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Advent Venture Partners
Internet & Ecommerce
Frédéric Court
Frédéric joined Advent in 2001 with a focus on global investment opportunities in consumer internet, mobile and software.
While at Advent he has led or co-led investments in Farfetch, Vitrue (acquired by Oracle), Zong (sold to eBay), Qype (sold to Yelp), Fizzback (acquired by NICE Systems), Ubiquisys (acquired by Cisco) and Dailymotion (acquired by Orange, now owned by Vivendi).
He previously was an entrepreneur, having co-founded Etexx, in France, a VC-backed online marketplace and collaboration platform for the global textile industry. He started his career working with investment bank Lazard in London, Milan and New York, where he co-founded the Telecommunications & Technology team in London and was involved in transactions worth over $100bn.
He currently sits on the board of Farfetch, where he was the first investor. He is now Founder and Managing Partner of Felix Capital, a new VC firm he launched in 2015.
A graduate of ESSEC and Bocconi University in Milan, Frederic is fluent in French, Italian and Spanish.
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New floating caisson to double ports CPT’s port productivity
TPNA Floating Caisson Repaired at Sturrock Dry Dock in Cape Town Ahead of Fabrication of New Structure
New caisson forms part of a multimillion-rand overhaul taking place at the port’s ship repair facilities under Operation Phakisa
A new, R98 million floating caisson is to be fabricated for the Sturrock Dry Dock operated by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) in the Port of Cape Town is expected to enable one of the biggest dry dock facilities in the Southern Hemisphere to double its productivity.
The new caisson forms part of a multimillion-rand overhaul taking place at the port’s ship repair facilities under South Africa’s Operation Phakisa programme, through which ship building and ship repair have been identified as a strategic competence for the port.
The caisson is a large steel gate structure that acts as a secondary seal and subdivides the dock, allowing for the simultaneous docking of multiple commercial vessels within the facility. The old, defective caisson had been out of commission since December 2016. The 74-year old dry dock was first commissioned in 1945 to repair American and British war vessels.
Refurbishment of the old caisson cost TNPA R2.7 million and covered a condition assessment and finite element analysis, as well as stabilisation of the old caisson prior to the new one being introduced.
Phase one, completed by Southey Co between July and August 2018, entailed the installation of special greenheart timber to seal water leaks around the old caisson. Phase 2 was completed in November 2018 and entailed the replacement of shut off doors and three sinking tank valves, as well as the addition of ballast weights to make up for lost weight due to corrosion and blanking off valves that would not be used going forward.
During the initial commissioning of the new caisson, there were challenges as the floating caisson was not sinking sufficiently at high tide. This compelled the Naval Architect to go back to the drawing board. There were also minor leaks between the floating caisson steel structure and the sealing timber due to uneven steel structure surfaces. This was resolved by inserting a special sealant that is compatible with sea water.
Civil infrastructure at the Sturrock dock has also received attention including concrete repairs and replacement of corroded tunnel piping.
Twenty-nine capstans – rotating machines that assist in pulling the vessels into position inside the dock – are being replaced in Cape Town at various locations which include the Sturrock Dry Dock, the Robinson Dry Dock and the Synchrolift. In line with Operation Phakisa’s intention to fast track delivery while being respectful of governance, TNPA took a decision to execute the replacement of capstans at its dry docks as a national project for the benefits of standardising the ship repair equipment and achieving economies of scale by procuring these capstans in large numbers.
Under Operation Phakisa the port’s Robinson Dry Dock is also undergoing a major upgrade. While the Robinson Dry Dock’s floating caisson (main gate) was recently refurbished, it is the ultimate intention to replace this structure with a modern, fit-for-purpose caisson structure. The design process will be undertaken in the near future including replacement of the floating caisson that seals off the dry dock from the basin.
The Operation Phakisa programme, launched in 2014, is a Government-driven initiative that aims to unlock the economic potential of the country’s oceans in order to create economic growth and job opportunities through fast-tracked development. It provides an aggressive set of timelines to position the country’s ports as premium destinations for these services.
TNPA is investing significantly to restore ship repair facilities with the intention of stimulating the repair sector and creating much needed jobs. This includes an investment of R950 million to modernise the Port of Cape Town’s ageing facilities including the Robinson Dry Dock, the Repair Pier and Sturrock Dry Dock, and the Syncrolift.
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Frogs etc. - Jasper Oostland
It is a series of brightly coloured cards depicting a variety of animals, which have been attracting my attention for a while. Each has its own story, and is illustrated to incorporate realism, in the accuracy of their detailed rendering, plus a hint of the world of cartoon in their personification. Although frogs seem to be in the majority, it is the card with a bird wearing a top hat tilted at a rakish angle, that becomes the deciding factor in my contacting the artist; beady eyes, long pointy beak and an intense stare invite the viewer to choose one of the three upturned cups on the table in front of the bird, in a gamble, to reveal what’s hiding underneath.
These are the creations of artist Jasper Oostland who lives and works in Groningen. I arrive at his house on a rare sunny day in June; a house filled with large windows, which results in an overall bright, airy feel, and is the perfect residence for an artist. With his studio situated in the attic, we head upstairs. White walls, windows on two sides, jars filled with brushes awaiting action, and enormous pots of acrylic paint stand resolutely on a table. Nearby, is an easel with his latest work in progress; there’s a lot of bright pink happening in this work, and from the outlines I can just make out a car and a flamingo. The easel has an ingenious feature - the addition of a rotary centre. This allows the current work to be turned a full 360 degrees, allowing complete ease of access to the entire picture whilst it is worked upon.
A former student of the art school, Minerva, in Groningen, Jasper studied illustration with an emphasis on technique. Studying the use of light, its source and application, is an important part in creating the 3-D realism of the animals. To my question about his colour usage, he says it is something that he uses intuitively. Each work starts with a wash of background colour upon which the animals are brought to life through a series of painted layers progressing from dark to light. As he talks he passes me an amazingly detailed picture of a large grey rhino, standing wistfully next to a delicate pink rose in a glass vase. The equally bright pink background is one of his experiments; in this case how to make pink work on pink. Other little tricks and details he puts in his work are expressly done to leave something for the viewer to discover.
The abundance of frogs in his work, often in everyday situations, leads me to ask firstly, if he is the frog, and secondly, if the variety of situations the frog finds himself in, is maybe a tongue in cheek social comment. To the former he says he is not as far as he is aware the frog, although sometimes according to his girlfriend, he can have a particular stance or expression that reminds her of a frog. As for a deep and meaningful message or social comment, he says there isn’t one, he likes frogs, and in particular tree frogs because they have a lot of character; they have great hands with padded fingers that can hold things and expressive eyes.
When it comes to inspiration he researches photos in books or images from the Internet, for the accurate depiction he needs. As for what comes first, it is more or less spontaneous - sometimes it’s the animal and sometimes the object. Ideas also come from association or a particular pose, and these are worked out further in a sketchbook.
These days it is very important for artists to be active with self-promotion if they want public attention. Jasper seems to have this under control: he has an up to date website; makes use of social media (find him on Facebook); exhibits regularly; sells work online – both originals and giclées; uses Chat Roulette, a website where you can watch him paint live. Also, by every exhibition he places a large pile of cards depicting one of his works and including his contact details. As he says: “People keep them and pin them up.” This continual visibility has led to 20% of his work being commission based, and, as a result he finds himself in the enviable position of having enough work for a year.
When asked if he has any dreams for the future, he says that at the moment he is quite happy with the status quo, but maybe a book, a little more structured organization of his business as a whole, and, as the father of two young daughters under five, a little more sleep wouldn’t go amiss.
If you would like to see Jasper’s work, why not visit the library in Groningen, where he is currently exhibiting a selection of works. It runs from 5th September 2012 to 4th January 2013.
First published in the Connections magazine #37 Autumn 2012
Labels: animals, artist interview, commission, exhibition, frogs, Groningen, illustration, Jasper Oostland, paint, paintbrushes, painting
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Pretending Democracy: Israel, an Ethnocratic State - Book Review, The Electronic Intifada
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By Rod Such, The Electronic Intifada
retending Democracy: Israel, an Ethnocratic State is a collection of essays by Israeli, Palestinian and South African intellectuals dissecting the nature of the Israeli state and proposing how to get beyond the ethnic nationalism that characterizes Zionism and Israeli apartheid.
The book follows a conference held in Pretoria in 2010 by the Afro-Middle East Centre, a South African think-tank.
The argument that Israel cannot be both “Jewish and democratic,” especially when 20 percent of its citizens are Palestinian, is one that is finally beginning to resonate among US intellectuals who have long given the ideology of political Zionism a free pass because of the Holocaust.
Most recently, Joseph Levine, a philosophy professor at the University of Massachusetts, wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times challenging the idea that a state can belong to one ethnic group without, as Levine put it, “violating the core democratic principle of equality” (“Om questioning the Jewish state,” 9 March 2013).
A majority of Americans have soundly rejected its corollary — “a white, Christian and democratic country” — as a result of the struggles waged by blacks, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans and other people of color against a long-standing system of white supremacy.
So if not a democracy, then what kind of state is Israel? In this volume, several authors find common ground, though each has a slightly different emphasis.
Oren Yiftachel writes that Israel is more properly defined as an ethnocracy because the organizing principle around which the state is structured is based on what ethnic group one belongs to, rather than on citizenship.
Nakba Denial
In another essay, Nadim N. Rouhana expands on the notion of ethnocracy. Rouhana notes that the Israeli state links equality of opportunity — a concept central to a liberal democracy — to ethnic affiliation, rather than citizenship. Yiftachel and others argue that the Nakba — the 1948 ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians from lands in present-day Israel — is “the cornerstone of Israeli ethnocracy.” And Rouhana suggests that the only way to end the conflict is “to attack and expose” Israel’s denial of the Nakba.
South African political scientist Daryl Glaser calls Israel a “settler-minority democracy” (SMiD). A SMiD, he writes, is a democracy for the European or European-sponsored settlers who established colonies in circumstances where they were outnumbered by the indigenous people but still managed to dominate them.
Glaser argues that Israel was at one point a “settler-majority democracy” from 1948 to 1967 but managed to once again become a SMiD by occupying the West Bank and Gaza. It is therefore “a democracy for some and a dictatorship for others, its ethnic oligarchy beset by permanent demographic panic.”
Ronnie Kasrils believes that Israel fits the definition of “colonialism of a special type.” For Kasrils, “it is essential to grasp the colonial factor” to understand that the Palestinian struggle “is a national liberation struggle … against a colonial-settler project” that claims “democratic rights exclusively for its own group. It is the settlers’ racist, colonialist agenda that is the fundamental cause of the conflict,” he writes, “as was the case in South Africa.”
Valuable ideas
Pretending Democracy goes beyond simply examining the nature of the Israeli state. It offers valuable ideas for ending Israeli apartheid and the denial of Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
Ran Greenstein proposes an alliance between Palestinian and progressive Jewish Israelis that could acquire the leverage needed to help start changing the Israeli regime from within. Along these lines, Fouad Moughrabi finds hope in an emerging Israeli “new left” that speaks a “dramatically different” language: “The old slogans for peace have been replaced with a call for an end to injustice.” He even envisions a third intifada that might be a joint Jewish-Palestinian uprising.
Ali Abunimah, in his essay, “Towards a One-State Solution in Palestine/Israel,” addresses the argument that Jewish Israelis will never agree to renounce an ethnic state and give up their privileges. He notes that polls of white South Africans showed entrenched opposition to the concept of one person, one vote even up to the eve of the dismantling of apartheid.
What was key, Abunimah argues, was the apartheid state’s loss of legitimacy in the international arena, a process that is also beginning to weaken Israel. “Zionism,” he writes, “will never be able to bomb, kidnap, assassinate, expel, demolish, settle and lie its way to legitimacy and acceptance.”
Pretending Democracy is unique in addressing the national question as it relates to Palestine and Israel. Zionists have long argued that Jews have simply exercised their right to self-determination in establishing the State of Israel and that the concept of a Jewish state has international legitimacy by virtue of the 1947 United Nations resolution partitioning Mandate Palestine.
The latter argument suffers many flaws, including the circumstances surrounding the UN vote, the fact that the resolution created a state for Jews “residing” in Palestine, not for Jews throughout the world, and the fact that Israel violated most of the provisions of the partition resolution regarding the rights of Arabs in the new Israeli state.
Perpetual struggle
But many people concur that Jews in Palestine deserved the right of self-determination as understood in international law. By including a chapter from Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People and an essay by Na’eem Jeenah and Salim Vally, Pretending Democracy raises the question, albeit indirectly, of whether Jews represent an oppressed nation or a persecuted people.
Sand’s research has challenged the Zionist historiography that attempts to re-imagine the history of the Jewish people as a centuries-long struggle for nationhood, rather than as a struggle against racist and religious persecution.
As Jeenah and Vally show, the question is not just academic. No one envisions a solution — whether two states, one state, or a bi-national state — that denies rights to Jewish Israelis. Nevertheless, they argue that a bi-national state, which assumes the existence of two nations, will ultimately subvert the creation of a democratic, secular state by reinforcing division.
The Zionist argument that only state power can protect Jews from persecution has long since proved morally and politically bankrupt. The logical consequence of a Jewish state was the racist dispossession of the indigenous Palestinian Arab majority and the creation of a militaristic, ethnic supremacist state.
There is probably no such thing as a safe refuge. There is only perpetual struggle against racism and inequality, a struggle that is most likely to be won in a society that values diversity and democracy.
* Rod Such is a freelance writer and former editor for World Book and Encarta encyclopedias. He is a member of the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign and Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights.
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2018 – HONDA CIVIC Si COUPE
The Honda Civic Si will begin sales of the new Civic Si in April. The coupe arrives with the aim of offering the purest driving experience, thanks to the unique dynamic performance and performance combined with the maximum sensation of control promoted by the manual transmission of six speeds, with precise and short couplings. Sporty in essence, the new Civic Si will be offered in the two-door coupe version, designed for day-to-day enthusiasts. Packed with performance-oriented solutions such as adaptive suspension with two modes of operation, direct steering with variable ratio, brakes, wheels and tires focused on performance, as well as interior and unique design, the model also marks the arrival of turbo and direct injection into the acronym. “The Civic Si is the first Si turbo and sets a new level in terms of agility and precise steering,” explains Issao Mizoguchi, president of Honda Automobiles of Brazil. “It is a model that already has a tradition in Brazil and that has a legion of enthusiasts passionate about the performance and the sporty design that it delivers. This new generation brings these qualities to a new level and is highly anticipated by Brazilian fans. “
Powertrain and chassis
Equipped with the Civic Si, there is the 1.5-turbo high-performance, torque-injected direct-injection dual-valve variable head valve (VTC) that minimizes residual gas in the cylinders, significantly improving performance and four cylinders. Combined with a six-speed manual transmission – with shorter couplings than the previous generation – this set provides a new driving experience with plenty of torque throughout the entire engine speed range. It generates the maximum power of 208 hp at 5,700 rpm and the torque of 260 Nm appears at 2,100 rpm, and is maintained at maximum 70% of the engine speed range. Enabling full utilization of the powertrain, the Civic Si is significantly lighter than the older generation and brings stiffer bodywork, including improved chassis and steering components. These improvements include the adaptive dual-pinion electric steering with variable ratio, suspension with sport adjustment, adaptive shock absorbers and limited slip differential. The Si also features 12.3-inch front brake discs and 235/40 R18 wide tires. In addition to the adaptive dampers, the suspension also received firmer springs, stiffer stabilizer bars (30% more at the front and 60% more at the rear), solid bushings at the front and rear, and ultra-rigid control arms at the rear , originating from the Civic Type R. The purpose of the changes is to provide a more connected driving experience where the driver can more accurately perceive all the floor feedback, allowing you to explore all the limits of the Si with maximum safety and reliability. In addition, the new design allowed a 5% improvement in the aerodynamic coefficient of the model, compared to the previous Civic Si.
For the first time, the Civic Si brings a driving enhancement that enhances the dynamics in sports use and also allows comfort in everyday use. By means of the Sport key, located in the center console, the driver can choose between two running adjustments, which change suspension, accelerator and steering assistance parameters. With the Sport mode deactivated, dampers operate smoother, steering assist is improved and the throttle operates less directly, allowing for smoother driving. With the Sport mode activated, the shock absorbers work with more load, while the throttle response is more direct and the steering, in turn, has its assistance reduced, making the connection of the driver even more visceral and intense.
Sports design and style
One of the great differentiators of the Civic Si is its two-door coupe design, which offers a dynamic and refined look, differentiating it from the sedan versions of the Civic line. To expand the Civic’s sports ratio, the Si models feature an aggressive front with black front grille and wide air intakes. The model sold in Brazil brings a differential, which is the adoption of full LED headlights, increasing the brightness and sophistication. 18-inch, 10-spoke alloy wheels with unique two-tone finish, use 235 mm wide, low profile tires. On the rear, the coupe retains the signature design of the model with the high rear aerofoil and adds new elements such as the horizontal LED bar that accompanies the entire extension of the rear and central exhaust with polygonal shape and chrome finish. The interior of the Civic Si further enhances the sporting character and brings exclusive and engaging shell-shaped front seats with red stitching and version logos. The red seam of the seats is replicated on the doors, steering wheel and the gearbox, with lever in aluminum. Other interior details are the red seven-inch TFT panel lighting and the internal controls, the aluminum pedals and the instrument panel trim with Dry Metal Carbon finish.
Inner comfort, convenience and connectivity
The new Civic Si brings high comfort and convenience equipment, coming from other versions of the Civic, which include:
LaneWatch
Start Button
Door locking by distance
Two-zone digital air conditioning
For modern connectivity needs, the new Civic Si also features a 7.0-inch touch-sensitive multimedia system that controls all audio functions and is integrated into the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto systems, providing an easy connection from the smartphone to the car. The Si comes with a 452-watt audio system with 10 speakers.
The Civic Si is designed to provide a high level of safety in a variety of scenarios. This is possible thanks to its wide visibility, precise, stable and predictable steering, and the high performance of the brakes. The ABS system with electronic brake distribution, VSA (traction control and stability), and the exclusive Agile Handling Assist ensure maximum handling in a variety of situations. In addition, the Si has six airbags, the side curtain-type with drive also in case of rollover.
The Civic Si will be marketed in Brazil in a single version, two-door coupe with four color options: White Orchid Pearl, Crystal Black Pearl, Brilliant Sporty Blue Metallic and Rallye Red. The model has a three-year warranty with no mileage limit and is available at all Honda dealerships.
2018 – HONDA CIVIC SILVER LINE EDITION
This week, the new Honda Civic Silver Line arrives in dealerships in major European markets. The hatch version of the Japanese compact debut an interesting special edition that adds a plus of elegance and sportiness to the image of the Honda Civic. The result can be seen in the images below. It has countless details and differentiating finishes. For now, it is only possible to find the Silver Line edition for the 5-door hatchback, leaving out the Honda Civic Sedan. It was not informed if in the future this body will have this special edition. The exterior is characterized by its dark and sinister finish. In addition to the shade chosen for the body, unique details arise that were installed in the form of a kit. The new Civic Silver Line features a front spoiler with a more sporty and dynamic profile, more aggressive side skirts and a new rear diffuser that adds a touch of sports inspiration. To this we must add the new housings to the external rearview mirrors in silver color to create a small but interesting contrast. This silvery shade is also present in some of the new body components highlighted earlier, as in the side skirts. On the other hand, not less interesting, the new 17-inch alloy wheels come in, but you can optionally use the 18-inch Archiros wheels with Frostbite Silver finish. The Honda logo on the center case features a machined look with bright chrome accents. The standard equipment of the Honda Civic Silver Line will be quite complete. Although it can not be configured for the moment, it will certainly have a long list of elements. Central locking with remote control, electric windows, USB connection, Bluetooth, electric mirrors, cruise control with speed limiter, fog lights and LED lights for daytime running, among other things.
2018 – HONDA CIVIC TYPE-R EU VERSION
Honda unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show the most powerful version of the Civic line, the Type-R. The new generation of the sport aims, according to the Japanese brand, to increase the range of customers. For this, you want to balance comfort and performance. Underneath the hood hides the already known 2.0 VTEC turbo engine that starts to produce 320 hp – 10 hp more than before, coupled with a six-speed manual transmission. The new front-wheel drive, which will soon attempt to recover the fastest Nürburgring lap record in its class, features variable damping and a three-way selector (Confort, Sport and + R, for track) as well as a large rear aerofoil. The body of the model, which will be produced in Swindon (UK) and then exported to the rest of the world, has a torsional stiffness 39% higher than its predecessor. As with the conventional Civic, the new Type-R was built on a new platform, which was designed from scratch for this sporty version. The new model is longer, shorter and wider than the previous model, with a center of gravity 34 mm lower. The suspension was modified over the conventional model, with specific suspension and chassis changes.
2018 – HONDA GRACE
Not long ago we know about the Honda Fit half-life update and now it’s time to get acquainted with the first official images of Honda Grace, a sedan that in other markets is marketed under the name of City. The Grace upgrade incorporates the modifications already adopted by Fit, which include a revamped front with a new grille, LED daytime running lights as well as new front and rear bumpers. The interior has also been revised with new upholstery, an upgraded infotainment system that includes new connectivity features, LED interior lighting, and the Honda Sensing driving assist package that includes adaptive cruise control, track maintenance , stand-alone braking, road exit alert, etc. In Japan Honda Grace will be available with a mechanical offer consisting of a 1.5-liter i-VTEC petrol engine in combination with a CVT transmission, and a hybrid system based on the same i-VTEC engine, coupled with a DCT automatic transmission with seven speeds. Japanese customers can also opt for a body kit developed by Modulo, which includes airfoil, front splitter, side skirts, 16-inch alloy wheels with specific design, lowered suspension, etc. The upgraded Honda Grace 2018 will debut first in Japan, and it is expected that this update will soon reach other international markets.
2018 – HONDA FIT CROSS STYLE
For Latin American markets Honda has chosen to develop a Fit-based crossover called WR-V, a model that lies below the HR-V as a simpler and more affordable alternative to meet the needs of those customers with the tighter availability. However in Japan, the Japanese brand has chosen to incorporate a new level of finish along with Fit’s midlife upgrade with the Cross Style styling, which adds a more adventurous touch to the small minivan. This is a solution that had already been applied in Brazil with the Fit of the previous generation, which was marketed under the name Fit Twist. The new Honda Fit Cross Style includes all the news that has been incorporated into the mid-life upgrade, debuting a new front grille, a redesigned bumper and redesigned antinebline headlamps. In the rear the bumper and the taillights were renewed. In addition, the Cross Style incorporates a more robust exterior aesthetic, with unpainted plastic frames on the wheel arches, sides and lid of the trunk, in addition to the alloy wheels of specific design and diamond finish. Under the hood, the Honda Fit Cross Style uses a hybrid engine based on a 1.5-liter i-VTEC gasoline engine in conjunction with an electric thruster in combination with a 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission.
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Iraq Interviews Available: “Had I known…”
On July 11, 2003, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice told the press aboard Air Force One: “Had I known that there was a forged document here, would I put this in the State of the Union? No.”
RAHUL MAHAJAN
Mahajan, author of the new book Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond, has a Ph.D. in particle physics. In an IPA news release on Oct. 8, 2002 [www.accuracy.org/bush/], refuting President Bush’s claim made in his Cincinnati speech that Iraq “is seeking nuclear weapons,” Mahajan stated: “There’s no evidence that Iraq has gotten anywhere with seeking nuclear weapons. The pitiful status of evidence in this regard is shown by claims in e.g. Blair’s dossier that Iraq is seeking uranium from Africa, year and country unspecified… Unenriched uranium does Iraq little good, since enrichment facilities are large, require huge investment, and cannot easily be hidden.” Mahajan said today: “The administration has been claiming that they did not know that the Niger document was a forgery. Why then did the U.S. refuse for months to turn over this ‘proof’ to the International Atomic Energy Agency? When it finally turned over the evidence, the IAEA found out in a few hours that the documents were very crude forgeries. Considering the numerous other falsehoods and misrepresentations, it’s clear that this is a picture not of carelessness about one item but of a concerted drive to war based on lies, to serve motives that are becoming clearer — a military presence in the heart of the Middle East and control of the world’s second-largest oil reserves.”
GLEN RANGWALA
Rangwala, a lecturer in politics at Cambridge University, broke the story that the British intelligence dossier endorsed by Colin Powell was plagiarized from the Internet. In an IPA news release on Jan. 30, 2003 [www.accuracy.org/2003/], titled “Fact-Checking and Spin-Checking President Bush,” Rangwala responded to the claim that “the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa” by stating: “The IAEA have repeatedly asked the U.S. and UK for information about this, without success.” On July 13, 2003, he co-authored an op-ed titled “20 Lies About the War” in the British newspaper The Independent. He said today: “The Bush administration is now claiming that the British have other material that they have not seen which supports the claim that Iraq was trying to obtain uranium from Africa. Why then isn’t this material turned over to the IAEA? And what could possibly be so secret that it cannot be shown to the Americans at the highest levels?”
DIANE PERLMAN
Perlman, a clinical psychologist and a contributor to The Psychology of Terrorism, said today: “We have to deal with both content (correcting facts and exposing lies) as well as process — the mystification and psychological manipulation of the public, exaggeration of a threat (a universal strategy for eliciting support for arms and wars)… There is an unquestioned presumption that even if all of this were true, war would be an appropriate response…”
MARK CRISPIN MILLER
Miller is professor of media studies at New York University and author of The Bush Dyslexicon. On an IPA release dated March 18, 2003 [ www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR031803.htm], titled “White House Claims: A Pattern of Deceit,” Miller stated: “The most successful lie is that Iraq is tied to 9-11.” He said today: “The White House keeps hinting that Iraq was implicated in the terrorist attacks. On Sunday, Condoleezza Rice repeatedly implied that Islamic terrorism had been aided by Saddam Hussein. With him gone, she said, the Middle East no longer has ‘an atmosphere in which you have ideologies of hatred spawning people who slam airplanes in the World Trade Centers [sic].’ That claim is groundless. Before the war, there was no evidence of any such connections — and, in Iraq, no evidence has come to light these last three months.”
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
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A Primer on Fourier Analysis for the Geosciences
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Author: Robin Crockett, University of Northampton
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Time-series analysis is used to identify and quantify periodic features in datasets and has many applications across the geosciences, from analysing weather data, to solid-Earth geophysical modelling. This intuitive introduction provides a practical 'how-to' guide to basic Fourier theory, with a particular focus on Earth system applications. The book starts with a discussion of statistical correlation, before introducing Fourier series and building to the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and related periodogram techniques. The theory is illustrated with numerous worked examples using R datasets, from Milankovitch orbital-forcing cycles to tidal harmonics and exoplanet orbital periods. These examples highlight the key concepts and encourage readers to investigate more advanced time-series techniques. The book concludes with a consideration of statistical effect size and significance. This useful book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in the Earth system sciences who are looking for an accessible introduction to time-series analysis.
Explains basic Fourier theory in intuitive mathematical terms, making it accessible to those without a strong background in mathematics and statistics
Outlines methods such as the Lomb–Scargle periodogram technique that can be used for unequal-interval time-series data
Includes straightforward no-frills R spectrogram code in an appendix to the book (also available online), along with a brief help-file, allowing readers to use the code with their own datasets as well as with the examples provided in the book
'This textbook is an excellent resource for students and researchers interested in time series and spectral analyses for a variety of geoscience problems, from seismology to climate change. It provides the theory behind these topics, with examples, in a methodical and easy to understand way, combined with ready-to-use computer programs.' Shimon Wdowinski, Florida International University
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Appendix A. DFT matrices and symmetries
Appendix B. Simple spectrogram code
Further reading and online resources
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Robin Crockett, University of Northampton
Robin Crockett is Reader in Data Analysis in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton. He is a member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) and holds Chartered Scientist Status. He specialises in investigating periodic, recurrent and anomalous features in data, and has led a highly successful short course on Fourier analysis at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly for many years.
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Biblical studies - New Testament
Covenant Renewal and the Consecration of the Gentiles in Romans
Part of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
Author: Sarah Whittle, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester
Date Published: December 2014
In his letter to the Romans, Paul describes the community in Rome as 'holy ones'. This study considers Paul's language in relation to the Old Testament, particularly accounts of the events at Mount Sinai that established the nation of Israel and consecrated its people as God's holy people. Sarah Whittle illustrates how Paul reworks citations from Deuteronomy, Hosea, and Isaiah to incorporate the Gentiles into Israel's covenant-renewal texts. Analysing key passages, she further ties the covenant-making narrative to themes of sacrificed bodies and moral transformation, fulfilment of the Torah, the promises of the fathers, and Paul's priestly ministry. This volume argues that the latter has a climactic function in Paul's letter, overseeing the offering of the Gentiles, who are 'made holy by the holy spirit'. This study will be of interest to scholars of New Testament studies, Pauline theology, and early Christianity.
Explores the important ethical dimension of the designation of Paul's community as 'holy ones'
Argues that Paul's priestly ministry as his rationale for writing is rarely given the weight it deserves
Demonstrates the importance of Deuteronomy as a text that enables the events of Mt Sinai to be re-appropriated for subsequent generations
Part I. Romans 9-11: Paul's Covenant-Renewal Hermeneutics:
2. Romans 9:24-25: Hosea foretells the renewal of the covenant and the inclusion of the Gentiles
3. Romans 10:5-13: righteousness by faith and the covenant renewal of Deuteronomy 30
4. Romans 11:26-27: the coming of Isaiah's 'redeemer', and the covenant to deal with Israel's sin
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5. Romans 12:1-2: sacrificed bodies, the transformed mind, and the renewed covenant
6. Romans 13:8-10: neighbour love, holiness, and the law's fulfilment
7. Romans 15:7-13: God's faithfulness in Christ at the renewal of the covenant and the constitution of a people
8. Romans 15:15-16: Paul's priestly ministry and the offering of the Gentiles
9. Conclusion.
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Former Destiny's Child Star Michelle Williams "Proudly" Seeks Help...
Former Destiny's Child Star Michelle Williams "Proudly" Seeks Help With Depression
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 July 2018
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Williams has been open about her battles with mental health issues.
Former Destiny’s Child star Michelle Williams has confirmed that she is seeking help for her struggles with depression, following a recent report that she had checked into a mental health facility.
The 37 year old star, who has previously been open about her battle with depression, reached out to her followers on Instagram with a message on Tuesday (July 17th) following a story by TMZ that claimed she had checked into a facility outside Los Angeles.
In the message, she spoke of her pride in admitting that she was struggling, and encouraged others in a similar position to do the same. “For years I have dedicated myself to increasing awareness of mental health and empowering people to recognize when it's time to seek help, support and guidance from those that love and care for your wellbeing,” Williams wrote.
Former Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams
She continued, “I recently listened to the same advice I have given to thousands around the world and sought help from a great team of healthcare professionals. Today I proudly, happily and healthily stand here as someone who will continue to always lead by example as I tirelessly advocate for betterment of those in need.”
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“If you change your mind, you can change your life,” Williams signed off her post.
In October last year, Williams had revealed to the world in an interview on ‘The Talk’ that she had suffered from depression for a long time, even at the height of Destiny’s Child’s worldwide fame in the early Noughties.
Remembering reaching out to the band’s manager, Matthew Knowles, she said: “When I disclosed it to our manager at the time, bless his heart, he was like, 'You all just signed a multi-million dollar deal. You're about to go on tour. What do you have to be depressed about? I think at the age of 25, had I had a name to what I was feeling at the time, I would have disclosed that I've been suffering from depression.”
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ADCC World Federation, JIUJITEIRO, Inc. Announce Partnership for 2019 World Championships
LOS ANGELES, California – The ADCC World Submission Fighting Federation and JIUJITEIRO, Inc. today announced the official partner for the 2019 ADCC World Championship taking place in Anaheim, California this September. This partnership includes providing the official merchandise such as apparel and uniforms as well as the athlete’s official opening ceremony uniforms.
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Movie Review: “The Conjuring 2”
Posted by Jack Giroux (06/09/2016 @ 11:00 am)
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, Lauren Esposito, Simon McBurney
Horror sequels like “The Conjuring 2” are a dime a dozen, but director James Wan’s sequel manages to capture the spirit of the first film – hitting some familiar beats along the way – and takes the series and its two protagonists in a chilling new direction. What stands out about this franchise is that it’s not so much the scares that draw you in, although Wan does accomplish that, but rather its lead characters the Warrens.
The sequel begins with a new case – the famous Amityville incident – which screenwriters Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes, David Leslie Johnson and Wan only touch on briefly to give the audience a sense of where the characters are at in their careers and, rather seamlessly, efficiently establish a new internal and external threat in the film. Most of Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren’s (Vera Farmiga) journey takes place in Enfield, England, where the Hodgson family is under attack from evil spirits. One of Peggy’s (Frances O’Connor) children, Janet (Madison Wolfe), is possessed by the spirit of Old Bill (Bob Adrian), a man that wants his home back. Although most believe the case is a hoax, Ed and Lorraine are willing to take a chance on the desperate family.
This sequel wisely puts a face to the villains. They’re more tangible, have identities and pose a greater threat. They’re all genuinely frightening, too, whether they’re seen or not. Wan waits for the right time to reveal his team of evil spirits, but the most effective depiction of one of the villains comes in a fantastic, seamless long take. As Ed tries to reason with Old Bill, who’s obscured in the background of a shot as Ed has his back to him, Wan and cinematographer Don Burgess capture the tense interaction all in one long take that slowly zooms, making the audience tighten up as the frame does. It’s a remarkable take – a slow burn of a shot that isn’t showy.
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Tags: James Wan, Patrick Wilson, The Conjuring, Vera Farmiga
Movie Review: “The Conjuring”
Posted by David Medsker (07/18/2013 @ 8:00 pm)
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, John Brotherton
The strange thing about horror movies of the last 10 years is that they’ve rarely been scary. They’ve been grotesque – take, please, “Evil Dead” from earlier this year – but few of them have been legitimately frightening. “The Conjuring,” on the other hand, understands that violence is not horror, and delivers a truly disturbing viewing experience. It may use a little Hollywood pixie dust to make it to the finish line, but the pre-Hollywood psychodrama is positively chilling, and the use of old-school techniques only adds to the creep factor.
It’s the fall of 1971, and Roger and Carolyn Petton (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), along with their five daughters, are moving into an old farm house in Rhode Island. From the very beginning, the place seems a little off (the dog won’t go in the house, the basement is boarded up), but the family puts up with all of the seemingly unrelated annoyances (cold, the occasional foul stench, youngest daughter April’s new imaginary friend) and attributes it to, well, something rational, something explainable. It is not long, though, before the “house” ramps up the offensive, and an exasperated Carolyn asks local paranormal researchers Lorraine and Ed Warren (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson) to come to the house and evaluate their problem. Lorraine, a clairvoyant, gets bad vibes from the very beginning, and after doing a little research on the former homeowners, she is fearful for the lives of the entire Perron family, Carolyn in particular.
Screenwriting twins Chad and Carey Hayes wrote the script of their lives here – though to be fair, one look at their IMDb profile and you’ll see that that is a backhanded compliment – by framing the ‘A’ story (the Perrons) and the ‘B’ story (the Warrens) side by side until such time that the families can come together organically. It’s a shrewd move, because it gives the audience the occasional, much-needed break from the terror that the Perrons are suffering, while slowly allowing the audience to get to know the Warrens and the, um, ghosts of their past that they bring with them to this case. That, plus Wan’s refusal to resort to the cheap ‘boo’ scare, gets the audience emotionally invested early, and never lets them go.
Tags: James Wan, Patrick Wilson, The Conjuring, The Conjuring review, Vera Farmiga
The Light from the TV Shows: The Prequelization Principle
Posted by Will Harris (03/07/2013 @ 11:27 am)
You know you’re a real fan of “Psycho,” Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film adaptation of Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, if your first reaction to hearing about A&E’s new series, “Bates Motel,” which premieres on March 18, was to grumble, “They’ve already done a TV show called ‘Bates Motel.'”
True enough: in 1987, NBC aired a TV movie called “Bates Motel,” which starred Bud Cort as Alex West, a fellow with a few mental troubles who shared some quality time with Norman Bates in the state insane asylum and, as a result, finds himself the beneficiary of the Bates Motel in Norman’s will. The intent was to use the movie as a backdoor pilot for a weekly anthology series of sorts, following the lives of individuals passing through as guests of the motel, but when ratings for the movie proved disappointing, the plan for the series was abandoned.
But A&E’s “Bates Motel” isn’t a retread of that premise. Instead, it’s a prequel, revealing how Norman Bates became the kind of guy who’d grow obsessed with his mother that he’d take on her identity on occasion and kill anyone who looked at him sideways.
Oh, wait, you say that’s already been done, too?
Yep, it sure has: in 1990, Showtime produced “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” which pointedly ignored the aforementioned TV movie and showed a very-much-still-alive Norman (Anthony Perkins) calling into a radio talk show about – what are the odds? – matricide, using the conversation as a framing device to flash back to his youth and reveal the bond between Norma Bates (Olivia Hussey) and her son (played by Henry Thomas). It doesn’t exactly hew 100% to the continuity established by the preceding three films, but as a standalone film for casual fins, it holds up relatively well, thanks in no small part to Perkins’ performance.
Actually, A&E’s “Bates Motel” isn’t a retread of that premise, either. Not really, anyway. I mean, yes, it starts at approximately the same point in Norman’s life, and the general idea is the same, in that it’s looking into all the Oedipal-ness of the Norma/Norman relationship. This time, though, it isn’t a period piece. For better or worse, it takes place in present day, which means that it’s arguably not a prequel at all but, instead, more of a complete reboot of the franchise.
Don’t worry, though: the Bates Motel itself still looks just as decrepit and foreboding as ever.
But, of course, “Bates Motel” is far from the first occasion of an existing property has been turned into a prequel for TV. Heck, it’s not even the first time it’s happened in 2013!
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Canton Lacrosse Club Boys Program
Tournaments and Jamborees
There are a few year -end tournaments that Canton Lacrosse Club Boys Program participates in. The Canton Lacrosse Club pays all entry fees for our tournaments, there are no additional costs to the families.
MRK (Melissa Rose Kradin foundation) Canton Tournament
This tournament is to benefit the Melissa Rose Kradin foundation. Rick and Audrey Kradin of Canton created the foundation in memory of their daughter, Melissa Rose, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 12 after a two-year battle with a malignant brain tumor. The foundation works together with the Cam Neely Foundation to fund research activities to advance the treatment of childhood cancers and to provide support to the families of critically ill children. Tournament entry fees go to the foundation, additional donations are appreciated.
When is the MRK Canton tournament?
This is a weekend long tournament usually played on the second weekend of June. It is a competitive format with some teams playing Friday night and all teams playing on Saturday at either Canton High School or Windsor Woods fields. All semi-final and final games are played on Sunday at Canton High School. Each team will play between four and six games. During the tournament, there are many fun raffle items and concessions. The final championship game and awards presentation is held Sunday afternoon. Raffle winners are also announced at that time.
Who can play and how are the teams formed?
This is an optional tournament for U11, U13 and U15 players from Canton and the surrounding towns.
What else is required for the tournament’s success?
Your help!
1. Each Canton team donates a raffle basket/items, coordinated by a team parent volunteer. Collections for the baskets are usually taken at the end of the regular season games.
2. Additional raffle item donations are welcomed and appreciated.
3. Concessions, grill, and raffles are open all day Saturday (at both fields) and Sunday (at Canton High School) and rely on the help of many parent volunteers. Let your child’s coach know how you can help.
Organized by the MBYLL, the year end Jamboree is said to be the largest lacrosse event in the nation and is held on what used to be the grounds of Fort Devens which is west of Boston on Route 2. Last year there were over 350 teams each playing 3 games over a span of four days.
When is the Jamboree?
While the jamboree spans four days, each town only plays on one of them. Canton generally plays on the third Sunday of June.
What is the format?
Each team will play three short games with breaks in between. The tournament is for fun, there are no playoffs or champions declared.
This is an optional tournament for U11, U13 and U15 players. Depending on interest level each year, we may send all of our teams at an age group or combine players into a smaller number of teams. Information on how to sign up will be communicated during the spring season.
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The Magnifying Glass Ceiling: The Plight of Women in Science
Jane Hu
This article is being cross-posted on the PLOS Student Blog. Check out some other really interesting pieces there!
Scientists frequently reference a quote attributed to Einstein: “You do not truly understand something unless you can explain it to your grandma.” Whether or not these words were actually Einstein’s, they’ve been used again and again to encourage students to explain highly technical details in a simple way so that even your grandma could understand it. The assumption is that your dear old grandma is a feeble-minded lady who doesn’t know anything about phishing or bitcoin (Commodity.com guide to BTC) or Bayesian statistics.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered that the sun is made of mostly hydrogen. Fellow astronomer Henry Norris Russell rejected her work… but then published a paper making the same claim four years later. Even though he cited Payne-Gaposchkin’s work, he is still commonly credited with her discovery.
What’s interesting here is that it’s always your grandma you’re asked to explain things to, not your grandpa. This subtle difference seems innocuous, but it reflects the age-old stereotype that men are more competent than women in math and science. Luckily, we’ve moved forward from the days when women in science like Rosalind Franklin, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and Lise Meitner had their ideas overlooked or even blatantly stolen, but the undercurrent of sexism has not disappeared – it has just become subtler.
It is true that women are underrepresented in these spheres, but not because women aren’t interested in it or can’t handle the work (for instance, see some grandmas who probably know more than you). Even when women are highly competent in their field of study, their career accomplishments take a backseat to what’s stereotypically a woman’s duty: raising a family.
Take, for instance, the late Yvonne Brill, a rocket scientist (certainly the type of grandma you wouldn’t talk down to). Her obituary in the New York Times began:
She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. “The world’s best mom,” her son Matthew said.
But Yvonne Brill, who died on Wednesday at 88 in Princeton, N.J., was also a brilliant rocket scientist, who in the early 1970s invented a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from slipping out of their orbits.
The New York Times has since changed the obituary to lead with a mention of Brill’s career, but the original introduction reflects this trend of subtle sexism. The “but” that begins the second paragraph seems to imply that being a good wife or mom is somehow directly contradictory with being a “brilliant rocket scientist”.
Scientists, too, fall prey to gender stereotypes. In a 1999 study, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher Rhea Steinpreis and her colleagues sent faculty members a CV for a fake applicant’s tenure-track faculty position, and randomized whether the applicant had a male or female name. With the same application, the male applicant was more likely to be hired than the female applicant. More than a decade later, nothing has changed; last year, Yale researcher Corinne Moss-Racusin and her colleagues ran a similar study, asking faculty to rate application materials for a lab manager position. Like in Steinpreis et al.’s study, the male applicant was also rated more highly than the female applicant, and was given a higher average starting salary.
Even if women get that coveted lab manager position or tenure-track faculty position, their research may be less likely to be seen by a wider audience. Last year, the popular journal Nature assessed their own inclusion of female perspectives. They found that women made up only 14% of their reviewers, 18% of their profiled scientists in 2011 and 2012, and 19% of Nature‘s Comment and World View articles. Though there tend to be fewer women in STEM fields to review, write, and profile, Nature acknowledges that doesn’t fully explain the lack of female viewpoints included in their publication. In their own words: “There is work to do.”
This lack of visibility and opportunity can be frustrating, and, according to a 2008 Harvard Business School study, it also contributes to women’s decision to leave STEM fields. Recent research from Berkeley faculty Mary Ann Mason, Nicholas Wolfinger, and Marc Goulden found that STEM fields fail to retain women at every stage of their careers, from undergraduate science courses to professorial tenure review. Data collected by the National Science Foundation found that in many fields, like engineering and biology, women make up more than half of undergraduate students, but this number drops off at each transition point, so that at the tenured professor level, women make up only 20-25% of the total. The most women drop out in the transition between receiving a PhD to landing a faculty position.
Why are women leaving in such numbers? We’ve all heard an urban legend about that one old, misogynistic professor in the department who has explicitly stated his belief that women don’t belong in science, but as the majority of male scientists will attest, there are few men who sit in their ivory towers, intentionally barring women from being hired or published. The story is far more complicated. For one, having more women on review boards does not increase the likelihood that more women will be hired or published. In Steinpreis et al. and Moss-Racusin et al.’s studies, women were just as likely as men to rate the male applicant more highly than the female applicant. This underscores the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes; women, too, can believe that men are more competent. And even worse: they take those stereotypes to heart while on the job.
Social psychologists call this phenomenon “stereotype threat.” This occurs when an individual who is a member of a group fears they will confirm a negative stereotype about their group. A classic stereotype threat study by Spencer, Steele, & Claude (1999) found that women performed worse on a math test if told the test was supposed to reflect gender differences than if they were told it did not reflect gender differences. This works with pretty much any negative stereotype; Yeung & von Hippel (2008) found that women who were primed with the stereotype that women are bad at driving were more than twice as likely to hit jaywalkers in a virtual driving game.
More recent research suggests stereotype threat has an effect on women’s perception of daily interactions with fellow scientists. University of British Columbia research Toni Schmader and University of Arizona researcher Matthias Mehl had women in science wear microphones that recorded random snippets of their daily conversations. In rating how “competent” women sounded in talking about their own work, the study found that women sounded less competent when speaking with male colleagues than female colleagues. Presumably, this behavior is a result of stereotype threat: women fear confirming the stereotype of “women are bad at science,” and they falter.
Stereotype can affect female scientists’ behavior when interacting with male scientists.
In the face of all this, what’s a woman in science to do? The STEM blogosphere has been abuzz with recommendations such as:
Require universities to adopt family-friendly policies to retain women who are dropping out for family reasons.
Provide childcare.
Make the tenure process more flexible.
Do more scientific outreach for young girls.
Create support groups for women to foster stronger mentor/mentee relationships.
These are all good ideas, and fit an underlying theme: we need to keep current female scientists in their fields, and we need them to recruit more women to join in the future. Subvert the harmful stereotypes about women and STEM fields that girls hear from a young age: make sure Mattel never makes another “Math class is tough” Barbie, or that children’s clothing stores never make another girls’ t-shirt like this. Be the grandma who does the explaining, not the one who needs to be explained to.
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Fantastic post Jane! Thanks for the thought provoking intro and review of recent research on gender bias. This is such a tough problem. Universities could be more supportive of families for sure, but I think the problem is deeper than that. I am curious what the women who move on from their academic careers in STEM end up doing instead. Is there any data on that?
When I look at my peers, I do not see any gender differences in ability. The differences are all in self-assessment and desire to continue pursuing science as a career. I am not totally sold on the idea of stereotype threat, but I do think women present themselves as less competent than they are. I just did this yesterday while giving a talk and my advisor pulled me aside afterward to point it out.
I am curious to hear what other readers are thinking. Do you have ideas for how to fix the gender bias? If you are a woman in STEM, have you considered quitting? Why? What would you do instead? Do you notice that you present yourself as less competent than you actually are, or seen your peers doing this? Why do you think this happens?
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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses California’s Female Gender Quotas for Public Companies
By Sullivan & Cromwell LLP October 10, 2018 by pss2150
On September 30, 2018, Governor Brown of California signed into law a bill, SB-826, to require female representation on the boards of directors of publicly traded companies who identify as being headquartered in the state. SB-826 makes California the first state to attempt to enact female gender quotas for boards of directors. SB-826 will become effective on January 1, 2019 and will require companies subject to the legislation to comply with the first phase of requirements (requiring boards of directors to have at least one female member) no later than December 31, 2019.
SB-826 inserts a new Section 301.3 in the California Corporations Code that provides:
Corporations Subject to the Legislation. Section 301.3 of the California Corporations Code will apply to any publicly held corporation[1] that files with the Securities and Exchange Commission an annual report on Form 10‑K identifying California as the state in which its principal executive offices are located, regardless of its state of incorporation.
Female Representation Requirements. No later than the end of 2019, the board of directors of any corporation subject to Section 301.3 of the California Corporations Code must include at least one female director. No later than the end of 2021, each corporation subject to Section 301.3 must include on its board of directors at least (i) one female director if the board has four or fewer members, (ii) two female directors if the board has five members and (iii) three female directors if the board has six or more members. For purposes of Section 301.3, a corporation will be in compliance if directors identifying as female, regardless of sex at birth, hold the requisite number of board seats for at least a portion of a given calendar year.
Fines for Noncompliance. The California Secretary of State is required to assess compliance annually and is empowered to impose fines for noncompliance. Any corporation subject to Section 301.3 that fails to file on a timely basis information about its board members with the Secretary of State may incur a $100,000 fine. The content and timing of required filings with the Secretary of State will be established through regulations that have not yet been issued. Separately, a corporation’s first failure to have the requisite number of female directors may result in a $100,000 fine and each subsequent violation may result in a $300,000 fine.
Effect on Size and Composition of Boards of Directors. Section 301.3 permits corporations to comply with the law by increasing the size of their boards of directors. However, an increase in the size of the board of directors may result in a corresponding increase in the number of female directors required. As a result, SB-826 could significantly impact the size and composition of the boards of directors subject to the legislation.
Preparing for Compliance. Companies subject to Section 301.3, particularly those with classified boards of directors, may wish to begin developing a plan for compliance. Unless the certificate of incorporation of the company provides otherwise, the board of directors of a Delaware corporation is permitted to amend the bylaws of the corporation to provide for an increase in board size and fill any vacant seat by a majority vote of the directors.[2] On the other hand, if compliance will be achieved without increasing the size of the board of directors, a current director would either need to voluntarily resign or be removed by the requisite stockholder vote. Companies incorporated in California may find it more difficult to attain compliance with Section 301.3. A stockholder vote is required in order to change the size of the board of a California corporation to a size greater than permitted by the then-existing organizational documents, whether the number of directors is specified by the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws.[3] The board of directors of a California corporation will be permitted to fill a vacant board seat following the voluntary resignation of a board member, but will not be permitted to fill a vacancy created by the removal of any director (whose removal would require a stockholder vote), unless otherwise provided in the corporation’s organizational documents.[4]
Validity of the Legislation. Commentators expect that there will be legal challenges to SB-826 and have questioned whether the bill complies with federal and California law, including the internal affairs doctrine and the equal protection clauses of the U.S. and California constitutions.[5] In connection with signing the bill, Governor Brown sent a letter to the California State Senate, with a copy to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, in which he stated, “I don’t minimize the potential flaws that indeed may prove fatal to its ultimate implementation. Nevertheless, recent events in Washington, D.C. – and beyond – make it crystal clear that many are not getting the message.”[6]
Next Steps. Even if SB-826 is ultimately invalidated, the legislation reflects the growing sentiment in favor of diversity for boards of directors. According to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), more than 80% of investors and 60% of non-investors (including corporate directors and other market constituents) who participated in the ISS 2018 governance principles survey believed it would be problematic if a board of directors did not include any female members.[7] Glass, Lewis & Co. has indicated that beginning in 2019 it will generally recommend against election of the chair of the nominating committee of any Russell 3000 company having an all-male board, and ISS is reported to also be considering adopting a similar policy.[8] Large institutional investors, including State Street Global Advisors, Inc., BlackRock, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc., have also indicated that gender diversity on the board of directors may influence their voting decisions.[9]
Given the recent investor emphasis on the gender diversity of boards of directors, public companies have increasingly addressed in their proxy statements the principles by which the nominating or governance committee considers gender, racial and other types of diversity in choosing a slate of directors for election and the steps taken to ensure a diverse pool of potential nominees is considered. In light of SB-826 and continued interest in this topic, companies should be prepared to articulate the considerations given to gender diversity with respect to their boards of directors.
[1] “Publicly held corporation” is defined as “a corporation with outstanding shares listed on a major United States stock exchange.”
[2] Del. Code Ann. tit. 8, §§ 141(b), 141(k), 223(a).
[3] Cal. Corp. Code § 212(a).
[4] Cal. Corp. Code §§ 303, 305(a).
[5] See, e.g., letter from California Chamber of Commerce, et al., to Members, California State Senate, SB 826 (Jackson) Corporations: Board of Directors—Oppose (May 29, 2018).
[6] Letter from Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to Members, California State Senate (Sept. 30, 2018).
[7] Currently, ISS will highlight all-male boards of directors, but will not recommend an adverse vote on the basis of gender diversity.
[8] Glass Lewis, 2018 Proxy Paper, Guidelines: An Overview of the Glass Lewis Approach to Proxy Advice; Bradley Keoun and Anders Keitz, All-Male Boards Could Face New Pressure From Shareholder Adviser ISS, TheStreet (Sept. 19, 2018).
[9] State Street Global Advisors, Inc. has indicated that it may vote against election of the chair of the board of directors’ nominating committee if the board of directors does not include at least one female director. BlackRock, Inc. has stated that it normally expects to see at least two women directors on all boards of directors of U.S. companies and that it may vote against the members of the nominating committee of a board of directors lacking diversity. The Vanguard Group, Inc. stated that demonstration of meaningful progress on gender diversity over time will inform Vanguard Group’s engagement and voting going forward. See State Street Global Advisors, 2018 Proxy Voting and Engagement Guidelines: North America (United States & Canada) (Mar. 16, 2018); BlackRock, Proxy voting guidelines for U.S. securities (Feb. 2018); The Vanguard Group Inc.’s open letter to directors of public companies worldwide.
This post comes to us from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. It is based on the firm’s memorandum, “California Enacts Female Gender Quotas for Public Companies Headquartered in the State,” dated October 1, 2018, and available here.
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SEC Statements on the Retirement of Delaware Chief Justice Leo Strine
By Jay Clayton and Robert J. Jackson, Jr. July 10, 2019 by renholding
Yesterday, Chief Justice Leo Strine announced his retirement after more than twenty years on the Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court of Delaware, two of the most important courts for our markets and our investors.
Chief Justice Strine deserves our thanks for bringing his unparalleled combination of energy, intellect, experience, legal knowledge and pragmatism to the bench. His contributions have extended well beyond the courtroom and the Commission has benefited substantially from his willingness to engage with us on a range of topics important to our investors and our markets. Finally, and critical to the work of the SEC, it is clear to me that the interests of our Main Street investors have always been at the front of Chief Justice Strine’s mind.
Thank you for your service Chief Justice Strine.
This statement was issued by Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on July 9, 2019.
Chief Justice Leo Strine has announced his retirement after two decades of service on Delaware’s courts. He has been an extraordinary jurist and public servant, leading the Nation’s crucial corporate-law jurisdiction with expert judgment and wisdom. More than that, the Chief Justice is an intellectual leader, on the cutting edge of how best to protect the American families who rely upon our companies to build a sustainable future. I have always looked to Leo as a guiding light and leader in understanding how business law best serves ordinary Americans. On behalf of the Nation’s investors, I thank the Chief Justice for his exceptional public service—and look forward to his continued contributions to the development of American corporate law.
This statement was issued by Robert J. Jackson, Jr., commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on July 9, 2019.
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Marion County parks offer a wealth of recreational opportunities
Posted by: Public Works
By Dick Hughes, special to Marion County
From picnicking to geocaching to hiking, Marion County parks offer a wealth of recreational opportunities for residents and travelers.
"We have 18 parks that are scattered throughout the county. There are some that are absolutely gorgeous," Parks Coordinator Russ Dilley said.
"We have all kinds of different recreation. A majority of the parks are on water, so there are a lot of water activities. Some have shelters for group picnics. We have smaller parks that are in the neighborhoods for kids to go play on the playgrounds."
Most of the parks now stay open year-round. And with the May 1 opening of the remainder, visitors will find improvements throughout the park system.
Those improvements include a repaved parking lot, new picnic shelters and a larger restroom at Scotts Mills Park; additional picnic tables at North Fork, Bear Creek and Salmon Falls parks; a stairway down to the North Santiam River at Minto Park; and expanded garbage collection and lots of fix-up throughout the 18 parks.
For years, the county's parks staff consisted of Dilley and a summer employee. Marion County has now invested in a second fulltime employee and eight seasonal staff.
"For so long, we were playing catchup," Dilley said. "To go from two people in the summertime to 10 people is amazing."
The results show.
At Scotts Mills, "on an average hot day, we had a 20-person line waiting" for the single restroom, Dilley said. Visitors using the 13-acre park for swimming, playing ball and other activities will appreciate now having a two-restroom facility.
During the winter, weather closes the county parks along the Little North Fork of the Santiam River. Come late spring and summer, North Fork, Bear Creek and Salmon Falls parks are so heavily used – for water play, fishing, hiking, picnicking and, at Bear Creek, camping – that the county instituted a parking fee from May 15 through September. The price is $5 per vehicle per day, or $30 annually.
"The area up there was being loved to death. We're not trying to restrict anyone with the parking pass, instead limit the numbers because of the environmental factors," Dilley said.
"This has been something that we're working on with the BLM and the Forest Service, trying to just make people aware: Tread lightly."
North Fork Park drew an estimated 11,800 visitors from last May through September.
Just north of Salem and Keizer is Spong's Landing Park, where a significant beautification and renovation project has been under way. Rock trails and additional picnic tables have been added, although April's flooding along the Willamette River impeded that work. The 61.6-acre park includes picnic tables and shelters, barbecues, play equipment, horseshoe courts and a ballfield.
Reservations are not needed for picnic shelters at the county parks.
The oldest park, dedicated in 1955, is Niagara County Park off Highway 22. "It's an absolutely beautiful park with a great interpretative trail and a beautiful view of the North Santiam River which runs through the park," Dilley said.
As travelers and local residents enjoy the county parks, Dilley reminds them to use the trash cans or pack out their garbage.
He adds: "Be safe. Tread lightly. Be respectful. Enjoy."
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The Hamptons Union, October 22, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. K. Smith of Somerville, Mass., were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Ward.
Mrs. Herbert Marston, who was recently operated upon at the Deaconess Hospital in Boston, returned to Hampton on Wednesday; her daughter, Mrs. Leonora Wing, accompanied her.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hackett are the proud parents of a little 7½ pound baby daughter, born Saturday night in the Exeter Hospital.
Married at the Baptist Parsonage on Sunday evening were Mr. John Quincy MacGregor and Miss Geraldine Pearl Dodge. Mr. MacGregor is from Hamilton, Mass., and Miss Dodge from Beverly, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Leavitt have returned from their auto trip to Ohio. They report a most delightful time, although there was much bad weather.
Ralph Thompson has secured work with Mr. Harry Carter of North Hampton.
The street railway still remains in operation and will do so until November 7 in order to know definitely about the bus franchise which has been asked of the Public Service Commission and which the directors of the road desire to substitute for the electric cars so as not to leave the town without any transportation service. A full financial statement will be given the public before the cars cease running.
There will be a series of whist parties at the fire station, Hampton Beach, every Wednesday evening until further notice. Admission, 35 cents.
At the Methodist Church next Sunday evening Rev. Mr. Ronald Gibbons of Amesbury will give an illustrated lecture on his experiences in India. The slides were made from pictures which Mr. Gibbons took himself. This is to be a union service. Everyone is welcome. An offering will be taken.
The members of the Rockingham Lodge and Winnicummet Rebekah Lodge have the privilege of inviting a limited number of friends to attend with the membership their banquet and conferring of the Decoration of Chivalry and Military Ball next Tuesday evening in the Town Hall. It will be a great event for Odd Fellows and their guests.
Mr. L. Otto Robertson of Everett, Mass., was a weekend guest of Mrs. Alice Noyes.
The Mother's Circle Meeting will be held next Wednesday evening, October 28, at the home of Mrs. Irving Leavitt.
The postponed meeting of the Monday Club will be held next Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. P. Wells.
The What-So-Ever Society of the Congregational Church will meet with Miss Virginia Dennett, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 P. M.
Miss Mary Toppan, as a delegate of the Rebekahs, and Mrs. Lottie Bryant attended the Convention at Keene. Mrs. Toppan went from Keene to Norwich, Connecticut and spent a most delightful week with friends.
Again the Semi-Annual Report of the Hampton Co-operative Building and Loan Association is published, and like previous ones it shows a steady, healthy growth. It is an institution that is of a great benefit to this town and is destined to play an important part in its development. This co-operative bank is a fair barometer of the town's progress. The steady growth of the bank indicates a corresponding growth of the town. Boost the bank and you boost the town. At present the bank is unable to lend all that is demanded for homes. It needs the savings of the young people who will allow their funds to remain and be used in building new homes. It furnishes one of the best investments to be had, paying now 5½ per cent.
A large delegation from Hampton attended the meeting of the Rockingham-York Development Association at Hotel Rockingham, Portsmouth on Wednesday. The governors of New Hampshire and Maine were expected to be present, but Gov. Winant was unable to come. Gov. Brewster, however, was present and gave one of the finest addresses upon what New Hampshire and Maine can do for this section of the country, that has ever been delivered. It was a wonderful address and of great benefit to the association. A report of the engineers on the cost of a 24-foot ocean boulevard from the Massachusetts line to the Memorial bridge in Portsmouth was given, estimating the cost at about $755,000. Before the meeting the guests, about 100 in number, were served a fine luncheon in the Rockingham dining room.
Guests from Hampton at the marriage ceremony and reception, last evening, of Miss Gertrude MacLaine, Hyde Park, Mass. (a niece of Mr. John Elliot's) and Mr. Morton Mortinson, Roslindale, Mass., were Harold E. Noyes and Mrs. Noyes, Mrs. John Elliot, Robert and Mrs. Annie Elliot, and William Elliot. The wedding was very largely attended. It was held in the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Roy Thompson, pastor, officiating.
Harry Cleveland and family have moved from the Thompson house opposite the Advent Chapel to the tenement in Lane's block over Chester Marston's barber shop.
Harry I. Noyes has started the erection of a dwelling house on the foundation which he recently purchased of Floyd Gale on Lafayette road.
Chester G. Marston and James Eastman have this week sold one of their splendid super-hetrodgen radio sets.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church gather this afternoon for their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Jennie Godfrey, Lafayette Road. After conducting their business a supper will be served as usual.
Edgar Howe has begun on the foundation of a house on a lot which he owns on Ann's Lane, and William Blake is soon to start one near by.
Robert Elliot has begun work on the foundation for a home on Highland Avenue, next to that of Harold Noyes.
The Friendly Class meets on Friday evening with Mrs. Bella Nudd.
Last week everyone admired the work done of beautifying the town at Memorial Park but how many have noticed the improvement on Whittier's Corner made by the removal of the electric road's starter house? When the corner was a transfer point the house was very necessary but lately it has not been kept up and has proven an eyesore to the community. Once again can Hampton be commended for its progressiveness in making our town a beautiful town of the state.
There were thirty-three members of Ocean Side Grange present at the last regular meeting, Friday night. Worthy Lecturer Jessie Myers had prepared an interesting program. Sister Addie Thompson and Brother Nelson Norton, Jr., both gave readings, the members responded to a roll call for current events, and ensemble singing of a song selected by Ceres was followed by a penny march. Refreshments were served after the business was completed. Our most faithful musician, Victor Phonograph, struck up a lively tune and the younger members danced a Virginia Reel. The next meeting is one week from tomorrow night and promises to be worth the effort of attendance.
The program presented by the Swarthmore Chautauqua on Friday, Saturday and Monday was very fine and much enjoyed by all who had the privilege of attending the performances. The Junior work under the direction of Miss Fisher was excellent and greatly interested the young people. The number of season tickets sold by the guarantors was less than desired, owing to the fact that the park dedication occurred in the same week, but the entertainments were of such high order and the two young ladies in charge, Miss Turner and Miss Fisher, made such a favorable impression that many of the guarantors were willing to sign the contract for next year and enough more are willing to back the project to increase the number to 30, or ten more than necessary to bring Chautauqua here, so next year's program will doubtless be listened to by much larger audiences.
Mr. William Warburton of Portsmouth and Miss Mary S. Brown of Hampton were united in marriage at the Baptist Parsonage, Wednesday morning, October 21. They were attended by the bride's father, Mr. Clarence Brown, and by Miss Sarah Bell Lane, Mrs. Eugene Leavitt, and a niece of the bride's. Mr. and Mrs. Warburton will make their home in Portsmouth.
The girls of Hampton Junior High School have started an athletic club under the direction of Mrs. Smith. The purpose of this club is healthful recreation and physical development of the members.
The first activity was a frankfurter roast at the Beach. A good number of the club members with their mascot, Jeremiah, hiked to the North Shore where a fire of wood and charcoal was started and soon the girls were making merry with songs and good cheer.
The new moon looked down with favor upon this first activity, and many others will follow during the fall and winter.
A volley ball team has also been organized with Miss Lamson and Miss Hurlen as captains. Real work will be started and some good games are soon to follow.
The school board wish to announce that moving pictures will again be shown at the Centre School building beginning Friday and continuing each Friday throughout the winter. In the previous two years the pictures have been operated with a deficit, due partly to weather conditions and partly to the fact that, since the school movies were not a theatrical circuit, the board was not able to secure very recent pictures, and also had to pay a higher price for the reels. This year it has been decided to try out a new innovation. The board is leasing the movies on a percentage basis, to two young men from Exeter, who come highly recommended: Mr. C. L. Gilman and Mr. L. C. Swain. The school board, however, will still have direct supervision. By this arrangement the people of Hampton will see the most recent pictures of the best stars in the movie world. On Friday of this week, there will be shown the ever popular Thomas Meighan in "The Man Who Found Himself," with a Pathe News reel and a two-reel comedy. The following week the screen version of Zane Grey's novel, "The Code of the West" will be shown. About Christmas time it is expected that "The Ten Commandments" which recently had quite a run in Boston, will be shown.
There will be two shows each Friday, one at 3:30 for the school children, the admission being 15 cents, and the evening show at 7:45, the admission price being 25 cents.
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Big Tax Revenues Goose California Education Budget From Gov. Brown
By Andrew Ujifusa on May 15, 2015 4:30 PM
In the revised edition of his proposed fiscal 2016 budget, released this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown presented a spending plan for public schools that's notably higher than what the state planned on when Golden State lawmakers adopted a landmark K-12 funding law in 2013.
State tax revenues have turned out to be $6.7 billion higher than the estimates Brown used last January when he presented his original proposed budget for the next fiscal year. By law, under Proposition 98, the lion's share of such additional cash has to go to education.
Here's how that breaks down for K-12. Under the Local Control Funding Formula, passed two years ago on the back of a voter-approved tax increase, the state set targets for overall state funding in each of the eight years it will take to implement the formula (from 2013 to 2020). For the 2015-16 school year, the state had set a figure of $47 million in Local Control Funding Formula cash. Instead, this year, due to the spike in tax receipts, the actual appropriation will be $53.1 billion.
Brown's revised budget notes that the funding level represents state spending of $3,000 more per student than in fiscal 2012: "This reinvestment provides the opportunity to correct historical inequities in school district funding with continued implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula."
However, when I visited California last year to write about how the formula was playing out, some folks in the education community told me that after adjusting for inflation, the formula's injections of cash into 2020 will only take state schools back to their funding levels before the Great Recession hit.
Under Proposition 98, the higher-than-expected tax receipts have been a boon for education funding in California for the last few years. This phenomenon is captured in a charter included in Brown's revised budget:
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Social Networks & Communities
You're Tweeting and Touting and Instagramming and Pinning. You revel in the success of your YouTube, Tumblr, Storify and Wordpress pages, basking in glorious views, likes and comments. But just when you think you've mastered the game, a new network pops up or an old one evolves, drastically changing the rules. This week's Scribble Chat on "Social Networks and Communities" is focused on navigating the murky waters of real-time engagement and social media. Join us Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. ET, as our panel of experts discuss how they use their networks to curate, nurture and integrate content and communities.
by Allendria 8/28/2013 8:54:06 PM
Welcome to today's Scribble Chat on Social Networks and Communities.
For even the most engaged users, working you're way around social networks can be difficult. New networks are popping up all the time, while trusted and true networks are constantly changing and adding new features.
How do you build communities based on these networks? How do you become an expert? Heck, what does it mean to be an social media expert?
Ask questions and make comments by logging in anonymously or using your preferred network by clicking on the "Make a comment" button above.
by Allendria 9/3/2013 4:01:49 PM
Our panellists today...
Ivan Lajara
by Allendria
Ivan Lajara joined the Daily Freeman in Kingston in January of 2001 as a copy editor for the News department. In 2004, he started working for the Life department and became editor of the section soon thereafter.
He was named Editor of the Year in January 2006 by the Suburban Newspapers Association of America and subsequently won two awards by the same organization for 2008 in the Best Headline and Best Arts and Entertainment Criticism/Commentary categories.
He had a role in Las Noticias, the Freeman's Spanish weekly newspaper.
He is the editor of Preview, the Freeman's weekly entertainment magazine, which won an honorable mention by the SNA in 2009 for best entertainment magazine. And he edits special sections like Your Wedding, Home and Garden and Health and Fitness.
His blog won second place in 2010 and first place in 2011 in the New York Associated Press writing contest. And he won first place in the 2011 and 2012 AP contests for online content, as well as a third place for Column Writing in 2011.
He was chosen as one of the 25 under 35 journalists in the country by Editor & Publisher in 2011. He was promoted to engagement editor for the east region of Digital First Media in February 2012. The Peruvian native has lived in the Hudson Valley since 1996. Today, he lives in Kingston.
Kate Myers
Kate Myers is NPR's Product Manager for Social Media.
She also crafts strategy and defines success for NPR's editorial investment in the Social Media space and helps coach editorial staff to incorporate social tools into their work.
She executes projects that drive user engagement and contributions such as NPR's "Dear Mr. President" project for the 2013 Inauguration, NPR's Cook your Cupboard and others.
She also helps coach NPR journalists on everything from Twitter and Facebook to Tumblr, Storify, and Reddit.
Thanks for having us, Allendria.
by Kate Myers / NPR 9/3/2013 4:04:18 PM
A pleasure to be here.
by Ivan Lajara 9/3/2013 4:04:57 PM
Great to have you both. I'm really excited for today's chat. Working here at ScribbleLive, I am constantly amazed by how fast things change in this field.
So my first question is a general starter for you both – what are your favourite social networks, and why are they your favourite(s)?
Hi there - just checking in from Argentina as I am very interested in this topic. Thank you Ivan and Kate for leading this and to Allendria for setting this up.
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No to Proselytism. Yes to Mission
The former is "a solemn foolishness," Pope Francis has said. But the latter is the priority of his pontificate. After decades of decline of the missionary expansion of the Church, now recounted with new background by an exceptional witness
ROME, October 18, 2013 – At the general audience last Wednesday, in a St. Peter's Square packed as full as ever, Pope Francis insisted once again on a key point of his pontificate: the duty of the Church to become “missionary,” or to “continue in the journey of history the same mission that Jesus entrusted to the apostles: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
Sunday, October 20 will be world mission day, with the relative pontifical message, which says among other things:
"The Church’s missionary spirit is not about proselytizing, but the testimony of a life that illuminates the path, which brings hope and love. The Church is not a relief organization, an enterprise or an NGO, but a community of people, animated by the Holy Spirit, who have lived and are living the wonder of the encounter with Jesus Christ and want to share this experience of deep joy, the message of salvation that the Lord gave us."
Many times already pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio has insisted on the fact that the Church “is not a humanitarian NGO.” Nor that it does “proselytism”: a practice he branded in the famous conversation with Eugenio Scalfari as "a solemn foolishness" that "makes no sense."
But this does not mean for Francis that the Church must close itself off and renounce conversion. Anything but. Since he was elected to the see of Peter, pope Bergoglio has done nothing but incite the Church to “open itself,” to reach out to men even in their most remote “existential peripheries.”
In effect, the withering of the missionary impulse is one of the most critical points of the Catholic Church in recent decades.
It is a crisis that began in the years of Vatican Council II and deepened in the subsequent years, against which John Paul II and then Benedict XVI sought to reverse the course. With scant results.
Now Francis is trying. But before seeing what effects the new pope will produce, it is helpful to review the genesis of the crisis and its developments, from the Council until today.
This is what is done in a book published by EMI, written by a very special missionary, Fr. Piero Gheddo (in the photo), 84, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, who has made countless voyages to all the continents, written more than eighty books translated into various languages, and moreover was called by John Paul II to write encyclical dedicated to missions: "Redemptoris Missio" of 1990.
But before this Fr. Gheddo was also one of the drafters of the conciliar decree “Ad Gentes."
He recorded in his diary all of the difficulties that both that decree and the subsequent encyclical had to confront, both in the phase of writing and in their application.
And in the book he brings to light for the first time the background of that twofold adventure of his.
What follows is the preface to the book by Fr. Gheddo. the account of a story that now continues as Pope Francis wants.
THE PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLES, FROM THE COUNCIL TO POPE FRANCIS
On the eve of the last conclave, the Argentine archbishop who would become pope had admonished: “There are two images of Church: the evangelizing Church that comes out of itself, or the worldly Church that is in itself, of itself, for itself.”
The drama of the Catholic Church of recent decades is entirely here. The missionary Church, which seemed at the height of its expansive impulse at the beginning of Vatican Council II, has had a sudden collapse. And it has been largely supplanted by a Church that called itself and calls itself more “open,” but so open to the world as to see it saved even without knowing and accepting Christ, and therefore even without the proclamation of the Gospel and conversion and baptism, in short, without mission.
Fr. Piero Gheddo is an extraordinary witness to this drama. A missionary for sixty years, he has experienced on the front lines all of its phases, which in the book “Mission without ifs, ands or buts” he recounts and analyzes with many previously unpublished revelations taken from the pages of his diary.
The revelations concern above all the background of two capital documents on the writing of which he worked intensely: the 1965 conciliar decree on missions and the encyclical with which a quarter of a century later John Paul II tried to revive in the Church that missionary awareness which seemed on the point of disappearing.
At Vatican Council II, Fr. Gheddo was called immediately as a peritus. And he soon understood that “the mission to the peoples was considered the last or the penultimate wheel of the ecclesial wagon." The drafting of what would become in the end decree “Ad Gentes" passed through seven successive revisions. It was in danger of being eliminated altogether: halfway through came the peremptory order to reshape the whole thing into a brief list of “proposals.”
The fortunes of the document were revived by the capillary action of persuasion put to work by the conciliar fathers most engaged in the field. There were among these, Fr. Gheddo recalls, "backwoods missionaries at the first sight of whom one could not tell them no." This does not change the fact that “there was on the commission a sense of anxiety, in some almost of desperation.” The miracle took place at the end of the Council. After further, highly laborious re-writings, the decree was approved at the last public session with 2,394 votes in favor and only 5 against, the highest level of unanimity ever reached.
Immediately following the Council, nonetheless, the dream of a new missionary Pentecost gave way to an opposite reality. The obligation of evangelizing was reduced to a social commitment - Fr. Gheddo recounts - as if the Father had sent the Son to earth to dig wells and found a Church similar to a first aid agency.
In order to halt this drift, Paul VI convened in 1974 a synod on evangelization. And the following year he published an apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Nuntiandi," to reaffirm forcefully that “even the finest witness will prove ineffective in the long run if . . . the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not proclaimed."
“But Paul VI was not listened to,” writes Fr. Gheddo. and his successor John Paul II, with the encyclical “Redemptoris Missio" of 1990, also ran into a wall of incomprehension. The artillery barrage went into action even before the encyclical was written. It is useless, went the objection, the Council has already said everything. When instead - Fr. Gheddo explains - pope Karol Wojtyla wanted to say out loud that about which the decree "Ad Gentes" had been too timid or silent.
When John Paul II called Fr. Gheddo to Rome and entrusted to him the task of writing the encyclical, months of breathless work began: "write, pray, eat, sleep, nothing else." When he finished a chapter he sent it to the pope, who a few days later sent it back to him with his notes in the margin, written in pencil or pen: add this here, explain the concept better, cite this passage of the Gospel.
When the first draft was finished, a second and a third were needed, which in turn were sent confidentially to a series of persons to gather their observations. The secretariat of state coordinated everything and also took an active role, softening and removing expressions it judged "not fit for a pope." But the direct, "journalistic" style of Fr. Gheddo, which pope Wojtyla had wanted, remained to a large extent. "Redemptoris Missio" is the best-written encyclical of the fourteen of that pontificate.
Then came Benedict XVI, he too a pope of a very strong evangelizing sensibility and he too largely misunderstood in this.
On December 3, 2007, the feast of the missionary saint par excellence, Francis Xavier, the congregation for the doctrine of the faith published a “Doctrinal note on some aspects of evangelization” that began by diagnosing with great realism the missionary anemia of the present-day Church: “It is enough, so they say, to help people to become more human or more faithful to their own religion; it is enough to build communities which strive for justice, freedom, peace and solidarity. Furthermore, some maintain that Christ should not be proclaimed to those who do not know him, nor should joining the Church be promoted, since it would also be possible to be saved without explicit knowledge of Christ and without formal incorporation in the Church."
And yet this document also seemed to fall into the void. “It was almost ignored by the Catholic and missionary press,” writes Fr. Gheddo.
In spite of everything, the book ends with observations full of hope. To the collapse of missionary vocations in the old world corresponds the vitality of the young Churches, which are making themselves missionary outside of their own countries. In Africa, in Asia, the expansion of Catholicism is more lively than ever. But precisely the leaders of these young Churches are convinced that the role of Italian, European, North American missionaries must not be consigned to the past.
Fr. Gheddo presents the words of a bishop of Cameroon: “We certainly have a very lively faith, and we thank the Lord for this, but it is an emotional, superficial faith, which has not yet penetrated deeply. If we had no more foreign missionaries, I am convinced that in twenty or thirty years we would be back under the trees making sacrifices to the spirits. The missionaries bring us the breath of the universal Church, which has a history and tradition that we do not have.”
With Pope Francis the challenge continues. In this book, Fr. Gheddo recounts it as no one before him has done.
Piero Gheddo, "Missione senza se e senza ma. L'annuncio alle genti dal Concilio a papa Francesco", EMI, Bologna, 2013, pp. 256, euro 13,00.
The 1965 decree of Vatican Council II on the missions:
> "Ad gentes"
The 1975 apostolic exhortation of Paul VI:
> "Evangelii nuntiandi"
The 1990 encyclical of John Paul II:
> "Redemptoris missio"
The message of Pope Francis for world mission day of October 20, 2013:
> Message...
For more news and commentary, see the blog that Sandro Magister maintains, available only in Italian:
> SETTIMO CIELO
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A tribute to Derek Round - war correspondent
RESPECTED JOURNALIST
I have spent at least 30 years in conflict and post conflict situations and I would say that Derek Round was one of the best war correspondents I met. Unobtrusive, disarming, and yet he possessed a piercing ability to analyse the heart of a situation, always better than others, and wrote with blunt honesty.
Derek would just turn up unannounced in the middle of a tense situation in central Vietnam in 1973, and if I recall correctly, he popped in to see us again in Pleiku (Vietnam) in 1974 when I was leader of a New Zealand Red Cross Refugee Welfare team. Bullets, tanks, landmines, threats he knew too well, but was never obessed by security which meant he got into seldom visited places.
In 1975 I was in Saigon in the weeks leading up to the fall of Saigon, trying to find how New Zealand Red Cross leader Mac Riding was killed, and Derek was in the thick of it.. I recall many meetings and the ocassional evening in a lively bar, trying to drink beer as 'bargirls' lamented the likely take over of the NVA, and pestered us.
I passed through Singapore on the scores of times in the early 70s and I recall visiting him and I am sure he visited our New Zealand Red Cross team in Bangladesh shortly after the end of the Indo-Pak war.
Derek has a wide and distinguished list of accomplishments in a media career which began in the mid-1950s when he was editor of the Canterbury University student newspaper Canta.
In the 1960s he became the bureau chief in Singapore and Hong Kong for international news agency Reuters, and for four years from 1973 he was the Asia correspondent for the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA).
His work in Hong Kong was credited as playing a prominent role in presenting Asia to New Zealanders at a time when New Zealand was developing stronger links to the region.
His cousin Martin Round claimed the journalist also served as a spy for the SIS after he was contacted by the Soviet Union.
"The Russians paid him Stg30 a fortnight, which Derek gave to SIS, and SIS paid Derek either Stg20 or Stg25 a fortnight," Martin Round told 3 News.
Mr Round was the first New Zealand reporter accredited to Beijing, something he gained while accompanying then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon on the inaugural New Zealand prime ministerial visit to China.
He wrote several biographies, was a former chairman and trustee of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, and had several roles in Wairarapa community organisations.
A Canterbury University law graduate, he turned to journalism after working as a legal intern on the infamous Parker-Hulme murder trial in 1954, when he was 19-years-old.
Derek wrote a book called " Barbed wire Between Us, published by
Random House New Zealand, Jul 15, 2002 - 189 pages
In summary, the bood starts with Kenelm Digby and Mutal Fielder meeting on a P and O liner returning to the Far East from England on the eve of the Second World War. As a 21-year-old undergraduate, Kenelm had made headlines when he took part in the notorious 1933 'King and Country' debate at the Oxford Union. Now he was returning to Kuching as legal adviser to Sir Vyner Brooke, last of the legendary White Rajahs of Sarawak. Mutal, who had trained as a ballet dancer in London and Paris, was on her way back to Hong Kong where she and her parents enjoyed a life of privilege and comfort, waited on by Chinese servants in their home on The Peak, then the exclusive preserve of the upper ranks of the British expatriate community. The young couple's shipboard romance led to their engagement in Singapore, celebrated with champagne at Raffles Hotel. But their idyllic world soon came crashing around them when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong and Sarawak at Christmas 1941. Kenelm spent the next three and a half years interned in Kuching. Mutal, with her parents, spent the war in the humiliating and squalid conditions at Stanley Internment Camp, separated from her fiancé by barbed wire and the South China Sea. Constantly hungry and often sick, she watched friends die, carried to lonely graves in makeshift coffins. But her courage and resourcefulness helped her to obtain desperately needed food for herself and her ailing parents. She survived to be reunited with Kenelm after the war and the couple eventually made their home in New Zealand. Derek Round spent much of his 20 year career as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong where he was bureau chief of Reuters news agency and later Asia correspondent of the New Zealand Press Association. He and his family lived in Stonycroft, the old colonial mansion on The Peak which had once been the home of Mutal Digby and her parents. Earlier, as Reuters bureau chief in Singapore he also covered Sarawak and was a correspondent in Vietnam during the war. He was later NZPA's political editor and Fleet Street-based chief European correspondent before returning to Wellington as Editor of NZPA. He lives in Christchurch where he began his career in journalism on the Star-Sun.
I was devastated to learn that one of our greatest foreign correspondents was killed in his own home in New Zealand, such a despicable act of cowardice.
An autopsy shows journalist Derek Round was killed in a "horrific attack" in the living room of his Whanganui home, police say.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Kirby of Whanganui CIB said he had received results from an autopsy carried out today.
"Although I can't go into details at this stage the results would indicate a horrific attack on Derek, which took place in the living room of his home."
Round was found dead in his Campbell St home on Thursday morning.
Police were searching for clues to provide some insight into the events that unfolded before the 77-year-old's death.
"We have made pleasing progress today, but this is one of those cases which the public will help us solve,'' Kirby said.
"I really need know more about the movements of Derek's car which we know left his property in Campbell Street sometime after 7pm on Wednesday. It is a 1996 blue Jaguar XJ6 - a quite distinctive car.''
Interviews with Round's neighbours, a scene examination at his house, and a forensic examination of his car would continue tomorrow.
The police were also focusing on a few items of clothing, which they believed were linked to the crime scene.
Parks, reserves and bush areas would be searched by police tomorrow.
Kirby asked residents to check their front yards and bushes for the missing clothes, which included a red long-sleeved jersey or sweatshirt, a black leather sleeveless vest, dark coloured stonewashed jeans, dark fingerless gloves, and a pair of dark coloured sports shoes with light markings around the soles and coloured laces
The clothing has the hallmarks of gang attire.
Police, however, declined to say whether the clothing led them to consider a gang connection in their hunt for suspects, saying it would be speculating.
A team of 40 police were working on the investigation, which also involved canvassing both sides of the Whanganui River.
"This is a meticulous process involving a team of detectives piecing together what Derek was doing before he was violently attacked. As part of this we are talking to a range of people who had contact with him."
Kirby said some people have come forward with information.
Thanks to Fairfax NZ News for permission to use part of their story.
Labels: a Soviet spy, Barbed Wire between Us, Death of Derek Round, Derek Round and New Zealand Red Cross, Derek Round Vietnam, Derek Round war correspondent, Mandy Rice-Davis
Hey Bob, hope all is well, always good to pop into your blog, you can be relied on to put something to think about on here!
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ABOUT BBB
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Boyertown is home to many well-known local artists like David Larson, Taylor Backes and more. Studio B offers a space for art and artists in the historic heart of Boyertown, PA with monthly shows in our gallery and a full course of exciting art classes for all ages and interests. Dancing Tree Creations Artisans Gallery and Working Studio represents 200+ local and national artisans. Art - Craft - Gifts for home, office and garden including glass, ceramic, metal, wood, garden art, wall art, sculptures, and much more. Art Walks abound in the warmer months and the support of the community provides artists with an environment in which to thrive, and others to enjoy and appreciate.
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Brian P. Klein is a leading global strategist. He has worked in both the public and private sectors serving as Director of Southeast Asia Affairs at the White House, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and as a U.S. diplomat in India and China. From 2008-2009 he was a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi International Affairs Fellow based in Japan. He previously worked raising venture capital for and managing several technology start-ups as a director of a Virginia-based corporate incubator.
His articles and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, CNN, Newsweek Japan, The Council on Foreign Relations, and The Diplomat, among others. An active public speaker he has appeared at events in the U.S., China, India, and Japan.
On Twitter: @brianpklein
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Chronicle for download
If you want to find out more about Brodenbach, you can download a chronicle for the local area here.
Brodenbach is a state-approved health resort and is situated in a long curve of the River Mosel. The climate is particularly good, thanks to the well-forested surroundings.
History of the Brodenbach community
The remains of settlements from Roman times and graves from the Merovingian-Frankish period have been found in Brodenbach. An exact date for the founding and settlement of Brodenbach is unknown but it can be assumed that the site was settled at the time that Ehrenburg castle was built on the remains of a Roman fortification at the latest. Until the end of the 18th century, Brodenbach belonged to the dominion of Ehrenburg.
In 1798, Brodenbach was assigned to the canton of Treis under French governance. As the result of administrative reform two years later, Brodenbach fell under the Burgen mayor’s office and the arrondissement of Koblenz. In 1816, Brodenbach came under Prussian governance to the newly-created district of St. Goar. Brodenbach itself was promoted to become a new mayor’s office, to which the townships of Niederfell, Oberfell, Alken, Nörtershausen and Burgen also belonged.
Following territorial reforms in 1976, which saw a restructuring of the districts in the Koblenz administrative district, the district of St. Goar was dissolved. Brodenbach was transferred into the newly-created rural district of Mayen-Koblenz. Moreover, Brodenbach belongs in administrative terms to the local authority association of Untermosel with headquarters in Kobern-Gondorf. Today, Brodenbach is a very popular health resort with numerous excursion destinations
Wine and culinary pleasure, water and sport, hiking and more...
The climate in Brodenbach is particularly good, thanks to the well-forested surroundings. The two side valleys, the Ehrbachtal and Brodenbachtal, constantly conduct fresh air into this spot on the Mosel. For this reason, Brodenbach is a state-approved health resort.
Above the picturesque districts of the Ehrenburg valley, the Ehrenburg castle, built in the 12th century, dominates on a rocky outcrop. Brodenbach is renowned far and wide as a starting point and destination for numerous hikes, for example through the wild and romantic Ehrbachklamm gorge. Countless accommodation options in hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs or holiday apartments invite you to spend a relaxing holiday. The wonderfully situated camping site and sheltered yacht harbour are also suitable for holiday stays.
Leisure options: Hiking, cycling tours, motorbike tours, fishing, sailing, boat trips, wine tasting, historical experiences, water sports, and much more. Cast your fishing line, set sail, paddle contentedly in a dinghy or explore the Mosel on a boat tour, and experience some of the most enchanting landscape Germany has to offer.
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Tag Archives: Ritchie de Vries
Coronation Street Scene of the Week
Corrie Street Jan. 5/14
January 5, 2014 Dorothy Leave a comment
and The Dreamers
I think there are a lot of men like Dennis in the north of England, like Ritchie too. Those who remember the Mersey Beat, the British Invasion of 1960s music because they were in it, or at least on its coattails. I met some of them, years ago, in Liverpool.
Guys who would haul out a guitar at the drop of a hat. Play a bit of House of the Rising Sun or Long Tall Sally. Talk about when they turned down the chance to play with The Animals before they were The Animals. Or when their band, named something like The Power maybe, almost opened for Manfred Mann. Their friend who jammed a few times with Gerry and the Pacemakers but decided to start his own band instead. The kid they knew who lived a few streets away from George Harrison, before he was “the quiet Beatle”. The nerdy kid they vaguely remember from school who went on to a big career as a promoter or sound engineer or record producer.
The bands these guys had played with, the names of which are remembered by no one aside from themselves, maybe were “this close” to making it big. Clubs in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle they remember being at, as musicians, hangers-on or just audience members. The look in their eyes when they’d talk about back-in-the-day. The memories of stages, music, touring, birds – the life.
Chances lost due to backing the wrong musical horse, thinking their group would be the next fab group to hit the airwaves. Promoters who just couldn’t get them the big break, or ripped them off. Hand injuries from sports or fights that meant they couldn’t play a guitar long enough, well enough to sustain a musical life in the big league. Going back to school when gigs seemed to dry up. Staying in school so they’d have ‘something to fall back on’ on as their parents advised them. All meaning that, somehow, they’d been bypassed in the musical revolution that happened in England 50 years ago.
But it never died within them, even as they spent the next decades as lawyers, welders, teachers or unemployed drifters. And given half a chance, such as running into an old friend, they would be back on stage playing or behind the stage booking acts, wheeling and dealing. Living the glory days again, or for the first time. There are more dreamers than ever managed to play with Freddie and the Dreamers. It’s nice seeing that part of the dreams of the ’60s come to life in the eyes of Dennis Tanner.
Dennis TannerMersey BeatRitchie de Vries
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mining of massive datasets
mining of massive datasets is a book authored by Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman, and Jeffrey D. Ullman published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. This book consists of 513 pages and contains twelve chapters starting from Data Mining and than Map Reduce and the New Software Stack, Finding Similar Items, Mining Data Streams, Link Analysis, Frequent Itemsets, Clustering, Advertising on the Web, Advertising on the Web, Recommendation Systems, Mining Social-Network Graphs, Dimensionality Reduction, and Large-Scale Machine Learning and at the end a list indexes is given.
About the authors of mining of massive datasets:
Jure Leskovec got a Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2004 and a PhD in Computational and Statistical Learning from the Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. He is a partner teacher of Computer Science at Stanford University concentrating on systems. He is the main researcher at Pinterest. In 2008/09 he was a postdoctoral specialist at Cornell University working with Jon Kleinberg and Dan Huttenlocher. He finished his Ph.D. in Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University under the supervision of Christos Faloutsos in 2008.He did his college degree in software engineering at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2004. Likewise work with the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Dr. Anand Rajaraman, PhD, is Co-Founder and Founding Partner of Milliways Ventures. Dr. Rajaraman is Partner of Rocketship.vc. Dr. Rajaraman is a Founding Partner at Cambrian Ventures, Inc., which he established in 2000. He fills in as an Advisor to a few Silicon Valley new businesses. Dr. Rajaraman established Kosmix (now @WalmartLabs) in 2004 and fills in as its Senior Vice-President of Global eCommerce business. He has broad innovative work involvement with Stanford University, AT&T Bell Labs and Xerox PARC. He filled in as Scientific Advisor of TheFind, Inc. As the Chief Technology Officer of Junglee, Dr. Rajaraman assumed a key part in building up its honor winning Virtual Database innovation. He filled in as Technical Advisor of TheFind, Inc. Dr. Rajaraman filled in as the Director of Technology at Amazon.com Inc. also, was in charge of innovation methodology and propelled innovation activities. He helped dispatch the change of Amazon.com from a retailer into a retail stage, empowering outsider retailers to offer on its site. Dr. Rajaraman joined Amazon.com in 1998. He was Co-Founder of Junglee Corp. He filled in as a Director of Coruscant Tec Ltd., and @WalmartLabs. He fills in as a Board Member to a few Silicon Valley new companies. He filled in as Director of Aster Data Systems, Inc. Dr. Rajaraman is a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department. He has various productions, licenses and honors at driving scholastic and industry gatherings. Dr. Rajaraman is highlighted in articles in Business Week, the San Francisco Chronicle and other driving national distributions. Dr. Rajaraman is an early speculator in Facebook, a serial business visionary and Technologist. He won the President of India Gold Medal for graduating at the highest point of his class at the Indian Institute of Technology. He got M.S. what’s more, Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University; and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Jeffrey David “Jeff” Ullman (conceived November 22, 1942) is a PC researcher and teacher at Stanford University. His course readings on compilers (different releases are prominently known as the Dragon Book), hypothesis of calculation (otherwise called the Cinderella book), information structures, and databases are viewed as models in their fields. Ullman got a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Mathematics from Columbia University in 1963 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 1966. He at that point labored for quite a while at Bell Labs. From 1969 to 1979 he was a teacher at Princeton. Since 1979 he has been a teacher at Stanford University, where he is presently the Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus). In 1995 he was accepted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and in 2000 he was granted the Knuth Prize. Ullman is likewise the co-beneficiary (with John Hopcroft) of the 2010 IEEE John von Neumann Medal, “For establishing the frameworks for the fields of automata and dialect hypothesis and numerous original commitments to hypothetical software engineering.
Conclusion of mining of massive datasets:
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Suns Spot | Hammer Time!
February 4, 2011 by Chris Coffel
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Marcin Gortat has found his stride in Phoenix. Photo by Barry Gossage/Getty Images.
In his first three-and-a-half years in the league, Marcin Gortat had six double-doubles. In his last eight games, he’s doubled that number.
While playing in Orlando, Gortat saw limited minutes as he backed up arguably the best center in the NBA, Dwight Howard. It was in those limited minutes that Gortat showed flashes of what could be in a larger role and often had him touted as the best backup center in the Association. Needless to say, the Polish Hammer was very excited to join a Phoenix Suns team that for as long as I can remember has been searching for that one true center that could actually have a positive impact on the game.
Now that Marcin is finally getting regular playing time, he is proving that the speculation about how good he could be given the opportunity may have been right. In fact, he may actually be better than advertised.
When the Suns acquired Gortat from the Orlando Magic in a multiplayer deal, he was pegged as a good defender and rebounder with limited offensive moves. Having seen very little of his game myself, I pictured him as a big, lumbering guy that would not be very mobile or athletic.
Boy, have I been wrong. Since joining the Suns, Gortat has proven to be quite the athlete. On the defensive end he moves his feet very well. He’s able to cover a lot of ground by getting out and helping apply pressure on guards and still get back to rebounding position — something the Suns have lacked for quite some time. He’s a pretty solid post defender and even though he doesn’t necessarily block a ton of shots, he does force players into taking tougher shots.
On the other end of the floor is where Gortat has really been a pleasant surprise. Before arriving in the Valley, Gortat had never scored more than 16 points in a game. Not only has he matched that, he recently had a stretch of three straight games in which he set a new career high each night out.
The Polish Hammer has turned out to be a great pick-and-roll mate for Steve Nash, able to finish around the basket and hit a 15-foot jumper on a regular basis. Gortat clearly loves to play with Nash, recently joking that he was going to help Nash win another MVP and move him back to the number one spot in assists, stating that while Boston’s Rajon Rondo is great, he’s not better than Nash.
Coming in with career averages of 4 points and 4 rebounds, Gortat has raised his averages to 10 and 7 with Phoenix. His numbers continued to go up, as he’s averaged 16 and 9 in his last five games. If Gortat keeps playing at this high level, there’s certainly a good chance that Nash’s assists numbers will continue to rise as well, but more importantly the team will pick up more wins and have a chance to get back in the playoff hunt.
In this story: Downtown Phoenix, Marcin Gortat, Phoenix Suns, Steve Nash, Suns Spot, US Airways Center
Categories: Downtown District, DPJ Blogs, Sports & Rec
January 21, 2011 Suns Spot | Showing Signs of Life
December 31, 2010 Suns Spot | Oh, No He Didn’t
April 8, 2011 Suns Spot | It Hasn’t All Been Bad
February 18, 2011 Suns Spot | 28 Games, Three Goals
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The Woman's Home, a Pioneering Charity
The term "pioneer" is synonymous with Marietta's founding and early years. Mariettans were also responsible for establishing two pioneering charitable organizations. One was the Washington County Children's Home, the first government-funded home in the country. It was founded through the pioneering (there's that word again) efforts of Catherine Fay Ewing. Read more about it here.
The other was The Woman's Home, begun in 1885 for indigent women in Washington County. Women of that period who were widowed, unmarried, or without family often suffered financial hardship. Many were isolated from friends and community.
The Civil War created large numbers of widows and orphans. Their situations raised the national awareness of the need. Financial resources taken for granted today such as social security, pensions, medicare, and personal savings were lacking in the mid 1800s.
The wife of William R. Putnam first voiced the need for a community- supported home for indigent women. After her passing, Putnam and other leaders pursued the project.
The "Centennial Souvenir", published for Marietta's Centennial in 1888 by Mrs. L. A. Alderman, reported that in 1880 "an incorporate act was provided,.....a board of gentlemen appointed as trustees, and as many ladies as a Board of Managers." Catherine Fay Ewing assumed a fund raising role. Douglas Putnam and M. P. Wells donated two lots on Third Street. Architect Adolph Morris donated his architectural services. The sixteen room home was built at a cost of $2500.
Woman's Home circa 1900, located as it is today at 812 Third Street in Marietta - copied from Century Review of Marietta, Board of Trade Edition.
The Centennial Souvenir described the Home which then had just opened. Mrs. Alderman promoted the Home as a memorial to the original women pioneer settlers whom she characterized as courageous yet little known. She continued, "How could they be more fittingly memorialized than in having this charity, this gift to the aged and respected women, which is managed entirely by women, dedicated as a testimonial to (the pioneer women's) courage and patriotism...." Mrs. Alderman encouraged the women of Washington County to support the Home.
Furnishings, such as linens, handmade quilts, and dishes were donated by the community. Furniture was donated by the Marietta Chair Company, then a major employer (your author's great grandfather Daniel Baker worked there) with a national reputation.
The home opened in 1885. The community was actively involved in the Home. Donations funded operations and improvements. Civic groups offered services and regular visitation. This ongoing support continued for decades.
Marietta Times article excerpt March 8, 1973. See above right portion of photo for list of managing board members at the time. Photo shows members of Board of Fiscal Trustees.
The vision for the Home expressed by Mrs. Putnam and her friends was captured in a 1973 Marietta Times article: "They envisioned a gracious home where residents could come and go as they pleased. It was not to be a nursing home but a 'real' home where the women could be surrounded by their own furniture and belongings."
Hundreds of women have lived at the Home over its 132 year history. There were a myriad of backgrounds, talents, and activities. Below are a few profiles taken from Marietta Times articles, the first in 1973, the second two in 2005.
Jennie Woodburn, a long time resident, was a dressmaker and continued to crochet until her passing at age 99 in 1969.
Ruth Basim moved into the Home in 1978 at age 65 but continued working as a secretary. In 2005, she had only recently retired.
Margaret Fauss enjoyed her favorite rocking chair. "I like all the people here," she said. "Honestly and truly, I have never had any better treatment than I've had here. I couldn't be in a nicer place with nicer girls."
Many expressed their gratitude over the years. The very first resident reportedly said ..."blessings on those it shelters and those who care for it."
In recent years, The Woman's Home, has operated as an assisted living facility. Its small, personalized operation has worked against it. Costs have outstripped revenues. An endowment which funded losses is nearly exhausted.
The Home will close in June, 2018. It is a bitter-sweet end for a venerable cause. Fortunately, the support for the elderly that was unavailable a century ago is largely being provided with today's social services. But the homey atmosphere and camaraderie that made The Woman's Home a "real" home can't be replaced.
Sidebar notes from the research for this article that captured your author's attention:
The establishment of The Woman's Home reflected the societal status of women at the time. Women then did not yet have voting rights, work outside the home, or occupy leadership roles. The Woman's Home met a need for elderly women. It also provided area women a challenge and an opportunity to become involved in a significant project. Mrs. Alderman said such activity would promote public sentiment favoring "the general advancement of women."
Mrs. Alderman also made a very insightful observation about pioneer women in "The Centennial Souvenir." "(They) were known as daughters of their fathers, wives of their husbands, the sisters of their more eminent brothers." Their public identity was indirect only - through their male relatives.
Marietta was not nearly as built up when the Home was constructed in 1885. Early literature refers to nice views from the Home of the fairgrounds and river valley - views which are now obstructed by homes built since then. The Home's location was described as being near the northern city limits - which are currently located at Colegate Drive.
Marietta Times newspaper articles dated 3/8/1973, 11/5/2000, 6/27/2017 Copies of the first two articles were viewed at Washington County Local History and Genealogy Library.
"Century Review of Marietta", Marietta Board of Trade, 1900, pages 34-35.
Alderman, Mrs. L.A., "Centennial Souvenir of Marietta Ohio," Library of Congress, 1888, pages 94-97. Viewed digital version on Google Books.
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One Day Itinerary
The 14 venues and over 200 monuments which make up the Museums & Galleries Edinburgh collection provide a fascinating look into the abundant qualities which make Edinburgh one of the most culturally rich, historically enthralling and magically beautiful cities in the world.
Read on for our one day guide on how best to uncover the many wonders housed across the wonderfully eclectic Museums & Galleries Edinburgh venues.
City Art Centre
Opening times: Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm
Entry is free, charges apply for some temporary exhibitions
The City Art Centre is located in the heart of Edinburgh close to Waverley train station and offers up five floors dedicated to championing the very best of historic and contemporary Scottish visual and applied arts.
The City of Edinburgh’s Art collection is one of the finest in Scotland, and includes works by the most important Scottish artists from the 17th century to the present day. It encompasses drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture as well as paintings, and numbers over 4,500 items. The Centre presents an expertly curated and brilliantly diverse series of events and exhibitions throughout the year. Be sure to check out what’s on before you visit.
Be sure to pay a visit to the wonderful gift shop on the ground floor before you leave and pick up that perfect gift or unique memento of your visit!
Scott Monument
Adult £8.00 Concession (OAP / Child / Student) £6.00 Family ticket £20 (2 adult+2 children or 1 adult & 3 children)
Likened to a ‘gothic rocket ship’ by Bill Bryson, the Scott Monument is the world’s largest monument to a writer and has dominated the New Town landscape since it’s completion in 1846. Constructed as a tribute to author Sir Walter Scott, the stunning sandstone monument is definitely one of Edinburgh’s most unique historical sites.
Rising to over 200 feet and covering 287 steps to the top viewing platform, it’s not a trip for the fainthearted but those who make it to the top are rewarded with some of the most breath-taking Edinburgh vistas across the city and not to mention the very finest Instagram content! For those who are less keen on the climb, the monument features four levels in total, including the first floor and the Museum Room which tells the story of Scott himself, his tumultuous life, his legacy on international literature, as well as the memorial built in his honour.
Makars' Court
Entry is free and is open access
Continue your exploration of Edinburgh’s rich literary history with a visit to one of its enchanting closes which run off the historic Royal Mile – Makars’ Court. Designed as an evolving national literary monument to celebrate the lives and works of Scottish writers, a walk through Makars’ Court offers the opportunity to see some of the famous words of great Scottish writers inscribed in the flagstones under your feet.
The Writers' Museum
Entry is free
You don’t have far to go to reach your next stop. The Writers’ Museum is located on Makars’ Close and celebrates the lives of three giants of Scottish Literature – Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The museum has a fascinating collection of rare items and personal objects which provide an engrossing insight into the lives and works of three of Scotland’s most famous literary figures. The Writers’ rich collections highlights include; a first edition of Scott’s novel Waverley and Stevenson’s beloved classic, A Child’s Garden of Verses. Manuscripts include Burns’ draft of Scots wha hae (‘Bruce’s Address to his troops at Bannockburn’). There is also the press on which Scott’s Waverley Novels were printed, a chair used by Burns to correct proofs at William Smellie’s printing office, and Stevenson’s wardrobe made by the infamous Deacon Brodie whose double life may have inspired the novel The strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Slightly more unusual items include; Robert Louis Stevenson’s riding boots and the ring given to him by a Samoan chief, a rocking horse used by Sir Walter Scott as a child and a plaster cast of Robert Burns’ skull!
Museum of Edinburgh Courtyard
Museum of Edinburgh
Once you’ve had your literary fill, enjoy a stroll down Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile and make your way to the Tardis-like Museum of Edinburgh on the Canongate.
The 16th century building, which is an attraction in itself is home to a huge collection of iconic items, beautiful objects that chart Centuries of Edinburgh’s history, from the romantic and fanciful to the utterly gruesome! Highlights including the National Covenant of 1638, which led to civil war and the collar and bowl of Greyfriars Bobby, the Skye terrier whose dogged devotion to his dead master touched the hearts of many and inspired numerous books and film adaptations. Also on display, are the iconic designs of the New Town by James Craig. First World War commander Earl Haig’s extensive collections are also on display.
Burns Monument
The monument can be viewed at any time, but it is not possible to enter directly.
What better way to end your journey of discovery through Edinburgh’s richly diverse history and heritage than with a magnificent view across our great city’s iconic landscape? Make your way up Jacob Ladder Steps (caution, there’s quite a few of them!) and as you reach the top on Regent Road you will be rewarded not only by a breath-taking city vista but also with beautiful Burns Monument. The 70 foot high Grecian-style temple was designed by Sir Thomas Hamilton and funded by public subscriptions in tribute to The Scottish Bard, Robert Burns. The Monument is surrounded by landscaped gardens with laurels, hollies and Ayrshire roses.
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Autocephalous Ukrainian Church: A history that has lasted for 100 years
by Phillip Cunningham | December 18, 2018 | 17:03
At the same time, Metropolitan Antony Pakanich said after the extraordinary session of the UOC-MP Synod that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) will remain the only canonical church in the country despite Kiev's intention to create a unified autocephalous church.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Monday accused Ukraine's politicians of using the creation of a new Ukrainian Orthodox church independent of Moscow for political ends. Most of the Ukrainian Orthodox bishops signed the request, including the current metropolitan of Kiev Onufryj (Berezovsky), head of the jurisdiction tied to Moscow, which today has officially lost its title to the Ukrainian law.
Saturday's council at the 11th century St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev will decide the make-up of the new church and elect its leader.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the biggest Orthodox Christian Church in Ukraine and is subordinate to the Moscow Patriarchate.
Last month, the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate gathered in Istanbul in a bid to approve an official tomos, granting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephaly.
Ukraine's state security service raided Moscow Patriarchate church properties in the run-up to the council, but denied the raids were an attempt to silence opposition to independence.
The synod comes shortly after a fresh crisis that saw Russian Federation seize three Ukrainian navy ships and arrest 24 sailors in the waters around Crimea.
That leaves the meeting between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the country's largest branch by number of believers, and the smaller Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Ogirenko
"And Ukraine will no longer drink, in the words of Taras Shevchenko, 'Moscow's poison from Moscow's cup, '" he said, quoting the country's national poet.
But the branch loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church, which has more parishes than its Kiev-loyal counterpart, hangs in the balance.
The new Ukrainian church seeks to combine clergy from two previously separate breakaway churches and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which had previously answered to Moscow.
Saturday's religious rupture from the Russian Orthodox Church is a potent - possibly explosive - mix of politics, religious faith and national identity.
The state-run media continues a massive company to discredit the Ukrainian Church.
Ties between the ex-Soviet neighbours have broken down since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014 following a pro-Western uprising in Kiev, and this year those tensions spilt into the religious arena.
"All its [UOC-MP's] children need to understand that they are supported by all the world Orthodoxy and by all the local churches that have not expressed a word in support of the actions of Patriarch Bartholomew [of Constantinople]", Alexander Volkov said on Saturday. The title appears to be not without clout, since it's established in the charter of the new church, which was adopted at the gathering as well. "Putin is an enemy of the Russian world".
"We can see that these processes, this schismatic activity in Ukraine is closely intertwined with politics, which of course could hardly be acceptable by church rules".
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Axel Cruz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cosme Zapata 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 6 2 2 3 3 12 0
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“Rampage” Jackson – Satoshi Ishii to Headline Bellator Dynamite 2
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 6, 2016) – For the first time since 2014, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (36-11) will return to action for Bellator MMA when he faces Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1) in the main event of “Bellator: Dynamite 2” on June 24, at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
While “Rampage” has competed at 205-pounds for a vast majority of his nearly 17-year career, this main event contest against Ishii will take place at an agreed upon catchweight of 215 pounds.
Tickets for “Bellator: Dynamite 2,” which start at just $30, go on sale this Friday, April 8 at 10 a.m. CT on Ticketmaster.com and the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, with a special Bellator Nation presale available from 10 a.m. CT to 10 p.m. CT on Thursday, April 7 for fans using the code: “BELLATOR.” Doors for the event open at 5 p.m. CT local time, and the first contest takes place one hour after.
“Bellator: Dynamite 2” airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary bouts will stream live on Bellator.com and The Bellator Mobile App.
Exactly like the groundbreaking inaugural “Dynamite” event this past September in San Jose, both a mixed martial arts cage and kickboxing ring will cover the floor at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, giving fans in attendance the opportunity to see both iterations of combat sports on the same night.
A three-fight veteran of Bellator MMA, “Rampage” signed with the organization in 2013 and is riding a four-fight winning streak. His legendary career has seen him compete against some of the top names in the sport across multiple organizations including PRIDE and the UFC, generating a loyal army of fans along the way. Jackson is the proud owner of many epic highlight reel slams and knockouts that he’s racked up throughout his battles with guys like: Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, Kevin Randleman, Ricardo Arona, Marvin Eastman, and perhaps most-notably his trilogy with fellow Bellator warrior Wanderlei Silva.
When he’s not beating people up in his MMA fights, Jackson’s larger than life personality has earned him multiple film roles, where he’s been able to beat people up on the big screen. Now, the 37-year-old returns to action for the fourth time under the Bellator MMA banner, where he looks to improve upon his unblemished mark within the promotion. With 19 of his fights taking place in Japan, the large contingent of Japanese MMA fans will have a hard time determining who to cheer for when “Rampage” takes on Ishii in June.
Ishii is a 29-year-old powerhouse Judoka who earned Gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing after defeating the best the world had to offer in the +100 kg division. Now fully focused on mixed martial arts, the Japanese star has competed in his home country almost exclusively throughout his 20-fight professional career and will be making his stateside debut on June 24 against “Rampage.” With half of his victories coming before reaching the judges’ scorecards, it’s worth noting that three of Ishii’s defeats have come at the hands of some of greatest the sport has to offer, such as Mirko Cro Cop and Fedor Emelianenko. Most recently, the judoka competed at light heavyweight for Rizin FF, during the promotion’s inaugural card on New Year’s Eve Weekend.
Updated “Bellator: Dynamite 2” Fight Card
Bellator MMA (215 lb.) Main Event: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (36-11) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1)
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Home Smartphone Phone News The 10 Best Smartphone Deals
Stiftung Warentest examined from 101 tested smartphones from the best units for price-conscious buyers. It turns out that especially previous models are real bargains, but also two newer smartphones are in the top tenth.
Stiftung Warentest tested regularly smartphones since the summer 2014th By the end so a total of 101 units have been tested. While it is interesting to note that current models have received the best reviews, but new smart phones are not necessarily the best. The foundation has all the 101 devices tested and compared determined in the current issue of the magazine “test”, among other things, offer which phones the best price-performance ratio.
Place 10 of bargain-top 10 is the Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo. It is a published in October this year scaled-down edition of the 2014er flagship Galaxy S5. Because Samsung in this release on Fingerprint Sensor, dispensed infrared port and other extras that it is to have from 300 euros, but otherwise offers most of the advantages of the strong role model. Warentest certifies him a particularly good battery life.
Middle class in metal dress
The 9th Place could conquer the Samsung Galaxy A3. n-tv.de criticized in his test in February still the relatively high price of mid-range device in metallic dress. But now it is offered online starting at 170 euros, which certainly makes it despite a not too sharp screens at a price-performance tip.
Technically slightly more equipped the big brother Samsung Galaxy A5 is also in the ranking of Stiftung Warentest before A3. Its display is larger and has a higher resolution, also offers the A5 more memory and a higher battery capacity. Internet stores sell it already for 245 euros.
The only non-Android smartphone under the value-for-winners is the Nokia Lumia 830 at No. 7. Microsoft has released the smartphone Although already presented at IFA 2014, but it is one of the candidates, who will receive an update to Windows 10 beginning of 2016. , The device has a beautiful 5-inch screen and a decent camera. Its battery can be replaced and his 16-gigabyte memory is expandable with microSD cards. 290 euro are a fair price for the device.
Flashed Selfies for 180 euros
The Samsung Galaxy J5 is a new mid-range smartphone. It makes loud Warentest good photos and has a long battery life. A special feature is the flash for the front camera, which is still possible even at low light beautiful Selfies. Online it only costs a whopping 180 euros – a deserved 6th place in the value charts.
In fifth place is a very popular smartphone in Germany is: the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini. In July 2014, the unit still cost 450 euros, now it is to have from 235 euros. There has, inter alia, a fingerprint scanner in the home button, a heart rate monitor in addition to the camera and a 4.5 inch screen with a pixel density of 326 ppi good. Moreover, it is dust and water resistant.
HTC-Oldie no old iron
The HTC One M8 could inspire in spring 2014 with its great design, a gorgeous display, plenty of power and an exceptional camera. The smartphone is indeed already one and a half years old, but it will get in the coming weeks an update to Android 6, which is why the pretty metal cell phone for a long time does not belong on the scrap heap. Its price: 350 euros.
The LG g4c is a smaller and weaker-equipped 5-inch version of the LG G4. Third-placed device shines with the best score in the battery runtime and otherwise provides a consistently solid performance. In addition, it is extremely low with prices under 170 euros. The smartphone is not led by many retailers and seems to disappear from the camps again.
Galaxy S5 dominated
Before the small G4 derivative lies on the silver medal last year’s LG flagship G3 in the 16-gigabyte version. It has a very high-resolution qHD display, a prima camera and a powerful processor. In the test of n-tv.de the battery performance of the G4 initially disappointed, but LG improved with an update and after Stiftung Warentest counts the smartphone now become one of the most enduring devices. With around 280 Euros, it offers an excellent price-performance ratio.
At No. 1 but also sits in this category over the one and a half year old Samsung Galaxy S5, that is with an overall score of 1.8 also remains the best rated smart phone at Stiftung Warentest. For devices with the longest battery life, it took second place in the camera comparison 8th place directly behind the most current top smartphones. Its battery is replaceable and the housing dust and waterproof. Even the Galaxy S5 is a candidate for Android 6, but only next spring.
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