directors say the combined total of $118,000 (from what’s left of the 2016 bill plus this year’s bill) is difficult to pay.
Largely as a result of these unpaid bills, Pride ended its 2017 financial year in August with a deficit of nearly a quarter-million dollars.
According to Pride’s most recent financial statement, its expenses exceeded its revenues by $238,626 in 2017 — leaving the VPS with an overall debt of $136,368.
That’s a departure from the last few years, VPS directors told members at their annual general meeting on Nov 25, 2017. Since 2014, when Pride ended the year with a surplus of nearly $140,000, the organization seemed to maintain nearly balanced surpluses and deficits, for typically positive year-end balances, directors said.
But the money it now owes the city “is too onerous,” Pride co-chair Michelle Fortin told the meeting.
“We are not asking them to forgive the whole amount because we recognize it costs money to do these things,” she said. “But we are asking them to recognize that this board and staff would like an accommodation of sorts.”
Pride executive director Andrea Arnot, centre, listens to members at the annual general meeting. Credit: Moe Yang/Xtra
The city has now agreed to forgive $75,000 from its 2016 bill, says Arnot, who joined the VPS staff in March 2016. “The process was cordial,” she says. “We have a good working relationship with the city, so when we received the 2016 bill we emailed back right away and said, ‘This is way more than the quote we were given, could we have an explanation?’”
Asked what made the city’s bill suddenly jump in 2016, Arnot says city staff told her it has to do with the set-up costs for the Davie Street party. Rather than sending the usual traffic authority personnel to set up the street party, the city sent police officers, since traffic staff were already busy setting up for the fireworks at English Bay, she says she was told.
Xtra called the city to ask about the fee hike, especially since the fireworks fell on Pride weekend in 2015 as well. But in an emailed statement, the city’s special events department would only say that it “remains committed to supporting this iconic event and working with the festival in 2018.”
The emailed statement also noted that the Pride parade is one of three parades with civic status in Vancouver, which means it receives up to $50,000 per year to offset city and police charges. Pride also received a Community Arts Grant of $9,000 from the city in 2017, the email added.
After years of lobbying, the Vancouver Pride parade finally received civic designation in 2013, which means the city gives the VPS an annual grant of $30,000 to $50,000 to help cover fees for cleanup along the route, policing and money lost to unusable parking metres during the celebration.
The Vancouver Men’s Chorus at Pride. Credit: InkedKenny/Xtra
But the city fees continue to rise, and the VPS does not know why.
“We actually don’t have an answer to that,” Arnot says. “There are things like inflation and peoples’ wages going up, and if you looked at the cost of putting on Pride events 10 years ago to now, everybody’s cost would be higher, for tents and toilets and suppliers. That’s probably part of it. The rest, we don’t have an answer.”
VPS co-chair Charmaine De Silva thinks the city should help Pride with the costs.
“To put it in perspective, the parade is a civic parade, so we get a $50,000 discount on our bill every year,” she told the VPS’ annual general meeting. “But other communities — for example, Toronto — don’t charge for the policing costs. We get the bill.”
“They’re great partners,” De Silva says of Vancouver city hall, “we want to work with them, but we hope that amount will go down. We don’t want to pay that amount.”
Arnot says it seems unfair that an event without civic designation, like the 4/20 marijuana celebrations on Sunset Beach, take up as much space as Pride and leave all their garbage, yet pay no bill.
Contacted for comment by Xtra, Vancouver city councilor Tim Stevenson, who was instrumental in getting the Pride parade its civic status in 2013, was shocked to hear about the bill.
“Oh my God, and you can quote me on that,” he says. “I had no idea.”
Stevenson says he is disturbed that Pride organizers did not contact him for help.
“I’d want to know what all these expenses were. I have worked very closely with VPS on this. I would have had them all in my office with my staff and we would have figured something out,” he says. “I will certainly be talking to the mayor about it.”
Stevenson confirms that the mayor’s chief of staff received an email from the VPS in the last few weeks, but says city staff and council will be working on the operating budget into the new year and the VPS’ finances likely will not come up before late January.
But, he adds, it’s not necessarily a simple question. “It’s a tricky situation if Pride is saying, ‘Please make us an exception and charge us less,’” he says. “And it’s all taxpayers money, so we are responsible to say, ‘Why would we forgive that?’ Before, they didn’t get any city money, and now they are receiving a portion of money. Taxpayers aren’t too happy when the city says, ‘Oh sure, we will just write that off.’”
Members vote to accept the agenda at the annual general meeting. Credit: Moe Yang/Xtra
While the bulk of this year’s VPS deficit comes from its unpaid city bills for 2016 and 2017, Arnot says part of it also comes from Pride’s own accounting procedures that saw financial statements filed based on best estimates, prior to those bills being received.
“Our year end is Aug 31. The city bill doesn’t come until October,” Arnot explains.
So the 2016 city bill was only estimated for the financial report shown to members last year — but the report was not adjusted after the actual (unexpectedly high) bill arrived.
Any adjustments for the actual bills received have only shown up on the following year’s financial statement, Arnot says. So the bills didn’t show up as losses in the year they were actually incurred.
But this year’s financial statement corrects for that, she says, and is now an accurate reflection of the bottom line, including the money the VPS now owes the city.
Arnot says Pride is making changes to its automated monthly bookkeeping system and will accurately reflect profits and losses for the year in which they’re incurred from now on.
“We are just saying ‘stop now’ and we are taking it all on the chin,” she says. “We’re just taking all of that now and saying here’s our deficit. We will climb out and everything will be accurate from here forward.”
Climbing out of debt may mean encouraging some community groups to hold their own events, rather than having the Pride Society fund them entirely. But those decisions have not yet been made, Arnot says.
Pride also received less than half the donations in 2017 that it did in 2016 (just $9,000 in 2017 versus $21,000 in 2016).
Arnot says that’s mostly because only one team of rainbow flag-bearers collected donations in the parade this year, instead of the usual two. Fewer volunteers showed up for that task this year, she explains.
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The Baptist Church - Baldwins Lane
Durrants School
In 1936 the Baptist movement was encouraging newly developing areas to build their own church. Croxley Green had been rapidly expanding since the early 1930’s and as a newly emerging community this was seen as a realistic plan.
Land was identified on the Parrott’s Estate between Baldwins Lane and Sherborne Way, owned by the Woolrych family at this time. A suitable size plot was purchased by the Hertfordshire Baptist Association the same year. Rickmansworth and Watford were the nearest alternative churches for worshippers to attend.
The actual building works disappointingly had to be delayed for many years as impending wartime restrictions were imposed on many construction works.
Fortunately, just a short distance away the newly opened Durrants Secondary School (1939) was made available as a temporary venue. A Sunday School was set up for the young people in the community by Baptist Deaconess, Sister Enid Cavell. Donations were received for Bibles and hymn books and with extra adult supervision the local children were invited to attend the school in June 1940.
Gradually, the number of members increased and a committee was formed to meet in local homes. Social gatherings were arranged and organised for ladies who would meet under the same arrangements.
The Girls’ Life Brigade Company was formed, also at Durrants School, meeting for the first time on 19th September 1941 with 18 girls attending.
At this time war restrictions also forbade any visible street lighting or any lights at all after sunset. Lighting could assist German aircraft during their bombing raids to locate targets more easily if towns and villages were illuminated. The safety of the girls under these circumstances during the hours of darkness was considered crucial.
The girls were seen safely to their homes by the church officers after the meetings. The elected officers were Mrs. Hazelwood, Captain, Miss J Higlett & Miss R Lewis, Lieutenants. As there were few men available due to the war the formation of a Boys’ Brigade was delayed.
It was Rickmansworth Urban District Council’s intention to requisition part of the site as it lay unused at this time so a plan was quickly devised to delay this. Church members made use of the land as temporary allotments with the council surveyor agreeing to 10 plots being laid out. At the same time this ensured some beneficial fresh vegetables were available, a scarcity in wartime.
Meanwhile in October 1942 a small group of the foundation members was able to meet for worship in the Methodist Church, New Road prior to a temporary building which soon followed. A pulpit was kindly donated and accepted from the Methodist Church and the first service taking place in Baldwins Lane on the 16th August 1943. The Sunday school was now well attended with up to 150 children and 13 teachers.
1943 The opening day of the temporary church
7th August opening of the temporary church
1943 Sister Enid Cavall hands the keys to Mrs C Baker
1943 Mrs C Barker and church members
1943 Tony Grattige presenting flowers
1943 MrsC Barker officially opens the church
1943 The church interior
1946 Opening Hut Enid Cavell
When peace was declared in 1945 it was decided that an additional hall was essential and Sister Enid Cavell was invited back for the opening in 1946.
It was a condition to register both the buildings at this time as places of worship and this was completed in 1947, allowing marriage services to take place. Managers of the local John Dickinson paper mill donated felt material for use as floor covering for the new hall. This was a temporary measure as furnishing materials were scarce since factories all over the country had been deployed to produce war related items. Felt material was used on an endless web machine as part of the process of producing paper on a continuous length.
Thousands of British people suffered the loss of their homes and belongings from German bombing during the war but this did not deter the residents of Croxley Green having sympathy with innocent German families in the same position. In January 1947 the church started sending parcels of food and clothing to Germany and during that year eleven food parcels had been sent plus five clothing parcels even though food and many commodities were still rationed into the early 1950’s in Britain.
1948 Sunday School
1950 The Sunday School
A Boy’s Club with Mr Warren and Mr Leutchford as leaders was formed during September 1949.
As village life gradually began to return to normal, the Baptist following in the village was now well established and in 1950, it was agreed to press ahead with plans for a new purpose built church. The architect Mr. J. Reeve Young, attached to Beechen Grove, Watford prepared the plans to accommodate 200-250 residents.
The Boys’ club became so popular it was decided to establish the 2nd Croxley Green Boys’ Brigade Company on the 15th November 1951. Geoffrey W Warren, Captain, Walter B Chapman ,Lieutenant, and Rev. AE Allen ,Chaplain, held an enrolment service at the club the following week on the 24th November.
Building plans were now progressing and Wm. King & Son Ltd. builders was awarded the contract in June 1952 and even though only one church member had a car, the Rickmansworth Urban District Council (RUDC), now Three Rivers District Council TRDC, insisted that parking spaces be provided for 20 cars.
Rationing for many daily essentials was gradually being withdrawn as the country began to recover. However, one of the halls was used for the re-issue of books/coupons for products still in short supply as well as the distribution of orange juice, a heavily sweetened, sticky liquid with vitamin C content. This was supplied in small bottles for young children to prevent them contracting rickets due to lack of fresh fruit during the war. Fruits such as bananas, oranges and tropical fruits would have been unrecognisable to young children as they were in such short supply. Fortunately for Croxley Green, there was still an abundance of local orchards such as Stone’s orchard on The Green that were able to provide families with other beneficial fruits.
Sister Enid once again was asked to perform the laying of the foundation stone on 13th September and members of the church were invited and given the opportunity to each lay a brick. The day ended with a celebratory ‘tea party’ the largest ever held at that time by the church. A sum of £2,000 had been raised towards the building costs which now amounted to £5386 17s 0d.
Advertising the forthcoming ceremony
The Foundation Stone
1952 Laying the foundation stone
Sister Enid laying the foundation stone
The Boys' Brigade assisting with foundation stone
The laying of the foundation stone service
The building progressing
1953 The opening of the new church
1953 Handing over the keys
The building complete with furnishings was completed the following year on 11th April 1953 which also included the Communion furniture presented by the Rickmansworth Baptist Church. The keys were handed over by the architect Mr. J Reeve Young to Mrs. W F Bridge who officially opened the door and a dedication service was conducted by the Rev. W R Miller (Area Superintendent).
The church interior
The inside of the church complete with chairs
1958 Constructing the rear hall
This event coincided with the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II and a pre- Coronation service was held on 31st May 1953.
September 1954 a Life Boys team was formed and Mrs. Steere agreed the role as Leader in charge assisted by Miss Gaynor Rees and Mr. Brian Chapman.
Miss Stevens resigned in 1955 as Captain of Girls’ Life Brigade after prolonged ill-health, having served the Girls Life Brigade for 10-12 years. She was succeeded by Mrs Leutchford.
In 1958, plans were once again discussed for extending the church at the south end (nearest to Sherbourne Way) for use as a crèche and other classes that were becoming established. Both Mr. J Reeve Young and Mr. William King & Sons were both engaged to design and build the small hall.
The church with the large hall at the rear
The large hall completed
Another organ was obtained in early 1960 along with various pianos that were also generously donated during that period.
Discussions once again were progressing for further building works and in April 1964 a favourable tender submitted from Messers Blareau & Company of, Chorleywood, who were awarded the contract, and work was expected to commence on 4th May and take fifty two weeks. It was anticipated that the main church hall and kitchens would be available by the end of 1964. A temporary garage was erected for storage during the build and then moved to the manse.
That year a variation on the Harvest Festival was agreed, and, instead of the usual gifts of fruit and vegetables, suitable merchandise could be sent to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign.
The new church hall and small hall were available for use as anticipated in 1965.
During the latter part of 1966 and early 1967 the organ was converted from reed to electronic action by a team of church members under instruction from Mr. Mansfield, the builder of a similar organ in Derby.
A new organisation called The Wayfarers, was set up in October 1968, enabling and encouraging young people to meet on Tuesday evenings with Mr and Mrs Sealy taking the lead. New ‘Colours’ for the Girls’ Brigade were chosen and were dedicated in December of that year. The Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade members- from an early age to young teens- have been encouraged to learn and have been taught a selection of instruments by the leaders of the church band. Playing a major role in many of the village celebrations the band has had occasion to lead t processions such as the Revels on The Green, the Armistice Parade service in November as well as their own monthly church parades. To raise funds in 1969 the boys were encouraged to bring pennies (pre decimal) and when laid they formed a length totalling ¼ mile.
As one of many churches now established in Croxley Green, the Baptist Church supports numerous groups of all ages who make use of the halls and kitchen.
An Adventure Holiday Club was established in the early 1970’s. For one week of the children’s school summer break, parents could enrol their young children in the morning or afternoon sessions. Youths were offered an evening gathering. At the end of the week invited parents are able to join in to ‘discover’ the results of the adventures!
The current website can be found here www.croxleybaptist.co.uk
Late 1970's Holiday adventure week
The new front exterior to the church
Ministers of Croxley Green
Sister Enid Cavell 1940 – 1942
Mr. Macdonald Dant 1942 - 1946 Hon. Pastor (Initially Moderator)
Rev A.E. Allen 1946 - 1961
Rev David Harper 1962 - 1968
Rev. Norman L. Trussler 1968 - 1969 Moderator
Rev Keith Moyes 1969- 1981
Rev. Derek Tidball 1982 – 1983 moderator
1984 becomes Associate Pastor
Rev Derek Fraser 1983 – 1994
Rev Robert Green 1984 - 1988 Assistant Minister
Rev. Philip Halliday 1989 1993
Mr. Tim Cook 28 Sept 89 – 1994 Student Pastor (based Sarratt)
Prof. Max Turner 1994 – 1996 moderator
Rev. Dr. David Walker 1996 - 2003
Rev. Steve Moody 2001 – 2003 Assistant Minister
2003 - 2010 Senior Minister
Jon Bishop 2006 Assistant Minister (Youth)
Maureen Hider Nov 2004 – Jan 2011 Assistant Minister (Pastoral)
Rev D. Gregory Sept 2010
Text and photographs taken from The Croxley Green Baptist Church Archives
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Why Cyber Security is the New Health and Safety
Many people view the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 as unnecessary and burdensome, but its introduction has had a dramatic impact on reducing accidents in the workplace, particularly within industrial settings. Today, it controls the safety of equipment used on process plants, the time professional drivers may spend behind the wheel, and even how long someone can stare at a computer screen for.When you walk onto an oil and gas site, the success of this health and safety message really becomes clear. Safety is usually the first thing visitors are told about when entering a site, and anyone who comes through the door is given a health and safety induction before they gain access.What’s more, people in these environments are extremely clear about what they can and can’t do in terms of safe behaviours. Employees are empowered by this knowledge and act as safety ambassadors within a site.Cybersecurity is now a global issue, affecting companies of all sizes and every employee at all levels of a business. The time is now for enterprises to see this issue as an important consideration when it comes to health and safety.In fact, in today’s connected era – where the Internet of Things enables everything from smart fridges to connected pacemakers – it could be argued that security and safety now go hand-in-hand.Businesses should pay the same care and attention to cyber security as they do to the Health and Safety Act if they are to prevent the serious damage that could be caused by a successful cyber-attack. When it comes to critical infrastructure, cyber risks aren’t limited to damaging a company’s reputation or losing customer data but could potentially jeopardise individual safety, too.Why should you boost cybersecurity in the workplace?Cybersecurity is increasingly important in the workplace simply because of the impact it can have on every aspect of business from the safe storage of information to the prevention of data breaches, which could impact revenue. Cyberattacks can, at their worst, put companies out of business or cause firms to be penalized by huge fines from data protection authorities (DPAs) – something that will become increasingly significant when the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes full effect.Fortunately, in many ‘switched on’ firms, cybersecurity has become more high profile – it’s a boardroom agenda item. Firms are conducting regular security training awareness programs, with security teams empowered by boards to protect themselves from latest threats.The danger if you don’t is well-publicized. Statistics show that 38% of breaches are internal, with a 2015 study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham revealing that three out of four companies view employee negligence as the greatest breach threat. The study also found that around 75% of employees upload classified work files to personal cloud accounts.These figures are at risk of going significantly higher as companies embrace the cloud and become more connected through the Internet of Things (IoT).As examples of this connectivity – and the growing risk – the largest UK hospital was hit by a ransomware attack in January, while one month earlier a DDoS attack on automated buildings systems in Finland disabled heating controls.Separately, two white hat security researchers from the United States managed to hack into the building management system of an office belonging to a tech giant in Sydney, Australia, while – in an incident illustrating the dangers of IoT security – St. Jude Medical’s connected pacemaker was found vulnerable to attack. Cybersecurity and health and safety clearly go hand-in-hand.Why should companies make cybersecurity as important as health and safety?The introduction of health and safety regulation has steadily improved employee welfare over the years, from reducing stress and accidents to insurance claims.Companies that prioritize cybersecurity will likely see even greater benefits, from better defence and fewer successful attacks to more funding from the board for technology solutions. Ultimately, a stronger defensive posture will help improve brand reputation (which is usually negatively impacted in the event of a data breach), safeguard revenues, and – in certain critical operations – save lives.Furthermore, some would argue that companies simply have to embrace cybersecurity – cybercriminals are leveraging the latest technologies, cybercrime-as-a-service is commonplace, and the desire for businesses to use data for competitive advantages puts them at greater risk. Cybersecurity has to be a top priority from company boardrooms on down if digital businesses are to be truly protected.Seamus Doyle, CIO at Northern Ireland Water, emphasized the importance of cybersecurity in relation to health and safety in an interview last year with Business Reporter.“When I am talking with some of my senior colleagues, [cybersecurity] is not quite as serious as health and safety but it is the next step down,” he said. “Companies have long since moved past sacrificing health and safety for productivity. It is not an acceptable way to do business and people are moving to the same mindset with cybersecurity.”
About the Author: Nick Richards is the Managing Director of Computer Geeks in Bristol. For the last 10 years Nick has been providing IT solutions for businesses. He believes that IT is a pillar for business growth and that embracing technology is the way forward. Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this guest author article are solely those of the contributor, and do not necessarily reflect those of Tripwire, Inc.
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Off-label PDT protocols show promise in AK treatment
Modified PDT protocols prove promising for AK treatment, maintaining high clearance rates while reducing cost, one expert says.
Maria M. Tsoukas, M.D., Ph.D.Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 20% aminolevulinic acid (ALA; Levulan Kerastick, DUSA) and blue light (BLU-U, DUSA) is a useful option for treating actinic keratoses (AK) of the face and scalp, according to one expert. The therapy provides high clearance rates with excellent cosmetic outcomes when performed using the FDA-approved directions, said Maria M. Tsoukas, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, department of dermatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.
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Modified protocols are being looked at, however, and are showing promise for improving treatment convenience and reducing cost while maintaining or enhancing initial and longer-term outcomes, she told colleagues Saturday, March 5 at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
The protocol for PDT that is approved in the United States is a five-step process that includes an ALA incubation period of 14 to 18 hours (although a shorter incubation time of two to three hours has showed similar efficacy), and it often requires one or two additional sessions performed at intervals of three to four weeks to optimize the outcome, Dr. Tsoukas says.
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At the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Tsoukas and colleagues have implemented a protocol that seems to reduce the need for repeat sessions. It uses topical 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) as pretreatment, beginning seven to 10 days prior to standard PDT.
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“Results from several studies indicate that using the FDA-approved protocol, two or three serial PDT sessions are needed to eradicate 70% to 95% of AKs, and these serial PDT sessions have also been shown to provide longer ‘lesion-free’ intervals than a single treatment,” she says.
“Analyses of outcomes using our approach using a short pre-treatment course of topical 5-FU indicate we are achieving an AK eradication rate of up to 95% and better control of AK recurrences with just a single PDT session.”
Dr. Tsoukas adds that when the skin is treated first with 5-FU, patients may develop a brisker local response with greater discomfort likely during the light treatment and increased redness and peeling after.
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“Discomfort during the light treatment is mostly dependent on the severity of actinic damage and becomes manageable through topical cooling with spray mist, handheld mini fans, or iced towels. Care is needed to avoid excessive cooling, however, because that may decrease PDT efficacy,” she says, adding that other protocols implement local anesthetics or nerve blocks.
Other strategies that have been reported for enhancing the benefit of PDT for treating AKs include:
mild curettage of hyperkeratotic lesions prior to treatment;
occlusion during ALA incubation;
application of heating, particularly when treating AKs on the extremities;
fractional laser resurfacing or microneedling prior to PDT;
application of longer and/or multiple wavelengths during light exposure;
fractionated PDT, and application of other topical agents prior to PDT or for a short course after, such as imiquimod, ingenol mebutate, diclofenac, or retinoids.
In addition, daylight PDT is being widely used in Europe and is beginning to be adopted in the United States.
“Substituting the conventional light irradiation with exposure to ambient visible light, may provide a safe, effective, well-tolerated and cost-effective method for medical and cosmetic dermatology PDT applications. By utilizing natural light, PDT may ultimately be used in reversing photoaging,” Dr. Tsoukas says.
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“Of course to minimize risks, physicians must carefully choose candidates who are able to adhere exactly to protocols and educate each patient thoroughly.”
Discussing other medical applications, Dr. Tsoukas says that PDT has been applied extensively in Europe for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and nodular BCCs with good results.
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“However, PDT is strictly contraindicated for micronodular invasive and morphea form BCCs as well as invasive squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs),” she adds.
“And hyperkeratotic and persistent lesions in patients at high risk for non-melanoma skin cancers must always be biopsied and examined histopathologically considering these individuals may rapidly develop poorly differentiated invasive SCCs.”
Potential in acne vulgaris tx
There is also good evidence showing that PDT is a useful modality for treating inflammatory acne vulgaris. Dr. Tsoukas says the protocol is similar in many ways to the one used for AK treatment, albeit use of a shorter incubation time and a longer light wavelength for the illumination seem to provide the best control of acne flares.
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“PDT can be used in conjunction with long-term topical acne therapies, which should be temporarily stopped during PDT, and it may also be a suitable option for patients with inflammatory acne who cannot tolerate systemic therapies,” she says.
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Dog track shutdown bill is pulled from Iowa Senate panel's agenda
By William Petroski;
bpetroski@dmreg.com;
Legislation allowing the closure of dog tracks in Dubuque and Council Bluffs in exchange for a $70 million payout by two casinos to the greyhound industry has stalled in the Iowa Senate.
Senate Study Bill 3183 was abruptly removed from the agenda of the Senate State Government Committee late Wednesday by Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls.
Danielson said he declined to have the panel consider the bill after he was told that no Republicans would support an amendment proposed by greyhound interests that would offer a "second chance" for dog racing.
"If I don't have willing partners who want to be at the table going forward in a bipartisan way, then in my judgment the process will not be fruitful," Danielson said.
The "second chance" option envisions the establishment of a new Iowa racetrack and casino, said Don Avenson, a lobbyist for the Iowa Greyhound Association. He emphasized that the new gambling facility would need to clear traditional regulatory hurdles, including approval by a majority of voters in the county where the proposed facility would be located.
Both Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs and Mystique Casino in Dubuque are required under Iowa law to offer dog races as a condition of holding their casino licenses. But they say they are losing a total of about $14 million annually in casino profits by subsidizing the tracks.
The proposed legislation envisions a payment of $10 million annually for seven years for Iowa's greyhound industry. This would consist of about $55 million from the Council Bluffs casino and about $15 million from the smaller Dubuque casino.
Sen. Roby Smith of Davenport, the ranking Republican on the Senate State Government Committee, said he and his fellow GOP lawmakers viewed the second-chance option as an expansion of gambling in Iowa. "We were not comfortable in doing that," he said, noting that majority Democrats still had sufficient votes to approve the bill in committee.
Danielson declined to declare the legislation dead in the Senate, pointing out there are still options to consider the track shutdown bill before lawmakers adjourn this year. But because the proposal won't meet this week's deadline for committee approval in the Senate, the options become more limited, he said.
"This is a significant setback. There is no question about that," Danielson said.
Combined betting on greyhound races at the two tracks has dropped from $186 million in 1986 to $5.9 million in 2012. Both typically have only a scattering of fans in grandstands that once held thousands of patrons.
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IOWA VIEW
Public utilities bill one of Iowa's most significant energy proposals in decades
Ralph Watts
Iowa View contributor
For the past 16 years, I have gratefully served the people of Dallas and Polk County in the Iowa House of Representatives. Before I retire from my service this year, I hope the legislature will pass and Gov. Reynolds will sign Senate File 2311, one of the most significant legislative proposals on energy this state has seen in decades.
This legislation contains important provisions to lower our utility bills, help rural areas and continue Iowa’s leadership in energy.
Prior to my service in the Iowa Legislature, I spent 31 years in the Iowa utility industry. A lot has changed in the utility industry since we came to Iowa. I am proud to have been even a small part of those advancements.
Iowa is a national leader in energy and energy delivery, and Iowa’s utilities are continually investing to help ensure we remain in that position. That is why our state is ranked first in the nation for wind energy. That is why power outages are rare.
SF 2311 will modernize outdated laws and add common-sense policies, such as expanding natural gas service to rural areas, and by allowing rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities more freedom from excessive regulation.
When communities have access to affordable natural gas and electricity, they are more attractive to business expansion, job creation and home locations for new families.
Iowa’s public utilities are subject to the rules and regulations of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), a bipartisan state agency, and they can only change rates after a lengthy process, where their requests are thoroughly contested. Contrary to the misinformation that has been raised around SF2311, the changes being discussed have nothing to do with the established tariffs of the utilities. The legislation would result in a decrease on utility bills.
This is how that decrease can be made. In 1990, the Iowa Legislature passed a bill requiring utility companies to charge at least a 2% energy efficiency fee on all customers. The revenue from those fees was to be used to finance rebates of an undefined nature to consumers who make energy efficient purchases. This was simply an adder on our bills that is completely outside the contested tariffs charged by the regulated utilities.
When the energy efficiency charge started showing up on the bills after 1990, the public reaction was vocal in opposition. In a following legislative session, another bill was passed that continued the charge but mandated that utility companies not disclose it to consumers. In 1996, the legislature again intervened by removing the 2% minimum but left the fee in place. Currently, the original 2% adder is now in excess of 5-9% of the bill, depending on the customer being billed, with commercial and industrials getting the higher fees.
In 1990, more than $4 million was collected through these fees. In 2016 more than $241 million was collected and the total collected since its inception is more than $2.5 billion. This is in addition to what Iowans paid in their usual bills for energy consumption. When that growth is examined, it is apparent that since 2009 the annual growth of these fees was in excess of 32%. Needless to say, this fee on consumers, imposed by the legislature in the 1990s, has gotten totally out of control. Senate File 2311 addressed this issue head on.
This legislation not only right-sizes the energy efficiency fee to 2%, which is still more than our neighboring states, it requires utilities to disclose this charge on customer bills and affords consumers a choice whether they desire to participate.
I applaud my colleague in the Iowa Senate, Jake Chapman, for bringing this much-needed legislation forward. I hope my colleagues in the House will continue to move Senate File 2311 forward to help grow our rural economy and ensure Iowans across the state continue to enjoy reliable, affordable energy.
Ralph Watts (R) represents Iowa House District 19.
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Child Support Laws in Virginia
Find out how to calculate child support in Virginia and how a support award can be modified or terminated.
Updated By Joseph Pandolfi, Retired Judge
Both Parents are Responsible for Child Support in Virginia
In Virginia, both parents—whether married to one another or not—are obligated to support their children. Child support payments are based on the combined incomes of both parents. This gives the child (or children) the benefit of what the parents could have provided in a single household.
The state holds each parent responsible for covering a certain percentage of the whole child support amount, which must include health and dental care for the child. Childcare costs incurred due to the custodial parent’s employment would also be part of the equation. If you’re wondering what your fair share of child support will be, you can estimate it by using a set of guidelines (explained below).
Just because both parents contribute to the financial support of the child, that doesn’t mean the parents have to swap checks every month. The law assumes that the custodial parent already covers many of the costs involved in caring for a child. For this reason, the noncustodial parent makes the support payments.
It’s not always necessary for a court to issue the child support order. In Virginia, the department of social services could issue a child support order based on the same guidelines the courts use.
Also, you shouldn’t need to file an application for child support if you currently receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). In that case, Virginia’s Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) usually applies for you. Still, you might want to check with your local department of social services to make sure this has happened. Go to the local departments of social services site online to find your closest office.
Income is more than what a parent may earn from a paycheck—it includes salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, dividends, severance pay, and pensions.
What Constitutes Income for Child Support?
It's likely that even an unemployed parent has some income. For child support purposes, income also includes benefits for veterans or payments that come from social security, workers’ compensation, disability, and unemployment insurance.
Additionally, income includes what a parent receives for spousal support and rental income, among other things. Even prizes like lottery winnings or awards count toward what a parent could use to provide child support.
Although it might look like income includes every penny a parent might get, there are some exceptions. Public assistance and federal supplemental security income (SSI) do not count for child support. Also, you can exclude any child support already received or earmarked to support another child. For example, if you have a child with a different parent, then that money—whether you receive it or pay it—is excluded. If you pay spousal support, then you can deduct that money as well.
Calculating Child Support Payments With Virginia Guidelines
The guidelines are a formula. To use them, you need to know the number of children to support and the incomes of both parents. If you have children with more than one other parent, then you need to estimate child support from each of the other parents separately. For example, let’s say you have three children—one with Parent A and two with Parent B. If you're seeking child support from Parent A, then you count only one child. If you’re seeking child support from Parent B, then you count only two children.
Take the number of children and the combined income amount, and then look here at the guidelines. The guidelines look like a schedule, listing the number of children at the top and amount of income per month down the side at 50-dollar increments. So, they go from $350 to $400 to $450 and so on all the way up to $35,000. If your income exceeds $35,000, the guidelines provide additional percentages to be applied to income above that amount. (Note that these amounts are current as of the date of this article. Those amounts are subject to change, as the guidelines are adjusted.)
Chances are, however, that your combined income won’t exactly match one of the numbers on the guidelines. It will probably fall somewhere between two of the income numbers listed. By using the child support number immediately above and below your actual income figure, you can reasonably estimate what your child support payment will be. But be aware that the court or state agency isn’t going to estimate your child support obligation. It will use a formula to come up with an exact amount.
Paying a Fair Share
As soon as you have an estimate of what your child support will be, that doesn’t mean that one parent must pay the whole amount. Remember that each parent pays a fair share. The way the amount is split depends on your custody arrangement. For a “sole custody arrangement”, meaning the child lives with one parent all the time, child support is shared based on a proportion of what each parent contributes to combined income.
Using random figures just for the purpose of illustration, let’s say the total monthly child support amount owed is $600, based on a combined monthly income of $3,000. Parent A earns $1000 and Parent B earns $2000. So Parent A would be responsible for one-third of the $600 support figure ($200), and Parent B would be responsible for two-thirds ($400). If Parent A is the custodial parent (parent with whom the child resides), Parent A would receive $400 per month from Parent B.
The guidelines also provide methods of calculating child support in two additional situations: “split custody” and “shared custody”. Split custody exists when there’s more than one child, and each parent has custody of at least one of the children. Shared custody exists when each parent has custody or visitation with a child more than 90 days per year.
Deviating From the Virginia Guidelines
There’s a rebuttable presumption that the amount of support provided by the guidelines is correct. But the law allows judges to deviate from the guidelines if they believe that adhering to them in a particular case would be unfair to a parent or the child.
For a court to order a different amount from the guidelines (either higher or lower), it will have to consider the following factors:
support for other family members
custody arrangements of the children, including the cost of visitation
imputed income to a parent who is voluntarily unemployed or under-employed
debts incurred for the child’s benefit
life insurance, education expenses, or other court-ordered payments
extraordinary capital gains such as from the sale of the marital home
any special needs of a child resulting from any physical, emotional, or medical condition
a child’s independent financial resources
the child’s standard of living during the marriage
the parents’ earning capacity, debts, financial resources, and special needs
the earning potential of marital property
any written agreement about child support, and
any other factors concerning fairness.
When judges deviate from the guidelines, they must state in writing the amount of support that would have been required under the guidelines, and justify why the support order varies from the guidelines.
Imputed Income for Child Support
Unfortunately, some parents attempt to shirk their responsibility for child support by voluntarily decreasing their income. That’s not going to fly. If a court believes that a parent is voluntarily unemployed or under-employed, it can impute income to that parent. In other words, the court will calculate what the parent could be earning, and base income for child support on that figure. Normally the court will look at the parent’s work history, prior earnings, education level, and the availability of jobs in the region.
There may be circumstances where a parent’s decreased income is based on a legitimate reason. For example, if a parent becomes permanently disabled, a court isn’t likely to impute income to that parent.
How Is Child Support Paid?
In the past, having one parent pay child support directly to the other parent was causing major headaches, due to late or missed payments. So today child support payments are usually made through income withholding. In other words, your employer deducts the payment from your paycheck, and sends it to the appropriate state agency.
However, there may be circumstances that don’t lend themselves to income withholding, often in cases where a parent is self-employed. In those situations, the state offers a number of payment options:
online, by using the MyChildSupport portal on the Virginia Department of Social Services website
at kiosks located in the lobbies of the child support offices and selected courts
using the Touchpay Payment Portal
IVR (Interactive Voice Response) System for credit or debit cards, or
by mail to the office of the Treasurer of Virginia.
Child support recipients can normally opt to receive support by direct deposit into a bank account, or receipt of an EPPI card (similar to an ATM or debit card), or have the state mail a check.
Modification of a Child Support Order
You have the right to request a review of your support order every three years, as a matter of course. If it’s been less than three years since your order was reviewed, you must have certain special circumstances for an order to be modified. As of the date this article was written, they are:
a 25% increase or decrease in health care coverage
a 25% increase or decrease in work-related day care expenses
a 25% increase or decrease in a parent’s income
a child needs to be added or taken off of the order
the existing child support order doesn’t include an unreimbursed medical/dental provision
a child is no longer eligible to receive continued current support due to a physical change in custody or the child’s emancipation. (The order stays in effect as to any other children it applies to.), or
either parent is a Reservist or National Guard personnel experiencing a change of income due to recall to active duty.
Termination of Child Support
Under Virginia law, the child support obligation ends when a child reaches 18 years of age. But a support order must also provide that support will continue for a child over the age of 18 who is:
a full-time high school student
not self-supporting, and
living in the home of the parent seeking or receiving child support.
Under those circumstances, support will continue until the child reaches the age of 19 or graduates from high school, whichever occurs first.
The court may also order that support be paid or continue for any child over the age of 18 who meets the following requirements:
the child is severely and permanently mentally or physically disabled, and such disability existed prior to the child reaching the age of 18 (or the age of 19, as per the previous paragraph)
the child is unable to live independently and support himself, and
the child resides in the home of the parent seeking or receiving child support.
Enforcement of Virginia Child Support Order
If a parent is delinquent in paying child support, in all likelihood the Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) will undertake enforcement of the order. It’s also possible for the parent to file a motion (legal paperwork) in Family Court to compel compliance and seek remedies, such as contempt of court.
For more information on enforcement of support orders, take a look at the article Child Support Enforcement in Virginia.
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A new plan for Colombia
Juan Manuel Santos seeks support for peace in Washington
The AmericasJan 23rd 2016 edition
IT IS rare nowadays to find an American foreign policy that is a clear success. Yet that applies to Plan Colombia. When it was devised in 1999 by the administrations of Bill Clinton and Andrés Pastrana, then Colombia’s president, the country was on the brink of becoming a failed state, with much of its territory at the mercy of guerrillas, paramilitaries and drug traffickers. The plan, under which the United States has provided Colombia with almost $10 billion in mainly military aid, had plenty of critics. Too skewed towards trying to win the unwinnable war on drugs by spraying coca fields from the air, and too compromised by giving money to an army stained by human-rights abuses, they said.
The critics missed the point. Plan Colombia was sold politically in the United States as a crackdown on drugs, but in reality it was always first and foremost a counter-insurgency strategy. For Colombia to be a viable democracy, it needed a stronger state able to provide security to its citizens and to tame the illegal armies, which were financed by the world’s cocaine habit. It worked. Colombians backed the strategy—American aid was more than matched by increased domestic spending on security. Under Álvaro Uribe, who followed Mr Pastrana as president, the paramilitaries demobilised and the FARC guerrillas were battered so hard that they agreed, in 2012, to start peace talks with the government of Juan Manuel Santos, Mr Uribe’s successor (and his former defence minister).
All being well, the talks will culminate in an agreement by March 23rd, and the FARC’s demobilisation. So it is appropriate that Barack Obama has invited Messrs Santos, Uribe and Pastrana to Washington on February 4th to commemorate “15 years of bipartisan co-operation through Plan Colombia”, along with George W. Bush and Mr Clinton. Mr Pastrana, a largely forgotten figure, was quick to accept. The election campaign in the United States may make it hard for Messrs Bush and Clinton to do so. According to Semana, a newsweekly, Mr Uribe, too, may stay away, vitiating one of the meeting’s tacit aims—to shore up bipartisanship in Colombia.
Mr Uribe has become a vitriolic foe of Mr Santos. He accuses the president of “handing the country over to the FARC”. That is a wild exaggeration. But there is indeed plenty to criticise in the 63-page agreement on justice finalised on December 15th. FARC leaders accused of war crimes will go before a special Peace Tribunal. Provided they confess, they will be eligible for alternative penalties that include five to eight years of “effective restriction of liberty and rights” and engaging in projects to help victims of the conflict. At their laxest, the penalties could see FARC commanders working to strengthen their own political base by, for example, helping displaced peasant farmers. And meanwhile, they will be free to take part in politics.
The agreement offers “worrying levels of impunity” for serious crimes, says Iván Duque, a senator from Mr Uribe’s party. Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group, concurs. It fears that the tribunal, whose composition has yet to be agreed, may not be independent.
Nevertheless, the agreement does hold the FARC to account. And after three years of hard talking, it is the most the government could extract from the much-weakened, but undefeated, guerrillas. The alternative is years of further conflict and the FARC’s disintegration into criminal bands. That is why the United States is supporting the peace process.
Colombia's peace process, in charts
Peace is not quite a done deal. The two sides have still to agree on means to put the FARC’s weapons beyond use (this week they agreed to ask the UN to monitor the process). Mr Santos has promised a plebiscite on the final agreement; a bill in Congress would cut the turnout required from 50% to 13% of the electorate.
And then it must be implemented. Mr Santos will go to Washington with a request for a new Plan Colombia—some $500m or so a year for up to ten years for rural development, public services and justice in former conflict areas. Though there will be a “few voices of dissent” from Mr Uribe’s supporters, there will be “broad bipartisan support” in the United States Congress, according to Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue, a think-tank in Washington. But at a time of fiscal constraint, the applause may not be backed with much money.
Plan Colombia thus risks becoming a victim of its own success. That would be a shame. Certainly Colombia, a middle-income country, must put up most of the money for peace. But its public finances have been clobbered by the oil crash. Having come so far, it deserves support on the home straight.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "A new plan for Colombia"
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Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, President/CEO
Co-Founder, Center for Engineering Education, University of St.Thomas, MN
Prior to co-founding and becoming CEO of Educate Tanzania 2010, Jan was a professor and administrator at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota where she also co-founded the Center for Engineering Education. Before joining the faculty at St. Thomas in 1996, Jan served as Associate Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue University, expanding initiatives in the U.S. and internationally.
While serving as an advisor in Tanzania in 2008, she learned about plans for a university and wanted to help. In 2010, she resigned her position from the University of St. Thomas to help developing communities in Tanzania. Since then Hansen has led efforts to ‘bring water, nutrition, health and education to developing communities internationally'. Hansen has received several awards for her work and has published 2 books and over 50 articles. She serves on editorial and advisory boards and has led educational initiatives in the United States, Australia, Puerto Rico, and Africa.
Jan holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology from Purdue University where she is a Distinguished Alumna; holds a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Art from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. Jan enjoys family, music, travel and friends.
Raised on a farm herself, Jan feels called to help open doors for others just as others helped open doors for her.
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Dana Gluckstein
Portrait photographer, from Hollywood to ancient tribes
During her career, Dana Gluckstein has photographed iconic figures from Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev to Muhammad Ali, and produced award-winning advertising campaigns for c ...read more
During her career, Dana Gluckstein has photographed iconic figures from Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev to Muhammad Ali, and produced award-winning advertising campaigns for clients such as Apple, Land Rover and Toyota. Her vision is most vividly revealed in her photographs of Indigenous Peoples, many of which are held in museum collections. Whether photographing a Haitian healer or a San Bushmen chief, Gluckstein infuses each portrait with an essential dignity. Her photographs exhibit “a passionate complicity between artist and sitter that allows each subject to be memorialized with beauty and grace,” the late renowned Los Angeles County Museum of Art photography curator, Robert Sobieszek explained.
Gluckstein graduated from Stanford University, where she studied psychology, painting, and photography, and realized the power of images to shape consciousness. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
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/ Seasonal Affective Disorder
What is S.A.D?
Seasonal affective disorder, appropriately referred to by the acronym "S.A.D", is a form of depression that occurs only during certain periods of the year. In some cases, an existing depression may become more severe during certain times of year. By far the most common and recognized form of seasonal affective disorder is "winter depression". This is characterized by recurrent episodes of depressed mood, over-sleeping or the urge to "hibernate", cravings for carbohydrate rich foods, and associated overeating and weight gain. Symptoms typically begin to appear in September and don't abate until spring comes around at the end of March or beginning of April. Since winter depression is the most common form of seasonal affective disorder and the type that almost everyone is familiar with, we will be concentrating on this and for simplicity will refer to it as SAD.
Like all forms of depressive illness, SAD can vary greatly in severity and can be a severely debilitating condition. Many sufferers can be perfectly healthy during the spring and summer months but unable to function during the winter. This leads to obvious problems with work and family life.
It is estimated that SAD affects 4-6% of the general population with a further 10-20% experiencing mild symptoms that don't meet the requirements for an official SAD diagnosis. The incidence is thought to be much higher than this in environmental illness sufferers, such as those with chronic fatigue syndrome. A study published in 1998 involving 110 CFS patients found that a large proportion had depressive symptoms, and that these, and the typical CFS symptoms not associated with depression, worsened during the winter months. The researchers concluded that SAD was present in a large subset of chronic fatigue syndrome patients and that CFS and SAD may share common causes. They suggest light therapy (one of the main treatment options for SAD) as an appropriate therapy for CFS patients who show seasonal changes in symptoms(1).
Women suffering from SAD outnumber men by 4 to 1 (2) and the risk of been affected by SAD appears to decrease with age (3). Of course this is if you are otherwise healthy. Suffering from environmental illness would appear to increase the risk of also suffering from SAD at any age.
A number of studies have found that the risk for SAD is greater the further north a person lives, although the evidence is not conclusive with other studies finding no significant connection between latitude and the number of people suffering from SAD. A major review of SAD research carried out in 1999 found that in both North America and Europe, there are more cases of SAD the further north you go. However, it was also found that North America has twice as many cases of SAD than does Europe, so other factors must also play a role (4).
Diagnosing S.A.D
The criteria for diagnosing all psychiatric conditions are laid out in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The manual describes SAD as a "specifier" for major depressive illness rather than as a separate mood disorder. This means that SAD is seen not as a condition in its own right but as a subset of major depressive or bipolar disorders. It should be noted that SAD is much more common as a form of major depression rather than bipolar disorder. Never the less, seasonal variations in symptoms do occur in those suffering from bipolar disorder.
Considering the above it would make sense to first look at the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder.
Making The Diagnosis of Major Depression
The DSM-IV states that "At least five of the following symptoms have been present during the same two-week period, nearly every day, and represent a change from previous functioning. At least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure."
The symptoms being:
Depressed mood (or alternatively can be irritable mood in children and adolescents).
Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities.
Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain or decrease or increase in appetite.
Insomnia or hypersomnia.
Psychomotor agitation or retardation.
Fatigue or loss of energy.
Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness.
Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.
As well as the symptom requirements, other diagnoses must be ruled out before major depression can be diagnosed. This is clarified in the following statements:
"The symptoms are not better accounted for by a mood disorder due to a general medical condition, a substance-induced mood disorder, or bereavement (normal reaction to the death of a loved one)."
"The symptoms are not better accounted for by a psychotic disorder like schizoaffective disorder."
Making The Diagnosis of Seasonal Affective Disorder
In addition to meeting the requirements for major depressive disorder (or bipolar disorder), the following must be true for a diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder to be made:
Regular temporal relationship between the onset of major depressive episodes and a particular time of the year (unrelated to obvious season-related psychosocial stressors.
Full remissions (or a change from depression to mania or hypomania) also occur at a characteristic time of the year.
Two major depressive episodes meeting criteria A and B in last two years and no nonseasonal episodes in the same period.
Seasonal major depressive episodes substantially outnumber the nonseasonal episodes over the individual's lifetime.
If all these criteria apply to you then you will be diagnosed as having SAD. Of course, as we have already mentioned, a large section of the population is affected by low mood and other symptoms during the winter months and may suffer from a mild version of SAD that doesn't meet the official diagnostic criteria.
What Causes SAD?
The cause or causes of SAD are not as clear cut as it may seem. Although it would appear to be a direct result of lack of sunlight in winter months, the exact mechanism by which this causes depressive symptoms has yet to be determined. There are of course a few leading theories that at least partially explain what is going on in patients suffering from SAD.
Disruption of Circadian Rhythms
One major theory for explaining SAD involves the circadian rhythms of the body. The term "circadian rhythm" describes the fact that bodily functions seem to follow a set pattern throughout the day as if the body is working to a set schedule or internal clock. It's thought that in SAD this internal clock is disrupted, leading to various biochemical abnormalities and associated symptoms. According to this theory, sunlight acts as a type of synchronizer of the circadian rhythms in humans, and exposure to light can shift these rhythms out of phase. What this means is that the SAD sufferers body may be producing hormones (such as cortisol) and neurotransmitters that promote wakefulness well into the early hours of the morning and then still be producing sleep inducing chemicals such as melatonin until midday. This results in the unlucky sufferer not being able to sleep until past midnight and then not being able to drag themselves out of bed until late morning or later, which is a common situation. It has been found that the timing of light exposure, rather than the amount of light exposure, may have the greatest influence over circadian rhythms, and hence SAD symptoms (5).
To further explain the enormous effect light exposure has on the physiology and functioning of the body, we need to take a closer look at the hormone melatonin. As light levels decrease in the evening, the pineal gland begins producing melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone whose main function is to induce sleep by traveling through the bloodstream and transmitting the sleep message to other body systems. In healthy individuals the secretion of melatonin peaks in the middle of the night during our deepest sleep. At dawn, sunlight shining into the eye triggers the pineal gland to switch off the production of melatonin, thus removing the desire to sleep. Since melatonin travels to all parts of the body in the blood, it has far-reaching effects, as all hormones do. During the hours of darkness and sleep, melatonin influences the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland, often referred to as the "master gland" of the endocrine system. The pituitary then reduces hormone production from other important endocrine glands such as the thyroid and adrenals. These glands produce vital hormones such as thyroid hormone, cortisol, and adrenaline, which control metabolism and motivate us to action during our waking hours.
Researchers have found that this system is disrupted in people with SAD. When SAD patients were compared with healthy controls, it was found that the SAD patients had consistently higher daytime melatonin levels during the winter months (6). High daytime melatonin levels would be expected to produce the symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness and the lack of motivation and desire to hibernate, that is seen in SAD sufferers. Other research has shown that taking melatonin supplements, which are available over-the-counter in the US, effectively "phase-shifts" the disrupted circadian rhythms (7). What this means is that if you have SAD and you tend to get to sleep past midnight and wake well into the morning or midday, if you take melatonin at say 9-10pm to induce sleep, your sleep cycle will be shifted back to normal and you will be able to wake earlier in the morning.
Serotonergic Dysfunction
Another major theory explaining SAD involves disruption to the way the neurotransmitter serotonin works. Serotonin is an extremely important chemical messenger in the brain and its function has a major impact on mood. Low serotonin function is thought to result in a type of depression characterized by symptoms such as feelings of sadness, worthlessness, guilt, and suicidal thoughts.
The hypothesis regarding serotonergic dysfunction is based on the findings that serotonin levels vary significantly in normal humans across seasons with lowest levels in the winter months. The research that found high daytime levels of melatonin in SAD patients, also found that the serotonin levels of everybody tested, even the healthy volunteers, were lower in winter than in summer (6). The serotonergic dysfunction theory of SAD states, based on research findings, that the receptors on brain cells that are stimulated by serotonin are not functioning correctly, resulting in abnormal neuroendocrine responses and the symptoms experienced in SAD (2).
Serotonin production is also intimately connected with the "sleep" hormone melatonin whose levels we have already seen are abnormal in SAD. In fact, serotonin is actually converted into melatonin. This happens as light levels fall in the evening and the pineal gland signals for melatonin production to increase. In simplistic terms the actions of serotonin and melatonin are opposing with serotonin stimulating us during the daytime and melatonin inducing sleep at night. In SAD, we know that melatonin levels are higher than normal during the day, so sufferers experience sleepiness and other melatonin induced effects, and are also prone to serotonin deficiency symptoms such as negative emotional states.
As a result of the close relationship between serotonin and melatonin, the circadian rhythm and serotonergic dysfunction theories should probably be seen as complementary to each other rather than as totally distinct explanations for SAD.
An interesting area of SAD research has focused on genetics and how SAD affects families and populations both within countries and internationally. The issue of how susceptible different ethnic groups are to suffering from SAD has also been looked at.
One particular gene known as 5-HTTLPR has received a lot of attention from researchers as it has been found to be expressed differently in SAD patients (8). The 5-HTTLPR gene is involved with the function of serotonin (5-HT). Researchers have been careful to explain that this gene may not be the root cause of SAD but is certainly involved in the disease process and the production of symptoms. Other research has implicated the 5-HT2A gene, which is also involved with serotonin function. This gene they say is associated with the depressive symptoms of SAD but does not explain the seasonality of the disorder (9). Many of the genetic studies looking at particular genes have also looked patients families and found that, as with most mental illness, there is often a family history of mental health problems.
Intriguing facts have been discovered when researchers have looked at SAD in different populations. The general consensus appears to be that the further north you go (in the northern hemisphere), the greater the number of people there are suffering from SAD. As mentioned in the introduction, a major review of SAD research found that in both North America and Europe, there are more cases of SAD the further north you go. However, it was also found that North America has twice as many cases of SAD than does Europe (4). What this suggests is that the lower light levels at more northerly latitudes are indeed an important risk factor for SAD, but are not the only factor. Perhaps the higher incidence of SAD in North America can be attributed to greater racial diversity than is present in Europe or to other cultural and social factors.
Another piece of evidence suggesting a genetic predisposition to SAD comes from a study conducted at Columbia University, NY, in 2002. This study of 165 SAD patients found differences in symptoms experienced by sufferers of different races, and also the intriguing result that blue eyed people suffered less severe symptoms than those with darker eyes. The researchers stated that "lightly pigmented eyes, in particular, may serve to enhance photic input during winter and allay depressive symptoms in vulnerable populations" (10). Essentially, lighter eye colour allows more light to enter the eye and thus reduce susceptibility to SAD during the dark winter months.
These research findings lend some weight to the assumption that millions of years of evolution and adaptation to the environment have optimized human biochemical and physiological systems for living in equatorial conditions, where light is plentiful and of even intensity throughout the year. Humanity began its migration out of Africa only about 150,000 years ago. This relatively short evolutionary time-span may not have provided enough time for us to fully adapt to conditions in the more northerly areas of the globe that hundreds of millions of us now inhabit (11).
Although the exact mechanisms by which SAD occurs are not yet clear, the information presented in the theories above provides us with a basic understanding of the factors that contribute to the condition, and help direct treatment approaches (bright light therapy, antidepressants, nutrients, getting outside in the sun etc). It is likely that factors from all the theories discussed are involved with the illness. Further research should fill in the blanks in the coming years.
SAD in Environmental Illnesses
SAD itself could be described as an environmental illness, since lack of sunlight appears to be one of the most important factor in its development. Here however, we'll take a look at the relationship of SAD to the main environmental illnesses we focus on at The Environmental Illness Resource.
SAD appears to be common amongst chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia sufferers. Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, a CFS and fibromyalgia specialist, and author of best selling book 'From Fatigued to Fantastic', addresses the issue of SAD with his patients. Dr. Teitelbaum recommends using a 10,000 lux lightbox for 30-45 minutes every morning if his patients symptoms get worse during winter. He is the only physician to have had the effectiveness of his CFS and fibromyalgia treatment protocol proven by clinical studies (of the kind used to test effectiveness of new pharmaceutical drugs). Dr. Teitelbaum is not the only doctor treating CFS and fibromyalgia patients for SAD, it is common amongst environmentally aware physicians.
The instincts of Dr. Teitelbaum and others is backed up by research that we looked at earlier. If you recall, a study published in 1998 involving 110 CFS patients found that a large proportion had depressive symptoms, and that these, and the typical CFS symptoms not associated with depression, worsened during the winter months (1). Like Dr. Teitelbaum the researchers recommend bright light therapy to improve symptoms of both CFS and SAD during the winter months.
The results from a research study published in 2000 also found a link between multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and SAD. Two hundred and twenty-five subjects, including normal volunteers and patients with previously documented seasonal affective disorder (SAD), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Cushing's syndrome, Addison's disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), completed questionnaires describing their reactions to exposures to various chemicals. Patients with CFS, Addison's disease and SAD self-reported more sensitivity to chemical exposures than normal controls (12). The researchers suggest that these illnesses are linked to chemical sensitivity through the HPA-axis, the body's stress control system, as it is known to be dysfunctional in all of these conditions.
Anecdotal reports also suggest a link between SAD and MCS, and the author has also experienced this. It is often the case that people suffering from MCS also have problems with SAD. The interesting thing is that not only do SAD symptoms abate during the summer but the severity of their MCS symptoms also decreases. They may be able to tolerate larger amounts of chemicals, or reactions on exposure are less severe or prolonged, or both. This all suggests that serotonin is involved with both conditions. We've discussed serotonin's role in SAD, but it could also be involved in chemical sensitivity. A leading theory for MCS involves over-sensitivity of the limbic system in the brain. The limbic system is intimately involved with mood and emotions, and has high levels of serotonin. We could therefore hypothesize that disruption of serotonin function could result in both SAD and multiple chemical sensitivity.
Gut dysbiosis may also be connected to SAD by way of serotonin function. Serotonin is produced from the amino acid tryptophan which we get from protein foods. Unfortunately, it is known that if a gut dysbiosis condition is present, the unfriendly microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast can get hold of the tryptophan themselves before we have time to absorb it through our intestines (13). Without sufficient supply of tryptophan, susceptible individuals are likely to become deficient in serotonin, with the result being various forms of depression, including SAD (14).
There has been little research into a connection between autism and SAD but a report published in 1998 described 2 patients with learning disabilities who showed symptoms of SAD and responded to bright light therapy. The authors suggested more research was needed in this area (15).
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Krill hotspot fuels incredible biodiversity in Antarctic region
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There are so many Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean that the combined mass of these tiny aquatic organisms is more than that of the world’s 7.5 billion human inhabitants.
Scientists have long known about this important zooplankton species, but they haven’t been certain why particular regions or “hotspots” in the Southern Ocean are so productive.
Scientists have long known about this important zooplankton species, but they haven’t been certain why particular regions or “hotspots” in the Southern Ocean are so productive. One such hotspot exists off Anvers Island – along the western Antarctic Peninsula – where high densities of Antarctic krill episodically concentrate near the shore close to a number of Adélie penguin breeding colonies.
As it turns out, a perfect combination of tides and wind is responsible, according to scientists who just published a study on the krill in the journal Deep Sea Research. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.
“This region off the western Antarctic Peninsula has been a known breeding area for Adélie penguins for thousands of years,” said Kim Bernard, a biological oceanographer at Oregon State University and lead author on the study. “We know it today as a krill hotspot and it probably has been for some time.
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Five Differences between Sharia and Old Testament Law
Article ID: JAf4386 | By: David Wood
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 06 (2015). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to: http://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/
Although numerous politicians, reporters, and Muslim organizations assure concerned Westerners that the actions of ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, and the Taliban have little or nothing to do with Islam, anyone familiar with Islam’s most trusted sources knows that beheadings, terrorism, and the sexual exploitation of female captives were practiced and promoted by Muhammad and his companions. Hence, challenging the actions of terrorist groups ultimately requires challenging the teachings of Islam.
But there is a difficulty for Christians who oppose violence committed in the name of Allah. The Old Testament contains harsh punishments similar to those found in the Qur’an and the Hadith,1 and the wars of Joshua bear some resemblance to the wars of Muhammad and the “rightly guided” caliphs. How, then, can Christians condemn the attacks carried out by ISIS without thereby condemning our own scriptures? Are we simply being inconsistent?
In this article, we will consider five important differences between sharia (Islamic law) and Old Testament law. Before we discuss the differences, however, we should take note of the similarities that lead to charges of inconsistency.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SHARIA AND OLD TESTAMENT LAW
Muslims derive the term sharia from the Qur’an, where Allah declares, “Then We put thee on the (right) way of religion: so follow thou that (way), and follow not the desires of those who know not” (45:18, Ali).2 The Arabic for “way” here is sharia, which in this context refers to the commands Allah delivered to Muhammad. Since the Qur’an (4:65) also orders Muslims to obey Muhammad’s decisions, the body of laws that came to be called “sharia” includes the commands of both Allah and Muhammad.
Mosaic Law is the collection of mitzvot (“commandments,” traditionally numbered by Jewish rabbis at 613) revealed to Moses by God. This system of commands to perform certain acts (mitzvot aseh) and to avoid certain acts (mitzvot lo taaseh) was given to the children of Israel as part of their covenant with the God who delivered them from captivity.
Both sharia and the Law of Moses prescribe harsh penalties for violating moral decrees (e.g., stoning for adultery). Both were delivered by men claiming to have received revelations from God. Both resulted in the formation of theocratic governments charged with enforcing God’s commands.
These similarities shouldn’t be surprising, for Muhammad knew many Jews in Medina and viewed himself as the Arab continuation of the Jewish line of prophets. The Qur’an even affirms the inspiration and authority of the Torah.3 Much more surprising, however, are the differences.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHARIA AND OLD TESTAMENT LAW
The Law of Moses and sharia were delivered in different times, in different lands, in different circumstances, and in different languages. Yet the differences run much deeper than language or location.
Mosaic Law Followed Redemption
In the Old Testament, God gives the Mosaic Law to the children of Israel after delivering them from their bondage in Egypt. God doesn’t go to the Jews during their captivity and tell them that if they faithfully obey His laws, then He will rescue them from the Egyptians. Instead, He rescues them first and then gives them the Law. This foreshadows the gospel: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8).4 Biblical obedience to God is a result of God’s love, not a prerequisite for God’s love.
According to the Qur’an, obedience to Allah’s commands must precede Allah’s love, for Allah has no love for unbelievers or for those characterized by various sorts of sins:
Allah does not love those who exceed the limits. (2:190)
Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner. (2:276)
Allah does not love the unbelievers. (3:32)
Allah does not love the unjust. (3:57)
Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful. (4:36)
[Allah] does not love the extravagant. (7:31)
Allah does not love the treacherous. (8:58)
Allah does not love the mischief-makers. (28:77)
Allah does not love any arrogant boaster. (57:23)
Sharia should therefore be viewed as the “way” or “path” to earning Allah’s love (a concept completely foreign to the Bible5).
Mosaic Law Was Accompanied by Miracles
Claiming to speak for God is no small matter, but the Mosaic Law came with more than mere bold assertions by Moses. God provided miracles before, during, and after His revelation of the Law (e.g., judgments on the Egyptians, the parting of the Red Sea, water pouring from a rock, manna falling from heaven, etc.).
By contrast, the Qur’an repeatedly denies that Muhammad’s revelations were accompanied by any miracle other than the Qur’an itself. After being challenged by Jews and Christians for more than a century on Muhammad’s lack of miracles, Muslims eventually composed a number of miraculous stories and incorporated them into later sources. However, these stories directly contradict the Qur’an:
They say: “Why is not a sign sent down to him [i.e., Muhammad] from his Lord?” Say: “The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with you.” (10:20, Ali)
And the unbelievers say: “Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?” But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide. (13:7, Ali)
Yet they say: “Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?” Say: “The signs are indeed with Allah: and I am indeed a clear Warner.” And is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee the Book which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to those who believe. (29:50–51, Ali)6
The difference here is quite relevant to the issue of harsh legal punishments in the Old Testament and the Qur’an. Disobeying a man who claims to speak for God but who can offer no evidence apart from his Arabic prose is one thing; disobeying the God who guides you through the desert as a pillar of fire is something else entirely. If accountability is proportional to the evidence offered, Jews who rebelled against God’s commands were without excuse.
Mosaic Law Promoted Fairness toward Everyone
One of the most famous Old Testament commands was that Jews love their neighbors as themselves: “You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord” (Lev. 19:18).
Far more striking (especially considering the cultures of the time) is God’s command later in the same chapter to apply the same love to non-Jews: “When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God” (Lev. 19:33–34).
Approximately two thousand years after Moses delivered these words to the children of Israel, the Qur’an demanded significantly different treatment for believers and unbelievers: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves” (48:29, Hilali-Khan). This “severe” treatment of non-Muslims is based on their inferiority. Allah calls Jews, Christians, and al-Mushrikun (idolaters) “the worst of creatures”: “Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikun will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures” (98:6, Hilali-Khan). Muslims, however, are the “best of peoples,” for Allah says to Muslims, “You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind” (3:110, Hilali-Khan).
Thus, while the God of the Bible reminds Jews that they, too, were once aliens in the land of Egypt and were rescued by grace, Allah reminds Muslims that they are superior to non-Muslims and should treat non-Muslims accordingly.
Mosaic Law Was Geographically Limited
In Exodus 23:31, God says to the Israelites: “I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates.” God’s covenant was with Jews who agreed to obey His commands in exchange for a special divine right to the land. Anyone who didn’t want to obey the Mosaic Law was free to leave the land of Israel. Those who remained in the land agreed to be subject to the terms of the covenant (including punishments for violating the Law). The Jews were never commanded to march on the world and enforce Mosaic Law on non-Jewish populations.
Sharia, however, is to be imposed on the entire world. According to the Qur’an, Allah sent Muhammad to make Islam prevail over all other religions: “He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse” (9:33).
Muhammad would achieve this victory by fighting unbelievers until they submit to Islam: “Allah’s Messenger said, ‘I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: La ilaha illallah [“There is no God but Allah”], and whoever said La ilaha illahllah, Allah will save his property and his life from me.’”7
In a vision, Muhammad was shown that his Ummah (Muslim community) would eventually enforce sharia throughout the world: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah
drew the ends of the earth together for me to see, and I saw its eastern and western lands, and I saw that the dominion of my Ummah will reach as far as that which was drawn together for me to see.’”8
By their natures, then, Mosaic Law is geographically limited, while sharia is aggressively expansionistic.
Mosaic Law Was Not the Final Message
The Mosaic covenant was for the children of Israel, not for the rest of the world. Indeed, even in the Old Testament, God announces that a new covenant is coming: “’Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,’ declares the Lord” (Jer. 31:31–32).
Through the Messiah, God’s new covenant would reach both Jews and Gentiles. In a prophecy, God says to the Messiah: “I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, and I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations” (Isa. 42:6).
Old Testament prophecies about a new covenant were fulfilled by Jesus, who sealed the covenant with His own blood: “While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body.’ And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins’” (Matt. 26:26–28). Thus, the Mosaic covenant was a temporary steppingstone to a new covenant.
Is there a new covenant after sharia? In the Qur’an, Allah declares, “Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of Allah and the last of the prophets” (33:40). Muhammad agrees, saying, “There will be no prophet after me.”9 Allah’s final marching orders for Muslims, it seems, involve beheadings, killing apostates, the oppression of women, and the violent subjugation of the entire world to sharia.
While there are many other differences between Mosaic Law and sharia (we would have to go command by command to explore them all10), we have seen enough to dispel charges of inconsistency. Christians who condemn ISIS-style beheadings, sexual exploitation of women, and oppression of religious minorities are not being hypocrites, for the similarities between the Law of Moses and the Law of Muhammad are superficial. Hence, atheists and Muslims who bring up the Bible when sharia is questioned or criticized would do well to open a Bible and see what it really says.
David Wood, PhD, is host of the Trinity Channel’s live talk show Jesus or Muhammad? He has participated in more than forty moderated public debates in the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Muslims believe the Qur’an to be the direct word of Allah. The Hadith (in numerous volumes and collections) contains the teachings of Muhammad.
Unless otherwise noted, Qur’an quotations are from the M. H. Shakir translation. Other verses, where noted, are taken from the Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation (Ali) and the Hilali-Khan translation (Hilali-Khan).
See 3:3–4; 5:43–44; 5:68; 7:157; 10:94.
All Bible quotations are from the New American Standard Bible.
In response to Qur’an passages stating that Allah does not love unbelievers, some may note that certain Old Testament passages say that God hates sinners (e.g., Lev. 20:23; Psa. 5:5; 11:5; etc.). However, here again there is a glaring difference between the Qur’an and the Bible. Jesus orders His followers to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 5:44–45; cf. Rom. 5:6–8). Since Jesus’ words are authoritative, statements about God hating sinners will have to be harmonized with statements about God loving sinners, typically either by arguing that passages such as Psalm 5:5 are poetic expressions of God’s hatred of sin or by arguing that God loves sinners in one way but hates them in a different way. The Qur’an, by contrast, requires no such harmonization, for there is simply no emphasis on God’s love for sinners or unbelievers.
See also 2:118; 6:37; 6:109; 11:12; 13:27; 17:59; 17:90–93; 20:133; 28:48.
Sahih al-Bukhari, trans. Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Darussalam Publishers, 1997), 6924. Cf. Qur’an 5:32–33; 9:29; 9:111; 9:123; 48:29.
Sahih Muslim, trans. Nasiruddin al-Khattab (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Darussalam Publishers, 2007), 7258.
For a careful discussion of Old Testament laws that appear exceedingly harsh by modern standards, see Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster? (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011). For an analysis of the claim that Old Testament wars involved genocide, see Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2014); and Matthew Flannagan, “Is the God of the Old Testament a Proponent of Total War against Noncombatants?” in this issue of the JOURNAL, 10–11.
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Unai Lauzirika- Reader in Leipzig: "All the students give the Basque language a chance, no prejudgments"
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
What is a reader? What do they work on? What’s a typical day like? We’ve decided to answer all your questions about readerships first-hand. And who better than a Basque language and culture reader to tell you all about it?
Born in Lekeitio, Unai Lauzirika has lived in Leipzig, Germany, for 6 years, working as a teacher of Basque language and culture. He is part of the Etxepare Institute network of readers, made up of 30 teachers in 38 universities around the world. Are you interested in being part of this network? Keep reading to learn about the experience.
How would you define a reader of Basque language and culture?
Readers are teachers and that’s how our students see us. The term reader is only a technical term. But we are not just teachers either; somehow we work as ambassadors since we are the only Basque representation among students and professors. A readership is a showcase or gateway to the Basque Country – or it should be. That must also be reflected in the programming, offering different activities and events. That, in my opinion, is the work of the reader.
In the same way, if we want to highlight our work, the reader should be an active person who is involved with the rest of the department. It’s important to expand the network of relationships and to know what each person does. In the case of Leipzig, Galician, Catalan, Sorbian, Irish and more languages are taught. It’s the responsibility of the reader to position Basque studies in this offer.
What is your typical workday like? And your experience as a reader?
The work of the reader is very pleasant. It’s part of the daily work at the university: in addition to specific department meetings, it consists of carrying out the academic program within a scheduled timetable. Readers also have the opportunity to investigate and learn more on their own; once you’re in the academic world, you’re responsible for improving in your work.
In addition to daily classes, I should mention the importance of the events, since they give us the chance to take a break from the daily routine and bring Basque artists, experts or writers into our classrooms. It takes work to organize these events, but the results are very positive and it’s a treat for students and teachers to get to know the guests first-hand.
With regard to classes, there are two types, language and culture, each attended by students with very different profiles. In Euskera classes, the aim is to learn the language and the general aspects of culture, to speak. The Basque culture classes, on the other hand, are in German and many different subjects are covered. Some students don’t want to start learning a new language, but they have great interest in knowing the inner workings of a foreign language. We also have those who are interested in history or literature. The students have very different interests, so you have to know how to address all of them.
What is the profile of your students? What makes German students want to learn Euskera?
Their ages range from 22-27 years old. Most of them are women working on linguistic degrees. The more varied the students’ backgrounds, the better the classroom environment.
The biggest advantage of working abroad is that the students themselves are very motivated. Here the students do not need a degree to work, their motivation is not instrumental, and they have real interest. They’re interested in languages and you can tell they like to come to class. Sometimes they also come as listeners to the Basque culture classes. Since the programming is public, anyone who is interested sit in.
As for the motivation, you can’t put all the students under the same umbrella. Some know our language or culture (especially music), because they’ve already been in the Basque Country. Others have a practical interest; they want to learn a minority or linguistically attractive language to complete their academic profile. People with a Basque partner have often come – that’s always a good reason to learn a language. Even so, as for a common characteristic, I’d say that everyone gives the Basque language a chance, no prejudgments.
Besides the classes, do you organize other types of events?
We organize different activities and lectures during the school year. In addition to the usual activities, such as ‘Korrika’ (a race to support the Basque language) or film screenings, there are also cooking and dance classes. But above and beyond the activities for students, I’d highlight the activities organized at the university level, with invited guests.
In the last four years we’ve brought 20 Basque experts or writers to Leipzig, and that gives visibility to our offer, both at the department level and among the students. Students who enroll in Basque studies know that they will have the opportunity to learn different subjects. People from other departments also tend to come.
What piece of advice would you give to a new reader?
To start the job with motivation. The work of the reader is an interesting challenge for anyone; teaching in a foreign language and adapting to foreign universities requires effort, but if you’re enthusiastic and serious about the work, it’s a pleasure. As I said before, the students´ own motivation makes work easier. Besides, it gives you the chance to live in another country, doing a job you like. You can learn a lot in an environment surrounded by people.
Try it – it´s great work!
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Illinois seeks talks on keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes
By JOHN FLESHERAssociated Press
Illinois has proposed negotiations with federal officials and other states in the Great Lakes region over fortifying a Chicago-area lock and dam to prevent Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan and threatening its native fish.
Gov. Bruce Rauner said his state was willing to team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on paying for the project but wanted changes to a $275 million draft plan the federal agency released last year.
The plan, centered on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois, is backed by some of the region's eight states that consider the location a vital line of defense between the carp-infested Illinois River and Lake Michigan. But Illinois says it would bog down cargo shipping on the busy waterway, with a potential ripple effect on Chicago's highways as more freight is moved by truck.
The Army Corps proposal would install devices such as an electric barrier, noisemakers and water jets at the Brandon Road complex to block fish swimming upstream. Under federal law, such a project requires a state or a local partner that could share costs and help with matters such as securing rights of way.
In a letter to the Corps sent Friday, Rauner said his state would fill the role of "non-federal sponsor" and work with the agency "to review and better understand the underlying scientific justification to support a project of this size, scope and cost
The Republican governor also asked his counterparts in the other states for talks toward an agreement that "protects the Great Lakes and mitigates major deficiencies" in the Corps plan.
Four types of carp imported from Asia in the 1960s are threatening to attack the lakes, where scientists say they could out-compete less aggressive species and damage a $7 billion fishing industry.
Illinois says it has significantly reduced the threat with commercial fishing of the Asian carp's "leading edge" population in a section of the Illinois River about 50 miles southwest of Lake Michigan. It says the carp have not advanced further since 1990.
But neighboring states and Great Lakes advocacy groups aren't convinced. One of the feared invaders was found last summer in Chicago's Little Calumet River just 9 miles from the lake. Tests showed the silver carp had gotten through or around three electric fish barriers.
"While our efforts to keep Asian carp from Lake Michigan have proven effective, many have suggested we need to do more," Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti said. "If the Corps can address our economic, transportation, environmental and cost concerns in partnership with Illinois, we have no problem working with other states to enhance our efforts at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam."
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposed an interstate partnership in January to help cover costs of operating and maintaining the proposed Brandon Road fish-blocking systems. Ohio, Wisconsin, the Canadian province of Ontario and the city of Chicago signed on.
But the Army Corps told Snyder on Friday the coalition couldn't qualify as the legally required non-federal sponsor without Illinois' participation.
Snyder considers Illinois' offer to take part "an important step forward," spokeswoman Jordan Kennedy said.
"We all have the same objective, which is to protect the Great Lakes," she said.
The Alliance for the Great Lakes, a Chicago-based environmental group, urged the other states to resist weakening the Army Corps plan.
"Any efforts to change it should be to make it stronger," said Molly Flanagan, the group's vice president for policy.
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Well-rested Chiefs get back to work with Browns on horizon
By Dave Skretta
The Kansas City Chiefs had to wait until the very last of the six wild-card games played over the weekend to find out who the reigning Super Bowl champions would play in the divisional round of the playoffs.
As if they hadn't sat around long enough.
The Chiefs clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC and its lone first-round bye in Week 16, allowing coach Andy Reid to sit just about every crucial player for their regular-season finale.
So that means Patrick Mahomes and his cadre of standout support, along with Tyrann Mathieu and other defensive stars, will have gone 21 days without stepping on the field for a game by the time they face the Cleveland Browns on Sunday for a spot in the conference championship game.
"We had a bird's-eye view yesterday of watching them. They're a good football team and we knew that," said Reid, whose staff had begun preparing for each of the four possible opponents long ago. "We had a chance to study them last week, as we did the other teams we might be playing. All in all, we'll start the week of practice tomorrow and go from there."
It should be the first practice in quite a while that the Chiefs are relatively healthy.
Tyreek Hill was dealing with a hamstring injury the final three weeks of the regular season while fellow wide receiver Sammy Watkins was slowed by a calf injury. In the backfield, Clyde Edwards-Helaire has been trying to return from a high-ankle sprain while Le'Veon Bell was sidelined Week 17 with a knee injury. Up front, offensive lineman Mike Remmers had a back injury that caused him to miss the Chiefs' regular-season finale against the Chargers.
That's just on offense. The defense was just as banged up.
Middle linebacker Anthony Hitchens, who is tasked with calling the plays, spent the past couple of weeks on the COVID-19 list. His running mate, Ben Niemann, has been dealing with a hamstring strain and backup Damien Wilson has been limited with a lingering knee injury. Defensive tackles Mike Pennel (back) and Derrick Nnadi (knee) were hobbled on the front end while cornerback Charvarius Ward (hamstring) was slowed on the back end.
"We had some battles there at the end of the season. Games like the Saints, the Bucs, even the Falcons, they were physical football games," Mahomes said.
"To get guys healthy, back to 100 percent, I think we'll be able to utilize our speed and power in the playoffs and really have the best Chiefs football team we've had since the beginning of the year."
They might need to be against the Browns, who earned the right to visit Kansas City by being the lowest-remaining seed in the AFC playoffs, but hardly looked as if they were overmatched Sunday night in Pittsburgh.
Baker Mayfield was efficient through the air, throwing for 263 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. Nick Chubb and former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt combined to carry 26 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns. And their opportunistic defense picked off Ben Roethlisberger four times and recovered a fumble for a touchdown.
In short, they played the kind of game necessary to upset the Chiefs: control the ball and the clock with the ground game, make smart decisions in the pass game and hope that a few turnovers – or five of them – go your way.
"There is anticipation, obviously, to who we'll play and that ended up being the last game of the two days," Reid said, "so we had a little bit of a wait to find out and then once you get that, we're going. So you don't get much time to think about anything else, other than that. So I wouldn't tell you I feel any different than I did last year. Everyone had a chance to see how good they are and it'll take all of that. We have to keep our eye right on that."
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Barcelona Design Week is organised by FAD and BCD, in collaboration with the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, and promoted by the Ajuntament de Barcelona.
For the second year in a row we were given the honour of managing the graphic campaign for Barcelona Design Week. Exploring design, creativity and innovation, the 13th edition, from 5 to 14 June, brings together some of the biggest names in design in a series of exhibitions, talks, workshops and celebrations. After the success of our 2017 campaign, which focused on the concept of transformation and bringing design to the masses, our challenge this year was to take the concept one step further, encouraging a more critical mindset through an intellectual as well as popular approach.
From transformation to social critique
Before 2017 the event focused on design for designers, however, last year the challenge was to take it outside of just the design field, to understand design more as a driver for change and as the key to transforming society. Our aim was to reach everyday people by creating a homage to six pioneers of our time who passed away recently and whose legacy has been driven by the evolution and change of mindset within different fields. This year we wanted to push the concept further, taking the idea of design as a performance or act and focusing more on how design can make you think about the world around us. Collaborating with the combined teams at both FAD and BCD, we worked closely with them to envision everyday situations and develop a critical dialogue for each scenario.
Design is a powerful tool for changing society
This year’s Barcelona Design Week encourages people to re-value the concept of good design for the ultimate purpose of serving society. The event focuses on the fact that we cannot continue with the current model of production and consumption. Every day we have an overwhelming desire to buy things which we are often aware we do not need. A few people question how they were made, what they bring us, where they come from, what materials they were made with, which hands and technologies made them possible and what their working life will be. But not enough of us. We needed to develop a powerful and thought-provoking campaign to shed light on this issue.
Design in all its expressions is one of the most powerful tools that we have as human beings to reverse the path toward destruction of the earth’s ecosystem.
What does it mean to revalue?
The central idea is that we need to rethink processes in order to redirect the system toward more sustainable production and society toward more critical and conscious consumption. With the concept of ‘revaluing’ at the core of all communication, the campaign invites the design profession and the public to re-value everything which surrounds us and to offer arguments which question how we should consume in the present in order to achieve sustainability in the future. In order to engage people and develop a sense of inclusivity, our first step was to open up the debate to the public during the pre-campaign phase. By doing so we wanted to directly involve people as part of a wider discourse, sharing ideas and preparing our audiences for a good reception. Above all we wanted to stress the social nature of the campaign.
“For this 2018 campaign, our main challenge was ourselves, Folch. In 2017 under the concept of Transformation we created the sculptures of Bowie, Bauman, Lee, Hadid, Ali and Berger, and achieved widespread success. In 2018, BCD, FAD and ourselves wanted to keep this ‘pop’ approach while being critical and subversive at the same time. Sharing this idea of design as a mindset, a state of mind that allows us to see something in a different way, much more than just the action of designing.”
Rafa Martínez, COO, Partner & Brand Strategist, Folch
Engaging the public in the debate
We created a web portal in three languages (Catalan, English and Spanish) asking people to define or describe an example of what it means to ‘revalue’. The question was also distributed through the various Barcelona Design Week social channels to create expectation and encourage participation ahead of the event. We used the web portal as a tool with which to capture and share these definitions, generating a database of ideas and knowledge, many of which we would later use during the campaign as key messages, combined with a set of illustrations. We used bright, bold colours to align with last year’s campaign, combined with a more structural, block layout. Much of the roll out, both digital and printed, followed this binary code, with a split screen or parallel blocks enhancing the overall structure of question & answer, concept & definition, illustration & messaging.
Satirical illustrations
With the concept of “Revalue” we envisioned a series of situations, where objects, spaces – literally anything – could be revalued, reconsidered, used or perceived in a different way. World renowned Portuguese graphic designer and illustrator, Bráulio Amado, brought these situations to life through six satirical illustrations revealing different social criticisms. Each illustration combines with a specific message about re-thinking current models of production, consumption and technology, allowing for diverse interpretation and encouraging widespread debate. The first illustration was unveiled on May 9 by Barcelona Design Week with a newsletter. Following this an illustration was distributed every few days with more information about the events and activities of the Design Week. Each illustration is animated to bring it to life wherever possible via social media and digital advertising.
“I think Bráulio Amado’s illustrations contributed a great deal to the campaign. I especially like the tension between their playfulness and the way they’re critical of our current consumption habits.”
Giacomo Boffo, Senior Designer at Folch
“Through illustration´s subtle movements, the message is more engaging and the narratives are more descriptive.”
Alex Marqués, Motion Designer at Folch
Applying the system across different formats
As well as developing the landing page of Barcelona Design Week’18 we also designed a 64 page programme in booklet format using a regular grid structure, highlighting the main events and providing detailed information about each of the activities available. The booklet is divided per day, each spread includes an introduction on the left with highlights and the programme of events on the right. The design follows this year’s identity and colour palette – green for the conferences, blue for the prices, pink for the highlights and white for the breakdown of events and activities.
“We embraced this new episode of BDW working hand by hand with FAD and BCD. Our starting point was creating a work flow and communication system to maintain the campaign as a collaborative project. Beyond the graphic campaign we were introduced to the entire creative process and communication strategy.”
Elena Qureshi, Junior Studio Manager at Folch
A big part of the process was working together as a team to give the event and the messaging a strong presence in the street. Beyond the graphic campaign we advised on how to bring the campaign closer to society, speaking not just to the design community but to everyone. The graphics not only worked for digital, but they were rolled out across flags around the city, bus vinyls, BDW city stickers, opis, tote bags, and large scale vinyl facades for the Disseny Hub building. Throughout the project, we worked hard to stay aligned across all teams, sharing ideas and creating everything in partnership.
Creating international visibility
We initially made contact with It’s Nice that in order to gauge their interest in being our international media partner for the campaign. Having confirmed this we found out that instead of doing an announcement before the event, they were more interested in a doing full round up of the campaign. We liaised with them consistently during the pre-campaign stages, keeping them informed of any significant developments, particularly regarding timings and updated assets. Once we had all the finalised assets we shared them with It’s Nice That along with a press release for publication ahead of the event. As a follow up we also sent the press release and a selection of images to our wider national and international graphic design focused media list.
“With FAD and BCD handling an extensive communications programme about the event during the pre-campaign stages, we decided to develop a public relations strategy from a purely graphic design angle.”
Bis Turnor, Communications Manager at Folch
Adapting the campaign across multiple platforms
An important part of the process was deciding how best to diffuse the campaign across social media as well as via the physical assets designed to catch people’s attention on the streets. The campaign had to be spread in a way that would not only reach but be understood by many different sectors of society, catching the attention not just of the design community but of society as a whole through a combination of playful imagery alongside thought-provoking messaging.
Activation and PR reach
The Barcelona Design Week paid media campaign accumulates more than 5.3 million impressions in the digital media. The audiovisual pieces of the campaign have reached the 116.000 views and the objectives of impressions and traffic have ended up above the prevision after closing the campaign having exceeded the prevision of impressions by over a 28%. The impacts distribution of the campaign according to the language in which posts have been published has been a 64% in English, a 19% in Spanish and a 17% in Catalan.
Interview: Bráulio Amado
Bráulio Amado is a graphic designer and Portuguese illustrator, currently affiliated to New York. He has worked as a designer at Pentagram NY and Bloomberg Businessweek as art director. He has illustrated by media such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wired Magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek among others. We had a little chat with him about the ideas behind his designs…
Design is a vehicle to help us rethink society. Do you agree with this statement? Is this something you look for in your work?
I like to think so. I don’t agree with the classic phrase “design can save the world”, but I do think that, as a designer, you can re-think, communicate and shape new tools that can be used for good in society or the world. Or for bad. Or for that place we mostly all live in that’s between good and bad.
What were your initial thoughts on this years theme of re-evaluating current models of production and consumption?
I can’t really say I’m not part of “the problem” — I may spend money on clothes that I don’t really need, I definitely look too much at my phone, and etc. It’s easy to be sucked into how things seem to go on these days, although I do make an effort to look at it from the outside and understand how they are not good for me or others — and change my behaviour. My initial thought was to come up with something that people could identify with and make a bridge between a serious subject versus the somewhat cartoonish and humoristic feel of the illustrations.
How did you decide to approach the project and why?
Lots of sketching and drawing on how I could twist the concept into a smart and simple illustrations. Was super fun to work with you guys and I thought we did a great job as a team!
How would you describe your approach to design and communication?
It really varies a lot. I think I’m slowly becoming more of an illustrator rather than a graphic designer, or I’m constantly shifting from one to the other. I normally try to solve the problem or briefing with coming up with something purely conceptual, a rough sketch with a clear idea in it — and only then think about what style I should use to make sure that concept is communicated well.
Who – or what – are you most influenced by?
Too many people! Saul Bass, M/M Paris, Mirko Borsche, Chris Ware, Ed Fella, Barney Bubbles, Tadanori Yokoo, Op Art, etc etc.
In the first place, Editorial Design is a way of organizing information. Don’t you think that in our hyper-satured world, it’s more needed than ever?
Completely. Both in the printed and digital world, editorial design is very much necessary, but it could and should also be applied to other platforms and areas outside of the editorial world. I worked for 4 years at Bloomberg Businessweek and I learned so much in how to organize and process raw information into something that’s clear and concise, in and out of a publication.
Last but not least… Where do all your weird faces come from?!
From all the faceless profiles on Grindr.
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Freeview's Bumper 2020 Christmas TV Guide
It's been a tough year, but Christmas is finally here. And despite the stumbling blocks of 2020, TV production crews have pulled out all the stops to produce some new dramas and comedies for us to enjoy over a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. From the comical return of The Vicar of Dibley to the hotly-anticipated drama Black Narcissus, there is plenty of small screen entertainment this festive season…
Gemma Collins: Diva for Xmas
The GC is back, and she is determined to raise the nation’s spirits in time for Christmas, so in classic Gemma style she’s teamed up with Darren Day to record a Christmas single. Gemma Collins’ take on 2020 and ‘corona’ has become an internet sensation, so if you aren’t a convert already, the entire Gemma Collins’ Diva Forever series is still available on ITV Hub.
Available on ITV Hub now
First Dates at Christmas
First Dates is back for another Christmas special, and this time Fred and the team are headed to a cosy rural hideaway inspired by Britain’s favourite yuletide romcoms, as singletons search for the most perfect gift of all – love.
Wednesday 23rd December, 9pm, Channel 4
If there's one thing that can give us a bit of cheer this year it is the sight of Geraldine Grainger back on the box again. Dawn French is to reprise her role as everyone's favourite TV returns three 10-minute episodes set during lockdown, post lockdown, and pre-another-lockdown. The eps will see Geraldine deliver monthly sermons to her parishioners and feature James Fleet returning as Hugo Horton. Dawn has also revealed the show will pay tribute to the some of the cast no longer with us, including Emma Chambers, who played the loveable Alice Tinker.
First two episodes available on BBC iPlayer now
The Only Way is Essexmas
If you are missing the chance to get all dressed up and enjoy some festive drama at your work Christmas party, then the TOWIE Christmas special is the one for you.
Available on ITV Hub
All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special
TV show remakes tend to go one way or the other, but Channel 5 have struck gold with All Creatures Great and Small - so much so there is a festive special on the way later this month. The episode is set on Christmas Eve with preparations well underway for the Skeldale Christmas party, and Helen (Rachel Shenton) and Hugh's (Matthew Lewis) wedding on Christmas Day. Nicholas Ralph stars as the lead character, vet James Herriot, in the series.
Tuesday 22nd December, 9:00pm, Channel 5
Gogglebox Christmas Special
There will also be laughs aplenty in the Gogglebox Christmas Special as the nation's favourite armchair critics look back at some of the festive flops and successes on the small screen, and let us know what they thought of them. Fans of the Channel 4 show are in for a real treat this festive season, as there is a triple threat to look forward to. As well as the Christmas special, there is also Gogglebox: Best of 2020 and Celebrity Gogglebox: Best of 2020 on the schedule. Viewers will be able to look back at the likes of Rylan Clark-Neal and his mum Linda discussing their TV highlights and lowlights.
Christmas Eve, 9:00pm, Channel 4
The Great Christmas Bake Off
We usually know what we're going to get with Bake Off - soggy bottoms, laughter, tears, Hollywood handshakes and Noel Fielding. But the festive instalment of our favourite baking show will be slightly different this year, as Noel is off on paternity leave, so Bake Off: The Professionals presenter Tom Allen will stand in for him. The upcoming episode see former show favourites, Jamie Finn and Rosie Brandreth-Poynter from 2019, Ruby Bhogal from 2018, and 2017's James Hillery welcomed back into the tent in a bid to be crowned Christmas Star Baker. The episode will conclude with Alexandra Burke performing a version of Silent Night.
One TV highlight of 2020 has undoubtedly been the second series of popular BBC sitcom Ghosts. And the mischievous spirits will be back from beyond the grave over the festive period as Alison and Mike Cooper - played by Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe - host his family for the first time at Christmas in their apparition-infested abode. The spooky goings on will take place on December 23rd on BBC One.
Wednesday December 23rd, 8:30pm, BBC One
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
From one show about a clown, to another about several people clowning around - Taskmaster is back for a festive special this year, Taskmaster's New Year Treat. Greg Davies, alongside his Little Assistant (Alex Horne), will once again set some obscure and tough challenges for five famous faces, Four Weddings and a Funeral actor John Hannah, news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan, Supermarket Sweep host Rylan Clark-Neal, and Strictly Come Dancing head judge and Shirley Ballas.
New Year’s Day, 9:00pm, Channel 4
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Fans of medically-themed festive specials are in for a double treat this year, as the hotly-anticipated Call the Midwife is to air over on the BBC. Filming on the episode, which will air on Christmas Day, was paused earlier this year due to the pandemic but the team managed to get the show in the can on time. While last year's special featured mischievous sheep in Scotland, it was perhaps fortunate - in terms of potential filming restrictions - that this year the sisters were back at their familiar surroundings of Nonnatus House in London's Poplar, where the circus arrives, and Sister Monica Joan is rushed to hospital.
Christmas Day, 7:40pm, BBC One
The Masked Singer grew a devoted audience when the first series aired back in January 2020 (which now feels like a lifetime ago) and it’s back for round two. The concept is a selection of celebs in impressive costumes take to the stage, and the judges have to not only choose the best singer, but also try and work out who it is behind the mask. Joel Dommett is returning as the host, with Rita Ora, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan, and Jonathan Ross forming the All Star judging panel. And if you absolutely can’t wait, the full first series is available to catch up on ITV Hub now.
Boxing Day, 7:00pm, ITV
A true crime thriller based on the notorious global conman and serial murderer, Charles Sobhraj. Starring Tahar Rahim and Jenna Coleman, The Serpent is an epic eight-part drama following the fight to bring Sobhraj to justice. New Year’s Day, 9pm, BBC One
One sister who won't be popping into Poplar's circus this Christmas is Gemma Arterton's Black Narcissus character Sister Clodagh. The Bond girl leads the cast of this 1930s-set thriller based on Rumer Godden’s classic novel of the same name, in which her character is tasked with starting a mission in the Himalayas. The late Diana Rigg will make a posthumous appearance as Mother Dorothea, who sends Sister Ruth (Aisling Franciosi) to the Himalayas as well. The three-part drama will begin on December 27th and air over three consecutive nights.
Sunday 27th December, 9:00pm, BBC One
On New Year’s Day the entire box set of the cult drama Pretty Little Liars will be available to binge via BBC iPlayer. If you aren’t already familiar with the series, it follows a group of teenage girls whose lives are torn apart after the disappearance of one of their best friends, Alison. In the years that follow they begin getting messages from a mysterious ‘A’ that seems to know all their secrets. It’s full of twists and turns that you’ll either find ridiculous, or you’ll love – but either way it will keep you guessing right until the very end.
Full box set available on BBC iPlayer, on New Year’s Day
While there has been drama aplenty in 2020, there is always room for a bit more - and ITV are to deliver just that with the chilling The Pembrokeshire Murders. The drama is based on the real-life tragic double killings of Helen and Richard Thomas in 1985, and Gwenda and Peter Dixon in 1989 in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. Luke Evans will play Senior Investigating Officer Steve Wilkins, and the programme is based on the policeman's book, Catching the Bullseye Killer, which told the story of how the murderer was discovered following an appearance on darts game show Bullseye.
Airing in early January on ITV
For more Christmas recommendations, head over to Channel 100 on your Freeview Play TV to browse and discover.
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The Wrecking Crew (Sunday, October 12, 2014)
In the early to mid 1960's artists such as The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Sonny & Cher, The Byrds, The Righteous Brothers, Nancy Sinatra, and The Fifth Dimension, topped the pop charts with songs like Up, Up and Away, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, Cherish, These Boots Are Made for Walking and Good Vibrations. They were the 'Wall' in Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound'. It was known as the West Coast Sound, and the artists who sang these songs were household names, but the musicians who performed those hits were virtually unknown to the listening public and remain so today.
Some of Hollywood's older and established studio musicians laughed and refused to partake
in this new musical movement. It left the door wide open for young players like drummers
Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, guitarists Tommy Tedesco, Glen Campbell, Billy Strange, and Bass
Players like Carol Kaye, Larry Knechtel and Joe Osborne.
Soon they were given the nickname, "The Wrecking Crew". A disparaging comment given by
the older naysayers of how these guys were going to "Wreck the Music Business" playing
'that rock & roll'.
The Wrecking Crew has been reunited in a feature length documentary film that has gone
around the world in over 50 film festivals with over a dozen awards.
The film is an intimate, enlightening and often humorous remembrance of the real stories and
emotions as told from the perspective of those who lived it. We are a part of the conversation.
Interviews with the musicians and with the well known artists, producers and engineers of the
day, provide us with a unique insider's view into a special time and place. But it is the music
itself that becomes the heart and thread of The Wrecking Crew. It is the soundtrack of our
lives, yet few people realize how that sound came to be ... until now.
The Wrecking Crew is the result of a 12·year labor of love by accomplished Hollywood
Producer/Director Denny Tedesco. Tedesco recalls, "My father, Tommy Tedesco is one of the
anonymous musicians whose musical legacy will live on for many generations. As his son,
I have lived with this story my whole life". Tedesco explains, "I started this project when my
father was first diagnosed with cancer and realized how important it was to share his story
and that of his contemporaries. I was so fortunate to have filmed him before he passed away.
The greatest joy for me now is watching audiences with smiles on their faces. The greatest
compliment is they now listen to music differently after viewing the film."
A wonderful, touching and hilarious film about the unsung stars of so many records that you carry in your heart. - Elvis Costello
I hovered in the room near the ceiling as I watched this inspiring movie about the musicians who made the songs that continue to lift me higher than ever. - Nancy Wilson (Heart)
If I'd known they were available, I would have used those guys on my records. 'The Wrecking Crew' is the best documentary yet about the recording scene. I loved it. - Steve Miller, Gangster of Love
I loved the film, thank you for bringing to light the story behind one of the most important musical ensembles of the modern recording era... - Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
More testimonials and reviews
Interview with Director, Denny Tedesco
More on The Wrecking Crew at http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/
Screening (and Q&A with the Director): 7:30pm
$15 (all proceeds go to the artist)
The screening will be held outdoors.
Christine Parker (Saturday, October 4, 2014)
Raised in Southern California, Christine Parker began playing piano at the early age of 4 when her parents noticed her affinity for all things music. She fell in love with songwriting as a teenager after composing her first song on the guitar, and continued to write and play music as she pursued education and a career.
After realizing music and songwriting needed to become more center stage, Christine began playing venues while living in the midwest. Drawing on such musical influences as Colbie Caillat, Ingrid Michaelson, and Brandi Carlile, Christine Parker has won over crowds with her pure and soulful vocals and engaging lyrics. Her self-released debut EP, “The Journey Home,” was released in January 2012. Her full length studio album, "Looking Glass", was released in October 2013.
George Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune: "Drawing from folk, country, urbane pop and jazz, the 11-song 'Looking Glass' shows Parker to be an accomplished singer-songwriter whose understated music makes some of its biggest impact in its most quiet moments."
Mark Pulliam, San Diego Troubadour: "Parker draws her influences from artists as varied as Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, and Alison Krauss, but to my ear the clarity and purity of her voice most closely resemble Joni Mitchell. Looking Glass is an auspicious debut."
Christine Parker will be joined for this concert by Marc Intravaia and Rick Nash (of the Eve Selis band), both of whom backed her on "Looking Glass".
More on Christine Parker at http://www.christineparkermusic.com/
Concert: 8:00pm
$15 (all proceeds go to the artists)
The concert will be held outdoors.
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Christine Parker
Concert Announcements
Dinner And Song
Eve Selis
Four Shillings Short
Gerry O'Beirne
Golden Bough
Gregory Page
John Mailander
Lisa Sanders
Maia Sharp
Natalie Gelman
Nathan & Jessie
Post Concert
Sarah Mcquaid
Sara Petite
Tom Kimmel
Tommy O'Sullivan
T Sisters
Tuttle Mailander Witler Karlson
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Salisbury University Honors Global Experiences CEO, Stephen Reilly
By Global Experiences . July 26, 2010
Annapolis, MD - July 23, 2010 – Salisbury University Alumni Association presented this year’s Young Alumni Achievement Award to Global Experiences Co-Founder, Stephen Reilly during spring commencement on May 21, 2010.
The Young Alumni Achievement Award
The Young Alumni Achievement Award is presented to a Salisbury University alumni under the age of 40 in recognition of a commitment to excellence in post-collegiate life and a significant commitment to extraordinary work, research, or volunteerism. Stephen Reilly was presented with the award by the Alumni Association President, Robert Schultheis.
“I am honored and humbled to receive the Young Alumni Achievement Award from my alma mater. I loved going to school at Salisbury and still speak often of my time there. I have been fortunate to see and do many exciting things since graduating thanks in large measure to the doors that Salisbury and my education opened for me. This award is especially meaningful given that it recognizes many years of hard work creating an organization that now opens doors for over 500 people annually to live, study and work abroad. We aim to inspire them to be extraordinary and push themselves to achieve, much like Salisbury did for me.”
Stephen Reilly co-founded Global Experiences in 2001. Global Experiences is now the premier provider of international internships. Reilly, having lived, studied and worked abroad for many years decided to start the company to help young people experience the world.
Fullbright Scholarship
Reily's time abroad began when he was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Sweden in 1998. The Fulbright Scholarship is given to individuals who demonstrate a high level of academic and leadership potential. Much like Global Experiences, the Fulbright program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
Reilly also interned at the White House in 1996 in the media affairs office. His extensive global academic, travel, and professional experiences bring invaluable guidance and insight to Global Experiences as a whole.
“The Fulbright Scholarship, my time at the White House and my international travels have shown me how vitally important it is that young people experience the world and enrich their lives. Today even more so, because of the competitive job market and globalization every student should have the opportunity to experience some of what I have and my hope is that the company that I founded will make this a reality for more and more students each year.”
Global Experiences will continue to grow, offer more and unique international education and professional development programs. The company is continually looking for ways to innovate and provide amazing experiences for young people abroad. To learn more about Global Experiences and the opportunities offered, please visit the company website at www.globalexperiences.com.
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Retail Investors Will Re-Enter Market in 2010
CHICAGO-Through Q3 2009 transaction volume declined 71% from 2008, to $5.6 billion, but there is a dim light at the end of the tunnel.
By Katie Hinderer | December 13, 2009 at 08:50 PM
CHICAGO-According to the Jones Lang LaSalle 2010 Retail Outlook, retail transactions and sales volumes are expected to increase as customer demand begins to gradually pick up. Additionally, investors looking to make a purchase when acquisition prices are at their lowest are likely to find value in class A trophy shopping malls in 2010.
An increase in sales volumes will be a welcome sign of recovery after the severe decline experienced in 2008 and the first three quarters of 2009. The JLL report states “retail property transaction volume fell 66% from total year-end volumes of $56.3 billion in 2007, to a mere $19.2 billion for total year 2008.” Additionally, so far in 2009, not taking into account the November and early December numbers, transaction volume declined 71% from 2008, to $5.6 billion.
“The continued lack of liquidity in the debt markets has contributed to pent-up demand, and we expect opportunistic investors to cautiously re-enter the market in early 2010,” says Kris Cooper, managing director in the retail investment sales practice. “We’re just now seeing lenders’ willingness to lend to strong sponsors open up, but those lending offers are at far more conservative levels than we’ve seen in the past.”
Still, this does not mean retail properties will begin trading at rapid rates. Highly-leverages institutional investors are likely to hold on to properties unless forced to dispose of them because of pending debt maturities or of the need for capital.
“Some buyers are coming around as many believe the bottom of the market has finally been reached,” Cooper says. “Buyers will probably stick around for the next six to nine months before seeking better opportunities. We are also seeing significant interest from international buyers who feel now is the time to re-enter the US market.”
As a sign of better things to come, JLL cites its recent retail asset sales over the past three months. The retail investment sales team has completed roughly $50 million in sales, including the $17.8 million sale of the Arsenal Plaza in Watertown NY, a $16.5 million sale in Southington, CT and a $22.5 million sale in Lowell, MA.
“Contrary to current conventional wisdom, we are experiencing growing demand for a wide range of retail properties. Supermarket-anchored properties continue to garner the most interest, along with other risk-averse single-tenant assets,” says Jim Koury, managing director of the retail investment sales practice. “However, we are also seeing demand for non-supermarket anchored properties with credit tenants trade in a respectable mid to high to 8 percent cap ranges in select major metro markets. Developable land is also starting to garner interest as tenants, seeing an end to the downturn, start making 2010 to 2011 commitments for the choicest locations.”
Construction Starts Fall to Lowest Level in Five Years
Lynn Pollack | January 20, 2021
Total construction starts fell 10% to $766.3 billion in 2020.
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Gentoo secure over £470,000 grant from the Big Lottery
Following a rigorous application process Gentoo has successfully secured over £470,000 from the Big Lottery Fund for its Safety, Support and Crisis Team.
This successful grant marks a major achievement for the Group and will benefit some of the most vulnerable people in our city.
Currently Gentoo’s Safety, Support and Crisis team work directly with their most vulnerable customers including victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse, anti-social behaviour and those living with mental health, drug and alcohol issues.
Individuals who are identified by the service are allocated a key worker and provided with intensive support and access to specialist partner agencies.
Sunderland has almost twice the national rate of depression in adults and is among the worst areas of the country for hospital admissions relating to alcohol misuse and self-harm. Each year in Sunderland around 6,000 cases of domestic violence are reported but it is estimated that between 11,600 and 15,600 people experience it each year.
With Gentoo’s current resource and the Big Lottery funding in addition, it will allow 655 vulnerable people to benefit from the service over the next 3 years including providing the service to non-Gentoo customers in the city. It will also significantly reduce the waiting times for those wishing to access the services.
Michelle Meldrum, Executive Director (Operations) said: “The work of our Safety, Support and Crisis team with vulnerable people in the city is vital. Gentoo is committed to making a positive impact on people’s lives and the funding from the Big Lottery Fund will allow us to expand our service within the community. This includes employing two new Positive Engagement Officers and two new Victim Support Officers to identify those with support needs and develop support plans involving key partners. We are delighted that the Big Lottery Fund has recognised the importance and value of this service in the City.”
Lyn Cole, Big Lottery Fund, England Grant Making Director, said: “Without the right tailored support, people experiencing several complex problems like mental ill health, substance misuse and offending can fall into a downward spiral. This can cause more damage to themselves and to those closest to them. By providing support that focusses on their strengths, builds their self-confidence and the skills they have, they will be steered onto a more stable path towards a brighter future.”
Gentoo and award-winning software provider, Housing Partners announce new partnership
WORK BEGINS ON £79M FORMER HOSPITAL SITE IN PRUDHOE
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Fixing the Minnesota Timberwolves in Ten Steps
By Sonny Giuliano
Image Courtesy of Minnesota Timberwolves/Facebook
So over my two and a half week Christmas Break (gotta love working at an Elementary School!) I found myself thinking about the Minnesota Timberwolves more than usual, and likely more than most non-fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves do on a daily or weekly basis. I can’t tell you exactly why this is the case, though there are three potential reasons that I suspect played a part in this.
Potential Reason #1: Most of the time it makes me really sad to watch the Timberwolves, and trust me, I’ve watched a lot of their games because I love it so much when I catch them on the nights that make me say “Ah, there’s that Timberwolves team that I bet to win over 45 games before the season started!” The problem is there have only been eleven of those nights so far. That’s a problem. It’s just an incredibly frustrating team. They play no defense, and poor Tom Thibodeau tries so damn hard on the sideline to get them to play hard defensively and they just never do. Thibs needs a hug, a drink with a lot of vodka, and a throat lozenge after almost every Wolves game.
Potential Reason #2: I had the chance to watch so much fricking basketball on my break (again, getting two and a half weeks off for Christmas because you work with children is delightful) and there was one common trend I seemed to notice … all of these young teams, and most of these young stars, they’re figuring things out quicker than we expected them to. Take the Bucks for example: Giannis Antetokounmpo (A.K.A. the Future of the NBA) and Jabari Parker are way ahead of schedule, in basically every way you could categorize schedules, and the Bucks are probably the 4th best team in the Eastern Conference because of it. Those two dudes, 22 and 21 years old respectively, play hard every single night, do shit few other guys are doing (I’m talking about everything that Giannis does on a basketball court, and Jabari’s post game, which is an absolute treat to watch) and most importantly, they know how to perform in close games.
Their game at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks was a perfect example. The Bucks were down by 16 points in the second half and calmly chipped away at the lead, and then Giannis hit a game-winner at the buzzer that was a big Freak You to everyone at MSG. It was beautiful. Even better, after the game Giannis had this to say:
“This game was a must-win game. We needed this win, So thank God this one went in.”
Just three nights later, Timberwolves Center Gorgui Dieng had this to say about Andrew Wiggins:
“Wiggins is a great basketball player. I talk to him a lot and he cannot pick and choose when he wants to play. We need him to play like this every night.”
Again, it’s just a bummer because Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins are both 21 years old and were supposed to be the duo leading a surprise Playoff team this year. I’m not saying I’m opposed to what Giannis and Jabari are doing. I’m just saying I wish Towns and Wiggins were doing the same thing in Minnesota, and even though I can’t prove that they aren’t, I wish that Towns and Wiggins were wired like Giannis is.
Potential Reason #3: Perhaps my attention to the Minnesota Timberwolves is somehow subliminally related to the Prince Greatest Hits CD for my girlfriend got me for Christmas. It’s literally all I’ve been listening to in my car for the last two weeks (in case you missed the connection here, Prince is from Minneapolis). For the sake of my pre-season bet, I wish the Wolves were as good as Prince was. Their record would be something like 53 wins and negative 13 losses right now. Seriously, how good is this guy???
Anyway, in case you haven’t been able to tell, I want the Timberwolves to be good. More importantly, I want to help the Timberwolves be good. Even more important than that, I want to fix the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise as a whole, and I believe I’ve come up with ten simple steps to do so.
Step #1: Offer Philadelphia Zach LaVine, and in return ask for Nik Stauskas, a 2018 1st Round Pick with Top 5 protection (which becomes an unprotected 2019 1st Round pick if Philly lands in the Top 3 again next year), and Oklahoma City’s Top 20 Protected 2020 1st Round pick that Philly got in the Jerami Grant/Ersan Ilyasova deal. I’m inclined to believe that this is a deal that Philadelphia would accept. The Sixers are in desperate need of some perimeter scoring, and pairing LaVine with Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Dario Saric, whatever the Sixers get in the eventual Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel trade, and potentially two more lottery picks in this years draft is one hell of a way to fast track this rebuilt that hasn’t shown to be at all speedy yet.
So the question you’re probably asking is “Why would you trade Zach LaVine instead of just waiting to see if he progresses along the same timeline that Wiggins and Towns do?” It’s simple … I just don’t know if he fits with Wiggins and Towns. And I know that an answer like that is hardly convincing; it’s just an eye test thing, and trust me, I’ve pondered whether or not Wiggins and Towns is a good fit too. LaVine just feels like the odd man out. A little more style than substance, always kinda free-styling offensively, dying for the offense to break down so he can shoot a contested jumper, and building a reputation that is based just as much on his prowess as a dunker, both in-game and in-contest, as it is the total package of his game. If you could get two 1st Round picks for him (and not have to worry about paying him a mini-max deal in two years), I’d do it. Right now.
Step #2: Shop Ricky Rubio at the deadline, even if it means getting nothing of real substance back in return. Rubio is on the books for the next three seasons at $14+ million per year. I want to be able to spend that money elsewhere, and I want Kris Dunn getting as many minutes as possible for the next three months so I have a better idea of what I have in him than I do now.
Dunn has shown the occasional flash of being a competent starting Point Guard in the NBA, and that’s really all you could expect from a guy playing 17 minutes per game in his Rookie season. We need to bump that figure up. Best case scenario is Dunn comes into his own and establishes himself as the third guy in the pecking order behind Wiggins and Towns. The most likely scenario is Dunn plays exactly how you’d expect an average Rookie point guard to play, and the Wolves at least know what kind of asset they have. And if Dunn sucked, or didn’t even move the needle forward right away, that’s fine. The Wolves don’t want to win this year.
Step #3: Bad news guys … the weekend after the All-Star Break Karl-Anthony Towns is going to start dealing with a bout of knee tendinitis and have to miss four weeks. A week later Andrew Wiggins is likely to sprain a pinkie finger on his shooting hand and he’ll be out for the next two to three weeks. Damn it, as soon as Wiggins came back he sprained an ankle. Oh, all of the sudden we’re done with the 2016-17 season and Minnesota went 23-59, worst record in the Western Conference. What a bummer.
Step #4: Ensure Tom Thibodeau that you aren’t going to pull a Chip Kelly on him and fire him after his first year with the team. Make him feel very comfortable. Take him out to dinner. When he gets to the restaurant, tell him how handsome he looks. Buy him lots of those vodka drinks he surely loves. Encourage him to buy a house in Minneapolis. Make him feel special.
Look, Thibs is a keeper, and he’ll play a big part in the progression of both Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. Even though we haven’t seen him do it this year, I’m convinced that Thibodeau will be the one to get those two to play defense and maximize their all-around potential. That’s why you paid him all of that money and gave him all of that power. Don’t lose a proven coach like that because you can’t help yourself from making a knee jerk reaction to a season where ridiculously high expectations weren’t met.
Step #5: If you haven’t been able to move Ricky Rubio yet, test those waters again. I mean, why wouldn’t teams be rushing to trade for six-year Point Guard who can’t shoot from anywhere on the floor? While you’re at it trying to unload Rubio and his collection of bricks, investigate whether any teams are willing to bite on Nikola Pekovic‘s expiring contract. Better yet, nudge Pek, 31 years old, towards retirement.
Again, it’s not a certainty that Minnesota can get either of these things done by late-June. With the rising cap figure it’s less likely now than it was ten years ago that you could move Pekovic to a team that wanted to clear cap space the following summer. Still, it’s worth trying. Once upon a time Pekovic was regarded as an up-and-comer, routinely mentioned with Ricky Rubio (still a youngster then who we thought could eventually develop a jumper … that didn’t pan out) and Kevin Love as one of the marquee building blocks in Minnesota. Now he’s just a big, non-basketball playing, angry-looking Montenegrin that is rumored to co-star in Taken 4 (there is no truth to that rumor) as the main body guard for some slimy looking Eastern European mob boss that sells American girls.
Step #6: Nail the draft. This is a must for any small market team trying to contend for a title. There is no other way to do it. Oklahoma City hit the jackpot three years in a row with Kevin Durant (#2 pick in ’07), Russell Westbrook (#4 in ’08), James Harden (#3 in ’09) and then they even nailed their Serge Ibaka pick to boot (#24 in ’08). Three years after they picked Harden they were in the NBA Finals. Sure, OKC is a historical outlier, but the bottom line is you need to draft well, and that means you need to be smart and you need to get lucky. Let’s look at Milwaukee again:
–Khris Middleton (#39 in 2012)
-Giannis Antetokounmpo (#15 in 2013)
-Jabari Parker (#2 in 2014)
–Malcolm Brogdon (#36 in 2016)
–Thon Maker (#10 in 2016)
Sidebar: Go ahead and laugh at me about Thon Maker’s inclusion in that group. I’ll bet anyone that five years from now we’ll be saying things like “I can’t believe Toronto picked Jakob Poeltl one spot before Thon Maker!” Just remember, I was backing Hassan Whiteside back in 2010 when nobody had any idea who he was. If there is one thing in life that I’m good at, it’s figuring out which tall skinny sons-a-bitches are eventually going to excel at basketball.
Back to the important stuff, the Wolves need to nail the 2017 Draft because they are out a 2018 pick at the moment (that is, unless they made that LaVine deal I put on the table a thousand or so words ago). I haven’t watched nearly enough college hoops this year to make a call yet on who the Wolves should pick. If you aren’t in love with Kris Dunn by the time June rolls around, maybe you just try again with what is supposedly a stacked Point Guard draft class (from what I’ve seen, Markelle Fultz, Dennis Smith and De’Aaron Fox all look promising, and Lonzo Ball, although unconventional, appears to be a solid prospect).
OR you can make this sort of Godfather offer to Washington:
Kris Dunn, Nikola Pekovic’s expiring contract, 2017 1st Round Pick, Philadelphia’s 2018 Top 5 Protected 1st Round Pick, and Oklahoma City’s 2020 1st Round Pick for John Wall
So let’s pretend that this is how it plays out (because clearly, this is a fictional and hypothetical work at this point), that means heading into Free Agency, the Wolves will have the current players under contract:
Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, John Wall, Ricky Rubio, Cole Aldrich, Gorgui Dieng, Nemanja Bjelica, Tyus Jones, Shabazz Muhammad
Those nine players would cost the Wolves roughly $76.75 million for the 2017-18 season, and that leaves them with about $25.25 million in cap space to play with heading into Free Agency.
Step #7: Be smart when you enter Free Agency. The Wolves need to remember that they are going to have to pay Andrew Wiggins AND Karl-Anthony Towns in the upcoming years (plus now John Wall), so you can’t splurge on guys that aren’t truly splurge-worthy. Not that they will have a ton of money for splurging anyway, the plan for Minnesota should be to find a few steady veterans to fill out the rest of the roster; guys who still bring capable game to the table, but aren’t going to upset the ego of the team or come in and try to take shots or shine away from the Wolves new trio. I’m thinking the Wolves should gravitate towards former Thibs guys (the Taj Gibson/Nikola Mirotic variety, not Derrick Rose … never Derrick Rose), or guys who can come in and either shoot three’s (Minnesota is in the bottom half of the league in three-point shooting this year) or play defense (the Wolves are 5th worst in Defensive Rating) or ideally do both.
As I mentioned before, I’d take a look at Gibson and/or Mirotic, both of whom have come off the bench for Thibodeau before. I would consider a veteran wing defender like P.J. Tucker, and then I’d look to add a little scoring punch on the perimeter with a guy like Sergio Rodriguez (37% from three), Jodie Meeks (41%) or Ian Clark (42%). Or you could re-sign Nik Stauskas (38%), who once again was acquired in the fake trade that sent Zach LaVine to Philadelphia.
So let’s pretend Gibson takes a little less money than he could get elsewhere to play for Thibs again, and P.J. Tucker decides to come aboard and start at Small Forward and then you are able to re-sign Stauskas for a reasonable price. That means Minnesota’s ten man rotation would look something like this:
Starters: John Wall, Andrew Wiggins, P.J. Tucker, Karl-Anthony Towns, Gorgui Dieng
Bench: Ricky Rubio, Nik Stauskas, Shabazz Muhammad, Nemanja Bjeclica, Taj Gibson
Is that a roster that makes a deep postseason run right away? No it’s not.
Is that a roster that makes the Playoffs the following season? Definitely.
Is that a team that could push towards a Finals run in three to five seasons if you keep Wall, Wiggins and Towns together? I think so. Especially if Wiggins and/or Towns makes the leap we expect them to. Speaking of which …
Step #8: We need to send Andrew Wiggins to the Tough Gym in Los Angeles and do whatever you have to do to make sure he comes into the next season with the Eye of the Tiger. Seriously, the dude is so fricking talented and because of that, it’s especially infuriating to see him drift in and out of games so frequently. There’s no other reason why a player with those physical tools could go from scoring 8 points one game to 41 points the next.
Karl-Anthony Towns is Minnesota’s best player and that will most likely remain the case for the duration of the Towns/Wiggins partnership, and that’s fine. Ideally Towns will continue progressing and continue to look like some sort of creation of a lab geek who idolized Kevin McHale, Kevin Garnett, and Tim Duncan. If KAT does progress in that fashion it takes a hell of a lot of the pressure off of Wiggins, but why should Wiggins shy away from that pressure? Why shouldn’t he be saying to himself, “Man fuck Giannis, fuck Porzingis, fuck Anthony Davis, fuck the Warriors, fuck the Cavs … the NBA could belong to us!”
Step #9: Drop the “Timber” … just Wolves. It’s cleaner. The Minnesota Wolves. And frankly, I think the Timberwolves name is a little discriminatory to other types of Wolves, like the Tundra Wolves, Red Wolves, Coyotes (which are a smaller wolf hybrid), Big Bad Wolves, etc.
Step #10: Change the team colors to Purple, Black and White (a less blue shade of purple than the Kings) and embrace the fact that you are playing in a city that is home to one of the most talented musicians ever. Blast Prince music throughout the arena. The Kiss Cam would take on a whole new meaning, and Purple Rain could be the home announcers catch phrase whenever the Wolves heat up from downtown. Seriously, all it takes are these ten simple steps and a licensing agreement with Prince’s people and basketball will once again be relevant in Minnesota. Let’s go crazy and party like it’s 1999!
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60 Things To Do in America at Least Once in Your Life
You haven't truly lived until you've tried these experiences.
By Erica Corbin December 2, 2020 Compare Travel Credit Cards
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Chances are you’ve dreamed of visiting far-off places like the Eiffel Tower or Mount Olympus. But the truth is, there are so many amazing things to do right here in America. Before you pay thousands of dollars to travel the world, consider looking in your own backyard — you’ll find plenty of things you really should do at least once in your lifetime. To make the most of your vacation time and be sure to take advantage of what the U.S. has to offer.
Last updated: Feb. 12, 2020
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Cross the Longest Suspension Bridge in the Western Hemisphere
The Mackinac Bridge, also known as “Mighty Mac,” is the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere and the fifth-longest bridge of its kind in the world. This suspension bridge is an incredible 8,614 feet in length, or about 1.6 miles long. However, the entire bridge — not just the suspended portion — is 26,372 feet in length, or about 5 miles long.
Ever since Mighty Mac opened to traffic on Nov. 1, 1957, an annual bridge walk has been held. On Sept. 2, 2019, you can join Michiganders and bucket list-checking travelers alike in a journey across the historic landmark.
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See Where the Freedom Riders Fought Segregation
If you’re not familiar with the subject, the Freedom Riders were a group of African American and white civil rights activists. They rode together on buses through the southern United States in 1961 as an act of protest against segregated bus stations — and they were met with terrible violence by segregationists.
Now, you can visit the spots where these brave men and women stood against injustice. The Freedom Riders National Monument in Alabama is relatively new to the National Parks system and offers four sites where important events occurred, including the famous Greyhound Bus Station where Freedom Riders were attacked by white protesters. The station is actually one of nine sites on the Anniston Civil Rights and Heritage Trail in Anniston, Alabama, so you’ll have plenty to explore.
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Peer Into a 16-Story Pit Lined With Waterfalls and Plant Life
If you’re already in Anniston, Alabama, you really should stop by Fackler, which is just two hours away. This unassuming town is home to one of the coolest places to visit in the U.S. — the Neversink Pit. The sinkhole-cave combo is 162 feet deep, measuring 40 feet wide at its mouth and double that at its floor. The walls of the Neversink Pit are lined with waterfalls, ferns and endangered plant species in the spring, making it a nature lover’s dream. If you’re not brave enough to enter the pit, you can at the very least take some pretty impressive pictures at the top.
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Visit the Place Where the Spirit of Christmas Lives Year-Round
Believe it or not, you can actually travel to the North Pole, and you don’t have to be an Arctic explorer to do it. In fact, North Pole, Alaska, is about 30 minutes away from Fairbanks International Airport, making it fairly easy to find Christmas magic year-round. The Miller family started the Santa Claus house in the town around 1949, and it offers reindeer-petting, a 42-foot-tall fiberglass Santa and other Christmas-themed fun. The Millers have received tons of wish lists over the years and replied with more than 2 million personalized letters “from Santa” to children around the world.
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Watch a Ballgame at the Home of the Green Monster
Marketed by the MLB as “America’s most beloved ballpark,” Boston’s Fenway Park is also the oldest baseball stadium. It opened on April 20, 1912, as the official home of the Red Sox. Some of baseball’s most iconic figures — Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, David Ortiz and more — played ball as Sox at Fenway, so the historical value alone is worth a trip.
However, Fenway Park’s famous 37-foot-tall, emerald green fence is also noteworthy. Originally built to keep looky-loos out, the Green Monster has become synonymous with the park and is definitely worth seeing. Be prepared, however — the cost to see a game at Fenway Park isn’t cheap.
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Observe the Northern Lights on America's Tallest Mountain Peak
It’s not every day that you get to witness the beauty of the northern lights. So, if you’re planning for a rare opportunity to watch this sky show, why not do it from an amazing vantage point? You can see aurora borealis firsthand during the second week of August each year on Denali — America’s tallest mountain peak — in Alaska. The long hours of darkness also make it a great time to stargaze, if nothing else.
During the day, you can go bird-watching, hike trails and meet the only sled dog team in the National Parks system.
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Get Your Kicks on Route 66
Though an official Route 66 no longer exists — it was decommissioned in 1985 — the legendary path from Chicago to Los Angeles remains a draw for many adventurers. Fortunately, about 85% of the original route is still intact, including many famous roadside attractions. Visit the Gateway Arch in St. Louis; stop at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas; and stay at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona. You can get turn-by-turn instructions through eight states via Historic66.com.
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Lay Eyes On the Bell That Inspired Abolitionists, Suffragists and Civil Rights Leaders
Journey to Pennsylvania’s Independence National Historical Park, home to the State House bell — otherwise known as the Liberty Bell. It was first introduced in 1751 but didn’t become a symbol of liberty until the 1830s, when abolitionists used its inscription as a mantra of sorts. Its side reads, “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof.” The same inscription would inspire suffragists in the mid- to late 19th century, as well as civil rights advocates in the years after that.
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Reflect On Dark Days in US History at the 9/11 Memorial
Sept. 11, 2001, marked a tragic day in American history: A series of coordinated attacks were carried out on the country’s governmental landmarks, resulting in almost 3,000 deaths and nearly 10,000 injuries. It will forever be remembered as the day that the World Trade Center towers fell.
Though it’s hardly a fun outing, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York is a must-see for every American, especially those who witnessed the horrendous events unfold either in person or on television. The museum spans 110,000 square feet and offers two core exhibitions, as well as other rotating ones. The memorial is located outdoors and includes the name of every person who died in the attacks.
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Hike to Horseshoe Bend Amid Beautiful Red Rocks
Arizona is a hiker’s dream — and it’s even better if you’re aiming for the perfect Instagram shot. The state’s red rock formations are a natural wonder and make for gorgeous photo backdrops. Explore Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona, where the Colorado River curves gently around a massive rock formation, creating — you guessed it — a horseshoe shape. However, remember to be careful! There are no railings around the cliff edges.
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Spend a Day at 'The Happiest Place on Earth'
It’s all in the tagline, really. Spend a day — or more — walking around Disneyland, aka “The Happiest Place on Earth.” You’ll meet your favorite characters, watch parades, eat delicious foods and appreciate Disney’s meticulous attention to detail everywhere in the theme park, from the rides to the trash cans. Disneyland, located in Anaheim, California, is one of the most famous places to visit in the U.S., so you have to go at least once.
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Tour One of the Most Notorious Prisons in the US
Certainly one of the most historical sites in America, Alcatraz was once an active, high-security prison, home to infamous criminals like George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Al Capone, and Robert Franklin Stroud, aka the “Birdman of Alcatraz.” The prison is no longer functional, but you can visit the empty structure — as well as the surrounding 22 acres of island — via a guided day or night tour. It’s just a little more than a mile off the coast of San Francisco, so you’re likely to get gorgeous views of the Golden Gate Bridge, too.
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Check Out Books From Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft's Old Haunt
Affectionately known as “the Ath,” the Athenaeum library in Providence, Rhode Island, was instituted in 1836. Fortunately, its history has been well preserved. You can view 19th-century copies of famous works like Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass”— with notes in his own handwriting — and stunning, old artwork lining the walls. The library was notably used by both H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe; the latter was famously dumped by his girlfriend in the Ath’s halls.
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Drive (or Ride a Horse) Along the Pony Express National Historic Trail
In 1860, the Pony Express was founded. It was a horseback mail delivery service that ran from St. Joseph, Missouri, all the way to Sacramento, California. At the time, the Pony Express was the fastest way to send a letter. Today, you can travel the 1,800-plus miles by car or — if you’re feeling adventurous — take a 10-day horse ride along the trail with hundreds of riders from the National Pony Express Association.
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Witness a High-Power Tesla Coil — Plus Stunning Views of LA
At the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, you can look out over the City of Angels, marvel at the famous Hollywood sign and gaze up at the stars. But there’s a lot of fun to be had inside, too. That’s where a Tesla coil, on display since 1937, entrances visitors with jolts of electricity every hour. Better yet, seeing the coil in action is completely free.
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Survive a Night at the Hotel That Inspired 'The Shining'
Take a pilgrimage to the Stanley Hotel in Colorado, where paranormal happenings are said to have inspired author Stephen King’s “The Shining.” Though his experiences took place in room 217, the hotel plays the horror film on a loop in all of its guest rooms for visitors’ enjoyment. If you book far in advance, you can stay at the Stanley Hotel over Halloween and attend its annual Shining Ball and Halloween Masquerade Party. Currently, a two-night stay between Oct. 30-31 will cost you just under $600 at the minimum.
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Dip Your Toes in One of the Famous 10,000 Lakes
Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” but here’s a fun fact: There are actually closer to 12,000 in total. No matter which way you look at it, you’ll have plenty of lakes to choose from on a sunny day. Some of the best lakes to visit are Lake of the Isles, Gull Lake and Lake Mille Lacs, according to Thrillist. Whether you decide to swim, kayak, fish or take a cruise, you really can’t go wrong.
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Plant Your Feet on the Highest Bridge in the US
Cañon City, Colorado, is home to one of the coolest places to visit in the U.S. — the Royal Gorge Bridge. This structure is the highest bridge in America, and it was also the highest bridge in the world before China’s Sidu River Bridge surpassed it in 2009 (which, in turn, was surpassed by the Duge Beipanjiang bridge in 2016). At its highest point, Colorado’s impressive bridge is 956 feet above the valley floor below. What’s even more impressive, though, is the unsettlingly small amount of money used to build the bridge: $350,000.
If you’re brave enough, you can zip line across the gorge or take an aerial gondola. But you can also just walk across the bridge.
Survey the Home of an Influential American Writer
Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, is one of America’s most beloved authors. So, it’s fitting that his Hartford, Connecticut, house — finished in 1874 — has been turned into a popular tourist stop. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” were all written in Twain’s home. To learn more about the author, you can also visit the museum that was later added to the property.
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Discover the Historic Wonders of the Freedom Trail
Boston’s Freedom Trail includes 16 of the most historical places in the U.S., from the site of the first Boston Tea Party meeting to the home of Paul Revere. You can do the 2 1/2-mile route on your own, but why not take a guided tour? Let passionate historians in period dress explain what life was really like back then. You can even opt for a historic pub crawl, which includes some very on-the-nose Samuel Adams brews.
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Look Up At a 31-Foot-Tall Statue of the Legendary Paul Bunyan
In Bangor, Maine, a gigantic fiberglass statue of folktale favorite Paul Bunyan stands in Bass Park. According to Atlas Obscura, it isn’t just tall — this Paul Bunyan “may also be the most handsome Bunyan in existence. In America, giant Paul Bunyan statues can be found all across the roadways, but many are fairly crudely sculpted roadside muffler men.” You may also recognize the attractive statue from the book “It,” another Stephen King classic.
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Enjoy Barbecue and Blues on the Iconic Beale Street
Beale Street in Memphis has been called “Tennessee’s top tourism attraction,” “America’s most iconic street” and “the official home of the blues” — those are a lot of claims to fame. See it for yourself and take part in live music as well as delicious food and drinks. You can even download the Beale Street app, which offers live music updates, historical information about the area and more.
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Avoid a Shark Bite at the Location That Inspired 'Jaws'
In the summer of 1916, a series of brutal shark attacks rocked Matawan, New Jersey. Surprisingly, two of the incidents occurred in a freshwater creek farther inland than the initial shoreline attacks. A 300-pound bull shark was finally captured and confirmed via its stomach contents — yuck! — to be the culprit. The whole thing inspired Peter Benchley to publish “Jaws” in 1974. The book was famously adapted by Benchley and writer Carl Gottlieb for the screen a year later, and the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. Luckily for fans of “Jaws,” you can visit Matawan Creek free of cost.
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Stand Among Giants — aka the Tallest Trees on Earth
Venture to the Redwood National and State Parks, where the tallest trees on Earth — redwoods, of course — reside. The park spans 37 miles of California coastline and is home to numerous other species of wildlife, including black bears, banana slugs, oak trees and Douglas fir trees. Take a hike, go camping or — if the timing is right — even get married in this magical forest.
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Relive Spooky Times at the Center of the 1692 Witch Trials
Salem, Massachusetts, home to the infamous 1692 witch trials, has truly embraced its dark history. The town offers numerous witchy activities, including tours, plays, museums and documentaries about the trials. Of particular note is the Witch Dungeon Museum, in which a guided tour and award-winning reenactment take place daily from April through November. The area’s tourism site describes it as “the most exciting experience in Salem.”
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Ride a Mule Through the Mile-Deep Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon runs through the middle of Arizona’s aptly named Grand Canyon National Park. The massive ravine is about 10 miles across, and from South Rim Village to the North Rim Village, it’s 215 miles. Sure, you could drive, but why not venture into the canyon with the help of a trusty mule?
As long as you are at least 9 years old, stand over 4 feet 9 inches tall, weigh less than 200 pounds and can understand instructions given in English, you qualify for a South Rim mule ride. Just be warned, reservations are available 15 months in advance — and they fill up fast. You can also sign up for a North Rim mule ride, but note that this option doesn’t take you down to the Colorado River.
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See Lincoln's Rocking Chair and the Rosa Parks Bus — in the Same Place
The Henry Ford museum is home to some pretty amazing artifacts, including the bus on which Rosa Parks stood — or sat, as it were — against segregation, the chair that former President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in, George Washington’s camp bed and more. Make your way to Dearborn, Michigan, to explore 250 acres of history and culture.
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Kick Your Boots Up in the Capital of Country Music
Tennessee is home to not only the blues but also country music. Nashville, in particular, is a hotbed of country western activity, including the Johnny Cash Museum, Grand Ole Opry and Tootsies Orchid Lounge, the first honky-tonk. Catch live music, hit the museums or grab a cold one at one of Nashville’s well-loved bars, like Lonnie’s Western Room.
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Trek Through Limestone Caverns Around 400 Million Years Old
Meramec Caverns is one of the most distinctive places to visit in the U.S. The 4.6-mile cave system located along the original Route 66 gets about 150,000 visitors a year — and for good reason. According to Atlas Obscura, the ancient caverns in modern-day Missouri were “shelter for Pre-Columbian Native Americans, the first cave west of the Mississippi to be explored by Europeans, a saltpeter plant for the Union Army during the Civil War and a hideout for the notorious outlaw Jesse James.”
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Pay Your Respects at the Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
If you’re a big ice cream fan, you may remember Ben & Jerry’s flavors like Wavy Gravy, Economic Crunch, White Russian or Sugar Plum. Well, they’re all dead and buried now — in Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard in Waterbury, Vermont.
All of the famous dessert duo’s decommissioned flavors are represented on tombstones, each with an adorable epitaph. Take a 30-minute tour of the ice cream factory and its backyard cemetery — Ben & Jerry’s offers these tours every day of the year, aside from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
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Climb Inside the Crown of Lady Liberty
You’ve probably heard of tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty, but you might not realize that you can walk around inside of her crown. Departing from New York City’s Battery Park, a round-trip ferry ride and entry to the crown — plus access to the surrounding grounds and museums — costs $21.50 per adult. Note that if you want to see the crown, advance reservations are required. You’ll also need to climb 162 narrow stairs, but the views are worth it.
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Get Swarmed By Bats Under Congress Avenue Bridge
In Austin, Texas, the Congress Avenue Bridge — which crosses Lady Bird Lake — is home to the largest bat colony in North America. The roughly 1.5 million bats take flight in droves nightly between mid-March to November. You can watch the phenomenon happen from several different vantage points — including aboard a cruise ship.
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Step Into the Famous Painting 'American Gothic'
In Eldon, Iowa, you can visit the real-life house that was used as the backdrop in Grant Wood’s prominent 1930 painting, “American Gothic” — you know, the one with the rather morose-looking farm couple. This spot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and now includes a visitor center with information on the house. Get your picture taken in front of the house with your beau, and recreate one of the most iconic paintings in history.
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Retrace the Lewis and Clark Expedition Across the US
Lewis and Clark’s National Historic Trail spans nearly 5,000 miles across 16 states. If you don’t have a covered wagon handy, you can drive a regular car to retrace the famous explorers’ steps. There are numerous visitor centers and museums in each state, which promise to keep you informed during your epic road trip.
And, if at any point the trip doesn’t feel authentic enough, you have the option of contracting cholera or getting a member of your party bitten by a rattlesnake.
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Remember the Epic, Bloody History of the Alamo
You probably know the phrase “Remember the Alamo” — but what exactly does that mean? If you’re not from Texas or Mexico, you might not be familiar with the bloody history between the two regions. The Alamo, a former mission located in San Antonio, Texas, was the site of a major event in the Texas Revolution between 1835-36. On April 21, 1836, Texians defeated the Mexican Army and won Texas’ independence. Today, the structure is open to visitors, offering battlefield tours, summer camps and exhibits year-round.
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Marvel At the Gigantic, Stony Likenesses of 4 US Presidents
What’s better than learning about past U.S. presidents from a history book? How about gazing at their gargantuan heads carved into a mountainside in South Dakota?
At Mount Rushmore National Memorial, learn all about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln — from their childhoods to their presidential legacies — by starting with an informational film in the Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center and then walking along the approximately half-mile, information-packed Presidential Trail.
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Learn the Real Story Behind Pocahontas — Not the Disney Version
On May 14, 1607, about 100 settlers from the Virginia Company of London landed on Jamestown Island. They established the first English colony in Virginia, but keeping it afloat would prove to be difficult. Over the years, the group faced repeated attacks by Powhatan Native Americans, as well as disease and famine. Seven years later after the settlers arrived, Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, married tobacco grower John Rolfe in an attempt to unite the warring peoples.
It’s a complicated story, one that was loosely interpreted — to say the least — by Disney. The area is worth a visit to understand what truly happened between the settlers and Native Americans.
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Take a Horse and Buggy Back to Simpler Times in Amish Country
Speaking of going back to a bygone age, try Amish Country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The area offers tours, museums, children’s activities such as doll-making, and, of course, buggy rides. It’s an excellent opportunity to disconnect from technology and see how a resilient, devout group of people get by just fine without everyone’s favorite ladies, Alexa and Siri.
Conduct a Seance, Buy a Voodoo Doll, and Stumble Down Bourbon Street
There’s so much to do in New Orleans’ French Quarter that it’s hard to cover it all. You’ll want to explore noteworthy streets like Bourbon and Rampart — the latter has a champagne bar, a restaurant where you can get chicory cafe au lait and Croque-style sandwiches, a 4,000-seat theater, and a park dedicated to Louis Armstrong. The French Quarter isn’t something you can truly do in a day — think about all the food you’d miss! — so plan to make this one a proper trip.
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Explore the Birthplace of the Blues
If Beale Street isn’t enough for you, the Mississippi Blues Trail includes hundreds of sites integral to blues culture, including clubs, churches, cotton fields and cemeteries. Have a favorite blues artist? Try using the Mississippi Blues Trail directory to find markers around the state that mention them. There’s even an app that will help you chart your course and learn more along the way.
Reenact the Infamous Shootout at the OK Corral
Tombstone, Arizona, is known as “the most authentic Western town left in the United States.” Indeed, you’ll find stagecoaches, a silver mine and a shooting gallery. Watch gunfight reenactments at the O.K. Corral, which is the site where Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil Earp and friend Doc Holliday engaged in a shootout with the Clantons and McLaurys. Don’t worry, though — it’s safe.
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Immerse Yourself In a Play on the Biggest Stage in America
New York City has so many iconic destinations — including the Empire State Building, Central Park and Times Square — but the Big Apple is perhaps most synonymous with its entertainment. Broadway hosts the country’s most popular musicals, including “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” “Chicago” and “Hamilton,” and its selection changes routinely. If you want to see a mesmerizing show, there’s no better place to do it.
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Snap a Selfie 605 Feet Over Seattle
The Seattle skyline wouldn’t be complete without the Space Needle, which was originally made just for the 1962 World’s Fair, themed “The Age of Space.” The futuristic structure has seen many renovations over the years, and now features floor-to-ceiling glass walls on its observation deck and boasts the world’s first and only glass floor that rotates. If you’re not afraid of heights, grab a bite at the top and look out at the city, ocean and mountain range beyond.
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Avoid Getting Shanghaied in These Seedy Underground Tunnels
Portland, Oregon — now known as a hipster’s paradise, thanks in part to sketch comedy show “Portlandia” — was once known by a darker name: the Forbidden City of the West. From 1850 to 1941, citizens and visitors to the Pacific Northwest city were at risk of being kidnapped and sold into slavery to corrupt ship captains. The method of the so-called Shanghaiing is a subject of debate among historians, but some theorize that Portland’s more unscrupulous business owners would ply victims with alcohol, drug them or knock them unconscious, and then drop them through trap doors to the city’s underground tunnels. After a period of imprisonment, men would be sold as slaves while women were sold into prostitution overseas.
The Cascade Geographic Society offers tours that start above ground and go below to parts of the original tunnels.
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Walk Through One of the Bloodiest Battlegrounds in US History
At the beginning of July 1863, the Union and the Confederacy collided in what would be one of the most significant and pivotal battles of the Civil War: Gettysburg. There were over 7,800 fatalities cumulatively and over 20,000 injured on the Pennsylvania land.
Today, you can watch living history demonstrations at Gettysburg National Military Park and learn from knowledgeable historians. Modern-day America is a divisive place, so it’s more important than ever to familiarize yourself with its troubled past.
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Gaze At Colorful, Bubbling Geothermal Systems in Wonder
Spanning three states, Yellowstone was the first area to be named a national park, due in part to its 10,000 thermal sites, including geysers and hot springs. Some of the geothermal systems include entrancing, rainbow-colored pools that are among the hottest environments on Earth. Not only can you explore these natural aquatic wonders, but you can also experience all the wildlife that the giant park has to offer. Drive through and spot black bears, bison, coyotes, foxes, deer, eagles and more.
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Hop On a Big Bus Tour of the Nation's Capital
Washington, D.C., is the capital of the U.S. for a reason — it’s home to many important governmental and historical buildings, including the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, White House and Capitol Building. Luckily, you can conquer them all by taking a tour. The Red Loop tour offered by Big Bus Tours takes you to the National Mall as well as the city’s most important landmarks.
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Smell the Flowers in America's Longest-Running Rose Test Garden
Portland, Oregon, is home to a rose test garden that’s not only vast and beautiful but also the oldest in the country. The International Rose Test Garden, aka the Portland Rose Garden, offers visitors a peek at more than 10,000 roses. What’s more, you can get spectacular views of nearby Mount Hood and downtown Portland from the gardens.
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Trace the Grizzly History of This Uniquely Shaped Mountain
Devils Tower in Wyoming doesn’t have a grisly past — as the name might suggest — but it does have a grizzly one. A Kiowa folk legend says the mountain got its distinctive shape when two girls were chased to the top by giant bears that left claw marks in the mountain’s sides. Whether it’s true or not, you can climb the national monument or simply snap a picture of it from the safety of the ground below.
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Honor Fallen Americans at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
On a hill overlooking Washington, D.C., lies the 624-acre Arlington National Cemetery — a final resting place of America’s service members. In 1921, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was created with approval from Congress to bury the unidentified remains of a World War I soldier. Inscribed on the tomb are the words, “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.”
Today, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is also known as the Tomb of the Unknowns, as unknown service members of all branches of the military have been interred there in nearly every war since World War I. You can pay your respects to the fallen heroes who protected the U.S., especially those who had no one to mourn them.
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Stash Your Loot in a Hideaway Used By Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Have you ever used the term “hole-in-the-wall” to describe a bar or restaurant as off the beaten path and maybe kind of seedy? Well, this is the real deal. In the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, the Hole-in-the-Wall Outlaw Hideout was a spot beloved by train robbers, cattle rustlers and other criminals. Big names like Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid have used it to lie low.
If you want to vacation here, you’ll have to make a reservation request through Willow Creek Ranch’s website — and they don’t come cheap, depending on the activities you choose and the amount of time you plan to stay. But, if you’re a cowboy fan, the price might be well worth it.
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Visit the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu
The Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii marks the Japanese attack on the U.S. in World War II. On Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Arizona was bombed, killing 1,177 sailors and Marines — 900 of whom could not be recovered and remain on board the sunken ship to this day. To never forget the terrible attack, which ultimately claimed the lives of 2,390 people, a memorial was constructed over the sunken USS Arizona.
The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is currently undergoing construction. However, it’s set to reopen by December on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2019. In the interim, you can take a harbor tour of Battleship Row, which is very close to the sunken ship.
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Pose Next To the Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
When you picture Hollywood, you might think of the Walk of Fame. The celebrity-dedicated stars have lined Hollywood’s sidewalks for over 50 years — and the number of them keeps growing. There were over 2,600 stars as of July 2018, according to Mental Floss. You can find star maps in many places, including on Amazon, where a comprehensive guide can be purchased for your Kindle for $10.
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Dine At a UFO-Shaped McDonald's in Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell is famous for its connection to the extraterrestrial. Is an alien ship being kept in a government facility? Do UFOs abduct unsuspecting people passing through? Are the aliens themselves being held captive? Does this conspiracy go all the way to the top? Who knows.
Regardless, you can explore all things weird in this city that has embraced its alien ties — even its McDonald’s is shaped like a UFO. And the burgers? Well, they’re out of this world.
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Uncover a Long-Buried City Destroyed by Fire
Like its sister city of Portland, Oregon, Seattle has a fascinating underground history that you can explore. The original city — largely consisting of wooden structures — burned to the ground in 1889, and newer, sturdier buildings were built right on top of the old ones. Luckily, you can take a guided tour of parts of the city’s underground that still exist today.
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Stroll Along a Special Black Sand Beach in Hawaii
Due to volcanic activity in the area, Punaluu is a black sand beach. Its unique shores are lined with coconut palms and large green sea turtles that like to sunbathe there, making it a literal paradise. Hawaii is such a gorgeous place with so many activities to participate in — tours, festivals, water sports and more — but Punaluu is a truly unforgettable experience that you shouldn’t pass up.
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Call On Gorgeous Antebellum Mansions — and Learn the Dark History of Plantations
Take a tour down River Road in New Orleans, which is lined with Antebellum mansions from the days when cotton was the biggest moneymaker. The architecture is stunning, and properties are kept in tip-top shape for visitors. However, you’ll want to find a tour that doesn’t sugarcoat or gloss over the dark past of these gorgeous homes. They were maintained by slaves who worked the land and served the families who resided there — and it’s important to remember that.
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Tour a Massive Dam Constructed During the Great Depression
The Hoover Dam is situated on the Colorado River, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. The structure is a sight to behold, with the American Society of Civil Engineers dubbing it one of the “Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders” in the U.S. The dam is also a testament to American resilience, as it was built during the height of the Great Depression. It’s open to the public year-round from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. if you want to visit on your own, but you can also take guided tours of the facilities.
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Backpack Through Beautiful and Mountainous Backcountry
Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park offers impressive views of the Teton Range, as well as beautiful wildflowers and wildlife. You can backpack, camp, take a ranger-led hike or simply relax in nature. However, you should also note that the elevation gets up to 13,770 feet, so be prepared if you’re planning to trek through the park.
If you favor something more low-key, a charming area known as Menors Ferry has an old-time general store you can visit, plus a chapel and a ferry to ride — weather and water levels permitting.
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Volunteer To Be an Audience Member on Your Favorite Show
America is known for its television and movie industry, so it only makes sense for you to get in on that Hollywood magic. You can request tickets to one of your favorite shows — whether it’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “The Voice” or “The Price Is Right” — and land yourself in the audience. There are few things cooler than seeing your favorite star up close and getting to peek behind the scenes of a beloved show.
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Talking to Your Very First Customers
Belle Beth CooperMay 12, 2015
Creating valuable products requires getting valuable feedback. Who you talk to early on counts for a whole lot.
A few weeks ago my co-founder and I started privately beta testing our company’s second product.
Our first product, Exist, has been in public beta for almost a year. We made lots of mistakes which, thankfully, we’ve learned from.
This time around, we know what to do differently—so we can make fresh mistakes this time, no doubt. Here are a few lessons I’d love to share.
Choose your users carefully
Our biggest mistake with beta testing was choosing the wrong users. We tried to protect our fragile egos and only invited people we knew. Our hope was to get honest (but polite) feedback to help us improve the product without being thrown into a pit of despair before we even launched.
The reality hit even harder: we heard crickets.
We couldn’t get the feedback we needed because we weren’t talking to users who cared. Our “users” were people who had five minutes to spare and no real inclination to tell us what they wanted to do with our product.
Why? Because they weren’t people who needed our product. We weren’t solving any pains for them. They didn’t see the value and didn’t hang around long. Most of them vanished after one login or came back once a month if we were lucky.
Don’t waste time (on both sides) with users you aren’t serving. You’ll never get the feedback you need from people who don’t need you.
Doing this right: choose users from your target market
For a new product you must look for users who feel the pain, see a need, and are willing to invest to get value.
As you build up your business over time this becomes a lot easier. With our second product we’re focusing on the same type of customer as we did with Exist, so we’ve already got a targeted group of people from which to pull beta testers. When you build a relationship with people who use your products, they’re often more likely to be interested in other projects you work on.
You can see this in other businesses, too. When Basecamp was still known as 37 Signals, it had several products targeting the same user base. It’s much easier to find beta testers, and eventually paying users, from a pool of people who already know and trust you.
If you’re starting out with your first product, you obviously won’t have the benefit of an existing user base, but you can build an audience in other ways. More than six months before we launched Exist to the public, I started a regular content series on our blog that focused on news and new products in the Quantified Self space. As I continued this series every week, we built up an archive of content relevant to our target market and developed an audience of people who were interested in those topics.
We created an email waiting list for Exist to keep our potential customers updated with our progress, and through regular email updates and creating content they were interested in, we were able to build a relationship with lots of our customers before they ever used our product.
In later rounds of beta testing, we surveyed our waiting list to find people who were interested in our product and understood its value. In retrospect, we should have taken this approach much earlier.
Asking for feedback
The quicker you can get feedback the better. Good ideas get to speak and the duds are silenced.
Misunderstanding your users is dangerous. You won’t know which direction is best for your product, and you won’t know why customers leave (or why they stay). Feedback is the fix.
It’s easy to feel like you’re bugging people, especially early on. But like anything in life, you won’t know until you ask, and often people are much more willing to help than you think.
Expecting customers to send you unsolicited feedback is expecting too much. You’re responsible for starting the conversation.
Doing this right: ask often, and in different ways
Talking to my customers in real-time (either in person or via Skype) is one of the best ways I’ve found to uncover useful feedback. When you’re talking to a user one-on-one this way, you can dig deeper into the little things they say and let them go off on tangents. It’s the best way to get a well-rounded picture of who this user is and how your product fits into their life.
But sometimes that’s not the kind of feedback you need. When we wanted to know which parts of our product were most popular, we sent out a survey to all our users via email. It wasn’t as personal as a one-on-one call, but we were able to gather information from lots of our users in a short period of time, and we could ask exactly what we wanted to know.
Sometimes you just want a clear, overall rating of your product or service. In those cases you can use a simple question like, “Would you recommend our product to a friend?” or you can ask your customers to rate your customer service after you’ve solved their problem.
The way you ask for feedback should depend on what type of feedback you’re looking for.
Stick to one major feedback approach at a time in the early days. Dilution of responses and user annoyance can occur if it feels like you are bombarding people. The same month you’re making a concerted effort to do development interviews, don’t send out a survey bugging people for similar information. Ongoing, focused feedback creates the most meaningful insight.
Listening to the vocal minority
Ah, the vocal minority. When you’re struggling to get feedback, any little bit seems like solid gold.
This makes it all too easy to fall into the vocal minority trap. You hear a handful of users ask for a feature that you’ve already considered building and suddenly you think every user must want it. Clearly, they just haven’t got around to telling us! Let’s ship it already!
Worse yet, you hadn’t considered building a feature but six or seven users ask for it on the same day. The next thing you know you’re rolling something out without nearly enough context. It’s easy to jump the gun from a sense of urgency and demand that isn’t really there. Sounds silly, but we’re all susceptible.
To make things people want, first prove they actually want it.
Doing this right: confirm the hypothesis
Feedback is best used to create a hypothesis for what the majority of your users might want. As Des Traynor says, “Treat every clustering of feedback that you see as a hypothesis, and then don’t build it, verify it.”
You can then do further customer development to see if your hypothesis holds up.
If it holds up that the majority of users do feel the same way, that’s when you can start digging in deeper to find out why they want this particular feature and how you can solve that problem for them (it’s about the friction, not the feature).
For Exist feedback, we use Help Scout and tags to keep an always-updated count of requests for a particular feature. It’s quick and easy to add a tag when we’re replying to a customer, and seeing the number of requests per tag makes it easier to choose what to work on next without being overwhelmed by the vocal minority.
Feedback is a multi-faceted part of building a company. Whether you’re getting too much, you have confusing or inconsistent feedback, or you’re just hearing crickets, you’re not alone.
Choose customers carefully, ask for feedback often, and always test a hypothesis before implementing what you hear from customers.
It’s easier said than done, but every improvement I make in handling customer feedback has made me better at building the best product for my users.
Belle Beth Cooper
Belle is a co-founder of Melbourne startup Hello Code, creators of Exist—a personal analytics platform to help you find work/life balance.
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Give Your Employees an Identity Worthy of Ownership
Paul JunDecember 17, 2014
We live in a time when it has become increasingly difficult to explain what one does at work.
Job titles are slowly becoming the rusted plaques littering a landfill. Parents are perplexed about what you do.
Nowadays, especially at smaller startups and businesses, responsibilities are so multi-faceted that it’s hard to fit them inside a box. A manager could also be a designer or data analyst. A CEO could also be a part-time speaker, author, and writer for the company blog. Every member of the team could be on support.
Although there are core responsibilities that each person must fulfill within the organization, “this isn’t part of my job description” is amiss in companies with unique cultures empowering great work.
Job titles are essentially heuristics to explain one’s duties; however, these titles can be reinvented and serve as profound sources of motivation.
In Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, Chip and Dan Heath share an example of a manufacturing firm, Brasilata, and how their engine of success was fueled by the creation and adoption of an identity:
How does a manufacturer of cans become known as an innovator? Brasilata’s founders were inspired by the philosophy of Japanese car manufacturers like Honda and Toyota, which empowered their front-line employees to take ownership of their work. For instance, at Toyota, any employee who spotted a defect could stop the assembly line (this would have been unthinkable in Detroit at the time). Toyota and Honda also actively solicited ideas for innovation from their employees. In 1987, the founders of Brasilata launched an employee-innovation program modeled on the Japanese forerunners.
A new identity was the core of the program. Employees of Brasilata became known as “inventors,” and when new employees joined the firm, they were asked to sign an “innovation contract.” This wasn’t simply feel-good language. Top management challenged employees to be on the lookout for potential innovations—ideas for how to create better products, improve production processes, and squeeze costs out of the system. Procedures developed within the factory made it easy for inventors to submit their ideas. The program succeeded beyond any reasonable expectations. In 2008, employees submitted 134,846 ideas—an average of 145.2 ideas per inventor!
Let’s remember something: This “inventor” identity, which has fueled business success and employee satisfaction, was made up. None of Brasilata’s employees were born “inventors.” The identity was introduced to them, and they liked the sound of it. It seemed to be a mantle worth wearing. Being an inventor has become a source of pride and strength.
There are psychological benefits to this identity adoption, a function of the mind called the self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Power of Labels
The term “self-fulfilling prophecy” was coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton in 1968.
The concept is simple: We naturally make assumptions about the future by focusing on the present. When these assumptions feel real, our behaviors are motivated to fulfill the prophecy, and in hindsight we believe the assumption was true the entire time. This is also called the Thomas Theorem, coined by the sociologist W.I. Thomas in 1928. He once said, “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
In social psychology, a version of the self-fulfilling prophecy is called the labeling theory, and it means exactly how it sounds:
If you think someone is smart, you’ll treat them as smart. If you think someone is a horrible person, you’ll treat them accordingly, and when they react like any other person would when being treated unfairly, you nod with confidence in your ability to predict people’s character.
It makes sense, then, that when new employees joined Brasilata and embraced the identity of inventor, they naturally conjured innovative ideas and contributed more than they would have if they didn’t call themselves inventors.
Fundamental changes in behavior don’t happen over the course of a meeting. Instead, a system was put into place, as well as surefire ways to signal to employees (the innovation contract) that they now were inventors. Work all of a sudden got really interesting.
Let’s see the labeling theory in action.
In a 1978 experiment by William Crano and Phyllis Mellon, a set of random students were chosen for an elementary class. The teachers were told that these students were all potential geniuses based on their IQ tests.
The catch? The tests weren’t real. But the belief, the expectation, colored the teachers’ perception and influenced their behavior to be more attentive and caring to the students, thus improving their homework and test scores.
These labels—inventor, genius—are essentially made up of expectations, and these predilections sway our behavior towards fulfilling these assumptions, making them true.
Companies that want to stick around for the long haul need to implement a culture that provides their employees an identity worthy of ownership, a label that can be proudly worn, and an ensemble of expectations that align with desired behavior and goals. Whether you want your team to be more innovative or healthy or vulnerable with one another, ditch the meeting and instead provide an identity, a cloak that transforms an ordinary human into a hero.
In short, create an identity that cultivates and sustains motivation.
Author Dan Pink wrote in Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, that motivation is the sum of three elements: autonomy, purpose, and mastery. When any one of those elements is in danger or missing from our work, our motivation suffers.
Back when job titles were a badge of honor, motivation thrived on an old system of compliance and rewards. But as humans and organizations evolved, the typical “do this and here’s a cookie” lost its luster and proved to be ineffective for sustaining motivation. What we seek instead is what Pink calls Motivation 3.0. He said:
Humans, by their nature, seek purpose—a cause greater and more enduring than themselves. But traditional businesses have long considered purpose ornamental—a perfectly nice accessory, so long as it didn't get in the way of the important things. But that's changing—thanks in part to the rising tide of aging baby boomers reckoning with their own mortality.
In Motivation 3.0, purpose maximization is taking its place alongside profit maximization as an aspiration and a guiding principle. Within organizations, this new “purpose motive” is expressing itself in three ways: in goals that use profit to reach purpose; in words that emphasize more than self-interest; and in policies that allow people to pursue purpose on their own terms.
While some find it easy to joke at job euphemisms, labels matter. Papers such as Job Titles as Identity Badges clearly show a connection between morale, behavior, and how people view their work. If someone working in “Customer Happiness” sees themself as being responsible for making customers happy, that’s purpose. That has a meaningful impact on their behavior.
The harder it is to suggest ideas, the less people will bother. But consider the first example of inventors—since an identity was created around sharing thoughts on how things could work better, the friction was gone and innovation was not only unhampered, but encouraged. It’s surprising (or perhaps not) to see how the direction, tone, and behavior of an organization can shift when you interrupt the status quo of how employees see themselves.
We start to see the real merit in the ways companies like Buffer refer to their support team as “Happiness Heroes.” It’s not to create distance between the traditional service rep title; it’s a clear-cut way to show how the company values support and what they expect this department to achieve (not placating customers, but truly making them happy). It is more meaningful for employees to “make people happy” than it is to “provide customer service.” The objective directly affects motivation.
Things change quickly in the business world, but one thing will always remain constant:
Employees desire to have a sense of purpose and to know that their actions are contributing in a meaningful way.
What I love about the story of Brasilata is that they encouraged this new system of inventors not during the inception of their business, but somewhere down the road. The sudden change, especially at a large company, seems daunting. But a meaningful change in outcome always requires a meaningful change in behavior. Being an inventor doesn’t just sound good, it feels good.
Create meaningful identities in your company and they’ll not only thank you with words, but with worthy deeds.
Paul Jun
Paul is head of content at CreativeMornings and a Help Scout alum. Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Mr. Carl Allen
Mr. Carl Allen, age 79, of LaGrange, passed away on March 6, 2018 at the WellStar West Georgia Hospice. Mr. Allen was born on September 4, 1938 in Gabbettville, Georgia to the late Hubert Jackson Allen, Sr. and Adell Hart Allen. He was the District Manager for the Sing Oil Company for many years and later owned Carl’ s Moneyback Store among other business ventures. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Earl Allen.
Mr. Allen was a member of Western Heights Baptist Church. He was an avid sportsman who loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice King Allen; daughter, Carla Starling and her husband Richard; brother, Hubert Jackson “Bubba” Allen, Jr. and his wife Tammy; sisters, Shirley Wagner and her husband Jim and Hilda Strickland and her husband Milton; grandchildren, Kristyn Starling and Ryan Starling; brother in law and sister in law, Joey and Elaine Pendl; sister in law, Joyce Allen; nieces and nephews; special caregivers, Cleo Hutchinson and Mary Ogletree; beloved pet, Bounce.
Graveside services will be held on Friday, March 9, 2018 at 1:00 pm at the Shadowlawn Cemetery with Rev. S.T. Janney and Rev. Bobby Robinson officiating. Family will receive friends on Friday at the funeral home from 11:00 am until service hour. You may also visit with the family at the family home, 235 Stewart Road, LaGrange, Georgia, 30241.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.higginsfuneralhomes.com. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the Troup County March for Babies, c/o March of Dimes DPC- Savannah/ SGA Market, P.O. Box 673667, Marietta, Georgia, 30006 or WellStar West Georgia Hospice, 1510 Vernon Road, LaGrange, Georgia, 30240. Higgins LaGrange Chapel Funeral Home, 706-884-7117.
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What is the largest country in the world?
Mariel Synan
Covering an expanse of over 6.6 million square miles, Russia is the world’s largest country by landmass, beating out runner-up Canada by around 2.8 million square miles. It includes nine different time zones and shares land borders with 14 neighboring countries. Russia’s origins began with the Viking establishment of Kievan Rus in the 9th century. It expanded under the leadership of Viking chieftain Rurik and his ancestors but was broken up by Mongol invaders in 1237. Beginning with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was less vulnerable to Mongol attacks due to its remote, forested location, the remnants of Rus unified and expanded, most notably during the reign of Ivan the Terrible from 1533 to 1584. As its first official tsar, Ivan established the central Russian state and doubled its size by conquering the regions of Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia. It expanded into the third largest empire in the world by the 1700s, and as the post-revolution Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, it was the largest part of the Soviet Union. With the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, was officially established on December 25, 1991.
Although it covers around 17% of the world’s inhabited land, Russia is only home to around 2% of Earth’s inhabitants. With a staggering population of over 1.3 billion people, or just over 19% of the global community, China is the most populous country on Earth. During the Qing Dynasty, from the mid-17th century to early 20th century, the population swelled from 150 million to 450 million as migratory expansions in farming and advancements in agricultural technology allowed the country to feed a bigger population. The next massive population boom began after World War II under Mao Zedong’s leadership. China underwent a period of modernization during Mao’s rule, including improvements to its health care system, which increased life expectancy dramatically. At the same time, Mao urged people to have larger families because he believed that population growth would result in the empowerment of the country as a whole. During Mao’s reign, from 1949 to 1976, China’s population grew from approximately 540 million to 940 million. In order to curb China’s overpopulation, the one-child policy was instituted in 1979 and has slowed the country’s exponential growth, but the population has still climbed to over 1 billion more than the third-ranked United States (313 million).
China may not hold the “most populous” title for long, though. The U.N. predicts that in the next 15 years, China’s and India’s populations will both reach nearly 1.5 billion. At this point, China’s population will begin to decrease, due to an aging population without a sufficient birth rate to sustain growth, and India’s will continue to climb.
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Love Him Or Hate Him, Rob Ford Leaves A Lasting Legacy
He was a seemingly well-intentioned politician with a problem in the limelight of municipal politics and you'll be hard pressed to find a Torontonian without an opinion. But if you look past the madness of his political term and stay focused on his politics, you'll find a mayor who's left a legacy to be proud of.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smiles prior to the start of the press conference. Councillors Norm Kelly, Gary Crawford, Michelle Berardinetti, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Mike Del Grande held a press conference regarding the Eglinton - Scarborough Crosstown LRT. The press conference was held at the south east intersection of Eglinton and Victoria Park. February 1, 2012 (Photo by Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Written by Elisa Krovblit
Whether you were part of Ford Nation or a die-hard detractor, it's a sad day for Toronto as we learn that longtime City Councillor of Ward 2 Etobicoke North and former Mayor Rob Ford has succumbed to his illness, dead at 46, leaving behind wife Renata and two children.
Depending on who you talk to, he was a working class hero, a buffoon, a high school football coach, an alcohol-fuelled crack addict, a husband and father, a sports fan, a say-it-like-it-is politico, a true-blue Torontonian and a man who wasn't afraid to speak his mind -- whether anything was on it or not.
Love him or hate him, he was a seemingly well-intentioned politician with a problem in the limelight of municipal politics and you'll be hard pressed to find a Torontonian without an opinion.
But if you look past the madness of his political term and stay focused on his politics, you'll find a mayor who's left a legacy to be proud of. He fought long and hard for a subway system instead of an LRT -- a move that should prove to better connect the city and tighten the community that has grown with urban sprawl. Neighbourhoods along the east end of the city would have faster and more direct commutes to the core without surface traffic build-up, a plan that creates a sustainable long-term solution for commuter travel. He cut office budgets in favour of infrastructure expenditure; he voted against the five per cent property tax increase in 2001 -- one of only four councillors to do so. He wanted to put the city's money where his mouth was -- and he did. He was known for his quick and attentive response to constituent problems -- among other things.
He was also known for cancelling the car tax -- the cash grab the previous government had approved. The $60 per car the city charged when plates were renewed was never well received and Ford was a hero for removing it. One of his first campaign promises to come into effect, it secured Ford Nation's belief that they'd elected the right man for the job.
Far from perfect, he was known for using off-colour language and having all the tact of a bulldozer. It was astounding that a man of his generation, who grew up in an era of absurd political correctness, never fully grasped the concept. He wouldn't attend gay pride celebrations, he often made salacious or lewd remarks, he had no sensitivity or filter when it came to making crude and often racially insensitive comments, and yet Ford Nation supported him. Before his crack scandal he had a divided city -- those that loved him and those that couldn't believe he was ever elected. There was no middle ground.
At the height of the scandal it seemed the world was focused on Ford, and with all eyes on Toronto for all the wrong reasons, Ford's legacy won't ever burn bright.
For all the good, there is the bad, the well-known stories that will always haunt the Ford political name, but he's left some positives for Toronto as his legacy, and hopefully his passion and pride in making Toronto a great place to live will endure.
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Holding of Migrant Children at Army Base, Site of Former Internment Camp, Degrading and Abusive
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Washington, D.C. -- Human Rights First today condemned a decision by the Trump Administration to hold 1,400 migrant children at Fort Sill, an Army base once used as an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Oklahoma base will hold the children until they can be transferred to adult relatives. In response to the decision, Bishop Garrison, director of national security outreach at Human Rights First who served two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army, issued the following statement:
This is not an invasion for our military to respond to, but a humanitarian crisis that should be answered by civilian authorities properly trained and resourced. The tactics on display by the administration will very likely have lasting and severe effects on these innocent children while simultaneously degrading our country’s reputation. This type of outright cruelty against children, in a military facility once used to perpetrate a grave injustice, no less, tells the world we are not the proud and free nation we once purported to be. These children deserve our empathy and grace, and they won’t find that in a detention camp.
Yesterday's announcement on Fort Sill shortly preceded new reports that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are housing migrants in overcrowded outdoor facilities for weeks at a time. One observer compared one such facility to a "human dog pound."
This morning, Human Rights First welcomed provisions in the House of Representatives’ defense bill (The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA) that bolster national security and uphold America’s commitment to human rights. In part, the bill prohibits the use of national defense funds and military construction funding to build a wall on the southern border, it also restricts the use of military personnel and funding for other immigration-related purposes.
"The administration says it is taking these actions in an effort to protect the United States, when in actuality, this undermines our national security and make us less safe," added Garrison. "These policies erode the military’s readiness by reassigning service members to border operations, when they should be either training to prepare for real threats facing our nation or receiving much needed rest with loved ones given the operational tempo of 18 years engaged in conflict. The addition of this poorly conceived plan will only continue to overtax and stress an already well-worn military. It’s not fair to our service members or their families who sacrifice daily."
Bishop Garrison is also director of Veterans for American Ideals, a project of Human Rights First. For more information or to speak with Garrison, contact Christopher Plummer at [email protected]
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Pride (In the Name of Love)
Pride, a great new British movie directed by Matthew Warchus, is as warm and witty as Billy Elliot or Kinky Boots but as fierce as a rampaging Ken Loach.
It’s 1984 and the miners’ strike has begun in opposition to the government’s proposed closure of twenty mines. “One isn’t here to be a softie,” explains then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the short montage of archival footage, spliced with shots of picket lines and police vehicles, that begins the film. If you’ll excuse the puns, this is a rich seam of recent British history for TV- and movie-makers, and oft-mined. Billy Elliot covers the same period as Pride, while Brassed Off, set a decade later, examines the aftermath of the unions’ collapse. But Warchus and writer Stephen Beresford have found a totally new angle. Lesbian and Gay Pride, in 1984 in its thirteenth year, is still very much a protest march at this point; a demand for civil rights and tolerance. So it’s extraordinary that a group of lesbian and gay activists should seek to ally themselves with the National Union of Mineworkers. Yet that’s what happened.
Eyes and ears on the ground are provided by Joe (George MacKay), a young man from Bromley just turned twenty, who hops a train to join the marchers at Pride ’84 and falls straight in with a group of activists led by the passionate Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer). Mark’s latest idea is to stand shoulder to shoulder with the miners on the basis that an enemy of the government must be a friend of the LGBT community. This is more difficult than he anticipates; many gay activists, alienated by provincial life in industrial towns, had fled to London to escape the monoculture back home. Trade unions are equally resistant to the idea of teaming up with the heavily marginalised gay rights movement. Unperturbed, Mark founds LGSM — Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners — and enlists a handful of dedicated supporters including Gethin (Andrew Scott), Jonathan (Dominic West), Joe, Steph (Faye Marsay), Mike (Joseph Gilgun), Jeff (Freddie Fox), and a newly minted pair “looking for something to do as a couple.” After much ringing around, they eventually find a mining community in South Wales willing to accept their help. This occasions the first great visual gag of the movie, as an elderly woman staggers towards the ringing phone at the mining lodge in Onllwyn so slowly that one is put in mind of Omar Sharif’s entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “Two Tribes,” one of 1984’s biggest hits, plays over an early scene in which Dai (Paddy Considine) takes to the stage at a gay bar to thank the community for their money and help. It’s a powerful moment, itself a meeting of two tribes, that’s later echoed when Mark and the gang arrive in Onllwyn to declare LGSM’s support for the town’s miners. Much of the film’s comedy — and drama — derives from the culture clash between the urbane activists and the conservative miners. Cue Imelda Staunton, on fine furious form, marching across the lodge and insisting that the town’s men “get over there and find a gay or a lesbian right now!” A riotous scene in which Dominic West takes to the dancefloor — ironically to the tune of Shirley & Company’s “Shame Shame Shame” — marks a turning point in relations.
Warchus’s direction is confident and sensitive. His sense of rhythm in particular, honed no doubt during his successful musical-directing career, is superb. Some scenes play out in a single shot, including a marvellous and touching dialogue late on between Bill Nighy and Staunton as the two of them sit making sandwiches. The unspoken is a great British trope, and in Pride the unseen plays a part too. We’re spared the spectacle of a gay-bashing, if not the aftermath — a necessary chunk of grit in a film that occasionally risks being too light. In perhaps the darkest moment of the movie, Mark bumps into an ex, played by Russell Tovey, who murmurs that he’s on his “farewell tour” of the London clubbing scene. Tovey appears out of nowhere, a dead man walking, and is gone almost before his words hit home. In the midst of the hilarity, it’s an unnerving reminder of an issue that, even in 1984, dominated and perverted public perceptions of the gay community.
Mostly, though, Pride is just damn funny. And funny in a characteristically British way. There’s a barnacle-stubborn part of our national character that we love to celebrate, and Pride pretty much hits the bull’s-eye every time. Whether it’s Steph lamenting having her heart broken at a Smiths concert, or one of the group commenting, “How can that be a village? It doesn’t have any vowels!” there’s no mistaking where we are. It doesn’t matter that some of the characters are pretty stock when the writing and performances are this good; you can’t complain while laughing.
Considine, Scott and Marsay stand out, but the breakout performance comes from MacKay as Joe. In order to join LGSM on its first trip to Onllwyn, he tells his parents that he’s going on a residential course to learn how to make choux pastry. When his mother asks him later how it was, his clear-eyed response is heartbreaking: “It was the best experience of my life.” Through his eyes, we see most clearly — and wrenchingly — the tension between the life imagined for him by his family and the life he must lead to be true to himself.
Pride is a timely movie, with the first same-sex marriages taking place in the UK this year and the tide of public opinion turning in the US. It opened well back home last week and goes on limited release in the US on September 26. See it if you can and spread the word; it’s hard to imagine a more consistently entertaining picture emerging in the coming awards season.
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by Martyn Palmer
The unflinching glare of the limelight once drove Johnny Depp to the edge. Now, as he steps into his latest role as Peter Pan’s creator, he’s discovered his own Neverland—at home
At first it’s hard to spot Johnny Depp when you arrive at the Hotel Cipriani in Venice. There’s the unmistakable, impressively proportioned figure of Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein reading the newspaper. There’s a huddle of film executives whispering in low voices at a nearby table, Armani jackets slung over the backs of chairs and the debris of a high-powered meeting before them. And then there’s a slight, dark-haired man wearing thick-rimmed glasses and rolling himself a cigarette over in the corner who doesn’t look like he belongs amid such opulence. Ah, that will be Mr Depp, then.
On closer inspection, he’s also wearing ripped jeans, leather straps and brightly colored plastic bangles, with his hair thick and chopped at unlikely points that match the angles of that face of his. The face is quite unlike any other and now, at 41, hardly seems any different from when he launched his career some two decades ago, playing an undercover cop in the television show 21 Jump Street. It’s a boyish man’s face, and the voice that comes from it is quiet, hushed almost, and very deep.
A half-empty bottle of water and an overflowing ashtray are the only signs of the Depp breakfast, and although it would be wrong to suggest that these days he’s ready for his pipe and slippers, Depp insists he is a changed man from the one that ripped up hotel rooms and chased paparazzi snappers with a piece of wood.
It’s the morning after a late, late night before at the Venice Film Festival. Last night, the locals stayed up till the small hours to catch a glimpse of Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet walking up the red carpet for the premiere of Finding Neverland, the story of how J. M. Barrie was inspired to write Peter Pan. The Italian crowd made a huge fuss, all the more impressive because it was something like 2am before the stars made their entrance amid an explosion of flashbulbs. Italians love Hollywood, but Hollywood doesn’t like to be kept waiting—as Weinstein, who produced the film, noted when he wryly welcomed everyone to the “breakfast” screening, adding that he was about to give the festival director a concrete overcoat and then push him into the lagoon. He was joking, of course. Sort of.
“It was a little late,” Depp says of his big night in Venice. “I guess it was just a mix-up. I was pretty tired, though. I needed some sleep. We all did. But everybody was pretty cool about it.”
Once, not so long ago, being out on the town till the early hours would have suited Depp just fine. He was a night owl, a creature who felt more at home after dark when the paparazzi would follow him, expectantly, long lenses pointed like snipers, waiting for some expletive-laden indiscretion outside a London restaurant or New York club. A few years ago, when he was in Cannes to promote a film, he stayed up all night and missed an entire day of interviews, sleeping through them with a “Do not disturb” sign on his hotel room door. When he did eventually surface, he was sullen and uncooperative and hard to talk to. Another time, there was a trashed New York hotel room to provide the headlines. Not these days.
Depp once wrestled with fame the same way he occasionally grappled with one of the paps. He couldn’t quite work out why part of the job seemed to involve meeting a whole convention hall of people who, really, he had nothing to do with, and less to say to. He also couldn’t see why it should be anybody’s business but his if his chosen squeeze at the time was a supermodel—our own Kate Moss at one point—or another actor; Winona Ryder was a partner, too.
And it’s true, he set out wanting to be a musician and had some limited success in a band called Kids, which led him from his native Florida to Los Angeles in the first place. His mates are the likes of the Gallagher brothers of Oasis. Like them, at imes he seemed to possess a fuck-you snarl with which to ward off predators. But Johnny became a film star, and with that came the attention, the fans and the intrusion. And to cope with this scrutiny he would drink—“self-medicate” is how he describes it—and get loaded to get through the night. “It’s very difficult to see the ignorance of it when you are spinning around in it,” he says now. “And no one is completely innocent, but I’m not self-centered, I’m not self-obsessed. I never have been. But when you are doing that to yourself, it is to avoid feeling. There is a degree of me, me, me that you can’t escape.
“My drug of choice was alcohol more than anything—hard liquor, spirits.
“And it might have had the facade of being recreational but even then I knew it wasn’t. I’d go to these functions, and back in those days I literally had to be drunk to be able to speak and get through it. And yeah, I had a keen idea that it was not good. But you get liquored up or whatever and then once you are in that spiral you don’t even get hangovers any more. You wake up and have a drink again.”
The irony was, of course, that the more famous he became, the worse it got.
From the start, the media treated him as a heart-throb even if he didn’t want to be one. Depp loved the work but the rest of it was slowly driving him nuts. “And even if you are surrounded by people who say, ‘Listen man, you have to get it together, you can’t do this to yourself,’ it’s difficult to hear them. And you have others, who have access to you on a business level, saying, ‘Look, you can do this movie, you can make this much money and you will be a huge success.’ I remember thinking, ‘I don’t know what the answer is but I know it ain’t that.’ Success or notoriety or fame or whatever the horrible word, I knew it wasn’t that that I wanted.”
If you talk to the people who work with Depp—like Marc Forster, the director of Finding Neverland, Kate Winslet, others on the small-budget British movie The Libertine in which he plays the mad, bad Earl of Rochester—they will all say the same thing. Depp is quiet, kind and funny. And he hates being a movie star.
We are, of course, used to hearing about extremely well-paid actors complaining of intrusion. With Depp, though, it’s hard not to have some sympathy. Firstly, he strikes you as a very gentle soul. Look at the roles he plays—eccentrics like Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, outsiders like Ed Wood, arguably the worst director who ever had a career, social misfits like Edward Scissorhands in Tim Burton’s glorious contemporary fairytale set in American suburbia. In fact, Depp had done everything to avoid the mainstream until last year’s Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean, when he delivered a hilarious turn as pirate captain Jack Sparrow, a creation that owed more to Keith Richards than the high seas. He was so good, so obviously enjoying himself and letting everyone else in on the gag, that the performance earned him an Oscar nomination.
Playing J.M. Barrie, the man who wrote the ultimate fantasy about the boy who refuses to grow old, is a complete contrast but fits the Depp credo perfectly. And he is quite excellent as yet another misfit, a man who prefers the company of children, who is ill at ease among the stifling social conventions of Edwardian London. He could well get another Oscar nomination, and deservedly so.
“It’s a fascinating theme, what society deems as normal and abnormal and who decides and why,” Depp says of his affinity for these misfits. “How that kind of judgment is placed on people, a lot of times people in the public eye, but also people in villages and small towns. ‘Oh that guy is different. He’s the weirdo.’ Well, why is he? That kind of thing I’m fascinated with. And also there is the sense of not allowing the world to throw too much garbage on you, to try and retain some of those gifts we are given as children, those childlike qualities—curiosity, fascination—and not be jaded.”
His own childhood must have been difficult. His family moved 30 times when he was growing up and his father left when Depp was 15, shortly before he checked out of high school and started concentrating on his band. “For the most part, my childhood was pretty normal,” he says now. “I mean, we had our moments, there were times when it was very, very difficult, but compared to what a lot of kids have to go through in this world my childhood was a blessing.”
But did he feel like an outsider? “Oh yeah, absolutely. I felt completely and utterly confused by everything that was going on around me. It was the one thing that the teachers didn’t want you to do in school, you know, question things. But I always wanted to know why. It really pissed them off but it shouldn’t because it’s a valid question—it’s the only question. I didn’t get any of it. It wasn’t so much that I felt outside of something as I didn’t feel inside of something, and I didn’t want to. I saw these guys and gals competing for most popular this and that, the Prom Queen or the Prom King and it was like, ‘Jesus, what bollocks,’ you know? Absolute crap.”
That feeling of looking for, but never quite finding, something to hang on to stayed with him for years. But the work, at its best, gave him the chance to complete his education his way.
“I become fascinated by things. For example, you start reading about pirates and you find out that no one ever walked the plank. How about that? They keelhauled people, yes, walking the plank, no. Never happened.”
He tells you this with a kind of childlike delight. He loves “documents”, is happy spending hours doing his own research. It’s easy to see why Marc Forster, who directed the acclaimed Monster’s Ball, couldn’t see beyond Depp for Barrie. Yet at first, Depp was noncommittal. Then he read the script and started his research on Barrie, read biographies, and was hooked. “I really liked Andrew Birkin’s J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys,” he says. The story is a version—Forster admits that they have changed some historical facts—of how Barrie met Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (played by Winslet) and her four young sons, and began a close relationship with them that would scandalize Edwardian society.
In the film Sylvia is recently widowed—in fact, her husband was still alive when they first met but would die from cancer—and has four children when in reality there were five. The timeline has been condensed, too—Barrie wrote Peter Pan over several years; in the film it’s much shorter.
His own, childless marriage would eventually end and he would propose to Mrs. Llewelyn Davies, but illness would claim her life, too. It’s a heartbreaking story, of how Barrie lifted the spirits of these youngsters who were reeling from the loss of one parent and facing the death of another.
For Depp, there is also the chance to put to rest some of the unsavory rumors occasionally linked to Barrie’s name—that his interest in the Llewelyn Davies boys was unhealthy. “I remember hearing stories about Barrie that were less than kind,” Depp says. “No, in fact they were downright monstrous; basically it boiled down to rumor and hearsay and I thought, considering what he gave to the world, he deserved more. And if there was any way I could brush off some of the dirt, then I would do it. I mean, here’s a guy who left the proceeds from the play and the book to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. I think he was a great man.”
The young actors who play the four Llewelyn Davies brothers are all very good. One, Freddie Highmore, who plays Peter—the boy who inspires Peter Pan—is quite exceptional. Depp recommended him to Tim Burton for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
“He is 12 now, and a very special young man: funny, sweet, honest, sharp as a tack. He has a good head on his shoulders and is so great about all the hullabaloo. I don’t worry about him at all in that sense. He is not even sure he wants to be an actor.”
There’s also a cameo by the comic Paul Whitehouse—they are close friends and Depp once appeared on The Fast Show in a “Suits you, sir” sketch. “I wanted him to do something on the film, selfishly, so we could hang out. But he did hard labor, like the rest of us.”
Depp feels at home in the UK. He’s made three films here virtually back to back—Finding Neverland, The Libertine, released next year, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “I am absolutely 100 per cent at home in Great Britain. I’m fascinated by the history. But I’ve loved just being there and taking weird little sojourns down to Bath or Rye or Chichester or Canterbury.”
He has a home in France, with his actress girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis, and their children, Lily-Rose, five, and two-year-old Jack. They have changed his life. “It’s all about distance and perspective for me,” he says. “When your baby comes along you go, ‘Oh, that’s what it’s all about.’ All that stuff spinning around your head that you placed so much importance on, worrying about when they wrote this about me or whatever. All of a sudden you go fuck it, who cares?”
In the new year, Depp will start work on a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel and we’ll see him in The Libertine as the Earl of Rochester, sexual adventurer, poet, satirist and a classic Depp character. He loves the contrast and is enjoying the work “more than ever.”
His life has changed from the self-destructive boozer to happy family man and he can pinpoint the moment that it did. “More than anything, the thing that gave me real clarity was meeting Vanessa,” he says. “Her getting pregnant, living that crazy nine months and then meeting my daughter for the first time. That was the absolute moment of clarity.
“Someone asked me the other day, ‘Where’s your Neverland?’ Well, I got it.
I got my everything. My girl, my kids, my family. Pure happiness. I’ve arrived there and I’m blessed in that sense.”
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The King of Attolia
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New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin.
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"The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come."--Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer
"Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail--you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."--Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows
"One of the most fascinating and original children's fantasies to appear in years. . . . Rarely does one see a hero as psychologically knowing and irresistibly attractive as Turner's Thief."--The Horn Book (starred review)
"A winner."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Eugenides, the former Thief of Eddis, is back and just as clever as ever."--School Library Journal (starred review)
Eos, 9780060835798, 387pp.
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Electronic Cigarettes May Boost Resistance of Drug-Resistant Pathogens
Despite being touted by their manufacturers as a healthy alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes appear in a laboratory study to increase the virulence of drug- resistant and potentially life-threatening bacteria, while decreasing the ability of human cells to kill these bacteria.
Researchers at the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), tested the effects of e-cigarette vapor on live methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and human epithelial cells. MRSA commonly colonizes the epithelium of the nasopharynx, where the bacteria and epithelial cells are exposed constantly to inhaled substances such as e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke.
"The virulence of MRSA is increased by e-cigarette vapor," says lead investigator Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, VA researcher and assistant professor of medicine in pulmonary and critical care at UCSD. Exposure to e-cigarette vapor increased the virulence of the bacteria, helping MRSA escape killing by antimicrobial peptides and macrophages. However, she added, the vapor did not make the bacteria as aggressive as cigarette smoke exposure did in parallel studies her group conducted.
To conduct the e-cigarette vapor experiment, the researchers grew MRSA (USA 300 strain) in culture with vapor concentrations similar to inhalers on the market. They tested first for biochemical changes in the culture known to promote pathogen virulence and then introduced epithelial cell- and alveolar macrophage-killing assays.
The study was presented at the 2014 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
The researchers looked at five factors that contribute to MRSA virulence: growth rate, susceptibility to reactive oxygen species (ROS), surface charge, hydrophobicity and biofilm formation. In particular, e-cigarette vapor led to alterations in surface charge and biofilm formation, which conferred greater resistance to killing by human cells and antibiotics.
Crotty Alexander said that one possible contribution to the increased virulence of MRSA was the rapid change in pH induced by e-cigarette vapor. Exposure changed the pH from 7.4 up to 8.4, making the environment very alkalotic for both bacterial and mammalian cells. This alkalosis stresses the cells, giving them a danger signal, leading to activation of defense mechanisms. The bacteria make their surface more positively charged, to avoid binding by the lethal antimicrobial peptides produced by human innate immune cells. The bacteria also form thicker biofilms, increasing their stickiness and making MRSA less vulnerable to attack.
These changes make MRSA more virulent. However, when MRSA is exposed to regular cigarette smoke, their virulence is even greater. Cigarette smoke induces surface charge changes 10-fold greater than that of e-cigarette exposure, alters hydrophobicity and decreases sensitivity to reactive oxygen species and antimicrobial peptides. In a mouse model of pneumonia, cigarette smoke exposed MRSA had four-times greater survival in the lungs, and killed 30% more mice than control MRSA. E-cigarette vapor exposed MRSA were also more virulent in mice, with a three-fold higher survival.
Unfortunately, while e-cigarette vapor is increasing bacterial virulence, Crotty Alexander has found that the vapor is also decreasing the ability of human epithelial cells to kill pathogens.
"As healthcare professionals, we are always being asked by patients, "Would this be better for me?" Crotty Alexander says. "In the case of smoking e-cigarettes, I hated not having an answer. While the answer isn't black and white, our study suggests a response: even if e-cigarettes may not be as bad as tobacco, they still have measurable detrimental effects on health."
Abstract 57341: Electronic Cigarette Vapor (ECV) Exposure Decreases Staphylococcus Aureus Susceptibility To Macrophage And Neutrophil Killing. Authors: L.E. Crotty Alexander, S. Enany, H. Hwang, K. Sladewski, V. Nizet.
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Gene Variations Linked to Severity of Zika-Related Birth Defects
The enzyme adenylate cyclase is required to make cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which plays a role in placental development and other cellular processes, including the immune response to infection.
The study, conducted at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro by professor Joaquim Amorim Neto Research Institute in Campina Grande, Brazil, enrolled 52 women who had given birth after testing positive for Zika virus infection. Of these women, 28 gave birth to children with reduced head size and other Zika-related birth defects; infants born to the remaining 24 women did not appear to have any Zika-related effects. After sequencing genes from the women, the researchers found that mothers of severely affected infants were more likely to have variations in two genes essential for making adenylate cyclase, ADCY3 and ADCY7. The findings appear in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
The variation in ADCY3 has previously been associated with higher levels of adenylate cyclase, leading to higher levels of cAMP. The researchers believe higher cAMP levels could stimulate reproduction of the virus. Similarly, a variation in ADCY7 has been linked to lower levels of cAMP, which could protect against the virus’ effects. The authors note that, because of the relatively small number of women studied, additional research is needed to confirm these results. However, future research on drugs that influence cAMP production might yield potential therapies that protect against Zika exposure during pregnancy.
Reference: Rossi, AD Variations in maternal adenylate cyclase genes are associated with congenital Zika syndrome in a cohort from Northeast, Brazil. Journal of Internal Medicine. DOI: 10.1111/joim.12829
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Study Reveals Air Pollution Can Alter Effectiveness of Antibiotics
Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.
This image shows Streptococcus pneumoniae with black carbon. Courtesy of University of Leicester
The interdisciplinary study, which has been published in the journal Environmental Microbiology, has important implications for the treatment of infectious diseases, which are known to be increased in areas with high levels of air pollution.
The study looked into how air pollution affects the bacteria living in our bodies, specifically the respiratory tract - the nose, throat and lungs.
A major component of air pollution is black carbon, which is produced through the burning of fossil fuels such as diesel, biofuels and biomass.
The research shows that this pollutant changes the way in which bacteria grow and form communities, which could affect how they survive on the lining of our respiratory tracts and how well they are able to hide from, and combat, our immune systems.
Dr. Julie Morrissey, associate professor of microbial genetics in the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics and lead author on the paper, said: "This work increases our understanding of how air pollution affects human health. It shows that the bacteria which cause respiratory infections are affected by air pollution, possibly increasing the risk of infection and the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment of these illnesses. Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health. It will lead to enhancement of research to understand how air pollution leads to severe respiratory problems and perturbs the environmental cycles essential for life."
Dr. Shane Hussey and Dr. Jo Purves, the research associates working on the project said, "Everybody worldwide is exposed to air pollution every time they breathe. It is something we cannot limit our exposure to as individuals, but we know that it can make us ill. So we need to understand what it is doing to us, how it is making us unhealthy, and how we might be able to stop these effects."
The research focused on two human pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae, which are both major causes of respiratory diseases and exhibit high levels of resistance to antibiotics.
The research team found that black carbon alters the antibiotic tolerance of Staphylococcus aureus communities and importantly increases the resistance of communities of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin, the front line treatment of bacterial pneumonia.
Furthermore, it was found that black carbon caused Streptococcus pneumoniae to spread from the nose to the lower respiratory tract, which is a key step in development of disease.
Professors Julian Ketley, professor of bacterial genetics in the Department of Genetics and Peter Andrew, professor of microbial pathogenesis in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, said, "Urbanization in megacities with extreme levels of air pollution are major risk factors for human health in many parts of the world. Our research seeks to lead and participate in international research consortia of biologists, chemists, clinician, social scientists and urban planners. Together we will investigate how increasing urbanization promotes infectious disease."
The World Health Organization describes air pollution as the "largest single environmental health risk." Air pollution is thought to be responsible for at least 7 million deaths per year, which equates to an eighth of all global deaths. The UK and many other countries around the world continue to breach the recommended pollution limits set by the World Health Organization.
Professor Paul Monks, vice chancellor and head of the College of Science and Engineering, who is a leading expert on air pollution added, "The lead investigators have brought together their expertise in genetics, microbiology and air pollution chemistry to provide truly multidisciplinary ground breaking insights. This research has significant potential to initiate a global research effort to understand a hitherto unknown effect of air pollution and provide significant additional impetus to the control of pollution."
The four-year study was conducted by a University of Leicester's College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology PhD studentship,
and research grants from the Leverhulme Trust and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
Source: University of Leicester
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Study Suggests Size of Zika Epidemic May Be Underestimated
A study supported by FAPESP and coordinated by researchers at the São José do Rio Preto Medical School (FAMERP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, suggests official statistics may underestimate the size of the epidemic caused by Zika virus. Some cases of Zika may be misreported as dengue, the authors also argue.
The team, led by Maurício Lacerda Nogueira, a member of the Zika Research Network (Rede Zika), performed molecular tests on blood samples from 800 people treated as suspected dengue patients at the emergency facility of Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto's reference hospital, between January and August 2016.
The material was supplied by Hospital de Base, which is also FAMERP's teaching hospital, and by the city's health department.
The initial diagnosis, based on clinical symptoms and serological tests, was confirmed in only 400 samples. More than 100 of the cases analyzed were positive for Zika virus, and the virus that causes chikungunya fever was identified in one of the samples.
None of the three arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti was found in the remaining samples (almost 300). The researchers suspect these patients probably had flu or some other viral disease. Their findings were published this month in the Journal of Clinical Virology.
"These results suggest the classic division usually made between symptoms - associating conjunctivitis with Zika and joint pain with chikungunya, for example - is only for classroom use. In practice, the symptoms can't be separated like that," Nogueira said. "It's also practically impossible to distinguish between the three arboviruses with the serological tests currently used on a routine basis by laboratories and emergency services."
Although new serological methods capable of distinguishing accurately between Zika and dengue antibodies have been developed, so far they are used only in academic research, he added.
The methodologies currently available to the public health system and private labs and hospitals may also produce false positives for dengue in patients with Zika, according to Nogueira, because the two viruses are so similar.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all cases with an uncertain diagnosis should be treated as dengue because the risk of death from dengue is higher than from Zika and chikungunya.
False-positive results for dengue do not jeopardize treatment of patients but generate unnecessary costs for the health service, according to Nogueira.
"Rest and oral rehydration at home is usually sufficient for people with Zika, except pregnant women," he said. "A dengue patient, however, must return to the health service for intravenous rehydration and undergo more complex tests. In particular, platelet levels have to be monitored owing to the risk of hemorrhage."
For Nogueira, false positives are, above all, a cause for concern because they create uncertainty about official epidemiological statistics.
Uncertainty about the statistics tends to undermine the effectiveness of public policy to prevent and treat diseases, Nogueira added, in addition to hindering studies of the cost effectiveness of dengue vaccines and (in the future) Zika vaccines.
"If the estimated number of cases is wrong, vaccine cost effectiveness estimates will also be wrong," he said.
Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
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Threats Posed to Infection Preventionists and Others from Wuhan Coronavirus Still Being Calculated
Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC
Infection Control Today, Infection Control Today April (Vol. 24 No 3), Volume 24, Issue 3
It's been given an official name, COVID-19, and will likely become known as SARS-CoV-2, when all is said and done.
Every week brings something new with the novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. Reporting on case counts seems futile as these numbers are changing daily. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided a name for the disease though, COVID-19. “COVI” referring to coronavirus and “D” for disease, meaning that this is the name of the disease caused by the virus that will likely be called SARS-CoV-2. Similar to the naming aspects of HIV/AIDs, the COVID-19 refers to the illness and disease caused by the infectious agent, 2019-CoV (until it is officially given the taxonomy of SARS-CoV-2).
While this will likely require communication with frontline healthcare workers to avoid confusion, hopefully this is a sign of more research and efforts to clarify things related to the virus and disease. This will be especially critical as personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages continue and infection preventionists will likely need to give guidance on the extended use and re-use of N95 masks. These are important topics to consider though, and now is the time for hospitals to engage in strategies or at least plan to potentially use/extend use of those N95s we’re struggling to acquire.
As of Feb. 11, 2020, the CDC has not changed its guidelines on criteria to evaluate people who may have been infected by 2019-nCoV. If cases continue to spread outside of China though, this might change, or ultimately travel-related screening will cease to be effective. As our current guidance for screening is heavily reliant on travel to the affected area or exposure to a known/suspected case, widespread transmission beyond China will weaken such criteria.
There are two critical pieces of research that were released within the last week. The first was a study evaluating the persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate objects and inactivation processes. While the authors evaluated research related to all coronaviruses that infect humans, they did find that across 22 studies, the virus can persist on inanimate objects (metal, glass, or plastic) for up to 9 days. Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses, meaning that they are easier to inactivate with disinfectants and that the use of EPA-registered hospital disinfectants is effective. The authors note that coronaviruses can be “efficiently inactivated by surface disinfection procedures with 62-71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite within 1 minute. Other biocidal agents such as 0.05-0.2% benzalkonium chloride or 0.02% chlorhexidine digluconate are less effective.”
The second relevant piece of research that was recently published is a study in which the authors evaluated the clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019-nCoV in Wuhan, China. Evaluation of these patients found two concerning pieces of information-26% required admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) and 41% of the 138 patients are believed to have acquired the disease through hospital transmission.
These findings are concerning for a number of reasons. Firstly, patients in ICUs tend to require longer lengths of stay, which means more use of healthcare workers (infection preventionists among them) and other resources, and increases the patient’s risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), but also the chance that 2019-nCoV could be transmitted. Secondly, the volume of HAIs is deeply worrisome as it shows, like SARS and MERS, hospitals easily act as amplifiers of these diseases during outbreaks. This further reinforces the need to continuously work with staff to rapidly identify, isolate, and inform, when potential patients are triaged. More importantly though, it emphasizes the need to focus on infection prevention efforts and how we can better avoid such transmission through the foundational efforts we teach on frequently.
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News » Sauna firm turns up the heat with relaxation retreat “on wheels"
Sauna firm turns up the heat with relaxation retreat “on wheels"
Finnmark Ltd, based in Spennymoor, County Durham, which counts celebrities and movie stars among its clients, has launched a fully functioning wood-burning sauna using box van from Ifor Williams Trailers.
The company, run by brothers’ Jake and Max Newport, who are still in their twenties, was launched four years ago and evolved from their shared love of Finnish sauna culture.
Their ambition is to make sauna bathing a full-blown event in the UK, as it is in Finland, importing traditional materials from the country and working with some of its best-known brands.
The firm’s constructions cost anywhere from £12,000 to £180,000 (or higher if you have the budget) and are meticulously crafted to be enjoyed over several hours.
Previous customers include TV and film personalities, Olympic sports heroes and Hollywood stars.
Now outdoor enthusiasts will get the chance to try the experience for themselves with the company’s new, purpose-built mobile sauna.
The sauna, which comes complete with dimmable, LED-lit back rest, will be parked up at idyllic tourist spots including the Lake District and at endurance events, cycle races and triathlons as soon as the lockdown restrictions lift.
Andrew Reece-Jones, Design Engineering Manager at Ifor Williams Trailers, said: “The list of ingenious uses of our trailers is growing and we are always amazed at the wonders that can be achieved.
“We’re delighted Finnmark appreciates the quality and road worthiness of our boxvan trailer designs and wish them every success with their new venture.”
Jake, 28, who grew up in Cumbria, explained: “A lot of our work is high-end domestic. The problem we have is being able to show people how our saunas are really meant to be enjoyed. We just felt the real deal for us would be to have a properly finished sauna in a beautiful setting next to a lake where you can go for a cold plunge too and see what it’s all about.
“In the UK, sauna use is a really prescribed event, lasting 10 minutes. In Finland, you won’t find any sand timers on the wall at all. It’s about listening to your own body. If you get the temperature and humidity right, it’s nice and relaxing. You’ll not only release endorphins, you will sleep like you haven’t slept since you were a teenager.”
The firm, which also has a sales office in London, offers an array of services from bespoke-designed sauna cabins, sauna installations, indoor/outdoor sauna cabin kits, outdoor buildings and sauna accessories.
They unapologetically place quality and authenticity over price and no expense was spared in the development of the company’s mobile sauna, which was designed to reflect the firm’s values of quality and craftsmanship.
“We’ve seen Ifor Williams Trailers growing up, it’s a brand from our perspective that’s associated with the same values of quality and durability,” said Jake.
“That’s evident in the resale value of these trailers. You can buy a trailer and not do anything with it for two years and sell it for nearly the same price. If you’re putting £30,000 worth of time and materials into something you don’t want the wheels to fall off.”
The Newports consulted distributors Alan Tuer Trailers in Carlisle to find the perfect model and were delighted with the BV126, which suited their needs perfectly.
Unlike its usual designs, the firm used Western Red Cedar wood from Canada during construction because it has a lower density and they wanted to keep weight to a minimum.
Former hi-fi designer Max, 25, Finnmark’s Director of Design, said: “We had to cut one of the steel box section cross members, so we reinforced that area with additional plywood prior to installing the insulation and tile build up.
“We also fitted the flue so that the twin wall insulated section terminates at a coupling just above the flue grommet on the roof. We did this so that we could remove the chimney for ease of transportation and then quickly add it back on for a good draw through the stove and to ensure smoke exhausts at an adequate height.”
Stephanie Foster, managing director at Alan Tuer Trailers, said: “The sturdiness and robustness of the boxvan trailer made this a winning combination for Finnmark and we were delighted to be able to offer our advice. This is a trailer known for its durability and performance and continues to meet the needs of a whole range of businesses.”
Finnmark is so pleased with its new demonstration sauna it is now considering offering mobile saunas as a new product range for leisure companies or private hire.
Before launching their business, Jake and Max spent a long time researching sauna products and materials in Finland and worked with sauna building companies in the country to understand the unique processes involved in construction.
“We came back with such a taste for the real deal,” said Jake.
“Our main centre of operation is in the North East of England and we’re well-placed to serve the whole country. There are a lot of highly skilled craftspeople here and we can afford to offer a very high quality product at a more competitive price.
“My brother and I come from a very hands-on background. My family in every direction are business owners of some sort and so we’ve seen them working all hours and days from a young age. We’ve always been very practical, we sponged all the information we could in Finland and how to do it properly and worked with local joiners and craftspeople who are used to working in high-end, properly finished industry to show them how to do it.”
The company, which employs 12 office and operational staff and four full-time installers, is in the process of relocating to bigger premises from its current workshop.
“We have an incredible conversion rate because people know what they try at the gym is so far removed from the proper experience. It’s not something we should simply tolerate for 10 minutes after a workout it’s something to be enjoyed over several hours,” said Jake.
“There’s a huge upswing in the amount of research being undertaken in Finland. Scientist and cardiologist Dr Jari Laukkanen, for one, has published a number of scientifically researched journals on the health benefits and impact of proper sauna use.
“It’s always exciting to meet people in the public eye but when you do you’re just calm and professional, the last thing people need to hear is how you’re their biggest fan!
“Max and I take a lot of pride in the work we do. If you pride yourself on being good at what you do, you’re going to end up working for high end clients.”
For more information on Finnmark Ltd visit: https://finnmarksauna.com
Jake and Max Newport
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Slayton, Helen M.
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HELEN M. SLAYTON of South Bend, Ind., 88, mother of Pastor Dawn Cuthbert of Fairmount United Methodist Church in the North Central District, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Visitation will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, April 27, at Epworth United Methodist Church, 2404 Lincoln Way West in South Bend. A memorial service will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the church with Pastor Jennifer Weaver officiating. Survivors include: her daughter, Dawn (Slayton) Cuthbert; three grandchildren, Marci Gordon-Mann, Charity Lumpkin and Joshua Cuthbert; and five great-grandchildren, Ayla Gordon, Zachary Mann, Thomas Lumpkin, Benjamin Cuthbert and Lucy Cuthbert. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Dean M. Slayton, who died July 2011. Condolences can be sent to Pastor Dawn and Mr. Russell Cuthbert, 301 S. Walnut Street, Fairmount, IN 46928.
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Look for Wuhan Virus to Cause Severe Market Correction or Crash
Written by: Michael MarkowskiBased on my reading of the financial news and listening to the market pundits about the potential impact of the Wuhan Coronavirus, I think the probability is very high that the global equity markets will experience a severe correction or maybe even a crash very soon. It’s because the virus has not yet been discounted by the global markets. What transpires during this last week of January 2020 will be critical.The media is reporting and the pundits are saying that the virus will have only minor impact. They cite the market statistics for the 2014 Ebola virus and the 2003 SARS virus. Bloomberg News, in particular, has been downplaying the story in articles such as, “Epidemics and Equities: What the Wuhan Virus Means for Markets” and videos such as “There Is No Reason to Panic Over Virus, Says OCBC’s Menon.”That reporters, analysts and pundits are making comparisons to the 2014 Ebola virus is ridiculous. Ebola cases were reported in only six of the world’s countries during 2014. These included five third world and emerging market countries: Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Mali. The US was the only developed country with 11 cases and two deaths.Looking back at the 2003 SARS virus, the primary thesis by the media and the analysts is that the markets declined and rallied substantially by the end of 2003. The reality is that the markets in the US and China had been in a steady decline since the bursting of the dotcom bubble in 2000. The US market’s rally for the second half of 2003, coincided with the unemployment claims from the 2001 US recession peaking in June 2003. Most importantly, the Wuhan virus is spreading much faster than SARS did. The first case of SARS was reported on November 16, 2002. From then until February of 2003, the SARS cases spread very slowly. The first cases of the Wuhan virus were reported by China on December 31, 2019. Since then, the virus in China has spread exponentially to 1,287 cases and 41 deaths as of January 25, 2020. What is particularly disturbing is that China first reported an “outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology,” now named the Wuhan virus, to the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of 2019. Since China did not report SARS to the WHO until February 10, 2003, and only after hundreds had the virus, it's likely that the Wuhan virus originated well before the end of 2019.While the economic impact of the 2014 Ebola virus is not measurable, SARS definitely had an economic impact. Toronto was the world’s city which was hit the hardest by SARS. The impact on the Canadian economy was substantial. SARS also impacted both the US and Chinese markets from November 17, 2002, through March 31, 2003. The chart below depicts both the Hang Sang and S&P indices plumbing new lows during the first quarter of 2003, even though both indices had declined by a minimum of 40% for the period beginning April 1, 2002, through November 17, 2002. The global markets, especially in the US and China, could not be more vulnerable. Since the October 11, 2019, announcement of an agreed upon trade deal between the two countries, the Hang Sang has increased by 6.2% and the S&P 500 by 10.9%. The gains have driven the S&P 500 to an all-time high and the Hang Sang to a seven-month high.In addition to the US and Chinese indices being near their highs, below are several other risk factors to consider:
China in 2020 represents 16% of world economy versus 4% in 2003. Thus, an economic slowdown in China will have a greater impact on the rest of the world.
The web and social media user bases have grown exponentially since 2003. Since the world is now more connected and more informed, the risk to a number of industries which are vulnerable. e.g., travel and entertainment, is more pronounced.
The last week of January 2020 will be critical. The Chinese stock markets closed on Thursday January 23rd for a week to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Should the new virus continue to spread it could result in a sharp decline in sentiment by Chinese and global investors for Chinese stocks. The result could be a selling stampede when the Chinese market reopens on Friday, January 31st. The stampede could ripple across world markets and cause a global market crash.The Bull & Bear Tracker (BBT) which produced gains at an average of 5% per month for the past six consecutive months is an excellent vehicle for hedging against market crashes. The BBT produces its greatest returns when the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices are the most volatile. In 2018 the Bull & Bear Tracker’s first signals produced gains of 7.96% and 9.84% for two of the S&P 500’s worst 25 percentage decline days from 2009 to 2020.For more about the Bull & Bear Tracker and for a 90-day free trial subscription go www.bullbeartracker.com.
Related: The Trade War and China’s Long Game
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Taxi protests come to an end
Tue, Mar 9, 2010, 00:00
EANNA O CAOLLAI
There was widespread disruption in Dublin this evening due to the taxi dispute which began this morning and then escalated.
Luas Red Line services were limited between Tallaght and Smithfield due to protests and many roads in the city are blocked.
Drivers finally ended their protest shortly before 10pm.
During rush hour, Pembroke Street, Fitzwilliam Square South and West were all blocked while O'Connell Street was closed due to traffic.
Northbound traffic had to be diverted onto Eden Quay while southbound traffic from Parnell Square was diverted via Marlborough Street and Gardiner Street. Buses that usually stop[ed on O'Connell Street northbound were forced to detour onto Parnell Square West with southbound buses stopping on Parnell Square East.
Taxi drivers across the country withdrew their services today in support of a sit-in by two members of the Irish Taxi Council (ITC) at the Commission of Taxi Regulation offices. The ITC is demanding a cap on the number of taxi drivers in the industry.
A small group identifying themselves as ITC representatives forced entry to commission's office at Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, yesterday afternoon and refused to leave the lobby area. It is understood that up to seven taxi drivers were initially involved in the sit-in, but just two remained in the office today.
The High Court today ordered the protestors to stop occupying the regulator’s offices.
Ms Justice Mary Laffoy granted an interim injunction restraining trespass on the Commission for Taxi Regulation’s offices by members of the ITC, including Thomas Barton and Patrick Walsh, who occupied the building last night. The judge also ordered no member of the ITC may go within 30 metres of the two entrances to the regulator’s offices, pending further order of the court.
The two men who remained inside the office ended their protest this evening.
A demonstration in support of the drivers was called in Dublin this morning with up to 500 drivers withdrawing their service at Dublin airport from 8am. Drivers in Cork, Waterford, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford, Sligo and Donegal joined the protest and withdrew their service later in the day.
This afternoon, Frank Byrne of the ITC said the protesters were seeking full implementation of the 11-point-plan recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport that he said had been "ignored by the Minister for Transport".
President of the Irish Taxi Drivers’ Federation John Ussher, whose organisation was not involved in planning today's protest, said: "All the organisations have one thing in common. We all want what's best for taxi drivers. Where we differ is how we achieve what's best."
A spokesman for Mr Dempsey said this afternoon that protests do not address the challenges faced by drivers and urged them to resume discussions with the taxi regulator, whom he said was mandated to regulate the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry.
“Those involved in the actions yesterday and which are continuing today are strongly urged to resume discussions with the Commission for Taxi Regulation in a sustained effort to address the issues of concern,” he said. “It is understood that the Commission for Taxi Regulation is having good and fruitful discussions with the other four groups representing taxi drivers. There is no reason why those involved in the current actions cannot have the same engagement.”
The spokesman accepted the industry, like all sectors of the economy, was facing severe challenges. “Taxi drivers are working in a competitive, challenging environment which has affected earning power,” he added. “The occupation of offices and other disruptive actions such as those at the airport, while attracting media attention, does nothing however to address the challenges which the industry is facing.”
Representatives of Siptu, the National Taxi Drivers' Union, the Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation and the Taxi and Hackeny Drivers' Association are due to meet on Thursday, and it is expected that today's events will be discussed at that meeting.
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Newsroom A DVC with Design in Mind
A DVC with Design in Mind
Professor Chris Rudd OBE, Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) and Head of Campus, Singapore, remains a researcher at heart.
For senior university leaders it can be a challenge to strike a balance between forging a strategic academic leadership base and maintaining an active presence in research [1]. Not so for the new DVC of James Cook University in Singapore, who maintains equilibrium between both of these key aspects of his academic career.
Professor Rudd trained in Mechanical Engineering and has researched the mechanics and manufacturing of fibrous composite materials for more than 30 years.
“As an undergraduate I was lucky enough to get an internship in a prestigious National Lab in the UK and joined a group developing some of the early applications of carbon fibre for engineering structures. I was fascinated by the idea of “designer materials” that could be tuned by changing fibre orientations to optimize performance for a given type of loading”, he said
(Left) Electron Microscope image of a fracture surface from a composite structure showing cylindrical glass fibres embedded in a polymer resin matrix. Under load, the fibres carry almost all of the forces and thereby make the composite much stronger than the polymer alone. [proprietary image, Rudd group].
Professor Rudd then signed up for a PhD at Nottingham, sponsored by Ford Motor Company and was to spend the next 10 years building a large team to develop and commercialise technologies for making auto bodies from lightweight composite materials. He later drew in collaborators from the marine and aerospace industries and led many collaborative projects to improve understanding of the physics and chemistry of manufacturing in order that cycle times could be reduced, waste and scrap eliminated and the industry could improve its profitability and environmental credentials. The team worked on many commercial applications of these new materials including the Aston Martin Vanquish – the so-called “James Bond Car”.
(Right) Skull model showing typical (metal) boneplates used in maxillofacial surgery repairs to assist fracture healing. The aim of the research is to develop resorbable polymer composite alternatives that accelerate healing and don’t need to be removed via surgery. (public domain image)
“As I became increasingly involved in University-level management it became increasingly difficult to find the time to lead such a large group effectively and satisfy a set of demanding industrial sponsors. At the same time I felt the need for fresh challenges in research and decided to switch the main thrust of my work to biomedical devices that could exploit the unique properties of fibre composites”, shared Professor Rudd.
Thus began a 15 year adventure that led to the development of a new type of glass fibre that could be tolerated inside the human body and would encourage the attachment and proliferation of bone cells. Professor Rudd’s team also learned how to control the rate at which the fibres would dissolve in order to produce resorbable materials that could be used for repairing bone fractures or craniofacial reconstruction. The technology is the basis for a string of international patents, several of which have been licensed to industry. Professor Rudd has supervised more than 50 PhD students to successful completion and has co-authored around 170 journal articles.
In China, Professor Rudd’s expertise was in great demand. He attracted Government sponsorship to create the Ningbo New Materials Institute, where around 100 researchers are now developing new high performance materials for energy storage, conversion and lightweight structures. He set up a joint laboratory with Aerospace giant AVIC on sustainable composites and attracted funding from both Chinese industry and multinational companies.
Looking to the future in his field of research, Professor Rudd offers a cautionary prediction: “China will soon become the largest producer and consumer of composite materials and so it is critical that her industry adopts worldwide best practice for design, manufacture and decommissioning of these critical structures. Otherwise we shall all feel the consequences.”
How does Professor Rudd’s research agenda chime with activities at JCU?
Drawing on his decades of experience as a strategic leader, he explains as follows: “My first hope is that some of the ways of working that I have evolved over the years could bring some benefit to JCU – working in a group, sharing resources, bringing in industry and business. I also hope that I can lead by example and do my best to boost JCU’s performance in research and knowledge exchange. One interesting opportunity is to investigate some of the fascinating plant fibres which abound in South-East Asia in order to find new and sustainable sources of strong reinforcement materials. I am also keen to link with the leading researchers at James Cook University campuses in Australia and look forward to using my upcoming trip to Cairns and Townsville to forge some new links.”
Check out Professor Rudd’s staff and research profiles here
1. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/what-is-it-like-to-take-a-leadership-role-at-a-university
Research: researchdean-singapore@jcu.edu.au
Media: pinky.sibal@jcu.edu.au
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ST-C1-18-62. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Attend Mass at Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with clergymen following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Those visiting with President and Mrs. Kennedy include: Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; Superior of the Guadalupe Missionaries, Bishop Alonso Escalante, M.M. Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bill Payne, Dick Johnsen, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Morgan Gies. The Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) is visible in the foreground.
KN-C22575. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Attend Mass at Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with clergymen following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Those visiting with President and Mrs. Kennedy include: Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; Superior of the Guadalupe Missionaries, Bishop Alonso Escalante, M.M. (mostly hidden). Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Payne, Dick Johnsen, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Clint Hill. The Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) is visible in the foreground.
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(-) Barnes, Donald (Donald Frederick), 1930-2003 (2)
(-) Godfrey, Art (Arthur Lincoln), 1921-2002 (2)
(-) Johnsen, Richard Edwin, 1934-2010 (2)
(-) Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 (2)
Aguilar y Gómez, Gregorio, Bishop (2)
de Freese, Bert (Lubert F.), 1925-1991 (2)
Escalante, Alonso, Bishop, 1906-1967 (2)
Guzmán Cárdenas, Cristóbal, b. 1898 (2)
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Miranda y Gómez, Miguel Darío, 1895-1986 (2)
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Raimondi, Luigi, Cardinal, 1912-1975 (2)
Rowley, James J. (James Joseph), 1908-1992 (2)
Gies, Morgan, 1908-1980 (1)
Greer, William R. (William Robert), 1909-1985 (1)
Hill, Clint (Clinton J.), 1932- (1)
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John Robertson Sports Art
Sports projects for Sports Artist John Robertson, Golden State Warriors new arena, Milwaukee Bucks new arena. Paintings for Atlanta Braves Stadium and Green Bay Packers re-model of Lambeau Field. Created Sports Art for Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49er's, Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net, Prudential Sports Arena (New Jersey Nets New Jersey Devils), the Amway Sports Arena Orlando Magic, etc. Other commerical projects, museums and private clients.
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Painting of Willie Mays is 5 feet by 8 feet, acrylic on unstretched canvas. To see what is available for sale please click on link in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
This is about the sixth time I have painted a large scale painting of the great center fielder, Willie Mays, nicknamed The Say Hey Kid" who played for the old New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants. He finished his baseball career with the NY Mets. The first I painted Willie was for Fox Sports, a number of years ago. Willie Mays was interviewed by Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr. during the 2007 Major League Baseball All Star Game for Fox Sports. If you watch the Willie Mays video on YouTube or see it below, you will see three large-scale paintings behind the three great baseball players in the interview. The two portraits in the interview are 5 feet by 6 feet and the famous Willie Mays "Catch" was approximately 3 1/2 feet by 8 feet. Like the paintings you see above, they were all painted with acrylic and on unstretched canvas.
The famous catch Willie Mays made refers to a great catch he made during game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians at the Polo Grounds in New York. It was September 29, 1954. score was tied 2–2 in the top of the 8th inning. Vic Wertz was at bat. The count to two balls and one strike, Wertz hits a ball approximately 420 feet to deep center field. Willie Mays, who was playing in shallow center field, made an on-the-run, over-the-shoulder catch on the warning track to make the out. Having caught the ball, he immediately spun and threw the ball to hold a runner, who was at second, from scoring. If Willie had not made "The Catch" the two base runners would have been able to score and the game would have been at 4 to 2 in favor of the Indians. The play saved the game and the New York Giants went on to win the game and eventually the World Series in four straight games.
Willie said of the catch, "People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn't have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn't see me do a lot of things."
Some of the more interesting facts about Willie is Mays is that he won two MVP awards and shares the record of most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron & Stan Musial. Ted Williams said, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-time. He was a center fielder and won a record-tying 12 Gold Gloves starting the year the award was introduced six seasons into his career. In 1979 Willie Mays was inducted into MLB Hall of Fame on the first vote
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Cultural Policy
Kate Huffman
Song and Protest: Performers at Boston’s Rally for Transgender Rights
On Sunday, October 28, hundreds of people attended the Rally for Transgender Rights in Boston’s City Hall Plaza. The rally was organized by three young transgender activists - Kaeden Thompson, Jack Rinta, and Tyler Smith - in response to the leaked memo from the Trump Administration stating that it is considering narrowly defining gender as biological and an immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth. This would essentially legislate transgender people out of any sort of protections under federal civil rights laws, as trans people’s gender identity does not correspond with their birth sex. (Not to mention that biological sex is not strictly binary, as intersex people make up ~1.7% of the world’s population.)
During the Rally, trans activists, teachers, students, and older folx shared their stories with the huge crowd gathered at City Hall. One parent of a young trans person spoke and asked all other parents to come up to the front of the stage to be recognized. Signs held by people gathered in City Hall Plaza read things like “Trans rights are human rights” and “My rights shouldn’t depend on your vote. Yes on 3.” Chants were led and sung out across hundreds of people.
“Trans rights.”
“When do we want them?”
Massachusetts politicians including Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jay Gonzalez, Senator Ed Markey, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh gave speeches standing with trans people and opposing and denouncing Trump’s hateful proposition.
Many creative folx sang, recited poems, and played instruments, using their voices to beautifully share their message. Here are the individuals and groups that performed at the Boston Rally for Transgender Rights.
Ly M.
Ly is a music teacher at the Community Music Center of Boston (CMCB) and before they shared a song, they told a story about CMCB’s Executive Director, Lecolion Washington, and how representation matters.
“I was at a fundraiser recently for the Community Music Center of Boston, where I work, and Executive Director Lecolion Washington was talking about what it was like to grow up as a poor Black boy in his time. The only options he felt he had were to be a pastor or a coach, because those were the only occupation in which he’d ever seen a successful Black leader. He explained how one day, all of this changed when he went on a school trip and he saw a Black man in an orchestra, and he realized that he ‘didn’t have to be the first one, he just had to be the next.’ The reason I do what I do, is that we in the trans community don’t have that yet. We cannot look in our industries and see very many other trans people because we are the first...We are going first so the next generation can just be the next.”
Jackie Rae
Jackie Rae is a 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and transgender woman. She was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia and is now a full-time student at Berklee College of Music in her third semester, double majoring in Vocal Performance and Music Business/Management. Her goal is to use her privilege and musical talents to give a voice to trans and gender-nonconforming people who don’t have representation in modern popular music.
Jackie sang original music at the rally, including “Good as Gold” and “Who Am I?” You can find the demo for “Who Am I?” on all streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. Follow Jackie on Instagram @jackierae for updates on new music and performances.
Oliver Esposito / B
B is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Accompanying themself with a mandolin, B first performed a poem, reminiscent of Andrea Gibson.
“If you love me, let me be.
I put my hands on my body, trying to pull my soul back into it.
I feel like a stranger.”
For their final piece, they asked friends to join them on stage. They held signs reading “The T in LGBT+ will never be silent” and “It costs $0.00 to respect trans people” and wore the pink, white, and blue trans flag around their shoulders. As B’s clear voice rang out across the crowd, folx in the audience stood entranced by their music and shouted out their support as B reached the end of their song, singing “I can breathe.” You can hear more of B’s music on their website: bsquaredmusic.com
Vocal Opposition
The final performance was a choir called Vocal Opposition. They sang a song from Mulan, “I Wish I Could Sing About Love” by Chumbawamba, and “One Foot/Lead With Love” by Melanie DeMore from the Justice Choir Songbook.
Vocal Opposition is a protest choir in the greater Boston area. They raise their voices for progressive causes and front-line organizations. You can check out Vocal Opposition on their Facebook page.
Video credit Zijing Fu, Music by B.
The fantastic speakers and performers at Boston’s Rally for Transgender Rights made their voices, and their music, loud and clear - they will not be erased.
- Kate (Lynn)
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Published: July 2, 2020, 5:04 pm Updated: July 3, 2020, 8:01 am
Tags: Sports, Roger Goodell, NFL, Racism, protest, anthem
AP Source: NFL to play Black anthem before national anthem
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaps over Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander (23) during the first half of a NFL football preseason game, in Baltimore. Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman is tweaking and refining a record-setting unit led by NFL MVP Lamar Jackson, who is expected to again be the key component of an attack with several newcomers in the mix. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press.
The person said the league is working collaboratively with players to recognize victims of systemic racism throughout the season in a variety of ways. The person spoke to the AP on Thursday on condition of anonymity because discussions between the league and the NFL Players Association are ongoing.
Additional plans include the use of educational programs and storytelling about the victims and their families similar to the league’s PSA on Botham Jean released in January and the Super Bowl commercial on Corey Jones featuring his cousin, former NFL star Anquan Boldin.
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” is traditionally known as the Black anthem. It’ll be played first when the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans to kick off the NFL regular season on Sept. 10.
It’s uncertain whether fans will be in attendance Week 1 or at all this season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The league is considering asking fans to sign a waiver and wear masks, according to a person familiar with those conversations.
The NFL announced last month it is committing $250 million over 10 years to social justice initiatives, targeting what it calls “systemic racism” and supporting “the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced by African Americans.”
Following the nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell denounced racism in a video prompted greatly by a players’ video seeking NFL action.
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Watchdog calls for real estate reforms, penalties of up to $250,000
Independent Advisory Group issues findings on alleged wrongdoing by realtors, issues 28 recommendations
Jun. 28, 2016 4:00 p.m.
Recommendations for reform have been released for B.C.'s real estate industry.
A four-month probe of alleged wrongdoing in the real estate industry has recommended wide-ranging reforms, including higher disciplinary penalties of up to $250,000 for realtor misconduct, and up to $500,000 for agencies.
The Independent Advisory Group chaired by B.C. Superintendent of Real Estate Carolyn Rogers has issued 28 recommendations, many of which are designed to better protect the public from unscrupulous agents.
They call on the Real Estate Council of B.C. to undertake a major overhaul of its practices, implement a new ethics code, add disclosure rules and block licensees from engaging in certain practices.
The investigation came in the wake of revelations of misconduct by realtors in Vancouver’s overheated property market.
Several academics have cited an influx of foreign investment money, mainly from China, as a significant factor driving property prices up beyond the reach of many working people.
“I think what’s going on in British Columbia is that houses are no longer just homes, they are trading as investments, and that puts pressure on a regime that was never designed for that,” Rogers told reporters.
The IAG report lists several reasons for rising prices: a strong economy, people moving to the Lower Mainland from elsewhere in Canada and abroad, buyers “motivated more by investment considerations” than a need for housing, the “self-reinforcing market psychology that takes over in a period of rapidly rising housing prices” and the region’s geographic constraints – water, mountains, the U.S. border and the Agricultural Land Reserve.
The provincial government has already moved to block undisclosed shadow-flipping of contract assignments, where a home is resold at a higher price without the knowledge of the original seller to other buyers, allowing realtors to collect more commissions.
The report recommends those new rules – which requires the return to the original seller of any additional profit from contract assignment – also extend to sale-by-owner property deals done without realtors to keep shadow flipping from merely retreating to an unregulated part of the market.
Another recommendation would ban realtors from buying or acquiring an interest in a listed property for which they are acting as agent.
It also would compel high-volume “opportunistic” buying of property directly from owners – sometimes known as wholesaling – to be subject to licensing standards.
A confidential complaints reporting system should be set up, it said, to encourage those in the industry or the public to raise concerns without fear of retaliation.
One of the recommendations would end dual agency, where a realtor can act for both the buyer and seller in a transaction.
The IAG report criticizes the Real Estate Council for failing to adequately enforce the rules it already has against unethical behaviour, noting it took little action against agents who were found not to be complying with other regulations, such as reporting requirements to counter money laundering.
The penalties go up from a current maximum of $10,000 for realtor misconduct and $20,000 for brokerages. Those have been denounced as rarely enforced, and merely a cost of doing business when they are.
The advisory group did not contemplate ending self-regulation of the real estate industry entirely.
“Ultimately that is a decision that only government can make,” the report says.
But it calls for at least half of the council’s 17 members to be appointed from outside the industry.
The province is expected to announce more measures tomorrow.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong has previously signalled he intends to keep the industry on a short leash.
“The report is a comprehensive examination of the practices and challenges plaguing the real estate industry right now, and paints a troubling picture,” de Jong said in an emailed statement Tuesday.
The benchmark price of detached houses in the Greater Vancouver area topped $1.5 million in May, up 37 per cent from a year ago.
The report cautions its recommendations are to ensure buyers and sellers are treated fairly but they are unlikely to stem Metro Vancouver’s soaring home prices,
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver president Dan Morrison said “stress cracks” in the system have opened from the rapid rise in prices, shining a spotlight on a few bad apples.
“The volume and what’s been happening in the market has created a situation that nobody anticipated,” Morrison said. “We’re happy to fix those problems to restore the public’s faith in our profession.”
IAG Report June2016 by Jeff Nagel
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Title 5. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Part III. EMPLOYEES
Subpart D. Pay and Allowances
Chapter 59. ALLOWANCES
Subchapter III. OVERSEAS DIFFERENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES
Section 5922. General provisions
5 U.S. Code § 5922. General provisions
(a) Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title and except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the allowances and differentials authorized by this subchapter may be granted to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area—
who is a citizen of the United States; and
whose rate of basic pay is fixed by statute or, without taking into consideration the allowances and differentials provided by this subchapter, is fixed by administrative action pursuant to law or is fixed administratively in conformity with rates paid by the Government for work of a comparable level of difficulty and responsibility in the continental United States.
To the extent authorized by a provision of statute other than this subchapter, the allowances and differentials provided by this subchapter may be paid to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area who is not a citizen of the United States.
(b) Allowances granted under this subchapter may be paid in advance, or advance of funds may be made therefor, through the proper disbursing official in such sums as are considered advisable in consideration of the need and the period of time during which expenditures must be made in advance by the employee. An advance of funds not subsequently covered by allowances accrued to the employee under this subchapter is recoverable by the Government by—
setoff against accrued pay, compensation, amount of retirement credit, or other amount due the employee from the Government; and
such other method as is provided by law for the recovery of amounts owing to the Government.
The head of the agency concerned, under regulations of the President, may waive in whole or in part a right of recovery under this subsection, if it is shown that the recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest.
(c) The allowances and differentials authorized by this subchapter shall be paid under regulations prescribed by the President governing—
payments of the allowances and differentials and the respective rates at which the payments are made;
the foreign areas, the groups of positions, and the categories of employees to which the rates apply; and
other related matters.
When a quarters allowance or allowance related to education under this subchapter, or quarters furnished in Government-owned or controlled buildings under section 5912, would be furnished to an employee but for the death of the employee, such allowances or quarters may be furnished or continued for the purpose of allowing any child of the employee to complete the current school year at post or away from post notwithstanding the employee’s death.
When an allowance related to education away from post under this subchapter would be authorized with respect to an employee but for the evacuation or authorized departure status of the post, such an allowance may be furnished or continued for the purpose of allowing any dependent children of such employee to complete the current school year.
If an employee dies at post in a foreign area, a transfer allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be granted to the spouse or dependents of such employee (or both) for the purpose of providing for their return to the United States.
(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse or dependent was residing—
at the employee’s post of assignment; or
at a place, outside the United States, for which a separate maintenance allowance was being furnished under section 5924(3).
The President may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 147(c), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 669; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 335], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–441.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
5 U.S.C. 3033.
Sept. 6, 1960, Pub. L. 86–707, § 201, 74 Stat. 793.
In subsection (a), the word “only” is omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (b), the words “disbursing official” are substituted for “disbursing officer” because of the definition of “officer” in section 2104 which excludes a member of a uniformed service.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
1999—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–113 added subsec. (f).
1991—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 102–138 added subsecs. (d) and (e).
Secretary of State empowered to prescribe regulations, see section 1(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan. 11, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under section 5921 of this title.
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US Sports Law Year in Review (2017/18) – Part 10 - Intellectual property and broadcasting
This article originates from the paper entitled Sports Law Year in Review1, which gives a high level overview of key sports law developments in the United States between 15 May 2017 – 30 April 2018.
For ease, we’ve broken down the paper into its respective chapters, which will be published in turn as follows:
Agents and agent regulation
Leagues – labor matters
Leagues – non-labor matters
College, high school and youth sports
International and Olympic sports
Title IX/Gender equity and civil rights;
Intellectual property and broadcasting
Personal injury, health and safety
Stadiums and venues
Sports Betting/Daily Fantasy Sports;
It was drafted under the supervision on Professor Mattew Mitten and Professor Gabriel Feldman, and was presented at the Sports Lawyers Association Conference in Washington DC. The SLA, a non-profit, international, professional organization whose common goal is the understanding, advancement and ethical practice of sports law. Each year in May the SLA hosts an Annual Conference at which the above topics are presented and debated.
LawInSport would like to thank the SLA and in particular Professor Mitten and Professor Feldman for permitting the republication of this work.
Washington Redskins trademark
The Washington Redskins trademark saga can finally reach a resolution after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Matal v. Tam, which held that the USPTO’s regulations on registering disparaging or offensive marks violated the First Amendment. The prohibition against registering disparaging marks comes from a provision of the Lanham Act, which governs federal trademark law. The case reached the Supreme Court on a petition for certiorari from the USPTO, who asked the Court to examine the constitutionality of that specific provision of the Act. Ultimately, Justice Alito’s opinion explained that trademarks are private speech, not government speech, and therefore restricting them under the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. For the Redskins, who have not held a registered trademark in their name since they were forced to cancel it in 2015, this means that their potentially offensive mark can no longer be denied registration under the Lanham Act.
Marshawn Lynch, owner of the “Beast Mode” trademark, will continue to enjoy exclusive rights to the mark, after the TTAB denied an appeal from someone trying to register “Beast Mode Soccer” for their sports apparel company. The applicant company, in conjunction with a soccer-training program, wanted to use the name, which the Board ultimately decided was too close to Lynch’s mark, which he has been using consistently since 2009 for his own apparel brand. The likelihood of confusion among consumers was too high to grant the new mark.
The U.S. Army’s Parachute Team, which has been known for over 50 years as the Golden Knights, has filed a notice of opposition against the Golden Knights, new NHL team in Las Vegas, for trademark infringement. The parachute team, who considers themselves to be a sports and entertainment brand similar to a hockey team, argue that they will suffer from dilution and consumer confusion if the NHL team is allowed to go ahead with their trademark registration. The new NHL team says they disagree with the possibility of confusion, but still may be unable to register their mark, pending the USPTO’s decision of the appeal.
Muhammad Ali Enterprises, LLC is challenging a video aired prior to Super Bowl LI, which featured images of famous NFL athletes, referring to them as “the greatest,” alongside images of the late Ali. Ali Enterprises claims that the video, which came from Fox Broadcasting, violates the boxer’s right of publicity via federal trademark law, and that the film gave audiences the wrong idea that the athlete endorsed the production. Ali Enterprises closely monitors use of the Ali mark, and regularly licenses it for use in similar promotional materials; they take issue with Fox’s use because this particular use of the mark was not authorized. To be successful at trial, Ali Enterprises will be required to prove that Fox’s use of Ali’s name was “commercial.”
NFL Trademark Disputes
Early in 2017, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took action against Florida SouthWestern State College, who used the name “Buccaneers” for their newly rebooted football program. The Florida school applied to register the mark to use both for their sports teams as well as educational services, and Tampa Bay responded by asking the board to block the mark. Their argument? The school is in close proximity to Tampa Bay, and use of the mark to describe live sporting events could cause confusion among consumers. Ultimately, the two organizations were able to agree that the college could use the mark, as long as they included a disclaimer, denying any affiliation to the NFL franchise.
“For Texans Use Only”
In July 2017, seven NFL teams all filed lawsuits against Josh Morell, a resident of Philadelphia. Morell was allegedly taking advantage of NFL teams’ goodwill with fans to register marks purporting to be for each team’s “use only.” For example, the Houston Texans took issue with Morell’s trademark application to protect “For Texans Use Only.” The other teams affected were the Eagles, the Giants, the Jets, the Cardinals, the Rams and the Patriots. All cases are currently pending.
“Big Power”
A Malaysian beverage company found themselves in opposition to the Detroit Lions, when the company attempted to register a mark for their “Big Power” drink, which featured a lunging lion, not unlike the one on the Lions’ logo. The case is currently pending.
“Raiders, Baby, Raiders”
The Oakland Raiders, on the cusp of a move to Las Vegas, has faced a lot of trouble defending against fans seeking to profit from the relocation. First, the team took issue when a North Carolina man attempted to exploit this move with an apparel design. Scott Keene applied to register the plain-text mark “Raiders Baby, Raiders,” with an eye at merchandising in anticipation of the team’s arrival. The phrase is a play on the famous movie like “Vegas baby, Vegas.” The Raiders came out on top of this one, as the application has been abandoned. The Raiders also took action against a Las Vegas resident who attempted to register the mark “Silver & Black Nation,” which is clearly in reference to the Raider’s team colors. This one is not yet resolved.
“You Falcon Right,”
The Atlanta Falcons opposed registration of a trademark for the phrase “You Falcon Right,” which was being printed on shirts and advertised across social media. Since the Falcons opposed the mark however, the application has been abandoned.
“Tw Elves”
The Seattle Seahawks, who already have a history of trademark-related litigation (see their 2006 lawsuit against Texas A&M regarding the use of the phrase “12th Man” to refer to their fans), went after local man for attempting to register the mark “Tw Elves.” The Seahawks claim ownership over the mark “The 12s,” and continue to pursue litigation to protect it. They are also currently in litigation against a Seattle apparel company, who applied to register the mark “City of the 12s.” The Seahawks cited direct references to the team on the company’s website.
“California Ramily”
A California man applied to register a mark of a spoof California Flag, including the phrase “California Ramily,” to celebrate the return of the Rams to Los Angeles. On the flag, the man took out the bear and replaced it with a ram. The team claims the mark, which has been traditionally used in reference to the Rams’ franchise.
“Skoltech”
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, a Russian university, recently found themselves at odds with the Minnesota Vikings over their registration of the mark “Skoltech.” The mark, which is a nickname for the university, is similar to the Minnesota fight song “Skol, Vikings.” The Vikings franchise was unable to register their own trademark in “Skol,” because the Russian school’s mark was already registered – a mark which had apparently fallen out of use. The litigation is still pending.
Professional athletes’ tattoos may be the next frontier of copyright protection, based on a recent lawsuit by a tattoo artist against 2K Games, the creators of the NBA 2K video games. The tattoo artist, who famously tattooed LeBron James, claims that the video games copy his now-famous tattoos to a tee in their animation of the players, thus violating his copyright in the designs. A similar suit is already pending in New York, based on the tattoos of other NBA stars used in the NBA 2K games, and the arguments in both suits are similar. The game makers argue that the use is de minimis, as the tattoos can only be seen very briefly, and that the reproduction of the designs falls under fair use.
PTAB concluded that a football helmet patent held by Riddell Inc. is invalid because several elements of the design fails the test of obviousness. They point all the way back to an image a football helmet printed in a 1970’s department store catalogue, which shows a helmet with similar features to those listed in Riddell’s patent design. Based on this, PTAB said that any person with ordinary skill would have been able to design a similar helmet based on the information available to them through prior art. Several other elements of the patent were valid, and Riddell is still working to resolve patent infringement suits with several parties regarding their helmet patents.
Wave Broadband
Wave Broadband, a Washington-based cable company and Comcast competitor, has brought a complaint to the FCC against Comcast, alleging that in order to meet minimum viewership requirements required by a distribution agreement, the cable giant is forcing Wave’s most basic-tier subscribers to pay for several regional sports networks. The networks in question are owned by NBC, which in turn is owned by Comcast. In order to retain access to these regional sports networks at all, Wave was forced to pay $3.5 million to continue carrying the channels, thus continuing to force their subscribers into paying for the unwanted programming. Wave wants Comcast to bear the full antitrust brunt of this anticompetitive behavior, and argues that Comcast leveraged its market position to force Wave into the unfavorable distribution agreement in the first place. They also cite that this is not the first time Comcast has used their market power in NBC’s favor.
YouTube/MLB partnership
A YouTube/MLB partnership that began in 2017 and has already garnered a billion views, will continue through the 2019 World Series, thanks to a deal inked in early March between the two companies. The agreement, which allows MLB games to be broadcast cable-free on the internet-streaming giant, is a huge win for YouTube. They will add an MLB Network channel to their fledgling YouTube TV service, but MLB will also name YouTube as a leading sponsor of the 2018 and 2019 World Series. While watching the MLB games on YouTube will cost extra for YouTube subscribers, it will mean that they will not have to have cable subscriptions to watch live games.
Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather Jr. PPV suit
It’s no luck for pay-per-view subscribers who claimed not to get their money’s worth out of the highly anticipated 2015 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. After the matchup, a class action suit was filed on behalf of pay-per-view subscribers, claiming that Pacquiao had not been fully healthy for the fight, and therefore they did not get what they paid for when subscribing to the fight. Pacquiao had sustained a shoulder injury, which he did not reveal to fans until hours before the fight, when it was too late, and many fans had already purchased the broadcast. The fight between the two fan favorites nonetheless garnered record viewing numbers, with the event bringing in over $400 million. That suit was dismissed in August by a federal judge in California, who noted that fans suffered no damages because they got exactly what they paid for - a chance to see Pacquiao and Mayweather fight. Their subscription did not guarantee that the fight would be close, and the uncertain nature of competitive sports is what makes it exciting. Notably, this ruling came down the day before another big fight, which took place between Mayweather and MMA’s Conor McGregor.
ESPN sharing of device serial numbers
ESPN Inc.'s sharing of an individual's Roku Inc. device serial number and a list of the ESPN videos watched does not violate the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). The court held that an individual's streaming device ID number and videos watched isn't personally identifiable information (PII) protected by the VPPA. Under the statute, PII includes information that can be used to identify an individual, but only information that would “readily permit an ordinary person to identify a specific individual's videowatching behavior.” This decision continues to distinguish the First Circuit’s case, Yershov v. Gannett, which held that an app user's mobile device identifiers could constitute PII under the VPPA, particularly when collected in conjunction with geolocation data. See Eichenberger v. ESPN, Inc., 876 F.3d 979 (2017).
Jillian Michaels v. Lionsgate
Celebrity fitness guru Jillian Michaels won a $5.7 million arbitration ruling against Lionsgate in a dispute over content posted for free on YouTube. In addition to the multimillion-dollar award for lost past and future profits from DVD and digital distribution revenue, the award ordered Michaels' videos removed from YouTube. The legal issues focused on whether free YouTube videos devalue a creator's paid content. This decision represents a firm pronouncement that placing work on YouTube for free devalues it, and damages artists who create it.
Martial arts fighters sufficiently alleged that exclusivity agreements required by fight promoter were an anticompetitive scheme under Sherman Act. See Le v. Zuffa, LLC, US Dist. Ct., D. Nevada. (2016).
Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Oregon State have congruent usage agreements regarding trademark rights to “OSU.” Yet each school has a federal trademark that awards it “OSU” rights on a state-by-state or county-by-county basis. Ohio State’s current trademark covers nineteen states in the Midwest and on the East Coast, while Oklahoma State’s covers seventeen western and southern states. In February, 2017, Ohio State University filed for apparel rights to “OSU.” Oklahoma State plans to file a notice of opposition. The dispute did not make it to court before the two sides reached an amicable agreement. Not only have they dropped the dispute, they've dropped the geographic divisions – thanks to the internet, changes in conference boundaries and increased non-conference games. "Prior agreements as to the concurrent use of the respective (OSU trademarks) within specific geographic boundaries has been rendered impractical," the agreement says. The new agreement on "OSU" covers the entire United States and uses encompassing education, entertainment, apparel and merchandise. The two sides agreed to not use "OSU" in connotation with the other school's colors and mascots. They also agreed not to disparage each other as the fake OSU.
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"One Crazy Night" and One Good Cause
Today I'm pleased to feature a special book for a good cause:
Nightshade Reads presents their debut fantasy anthology, featuring eight of the genre’s freshest up-and-coming independent authors. Get ready for One Crazy Night, packed full of magical encounters, dark secrets and shocking revelations.
Get a glimpse into a powerful queen’s dark and brutal backstory in Aoife Marie Sheridan’s Bellona.
In Louise Nick’s Love Magic, a homemade love spell goes disastrously wrong for two amateur teen witches.
A young woman is captured by beautiful, dangerous creatures in M.H. Soars Elements:
A teenage boy falls in love, but things quickly become complicated in R. Holland’s Lady in Black.
Sara Furlong Burr brings a broken man’s troubles to light as he is offered a solution by a mysterious stranger in The Recruit:
Emma Faragher spins a dark origin tale of sisterhood and magic in Necromancer Lineage.
The kindness of a stranger takes a homeless young man by surprise in The Keymaker by Teshelle Combs.
Sharon Stevenson’s Reanimator brings death and magic together to change the fate of one young man’s life:
All proceeds from sales of this anthology will go to The Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Organisation.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00THX82YM
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You can find out more about the charity this anthology supports here:
https://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk/
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Emma Faragher: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emma-Faragher-author/140453732798952
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Sharon Stevenson: http://sharonstevensonauthor.com/
About the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Charity:
This charity was chosen as it is one that is close to all of the Nightshade Reads author’s hearts. Researching blood cancers and the prevention of these illnesses, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research believes that everyone should be able to live their lives to the full. They have been working for over 50 years to beat blood cancers and donations really do make all the difference to their research.
You can find out more about this charity and the wonderful work that they do here: https://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk/
About Nightshade Reads:
Nightshade Reads is an independent author collective and One Crazy Night is their debut short story anthology. Eight authors who write YA & NA novels in the fantasy, paranormal, and dystopian genres make up this collective. These authors have worked hard to bring together a collection of exclusive stories that are all set on One Crazy Night, and they decided that all proceeds from sales of this book will go to the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Charity.
You can keep up with the works of this collective here:
Kyra sez: This is a cause that is close to my heart, and I'm delighted to have the opportunity to help get the word out about this anthology. Nineteen years ago in April, my good writing friend Shiori lost her battle with leukemia. We met in a science fiction/fantasy workshop at our local community college, and eventually split off into a smaller workshop/critique group with one other person. We would meet at Coffee Etc. one night a week (where, since I don't drink coffee, I would indulge in the yummy German chocolate cake and raspberry lemonade) and talk about writing and other things, laugh, and support each other in our writing and our lives. Shiori was a talented and dedicated writer of Star Trek fanfic, even though everyone in the workshop laughed at her and pointed out that she couldn't publish it. Sadly, she died just before or right at the dawn of the great age of Internet fanfiction. She was 42 years old and left an 8-year-old son.
I was pregnant with my younger son during the last months of her illness. It was a difficult pregnancy and I didn't touch base with her for several months until shortly after my son was born. I was shocked when she died a few weeks later, and at that point I learned from our other writing friend that Shiori had refrained from telling me just how sick she was, because she knew I was already stressed out with my pregnancy. It was her gift to me, the only gift she was able to give me in the end stage of her illness - that and a card, which she bought during her last expedition out of the house and sent to me. I still treasure it.
One of the books I workshopped with Shiori and our other friend is the book that eventually became Sarya's Song. A big turning point with that book came when they laughed at the love scene in the original version. Not to my face, of course, but while they were reading at home, and they were very apologetic when they told me about it, but it had to be said. It stung at first, then I realized they were right to laugh. Not only was the scene all wrong, but so were Sarya and Adan's entire characters. It's because of Shiori that Sarya's Song is the book it is today, and it's dedicated to her. I wish she could have read the final version, and it's my hope that proceeds from the sale of One Crazy Night will help more cancer patients enjoy more books, more cake, more laughter, and more years with their friends and families.
Watch for my upcoming review of One Crazy Night; so far it's lots of fun!
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From Information Highways
Global configuration of hypertext pathways
as a prerequisite for meaningful collective transformation
Subsequently published in Futures, 30, 1998, 2/3, pp 181-7
1. Metaphorical impoverishment ?
Highway and Web: As a means of understanding and explaining the significance of the emerging information society, metaphor is currently highly favoured in many different contexts. Information "highway" seems to be preferred by those concerned with the development of the telecommunications infrastructure. The most conceptually revolutionary feature of the Internet is described as a world wide "web". Users are inclined to describe themselvses as "surfing" the net, or possibly "cruising" the information highway.
It is worth asking whether the dimensions of the information society will be adequately captured by such metaphors -- and whether there are not other metaphors essential to the comprehension of features which may be of greater significance to any desirable collective transformation of society. There is a danger that the mental habits associated with "highways" will simply be replicated in this new context without recognizing their limitations. Lacking understanding of their fundamental implications for society, it is worth remembering that automobiles were first referred to as "horseless carriages" -- and "wireless" was long used for radio.
In a study by Stephen Talbott, the question is raised: "Will the 'information highway' really bring us closer together, or will it perform the same function as asphalt highways, encouraging us to seek the promise of better things in the distance? Will the euphoria that now greets the Internet be replaced in 20 or 30 years with the dismay that now surrounds the once-bright promise of television?" (Talbott, p. xiv)
As with road construction, consortia are emerging which expect to make considerable profit from the development of the new highway. Given the questionable practices common in the state-supported construction industry, it would be regrettable if their application to the information society was facilitated for lack of more challenging metaphors. Similarly it is worth asking whether "surfing" and "cruising" adequately capture the full spectrum of ways of using the new facilities in a society in which there are repeated calls for paradigm shifts in the face of conceptual blandness, self-scattering and complacency. "Cruising" reflects little awareness of excessive resource utilization.
What is implied by "web" -- primarily associated with spiders -- concerning human ability to deal with complexity? Are there "spiders" on the Web -- and who or what might they be? Why are the behavioural characteristics of rodents seen as appropriate metaphors for a number of search tools on the Internet -- Gopher, Archie, Veronica (the last two being abbreviations in which the R stands for rodent)?
As a metaphor, highway tends to be used in its most simplistic form. Its richer implications would recognize the existence of a vast network of roadways, developed to different degrees on different continents. Some permit multi-lane traffic, and are characterized by complex junctions to avoid interrupting the flow. Others are single lane, unsurfaced, and infrequently travelled -- and may not be accessible to more sophisticated automated vehicles. Some "freeways" are subject to toll charges. Some are private or, when they cross frontiers, require a visa, for which a fee is usually charged, if appropriate criteria are fulfilled. Some roads are controlled by brigands and terrorists with a variety of intentions. Echoes of all these features are already evident on the "information highway", including the self-elected "highwayman" of the "Robin Hood" variety.
Navigating: More interesting is recognition of the challenge of getting around the information society. The metaphor of "navigating" is frequently used -- especially in relationship to the daunting task of navigating complexity. This reflects a broadening of understanding of the vehicle in which users may be travelling (Benking) -- with at least the implication that complexity may not be characterized by a fixed and intricate network of highways (a "World Wide Cobweb"), but rather may be experienced like the challenges of navigating uncharted seas and outer space, where reference points are not as unambiguous as signposts on roads. But the ability to acquire a product defined as a "navigator" tool, such as the justly famed Web browser, Netscape Navigator, can easily reinforce the illusion that the challenge of navigating conceptual complexity is relatively trivial.
2. Challenge of comprehension
Differences: At this point the capacity of the user becomes an issue. Skills are required to move around the information society. People may have these skills to different degrees. Much has been made of Internet snobbery in response to "newbies" and their clumsy attempts at orienting themselves compared to the honed skills of hackers. But this is merely one aspect of the challenges of a learning environment.
The information society must necessarily cater for many kinds of need, many levels of sophistication, and many kinds of understanding -- to say nothing of the many languages which have not yet been adequately represented on the Internet. These will all tend to fragment the information society into sub-cultures, which can usefully be understood through biological metaphors as ecosystems and niches that may or may not be significantly linked to each other in a manner necessary for sustainable global community. How is the transition from simpler, or simplistic, forms of comprehension to deeper, or richer, forms to be understood and represented to those characterized by some particular level or pattern of insight? Some will favour metaphors such as initiation, others will distinguish the equivalent of information gurus and blackbelt information manipulators -- in contrast to the information luddites who find reason to reject the "amazing" advantages of the information society. For such people, those hooked on the Internet are usefully understood as having launched themselves into an orbit of the privileged -- away from the mundane issues and constraints of the earthbound, and of those "beyond the last telephone pole".
Flat earth understanding: One of the difficulties with the highway metaphor, is that any road is typically thought of as associated with a more or less flat surface, whatever the topography separating origin and destination. In fact, the higher the grade of highway, the flatter the surface and the less the influence of any intervening topographical features. There is a glib transition to "global" information highway by which the world is transformed into a "global village" -- again implying some form of easy (line of sight) communication or a "flattening" of the globe .
There is a dangerous metaphoric trap in such usage. With increasing globality, if the metaphoric implication is retained. Horizon effects necessarily render line of sight communication impossible. Such horizon effects signal important barriers to comprehension and communication. The facile assumption of globality, based on linearity without curvature, obscures this. It leads to what amounts to a "flat earth" understanding of "global" communications. This may appear to be viable if there is no need to comprehend the issues of different cultures, disciplines or value systems -- just as it is usually adequate to treat the map of a city or a country as flat. But it leads to severe navigational difficulties if there is a need to travel to other continents and to understand "where they are" and in "which direction they lie", or to adequately reflect experience that others act on radically different assumptions. This is as true of the conceptual world as it is of the physical world -- curvature implies differences in orientation and planes of reference as well as fundamental differences in perspective (although these may not be readily apparent).
Curvature: Introducing curvature into maps of knowledge is just as highly inconvenient as with physical maps. Hence the use by geographers of projections to represent curvature on a flat surface by allowing selected types of distortion. In this sense, to preserve the simplicity implied by linearity, people (if they are aware of the issue) may choose to effectively "live on a projection". It is over this flat projection that the information highway is currently understood to run -- especially by its constructors and "power users". The nature of any "edge" and the challenges of "circum-naviagation" are not considered.
As yet there is little sensitivity to the severe conceptual distortions that this introduces. Symptoms of this (and its denial) are the complaints of non-English cultures concerning the dominance of English on the Internet and concerns about cultural imperialism. Less obvious perhaps is the false conceptual proximity implied by listing competing schools of thought together on a single Web document. Ease of electronic access to them does not necessarily imply conceptual proximity amongst those concerned -- or that the menu ordering them in any way addresses the challenges of moving from one perspective to another. A telephone directory does not mean a community exists -- it takes no account of who cannot call whom, and who is unable to dialogue with whom. There is every likelihood that conceptual niches are created by the breakdown of line of sight communication.
3. Grid systems and beyond
The complexity of the global information highway is already such that it would be difficult to represent it on a grid. Like the physical highway, it is a a complex network of telecommunication pathways along which data packets may travel by a variety of alternative routes including satellite links. With the emphasis on terabytes of information per second, there is clearly little concern for the global significance of what is carried -- except possibly by intelligence agencies and hackers.
Internet enthusiasts reject any reservations about its positive implications, as voiced by Talbott (1995), Roszak (1994), Silicon (**). For some idealists, it is intimately associated with a real manifestation of global consciousness. Ken Wilber responds to this view as follows:
"The Net is simply the exterior social structure...But what goes through the Net -- well, that involves interior consciousness and morals and values, and none of that is even vaguely addressed by those who simply maintain the Net is global consciousness....What computer technology (and the Information Age) means is that the techno-base can support a worldcentric perspectivism, a global consciousness, but does not in any way guarantee it. As we have seen, cognitive advances are necessary but not sufficient for moral advances, and the cognitive means usually run way ahead of the willingness to climb that ladder of expanding awareness...You focus on the exterior grid and ignore the interiors that are running through that grid. The flatland idea is that the Internet is global, so the consciousness using it must be global. Not even close. And so once again, the flatland paradigm can't even spot the problem, let alone cure it....Neither a global holistic map, nor a global Internet, will in itself foster interior transformation, and often just the opposite, contributing to arrest or even regression. When worldcentric means are presented to less-than-worldcentric individuals, those means are simply used (and abused) to further the agenda of the less-than-worldcentric individual. The Nazis would have loved the Net." (Wilber, pp. 309-310)
A high degree of information overload is now experienced by many -- and especially by the most informed. The position of this paper is that there is a case for focusing on how significance is distributed, organized and comprehended "globally" (signifying as a whole) rather than on the technicalities of how bits are packaged and distributed "globally" (signifying around the planet). The geographical connotation may be used for the cognitive connotation but should not be confused with it. The challenge lies increasingly with the nature of the emergent global pattern of significance, and its collective comprehension, rather than with the global production and distribution of information, however this may be reframed as the "dissemination of knowledge".
4. Knowledge representation for the future
Academic papers and policy studies: In a world characterized by innovation and change in many fields, it is strange that there is no thought given to the implications for the future of academic papers or of policy documents. Even the activities of scientists in the far-distant future, as frequently explored by science fiction, continue to be framed in terms of conventional "papers" -- whatever the electronic medium in which they are recorded and communicated. The question is whether there is anything that suggests that the whole notion of any such paper as a knowledge construct should not be completely reviewed -- especially with the prospect of even greater information overload. Will it continue to be appropriate to produce such lengthy papers? What exactly are the functions of such a document in providing: historical context, current challenges, presentation of hypotheses, methodology, experimental data, implications for future research, educational implications, etc ?
With the breakthrough initiated at CERN, to facilitate communication among physicists through hypertext documents, the question is whether the structure of such Web documents suggests radical changes in the future of knowledge representation -- especially as they affect the reader. How much of an academic paper represents new knowledge? How much has to be read to identify that new knowledge? Freed of its wasteful packaging, what form does this new knowledge take? Is the conventional approach to an abstract an appropriate means of isolating the essence of a paper? And, possibly most daunting, how would any alternative affect economic and career concerns in a "publish or perish" community?
"Papers" of the future: Consider a paper of the future based on modules of information -- or even on memes or holons. Some of these modules might effectively be common to other papers, as in the case of the historical context of current work on a topic. Rather than repeat such information (tediously reworded to avoid copyright issues), a hyperlink could simply be provided to other documents devoted to this material. Explanatory padding would be placed (or referenced) elsewhere, to be perused only if the reader wished. In this way the art of writing a paper might become one of writing the absolute minimum within a skeletal framework of hypertext links crafted aesthetically for comprehensibility .
Papers of the future might thus be reduced to a single Web page in the form of a highly structured abstract or clickable image. Authors would be recognized and rewarded primarily for the innovative integrative perspective offered -- perhaps based on an analaysis of hyperlinks. Readers could explore that page in a multiplicity of ways, looping out through chains of other documents (or images, etc) wherever appropriate, then returning to the skeletal framework for the remainder of the argument. Current developments in the design of Web pages could therefore lead to new requirements for authors of academic papers or of any policy document produced by the international community. Recent developments in multi-media based encyclopedias illustrate some of the possibilities. It is to be expected that future authoring tools will scan a document and insert hyperlinks to other documents specified as potentially associated. Other tools may extract blocks of text into a hyperlinked pattern of separate documents, reducing the original to a skeletal framework.
CVs, bio's, and even visiting cards (in electronic form), could be affected by such representation of knowledge. Colleagues would exchange CDs of their hyperlinked documents. Home page design is already exploring some possibilities. But how might a life of the mind come to be meaningfully represented, especially when the "non dit" may be as important (to some cultures) as what is explicitly stated? Ironically, the pharohs were already responding to this challenge in their life-long concern with tomb decoration.
Knowledge representation and learning: These changes, which are already effectively in process of implementation, will reframe the whole approach to knowledge representation. Readers will find themselves in a complex web of pointers, linking modules of information by many different authors. It will become a moot point as to whether the knowledge is associated with the modules or with the links between them. It will become questionable whether a linear reading of a text is possible or meaningful.
In such a context, what is comprehension in contrast with "edutainment"? What is integrative understanding and emergent insight in contrast with the ephemera of conceptual tourism? How are patterns of knowledge to be appreciated as a whole in contrast to information acquired through guided tours of their parts?
Insights from poetry: Poetry appears to offer some important insights on these questions -- hence the reliance on metaphor. Implicit in any poem is a complex pattern of associations. The art of poetry might even be said to be the expression of the richest of patterns with the minimum of words. What opportunities might be offered to poets and their readers on the Web?
The least interesting possibility would be to provide hyperlinks from any points in the poem which called for critical comment -- replacing what is at present done by commentators with the aid of superscripts and footnotes. More interesting for the poet and the reader is to provide hyperlinks between different parts of a complex poem, such as rhyming words or thematic associations, or even to the metaphoric substrates in image in audio form. The associative structure of the poem is thus reinforced by hyperlinks allowing the reader to move rapidly about the poem in a non-linear manner consistent with the poem as a gestalt or a set of gestalts.
Beyond that are a range of possibilities through which the poet could link together several poems into a complex meta-construct with a variety of sub-themes. The challenge for the poet as a creative artist would be to endeavour to give form to complex insights, perhaps tantalizingly beyond any immediate ability to grasp as a whole -- if grasping is the appropriate term. For both poet and reader, it is then only by repeated exploration of the labyrinth of associative highways and byeways of such a meta-poem that its significance as a larger whole can finally be sensed and anchored in memory.
Patterns of resonance: Hyperlink pathways could also be used to map out patterns of resonance between the points of significance in a poetic construct. For it is possible, as with certain chemical molecules (resonance hybrids), that certain configurations of insight could only acquire stability as a gestalt by resonance of their parts between quite distinct alternative structures -- the dynamics of resonance providing the basis for stability rather than any one of the particular structural configuration of pathways (all of which might be unstable).
Yi-Fu Tuan says of resonance in an aesthetic context: "Experience, unless it carries resonance, is shallow and transient. Resonance is the result of the exension of one field of meaning to another -- a change and enlargement of context so that a phenomenon is more than how it first appears. What makes resonance possible is the human capacity for metaphorical perception and thought." (p. 30)
Overarching patterns of knowledge: The implications for comprehension of a poem as a gestalt clarify the challenge of knowledge and learning in the future. As in a poem, pieces of information may indeed be provided. They may well be structured into a pattern that can be defined as knowledge. For the uninitiated this pattern may be misunderstood superficially, or may appear so complex that repeated explorations may be required to gain insight into the pattern as a whole. Patterns with the property of globality - - possibly to be understood as wisdom -- may be so complex, however, they do not lend themselves to ready presentation in any conventional linear form. Such a pattern has to be built up in the mind, possibly even as a resonance hybrid between constituent unstable structural alternatives. This brings to mind the Sanskrit dictum: Neti, Neti (not this, not that), as well as the poet Keats notion of negative capability (the capacity to be in uncertainty, mystery and doubt, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason). This may be the challenge offered by Zen koans, or by the "mega-insights" that can only be carried in lengthy rituals or dramatic presentations (such as the Mahabarata).
In this light, an even greater challenge emerges with respect to collective learning and social transformation. This is the prime concern of this paper. The increasing fragmentation of knowledge is widely acknowledged. Any subtle overarching patterns of knowledge are by definition not the province of any particular discipline. Each discipline may hold elements of the pattern but would necessarily have no mandate or competence to weave them together with those from other disciplines. Transdisciplinarity can have no disciplinary legitimation. And yet there is the strong suspicion that it is just such overarching patterns of knowledge -- implying wisdom -- that are required to articulate appropriate policy initiatives for the future.
5. Reflecting the nature of an overarching pattern: a pattern that connects
At present a user of the Web, endeavouring to take account of the disparate features sensed as integral to any overarching pattern, would tend to make use of bookmark facilities offered by web browsers. These can be used to access pages reflecting different elements of the pattern. However the user is usually only free to keep the bookmarks as a crude list, possibly with some facilities for hierarchical clustering and nesting. With more skill and adequate software facilities, the user could embody the bookmarks into one or more clickable images that provided a map of the user's current understanding of the pattern. But such facilities are cumbersome and inadequate if the purpose is to indicate a journey along a succession of pathways, away from the starting point, and with some aspiration to "circum-navigating" the globe of knowledge.
Beyond knowledge grids: For the systematic, the most convenient clickable image on the Web might take a tabular form -- even a kind of Mendelev Periodic Table in which the relationships between the essential features were embodied in periodic properties of the table. But there remains the suspicion that the subtlest patterns would be based on essentially incommensurable elements which would not lend themselves to such "pigeon- holing" treatment. This approach, typical of western males (currently the majority of Web users), tends to ignore the cognitive styles of other cultures.
The appropriate question may then be: when should the required "grid" not be a grid? The answer could well be: when it is essentially based on a pattern of aesthetic associations (of which the conventional grid is the most simplistic). Such a pattern, to be of relevance to society as a whole, would have to embody quite incommensurable aesthetic styles and preferences. This would necessarily be beyond the capacity of any individual or group to elaborate or understand, other than partially and in the constraining light of their own biases.
Incommensurability: What form might this incommensurability appear to take? At the simplest level it is reflected in phenomena whose explanations cannot be reconciled within simplistic frameworks. More complex frameworks are required. In mathematical terms, more dimensions may be required to demonstrate their compatibility and to formulate transforms between them. But in some cases (especially in the absence of any adequate or comprehensible mathematical insight), it may only be possible to formulate any reconciliation in the form of paradox. Zen practitioners relish the koans which can lead to the appropriate levels of understanding.
This suggests that knowledge, as formulated by each discipline, corresponds to a zone of coherence. These zones are necessarily separated by "no-go" areas in which the methodologies of neighbouring disciplines no longer adequately apply -- and in which they may have no interest anyway. Those who have to call on insights from a range of disciplines in their daily life are however obliged to provide themselves with a framework enabling them to traverse and encompass such no-go areas and to embody the incommensurabilities into their own cognitive style. The challenge of integration for the individual thus mirrors that for society.
This is the challenge for any practitioner or leader continually obliged to make use of conflicting or incomplete advice. They have to give themselves models of the knowledge terrain, at whatever level of conceptual sophistication they are able or choose to operate. Such a perspective in no way denies that subtler insight might provide patterns that weave together what appear, from a more reductionistic perspective, to be incompatible knowledge domains. But for many such insights may in practice be beyond immediate comprehension.
6. Keeping the grid "up"
In the light of the earlier points concerning the value of understanding in terms of a spherical grid, this simple model can be used as a means of discussing the challenge for practitioners obliged to draw on knowledge from different disciplinary domains around the Web. The insights of any one discipline provide an essentially "flat earth" understanding of knowledge as a whole -- whose essential globality may be for the user to discover. Beyond any such discipline's horizon, all is irrelevant, if not effectively "beneath" comprehension.
Tents and domes: A practioner has to function a bit like someone putting up a tent. Each support or anchor must be held in a kind of grid pattern of contervailing supports or anchors. By getting the balance right, the tent can be gotten up and stabilized to define and encompass a new cognitive space. So it is with the countervailing insights offered by different disciplines.
More ambitious than a humble tent, are the space-enclosing domes used for major exhibitions. Again there is a logistic challenge in getting the grid of a multitude of elements in place so that the whole can be got up and kept up under adverse environmental conditions. Getting a continent-wide power grid up and running presents similar challenges, as does an inter-continental telephone grid or the Internet itself. But although these metaphors are suggestive, the implications for a knowledge grid remain elusive -- and perhaps necessarily so.
Further insights can be obtained by exploring the implications of tensegrity structures as progressive spherical approximations (Judge, ****), notably in the recent initiative of Stafford Beer (1994) in the design of communication structures with associated electronic protocols.
Requisite variety and necessary differences: In the domain of knowledge, what might be understood as effectively "keeping a grid up"? The tent metaphor suggests that it would involve some kind of balance between those forms of knowledge that pull together -- reinforcing each other --- and those forms which oppose each other as incompatible -- being somehow mutually exclusive. In this sense both forms are necessary to sustain a diverse pattern of knowledge. Efforts to focus only on the first kind, and to systematically exclude the second, lead to naive forms of universalism which are unsustainable in practice -- however attractive they may appear as an ideal in which everything is positively complementary.
This approach draws attention to the value of differences and notably those which appear intractable and irreconcilable. Society is currently tortured by various forms of polarization which many hope to avoid by emphasizing one pole and denying the other. Policy-making is inhibitied and undermined by value dilemmas. And there are calls from realists to manage differences between parties rather than to strive to eliminate them. This suggests that, as in the tent metaphor, opposition could, and should, be used to "keep the grid up", namely to sustain the whole pattern of knowledge.
Collapsing distinctions: It is strange how differences have become an anathema in society. Valuable distinctions are avoided in the hopes that somehow knowledge can be "collapsed" into universal harmony and synthesis. Unesco, as the mandated intergovernmental guardian of science, culture and education (and transdisciplinarity), has as one of its key principles "the elimination of discrimination in all its forms". Although conceived to address racial and similar forms of discrimination, by emphasizing "in all its forms" (therefore including those synonymous with discernment), this principle effectively precludes any meaningful discrimination between different forms of knowledge, methodology or belief. And yet it is precisely by distinguishing such differences that requisite variety (in cybernetic terms) is ensured in any global pattern of knowledge. Failure to discriminate collapses the grid.
Competing forces: It is vital to recognize the many competing tendencies in the emerging information society. The much publicized push towards globalization, with all it implies in terms of homogenization and impersonal generalities, is matched or opposed by a pull towards localization in the form of regional, national and sub-national cultural expressions. Asia is resisting imposition of western understandings of human rights (curiously indistinguishable from universal rights). Individuals in all cultures are resisting top-down imposition of ethical and other patterns of knowledge which could be seen as a new form of totalitarianism.
Inability to discriminate makes it impossible to articulate universal patterns which are distinct from totalitarian patterns. But this said, it is also useful to recognize the contribution of globalization in opposing the fragmentation and balkanization of society, knowledge and understanding. In this case, as in other examples of polarization, both tendencies are vital to a healthy society -- and to "keeping the grid up".
7. Grasping for identity and the challenge of integrative knowledge
Property: Globalization is drawing attention to other necessary tensions in the information society, namely those associated with intellectual property rights as opposed to the need to disseminate knowledge to those in desperate need of it. Aside from any natural incompatibility between disciplines, concern about property rights is also fragmenting systems of knowledge through commercial secrecy and systems of restricting access to "classified" knowledge "in the national interest". National intelligence networks are being redeployed to ensure national competitive advantage in trade. The future may see the current zero cost access to the libraries of the world via the Internet as a naive honeymoon period.
Competition: Globalization, through the tremendous pressures it creates to compete, is highlighting the pressures towards articulating collective identity. The effort by countries to grasp market share is intimately related to their effort to grasp, maintain and develop collective identity. As presently configured, this is a desperate race with few possible "winners" and a multitude of "losers" for whom any sympathy is at best tokenistic. The explosive question of whether there will be enough "market share" to share amongst those who aspire to participate in this race to sustainability is carefully not addressed. Countries, like people, may become unemployed and unemployable.
Monopolization: Globalization processes have to date been closely associated with "consolidation" of economic interests into monopolies and cartels, however carefully disguised by creative labelling. The impact on knowledge is seen in the tendency to lock users into particular products, notably in the case of software and other proprietary knowledge-ware (as marketed by consultants). Basically if it can be commercialized then it has already lost its integrative function -- it has become a product rather than a "contextulizer". But analogous efforts are made to lock people into particular ideologies and belief systems -- a practice long-cultivated by the religions of the world. Academic schools of thought are also assiduous in deliberately training students to carry on a particular tradition and to oppose, even by dubious means, the explorations of alternative schools. It is in this environment that the frenzied global competition for Nobel Prizes in various domains of knowledge takes place. Clearly it is not within this framework that there can be any hope for a meaningful global competition for Noble Prizes in Wisdom.
Conflated understanding of "universal": The challenge seems to lie in disentangling conflated levels of understanding. Dealing with daily reality seems to demand increasingly specialized and fragmented domains of knowledge -- and increasingly engenders dependence on those with the necessary expertise. At the same time, the crises resulting from inability to coordinate and integrate such fragmented knowledge in response to complex crises provokes anguished calls for both "universal" theories and languages, as well as "global" strategies, programmes, and ethical systems.
Such universal frameworks are then promoted as relatively simple without recognizing the challenges to understanding that they represent -- even if they could be meaningfully articulated amongst the best and the brightest. For they would have to be more complex than the behaviours they are expected to regulate (in the light of the cybernetic Law of Requisite Variety) and as such are a major challenge to both individual and collective comprehension. The need for a different order of understanding is not recognized. Its nature is confused with simplistic understandings of universal and global.
8. Imagination and aesthetics as vital resources
Living myth: Paul Wildman (1996) notes that "Civilizations that have lost a system of living myth seek to hold themselves together by means of rational planning, contrived programs and projects, and organization." In criticizing the limitations of such modern strategic planning as blinkering creativity and imagination, he argues that: "Today we use information to feed the emptiness created by the absence of imagination. The information myth is that we need information to improve our lives." He cites T S Eliotþs words: "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
Symbolic space: Yi-Fu Tuan explores the way in which symbolic space is integrated into a larger and more complex whole, namely the state. Symbolic space is viewed as one of the systems of symbols, in this case territorially organized, without which society cannot function. The state is seen as an aesthetic-moral construction on a grand scale. Viewed as a serious effort to articulate excellence for society, politics is itself a moral-aesthetic aspiration, and its achievements are properly deemed artworks. (p. 182). But he demonstrates that modern democracy is antithetical to the aesthetic "because it is -- or can seem to be -- nebulous, protean, egalitarian, partial to the average and hostile to the exceptional. But although it may be disposed towards these attributes, it is not confined to them." (p. 209) Such considerations might usefully be extended to the structure of the information society and the nature of the aesthetic which sustains it.
Aesthetic configuration: How might continuing future reflection on what seems to be required be assisted by the configuration of hypertext pathways on the Web? What might this mean -- or is the question only relevant to "spiders"? It is intriguing that "thread" is an important metaphor used to identify a particular sequence of comments in a discussion -- which may also contain other discussions. This may be restricted to a thematic thread, or its meaning may be broader. How threads get interwoven, and by whom, is another matter. Where are the Internet spiders to make the new mandalas?
Any such "higher" order of understanding must necessarily be carried by structures and patterns which do not lend themselves to proprietary exploitation in the interests of the few. Preoccupation of vested interests may well be with how spheres of influence are carved out of the information society in imitation of the past. But for it to serve any function as the "pattern which connects", any new order of understanding must necessarily provide bridges between incommensurable and proprietary domains of knowledge -- whether of schools of thought, corporations, or individuals. As formulated by Lao Tse ********. For environmental architect Christopher Alexander (1979), it is the central "quality without a name".
The question is whether such insights can be embodied into any configuration of hypertext pathways on the Web. What these quotes seem to imply is that what is of greatest importance cannot be effectively articulated. It can however be partially articulated and tangentially approximated -- and creative exploration of the unknown in every domain will continue to be drawn to do just that. Configuring such tangents therefore offers a window of opportunity through which operational significance can be given to the larger pattern that connects.
9. Spherical knowledge grid: discontinuity and emptiness
One approach to configuring tangents is to focus on spherical geometry and the nature of a spherical grid -- since these are at least accessible to the imagination (even though other forms of greater complexity may be more appropriate in mathematical terms). Unlike use of latitude and longitude, in this case the emphasis is on the user's choice of preferred grid pattern -- unless some standard pattern is acceptable. There are many ways to carve up a spherical surface and the user can effectively "delink" from efforts to impose universally accepted patterns. People do not need to resonate to the frenetic urgencies and rhythmns of "power users" for whom month-old information is already long obsolete? Future privacy may lie in other orderings of space and time.
Laying down a grid: But to be commensurate with the challenge to comprehension, it is beneficial to recognize the limitations of the rational ("urban planning") mentality associated with "laying down a grid", even on a sphere. The use of a rational pattern is indeed possible and may be preferred by many. It however precludes many possibilities of holding insights into incommensurable features -- other than through the horizon effect mentioned above.
A choice of reference points must be made around the sphere by the user -- although it is effectively this choice which defines the sphere. The user is not obliged to do this through a geometric metaphor. The reference points could even be a palette of colours or a pantheon of gods. It is the fundamental act of distinction and separation that is important (***) -- and the configuration of those distinctions into a pattern on a sphere (although other surfaces with such finite but unbounded properties could be used).
Embodying discontinuity: The links between the points so chosen could indeed be represented by continuous lines. But this would fail to capture the conceptual discontinuity that characterizes the relationships between domains of knowledge. The lines might be better understood as discontinuous or broken by "operators" such as are found on a circuit board (condensers, resistances, etc). It might also be useful to allow the lines to periodically switch polarity to reflect the ways in which initiative or priority can switch from one domain of knowledge to another in response to changing circumstances. Web pages could be designed with such properties.
Travelling from one domain of knowledge to another around the sphere thus becomes as fraught with uncertainty as in any adventure game. It is essentially a learning exercise, a journey in the personal development sense, or even a process of initiation. There are conditions to be met -- puzzles and paradoxes to be mastered, doors to be unlocked -- as partly reflected in transiting through password-controlled databases. Unless this is done, any movement around the sphere is purely formal and of minimal significance. Electronic access to a document, or possessing it, does not indicate comprehension of its content or its significance in a wider pattern.
This approach offers the possibity of reflecting the ways in which the parts are effectively protected from the whole, and the whole from the parts. Simplistic globalization is a reductionist illusion whatever it is hyped up to be by vested interests and enthusiasts. Ultimately the reality of what can be meaningfully expressed becomes a matter of the moment -- as acknowledged in various mystical traditions.
Honouring emptiness: A danger of grid systems is the implied enclosure of the domain of knowledge. From any longer term perspective, this can only be premature and presumptuous. It suggests a colonization of the future against which the next generation must necessarily revolt -- and a "generation" on the Web may be a matter of months. It denies any sense of mystery by giving no place to the unknown or the possibly unknowable. The advantage of any centro-symmetric system (Judge ***), especially a sphere, is that the grid runs on the surface leaving the centre empty, both as an unreified point of reference, around which current understandings and explorations can be configured as tangents, and as a form of openness. Such features respect future creativity and any sense of implicate order from which new patterns emerge. They reflect the cited concern of Lao Tse.
10. Sustaining aesthetics: songlines, leylines and dragon lines
According to Yi-Fu Tuan: "The power of the human senses to organize the world takes diverse forms, shaped by the larger cultures in which they operate....Yet all possess an aesthetic-moral aspect -- as revealed by their drive toward significance and form -- and all demonstrate the power of the imagination to transcend group values held at a certain time by incorporating values from another group and thereby grow." (p. 121)
Given the well-hyped emphasis on the multi-media features of the Web and the competition for attractive home pages, what might be described as the sustaining aesthetic of the Internet at this time? Much is implicit in "surfing" and "cruising" (cf Easy Rider). For some the aesthetic has elements of a vastly complex set of "monkey bars" in the ultimate playground.
In opting for a "global" representation of knowledge, there is a strong case for exploring the aesthetics of the landscape around that globe (Schama, Landscape and Memory, 1995). Why buy into crude attempts to develop and cover it metaphorically with human artefacts? And, without committing the opposite error of romantics, why not develop insights from a variety of traditions that honour the globe in other ways?
The coherence of the Australian Aboriginal world derives from the centrality of belief in a dreamtime during which powerful beings walk the earth, establishing topographic features, calling the natural species into life, and instituting the rules of group and individual behaviour. They "wrapped the whole world in a web of song" (Bruce Chatwin, 1988, p. 82). Creation occurs by means of song. It is therefore as though the landscape is a musical score, and the traditional tracks are what have been termed songlines. These are themselves a powerful memory aid to navigation over the earth and to the location of essential resources, as well as providing a continuing rehearsal of cultural history. A songline is therefore "a succession of sites" along a track, "vibrant with incident, power and meaning" allowing for a dramatic and aesthetic participation in the environment. (Yi-Fu Tuan, 1993, pp. 125-7). "Music is a memory bank for finding one's way about the world" (Chatwin, p. 120).
"Pathway" is already used as a basic metaphor in the exploration of hypertext. To what extent could a sequence of pathways be usefully understood as having some of the qualities of a songline? In Chinese culture, very great importance continues to be given to "dragon lines" from the perspective of feng shui and geomancy. Western traditional cultures attach importance to leylines linking "sacred sites" -- which are increasingly a focus of tourism. Again "site" is part of the basic Web terminology -- and with the arrival of the Vatican on the Web, maybe some of them might even be considered "sacred". Leylines are understood as covering the globe in a triangulated gridwork whose form is of considerable interest to those concerned with sacred geometry. Traditional pilgrimage pathways to sacred sites are commonly associated with leylines. Internet magazines typically offer monthly recommendations that users visit selected sites labelled "hot" or "cool" -- perhaps a modern equivalent of what is sacred for some. But "hitting" sites is far from the aesthetic associated with the laborious learning journeys of a pilgrimage or the sensitivity to landscape implied by leylines or songlines.
11. Songlines of the noosphere
Given the network orientation of the Web, it is also intriguing that individuals only inherit a limited number of contiguous stretches on a songline. Their limit is marked by a "stop" -- at which responsibility for stewardship of the songline passes to someone else, and where other songlines might intersect. As with any network, however, stops cannot be meaningfully linked "horizontally" to denote a conventional political frontier. Each songline is sustained by a different melody. In effect, as with birds, territorial boundaries are defined by song (Chatwin, pp. 66).
Given the major concerns about intellectual property on the Internet, the Aboriginal view is intriguing. For them, trade routes are songlines because songs are the principal medium of exchange, rather than "things". Individuals inherit stretches of the songline, with their "verses" constituting title deeds to the territory. These could be lent or borrowed (enabling extension of the individual's song map), but not given or sold away (Chatwin, pp 64-65). Users on the Web are already at the point of trading site information as a valued commodity. What is missing is any sense of the "melody" which defines a succession of pathways, namely a line of sites through many different domains. It is the melody which is the heuristic. For the Aborigines, and despite their many languages: "Regardless of the words, it seems the melodic contour of the song described the nature of the land over which the song passes" (Chatwin, p. 120). In learning terms, this is the defining quality of a particular cultural Grand Tour -- or in global terms, a great circle route around the body of knowledge. In this light, the key to thriving on the Web may eventually prove to be sensitivity to a melody or metaphor which guides passage across incommensurable domains. Without it, a user governed by the "hitting" metaphor, like a traveller lost in the desert, may be effectively trapped in a search domain -- condemned to walk in relatively small circles within it.
Consider the possibility that global configuration of hypertext pathways could be the result of interlocking great circle routes of learning journeys. The pattern of intersections would effectively position, and significantly separate, different domains of knowledge. But although apparently a spherical grid, it would above all be characterized by the challenges to comprehension along the different journeys and the responsibility for the stewardship of parts of those journeys -- maintaining the melody. For, given that any hyperlink is to another location offering multiple links onward, the choice of link at any location to continue the journey needs to be governed by a subtle rule (more sophisticated than any left-brain indication to "always take the third" hyperlink or menu choice). What is the heuristic "melody" governing consistency of choice that ensures movement along the learning pathway around any of the great circle routes? How are encounters to be handled with information offering subtle enticements onto some alternative route -- onto a different melody? As at a hub airport, or a station at the intersection of a variety of transport lines, "changing lines" may involve a major reorientation. Effectively it involves a change of metaphoric framework or vehicle.
12. Globality of the noosphere
Beyond recognition of the ability to circumnavigate the globe along such great circle routes, lies the larger challenge of gaining some understanding of globality in relation to the noosphere. The challenge can be described "mechanically" in geometric terms but, as argued earlier, it is probably only in "aesthetic" and metaphoric terms that any such comprehension can be acquired and sustained.
One approach might be to explore the possibility of some form of "resonance" between elements of the different great circle songlines -- resonance pathways around the globe. The aim would then be to seek ways to comprehend how the globe of knowledge can be made to "ring like a bell". Physically this was explored by Nikola Tesla as a standing wave effect of 7.5 cycles / sec through which he endeavoured to distribute power around the globe and more recently in some curiously unpublicized weaponry. A mandala may be understood as a point on the globe surrounded by a pattern of three, or more, different great circle elements. It is the fact of their status as part of great circles which is the challenge to understanding of their significance.
In poetic terms, as an exercise in poesis, there are intriguing challenges in the poetry of spherical associations enabled by metaphor -- corresponding to the resonance effects noted above. In both cases, the challenge is to reinforce significance through resonance. As in a magnetic bottle (to enable nuclear fusion by containing the plasma), the challenge is to avoid "quenching" by contact with the container. On a learning journey, around a cycle of hyperlinked documents, it is similarly necessary to maintain onward momentum and prevent the learner from either being trapped and "enthralled" by the significance of a particular document, or distracted and "scattered" onto unrelated experiences which do not reinforce the greater cycles or their interlocking -- thus inhibiting any possibility of their transcendence. But, as in a particle accelerator, any such "bouncing" around a great circle involves a discipline quite different from "hitting" a random array of sites in the surfing metaphor -- or is this always the case? Ultimately it is only the individual who can determine the adequacy of any such container to the alchemical processes of learning and transformation.
Both music and poetry, in their reliance on resonance, suggest the possibility of "higher" harmonics and resonance effects which could prove capable of carrying other orders of significance. Metaphorically this possibility is fundamental to the significance of the interference effects of Tibetan bells and overtone chanting.
Comprehending the spherical structure of the body of knowledge through tensegrity approximations, based on configurations of polar elements sustaining continuous great circle pathways, suggests the possibility of "twanging" such polarities to engender resonance effects. The body of knowledge may in this way be comprehended as being "played" like a wind harp by the many polarized discussions that inhibit comprehension of the global pattern which they effectively sustain. Pythagoreans would delight in noting the proportions required for chords of particular harmonic significance.
It is ironic that Isaac Newton leaned heavily on human insight into gravitas (then understood as the human experience of heaviness) as a metaphor to enable comprehension of gravity -- thus establishing the basis of modern physics. Perhaps this creative misuse -- gaining new meaning by using words to state suggestive falsehoods (Talbott, pp. 300-301) -- should now be reversed, using understanding of gravity to enable comprehension of the forces acting on the individual psyche, travelling the noosphere, by a global configuration of knowledge.
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Jaguars Are Returning to Southern Arizona
All wild cats are important to ecosystem functioning because they are apex predators and therefore impact the entire food chain. In Southern Arizona, the top predator is the mountain lion, but over the last 15 years, solitary male jaguars, typically one at any given time, have migrated from Northern Mexico into Southern Arizona and New Mexico.
In Southern Arizona, the top predator is the mountain lion, but over the last 15 years, solitary male jaguars, typically one at any given time, have migrated from Northern Mexico into Southern Arizona and New Mexico. As an endangered species, the jaguar has ignited a series of controversial lawsuits and Federal actions that has resulted in the designation of critical habitat in several mountain ranges in this region of the U.S. This habitat designation has raised many concerns in the ranching community that operates on and in some cases owns the land within these boundaries. Although the designation fuels the perception that the ranching livelihood is under threat, It’s unlikely that the designation in itself will have any impact on the ranching operations within jaguar critical habitat. However, the protection of these large, unfragmented open spaces that is mutually critical for both the jaguar and the ranchers and may ultimately highlight the importance of these ranching operations to continued jaguar vitality in the region.
WATCH: Video shows only known US jaguar roaming Arizona mountains
The first publicly released video of the only known wild jaguar in the United States shows the giant cat roaming around a creek and other parts of a mountain range in southern Arizona.
History of Jaguars in Arizona
By the late 1960s, jaguars were thought to have been eliminated in the United States. A female was shot by a hunter in Arizona's White Mountains in 1963. Arizona outlawed jaguar hunting in 1969, but by then no females remained and over the next 25 years only two male jaguars were found (and killed) in Arizona. Then in 1996, Warner Glenn, a rancher and hunting guide from Douglas, Arizona, came across a jaguar in the Peloncillo Mountains and became a researcher on jaguars, placing webcams which recorded four more Arizona jaguars. No jaguars sighted in Arizona in the last 15 years had been seen since 2006. Then, in 2009, a male jaguar named Macho B died shortly after being radio-collared by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) officials in 2009. In the Macho B incident, a former ADGF subcontractor pleaded guilty to violating the endangered species act for trapping the cat and a Game and Fish employee was fired for lying to federal investigators. In 2011, a male jaguar weighing 200 lb (91 kg) was photographed near Cochise in southern Arizona by a hunter after being treed by his dogs (the animal left the scene unharmed). A second 2011 sighting of an Arizona jaguar was reported by a Homeland Security border pilot in June 2011, and conservation researchers sighted two jaguars within 30 mi (48 km) of the border between Mexico and the United States in 2010.
In September 2012, a jaguar was photographed in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona, the second such sighting in this region in two years. This jaguar has been photographed numerous times over the past nine months through June 2013. On 3 February 2016, the Center for Biological Diversity released a video of this jaguar – now named El Jefe (Spanish for The Boss) – roaming the Santa Rita Mountains, about 25 mi (40 km) south of downtown Tucson. El Jefe is the fourth jaguar sighted in the Madrean Sky Islands in southern Arizona and New Mexico, over the last 20 years. - from Wikipedia
On 16 November 2016, a jaguar was spotted in the Dos Cabezas Mountains of Arizona, 60 mi (97 km) from the Mexican border, the farthest north one of these animals has been spotted in many decades. It is the seventh jaguar to be confirmed in the Southwest since 1996.[18] On 1 December 2016, another male jaguar was photographed on Fort Huachuca also in Arizona.[17] In February 2017, authorities revealed that a third jaguar had been photographed in November 2016, by the Bureau of Land Management in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, also in Arizona, some 100.0 km (62.1 miles) north of the border with Mexico.[18]
Let us remember the jaguar is only trying to regain the territory it used to cover long before humans arrived, and especially long before European settlers showed up. The long standing debate over the reintroduction of large predators to former territory rages on in this case as well, considering this is the largest predator cat in the western hemisphere we are talking about. It is well proven now that predators have a majorly beneficial effect on the ecology of the land by preventing herd animals from overgrazing the plant life, and helping improve genetics for prey species. There are solutions at the disposal of ranchers to prevent their own herds from falling victim to this beast’s natural predator drive. Just like with the Mexican Grey Wolf, time will only tell if humans can overcome their fear of predator species and learn to co-exist on the land as integral parts of the web of life.
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Jaguars Returning to America
There are two ways these cats can still make a comeback in the region. Less than a year after a rare Jaguar was captured in Arizona, President Trump declares a National Emergency in order to fund his border Wall. Book: Hidden trail cams on Mexico border:
Video footage: snippets from Arizona Game & Fish promo videos
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One of last known wild jaguars in US killed, officials say
A photo showing a jaguar pelt matched the markings of a jaguar seen in southeast Arizona in 2016, meaning the young male jaguar had been killed and skinned.
New images of wild jaguar captured in southern Arizona
Sombra, the jaguar named by students at Paulo Freire Freedom School, was first seen wandering into the Grand Canyon State from Mexico in Nov. 2016. The giant feline was recently spotted, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wild Service to release new photos of the male jaguar.
Video footage by Russ McSpadden / Center for Biological Diversity
Rare Arizona jaguar roams mountains near Tucson
A remote sensor camera run by Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity shows a jaguar roaming the Santa Rita Mountains near Tucson. The groups say this is the first publicly released video of the jaguar, named El Jefe, who is the only known wild jaguar in the United States.
Bringing Jaguars back to the U.S. Southwest
Learn more about our efforts:
Thousands of jaguars used to roam the U.S. Southwest, but over the past two centuries, jaguars have been eliminated from more than half of their range. Defenders of Wildlife wants to do everything we can to bring these elusive, endangered big cats home.
Check out our report here:
Jaguar 'Sombra' caught on video in Southern Arizona
Video of a jaguar — dubbed Sombra by Tucson schoolkids — was released by the Center for Biological Diversity. The big cat, captured on camera in the Chiricahua Mountains appears to be the same animal photographed by a trail camera in Arizona last November. More:
Also seen in the short video are a mountain lion, bear, a bear cub, deer and a coati running past the camera.
Video by Russ McSpadden, Center For Biological Diversity.
Jaguar Conservation in Arizona
Rare Video: Only Known Wild Jaguar in the U.S. Filmed | National Geographic
Newly released camera-trap footage captured in the Santa Rita Mountains just outside Tucson, Arizona, reveals a jaguar that scientists have been tracking for three years. The jaguar—known locally as El Jefe, which translates to the Boss—is the only one currently known to inhabit the U.S. The species, which is classified as near threatened by IUCN, hasn't been widely spotted in the Southwest since the late 19th century. El Jefe is believed to have come from the closest breeding population, which is located in Sonora state, Mexico, more than 125 miles (200 kilometers) to the south.
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Jaguar Named Sombra in Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona
Footage of Jaguar Named Sombra in Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona. Includes audio. Additional footage includes bear, mountain lion, deer, coati running at camera, bear cub video on the same camera and in the same location as the jaguar. Video by Russ McSpadden, Center For Biological Diversity.
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Animals roam around Chiricahua Mountains in Southern Arizona
Video by Russ McSpadden / Center for Biological Diversity
Northern Jaguar Reserve
Jaguars are the largest cats in the Americas, roaming as far north as southern Arizona. They are also an endangered species. Filmmakers Ryan and Rita Leal Olinger went to the western Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico to document work that is being done to help save them and their habitat. These scenes are from their documentary - 'Where Jaguars Roam.'
Producer/Directors: Ryan Olinger, Rita Leal Olinger
Rare wild jaguar spotted living in U.S.
Researchers in Arizona have released video showing jaguar living near Tucson. It is thought to be the only living jaguar in the United States.
Blooming Desert Hiking near Tucson, Arizona USA. 2019
These clips were made during several hikes in 2019 at Tucson Mountain Park and Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. I used a six foot camera pole to get the drone like shots.
Happy International Jaguar Day
Celebrate International Jaguar Day by learning more about these majestic cats.
Video Transcript:
Jaguars once roamed widely in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, but U.S. jaguars were killed off by private and government hunters who saw them as a threat to livestock.
Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has explored the possibility of restoring jaguars to the Southwest...
but their recovery plan only considers a small area along the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
But historically, these cats lived as far north as the Grand Canyon. With more than 60 documented in the area as recently as the 20th century.
These majestic cats should be given the opportunity to return to their historic lands.
We’re collaborating with top jaguar scientists examining millions of habitat acres in the northern reaches of their historic range and making the case for a return to these still wild places.
We’re working to restore the species, so that every day can be Jaguar Day in the American Southwest.
Happy International Jaguar Day!
Exclusive video of El Jefe: America's only known wild jaguar conservation CATalyst
Courtesy Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity
Wild Arizona ocelot caught on camera
Conservation CATalyst released this video of an extremely rare and endangered wild ocelot living near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. READ:
Video courtesy of Conservation CATalyst
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New cycling coach Timo Budarz has elite racing experience
August 31, 2018 | Lynchburg, Va.
Budarz won the 35-44 master’s division of the 2017 USA Cycling National Championships on a velodrome track in Pennsylvania.
When he was hired as an astronomy and physics professor at Liberty University this summer, Dr. Timo Budarz didn't know Club Sports had an opening for head coach of its men's and women's cycling teams.
"It was providence," said Budarz, who officially took over the reins of the third-year program on Aug. 15. "I was at the right place at the right time and met the right people."
After arriving from California, where he taught for 13 years at Santa Ana College, Budarz visited Bikes Unlimited in downtown Lynchburg, where Assistant Coach Van Phillips serves as head mechanic. He talked to the general manager, John Seinar, who relayed the professor's passion for cycling to Club Sports Senior Associate Athletic Director Jeff Boettger.
"He had been praying about being involved in the program somehow and is really excited about it, and we are excited to have him on board," Boettger said.
Dr. Timo Budarz will coach men's and women's cycling and oversee the triathlon teams on an interim basis.
Budarz will head up the third-year cycling teams while also helping to train Liberty's men's and women's triathlon teams until a new head coach is named this fall.
Budarz was born in Chicago and grew up in Germany, where he explored the scenic terrain on his BMX and road bikes. After moving back to America, Budarz emerged as one of the nation's fastest sprinters as a cyclist at Purdue University, where he studied from 1997-2004, earning his PhD in theoretical biophysics.
He placed second in the match sprint at the USA Cycling Collegiate National Championships before going on to train with the Canadian National Team and compete at elite levels. He could have qualified for the U.S. National Team before a bout with Lyme's Disease sidetracked his Olympic dreams.
"God was showing me, ‘Yeah, you have the potential to be the best, but that's not what I want you to do," Budarz said. "He did not want me to use the gifts I've been given just for my individual glory.'"
Now 44, Budarz has remained active in the sport, winning the 35-44 master's division of the 2017 USA Cycling National Championships in Rock Hill, S.C., and the elite two-man division of the California state time trial in June. That competitive track record will translate well to his first coaching position.
"Looking back now, all of the obsessions I have for sports science … will pay off in a big way here at Liberty," said Budarz, who served as a mentor to a cycling club in California, developing fitness training programs for its members. "I have a scientific mind for training, a diverse background and racing history, the desire to see my athletes succeed, and the right tools to see it happen."
"One of his greatest attributes is he is a gentleman who, if he has a question and wants to find something out, does the research himself," Boettger added. "He will add another level of technology to it, navigate the growth of all of the athletes, and strive to train them in a way that helps them progress."
Budarz will advise his athletes on nutritional and dietary strategies that have benefited him throughout his career. His training regimen will include using new computerized trainers soon to be set up in the team's cycling studio at Candlers Mountain Station.
"It is going to be a high-tech studio with customized workouts and real-time displays up on the wall so they can see and I can see what they're doing," Budarz said. "That's a really good tool for maintaining a very carefully prescribed workout intensity. Mentally and physically, it's a matter of how hard are they willing to push themselves."
Budarz led an unofficial team ride along River Road in Amherst County on Saturday and held a team meeting for returning and incoming cyclists on Monday, after teaching his first day of classes. They are gearing up to compete in the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference and at USA Cycling Collegiate Nationals in the spring road course season.
"We have a very diverse set of athletes, ranging from a reigning world champion (triathlete Giovanni Bianco of Italy) down to others who have never before competed in the sport," he said. "If we can take the talent we have and make it stronger — not necessarily win, but get to a point where we're competitive — that will draw more cyclists to Liberty and strengthen our program."
By Ted Allen/Staff Writer
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Celeb in 5: Saturday's best entertainment and gossip news.
Mamamia Celebrity
1. Emma Freedman voiced her opinion. Then the vile messages ensued.
TV host Emma Freedman is no stranger to the online trolling hurricane that comes with voicing a controversial opinion.
Last year, in the midst of the Richmond nude photo scandal – where AFL player Nathan Broad distributed a naked photo of an ex – Freedman said on Channel 9’s Sports Sunday program we shouldn’t be taking our clothes off.
“My opinion on it… is don’t take your clothes off, to be honest,” Freedman said at the time.
“If you’re in a position where you think you might be put in a vulnerable position later on, for me, I wouldn’t take my clothes off.”
Now, in an interview with News Corp, Freedman said she was the subject of death threats after her comments made news.
“There were a couple of death threats and there were a couple of people who were so up in arms about something that was not meant to be — and is not — offensive in any possible way who wished that my unborn children would be born with a degenerative disease and things like that.
“You know, people are horrible if they get too riled up.”
She went on to say she felt she had “nothing” to apologise for.
“I stand by what I said, I have no issues with what I said and yes, my words were taken out of context and that happens in the media but it happens when people push it to happen,” she said.
2. Actually, Simone Holtznagel and Josh Gibson can have sex on I’m a Celebrity.
Well, who'd have thunk it? Steve Price really wants a couple of reality stars to get it on in the jungle. So much so, in fact, he is flying there to tell them where they can away from the cameras.
How... generous.
He told news.com.au he would do his best to get gossip from Josh Gibson and rumoured interest Simone Holtznagel, as he flies to the jungle for a cameo appearance on this Sunday night’s episode.
“Sexual tension and the possibility of sexual engagement has never been there, it’s always been frowned on,” Price told the news outlet about previous seasons of the show. “So I’ll have to probe that and see what I can get out of those two.
“Having been in there, I may be able to give them some advice because there’s one spot on the trail between the awful toilets and the bridge where there’s no cameras. I’m sure if they are really hot for each other they’ve found that spot already, but if they haven’t I might even tell them where it is.”
Thanks Grandpa Steve.
3. Excuse us but this may finally be the end of Ryan and Davina. That is all.
It appears Ryan and Davina might finally be over for good, if a promo for the next episode is anything to go by.
In an overly dramatic new preview for Sunday's show, Ryan announces "F**k it, I'm done!", leaving his co-stars a little speechless.
While we're not entirely sure exactly what is referencing - he could just as easily be off the food on his plate - the promo tells us the star "finally gets his revenge" on Davina after her "affair".
We'd imagine there'll be thousands of fans waiting on this one.
4. Ita Buttrose acknowledges that her Studio 10 co-host did actually throw a bunch of brussels sprouts at her last year.
Ita Buttrose has finally acknowledged the brussels sprout saga of 2017, where her co-star Denise Drysdale threw the vegetables at her at the Studio 10 Christmas party in December, igniting rumours of a feud.
Now, in an interview with Fairfax, Buttrose has said "it wasn't one sprout, it was a bowl".
"It was something that happened in quick pursuit and sometimes, as we all know, families get out of order and now that it's almost March 2018 we have left that Christmas behind us and we are looking forward to Christmas 2018," she said, adding there is "absolutely" no feud.
Buttrose also denied Drysdale lost her weekly segment on the show because of the incident.
"Denise wanted to have a less heavy schedule this year and producers wanted to accommodate her, so she will do the show every fortnight for a couple of days, which will work better for us because we will see more of her. She lives in Queensland, so it was a lot of travel."
5. Actress and model Emily Ratajkowski just got married to her boyfriend of one month.
A post shared by Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) on Feb 23, 2018 at 1:32pm PST
Hey so surprise, Emily Ratajkowski went and got married to her new boyfriend Sebastian Bear-McClard.
The model and Gone Girl actress posted several photos of her wedding day on Instagram, which took place on Friday. It’s believed the pair has been together for a little over a month.
As the photos on her Instagram story show, the 26-year-old and her fellow actor husband went for a 70s style retro civil ceremony at New York City Hall, complete with a few loved ones and a Pug.
The whole thing looks very low key but also completely outrageous and brilliant all at the same time.
Oh, and just quietly... Ratajkowski's wedding outfit is from Zara and costs under AU$300.
For more photos of her wedding.
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Libya death toll 'touches 10,000'
Opposition claim comes as UN gets humanitarian access to Misurata and efforts are on to evacuate those stranded. Libya's opposition leaders have said that at least 10,000 people have died since the start of the conflict in February. Al Jazeera's correspondent, Mike Hanna reporting from Benghazi, said: "Given the intensity of the conflict, it doesn't come as a surprise. "We have focused on areas like Misurata, where the humanitarian crisis is well documented, however it is happening throughout Libya, the full extent of the crisis is not known and there is no real idea of (casualty) figures." The United Nations says it has been guaranteed humanitarian access to Misurata, while Britain says it will fund efforts to evacuate thousands of stranded migrant workers by boat from the besieged port city. A Libyan official told Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, that Muammar Gaddafi's government was willing to set up "safe passage" out of th
Nature has a legal Right: Evo Morales
We should look to Bolivia for inspiration Bolivia under President Evo Morales is seeking a radical development model based on equality and environmental sustainability – and there are lessons we can all learn In 2006, I was working at the UN in Mexico City, which happened to be hosting the World Water Forum that year. On the large civil society march (which the risk-averse UN security team had advised staff to stay away from) one sovereign government was represented: Bolivia. The message was that water was a public good, not a private commodity. Water was the emblematic issue at the core of the peaceful revolution in Bolivia that had swept a new and radical government to power just two months earlier. Packed with new ministers who had been at the heart of the mass demonstrations in rejection of the privatisation of urban water, the new administration became one of the first governments in the world to enshrine the right to water in its constitution. Bolivia has got used to s
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Durban FilmMart 2020 Project Submissions call out
Project submissions for the 11th Durban FilmMart (DFM), Africa’s leading film industry co-production market open on 25 November 2019 and close on 31 January 2020.
The 11th DFM is scheduled to take place from 17 to 20 July 2020, during the 41st Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) in Durban, South Africa.
A joint programme of the Durban Film Office (DFO), the eThekwini Municipality’s industry development unit and the DIFF, the DFM aims to support and stimulate the growth of the African film industry and develop connections between African filmmakers and the world. The project-in-development section of the DFM offers opportunities for film-makers to pitch to industry experts with the view to advancing their ideas closer to production.
The 2020 edition of DFM over four days will include pitching sessions for projects in development, workshops, panel discussions and seminars with industry experts and the ever-popular networking sessions enabling film-makers to connect and re-connect with an array of significant representatives from the industry both locally and internationally.
“We are very excited about the 11th edition of the Durban FilmMart,” says Head of the Ethekwini Municipality’s Durban Film Office Toni Monty. “The importance of the market to film-makers continues to make an impact. The 10th edition attracted influential individuals and organisations from across the globe. We also witnessed significant growth in our delegate numbers, and we able to expand the programme with a number of new offerings including the important Locations Africa aimed at attracting more filming on the , a larger isiPhethu Hub for emerging filmmakers within the DIFF as well as the Engage @DFM which was a curated think tank of conversations and panels on the future perspectives of the African film.”
Last year the market drew a record number of over 1000 delegates, including film-makers, distributors, broadcasters, agents, financiers and investors from around the world.
The selection panel will choose up to ten documentaries and ten fiction feature length film projects from the submissions. Selected projects will be announced in early May 2020, and will participate in a programme of mentorship and project packaging before presenting their projects to potential investors at the Durban FilmMart in July 2020.
Full length feature and documentary film projects with Africans in the major creative roles (writers, directors and producers) that are looking for co-producers, financiers, sales agents and funders, are invited to submit.
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'Welcome Home!' MIC Programmes
'Welcome Home!' With these words, many thousands of pilgrims - Sisters, Associates, Partners-in-ministry, students and alumni of Mercy schools, and other friends of Mercy - have been welcomed to Catherine McAuley's first House of Mercy in the past twenty years.
With the decision to hand Baggot Street over to Mercy International Association, a definite choice was made to have Baggot Street be "Home" to the entire Mercy world. Since the re-dedication of the Baggot Street house as Mercy International Centre, in 1994 literally thousands of members of the Mercy family have chosen to journey to Baggot Street to visit the source and wellspring of Mercy and take part in a programme on offer. These programmes have covered a variety of themes relating to Catherine McAuley and the early women of Mercy, Mercy charism and spirituality, the mission of Mercy today, vowed life, association, Mercy leadership, Mercy themes in scripture and theology, and other related topics.
As we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mercy International Centre, we remember the thousands who have come with the intention of learning more about Catherine McAuley - the one whose vision and initiative was the spark that kindled the spread of the Mercy flame across the world. We rejoice in the fact that this house continues to draw women and men of Mercy, the young and the old, vowed and committed lay leaders of Mercy ministries to immerse themselves in Catherine's spirit and drink deeply from the well of Mercy
Accompanying this article is a listing of the various programmes that have been offered at Baggot Street and reflections by some of the participants of these programmes over the past twenty years. Here are a few highlights of the development of various programme offerings:
In the early years, programmes were offered in the months of September through April, allowing the focus of Ireland’s ‘tourist season’ to be on the many groups who came to Baggot Street for tours. Tours were offered multiple times a day, six days a week (closed on Mondays). One of the programmes that offered early in MIC’s history and repeated with some frequency was a Beginnings and Endings Retreat led by MIC director Patricia Ryan, rsm (USA). This programme was designed for Sisters of Mercy who were transitioning out of elected leadership into new ministries. Several silent directed retreats were also offered in the initial years of MIC. While participants found the experiences of these silent retreats rich and meaningful, feedback encouraged the MIC team to look for pilgrimage-type options that did not necessitate a silent atmosphere. With people coming from all around the Mercy world, there is a desire to engage one’s companions from new countries!
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In the accompanying article, Catherine Experiences at Mercy International Centre, Anne Reid talks about the development of Catherine-related pilgrimages that were designed to have groups experience Catherine in her sacred places and spaces. These programmes of varying lengths and derivations of content have included Come Home to Catherine, Walking and Praying with Catherine, and Praying with Catherine in her Places and Spaces retreats. Each of these programmes has received excellent reviews with many people suggesting all Sisters of Mercy and Associates of Mercy should have the opportunity to experience this programme. The attached listing of programme offerings in the past 20 years indicate these programmes have been offered over 225 times at Baggot Street, and they continue to be offered today.
Around the turn of the millennium, the Institute of the Americas began designing and offering a final vow programme for sisters who are either preparing for final vows or have recently made final vows. While designed by incorporation ministers in the Americas, these programmes have been opened to all Mercy congregations worldwide with women near final vows. At this point, the final vow programme is held in every two years (2011, 2013, 2015...) and the most recent programme in May 2013 had eight participants – two from each of the following countries: Kenya, Peru, Philippines, and USA.
For the tenth anniversary of the founding of MIC, the MIC Team, congregational leaders and formation personnel developed a Multi-Cultural Programme that was offered to sisters in the formation process around the world, at special invitation by their leaders and formators. Within the first year, forty sisters from thirteen countries participated. These programmes were held from 2004-2009.
The former Melbourne Congregation and the current Brisbane Congregation were early developers of a pilgrimage for lay leaders of Mercy ministries. These pilgrimages that often host about 30-35 people each time have been offered annually or every two years by each of these congregations for at least the past dozen years. They integrate history and heritage-related activities such as having input by a noted Irish historian on the social, political and religious milieu of Catherine’s time followed by the exploration of Catherine’s story in visits to MIC, Coolock, Georges Hill, St Teresa’s Church on Clarendon St, and walking the streets of Dublin. In addition, there are programme pieces on Mercy Leadership (often led by Dervilla Byrne rsm and Mary Reynolds rsm – both from Ireland), Mercy Mission and Values (often led by Maria McGuinness rsm of Ireland), and the global reach of Mercy today with input from Mercy International Association’s Global Action Team and representative at the United Nations.
Mercy Health System, St Louis Missouri, has also been a very faithful longstanding group that has brought their lay employees on pilgrimage each year. These leaders attend a three-year programme on Mercy mission and leadership held in the USA, and at the end of the programme they have a two-day pilgrimage to Dublin. In many years from 2008 onwards, there have been over 150 lay leaders participating each year in four different groups annually.
2011 brought two new styles of programmes that have been popular in recent years. One is a month-long renewal programme for Sisters of Mercy: Watering the Roots at the Wellsprings of Mercy. The flow of this month-long programme is broadly based on the movements of theological reflection, and includes a week of looking at the context in which vowed religious life is found, followed by two weeks on inspiration from scripture and our Mercy tradition, and a final week on spirituality or applied theology. It draws on the expertise of our Mercy scripture scholars and theologians, and has had participants from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, United States. The diverse countries of origin and extended time to bond and develop relationships have allowed participants to touch into our global Mercy realities in new and profound ways. The next renewal programme is this June 2014, and then it will be offered again in July 2016.
The second new programme begun in 2011 is the Pilgrimage of Young Mercy Leaders. At the outset, this pilgrimage was seen to be a one-time event while World Youth Day was 'in the neighbourhood' - being hosted in Madrid, Spain. The original idea was to bring all of the Mercy schools participating in WYD together for a joint Mercy pilgrimage in Dublin in the week prior to the experience in Spain. 143 students and staff from 25 schools in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland and the United States participated in the 2011 Dublin Pilgrimage of Young Mercy Leaders.
The 2011 Pilgrimage of Young Mercy Leaders used World Youth Day's age categories and combined secondary school students and university students. Feedback from the schools indicated they wanted the pilgrimages to continue regardless of the location of World Youth Day, but to separate the university students from the secondary school students in two different pilgrimages. As such, MIA now hosts Young Mercy Leaders pilgrimages every even year for university students, and every odd year for secondary students. The 2013 YML pilgrimage for secondary school students welcomed 106 participants from 21 schools in Australia, Belize, Great Britain, Ireland and USA. Registration is open for the 2014 YML pilgrimage for university students and young adults, to be held August 5-8, 2014, and pre-registration is open for the 2015 YML pilgrimage for secondary school students (July 14-17, 2015).
Recent demographical information of the pilgrims who come to Mercy International Centre for programmes reveal that there is a trend toward increasing numbers of lay leaders of Mercy ministries and student groups from around the world partaking in offerings at Baggot Street. A chart summarizing participation from May 2012- May 2013 programmes shows:
The team at Mercy International Association continue to look at creative ways to respond to the new and emerging needs of the Mercy family for programmes in Mercy heritage, leadership, mission, ministry, and spirituality.
May the inspiration found by participants in these and future programmes continue to enflame our world with God's loving Mercy.
Some reflections from participants in MIC programmes (PDF)
Programmes offered at MIC: 1994-2014 (PDF)
Messages to: Mary Kay Dobrovolny rsm - Assistant Director Heritage & Spirituality
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Dr. Elaine Heffner: ‘New’ ideas about reading failures
Dr. Elaine Heffner
Everything old is new again. Old ideas with a new look certainly seem to be making an appearance in theories related to child-rearing and education. The latest candidates in that regard are the “new” ideas about reading failure and methods of teaching children to read.
Recent national test scores showing that only a third of American students were
proficient in reading, with widening gaps between good readers and bad ones, have
prompted some educators to revisit the beginnings of reading instruction. As is known to happen in other areas of thought, educators are reacting to a body of research produced by linguists, psychologists and cognitive scientists.
The supposedly new approach called the “science of reading,” holds that eye-tracking studies and brain scans show that learning to read is the work of deliberately practicing how to quickly connect the letters on the page to the sounds heard. In contrast, the “balanced literature” theory followed today, holds that students can learn to read through exposure to a wide range of books they find appealing rather than an emphasis on sounding out words.
The struggle over phonics as the way to teach reading seems to have gone on as long as the effort to teach children to read. The something new that has been added now is the claim that the “science of reading” is based on - science! In other words, scientific technology provides the evidence proving the need for phonics as the method for teaching reading.
Supporters of phonics do not want to limit teaching reading to phonics alone and appear to seek including what sound like ideas from “balanced literature,” including using more advanced books so children are not stuck with low expectations and the boredom of earlier sound-it-out books. However, states have already passed laws requiring that schools use phonics-centric curriculums and screen students more aggressively for reading problems.
The problem is that the controversy leads various groups to become invested in a particular point of view, leading in turn to requiring the use of a specific method for entire school districts. Unfortunately, the claim that a method is based on science leads to a one size fits all approach, rather than an ability to address the needs of individual children. Actual classroom teachers often trust their own experience over brain scans or laboratory experiments.
This same dynamic can be seen in the world of child development research, theories and recommended methods. Research findings are based on numbers, meaning they apply to a group as a whole as contrasted to individuals. For a parent seeking a method or approach for her own child, research findings drawn from a group may not apply or be appropriate.
In part, the current controversy about teaching phonics relates to methods, rather than theory. Researchers in the science of reading point to the lack of clarity in specific curriculum materials that will be most effective in teaching phonics. Much of the criticism of phonics as an approach relates to old approaches using drills and boring beginning reading materials.
In the service of full disclosure, I admit that my view of teaching phonics is influenced by being the mother of a child with reading difficulties. His school years coincided with the use of the “sight” method, in which children were taught to recognize words by looking at them. That seemed to him a kind of magic he didn’t have, leading him to take a book off the shelf, looking through it and announcing he had read it. It was only after being tutored with phonics that he owned the true magic of reading.
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The MHCC
The Miniature Hereford Cowtown Classic (MHCC) was established in 2019 and is held at the Will Rodgers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. This breed-exclusive show includes Pre-Junior, Junior and Open Breeders Show divisions and classes for registered Miniature Hereford heifers, steers, cows and bulls. The MHCC's founders hope to further the rich heritage of the breed and the venue alike by creating a new chapter for the breeders, exhibitors, and public to enjoy.
The MHCC is a 501.C.3 non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the Miniature Hereford breed and providing educational opportunities for families who raise and show Miniature Herefords. The MHCC is managed by an appointed Board of Directors and Volunteer Organization. For more information, email can be directed to info@minicowtown.org.
The Will Rodgers Memorial Center
The MHCC is proud to be part of the historical Will Rodgers Memorial Center. Established in Fort Worth, Texas in 1936, the Will Rogers Memorial Center now attracts in excess of 2 million visitors each year to the Cultural District. This 120-acre facility plays host to an extensive variety of cultural, corporate, educational and sporting events including many international-level equestrian and livestock shows.
Located in the heart of the Ft. Worth Historical District, the Will Rodgers Memorial Center is devoted to the preservation of the rich and diverse history of Texas. Between 1866 and 1890, drovers trailed more than four million head of cattle through Fort Worth. The city soon became known as “Cowtown.” In 1876, some of the first Herefords to arrive in Texas were brought in by the E. F. and William S. Ikard brothers of Henrietta, Texas. They purchased ten animals at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, shipped them by rail to Denison, and then trailed them to Henrietta.
The Miniature Hereford
The Miniature Hereford has been developed over the last 30 years by selective breeding of stock that was originally imported to the US from England in the early 19th Century. The Miniature Hereford breeding program was started by the Largent family in 1974, whose ranch is located in the Davis Mountains of Texas.
Rust Largent initially concentrated on breeding the most productive cattle suited to the local conditions of his ranch. With efficiency in mind, a bull called Laser was used at the ranch to proportionally reduce frame size. Since then, the herd has been systematically culled and improved continuously to produce the "miniature" cattle.
The first Miniature Herefords were sold on the open market in 1991. All Miniature Herefords are able to be registered with the American Hereford Society, once they are checked free of the dwarfism gene.
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Muhammad Bin Sam
28 Aug 2020 Fri
Muhammad Bin Sam was the sultan of the Ghurid Empire, he is also known as Muhammad Bin Ghori. He was born in the year 1162 CE as Muhammad Bin Ghori, he took the name Muhammad Bin Sam after sitting on the throne. Muhammad Bin Sam is considered as one of the founders of Muslim rule in India.
Muhammad Bin Sam ruled the vast area comprising the part of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. He ruled along with this elder brother Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, which later widely came to be known as the Ghurid or Ghorid Empire.
This gold dinar was struck in his name is a posthumous issue Hijri date 604. The obverse of these coins is inscribed as ‘‘As Sultan al- AzamMuizz-udDuniya-wa al-Din Abu al Muzaffar Muhammad bin Sam’ within a square on the obverse side. The Reverse side of the coin is inscribed as ‘La lailla Allah Muhammad Rasul Allah, al Nasir li-Din Allah Amir al muminin’.
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IT Asset Dispostion
Value recovery
Antenna Aligners
Cable Analyzers
Calibration kits
Malware attacks routers
Malware has been found in the wild that masquerades as harmless Linux/Unix-like software for routers, but is in fact an IRC backdoor....
Malware has been found in the wild that masquerades as harmless Linux/Unix-like software for routers, but is in fact an IRC backdoor.
The malware, which poses as a .elf file, has infected machines in Latin America, security company Trend Micro said in a blog post on Thursday. Trend Micro has called the exploit ELF_TSUNAMI.R., and says it can also compromise D-Link DWL-900AP+ access points.
An infected machine connects to a botnet on internet relay chat (IRC) servers, Trend Micro said. The exploit may perform brute-force attacks on router username password pairs.
At the time of writing, Trend Micro was analysing how the malware spreads, and whether machines in geographical territories outside of Latin America have been compromised.
D-Link said in January 2010 that a vulnerability in three of its routers could let hackers reconfigure administrative settings.
Symantec said in 2008 that it had discovered malware in the wild that subverted routers in attempted banking fraud.
Cisco Virtualization Offers More
Virtualization is on the top of more people’s tongues than ever before. The idea of being tied to a desk with a...
Virtualization is on the top of more people’s tongues than ever before. The idea of being tied to a desk with a specific number of servers, one kind of operating system and limited software is becoming more and more obsolete for as long as virtualization continues to expand. Cisco is offering more and more options by offering more inside the data center. One server can then spawn many virtual servers as opposed to the need to add more and more to it.
The Cisco Nexus 1000V physical switch can now house the Virtual Switch. What does this allow? It is allows people to create virtual networks. This will then house virtual machines. What this means is that more people are able to access the information and the performance of the machines runs smoother.
When there is access to virtual networks and cloud computing, it allows the internet to be the storage facility with access to a server somewhere off site. What this means for companies is more affordable data center spending because there are limited (or no) servers required on property. This reduces labor and energy and increases efficiency.
There is no need to throw software on every computer. They can simply access it virtually. There is no need to be limited to a specific operating system – it can be done virtually. This means that the lines between PC and Mac blur to the point that they are unrecognizable.
Cisco has announced that they are investing more and more money in virtual networking in terms of hardware, software and various services. The Virtual Switch is just the beginning but it will continue to expand until there may be very few physical servers and more things become virtual.
Why be stuck inside of an office when the office doesn’t actually have anything you need? It used to be that you had to be in the office because that’s where the server was. If the server doesn’t have to be in the office anymore, that means that you don’t either. You can then have the ability to work anywhere because the data you are trying to access is available online.
Virtualization is changing the way business is being conducted. It is more labor efficient, time efficient and energy efficient. It is the new way to branch outside of the traditional data center and Cisco is paving the way in the world of technology.
Intelligent Cloud Automation
Cisco this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration and change management...
Cisco this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration and change management solutions, in an effort to complement its own ‘smart service’ capabilities.
Pari Networks, notably, was founded by a group of former Cisco executives.
Cisco originally announced its intent to buy Pari Networks on January 26, 2011. Financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed, but Pari Networks employees are to become part of Cisco’s Technical Services.
Based in Milpitas, California, with part of its employee base in Hyderabad, India, Cisco declared that Pari Networks’ technology will be integrated into its smart services and help accelerate the ability of the company and its partners to manage the health and stability of customer networks through personalized services. Read-More>>>http://www.techcrunchit.com/2011/03/02/cisco-completes-acquisition-of-pari-networks-started-by-former-cisco-execs/
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"Great Music, Big Heart "
ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER: Part I and Part II is an entertaining, captivating, heartrending two-part documentary. Elvis grew up in poverty. The dire economic straights produced a great desire in Elvis to take care of his mother. His mother, in turn, had a great deal of love and care for Elvis because his twin brother had died at birth. Elvis’ life revolved around church. So, the Gospel was his foundation, inspiration and great hope. After his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis would drive back and forth by Sun Records. Finally, he got up enough nerve to enter and ask Sam Phillips to record him. The rest is history.
Elvis and his story are a tremendous portrait of the all-consuming nature of fame and the biblical passage, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) However, the movie suggests Elvis never lost his soul. This documentary is fascinating and inspiring. The music is great, the interviews are profound, and the audio clips of Elvis himself are incredible. ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER deserves a big audience. Bravo!
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Very strong Christian worldview in a positive but ultimately tragic story of the great performer Elvis Presley, peppered with references to the Gospel and terrific gospel music;
Several obscenities (includine one s*** and one f***);
No violence, but a reference to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy;
No overt sexual content, but Presley’s gyrations were considered sexual in the 1950s and throughout his career women would faint and scream and rush the stage;
Light nudity, upper male;
Background alcohol use at some concerts;
Some cigar smoking, background cigarette smoking, and extensive references to the use of upper and downers later in Elvis Presley’s career; and,
ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER: Part I and Part II is an entertaining, captivating and heartrending two-part documentary about one of the greatest singers and performers ever.
Elvis grew up in poverty. His father even went to jail for forging a check to buy food for his family. He lived in a broken-down, shotgun house. The dire economic straights produced a great desire in Elvis to take care of his mother. His mother, in turn, had a great deal of love and care for Elvis because his twin brother had died at birth. Elvis’ life revolved around church, not just the great singing in white churches, but also, at a time of segregation, he spent a lot of time in Pentecostal black churches. So, the Gospel was his foundation, his inspiration and his great hope. At three years old, Elvis started singing in the church.
When his family moved into government housing in Memphis, Tenn., Memphis was alive in the music scene, gospel and country, including black gospel radio, white gospel radio, country music, BB King, the Blackwood Brothers, Beale Street, and the Flamingo Room. In high school, Elvis didn’t fit until he sang at a high school talent show. Suddenly, everything changed.
Working for an electric company, Elvis would drive back and forth in front of Sun Records. Finally, he got up enough nerve to enter and ask Sam Phillips to record him. Sam was looking for somebody who could bring black music sensibility into white country music. Elvis did just that.
So, at 19, Elvis was a local phenomenon, who started the rock and roll music trend, was in love with God and loved his mother. Sam was pressing Elvis’ records and selling them out of the back of his car. Elvis was traveling the road playing all over the South. He had an incredible presence on stage. When he played the Louisiana Hayride, he could read the audience, and the audience went wild. Thus, he was picked up by his manager, who made him a household name, Col. Tom Parker.
In the mid-50s, Parker got Elvis on the major TV shows, such as Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, and Steve Allen, so his fame spread around the world.
Suddenly, however, he was drafted. His mother was heartbroken and died before he went overseas to Germany. Elvis was always polite and went off to the Army to do his duty. Losing his mother was devastating, and the Army almost killed his career.
In Part II, when Elvis returns from the Army, Col. Parker has to rebrand him. One way is that Col. Parker gets him into a series of really corny movies, although some of them were entertaining. The movies, however, stultified Elvis’ great artistic abilities. When he felt disassociated from his art, he finally demanded his next song be a record of gospel music. Even so, his 1968 TV special was a brilliant success.
With the movies trivializing Elvis, Parker took him out on the road again, where he was doing two shows night after night, week after week, totally exhausted and sometimes overweight Although he married Priscilla, his career was consuming him, and after six years they divorced.
His music reflected his loneliness and his hurt. He couldn’t shake Col. Parker, and the rest is history. He died too young, consuming too many uppers to stay awake and too many downers to go to sleep. Even so, his heart belonged to gospel music, his life revolved around faith and family.
Elvis and his story are a tremendous portrait of the all-consuming nature of fame and the biblical passage, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) However, the movie suggests he never lost his soul, which is in the hands of Jesus Christ.
This documentary is fascinating, captivating, heartrending, and inspiring. The music is great, the interviews are profound, and the audio clips of Elvis himself are incredible. ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER deserves an Emmy Award and deserves a big audience. Bravo!
Starring: Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley, Steve Allen, Ann-Margret, Chet Atkins, Chris Bearde, Red West
Rating: TG-PG
Director: Thom Zimny
Executive Producer: Glen Zipper, Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling, Andrew Solt, Alan Gasmer, Jamie Salter
Producer: Thom Zimny, Jon Landau, Kary Antholis
Writer: Alan Light
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Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Ron Cephas Jones
Network: NBC-TV/Comcast
Director: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
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Kenny Brown: Master Musician
By Sue Watson for the (Holly Springs, MS) South Reporter - Aug 11, 2004
Somewhere in the red clay hills near the Tippah River at Potts Camp lives a man who plays the blues.
Kenny Brown, formerly of Nesbit, and living in Memphis until year 2000, moved to his 30-acre estate to get back to the peace and quiet of the country - the roots of the Mississippi blues whether it be in the hills or the delta.
Brown is a fourth or fifth generation blues guitarist who has been influenced and taught by some of Mississippi’s second generation bluesmen living in the red clay hills area of Mississippi stretching from the state line in the north down through the center of the state to Jackson or more.
Now 52, Brown was just a boy when his interest in guitar sparked when he began taking lessons and trying to read music.
Fortuitously, by age 12 he was situated right across the road in Nesbit, from an aging blues great, Joe Callicutt.
“When I was growing up in Nesbit, when I was about seven, the place we lived was across the road from a place where they had picnics, and they usually had fife and drum bands and guitar players there,” Brown said. “I met Joe when I was about 12. I was already playing some and knew most of the basic chords. My brother told me about Joe and went and asked if he could show me some stuff. That’s how we got started. It got to where I was at Joe’s place every day. If my parents couldn’t find me, they would go to Joe’s place first.”
Brown was soon introduced to Fred McDowell, another second generation blues musician by another blues enthusiast, Bobby Ray Watson of Pleasant Hill, Miss., at one of the Memphis Blues Festivals around 1969.
“Right after Joe died, Bobby Ray introduced me to Johnny Woods, a famed harmonica player and vocalist from Marshall County.
Aspiring young musicians have a way of meeting and being influenced or taught by those around them.
Brown met R.L. Burnside, a bluesman. He worked and travelled on and off for the next 30 years in Hernando with Junior Kimbrough.
“I met Burnside when he was opening for a rock band at a little concert in Hernando that a friend of mine was putting on,” he said. “Johnny Woods first took me down to Junior Kimbrough’s house when he lived out on Marianna Road just outside Holly Springs.
It is the way musicians pass on what they have learned either directly or through records and tapes to the next generation that provides continuity to music, guaranteeing it will live on, though it may and does evolve from generation to generation. Or, as in the case of rock and roll, one genre can be the springboard for another.
As with any serious artist, sooner or later they mature, write some of their own music, and cut some records. And they begin to influence the next generation - assuring what is learned and appreciated is passed on.
That’s where Brown is today, out on his own, spreading his wings, and teaching aspirants.
He will be giving formal instruction to his godson, Jocco Rushing, a 17-year-old, with the assistance of a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Brown has taught several other apprentices - a student from Oxford and from Hickory Flat - with assistance from the Delta Blues Educational Foundation.
Brown can’t put his finger on just what it is that sparks interest and fans the flames until a youngster gets enough of a start to continue development.
“I’m not sure what it was,” he said. “I was always interested in music, especially guitars. There’s a place I play in Taylor, The Taylor Grocery Catfish place, where families come in. And I’ve noticed lately that the ones who pay the closest attention are the real young kids. I love playing there mainly for that reason. I’m sure a lot of times it’s the first time these kids get to see someone performing up close.”
Brown explained how he was drawn to Potts Camp.
“I have some friends who live down here and had been coming down riding horses. I liked it here a lot and I was living in Memphis for a while. I was ready to get back to the country.”
Jocco moved in with Brown for a couple of years. Like when Brown was young, music could be heard coming from somewhere in the red clay hills.
Jocco has moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to be with family and there is not as much music being made on the porch near the Tippah River on Brown’s 30 acres now. He continues to enjoy riding horses and keeping chickens and some dogs. He will work with Jocco again, formally.
“He is teaching me, too,” Brown said.
He and the Burnsides are all now out on their own, he said.
“I am doing my own thing since R.L. retired,” Brown said. “He (R.L.) is going to be 78 in November.”
Brown said he still visits Burnside at his Wall Hill Road home off Highway 309, when he can.
He is now rated as a Master Artist, by the Mississippi Blues Commission.
He will continue on his own or with other artists as a part of the evolving blues of the red clay hills of Mississippi and the Delta Blues.
“We still carry it on - the Burnside and Kimbrough kids,” he said.
Coming up for Brown is a chance to write or play for some movies. He has been talking with producer Robert Muggie about a “Native Sons” series being filmed at Ground Zero, the food and music hall in Clarksdale, Miss., owned by actor Morgan Freeman and Clarksdale attorney Bill Luckett.
As with all blues vocalists and musicians, the attraction to the blues is because it comes from the heart, Brown said.
For more about Kenny Brown visit www.kennybrown.net. or www.fatpossum.com.
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Big Money Influences Poses a Major Problem in British Politics
By Vicky Wong
A recent British Sunday Times article and video recording revealed that a Conservative Party co-treasurer, Peter Cruddas, has offered access to Prime Minister David Cameron in return for $400,000. In an embarrassing turn of events for the Conservative Party, Cruddas resigned as a result of the video in which he offers two undercover journalists, posing as potential party donors, access to government policy circles and even a chance to have dinner with the Camerons in return for a generous donation to the party.
At a glance the revelations seem like what Linda Loman from Death of a Salesman would call making a mountain out of a molehill. However, it reminds us that in order to be heard in the high policy circles you need to have lots of money in hand. In times of budget cuts, these findings will fuel calls for a reform into how political parties are funded, with the most popular option being to have them publicly funded by the taxpayer instead of donations by wealthy businessmen. Unfortunately, though, nothing will change.
Political cash for access scandals are hardly a shocking revelation. The Liberal Democrats were also caught in a slightly embarrassing turn of political donation-type events after facing calls to return a generous donation from multi-millionaire fraudster Michael Brown.
Labour can hardly claim the moral high ground as they have been involved in cash-related political scandals including cash for honours and cash for access where three former Cabinet Ministers were caught in a similar sting by the Sunday Times.
The prime minister has pledged to put tougher restrictions on lobbying and recommendations have included a statutory register of political lobbyists. Cameron has said he would even look into putting a cap on party funding. But of course promising to do something is completely different to actually doing it.
So what next? The issue now leaves us asking how are we going to fund political parties. Recommendations made in a report last year by the Independent Committee on Standards in Public Life included a cap on donations as well as allowing ordinary voters to fund political parties. Whilst I am not entirely against individuals making donations to political parties I would be in favor of a system where parties are publicly funded, not only will this be a first step to making sure that big money does not mean big policy influence, it could also encourage the parties to be a bit more frugal with their finances.
In an age where people have become politically disillusioned, it's not certain how the public would feel about propping up political parties, especially if it’s a party they don’t support. .
Membership to political parties has been declining, meaning that parties have to resort to other, wealthier resources.
Whilst the Lib Dems may be supportive of the reforms, Labour and the Tories will be more unwilling to implement these changes as Labour rely on Trade Unions and the Tories rely on wealthy businessmen. How the parties would fare under the campaign trail would be interesting given that the Tories spent at least $26,000 in the last general election and Labour (who spent just less than $28,700 in the 2005 election) spent less than half of that in 2010.
As Chris Wimpress writes, "taxpayers will loathe the idea of bankrolling politicians even more than they do already." On the other hand maybe taxpayers would be more willing to prop up parties if it is going to lead to a cleaner political system.
But we all know that saying you will pursue reform is one thing, actually implementing it is another thing entirely as BBC political editor James Landale has pointed out: "The coalition agreement promised that the government would pursue reform. But it did not promise to achieve it."
The Peter Cruddas affair will probably continue to fuel flames for a week but like many other scandals before it, it will be confined to the back shelf until another political scandal resurrects it.
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