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Mass Effect Andromeda trailer shows off the game’s ‘Golden Worlds’
by Marcos Thadani ● Last updated on Mar 8, 2017
The Mass Effect games have always offered a wickedly good combination of role-playing and action gameplay, set in a unique sci-fi universe. And no doubt a big part of Mass Effect’s appeal has been exploring the game’s alien worlds, enjoying the beautiful vistas and meeting all sorts of interesting characters along the way.
And the upcoming Mass Effect Andromeda game looks like it won’t falter when it comes to exploration and discovery, as we saw in an earlier preview video, while the game will also feature what developer Bioware calls “Golden Worlds”, which are the subject of the preview video below.
These Golden Worlds are of particular interest to humanity’s explorers searching for habitable planets in the Andromeda galaxy, and players will be able to visit and explore these worlds in the game.
So hopefully this upcoming Mass Effect game will offer the same great gameplay experiences as the earlier Mass Effect games did, although it remains to be seen whether this will be as good as 2010’s sensational Mass Effect 2. But still, it will no doubt be a great thing if this proved to be another great Bioware title, and a Mass Effect game to remember when it’s released later this month.
Note: Mass Effect Andromeda will be released on March 21, 2017 in North America, and March 23 in the rest of the world. Available on PS4, Xbox One and PC. (EA / Origin Access members will be able to play a portion of the game earlier, on March 16).
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North Korea Forces Human Trafficking Victim to Have Abortion Under Kim Jong-Un’s Ban on Mixed-Race Babies
Micaiah Bilger Dec 12, 2017 | 11:03AM Washington, DC
A human trafficking victim from North Korea described the horrifying torture that she and her unborn baby suffered under the communist regime.
Ji Hyeon-A recently told the United Nations that she was forced to abort her unborn baby without pain medication, fed rotten food and beaten repeatedly in a North Korean detention center, the Express reports.
Three times, Ji Hyeon-A said she escaped to China, only to be caught and returned to her native country. After her second escape, she said human traffickers captured her in China and sold her as a slave to an old farmer.
“He was nice to me, but he had huge debts so I had to work on his farm to pay off his debts,” she said.
While working for him, she was caught again by authorities and sent back to North Korea, according to the report. Ji Hyeon-A said she was three months pregnant at the time.
Ji Hyeon-A said when she was captured, the local police forced her to abort her baby without any pain medicine. Women who have been to other countries and return pregnant to North Korea are forced to abort their unborn babies because the government prohibits mixed-race babies, she said.
“My first child passed away without ever seeing the world, without any time for me to apologize,” she told the UN, crying. “Pregnant women were forced into harsh labor all day. At night, we heard pregnant mothers screaming and babies died without ever being able to see their mothers.”
She said the prison where she stayed was “terrifying,” and “the Kims are carrying out a vast massacre and it takes a miracle to survive there.”
Ji Hyeon-A said she and the other prisoners suffered under horrendous conditions. She said they were fed rotten food, rats and raw locust – when they were fed at all. Some prisoners starved to death, and she watched guards feed a prisoner’s dead body to their dogs, the report states. She and other prisoners frequently were beaten and forced to work grueling hours, even while pregnant, Ji Hyeon-A said.
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Other women have reported similar atrocities against themselves and their babies. In August, Daily NK, a South Korean news site, reported about forced abortions in the Pochon Ministry of State Security in North Korea.
Residents under the authority of Captain Park Yong Chol, head of the security unit, said Park ordered his officers to stomp on the bellies of repatriated pregnant women to kill their unborn babies.
LifeNews also has reported accounts of infanticide in North Korea. A United Nations report in 2014 listed numerous human rights abuses in the Asian country, including the systematic murder and persecution of society’s most vulnerable – the unborn, newborns and those with disabilities.
Here’s more from the 2014 UN report:
North Korean women repatriated from China were forced to undergo abortions if they were found to be pregnant, because it was believed they could be carrying babies conceived by Chinese men. The women are not asked about the ethnicity of the child’s father, the report says.
One witness saw seven women given injections to induce abortions. In most cases, guards at the detention facilities “force either the mother or a third person to kill the baby by drowning it in water or suffocating it by holding a cloth or other item against its face or putting the baby face down so that it cannot breathe,” the report says.
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Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat talks about Anesthesia course, what is Anesthesia and other details about a Career in Anesthesia.
Harsha Bhat | Anesthesiologist | Various Hospitals
What is Anesthesia?
A Career in Anesthesia is very interesting. One should first understand What a Career in Anesthesia entails before investing time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in Anesthesia. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Anesthesia from non professionals.
Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat has 6 years of professional experience in Anesthesia. Here is how Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat detailed Anesthesia:
Anesthesia or anaesthesia (from Greek "without sensation") is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness. A patient under the effects of anesthetic drugs is referred to as being anesthetized.
How Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat got into Anesthesia?
I did MBBS from Mysore Medical College And Research Institute and MD (Anesthesia) from R&D Medical College Udaipur in 2014, since then I am practicing Anesthesia.
Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat's Talk on Anesthesia
1) Anaesthesia
Next, it covers Education. It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Anesthesia, this Talk went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Anesthesia. It defines Education in terms of following items for Anesthesia:
2) Biology
3) Physiology
4) Anatomy
5) Pharmacology
6) Physics
Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Anesthesia demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out. It explains Skills needed in Anesthesia with these items:
7) Patience
8) Vigilance
9) Situational Awareness
10) Physical & Mental Agility
11) Teamwork
It is important to get an understanding of the Positives of Anesthesia. The Talk discusses following Positives of Anesthesia:
12) Respect
13) Immense Satisfaction
14) Academically Inclined
15) High Demand
16) Super Specialization
There are a few Challenges in Anesthesia which one needs to be cognizant of:
17) High Scrutiny
18) Litigation
19) Odd Working Hours
In the final section of the Talk, Harsha Bhat talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
20) Anaesthesia
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Anesthesia?
If you are want to get into Anesthesia, start by investing in a Career Plan.
The 14 hour process, guided by a LifePage Career Advisor, will help you introspect and check whether your interest in Anesthesia is merely an infatuation or is it truly something you wish to do for the rest of your life.
Next, your Career Advisor will help you document how you can get into Anesthesia, what education and skills you need to succeed in Anesthesia, and what positives and challenges you will face in Anesthesia.
Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Anesthesia.
Anesthesiologist Harsha Bhat's LifePage:
https://www.lifepage.in/page/harshabhat
LifePage Career Talk on Anesthesia
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/anesthesia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpm75tRES6c
(Anesthesia, Harsha Bhat, Various Hospitals, Anesthesiologist, Aanesthetic Drugs, Analgesia, Anesthesiology)
Dr Yogendra Singh
Cardiologist | Fortis Escorts Hospital
Cardiology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a specialty of internal medicine.
"I studied at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for the MBBS and MD degrees. I spent 18 months as Senior Resident in Cardiology at SGPGIMS Lucknow and then obtained the DM (Cardiology) superspeciality degree in 2004 from GSVM Medical College in Kanpur. This was followed by a six-month stint at Apollo Hospitals Colombo as Senior Registrar in Interventional Cardiology, and a year at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata, as Associate Consultant in Interventional Cardiology. Subsequently I have worked as Consultant Interventional Cardiology & Electrophysiology at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, and currently, I am working at Fortis Escorts Hospital in Dehradun."
Dr Sunil Saini
Director | Cancer Research Institute - SRHU
[ 26 years & 4 months Experience ]
Surgery is the removal of the tumor and surrounding tissue during an operation. A doctor who specializes in treating cancer using surgery is called a surgical oncologist. Surgery is the oldest type of cancer therapy and remains an effective treatment for many types of cancer today.
"After completing Graduation and Post Graduation from B H U, Banaras, I did Surgery and Medicine from B H U, Banaras. After that, I did training in Head & Neck Cancer Surgery from Mumbai. I have been practicing Cancer Surgery since 1992 at Cancer Research Institute SRHU, Dehradun"
Dr Annu Dhir
Gynaecologist | P K Dhir Memorial Clinic
[ 33 years & 10 months Experience ]
Gynaecology is the branch of physiology and medicine which deals with the functions and diseases specific to women and girls, especially those affecting the reproductive system.
"I have done my medical education from Rewa Medical College and PG diploma in Gynaecology from Puna and Hospital Management diploma from Apolo Hospital, Delhi. After that I have joined Air force as a family doctor and for the 15 years I was working with the Air force. Then I came to Dehradun where my mother in law was practicing and I joined her and since then I am practicing Gynaecology for the last 32 years."
Dr Mahesh Kuriyal
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon | CMI Hospital,Dehradun
Neurology is defined as the study of nervous system which includes body parts,brain,spinal cord and nerves.
"I am a Neurosurgeon in Dehradun, currently practising at the Combined Medical Institute Hospital on Haridwar Road. I completed my graduation (MBBS) and post-graduation (MS - Master of Surgery) from King George's Medical College, Lucknow. I followed this up with an MCh (Neurosurgery) degree from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow."
Dr Gaurav Luthra
Head Surgeon | Drishti Eye Institute, Dehradun
Eye surgery is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa, typically by an ophthalmologist. An expert eye surgeon is responsible for selecting the appropriate surgical procedure for the patient, and for taking the necessary safety precautions.
"After completing my schooling from St Josephs, Drehardun I went to Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for my graduation and post graduation in medicine. I have been practicing eye surgery since 1995."
Dr Ramesh Kumar Pandey
Consultant Radiologist | CMI Hospital
Radiology is a specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body. A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose and/or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of (usually minimally invasive) medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies.
"I am graduated in Medicine. I have done my DMRD and DNB from Yashodhra Supersepciality Hospital, Hyderabad. After that I am working as a full time consultant. I specialized in Imaging and do Non-Vascular Interventional radiology also."
Dr Puneet Tyagi
Head Pulmonary & Critical Care | VelMed Hospitals
A pulmonologist, or pulmonary disease specialist, is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases.
"After completing my education, I have worked with various hospitals in Delhi, Bareilly and Dehradun. I am working at Velmed Hospitals, Dehradun as the head of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. I am trained in pulmonary medicine & Critical Care from a prestigious institute of India (VP Chest Institute Delhi. Previously I was Principal Consultant at Max Superspeciality Hospital, Dehradun, and I have 22 years of experience in pulmonary medicine & Critical Care."
Dr Rohan Mehra
Ophthalmologist | Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun
Ophthalmology is the medical science of treating the diseases of the eye. The eyes are an integral part of a body as they help us give shape (visually) to everything around us.
"I studied at The Doon School, Dehradun. After, which I attained an MBBS Degree from Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun (2008-2013) and soon after moved to Delhi NCR and worked at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for a year. Following that I then applied for and attained an MS Degree in Ophtamology and have been practicing Ophthalmology at Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun, since, 2015."
Dr S G Sethi
Gynaecologist | S G Sethi Clinic
Gynaecology is the study of the female reproductive system which includes the ovaries, uterus and the breast and most imp thing is producing babies and helping woman to have proper family planning and healthy living.
"After completing my education from Grant Medical College, Bombay, I came to Dehradun. I am working as Obstetrics and Gynaecologist for the last 40 years."
Dr Kishor Joshi
Senior Consultant & HoD | Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
"After doing my MBBS from Institute of Medical Sciences from Vijayanagar, I did MS from JIPMER, Pondicherry. Thereafter, I did M Ch, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery from AIIMS and did fellowship in Congenital Heart Surgery from Medical College of Carolina. I have worked in various hospitals as a Cardiac Surgeon and have been working at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Dehradun as a Senior Consultant & Head of Department since 2016."
Dr Nameet Jerath
Pediatrician | Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. Pediatricians work both in hospitals, particularly those working in its subspecialties such as neonatology, and as primary care physicians.
"After completing my MBBS, I did my MD in Pediatrics and after that I did my Fellowship in Pediatrics Critical Care from Sydney Children's Hospital & Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. In 2006, I started practicing as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Critical Care & Pulmonologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi."
Dr Subhash Shalya
Sr Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon | Various Hospitals
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopaedic surgery is surgery performed by a medical specialist, such as an orthopedist or orthopaedic surgeon, trained to deal with problems that develop in the bones, joints, and ligaments of the human body.
"After completing my MBBS from SNMC, BR Ambedkar University Agra, I did my MS in Orthopedics & then in Surgery from SN Medical College Agra, UP. In 1994, I did my PGCR in Rehabilitation from All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mumbai. In 1990, I started working as a Sr Consultant for various hospitals and later in 1995 I got associated as Full Time Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital where I worked for more than 9 years. In 2005, I started my own clinic & rehabilitation centre named Bone Joints Care Foundation of India which is an NGO in the field of rehabilitation of pediatric and geriatric patients suffering from disabilities and deformities. I am also associated with Fortis C-Doc Hospital New Delhi, Max Hospital Noida & NMC Hospital Noida as a visiting Sr Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon."
Teaching Anatomy
Dr S L Jethani
HOD & Professor | Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences
Anatomy is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science dealing with the structural organization of living things.
"I did MBBS and MS in Anatomy from G R Medical College, Gwalior. I also did my internship at the same college. I taught at G R Medical College for few years before moving to Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun. I have been a Dean and Medical Superintendent at the institute. I am a Professor and Head of Department at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun."
Dr Nagender Singh Rawat
Neurosurgeon | VelMed Hospital
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.
"I completed my M Ch (Neurosurgery) from SGPGIMS, Lucknow. Since 2016, I am working as a neurosurgeon and in June 2018, I joined VelMed Hospital, Dehradun as a Neurosurgeon."
Dr Sanjay Sujata
Gynaecologist | Sanjay Maternity Centre
"I did my MBBS and Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from G R Medical College, Jiwaji University. I have been practicing as a Gynaecologist at Sanjay Orthopaedic, Spine & Maternity Centre since 2010. I have been awarded with many awards and recognitions such as 100 Women Achievers Award by MWCD and Indira Gandhi National Award."
Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics
Dr Ajay Sharma
Consultant Paediatrician | Various Medical Assignments
Neurodevelopmental pediatricians evaluate and treat infants, toddlers and children who show signs of motor and developmental delays. Pediatric behavior health is also a part of neurodevelopmental pediatrics. Developmental pediatrics helps kids who have motor, speech, social or learning delays (developmental disorders in children).
"After doing education I started working as a consultant neurodevelopmetal paediatrician and clinical director in the Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, UK. I have extensive clinical and teaching experience of the child development and developmental disorders. I have also co-authored two books on child development (From Birth to Five Years - Children's Developmental Progress and Practical Developmental Examination). I also volunteer with the Latika Roy Foundation in India helping them with medical consultancy, running parents' groups, teaching on courses and setting up a website www.enablenet.info."
Pain and Spine Care
Dr Lavkush Pandey
Pain Management Specialist | Samvedna Pain and Spine Endoscopy Clinic
[ 9 years & 10 months Experience ]
Pain and Spine Care consists of a group of physicians who provide specialized care for lower back and neck pain, cancer pains, join pains, Headache or Orofacial Pain, Labor analgesia or other chronic pain conditions.
"I finished my MBBS graduation from Guwahati Medical College in 1999. After that, I worked in many renowned hospitals in Delhi. I have been working as a Pain Management Specialist at the Samvedna Pain and Spine Endoscopy Clinic in Dehradun where I practice minimum invasive spine and pain interventions along with spine endoscopic discectomy. I manage all kind of chronic pains specially lower back and neck pains."
Dr. Aditya S Agrawal
Pulmonologist | The Opera House Clinic
Pulmonology is a medical speciality that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. Pulmonologists have expertise in structural, inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic disorders of the lung parenchyma, pleura and airways, pulmonary vascular disease and its effect on the cardiovascular system, and detection and prevention of occupational and environmental causes of lung disease.
"I am trained in Pulmonary Medicine for which I received an MD followed by a DNB by the National Board of Examinations, followed by a fellowship in Lung Cancer and then a senior post at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi. I have several research papers and also teaching post graduate students. My experience helps me manage respiratory diseases such as lung infections, smoking related lung disease, interstitial lung diseases, pleural diseases (like water/fluid around the lung), obstructive lung diseases (Asthma, bronchitis and COPD), lung cancers and sleep disordered breathing like sleep apnea."
Dr Sujata Agarwal
Consultant Gynaecologist & Obstetrician | IVY Health & Infertility Centre
Obstetrics and gynecology is the medical specialty that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period and the health of the female reproductive systems and the breasts.
"After completing my schooling from various Govt schools across the country, I did my MBBS, then MD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) & Residency programme from King George's Medical University, Lucknow. I started working as a Consultant Gynecologist & Obstetrician. I am also a visiting Surgeon Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. Later, I also did Diploma in Sonology. I have my own clinics at Sarita Vihar & Badarpur by the name Health & Gynae Clinic and IVY Health & Infertility Centre, New Delhi specializing in High Risk Obstetrics, Infertility and Ultrasound. I have been practicing as Obstetrics & Gynaecology since last 25 years."
Reconnective Medicine
Ailane Araujo
Nutritional & Quantum Doctor | Institute of Reconnective Medicine
Reconnective Healing is a highly evolved form of energy interaction that works to advance our health, balance, and quality of life progress, with a more infinite sense of freedom and expanded consciousness. It promotes our ability to heal ourselves and impact the lives of others as our own personal frequency becomes attuned, enhanced and integrated.
"I have a Ph D degree in Nutrition and Positive Psychology. After years of practising traditional medicine, I decided to heal people using an alternative practice called Reconnective Healing. I am working as a Nutritional & Quantum Doctor with the Institute of Reconnective Medicine."
Dr Rekha Khanna
Doctor | Various Hospitals
[ 17 years & 1 month Experience ]
Gynaecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive systems (vagina, uterus, and ovaries) and the breasts. Almost all modern gynaecologists are also specialists in Obstetrics which is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
"After completing my graduation in Medicine, I did specialization in Ayurvedic Medicine. I also did diploma in Reproductive and Child Health. I have been working as a Ayurvedic Doctor and Gynaecologist since 1999."
Sports Medicine & Pain Management
Rajat Chauhan
Sports Medicine & Pain Doctor | Back 2 Fitness
Sports medicine is an area of medical practice concerned with holistic well-being of the sports person, whether it be amateur or elite. It also addresses role of exercises in health conditions and or for well-being of all. It also involves nutrition, exercise & sports technique, recovery, performance and treatment of injuries resulting from sports-exercise activities. Musculoskeletal Medicine (Pain management) is an area of medical practice which focuses on conservative non-injection & non-surgical management of muscular and skeletal pains. For that you need to address both psychological and physical issues by understanding the patient rather than just pain area.
"I like to call myself a student of pain and running, as I’m always learning more about my subjects of interest. I am also a militant advocate of GOYA (Get Off Your Arse) Move-Mint. I have been running for last 34 years and making others to run too. In my spare time I am a doctor specializing in Sports-Exercise Medicine (Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham) and Osteopathy / Musculo-Skeletal Medicine (London College of Osteopathic Medicine) with special interest in Back and Knee Pain. In 2008, I started my own clinic Back2Fitness and I work as CEO and Medical Director there. Besides heading Back 2 Fitness, a Sports-Medicine & Muscuklo-Skeletal Medicine clinic for last 10+ years. I, along with my band of crazy friends, came up with La Ultra - The High, a 555 km (previously 333 & 222 km) run in Leh-Ladakh, India. We have been putting it together for last 9 years now. Some call it the world's cruelest ultra marathon. In 2017, we are brought to India its first iRun Fest, a Running Festival, which showcased Running Documentaries from around the world, Panel Discussions with thought leaders in running being on board and a platform for all involved in running in whatever capacity. Till 2016, I had been associated with Adidas India as Running Advisor for about 3 years. I was also the founding Director of Sports & Exercise Department at Ashoka University where I was responsible for the sports infrastructure and making sports and physical activity an integral part of the curriculum. I have been writing for Mint and Hindustan Times for over a decade now. I've done a series of running podcast, MoveMint for Mint newspaper and series of FacebookLive for Hindustan Times newspaper. I have also been an Associate Editor at British Journal of Sports Medicine and a columnist for The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Mint, Forbes India and Founding Fuel. My book on Pain, published by Penguin Publications, The Pain Handbook was released in 2016."
Dr Anant Johri
Senior Resident | AIIMS Rishikesh
[ 1 year Experience ]
Orthopaedic surgery or orthopaedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopaedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.
"Since childhood I was deeply passionate about orthopaedics since that my father and grandparents have been practising orthopaedic surgeons. After school, I pursued an MBBS degree from Manipal and a Masters in Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery from Ludhiana. Since July 2017, I have been practising as a Senior Resident in the Department of Orthopaedics at AIIMS, Rishikesh."
Public Health Specialist | World Health Organisation
Community health is a major field of study within the medical and clinical sciences which focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities.
"I have worked as a Junior Resident Fellow at Lady Hardinge Medical College. After that, I did an MBA in Health Care Management from Amity University and started working as Program Consultant with The INCLEN Trust. I was an Assistant Professor at GR Medical College, Gwalior. In 2008 I joined World Health Organization as Focal Point. I also worked as Consultant with UNICEF and UNFPA, and Advisor to many state governments in India. Currently I am working with World Health Organization as Public Health Specialist."
Consultant Surgeon | VelMed Hospital
Laparoscopic surgery is also known as a key-hole surgery or minimally invasive surgery. It is widely used in gynaecology, gastroenterology and urology. Patients receive specialised assessment, latest treatments along with clinical post-operative care, medications and a regular follow-up.
"After completing my education, I started practicing as a Consultant Surgeon and in 2018, I joined Velmad Hospital as a Consultant Surgeon (General & Laparoscopic Surgery)."
Dr Anuradha Sharma
Consultant Gynaecologist & Obstetrician | Dr. Anuradha's Clinic
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) is the branch of medical science that deal with the female reproductive system. Obstetrics deals with pregnancy and Gynecology deals with all the non-pregnancy issues as well. Specialized education and training helps an obstetrician in the management of pregnancy, labour, and the time immediately following childbirth, whereas a gynecologist is a physician who is trained to diagnose and treat disorders related to the female reproductive system.
"After completing my schooling from Carmel Convent School Gwalior, I did my MBBS in 1982 & MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) in 1985 from Gajraj Raja Medical College. Thereafter, I did my Residency programme from Moolchand Hospital and worked for a year at AIIMS. Later, I worked as a Consultant Gynecologist & Obstetrician with various Hospitals like Sunrise Hospital, Maheshwari Clinic and others. I have expertise in High risk Obstetrics, Antenatal, Infertility Surgery, etc. In 1990, I started my own clinic in Sarita Vihar, Delhi. I am also a member of Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI), Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Delhi (AOGD) and Delhi Medical Association (DMA)."
Dr Yogi Aeron
Director | Outreach Centre of Resurge Int
Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns. While reconstructive surgery aims to reconstruct a part of the body or improve its functioning, cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery aims at improving the appearance of it.
"After completing my specialization in plastic surgery, I started working as a Plastic Surgeon. I have been working since 1967, treating various patients for burns and other problems. I am currently the director of the outreach centre of Resurge International as well."
Dr Anil Chauhan
ENT Consultant | VelMed Hospital
ENT Specialist deals within medicine that deals with conditions of the ear, nose, and throat and related structures of the head and neck. Doctors who specialize in this area are called otorhinolaryngologists, otolaryngologists, ENT doctors, ENT surgeons, or head and neck surgeons.
"After completing my MBBS & MS, I started working as an ENT physician. In 2018, I joined VelMed Hospital as an ENT Consultant."
Prem Narayan
Consultant | VelMed Hospital
Internal Medicine encompasses the care of all adults, healthy and sick. Internists can be generalists or subspecialists, like cardiologists or rheumatologists. Patients with multiple problems and medications would typically be seen by an internist.
"I did my MBBS & MD from KGMC Lucknow after which I started practicing Internal Medicine. In 2018, I joined Velmed Hospital, Dehradun as an Internal Medicine Consultant."
Santosh Kumar Singh
Associate Professor | Swami Ram Himalayan University
Paediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
"I did graduation and post-graduation in medicine from GSVM Medical College, Kanpur. I then did Masters in Paediatric Surgery. I practised in Kanpur for over a decade before moving to Dehradun. I am Assistant Professor at Swami Ram Himalayan University."
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Dr Manish Meswani
Senior Consultant | VelMed Hospital
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
"I worked for 8 years in Australia and New Zealand, 5 years in Gujarat and in the last 3 years I have worked in various hospitals of Uttarakhand. In 2018, I joined VelMed Hospital as a Senior Consultant of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery."
Abhinav Jain
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The Catholic Church must stop flirting with anti-family ideologies and oppose them: Romanian doctor
'The real priority for the Church should be to lead us in the spiritual battle, to save souls,' she told the Rome Life Forum.
Mon May 16, 2016 - 9:21 pm EST
Dr. Anca Cernea addresses the Rome Life Forum
By Pete Baklinski
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ROME, May 16, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Instead of leading faithful Catholics in battle against forces of evil that seek to undermine and erase Christianity’s mark on civilization, the Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope Francis is kowtowing to problematic ideological systems that are opposed to life, family, the well-being of society, and ultimately, to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, said Dr. Anca Cernea of Romania in a talk given at an international life-and-family conference in Rome last week. She urged conference participants to earnestly pray that Catholic shepherds return to their primary “duty” of saving souls through evangelization and conversion.
See the full text of Dr. Cernea's talk here at Voice of the Family.
“We are worried to see the Church descending into an earthly ideologically-contaminated activism that encourages some ‘progressive’ groups that have a perfect plan on how to build a perfect world (after they are done with this one) - like the ‘popular movements,’ environmentalists, pacifists, indigenists, ‘anti-discrimination’ activists, and ‘population experts,’” she said during her May 6 talk given at the Rome Life Forum taking place in the Hotel Columbus, located steps away from St. Peter’s Basilica.
Cernea, who has lived and suffered under a communist regime, said that language used by Pope Francis in his encyclicals Evangelii Gaudium and Laudato Si' is especially concerning since it appears to come more from ideological textbooks inspired by communism rather than from the Gospel of Jesus.
Watch highlights of Dr. Cernea's talk (full version below):
“Terms like ‘inclusion,’ ‘exclusion,’ ‘marginalization,’ ‘inequality,’ and ‘sustainable development’ are frequent,” she pointed out.
She expressed concern that the Church under Pope Francis’ direction is aligning herself with ideologically driven agendas and is not only failing to be a source of light to nations worldwide, but is even being used by powerful organizations to push an agenda contrary to the Gospel and to God’s reign on earth.
“Instead of preaching the True God to pagans and convert[ing] them, [Catholic leaders] get used by the pagans against the True God,” she said. One need only recall the “climate change” light show projected on St. Peter’s Basilica on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to mark the opening of the Year of Mercy last December as an example of Cernea’s point.
Cernea received the praise of life and family leaders around the world last year after powerfully pleading with Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders during the Synod on the Family to defend the family from international forces seeking to impose “population control, reproductive health, gay rights, gender education” on nations worldwide.
Cultural Marxism and the real enemy
Cernea warned conference participants that there are real “spirits of evil” that are seeking to “re-design human society and human nature” that must first be recognized as the source of the assault on God’s creation before they and their plans can effectively be opposed. She said that one label that can be applied to the systematic attack on life, marriage, family, and sexuality is “Cultural Marxism,” one of “Russia’s errors” warned against by Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.
The Romanian doctor related how communism was the first to put into law the various perversions of morality that we are now enduring in the West. She stated,
"Historically, abortion was decriminalized for the first time by Lenin, in 1920.
In America, it was only done 53 years later, in 1973, through the famous trick of the Roe vs. Wade case.
No-fault divorce was enacted for the first time in the Soviet Union 1918, shortly after the Bolsheviks took power.
For America, it took 51 more years until 1969 no-fault divorce was adopted in the state of California.
Homosexuality was first decriminalized in the Soviet Union in 1922. Illinois was the first American state to decriminalize homosexuality – in 1961.
Radical sex education for school children was first introduced in 1919 in Hungary, by Béla Kuhn’s Bolshevik revolution, with the clear purpose to undermine the traditional family and morality by destroying children’s innocence.
In America it took until the 60s, when the perverse sex education under the influence of Alfred Kinsey’s fraudulent “research”, widely publicized thanks to the funding from Rockefeller Foundation, made its way into the schools."
“Communism was spread in two ways: One was through brutal military invasion, concentration camps, prisons, political police and government terror, one hundred million people being killed by their own governments in times of ‘peace.’ … The other way was through insidious cultural subversion, aimed at destroying the moral resistance of the Free World, and making it unable to defend itself against Communism. This is what was done in the West, mainly through ‘Cultural Marxism,’” she said.
“Cultural Marxism was devised since the beginning [of Communism] as a tool to morally and culturally undermine the West and make it an easier prey for the communists to take over. It appears nowadays to be even more revolutionary than classical Marxism – it pretends to reinvent the family, sex[ual] identity, and human nature,” she added.
Cernea called Cultural Marxism a “form of revolt against God, against His moral Law and the order of His Creation.” She said that Cultural Marxists view the Catholic Church as the most important institution to “infiltrat[e] and take-over” in order to bring about their masterplan for the world and its people. She suggested that such an infiltration appears to be aggressively happening under the reign of the current pontiff.
She lamented how the Church under Pope Francis now deems it acceptable to dialogue with leaders of the Cultural Marxist movement and to partner with their powerful organizations. For example, life and family leaders have expressed outrage numerous times (here or here) at seeing population control and abortion rights advocates given platforms or positions of prominence at recent Vatican workshops and events.
Cernea said, that now, more than ever before, it is critical for the Catholic Church return to its mission of saving souls from the evil one’s ever expanding clutch.
“Thus, for the eternal salvation of millions of souls, the Church should be leading the fight against ideologies, and especially against Cultural Marxism, both in [her] public teaching and in [her] confession,” she said.
She said that Christians around the world must oppose movements within and without the Church that seek to concentrate power in the hands of a few in order to bring about a so-called “wonderful world.”
“The revolutionists will always use this power against Christianity," she said.
“Then we shouldn’t be surprised if society is secularized, charity is replaced by welfare, education is replaced by ideological indoctrination and outright moral perversion, the care for the sick is replaced by euthanasia, freedom of conscience and of speech is replaced by government-imposed political correctness, and citizen’s life is regulated in detail by social engineers, the culture of life and family is constantly losing ground.”
“If we want to defend the family, we need to take the world back from the revolutionists,” she added.
But the only way to win any lasting victory on the life and family front is to “win the larger war for our Civilization” because “family and human life are only safe in the normality of Judeo-Christian Civilization,” she said.
“Our pro-life and pro-family goals are vitally important. However, if we only focus on them and don’t care about the rest, we won’t be able to keep them either. If we let the other side control everything else – language, culture, media education, legislation, economy, public life, government, health care, everything — then we shouldn’t be surprised that any victory we may happen to win for the family, in the best of the cases, will be short lived.”
Clear language drawn from the Gospel, not from current ideologies, is an “important condition for victory,” Cernea stressed.
Dr. Cernea received a standing ovation for her presentation.
“The Christian vocabulary has all it needs to describe reality. We don’t have to borrow language tools from the ideologies we are confronting; this allows them to occupy the moral high ground and relegate us to a defensive position, before any debate has even started.”
Shepherd’s duty
Cernea said it is the “duty” of Catholic shepherds, especially the pope, to safeguard language and to use it wisely and appropriately.
“They should preach the Kingdom of God and His justice, not socialist ‘justice,’ understood as government control over economy, or income redistribution. They should preach peace as offered by Christ, not as stated by the UN….The Church shepherds should preach real freedom, which is liberation from sin, from the slavery of Satan,” she said.
Cernea said that Church leaders using “confusing, politically correct, ideologically-contaminated language…instead of God’s Word, leads many Catholic societies into moral and political confusion, and to defeats in the culture war.”
“The faithful become unable to identify the source of the attacks against life and family and to fight them successfully. Such language used by Church leaders is a signal for the lay people who engage in politics to ‘turn left only.’ It makes it practically impossible for Catholic politicians to support free market, to oppose the nanny state, to oppose Muslim immigration, to be skeptical about climate change, and about the role of the UN. Because if they do, they will have to say things that are different or opposed to what the world hears from the Church. So they either get discredited as Catholic politicians, or they get forced to support leftist causes.”
She urged faithful Catholics to pray for their shepherds that they have the eyes to see the real battle at hand and the courage to lead the faithful to the frontline.
“We should pray more for our shepherds. We should pray more for the Church. When the shepherds lead their people in the spiritual battle, then also culture wars are won, and then political battles are won as well.”
Cernea concluded her talk by asking,“How do we fix the world?” and answering, “Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
“The earthly normality of Christian Civilization with all its benefits is just a secondary product of evangelization; it belongs to ‘those things that shall be added’ unto us, if we ‘seek first the Kingdom of God and his justice,” she said.
“The real priority for the Church should be to lead us in the spiritual battle, to save souls, to tell the whole world…’Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near,” she added.
Watch Dr. Cernea's full talk:
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Anne-Marie Rhodes is Loyola's John J. Waldron Professor of Law and currently teaches courses in estate-and-gift tax, income tax, estate planning, trusts and estates, art law, and comparative law. She joined the faculty after graduation from Harvard Law School and work with Schiff, Hardin & Waite, in both its Chicago and Washington offices. She established with Professor Thomas Haney the Law School's international programs in Rome and Santiago. She was elected an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), has served as a Regent, on the Board of Trustees of the ACTEC Foundation, and as co-chair of its Legal Education Committee for three years. Her University work has included service on the Advisory Board of the Martin D'Arcy Gallery, on the Executive Team of the Loyola Family Business Center at the Quinlan School of Business, and as a Faculty Mentor to the University's Center for Faculty Development. Her law school service has included the Faculty Appointments Committee; Curriculum Committee; International Programs Committee; Public Interest Law Society; Arts & Law Society; Self-Study Committee; Space Committee; and Tenure and Promotion Committee, several of which she chaired. She is Of Counsel to the Chicago office of Reed Smith, L.L.P.
Professor Rhodes was the Verner F. Chaffin Visiting Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law for spring 2018, was Visiting Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Law spring of 2008 and was a Visiting International Faculty Member at Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile in its tax-certificate program for a number of years. She has been invited to present to academic symposia and private organizations locally, nationally, and internationally, including the Chicago Estate Planning Council, Duke University Estate Planning Conference, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, the College Arts Association, Harvard Law School, Second Symposium on Legal Aspects of International Art Trade in Geneva, Switzerland, Conference on Artists’ Archives and Estates (Università Milano Bicocca), Art and Law/ 57th Biennale Arte 2017, ACTEC symposium at UCLA on Succession Law in the 21st Century, and AALS. She has provided commentary in Washington, D.C. to the IRS.
The topics of her publications include issues in estate tax, estate planning, trusts and estates, and art law. She has two published casebooks: Art Law &Transactions (Carolina Academic Press 2011), and Fundamentals of Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes (West Academic 2017).
BA, Albertus Magnus College
JD, Harvard
Art Law and the Collector
Comparative Law Seminar: Legal Systems in the Americas
Estates and Gift Tax
Professional & Community Affiliations
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Legal Education Committee
Chicago Estate Planning Council
Academic Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Austin Fleming Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Estate Planning Council (2016)
Professor of the Year, School of Law (2015)
Role Model, Harvard Law Society-Illinois (2015)
Super Lawyer-Illinois, Estate Planning & Probate (2010 to present)
Professor Anne-Marie Rhodes' SSRN Webpage
Fundamentals of Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Taxation (West, forthcoming 2017)
Art Law & Transactions, Carolina Academic Press (2011) and Teacher's Manual
with Erica E. Lord, Smith v. Shaughnessy: Slippery Remainders and the Intersection of Gift and Estate Taxes, - ACTEC L. J. – (forthcoming 2017)
Notarized Wills, 27 Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal 419 (2014)
Valuing Art in an Estate: New Concerns, 31 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 45 (2012-2013)
Blood and Behavior, 36 ACTEC Law Journal 143 (2010)
Law of Philanthropy in the 21st Century: An Introduction to the Symposium, 85 Chicago-Kent Law Review 469 (2010)
On Inheritance and Disinheritance, 43 Real Property, Trust & Estates Law Journal 433 (Fall 2008)
Consequences of Heirs’ Misconduct: Moving From Rules to Discretion, 33 Ohio Northern University Law Review 975 (2007) (symposium presentation)
On Art Theft, Tax, and Time: Triangulating Ownership Disputes Through the Tax Code, 43 San Diego Law Review 495 (2006)
Big Picture, Fine Print: The Intersection of Art and Tax, 26 Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 179 (2003)
Abandoning Parents Under Intestacy: Where We Are, Where We Need To Go, 27 Indiana Law Review 517 (1994)
Committee Co-Author, Valuation of Assets: A Life or Death Dilemma, 22 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 175 (1987)
Committee Co-Author, The Issuance and Redemption Under Section 303 of a Preferred Stock Dividend In Order to Prevent Dilution of an Estate’s Voting and Equity Interests in a Closely Held Corporation, 21 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 331 (1985)
Committee Co-Author, Internal Revenue Challenge to Valuation of Assets After Statute of Limitations Has Expired, 20 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 1113 (1985)
Individual, Couple or Family? The Unit of Taxation for Transfer Tax Purposes: A Shifting Focus, 17 Akron Law Review 575 (1984)
The Medium of Payment: An Unexplored Option in Estate Tax Reform, 57 Notre Dame Lawyer 285 (1981), reprinted in Monthly Digest of Tax Articles 33 (February 1983), excerpted in John Henry Merryman, Albert E. Elsen, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts (2d ed. 1987, 3d ed. 1999, 4th ed. 2002, 5th ed. 2007)
with Samuel C. Thompson, Jr., An Initial Analysis of Section 83 Regulations, BNA Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal 3 (1979)
Enforceability of Predispute Arbitration Provisions, Jotwell Trusts & Estates, February 25, 2016 (reviewing Mary F. Radford, Predispute Arbitration Agreements Between Trustees and Financial Services Institutions: Are Beneficiaries Bound?, 40 ACTEC L.J. 273 (2014) (invited author)
Memories of George Anastaplo, 45 Loyola University Chicago law Journal 924 (2014)
To Praise Testator’s Speech, Jotwell Trusts & Estates, September 13, 2013 (reviewing David Horton, Testation and Speech, 101 Georgetown Law Journal 61 (2012)) (invited author)
Philosophizing About Discriminatory Gifts, Jotwell, http://jotwell.com/2012/01/ (published January 2012) (review of Matthew Harding, Some Arguments Against Discriminatory Gifts and Trusts, 31 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 303 (2011)) (invited author)
Engagement Letters, Trusts & Estates 25 (Apr. 2008)
Letter, 117 Tax Notes 827 (Nov. 19, 2007) (responding to Professor Wendy Gerzog’s article Valuing Art in an Estate, 117 Tax Notes 619 (Nov. 5, 2007))
with Susan D. Snyder, Passing the Baton of Voting Control, 142 Trusts & Estates 38 (2003)
Contributor, Gerald F. Hess, Steven Friedland, Techniques For Teaching Law 355-56 (1999)
Is Dation en Paiement a Good Idea for the United States? A Tax Lawyer’s Perspective, in International Sales of Works of Art/La Vente Internationale de Oeuvres d’Art (Marline Brat ed.) (1990)
Are Employer Bequests Income?, 36 (13) Tax Notes 1305 (Sept. 28, 1987).
Illinois’ Unintentional Disinheritance: A Mother’s Posthumous Child, VIII Women’s Law Reporter 1 (Spring 1985), in conjunction with P.A. 84-390 (Sept. 16, 1985), amending Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 110½, § 2-3 (1983)
The New Powerless Woman, V Women’s Law Reporter 5 (1981)
Rights of Woman: The Origins, IV Women’s Law Reporter 1 (1980)
What’s in a Name? Navigating Charitable Gifts and Issues involving Naming Rights, Suburban Chicago Planned Giving Council (April 19, 2017)
Art and Estate Planning, Kansas City Estate Planning Society (January 19, 2017)
The Power of Artists Foundations in the U.S., Conference on Artists’ Archives and Estates: Cultural Memories between Law and Market, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy, November 28-29, 2016
Illinois Descent and Distribution: Timeless Principles or Time for Change?, Chicago Estate Planning Council, September 21, 2016
Issues with Art and Other Collectibles in the Administration of Trusts and Estates, American Bankers Association teleconference, September 8, 2016 (presenter)
Art Endures, Laws Change – Now What?, ACTEC Fall Meeting, Monterey, California, October 17, 2015 (with Jane Levine)
What Your Clients Really Care about: Planning for and Dealing with Treasured Art and Collectibles, ACTEC Summer Meeting, Quebec City, June 20, 2015 (panelist)
Art as an Asset, The Northern Trust Company Senior Advisors Summit, May 8, 2015
How Art Transforms Law: Whistler, Brancusi, Klimt, and Their Legal Legacies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, March 2015
Estate Planning for a Survivor – Some Choices and Flexibility, Women in the Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association, February 2015
Legal Reform and Grantors' Jurisdictional Options: The Implications of Freedom, Section of Trusts and Estates, AALS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2015
Notarized Wills, Wills, Trusts & Estates Meets Gender, Race and Class Conference, Oklahoma City University School of Law, September 28, 2013
How Art Transforms Law: From Whistler to Rauschenberg, The Helen Farr Sloan Legacy Lecture at Delaware Art Museum, November 7, 2013
Authenticity and Legal Liability, International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 2013
Ethics Roundtable, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Chicago, Illinois, March 2012 (Moderator & Panelist) (created format and hypotheticals and repeated with my permission at the AFP’s international conference), March 2013
When an Estate Includes Art, Texas Tech University School of Law Symposium on Estate Planning, Lubbock, Texas, February 2011
The Law of Philanthropy in the 21st Century, Chicago-Kent/ACTEC Symposium, Chicago, Illinois (Moderator), 2009
Ethical Issues and What to Do Ethically when Winding Down a Legal Practice: The Practical Ethics of Closing Up Shop, Either as the One Who Closes Up or the One Who Takes Over, The Duty of Diligence, 2008 Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, University of Notre Dame Law School (Speaker & Moderator), September 25-26, 2008
What Estate Planners Should Know about Art, Knoxville Estate Planning Council, March 27, 2008
Law Journal 2008 Conference: Tax Law in a Liberal Democracy: Exploring the Relationship between Tax and Good Governance,Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Moderator), March 14, 2008
Blood and Behavior, ACTEC Foundation UCLA Symposium on Succession Law in the 21st Century, UCLA School of Law, February 8, 2008
Art, Authenticity and Tax, AALS Annual Meeting, New York, New York, Section on Art Law, January 3, 2008
Ethical Issues and The Rise of the Engagement Letter in Estate Planning, 2007 Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, University of Notre Dame Law School (Speaker & Moderator), October 12, 2007
Tax 101: Federal Estate and Gift Taxes, ABA Young Lawyers’ Section, ABA-CLE New Lawyer Series for Newly Admitted Illinois Attorneys, Chicago, Illinois, March 30, 2007
Consequences of Heirs’ Misconduct, Symposium, Frontiers of Estate Planning: Changing Laws for Changing Times, Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Petitt College of Law, Ada, Ohio, March 23, 2007
Workshop: So You Want to Teach?, ACTEC Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona (Moderator), March 10, 2007
Inaugural Lecture, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile, Diplomado de Tributación Corporativa e Internacional, June 2005
On Art Theft, Tax, and Time, Arts & Law Society, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2005
The Surprising Impact of the Illicit Art Trade on Tax and Art Historians, 92nd College Art Association Conference (CAA), Seattle, Washington, February 2004
Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Loyally Representing a Trustee with an Ethical Duty of Loyalty, Sixth Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study for the Estate Planner, Litigator, and Corporate Fiduciary Counsel: Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, Chicago, Illinois, July 17-18, 2003
When Titans Meet: Developing Rules of Engagement for Art and Law, Martin D’Arcy Museum of Art, Crimes of Passion: A Cutting Edge Conference on Art and Law, Chicago, Illinois, March 29, 2003
Conflicting Interests in Cultural Property, IBC USA, 3rd Annual Global Family Office Summit, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gabels, Florida, February 11, 2003
Fundamentals of Estate Planning, Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1999
Trust Law and Income Taxation, Introduction to the United States Legal System, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Porto Allegre, Brazil, August 1998
Workshop on Estate Planning, Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center, Chicago, Illinois, June 1996
Panelist, Ethical Concerns for the Estate Planning Team: A Panel Discussion from the Perspective of the Insurance Agent, Accountant, and Attorney, Chicago Estate Planning Council, Chicago, Illinois, January 24, 1996, repeated at Trust Law Section, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 1996
Trust Law and Estate Planning, Financial Services Section, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 1991
Testimony on legal education, ABA McCrate Commission, Washington, D.C., January 4, 1991
Presentation at the public hearings on proposed regulations to §102(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1988
Dation en Paiement, Second Symposium on Legal Aspects of International Art Trade, Geneva, Switzerland, April 14-16, 1988
Alternative Careers, Harvard Law School Association Celebration 35, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 8-10, 1988
Estate Planning for the Minority Shareholder, CLESN: Representing the Minority Shareholder in a Closely-Held Corporation, New York, New York, 1988
Conference on Women and Careers in Law, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (Panelist), October 17, 1981
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Protests have occurred recently in London specifically against the state of Israel. At the first, the annual Al Quds Day rally in June, people were displaying Hezbollah flags and there were visible and audible anti-Semitic outbursts. In July there was another demonstration, ostensibly to protest against the closure of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Once again Hezbollah flags and anti-Semitic rhetoric was employed. This is not acceptable and allows people to blur the lines between opposition to the policies of the Israeli government and outward anti-Semitism.
I have been lobbying the Government to proscribe the entirety of the Hezbollah organisation, not just the military wing. Many people display the Hezbollah flag and claim that they are showing solidarity with the political wing of the organisation which is not proscribed. However, there is no difference between the symbols of each of these parts of the organisation.
I am now stepping up my actions to press the Government to take the action necessary to proscribe the entirety of the Hezbollah organisation.
In order for me to make the strongest possible case, I am asking members of the community in the Hendon constituency to sign the petition below by 24th November 2017. I intend to present the petition to the Home Secretary in Parliament and the more signatures I have, the better I will be able to demonstrate the strength of support for the proscription of the Hezbollah organisation. Barnet Council recently unanimously agreed a motion to this effect which is a very helpful contribution.
Proscribe Hezbollah under the Terrorism Act 2000
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Petition of residents of the Hendon constituency,
Declares that demonstrations against the legitimate and democratic state of Israel where offensive and anti-Semitic language is used are not acceptable and they, the petitioners, condemn such actions; further, that they, the petitioners, note that the police will not take any legal action against perpetrators under the current law; and further, that they, the petitioners, demonstrate their commitment to democracy, tolerance and freedom of speech by seeking the elimination of hatred.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to proscribe the political as well as the military arm of the Hezbollah organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.
And the petitioners remain, etc
I agree to Matthew Offord using the contact information I provide to keep me updated via email and telephone until further notice.
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Baraúna, R. A.
Freitas, D. Y.
Pinheiro, J. C.
Folador, A. R. C.
Silva, A.
A Proteomic Perspective on the Bacterial Adaptation to Cold: Integrating OMICs Data of the Psychrotrophic Bacterium Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7
Rafael A. Baraúna
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Dhara Y. Freitas
Juliana C. Pinheiro
Adriana R. C. Folador
Artur Silva
Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center of Genomics and Systems Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brazil
Academic Editors: Jens R. Coorssen, Alfred L. Yergey and Jacek R. Wisniewski
Proteomes 2017, 5(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes5010009
Received: 30 September 2016 / Revised: 24 November 2016 / Accepted: 5 December 2016 / Published: 23 February 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Approaches to Top-Down Proteomics: In Honour of Prof. Patrick H. O'Farrell)
Since the publication of one of the first studies using 2D gel electrophoresis by Patrick H. O’Farrell in 1975, several other studies have used that method to evaluate cellular responses to different physicochemical variations. In environmental microbiology, bacterial adaptation to cold environments is a “hot topic” because of its application in biotechnological processes. As in other fields, gel-based and gel-free proteomic methods have been used to determine the molecular mechanisms of adaptation to cold of several psychrotrophic and psychrophilic bacterial species. In this review, we aim to describe and discuss these main molecular mechanisms of cold adaptation, referencing proteomic studies that have made significant contributions to our current knowledge in the area. Furthermore, we use Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 as a model organism to present the importance of integrating genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data. This species has been isolated in Antarctica and previously studied at all three omic levels. The integration of these data permitted more robust conclusions about the mechanisms of bacterial adaptation to cold.
Keywords: genomic; transcriptomic; proteomic; Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7; 2DE genomic; transcriptomic; proteomic; Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7; 2DE
One of the first omic studies performed and published was the 2D gel electrophoresis (2DE) of Escherichia coli cultures by Patrick H. O’Farrell in 1975 [1]. Thirteen years later, the development of two ion sources for mass spectrometry—matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI)—allowed the identification of proteins extracted from 2DE spots [2,3]. Many years later, the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) elevated the importance of omics sciences and led to the preparation of an essential database of gene sequences to assist proteomic approaches. Several studies in the environmental microbiology field have used 2DE and other proteomic techniques to answer questions about microbial adaptation to different environmental variables. In this context, bacterial adaptation to cold environments is a “hot topic” because of its application in biotechnological processes.
Several microorganisms have the ability to tolerate extreme environmental conditions, which may be essential for their survival [4]. Antarctica is one of the most extreme environments on the planet, and microbial habitats in this region include marine waters, air, snow, glacial ice, surface soils, and permafrost. Psychrophilic and psychrotrophic organisms that inhabit this polar region are constantly exposed to variations in temperature, desiccation, high or low levels of salinity or pH, prolonged periods in the absence of light during the winter, and high levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
To cope with those environmental stresses and to survive and grow in low-temperature environments, those microorganisms exhibit several mechanisms of physiological adaptation, which are not ubiquitous in other bacteria. These mechanisms include (i) the increased fluidity of cell membranes; (ii) a reduced freezing point of the aqueous phase of the cytoplasm and stabilization of macromolecules; (iii) cellular responses to temperature decreases through cold shock and cold acclimation proteins (CSPs and CAPs, respectively); (iv) protection against reactive oxygen species (ROS) through catalases, peroxidases, superoxide dismutase, and oxidoreductases; (v) and the maintenance of catalytic efficiency in the cold [5].
The genus Exiguobacterium comprises species that have been isolated from several habitats with a wide temperature range (from −12 °C to 55 °C) including glacial ice, hot springs, the rhizosphere of plants, Siberian permafrost, and tropical and temperate soils [6]. This genus harbors psychrotrophic, mesophilic, and moderate thermophilic species and strains with biotechnological, industrial, bioremediation, and agricultural properties of interest [7]. Currently, there are four species of this genus whose genomes are completely sequenced including Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 and draft genome sequences for other Exiguobacterium strains [8,9,10,11].
Recent works using E. antarcticum B7 demonstrated the importance of combining different molecular approaches to better understand bacterial adaptation to cold [12,13,14]. System biology analyses using the transcriptome data of E. antarcticum B7 identified a potential change in the metabolic pathway of fatty acids in response to cold [13]. Thus, genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and other omic technologies generate a large quantity of data that can be used and integrated to better formulate hypotheses about the mechanisms of microbial adaptation.
In this review, we aim to describe and discuss the main molecular modifications that occur in bacterial cells when exposed to low temperatures and the importance of omics technologies in this field. Furthermore, we use Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 as a model organism to present the importance of integrating genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data to allow more robust conclusions about the mechanisms of bacterial adaptation to cold.
2. Mechanisms of Bacterial Adaptation to Cold
2.1. Chemical Modification of the Cellular Membrane
The cell membrane of prokaryotes becomes more rigid in low temperatures, and some chemical changes occur in the membrane fatty acids to prevent cellular damage. New lipid molecules are synthesized or modified to produce lipids with a low gel-liquid crystalline phase transition to maintain membrane fluidity [15]. The main changes observed in the membrane fatty acids include an increase in the number of unsaturations and methyl groups, a decrease in the chain length, and an increased rate of anteiso chemical ramifications compared to the iso ramifications [15]. This process of membrane adaptation is commonly termed homeoviscous adaptation [16]. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have a much lower melting temperature compared to monounsaturated fatty acids. Thus, PUFAs are responsible to maintain membrane fluidity even in temperatures below 0 °C. The unsaturated branched-chain fatty acids are generated by anaerobic (de novo synthesis) or aerobic pathways (post-synthesis modification) [15].
An anaerobic pathway is commonly found in Gram-positive bacteria of the Bacillales order, where unsaturated branched-chain fatty acids are synthesized from simpler molecules such as acetyl-CoA [17]. First, acetyl-CoA is converted to malonyl-CoA by acetyl-CoA caboxylase and subsequently linked to an acyl carrier protein (ACP), forming malonyl-ACP. This molecule undergoes successive rounds of elongation of its fatty acid chain through a cyclic pathway whose reactions are catalyzed by enzymes encoded by the genes fabF, fabG, fabI, and fabH. The newly synthesized fatty acid molecule is then linked to glycerol-3-phosphate to form phosphatidic acid, which is a key intermediate molecule of all membrane glycerolipids [17].
In the aerobic pathway, the unsaturations are introduced directly into the membrane phospholipids by desaturase enzymes through dehydrogenation reactions. In Bacillus subtilis, the expression of Δ5-fatty acid desaturase is activated by a two-component system called DesR-DesK [18]. It has been suggested that a change in membrane fluidity caused by low temperatures result in conformational changes in DesK, triggering autokinase activity [19]. Once activated, DesK phosphorylates DesR, which binds to DNA, inducing the expression of desaturase genes [20,21].
Omic studies have allowed a better understanding of the microbial cold adaptation mechanisms through the identification of differentially expressed proteins. In a genomic study of Colwellia psychrerytharea the proteins involved in the synthesis, ramification, and cis-isomerization of polyunsaturated fatty acids were described [22]. Subsequently, the authors identified differentially expressed genes of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthases (pfaC, pfaA, and pfaD) [23]. To date, these synthase enzymes have been described only in marine bacteria [23,24]. In Sphingopyxis alaskensis, the enzymes involved in the de novo synthesis of fatty acids were described using quantitative proteomic approaches [25]. However, it was not possible to determine whether the bacterium produces new fatty acid chains or desaturates the existing membrane lipids. Recent studies have shown that two psychrotrophic species—Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15 and Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4—repress the expression of their genes associated with fatty acid biosynthesis while upregulating the genes associated with desaturation at low temperatures [9,26].
Interestingly, E. sibiricum 255-15 exhibited an increase in the expression of genes involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. An increase in cell wall density can protect bacteria against cell disruption that may be caused by ice formation and osmotic pressure at low temperatures [9]. The same behavior was observed in Planococcus halocryophilus Or1 [27]. In contrast, other studies have demonstrated that the species P. arcticus represses the expression of genes involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis and enhances the expression of genes involved in the autolytic cleavage of the cell wall [26]. In Sphingopyxis alaskensis, a high abundance of proteins involved in cell wall biogenesis was described at 10 °C including a membrane structural lipoprotein OmpA which acts in the optimization of the structure and function of the membrane [25]. Recently, a transcriptomic analysis of Listeria monocytogenes cultivated under low temperatures and osmotic stress revealed the upregulation of genes associated with the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan and fatty acid molecules [28].
It is also important to note that the activity of membrane carriers is directly influenced by the lipidic state of the membrane [29]. The transport and diffusion through the membrane are also compromised at low temperatures. To balance this deficit, proteins of the transport system are upregulated. Despite the different mechanisms observed in the Bacteria domain, the molecular modifications at low temperatures have one single purpose: increase the number of membrane polyunsaturated branched-chain fatty acids to maintain membrane fluidity and the correct transport and diffusion of substances through this important biological barrier.
2.2. Cold-Adapted Enzymes
Microbial adaptation to extreme temperatures requires the evolution of enzymes to work with a high catalytic efficiency under these extreme conditions. Such extremophilic enzymes are valuable tools for studying the relationships between protein stability, dynamics, and function [30]. Low temperatures markedly reduce the kcat of nearly all enzymatic reactions in a cell [31]. However, because this may not seem to be a significant barrier to microbial physiological processes, it is very clear that psychrophilic and psychrotrophic enzymes have adapted to efficiently operate at low temperatures. This enzymatic efficiency depends on the ratio between Kcat/Km. Kcat measures how many substrate molecules are converted in products in a unit of time under optimal catalytic conditions. The Kcat constant is commonly called the “turnover number.” The constant Km measures the substrate concentration that drives the reaction to half of its maximum velocity.
A high value of Kcat (fast turnover) and a low value of Km (high affinity for a given substrate) increase the enzymatic efficiency. This enzymatic efficiency is directly dependent on the conformational dynamics of the enzyme. Using proteomic, molecular modeling, X-ray crystallography, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), it was observed that a low level of conformational stability allows cold-adapted enzymes to have high rates of enzymatic turnover at low temperatures [5,32,33]. These analyses led to the concept of “flexibility”, which describes the capacity of an enzyme to exhibit increased catalytic activity due to the loss of conformational stability. High flexibility occurs as a result of a reduction in the number of chemical interactions between the amino acids of the protein. This low molecular rigidity allows better complementarity between the active site and the substrate at a low energy cost. Many chemical factors of the enzyme contribute to increased catalysis in cold, including a decrease in the hydrophobicity of the protein core, a decrease in the number of aliphatic amino acids and protein residues forming salt bridges, and increased entropy. Not all of these characteristics are present in the same cold-adapted enzyme, but this list represents some of the changes observed by comparing psychrophilic enzymes to their mesophilic counterparts [34,35].
Amino acid composition seems to be an important characteristic to cold adaptation in several microorganisms. An α-amilase from the psychrophilic ciliated protozoon Euplotes focardii showed large modifications in amino acid composition when compared to an α-amilase of the mesophilic congeneric species Euplotes crassus. This modification consequently alters the types of intramolecular and surface chemical bonds [36]. Psychrophilic enzyme of E. focardii avoided charged, aromatic, and hydrophobic residues on its surface [36]. The genome of Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4 shows a statistically significant modification of amino acid composition compared to the mesophilic microorganisms, which can facilitate the flexibility of the proteins at low temperatures and consequently maintain cell viability in cold habitats [35]. Another example of altered amino acid composition is described in the genus Vibrionaceae. The psychrophilic species of the genus have proteins with a reduced number of proline residues [37]. Proline decreases the flexibility of the protein due to the rigidity of its nitrogen–carbon bond [38]. Thus, proline substitution in psychrophilic proteins increases flexibility of the molecule and consequently decreases the energy required to interact with the substrate. Arginine is also considered an amino acid that promotes structural rigidity since it forms salt bridges and hydrogen bonds with side chains of the protein structure [39]. A low amount of arginine has been observed in a thermolysin of the psychrophilic Antarctic bacterium [39].
2.3. Cold Shock and Cold Acclimation Proteins
One of the most prominent responses of microorganisms to cold environments is the expression of cold shock or cold acclimation proteins. It is important to note that psychrophilic and psychrotrophic as well as mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms express cold shock proteins to neutralize the effects of temperature reduction. A cold shock response occurs when the microorganism is transferred from an optimal growth temperature to a cold temperature, triggering an immediate and transient molecular response. However, the acclimation process occurs when the bacteria remain exposed to cold for a long period, leading to a late and continuous molecular response [40]. CSPs are expressed by homologous genes that exhibit RNA chaperone activity and thus act to destabilize secondary structures of RNA erroneously formed due to exposure to cold. The activity of these proteins maintains the correct flux of the transcription and translation process in prokaryotes [41].
The first bacterial cold shock protein reported was CspA of Escherichia coli [42]. Subsequently, several other CSPs were described in a large range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In E. coli, cold shock proteins can be divided into two major groups: I and II. CSPs belonging to group I (CspA, CspB, CspG, CspI, CsdA, RbfA, NusA, and PNPase) are drastically induced at low temperatures compared to the CSPs of group II (RecA, IF-2, H-NS, GyrA, Hsc66, and HscB). CspA, CspB, CspG, and CspI act as RNA chaperones [41]. After cold shock, the expression of CSPs of group I is dramatically decreased while other proteins are expressed during the acclimation phase to maintain cell function. CsdA is a DEAD-box RNA helicase that increases septation, resulting in the formation of coccobacilli shape at low temperatures [43]. CsdA also acts as a RNA chaperone [43]. RbfA is a ribosome binding factor that is involved in ribosome maturation at cold temperatures [44]. Finally, PNPase is an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorolysis of single-stranded polyribonucleotides and is the major factor responsible for the reduction of CSPs in bacterial cells after cold shock response [45].
Currently, several studies have reported other molecular functions of CSP homologues such as osmotic balance, protection to oxidative stress, starvation, and other types of stress, showing that this protein family has a greater importance than previously thought to the process of microbial adaptation to extreme conditions [46].
2.4. Other Important Aspects
In addition to the mechanisms of cold adaptation mentioned above, the production of carotenoids markedly contributes to bacterial survival in cold environments. Carotenoids are tetraterpenoids, pigments found naturally occurring in microorganisms, plants, and even animals. Carotenoids are synthesized by several species of bacteria, algae, and fungi in response to several environment stresses [47]. Prokaryotic organisms that produce carotenoids have been summarized by Takano and colleagues [48]. However, since 2006 several carotenoid-producing bacterial species were discovered in cold environments [49]. Carotenoids are detected in the membrane of psychrophilic [49], psychrotrophic [27], and mesophilic [50] bacterial species. The high frequency of pigment production in strains isolated from cold environments suggests that these pigments play an important role in the adaptation to this ecological niche [51]. At low temperatures, the production of polar carotenoids suppresses the production of non-polar carotenoids. This chemical modification was observed in Arthrobacter agilis, Sphingobacterium antarcticus, and Micrococcus roseus [50,52,53].
In addition, carotenoids protect free-living bacteria from high levels of UV radiation and promote resistance to cellular oxidative stress [49]. Several genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis, such as idi, crtE, crtB, crtI, crtEB, crtYe, and crtYf, were described in bacterial species of the Arthrobacter genus isolated from Antarctic soils [49]. Recently, the Prokaryotic Carotenoid Database (ProCarDB) was created by using 304 unique carotenoids synthesized through 50 biosynthetic pathways distributed in 611 prokaryotes [54].
Additionally, thermal stress affects the osmotic balance of the microbial cell, resulting in a large efflux of cytoplasmatic water. Therefore, to prevent water loss and intracellular ice formation, bacterial cells accumulate compatible solutes in the cell cytoplasm. Examples of such cryo-protectant molecules are glucose, trehalose, glycogen, fructose, alanine, betaine, mannitol, and glycerol. These substances also prevent protein aggregation by stabilizing cytoplasmic macromolecules [55]. Figure 1 summarizes the main molecular modifications that occur in bacterial cells adapted to low temperatures, as described above.
3. Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 as a Model Organism for Studies of Cold Adaptation
Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from a biofilm formed in the sediment of Lake Ginger, Antarctic Peninsula [8]. Its optimal growth temperature is 37 °C, and its minimal growth temperature is −2 °C. E. antarcticum B7 has bacillary morphology that may change depending on the physicochemical conditions of the environment. Its genome was sequenced using NGS, and its gene expression at low temperatures was evaluated using transcriptomic and proteomic techniques [14]. Figure 2 summarizes the omic analyses performed and shows the methods and results obtained. In this approach, genomic analysis is the starting point for generating a large quantity of data that is subsequently used as the basis for the validation of experimental models through transcriptomics and proteomics (Figure 2). Subsequently, the data set generated by these high-throughput methods can be used in top-down models of systems biology, as discussed and proposed by Bernhard Palsson [56] after the emergence of the first NGS technologies in 2002. Recently, the metabolic pathway for the de novo biosynthesis of fatty acids in E. antarcticum B7 was reconstructed using constraint-based approaches [13]. Applying the log2FC (log base 2 Fold Change) of the transcriptome in the calculated model, the fluxome was modified and the metabolic pathway of E. antarcticum B7 started to produce short-chain fatty acids. This metabolic behavior has been experimentally documented for other cold-adapted bacteria [23,25].
A total of 564 genes of E. antarcticum B7 were differentially expressed in cold. Gel-based proteomic analyses described 73 differentially expressed proteins [14]. Genes of E. antarcticum B7 that are involved in the five adaptive pathways described above are listed in Table 1. Interestingly, two cold shock proteins were downregulated in the cold (Csp5 and Csp6) (Table 1). These two proteins were not detected in the proteomic analysis. However, the other four CSPs were upregulated at 0 °C, and the proteomic results showed that Csp1 was 32-fold more expressed at low temperatures [14]. Thus, Csp1 is the main CPS of E. antarcticum B7. Additionally, Csp1 was detected in four different spots of the gel, two of which presented an interesting pattern of pI modification. These two spots have the same molecular weight and different pI values (Figure A1 in Appendix A). The results suggest a possible post-translational modification of CPSs at low temperatures such as phosphorylation. One of these proteoforms of Csp1 (spot 884) apparently appears only at 0 °C (Figure A1 in Appendix A).
Clearly, transcriptomic allowed a more embracing analysis of gene expression in E. antarcticum when compared to other omic approaches. However, transcriptomics has analytical limitations such as multi-mapping reads which may cause bias in the calculation of gene expression for homologous genes such as csp [57]. In this case, proteomics allowed the identification of the main CSP used by E. antarcticum during cold response. The other proteins identified belong to metabolic pathways commonly described in gel-based proteomic analyzes such as oxidative stress, heat shock proteins, and cellular respiration [58]. Those findings such as genomic signature, gene expression pattern, CSP proteoform identification, and reconstruction of metabolic networks, could only be achieved by using all levels of omic analyses, which emphasizes the need to integrate the data of these high throughput methods.
4. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
By observing the different metabolic behavior described in this review, it can be noted that different psychrotrophic and psychrophilic species have ecologically converged to adapt to low-temperature environments via different biological methods. Different proteomic and other omic approaches were used to achieve our current knowledge on microbial adaptation to cold. The ecological relationships between microorganisms living in cold environments have also been analyzed by metaproteomics [59].
The most recent proteomic methods based on liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) can generate a large amount of data that can assist us in understanding important aspects of bacterial adaptation to cold. Methods such as selected reaction monitoring (SRM) in targeted-MS proteomic are now being used in the field of microbiology [60]. SRM is better applied to microorganisms that have been previously analyzed using high-throughput techniques.
Genomics has now reached a high level of sensitivity, precision, and accuracy in their analyses. Consequently, transcriptomics and proteomics methods have tended to evolve to generate large quantities of data with increased reliability. Rapid technological evolution has led to the development of sub-omic areas that will permit the analyses of microbial adaptation to different environments through a holistic perspective (e.g., surfomics is based on methods for rapid identification of cell surface proteins) [61]. Finally, bioinformatics is a strategic area for the development and biotechnological application of omics sciences, especially proteomics.
The authors are thankful to the Brazilian agencies Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).
R.A.B. designed the article structure and wrote, edited, and reviewed the final version. D.Y.F., J.P., A.R.C.F., and A.S. also wrote some of the article’s sections.
Figure A1. (a) Fraction of a Differential Gel Electrophoresis (DIGE) comparing the proteome of E. antarcticum grown at 37 °C (green spots) and 0 °C (red spots). Each spot is indicated by its ID; (b) Three-dimensional view of the spots with their respective values of volume percentage.
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Figure 1. Representation of the main molecular modifications presented by bacterial cells during cold adaptation. Four adaptations are presented: (1) production of unsaturated branched-chain fatty acids to maintain membrane fluidity; (2) destabilization of adverse RNA structures by cold shock proteins; (3) production of carotenoids to assist in the maintenance of membrane fluidity and prevent cell damage by UV radiation; and (4) transport of compatible solutes such as mannitol to stabilize the cytoplasmic environment and prevent ice formation.
Figure 2. Flowchart showing the omics strategies used to study cold adaptation of E. antarcticum B7. Each omic analysis contains the method used and the results achieved. This large amount of data can then be used to reconstruct metabolic models using top-down approaches of systems biology.
Table 1. E. antarcticum B7 genes involved in metabolic pathways of cold adaptation. Next to the name of the genes are the Log2FC values and p-values of the transcriptome assays published by Dall’Agnol and colleagues [40]. Pseudogenes are identified in parentheses.
Log2FC
Cold shock proteins De novo synthesis of fatty acids
csp1 1.94 0 accA 0.45 0.01
csp2 2.16 5.43 × 10−194 accB −0.05 0.01
csp3 2.30 0 accC −0.56 5.68 × 10−27
csp4 2.46 0 accD −0.28 7.55 × 10−4
csp5 −1.06 3.73 × 10−35 fapR 0.58 4.80 × 10−21
csp6 −1.28 4.41 × 10−194 plsX 0.77 2.31 × 10−46
Desaturation of membrane fatty acids fabD 0.94 2.92 × 10−85
desK 7.03 8.15 × 10−16 fabG 0.85 8.42 × 10−63
desR −0.48 9.37 × 10−8 fabH1 0.85 2.67 × 10−26
Transport of compatible solutes fabF 0.69 3.46 × 10−16
opuCA 3.17 1.99 × 10−62 fabI −1.74 0
opuCC 1.61 3.06 × 10−29 plsC −0.82 1.28 × 10−6
opuE 3.70 4.26 × 10−16 Carotenoid biosynthesis
opuCD −2.72 8.67 × 10−24 crtI (pseudo) 3.94 4.65 × 10−43
opuBA −0.52 6.11 × 10−4 yisP1 (pseudo) −1.33 3.09 × 10−41
yisP2 0.75 2.16 × 10−7
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For Love and Livelihood: Giving Back With Tourism Cares
by Gary Leopold , Columnist, June 2, 2014
If your love is travel and your livelihood and business success is fueled by that passion, then you’ll applaud what happened this past Friday in Miami.
For eight hours in the hot Florida sun, the tourism industry rolled up its sleeves and showed that doing something good for a community also translates into doing something positive for travel. The organization, Tourism Cares, brought together 325 people (myself included) who work in the travel industry from 29 states, 4 countries and 89 different companies, including Amadeus, Expedia, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tauck and Collette, to help in the restoration efforts of the Miami Marine Stadium and Virginia Key Beach Park in Miami.
Given the important role these places hold in the history of the Miami area, returning them to their former glory promises to add another valuable set of attractions, enriching the already strong lure of the city as a destination and tourism as a driver of the area’s economy.
Miami Marine Stadium first opened in 1963 and operated until closing after Hurricane Andrew. It’s an architectural wonder with an incredible waterfront venue. When reopened, it will give the city a unique 6,000-seat facility for concerts and other events. Volunteers filled five dumpsters with debris collected over the past decades of non-use, marking an important step forward in readying the venue for further renovation and generating positive media coverage for the project and our industry.
Virginia Key Beach Park originally opened in 1945 as a ”Colored Only Beach” and became the preeminent gathering place in the Miami area for all social classes living, visiting and performing among the various marginalized communities of the era. Reclaimed in 1999 by the Virginia Key Park Trust, they have been on a steady course of restoration and improvement that benefited greatly from the landscaping and planting of over 1,200 trees by the travel-industry volunteers.
Those who market travel look at places like these and marvel at the possibilities. We are excited about the new stories that can now be told and the fresh reasons they’ll create for people to visit the Miami area.
Just as important, they serve to remind us that this country is filled with many similarly great, but overlooked places, rich in history and consumer appeal that are threatened and struggling.
What just happened in Miami was a clear demonstration of how powerful an impact our industry can make if we step up and invest in those places and experiences that fuel tourism. Vicki Freed, senior vice president of sales for Royal Caribbean, and one of many from her company that participated in the Miami event, may have expressed it best: “If we as an industry dedicated to travel don’t stand up and show our support for these places, then who will?”
Ask yourself, what will we have to market if we don’t protect the health of these places? How can we expect to grow tourism if we who stand to benefit the most from bolstering the inventory of experiences, aren’t doing all we can to ensure we bring them to life?
As it did in Miami, Tourism Cares is playing an increasingly central role in facilitating the travel industry’s ability to stand together as a united community. It's making a meaningful impact toward preserving and enriching the very destinations, attractions and experiences that fuel our industry.
Through its efforts, Tourism Cares is proving that one of the most valuable things our industry can do is share its human resources to improve the attractiveness and sustainability of tourism-related sites across the country.
The USTA estimates that there are 14.4 million jobs in the U.S. that are supported by travel. What if we could get employers in travel-related businesses to unleash even a small percentage of these employees to spend a day of their time volunteering to improve the very attractions and destinations that make their jobs possible.
Last fall, Tourism Cares brought its program to Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, where 275 people who work in travel donated over $160,000 in volunteer labor to ensure that this iconic, but fading attraction could continue to provide visitors with an engaging, transformative experience. Volunteers restored its 17th-century palisade; sanded, scraped and painted portions of the Mayflower II; and cleaned 160 period gravestones that had suffered from neglect. Tourism Cares has delivered similar success with volunteer programs in Coney Island, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New Orleans and other destinations.
Up next, Tourism Cares is helping restore the battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro, California, which opened to the public in 2012, but still has significant portions of the ship shuttered. The organization will also support the Catalina Conservancy in its efforts to fight invasive plants and enhance their trail network.
There is no doubt many charities and causes deserve our industry’s attention, but none is more critical than ensuring that our love of travel and the livelihood that we, and millions of others derive from it, remains strong and vital.
Travel has given so many of us so much. Now it’s our turn, through organizations like Tourism Cares, to give something back to travel.
charity, tourism, travel, volunteerism
4 comments about "For Love and Livelihood: Giving Back With Tourism Cares".
Ian Ross from Travel Spike, June 2, 2014 at 3:44 p.m.
Very good organization with a great agenda. I volunteered with my colleagues to help restore Louis Armstrong park in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. So worthwhile and satisfying. All in the travel & tourism space should volunteer at least one time.
Paula Lynn from Who Else Unlimited, June 2, 2014 at 5:17 p.m.
Very nice and very important work. Who pays for expenses and materials ? Is there a plan, too, to keep in place all the hard work you provided for the upkeep and continued preservation ?
Mike Rea from Tourism Cares, June 2, 2014 at 5:39 p.m.
Thanks, Ian, and hello Paula. I'm the CEO of Tourism Cares and am appreciative of your comments and questions.
A few answers: such programs do incur cost, whether it's prep, travel, staff, signage and such or the $15,000 in trees and plants that were purchased! They are covered from several sources: (1) volunteer registration, (2) corporate sponsors, (3) in-kind donations (e.g. transport), and (4) our core corporate membership, which supports all that we do and receives myriad other benefits.
As for upkeep: we are fortunate in most if not all cases to work with vested, local organizations (private and public) that are charged with stewarding the sites we support. They are the ones who are watering seed grasses this week and generally taking care of the work that's been done. We have exemplary leaders in Don Worth of the stadium and Guy Forcion of the Virginia Key Beach Trust; they worked with Treemendous. Not to mention great Miami-Dade County partners, too.
Next up, pro-bono volunteering: we want to bring our knowledge to bear, along with our sweat equity.
cheers, Mike (miker@tourismcares.org)
Thank you Mike. It is good to know.
GARY LEOPOLD, president, CP Travel, Connelly Partners
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SUMMER 2016 • VOLUME 23: NUMBER 3
Inside Jihad, updated ed.
by Tawfik Hamid
Mountain Lake Park, Md.: Mountain Lake Press, 2015. 238 pp. $16.95.
Reviewed by Robert Spencer
https://www.meforum.org/6051/inside-jihad
Aymann Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader and chief ideologue, once turned to the author of this newly reissued book and declared, "Young Muslims like you are the hope for the future return of Khilafa [the Caliphate or Islamic global dominance]." Thus, this exploration of Islamic radicalism by Hamid, a former member of the Egyptian jihad group al-Jama'a al-Islamiya and now a Muslim reformer, is a welcome and honest take on the Islamist menace afflicting the world today.
Cutting through the prevailing denial and obfuscation about the nature of Islam and its teachings, the author asserts that "claiming Islam is peaceful without changing the violent teachings constitutes unrealistic lip service that aims at deceiving others." Along these lines, Hamid targets the deceptive and misleading presentations about Islam frequently employed by Islamists to portray their faith as a religion of peace. His chapter, "Myths and Misconceptions about Islamism," is an exercise in genuine myth-busting as he explains lucidly why poverty, discrimination, and authoritarian rule are not, as popularly thought, the root causes of Islamic terrorism.
He demonstrates that the ideological impetus for that terrorism comes from sources that most Western analysts take pains to write off as having nothing whatsoever to do with it: the Qur'an and Sunna (body of recommended practice). Hamid goes beyond merely pointing this out but instead offers sober and carefully calibrated recommendations for how the faith can begin to undergo a genuine reformation that would provide a lasting foundation for pluralistic and peaceful societies in the Islamic world.
Hamid is likewise clear-sighted and unsparing when recounting the failure of Muslim societies and the West. While the idea that the West is responsible for the rise of jihad terror and Islamism worldwide is commonplace on the political Left, Hamid turns that notion on its head. He agrees that the West is to a great degree responsible for the ascendancy of jihadist groups but argues that political concessions—not the alleged ruthlessness of the U.S. response to terror—combined with weak military actions have emboldened the radicals.
The approach Hamid takes to Islam in Inside Jihad may provide some hope to those in the West who wish to withstand Zawahiri and his allies by incorporating peaceful Muslims into the fabric of a genuinely pluralistic West. Whether he succeeds in attracting sufficient numbers of Muslims to make a difference remains to be seen.
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Gwadar, Pakistan
Murree, Pakistan
Quetta,Pakistan
Rohri, Pakistan
( claimed by Muscat in 1930s & sold to Pakistan in 1958 )
Flag of Muscat 1930s
1936 : Meher Baba
Imperial Airways "Hadrian" ; HP-42 Hadley-Page
Courtesy of Lord Meher ; Bhau Kalchuri - Vol.6-7 : p 2041 ( 1st Edition )
Cropped photo taken of Meher Baba in Nasik, India in 1936
Routes
The route that the plane took was from Karachi - Gwadar, Muscat, Oman - Sharjah, U.A.E. - Bahrein - Kuwait - Basra, Iraq - Baghdad, Iraq.
The plane Meher Baba and his men flew in was called the "Hadrian" - one of 8 plane in the Hadley-Page Imperial Airways fleet. Each plane was given a name.
Hadrian's registration was "AAUE" No.42 / 2
The price to fly between Karachi and Baghdad was over 30 English pounds
Click below to learn more about the plane flown in.
http://www.meherbabatravels.com/air-travels/hadrian-hp42-handley-page-1936/
Baba and the mandali left Karachi on the 24th on the 24-seat Imperial Airways Hadrian biplane. It was his ninth foreign journey. Baba's first international air travel proved distressing for Kaka and Chanji who suffered from headaches and vomited during the flight, due to severe turbulence from Bahrain to Basra.
Lord Meher Page 1739 ( 2nd Edition )
At the time when Meher Baba's plane landed at Gwadar, this area was governed by Muscat on the other side of the Gulf of Oman. This land was purchased by Pakistan in 1958.
Gwadar airport 1930s ; "Hanno" was the sister plane to the "Hadrian" that Meher Baba flew on.
1930s ; Gwadar airport
Courtesy of Wikipedia
Gwadar ( Balochi:گوادر ), (Gwadur) is a planned free trade port city on the southwestern warm water Arabian Sea coastline of Pakistan in Balochistan province. It is the district headquarters of Gwadar District and, in 2011, was designated the winter capital of Balochistan province.[2] Gwadar has a population of approximately 85,000. It is about 533 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border. Gwadar Port is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, just outside the Strait of Hormuz, near the key shipping routes in and out of the Persian Gulf. Gwadar Port is a strategic warm-water deep-sea port developed jointly by the Government of Pakistan and the Government of China at a cost of USD $248 million and officially opened by the President of Pakistan on 20 March 2007.[3]
Gwadar is one of the few planned cities in Pakistan (others being Faisalabad, Jauharabad, and Islamabad), which have been developed from scratch under an urban master plan. Before its development as a port city, the town was a fishing village. A master plan for the development of Gwadar City with land zoning and internal infrastructure networks was approved by the Government of Pakistan in 2003. The Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) is charged with the execution of this master plan. A major part of its current work program is focused on the fast-track construction of roads, other infrastructure and public buildings. The provincial government of Balochistan has started with the development of infrastructure for the industrial parks located east of the city. Related to this rapid development, the population growth rate of Gwadar has accelerated during the past two years. The current population of Gwadar city is estimated at around 85,000 and is expected to reach half a million in about five years.
In 2013, Gwadar Port operations were officially handed over to China [4] Under the contract with China, the port will be further developed into a full-scale commercial port, with an initial construction investment of $750 million.[5] The port is said to be strategically important to China because it will enable China to more safely and reliably import oil. Currently, sixty percent of China’s oil must be transported by ship from the Persian Gulf to the only commercial port in China, Shanghai, a distance of more than 16,000 kilometres. The journey takes two to three months, during which time the ships are vulnerable to pirates, bad weather, political rivals and other risks. Using Gwadar port instead will reduce the distance these ships must travel and will also enable oil transfers to be made year-round. [6]
In February 2013, Iran announced it would set up a $4 billion oil refinery in Gwadar with an estimated capacity of about 400,000 barrels per day. According to the plan, Tehran will also construct an oil pipeline between its territory and Gwadar to transport crude oil for processing.[7][8] It has also been announced that, under China’s coastal refinery plan, China will invest $12 billion in multiple projects in Gwadar and other parts of Pakistan, including construction of a refinery which will have a processing capacity of 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day.[8]
2.1 Pre-Islamic era
2.2 Omani rule
2.3 Pakistan
2.5 Chinese interests
6 Strategic importance
7.1 Special economic zone
7.2 Gwadar Port
7.3 Gwadar industrial park
According to a folk etymology, the name Gwadar is a combination of two Balochi words, "Gwat" (meaning "air") and "Dar" (meaning "door").
Pre-Islamic era
Inhabitation of Gwadar, like most areas of Balochistan, appears to be ancient. The area shows inhabitation as early as the ancient Bronze age people where settlements existed around some of the area's oases. The Baloch people of this area originally referred to themselves as Moka or Maka. It is from this that word Makran, the original name of Balochistan is derived.It was a region of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. It is believed to have been conquered by the founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great. The capital of the satrapy of Gedrosia was Pura, which is thought to have been located near the modern Bampûr, in Iranian Balochistan. During the homeward march of Alexander the Great, his admiral, Nearchus, led a fleet along the modern-day Makran coast and recorded that the area was dry, mountainous, and inhabited by the "Ichthyophagoi" (or "fish eaters"), an ancient Greek rendering of the ancient Persian phrase "Mahi khoran" (which has itself become the modern word "Makran").[9] After the collapse of Alexander's empire the area was ruled by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander's generals. The region then reverted to indigenous rule around about 303 BCE.
Omani rule
The region remained on the sidelines of history for a millennium until the Arab-Muslim army of Umar captured Makran in 643 CE and over the intervening (and nearly equivalent) amount of time the area was contested by various powers. This was then followed by almost two centuries of local rule by the various Baloch tribes. The city was visited by Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis in 1550s and mentioned in his book Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557.[10] According to Seydi Ali Reis, the inhabitants of Gwadar were Baloch and their chief was Malik Jelaleddin, son of Malik Dinar.In the 15th century The Portuguese captured many parts of India and Oman, and they planned to proceed with annexation to coastal area of Makran. The Portuguese attacked Gwadar under the leadership of Vasco de Gama, but under the supervision of Commander Mir Ismaheel Baloch, the Portuguese were defeated by the Baloch. A few times the Portuguese looted and set the coastal villages on fire, but they failed to capture Gwadar . Cannons of the Portuguese army were found lying near the Central Jail of Gwadar, heirless. The grave of Mir Ismaheel Baloch is situated near the Mountain of Batal Gwadar, constructed by Mir Ismaheel Baloch himself during life. He died in 873 Hijri. .[11]
In 1783, the Khan of Kalat granted suzerainty over Gwadar to Taimur Sultan, the defeated ruler of Muscat.[12] When the sultan subsequently retook Muscat, he was to continue his rule in Gwadar by appointing a wali (or "governor"). This wali was then ordered to subjugate the nearby coastal town of Chah Bahar (now in Iran). The Gwadar fort was built during Omani rule, whilst telegraph lines were later extended into the town courtesy of the British. Another point of view is that in the middle of the 18th century, Mir Noori Naseer Khan Baloch captured Gwadar and its surrounding areas after defeating the Gichki Baloch tribe and included it in the Kalat Khanate. However, realizing that maintaining control of the area will be difficult without the support of the Gichkis, Mir Nasir entered into an agreement with the local Gichki Chief, which allowed the Gichkis to maintain administrative control of the area, in return for furnishing half the collected revenues to Kalat, this arrangement continued till 1783. When Saiad Sultan fell out with his brother, the ruler of Muscat, and asked for help, Mir Noori Naseer Khan handed over Gwadar, as part of his share of revenues, to Saiad Sultan for his maintenance with the understanding that the area be returned to Kalat, when Saiad Sultan acquires the throne. Saiad Sultan ascended to the throne of Muscat in 1797 but never returned Gwadar enclave to Kalat. The ensuing struggle between the heirs of the Sultan and Khan of Kalat, for possession of Gwadar, allowed the British to intervene. The British after extracting concessions from the Sultan for the use of the area facilitated Muscat to retain Gwadar. Later on, the British claimed that the area was permanently gifted to the Sultan by Mir Nasir, however, local accounts and the declassified documents of that time refute this claim.[13]
On 8 September 1958, Sir Aga Khan purchased the Gwadar enclave from Oman for $1 million. At the time, Gwadar was a small and underdeveloped fishing village with a population of a few thousand. The Pakistani government integrated Gwadar into Balochistan province on 1 July 1977 as the district headquarters of the newly formed Gwadar District. In the 1993, the Government of Pakistan formally conceived the plan to develop Gwadar into a major port city with a deep-sea port and connect it with Pakistan's highway and rail networks. On 22 March 2002, the Government of Pakistan began construction of Gwadar Port, a modern deep-sea port, Phase I of which was completed in March 2007. Gwadar Port was inaugurated on 20 March 2007.[3]
Gwadar underwent major development from 2002 to 2007. In 2002, Pakistan's National Highway Authority (NHA) began construction of the 653 km-long Makran Coastal Highway linking Gwadar with Karachi via Pasni and Ormara and onwards with the rest of the National Highways of Pakistan, which was completed in 2004. In 2003, the Gwadar Development Authority was established to oversee the planning and development of Gwadar and Gwadar Industrial Estate Development Authority was established to promote industrial activities in mega port city of Gwadar .[14] In 2004, Pakistan's NHA began construction of the 820-km long M8 motorway linking Gwadar with Ratodero in Sindh province via Turbat, Hoshab, Awaran and Khuzdar and onwards with the rest of the Motorways of Pakistan. In 2006, the Gwadar Development Authority conceived, developed and adopted a 50-year Master Plan for Gwadar. In 2007, the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan acquired 4,300 acres (17 km2) to construct a new greenfield airport, the New Gwadar International Airport, on 6,000 acres (24 km2), at an estimated cost of Rs. 7.5 billion.
In 2013 Gwadar port was acquired by the state-owned China Overseas Port Holdings Limited.[15] The port is said to be strategically important for China as sixty percent of China’s oil comes from the Gulf by ships travelling over 16,000 kilometres in two to three months, confronting pirates, bad weather, political rivals and other risks up to its only commercial port, Shanghai. Gwadar will reduce the distance to a mere 5000 kilometres and also serve round the year. [6]
China has been instrumental in design of the project.
China is providing approximately 80% of the cost of Port in shape of grants and soft loans
Over 500 Chinese workers have worked on the project on 24 hour basis to complete the port setup. There are still a large number of Chinese workers and engineers working on the project.
China has further committed to provide money and resources as and when needed.
China is setting up a Dry Port at the Pak-China border to take advantage of shorter route to sea through Gwadar.
China has paid US$ 360 million to Pakistan for expansion and an upgrade for all weather traficability of Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan with China. The contract has been awarded to Frontier Works Organization, who has also started the project.
Feasibility and engineering studies to connect China with Gwadar through pipeline and railway track has already begun. This railway track also has the significance of being an engineering marvel of the world.
Chinese interests
China has a great strategic interest in Gwadar. The following are important ones:-[16]
China is heavily dependent upon the oil from the Persian Gulf; at present this oil passes via a very long route through the Strait of Malacca, which is under US influence. After this oil has reached Shanghai or the Chinese East Coast, it has to be transported thousands of miles inland to the West of China. By using Gwadar port and then the Karakoram Highway (KKH), the oil follows a much safer, cheaper and shorter route to the West of China.
The Middle East is a very important region in the world because of its Oil Reserves and large markets. China has a natural dependence on this but does not have the means to influence it. The Government of Pakistan has already committed to providing a Naval Base to China in Gwadar. This will not only help secure Gwadar but also take the Pakistan China Friendship to new heights.
Chinese goods will find an easier, shorter and secure route to the Middle East, increasing profitability and increasing trade.
China will greatly benefit from the industrial zone by setting up industries close to the markets.
Gwadar is situated on the southwestern Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan in Gwadar District of Balochistan province. Like Ormara further east, Gwadar is situated on a natural hammerhead-shaped peninsula forming two almost perfect, but naturally curved, semicircular bays on either side, namely the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) and Deymi Zirr (East Bay). Gwadar is largely flat barren land with two hills, the Koh-e-Batil (maximum height 449 ft.) at the head of the hammerhead peninsula and Koh-e-Mehdi (maximum height 1,112 ft.) to the east of the city. Following an earthquake in September 2013 a small island called Zalzala Jazeera formed approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) off the coast.
Main article: Climate of Gwadar
Gwadar is 0–300 meters above sea level and is mainly dry, arid and hot. The oceanic influence keeps the temperature lower in summer and higher in winter as compared to the inland. The mean temperature in the hottest month (June) remains between 31 °C and 32 °C. The mean temperature in the coolest month (January) varies from 18 °C to 19 °C. The uniformity of temperature is a unique characteristic of the Makran Coastal region. Occasionally, winds moving down the Balochistan plateau bring brief cold spells, otherwise the winter is pleasant. In Gwadar, winters are shorter than summers. Although Gwadar is situated outside the monsoon belt, it receives light monsoon showers in summer (June–August). However, in winter, Western Disturbance can cause heavy rainfall. Annual rainfall is only 100 mm (3 inches). In June 2010, Gwadar was lashed by Cyclone Phet with record-breaking rains of 372 mm and winds up to 75 mph.
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From left to right: Phil Bayles (Intermediary & Partnership Director – Aviva Insurance Ltd), Robin Spencer (Chief Executive Officer UK & Ireland – Aviva Insurance Ltd), Phil Kearns (MYA), Gill Bainbridge (Chief Executive Officer – MYA), Daisy Gill, Andrew Gibbons (Managing Director – MOFS) and Will Greenwood (Ex England Rugby Union International)
For some years now MOFS has had connections with Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA), which is a charity that aims to provide positive and lasting change to the lives of young people in Merseyside, as outlined in the Corporate Social Responsibility section of this web site. A few years ago I was tremendously proud to accept the position of Chair of the MYA, in view of the tremendous work that the charity does with the young people in the area. In addition, our business strives to assist the charity wherever possible, both financially and with volunteers.
For the second year running, MOFS nominated MYA for an Aviva Broker Community Fund Award, which is a competition run annually by Aviva Insurance to further their aim of supporting local community good causes through their Broker Partners. After an unsuccessful year in 2012, we were extremely pleased to find that the proposal for a weekend arts project for young people, situated at the main MYA hub, The Door on Hanover Street, Liverpool, had been selected as one of the fifteen finalists in five separate categories in 2013.
I, along with Gill Bainbridge the Chief Executive of MYA, Phillip Kearns, one of the Project Coordinators at MYA and one of our tremendously talented young people, Daisy Gill attended a fabulous finals event at Kings Place in London on 16th April 2013. Daisy is 15 years of age and a self taught pianist, who has developed into an extremely talented singer/song writer.
The event was hosted by Will Greenwood and to the tremendous delight of all who attended on behalf of MYA, we were successful in winning a prize of £15,000.
These funds will ensure that the weekend arts project will commence as soon as possible and will be sustained for at least a year, when further funding will be sought to continue the work. It will also ensure that the talents of the likes of Daisy will have the opportunity to flourish well beyond the involvement of MYA.
I would like to take the opportunity of placing on record a tremendous vote of thanks to all of the staff at MYA, who put in a tremendous amount of work to deliver consistently high quality programmes for our young people. I would also like to thank and also commend Aviva for the tremendous work they do in supporting local communities through the Aviva Broker Community Fund and I would encourage people to visit theirwebsite to view the highlights of the 2013 winners and the fantastic causes that they represent.
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Amnesty UK cancels event featuring supporters of Israeli settlements
January 22, 2018 at 10:22 am | Published in: Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, UK
JLC Chair Jonathan Goldstein meeting with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan, who heads anti-BDS efforts, in Israel, August 2017 [Facebook / Jewish Leadership Council]
Amnesty International UK has cancelled an event set to be hosted at their London premises this week, after concerns were raised over the involvement of apologists for illegal Israeli settlements.
The Jewish Leadership Council (JLC)-organised event, originally scheduled for this Wednesday, was a panel discussion on the United Nations Human Rights Council, titled: "The UNHRC and Israel: How it works, what's not working, and how it might be repaired".
The event's headline speaker was Hillel Neuer, who heads notorious pro-Israel pressure group 'UN Watch'.
However, after concerns were raised both externally and within the organisation, Amnesty UK has pulled the plug, saying it has "improved the way we review the hosting of events at Amnesty".
"A wide range of organisations hold their events at our London office, but we reserve the right to withhold permission for our building to be used by organisations whose work runs directly counter to our own", said Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International UK's Director of Supporter Campaigning and Communications.
"We are currently campaigning for all governments around the world to ban the import of goods produced in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories. We do not think it's appropriate for Amnesty to host an event by an organisation that actively supports Israel's settlements".
UN Watch, whose logo appeared on promotional material for the event shared by the JLC, has a track record of apologising for Israeli violations of international law.
In an article published just last month, UN Watch praised companies doing business in Israel's internationally-condemned settlements, claiming they "promote peaceful co-existence by bringing Jews and Arabs closer together in a shared work environment".
UN Watch also described Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967 as merely an "acquisition" of the territory, after which, it added, "Jewish settlements were built on public land".
All Israeli settlements established in the territories occupied in 1967 are illegal under international law, and many of them were built on privately-owned Palestinian land.
The piece was taken down in just the last few days, but is still viewable via Google's cache.
In addition to its apologia for Israeli settlements, UN Watch has repeatedly attacked Palestinian and international humanitarian and rights workers, smearing UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk, refugee agency UNRWA, and even humanitarian workers arrested and tortured by Israel.
UN Watch head Hillel Neuer, meanwhile, who the JLC invited to speak at the event, has frequently singled out Amnesty for attack, mocking the human rights NGO as "pro Taliban-Hamas". Neuer has also described the occupied and blockaded Gaza Strip as a "giant suicide bomb".
The JLC, for its part, takes an active role in fighting the civil society, Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, of which a boycott of settlement produce is a part.
Current chair Jonathan Goldstein met last summer with Gilad Erdan, the Israeli minister in charge of efforts to undermine Palestine solidarity activism and BDS in particular.
The JLC also backed, and its then-chair Simon Johnson spoke at, a rally in London in December 2016 to protest the UN Security Council's adoption of a resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
In a statement released Monday morning, the JLC condemned the cancellation, and sought to link the decision to "antisemitism".
"It is highly regrettable that on this occasion Amnesty International UK's decision has targeted the Jewish community", JLC chair Jonathan Goldstein said.
There was no attempt by Goldstein or the JLC to address the specifics of Amnesty UK's concerns.
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Bushes depart on first presidential funeral train since 1969
Will Weissert, The Associated Press and David J. Phillip, The Associated Press
In this Oct. 18, 2005, file photo, a new locomotive numbered 4141 in honor of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, is unveiled at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The locomotive unveiled for the special exhibit at George H.W. Bush’s presidential library will be used to pull the late president’s funeral train. The 4,300-horsepower machine will carry Bush’s remains Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to his final resting place at his presidential library. (Pat Sullivan/AP)
SPRING, Texas — The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than take to the skies.
"I might have left Air Force One behind," Bush quipped during the 2005 unveiling of 4141, a blue and gray locomotive commissioned in honor of the 41st president and unveiled at Texas A&M University.
On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush’s casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. The train was to take him on a slow ride to his presidential library in College Station.
There, he will be laid to rest at a private ceremony next to his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and his daughter Robin, who died at age 3 in 1953. Family members, including former President George W. Bush, also boarded the train, which will pass through five small towns on the way to Texas A&M University.
Nation bids goodbye to Bush with high praise, cannons, humor
The nation bid goodbye to George H.W. Bush with high praise, cannon salutes and gentle humor Wednesday, celebrating the life of the Texan who embraced a lifetime of service in Washington and was the last president to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth — George W. Bush — eulogized his dad as “the brightest of a thousand points of light.”
Calvin Woodward, The Associated Press, Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press, Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press
The train's sixth car, a converted baggage hauler called "Council Bluffs," was fitted with transparent sides to allow mourners lining the tracks on Thursday views of Bush's flag-draped coffin.
It is the eighth funeral train in U.S. history and the first since Dwight D. Eisenhower's body traveled from the National Cathedral in Washington through seven states to his Kansas hometown of Abilene 49 years ago. Abraham Lincoln's funeral train was the first, in 1865.
Robert F. Kennedy was never president, but he was running for the White House when he was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968. His body was later transported to New York City for a funeral Mass and then taken by private train to Washington for burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Thousands of mourners lined the tracks for the 200-plus-mile journey.
In this Oct. 18, 2005, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara wave out the window of a new locomotive numbered 4141 in honor of the 41st president at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. (Pat Sullivan/AP)
Union Pacific originally commissioned the Bush locomotive for the opening of an exhibit at his library titled “Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse.” It was one of the few times the company has painted a locomotive any color other than its traditional yellow. After a brief training session during 4141′s unveiling 13 years ago, Bush took the engineer’s seat and helped take the locomotive for a 2-mile excursion.
"We just rode on the railroads all the time, and I've never forgotten it," Bush said at the time, recalling how he took trains, and often slept on them, during trips as a child with his family. He also called the locomotive "the Air Force One of railroads."
Bush, who died last week at his Houston home at age 94, was eulogized Wednesday at a funeral service at the National Cathedral and again Thursday at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston.
Former President Bush remembered as ‘true gentleman’ who dedicated his life to service
The former commander-in-chief was also a World War II combat pilot who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The funeral train has been part of the official planning for his death for years, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said.
Union Pacific was contacted by federal officials in early 2009 and asked, at Bush's request, about providing a funeral train at some point, company spokesman Tom Lange said.
"We said, 'Of course and also we have this locomotive that we would want to have obviously be part of it,'" Lange said. He noted that trains were the mode of transportation that first carried Bush to his service as a naval aviator in World War II and back home again.
Eisenhower was the last president to travel by train regularly. A key reason was his wife, Mamie, who hated to fly. During the 1952 campaign, Eisenhower traveled more than 51,000 miles and made 252 stops. And while he often flew, his wife rode the train the whole time, Union Pacific said.
Still, when Bush beat Democrat Michael Dukakis and won the presidency in 1988, both candidates used trains to make some campaign stops. Bush also occasionally traveled by train in 1992, when he was defeated by Democrat Bill Clinton, including making Midwest stops aboard a train dubbed "The Spirit of America."
Weissert reported from Austin.
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Mattis is out, and Blackwater is back: ‘We are coming’
Blackwater USA took out a full page ad in the January/February 2019 issue of "Recoil" magazine with the company's logo and a message: "We are coming."
This article has been edited to clarify that Constellis no longer trains forces at Camp Integrity and that Blackwater, if it returns, would not have a connection to Constellis.
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is out.
Mattis' resignation comes amid news that President Donald Trump has directed the drawdown of 2,000 U.S. forces in Syria, and 7,000 U.S. forces from Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed to Military Times, a story first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
This month, in the January/February print issue of the gun and hunting magazine “Recoil," the former contractor security firm Blackwater USA published a full-page ad, in all black with a simple message: “We are coming.”
Is the war in Afghanistan — and possibly elsewhere ― about to be privatized?
If Blackwater returns, it would be the return of a private security contractor that was banned from Iraq, but re-branded and never really went away. By 2016 Blackwater had been re-named and restructured several times, and was known at the time as Constellis Group, when it was purchased by the Apollo Holdings Group. Reuters reported earlier this year that Apollo had put Constellis up for sale, but in June the sale was put on hold.
A representative for Constellis told Military Times late Friday that while it had acquired the former Blackwater training center in the 2016 purchase, it has no affiliation with the former security firm. It did not retain Blackwater’s founder and former CEO Erik Prince and has no current connection to him, or the firm’s former management structure.
The Recoil ad suggests Blackwater is making a resurgence on its own, but it was not clear in what form. The public affairs firm that handles Prince’s media engagements told Military Times Friday that he would not be able to speak beyond what was in the media “at this stage.”
Prince has courted President Donald Trump’s administration since he took office with the idea that the now 17-year Afghan War will never be won by a traditional military campaign. Prince has also argued that the logistical footprint required to support that now multi-trillion dollar endeavor has become too burdensome. Over the summer and into this fall Prince has engaged heavily with the media to promote the privatization; particularly as the Trump administration’s new South Asia Strategy, which was crafted with Mattis, passed the one-year mark.
Constellis, which had maintained a footprint at Camp Integrity by the Kabul Airport through its previous iteration as “Academi." The firm no longer trains there, the Constellis spokesman said.
Here’s the blueprint for Erik Prince’s $5 billion plan to privatize the Afghanistan war
The U.S. has spent $1 trillion in Afghanistan. The Blackwater founder asks, is it time to try something new?
The news of a leaning on a smaller number of privatized forces, instead of a larger U.S. military footprint — and contracted support for U.S. forces that knew few bounds and at times included coffee shops, base exchanges, restaurants, a hockey rink and local vendor shops — may be welcomed by current U.S. military leadership on the ground. That includes former Joint Special Operations Command chief Army Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, a source familiar with Miller’s approach told Military Times. Miller replaced Gen. John Nicholson as the head of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan in September.
In an previous exclusive interview with Military Times, Prince said he would scrap the NATO mission there and replace the estimated 23,000 forces in country with a force of 6,000 contracted personnel and 2,000 active-duty special forces.
The potential privatization of the Afghan War was previously dismissed by the White House, and roundly criticized by Mattis, who saw it as a risk to emplace the nation’s national security goals in the hands of contractors.
“When Americans put their nation’s credibility on the line, privatizing it is probably not a wise idea,” Mattis told reporters in August.
But Mattis is out now, one in a series of moves that has surprised most of the Pentagon.
Drastic change would “be more likely” now, one DOD official said.
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Tall Barney & His People
Tall Barney's forefather Authur Beal Jr originally came from Plympton, Devonshire, England c1655 and settled in York Maine. Barney's Great Grandfather, Manwarren Beal Jr, moved to Beals Island Maine mid-1700's. The "Beal" name can also be spelled as "Beale".
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Time & Tide Project
There are things in life over which we have some measure of control, but the old adage reminds us that “time and tide wait for no man.” The passing of time, and the ebb and flow of the tides, remind us that generations have come and gone in our small island community and as surely as our elders depart this scene, so too goes a wealth of knowledge, folklore and history that is likely lost forever.
- By Daniel F. Davis
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The mission of the Beals Historical Society is to promote interest in Moosabec area historical matters, to provide a common ground for those desiring to explore the past and to display artifacts and documents of historical value while keeping the spirit of community alive.
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In the lending context, a forbearance agreement is a contractual obligation of the lender to refrain or forbear, for a definite period, from requiring a borrower to repay a currently due debt. Forbearance agreements are typically granted to beleaguered borrowers that the lender believes can find a way to satisfy the debt through a finance or otherwise. Lenders typically require their borrowers to release the lender from any claims the borrower may have at the time of forbearance. For the lender, a release is one of the primary attributes of a forbearance agreement. The forbearance benefits the borrower as it affords a brief respite from the collection process so the borrower can focus on finding a way to satisfy the past-due loan. Oftentimes, the lender will charge a fee to forbear. As discussed below, the lender needs to ensure that the forbearance fee does not violate its state’s usury laws.
Usury laws are designed to prevent the imposition of finance charges on a debt from exceeding a legislatively determined amount. All states have limits on the amount that can be charged, but those amounts vary and can depend on the type of debt. From a lender’s perspective, Colorado has a generous usury cap that limits “interest” rates to 45% per annum.
“Interest,” under Colorado’s civil usury statute, is the sum of all charges payable directly or indirectly and imposed as an incident to, or as a condition of, an “extension of credit.” To “extend credit” is to make or renew any loan or to enter into any agreement where satisfaction of a debt is deferred. From a simplistic standpoint, Colorado’s usury statutes prohibit charging interest in excess of 45% to make a loan or to defer repayment of a debt. The latter suggests that a forbearance agreement is an “extension of credit” and no more than 45% can be charged to forbear. Sounds easy enough. However, the Blooming Terrace case establishes, it is not quite so simple.
In Blooming Terrace, the lender granted the borrower bridge financing in the amount of $11,000,000. The lender charged 11% interest, which increased to 21% upon default. When the borrower defaulted, the lender granted a short forbearance in exchange for a fee of $110,000 (1% of the outstanding principal balance); nevertheless, the borrower was unable to satisfy the debt at the end of the forbearance period. Therefore, the parties amended the forbearance agreement affording the borrower more time, in exchange for another $110,000. This time, the borrower was able to pay-off the debt.
The borrower thereafter sued the lender claiming violation of Colorado’s usury laws. The borrower alleged that it was charged interest in amounts exceeding 100%. Shortly after the case was filed, the trial court dismissed it. The trial court added all of the finance charges (including the $220,000 forbearance fee) and divided those charges by the principal amount loaned. Based on that method, the trial court determined that over the term of the loan, the borrower was charged about 17% interest. The borrower appealed and the Colorado Court of Appeals, in a split decision, generally agreed with the trial court and determined there was no violation of the usury laws.
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed to review the case. The Supreme Court concluded that, based on the information available to it, there may have been a violation of the usury laws. In reaching that conclusion, the Supreme Court appeared to conclude (but did not expressly state) that the underlying loan and the forbearance agreement were two separate extensions of credit. It then concluded that the forbearance fee translated to about 29% interest over the period of forbearance. Finally, the Supreme Court suggested that the interest rate charged on the loan during the period of forbearance (21%) should be added to the rate charged to forbear, which amounted to about 50% (29% plus 21%). In short, the Supreme Court added the rate charged for the loan with the rate charged for forbearance during the period of forbearance.
This result may present some challenges for lenders. The Blooming Terrace case suggests that in Colorado, a lender cannot combine a forbearance fee with all other interest charged for the loan and then spread those amounts over the term of the loan to calculate an interest rate. Instead, the loan interest needs to be calculated independently from the forbearance fee and the rates for each need to be combined.
In summary, any time a lender is considering entering into a forbearance agreement, it should confer with its counsel, particularly when a fee is charged. Additionally, there may be alternatives to a forbearance agreement, such as an amendment to the underlying loan which extends its maturity date. Of course, there is not a “one size fits all” solution and each situation requires its own analysis. However, the Blooming Terrace case should be kept in mind each time a lender considers forbearing.
"This article was originally published by the Independent Report."
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National Guard prepares to help N.J. during coronavirus. Here’s what that means.
The New Jersey National Guard Military Review at Sea Girt National Guard Training Center, on Sunday in Sea Girt.NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
By Allison Pries | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The New Jersey National Guard is answering a call for help from Gov. Phil Murphy by deploying about 150 of its 8,200 members.
Murphy on Monday announced during a news conference in Trenton that he is calling on the Guard to help in “any way necessary” the state’s efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
But this isn’t a mobilization, said Kryn Westhoven, spokesman for the state Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. A mobilization would be if the Guard were called into service by the federal government.
“That’s when you’re calling up whole units,” he said.
This effort, so far, is also a lot smaller than when the Guard was put into service for Superstorm Sandy. About 2,100 were deployed then.
“This time we’re not worrying about doing high water rescues,” Westhoven said. “It’s a whole different scenario.”
The troops from the Army and Air National Guard units across the state will work for N.J.'s Office of Emergency Management and be paid by the state.
They’ll send military police officers to help direct traffic at drive-by testing sites. Others will use National Guard Humvees and trucks to deliver food and other supplies. And they’ll be ready to set up temporary hospitals if needed, Westhoven said.
“We’re in the planning process right now,” he said. “It takes a while to get all the people ready.”
The Guardsmen will likely begin their work later this week, Westhoven said, but that too is still being worked out.
“We’ve done this in the past. It’s something the Guard is prepared and trained for,” he said. “We’re ready and able to serve our fellow citizens.”
This is the first time the Guard has been deployed in New Jersey since Superstorm Sandy, in 2012, but they have helped in Florida and other states during natural disasters.
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Janis Ian makes her Better Times Project a group effort
By: CINDY STAGOFF | June 2, 2020
LLOYD BAGGS
This silent spring, filled with the loneliness of separation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, has become noisy again with the voices of protesters outraged at the murder of George Floyd and our country’s history of police violence against African-Americans. Several classic songs about racial injustice swirl in my head, including Bob Dylan’s “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” and Janis Ian’s “Society’s Child.” Using subtle, understated lyrics, Ian wrote of the pain of a young black man humiliated by his white girlfriend’s mother, who objected to their relationship.
Ian’s songs are treasures, and have long been on the cutting edge of telling us the truth about people’s lives. While it is remarkable that her talent was evident by the age of 14 (when she wrote “Society’s Child”), it’s now her endurance that is striking. She continues to write songs that expose painful subjects, laying bare her soul and the world’s potential for cruelty and kindness.
Ian, who was born in New York and primarily raised in New Jersey, started sharing introspective and revealing songs in the late ’60s and continues with “Better Times Will Come,” written at her home in Florida in March; she has shared this gorgeous song with NJArts.net’s Songs to See Us Through series. The video for it, made by singer-songwriter Christine Lavin, can be seen below.
“Better Times Will Come” resonates for those of us having a hard time during the pandemic. Ian’s acknowledgment of her own concerns and fears affirms our stress and also reminds me of her iconic song “At Seventeen,” which mirrors the pain young women face growing up in a harsh world that overemphasizes the value of physical attributes.
In “Better Times Will Come,” she lifts us by offering hope that we will get past current troubles. For those of us who are losing sleep, worrying about the death count and financial concerns — and feeling restless from the isolation of social distancing — the song is a welcome relief.
Ian’s voice is as rich as it was in her earlier songs; her lyrics as honest and vulnerable. She solemnly sings:
Better times, better times will come
When this world learns to live as one
Oh, better times will come
When we greet each dawn without fear
Knowing loved ones soon will be near
When the winds of war
Cannot blow any more
Oh, better times will come.
The song prompted Ian to launch her Better Times Project, designed to help artists who have been hurt financially during the pandemic. She encourages artists to submit their versions of the song and asks that listeners support the artists. She has posted more than 50 videos (there are also more than 20 other submissions that she has not yet posted) from diverse artists, breaking genre and geographic boundaries. You can see them at facebook.com/pg/janisianpage/videos.
After touring was suspended in mid-March, Ian quarantined at her home. “My wife and I had been watching in horror as the government of our state and our country deliberately ignored all the warning signs of a pandemic, and we decided to stay self-isolated as much as possible,” she said.
Like many of us, she started learning about colleagues who contracted the virus and recovered. But soon, she got the news that friends were dying. “And then, John Prine died,” she said. “I didn’t know John well, but I’d known him since his first time at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. I’d spoken with him at the Cambridge Folk Festival last year, I think, and had tremendous respect for him. John’s death hit me very hard. Unlike many of my colleagues, he’d survived not only his own demons, but illness after illness. It seemed like he’d go on for years.”
During these tragic times, it’s always an odd feeling to complete mundane tasks. Ian was attending to her weekly laundry chores when “better times, better times will come” began playing in her head. “I paid attention to it,” she said, “because sometimes that’s how the best songs come: All at once there’s a melody, and part of a lyric, and if you listen closely a song begins to form. So I wrote most of it as I did loads and folded clothing. It felt so organic, to use an overused word.”
When she finished the laundry, she said, “I grabbed paper and pen, sat down on our porch, and decided the song could open with a chorus. Then it was, ‘What do I really feel, and how do I convey it?’ I already knew what I hoped for every day: to get up in the morning and not worry about whether my family and friends were safe from this awful disease. … I finished the first verse, then wrote, ‘When we live each day as our last,’ because I thought it was important to give voice to everyone’s fear, including mine.
“Start to finish, it took about two hours. The only other song I’ve written that came that fast and that completely was ‘Stars,’ still my most covered song though not the most widely known.”
After receiving positive reactions from her Facebook post of the song, she contacted John Gorka and others to record her song. She asked artists to permit anyone to download the music for free for six months.
“The response to John’s version was absurd: 45,000 likes, a multitude of visitors to his site!,” she said. “From there, I noticed a trend. When I put something up, especially if there was a video, people often bought merchandise from that artist. So, I accomplished my first goal in asking my friends to join in, which was to help them get through, after they’d had to cancel out their work for a year.”
Johnny Carson interviews Janis Ian on “The Tonight Show” in 1967.
Ian breaks down barriers between herself and her listeners with “Better Times Will Come,” as she always has done. She changed the world and connected with many of us by writing “At Seventeen” and “Society’s Child.” Her words in the stunning “Stars” — which has been covered by Nina Simone and Joan Baez, among many others — are relevant and powerful today. She sings:
Stars, they come and go
They come fast or slow
They go like the last light
Of the sun, all in a blaze
And all you see is glory
But it gets lonely there
When there’s no one here to share
We can shake it away
If you’ll hear a story
Given the state of our world and growing suppression by our leader, we, more than ever, need to hear stories of all of our experiences, from stars and all the rest of us.
I asked her about the impact those songs had on her life. She replied, “Well, having a song like ‘At Seventeen’ or ‘Society’s Child’ is an incredible calling card. That the latter is still played more than 50 years later is a wonderful testimony to the song and the recording, and a sad reflection of how little we’ve grown as a culture. ‘At Seventeen’ continues to endure because it talks about something difficult to talk about, in a true way. That’s what I’ve always tried to do with my work — speak for those who can’t speak for themselves, and do it truthfully.”
Ian champions the lost voice in all of us, and the fearful one we feel now during the pandemic and this moment of protest against racial injustice.
Janis Ian with her mother and grandmother in a photo used in the video Christine Lavin made for “Better Times Will Come.”
Lavin’s video of the song is a beautiful display of images, including photos of Ian with family members. Ian says of one photo, which shows her with her mother and her “Bubby” (grandmother), “I was probably 25 or 26, because my Bubby had already had her stroke, but my mom, who had M.S., was still able to move around and hold herself up.”
There is also in a photo of her with her Uncle Bernie, who was her mother’s brother and the “first feminist I ever knew.” The video shows people of all ages, representing the journey of life.
Ian has not made a video of herself singing “Better Times Will Come.” “I’ve deliberately kept my face out of it, because, frankly, the point is not me,” she said. “That may sound absurdly altruistic (especially when we are funding the entire project ourselves), but I think artists have a responsibility to help other artists. Sometimes, that means shining the spotlight on them and staying in the wings yourself.”
During the pandemic, the Better Times Project has kept Ian busy about 10 hours a day, six days a week. “It would be seven, except my wife’s put her foot down because I was getting so tired. My webmaster is creating the blank pages and putting the MP3s up, but I’m doing everything else because it gets so expensive otherwise … so that means I’m the one talking to artists, reminding them to send square photos and lower res MP3’s, uploading to Facebook and YouTube, inserting all the links, writing all the descriptions, timing everything (or trying to) and on and on and on and on.”
Sandra Boynton made this coloring page for Janis Ian’s Better Times Project.
She added, “This is a really hard time for everyone, even someone like me, who’s used to working from home. It’s easy to get depressed, or let the fear take over. I’m lucky because this project makes me feel like I’m contributing something to help other people. And just like ‘At Seventeen’ gave people hope, this is giving people hope — not just about COVID-19, but people who are mourning loved ones, or fighting other illnesses, or looking for ways to distract their children through things like our ‘coloring pages’ (developed with children’s book illustrators such as Sandra Boynton and Sue Coccia).”
She added, “the way I look at it, I’m incredibly lucky to have been born with this talent, into the right family and country and time for my talent to thrive. Part of my job is to give back to others, since I’ve been so richly endowed. That all sounds clichéd, but I mean every word of it.
“I hate that it’s frightening to go buy a carton of milk. I hate that it’s scary to take a walk. I hate the drama of getting in the car and thinking, ‘Do I have a mask? … Clean mask in case I need another? Antibacterial wipes? And why aren’t those people parking next to me putting on masks or taking precautions?’ I hate walking around the market here and watching parents with young children hugging people they haven’t seen in months because they’ve met up on vacation now, no masks, no precautions, no regard for anyone else. It really bothers me that the young people I see seem to think they’re immune, and that the governor of my state is such a fool. I get depressed, I get angry, I get scared. Heck, I’ve been running through more moods every day than I did when I was a teenager!”
I asked what project she is most proud of, over the past 10 years. “This one, without a doubt,” she said. “The Better Times Project, as people seem to be calling it, is bringing together so many different types of people and forms, it genuinely astonishes me. If I had to cap my career with one project, this would be it, because ultimately, the songs aren’t supposed to be about what I feel. They’re supposed to be about what the songs make you feel.”
To show support for Janis Ian and her Better Times Project, visit tinyurl.com/jifree.
NJArts.net’s Songs to See Us Through series is designed to spotlight songs relevant to the coronavirus crisis and encourage readers to support the artists who made them (and won’t be able to generate income via concerts at this time). Click here for links to all songs in the series.
We encourage artists to email us submissions (newly recorded, if possible) at njartsdaily@gmail.com. Please include links to sites such as Patreon and Venmo. Readers can also make suggestions via that email address.
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Liberty Science Center Is Reopening on Labor Day Weekend
The Jersey City museum will reopen its doors to the public on September 5.
By Taryn GuettlerPublished: July 24, 2020 July 24, 2020
Jersey City’s Liberty Science Center will reopen just in time for the new school year after months of closure due to COVID-19. The museum will be open to the public on September 5-7 from 10 am to 5 pm. There will also be a special preview day for members on September 4 from 10 am to 4 pm.
Liberty Science Center
Liberty Science Center President and CEO Paul Hoffman stressed the importance of reopening LSC, saying that the museum’s missions to inspire the next generation of scientists is more important now than ever. “We need to encourage kids who will grow up to cure diseases, discover distant planets, and lead us to a brighter future,” he said.
Of course, there will be an extensive list of changes to prevent the spread of COVID-19. When tickets go on sale, they will be limited to 25 percent of the center’s capacity so that guests can maintain social distancing. Digital tickets must be purchased online and will be available through the Liberty Science Center website.
Everyone entering the building will receive a temperature screening. If any member of a party has a fever above 100.3°F, the party will be asked to reschedule their visit. All guests above the age of 2 must wear a face covering. Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the building and new cleaning procedures will focus on high-traffic and high-touch areas.
Some exhibits, like the Touch Tunnel and Infinity Chamber, will be temporarily closed. Others will be modified to reduce contact and there will be plenty of new programs and activities designed for limited contact.
Can’t wait until September? The Liberty Science Center is offering virtual programming through July and August. LSC in the House hosts virtual science trivia and planetarium shows with different themes each week. Tune in to the Liberty Science Center Facebook page at 1 pm on Tuesdays for science trivia and 1 pm on Thursdays for planetarium shows. The next planetarium show is July 30 and themed “The Search for Aliens.” Make sure to check the LSC in the House webpage for updates and information about upcoming programs.
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American Turtles' Surprising Habits Revealed
July 1, 2011, 4:18 PM UTC / Source: OurAmazingPlanet
By Andrea Mustain
The planet's second-largest population of loggerhead turtles — a species that is endangered in many spots around the world — frequents U.S. beaches, from North Carolina to the Gulf Coast of Florida. And now a decadelong tracking study has revealed surprising new information on the turtles' travels.
In recent years, large-scale satellite tracking studies of marine animals have revealed that many seafaring creatures, including other species of sea turtles, travel to unexpected locales at unexpected times.
But it turns out loggerhead turtles are the dependable type — the sort of turtle you'd want to bring home to Mom and Dad. Wild thrill-seekers they are not, sticking to their usual migration path time and time again.
Most of the turtles in the study rarely strayed from the United States continental shelf, and traveled from nesting grounds along the southeastern seaboard as far north as New Jersey to forage in the summer, and as far south as Florida and the Bahamas in the winter, and returned to the same areas within each region during each season.
"North American loggerhead sea turtles are really predictable — they don't do the kooky stuff. They don't go wandering off very often," said Lucy Hawkes, an ecologist at Bangor University in England.
So in an ironic twist, Hawkes said, it was precisely the lack of surprising turtle behavior that was one of the biggest surprises to come out of the research, which is helping to inform conservation of U.S. loggerheads.
Turtle tag
Between 1998 and 2008, researchers tracked the movements of 68 adult female loggerhead turtles, sometimes for more than two years straight. (After they hatch and scamper into the sea, male loggerheads never return to land, making them more difficult to study.)
As the turtles buried their eggs in the sand on North Carolina beaches, researchers epoxied satellite tags to their shells. "It's not difficult, but it takes a bit of time," Hawkes told OurAmazingPlanet. [Related Images: Tagging and Tracking Sea Turtles ]
In a schedule that mirrors that of human snowbirds, most of the animals head south for winter and north in the summertime.
"And they're quite good at predicting when to arrive," Hawkes said. "They seem to arrive just as soon as the water is warm enough and leave a week before it gets too cold."
Because they're cold-blooded animals, the turtles can get into trouble if they end up in chilly waters — cool temperatures slow down their metabolism, making the turtles sluggish and easier targets for hungry predators.
However, fine-tuned as the turtles are to water temperature, Hawkes said it's still not clear how the loggerheads come by their inside information.
Linking the turtles' movements to temperature allows researchers to pinpoint where the animals are with astounding accuracy, and Hawkes said the findings have already proved useful.
Forecasting turtle moves
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project was scheduled to begin dredging in the Delaware River, but the new data revealed the area would be full of loggerheads at the time. Managers shifted the start date to avoid affecting the turtles, Hawkes said, "so we're really lucky we've been able to produce some real conservation action on the ground."
Hawkes pointed to the change as an example of the comparative advantage of the population's loyalty to U.S. waters. Since satellite data revealed the turtles rarely leave U.S. jurisdiction, only one country must deal with conservation issues.
Such is not the case for loggerheads that live along the west coast of Africa, where the home range can include coastlines of eight or more countries.
And it's in this region of the world that the turtles are facing many threats. Loggerheads, huge turtles that weigh in at more than 250 pounds (113 kilograms), with shells that span more than 3 feet (1 meter) from front to back, are killed for meat; their eggs are taken and sold; in addition, the turtles are killed for their blood. Some local traditional medicine recommends a bath in loggerhead blood as a cure for leprosy, Hawkes said.
The U.S. population of loggerhead turtles appears to be doing fairly well. Estimates range from 30,000 to 50,000 adults. Add in juveniles, and the number could be closer to 100,000.
"That sounds like a huge number, and it is," Hawkes said. "But it's the world's second-largest population," she said, so it's a large proportion of all the loggerhead turtles on Earth, making their protection all the more important.
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Free to Focus on School
Nichole Schau knew from a young age she wanted to be an elementary school teacher.
“Being a teacher has been my goal my entire life,” said Schau. As a high-achieving high school student, the Elmhurst native had her pick of universities to attend. Schau, who now is in her senior year of college, chose Northeastern Illinois University because her sister raved about the education program and the opportunities the school offers its students.
“The resources Northeastern has for future teachers are endless,” said Schau. “The professors create a great support system and have been so helpful preparing me for my future.”
Schau also has appreciated the numerous opportunities to get out into the schools and into classrooms to observe the teaching experience.
“There is nothing better than seeing what you’re learning being put into practice,” said Schau.
Schau, who has continued to be a top student, has attended Northeastern on a Presidential Scholarship, which includes full tuition, fees and a book stipend for four years.
“It was huge to receive the scholarship because I didn’t know how I was going to pay for school,” said Schau. “It was unbelievable that was able to attend the school of my choice, in the program I want, for free.”
She said that the scholarship has eased the burden of having to work while in school. “This scholarship has allowed me to concentrate on schoolwork, so I am able to focus on completing my degree.”
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Kuskovo
The Kuskovo estate is an architectural complex in the west of Moscow. It was built in the middle of XVII century in classicism style. It is one of the greatest summer estates, which belonged to the Sheremetev family. They are known for their involvement in charity, so Sheremetevs’ servants sincerely loved by them. The estate included three parts: behind-the-pond part with the menagerie, the French garden with ponds and marble sculptures and English garden called "Guy". There was a lot of different pavilions: Grotto, Hermitage, Dutch and Italian houses, which survived until nowadays.
Kuskovo is one of the most impressive architectural complexes in Moscow countryside which features high-class lifestyle and was the example of harmony and rationalism befriended nicely.
In 1769-75 the main palace was designed by Ch. de Vaya and built by K. Blank. It’s a stylish stone building, created in classicism style with baroque elements. The interior has perfect examples of Russian and European art and crafts.
Another interesting structure is a "Grotto" pavilion, built in 1755-61. It was designed by F. Argunov and is decorated with statues in niches and lion masks above the window. Walls of the pavilion are encrusted with stone and painted glass which symbolizes unity of water and stone elements.
The Italian house was built in 1754-1755 under supervision of G. Kologrivov. It was used as a palace for a small public function and now is a museum of ancient paintings. The Dutch house was put up at 1749 as the memory of Peter the Great era. It greeted Kuskovo guests behind the gates. In the 18th century it was built at the cost of small pond with carps.
The Hermitage was built in 1765-66 by K. Blank. This baroque-style pavilion is one of the best monuments of park architecture of the 18th century. It was a private building for the nearest circle of Sheremetev’s friends. Even stuff were not allowed to visit the first floor, it was supplied with unique lifting mechanisms.
Kuskovo got the museum status in 1919, and in 1938 it was united with the only Ceramics museum. It holds the greatest collection of ceramics and glass exhibits, more than 30 000 items of Russian and foreign crafts, since ancient ages till nowadays.
It's a wonderful park to have a stroll and enjoy the simple magnificence of the estate which has witnessed the blissful moments of high aristocracy life.
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To Jefferson Parish: Yes, Have Parades In May…Just Don’t Call It Mardi Gras, Please
Errol Laborde, ,
Orleans Parish was named after a French Aristocrat; Jefferson Parish was named after an American Statesman. You can usually count on statesmen to be a little hungrier than aristocrats and to try a little harder to make things happen.
Before the Jefferson Parish council this week is a proposal to push back what we know as a Mardi Gras parade schedule to the week of Memorial Day, assuming that by then “COVID” will be a name from the past.
Mardi Gras, as practiced in New Orleans, has tradition as a guiding hand. Tradition gives our celebration some stability and meaning beyond just catching beads. So, we traditionalist would normally be expected to be appalled by the idea of having Mardi Gras parades reschedule to the spring. Would that be proper? The answer is a clear: yes and no.
First, we need to distinguish between “Mardi Gras”and “Carnival.” The former, meaning Fat Tuesday, is derived from the Christian celebration of Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten Season. Taking “Fat” in this context to mean just about any sort of partying, Mardi Gras is the last day for fun before what is supposed to be a solemn period. (In modern times, the solemnity leading up to Good Friday has decreased significantly as worshipers are more adept at feasting than fasting.) “Carnival,” a word that is believed to draw its roots form the Latin phrase “carnelevarium,” meaning roughly to take away meat, is the same sort of phrase as “Mardi Gras,” suggesting a last bash before being petulant. Only now, it more commonly is applied to a type of event such as fairs or a festival. Thus, there are all types of carnivals throughout the year and in many places, some provoking images that are no more spiritual than cotton candy of a Ferris wheel. Sometimes carnivals are linked to Mardi Gras; sometimes they are not. (I refer to the day before Ash Wednesday as” Mardi Gras,” but the season that precedes it as “Carnival.”)
On some Caribbean islands there are Mardi Gras style celebrations, but they are referred to as “Carnivals” because they are held at different times and not exclusively Mardi Gras season. The reason is practical. Mardi Gras is most often in February, but the Caribbean doesn’t need extra tourists during that month because that’s when the “snowbirds” from North America show up to get away from cold weather. Caribbean tourism does slump however in the months that are warm way up north, so attractions are needed to draw visitors from the heat to more heat. Thus in 2021 the island of St. Martin will have its Carnival April 30; Cayman, the Bahamas and Antigua (COVID permitting) will be in May. Jefferson Parish will not be alone in beating the drums.
So, what to call the event in Jefferson? The simple answer would be “Jefferson Carnival” or, to be wild, “Carnival Jefferson.” Clearview, which will likely be ground zero, is roughly halfway between the lake and the river north and south, and New Orleans and St. Charles Parish are east and west, so how about Crossroads Carnival? Or, if they must, how about Family Fest and use that as a reason to get rid of the awkward phrase “Family Gras” (translation “Fat Family”) once and for all.
Doing this right could be the beginning of two annual festivals among neighboring parishes at different times of the year: one a Mardi Gras, the other a Carnival. Each could have its own character.
We have learned this year that the opportunity to celebrate should never be taken for granted,
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Errol’s Laborde’s books, “New Orleans: The First 300 Years” and “Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival” (Pelican Publishing Company, 2017 and 2013), are available at local bookstores and at book websites.
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The Editor's Room
Weekly Commentary with New Orleans Magazine’s Errol Laborde
Errol Laborde holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of New Orleans and is the editor-in-chief of Renaissance Publishing. In that capacity he serves as editor/associate publisher of New Orleans Magazineand editor/publisher ofLouisiana Life magazine.
Errol is also a producer and a regular panelist on Informed Sources, a weekly news discussion program broadcast on public television station WYES-TV, Channel 12. Errol is a three-time winner of the Alex Waller Award, the highest award given in print journalism by the Press Club of New Orleans. He also received the National and City Regional Magazine Association Award for Best Column for his New Orleans Magazine column, beating out 76 city magazines across the country. In 2013, Errol received the award for the "Best News Affiliated Blog," awarded by the Press Club of New Orleans.
Errol’s most recent books are Krewe: The Early Carnival from Comus to Zulu and Marched the Day God: A History of the Rex Organization. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis and traveling with his wife, Peggy, to anywhere they can get away to, but some of his favorite spots are the Caribbean and historic locations around Louisiana. You can reach Errol at (504) 830-7235 or errol@myneworleans.com.
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Readers of the Healthcare Journal of New Orleans have read about the enhanced collaborative efforts of the two parish societies over the last year. This collaboration, with input from physicians via survey and several focus groups, resulted in a decision by the respective boards and membership of both organizations to form this new organization in October, 2020.
During the focus groups, physicians indicated they wanted leaders of Jefferson & Orleans Parish Medical Societies to “build a better boat” – a new and improved organization to advocate for and serve physicians. In addition, the focus group physician participants shared the importance of needing a stronger, trusted voice in the community. They indicated the need for a unified voice on medical and public health matters, health equity, medical education and the physician workforce, health care access, financing and delivery, and physician autonomy.
The leaders of the parish medical societies were listening intently and have created an organizational structure which ensures an effective governance structure, and which encourages collaboration, leadership development and physician member engagement.
That new boat has been launched as the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana (MASELA). Jefferson & Orleans Parish Medical Societies will continue to be the voice of physicians to the Louisiana State Medical Society. Most other responsibilities and operations are being transferred to the new organization to guarantee a more responsive approach to serving physicians and their medical practices. Membership is open to all physicians in the Southeast Louisiana region, and if a physician resides and/or practices in Jefferson or Orleans Parish, they may join both MASELA and the parish medical society.
MASELA has a board of ten physicians – five from each founding society. Initially, MASELA is being led by co-presidents – representing the two founding parish societies elected by the new board. Tanya Busenlener, MD, President of Jefferson Parish Medical Society, and Juan Gershanik, MD, President of Orleans Parish Medical Society, are serving as co-presidents. Other local or regional physician organizations in this region are invited to affiliate with the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana as well.
According to Dr. Busenlener, “the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana is in direct response to what physicians in our area told us they need to enhance their ability to practice medicine effectively.”
The bylaws of the Medical Association note “This Association shall bring together physicians to serve and advocate for the common needs of physician members, their patients, and the community.”
Juan Gershanik, MD, stresses the important role the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana will play in the community noting, “Our new organization has a tremendous opportunity to work with other community organizations to improve the health of all people in Southeast Louisiana through education and innovation.”
Physicians can become engaged in the new organization through individual membership, and may join ad hoc committees to address the common challenges of certain physician segments and improve collegiality of women, early career, academic and private practice physicians. In addition, ad hoc committees will address legislative and regulatory matters, public health and health equity concerns, and improve stakeholder relations and physician well-being.
The board and ad hoc committees of the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana will develop services, programs and initiatives for physicians, medical practice staff, patients and the community. Initiatives which are already being evaluated are a collaboration with a national medical staffing organization, development of a physician-wellbeing program, and a Physician Connect partnership program which will link physicians with corporate resources in the community to provide value-added resources to physicians and their practices. Also, the leadership will consider offering educational programs regarding the business of medicine and continue their regular COVID-19 updates for physicians in the region which have kept physicians informed about the pandemic.
Dr. Busenlener shared her thoughts recently about physician involvement. “Physicians in our region have an excellent opportunity to get involved in this new organization to address our professional challenges together and enhance patient care in our communities.”
Forming the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana during the pandemic could be considered daunting; however, according to Dr. Gershanik, “COVID demonstrates the importance of physicians coming together to address a public health crisis, speaking with one unified, strong voice to our patients and the media, and working with our hospitals, medical training institutions and community organizations to provide quality care and improve the health of all people in our region.”
More information about the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana will be sent to physicians soon. For more information or to join, call 504.455.8282.
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29 Oregon-filmed movies and TV shows to watch when you’re home because of coronavirus
When "Grimm" was still on TV, the cast and crew celebrated the filming of the show's 100th episode on the set in Northwest Portland. (Photo: The Oregonian/OregonLive/file/2015)LC- Staff
By Kristi Turnquist | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Even if coronavirus concerns are keeping us at home, we can still explore the beauty of the Oregon landscape, revisit jaw-droppingly strange-but-true history, and remember when locals got their noses out of joint over a comedy series that spoofed politically correct Portlanders. Whether you crave a virtual trip to the outdoors or are feeling nostalgic, streaming services provide a binge-worthy batch of Oregon-related movies and TV shows.
So, sit back, keep up your social distancing, and bring a little Oregon to your living room with our list of notable comedies, dramas, documentaries and animated features.
MOVIES FOR FAMILIES
“The Goonies”: Viewers who were kids when they first saw this 1985 adventure have shared it with their own children, which is why the “Goonies” nostalgia train just keeps running. As Josh Gad’s recent YouTube reunion of the original cast demonstrates, there’s truth to the catchphrase, “Goonies never say die.” The story of Oregon Coast kids who use a treasure map to search for riches that may save their family homes keeps viewers coming back, and draws tourists each year to Astoria, where much of the movie filmed. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“Stand By Me”: Stephen King’s novella, “The Body,” inspired this 1986 classic, about four boys who come from different backgrounds, but form a bond as they search for a missing teen in the Willamette Valley. Stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell will make you laugh, make you cry, then make you laugh again. Locations include Brownsville. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made”: Adapted from the bestselling book by Stephan Pastis, this Disney Plus movie tells the whimsical story of an 11-year-old boy whose imagination sends him around Portland investigating cases for his supposed detective agency, with his polar bear partner in tow. The Portland locations are down-to-earth glimpses of the city, and the cast, including Winslow Fegley as Timmy, is sympathetic and likable. (Stream on Disney Plus)
“Free Willy”: A 1993 family film about a boy (Jason James Richter) who makes friends with a captive orca whale, and hatches a plot to let the whale escape. Keiko, the real orca in the movie, was a crowd-pleasing attraction at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, in Newport for a few years. Locations include Portland, Astoria and the Hammond Marina, where, in the film, Willy jumps to his freedom. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video; stream on Hulu)
“Twilight”: It seems like 100 years ago that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson starred in the first chapter of the saga about romance between a human high school student, Bella Swan, and the much older, but young-looking vampire, Edward Cullen. While the “Twilight” movies got sillier the longer the saga went on, this 2008 effort had the benefit of Northwest flavor. Stephenie Meyer’s novel was set in Forks, Washington, but Oregon was used for many of the movie locations, with scenes filmed in St. Helens, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge, and more. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“Kindergarten Cop”: Another movie not exactly made to dazzle critics, this 1990 comedy stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Los Angeles Police Detective who, on the trail of a drug dealer, goes to Astoria, where he winds up working undercover as a kindergarten teacher. Sounds plausible, right? Locations include Astoria, the movie star of the Oregon Coast. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video; stream on Hulu)
“Mr. Holland’s Opus”: This 1995 tearjerker is a salute to Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), an aspiring composer who winds up teaching music at a fictional Portland high school. It’s corny, but the movie was filmed on location in Northeast Portland’s Grant High School, so students can get a virtual campus feeling even if they can’t physically attend school. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video; stream on Hulu)
MOVIES FOR ADULTS
“Wild”: Portland-based writer Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail amid personal turmoil remains a perpetual favorite with readers. The 2014 movie adaptation of Strayed’s book is well-made and heartfelt, with fine performances by Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, and Laura Dern as the author’s late mother. Locations include Bend, Ashland, Cascade Locks and Portland. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“Leave No Trace”: After The Oregonian reported on the case of a teenage girl and her father, who were found living in Forest Park, writer Peter Rock wrote “My Abandonment,” a novel inspired by the true story. This tale of a father and daughter living off the grid was adapted into a touching 2018 movie, directed by Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”), and starring Thomasin McKenzie and Ben Foster. Locations include the Portland area, Estacada and Newberg. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
“Lean On Pete”: British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Looking”) wrote and directed this 2018 adaptation of Oregon writer and musician Willy Vlautin’s novel. Charlie Plummer stars as Charley, a 15-year-old who comes to Portland with his father, Ray (Travis Fimmel). When trouble arises at home, Charley spends time at a racetrack, where he helps cares for an aging horse named “Lean On Pete.” Locations include the old Portland Meadows in North Portland, and Harney County. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
“Wendy and Lucy”: Portland-based writer Jonathan Raymond and director Kelly Reichardt have collaborated on a number of projects, most recently the quiet, but deeply affecting “First Cow.” The 2008 movie, “Wendy and Lucy,” is a characteristically minimalistic work, but one that becomes increasingly poignant as it goes on. Michelle Williams stars. Locations include Portland, Salem and Woodburn. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
Related: Director Kelly Reichardt on ‘First Cow,’ and why she makes films in Oregon
“Night Moves”: Another low-key, tense collaboration from writer Jonathan Raymond and director Kelly Reichardt. The 2013 movie tells the story of a trio of environmental activists who plan to blow up a dam. It’s subtle, but gripping, and features striking work by Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard. Locations include Roseburg, Medford and Ashland. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
“Meek’s Cutoff”: Kelly Reichardt and writer Jonathan Raymond again worked together on this 2011 Western loosely inspired by a historic event, in 1845. The film features a guide named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), who’s leading a group of settlers across the Oregon high desert. But the settlers begin to suspect Meek isn’t all he claims to be. Michelle Williams stars. Locations include Burns and other Harney County areas. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers; stream on Hulu)
“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”: Melanie Lynskey stars as Ruth, a nursing assistant who’s already feeling down, and then finds out that her house has been burglarized. When the police don’t seem interested in doing anything about the crime, Ruth, along with an unstable-looking neighbor (Elijah Wood), set out on a quest to find the thieves. Macon Blair wrote and directed the 2017 dark comedy-thriller. Locations include Portland, Wilsonville and Lake Oswego. (Stream on Netflix)
“Drugstore Cowboy”: Director Gus Van Sant lived for several years in Portland, and this 1989 movie is, among its other qualities, a postcard of the way the Rose City used to look. Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch star in a ‘70s-set story about drug addicts who rob pharmacies to pay for their habit. Van Sant made other features in Portland, including “My Own Private Idaho,” “Elephant” and “Paranoid Park,” but “Drugstore Cowboy” remains one of his best. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“The Shining”: You could get all technical about it, and point out that the 1980 thriller, starring Jack Nicholson, did very little filming in Oregon. Yes, the exterior shots of Timberline Lodge are supposed to be the Overlook Hotel, where lots of bad things happen. But since we’re likely not getting to Mount Hood anytime soon, we’ll take what we can get. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: The late Ken Kesey wrote the novel that inspired the multi-Oscar-winning movie, starring Jack Nicholson in one of his best roles. Set in a mental hospital, the film focuses on the rebellious Randle McMurphy (Nicholson), and his clashes with authoritarian Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). The 1975 movie has elements that may feel offensive to today’s viewers, but there are classic moments. Locations include the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, and the central Oregon Coast. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video)
“Animal House”: For nostalgic Oregonians, this 1978 rowdy comedy (sometimes known by its full name, “National Lampoon’s Animal House”) summons memories of toga parties, the outrageous antics of John Belushi’s “Bluto” Blutarsky, food fights, and blow-out blasts at the fictional Faber College and Delta house fraternity. More sensitive souls may find the ‘70s humor has dated, but it’s a kick to see circa-‘70s locations in Eugene, Cottage Grove, the University of Oregon, and more. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video; stream on Hulu, with the addition of Starz)
“Paint Your Wagon”: If you’re truly desperate for something to watch, this 1969 musical Western offers more Oregon scenery. That’s the good part. Less great is the fact that Lee Marvin sings -- or tries to. Costar Clint Eastwood also lends his pipes to the tune, “I Talk to the Trees.” Critics mostly blew raspberries at this supposed blockbuster. The stories about what went on during the filming near Baker City, in Eastern Oregon, makes things sound pretty wild (hippie extras!). As for the movie, it’s hokey (sample song title: “Hand Me Down That Can o’ Beans”), but harmless. And did we mention the gorgeous Oregon scenery? (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
Related: ‘Paint Your Wagon,’ ‘The Goonies,’ ‘Grimm’ and more: The Oregon film and TV office turns 50
Laika features: The Hillsboro animation studio is known for the painstaking care lavished on its stop-motion animated features. Examples include the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated “Missing Link” (2019), about a Sasquatch living in a Pacific Northwest forest who joins forces with an explorer for globe-trotting adventures in the 1800s. (Rent on Amazon Prime Video; stream on Hulu.)
Other Laika features include 2016’s “Kubo and the Two Strings”(YouTube Movies); 2014’s “The Boxtrolls” (YouTube Movies); 2012’s “ParaNorman” (iTunes); and 2009’s “Coraline” (stream on Hulu).
“Portlandia”: Remember the good old days, when locals worried about what message a comedy sketch show was sending, instead of panicking about a pandemic and economic catastrophe? Return with us now to the balmy past, when the IFC series co-created by and costarring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein made Portland look like the world capital of political correctness. Even if you’re sick to death of hearing about the feminist bookstore, and Colin the chicken, watching “Portlandia” -- which aired from 2011 to 2018 -- feels like a trip back to another, less stressed-out era. (Streaming on Netflix; and fuboTV)
Related: Saying goodbye to ‘Portlandia,’ and the city’s love/hate relationship with the show
“Grimm”: The premise was far-fetched, but the NBC drama about a Portland Police homicide detective who had the power to see the supernatural creatures lurking below the surface of seemingly ordinary folks developed a devoted following. In its 2011-2017 run, “Grimm” made Portland look like the scene of a dark fantasy – you know, like Grimms’ fairy tales. (Free on Amazon Prime Video for Prime customers)
Related: ‘Grimm’ may be ending, but its impact on Portland remains
“Shrill”: In its first two seasons of the Portland-filmed comedy, we’ve watched as Annie (played by Aidy Bryant, of “Saturday Night Live” fame) has struggled to deal with her own ambitions to be a writer, her lack of confidence, her messy relationships and a few other neuroses. Bryant is a fine lead, and she’s joined by a terrific supporting cast. Catch up now, because the series has been renewed for a third season. (Stream on Hulu)
“Leverage”: The 2008-2012 series about a group of reformed crooks who took on jobs where they could stick it to fat cats and win justice for everyday people moved its production to the Portland area for Season 2. A rebooted revival is in the works for IMDb TV, with Noah Wyle starring (in place of Timothy Hutton) and other original cast members returning. (Stream previous seasons on the IMDb TV channel, which is available to Amazon Prime Video customers)
“The Librarians”: A spinoff of a series of TV movies made for TNT, the fantasy-adventure followed a group of gifted eccentrics who used their skills to solve mysteries and, sometimes, save the world. Like “Leverage,” the series filmed in and around the Portland area. It aired from 2014 to 2018. (Stream on Hulu)
“Everything Sucks!”: The series about a group of high school kids in Boring, Oregon in the 1990s had a good heart, and cast a compassionate eye on the travails and triumphs of the mostly misfit characters. Unfortunately, it only lasted one season. (Stream on Netflix)
“Trinkets”: Another moody/sensitive series about high school students struggling to find themselves, “Trinkets” tells the story of Elodie (Brianna Hildebrand), an unwilling transplant to Portland, who forms surprising friendships with schoolmates, Moe (Kiana Madeira), and Tabitha (Quintessa Swindell). The series will return for a second season, but that will be the last one. (Stream on Netflix)
“Wild Wild Country”: Oregonians who have lived here for a while already know about the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Ma Anand Sheela, and the followers who descended on Central Oregon in the early 1980s. But everyone else apparently first learned about this bizarre-but-true saga thanks to Chapman Way and Maclain Way’s six-part 2018 documentary series. (Stream on Netflix)
Related: Netflix documentary on Rajneeshees in Oregon revisits an amazing, enraging true story
“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”: Before they dug into Oregon Rajneeshee history, filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way made this entertaining 2014 documentary about the Portland Mavericks baseball team. (Stream on Netflix)
More of our coverage:
Watch: Stars of the Oregon-filmed classic, ‘The Goonies,’ reunite in a video hosted by Josh Gad
What Hulu’s ‘Shrill’ says about Portland: We have savvy strippers, podcasting man-babies and sex-minded singles
‘Stand By Me’ locations added to the Historic Oregon Film Trail
The Historic Oregon Film Trail celebrates scenery, history, movies like ‘The Goonies,' ‘Stand By Me,’ and more
Portland-filmed Disney Plus ‘Timmy Failure’ movie is a smart, quirky family treat
25 best movies filmed in Oregon
-- Kristi Turnquist
kturnquist@oregonian.com 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist
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Home » Shoney’s Opens at Old Town
Shoney’s Opens at Old Town
Old Town, the area’s premier entertainment district, is excited to announce the opening of another great dining option. Shoney’s, an iconic All-American brand, is now welcoming guests for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Shoney’s, located at the front of the property next to the Ferris Wheel, boasts 6,300 square feet of restaurant space along with 800 square feet of patio space. The new Shoney’s at Old Town offers a full menu of American family favorites along with a freshly prepared all-you-can-eat fresh food and salad bar. The new location also features a full beer, wine & cocktail bar, the “Cruisin’ Bar,” named for the dedicated cruisers who “cruise” Old Town’s brick streets every Friday and Saturday for the past 30 years.
The Shoney’s brand has always exceeded guest expectations with freshly-prepared, high-quality food at a great value with friendly service. Always on-trend while never trendy, Shoney’s has collected industry accolades from day one including being recognized as one of “America’s Favorite Chains in the Family Dining Category” and voted one of the best 8 “Family Dining Restaurants in the United States.”
Shoney’s at Old Town franchise owners Bobby and Cindy Lance, who have been successful restaurant business owners for more than 40 years, were hands on with the new Shoney’s. They were involved from the conceptual and design all the way through opening day, including overseeing the construction, installing fixtures, and equipment. Bobby and Cindy will be an active part of day to day operations including the hiring of cooks, wait staff, and managers. Shoney’s employs more than 65 employees in the heart of the tourism corridor along U.S. 192 in Kissimmee.
“Cindy and I have been Old Town Merchants for more than 25 years, so we’re excited to continue to grow in one of our favorite venues. We chose Shoney’s because of its iconic All-American brand that aligns perfectly with what Old Town is about,” says Franchise Owner Bobby Lance. “With more than a 70-year history of serving Great American Food in a clean and safe family friendly environment, we want to make sure that every guest has a great experience and create fond memories that they will enjoy sharing with family and friends.”
Shoney’s will follow and exceed all local, state, federal and CDC regulations and guidelines to make certain all guests remain safe and healthy while enjoying a great dining experience in a restaurant thoroughly cleaned and sanitized throughout the day.
Shoney’s at Old Town is in the newly constructed Front Plaza facing Highway 192. The new area concludes a five-year renovation project to restore Old Town to its original glory. The new Front Plaza features 12,000 square-feet and includes Shoney’s, Bobby’s Garage Bar, Twisted Vine & BBQ, Sugars Gallery, American Ninja Warrior Course, and two additional retail spaces to be announced in the near future. Other property enhancements include a 660-space paved parking lot, revitalized Main Street complete with fountains, new trees, and landscaping, two 45-foot Jukebox entrance signs with HD digital screens, and the addition of an 86-foot Ferris Wheel.
“With the addition of Shoney’s, Old Town continues to solidify our reputation as one of Central Florida’s most popular ‘must-visit’ attractions,” said Thearon Scurlock, Vice President and General Manager of Old Town. “We are excited that Old Town has embarked on a new era in its history and welcome both locals and tourists to rediscover its simple pleasures and classic American fun.”
Old Town is open every day including holidays and hosts a variety of free family friendly events and live music throughout the week. For more information about Old Town, property updates, and list of events, visit Old Town’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages.
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Meet the Man Who May be the Bronx's Biggest Birdwatcher
By Amy Yensi The Bronx
PUBLISHED 11:36 PM ET Sep. 06, 2019 PUBLISHED September 6, 2019 @11:36 PM
David Barrett loves birds. He can name their species —
"Oh, this is great! We've got a great blue heron."
"Okay, so those little birds are house sparrows."
— and he knows what each sounds like.
"And I heard American Goldfinch early as we were coming in," Barrett said.
It was simply a fluke, his affinity for feathery fowl. It started out when he went for walks and runs in Central Park, near his Upper East Side home. The trail got boring after a while and he needed something to do along the way.
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"I quickly learned that there are upwards of 200 birds — species that is — that can be observed in Central Park over the course of the year," Barrett said. "That was amazing to me."
So amazing, he started posting videos and photos of birds on social media to share bird-sighting information.
His Twitter handle has attracted more than 20,000 followers, proving so popular that he launched @BronxBirdAlert and similar pages for Brooklyn and Queens too.
Long a symbol of urban America, the Bronx would hardly seem like a bastion of birdwatching beyond gazing at pigeons. But it is.
"The Bronx has tremendous variety of habitats, and that's what makes it so great for birding," Barrett said. "You have forested land, you have salt marshes for shore birds."
The Bronx boasts two of the city's largest public parks, Pelham Bay and Van Cortlandt Park, and the borough is surrounded on three sides by water, the Hudson and Harlem Rivers and Long Island Sound.
"There are rare birds that prefer to be in the grass. There are birds that almost exclusively prefer to show up on beaches or birds that want to show up in mud. By the way, the Bronx gets also these birds," Barrett said.
Barrett is a computer scientist who once worked on Wall Street and helped to launch hedge funds. Now, he spends his days analyzing wind speed and how that affects bird migration patterns. He is precise about his passion and encourages everyone to open their eyes and take a closer look.
He says he hopes his Twitter pages will encourage others to care of the environment and appreciate the birds, including in the Bronx.
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The Beginner’s Guide to Businesses
October 11, 2017 Laura
How to Find the Best Chiropractors
Despite the continuous progress in medical technology over the years, many of the older alternative medicines still remain popular in many parts of the world, and through the years, have seen an improvement in its usual methods to make the practice safer and more reliable for the patients who continue to trust its efficiency. Chiropractic therapies, for example, remain to be a highly popular alternative medicine that is practiced and patronized by a large number of people worldwide, which keeps chiropractors in their profession for quite a long time, especially since there are more people who still prefer conservative treatments over ivasive ones.
Chiropractic treatments primarily deals with mechanical problems of the musculoskeletal system, particularly in the spine where all nerve roots are located and used to address health problems through the manipulation of the involved nerve roots, following the belief that health disorders go through the nervous system. For the maintenance of a safer practice, chiropractors, who also considered health professionals, must also pass chiropractic courses and licensing requirements before they can begin practicing the profession, which helps patients to trust the practice since they are dealing with licensed professionals.
Laws in licensing chiropractors typically vary per state, which also limits a chiropractor’s practice to their licensing state only, usually supervised and guided by the state’s licensing board of chiropractors, which also serves to protect its citizens from malpractice, fraud, incompetence, and gross negligence. In Springfield, Missouri, like most US states, awarded licenses need to be renewed every two years, with requirements for continuing education among licensed chiropractors to ensure that their skills and knowledge are always up to date and to maintain competency among all active practitioners.
For patients in Springfield, there are dozens of chiropractors available, which can also be easily located through the internet, complete with contact numbers and office addresses, while other chiropractors have a website of their own especially when they run their own clinic with other chiropractors, which patients can use to directly contact them or set an appointment with them. Clinic and therapist reviews are also available in these online resources, which provides new clients with important information from actual patients, before they choose which chiropractor to go to in the Springfield area for their treatment.
Dealing with health problems, no matter how complicated they get, should not cause stress and worry for any patient who only want to get better and healthier, especially with the growing number of options today made possible by the continuous improvements in medical technology, which can allow patients to choose more conservative but efficient treatment methods that help alleviate their illnesses instead of having to undergo stressful, invasive treatments.
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Love's Abandon: Complete Series
By C. D. Samuda
A love that knows no bounds. Love's Abandon is a three book box set, a love story of an interracial couple facing not only discrimination from the man's father, but a greater threat of evil.
Chase and Maggie are in love and like any ordinary couple, settles down to a nice quite life, until Chase goes missing while on a business trip.
When he suddenly returns in the middle of the night, seemingly unharmed, Maggie breathes a sigh of relief. However, things are about to take a heartbreaking turn when Chase breaks their relationship the very next morning, returning to the life he left behind.
Maggie is devastated and confused. Out of her mind she goes into depression, until a phone call gives her the courage she needs to fight.
Something isn't right and Maggie is not about to let Chase marry a woman he swore he detested just for the sake of a merger. Things start to take a dangerous turn the closer she gets to the truth.
Will Maggie give up or will she risk her life to save a man who supposedly broke her heart? Find out the truth of Chase's betrayal in this romantic suspense.
Warning: Mild language and subdued romantic scenes. All three books included.
Tedium was about the only thing Chase McMillan feared, but that was about to change. His life was about to change.
With droopy eyes, he scanned the horizon, contemplating returning to shore. Bored and agitated, he groaned in displeasure, giving an equally discontented sigh. It's been only a few hours since the Chasmac, his three hundred foot yacht set sail, but he was ready to turn around the vessel. Work would be a welcome reprieve to the drabness offered onboard.
Seven long days. Whatever had possessed him to plan such an outing! The yacht usually sailed only weekends, but being his birthday, he'd planned this exclusive vacation.
With a deep longing for something new, something different, he leaned against the rail on the captain's bridge. The heat from the metal scorched his bare forearm, sprinting up his arm. This, he ignored as the dullness threatened to overwhelm him.
He'd gone to see the captain for no reason in particular, other than for something to pass the time. Since they'd been at sea, he'd been nothing but restless. Questioning his plan to cruise for the seven straight days, he clenched and unclenched his jaw. An extreme bout of the doldrums threatened to send him over the edge.
Brittany, who should have accompanied him, was attending to business and could not make it aboard. He hated calling her his girlfriend, although they'd known each other for four years, officially dating for one. It wasn't his doing. He would have much preferred to keep things casual. Both their parents expected more, and that 'more' might end up happening.
He gritted his teeth against the thought, trying to console himself with the idea of a multibillion-dollar business deal. That's what this relationship was leading to... making more money.
Brittany's father, Antonio D'Morne, was one of the top successful oil barons in the world. The man had bought the mining rights in one of the most lucrative areas in Kuwait. His only daughter was the sole heir to his estate, as well as being the CEO of the North American branch of their company.
He didn't mind her being absent. It wasn't as if her being there would have made much of a difference to his mood. Of course, she would have offered some amount of distraction and act as a shield to those he was trying to elude. The reason he liked her was that she was different. Unlike the other women in his circle, she liked having fun and was not afraid to get into a little trouble.
Her being absent, however, gave him too much time on his hands with nothing to do but watch the patrons binge on food and drink. Though the cruiser was originally meant for his personal use, he much preferred it earning its keep. One weekend on the Chasmac was anywhere between two hundred and three hundred and fifty thousand dollars per cabin.
Even the thought of making twenty five million dollars per weekend was not appealing to him as he squinted up to the glaring afternoon May sun. There were countless females on the yacht, most of whom he'd "dated" at one time or another, so there was no shortage of female company.
He could easily find someone with whom to pass the time. It wasn't as if he and Brittany were married, though the parents were pushing in that direction. He couldn't blame his father for that. A marriage between the two wealthiest heirs in Florida would mean a listing on the top five hundred wealthiest families in the world.
He snickered at the thought of settling with any one woman. If there was such a woman, he hadn't met her to this day. Still, he felt completely and utterly forlorn without the attention of the female species. On the other hand, he was getting bored with the ones he knew.
"I must be losing my edge," he mumbled as he gazed over the expanse of the Atlantic.
He sighed, raking his hand through his neatly cropped raven hair in frustrated fatigue. Lazily, he dragged his eyes along the lower deck where there was chatter and the occasional laughter. With a smirk, he closed his eyes for a second. He'd just about had enough of the group when a server came into view. She was skillfully hovering a tray on the tips of her fingers as she maneuvered through the small crowd.
Her short black skirt fitted snugly against her hips and his eyes glued to her curves. Below the hem of the skirt, he made out long slender honey-colored legs. His gaze cruised the swing of her hips, traveled south to her shapely legs, and returned north, hoping to see more.
Long dark brown tresses obscured her face from his view. He kept his eyes on her until she emptied the tray and returned to the direction of the main dining room. As she shuffled through the gathering, he watched, hoping to get a glimpse of her face. It wasn't to be.
"Oh well," he grunted, straightening himself.
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The Royal Australian Mint is a valued Australian Olympic Team Partner 2020
The Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) is proud to sponsor the 2020 Australian Olympic Team and continue the long-serving tradition of marking our nation’s greatest moments and ongoing achievements in history with the art of coins.
Throughout this partnership, the Mint will endeavour to embody our nation’s affiliation and love of sport within the production of high quality and memorable coins to mark the occasion.
As an official partner of the Australian Olympic Committee, the Mint will provide tangible keepsakes for Australians to treasure for years to come and remind them of the sense of pride and achievement we felt in our athletes.
The Mint has a proud history with the Olympics including the honour of producing the Sydney 2000 Olympic Victory Medals, Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Program and Rio 2016 Olympic Coin Program.
In 1965, the Mint was opened to produce the coins for the introduction of decimal currency and is now the sole producer of Australia’s circulating coins. The Mint also holds an internationally renowned reputation for producing innovative and eye-catching collectible coins which have been admired on the world stage.
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NORSHIP MARINE
Community Engagement and Initiatives
Norship takes pride in supporting local business and community events.
Citizens of the Reef
Norship is a founding member of the ‘Citizens of the great Barrier Reef’.
Norship is committed to protect and conserve the Great Barrier Reef, and reefs around the world.
Our company and individual staff employees are members of the “Citizens of the Reef”; actively supporting the cause by participating in different actions to contribute to a positive impact.
Citizens of the reef’s mission is to protect and conserve the Great Barrier Reef, and reefs around the world. Norship is helping them inspire collaboration and collective impact on a global scale. From ditching single-use plastics to citizen science and world-leading Research – now is the time to act.
print releaf
PrintReleaf is a company which uses a patented software platform to help many business offset their paper use.
Norship has been a proud partner with Print Releaf since June 2016.
By partnering with PrintReleaf Norship Marine has repaced the over 400,000 standard pages of paper by reforesting over 50 trees.
CAIRNS SPORTS FISHING
The capture of this first ‘grander’ black marlin put Cairns on the world game fishing map and was the catalyst for the establishment on an industry that has brought tens of thousands of anglers to enjoy fishing in the Cairns region in the more than 50 years since.
The 50th Anniversary event itself saw the unveiling of an iconic sculpture. The competition drew a fleet of 54 boats and 340 competitors from across Australia and internationally from Japan, UK, USA, PNG and New Zealand.
The life-size (1100lb size) black marlin sculpture designed by Craig Smith on the wharf partially funded by Norship Marine.
North queensland areo club
The North Queensland Aero Club (NQAC) was formed in Cairns during 1949 and has been training Pilots and providing a Flying Club ever since. The main base was originally established at the Cairns Airport and provided Flight Instruction and Charter services across the remote Cape York Peninsula.
Norship is a supporter of the NQAC and has been a major sponsor for the NQAC Air Race for many years.
young animal protection society inc.
The Young Animal Protection Society Inc. is a non-profit organisation that cares for homeless and unwanted dogs and cats. The overall goal of the organisation is to provide an animal welfare service aiming at excellence to Cairns and the surrounding district. YAPS is one of very few animal refuges in the area providing this service to the community.
Norship staff love their coffee and animal welfare, so money paid for coffee is donated to Yaps on a quarterly basis
cairns show – cattle stud section
Cairns show cattle Stud selection judges a series of cattle and pronouncing a first-, second- and third-place animal based on each animal’s individual traits compared to that of the others.
Judgments on cattle are ultimately based on which animal is worth the most profit.
Norship is a locally owned and operated company with a family heritage of more than 70 years in the Marine and Engineering Industry.
The owner of Norship is also invested in the Northern farming community and we have supported the Cairns Show Association.
cairns choral society
The Cairns Choral Society was formed in 1923. Their first outings were confined to Eisteddfod competitions between Townsville and Charters Towers. In the intervening years the Choral Society has been entertaining generations of Cairns audiences through recitals, regular concerts, highly successful theatre restaurants and musicals and the internationally acclaimed choir.
Norship was proud to contribute to the success of the Choral Society and manufacture a theatrical prop for the production “Wicked”.
The witches bubble was designed by Norship’s architects and fabricated by our specialist welders.
roatary dream flight trust
The Dream Flight Trust was settled in 1999 by the Rotary Club of Cairns North. The Trust Deed required the Trustees to set up a one hour flight in a Qantas Boeing 747 (later a Boeing 767) for about 200 disadvantaged and disabled children.
Sponsors would be sought to sponsor the children, and the sponsorship money would be first used to defray the costs of the flight, and the left over sponsorship money would be used to provide equipment and services for disabled or disadvantaged children not covered by normal Government sources.
With a passion for kids and aviation, Norship was happy to contribute to the success of this great initiative.
roatary club of cairns trinity
The Rotary Club of Cairns Trinity holds an Annual event to take seniors to Kuranda on the Kuranda Railway and back.
Starting early the Rotary club welcome the seniors and carers on the train, bound for Kuranda. The Kuranda Scenic Railway is the railway line that runs from the coastal city of Cairns, over the Great Dividing Range to the town of Kuranda on the Atherton Tablelands. The seniors and carers are then treated to a performance by the Cairns Bands while having lunch in the park. A wonderful day out for the young at heart.
Norship was happy to ensure a ‘Norship Carriage’ made its way up the windy railroad to Kuranda to support our senior community members with a great day out.
cairns internation speedway
The Cairns international Speedway, run by the North Queensland International Motor Racing Association is and located in Edmonton Cairns.
In 2018 the Thunder in the Cane Bowl was brought to Cairns International Speedway which saw 410 sprint cars return to the track, many who haven’t in several years.
Norship has been an ongoing supporter of the Cairns International Speedway for over 30 years. We love engines and we love speedway.
great cycle challenge
Great Cycle Challenge started in 2013, and after just 6 years, the event has grown to become one of the biggest cycling events in Australia.
People of all ages, abilities and from every state across the country set themselves a personal riding goal and challenge themselves to pedal throughout October to fight kids’ cancer.
In 6 years, their community of 55,774 riders from all 6 states and 2 territories have ridden a total of 13,341,418km, and together they have raised $16,300,890 in support of research to develop better treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer.
Norship has supported its employees actively in completing the Great Cycle challenge.
Earlville tennis club
The Earlville Tennis Club is run by a dedicated committee made up of 7 volunteers.
The club offers fun tennis programs for kids and adults players. They are very fortunate to have a large clubhouse which allows planned lessons to go ahead even when the weather is unkind. They pride themselves on offering a fun family atmosphere and hope to see you on the Courts soon.
Norship is a proud sponsor of this group where the committee has created such a great atmosphere for the members to learn, gain fitness and have fun.
cairns brass
Cairns Brass is a community group featuring a National A Grade Brass Band, a youth band and a training brass bands. Cairns Brass regularly compete at State and National Competitions and provides an excellent training environment for people of all ages
In 2019, Cairns Brass won the Australian Champion Marching Brass Band.
The owner of Norship is heavily involved in the continuation of the Cairns Brass success.
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History of La Maison Hospitaliere
La Maison Hospitalière was founded in 1879 by Madame Coralie Correjolles, along with a Mrs. Ernestine Bouny and Mrs. Stephen Chalaron. These women organized “La Société Hospitalière des Dames Louisianaises,” which provided food and medicine to the needy of New Orleans, especially to the elderly women who lost their husbands during the Civil War and were destitute and living in squalor.
By 1893, the Société was able to purchase their first building, located at 822 Barracks Street. The Société added a floor to the pre-existing one-story building dating back to the 1830s. Some time after 1919 they also added a gallery to the façade and arched door openings, which still exist today.
Over 20 women lived in the home at first, and a Ms. Berthe Forcelle recalls in a memoir written in the 1930s that Mrs. Bouny and her servant Celestin would make tarts and pâtes feuillettes (puff pastries) and sell them throughout the French Quarter as a way to raise money for the Maison Hospitalière. As another form of raising money, Ms. Forcelle also mentions that “Miss Correjolles and Mrs. Bouny, with the aid of all the prominent ladies of the Carré, gave once a year, some form of entertainment; of which the most popular were fancy dances and tombola’s, given at the French Opera House […] The proceeds of these performances were always beyond expectations, for everybody was interested in that most worthy cause.”[1]
[1] Berthe Forcelle, “La Maison Hospitalière,” typed by A.W. Phillips, ca.1930. State Library of Louisiana (www.state.lib.la.us)
Rear of Maison Hopitalière’s main building, 822 Barracks St., seen from the courtyard ca. 1900. (Illustrated Sunday paper of The Times-Picayune)
Over time the Société purchased over 13 buildings including neighboring buildings on Barracks and Dauphine Streets, and evolved into a skilled nursing facility with over 100 residents, both men and women. For 113 years La Maison Hospitalière provided full-service care in the French Quarter, until Hurricane Katrina dispersed both residents and staff across the county. La Maison Hospitalière was closed in November of 2006, and the site today is now being renovated as a condominium complex known as Maison du Parc.
822 Barracks Street in 1919, before the Société added a gallery and arched doorway. (The Times-Picayune)
Greater New Orleans Foundation, “Maison Hospitalière” https://www.gnof.org/program/maison-hospitaliere/
Greg LaRose, “$20 Million project turning Civil War widows home into high-end housing,” The Times-Picayune. November 3rd, 2015. http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/11/20_million_french_quarter_deve.html
Lillian Fortier Zeringer, Accent on Dedication: The Story of La Maison Hospitalière. (Société des Dames Hospitalières: 1985).
WH McCracken
I have a LARGE heavy bronze sign "Maison Hospitalier Infirmary" which I purchased in New Orleans 40 years ago at a yard sale. It weighs about 40 pounds. It is about 3' x 1' and 3/4" thick. It would seem certain that this came from the old Maison Hospitalier. Any thoughts?
Do you still have the sign? Any interest in selling?
I live in the building and love the old history.
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Probe On World Bank Fund Anomaly Involving Philippine Supreme Court Sought
by Ina Alleco R. Silverio January 24, 2012
written by Ina Alleco R. Silverio January 24, 2012
MANILA — The two representatives of Bayan Muna party are calling for investigations into the World Bank fund anomaly involving the Supreme Court.
Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares have filed House Resolution 2049 to probe the alleged anomaly, and call on the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct an inquiry on the irregularities involving the SC’s Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) funded by the World Bank.
According to an official briefing paper released by Malacañang on the JRSP issue, the JRSP aims to make the judicial system accessible in order to foster public trust and confidence. It supposedly aims to improve case adjudication and access to justice; enhance institutional integrity; strengthen institutional capacity; and assist in strengthening support for the reform process.
The project, which the WB partly funded with $21.9 million (or about P931 million), began implementation on October 2, 2003. The loan should have lasted up to December 31, 2009 but it was extended by 18 months to June 30, 2011 and then for another 12 months to June 30, 2012.
Recent developments connected to the impeachment process against SC chief justice Renato Corona have brought the issue to the fore, and those calling for Corona’s removal from office said the implementation of the project is tainted with corruption.
“The odd thing here is that since Corona became the Chief Justice, the WB reported that progress in attaining the project development objective and implementation have been rated ‘Unsatisfactory’ by the WB,” Casiño said. He also said disbursements as of November 30, 2011 stand at $16.3 or 76 percent of the revised loan amount of $21.4 million,” he added.
“We definitely have to get to the bottom of this considering that the JRSP funds may be one of the sources of ill gotten wealth not only of Justice Corona, as mentioned in the impeachment complaint, but of other Supreme Court officials as well,” the lawmaker said. “What we want here is for the judiciary to truly be cleansed and this is part of that effort.
WB complains against SC’s unsatisfactory implementation
Reports have come out that the WB released an aide memoire dated December 28, 2011 stating that the implementation of JRSP with the High Court has been “rated unsatisfactory” since Corona assumed the post in 2010.
The Commission on Audit also reported that Property and Plant Expenses (PPE) balances had a P40.89-million ($950 thousand) discrepancy between the actual inventory and the SC’s accounting records.
In the meantime, a fiduciary review through interviews with justices and field visits to courts was conducted by a WB task team on Oct. 24 to Nov. 11, 2011.
“The review discloses that the fiduciary environment pertaining to JRSP implementation has so deteriorated that the task team now rates the JRSP as a ‘high risk’ and ‘unsatisfactory’ on project management, project procurement and financial management dimensions, and observes that project financial statements can no longer be relied upon,” the WB memo stated.
It was also reported that the WB team found “inaccurate” or “ incomplete” information on the project’s financial report. There was also a “diminished existing internal check-and-balance mechanism.”
Among the supposed irregularities mentioned in the WB’s statement were the purchase of information technology equipment outside the procurement plan and the borrowing of loan funds for the justices’ foreign travels which was paid to a certain travel agency owned by lawyer Estelito Mendoza.
It will be recalled that it was Mendoza who wrote to the SC for the reconsideration of a case involving Philippine Airlines (PAL) and the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (FASAP). Mendoza’s letter was the basis of the SC in recalling a decision favoring the flight attendants. It is now among the cases cited in the impeachment complaint against Corona.
Out of the 133 purchases of the SC that the WB reviewed at random, 70 items, totaling $199,000.00, were declared ineligible by the institution. The 70 purchases include payment for meals, accommodations, airfare and allowances for justices, conference registrations, equipment, and goodwill games. Some 16 of these ineligible transactions were attributed to Court Administrator Midas Marquez and his office. Because of all these ineligible purchases or use of the project fund, the WB said that it wants $199,000.00 refunded.
In the meantime, the media has also scrutinized SC spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez’s declarations in relation to the WB’s report. The official has said that the internal auditing mechanism was “diminished” when Corona appointed one man as court administrator, head of the Public Information Office and chair of the Bids and Awards Committee.
The report read, “this senior official, due to the combination of his appointments and functions, was the requestor of the services, the approver of the terms of reference, the end-user of the services provided by the firm, the authorizer of contract extensions, and the authorizer of payments to the firm.”
The situation was said to have “presented a conflict of interest and eliminated internal checks and balances applicable to the procurement and disbursement functions.”
Marquez, who also acts as the Public Information Officer and the Chairman of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), served as the requestor, approver, user of goods and services, and authorizer of contract extensions and payments to the firm, is also said to have committed violations of the Procurement Law and basic principles of good governance.
Corruption inside the SC
Bayan Muna’s Colmenares who is also a lawyer and part of the prosecution team handling the impeachment case against Corona in the Senate said that in view of the ongoing impeachment proceedings, Congress should continue to investigate the JRSP program with the intention of exposing the workings inside the SC and the probable existence of corruption.
“It’s the responsibility of the legislature to ensure the checks and balances between the different branches of government. More specifically, it is the responsibility of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to investigate malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office committed by officers and employees of the government,” Colmenares said. (Bulatlat.com)
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Pogopalooza bounces into Pittsburgh for pogo competition
Biff Hutchison, of Burley, Idaho, performs during Pogopalooza, The World Championships of Pogo in Wilkinsburg, Pa., Saturday, July 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pogopalooza, known as the World Championships of Pogo, is bouncing into Pittsburgh this weekend.
Extreme pogo stick athletes from around the world are coming to town to show off their huge tricks and flips to compete for world titles in such categories as High Jump and Best Trick.
The events on Saturday and Sunday aren’t just for the grown-ups. Pogo-users under the age of 15 can enter a “bounce off” competition and those who bounce the longest get a free pogo stick.
Visitors can try their hand at pogo sticking in a free jump area that will have pogo sticks of all sizes.
In addition to the main competitions, the pogo athletes will be attempting to break three Guinness World Records over the weekend.
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by ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press / Jan 15, 2021
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.
The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the U.S. state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, two months earlier.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later.
The Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County says the calico named Patches was brought in as a stray last month and a microchip scan revealed her identity.
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Out of Our Element
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A defence of X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: David Benioff, Skip Woods
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins
In Origins, Hugh Jackman finally ditched the ridiculous Wolverine hair style from the X-Men Trilogy…and that’s not all that’s good about it.
Okay, I’m going to say it, I’m finally going to say it, *deep breath*… I liked X-Men Origins: Wolverine…
...for those of you who are still reading and haven’t slipped into a fit of rage and disgust, thank you for sticking with me. You have either a) not yet seen the film, b) dislike the film but are willing to hear me out or c) (although this may be optimistic of me) you too like Origins. The film has received lukewarm reviews at best, but every time it watch it I can’t help but feel that Origins has been a little hard done by. I want to be clear that I understand why Origins is hated by so many, die hard X-men fans and casual moviegoers alike - it just seems that certain aspects of this film are disliked so much that they cloud the rest of the characters and the story, to the point where no one can see past them and recognise the positive elements. It is my belief that, despite a few errors (one of which is, admittedly, colossal), Origins has an awful lot of good stuff to offer.
Firstly, as a character piece for Wolverine I would argue that Origins is pretty spot on*. It gives us a detailed insight into Logan’s violent past, most effectively with a breathtaking montage of all the wars since the American Civil War, which I defy anyone to not enjoy. I mean, seriously, how good is that war montage? Not only does it show why Logan is essentially the walking-talking personification of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, it also gives us a visual representation of his unnatural age, as well as showing his brother Sabretooth becoming more and more unhinged, basically setting up the whole film. This is arguably the best bit of the movie, packing so much exposition into a stunning and fluid visual display. The whole film then continues to push Logan towards the point at which we first meet him in X-Men (2000), creating a relatively believable explanation for how he ended up there, both physically and psychologically.
Secondly, sitting in the middle of a franchise where each film asks more questions than it answers, Origins actually has a pretty good crack at trying to tie up a number of loose ends from the first 3 films. This film managed to answer a number of confusing elements about Logan’s life. Want to know how Stryker managed to convince Logan to undergo an absurdly dangerous and painful process? Check. Want to know why Logan lost all of his memories? Check. Hell, this film even explains where the name Wolverine came from! Yeah, sure, there are still a few continuity errors, but is any X-Men film complete with out them? It seems unfair to criticise Origins for struggling to keep the story straight, when the same franchise is responsible for Boliver Trask being played by both Bill Duke (X-Men: The Last Stand, 2006) and Peter Dinklage (Days of Future Past, 2014). If you don’t know who those men are, Google them, then you’ll see my point.
Thirdly, some super badass shit goes down in this film. If you wanna see a bunch of mega powerful mutants causing some absolute mayhem, this is the film to watch. The inventiveness and intensity of the action sequences is thoroughly engaging, and consistently downright awesome. The very subject-matter dictates that the mutant characters of the story can do some incredible things, and Hood takes full advantage of their abilities to display some visually breathtaking feats. Also, it’s hard not to like the moment Logan goes full rage mode in the Alkali Lake facility, bullets ricocheting off his head in his signature fashion. And so what if walking away from a helicopter while it explodes behind you is cliché, it still looks cool? As an action film, Origins really delivers.
Where this film falls down - and why some of its criticism is deserved - is with its characters. Yeah, you know what’s coming. But before we get to that, one of my biggest frustrations with this film is that it seems to throw in characters for the sake of having them, with little consideration for how they could then be used in future films. Gambit is the obvious example, but also the cameo roles of Quicksilver and Cyclops are needless - Cyclops' involvement only succeeding in over-complicating the film as well as the wider franchise. The film feels overcrowded, stuffed full of characters that I didn’t go to see the film for; it is called X-Men Origins: Wolverine after all.
Okay. Deadpool. Yeaaaaah, they fucked up. They did, there is no getting away from it. The poor handling of Wade Wilson’s Merc with a Mouth is responsible for turning swathes of Marvel Comics fans away from this film. It’s not even the character that is the problem, is that the character is supposed to be Deadpool. If you choose to ignore that it is supposed to be Deadpool, (ignoring things being a totally feasible thing to do in the X-Men series), and perhaps just think of the character as ‘Weapon XI’, then what you end up with is actually a pretty incredible and pretty scary bad guy. If Danny Huston just hadn’t have said the words “dead pool” in the film (it even makes me wince) this mess of a plot point could have been salvageable. Alas, he did. The unfortunate result is that this Deadpool debacle seems to be the only thing that people think about or even remember when Origins is mentioned. I want to reiterate that this film is by no means perfect, but it is by no means terrible either, but this huge character botch has made people continuously think so.
I have always found Origins to be an enjoyable addition to the X-Men franchise. In honesty, I never really warmed to the X-Men Trilogy, but Origins was the film that rekindled my love for the series. I’m disappointed that the time-travel storyline in later films was written in to supposedly cancel this film out. I believe that if those involved hadn’t made such a huge error in judgment regarding Deadpool, this film’s lesser flaws could be forgiven and Origins would be celebrated as a solid edition to the X-Men franchise, as I believe it is. Origins nowhere near deserves its wholly negative criticism; it deserves some, but is long overdue some praise as well.
Oh, and on one final note; anyone who thinks that Tyler Mane’s Sabretooth (from X-Men, 2000) is better than Liev Schreiber’s Sabretooth needs to have a word with themselves.
*spot on in regards to the X-Men film franchise as it stood in 2009, not necessarily in regards to the X-Men comics.
#wolverine #marvel #hughjackman #xmen
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The 10 Best Comfort Movies of 2017
By Pajiba Staff | Film | December 29, 2017 |
Publisher’s Note: Personally, this is my favorite year-end list. Though the title of this annual post has changed throughout the years, the spirit of it remains the same: These are not necessarily the best movies, but the movies we’re most likely to return to over and over. They’re the most rewatchable movies of the year. Our couch-and-pajamas films, the movies we’ll watch on rainy days, or the movies we’re most likely to introduce to dates (of the movies on our Best of 2017 list, I’d add Thor: Ragnarok and The Big Sick to this list. Here they are in no particular order:
Logan Lucky — Steven Soderbergh puts off retirement once more with his Southern-fried “Ocean’s 7/11”, Logan Lucky. Named for the unfortunate clan at its core, this whip-smart and deeply country crime caper stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Riley Keough as three siblings who decide to rob a massive North Carolina arena during a major NASCAR race. Sure, by day Jimmy (Tatum) is a bum-legged construction worker, Clyde (Driver) is a one-armed bartender, and Mellie (Keough) is a smirking hairdresser. But by night, they’re building cardboard models of the super secure speedway, planning escape routes, and master-minding a complicated plan that loops in the incarcerated explosions expert Joe Bang (Daniel Craig with a delightfully Southern twang) and his two trotter-bobbing brothers. Lithe, lively and ludicrous, Logan Lucky is a joyful celebration of Southern culture that folds in complicated family ties, kiddie tractor races, snitty church ladies, child beauty pageants, and a generous helping of down-home whimsy. — Kristy Puchko
xXx: Return of Xander Cage — Maybe it’s just where I am in the world right now. Maybe it’s because it feels like there’s darkness all around. But I’ll be goddamned if I didn’t have a great time watching xXX: Return of Xander Cage, and it’s not entirely due to the camping flask of Johnny Walker that I snuck into the theater with me. No, the acting is not particularly good — hell, 75 percent of the leads have barely any acting experience. But they make up for it with enthusiasm and a fairly clever sense of humor (with Ruby Rose being the standout and Donnie Yen coming in a close second in the “we’re just here to have a good time” competition). For once, Diesel isn’t just doing his serious rasping about serious issues bit, but instead is smiling, joking around, and genuinely seems to be enjoying himself. Add to this the rather remarkable diversity of the cast (which is a fun and refreshing addition that feels comfortably organic) and what you’ve basically got is a low-rent Fast and the Furious sequel, but with better jokes. It’s hard not to draw parallels to Diesel’s more successful franchise, since they’ve clearly followed its blueprint closely — so closely that if not for Diesel’s presence it would feel like outright plagiarism. Which means that if you’ve enjoyed that goofy-ass franchise, you’re likely going to enjoy this. It’s dumped off a lot of the serious tone that was prevalent in the first film and opted for a more lighthearted one, and it makes it better. Is this a good movie? Fuck no. It’s terrible. But … is this a fun movie? Yeah. Yeah it is. — TK
Wonder Woman — Maybe Wonder Woman is a bit on the generic side. But you know what? I don’t give a good God damn. Because director Patty Jenkins isn’t trying to make a movie that will upset the superhero mold. She’s making the movie that should have been decades ago, before origin story fatigue set in and studios started taking the “but what if grimdark?” approach to superhero staples like Batman and Superman. (For the record, Wonder Woman has its dark moments—hi, it’s set during World War I—but it’s much lighter in tone than BvS.) If anyone deserves an epic, big-budget “This is how this awesome person got awesome. BASK IN IT.” spectacle, it’s Diana Prince. And Jenkins treats her with the goddamn respect she goddamn deserves. It’s earnest. It’s powerful. It’s Wonder Woman. Hear her roar. — Rebecca Pahle
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Goddamn, it is fucking fun. Vol. 2 brings the whole damn band back together — Yondu (Michael Rooker) and his Ravagers, and Gamora’s psychotic sister Nebula (Karen Gillian). There’s a host of other recognizable faces, some of them surprises, some not, but all of them contributing in some fashion to making another hilarious, fantastical, breathless adventure tale of intergalactic derring-do. Gunn is in prime form, easily guiding the audience through a story that’s equal parts action and comedy, and both parts are absolutely sublime. Baby Groot will be the highlight of the comedic aspect, with a couple of scenes literally making me laugh until I was having trouble breathing. Vol. 2 is funny as hell, playing off the idea of a group of madcap renegades perfectly. If the Fast and Furious franchise has you at times rolling your eyes at their slavering devotion to the concept of family, Guardians of the Galaxy is the salve for your cynical soul. It’s an homage to familial love, but it does so with all of the bitterness and bickering and rowdy, unruly weirdness that comes with a real family. The Guardians are relentless in their ability to make one another uncomfortable or angry, and it ties itself together flawlessly with those relationships. These people love each other, even if they don’t always like each other, and they will literally travel to the end of the universe to help one another… but don’t think they won’t give each other shit for it. — TK
Gifted — As Captain America, Chris Evans is perfection. With his macho-build and All-American good looks, he fills out that super suit divinely and with gusto. Whether he’s wielding his shield or facing down a rising fascist (online or onscreen), Evans faces down bullies with openness and earnestness, wholly and wholesomely defining what we think of as “hero.” That’s a powerful persona hard to shake. So it’s up to this affable actor to remind us of his ability to transform for his craft. And in Gifted, an acerbic yet uplifting family drama, he reminds us how great a performer he is, even out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe pomp and spectacle. This fantastic family drama is so alive with humor, spiked with human hurt, and glowing with charm that it’s impossible to fault it for the occasional overzealousness. It’s essentially Good Will Hunting meets Kramer Vs. Kramer, but with plenty of quirk in the mix to make Gifted feel refreshing instead of rehashing. — Kristy Puchko
Spider-Man: Homecoming — There’s been a great deal of negativity towards yet another iteration of Spider-Man. But don’t think of it in that sense. Even if you’ve got Marvel malaise, and you’re tired of their constantly churning out movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming is worth your time. Watts and company have crafted an engaging, funny, heartfelt story that is the perfect reflection of its title. It feels like a return to a home you didn’t realize you missed, and it’s just so comfortable. Yes, there is a great deal of whiz-bang special effects and high flying action, and it’s all very well done (and finally, we have a third act that isn’t a complete stumble). But it’s a warm, charming film, with both a Peter Parker and a Spider-Man that we’ve been missing all these years. — TK
Baby Driver — It’s an impressive, eye-popping, heart-pounding, incredibly fluid series of zigs, zags, spins, fishtails, and U-turns. Ansel Elgort controls his car like Channing Tatum controls his body in Step Up. It’s practically sexual, and you can actually see the movements: It’s not obscured by quick cuts and fancy editing: It’s like a motherfucking car ballet set to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. It’s Wow multiplied by Holy Shit. I can’t stress enough just how wildly fun Baby Driver is. It’s the most crowd-pleasing movie of 2017, a soaring, zig-zagging, viscerally exciting, crackling crime caper with a lot of soul, an impeccable soundtrack, and personality that goes on for days. — Dustin Rowles
John Wick Chapter 2 — John Wick Chapter 2 does what so many sequels do — it takes the foundation built in its original and makes it bigger and louder and crazier. And at times, that seems a little overwhelming — the body count in this entry is staggering and the pace is almost hard to keep up with. But it’s done with such damn panache that after the first 15 minutes or so, you just strap in and enjoy the blood-soaked ride. It’s a hurricane of escapist violence, two hours of virtually nonstop gun battles and fistfights, all impeccably orchestrated by veteran fight choreographer Jonathan Eusebio. The brutality and slaughter are poetry in motion, an organic, naturalistic dance that takes advantage of every element of the surrounding environments in addition to the whirlwind of kicks, punches, and firearms. It’s another enjoyably psychotic romp. The action is insane, the gallows humor darkly effective, the performances enjoyable. There’s much to love with John Wick Chapter 2 and its bloodbath of chaos. — TK
LEGO Batman — Spun off from the wildly popular “LEGO Movie,” “The LEGO Batman Movie” has Will Arnett bringing his gravelly voice back to the minifig superhero who relishes moody theme songs and doesn’t do relationships. The plot is simple, but smartly allows plenty of opportunities for the filmmakers to play with their already-beloved heroes. The LEGO Batman Movie is packed tight with a dizzying array of humor, from slapstick to one-liners and from biting banter to some brilliantly timed lingering lunacy. All in all, The LEGO Batman Movie is a total blast. Packed with color, character, wit and energy, it’s not afraid to get silly, but smart enough to layer in meta humor that’s sure to reward rewatching. — Kristy Puchko via CBR
Girls Trip — There’s not anything particularly original or novel about Girls Trip — it’s about four long-time friends from college who now have disparate lives, who get together for a weekend of debauchery in New Orleans — but there’s so much chemistry between the cast and so much enthusiasm in their approach to the material that they manage to sell a lot of jokes that wouldn’t otherwise work in a typical gross-out comedy. There are a few moments, in fact, that elicit uncontrollable laughter that have nothing to do with the script and everything to do with the performances of these four women who manage to sell nearly every single joke. Girls Trip is wild, and wildly fun, and while all the character tropes are familiar, Hall, Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish manage through chemistry and will to make them feel new and fresh and in the end, still sell a heart-warming and crowd-pleasing finale that makes it the funniest, raunchiest comedy I’ve seen in a very long time. — Dustin Rowles
The Greatest Showman — There’s an amazing movie here that made me cry at least four times in 90 minutes about inclusion, about learning to celebrate our differences, about telling the bigots and small-minded pricks to go fuck themselves, and about rising above their pettiness and being unabashedly themselves. There’s a number in the middle of the movie featuring the Golden Globe nominated song “This Is Me,” as performed by Keala Settle (who plays the Bearded Lady), that may have been my favorite sequence of the year. I wanted to give it a standing ovation, but my heart had burst out of my chest and I didn’t want to accidentally step on it while jumping to my feet. I loved it so fucking much. I wanted to live in that movie about these people who had risen from the dust and found their place in the world, and it was such an unbelievably, profoundly powerful moment that I was able to forget briefly about P.T. Barnum and his bullshit. — Dustin Rowles
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52 Faces of Community: Sharon Bryant
Holly Desrosier
Sharon Bryant is a very open person. She’s got an open mind with everyone she meets, an open heart for anyone in need and an open-door policy for anyone she knows. As a result, she’s earned herself the affectionate nicknames of “mama” and “auntie.”
“I am here to help,” said Sharon. “I was raised to respect others, and I like to work as hard as I can.”
As a native New Bernian, Sharon has a special connection with her hometown and the people in it. She traveled a lot growing up due to her father being in the military, but they always returned. And when Sharon graduated high school, married a soldier and relocated to several states, she knew she’d end up back home. They returned in 1984, and she’s been extremely active in the community since then.
“My mother comes from a large family,” she explained. “My grandmother had 22 kids, and so my mother and grandparents are people that like to give back to the community. Every organization possible that I can help, I try to help them if I can.”
Having always been encouraged to acquire a wide skill set, Sharon worked a variety of jobs in various fields before beginning her career as the African American Outreach Coordinator at Tryon Palace in 1999. Her extensive knowledge and interest in history paired with her love of learning and teaching others has helped her excel in expanding and enriching the Palace’s different events. In 2002, she took over the African American Lecture Series, which has been active for more than 20 years.
“Basically, what the lecture series is about is to bring in speakers all over the country to talk about different topics that we’re facing today, to educate ourselves and to promote any adversity we may have,” Sharon explained.
She is active with Tryon Palace’s African American Heritage Walking Tour, which explores the history and heritage of more than 20 historic locations around downtown New Bern. She also helps organize Jonkonnu events, which honor the traditions of West African slaves. The group of performers range from seven to 35 people of all ages, and they travel to different cities dressed in colorful costumes and performing lively music for audiences. This celebratory fusion of music and dancing is now considered one of Tryon Palace’s special programs, with performances held each year, as well as weekly summer workshops for children.
“Jonkonnu is a West African celebration,” said Sharon. “It is where the enslaved people came from Africa, and they brought in their tradition with them. When you’re in a foreign place, you don’t know anything, so you use what you know to make yourself comfortable.”
In 2017, they held a Jonkonnu symposium that was initially met with mixed feelings, but it ended up being very successful. Visitors and scholars from all over, including New York City all the way to the Bahamas, flocked to the event to learn more about the cultural tradition.
Sharon is also active with the 35th United States Colored Troops, a reenactment dedicated to telling the story of a regiment of African American soldiers in New Bern who trained themselves to fight and did their part to help win the Civil War. The Palace provides most of the uniforms, and the group visits different places to share the history of the role of African Americans in North Carolina.
“We found out that New Bern had a battle here, and so those soldiers that come and reenact are community people here in the area, mainly men,” said Sharon. “We do have about five to six youth. We’re looking to grow this a little bit more.”
They recently released a video through the North Carolina Museum of History series in which they reenact the life of a soldier and examine details such as the uniforms, equipment and other items the soldiers would have used. The pandemic forced the cancellation of most of Sharon’s in-person programs since February, but they plan to host a virtual symposium on September 12 to give the public more insight on the 35th U.S. Colored Troops infantry regiment.
In addition to her work with Tryon Palace, Sharon has been involved with numerous committees and efforts throughout New Bern. She loves working with children and helped with the Area Day Reporting Center after school program for a while. She currently helps with the Boys & Girls Club and is on the Craven Arts Council board of directors.
Sharon serves as a mentor for several young adults and adolescents, many of whom call her or drop by her house to ask for advice on a regular basis. She is always willing to provide an unbiased listening ear and explain her viewpoints on whatever issue is at hand, often helping them avoid unnecessary situations. Her house has also served as a haven and hangout spot for many of them, and she never turns down an opportunity to cook for visitors.
“It makes you feel good that the young people are with you and you understand,” she said. “‘Tell me why you’re doing this. Let’s make some sense of this. Is it necessary?’ Then when you hear their side of the story, and then you tell ‘em your side of the story, because I’m much older than them, it helps them see situations from different perspectives to help them make informed choices.”
Sharon is also known for her tireless efforts in the wake of hurricanes. Even when facing her own hardships, she put others first and made sure they were taken care of before focusing on herself.
“Back in ’96, we experienced hurricanes Bertha and Fran,” she said. “At that time, my house had caught on fire and I had lost everything that I had. So when Florence came in 2018, it was just very devastating because my parents lost everything that they had. Their whole house was totally gone.”
Even though her own home was partially flooded and several rooms were unusable, she took in her parents and five others who had lost their homes and let them live with her for over a year. She worked with people to arrange for a food truck to bring meals over to residents in the Sunnyside area since many of them were unable to get out. She also worked with people from Area Day Reporting Center to organize truckloads of supplies to distribute to people in need.
“If a person couldn’t get to us, we went to them,” said Sharon. “We got in our rubber boots every day. I was going to Temple Baptist Church, I was delivering meals in the community, I was trying to make sure everybody—especially kids—were safe. I couldn’t have done this by myself without the help of others. We were just out there in it, and I wasn’t even worried about what had happened to my house.”
She made sure all the elderly people she knew had enough medicine and supplies and were able to get to the doctor if needed. She also spent time surveying the city, taking pictures and posting them to her social media accounts to keep people up to date on the statuses of different areas.
During the pandemic, Sharon has continued her efforts of assisting the elderly. She doesn’t hesitate to drive them to appointments or to get groceries. She gets requests all the time and will often run errands and do small favors after getting off work. Whenever she’s at the store, she makes sure to pick up items she thinks they might need and drops them off to those people, not expecting anything in return. Just knowing she’s helping them in some way is enough for her.
“I would give you the shirt off my back, my last dime that I have, knowing that I don’t even have it myself, but I will make sure that whatever I can do for you I will get it done,” said Sharon. “Or I may know somebody that knows somebody that can say ‘hey, can you help this person out?’”
She enjoys traveling, not only for leisure but also to observe and learn about other cultures and how they interact. She uses this knowledge to assess local issues and to find better avenues to approach and handle them. She’s visited many states across the U.S. and several countries and never ceases to be amazed at the difference in lifestyles.
In 2010, around the time that New Bern was celebrating its 300th anniversary, several people opted to visit Switzerland or Africa to learn more about New Bern’s culturally rich history in hopes of returning and tying it together. Sharon accompanied a group of about 30 people to Africa. They visited an orphanage and schools and donated school supplies. She connected with many of the people there and is still in touch with some of them.
It was an eye-opening and life-changing trip for many, used as a time to give back to people in a third-world country while also reflecting and gaining firsthand knowledge of many historic places, such as the House of Slaves museum and its “Door of No Return.” This was the very place where slaves were forced from the lives they knew as free people in their homeland and into a boat that carried them to a life of oppression and unfamiliarity where they would never see their families again.
– -“When we stood in the Door of No Return, you had to put yourself in that as they’re lining up and getting on that ship,” said Sharon. “That’s why some jumped in the river, that’s why some said, ‘no, I’m not going to make it.’ It’s something to think about.”
Sharon has been involved in the local political arena and has helped several candidates with their campaigns. She’s also helped with voter registration and working the polls in Craven County and has spent time assisting groups such as the Omega Center, Young Urban Professionals and New Bern Civic Theatre.
“I got involved with the theater downtown,” she said. “Whenever they needed a costume or something, if I could provide something, I would. I help out with the production and be there at night to help them get dressed and what have you.”
Sharon has five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She recently earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Business Administration from Mount Olive after having put her own education on hold to ensure that her three children, now ages 33, 40 and 41, went to college.
“If I can help someone, then my living is not in vain,” said Sharon. “I am there to do it if I can and as much as I can.”
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From the nominator:
Sharon Bryant is a wealth of knowledge of not only general African American history, but local unwritten history of New Bern. Her tireless work in bringing quality programming at the History Center for the African American Lecture series has been on display and free to the community for an honorable length of time, and her willingness to eagerly volunteer in the community (programs, events, hurricane advocacy) is both selfless and honorable. Sharon has been a pillar for minority edification at Tryon Palace, noticeable in the ever-expanding interest in the UCT group (traveling nationally) and Jonkonnu performances. Sharon is the "good stuff" that New Bern is made of.
- Talina Massey
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Iowa State University observance will honor Wheaton man killed in Vietnam War
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Josh Lerner will discuss private investment and entrepreneurship at ISU Nov. 4
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New regulations for producers will benefit consumers, say Iowa State food safety experts
Food safety experts at Iowa State University are taking a lead role to help producers in Iowa and the Midwest comply with new federal regulations to guarantee the food we eat is safe. The new rules require companies to identify and address potential risks at all points of the food supply chain.
Iowa State University Distinguished Professor named to National Academy of Medicine
A Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for her achievements in human nutrition research. Diane Birt’s induction into the academy, considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, recognizes her professional achievements and her commitment to service.
Virtual reality puts football recruits in the middle of game day at Jack Trice Stadium
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Iowa State University animal scientists identify mutations that led to pigs that lack immune systems
Animal science researchers at Iowa State University have identified a pair of genetic mutations that cause immune deficiencies in pigs that make them uniquely good models for testing potential medical therapies for people. The work advances previous research at Iowa State concerning pigs with severe combined immunodeficiency.
ISU metals prof Joe Muench creates silk from steel
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Washington Post BrandStudio Oct 6, 2015
“By blending physical and virtual assets, augmented reality-based training exploits the advantages of both,” said James Oliver, director of the Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State University. “This mixed-reality environment provides training with the flexibility and speed of the virtual world and the physical familiarity and tactile sensations of the physical world.”
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Ford unveils new Bronco as off-road, open-air Jeep rival for under $30,000
The 2021 Bronco four-door Badlands series with available Sasquatch off-road package in cactus Gray.
Ford Motor is taking a run at the nation’s No. 1 off-road seller, the Jeep Wrangler, with its highly anticipated relaunch Monday night of the Bronco SUV — a boxy utility vehicle that developed a cult following after it was discontinued in 1996.
Ford is pricing the new Bronco starting at $29,995, including destination charges, just $205 above a base Jeep Wrangler. Top-end models with additional features and equipment can top $60,000. A limited “First Edition” Bronco model starts at $60,800, according to Ford’s website.
The two- and four-door Bronco models, according to Ford, are similar in size to the Wrangler, which is regularly among Fiat Chrysler’s best-selling vehicles in the U.S.
Ford originally confirmed its relaunch in January 2017, but fans had been awaiting the return of the Bronco for years before then.
“It’s a long time coming. The market is waiting and ready,” said Jeff Schuster, president of the Americas and global vehicle forecasts for research firm LMC Automotive. The Bronco is the Jeep Wrangler’s first direct competitor since General Motors’ Hummer, which is being relaunched next year, was discontinued in 2009. “We expect this to stack up nicely compared to the Wrangler.”
The Wrangler was seventh in sales last year among all compact SUVs and crossovers, according to LMC.
Like the Wrangler, the new Bronco models feature removable roofs and doors as well as more than 200 factory-backed accessories. All Bronco vehicles, Ford said, also will come standard with four-wheel drive.
“With Bronco, Ford is making a clear push into the off-road segment of the [North American] SUV market,” Credit Suisse analyst Dan Levy wrote in a note to investors Monday. “While we expect Wrangler to remain the leader in the off-road segment, we nevertheless see attractive opportunity for Bronco given its heritage.”
The Bronco, according to Levy, would contribute nearly $1 billion to Ford’s North American pretax earnings if sales reached 125,000 units. That’s based on profits per vehicle of about $7,500. That would make the Bronco one of Ford’s most profitable models, according to Levy.
The new 2021 Bronco family of SUVs include the Bronco two-door, Bronco four-door and Bronco Sport (left to right).
Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s president of the Americas & International Markets Group, has said the company projects it will sell hundreds of thousands of new Bronco SUVs a year.
“They’re going to add substantial volume to the company, and they’re going to be growth volume because none of the vehicles exist today,” Galhotra previously told CNBC. “It is a net-add to the portfolio, net-add to volume and profitable volume.”
Ford unveiled its new “family” of Bronco off-road vehicles, including a smaller Bronco Sport SUV, online with a video narrated by actor Bryan Cranston.
“This time it’s not just one horse. It’s a whole family,” he said as the vehicles scaled rocks and drove through treacherous terrains. “Built with the toughness of an F-Series and spirit of a Mustang; built to be the future of off roading.”
The vehicles were also revealed through a partnership with Disney on ABC, ESPN and National Geographic during their 8 p.m. broadcasts. Each ad was unique to the channel and featured a special guest.
Family of Broncos
The Bronco Sport is expected to begin arriving in dealerships by the end of this year, followed by the Bronco next spring. Ford began taking $100 refundable deposits for the vehicles Monday night.
Ford compared the Bronco Sport, which will be built on a different vehicle platform than the Bronco, to a Jeep Compass, a less truck-like compact SUV. The vehicle is expected to be more mainstream than the Bronco but still have off-road capabilities, according to Ford.
“This absolutely belongs in the family of Broncos and will surprise and amaze people,” said Dave Pericak, Ford’s director of icon vehicles such as the new Bronco models. Ford, according to officials, expects the Bronco and Bronco Sport to appeal to different buyers.
The Bronco, like the Wrangler, features a removable roof as well as doors that can easily be taken off, Ford said. Four-door models come standard with a cloth soft top. Two-door vehicles come with a standard three-section removable roof system.
The 2021 Bronco two- and four-door models are expected to arrive in dealerships spring 2021.
The Bronco Sport will be powered by a 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine with a targeted 181 horsepower and 190 pound-foot of torque or a 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine projected with 245 horsepower and 275 pound-foot of torque. Both engines are paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The Bronco will come standard with a 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine expected to deliver 270 horsepower and 310 pound-foot of torque. A 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 engine projected at 310 horsepower and 400 pound-foot of torque also will be available. The engines are combined with a seven-speed manual transmission or 10-speed automatic transmission.
The Bronco Sport will be produced at the automaker’s factory in Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico. The Bronco will be produced at a plant in Michigan.
Year of icons
Using the Bronco name on several vehicles is part of a larger plan by Ford CEO and President Jim Hackett to leverage the company’s most recognized and iconic brands to lead its $11 billion restructuring.
“It’s a really big product year. I would say an unprecedented product year,” Galhotra said. “We are building on products that are iconic.”
Ford last month unveiled the next generation of its F-150 pickup, including a new hybrid model, and announced plans to resurrect a well-known performance model of the Mustang called the Mach 1. It’s also using the “Mach” name for the Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric crossover that’s expected to go on sale later this year. An all-electric version of the F-150 also is scheduled to be released in the next two years.
The 2021 Ford Bronco interior includes an available 12-inch infotainment system, optional leather trim seating, console – mounted transmission shifter/selector and G.O.A.T. Modes control knob.
Mark Grueber, Bronco consumer marketing manager, declined to comment on any potential all-electric or hybrid versions of the Bronco.
Ford’s Pericak said one of the biggest challenges for his “icons” team is balancing out the history of such well-known vehicles with more modern design elements and new tech-savvy features.
“The pressure is immense. It’s huge,” he said. “It’s a constant battle to find the balance between leveraging the fantastic and rich heritage that we have with a lot of these nameplates but not living in the past. That would be a mistake.”
For the Bronco, that included keeping classic design elements but adding useful features such as a new off-road navigation system, large interior screens and up to seven driver-selectable modes: normal, eco, sport, slippery and sand as well as mud or rock crawl modes for off-road driving.
“We’re going to separate ourselves a bit,” Pericak said regarding Jeep. “We’re not afraid of competition. It’s about time we shake this up a bit.”
Ford is launching the Bronco next year with more than 200 factory-backed aftermarket accessories for more capability and personalization.
Published at Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:58:19 +0000-Ford unveils new Bronco as off-road, open-air Jeep rival for under $30,000
Indian-owned 1933 Minerva Type AL wins first place at global Concours Virtual 2020
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Tags: Voting Rights | oregon | prison | spending
How Much Does Oregon Spend on Prisons?
By Lea Terry | Monday, 01 February 2016 04:37 PM
Oregon's prisons are leading the way in the nation when it comes to reduced recidivism rates, but it comes at a high cost. Prison spending in the state was more than double higher education spending in 2013.
In the mid 1990s, Oregon began to crack down on crime and built new prisons worth millions. Stricter mandatory minimum sentences and longer sentences for some crimes caused the prison population to swell, and prison spending in Oregon began accounting for a large – and growing – chunk of the state’s budget.
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The cost of prison spending in Oregon was growing so much that in 2013, then-Gov. John Kitzhaber urged lawmakers to cut back on prison spending to find much-needed funding for the state’s education system. "The relentless growth in the Department of Corrections is one of the major reasons we cannot adequately invest in education," he said in a state address in January that year. "It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison."
According to the National Institute of Corrections, Oregon’s budget for its prison system for fiscal year 2013-2014 was $1.4 billion as of December 2013. According to the Partnership for Safety and Justice, as of June 2013, Oregon’s direct cost per day per prisoner was $84.81. This cost includes not only basic expenses such as security, health care, and food, but also programs designed to keep inmates from re-offending and returning to the prison system.
At more than $200 million, prisoner health care alone accounted for 14 percent of the state’s budget fiscal year 2013-2014, notes the Willamette Week. The state did launch an effort to reform the prison system to save money, and though some measures were implemented, they might not cut costs as much as anticipated. The strategy involved reducing penalties for smaller crimes in order to reduce the prison population.
Though the plan was working to an extent, it probably would not save the predicted $66 million between 2015 and 2017, the Portland Mercury reported. The savings look to be $13 million less than predicted.
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3 Count: $450K Apology
1: Nicki Minaj to pay $450,000 to Tracy Chapman for Copyright Suit
First off today, Benjamin Lee at The Guardian reports that Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay Tracy Chapman a total of $450,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit.
The dispute centered on Minaj’s use of a sample of Chapman’s 1988 song Baby Can I Hold You in her recent track Sorry. Minaj never formally cleared the track and Sorry was never supposed to be released but it instead was played on the New York radio station Hot 97.
Minaj originally claimed to have no idea how the song was leaked or that the song sampled Chapman. Chapman filed a lawsuit and the case was heading toward a trial but this settlement averts it. Chapman released a statement saying that she is happy to have put the matter behind her. Minaj has not released a statement or made a comment.
2: What is ‘Instagram Copyright Infringement’ Scam?
Next up today, Mugdha Kapoor at DNA India reports that an “Instagram Copyright Infringement” scam has been targeting Indian users of the app and several of the nation’s celebrities have fallen for it.
The scam works via Instagram direct message. A user messages claiming to be from the “Help Center” and they claim to be associated with the “Instagram/Copyright Infringement Center”. The message goes on to warn that they have received a large number of copyright infringement claims and that, if they do not respond, their account will be deleted within 72 hours.
However, what follows is a classic phishing scam where users are directed to an “appeals form” that has the user enter their username and password. Once that is submitted, the scammers then take over the user account and begin posting questionable content and sending out messages to that users contacts. The scam has made headlines in India as several celebrities have fallen for it including actor Ameesh Patel and filmmaker Fara Khan.
3: Cheat Maker Agrees to Pay Pokémon Go Creator $5m to Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go, has reached a $5 million settlement with a cheat creator Global++, bringing an end to their lawsuit.
Global++ released several cheats for Pokémon Go and other titles that, according to Niantic, violated their copyright as well as violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. They claim that the cheats accessed Niantic’s servers without permission and made up of 99% Niantic’s original code.
The case quickly expanded to include other defendants and, now, a settlement has been reached. That settlement will see the defendants pay some $5 million in damages as well as prevent them from ever developing or marking any such cheating programs in the future. They also admit to the violations of both copyright and other federal laws.
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RELIGION LIBRARY
Rituals and Worship
Ethics and Community
Eastern Orthodoxy traces its founding to the Pentecost, which is described in the Acts of the Apostles. According to the account, a dramatic and mysterious event occurred seven weeks after the death of Jesus. Jesus' followers were gathered in Jerusalem for the feast of Shavuot when "suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them" (Acts 2:2-3). The apostle Peter preached the first sermon that day and many new believers were baptized. The apostles began evangelizing in order to spread the Gospel. Thirty years later, Christian communities could be found in most towns of the eastern Mediterranean, largely due to the missionary efforts of the apostle Paul.
The apostles and their followers are credited with founding Christian communities in several cities that became key centers of Eastern Orthodoxy. Jesus' apostles founded the first community at Jerusalem, with James, said to be the brother of Jesus, as its first bishop. The apostle Paul is credited with founding Christian communities in several cities of the Eastern Mediterranean, in particular Antioch in Syria. Tradition also holds that another important center of Orthodoxy, Alexandria in Egypt, was founded by the evangelist Mark, said to have written the Gospel According to St. Mark. The Orthodox Church is strongly dedicated to preserving the traditions of its founders, which it views as holy.
The Eastern Orthodox Church also calls itself the "Church of the Seven Councils," highlighting the importance to Orthodoxy of the seven ecumenical councils that convened between the 4th and 8th centuries. The councils were called ecumenical, or universal, because bishops from all over the Christian world attended to discuss questions of faith and practice that were challenging the young church. At these councils, the assembled bishops defined the common life of the church, and agreed upon the definitions of two of the fundamental doctrines of Christian faith, the Incarnation and the Trinity. Eastern Orthodoxy still practices this decentralized approach to decision-making and dispute resolution, believing that when a council or synod is assembled, the conditions at Pentecost are recreated and the decisions of the assembly are made under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. An eighth ecumenical council, one formed of representatives from the whole Christian world and able to speak for all churches, has yet to assemble.
The monasteries of Orthodoxy have contributed significantly to the development and continuity of Eastern Orthodox tradition. Many of the most revered Church Fathers emerged from the monasteries, including Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395), Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329-391), and Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379). Orthodox monks took the gospel to the Slavs, and the Slavic influence gave Eastern Orthodoxy much of its more contemporary personality. The great spiritual traditions of the church have been preserved and given full expression in the monasteries, and they have played a vital role in the preservation and dissemination of the liturgies of the church. Many of the monasteries of the Eastern Orthodox Church are world-famous for their remote locations and their beauty, especially the monasteries of Mt. Athos in Greece and the monastery of Saint Catherine at Mt. Sinai. Mt. Athos, a peninsula in the Aegean Sea, is entirely devoted to monasteries. With twenty monasteries, a number of small houses, and hermits' caves, Mt. Athos has been at the heart of Orthodox monasticism since the 10th century. Many patriarchs and bishops have been elected from Mt. Athos, and many teachers and spiritual guides have emerged from its various communities.
Study Questions:
1. Why could Pentecost be seen as the first missionary effort of Christianity? Why is this tradition important to Eastern Orthodoxy?
2. What are the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Eastern Orthodox Church? Why are they called this?
3. How have monasteries helped to develop the Eastern Orthodox tradition?
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Current: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Has Dedicated Servers
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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Has Dedicated Servers
Michael Harradence / August 7, 2019
Infinity Ward has revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will feature dedicated servers to accommodate cross-platform play across PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One platforms. Dedicated servers are no stranger to Call of Duty, so it’s to be expected at this point, although cross-play has never been featured in the series until now.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Expands With Dedicated Servers
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s inclusion of dedicated servers is one crucial step in ensuring the multiplayer experience is as smooth and reliable as possible. The series hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to netcode, however, so hopefully that won’t suffer in this year’s game.
Last week, Infinity Ward revealed full details on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer, which includes support for a keyboard and mouse on PS4. If you haven’t caught up on all the latest multiplayer info for the game, then be sure to check out our earlier coverage here.
Speaking of multiplayer, the studio revealed that it axed a Buddy Boost mechanic for the online mode, and found itself having to respond to criticism regarding the lack of a mini-map.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on October 25. The game is a full reboot of the popular sub-series, taking place in a new timeline where the events of the previous Modern Warfare games didn’t happen.
There’s been rumours of a battle royale mode being included in Modern Warfare, and while Infinity Ward has admitted it’s a fan of the genre, it doesn’t sound like it will be implementing the mode in its latest title.
One major change that Modern Warfare is making to the series is the lack of a Season Pass. Instead, Infinity Ward is dishing out free post-launch content updates.
Source: Game Informer
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Ben Spies-Butcher and Gareth Bryant, 'Seeing like a bank, calculating like a state'
A Marxist Viewing of Avengers: Infinity War
Economic Science Fictions
by William Davies on September 25, 2018
William Davies | September 25, 2018
Tags: literary geographies
literary geographies
Economics and science fiction have various overlaps. Science fiction is a genre that has long toyed with alternative economic institutions, imagining different types of production, property or money, and seeing where such changes might lead. Economics, as Jens Beckert’s recent work has emphasised, involves various ‘fictional expectations’ in the form of risk models, future income streams, a belief in the sustained value of money and so on. Both are responses to the condition of modernity, that requires us to face and produce representations of a fundamentally uncertain future. A key difference, one might add, is that science fiction writers remember that it’s uncertain, and their fictions are just that.
The recently published volume Economic Science Fictions, of which I’m the editor, seeks to interrogate the interface of economics and science fiction in new and surprising ways, that span the social sciences and humanities. As the work of Ursula K Le Guin best demonstrated, science fiction has often had a utopian streak that reminds us that no economic system is permanent, and there is nothing natural or inevitable about any model of political economy. The economy is a set of artifices, that will come and go over time, and can be re-imagined at any moment.
The revival of utopian thinking on the left, as manifest in books such as Inventing the Future, has greatly expanded the scope of critical political economy and radical public policy-making, following the long neoliberal era in which only minor adjustments to fiscal policy and public service management were viewed as credible. Ironically, the neoliberal pioneers of the 1930s and 1940s were themselves possessed of a certain utopian, inventive spirit, that they saw amongst the Left, and believed needed to be applied to the resuscitation of liberal economics and conservative politics. As Philip Mirowski has detailed, figures such as Friedrich Hayek were resolute modernisers and creators, looking to the future to create a different capitalism.
So how to facilitate this marriage of economics and science fiction? While there is a thriving and admirable field of science fiction studies within the humanities, I was keen that the book would not only involve readings of texts, so as to bring to light certain economic themes. I really wanted to smash different worlds together – to get economists writing about fiction, anthropologists re-imagining money or property, fiction writers engaging with economics, and to challenge the very ‘reality’ of ‘the economy’ and its constituent parts (corporation, market, price, money, work etc.) in the process.
One of the first pieces I commissioned was by the heterodox economist Ha-Joon Chang, who I knew was an avid science fiction fan. As a critic of neo-classical economics, he was able to point to the various fictions that are at the heart of economic orthodoxy, and some of the key utopian and dystopian themes from classic science fiction texts, that cast different light on contemporary capitalism.
Elsewhere, the volume contains pieces on (inter alia) the curious prevalence of the corporation as a trope of science fiction writing; a brief Soviet experiment in mass-produced housing; a depiction of a future world in which pain has become the central commodity to produce; the image of the vampire as a metaphor for capitalist extraction; the uses of ‘design fiction’ as a technique for redesigning economic institutions; and the fascination that money holds as an object of fictional reimagining. Rather than as a conventional academic volume, I see it more as a compendium of weird and wonderful responses to the challenge I set the authors: to think through the invented, malleable nature of economic institutions, and the role of fiction and literature in helping us to see, design or produce different ones. Hua Hsu described it in The New Yorker as “lively and deeply strange”, which I rather like.
However, there is one political aspect to all of this that extends beyond simple playfulness or inventiveness. The era that political economists know as ‘neoliberalism’ maps fairly closely on to that of ‘postmodernism’, both being responses to the crisis of Fordist, disciplinary, patriarchal societies, which had given a prominent role to planners and experts in the management of economies and social life. The years between 1968 and 1978 were not just a crisis of capitalism (specifically of Keynesianism and the Bretton Woods system), but also a broader political and cultural crisis of authority, that challenged the ability of states and authorities to shape the future in a legitimate and successful way.
Writers such as Frederic Jameson, Franco Berardi and Mark Fisher (whose own brief reflections on ‘economic science fiction’, which he’d intended to develop further, are included posthumously as a preface) have all made the argument that neoliberalism and postmodernism effect a destruction of the future, in the modernist sense of shared possibilities, that we can all work, plan and hope for collectively. For Jameson, science fiction holds a privileged place in the modernist imaginary, and the crisis of the 1970s represents a threat to the very notion of using fiction as a bridge to an alternative future.
In place of the collectively planned and democratically authorised society, postmodern neoliberalism offers private investment, private consumption, private cultural experiences, all bought and sold in a marketplace, to the point where there is a fragmentation of hope into personal life plans, self-reinvention and future income streams. Political institutions are presented as permanent, in order that consumer tastes and business ‘innovation’ can exist in a state of constant flux. Neoliberalism is rooted in a form of subjectivism, that ultimately casts doubt on the possibility of any consensus about the nature of economic or social reality, opting instead for all hopes and ideals to be channelled into the fragmented chaos of markets in general and financial markets in particular. Hopes for any broader political transformation are eradicated, so as to secure the legal and institutional conditions of individual competition.
This project has now itself lost credibility, revitalising political-economic thinking in the process and, with it, the preconditions of hope. Of course, there are all manner of reasons to expect a future that is far worse, from climate change, to authoritarian populism, to the rising oligarchy of tech billionaires. Nevertheless, we are in an interregnum now, without any dominant assumptions about how the economy should be governed and structured. For better or worse, the future has returned as a political phenomenon, and not just a set of calculable risks, trends and models.
Author: William Davies
William Davies is Reader in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Co-Director of Goldsmiths’ Political Economy Research Centre. Economic Science Fictions is published by Goldsmiths Press.
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Abuse victims advised to take civil action due to criminal system delays
A report by the charity Victim Support on the impact of the pandemic upon victims of domestic abuse has found that the pandemic has created additional barriers to victims’ engagement with the criminal justice system, with many victims and survivors facing considerable waits for trial. Some cases, they say, have been delayed up until 2022, leaving many victims feeling like they cannot move on.
The report reveals that support workers have found that victims are being told to pursue the civil routes, for example applying for non-molestation orders, rather than the criminal justice process.
The charity says that court delays have had a wider effect on victims’ confidence in the criminal justice system, with long delays potentially leading to victims no longer wanting to support the prosecution.
Victim Support warns that delays to trials cause significant disruption to victims’ recovery process, leaving them in limbo for longer, feeling distressed and potentially having an impact on their willingness to take part in the justice process. For some, they say, justice delayed could be justice denied.
Increase in domestic abuse offences during pandemic
Meanwhile, the Office for National Statistics has published data assessing the impact of the pandemic on domestic abuse in England and Wales.
The data shows that the number of domestic abuse offences recorded by police in England and Wales has increased during the pandemic. Police recorded 259,324 domestic abuse offences between March and June – 7% up on the same period in 2019.
The data also showed that there has generally been an increase in demand for domestic abuse victim services during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly affecting helplines as lockdown measures eased; this does not necessarily indicate an increase in the number of victims, but perhaps an increase in the severity of abuse being experienced, and a lack of available coping mechanisms such as the ability to leave the home to escape the abuse, or attend counselling.
Mother ordered to pay father’s costs in children case
The High Court has ordered a mother to pay a contribution towards the father’s legal costs in proceedings concerning arrangements for their son.
Hearing the case Her Honour Judge Corbett accepted that costs orders are rarely made in private law children proceedings, but she said that this was a case where, in her judgment, the mother’s conduct was unreasonable. In particular, the mother had failed to comply with a court order requiring her to file evidence, had failed to respond to communications from the father’s solicitors, and had essentially failed to engage in the proceedings until just days before the final hearing.
HHJ Corbett concluded that the mother’s conduct went far beyond what was reasonable, barely making any effort to engage in the proceedings, which were justifiably commenced by the father. Her conduct greatly added to the father’s legal costs.
In the circumstances, HHJ Corbett decided that it would be just to order the mother to make a contribution to the father’s costs, in the sum of £15,000.
Most expensive family case back in court
And finally, the most expensive divorce case in history is back in court this week.
In 2016 Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded £453 million by the High Court in London, the largest divorce settlement ever in this country. However, her former husband Farkhad Akhmedov, an oligarch and ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has failed to comply with the order.
The case is now returning to court as part of Ms Akhmedova’s ongoing efforts to enforce the award. She alleges that Mr Akhmedov transferred cash and assets to their son Temur, in order to avoid paying her the money. Mr Arkmedov and Temur deny the allegation.
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PLN associate editor profiled in article about anti-private prison activism
Tennessean, Jan. 1, 2008. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...
PLN associate editor profiled in article about anti-private prison activism - Tennessean 2008
Former inmate champions prison reform
Friedmann battles Nashville-based CCA, privatization
By CHRIS ECHEGARAY
Alex Friedmann doesn't think people can see past his conviction, so he's the first one to bring it up.
He spent 10 years in a cell — six of them at a Corrections Corporation of America prison in Tennessee — for armed robbery and attempted murder.
"I was absolutely not cut out for a life of crime," Friedmann, 39, says. "And I was quite incompetent at it. I deserved the punishment. But punishment, technically, ends at some point. Society says it doesn't, and that lasts for the rest of your life. It follows you around like a legacy."
Now, years removed from prison, Friedmann is engaged in an ardent struggle against Nashville-based CCA, the nation's largest for-profit prison company. He is a self-described underdog, battling the multibillion-dollar corporation that has drawn nationwide criticism for its treatment of prisoners. He didn't like the way he was treated while he was incarcerated, and he has questioned whether CCA gave prompt medical attention to a friend who died while in CCA custody many years ago.
CCA, in turn, paints him as a less-than-credible advocate for prison reform and a pawn of unions that oppose privatized prisons like those run by CCA, which has 17,000 employees nationwide and holds more than 75,000 inmates.
"He is a former inmate convicted of armed robbery at Green Hills," said Louise Grant, a spokeswoman for CCA. "The fact that he shot at a father and a son is lost. He now works for a union-funded company.''
Still, Friedmann says prison reform is what defines his life.
"I admire people who devote their lives to causes — to saving whales, the environment, child abuse," he said. "This cause gives meaning to my life."
He's a CCA shareholder
In that role, Friedmann has single-handedly taken CCA to task over the years — even at the shareholder meetings. Friedmann owns one share of CCA stock, giving him the right to attend and ask questions at the meetings.
"What I'm saying is that CCA is for-profit and it colors their decision," he said. "It's their business model."
He is seeking access to CCA records. He won that access, albeit briefly, when a judge said that because the for-profit prison operates similar to a government entity, it should make its records open to the public, but CCA is appealing the judge's ruling.
Friedmann is vice president of Private Corrections Institute, which is against the privatization of correctional institutions and is supported by unions. He says he does not collect a paycheck in his role with Private Corrections Institute. The company has paid for his travel and he has been reimbursed for expenses.
He also is associate editor of Prison Legal News, working 60 hours a week reading and editing dozens of stories for the monthly publication, which looks at the nation's penal system.
Then he leaves his desk to hand out fliers asking for more information regarding the death of a CCA inmate. He went to Congress to testify against the federal judgeship nomination of Gus Puryear, CCA's general counsel, a battle he is even keener about.
He double-checked every answer Puryear gave to the Senate Judicial Committee. He investigated the general counsel's commission meetings and memberships in a country club, and he challenged a contradictory statement regarding the death of an inmate. He started a Web site, againstpuryear.com.
His was 'a harsh crime'
Friedmann considers himself a private person despite the public battles he has waged against CCA.
During a lunch interview, he does not want to talk in any depth about his family, his personal life or religious affiliations. He is succinct. His father's family was Jewish, his mother a Southern Baptist.
Friedmann was born outside of Boston and left for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, with his parents as a 1-year-old only child. His father worked for Aramco, the Arabian American Oil Co.
"I did not have to share my toys," he said jokingly as he eats a salad and waits for his pizza to cool down.
They lived in a compound with people from around the world. Years later, with extended family in Tennessee, Friedmann returned to the U.S. as a teen. It was the 1980s and he was not accustomed to American society, he said.
Caught in a downward spiral of greed, stupidity and his personal struggle to assimilate back to American life after being raised in Dhahran, the 18-year-old Friedmann armed himself with a gun and robbed a Green Hills store.
During the robbery he got into a gunfight with the store owner, who shot Friedmann in his left hand.
"It was a harsh introduction to the system, but I committed a harsh crime," he said.
Friedmann says he was able to get probation but still fouled up. His probation was revoked and he had to serve 10 years after he was busted for shoplifting.
In prison he read a number of books, including the classics and a couple that sparked his interest in activism: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, a story based on a character who served 10 years in prison in Stalin's gulag.
He began writing and learning how to do research. He admired the in-depth investigative pieces produced by reporters. Today, he worries it's not done enough.
He has no social life, he says. His downtime consists of zipping around in his restored 1982 Corvette and working on computer systems. But he sees himself as a reporter and an activist.
CCA questions agenda
Nashville-based CCA sees him through a completely different lens.
CCA representatives say the name of a reputable, well-managed company has been sullied by a former convict who works for a union group against privatization — his real agenda against the prison company, according to spokeswoman Grant.
Friedmann has not limited his calls for reform to CCA.
He sees himself as an advocate for changes in the nation's criminal justice system and a voice for the 2.3 million prisoners housed around the country.
"This system is an abysmal failure," Friedmann said. "It doesn't achieve less crime, less victimization. There's increased recidivism and an increased amount of people in prison."
In Tennessee, Friedmann has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's felon voting rights law, which bars ex-offenders from voting if they owe child support or court-ordered restitution.
Who better to fight the system, he says, than someone who's been in it.
"You have one shot to make a difference," he said. "You have to go all the way. You have to work (hard) to reach the goals you set according to what you believe."
Friedmann's standing should be based on his work, his dedication to activism and volunteering in the community, according to Glenda Lingo, coordinator of Parents in Prison at Charles Bass Correctional Complex and a teacher with the Inside/Out prison exchange program.
"He is brilliant, and I've worked with him in different capacities," Lingo said. "His research, his thinking on his feet, and his work with everybody in the community should be noted."
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Prologis Begins 21,000 Square Metre Speculative D…
Prologis Begins 21,000 Square Metre Speculative Development in Madrid
MADRID (14 February 2017) – Prologis, Inc., the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced it has begun construction of a 21,000 square metre logistics building, which is being speculatively developed at Prologis Park San Fernando on a 90,000 square metre plot in the SUPI-4 sector of San Fernando de Henares, Madrid.
The building is expected to be completed by the beginning of the third quarter of 2017.
Improved prime features:
The building will be developed to the highest standards with significant technical features, notably a storage height of up to 11 metres, allowing an increase of storage capacity of around 20 percent compared to a traditional building.
Equipped with LED lighting:
Among the innovative features in energy efficiency in logistics buildings, the building will have LED lighting equipment that will reduce electricity consumption by approximately 40 percent.
A key location between major national markets:
The property is 15 minutes from the centre of Madrid, in the San Fernando de Henares area. Prologis Park San Fernando is directly connected with the A2 motorway, linking Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona, and the M-50 ring road.
"This is a strategic entry point to Madrid, with a perfect location, excellent connections and proximity to an available workforce," said Gustavo Cardozo, country manager, Prologis Iberia. "The development will be a point of reference for new logistics and distribution facility generation in Spain, as has been the case with many of the distribution facilities we have developed in Spain."
As of 31 December 2016, Prologis in Spain owned and managed more than 800,000 square meters of logistics space in the main logistics markets.
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UCL - University College London · Political Science
As a minimum, an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university; a CGPA of 3.3; or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Relevant practical or work experience in a related field may also be taken into account.
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.
The English language level for this programme is: Advanced.
Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.
Contemporary security research and policy-making focus heavily on the causes and consequences of violent and non-violent political conflict. This MSc trains students to apply empirical methods to explore the causes of terrorism, civil, and international conflict, the application of military force, humanitarian intervention, and the provision of global public goods.
UCL Political Science is recognised as a centre of excellence in the field and offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of politics.
Students benefit from weekly seminars featuring distinguished external speakers, and regular high-profile events for policymakers and others.
The research preparation and tailor-made interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary training students receive is one of the highest available in the world, in one of the world's top universities, as reflected in its performance in a range of rankings and tables.
Please see UCL website for full information about fees and costs for this programme.
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, and is taught by scholars who have subject-specific knowledge and have carried out theoretical and empirical research in the field. Students will be assessed by a variety of methods: unseen examinations, long essays and the dissertation.
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Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong is shown inside the lunar module while it rests on the moon’s surface, July 20, 1969. “For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives,” President Richard Nixon said. | NASA/AP Photo
Nixon calls astronauts on lunar surface, July 20, 1969
On this day in 1969, President Richard Nixon joined some 500 million people around the world watching live pictures on their black-and-white television sets as two American astronauts walked on the moon for the first time.
After the astronauts planted an American flag on the lunar surface, the president congratulated them on a live radio circuit, completing the longest distance person-to-person phone call in history. That evening, Nixon recorded in his diary that “the President held an interplanetary conversation with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin on the Moon.”
“Hello Neil and Buzz,” Nixon said. “I am talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made from the White House.
“I just can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done. For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives, and for people all over the world I am sure that they, too, join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is.
“Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man’s world, and as you talk to us from the [Moon’s] Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to earth.
“For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one — one in their pride in what you have done and one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth.”
“Thank you, Mr. President,” Armstrong replied. “It is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States, but men of peaceable nations, men with an interest and a curiosity, and men with a vision for the future.”
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All the astronauts’ moon landings occurred during Nixon’s first term. On Jan. 5, 1972, as he prepared to run again, Nixon approved NASA’s now discontinued space shuttle program.
Beginning in the early 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union had raced each other to see which superpower could get to the moon first. The Soviets got a head start in manned space flight with Yuri Gagarin’s orbital flight in 1961. Later that year, President John F. Kennedy vowed that America would be first to put a man on the moon, saying, “To be sure, we are behind, and will be behind for some time in manned flight. But we do not intend to stay behind, and in this decade, we shall make up and move ahead.”
Less than a decade after JFK’s “moon speech,” NASA accomplished a task that still, nearly five decades later, has yet to be replicated. The Soviet Union, America’s main rival in the space race, devoted minimal coverage to the historic lunar landing and declined to broadcast Nixon’s remarks.
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Queens Lawmakers On The Move May 24, 2019
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Hyndman, Comrie Host Movie & Discussion On Marijuana Legalization
Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman
State Senator Leroy Comrie
Assemblywoman Alicia L. Hyndman (D- Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, Jamaica i) and State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans, Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Hollis, Rosedale, Laurelton, Kew Gardens, Queens Village) next week will host a screening of the Netflix Documentary Grass is Greener and follow it with a discussion on the legalization of Marijuana In New York State
New York State legislators have been debating the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) for the past several months and it may come up for a vote as soon as this year. The legislation would legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana under state law along lines similar to the state’s current system regulating alcohol, and would represent a new approach for New York State after decades of costly, counterproductive policies that have produced racially discriminatory outcomes.
Hyndman and Comrie will moderate the discussion and panelists will include Mary Pryor, Cannaclusive, CEO & Co-Founder; David C. Holland Esq., Empire State NORML. Executive Director; and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
The event is slated for between 6-9 p.m., Tuesday, May 28 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica.
Meng, Serrano Include Language In Bill Prohibiting Citizenship Question On 2020 Census
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng
U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Bayside, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Rego Park) and José E. Serrano (D-NY) this week announced the inclusion of language in the Commerce, Justice, Science spending bill that would prohibit funding for the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
As a member of the subcommittee of Commerce, Justice & Science, Meng has fought for a fair and accurate 2020 Census, and for adding the language. The CJS Subcommittee, which funds the U.S. Census Bureau, approved the spending bill last week and the full Appropriations Committee passed it this week. The measure now heads for a vote on the floor of the House.
“The inclusion of a citizenship question would be a disaster for New York and many other areas throughout the nation,” said Meng. “Asking respondents if they are citizens will decrease response rates in immigrant communities and that reduction will result in an inaccurate census count. This will have a devastating impact on the billions in federal aid that is distributed to communities, and will affect the number of Congressional districts that each state receives.
“States that depend heavily on federal aid, such as my home state of New York, will be particularly hard-hit, with resources likely not getting to areas that need them the most. There are no do-overs with the census; a mistake is a 10-year mistake. I will continue to oppose any attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census and I thank Chairman Serrano for continuing to partner with me in this fight. I look forward to the CJS spending bill coming before the House.”
Nolan Supports State Farmworkers Right To Organize
Assembly Member Catherine Nolan
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth, Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Blissville) yesterday lauded the New York State Supreme Court Appellate decision that the law barring farmworkers in New York State from organizing for the purposes of collective bargaining is not allowed under the New York State Constitution.
The decision follows the New York Civil Liberties Union and Attorney General Letitia Kames’ challenging the constitutionality of the law in the courts.
“This laudable decision by the court recognizes that our New York State Constitution was written to ensure that the human rights of all workers are respected. While there is still more to be done to ensure that farmworkers are provided the same protections as other employees in the state, this decision marks a great stride forward in our fight to see long-awaited justice for farmworkers here in New York,” said Nolan.
“I am a long time sponsor of Assembly bill A2750, which would allow farmworkers to collectively bargain, to receive overtime pay for their labor, and to be guaranteed a day of rest. Congratulations to the farmworkers of our state, who finally have a chance to see real change for themselves and their families, and to the NYCLU, Attorney General James, and the many groups who have worked tirelessly alongside our farmworkers to see the end of this injustice in our state.”
Sanders Talks About 2020 Census At Clergy Breakfast
State Sen. James Sanders Jr.
State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) bought together faith-based leaders at his Community Clergy Breakfast yesterday to discuss the role community-based organizations must play in getting a full and accurate count for Southeast Queens during the 2020 Census.
“It’s time to stand up and be counted,” Sanders said. “Your participation in the census is critically important to ensuring that our community gets the resources it needs and deserves.”
Sanders held the breakfast at the Bernice Caesar Multi-Purpose Center in Jamaica. It was conducted in partnership with the NY Regional Census Center, Fiscal Policy Institute & the Advocacy Committee for the New York Counts 2020 Coalition.
The U.S. Census occurs every ten years and provides a snapshot of demographics, which determine how billions of state and federal dollars are distributed. Since the first count in 1790, the census has evolved to count every person living in every state, territory, and tribal nation. This year an estimated 330 million people, representing an estimated 140 million housing units will be counted, according to Ian Hill, the Deputy Regional Director for the NY Regional Census Center.
“Census population counts help to determine the equal apportionment of approximately $883 billion in federal funds every single year,” Hill said. “It is estimated that in 2017 that approximately $73 billion came to the State of New York based on Census counts.”
The funding goes to support programs like Medicaid, SNAP, highway planning, Section 8 Housing, special education grants, S-CHIP, Title 1 Grants, the National School Lunch Program, WIC, Head Start, foster care and health center programs.
Hill said the three key things to know about the census is that it is safe, easy and important. People will be able to fill out the census survey online, by phone, on paper, or via a personal visit by a census employee. The U.S. Census Bureau never publishes private information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers and telephone numbers. Only general demographic statistics are released publicly. Personal information cannot be used against respondents by any government agency or court. The Census Bureau employees are sworn to protect confidentiality for life.
The survey will be available in 59 different languages. As far as those languages that are not covered, the census is looking to hire workers for different positions, including to travel to areas where ethnic groups may be overlooked due to communication barriers or for other reasons. The jobs start at $25 per hour and the U.S. Census Bureau provides paid training and reimburses all travel costs, Hill said. For more information, go to https://2020census.gov/jobs
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Before joining RadNet, he had diverse experiences in investment banking, private equity, venture capital investing, and operations. Mark began his career as a member of the corporate finance group at Dillon, Read and Co., Inc., executing mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, and private equity investments with Saratoga Partners LLP, an affiliated principal investment group of Dillon Read. After Dillon Read, Mark joined Archon Capital Partners, which made private equity investments in media and entertainment companies. Mark also worked for Eastman Kodak, where he was responsible for business development for Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging subsidiary ($1.5 billion in sales). Mark was also co-founder of Broadstream Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment banking firm focused on advising middle market companies engaged in financing and merger and acquisition transactions.
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The Farr Side: Golden Globes full of surprise
David T. Farr More Content Now
Sunday’s telecast of the 2019 Golden Globes wasn’t what I expected.
I had fallen for the hype created by “A Star Is Born” and actors’ Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga being shoo-ins for wins.
Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh hosted the awards, which are voted on by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
Samberg and Oh were funny, but in a different way than in years past. The subject matter of their monologue was safe, which may have come off boring or juvenile. However, many of the acceptance speeches proved otherwise. Female empowerment and equality was a common theme.
It was a different story watching the red carpet arrivals and then seeing the audience. It was the most diverse group of actors and nominees I’ve seen for a show like this. It was refreshing to see the diversity come together to celebrate acting talent from the past year.
It didn’t take me long to realize I’m “old school” when it comes to TV. Most of the nominated TV shows and actors/actresses from them I haven’t seen. And some I have never even heard about. It’s kind of maddening, too. I’m interested in learning more about “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Kominsky Method” and “The Handmade’s Tale.”
Rachel Brosnahan won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy. Michael Douglas won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Being the music buff I am, though, the night got real for me when nominees were named for Best Original Song. “Shallow” (“A Star Is Born”), “All The Stars” (“Black Panther”), “Girl In The Movies” (“Dumplin’”), “Requiem For A Private War” (“A Private War”) “and “Revelation” (“Boy Erased”) all are worthy tracks. But it was “Shallow,” penned by Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson, that won Gaga her first Golden Globe.
Gaga came up short in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. She lost to Glenn Close in “The Wife.”
Best Actor - Drama went to Rami Malek for his portrayal of legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, besting Cooper. Malek’s win was a surprise to many and surprises continued when “Bohemian Rhapsody” took the top prize for Best Motion Picture - Drama, beating the heavy-favored “A Star Is Born.”
I’m not surprised that Gaga, Cooper and their movie didn’t win. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association may have weighed Mercury’s story as a way to honor the legendary singer. Malek did a stellar job portraying him.
Gaga is a singer-turned-actress and it was her first time on the big screen. I’m inclined to think that worked against her for the Globes, but I’m fairly certain that won’t be the case when the Oscars are announced.
David T. Farr can be reached at farrboy@hotmail.com.
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in Quebec city, Quebec – with the St. Marc congregation
in France, through the continuing radio and online ministry of Rev. Eric Kayayan, as well as the ministry of Vincent and Trina Collet at a radio station in Lyon
This Armenian ministry was founded in 1989 by the late Rev. Aaron Kayayan, a one time radio minister of the Back to God Hour. He sought a way to proclaim the gospel to his homeland of Armenia – the airways was an open door. Many solidly reformed theological books have been and continue to be translated into the Armenian language, as well as conferences held for pastors – there is a real hunger for the gospel.
The French-language broadcasts are produced in the Loire Valley region of France by Rev. Eric Kayayan (son of Aaron), a minister of the Reformed Churches of South Africa. Eric and his wife have relocated the base of this ministry to his homeland of France from his previous location in Pretoria, South Africa. The French-language broadcasts have continued to be created and sent over the airwave. As Eric further develops the ministry in France, he hopes to establish a small Reformed Faith and Life centre to produce our own video and audio recordings, as well as to hold small training seminars to equip European Christians active in various ministries.
Radio broadcasting continues to be a relatively inexpensive, and yet a very effective means to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Radio broadcasts can reach into areas where the Christian faith is outlawed. People who cannot read and write can still be evangelized by means of radio.
There are currently eight board members of RFL - Canada; seven belong to the United or Canadian Reformed churches in the Hamilton/Niagara area and one is a member of the URC in Lethbridge, Alberta. The work is overseen by the consistory of Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield and the Board of RFL- Canada work closely with the Reformed Faith and Life board in the United States.
RFL-Canada is supported by donations from Reformed churches and individual donors. Donations are eligible for tax receipts.
We urge you to consider supporting the work of RFL-Canada by holding regular offerings in your worship services, and by promoting this work by distributing our newsletters to your members.
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Regent Now Home to Competing Athletes After First Track Meet
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For the first time since opening in 1978, Regent University is officially home to intercollegiate competing athletes. Coach Ayanna Reece led a team of more than 40 track and field athletes to the Christopher Newport Captains Invitational Saturday, January 21 in Newport News, Virginia.
“It was awesome,” said Reece. “The anticipation, excitement, time and dedication that we as a team, the coaches, the staff, the athletes had built up released. It was so exciting. I couldn’t have asked for a better day.”
The majority of the team members had never competed in track and field, and although they were nervous, Reece describes the atmosphere surrounding them as peaceful, calm and supportive. It’s the culmination of a vision to launch a sports program at Regent University. Dr. Joseph Umidi, Regent’s executive vice president for student life, arrived from Washington D.C. to see and support the team compete.
“It’s like seeing a bunch of strangers become family,” said Umidi. “This team has bonded like no team I’ve seen before. They are supportive, and they are encouraging each other, and I think they’ve become an entity in and of themselves that is well beyond my expectations.”
Competing in an actual meet is a race the team has been running since it assembled in fall 2016. Students awoke daily at the crack of dawn to train. Roger Cheeks, athletic director, says today’s greatest accomplishment was finishing the race.
“What we wanted to do with these athletes at Regent was get them used to the environment of track and field,” said Cheeks. “In many cases, these athletes have never competed on a collegiate level. We wanted to get them an opportunity to see what the environment is like, you hear the guns go off, get in competition, and I think we’re accomplishing that task.”
Regent athletes competed in shot put, 600 meter, 400 meter, 200 meter, and mile races. The entire team, dressed in blue track suits, shouted in support of their fellow runners, encouraging them as they ran around an indoor track.
Officially, Regent University College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) sophomore Quaneisha Roberts was the university’s first competing athlete.
“I am honored to be the first athlete to ever compete for Regent, and I just see a great future for this team,” said Roberts. “When I was about to throw, everyone was cheering me on. It was an amazing feeling. We’re all a team. We’re all family, so it’s amazing. My coach is great. She always pushes us to our limits.”
Now that the nervousness of a first-ever meet is behind them, the team is excited to invite vans full of fans from Regent to join the excitement of competition. An event to bring as many fans as possible to the team’s second meet on February 4, also at Christopher Newport, will be announced soon.
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The spectacular Arenal Volcano standing at 1633m lies in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. The perfectly conical volcano lay dormant until July 1968, when huge explosions blew its top off and until recently it was considered the most active volcano in Central America. Although no longer...
The most biologically diverse places on Earth and considered the jewel on the crown of Costa Rica's national parks; the Corcovado National Park on the country's southwest Osa Peninsula is a must see for wildlife and nature lovers alike.This wild, untamed region is home to the largest and...
Known for its pristine beaches, a holiday to Costa Rica wouldn't be complete without a visit to the North Pacific coast.This area is almost entirely made up of the provinces of Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula. Here palm fringed beaches, unparalleled Pacific coast sunsets and exceptional...
Manuel Antonio, on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, is home to one of Costa Rica's most visited national parks. A must see on any Costa Rican excursion. Made up of wild, beautiful beaches backed by dense rainforest, the park can easily be explored via a well marked trail system.Although the...
Monteverde Cloud Forest is a bewitching, magical place with emerald green foliage surrounded by whirling mists, perched on the edge of the Tilaran Mountains.On our list of top things to do in Costa Rica, This primary forest is made up of 26,000 acres, 8 different biological zones and is home to a...
San Jose, Costa Rica's largest city and cultural capital, today it is a sprawling metropolis. Sitting in the Central Valley region, the city offers a range of comfortable hotels and provides a good base to explore nearby volcanoes, coffee plantations, national parks and rainforests. Surrounded...
With more than 900 different species of birds, spread over 27% of protected land, visiting Costa Rica will be a birdwatchers paradise. Visit the cloud forest area of The Savegre Valley (also known, Los Quetzales National Park or San Gerardo de Dota) for its crisp mountain air and great...
Tortuguero National Park, on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast is one of the most important nesting sites in the world for the green sea turtle, which finds its way onto the brown-sand beaches every year.Its territories protect not only the turtle-nesting beach, but also the surrounding...
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Ferry Corsten presents 'Gouryella - From The Heaven' Documentary
15 years ago a movement was started in The Netherlands that would leave a sentimental connection with fans worldwide until this present day. At the very heart of that movement was Gouryella. What first started as a collaboration project between Ferry Corsten and Tiesto, shortly after became an exclusively solo pseudonym for Ferry himself, and which in 5 releases blazed a trail for electronic music that is rich in melody, arrangement and texture. It would inspire many artists and resonate with an even greater number of fans around the world. ‘Gouryella - From the Heavens’ is the official documentary that will detail the full story of one of dance music’s most revered and mystical dance acts.
Featuring appearances from industry figures that include the likes of Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Cosmic Gate, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond, and Aly & Fila, the documentary gives a timeline of the history of Gouryella and the impact that the records have had on millions of fans worldwide. The also film gives insight into Ferry Corsten’s decision to revive Gouryella after a 13-year hiatus from the project and follows that journey up until the present. His decision to take Gouryella from the studio to the stage was what led to the launch of Gouryella Live with two arena shows in Sydney and Melourne back in March 2016. News of these two shows ignited a global demand for the project that led to Gouryella Live featuring at many of the biggest festivals around the globe of which included EDC Las Vegas, Tomorrowland, and Ultra Europe.
In partnership with Ferry Corsten's Gouryella, It’s a Fine Day and Symbiotic, the world premiere of ‘Gouryella – From The Heavens’ will take place at the Hawthorn's Lido Cinema in Melbourne on Wednesday, January 4th 2017, where fans and industry figures will be treated to an exclusive evening screening attended by Ferry, topping off a monumental 2016 for Gouryella as we enter the new year. The stylish setting of Melbourne's Lido cinema provides the perfect destination to rollout this exclusive event following Ferry’s decision to take Gouryella down under for the act’s debut live world premiere at Atlantis back in Autumn of 2016.
Speaking about ‘From The Heavens’, Ferry said:
“Telling a story through music is one thing. Telling a story through photos, video and a narrative is another. I'm very excited that I'm able to bring this documentary onto the stage and take my fans with me on a journey behind the scenes and through the process that is Gouryella”.
Gouryella has delivered countless memories over nearly two decades. Now captured on screen for the very first time, music fans can follow the journey of one of trance music’s most loved aliases and experience the full pioneering affect that the music of Gouryella has had on the dance music community at large.
Watch the trailer for the upcoming documentary below:
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"As spring training begins, on behalf of ownership, we would like to share more information explaining why the proposed transaction has ended, however due to confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements we are unable to do so at this time," it read.
"So right now, I believe we need to focus in the future and not in the past and that's what we intend to do."
Mets pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on Monday. The 2020 squad seems talented, from a potentially dominant rotation to a core of position players that could take the next step.
Yet, of course, most of the conversation has not focused on baseball — the actual team — in recent weeks. The Mets had a crazy offseason.
You thought that, by the time they arrived in Port St. Lucie, the focus would be on the on-field product. Not yet.
The failed transaction with hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen, a lifelong Mets fan, is still a story.
Wilpon gave reporters a tour showcasing upgrades from a $57 million renovation of the team's facility in Florida. During it, a reporter inquired about the statement and the ownership situation as a whole.
Wilpon declined comment, saying he would leave it at his statement.
That statement also included this: "We would like to assure our fans that we will continue our commitment to winning in 2020 and beyond and we'll work hard to earn and maintain everyone's confidence and trust."
That last part might be difficult moving forward.
In December, the Sterling Partners — owned by Fred Wilpon — announced it was negotiating to sell a majority stake of the Mets to Cohen, who is a minority owner. The initial statement said Fred and Jeff Wilpon would maintain their current roles for five years.
According to recent reports, this is where the deal went awry.
Cohen was not satisfied with the Wilpons retaining control while he owned the team. Understandable, though some reports suggested Cohen tried to change the deal's terms at the last moment.
At the owners meetings, Commisioner Rob Manfred said the notion that the Wilpons acted in bad faith is "completely and utterly unfair." The Sterling Partners and Cohen announced on Feb. 6 that the deal was dead.
In his statement on Monday, Jeff Wilpon said "we'll be moving forward to find a new transaction." He added: "We will not be giving details or updates on the timeline or process until we are prepared to make a public announcement."
"Thank you, that's all I can say right now," Wilpon said in closing.
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Ribose contributes implementations of Chinese cryptographic algorithms to OpenSSL
Enables compliant usage of OpenSSL toolkit within China
[September 13, 2018, Hong Kong, Newark DE] – Ribose has contributed the SM2, SM3 and SM4 Chinese cryptographic algorithms to the OpenSSL cryptographic library, which are now available for general use as part of OpenSSL’s version 1.1.1 release.
SM2, SM3, SM4 are “commercial cryptography” algorithms, mandated by the State Cryptographic Administration to be used within China, in accordance with the “Regulation on the Administration of Commercial Cryptography” issued by the State Council of the PRC in 1999. The algorithms are widely applied in technologies used within China to enable legal usage of cryptography, including public key infrastructure (PKI), identification and banking cards, Trusted Platform Module, and the OpenPGP and Transport Layer Security protocols.
SM2 is an elliptic curve cryptographic system (ECC) that provides algorithms for public-key encryption, digital signatures, key agreement, and also parameters for the SM2-specific elliptic curve. SM2 was first published in 2010, and standardized as Chinese cryptographic standard GM/T 0003 and GB/T 32918 (5 parts).
SM3 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Prof. Xiaoyun Wang as a counterpart to the NIST SHA-256 algorithm with several strengthening features. SM3 was first published in 2010, and standardized as Chinese cryptographic standard GM/T 0004 and GB/T 32905.
SM4 is a symmetric encryption algorithm designed for data encryption. The Chinese counterpart to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), it is a 128-bit blockcipher designed for speed and suitability for encryption on low-powered devices. Designed by Prof. Shu-Wang Lu, it was standardized as Chinese cryptographic standard GM/T 0002 and GB/T 32907.
Matt Caswell of OpenSSL said, “The OpenSSL project develops and disseminates open and freely available technology to enable people worldwide to protect their data and communication. By supporting the Chinese cryptographic standards (SM2, SM3 and SM4) we hope to enable
broader usage of OpenSSL within China for those industries adopting these national algorithms. We sincerely thank Ribose for their contributions to the OpenSSL project.”
According to Ribose founder Ronald Tse, “Ribose is a staunch supporter of open-source and allowing people to secure their own data – this contribution enables people and organizations operating in China to legally utilize the market-leading cryptographic library, OpenSSL, to protect their information. We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with the OpenSSL team and commend them for supporting cryptography usage worldwide.”
About Ribose
Ribose is the award-winning developer of asymmetric security™ technologies trusted by industries with heightened cybersecurity needs. Having pioneered the comprehensive approach to verifiable cybersecurity, Ribose is a Deloitte Technology FAST 20 and Red Herring Top 100 Globalcompany, and received the CSA APAC Enterprise Award and several Stevie® Awardsfor cybersecurity innovations.
Ribose is the only cloud service provider (CSP) triple-assured by the Cloud Security Alliance, the first CSP to receive BSI's Kitemark for Secure Digital Transactions, and the first to achieve certification to the highest security tiers in NIST CSFand MTCS. It is also certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 22301, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018and ISO 45001.
Learn more at: ribose.com.
About OpenSSL
OpenSSL Software Foundation is the non-profit corporation that maintains the OpenSSL toolkit. The OpenSSL toolkit is the market-leading cryptographic library, and serves as a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. Licensed under an Apache-style license, the OpenSSL toolkit is freely available for most commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Learn more at: openssl.org
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Ronald Tse
press@ribose.com
https://www.ribose.com
Twitter: @RiboseUS
OpenSSL Software Foundation:
Matt Caswell
osf-contact@openssl.org
https://www.openssl.org
December 31, 2018 by Ronald Tse
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Argentina’s Mothers of the Disappeared
April 30, 2017Written by Rivera Sun
On April 30, 1977, Azucena Villaflor de De Vincenti and a dozen other mothers gathered in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina’s capitol city to demand justice for their children, who had been “disappeared” by the military junta early in the Dirty War period – a reign of terror that would last from 1974 to 1983, with support from the CIA.
A tense atmosphere of fear pervaded the years of the military regime in Argentina. Opposition was not tolerated; tens of thousands of people were simply “disappeared”. Only some of the bodies would be found. Over two hundred and fifty children were taken from mothers in prison camps, or from those who were disappeared, and put up for adoption. The demonstrations of the Mothers of the Disappeared took extreme courage. They started small in size, but within a year, hundreds of women were participating in the weekly demonstrations. They carried signs with photos of their sons and daughters. The regime tried to discredit them by calling the women, “las locas”, the madwomen.
On December 10th, 1978, International Human Rights Day, the Mothers published an advertisement in the newspaper with the names of their missing children. That evening and soon thereafter, three of the Mothers were disappeared.
The protests continued, intensifying. In 1978, when Argentina hosted the World Cup, the international press covered the Mothers’ demonstrations. After the military gave up its authority to a civilian government in 1983, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo pushed even harder for answers and justice, moving the government to collect testimony from hundreds of witnesses about the disappearances. In 1985, the Trial of the Juntas began a series of prosecutions related to the deaths. The military threatened a coup if the prosecutions did not stop, and in 1986, Congress passed Ley de Punto Final, ending the prosecutions. Under continuous pressure from citizens and the Mothers of the Disappeared, the law was later repealed, and trials resumed in 2005.
Mothers of the Disappeared movements and organizations have formed in Chile and Mexico, as well as inspired the Saturday Mothers in Turkey, the Mourning Mothers and Mothers of Khavaran in Iran, the Committee of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants in Honduras, the Comadres in El Salvador, and the Tiananmen Mothers in China. Across the world, wherever sons and daughters go missing, mothers rise up to demand justice.
Learn more about Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_of_the_Plaza_de_Mayo
Photo Credit: “The white scarf of the Mothers, painted on the ground in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires” CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=354536
This article is from Rivera Sun’s book of nonviolent histories that have made our world. Click here for more information.
Rivera Sun is a change-maker, a cultural creative, a protest novelist, and an advocate for nonviolence and social justice. She’s a love-based revolutionary and the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, The Way Between and ten other fiction, non-fiction and poetry books. Her essays and writings are syndicated by Peace Voice, and have appeared in over a hundred journals nationwide. Rivera Sun speaks and facilitates workshops in strategy for nonviolent change across the country and around the world. She connects the dots between the issues, shares solutionary ideas, and inspires people to step up to the challenge of being a part of the story of change in our times. www.riverasun.com
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On Songwriting...
Robert C. Fullerton singer/songwriter
Robert C Fullerton says that he grew up in a home where the radio was on more than the television. With a mother who listened Elvis and the Beatles, and played piano in a little country church, music was all around him. Teaching himself to play at the age of 12, started him on a journey many musical styles and expressions. Church musician, high school choral director, adjudicator, folk musician, jazz musician, rock cover band musician…
Robert has spent the past several years focusing on one thing: writing and performing his own songs. “I’ve helped other people with the instrumental parts of their songs, arranged choral pieces, written instrumental pieces, but lyrics never came easily. So, I seldom ever tried.” That has changed! Robert now has three studio albums, NEVER TOO LATE (2013), LET IT RAIN (2016), LONG TIME COMING (2019), instrumental EP, LO-FI GLIMPSES, two live albums LIVE AT FARMINGTON VALLEY ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL (2017), ALONE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN (2019) and several singles to his credit, including his latest, RAVENS & CROWS! Robert is currently in the studio working on another album, PRONE TO WANDER, and an EP with the band, Streetlight Shakers.
Drawing lyrical inspiration from everyday settings, and musically from all of his past expressions, gives him a somewhat unique sound. You might call it “Americana”, call it “jazzy folk”, or (to use Robert’s term) “acoustic soul”. He has opened for regional acts, “The Beekeepers”, and “No Any Walls”, “The Wyld Bros.”, and is a local favorite at Norfolk, CT’s Infinity Hall. Several of his songs are featured in Elmwood Productions’ series, “The Risely Brothers”.
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In the Nationwide Opioid Crisis, More Drivers Are Dying Than Ever Before
By rctadmin on August 23, 2017 Comments
The opioid crisis in the United States is making headlines, and once again the news is grim — the number of drivers who have been killed while driving under the influence of opioids is the highest it’s ever been.
Researchers at Columbia University looked at the drug test results of more than 36,000 drivers in Rhode Island, California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire, and West Virginia. They looked specifically at drivers who died within one hour of being in a car crash and found that the number of fatalities has risen a staggering seven times between 1995 and 2015.
In the two years since, the heroin epidemic has only gotten worse.
Not only are more people dying, they are dying with more drugs in their system. According to Columbia University’s data, the prescription opioids in the victim’s system at the time of death went from an average of 1% in 1995 to 7.2% in 2015. The most common opioids found were oxycodone, morphine, and codeine. Plus, a whopping 70% of those who tested positive for prescription opioids also tested positive for additional drugs in their system. Additionally, almost one-third also tested positively for alcohol in their system, according to USA Today.
These numbers just go to show that more drivers are being reckless out on the roads. A few years ago, the country was just learning about the opioid crisis. In 2012, 10.3 million people reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs the year before. Now, public health officials believe this number is rising because opioids are incredibly easy to obtain, whether from a doctor or a drug dealer.
Lead researchers on the study, Stanford Chihuri and Dr. Guohua Li believe that their findings show that the opioid crisis doesn’t just harm individuals. They believe that since so many people are choosing to drive intoxicated, many people are going to be put in harm’s way. And that, they say, is why Americans need to take the opioid crisis more seriously.
“The opioid epidemic has been defined primarily by the counts of overdose fatalities,” Li explained in a statement. “Our study suggests that increases in opioid consumption may carry adverse health consequences far beyond overdose morbidity and mortality.”
Too often, heroin addiction starts at home or in a doctor’s office. In fact, four in five new heroin users started out their drug use by using prescription painkillers. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine took a closer look at drug use across the country, and what they found backs up this claim.
The study found that 92 million American adults used prescription opioids in 2015. For perspective, that number is more than the populations of Florida, California, New Jersey, and New York combined. Of that 92 million, 12 million reported misusing prescription opioids, and about 2 million had opioid use disorder, which is classified by issues cutting down or controlling use.
With these numbers in mind, many are calling on the Trump Administration to step up its efforts to address the crisis. According to a report released in late July, a White House Commission has called on President Trump to declare a nationwide emergency on the opioid epidemic. The Commission explained that a formal state of emergency would allow Trump’s cabinet to take more decisive action and force Congress to provide funding for solutions.
In their public statement to the President, the Commission explains:
It would also awaken every American to this simple fact: If this scourge has not found you or your family yet, without bold action by everyone, it soon will. You, Mr. President, are the only person who can bring this type of intensity to the emergency and we believe you have the will to do so and to do so immediately.
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LifeArt Opens New Dedicated Gallery
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Medford nonprofit LifeArt has a brutally simple mission: use art to prevent youth suicide.
The organization, which partners with various schools and government agencies (such as Jackson County Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition), has been around since 2009. Phil Ortega, the founder of LifeArt, believes the kids will have better lives if they have better alternatives for self-expression.
“I always feel like what we are doing is worth the time and investment,” he says. “Our participants are doing better now than before and I think that the best reward in life is that which comes by true desire to help.”
There are currently more than 150 people involved in LifeArt.
And it didn’t take for numbers that large to outgrow the space that LifeArt inhabited in downtown Medford.
That’s why on June 19, LifeArt took over some new digs, opening its own 1,000 square foot gallery space at 312 Middleford Alley, right in the heart of downtown Medford and smack in the center of the the city’s growing gallery scene.
The new gallery gives the participants a chance to showcase their talents and express themselves publicly.
At the gallery’s grand opening, many LifeArters displayed their enthusiasm for their chosen work inside. Many more spilled into the street.
Adrian Chavez, a 16-year-old participant, was working on a graffiti mural with another student artist, Rachel Miller, outside the gallery during the opening.
The mural is painted on a portable canvas that can be hung in various outdoor or indoor locations.
Chavez told The Messenger that the teamwork and communication process is what he likes about working with other artists on this sort of group piece.
“Everyone has something different they bring to the painting,” he says.
Works created by the kids participating in LifeArt that are on display in the gallery span a wide variety of mediums. Many come from the world of street art and employ tools and materials like spray paint and stencils. Others use more conventional materials like acrylic paints.
In addition to displaying the works by participants, the gallery will include classes in photography, abstract art, poetry and graffiti taught by Caroline Wasick and Adrian Chavez.
The new LifeArt Gallery will be open every Friday and Saturday from Noon-5pm throughout the summer.
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Peter Gandesbery
Peter M Gandesbery was born, and grew up, and attended college in various parts of California before arriving in the Rogue Valley in 2001. He started playing the trumpet at the age of 9, and pretty much replaced this with the bass guitar at the age of 15 after discovering Pink Floyd, the Who and the Buzzcocks. From then on things have gotten a little hazy with some minor achievements in education, whitewater kayaking and playing in various bands in Sacramento, including the Tattooed Love Dogs and then leaving Sacramento to spend a few months in Costa Rica. After returning to the U.S. he moved to the Rogue Valley with his wife, with whom he started a surf rock band. (the Delineators.) His literary inspirations are plentiful, but he counts among his favorites Philip Roth, Carlos Fuentes, Mark Twain and T.C. Boyle.
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In March 2017, filmmaker Sal Bardo started noticing something strange: the views for his short film Sam, which tells the story of a transgender child, had started dipping. Confused, he looked at the other videos on his channel. All but one of them had been placed in restricted mode — an optional mode that screens “potentially mature” content — without YouTube informing him. In July of that year, most of them were also demonetized. One of the videos that had been restricted was a trailer for one of his short films; another was an It Gets Better video aimed at LGBTQ youth. Sam had been shadow-banned, meaning that users couldn’t search for it on YouTube. None of the videos were sexually explicit or profane.
Bardo started digging further into the issue and speaking to other creators, and realized that “a lot of videos that were completely benign were LGBT or tagged LGBT were being targeted,” he tells Rolling Stone. Many of these videos were similar to his, in that they were fairly anodyne. When he saw a post on the YouTube Creators Blog stating that some LGBTQ content creators had been affected by changes in the algorithm, and that the company was aware of the issue and working on it, he was reassured, particularly after he successfully appealed for restricted mode to be lifted off his videos in early 2018. By late 2019, however, most of the content on his channel was restricted again, without any heads-up or explanation from YouTube. He also received an email in September 2019 saying his entire channel had been demonetized because it contained “content isolated for the sole purpose of sexual gratification.”
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As a result of this back-and-forth, Bardo says, his revenue from YouTube has dipped about 75% since 2016, and viewership has declined from about 60,000 views a day to 5,000. “My films have played at festivals around the world, but YouTube is the place where I’ve reached the most people. It’s where I get the most eyeballs,” he says. Had his work not been effectively deplatformed, “I can’t really quantify what the impact is or what potential opportunities I’ve could have seen.”
Frustrated, Bardo decided to join an amended suit filed on behalf of LGBTQ content creators against Google and YouTube, alleging discrimination. The initial version of the class-action suit was filed in August 2019, in which five YouTube channels alleged that the platform had unfairly targeted LGBTQ content creators with practices similar to those described by Bardo: demonetizing videos, placing them in restricted mode without warning, and hiding them from search results. The amended suit, filed this week, adds three new plaintiffs, including Bardo, as well as a federal First Amendment claim, according to Peter Obstler, chief counsel for the plaintiffs. It contains comparisons of various videos made by LGBTQ creators, which had been demonetized and/or restricted, to similar ones created by non-LGBTQ creators, which had not. A 2013 demonetized cotton-ball challenge video (a reference to a then-popular viral challenge) by Bria Kam and Crissy Chambers, who run the channel BriaAndChrissy and are listed as plaintiffs on the suit, generated just 71,000 views; while a fully monetized and similar “family cotton ball challenge” garnered more than 750,000.
More to the point, such comparisons constitute what Obstler claims is ample evidence that YouTube is “not filtering content at all. What they’re filtering is the identity of the speakers.” This argument, he argues, runs counter to YouTube’s claim that the Communications Decency Act (CDA) renders it immune from such complaints, as the CDA protects content hosted by platforms and not the identities of creators. According to YouTube spokesperson Alex Joseph, the company denies the claims. “We’re proud that so many LGBTQ creators have chosen YouTube as a place to share their stories and build community,” he wrote in a statement. “All content on our site is subject to the same policies. Our policies have no notion of sexual orientation or gender identity and our systems do not restrict or demonetize videos based on these factors or the inclusion of terms like ‘gay’ or ‘transgender.’ In addition, we have strong policies prohibiting hate speech, and we quickly remove content that violates our policies and terminate accounts that do so repeatedly.”
Obstler is a Yale Law School graduate and ardent free speech advocate with a predilection towards avuncular turns of phrase (“I feel like a million bucks: green and wrinkled,” he recently said by way of a greeting on a recent call). Over the past few years, curbing what he views as YouTube censorship has become something of a rallying cry for Obstler, who argues that actions like demonetization and shadow-banning are disproportionately applied to small third-party creators who are not members of the platform’s partner program, with a distinct focus on members of the LGBT community.
YouTube wields enormous power over not just native content creators whose business models are wholly reliant on the platform, but on independent filmmakers and artists like Bardo, who largely rely on it for exposure. Obstler’s lawsuit contends that because YouTube hosts nearly 95% of all public video-based content, it effectively wields a monopoly over the market, and its powers over small-time creators largely go unchecked. And because YouTube, like other social-media behemoths, has long contended that it is merely a platform and not a publisher, it is largely exempt from the standards and levels of oversight governing traditional media publishers. “We’ve never seen a business model where the model is the monetization and profiting of other people’s speech,” says Obstler. “That’s a fundamental sea change.”
Of course, as a privately owned company, YouTube is under no obligation to allow all forms of speech on its platform, and demonetization or restricting videos on a free user-generated platform is not necessarily tantamount to suppression of free speech. Part of Obstler’s argument is that YouTube’s actions in this regard constitute a contractual violation, as restricting content in any capacity runs counter to YouTube’s claim that it is “viewpoint-neutral.” “You can’t build the largest social media public forum in the world for video content on the premise that you’re viewpoint-neutral and apply that stuff selectively based on viewpoint and identity for whatever reason,” he says.
The argument that YouTube arbitrarily applies its content restrictions is certainly not a new one; indeed, in recent years many lawmakers on the right have argued that YouTube is biased against conservatives, particularly as YouTube has started cracking down on conspiracy theorists, misinformation peddlers, and far-right extremists. And Obstler is somewhat unique in that he has defended plaintiffs against YouTube on both sides of the political spectrum. Prior to the LGBTQ class-action suit, Obstler represented Prager U, a far-right channel that also argued that YouTube had discriminated against it by restricting and demonetizing some of its content.
Many on the left do not view PragerU as the most sympathetic plaintiff. The arch-conservative group has been accused of promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories and has been referred to as a gateway drug to the far-right. The case was a surprising choice for Obstler himself, who self-identifies as a staunch liberal (or, as he puts it: “I may not be a Bernie bot, but i’m a solid Elizabeth Warren”). But he believes that the Prager U case is representative of a larger issue of YouTube using its immense power to indiscriminately censor content based on a content creator’s identity, thereby violating its own claims of viewpoint neutrality. He classifies PragerU’s content in that category, referring to much of it as “vanilla” and fairly anodyne. (When asked about videos such as “The Charlottesville Lie,” a controversial August 2019 video that falsely refutes the claim that Trump referred to some far-right extremists at the 2017 Charlottesville rally as “very fine” people, and could potentially be viewed as misinformation, Obstler said he hadn’t seen it, but pointed out that Prager “does not purport to be a news organization.”)
“A lot of my friends would say to me, ‘Peter, what are you doing? This is a conservative group,” Obstler says, about representing Prager. “And I’d be like, ‘Guys, this is about the ox getting gored. Think about this: suppose Google and YouTube get sold to Rupert Murdoch and we make a whole bunch of bad laws [saying] they can do whatever to anybody they want. You’re not gonna be too happy about that.'”
Indeed, the first plaintiffs behind the LGBTQ creator class-action, Chris Knight and Celso Dulay, approached Obstler not in spite of his connection with the Prager case, but because of it. The issues central to both suits “seemed so similar,” says Knight, who with Dulay cofounded the website Glitter Bomb TV, which operates the channel GNews! on YouTube. “I could see how there would be issues between the two [political] camps, but we felt really comfortable with him and that’s why we chose him to represent us,” says Knight.
Knight and his husband and cofounder, Celso Dulay, approached Obstler in January of this year, after having struggled with what they claim are YouTube’s arbitrary decision-making processes for years. The final nail in the coffin was a call with Google AdWords in early 2018, after YouTube had barred them from running an ad for the channel’s holiday special, on the grounds that it contained “shocking content.” On the call, a Google AdWords employee can be heard saying that the central issue was the “content about the gays and everything,” and that the AdWords policy prohibited the “gay thing.” Following that incident, YouTube quickly apologized to Knight and Dulay, but the issue of their content being flagged or restricted persisted, prompting them to approach Obstler. “We just kinda got fed up with what was going on in the community,” Knight says.
YouTube is at something of a pivotal point in its evolution: in addition to having to contend with accusations from the right of doing too much to hinder expression on the platform, it must also contend with accusations from the left that it is not doing nearly enough. YouTube is also moving toward cleaning up the platform by reportedly trying to heighten the presence of celebrity and network partners, which creators who have spent years building their brands on YouTube say is increasingly edging them out, regardless of their individual identities. A policy introduced in September that removed verification badges from creators was met with intense backlash from creators of all stripes, prompting YouTube to quickly walk back on the policy rollout.
Obstler believes that the actions YouTube has taken against LGBTQ creators is prompted not by malice, but by the desire to make room for more polished partner content creators on the platform. “I have strong suspicions that it is anti-competitive more than anything else, that it is an attempt to clear the platform of third-party content so they can promote their own,” he says. But this is more supposition than anything else. For LGBTQ creators, many of whom have long viewed the LGBTQ community on YouTube as one of the few supportive places on the internet, the lawsuit can really be boiled down to an attempt on their behalf to regain some control from a platform that they say has increasingly made them feel as if they have none. “After two and a half years of battling them over this and not seeing progress, someone needs to do something,” Bardo says.
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Tal Rabin
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Tal Rabin is the Head of Research at Algorand Foundation. Prior to joining the foundation Tal was a Distinguished Research Staff Member and the Manager of the Cryptographic Research Group at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center. Her research focuses on the general area of cryptography and more specifically on secure multiparty computation and privacy preserving computations. She has a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University. Rabin is an ACM Fellow, an IACR (International Association of Cryptologic Research) Fellow and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was named by Forbes as one of the Top 50 Women in Tech, 2018. She has served as the Program and General Chair of leading cryptography conferences and is an Editor of the Journal of Cryptology. At RSA Conference 2019, Tal was the recipient of the RSAC Award for Excellence in Mathematics.
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Creating an Information Campaign with Teeth in it
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From 2001 to 2003, staff from Oral Health America, America's Fund for Dental Health developed the "Campaign for Oral Health Parity." The purpose of the campaign was to raise awareness of oral health issues among policy-makers, opinion leaders and the public, and to create the first state-by-state oral health report card.
The campaign had been initiated by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 1999.
Campaign staff produced two state-by state oral health report cards: Filling the Gaps: Oral Health in America (2002) and Keep America Smiling: Oral Health in America (2003).
In 2002, stories by the Associated Press and USA Today on the report card and subsequent communications efforts garnered approximately 78 million audience impressions, according to the project director.
Staff produced a special report card on oral health and the elderly, entitled A State of Decay: The Oral Health of Older Americans.
The nation's overall oral health grade in 2003 was a C for the second year in a row, reflecting stalled progress in advancing oral health care for all Americans. Subcategories received the following grades:
The average state grade for prevention programs, such as fluoridation of public water supplies and school-based sealant programs: C.
The average grade in regard to access to dentists and availability of Medicaid providers: C-.
The average grade in regard to public health infrastructure: C+.
Oral health status for American adults: C.
The average grade in regard to oral health state policies: C.
In the report card on oral health and the elderly, staff rated the national overall oral health grade for older Americans as a D. Grades for subcategories included:
Private dental insurance for older Americans: D.
Level of adult Medicaid dental coverage: D+.
National average for adult Medicaid dental service reimbursement rates: F.
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The Saddleback College ESL faculty is made up of 6 full-time faculty members, 4 emeritus faculty, and many part-time faculty members. All our instructors are here to help our students learn English, so please feel free to contact us!
Stevie Daniels
Stevie has been teaching in the California community college system for eighteen years and has an MA in Linguistics with an ESL option and a BS degree in Criminology with a Law Enforcement option both from Fresno State University. For seventeen years, she served at Fresno City College as an ESL/Linguistics professor and as Coordinator of Academic Computing. She has taught a wide array of ESL, VESL, and Linguistics courses in both the face-to-face and online venues. Her specialty is developing vocational and academic ESL courses that co-articulate with other disciplines across campus. Stevie has presented numerous sessions on integrating technology into the college curriculum at conferences such as CATESOL, TechEd, the Monterey Summer Technology Institute, @One, and the Universal Design for Learning. She loves to incorporate the use of technology in her teaching to create a lively, interesting, and interactive learning environment for her students. She is a firm believer in adult learning principles where students help create their own learning opportunities and share them with other classmates. She believes humor and fun are necessary parts of these learning opportunities.
Stevie has traveled to foreign countries such as Korea, Japan, Mexico, and Canada. She is bilingual in English and American Sign Language and appreciates when her students try to teach her new words from their first language. Besides traveling, Stevie likes to go boogie boarding, hiking, and biking with her family. She is an avid animal lover and vegetarian, and when time allows, she likes to work with animal rescue agencies.
Chin Lam
Chin Lam has a M.A. in Applied Linguistics and TESL and a B.A. in Linguistics and Anthropology, both from UCLA. She has been an ESL instructor since 2001, and began teaching at Saddleback College in 2009. Before coming to Saddleback, she was an ESL instructor at UCI Extension, UCLA Extension, and various community colleges. Chin remains active in the field of ESL by attending and presenting at conferences. She has been a member of TESOL and CATESOL for many years. Chin understands how important ESL classes are to her students, especially since her family were first generation immigrants to this country. Chin enjoys learning languages and speaks a few dialects of Chinese and some Vietnamese and Spanish. In her free time, Chin enjoys seeing the world, eating food from different cultures, and trying to exercise.
Julie McGirr
Julie McGirr received her Master’s Degree in Education with a specialization i n TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) from CSU Fullerton and her Bachelor’s Degree in French from UC Irvine. She’s been teaching English as a Second Language at colleges and universities since 1990. Having lived in four different countries, she's experienced the challenges of learning new languages and adapting to other cultures. She says she learns so much from her students, and she admires their courage to leave their home countries and start a new life here in the United States.
Outside of teaching, Julie McGirr is involved in her local community, and she loves being outdoors – particularly at the beach. And most of all, she especially enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, scuba diving and learning new things.
Femia Scarfone
Femia Scarfone received an M.S. in Education for TESOL from California State University, Fullerton and a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of California, Berkeley after transferring with honors and an A.A. Degree from Orange Coast College. She has been involved in the field of ESL since 2006, and has taught full-time for California State University, Fullerton’s American Language Program and part-time for Saddleback, Irvine Valley, and Orange Coast Colleges. At CSUF, in addition to her teaching during the semester, she coordinated a short-term program for high school students from Brazil in the summer, and also worked with the TESOL Department on campus to serve as a Master Teacher for graduate students in their practicum. Femia has presented at several conferences, and has been an active member of the Orange County Chapter of CATESOL since 2009. She has served on the OC Chapter Board as Secretary, Coordinator Elect, Coordinator, and now Past Coordinator, volunteering to organize conferences and workshops in the Orange County area.
Femia was born in Orange and grew up in Huntington Beach, California. She is trilingual in English, Spanish, and Italian, and in her free time, she loves to read, explore new places, and spend time outdoors. Femia comes from a family of teachers, and her passion for teaching ESL not only stems from the fact that she loves to travel, but also that she is a first-generation American, with parents who immigrated to the US from Italy with their families and had to assimilate into a new culture. She strives to create an environment in the classroom that is comfortable for her students, supportive, and motivating.
Janet Bagwell
Janet Bagwell received her BS from Duquesne University, a teaching credential from University of Pittsburgh, and her MS in Education with a concentration in Reading and Language Arts as well as a Reading Specialist Credential from California State University, Fullerton. She continued her education at UCI where she received a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. In addition to teaching at Saddleback, Janet has been a lecturer at California State University, Fullerton where she taught undergraduate and graduate reading classes.
Janet is excited to work with ESL students as a reading instructor in the Saddleback Academic Reading Center. She thoroughly enjoys meeting students from many cultures and helping them to learn English in order to reach their goals. When she’s not in the classroom or Reading Lab, Janet spends her time reading, engaging in outdoor activities, and playing with her five grandchildren.
Annie Gilbert
Annie Gilbert is the Coordinator for the Saddleback College Community Education Adult ESL courses across South Orange County, and she has been teaching at Saddleback College for five years. She holds a M.A. in Second Language Education from McGill University in Canada, a B.A. in French Teaching and a TESL Certificate. She taught Adult ESL at the School of Continuing Education at Cypress College for ten years and taught international students at UCI Extension for a summer. As a naturalized U.S. citizen, she understands the challenges that immigrants face and strives to create lessons based on the goals and needs of her students. She received the School of Continuing Education Teacher of the Year Award in 2008 and was nominated Orange County College Teacher of the Year in 2009. Before moving to California in 2003, she taught ESL, TEFL or French in Canada, Argentina, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. When she is not working, she spends her time with her husband and daughter, and she enjoys hiking, yoga, learning new technologies, traveling and improving her Spanish.
Emeritus faculty are professors who were Full-time Faculty at Saddleback College, but have retired from full-time work. Many Emeritus Faculty still teach part-time here at Saddleback.
Roni Lebauer
Roni Lebauer has an M.A. in TESL from the University of Hawaii and a B.A. in Applied Linguistics from Queens College of the City University of New York. Her 30+ years in the profession have given her a range of experiences. This has included teaching ESL in the U.S., teaching EFL abroad, training teachers in the U.S. and abroad, presenting at conferences, and writing textbooks. She has been at Saddleback College since 1990. She also spent 8 years developing and teaching ESL at UC Irvine. Way back when, she spent almost 2 years teaching at the University of Kabul in Afghanistan. She has trained teachers in a number of places: at UC Irvine, in American Samoa, in Micronesia, in Brazil, in Poland, and in Japan. She is also the author of 6 different ESL textbooks.
Roni Lebauer thoroughly enjoys teaching. It was her curiosity about travel and other cultures that initially got her interested in teaching ESL, and she feels lucky to have an opportunity to learn from her students as well as teach them. She feels that one of the most important tasks of an ESL teacher is to create an environment in the classroom where everyone feels respected and motivated and comfortable. She wants each student to feel that time in her class is time well-spent, personally and academically. During her free time, Roni explores a number of interests, such as, hiking, painting, and going to art, music, and theater events. And, of course, as would be expected of an ESL teacher, she loves to travel and read... and eat great food from different traditions!
Carol Bander
Carol Bander has been teaching German and ESL at Saddleback College since 1977. As her parents were refugees and she grew up bilingually, she brings an extra layer of understanding to her students' situation. She graduated with a B.A. in German from Queens College, City University of New York (Phi Beta Kappa) and with an M.A. and Ph.D. in German from the University of Southern California. She also received her ESL Certificate and secondary credential from the University of California at Irvine. She has been very involved with CATESOL, having served as President, Past President, President-elect, Secretary and the inaugural Chapter Council Chair at the state level. She continues to serve on conference committees and at the local chapter level. She has over 50 publications in the CATESOL News on ESL related issues. She loves teaching grammar and pronunciation and has served on and off as Department Coordinator and Chair. Her interests include reading, movies, theater, cooking (with a Cordon Bleu degree), but most of all, she is a passionate traveler having visited 100 countries.
Cheryl Altman
Cheryl Altman joined Saddleback College in August of 1989. As a faculty member her responsibilities have included teaching Reading and English as a Second Language; Chair of the Reading Department; Coordinator of the Reading Lab; Coordinator of Title III Grant, Activity I; Coordinator of Saddleback’s Basic Skills Initiative; Facilitator for SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes); Academic Senator; former member of the State Academic Senate's Committee on Basic Skills. Professor Altman retired from full-time teaching but continues to teach part-time at Saddleback College. Prior to teaching full-time at Saddleback College, Professor Altman was an Associate Professor at Saddleback College, Santa Ana College and Harper Rainey College in Illinois. In her leisure time she enjoys traveling, gardening, hiking, watching old movies, and reading, reading, reading.
Kathleen Smith has been teaching at Saddleback College since 1979 and has served the ESL Department in a variety of different capacities including Department Chair. She has an M.A. in TESL from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. Her previous experience includes teaching ESL to Indo-Chinese Refugees, EFL to Italian students in Italy, and teaching for Santa Ana Unified School District, Laguna Hills and UCI Extension. She is a member of CATESOL and TESOL and has given presentations on various aspects of teaching ESL at CATESOL, TESOL and MEXTESL in Puebla and Ensenada, Mexico. She has lived abroad and has a basic ability in Spanish, French and some Italian.
Professor Smith retired from full-time teaching, but continues to teach part-time at Saddleback College. She loves teaching and especially enjoys the opportunity to learn from her students about their different cultures while helping them to develop the language skills they need. She regards teaching ESL students as a great privilege and wants her students to feel respected and comfortable in her classroom. During her free time, she enjoys traveling the world, exploring new cultures and languages, taking photographs, writing and discovering new literature.
Alma Benitez
Alma Benitez was born in Mexico, but came to California at the age of 3 . She grew up speaking Spanish and English. Her parents inspired her to become an ESL teacher because they came to this country not knowing English and had to work hard to give Alma and her siblings a better life. Alma wanted to become a teacher and help people like her parents. She studied at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and received her Bachelor’s Degree in English in 2005 and her Master’s Degree in Education with an emphasis in TESOL in 2009. She has been teaching at Saddleback College since 2013. Before coming to Saddleback, she taught ESL classes in the School of Continuing Education in the North Orange County Community College District.
Alma enjoys teaching ESL because she loves to meet people from other countries and learn about different cultures. She always learns a lot from her students and tries her best to give them a great learning experience as well. When Alma is not teaching, she enjoys reading a good book and spending time with her four daughters!
Debbie Goss
Debbie Goss earned her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Soka University of America in 2009. Her undergraduate work was at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon where she majored in Foreign Languages and Education. Since 2004, Debbie has taught both in the public and private sector with a variety of approaches including Montessori, Waldorf, and Soka Education. She is trained in AVID teaching strategies, peace education, and online best practices. Since 2006, she has kept current in ESL teaching methods through involvement with TESOL and CATESOL. She is concerned about issues facing humanity today both on a global and individual level and sees the ESL learning environment as a place full of opportunities to share ideas on making our world a better place as students’ communicative skills improve. Debbie has travelled to Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Switzerland, the Philippines, and Taiwan. She loves ESL because she feels that every day in her classroom is like travelling around the world. Sharing her passionate enthusiasm for learning with her students, Debbie strives to make each class academically engaging and lots of fun!
Eva Hodjera
Eva Hodjera was born in Munich, Germany, of Western European parents. She got her MA in German Language and Literature from the University of Southern California and her Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the University of California at Irvine. Her love of travel and curiosity about other cultures have taken her to many parts of the globe including China, Southeast Asia, South America, Europe, and India. She lived and taught English in Switzerland for many years before returning to the States and teaching at Saddleback College, where she has been since 1992. She finds her work in this field extremely rewarding especially because she likes connecting students with their environment and community, and also because it connects her with the world of her students. In her free time, she hikes, travels, reads, and meditates.
Diane Lavigne-Barlow
Diane Lavigne-Barlow has an MS in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from CSUF. She has taught ESL at UCI and Concordia University, as well as Saddleback College. She also studied literature and linguistics, and completed the master’s degree coursework in linguistics at Laval University, where she taught several classes. She has always been fascinated by other cultures and languages. She initially started teaching French at Saddleback College, but decided to get an additional degree to teach ESL because she felt that her personal experience learning the English language could serve as an inspiration for her students. She loves teaching language and is grateful to have the opportunity to get to know the many wonderful students she meets in her classes. She loves humor, reading, cooking and eating, and she spends most weekends sailing and enjoying nature.
Annie Park
Annie Park received her Master’s Degree in TESOL from Biola University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Ecology at UC Irvine. In addition to teaching at Saddleback, Annie also teaches at UC Irvine. Over the years, she has taught English in several countries such as India, Thailand, Brazil, and Japan. She was born and raised in Southern California, so she knows all the places to have fun! She loves meeting students from all over the world and hopes to teach for many more years! Come and say “hello” to me if you see me around campus!
In her free time, she loves baking, traveling, watching movies, trying new restaurants, going to Disneyland, gardening, and reading books.
Neda Sahranavard
Neda Sahranavard received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English Language and Literature. She attained her TESL Certificate from University of California, Irvine. Neda has taught English to speakers of other languages extensively both in the United States and abroad. She has worked with students of diverse ethnic, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds at the college and university level. Throughout her career as an EFL/ESL/English Instructor, Neda has encouraged her students to understand the English language and promoted their exploration of English literature and cultural issues.
Katherine Sleep
Katherine Sleep received her MA in ESL from the University of Hawaii and her BA in Linguistics and Italian from the University of New Hampshire. As a university student, she studied several languages and also spent time working in Europe and completing a translation degree in Florence, Italy. Now she enjoys showing ESL students how the English language works so that they can gain the language skills they need to reach their goals. In her free time, she has fun experimenting in her garden or enjoying the beauty of Orange County beaches and trails.
Todd Windsich
Todd Windisch graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in French & Francophone Studies and CSUF with an M.S. in Education with an emphasis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). While studying abroad in France during his time at UCLA, he found a love of travel and meeting people from different cultures. He further believes that learning a second, third, or even fourth language opens your mind to limitless new possibilities and ways of thinking that broaden one's perspective and create deeper understanding. In his free time, he enjoys travelling, movies, and live theater. In addition to teaching part-time at Saddleback College, he also teaches at other community colleges and universities in Orange County and Los Angeles County.
Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss has both a BA and MA in French. After many years of teaching French, she obtained a TESL
Certificate from UCI where she has taught all ESL levels and skills for more than 13 years. Her focus has been on advanced reading and writing courses.
Ms. Weiss’s international experience includes living in France and Chile. She has also traveled in Europe, North Africa, South America, and Asia. She enjoys learning about other cultures.
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Gilbert Burns routs Woodley in UFC’s return to Las Vegas
May 30, 2020 at 8:59 pm Updated May 31, 2020 at 8:43 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gilbert Burns dominated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley to win a unanimous decision on Saturday night in the mixed martial arts promotion’s return to Las Vegas.
Brazilian heavyweight Augusto Sakai employed some unpunished gamesmanship to eke out a split-decision victory over Bulgaria’s Blagoy Ivanov in the penultimate bout of the UFC’s first show in its hometown since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The event was held without fans at the UFC Apex, a small gym with broadcast facilities on the promotion’s corporate campus. The UFC used minimal personnel to stage the fight, and the promotion said everyone involved was subject to strict health and safety protocols.
The 33-year-old Burns (19-3) dominated on his feet and on the ground, finishing his first main-event bout with likely the biggest win of his career and his sixth consecutive victory since July 2018, including four straight since moving back up to welterweight.
From a first-round knockdown to a strong finish, the Florida-based Brazilian soundly defeated one of the most accomplished welterweights in UFC history and made his case for a shot at champion Kamaru Usman, who happens to be his training partner.
“I trained so hard for this fight, and I knew I could do it,” said Burns, who entered the bout ranked sixth in the crowded 170-pound division. “I was calling these guys out for a reason. I’m coming to stay. That was a former champion right there. You saw a dominant performance against a former champion. I’m ready. I feel so good right now.”
The judges all gave all five rounds to Burns, scoring it 50-45, 50-44 and 50-44. Burns called out Usman in his post-fight interview.
“I love the champ, my training partner,” Burns said. “But come on, give me a shot. A lot of respect, a lot of love for you, but I think I’m next. … If they want to make a fight in July, come on. I don’t have a scratch.”
Burns came out with furious energy against Woodley, dropping the ex-champ in the opening seconds and gaining full mount. A gaping cut opened in Woodley’s left eyebrow in the opening minutes, and Burns again overcame Woodley’s famously strong takedown defense to drop Woodley again in the second round.
Woodley (19-5-1) hadn’t fought since losing his title in a one-sided thrashing from Usman in March 2019. Woodley had reigned atop the division for nearly three years, and the 38-year-old University of Missouri graduate said he dealt with depression while debating whether to stay in MMA or to pursue a music career.
Burns’ victory capped an entertaining show at the Apex, where the octagon is only 25 feet in diameter, compared to 30 feet in most competitive cages. The compact dimensions typically lead to more aggressive fighting, and this card featured six finishes in its 11 bouts.
Burns was fighting in a fan-free arena for the second time in 2 1/2 months. He stopped veteran Demian Maia in Brasilia on March 14 in the UFC’s final show before it halted competition.
After an eight-week break, the UFC returned to competition earlier this month with three shows over eight days in Jacksonville, Florida. With ambitions to hold near-weekly cards throughout the summer as part of its expansive broadcast deal with ESPN, the promotion relocated its operations to its own facilities after the Nevada Athletic Commission agreed three days ago to allow the return of combat sports.
Although this card was fairly light on star power, the promotion will stage UFC 250 next Saturday night from the same gym. Two-division champion Amanda Nunes’ featherweight title defense against Canada’s Felicia Spencer headlines the pay-per-view card.
UFC President Dana White continues to promise additional shows this summer from the so-called “Fight Island,” an undisclosed private isle where the promotion intends to host bouts between fighters who can’t enter the U.S. due to health restrictions.
Sakai (15-1-1) remained unbeaten in the UFC with his fourth straight victory when two judges favored him 29-28 after a lively bout with Ivanov (18-4), who was up 30-27 on the third judge’s card.
Sakai escaped punishment from referee Jason Herzog in the third round when he blatantly grabbed the chain-link wall of the cage while attempting to avoid a takedown attempt by Ivanov.
Grabbing the cage is illegal and punishable by a point deduction, but Herzog merely warned Sakai verbally. The decision was met with audible disbelief by Daniel Cormier, the former UFC heavyweight champion working in the quiet arena as a color commentator.
Strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern opened the main card by finishing Hannah Cifers with a knee bar that was the first leg-lock submission victory by a woman in UFC history. Dern (8-1) earned her first win since giving birth to her daughter last year.
More AP sports: https://apnews.com/tag/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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MLS targets May 10 return, considers extending into December
March 19, 2020 at 8:37 am Updated March 19, 2020 at 2:05 pm
InterMiami co-owner David Beckham, right, talks with head coach Diego Alonso during an MLS training session, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Major League Soccer is shutting down for 30 days because of the coronavirus, delaying the home opener for the expansion InterMiami team co-owned by former England captain David Beckham. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer is targeting a May 10 return to play and will consider pushing back its championship game by a month into December.
After announcing a 30-day suspension last week because of the new coronavirus, the league said Thursday it will follow last weekend’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to not hold events involving more than 50 people for eight weeks.
“MLS remains focused on playing the entire 2020 season and is evaluating all options, including pushing back the end of the season and playing MLS Cup in December, as the league did prior to the 2019 season,” the league said in a statement.
The MLS championship game had been scheduled for Nov 7.
On its website, the league announced the May 10 target for a return date.
Teams have played two matches in their 34-game, regular-season league schedule. Inter Miami, the expansion team co-owned by former England captain David Beckham, had been preparing for its home opener at its temporary stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
MLS held its championship in December from 2012-18, then cut the length of its playoffs last year by changing the earlier rounds to knockouts from a two-leg format.
Last year’s title game was Nov. 10.
The United Soccer League said Wednesday the suspension of the second-tier USL Championship and third-tier League One has been extended through May 10.
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St Jerome, detail, by Marinus van Reymerswaele, c.1490-c.1546 (Wikimedia)
From a cave beneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came the most enduring version of the Bible ever translated.
In this underground study — pleasantly cool in summer but chilly in winter — St Jerome spent 30 years translating the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin.
The scholarly Dalmatian priest began his task around AD 386. The text he produced in St Jerome’s Cave was the first official vernacular version of the Bible. Known as the Vulgate, it remained the authoritative version for Catholics until the 20th century.
This version, asserts the historian G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville, was “assuredly heard by more Christians than any other”.
St Jerome (also known as Hieronymus, the Latin version of Jerome) spent more than 36 years in the Holy Land. He was well-known for his ascetic lifestyle and his passionate involvement in doctrinal controversies.
Bethlehem was a monastic centre
Chapel in St Jerome’s Cave (Seetheholyland.net)
Access to St Jerome’s two-room cave is from the Church of St Catherine. On the right hand side of the nave, steps lead down to a complex of subterranean chambers. At the end, on the right, are the rooms where Jerome lived and worked.
The adjacent caves have been identified as the burial places of Jerome (whose remains were later taken to Rome), his successor St Eusebius, and Sts Paula and Eustochium.
Paula, a noble Roman widow, and her daughter, Eustochium, worked with Jerome in making Bethlehem a great monastic centre.
The first cave on the left at the bottom of the stairs is identified as the Chapel of the Holy Innocents. This is said to be the burial place of infants killed by King Herod in his attempt to eliminate the newborn “King of the Jews”.
Opinion of pilgrims varied
Jerome wrote of innumerable pilgrims flocking to Bethlehem from Britain and India, Pontus (a part of Asia Minor, now in Turkey) and Ethiopia.
St Jerome with skull at his feet, outside St Catherine’s Church (David Niblack)
His opinion of them fluctuated, as shown by two conflicting statements:
• “The very best of the Christian community comes to the Holy Land; they speak different tongues, but the devotion is one and the same. There is no sign of conflict or arrogance, no differentiation whatsoever, except in the mode of dress. No one censures another, no one criticises or judges his neighbour.”
• “They come here from all over the world, the city regurgitates every type of human being; and there is an awful crush of persons of both sexes who in other places you should avoid at least in part but here you have to stomach them to the full.”
Jerome died in 420. His body was later transferred to Constantinople and then to Rome, where his bones rest today in the Basilica of St Mary Major.
In front of the Church of St Catherine, his statue stands on a granite column in a restored Crusader cloister. At his feet is a skull, a symbol of the transience of human existence.
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Massacre of the Holy Innocents: Matthew 2:16-18
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Codex Amiatinus, the oldest surviving manuscript of St Jerome’s Vulgate Bible (© Bibliotheca Laurentiana, Florence)
Bas-relief of St Jerome over the place where his body lay before being transferred to Rome (Seetheholyland.net)
“Once the place of St Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church” (Seetheholyland.net)
Page from the Codex Amiatinus (© Bibliotheca Laurentiana, Florence)
St Jerome on pillar outside St Catherine’s Church (Mohamed Yahya)
Mosaic over altar in St Jerome’s Cave (Seetheholyland.net)
Chapel where St Jerome was originally buried (Seetheholyland.net)
Inman, Nick, and McDonald, Ferdie (eds): Jerusalem & the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guide, Dorling Kindersley, 2007)
Joseph, Frederick: “Bethlehem”, Holy Land, winter 2002
Saltet, Louis: “St. Jerome”: The Catholic Encyclopedia (Robert Appleton Company, 1910)
St Jerome (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Jerome (Wikipedia)
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Country Music Legend Roy Clark Has Passed Away
Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and the man who introduced millions to the gift, beauty, and humor of country music, Roy Clark, has died. Clark passed away at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday (11-14) due to complications with pneumonia. He was 85-years-old.
Hank Penny, Jimmy Dean, Roy Clark, Wanda Jackson
Glen Campbell Readies His Final Album “Adiós”
Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2011, and subsequently announced a farewell tour for 2011 and 2012. After the tour is when Adiós was recorded to “[capture] what magic was left” according to Glen’s wife Kim. The album features songs that Campbell loved, but never had a chance to record in his career.
Adios, Ashley Campbell, Glen Campbell, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Cash, The Band Perry, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson
Once And For All: SPOKEN WORD IS NOT RAP!
Trigger Down with Pop Country 32 Comments
As simply as I can put it, making the case that spoken word and rapping in music are the same thing is an ignorance-based insult to the artistic integrity and creativity of both spoken word and rap artists, and to the intelligence of anyone who that case is being made to. Battling the infiltration of country rap is hard enough without revising history.
Charlie Daniels, country, country rap, Hank Williams, Jason Aldean, Jimmy Dean, rap, Red Foley, Red Sovine, Tex Williams, Woody Guthrie
ElRay on Oh Thank Goodness: Willie Nelson Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
Trigger on Ricky Skaggs, Toby Keith Medals Not a “Reaction” to Impeachment
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Editor-in-Chief: Cameron Ross
Russian Politics (RUPO) is an international, peer-reviewed journal examining the scholarship of intersections between on the one hand, Russian studies, and on the other hand Politics, Law, Economics and Russian history. This journal will feature a diverse range of perspectives through its editorial board in order to encourage a transnational and global study of Russian Politics. This approach involves the study of Russian politics as a broad system of human experience, social changes, statecraft and global political tendencies, which enhances the authentic value of the journal among those already existing. The professional composition of the editorial board which is represented by editors insistently assigned for their expertise in this field of science and politics will guarantee qualitatively good contributions to each volume of RUPO.
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Often times when a need arises, a person with foresight and drive, forms an organization to service other human beings.
Many great organizations survived and flourished through the ages, first started by Christians.
Business/Organizations A-Z
Amnesty International is an organization that campaigns for Justice and liberty for oppressed people all over the world.
Amnesty International was started in 1961 by two Christians, Peter Beneson (a lawyer, advocate for the oppressed from his teens, founder and a devout Catholic) and Eric Baker (co-founder and secretary of Amnesty International and a Quaker).
Nobel Peace prize 1977 for campaign against torture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International#History
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/world/europe/peter-benenson-founder-of-amnesty-group-dies-at-83.html
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/peter-benenson-obituary?pid=3219284
Children of the Nations est. 1995
Children of the Nations (COTN) was founded in 1995 and exists to partner with nationals in poverty-stricken areas of the world to provide care for orphaned and destitute children. Operating in Malawi, Sierra Leone, the Dominican Republic, and Uganda, COTN helps nearly 7,000 children on a daily basis. COTN's stated goal is to "Raise children who transform nations."
Children of the Nations (COTN) was founded in 1995 by Chris Clark, a fifth-generation missionary raised in Africa, and his wife, Debbie Clark.
COTN's main goal is to raise these children to become future leaders of their communities. This is accomplished through child sponsorship as well as the donation of funds, resources, and volunteer work related to the construction of children's homes, schools, medical clinics, vocational skills centers, farms, and feeding centers. This assistance is intended to lead to self-sustainability, not dependence.
Children of the Nations currently holds a four-star rating (the highest possible rating) from Charity Navigator, and is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Nations
Christians Against Poverty (CAP)
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a Christian charitable company in the United Kingdom founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire by John Kirkby in 1996. It is a national organisation specializing in debt counselling for individuals in financial difficulty, including those in need of bankruptcy or insolvency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians_Against_Poverty
https://godandpoliticsuk.org/2013/10/31/the-incredible-story-of-john-kirkby-and-christians-against-poverty/
Compassion International est.1952
Compassion International is a Christian humanitarian aid child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. The founder is Everett Swanson, founded 1952.
Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, functions in 25 countries: such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, and India. They also currently help more than 1,200,000 children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_International
http://www.missionslaunch.com/2011/02/23/famous-missionary-everett-swanson/
CORD est. 1967
CORD (Christian Outreach Relief and Development) - (CORD goes by the name CORD, and is not an acronym.) New life after conflict, CORD is a humanitarian organization working with displaced people and communities affected by violent conflicts around the world. It was established in 1967 and rooted in Christian faith, and is located in the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Outreach_for_Relief_%26_Development
Food for the Poor
Since 1982, Food for the Poor has distributed more than $8.2 billion worth of food, medicine, housing materials, water and other aid to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin America.
Food For The Poor, Inc. (FFP) is an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, Florida, United States that provides food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Food For The Poor, Inc. is a 501 corporation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_for_the_Poor
Habitat For Humanity, est. 1976
Habitat for Humanity, one of the largest charities in the US which internationally provides housing for the poor. The founder is Millard Fuller.
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is an international, non-governmental, and nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1976 by Linda and Millard Fuller.
Habitat has been devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing, a self-described "Christian housing ministry," and has addressed the issues of poverty housing all over the world.[1] The international operational headquarters are located in Americus, Georgia, United States, with the administrative headquarters located in Atlanta.[2]
There are five area offices located around the world: United States and Canada; Africa and the Middle East (located in Pretoria, South Africa); Asia-Pacific (Manila, Philippines); Europe and Central Asia (Bratislava, Slovakia); and Latin America and the Caribbean (San Jose, Costa Rica).
Community-level Habitat offices act in partnership with and on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International. In the United States, these local offices are called Habitat affiliates; outside the United States, Habitat operations are managed by national offices. Each affiliate and national office is an independently run, nonprofit organization.
Affiliates and national offices coordinate all aspects of Habitat home building in their local area, including fundraising, building site selection, partner family selection and support, house construction, and mortgage servicing.
The mission statement of Habitat for Humanity is "Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope".[3] Homes are built using volunteer labor and Habitat makes no profit on the sales.[2]
In some locations outside the United States, Habitat for Humanity charges interest to protect against inflation. This policy has been in place since 1986.
Habitat has helped more than 4 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve more than 800,000 homes since its founding in 1976, making Habitat the largest not-for-profit builder in the world.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fuller
Kindernothilfe (KNH)
Kindernothilfe (KNH) is a charity organization and was founded in 1959 by a group of Christians in Duisburg, Germany, in order to help needy children in India. Over time, it has become one of the largest Christian organizations in Europe for children's aid.
Today it supports more than 580,000 children and young people in 28 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. KNH aims to give needy children in the poorest countries of the world a chance to a good start in life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindernothilfe
Dr. Walter Ralston Martin
Dr. Walter Ralston Martin, The Bible Answer Man
Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989), was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a para-church ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.[1][2]
As the author of the influential The Kingdom of the Cults (1965), he has been dubbed the "godfather of the anti-cult movement".[3]
Martin's career as an apologist began at the age of fifteen after being baptized in Hegemen Chapel at The Stony Brook School (Stony Brook, NY).
While in college and graduate school, he often skipped eating during his lunch hours to answer a variety of tough questions about the Bible and the Christian faith while standing on the corner of Wall Street and Broadway, in New York City.
["Walter took a large step in 1965. After appearing on other people’s radio programs, he began his own radio ministry with The Bible Answer Man. That same year he published his best known book, The Kingdom of the Cults...
Cults were everywhere in the 1970s. Early in the decade radios blared George Harrison’s promotion for the Hare Krishna cult: the song “My Sweet Lord.” That group and Moonies were often visible at airports where they sold flowers. In 1978, the whole world woke up to the power of cults: Jim Jones led 909 of his followers to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. In the wake of that tragedy in Jonestown, Guyana, NBC TV interviewed Walter as a cult expert...
There were growing numbers of rescues from cult groups. Cult watchdog organizations sprang up. Walter alerted us to the new groups in his 1980 book The New Cults. An up-dated edition of The Kingdom of the Cults in 1985 included groups that weren’t a big threat twenty years earlier...
Walter died in his sleep on June 26, 1989, having helped the church by sounding the trumpet of warning. Other countercult authors and speakers have built upon the strong foundation Walter laid during his lifetime. Cults of all kinds continue to grow, but we’re equipped to at least define them for what they are thanks to Walter Martin"]*...
A listener would call into his radio program. Soon it would be clear that the listener was not convinced as to what Dr Martin was saying regarding the cult that that person may have been involved in. Often times, Dr Martin's most frequent reply would be: "Sir, I believe you are sincere; however, you are sincerely wrong."
* -William E Richardson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ralston_Martin
https://lights4god.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/walter-martin/
Medair (Founded 1989) is an international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to seek out and serve the most vulnerable people affected by crises."
Medair provides emergency relief and recovery services including Health and Nutrition; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; and Shelter and Infrastructure. Medair lists its values as: hope, compassion, dignity, accountability, integrity, and faith.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medair
MERCY MULTIPLIED
Mercy Multiplied est. 1983, is an international, Evangelical, charismatic, Christian, charitable organization that offers a six-month residential program for young women aged 13–28 who struggle with various "life controlling" issues. In 2008, the top issues that Mercy Multiplied reported themselves to be dealing with were: eating disorders (69%), self-harm (60%), sexual abuse (55%), emotional/verbal abuse (55%), depression (55%), chemical dependency (49%), physical abuse (37%) and pregnancy (6%).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Ministries
https://mercymultiplied.com/founder/
https://mercymultiplied.com/about-mercy/
The Message Trust
The Message Trust est. 1992, is an award-winning Christian charity working to improve the lives of young people in Greater Manchester, UK and beyond through the Eden Network.
Working in schools, in local communities and in prisons, The Message is in contact with around 100,000 young people across Greater Manchester each year. The Message was founded by well-known speaker, author and current chief executive, Andy Hawthorne OBE. The gospel, message, is presented through bands, hip hop and dance music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_Trust
Opportunity International Network
David Bussau AM (born November 10, 1940) Christian, Anglecan, is a pioneer of microfinance, having founded Opportunity International Australia and co-founded the Opportunity International Network. He has been hailed for his innovative approach to solving world poverty.
Opportunity International is a nonprofit organization that is working to end global poverty by creating and sustaining jobs. Through a network of 47 program and support partners, Opportunity provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training to more than 14 million people in the developing world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_International
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bussau
Charles Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man," Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven, and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papersdefendant Daniel Ellsberg.[1] In 1974, he served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.[2]
Colson became an Evangelical Christian in 1973. His mid-life religious conversion sparked a radical life change that led to the founding of his non-profit ministry Prison Fellowship and, three years later, Prison Fellowship International, to a focus on Christian worldview teaching and training around the world. Colson was also a public speaker and the author of more than 30 books.[3] He was the founder and chairman of The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, which is "a research, study, and networking center for growing in a Christian worldview", and includes Colson's daily radio commentary, BreakPoint, heard on more than 1,400 outlets across the United States (and continues to be broadcast with an alternating panel from the Colson Center).[4][5]
In his youth Colson had seen the charitable works of his parents. His mother cooked meals for the hungry during the Depression and his father donated his legal services to the United Prison Association of New England.[8] Historian Jonathan Aitken notes "Wendell's compassion for prisoners flowed from his Christian ethics, which he instilled into his son's upbringing."[8] Aitken also notes that "Mrs. Colson was proud of being a member of the Episcopal Church and even prouder of her acquaintance with its diocesan bishop, Bishop Fisk, who she thought would be a splendid role model for her Charlie."[8]
Aitken holds that his mother's suggestion to the young Colson "You ought to be a minister," were motivated by "social rather than religious" reasons and holds "she had no believing relationship in Christ, and neither did her husband or her son."[8] Noting that "None of them ever read the Bible" and holding that "their extremely rare visits to church were purely nominal", Aitken concludes "religious belief had no part to play in the early upbringing of Charles Colson."[8]
New York City Hard Hat Riot
On May 4, 1970, four students were shot dead at Kent State University in Ohio while protesting the Vietnam War and the incursion into Cambodia.[15] As a show of sympathy for the dead students, Mayor Lindsay ordered all flags at New York City Hall to be flown at half-mast that same day.
A transcription made of a White House tape recording dated May 5, 1971,[16][17] documents that the planning phase of the Hard Hat Riot took place in the White House Oval Office. Colson is heard successfully instigating several New York State AFL-CIO union leaders into organizing an attack against student protesters in New York.
These officials then armed some 200 construction workers in Lower Manhattan with lengths of steel re-bar which they, along with their hard hats, proceeded to use against about 1,000 high school and college students protesting the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings. The initial attack was near the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street, but the riot soon spread to New York City Hall and lasted a little more than two hours.
More than 70 people were injured, including four policemen. Six people were arrested.[11][18]
Two weeks after the Hard Hat Riot, Colson arranged a White House ceremony honoring the union leader most responsible for the attack, Peter J. Brennan, president of the Building and Construction Trades local for New York City. Brennan was later appointed U.S. Secretary of Labor and served under Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford.[19]
Firebombing the Brookings Institution
Colson also proposed firebombing the Brookings Institution and stealing politically damaging documents while firefighters put the fire out.[20][21][22]
On March 1, 1974, Colson was indicted for conspiring to cover up the Watergate burglaries.[10]
Introduced to Evangelical Christianity
As Colson was facing arrest, his close friend, Raytheon Company chairman of the board Thomas L. Phillips, gave Colson a copy of Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, which, after reading it, led Colson to become an evangelical Christian. Colson then joined a prayer group led by Douglas Coe and including Democratic Senator Harold Hughes, Republican congressman Al Quie and Democratic congressman Graham B. Purcell, Jr. When news of the conversion emerged much later, several U.S. newspapers, as well as Newsweek, The Village Voice,[34] and Time, ridiculed the conversion, claiming that it was a ploy to reduce his sentence.[35] In his 1975 memoir Born Again,[36] Colson noted that a few writers published sympathetic stories, as in the case of a widely reprinted UPI article, "From Watergate to Inner Peace."[37]
Pleads guilty, imprisoned
Following prayer and consultation with his fellowship group, Colson approached his lawyers and suggested a plea of guilty to a different criminal charge of which he did consider himself to be culpable.[38]
Interest in prison reform
Born Again, Colson's personal memoir reflecting on his religious conversion and prison term, was made into a 1978 dramatic film starring Dean Jones as Colson, Anne Francis as his wife Patty, and Harold Hughes as himself. Actor Kevin Dunn portrayed Colson in the 1995 movie Nixon.
During his time in prison, Colson had become increasingly aware of what he saw as injustices done to prisoners and incarcerates and shortcomings in their rehabilitation; he also had the opportunity, during a three-day furlough to attend his father's funeral, to pore over his father's papers and discover the two shared an interest in prison reform.
He became convinced that he was being called by God to develop a ministry to prisoners with an emphasis in promoting changes in the justice system.
Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is a christian international non-governmental organisation (NGO) of national prison fellowship (PF) organizations from 117 countries. The headquarters is in Washington D.C., United States.
Assisting children and families of prisoners
Prison Fellowship International runs a child sponsorship program which aims to help needy children of prisoners with support in education and health care.[8]
The Angel Tree Program is an outreach to the children of prisoners at Christmas. Members of local churches volunteer to sponsor these children by purchasing a gift based on information gathered by PF volunteers and prison chaplains.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Fellowship_International
Prospects 1970
Prospects is a Christian charity in the United Kingdom whose aim is to support learning disabled adults, and to enable them to reach their full potential. It was founded in the mid-1970s by David Potter, a Christian minister, who was drawn to the needs of these adults because he and his wife had a daughter with Down's syndrome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospects_(charity)
Samaritan's Purse est. 1970
Samaritan's Purse is an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that provides aid to people in physical need as a key part of Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The name of the organization is based on the New Testament "Parable of the Good Samaritan", in which Jesus uses a parable to teach people one form of the Golden Rule; "love your neighbor as yourself".
Bob Pierce founded Samaritan’s Purse in 1970 with a vision “to meet emergency needs in crisis areas through existing evangelical mission agencies and national churches.” Pierce had previously founded World Vision in 1950.
Franklin Graham met Pierce in 1973, and they made several trips together to visit relief projects and missionary partners in Asia and elsewhere. Graham became president of Samaritan's Purse in 1979 following Pierce’s death in 1978.
Samaritan's Purse Provided medical care in the midst of conflicts in Somalia in 1993, Rwanda in 1994, Sudan since 1997, Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2002, and Iraq in 2003.
It Rebuillt or repaired thousands of houses following Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the El Salvador earthquakes in 2001, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
It chartered emergency airlifts to Indonesia and Pakistan in 2005, North Korea in 2007, and Myanmar and China in 2008.
It distributed food to hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Uganda and Darfur.
The organization's mission statement states that: the organization seeks to meet the spiritual and physical needs of people suffering from war, poverty, disaster, disease, and famine, with the purpose of global missionary work attendant on humanitarian aid. The organization aims at service for the church worldwide to propagate "the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ".
Samaritan’s Purse specializes in emergency relief, shelter, water and sanitation, food and nutrition, medical care and public health, HIV/AIDS, and community-based livestock and livelihood projects.
Other Disaster Relief organizations that respond to emergency situations are:
World Medical Mission, is the medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse, and was founded in 1977 by brothers Dr. Richard Furman and Dr. Lowell Furman to enable doctors to serve short-term assignments at overwhelmed missionary hospitals.
Children’s Heart Project, from Samaritan's Purse, provides surgery for children born with heart defects in countries where proper care is not available.
Turn on the Tap, from Samaritan's Purse, is a campaign to provide safe drinking water in the developing world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan%27s_Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org
SHELTER est. 1966
Shelter - one of the UK's biggest charities dedicated to ministry amongst the homeless.
Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. The founder is Bruce Kenrick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_%28charity%29
Vision Trust est. 1997
VisionTrust est. 1997, is an international, non-denominational non-profit organization that assists orphaned and impoverished children around the world. The organization works alongside Christian Nationals to help children gain education, nutritional support, medical assistance and spiritual discipleship.
VisionTrust works in schools, orphanages, learning centers and medical clinics. They offer child sponsorships, short-term mission trips, and assist churches with educational materials to promote participation in this effort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisionTrust
(UK) Recent research showed that 81% of evangelical Christians do some kind of voluntary work at least once a month. This compares with a much lower figure of 26% for the population at large, obtained in citizenship surveys by the Department for Communities and Local Government, and is consistent with comparable differences identified by researchers in North America.
Similar results were confirmed through a five-year study by the political scientists David Campbell and Robert Putman.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/mar/17/christians-big-society-voluntary-work
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-15-column15_ST_N.htm
World Concern est. 1955, is a Christian humanitarian organization that operates relief and development programs in 13 countries, and funds partnership programs in nine other countries. The organization’s mission statement is, “World Concern provides life, opportunity and hope to suffering people around the world, through disaster response and development programs. Motivated by our love of Christ, we bring hope and reconciliation to those we serve, so they may in turn share with others.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Concern
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February 1, 2019by Khadija Bano MalikNo CommentsEntertainment, LIFESTYLE, Movies
PARFUM: THE BOOK VERSUS THE SERIES
After ditching a plan to socialize, one winter eve, wrapped in the warmth of my blanket, I clicked on Parfum, hoping it was a adaption of one of my favourite books: Perfume by Patrick Suskind. And voila! It was- or so it seemed. If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend you read it. Where the book revolved around Jean Baptiste Grenouille’s quest to capture the ultimate scent, the series takes a darker turn.
This show is in German so be very prepared to read subtitles, or change the audio to its dubbed version.
The story begins with the murder of a mild celebrity: Katharina Laufer, a singer. A peculiarity in this murder is that her exocrine glands and her hair have been removed with surgical precision. It is at her funeral that her former classmates come together, each wondering if the murder is in the room and whether its one of them. The story follows the coming together of these unlikely individuals from their early teens. How they met, their pursuit of Katharina and how odd yet twisted their relationships to each other become over the years.
Their past time during their younger years was cataloguing smells, so in order to take their experiment to the next level, they try to capture the smell of a dog, only to discover that whosoever wears the smell, is followed by the pups of this now dead dog. All five classmates share a deep secret, one they swore never to bring up again. One of the classmates, Mortiz de Vries goes on to become a perfumer.
A man of exceptional talent, who of course is the first in line of questions once the police start piecing everything together.
Eleina and Roman, though married share a volatile relationship. Roman is completely shaken by Katharina’s murder as he always was in love with her. Daniel Sluiter is the misfit in this group of popular kids and also still in love with Eleina. Thomas Butsche is what could loosely be described as the owner of a brothel, brash but certainly principled. Parallel to the murder investigation are the individual storylines of all five classmates together and separately, as they grew apart over the years.
The detective investigating this murder, Nadja, and ones that follow, also faces demons of her own, being in love with a married lieutenant who happens to be her boss, where she feels uncertain of their future. Upon finding out she’s pregnant she becomes emotional and unsure of what to do. She delves deeper into solving this case, she also solves the murder of a young boy from decades ago and it turns out that this was the same family Eleina, one of the five friends, was adopted by.
As the episodes carry on, there are so many red herrings that make you suspicious of each of the five main characters and yet none of these result in anything concrete.
The story continues to unravel. It becomes obvious that Sluiter’s love for Elena is boundless and he is willing to do anything to help her. Sluiter sees a psychiatrist for the many issues plaguing him, including being unable to carry on a physical relationship with women. The psychiatrist though a minor character, turns out to be just as insecure as the rest of the characters.
The Verdict:
If you are looking to watch a show with a gripping storyline, murder and mystery this show is definitely a must watch. The viewer is left with no unanswered questions, which is rare for a mystery. This story references Patrick Suskind’s work but very loosely. Where it is like the book it is also very unlike the book! The show has a surprise ending that I definitely could not deduce.
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Transporter-Enzyme and Transporter-Transporter Interplay in Predicting Drug Absorption and Disposition
Date: June 21 2018
Presenter(s): Leslie Z. Benet
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In 2005, Wu and Benet (Pharm Res 22:11-23) noted that a Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) could serve as the basis for predicting the importance of transporters in determining drug bioavailability and disposition. They reasoned that for highly soluble, highly permeable Class 1 compounds, metabolism would be the major route of elimination and that transporter effects on availability and disposition would be negligible. In contrast for the poorly permeable, high solubility Class 3 compounds and the poorly permeable, poorly soluble Class 4 compounds, metabolism would only play a minor role in drug elimination, with renal and biliary excretion of unchanged drug being the predominant routes of elimination. Uptake transporters would be major determinants of the bioavailability of these poorly permeable drugs and both uptake and efflux transporters could be important for drug elimination.
Highly permeable, poorly soluble, extensively metabolized Class 2 compounds constitute the majority of new molecular entities (NMEs) (~60%) and present the most complicated relationship in defining the impact of transporters due to the marked effects of transporter-enzyme interplay. Uptake transporters are unimportant for gut bioavailability, but can play a major role in hepatic elimination. Efflux transporters have major effects on bioavailability, metabolism and elimination of Class 2 drugs. In this talk I will review our cellular, animal and human studies to define transporter-enzyme and transporter-transporter interplav.
Speaker's Bio:
Dr. Benet, Professor and former Chairman (1978-1998), Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, received his A.B. (English), B.S. (Pharmacy), M.S. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the University of California. He has received nine honorary doctorates. His research interests, more than 570 publications, 6 books and 12 patents are in the areas of pharmacokinetics, biopharmaceutics, drug delivery and pharmacodynamics. Dr. Benet is listed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) as one of the most highly cited pharmacologists worldwide in all compilations since 2001, with his published peer-reviewed papers cited more than 26,000 times. His work on the interplay of metabolic enzymes and transport proteins as related to oral bioavailability and drug elimination led to development of the Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS). Dr. Benet was a Founder and first President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). Dr. Benet is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a member of the International Transporter Consortium.
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Sketching the future
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“The Spirit of the Beehive” is Victor Erice’s debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema.
Directed by Victor Erice, Spain, 1973, 95 minutes.
Original title: El Espíritu de la Colmena.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
A traveling roadshow of the film Frankenstein comes to the small, Franco-era village where eight-year-old Ana (Ana Torrent), her sister Isabel (Isabel Telleria) and their family reside. Upon being exposed to the film, the siblings, especially the younger one, discuss the creature in the film as if it is real and Ana subsequently begins searching for the monster. Widely considered among the best Spanish films of the 1970s, The Spirit of the Beehive is one of the most carefully constructed and patiently paced movies of the cinema, achieving a trance-like quality in its slow moving observations of its characters and the very light in which they move. That light was strikingly captured by cinematographer Luis Cuadrado (Peppermint Frappé) as he was in the process of losing his sight.
It is one of the most beautiful and arresting films ever made in Spain, or anywhere in the past 25 years or so.
—Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
Sun, March 05, 2017
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5 best pro-boxers in the world today
The landscape of boxing's P4P list is one that's ever-evolving.
Johny Payne
Modified 24 Aug 2017, 19:57 IST
Wonder who the best pro-boxers in the world are? Here's an in-depth look at them...
The entertainment industry is time and again lauded by many for its sheer over-the-top glitz, glamour, grandeur and showmanship. When you talk about entertainment, the first thing that comes to mind is Hollywood.
It’s safe to say that very few art forms come close, or dare I say, exceed the ‘E’ quotient delivered by the innumerable -- and oft criticized -- presentations put forth through the year by Tinseltown.
For fans of combat sport, one doesn’t feel the need to cross over to the bitter-sweet world of showbiz, as the 'hurt' business puts forth its own franchises of sports-entertainment, with each and every franchise scratching and clawing in a bid to outdo the other; carving a unique niche for combat sports in the realm of sports and entertainment.
When you think of sports -- when you talk entertainment -- it doesn’t get any more cheesy and/or entertaining as professional boxing. If you’re of the school of thought that the dozens of movies depict the business of pro-boxing in an over-the-top manner, you couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Boxing is that cheesy. Boxing is that ruthless.
The boxing business and the business of boxing is treacherous. It’s a bed of roses, replete with thorns. It’s like a devious damsel -- as conniving as she’s beautiful, she’ll take much more than what she gives.
Boxing is an unforgiving business.
The sweet science is at a strange crossroads right now; with challenges being thrown its way by the recent emergence of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), with the latter being a refined version of the ancient art of no-holds-barred fighting popularised in Brazil as Vale Tudo. Nevertheless, boxing holds its ground, like an old lion protecting his pride in the face of a young challenger. The art has been around since 688 BC and will keep its place in the martial arts community till the end of time.
To be at the top of this deadly game of fists and wits, you need to have a near-perfect balance of a true martial artist’s mind, body and spirit. As for the fight game -- be it boxing or any other form of martial science -- there are millions who have tried, but it’s only a select few that rose to the top of the food chain, staying on the throne for a considerable amount of time.
Making it to the pinnacle of professional boxing -- one of the most dangerous forms of combat sports competition in the world -- is an incredible feat. Holding that position is even tougher.
Today, we take a look at professional boxing’s top five artists. Please note that the following list is subjective and is not intended to direct any disrespect toward the boxers not mentioned.
#5 Andre Ward
Andre Ward
Andre Ward is one of the smartest fighters in the history of the sport.
The rematch with Sergey Kovalev led several boxing pundits and fans to question Ward’s dirty tactics, that he has been accused of implementing time and again, particularly when faced with a dangerous knockout artist.
Andre Ward’s 2011 win over Arthur Abraham is yet another example of him using every trick in the book to try and essentially dirty-box his way to victory. He was rocked and almost finished in the last round of his fight against Abraham.
However, much like his first showdown with Kovalev -- a fight that took place last year -- Ward held on and took home the win on the judges’ scorecards.
Regardless of all the harsh criticism levied on Andre, one simply cannot deny the fact that the man is a true survivor. He may not be the hardest puncher in the sport, but when it comes to strategy and carrying the poise to execute said strategy, no one does it better than the ‘Son Of God’.
Ward has an excellent sense of distance and timing. Additionally, the 33-year-old Light-Heavyweight kingpin is one of the toughest nuts to crack -- both physically as well as mentally. His calm, composed, calculative demeanour has what’s helped him survive the murderers’ row he’s faced over the course of his long and storied career.
Furthermore, the boxing world is now abuzz with talks of Ward potentially moving up to Cruiserweight to face part-time Heavyweight and former full-time Cruiserweight veteran Tony Bellew.
And as if that wasn't crazy enough, Ward and his team have also indicated a possible showdown at Heavyweight with reigning IBF, IBO and WBA Heavyweight Champion, the towering British KO artist, Anthony Joshua. There aren’t many as brave as SOG.
Published 24 Aug 2017, 19:57 IST
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Freddie & The Dreamers
Freddie and the Dreamers were a British band that had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. The band’s stage act was enlivened by the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall (1.60m) Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. Freddie officially retired from all work in February 2001. He died in Bangor, North Wales, on 19 May 2006, aged 69. The original group was disbanded in 1969, and reformed in 1976, and are still touring today.
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YOU WERE MADE FOR ME - FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS (SK)
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St. HOPE
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What started as the small vision of developer Edwin K. Alsip and the Oak Park Association, grew into Sacramento’s first full-fledged suburb.
Beginning in 1887, with an initial division of 56 whole or partial lots, Oak Park gained a reputation as a community build by hard-working citizens.
In the early 1900’s, most residents had blue collar jobs working for the railroads, state fair, canneries and the highway commission. During this time most residents were White, with scattered Blacks and Mexican Americans.
In the 1920’s and 30’s, streetcars allowed people from all across the area to come to Oak Park for its theater district, businesses and “Joyland” amusement park.
After 1945, there were increasing numbers of African Americans in Oak Park because many other neighborhoods in Sacramento were off limits due to racial covenants.
Oak Park, just southeast of downtown, is Sacramento’s oldest neighborhood. In the early 1900s, it was a thriving community. The flight of working class jobs at employers like the Libby Cannery, which closed in 1982, left residents with limited opportunities. The construction of Highway 99, the removal of the 5th Avenue off-ramp and the streetcar that once connected Oak Park to downtown also meant the neighborhood was distanced from the city.
As result, during the last century Oak Park was considered one of the city’s most crime-ridden, impoverished communities and residents suffered immensely from the infusion of drugs, prostitution and violence.
Today, Oak Park is much different. While the community wrestles with new challenges in finding a balance between old and new, it’s a neighborhood on the rise.
The transformation was fueled by several non-profits’ community programs, elected officials’ call for new strategies and the proximity to downtown, which helped make Oak Park an up-and-coming real estate market.
One of those organizations is St. HOPE, founded 30 years ago by Oak Park native, NBA player and future Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to help reduce long-time disparities in the neighborhood. What started as an after-school program in 1989 has grown into St. HOPE’s three-school public charter network that serves predominantly African American and Latino students from the neighborhood and is producing extraordinary results. The premise is that high-quality schools with dynamic teachers and enriching programs can help boost economic mobility for local children.
We realized over time that in order to help bring real change, schools can’t be islands of excellence within a larger community that they aren’t touching. Building upon the initial goal of using public charter schools to close the achievement gap, we focused on economic efforts to revitalize the neighborhood.
We brought in business investments and tenants that are reflective and relevant to the neighborhood and provide jobs, housing options and enjoyable amenities. Oak Park is home to the 40 Acres Art & Cultural Center, which includes the Guild Theater and Underground Books, one of just 57 African American-operated bookstores in the nation. We also have become partners with College Track, Valley Vision and the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, all similarly focused on community improvement initiatives.
According to a 2019 economic impact report prepared by the Tootelian Company, the economic impact of St. HOPE is nearly $5.7 million annually in Oak Park and more than $28.1 million annually across the region when jobs, labor income and indirect business tax revenue are factored in. Annually, nearly 390 jobs are created, which means more than $14.5 million in additional labor income that can be spent by households each year, and more than $1.5 million in indirect business taxes are generated.
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E3 Wrap-Up
I’m back from E3, with the sounds of Missy Elliot’s performance at the Sony party still thumping in my ears. As anticipated, the most interesting stuff at the show were the upcoming new handhelds: Sony’s PSP and Nintendo’s DS. I…
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I’m back from E3, with the sounds of Missy Elliot’s performance at the Sony party still thumping in my ears.
As anticipated, the most interesting stuff at the show were the upcoming new handhelds: Sony’s PSP and Nintendo’s DS. I had a chance to get hands-on with the DS. It was fun, and fresh – a new way to game. There are two screens, offering different points of view, and also touch-screen capabilities – a first. The PSP was hands-off, but looks sleek and will surely benefit from Sony’s roster of brands. Stay tuned
Sony also had a new flock of EyeToy games on display. Pretty cool stuff – like a hover-board racing game called AntiGrav that tracks your head and hands. As for the shooter war – I had a chance to play Doom III and Halo 2, and check out new footage of Half-Life 2. Doom III is creepy and claustrophobic, but a bit like a haunted mansion with the monsters on a track. Half-Life 2 has the most “realistic” feel, with impressive outdoor environments, and potentially empathetic characters. Halo 2, however, gets my early vote for shooter of the year. The game is just awesome – better graphics, better action, and a compelling sci-fi plot. It’s the one to beat.
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Obama’s Call for Wireless
Reactions to Obama’s proposed wireless plan lean towards the skeptical.
Erica Naone archive page
Yesterday, President Barack Obama laid out a vision for how to greatly increase wireless access in the United States. A White House release summarizes the plan point by point, but the crux of the proposal is that Obama hopes to bring high-speed wireless access to 98 percent of Americans within five years. His plan, he says, could do this while reducing the deficit by just shy of $10 billion.
The key will be getting owners of underutilized spectrum to give that wireless real estate back to the government, so that it can then auction it to other providers. The hope is that current owners will give up the spectrum voluntarily.
Arik Hesseldahl at All Things Digital praises the plan, writing that it’s vital to bring Internet access to a broader segment of the population:
It’s unfortunate that in 2011 the country that gave birth to the Internet hasn’t yet found a way to extend its many benefits to every sector of its population.
During the past several weeks we’ve seen the power of the Internet brought to bear in Egypt, where what’s been widely called the Facebook Revolution seems on the cusp of toppling President Hosni Mubarak. It was Mubarak who shocked the world by cutting his country off from the Internet, and it so irritated people both inside and outside Egypt that they banded together to find ways around the digital curtain he tried to erect around his borders. The same chain of events has turned a humble Google marketing exec into a national hero.
However, there could be hiccups in getting it implemented. Aside from possible difficulties involved with getting owners to give up spectrum, the New York Times warns that Obama will face political hurdles:
The plan, which will be included in the budget Mr. Obama releases next week, requires Congressional approval at a time when Republicans have said they are interested in cutting federal spending.
And Ars Technica questions whether access is really the problem:
Free Press research director S. Derek Turner notes that “according to the FCC’s own data, 98 percent of households in the United States already have access to wireless broadband service, while less than one-third subscribe to it.” Nothing in the plan encourages them to adopt it, Turner said.
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Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Definition - What does Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) mean?
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the use of laser beams to transmit cryptographic keys securely using the quantum properties of photons in laser beams. The photons are coded in binary ones and zeroes which are then picked up by the receiving equipment. This makes it possible to transmit keys without them being intercepted.
Techopedia explains Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Quantum key distribution exploits quantum mechanics to transmit keys between two parties securely. While a key, or a one-time pad, is theoretically unbreakable, the key challenge is getting both parties in a conversation to agree to the same key without the key being intercepted by a third party.
Quantum key distribution uses lasers to transmit the keys. The quantum properties of photons in the beams are coded into binary ones and zeroes. While a third party can intercept the beam, by being observed, the quantum properties change, making the keys useless to an attacker.
A practical application of the technique is secure communication between submarines. Commercial QKD systems are aimed at those with a need for high security, such as the defense industry.
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Water Systems in Cities of the Future | Jörg Drewes
TEDxTUMSalon 2016 • Topics: Cities, Community, Engineering, Environment, Germany, Global issues, Nature, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Water
Water Systems in Cities of the Future | Jörg Drewes | TEDxTUMSalon
Everyone of us consumes 140 Liters of water each day, but only a fraction of it is used for cooking and drinking. Moreover, the water systems we rely upon are based on technology that is far too old and not future-proof. Professor Jörg Drewes works on alternative models for the water systems of the future. He encourages us to use the term 'used water' instead of 'wastewater', and makes the case for its sustainable treatment to ensure proper water supply for an ever growing urban population.
About Jörg Drewes
Jörg Drewes researches in the fields of energy-efficient water treatment systems and water recycling. He investigates questions like these: How do we determine whether our current water and wastewater treatment systems are working efficiently? How can we engineer reliable systems for water and wastewater treatment? What are novel energy-efficient design approaches for the treatment of water in cities of the future? Prof. Drewes has conducted research in this field in Munich, Berlin, USA (Colorado, Arizona, California, Texas), Australia, and Saudi Arabia. He served on multiple science advisory panels and chaired blue ribbon panels on topics related to public health, engineering, and reliability of water reuse projects, and won multiple awards. In 2008 and 2013, he was appointed to the U.S. National Academies/National Research Council Committees on Water Reuse as an Approach for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs and Onsite Reuse of Graywater and Stormwater, respectively.
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Broadband policies often struggle with reality: officials
Don Sambandaraksa
Asia’s telecoms regulators are developing a variety of strategies to narrow the broadband digital divide, but with varying success as policies collide with street-level realities.
Speaking at the CommunicAsia2015 Summit, Arvind Kumar, advisor to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), described the regulator’s intervention to save the stalled fixed-line business (in the hopes of kickstarting fixed broadband) by exempting fixed-line providers from termination fees so they can offer unlimited calling bundles.
“This may mean a short-term reduction in revenue, but it means saving the subscriber and the long-term health of the fixed-line network,” he said.
However, Arvind admitted that one of India’s greatest challenges in developing the fixed-broadband market is right-of-way problems.
“The central government cannot intervene with the local government, and in many cases the cost of right-of-way is one thousand times the actual cost of laying fiber,” he said.
Another challenge, he added, is the digitalization of cable services who have the access, but not the licenses or resources, to offer broadband.
Chanuka Wattegama, board director of the Information and Communication Technology Agency in Sri Lanka, said that while his country is ranked 65th in the network readiness index, the flip side is that Sri Lanka is well served by many submarine cable networks. “The technology is there, it is just a question of using it,” he said.
Sri Lanka has a low-cost Wi-Fi project that offers the first 100MB for free each month. Around 40% of users manage to stay under the 100MB mark, he said.
Big operators have embraced the network, with more 1,000 new Wi-Fi hotspots set up in areas that were not previously commercially viable. On the other hand, smaller players fear the low-cost Wi-Fi service is a threat to their commercial services.
“Nobody complains when people move from fixed to mobile but they do complain about this move from mobile to fixed,” he said.
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The World Was Drinking and Whoring
Zero Point 1945
By Luc Devoldere, translated by Kate Connelly
Can we view 1945 as the zero point of the world we live in today, 75 years later? Certainly, much for which a framework was created at the time – from the welfare state to economic growth, from the moral manifestation of universal human rights to international alliances – is under threat today. Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere believes there isn’t much security anymore. ‘The post-war consensus building needs some fundamental maintenance.’
Cheering crowds greet British troops entering Brussels, 4 September 1944 © Wikipedia
In May 1945, when the weapons fell silent in Europe and the orgy of celebration and revenge was over, the old continent was able to take stock of its moral and material bankruptcy. It was a year of destruction, rescue and chaos. Hundreds of thousands were left licking their wounds far from home. Would they ever see their homes again? People chose sides, their political camp, or they ended up in an actual camp. At the same time, 1945 was the year of hesitant construction. Of starting over. Of becoming wiser. In London that year, the philosopher Karel Popper published his most important book, The Open Society and Its Enemies. He wrote in defence of liberal democracy against the totalitarianism of the 20th century – from New Zealand, where he, an Austrian Jew, had fled in 1937. The German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno argued that it was barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz. And in 1962 Remco Campert could hardly believe that, as a 16-year-old kid in 1945, he could write about a pure white birch tree while ‘the world around me was drinking and whoring’.
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After 1945 many felt that everything had to be newly rebuilt. Roberto Rossellini filmed Germania Anno Zero (1948) in the ruins of Berlin. Years later, Ian Buruma wrote Year Zero. A History of 1945 (2015).
Can we view 1945 as the zero point of the world we live in today, 75 years later? Certainly, many things were put into motion then – from the welfare state to economic rebirth and growth, from decolonisation to the moral manifestation of universal human rights, bonds and alliances (Benelux, NATO and the European Union) – that seem to be under pressure now, or at least in need of complete reform.
American President Truman signs the NATO treaty in 1949 © Wikimedia Commons
Maybe the term zero point is too strong. There are some other reference points to consider. The British historian Eric Hobsbawm wrote about the Short 20th Century of 1914 to 1991 (in contrast to the long 19th century that ran from 1789 to 1914). In fact, the “Great,” exclusively European, War that started sleepily in 1914 only really ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union and real Communism in Europe. This implosion also marked the end of the Cold War that had started in 1945. Others see 1918 as a point of no return because of what happened with the Czar, the Austrian and German emperors and the Ottoman Empire: four empires disappeared.
Others point to the Thirty Years of Glory (Trente Glorieuses) (1945-1973), the period of staggering economic growth and prosperity that fuelled the first oil crisis. The Netherlands can claim that its war only ended in 1949 with its loss of sovereignty in Indonesia.
Still, there are sufficient reasons to take 1945 as an important reference point for Europe and, indeed, of the Low Countries. We are now a human lifetime – 75 years – further along.
Dutch Roma girl Anna Maria (Settela) Steinbach on the train from Westerbork in the Netherlands to the Auschwitz concentration camp, were she was killed. © Wikipedia / Still from film by Werner Rudolf Breslauer
The past of the war, with its collaboration and repression, its resistance to the occupier, the trauma of Jewish deportation and the Holocaust does not seem to have been fully processed. The commemorations limp along and WWII continues to haunt our literature.
Harry Mulisch, the child of a Jewish mother and an Austro-Hungarian collaborator, can rightfully say: 'I am the Second World War.' In his debut Marcel (1999) Erwin Mortier could write: 'The cellar preserved, the attic released.' In the Spring of 2020, he published a sequel to this – his – family history: The Immaculate. And Aaron Grunberg, a Dutch Jew, continues to clarify his position about the Holocaust (Occupied Territories and With Us in Auschwitz: Testimonies, 2020) (Bezette gebieden en Bij ons in Auschwitz. Getuigenissen, 2020).
Maybe we will need to wait a century to put the Second World War in its proper perspective
Maybe we will need to wait until 2045, a century after the war, once all the eye-witnesses have disappeared, to put this war in its proper perspective and return it to history, as happened in 2018 with the First World War. By 2045 will Germany have left its Vergangenheitsbewältigung, the difficult processing of its wartime past, behind and said goodbye to the moral guilt that still binds the country today?
One hundred years on, will the existential discussions of the Holocaust still be conducted in terms of specificity or uniqueness? Of course, the Holocaust was a very specific genocide but is it unique in the sense that it can escape comparisons with other genocides and be withdrawn from history itself?
What is true in any case is that there is still a great deal of historical research about World War II to come. But a balance must be found between ritual commemoration and historical method. There is, to put it bluntly, a duty to record history, not a duty to remember.
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 © Wikimedia Commons
The End of Post-War
The fall of the Berlin Wall did not signal the definitive victory of liberal, secular democracy which goes hand-in-hand with a free market economy, as Francis Fukuyama thought with his “end of history”. In fact, we have now come to The End of Post-War, the political and social consensus in Europe attained after the catastrophic Second World War and guaranteed by the Pax Americana.
The believers in this consensus declared that they would leave their nationalism behind them and that Europe would become more unified, would become one, that all ‘nations’ worldwide, would, in the end, be ‘united’. The political elites made a pact with the ‘people’.
Ground Zero with the remains of the World Trade Center after the September 11 terrorist attack in 2001. © U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. Tilford
But after 2000, when the two planes flew into the Twin Towers, nationalism and religious fundamentalism are still alive and well. The elites have lost any feeling for the ‘people’ who are beginning to flee from them towards the siren song of ‘populists’.
And here we are in the present-day. The post-war structures need fundamental maintenance.
Take the structure of social security: a veritable cathedral, maybe even a work of art. An expensive construction, in any case, that protects us, certainly in the Low Countries, against sickness, unemployment and old age through a framework of insurance, benefits and pensions. This monumental structure brought prosperity and emancipation in its wake. It connected people and stabilised the economic and political systems. It is a social pact that seals an exchange between employers and unions, between labour and capital. In the Netherlands and Belgium, the architects were the pragmatic social democrats Willem ('Daddy') Drees and Achiel Van Acker (J’agis et puis je réfléchis) ('I act and then I reflect.') Anno 2020 and the system is under pressure. It seems that it might not be self-evident after all and certainly not eternal. It is becoming more expensive. Yet it is crucial to preserve it through intelligent reform and careful pruning.
Achiel Van Acker and Willem Drees, the architects of the system of social security in Belgium and the Netherlands © Amsab / Wikipedia
The unions the Low Countries fell into after 1945 are also in need of some thorough maintenance. The Benelux seems to have been overtaken by the unification of Europe which, in its turn, is also faltering. Not so long ago, a former Belgian Prime Minister said Europe was an economic giant, a political dwarf and a military worm. The worm idea was new. The French president Emmanuel Macron felt free to refer to NATO as ‘brain dead’ because the European countries, except for France, have been too lazy for too long under the umbrella of NATO and especially America, and are not sufficiently prepared to defend themselves. That is the case a fortiori in Europe. The war in the former Yugoslavia was not that long ago. Macron may have the right to be angry when yet another thirteen French soldiers are killed in Mali. Maybe we should discuss a fairer sharing of the burden with him.
On the one hand, Europe is a construction of enforced rules and procedures that are followed even by non-members of the Union such as Switzerland and Norway. On the other hand, the EU remains a soft power that cannot even guard its borders or agree about the repatriation of the wives and children of IS-fighters, never mind the fighters themselves.
The Europe of the offices is a compromise-mill with a serious deficit of democratic legitimacy. Yet it is an imbroglio that works, that turns out to be stronger than expected and continues to hobble along, clumsily, from event to event.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg © European Parliament
After 1945 the nation state and certainly nationalism itself were suspect. A European union was supposed to put an end to the centuries-long violence between European countries, most particularly between France and Germany. People forget that the first loyalty of citizens remains with their nation states, particularly when it comes to something like social security. The system of social security presupposes solidarity and the first and strongest bond is with the nation state. The European bond does not offer that kind of security.
The United Kingdom left the European Union because it clings to its own sovereignty. However much one tries to relativize or rationalise it; citizens continue to give importance to the sovereignty of the nation state in their political conceptions of their own country. This awareness of ‘nationhood’ is stubborn. It is much stronger in the Netherlands than in Belgium or Flanders. The least that you can say about Belgium is that, together with Italy, amongst others, it is one of the weakest nation states in Europe. Moreover, the nation is not aligned with the state in Belgium. Flanders is a paradox; a nation, but with a complex and generally weak national identity that is not shared equally by everyone.
Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of Congo, delivered his famous attack on Belgian colonialism in the presence of King Baudouin in 1960. Public Domain
We can also speak here about the loss of the colonies that were unsustainable after the war. In Indonesia, the people had already seen how the Western colonisers, untouchable for so long, were beaten and humiliated by the Japanese who, like the Indonesians, were Asians. In Congo, colonisation would continue until 1960. And it took longer until the spirit of decolonisation got underway. In this, too, the Netherlands was quicker than Belgium. Noteworthy is the fact that, currently, it is primarily the Congolese diaspora that cross-examines the Belgians. It’s the second or even the third post-colonial generation that radically imposes its perspective and voice. Henk Wesseling, a historian of the ironic school in Leyden, who finds it a pity that today more importance is placed on remembrance than history, could write laconically in Europe’s Colonial Century. The European Colonial Empires of the Nineteenth Century (Europa’s koloniale eeuw. De Europese koloniale rijken in de negentiende eeuw) (2003): ‘In this book, several statements show just how much Europeans were convinced of their own superiority at the time, and believed they had the right, perhaps even the duty, to colonise and to bring civilisation to people who were living in the dark. There is also sufficient in this book to prove that reality was different. It is only necessary to open a newspaper to see that, nowadays, more attention is given to the latter than the former viewpoint.’ Today, this viewpoint is increasingly disputed.
This article is the English translation of the introduction to the book Nulpunt 1945 (Zero Point 1945, Ons Erfdeel vzw, 2020).
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Malouin, France. "Gabriel Charpentier". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 16 December 2013, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gabriel-charpentier-emc. Accessed 15 January 2021.
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Gabriel Charpentier
Article by France Malouin
Published Online August 1, 2007
Last Edited December 16, 2013
Gabriel (Moïse) Charpentier. Composer, poet, artistic consultant, teacher, b Richmond, near Sherbrooke, Que, 13 Sep 1925. He studied piano with Estelle Letarte in Richmond and J.
Charpentier, Gabriel
Gabriel (Moïse) Charpentier. Composer, poet, artistic consultant, teacher, b Richmond, near Sherbrooke, Que, 13 Sep 1925. He studied piano with Estelle Letarte in Richmond and J.-Antonio Thompson in Trois-Rivières, and 1940-5 with Hervé Cloutier and Fernand Graton at Jean-de-Brébeuf College in Montreal, and with Jean Papineau-Couture. While pursuing his academic studies he discovered the music of Berg, Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Webern, and during a stay 1945-7 with the Benedictines of St-Benoît-du-Lac he studied Gregorian chant with Dom Bergeron. He completed his studies in Paris 1947-53 with Andrée Bonneville, Nadia Boulanger (composition), Annette Dieudonné (solfège), and Norbert Dufourcq.
Charpentier served 1954-80 as programming co-ordinator and artistic consultant for the CBC's musical shows on French-language TV. In this dual capacity he collaborated with Françoys Bernier, Pierre Mercure, Pierre Morin, and other producers on the development and production of such series as 'Concerts pour la jeunesse,' 'L'Heure du concert,' 'Musiques folles des années sages,' and 'Les Beaux Dimanches'. The last-named series presented many contemporary works, and one of its programs - 'Loves,' featuring Serge Garant's... chant d'amours and the Brian Macdonald-Harry Freedman ballet The Shining People of Leonard Cohen - received honourable mention in the 1975 Prix Italia competition. During the summers of 1955 and 1956 Charpentier gave courses in the history of music at McGill University. He also taught that subject and also rhythm 1961-4 at the National Theatre School. He was the artistic director of the Pro Musica Society 1980-1. In 1983, he was awarded the Victor M. Lynch-Staunton scholarship by the Canada Council.
Charpentier's vocal and instrumental scores reveal his contrapuntal skills and his profound attachment to Gregorian melisma, a consequence of his time with the Benedictines of St-Benoît-du-Lac. He himself has said: 'This [Gregorian chant] is my folklore; this is the basis of all my work. Chant, for me, is a line. If an actor or a singer can trace a line that lives and is meaningful, it is perhaps the most beautiful thing that can happen to a man' (Montreal Star, 18 Jan 1969).
In Charpentier all of the performing arts converge. He divides his musical ability into three categories: vocal and instrumental music, musical theatre, and music for the theatre. Equally drawn to music and to poetry, he has written, among other verse, the words for Pierre Mercure's Cantate pour une joie and Dissidence and for Jocelyne Binet'sTrois Poèmes. His collection of poems Aire won the Prix de la poésie moderne (Paris 1948). He translated R. Murray Schafer's operas Loving (Toi) and Beauty and the Beast. His miniature operas An English Lesson or Clara-Teacher (premiered in Stratford in 1968), A Tea Symphony or The Perils of Clara (Banff 1972), Clara et les philosophes, (Quebec City 1976), Clarabelle-Clarimage, (Toronto 1979), and Claracello ou Répertoire (Kindersley, Sask 1985), reflect Charpentier's creative imagination, his sense of humour and of detail, and his mastery of composition; they also illumine his passionate love for the theatre. These works are part of a projected series of 10 short operas, for which he has written most of the libretti, under the title Clara 91 (see Compositions below). In Orphée I, commissioned for the inauguration of the NAC in 1969, and Orpheus II, an English-language adaptation for the 1972 Stratford Festival, Charpentier combined voices, instruments, and 12 actors. He understands actors; a one-time member of the theatrical troupe the Compagnons de St-Laurent, he defines himself as a 'theatre musician'. In more than 60 productions, mostly at the Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde (where he served 1959-72 as music director) and the Stratford Festival, he developed a personal concept of the role of music in theatre. He felt it should be not 'incidental' but integral to the production. He requires his actors to sing, beat out rhythms, and play instruments. For example, in Euripides' Electra and Shakespeare's Pericles or Molière's Le Malade imaginaire, he asked the actors to produce extremely complex rhythmic counterpoints that created a mood favourable to a better understanding of the profound nature of these works. On 14 Feb 1965 in Montreal's Orpheum Theatre, the Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde premiered Klondyke (book by Jacques Languirand, music by Charpentier, directed by Jean Gascon). It was presented in the same year in London's Old Vic for the Commonwealth Festival of the Arts.
Francean Campbell wrote of Charpentier: 'He has never embraced serialism or any other strict system but welcomes new sounds and techniques whether natural in origin, or electronic' (Canadian Composer, November 1970). In 1979 NMC presented three of his works in Toronto. Charpentier served on the administration council of the Canada Council 1965-75, COMUS Music Theatre 1975-88, and MUDRA 1975-8, a performing artists' improvement and research centre directed by Maurice Béjart in Brussels. Charpentier is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the CLComp.
Selected Compositions
Theatre and Film
Klondyke (J. Languirand). 1965. 21 singer-actors, 4 singer-dancers, 2 tenor, bar, bass, instr ensemble, tape. Ms
Orphée I/Orpheus II (Charpentier, trans M. Bawtree)). 1969, 1972. 12 actors, solos, chorus, crowd chorus, 7 perfs, tape. Ms
Clara 91, projected series of 10 miniature operas:
1. Clara on the Bridge (M. Bosco). In preparation. 2 soprano, contralto, actress, 2 harpsichord
2. Claracello ou Répertoire (Charpentier). 1985. Pf, clarinet, violoncello. Ms
3. Clara et les philosophes, 'opera cocktail' (B. Char). 1976. 2 soprano, contralto, bar, bass, fl, clarinet, piano. Ms
4. An English Lesson or Clara-Teacher, 'an opera-happening' (Charpentier). 1968. Spkr, actress, 2 tenor, bar, bass, instr ensemble. Ms
5. Clara, la nuit (M.-C. Blais, Charpentier). In preparation. Contralto, violoncello. Ms
6. A Tea Symphony or The Perils of Clara, ' a kitsch opera in nine drinks' (Charpentier). 1972 (Banff 1972). Sop, fl, piano. Ms
7. Clara, un masque (Charpentier). In preparation. Mezzo, fl, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion. Ms
8. Clarabelle-Clarimage, 'an operation' (B. Char, transl N. Côté). 1979. 2 soprano, bar, 2 fl, clarinet, 2 piano. Ms
9. Clara-Committee, 'a charivari' (M. Tremblay). In preparation. 2 soprano, mezzo, contralto, 2 tenor, bar, bass, actress, instr ensemble, tape. Ms
10. Ballade du Fils de l'homme (Charpentier). In preparation. 2 soprano, mezzo, contralto, bar, actress, violoncello, organ, elec percussion, tape. Ms
Music for some 60 theatre productions, including Lebesque's Venise sauvée, Aeschylus' Choephoroe, Shakespeare's Richard II, The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew, Pericles, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus, Motokiyo's Kagekiyo, Molière's Tartuffe (recorded on Caedmon TRS-332), Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, Brecht's Galileo Galilei, Euripides' Electra, Molière's Le Malade Imaginaire, Tremblay's Damnée Manon, sacrée Sandra, Racine's Phèdre.
Music for the films Lumières, 1953, La Chute de la maison Usher, 1955, Histoires extraordinaires, 1961-2 and La Courte Échelle, 1964
Writings (Poetry)
Aire (Paris 1948)
Les Amitiés errantes (Paris 1950)
Le Dit de l'enfant mort (Paris 1952)
Cantate pour une joie (Montreal 1955, Ric 1960)
'Labyrinthe 4,' CMB, 11-12, Autumn-Winter 1975/Spring-Summer 1976
'Labyrinth 8,' Fanfare (Stratford Festival), vol 24, no. 2, 1990
Also poem published in Canada, a production of the NFB Photography Service.
Also several other unpublished poems.
Choir or Voice
Messe I. 1952. 3 voices. Ms. (Gloria, Credo) RCI 189 (Montreal Bach Choir)/Poly 2917009 (Festival Singers)/Centrediscs CMC-2285 (Tor Children's Chorus)/CBC Musica Viva MVCD-1039 (Tudor Singers of Montreal)
Sept Chansons d'enfants (M. Jacob, R. Radiguet, et al). 1952. 4 voices. Ms
Trois Poèmes de saint Jean de la Croix (transl A. Godoy). 1954. Contralto, violin, violoncello. Québec-Musique 1981
Debout Joseph! (A. Césaire). 1955. V, guitar. Ms
'L'Avenir' (H. Michaux). 1962. Speech chorus. Ms
Permutation 1 2 3 4. 1962. 1, 2, 3, or 4 chorus. Ms
'Jamais' (Charpentier). 1963. 3 voice. Alliance des chorales du Québec 1980
Trois Oraisons. 1971. Sop, harpsichord, piano, harp, vibraphone. Ms
'Veni creator spiritus'. 1973. 2 voices. Ms
Processionnal (Charpentier). 1974. Spkr, speech chorus, men's chorus, brass, harpsichord, harp, glockenspiel, bells, organ. Ms
Artère (Charpentier). 1976. Bar. Ms
Mass of the 17th Sunday after Pentecost. 1982. Ten, bar, SATB, crowd chorus, bells, harp, 2 organ. Ms
Suite d'après la musique pour 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'. 1964. Ms
Grande Chaconne d'après la musique de 'Galileo Galilei'. 1971. Ms
Suite d'après la musique for 'Le Malade imaginaire'. 1974. Ms
Also Trois Ricercars for oboe and harpsichord (1966, Ms)
Doré, Fernand. 'La musique n'est qu'un élément du grand tout,' Maclean, Aug 1968
'Un petit opéra from Stratford,' CBC Times, 3-9 Aug 1968
McLean, Eric. 'Gabriel Charpentier - man of music and man of the theatre,' Montreal Star, 18 Jan 1969
Desjardins, P.W. 'Orphée,' Vie des arts, 57, Winter 1969-70
Littler, William. 'Cymbeline music man invents new sound,' Toronto Daily Star, 8 Jul 1970
Kraglund, John. 'Gabriel Charpentier: master of incidental music for theatre,' Toronto Globe and Mail, 23 Oct 1971
Littler, William. 'Composer explains why his opera is not opera,' Toronto Star, 8 Jul 1972
Laplante, Louise. 'Gabriel Charpentier,' Mcan, 35, Apr 1978
Contemporary Canadian Composers/Compositeurs canadiens contemporains
' An English Lesson,' EMC 1981
Talivaldis Kenins
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté
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Defining Success
Singapore: Why Is It an Ideal Place for Business?
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Starting a business is a smart way to spend your money. It’s not as easy as it sounds, however. You need to consider different factor to increase the chances of your business to thrive. Location, for example, is a vital aspect of opening a business as it can influence the growth of your venture and maximise your business loan as the capital.
If you’re planning to open a global business, Singapore is an ideal location for your headquarters. It offers strong trade and investment, making it the most competitive Asian country and an ideal place for business.
Why Start a Business in Singapore?
Singapore provides business-friendly taxes as it has the lowest effective tax rate worldwide. It avoids double taxing its business stakeholders through the single-tier income tax rates system. Taxes on the chargeable incomes are the last task companies have to pay for since all dividends distributed to shareholders are tax exempted.
The city-state has also remained to be a top financial centre. It’s one of the largest financial hubs, offering global firms competitively priced trade financing, refined risk management and superior insurance service options for enterprises.
You will also have many financing options because commercial banks in Singapore offers competitive product offerings and international reach. Over a hundred banks are operating in Singapore, and most them have bases covering the primary trading partners of the nation, such as China, the US, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines, among others.
The government of Singapore is also supportive of small business owners. The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), for example, actively handles trade-related cases and improves business clauses that handle smooth operations of businesses.
Starting your Business in Singapore
Like in any territories, you need to comply with certain policies before starting a business in Singapore. First, you need to register your business, whether you’re a local or foreign branch, to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. If you have a foreign businessman who wants to set up a representative office in the country, you need to approach these government agencies
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Once you have registered your business, you need to find the premises of your business. Singapore has an array of premises so you’ll have premium facilities and infrastructure, whether you’re in the heart of the civic district or a suburban estate.
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Opening a business is a rewarding yet risky investment. You need to plan your moves carefully to increase your chances of succeeding. Although Singapore offers great opportunities to business owners, you need to create a strong business plan to stand out over the competition. Use all the resources available wisely to keep your venture growing. Familiar yourself with all the laws and regulations in the country, especially if you’re a foreigner, to avoid legal disputes.
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Latrell Sprewell Net Worth
Ayesha Gani
How much is Latrell Sprewell worth? $50,000
How did Latrell Sprewell earn his money and wealth?
Latrell Sprewell was born on September 8, 1970. He is an American former basketball player. He played for many teams and earned many honors during his career. Latrell played for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, and the Minnesota Timberwolves. During his time as a player, Sprewell was named NBA All-Star game yearly for four times; he also led and helped the Knicks reach the Finals of NBA and the Timberwolves the Western Conference finals. Despite his achievements, his career faced a downfall due to a 1997 incident in which he choked coach P. J. Carlesimo during a practice, which eventually resulted in a suspension for 68 games.
Sprewell’s career came to a surprising end in 2005 when he declined a $21-million 3 year contract offer from the Timberwolves, which Sprewell implied would not be enough to nurse his children. The earning was not enough for his family. The Timberwolves offered not more than that. Since that time, he has made news for grounding his million-dollar ship and subsequently having it reclaimed for missed payments, having two of his homes shut down, and being forbidden from seeing his children.
In March 2006, Sprewell was offered contracts by the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. At that time both the teams were considered strong contenders to win the NBA Championship, but Sprewell declined the offers of the two and remained a free agent as the season came to an end. There was also negligible interest in Sprewell by the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of the 2005–06 seasons but no result came out of it. IN 2006, 21-year-old female claimed that while having sex with Latrell on his yacht, Latrell strangled her. Police observed red marks on her neck and began to search for the evidence. Later, he was released from any kind of charge.
In his overall career of 10 years, Sprewell played 868 of 913 games, averaging 4.2 apg, 18.8 ppg, and 4.1 rpg with playoff career averages of 3.4 apg, 19.7 ppg, and 4.3 rpg. Sprewell was named to the All-NBA First Team at the end of his second season, and to the All-NBA Defensive second team that same year.
In 1994, a four-year-old daughter of Sprewell was attacked by his dog pit bull, getting bites to her nose, lips, ear, and forehead. She underwent surgery. At the junior level in college, Sprewell was also put behind the bars for stealing. In 2016, Sprewell acted in a television advertisement, Priceline.com, poking fun at himself.
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Brody House
The northeast corner of Raritan and Adelaide Avenues was formerly occupied by the Brody House.
The Brody House was designed by Alexander Merchant and constructed in 1914 for George Russell. Alexander Merchant was a prominent local architect in the early 20th century. He was born in Scotland, moved to this country, and eventually established an office in New Brunswick in 1906. In addition to his work along Raritan Avenue, he designed public schools in Highland Park and New Brunswick and a music building for the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass College of Rutgers University). He also served on the Borough Council and Board of Education. His name occurs at several other points in this walking tour, as he worked on many of the borough's distinctive buildings.
Adele Brody, who gave money to the Jewish Community Center as well as a number of other local organizations, later lived here. It stood until 1997 when it was demolished for the construction of the office building that stands on the site today.
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South African elections 2019: The battle for Gauteng
Gauteng ANC head of elections, Lebogang Maile, has already refuted suggestions of a coalition government.
by Luke Daniel
Johannesburg City Hall, Market Street, Johannesburg. Now the home of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature / Image via Wikipedia Commons
Gauteng province has the propensity to be the fiercest political battlefield in the upcoming South African elections.
While the public’s focus rests mainly with the national outcomes of general elections, the provincial ballot, especially this year, promises to be the closest contest yet. Voter shifts, exemplified by fluctuating provincial tallies, offer us vital insight into the ever-changing political landscape of South Africa.
South African elections: The domino effect
The political swing between urban and rural regions – a phenomenon which has gained momentum in the last decade – illustrates an interesting shift in influence, one which promises to alter provincial outcomes. It’s important to note that elections are divided into numerous tiers, which, when analysed, exemplify a ground-up approach.
Municipal elections, which determine administrations for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of South Africa’s nine provinces, provide parties with an opportunity to prove good governance. In so doing, elected parties, after proving administrative prowess, grow in support and, generally, make inroads into neighbouring municipalities. It’s a political domino effect, which impacts both provincial and national outcomes.
This is most evident in the Gauteng province. Ten years ago, the African National Congress (ANC) dominated the region, governing all metropolitan, district and local municipalities. This monopoly was broken during the municipal elections in 2011, whereby the Democratic Alliance (DA) managed to gain control of Midvaal Local Municipality.
In the 2014 general election, the DA managed to up its provincial tally in Gauteng by 8%, to 30% overall, while the ANC saw a drop of 10%, leaving the ruling party with 53% overall. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), in their electoral debut, managed to garner 10% of the provincial vote.
Two years later, the 2016 municipal elections saw the ANC lose even more ground in Gauteng. Through strategic alliances with minority parties, the DA managed to secure governance in two major metros, the City of Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane.
The EFF, which also managed to increase its voter share in 2016, is predicted to hold power as kingmakers in the 2019 provincial election. The DA’s Premier candidate in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, recently explained that the DA would be willing to enter into a coalition with the EFF in order to snatch control of the province away from the ANC.
Voter trends and predictions point to this being a likely scenario. If the ANC’s vote count in Gauteng drops below 50%, the DA and EFF, along with other minority parties, will have the opportunity to oust the ruling party. Another provincial defeat, preceded by the loss of the Western Cape in 2009, would spell disaster for the ANC.
The trouble with coalition governments
It seems likely that no single political party will be able to attain an outright majority in Gauteng, if this proves to be the case, then the prospect of a coalition government leans nearer to inevitability. There are, however, inherent risks and pitfalls associated with coalition governments, particularly when political ideologies of prospective partners differ so greatly.
Gauteng ANC head of elections, Lebogang Maile, has already refuted suggestions of a coalition government, remaining confident that the party would, in fact, secure an outright majority. Commenting on the current coalition agreements between the EFF and DA, Maile said:
“We are not thinking about a coalition. It does not work. It is messing up service delivery.”
There is truth to Maile’s claims of troubled coalitions. The EFF-DA coalition in various metros has proven particularly treacherous, with dire disagreements over policy effectively destroying cooperative alliances.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMB) proved just how dangerous coalition governments could be. NMB, like Gauteng, was dominated by the ANC until 2016, when the DA managed to secure 46% of the municipal vote. Still lacking an outright majority, the DA joined forces with the United Democratic Front (UDM), the Congress of the People (Cope) and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP).
The EFF, which chose to remain on the side-lines, exerted its power two years later, when, together with the ANC, effectively managed to remove the DA from power. In 2018, the UDM betrayed the DA and, in siding with the ANC and EFF in a motion of no confidence, ousted both Mayor Athol Trollip and Speaker Jonathan Lawack from the administration.
In the wake of Trollip’s ousting, EFF leader, Julius Malema, took direct aim at other DA-led municipalities, saying:
“They said Malema is a small boy, Trollip is not going anywhere. Look now. The EFF is unapologetic about its decision to remove Athol Trollip as the executive mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay. The vote must be understood as a serious opposition to the white arrogance of the white-dominated DA.”
Malema went on to threaten the removal of then-mayor of Tshwane, Msimanga, saying:
“Msimanga allows white racists who are exposed for taking jobs without the necessary qualifications to retaliate and punishes the black city manager for exposing them. We hate corruption.”
Msimanga went on to survive numerous motions of no confidence.
Malema has offered to support coalition governments in 2019 but on stringent conditions. Speaking on the EFF’s policy on coalitions, Malema said:
“At the centre of anyone going into a coalition with the EFF is the land situation. We have to agree on the land situation. To the EFF, the land situation is non-negotiable.”
Gauteng provincial elections outlook
Recent voter surveys have provided conflicted results on Gauteng’s electoral prospects. A study conducted by the Centre for Social Development in Africa found that the ANC would grow its support base, at the expense of both the DA and the EFF, securing a 58% majority.
A survey conducted by Afrobarometer predicts that the ANC will struggle to break the 50% threshold in Gauteng. The Institute for Race Relations (IRR), which recently published its own voter opinion poll, indicates that the ANC will fail to surpass 41% in Gauteng, while the EFF is expected to increase its voter share to 18%.
All the above polls have one thing in common, a predicted stagnation, or even decline, for the DA in Gauteng.
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Losses Mount at United
The airline may be jeopardizing its chances at a post-bankruptcy federal loan.
Eric Gillin
The fiscal bleeding continues for still-bankrupt United Airlines, a unit of
(UALAQ.OB)
, which announced losses from operations of $75 million during the month of April.
However, that's a $221 million improvement from a year ago, when the carrier lost nearly $300 million as the war in Iraq drastically reduced travel demand. On a net basis, the carrier lost $137 million, which, when added to its
first-quarter loss, puts its net losses for the first four months of 2004 just shy of $600 million.
While the losses are mounting, United continues to improve while operating under bankruptcy protection. The carrier said it filled 79.9% of seats in April -- a record for that month -- and said unit revenue rose 20% from last year against a 12% decline in unit costs (which would have fallen 17% if fuel was excluded).
"Like the rest of the industry, we are challenged by high fuel prices," said Jake Brace, United's CFO, in a statement. "If fuel prices were at more typical levels, United would have reported an operating profit in April."
The carrier continued to meet all the requirements of its debtor-in-possession financing under bankruptcy and said it ended April with $2.3 billion in cash, which includes $685 million in restricted cash. United burned through $246 million during April, driven in part by a $110 million contribution to its pension plan.
But to exit from the bankruptcy entered a year-and-a-half ago, the carrier will need to win a $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, which was created after the World Trade Center attacks to keep the airline industry liquid.
And with oil prices high and rival
(UAIR)
teetering toward its second bankruptcy in the past two years, the government may not be willing to commit money to bail out a carrier that's lost nearly $600 million over the last four months.
On Wednesday, shares of United, which will become worthless when the company emerges from bankruptcy, closed up 3 cents, or 3%, to $1.03.
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Whitmer to revoke Enbridge oil pipeline easement in Straits of Mackinac
Keith Matheny
Canadian oil transportation giant Enbridge may soon lose its permission to operate a controversial, aging, oil and gas pipeline on the Straits of Mackinac lake bottom.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Eichinger on Friday notified Enbridge that a 1953 easement allowing it to operate dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac to transport petroleum and other products is being revoked and terminated.
Whitmer and Eichinger also filed a lawsuit asking the Ingham County Circuit Court to recognize the validity of this action, citing violation of the public trust doctrine, given the unreasonable risk that continued operation of the dual pipelines poses to the Great Lakes.
"Moreover, the state is terminating the easement based on Enbridge’s persistent and incurable violations of the easement’s terms and conditions," Whitmer's office said in a release Friday.
The notice requires Enbridge to cease operations of the dual pipelines in the Straits by May 2021, to allow for an "orderly transition that protects Michigan's energy needs over the coming months," according to Whitmer's office.
“Here in Michigan, the Great Lakes define our borders, but they also define who we are as people," Whitmer said.
"Enbridge has routinely refused to take action to protect our Great Lakes and the millions of Americans who depend on them for clean drinking water and good jobs. They have repeatedly violated the terms of the 1953 easement by ignoring structural problems that put our Great Lakes and our families at risk.
"Most importantly, Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and way of life. That’s why we’re taking action now, and why I will continue to hold accountable anyone who threatens our Great Lakes and fresh water.”
In an emailed statement, Enbridge officials said they remain confident of Line 5's safety and that there is "no credible basis" for terminating the 1953 easement.
"This notice and the report from Michigan Department of Natural Resources are a distraction from the fundamental facts," said Vern Yu, Enbridge executive vice president and president of liquids pipelines. "Line 5 remains safe, as envisioned by the 1953 Easement, and as recently validated by our federal safety regulator," the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA.
Enbridge officials questioned the DNR conducting its assessment of easement compliance in a nonpublic manner, and failing to consult with the company's technical experts as the review was undertaken.
"We will continue to focus on the safe operation of the dual Line 5 pipelines at the Straits of Mackinac, ensuring the Great Lakes are protected while also reliably delivering the energy that helps to fuel Michigan’s and the region’s economy," Yu said.
Line 5 moves 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day east through the Upper Peninsula, splitting into twin underwater pipelines through the Straits, before returning to a single transmission pipeline through the Lower Peninsula that runs south to Sarnia, Ontario.
The pipeline, and particularly its more than 4-mile underwater section in the Straits, have, for years, been a source of contention.
Enbridge was responsible for one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history — a major leak on one of its large oil transmission lines near Marshall in July 2010. That spill fouled more than 38 miles of the Kalamazoo River and took four years and more than $1 billion to clean up. Enbridge in 2016 agreed to a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency, including $62 million in penalties, over the Marshall spill and a 2010 spill on another of its pipelines in Romeoville, Illinois.
A similar spill disaster on Line 5 in the Straits would devastate the Great Lakes shoreline communities and the Michigan economy, critics of the pipeline have long contended. Enbridge officials have countered that Line 5 is safe.
Mike Shriberg, regional executive director of the environmental nonprofit National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes Regional Center, praised Whitmer's move to revoke the 1953 easement.
"Line 5 should have never been built in the first place," he said. "Gov. Whitmer is now bravely, and correctly, standing up for the Great Lakes.
"This is a legacy-defining action by the governor. She is standing on the side not only of clean water, but clean energy and the jobs that go along with the transition to a renewable energy economy."
Others, however, have cited Line 5 as an economic necessity.
"Without Line 5, these family-sustaining jobs will be gone, and all of the employment we support will be at risk," said Justin Donley, president of United Steelworkers Local 912, representing just under 400 employees at the PBF Toledo Refining Complex in Oregon, Ohio, which gets most of its raw products for refining from Line 5. Donley commented at an August online hearing of the Michigan Public Service Commission on Enbridge's proposed $300 million tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac, into which a single, new oil and gas pipeline would be constructed.
The Toledo refinery provides the majority of jet fuel to Detroit Metro Airport, and "there are no feasible and prudent alternatives of supply that would sustain operations" there absent Line 5, Donley said.
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The amount of oil and gas products moved through the refinery would equate to thousands of tractor-trailers per day, Donley said.
"The street system where the refinery is located is not capable of handling the traffic increase it would take to move our product," he said. "And even if it were, the refinery doesn't have the infrastructure to move that amount of material by truck."
Others, including environmental groups, however, say existing pipeline networks could move the oil and gas where it needs to go without Line 5.
The state's clashes with Enbridge over Line 5's operation predate Whitmer's administration.
Enbridge knew a section of the required protective coating on its underwater Straits pipelines was damaged in 2014 — but did not make state officials aware of it until three years later.
The pipelines have also had repeated problems over the years with loss of support anchors holding the lines on the lake bottom in the Straits of Mackinac's powerful, shifting currents. The resulting gaps between support anchors have at times exceeded the 75 feet required in the 1953 easement.
The underwater pipelines were struck and dented in three different locations by an anchor inadvertently dropped and dragged by a commercial vessel in April 2018. In June, Enbridge officials disclosed the pipelines had again been struck by anchors or cables deployed by nearby vessels sometime in 2019, damaging pipeline coatings and severely damaging a support anchor. The strikes were likely caused by Enbridge's own, contracted vessels, investigators concluded.
"After spending more than 15 months reviewing Enbridge's record over the last 67 years, it is abundantly clear that today's action is necessary," Eichinger said. "Enbridge's historic failures and current noncompliance present too great a risk to our Great Lakes and the people who depend upon them."
The public trust doctrine cited by Whitmer and Eichinger refers to a body of law recognizing the state of Michigan as a trustee of the public's rights in the Great Lakes, and imposing responsibility upon the state to protect those rights from any impairment.
"This is a historic day of state leadership by the Whitmer administration brought about by many years of dedicated action by environmental groups, Indian tribes, communities, businesses, faith communities and individuals," said Liz Kirkwood, executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a Great Lakes law and policy center based in Traverse City.
"People of diverse backgrounds have come together to work tirelessly on a common purpose — protecting the Great Lakes, drinking water, fishing rights, the economy, coastal communities and a way of life from the most dangerous oil pipeline in America."
The Consumer Energy Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of businesses, farmers, labor groups, chambers of commerce and energy companies — including Enbridge — blasted Whitmer's action.
"Today’s action by Gov. Whitmer is not only irresponsible, reckless and purely political, it puts millions of families and the economies of Midwestern states at risk in the middle of a pandemic for absolutely no reason," CEA Midwest director Chris Ventura said.
"The Governor’s reckless lawsuit revokes an easement for a pipeline that has never leaked, and is jeopardizing the fuel supply needed for interstate commerce. This action will needlessly increase energy bills on Michiganders during a pandemic when folks are still saddled with high unemployment."
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters also reacted to the action by Whitmer and Eichinger.
"There’s no question an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac would have catastrophic and long-term consequences to the economic and environmental health of Michigan and the Great Lakes," he said. "Unfortunately, here in Michigan, we already know from the Enbridge pipeline leak in the Kalamazoo River just how devastating and costly spills are to our state.
"Given the structural integrity and age concerns around Line 5 — particularly in recent years — and Enbridge’s failures and inability to be transparent with Michiganders, it’s clear that Line 5 poses too serious of a threat and must be removed in the coming months."
How a shutdown of the existing Line 5 pipeline might impact Enbridge's proposed new pipeline and tunnel is unclear. Enbridge continues to seek required state and federal permits for that project.
"Enbridge could still go ahead with their current tunnel proposal, but it's going to be much harder to prove to regulators there’s a need if Line 5 is already shut down," Shriberg said.
Contact Keith Matheny: 313-222-5021 or kmatheny@freepress.com
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Ida’s Story
by Micah Project
Ida appears to be a normal girl like any other attending the local school, Sulgwita Primary. Her story however is far from normal as she fights every single day with a condition which is severely affecting her ability to fulfil her potential at school.
5 months into our work with the project we came across Ida who had fallen unconscious with a condition, which was later diagnosed as epilepsy. Ida later needed hospital treatment at 2 separate hospitals and our own medical centre. We carried Ida up the hill to the medical centre and drove her to the local government hospital, she did not regain consciousness until sometime later that day.
Ida was our inspiration to run a pop-up clinic in the local area and try to provide medication and treatment for the whole village. Without our intervention that day Ida would have continued to suffer with this condition and almost certainly miss out on her upcoming exams.
The story has a happy ending. Ida took her exams, while on medication for her condition, and came top of the class, she has aspirations to become a doctor later in life.
The clinic served 199 sick people in the village on its first day, thanks to the help of doctors and nurses who volunteered from all over the county. We managed to treat conditions such as Diabetes and Malaria and provided services like cervical screening, lab facilities, family planning and much more. We treated 8 severe cases and referred a number of people for further treatment at the local hospitals.
Ida’s story is one with a happy ending, however this is an isolated case, most people of Turi continue to struggle with illnesses and conditions, which would be treated easily in other countries. It is our intention to help as many people as possible like Ida in the future.
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Before we get to the offset printing machine let's first understand what is offset printing all about. In offset printing, the image or text that is to be printed needs to be transferred from a metal plate to a rubber blanket which is mounted on heavy iron rollers. This roller is one of the most important parts of the offset printing machine as it is that component of the machine which does the printing. "Offset" is a technical term which is meant to convey the process by which the image is transferred from the metal plate to the rubber blanket and thereafter, to the substrate or surface which is the final printing medium, which could be a book, a magazine, a newspaper, or any other printing medium.
Going a little deeper into the functioning of an offset printing machine, it's important to note how the image transfer happens flawlessly with no spillage of ink on the non-printing areas of the substrate. It is known as the offset lithography process wherein the part of the substrate to be printed, draws the ink from the ink rollers while the rest of the substrate draws a soluble film from the water roller that keeps the ink away from the non-printing areas. The main components in an offset printing machine are the ink rollers, water rollers, plate roller or cylinder, offset roller or cylinder and the blanket or impression roller.
There are two types of offset printing machines - sheet-fed machines and web offset machines. In a sheet-fed machine, single sheets of paper are fed into the machine with the help of an automated suction bar which uses mechanical registration for consistency of printing. These machines are perfect for short-run jobs like magazines, brochures, catalogs, etc. On the other hand, the term web offset has nothing to do with the WWW (World Wide Web); the term web offset was coined when WWW was not even in existence. Web in offset printing machines refers to the huge roll of paper that is fitted on the machine to feed the paper into the machine in a continuous stream. Such machines are perfect for bulk printing jobs like newspapers.
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MS: Luvata Announces Expansion of Operations in Grenada
Officials from Luvata, a world leader in metal solutions manufacturing and engineering services, have announced the company is expanding production capabilities at its Grenada, Miss., facility in order to pursue new market opportunities. The expansion represents a company investment of $1 million and will create 20 new jobs.
“I applaud Luvata officials for their decision to further expand in Grenada and create additional job opportunities for Mississippi workers,” Governor Phil Bryant said. “The company’s continued investment in Mississippi is a great testament to the quality of our state’s workforce and our business climate.”
“Luvata is a world leader in heat transfer technology and related engineering and design services, and we are launching several new products manufactured right here in Mississippi. With the additional grant funds, we are looking forward to providing additional employment opportunities for our community,” said Luvata Grenada’s Director of Manufacturing Ed Muilwyk. “We would like to thank the Mississippi Development Authority, the Grenada Economic Development District and Grenada County who have worked closely with us to support our expansion efforts.”
This latest expansion marks the company’s second in Grenada in under a year. In August 2011, Luvata expanded operations at its aluminum production plant, also with the goal of capturing new opportunities in the marketplace. That project was a $1 million company investment, as well.
“Luvata’s Grenada operations are providing metal services to customers around the globe, and I am pleased the company is once again expanding to reach an even wider range of consumers,” said Jim Barksdale, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) interim executive director. “I thank the company for its ongoing commitment to its workers and to doing business in Grenada, and I am grateful MDA was able to assist with this project.”
MDA worked closely with company and local officials to support the project, providing funding for improvements to the publicly-owned facility in which Luvata is located. Grenada County also provided assistance for improvements to the facility.
Luvata is the leading international metals supplier of solutions, services, components and materials for manufacturing and construction. Luvata’s solutions are used in industries such as renewable energy, power generation, architecture, automotive transport, medicine, air conditioning, industrial refrigeration, consumer products and construction. The company employs over 7,000 staff members in 18 countries and works with consumers such as Siemens, Toyota, CERN, Shaaz and DWD International.
To learn more about Luvata, please visit the company’s website at www.luvata.com.
About Mississippi Development Authority
Mississippi Development Authority is the State of Mississippi’s lead economic and community development agency. Approximately 300 employees are engaged in providing services to businesses, communities and workers in the state. While the agency is best known for its efforts to recruit new businesses to Mississippi, the Authority provides services to promote tourism, help communities improve their quality of place, help existing employers identify and meet opportunities and challenges and help workers improve their skills – all with the goal of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of Mississippians. For more information, visit MDA’s website at www.mississippi.org
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This Beloved British Designer Is Launching a Festive Holiday Pop-up Shop at NYC's Bergdorf Goodman
By Meena Thiruvengadam
Credit: Marius Chira
Kit Kemp — the British designer and hotelier who created the dishware Bergdorf Goodman once used for its elegant afternoon tea service — is bringing a whimsical world of wonder to the iconic New York City department store for the holidays.
Kemp is converting what was once her seventh floor secret garden into a holiday pop-up that sells custom artwork, trinkets, and of course, that iconic tea set from the Bergdorf Goodman restaurant.
Kemp's Sailor’s Farewell collection was created in partnership with Wedgwood, and is inspired by a drawing of a sailor's wife waving farewell to her husband, her red scarf flying in the wind. Her husband’s adventures — and some of the creatures he comes across — also are depicted.
Kemp is a woman of many talents and is also founder, co-owner, and creative director for Firmdale Hotels, which owns The Crosby and Whitby Hotels in New York City as well as the Soho and Covent Garden Hotels in London. She designs everything from homeware to fragrances and is also a published author.
Her space at Bergdorf Goodman is her first brick-and-mortar retail presence in the U.S. She plans to make over the space seasonally and describes designing her holiday pop-up as a welcome respite from the pandemic. “It has been an exciting project to create amidst all the doom and gloom,” she said.
Kemp’s latest collection features decorative mushrooms in glass domes that look like they came straight out of “Alice in Wonderland,” cozy geometric blankets, one-of-a-kind wall art, comfy floral pillows, and jeweled trinket boxes.
Meena Thiruvengadam is a Travel + Leisure contributor who has visited 50 countries on six continents and 47 U.S. states. She loves historic plaques, wandering new streets, and walking on beaches. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.
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Trinity Business Group
A Family of Businesses
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Katie Long Davis
Katie directs Trinity’s day-to-day accounting responsibilities. While Katie is responsible for the accounting function at the corporate level, she also serves as an advisor to Trinity’s student housing investments in Oxford, MS.
Katie joined Trinity in 2016.
Katie graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University.
Alan Tuttle
Alan is responsible for the day-to-day Finance, Accounting, Tax, Risk Management, and Human Resource functions for all companies within the Trinity portfolio.
Alan is a CPA with over 15 years of experience. Prior to joining Trinity in 2017, Alan served in various finance, accounting, and internal audit leadership roles with Community Coffee Company and IBM.
Alan holds both a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University.
Billie Brian
CO-FOUNDER | OWNER
Billie, a graduate of architecture, serves as Trinity’s “Chief of All Matters of Design”. Billie is well re-known for her creativity and talent in designing and furnishing residential and commercial buildings and interior spaces. In particular, Billie’s experience in higher end residential design spans over 40 years. In addition, for each of Trinity’s student housing and condominium investments in Oxford Mississippi, Billie designed and directed the work of the Company’s architect partners as well as directed all interior design efforts.
Billie’s design work is certainly both nationally and regionally recognized by reputation for her creativity, uniqueness, and overall high-end appeal. Billie’s work has been prominently featured not only in regional and local magazines but also twice nationally on the cover of Southern Living magazine.
Billie holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana Tech University as well as the distinction of being the first female graduate from the accredited school of architecture at Louisiana Tech.
Paul Caronna
GENERAL MANAGER AND OPERATING PARTNER, SEQUOIA BUILDING PRODUCTS
Paul serves as the General Manager for Sequoia Outdoor Supply and is based in New Orleans, LA. Paul is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Sequoia which was acquired by Trinity in 2019.
Paul joined Trinity in 2011 and served as Trinity’s Chief Financial Officer from 2011 until 2019.
Prior to joining Trinity, Paul served in a variety of financial positions that included experience in public accounting, waste removal (SDT Waste and Debris Services in New Orleans), and a stint with Kentwood Springs Water Co.
Paul earned a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.
Jay Luna
GENERAL MANAGER, CWM | PEA RIDGE RECYCLING | HEVI CONSTRUCTION
Jay is responsible for Construction Waste Management, which serves as the Roll Off trucking and hauling operation for the Pea Ridge Recycling landfill and both operations are based in Oxford,MS. In addition, Jay directs the operations of Trinity’s general construction company, Hevi Construction. Licensed in both Mississippi and Tennessee, Hevi Construction performs general contracting services for Trinity investments, in addition to third parties.
CWM and Pea Ridge Recycling were acquired in an acquisition in 2019.
Jay joined Trinity in 2015 and, together with Maggie Brian Luna, is based in Oxford, MS.
Jay holds a General Contractor Commercial License in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Jay earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Mississippi.
Maggie Brian Luna
GENERAL MANAGER, HENLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Maggie is responsible for the property management function for Trinity’s sizeable student housing investments in Oxford, MS. Maggie, together with her team of leasing and maintenance staff, manages the day-to-day property management needs of approximately 700 beds housed in three luxury student housing developments in Oxford.
Maggie joined Trinity in 2014 and is based in Oxford.
Maggie earned a BBA degree in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi.
Brandi Dykes
Based in Nashville, Brandi assists the various Trinity companies by troubleshooting areas of need and supporting operations management. Brandi’s robust knowledge of the Trinity companies is widely respected as is her ability to bring individual projects to timely closure. Brandi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Anthropology from the University of Mississippi and joined Trinity in 2016.
Hayes Brian
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Hayes Brian serves Trinity by managing the day-to-day operations of its Blakewood Manufactured Home Community investment located in Baton Rouge. In addition, Hayes assists in the operations of Trinity’s accounting, human resources, and other administrative functions in Baton Rouge.
Following a 3-year stint with a mid-sized CPA firm in Jackson, MS, Hayes joined Trinity in 2014 and is based in Baton Rouge.
Hayes earned his degree in Accounting from Millsaps College and holds a CPA certificate.
Hank Mills
TRANSACTION CONSULTANT
Hank is responsible for assisting Trinity’s senior management in raising equity capital and in the identification and pursuit of new investment opportunities strategically aligned with Trinity’s business interests.
A Louisiana native and graduate of Louisiana State University, Hank possesses over 35 years of experience in business development. In addition to assisting Trinity in exploring new investment opportunities, Hank also assists in the periodic divestitures of Trinity businesses.
Hank also serves in a leadership position for the Refuge Foundation, a Trinity Business Group 501(c) non-profit foundation whose mission is in the building and management of Christian Silent Retreat Centers.
Justin Mitchell
OPERATIONS MANAGER AND CO-GENERAL MANAGER, MODERN METALS RECYCLING
Justin is responsible for the day-to-day management of Trinity’s Modern Metals Recycling business. Justin manages two scrap yard locations and is responsible for all scrap metal purchasing, scrap sales, pricing and monitoring of market conditions.
Justin joined Trinity in 2019 following Trinity’s acquisition of Modern Metals Recycling.
Prior to joining Trinity, Justin served in project management in the oilfield services business and has an extensive background in operations and capital project management.
Justin earned his B.S. in Construction Management from Louisiana State University.
Pat Pettijohn
Pat, an experienced and accomplished business executive, is responsible for the overall management and performance of Trinity’s portfolio of businesses. Pat’s vast experience working in privately-held family businesses extends to Trinity’s present group of businesses including food and beverage and health care. In addition to Pat’s day-to-day management responsibilities for each of the Trinity companies, Pat also directs Trinity’s financing, banking, acquisition, and divestiture activities in support of the ever-expanding capital requirements for Trinity.
Pat’s business career includes Kimberly Clark Corp (Health Care and Forest Products), Community Coffee Company (as Chief Financial Officer and later as President and CEO), and senior management stints with Bruce Foods Corporation and Mello Joy Coffee Company.
Pat joined Trinity in 2010.
Pat graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, and holds a M.B.A. from the University of Georgia. In addition, Pat holds a CPA certificate.
Beau Brian
GENERAL MANAGER, RONALDSON FIELD | MODERN METALS RECYCLING | ASH MITIGATION BANK
Beau is responsible for the management of Trinity’s investments in the Ronaldson Field Construction and Demolition Landfill, the Modern Metals Recycling scrap metal processing business, as well as the Company’s mitigation banking investments.
Beau joined Trinity in 2011 and is based in Baton Rouge.
Beau is a graduate of the University of Mississippi.
Blake Brian
GENERAL MANAGER, TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Blake, the oldest son of Sid and Billie, is responsible for Trinity’s real estate investments and other business operations in Tennessee. Blake joined the Trinity family of businesses in 2007 and was responsible for the management of Nature’s Best Organics of Tennessee, based in Knoxville and Nashville, TN, until the company was sold in 2019.
Blake is presently based in Nashville as Trinity searches for new investment opportunities primarily aligned in the waste industry.
Blake is a graduate of Mississippi State University.
Sid Brian
CO-FOUNDER | OWNER | PRESIDENT
Sid, together with his wife Billie, co-founded Trinity Business Group and continue today as majority members. Trinity became the successor company to Natural Resources Recovery in 2011. Natural Resource Recovery began its operations in the waste industry in 1995. Today, Trinity serves as the holding company for a diverse portfolio of more than 20 companies that span the spectrum from income producing commercial real estate investment including student housing properties to a range of different operating businesses in the landfill waste and recycling, scrap metal recycling, and building products industries. Additionally, Trinity’s asset portfolio includes investment in wetlands mitigation banking, a manufactured home community, as well as substantial land and timber holdings in Mississippi.
Sid’s DNA is that of a “Developer” and Sid drives the entrepreneurial activity within Trinity and leads the search for new investment opportunities. Sid’s professional career began as early as 1979 in banking and residential real estate. Following a four- year stint in banking, Sid has been self-employed for the balance of his highly accomplished career.
Sid’s spiritual faith and Christian values are of the highest of his priorities.
Sid is a graduate of Louisiana State University and together with Billie, have three sons (Blake, Hayes and Beau) and a daughter (Maggie), all of whom serve in various operating capacities within the collection of companies called Trinity Business Group.
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