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myscience.org.uk › news › wire › British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
A University of Glasgow’s academic has been awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, it was announced today.
Dr Adrian Zancajo of the School of Education has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the British Academy to pursue his research on his project entitled - Is it Possible to Decommodify Education? Evidence and Lessons from the Chilean Education Market Reform.
Dr Zancajo is among 54 distinguished academics to receive funding from the Academy, the national voice of the humanities and the social sciences.
Dr Zancajo said: “The British Academy postdoctoral fellowship is a great opportunity to develop a new line of research on education market reforms and regulation, an emerging topic on the education policy field. In this sense, the University of Glasgow offers a vibrant environment of interdisciplinary research on education policy from an international and comparative perspective.”
The Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme is the Academy’s flagship programme for early career academics, based at universities around the UK.
These three-year Fellowships enable outstanding early career scholars to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment. The primary emphasis is on completing a significant piece of publishable research, giving award holders a base on which to build a successful academic career.
Chief Executive of the British Academy, Alun Evans, said:“We are delighted to welcome this new cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows, all of whom are at the cutting edge of research in the humanities and social sciences.
“Supporting early career academics has always been a priority for the British Academy and, indeed, the Academy was delighted recently to announce an expansion of this support – in the form of a new £10 million initiative with the Wolfson Foundation. The initiative will involve providing new funding opportunities for early career academics, developing an international community of scholars and creating an intellectual hub at the Academy’s home on Carlton House Terrace.
“I would like to wish all of our new Postdoctoral Fellows the best of luck with their research. We look forward to seeing the results.”
The British Academy is the voice of the humanities and social sciences. The Academy is an independent fellowship of world-leading scholars and researchers; a funding body for research, nationally and internationally; and a forum for debate and engagement. For more information, please visit www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk or follow the British Academy on Twitter @BritishAcademy_
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Special to Anza Valley Outlook
Supervisors authorize sheriff to continue anti-drug ops
Last updated 6/20/2019 at 1:57am
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized Sheriff Chad Bianco to accept a $1.44 million federal grant for drug interdiction operations to deter trafficking throughout Riverside County during its regularly scheduled June 11 meeting.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy funding, administered by the California Department of Justice, is intended to cover deputies’ overtime costs and other support directly tied to operations in designated “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas,” according to the sheriff’s department.
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India International News
India tells U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...it won't close embassy in North Korea
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India says it won't close embassy in North Korea
Oct. 25 (UPI) -- India said it plans to maintain its embassy in North Korea, citing a need to keep channels of communication open with the reclusive state.
Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday during talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Delhi that embassy-level diplomatic ties will not be scrapped despite Pyongyang's provocations, Yonhap reported.
Swaraj also said trade with North Korea has declined and the embassy in Pyongyang is "very small," according to the report.
The top Indian diplomat also said she had told Tillerson of India's decision and that countries with friendly ties with the United States should stay to keep communication open with North Korea.
In April at the United Nations Security Council, Tillerson said members of the U.N. should suspend or downgrade diplomatic relations with North Korea.
Pyongyang's diplomats often do more than conduct diplomacy when overseas, and are responsible for business operations that earn foreign currency for the Kim Jong Un regime.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump declared ties have "never been stronger" following their summit in June, but India has also maintained diplomatic relations with Pyongyang since 1973.
India is North Korea's third-largest trading partner, but according to the Press Trust of India, annual trade has declined to $134.33 million in fiscal year 2016, from $198.78 million in 2015.
India has also banned all trade in weapons in March 2017, and has banned the import of North Korea seafood, lead ore and textiles.
On Wednesday, North Korea's state television stressed "internal solidarity in its programming," a sign the country is bracing itself for the impact of sanctions that will hit North Korea's energy supply, South Korean news service News 1 reported.
Nam Kwang-kyu of the Maebong Unification Research Center told News 1 the long-term effect of the current sanctions "will not be easy to overcome" for North Korea.
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New Drugs, Old Drugs
Digoxin in heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias
Terence J Campbell and Peter S MacDonald
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (2): 98-102. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05445.x
Digoxin therapy has no effect on mortality in heart failure.
Digoxin may be useful for maintaining clinical stability and exercise capacity in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
Digoxin appears to be of most benefit in patients with severe heart failure, cardiomegaly and a third heart sound.
Digoxin should be used as a second-line drug after diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and β-blockers in patients with congestive heart failure who are in sinus rhythm.
Digoxin should be used as a first-line drug in patients with congestive heart failure who are in atrial fibrillation.
Digoxin has a limited, but useful, role, either alone or in combination with other agents such as β-blockers, diltiazem or verapamil, in achieving satisfactory resting ventricular rate control in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.
In patients who lead a predominantly sedentary lifestyle (perhaps particularly in those who are elderly), digoxin alone may be the agent of choice.
The original description by Withering of the use of digitalis for "dropsy" was published in 1785.1 Even allowing for the fact that Withering's observations were uncontrolled, the dramatic diuresis and relief of dyspnoea with the use of foxglove in patients with "dropsy" left him in little doubt about its efficacy.
Two hundred years later, digoxin was regarded as one of the cornerstones of therapy for heart failure,2 but controversy persisted about its efficacy, particularly in patients in sinus rhythm. More recently, the advent of neurohormonal antagonists (angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors, β-blockers and spironolactone) that both produce improvements in survival and reduce symptoms has relegated digoxin down the list of therapeutic options for heart failure. Questions have been raised about the incremental benefit of adding digoxin to these newer agents, and there are concerns about the hazards of using digoxin in patients with heart failure. Two studies in the 1980s reported that digoxin use was associated with increased mortality in survivors of myocardial infarction.3,4 In addition, other drugs with positive inotropic properties were found to increase mortality in patients with heart failure.5
Atrial fibrillation and flutter are the only arrhythmias for which there is widespread support for the use of digoxin, and the use of digitalis preparations in these conditions predates their recognition as specific arrhythmias. There is no doubt that some of Withering's original patients had atrial fibrillation.1 In 1836, Bouillaud described digitalis as the "opium of the heart" in the treatment of a patient with severe mitral stenosis and a rapid irregular pulse which, despite remaining irregular, was slowed dramatically by digitalis.6 Bouillaud was undoubtedly referring to the ability of digitalis to slow the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation. Early in the 20th century, James McKenzie and Thomas Lewis firmly established the place of digitalis as the treatment of choice for chronic atrial fibrillation.6
Thus, in the early years of the 21st century, digitalis, usually in the form of digoxin, is still widely prescribed to control the ventricular response rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.
How does digoxin work?
Although digoxin has traditionally been considered to be a positive inotropic agent (via inhibition of Na+–K+-ATPase and secondary activation of the Na+–Ca2+ membrane exchange pump), there is considerable evidence that its primary benefit is mediated via neurohormonal modulation.7,8 Several investigators have reported that digoxin enhances vagotonic responses and inhibits sympathetic activity. Furthermore, these neurohormonal modulatory effects are seen with lower doses of digoxin (< 0.25 mg/day), whereas the positive inotropic actions are seen when doses in excess of 0.25 mg per day are used.7
Hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia, usually a consequence of diuretic use, lower the threshold for digoxin toxicity. The use of spironolactone or other potassium-sparing diuretics in combination with digoxin is likely to limit this problem. Patients taking digoxin in combination with diuretics (including spironolactone) should have their serum electrolytes and renal function monitored regularly.
Information on the pharmacology of digoxin is provided in Box 1.
Digoxin in heart failure
Randomised controlled trials
The role of digoxin in the management of heart failure was clarified by a number of well-designed randomised placebo-controlled clinical trials in the 1990s (Box 2). The largest and most important of these was conducted by the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG),9 which involved 7788 patients with heart failure, all of whom were in sinus rhythm on entry into the trial. The large majority were maintained on therapy with diuretics and ACE inhibitors. β-Blocker use was not reported in the trial, but was probably very low. Trial participants comprised 6800 patients with systolic heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction, < 45%), and 988 patients with preserved systolic function. The average maintenance dose of digoxin was 0.25 mg daily, and patients were followed up for 3–5 years. Digoxin therapy had no effect on mortality (the primary endpoint of the study), but did reduce the need for hospital admission, mainly because of reduced hospitalisations for worsening heart failure (E2). (See Box 3 for an explanation of levels of evidence). The benefit of digoxin appeared to be greater among patients with more severe heart failure (ie, those with lower ejection fraction, greater cardiomegaly, and higher NYHA [New York Heart Association] class [E2]). However, the benefit was also observed in those with milder systolic heart failure and in those with preserved systolic function.
The DIG study9 did not report the impact of digoxin on symptomatic status and quality of life. However, the benefit of digoxin in reducing hospitalisation for heart failure suggests that digoxin helped to maintain a stable clinical condition. Similar conclusions were drawn from two smaller and shorter studies of digoxin withdrawal in patients with stable heart failure: the PROVED10 and RADIANCE11 trials. In both studies, withdrawal of digoxin was associated with a decline in exercise capacity, deterioration in left ventricular systolic function, and significantly increased risk of hospitalisation for worsening heart failure (E2).
A recent retrospective analysis of the DIG study reported that digoxin therapy was associated with a significantly increased risk of death in women, but not in men.14 However, this finding should be interpreted with extreme caution, as the analysis according to sex was not pre-specified and women comprised only a small proportion (up to 22%) of the study population. Thus, this mortality difference could simply be a chance finding. Alternatively, the increased mortality could be explained by a higher rate of digoxin toxicity in women, as digoxin levels at 1 month were significantly higher in women than in men.
β-Blocker use was very low in the randomised controlled clinical trials of digoxin described above. The subsequent demonstration that β-blockers have a marked benefit when given with ACE inhibitors has raised the question of whether β-blockers have rendered digoxin redundant in the management of patients with heart failure. One study tested this hypothesis in 47 patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and found that the average 24-hour heart rate was lower, and the mean left ventricular ejection fraction higher, in patients receiving both carvedilol and digoxin than either drug alone (CAFE study; see Box 2).12 The authors concluded that patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure should be treated with the combination of a β-blocker and digoxin.
What is the optimal dose of digoxin?
The median maintenance dose of digoxin in the DIG Study was 0.25 mg per day — 70% of patients were maintained on this dose. The steady-state serum digoxin level in patients receiving this dose (available in a subset of patients) averaged between 0.8 ng/mL and 0.9 ng/mL (therapeutic range 0.5–2.0 ng/mL). Higher maintenance doses of digoxin (0.375 mg per day) were used in the PROVED10 and RADIANCE trials,11 but there was no evidence that increasing the dose in the range 0.2–0.39 mg per day resulted in any symptomatic improvement.15 There are several lines of evidence showing that the risk of digoxin toxicity (including death) rises rapidly when the average daily digoxin dose exceeds 0.25 mg per day or when trough serum digoxin levels are above 1.0 ng/mL.16
It is particularly important to use lower maintenance doses of digoxin (0.125–0.25 mg/day) in the elderly because of the age-related decline in renal function. This issue is likely to arise frequently in clinical practice, as the elderly constitute the bulk of the population with heart failure. Furthermore, digoxin toxicity may be difficult to recognise in the elderly.17 Taking concomitant medications that increase serum digoxin concentrations (eg, amiodarone, quinidine, verapamil) may also necessitate a reduction in the maintenance dose. Cautions also apply to the use of a number of herbal preparations and so-called complementary medicines in patients taking digoxin. For example, squill, strophanthus and oleander contain cardiac glycosides and can trigger toxicity, while senna and cascara may augment potassium loss, leading to toxicity, and St John's wort reduces serum digoxin levels by about 25%.
Digoxin in diastolic heart failure
Diastolic heart failure has been increasingly recognised as a clinical entity, particularly in the elderly and in women.18 There is little information about the use of any drug therapy in diastolic heart failure. However, the DIG study included a large subgroup of almost 1000 patients with diastolic heart failure.9 The benefit of digoxin in this subgroup was similar to that observed in the main trial.
Digoxin is an appropriate drug for controlling the ventricular response rate to atrial fibrillation in association with diastolic heart failure, as the onset of this arrhythmia may cause marked symptomatic deterioration.
Digoxin is indicated for the management of heart failure. Its primary indication is to maintain clinical stability and exercise capacity in patients with symptomatic heart failure (NYHA class II-IV). For patients in sinus rhythm, it should be used as a second-line drug after diuretics, ACE inhibitors and β-blockers (E4). For those in atrial fibrillation, it should be used as a first-line drug (E2). Maintenance doses of digoxin should not exceed 0.25 mg per day, and may need to be lower in women and the elderly.
Important messages for patients are shown in Box 4.
Digoxin for arrhythmia
While there is little doubt that appropriate doses of digoxin (see above) will slow the resting ventricular rate in most patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (E1), it has been known for many years that digoxin is far less successful in controlling exercise-induced or stress-induced tachycardia in atrial fibrillation in many patients, even when plasma drug concentrations are near the upper end of the accepted therapeutic range.19 A study of 12 patients with chronic atrial fibrillation confirmed that medium-dose diltiazem was comparable, in terms of rate control at rest, to a therapeutic dose of digoxin and superior to digoxin during exercise.20 High-dose diltiazem (360 mg/day) was superior to digoxin, both at rest and during exercise.20
Very recently, the results of the AFFIRM trial, involving 4060 patients with atrial fibrillation randomly allocated to a "rhythm control" versus a "rate control" strategy, were published.21 This benchmark trial showed no difference in mortality and other important secondary endpoints, including quality of life, between the two strategies. A substudy of 1968 patients from the rate-control arm of AFFIRM found that both β-blockers and calcium-channel blocking agents were effective as first-line agents in about 50%–70% of patients, and that digoxin (which was allowed to be added as a second-line agent) appeared to increase the rate control efficacy of these agents modestly.22
The use of digoxin in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, either to revert the arrhythmia to sinus rhythm or to suppress further paroxysms, was widespread in the second half of the 20th century and remains a popular strategy. However, contrary to common belief, there is no evidence from controlled trials to suggest that digitalis increases the likelihood of reversion to sinus rhythm in patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation. Indeed, there is no electrophysiological reason to suppose such an effect. Digoxin shortens the effective refractive period of the atrial myocardium and, if anything, would be expected to make atrial fibrillation more likely to occur and persist.
It is certainly possible that, in patients with concomitant heart failure, the beneficial effects of digitalis on the myocardium may improve haemodynamic variables enough to produce spontaneous reversion to sinus rhythm. However, it must be remembered that spontaneous reversion is quite common in recent onset atrial fibrillation, and that restoration of normal rhythm during treatment with digoxin does not prove cause and effect.
A small, but well designed randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 36 patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation, and without heart failure, who were given either 1.4 mg digoxin orally over 14 hours or placebo capsules, reported reversion to sinus rhythm in eight out of 18 patients taking placebo and nine out of 18 patients taking digoxin.23 This, of course, was not statistically significant. The mean time to conversion in those patients who returned to sinus rhythm during the observation period was 5.1 hours in the digoxin group compared with 3.3 hours in the placebo group. A number of similar studies have produced very similar results, including a much larger (239 patients), multicentre Swedish study.24 These are referenced in the latest guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, published jointly by the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology (AHA/ACC/ESC).25 These guidelines state very clearly that "digitalis glycosides are generally no more effective than placebo for conversion of recent onset AF [atrial fibrillation] to sinus rhythm. Digoxin may prolong the duration of episodes of paroxysmal AF in some patients" (E1).
What of the widespread practice of using digitalis as prophylactic therapy in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? There are no comparable randomised placebo-controlled studies of this strategy, but a study of 139 episodes of atrial fibrillation during ambulatory monitoring in 72 patients did not support it.26 Thirty-one of the patients were taking digoxin, and there was no difference between those taking and those not taking digoxin, either in the frequency of attacks or in the ventricular rate during attacks (140/minute v 134/minute). Furthermore, digoxin therapy was associated with a significantly greater number of prolonged attacks of atrial fibrillation (defined as those lasting more than 30 minutes). In keeping with this and other observations, the AHA/ACC/ESC guidelines state that "the evidence available does not support a role for digitalis in suppressing recurrent AF in most patients".25
Most studies of digoxin in atrial fibrillation or flutter have either enrolled patients with atrial fibrillation only, or have combined patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. There is certainly no reason to believe that digoxin has any role for either pharmacological cardioversion or prophylaxis for atrial flutter (any more than it does for atrial fibrillation), and common observation supports the widely-held belief that digoxin is less effective at rate control in patients with atrial flutter than it is in those with atrial fibrillation (E4).
In 2003, there is little or no role for digoxin in managing arrhythmias other than atrial fibrillation or flutter. It has been widely used in the past to treat re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia in adults and children, but newer agents have superseded it for treating these arrhythmias. It has occasionally been recommended for use in multifocal atrial tachycardia, and there are occasional observational reports of efficacy for this, but its use for this indication is limited by the fact that these patients commonly have pulmonary hypertension and hypoxia, which renders them more liable to digitalis toxicity. Other agents, such as β-blockers and verapamil, are probably best used in this situation. There is no evidence for efficacy of digoxin in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias and every reason to suspect that the agent should be avoided in this situation. (It is of course occasionally observed that patients treated with digoxin for left ventricular dysfunction show reduced ventricular ectopy concomitant with improvement in their underlying condition.)
Digoxin has a limited but useful role, either alone or in combination with other agents such as β-blockers, diltiazem or verapamil, in achieving satisfactory resting ventricular rate control in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (E1). In patients who lead a predominantly sedentary lifestyle, particularly the elderly, digoxin alone may be the agent of choice for chronic atrial fibrillation (E4). Certainly, digoxin carries a potential advantage over the other agents in that it is very unlikely to precipitate worsening ventricular function in patients whose ventricular function is either depressed or unknown. Other than this, there is no role for digoxin in pharmacological reversion of atrial fibrillation, and little or no support for the use of digoxin in the management of other arrhythmias.
1: Pharmacology of digoxin
Increases vagal tone (central effect), leading to slowed ventricular response in atrial fibrillation.
Reduces sympathetic tone, especially when this is abnormally high, as in heart failure. This is probably mediated partly via vagotonic actions and partly via direct effects.
Positive inotropic action mediated via direct blockade of Na+–K+-ATPase on cell membranes. This leads to increased intracellular Na+ concentration, which in turn increases intracellular Ca++ concentration via the Na+–Ca++ exchanger.
Common (seen in 10%–20% of patients on long-term digoxin therapy).
Cardiotoxicity is most serious and may manifest as ventricular or supraventricular arrhythmias, including sudden increased prevalence of cardiac death (this was almost exactly balanced in Digitalis Investigation Group trial by reduction in "pump failure" deaths). Also, vagotonic actions can produce bradyarrhythmias, including prolonged PR interval and high-grade heart block.
Non-cardiac toxicity includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, visual effects, including "yellow" vision, and gynaecomastia.
2: Randomised placebo-controlled trials of digoxin in heart failure
Primary endpoint
DIG9
No effect
28% decrease in hospitalisation for CHF (secondary endpoint)
PROVED10
Exercise tolerance Rate of worsening CHF
Greater decline in exercise tolerance and higher rate of worsening CHF in digoxin-withdrawal group
Withdrawal design: diuretics ± digoxin
RADIANCE11
Rate of worsening CHF Exercise tolerance
Higher rate of worsening CHF and greater decline in exercise tolerance in digoxin-withdrawal group
Withdrawal design: diuretics + ACEI ± digoxin
CAFE12
Atrial fibrillation (chronic or paroxysmal)
24-Hour heart rate
LVEF
Lower mean 24-hour heart rate and higher LVEF with β-blocker + digoxin
Crossover design: diuretics + ACEI ± β-blocker ± digoxin
CHF = Congestive heart failure. LVEF = Left ventricular ejection fraction. ACEI = Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
3: Level-of-evidence codes
Evidence for the statements made in this article is graded according to the NHMRC system13 for assessing the level of evidence.
E1 Level I: Evidence obtained from a systematic review of all relevant randomised controlled trials.
E2 Level II: Evidence obtained from at least one properly designed randomised controlled trial.
E31 Level III-1: Evidence obtained from well-designed pseudo-randomised controlled trials (alternate allocation or some other method).
E32 Level III-2: Evidence obtained from comparative studies with concurrent controls and allocation not randomised (cohort studies), case–control studies, or interrupted time series with a parallel control group.
E33 Level III-3: Evidence obtained from comparative studies with historical control, two or more single-arm studies, or interrupted time series without a parallel control group.
E4 Level IV: Evidence obtained from case series, either post-test, or pre-test and post-test.
4: Important messages for patients
Digoxin is a useful drug, but taking the correct dose is critical, and side effects do occur.
Digoxin should be taken exactly as prescribed, and any possible side effects, such as unexplained nausea, vomiting or visual changes, should be reported at once to your doctor.
Terence J Campbell1
Peter S MacDonald2
St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW.
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August 7, 2009 - July 17, 2010
Marking the occasion of MAM’s 95th anniversary, and its distinction as the first institution in New Jersey designed as a museum, the exhibition celebrates the Museum’s unique focus on American and Native American art in this installation of over 60 works. The works selected include 23 recent...
The Wyeths: Three Generations
March 7, 2009 - July 18, 2009
For three generations, the Wyeths have created art that captures the imagination and admiration of a wide audience. This exhibition presents more than sixty paintings, drawings, and illustrations by N. C. (Newell Converse) Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth, and his grandson Jamie Wyeth. The works—...
American Figurative Works 1908–1940: The Soyer Bequest
October 18, 2008 - January 31, 2009
The Soyer Bequest reflects the combined interests, tastes, and friendships of two artists of differing professions—the painter Moses Soyer (1899–1974) and his wife, Ida (1908–1970), a dancer. Having become acquainted with the excellent reputation of the Montclair Art Museum, the Soyers agreed to...
Philip Pearlstein: Objectifications
This exhibition displayed 40 works, including Pearlstein’s first, award-winning high school work, Merry-Go-Round; his expressionist works of the 1950s; his signature, post-1961 female and male studio nudes; lesser-known landscapes and cityscapes; and a selection of his portraits. Among...
Eloquent Vistas: The Art of Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography from the George Eastman House Collection
The American land, expansive and spectacular, has been a central force in shaping American culture. From The Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper to the majestic landscapes of Ansel Adams, it has inspired the creativity of authors and artists and captured our collective imagination....
Morgan Russell and His Modern Mentors
Most modern painters like to think of themselves as “inventors,” though few, if any, start from nowhere or nothing. Virtually every creative journey sets out from a particular location, and Morgan Russell’s voyage (1886–1953) was no exception.
At the Art Students League in New York and...
Tribal Roots in the Garden State: 2008 New Jersey Arts Annual Crafts
February 13, 2008 - May 10, 2008
Tribal Roots in the Garden State, is one of a unique series of exhibitions cosponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts that highlight the work of visual artists and craftspeople in the state. This year, the juried exhibition includes 79 works by 37 artists. The textiles,...
Drawing Friends: Hedda Sterne's Portraititis
Drawing Friends: Hedda Sterne’s Portraititis features 20 portrait drawings by Hedda Sterne, who is best recognized as the sole woman in the now famous 1951 Life magazine photograph depicting fifteen artists of the New York School, entitled “The Irascibles.” A painter with a diverse...
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Self-Driving Cars May Rule the Road in 25 Years
Future automobile?
Aug. 18, 201400:55
It's beginning to seem like a foregone conclusion: 25 years from now the roads will be filled with millions of self-driving cars, as automakers and legislators aim to cut back on congestion and accidents.
Gary Silberg, who forecasts future trends in the auto industry for consulting firm KPMG, estimates close to half of all new vehicles sold in 2039 will offer the option of fully autonomous driving. Navigant Research forecasts 94.7 million vehicles with self-driving capabilities will be sold annually around the world by 2035.
Bob Lutz, former vice chairman at General Motors, said that most vehicles will be autonomous, taking the concept one step further.
According to Lutz, in 25 years most vehicles will be nondescript people carriers that chauffeur passengers on high-speed freeways, where inductive electric lines in the pavement recharge the module as they zip along. (See an animation of his vision below.)
Although he admits the vision requires federal and state lawmakers to invest billions of dollars to build an electrified highway, he said he doesn't see another solution to today's transportation bottleneck.
"People are spending hours that could be productive for society; they are spending it bogged down in traffic," Lutz said.
The race is on
At the Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America center in Sunnyvale, California, Johann Jungwirth, president of the division, agreed that autonomous cars are coming in the not too distant future. In fact, much of the technology is already being tested.
Several automakers, including Mercedes-Benz, Audi, General Motors and Nissan, have shown prototypes of self-driving cars. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said his company will have an autonomous car on the road by the end of the decade.
CNBC 25: A look at the future of transportation
Google, which many credit with sparking America's fascination of driverless cars, recently showed a second-generation car with no steering wheel, just a panic button for emergency stops.
"The technology has evolved. The sensors, actuators and so on are already there. It is really about integration. We are along the path to get there and I foresee that day coming," Jungwirth said.
It's not just tech firms and automakers racing toward a world of self-driving cars. In Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan's Mobility Transportation Center has been studying how cars and drivers interact to create a "driverless city." The goal: making it safer for millions of people to get from point A to point B.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, there were approximately 5.6 million vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2012, the most recent year with available data. That year, 33,561 people were killed in traffic accidents, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
Jungwith said many accidents could be prevented if software controlled the vehicle's speed and steering.
"We are taking the driver somewhat out of the loop," he said.
The messy transition to autonomous
Don Norman, director of the Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego, said autonomous drive vehicles are a wonderful idea, but the transition from driver-operated to driverless is likely to be filled with accidents.
"When you have two types of vehicles on the road, it will be very messy," he said. "For example, what if two vehicles [are] approaching an intersection and the cars talk to each other as the stoplight goes from green to yellow. One car may calculate it should speed up to clear the intersection, but if the driver in that car thinks that's the wrong move and hits the brake, there will be an accident."
Overall, Norman said he thinks the number of accidents and fatalities from crashes will drop considerably when fully autonomous drive vehicles are the dominant vehicle on the road. However, when there are accidents with driverless cars, he predicts they will likely be worse.
"If autonomous drive vehicles are going faster speeds and are spaced closer together, when something goes wrong the accidents will be more severe," he said.
Critics also cite the need for lawmakers to address the rules of self-driving vehicles before they can take off.
Cutting back on congestion
Think it's crowded on the roads right now?
In 25 years the U.S. Census Bureau predicts America will be home to about 400 million people — meaning more congestion on the nation's highways. Navigant Research estimates another 10 million vehicles will be in use by 2035, bringing the total number on American roads to more than a quarter billion.
"We will definitely see more traffic jams in 2039, longer rush hours probably as well," said Marc Winterhoff, a partner with the consulting firm Roland Berger.
Although subways and public buses will continue to see healthy use, self-driving cars are seen by many as the biggest hope for easing congestion in urban areas. Through real-time traffic data that will constantly calculate if there's a route with less traffic, they will cut back on human error that creates traffic jams.
Their promise to eliminate the need to drive around for parking, which Roland Berger estimates causes 30 percent of congestion in urban areas, could also significantly cut down on traffic. After dropping passengers off, the autonomous car would go straight to a parking space or garage where it already knows a spot is waiting.
"We will definitely see more traffic jams in 2039, longer rush hours probably as well."
Winterhoff said autonomous trucks will also impact how businesses and shipping companies send their goods, and free up roadways as a result. By using software developed for shipping and logistics operations, these trucks could operate at off-peak or overnight hours. Both Daimler and Volvo are already developing trucks where the driver is not in control.
Car sharing is also expected to become more popular in the future. Navigant estimates the number of people who belong to these programs will skyrocket from 1.5 million today to 11 million by 2024, and far higher by 2039.
Experts also predict that 25 years from now, the 9-to-5 workday will be a thing of the past for many. This will make rush hours longer, but with fewer times of peak traffic.
"People are adapting," Gartner said.
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DAVID SLADE - Brit director shares Hard Candy
Written by Stephen Applebaum on 13 June 2006 . Posted in filmmaker
"We made Hard Candy for under a million dollars, we shot it in 18 days, and the reason we did that was because if we hadn't, we would have been forced to change the script and make it a little more lightweight. That was never something we wanted to do. Or would do. In fact this is a rare instance where the filmmakers set out to make a film and pretty much made the film they wanted to make. I said to Brian [Nelson, the screenwriter], ‘Do they realise what we're doing?' and he'd kind of look at me and go, ‘I don't think they do, no.'
"It has become almost normalised to portray women of whatever age as a sexual object - almost accepted within the structure of society - and to prime a child for that end is a dangerous thing. But it is the norm here, and many other places, and if you are irresponsible as a male and seek to exploit a young woman, society has set up the odds in your favour."
You've had a lot of extreme reactions to Hard Candy from audiences. It really shook things up at Sundance last year, I read.
"The film has ended up quite a Rorschach test for the viewer in that what they bring into the theatre, more often than not reflects what they take away, and they kind of feel a little weird about the way they feel by the time they've finished the film [laughs], and that can cause all manner of results from ‘Wow' to ‘I'm very angry and I want to kill you.' We've had all of them."
Were you expecting such strong reactions when you made it?
"Of course. We made it for under a million dollars, we shot it in 18 days, and the reason we did that was because if we hadn't done that we would have been forced to change the script and make it a little more lightweight. That was never something we wanted to do. Or would do. In fact this is a rare instance where the filmmaker set out to make a film and pretty much made the film they wanted to make. I said to Brian [Nelson, the screenwriter], ‘Do they realise what we're doing?' and he'd kind of look at me and go, ‘I don't think they do, no.'
"We were very aware of how charged the material was and how responsible we had to be in the telling of the story and that exploitation wasn't something we could enter into. You know, and leading the audience with something as blunt as music cues wasn't something that could be part of lexicon of this film. All kinds of responsibilities lay in our hands through the shooting process. And even before that, when we knew the script we wanted to make."
What drew you to this project in the first place? First features are difficult enough to get funded without making a paedophile one of your characters.
"Well, you know, there's nothing like a challenge. [Laughs] I come from about 10 years of commercials and video experience, which is not to say I've met a choreographer in my life or done any of those bigger videos. I guess the biggest artist I worked with is Tori Amos. I come from an art college and journalism background, so the type of work I tend to do is the kind of more interesting stuff, in my own opinion. I used that whole industry as a film school, and so I've done all kinds of things: I've blown up cars, shot people running, I've done tons and tons of stuff, and when I came to Los Angeles I did get offered a lot of action movies and stuff, which I said no to. I grew up with the films of Nicolas Roeg, and those were the kinds of films that excited me, the kinds that had something to say. You see the text of this film is really almost immaterial to me, the fact that Jeff is a predator. It's the dynamic between the two characters that really drew me on this. So, you know, a film with two people in a house for its entire duration was a massive challenge, and totally something I hadn't done before. So that was one of the things that drew me to it. And the writing was so damn good.
"It's very, very rare to come across a script so eloquently written, with such complex arguments put into such simple words, and that's what drew me. I had read so many scripts and then suddenly there was this one and I couldn't put it down. The dialogue was amazing, the plot twists I couldn't guess from one page to the next, and then when I got to the end of the script, I had to sit down like every viewer of the film and have a bit of a re-evaluation of my worldview. I thought, ‘Well, if this is doing this to me on the page, then I think a film would be quite something.' So I went after this film.
"As a director you go after two things. You go after a film you want to see - a film that you've probably never seen before but you want to see exist - and this was certainly one of those. And you go after the film that's the closest to being made, and this wasn't one of those. But I was just driven to make this because it really spoke to me on the conundrum level, because this is really a film about responsibility, not the subject of paedophiles. The extreme circumstance of this film is a kind of little equation for: how, as adults, we may or may not want to behave. Both characters are as monstrous one another, so society dictates that one is the bad guy and one is the innocent good guy. No, this is more like reality. And if you're a big fan of vigilante movies like Charles Bronson movies, I think you'll watch this and go, ‘God, Charles Bronson couldn't just go home to Chicago at the end.' No, it's a really horrible, messy business, and the fall out and the echo is going to live with somebody in their life. All these things resonated when I picked this up. I thought, ‘Well there's never going to be another script like this that comes to me, probably. I might as well try and instigate it myself.' So it was irresistible in that sense."
Is there any political import here? The torture element in the film almost seems to be saying, ‘Look, there's torture happening in your name now. This is what it looks like. Is it something you can put up with?'
"That's a valid reading, but it's not one I consciously thought of. You got to remember we shot this in 2004 and all of these scandals you're talking about certainly hadn't happened. But it's a valid reading and if you want to read that into it I'm not going to disagree. It's not my particular reading but I don't dispute it. I would say, again, it's a film about responsibility and that's a damn responsible thing when you say, ‘There are shades of torture. This kind of torture's okay, and this kind of torture's not okay.' But I don't want to align myself politically outside of the film, so my personal response would be that's a valid reading. Yes, you can read that into it because it comes under the broad umbrella of human responsibility."
Does Jeff represent something wider than just the fact that he's a paedophile? He's an image-maker, we see these pictures on his wall, which, we're told, are (legal) sexualised images of underage girls, and then we hear about these photographs which are "officially sick". Is there a kind of hypocrisy you're alluding to there?
"Yes, you've hit upon a nerve there. That's very much a subtext of this film. You go up to your local Toys ‘R' Us and you stroll around, for instance. I went the other day to get a memory card for my Playstation, and I'd never really been in a Toys ‘R' Us, so as I was looking around I saw these dolls for kids and they were like sexual victim primer kids. [Laughs] And yes, you know, there is that dimension, this aspect, that the media is all-pervasive at the end of the day, and he is an agent of that. So yes, absolutely, is the answer to that question."
It's interesting too that Hayley says, ‘Just because a girl imitates a woman, it doesn't mean she's ready to do what a woman does.' It's almost as if all this media, whether it's the advertising industry, magazines, pop music or whatever . . .
"And the film industry as well. Let's not miss one of the cores of our existence in terms of dictating iconic values. Indeed, it's one of the things Ellen Page [who plays Hayley] says many times, it was certainly what she said when someone tried to attack me at Sundance, I mean physically. He got up at the question and answer with sheets of paper he had written, pages of text, and as he read he was getting more agitated and eventually began to advance upon me.
"Ellen was furious because she's, like, you know, ‘This is just really simple. This is a switch of roles. If this was a woman in this position, she could be up for an Oscar. But because it's a man . . .' And, yes, it's a reflection of the established values, which are heavily flawed. You know, I'm not a prude, and I'm not anyone who's dictating any moral code, because I believe moral codes change from person to person, situation to situation. Nor am I in any way religious. But, you know, the fundamental moral values, particularly in Hollywood, are deeply skewed, I will say - skewed is a good word - they are skewed, and they are skewed in a direction which is not conducive to being a responsible adult. [Laughs] You might say I'm sounding like a parent here but no, I'm sounding like a human being that's not a fucking misanthrope. So, you know, that was what I found fascinating about the script, and then I believe it's something we managed to retain, if not augment, through the intervention of our actors. They were both passionate. Ellen, being the young girl, had a very specific point of view on this stuff and really brought home how much of a powder keg we had in terms of the way people were going to respond to this material."
Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say that Hollywood's moral values are skewed in a way that's not conducive to being a responsible adult?
"I mean that it has become almost normalised to portray women of whatever age as a sexual object - almost accepted within the structure of society - and to prime a child for that end is a dangerous thing. But it is the norm here, and many other places, and if you are irresponsible as a male and seek to exploit a young woman, society has set up the odds in your favour."
Do you think this sexualisation helps to normalise certain transgressive behaviours in the minds of people like Jeff?
"Of course it does. I mean looking at pornography, actually, is a very complex business. And people don't like responsibility because it's dangerous and it's scary and it's going to cause us all kinds of problems. But looking at pornography is something that people do not . . . they see it as entertainment and they're very passive in their viewing. But, as we know, it's a complex and often very aggressive act. Part of our subtext, I guess, is just because she's wearing pigtails, and it says on the website that she's 18, doesn't mean that you're off scot-free. You really ought to think about what you're looking at, because there's a lot of things involved here.
"I'm not saying there's anything particularly, in any specific sense, wrong with pornography. But, at the same time, you've got to admit that if there's nothing specifically wrong, that it's complex. You know? And you've got to take onboard those complexities if you're going to view it, be involved in it, or whatever. God, if you were involved in the making of it, you'd be well aware of the complexities."
Do you think that the availability of porn on the net, because obviously that's something you touch on in Hard Candy, is changing the way we relate to one another in real life?
"Desensitising and changing our very DNA, I would hazard to guess. I agree completely. I think you're absolutely right. And I know I'm not giving answers, I'm just going ‘Yes, you're right', but yeah. Abso-fucking-lutely. Yes they are and this is disturbing. And this is one of the subtexts of this film. Protecting our children is really not the main text of this film, as Lionsgate and many people have tried to suggest it is, because that's a bandwagon they can jump onto because it's a very difficult film to market. And their job is to market, and there's nothing wrong with that, I'm not using that as a dig at Lionsgate because they had a terrible, terrible, terrible time trying to market this film, because it's not a very marketable film. Although it seems to be doing well regardless, I'm pleased to say. Not because it's making money, because I'm not going to see a penny, I'm sure, but because I'm just really pleased a film this complex - as much as it's being completely and utterly ripped apart in the media, it's probably being embraced equally, too, and that's heartening. There's people out there that are smart enough to see what we're doing, and I always thought there were. I just thought there would be more of them than there are. [Laughs] No, there are people out there in America who are actually smart enough to see this for what it is and read it for what it is, and actually be moved by that."
Yes, I think there are a lot of ideas presented in what is essentially a very linear narrative. You don't hammer the points and ideas home; they're left for the viewer to pick up.
"And we knew that if we took it somewhere and got real money to make it, a real schedule to make it, we would have to hammer them home or we would have to take them out, which is why we stuck to our guns the way we did. But absolutely, that's what I saw in the script as well. These are all the things that I pride myself in not being a misanthrope, so, you know, what I saw was a great way to open these debates in a cinematic form. And also in a very linear thriller form, too, because we want to lure people in, and not beat them over the head. Yet make them walk away and have to think. The thing is, once people get in the cinema, and I've seen this film, I don't know, a hundred times, on various press tours and stuff I've done, once people get in the cinema, very few people leave. I can count probably, of all the screenings, probably less than 15 people have actually left. You know. So no matter whether they love it or hate it, they stay to the end, because they want to know what happens. Which means you' got ‘em. [Laughs] And then they're going to have to go away and respond to it. Sometimes they just go to the message boards and go, ‘That was just the most disgusting filth ever made'' and sometimes they really think.
"A number of very well-respected producers that I met - two very big names, I don't want to name them, but very, very well-respected, big producers - said, ‘I'm still thinking about your film two weeks later.' I think that's something. We've also had other reactions like on two occasions I've had members of the law enforcement come to me and say, ‘We would love to show this film as part of our training, or to offenders.' I'm like, ‘I don't know about that, but go talk to Lionsgate. It's not really my bag, that.' You know, oh boy! [Laughs] And I've had a very famous, again, person say this was one of the most wonderful post-feminist films they'd ever seen. I was like, ‘Hm, okay. That's interesting. Alright then.' I know what this film is. I know where its flaws are and what its strengths are, and I stand by it. I don't defend it because it doesn't need defending in any way. I'm very passionate about this film and always have been since we began. A number of times people said, ‘Is this going to work?' and I'm like ‘Is it going to work? This is going to be like a fucking, huge, nail bomb going off in a kids' yard in some areas.' You know, our job is to make it as soft a bomb as possible so that people don't get turned away, and I believe we did that. As intense as this film is, it could have been a lot gnarlier. And, again, the responsibility to make a film that was engaging and not repulsive was a very, very big part of it."
You were setting yourself limits beyond which you would not go?
"Absolutely. Bringing the audience to the edge of their seat is one thing, and that was something we had to constantly do throughout the film. But, you know, staying within the visceral was of paramount importance. And then there was the day-to-day stuff. I'm working with Ellen Page, who was 17 at the time we were shooting, and I had been casting her, who we found after 300 people - she hadn't done much and now she's going to become huge, famous and successful, and deservedly so - I had to be sure that she could get through this film and not be scarred. You know, it took only a couple of conversations after meeting her to know that, but that was important to me too. Because there was the day to day and yes, at the middle of this film there is something very extreme that happens, and we were going to shoot it, and we had to devise a way to shoot it that was not going to damage people. That's the humanist in me. I don't believe in humanism but it is the latent humanist in me that wanted to protect everybody from the radiation of the situation, and it was incredibly draining, incredibly painful, for me as well as for the actors. It wasn't easy to shoot those scenes but we did them with a closed set. You know, Patrick was wearing a little thong thing so she didn't have to be exposed to anything that wasn't necessary. [Laughs] But it was still emotionally raw and draining and we had to take breaks when it was time to take breaks. And we had to be, you know, sensitive about it. We could not be brutal about that stuff. We had to be very, very careful."
Was the part of Jeff difficult to cast, because when Nicole Kasell was casting for The Woodsman, she had a terrible time finding anyone willing to play a paedophile?
"Yes, we had one specific actor - I've since met him, weirdly, for the project I'm working on now, 30 Days of Night - and his agent said, ‘He loves the script, really loves your show reel, would really love to work on this, but he just will not play a paedophile.' I was like, ‘Well, you've really got to see past that.' ‘He's not interested in playing a paedophile.' And yes, there were a number of actors who really wanted to play this, there were a number of actors who wanted to play this and wouldn't touch it, and in between those we found a few that would take meetings and Patrick [Wilson] was just the perfect one. There's always a tension when there's money being spent to cast the most famous person you can, because that way lots of people will come and see your film. But from a director's point of view you're looking for the best person. So there's a dichotomy there to be had. Patrick wasn't the most famous actor that was willing to do this but he was certainly, I think, the right person in the end. They were very brave and allowed us to cast him."
Tell me a bit more, finally, about some of the reactions the film has received.
"Well, I have heard of crazy message board postings about the Apocalypse and all kinds of religious things. But that's a fundamental misunderstanding of the film, and I'm not in favour of that at all. I think those people ought to look a little wider than their own values and have a look. Everyone will project their values on things, of course, you can't avoid that. But you would hope the signposts were clear enough on this film. I can't give you any juicy anecdotes other than to say we did have someone saying, ‘Damn right!' I was at an AMC screening, which is a test screening, and AMC is like your multiplex audience, and it's like in a suburban area of California, in the middle of nowhere. Lionsgate just did a rough screening and they'd got kids who had just come out of House of Wax, I believe, you know, not the kind of audience we were aspiring to, but still, this is the audience we had. You make your bed and you lie in it. All 300 of them, not a single one of them left. But at a certain point, when Patrick gets loose, I hear this chant of ‘Kill the bitch!' I'm like, ‘Oh God. Noooo.' It makes me very scared for the human race. Without being overly dramatic about it, that's not something that we wanted. Of course, by the end of the film, those people were silenced, and obviously in deep confusion, or anger or whatever. [Laughs] But, you know, the fact that that point of view is out there already is indicative of the kind of reactions we're going to get. There are misogynists out there who are enraged by this film. That's the occupational hazard of making a film like this."
HARD CANDY IS RELEASED JUNE 16
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Thatcham wheelchair basketball player gets new chair thanks to community fundraising
“Now I can enjoy more everyday activities without struggling"
A MEMBER of Thatcham’s wheelchair basketball club has been granted new opportunities thanks to community generosity.
Thames Valley Kings player Joe Humphreys received a £3,500 day-to-day wheelchair following a fundraising campaign.
Mr Humphreys, 19, was helped by a crowdfunding page set up by the club, where he regularly plays and helps coach.
Grants from Thatcham Nursing Society and Newbury and Thatcham Welfare Trust, totalling £1,000 and £500 respectively, boosted the fundraising drive.
Mr Humphreys said: “Now I can enjoy more everyday activities without struggling.
“Thank you again to everyone who shared and donated towards it and for Thatcham Nursing Society and Newbury and Thatcham Welfare Trust for supporting me by offering me grants.
“Without your help I wouldn’t have the lightweight wheelchair and it will really give me more opportunities that I didn’t have before.”
His mother, Kate, added: “Firstly I would like to say a massive thank you to the Thames Valley Kings in setting up the crowdfunding page.
“A quick mention to the person who does not wish to be named, but got us over the last hurdle with a sizeable donation (hopefully you know who you are), you are an absolute star and lastly to each and everyone that donated and shared. Love to you all.
“To see Joe getting about so much easier is the best gift of all.
“Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
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NSCA BYLAWS - Article II: Membership
Section 1. Membership in the Association. The following shall be Members of the Association:
(A) All persons owning of record (whether in fee simple or life estate) any residential building lot on the property shown on the present or any subsequently recorded Deed of Subdivision of land within Block 1, Section 69, Reston shall be Members of the Association. Such lots together with the common area owned by the Association shall collectively be known as the “Property”. A person taking title to any such lot as security for the payment of money or the performance of an obligation shall not be a Member of the Association.
No person or other entity including the Developer shall be a Member of the Association after he/she or it ceases to be the owner of record of all such lots he/she or it owns.
The Directors of the Association may, after affording the Member an opportunity to be heard, suspend any person from Membership in the Association during any period of time when there exists a violation of any of the provisions of the Deed of Subdivision (including, but not limited to, the failure to make any payment to the Association when due and payable under the terms of the Deed of Subdivision) with respect to the lot he/she owns or when he/she is in violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the Association with respect to the Property.
(B) Each Member of the Association, by becoming such, agrees that he/she shall be personally responsible for the payment of the charges created under the Deed of Subdivision with respect to the lot he/she owns and for compliance by himself/herself, his/her family, guests, and invitees, with the provisions of the said Deed and the rules and regulations adopted by the Association with respect to the Property, including the prohibition set forth in Article XI of these Bylaws on providing Short Term Lodging, as that term is defined in Article 20 of Chapter 112 (Zoning) of the 1976 Code of the County of Fairfax.
The qualifications set forth herein for Membership in the Association shall be the only qualifications for such Membership.
Section 2. Voting Rights. The Members of the Association shall have the right to vote for the election of Directors. Each Member of the Association shall have one vote, except that:
(A) Any person owning more than one lot shall have the number of votes equal to the number of lots owned.
(B) When any lot is owned of record in joint tenancy or tenancy-in-common, or in any other manner of joint or common ownership, such owners shall collectively be entitled to only that number of votes to which one person would be entitled were he/she the owner of such lot. Such vote shall be exercised by the majority action or consent of the owners of record of such lot who are entitled to vote with respect thereto.
In no event may more than one vote be cast per lot owned regardless of the number of owners of any individual lot.
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It is perfectly possible to engage in theological debate about Islam and philosophical debate about religion more broadly without employing racist baggage. Photo: Getty Images
MARCH 22, 2019 Updated March 22, 2019
Dr Neal Curtis
Dr Neal Curtis is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Auckland.
Ideasroom
Challenging Islamophobia no threat to free speech
Challenging Islamophobia is not a 'free speech' issue, just a request for that speech to be informed, argues the University of Auckland's Dr Neal Curtis
The terrorist murder of 50 Muslims at prayer in Christchurch has been met with an outpouring of love and solidarity, a celebration of our diversity, and a recommitment to our multicultural society.
Unsurprisingly, there have also been calls to reflect upon how our media environment - from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, to mainstream newspapers and TV shows, to online blogs and commentary - might have played a part in normalising the far-right, white supremacist views held by the terrorist.
However, almost as soon as this very reasonable request for reflection began, largely identified as coming from some ill-defined and generic position on the political left, a counter-charge sprang up claiming that “leftists” wanted everyone to think like them, and it was an opportunist attempt to homogenise opinion.
In particular, this has crystallised around a claim that challenging Islamophobia prevents us from criticising Islamist terrorism. This is absurd and only goes to show how our opposition to Islamist terror, and our general relation to Islam has been so infused with Islamophobia that we can’t separate the two.
We can stop the Western-centric view that we are the primary targets or victims of Islamist terror. By far the greatest number of deaths from Islamist terror are other Muslims.
Like all terrorism, we can condemn Islamist terror for it barbarity, cruelty, and indiscriminate nature. We can also say Islamist terrorism stems from a way of thinking that is quasi-fascist in its use of violence, its authoritarianism and hostility towards anything not in keeping with its dogmatic sense of identity. We can condemn Islamist terror for looking to sow division and disharmony in communities who believe their strength lies in diversity, but this is nothing we haven’t said about the terrorist in Christchurch.
So, we can and should continue to condemn and reject all forms of terror and we should remain vigilant against potential terrorist activity and any means for disseminating the ideologies linked to it. But this is where we can start uncoupling Islamophobia from that vigilance.
The first thing to do is to remember that Islamophobia is a very old discourse and crucial to the age of empire. It therefore pre-dates “9/11” by centuries, so we need to stop thinking it is a legitimate reaction to a terrible event. It isn’t.
Secondly, Islam is a religion of 1.8 billion people living in widely diverse cultures. The religion itself is split most notably between Sunni and Shia, but there are also Alawites and Sufis, within these. There are also numerous different schools of Islamic theology and within all of these there are wide-ranging debates about Islamic practice and the interpretation of the Quran. As a consequence, Islam is incredibly varied in belief and practice. The second element of Islamophobia we must therefore remove is the ignorant lumping of all these people and cultures into one anonymous “blob”.
Our Islamophobia is so strong, our racism so entrenched, that against all the evidence showing how much white supremacist terror is on the rise, our Islamophobia meant we weren’t looking.
Thirdly, we can stop claiming everyone we say belongs to this fictitious “blob” is violent or a threat. The vast majority of Muslims (and that really is vast) are not violent nor do they espouse violence. In fact, they condemn it, and they will show you the parts of the Quran that confirm their beliefs.
As for ourselves, what really perplexes me is how we so easily accept that people who hate the poor, covet wealth, hate foreigners, advocate violence and celebrate empire can be called Christian, when all of this runs counter to the teachings of Jesus. Yet in the US, this is a fairly accurate description of the Evangelicals who support the white nationalist administration of President Trump.
I should say, of course, this is the exception to majority Christian belief, but if there is such wild divergence in one faith why can’t there be in another? Islamophobia is not extending that awareness to Muslims.
Fourthly, we can also separate vigilance with regard to Islamist terror from a generalised Islamophobia that talks about their migration in terms of pests, plagues, floods and deluges. We can refuse this apocalyptic rhetoric through which we get some perverse pleasure from the conjuring of monsters. We can also stop talking about Islam and Muslims as some form of pathogen that will spread, contaminate or take over our culture, as if they are the parasite to our host. This is superfluous to any genuine concern about Islamist terror. It is simply racism.
Finally, we can also stop the Western-centric view that we are the primary targets or victims of Islamist terror. By far the greatest number of deaths from Islamist terror are other Muslims. This is an undeniable fact, and yet actively denying this—because it really does take concerted effort—is another crucial component in our Islamophobia.
All of the above applies to criticising Islam as a religion. It is perfectly possible to engage in theological debate about Islam and philosophical debate about religion more broadly without employing all of the racist baggage above. Challenging Islamophobia is, then, not a “free speech” issue, just a request for that speech to be informed.
Ultimately, the utterly brutal and tragic irony of all this, of course, is that our Islamophobia is so strong, our racism so entrenched, that against all the evidence showing how much white supremacist terror is on the rise, our Islamophobia meant we weren’t looking.
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Takes: Seeing Communists
By Erin Overbey
It is already possible to see some of the ways in which last year’s history may repeat itself this year. McCarthy has so far proved nothing, but he has put his charges on the record and planted them in the public consciousness. He himself may be mercifully retired from public life when his present contract expires, but his long treatises on treason in the State Department will remain as a precious mine of source material upon which other people, either forgetting that most of it is false or not caring, will draw for campaign speeches or for the further harrying of State Department officials testifying before Congressional committee…
To view what has been happening as simply a politically irresponsible attack on the State Department is to put entirely too narrow a construction on it. Senator McCarthy’s speeches have been only the leading attraction in a vast display of backwoods ignorance, barnyard sniggering, and Yahoo anti-intellectualism that has, apparently, been demanding expression for quite some while. Furthermore, these things have been accompanied by a sophisticated callousness and mischief-making that is probably most strikingly symbolized by Senator Robert A. Taft’s advice to Senator McCarthy, given several weeks ago, to go on making his accusations, in the hope that “if one case doesn’t work out, another one may.”
—Richard Rovere, “Letter from Washington,” April 22, 1950
Erin Overbey, the archive editor of newyorker.com, has been an archivist at the magazine since 1995.
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By Brie Stimson | Fox News
One consequence of New York City’s Saturday night blackout: It shined a bright spotlight on the tensions between two prominent Democrats, the city’s mayor and the state’s governor.
As more than 70,000 customers — plus countless tourists and other visitors — dealt with the loss of electricity attributed to a transformer fire, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was in Iowa campaigning for president when the massive blackout hit Manhattan.
“I can count the number of times I leave the state basically on my fingers,” Cuomo told CNN, responding to a question about the importance of the mayor being in New York during an emergency.
MANHATTAN TRANSFORMER FIRE KNOCKS OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS IN MIDTOWN, UPPER WEST SIDE
“Mayors are important. And situations like this come up, you know. And you have to be on-site,” he said. “I think it’s important to be in a place where you can always respond. But look, everybody makes their own political judgment and I’m not going to second-guess anyone either. I do my job the way I think I should do my job and I leave it to others to do the same.”
“Mayors are important. And situations like this come up, you know. And you have to be on-site.”— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Although both are Democrats, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have had a strained relationship.
De Blasio was at a campaign stop in Waterloo, Iowa, when an equipment failure at a transformer substation shut off power for tens of thousands of people in his city.
The mayor first told CNN he was mulling whether to return to New York, but later decided he would, according to the Washington Examiner. He plans to fly back to the city Sunday morning, a spokesperson said.
Late Saturday, the mayor issued several Twitter messages, indicating he was monitoring the situation back home.
NEW YORK DEMS CUOMO, DE BLASIO STILL SEEM AT ODDS
“With the power back on, I’ve directed City agencies to investigate this evening’s blackout,” he wrote. “They’ll work with ConEd to get to the bottom of what happened tonight and prevent another widespread outage like this.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio✔@NYCMayor
With the power back on, I’ve directed City agencies to investigate this evening’s blackout. They’ll work with ConEd to get to the bottom of what happened tonight and prevent another widespread outage like this. https://twitter.com/nycmayor/status/1150250771100983297 …Mayor Bill de Blasio✔@NYCMayorPower was restored to remaining customers. I want to thank all of our first responders, the men and women of the NYPD, FDNY and @NYCEmergencyMgt for their hard work tonight — and every New Yorker for responding to the black out with that trademark NYC grit and toughness.15212:20 AM – Jul 14, 2019
Meanwhile, the governor was in New York City, speaking to reporters just before midnight. He confirmed that power had been restored to all affected customers.
“This could have been much worse,” Cuomo added, commending emergency responders. “When things are at their worst New Yorkers are at their best.”
The governor said he would be working with utility company Con Edison to make sure a blackout of Saturday’s magnitude doesn’t happen again.
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Opinion: When liberals root for Jeff Sessions, something's wrong
Jeff Sessions' enemies know he needs to stay in that job – because he’s all that stands between the country and another Saturday Night Massacre.
Opinion: When liberals root for Jeff Sessions, something's wrong Jeff Sessions' enemies know he needs to stay in that job – because he’s all that stands between the country and another Saturday Night Massacre. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2LL5c6D
Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Writers Group Published 4:24 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2018
Jeff Sessions(Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP)
How on earth did Jeff Sessions - Jeff Sessions! – find himself abandoned by the right and embraced by the left?
For sure, President Trump has a special talent for matchmaking strange bedfellows. He has somehow gotten liberals to feel a begrudging sympathy or even admiration for figures they once reviled. Think: Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; James B. Comey; Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. (however briefly); the Kochs. Even ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is getting some love (and donations) from left-wingers.
But, surely, the unlikeliest of the left’s adopted underdogs is Trump’s embattled U.S. attorney general.
Publicly and privately, the president has expressed his displeasure with Sessions. Trump complains that Sessions has been disloyal and disgraceful, that he has gone soft on Hillary Clinton and the “deep state,” and even that he talks funny.
Look, there are lots and lots of reasons to criticize Sessions. But his Southern drawl and supposed pro-Clintonism are not among them.
Instead, look to his policy record.
This is a man who called the landmark Voting Rights Act “intrusive” in confirmation hearings, and who has since worked to nullify that intrusion. In his post as Alabama attorney general, Sessions pushed to execute drug traffickers, as well as defendants who were mentally ill or intellectually disabled. In his current job, he reinterpreted asylum law to turn away victims of domestic violence and defended the administration’s family separation policy.
President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for evangelical leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: Alex Brandon, AP)
In a better world, someone with Sessions’ repugnant record on civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice and immigration would get nowhere near the attorney general’s office. Right now, however, even his ideological enemies know he needs to stay in that job – because he’s somehow all that stands between the country and another Saturday Night Massacre.
And let’s be clear: That is 100 percent the fault of the cowards in Congress.
Trump’s real grudge against Sessions, of course, is that the attorney general recused himself from the Russia investigation. With Sessions gone, Trump could appoint a new, un-recused top prosecutor, who could interfere with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe or even fire Mueller and shut down the inquiry altogether.
If Republican lawmakers had any spine left, they would pass legislation to protect Mueller from being dismissed without cause. Or they could signal that having Mueller fired or otherwise interfering with his investigation would constitute criminal obstruction of justice warranting impeachment.
Under such circumstances, Sessions could, would and should go. We’d no longer need to rely on him to prevent the leader of the free world from killing an ongoing investigation involving his own campaign, family and finances.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to bring the bill protecting Mueller to the floor.
This refusal does not appear to be driven by complicated constitutional questions over whether such a bill would usurp executive power. Rather, both McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan have said no congressional action is necessary to ensure Mueller’s investigation continues because Trump wouldn’t dare try to stop it.
“I don’t think he’s going to fire Mueller,” Ryan said in April, with a straight face, despite Trump’s not-so-subtle threats to the contrary.
More recently, Republican lawmakers have even been signaling to Trump that they’d be cool with another Saturday Night Massacre.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about religious liberty at the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center's annual leadership mission Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Washington. Sessions announced that the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Borough of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, alleging that the borough and its zoning board violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Valley Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish congregation located in Woodcliff Lake, to build a new place of worship on its land in the borough. (Photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in,” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters. He added: “Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.”
Even the reported behind-the-scenes efforts by GOP legislators to prevent Trump from obstructing justice by firing Sessions are not really about permanently preventing him from obstructing justice. They’re about asking Trump to pretty-please wait until after the midterms.
Rather than engaging in oversight of the executive branch, the Republican-led Congress sees its primary role as protecting Trump. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said as much in a leaked recording of a closed-door talk with donors. “If Sessions won’t unrecuse and Mueller won’t clear the president, we’re the only ones” left to shield the president, he said.
Questions about Trump’s possible Russia ties aren’t the only ones that GOP legislators have been thwarting, by the way. Republicans have also been circulating a long list of executive-branch scandals that their Democratic colleagues have been begging to investigate, according to Axios.
If Republican lawmakers are unwilling to treat Congress as the equal branch of government that it is, they do have a choice. They can step aside, “spend more time with their families” and let the grown-ups – whether in the special counsel’s office or a different political party - do the job instead.
Catherine Rampell writes for The Washington Post.
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Contractor appointed for new specialist emergency care hospital
The contract to build the first specialist emergency care hospital in England has been awarded to international construction company Lend Lease.
The pioneering new hospital, to be built in Cramlington, Northumberland will, for the first time in the country, have specialists working around the clock. It will mean a step change in the way emergency patients are treated when they are brought into an emergency care department and will help save lives and improve recovery for the most seriously ill or injured patients.
Leading medical experts are on record as saying that centres of excellence providing access to specialist care saves lives and can result in better outcomes for patients.
Faced with ever increasing demand for emergency care at Northumbria’s three general hospitals and listening to the advice of the experts, clinicians took a decision to provide something ground-breaking to benefit patients. And not only have they changed the way emergency care is delivered, they have had a major influence on the design of the new building.
The new hospital will have a state-of-the-art emergency care department to receive 999 and GP emergency admissions with seven wards containing 210 beds providing specialist care in a range of conditions. An intensive care unit will provide specialist critical care for up to 18 patients.
There will be six operating theatres and a consultant-led maternity unit and special care baby unit. A children’s assessment unit and clinical diagnostics such as MRI and CT scanners will be available onsite to provide fast, accurate diagnosis to speed up treatment.
The £70million contract is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s £200million investment to improve healthcare for its 500,000 patients in North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Chief Executive Jim Mackey welcomed the appointment of Lend Lease and said: “This is a massive step forward in our plans to improve healthcare. Our clinicians wanted to provide the best possible standards of care for our patients and their forward thinking will mean a better chance of survival and better recovery for our sickest and most seriously injured patients.”
Gordon Anderson, Executive General Manager for Lend Lease, said: “This is one of the largest construction projects in the North East at the moment and we are excited to be involved in the construction of this building. The project recognises our commitment to the building of community facilities for the people of the region.”
Work will begin on Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in the autumn and will take about two years to complete.
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We run a number of events throughout the year, giving potential mature students the chance to visit Cambridge, to find out more, and to have their questions answered. The Mature Students' Summer School offers a taste of university life and the wide variety of courses available to study at Cambridge, including lectures, practical work and social activities. In this 1 minute film, Steven, a student who participated in last year's Mature Students' Summer School, explains what it's like to try out
MacSSC's Summer Reading Program Debut with Dr. Daniel Coleman
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This patient education program discusses the types of ovarian cysts, their causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. It also reviews the anatomy of the female reproductive system. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Class of '51 Remembers
Old friends and old soldiers gather for the Harvard Class of 1951 reunion.
Peter Frampton Hooks Up With the International Space Station
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Toepassing: een verkoopsovereenkomst
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Media & Public Reaction to US Credit Downgrade
Krannert School of Management Assoc. Prof. Xiaoyan Zhang analyzes the media coverage of U.S. stock instability and the public's reaction to it.
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Mary Teagarden, Ph.D., talks 5 August 2011 about competition from China, a topic she will cover at the Houston Professional Speaker Series. http://www.thunderbird.edu
How To Live on a Budget
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Inflation Overview - Khan Academy
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This video gives good facts about the digestive system. Some key vocabulary words include the following: mouth, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine, liver, stomach, gall bladder, pancreas, rectum, digestive tract, anus, enzymes, stomach acid, and bile. Beware of audience-poop, rectum, and anus are discussed. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge for our students and would work well in conjunction with non-fiction texts on the human body and body systems. (3:31)
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This is a excellent five-minute overview of photosynthesis. The instructor talks about atoms and molecules, so this video is for older life science learners.
Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers
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Too late for famine-stricken boy in Ethiopia.
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Does Ethics Stop Us From Cloning?
This medical video looks into the ethical argument behind cloning. It provides an overview of what the process is about and how some people consider it a moral problem. The video is a good start for a debate, but the video is dated in terms of research and government restrictions. (03:20)
The Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium Presents: The Price of Privacy: Re-Evaluating the NSA
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5.3 Hindgut fermenters
The odd-toed ungulates (comprising the order Perissodactyla), the horses, tapirs and rhinoceroses, are hindgut fermenters, as are elephants. Update Table 2 with this information. These animals have a relatively simple, small undivided stomach, but this time an even larger caecum and colon where the microbes are housed and whe
How evolution proceeds is obviously of central importance when studying mammals. Of fundamental importance to the way evolution works is the notion of natural selection, and in S182_3 Studying mammals: chisellers I'll be talking about what most researchers regard as this ‘single most important idea in biology’. But before that, I want to describe some of the adaptations evident in insect eaters.
From your reading of LoM you'll appreciate that natural selection promotes the ev
5.3 The redshift of the 3 K radiation
The temperature, T, of the radiation is proportional to the most probable photon energy, E, which as we have said is proportional to f, and hence inversely proportional to the wavelength λ. Thus,
According to Equation 1, we have for the redshift, z
4.2 Evidence for a big bang
Having interpreted the redshift as indicating a recessional speed proportional to distance, one may extrapolate into the future to predict how the positions of the galaxies will evolve with time. One can also run the sequence backwards, so to speak, to discuss what their positions were in the past. Clearly, at former times the galaxies were closer to each other.
But not only that. Because of the proportional relationship between speed and distance (Equation 6), at a certain time in the
3.2 Some general properties of galaxies
Firstly, we note that galaxies tend to occur in clusters rather than singly. The mutual gravitational attraction of galaxies naturally tends to hold them on paths that remain close to each other. Typically a cluster contains tens or hundreds of galaxies. There are, however, large clusters with thousands of galaxies, and there are some solitary galaxies. Our own Galaxy is a member of a smallish cluster of about 36 galaxies called the Local Group (see Author(s): The Open University
1 Introducing cosmology
General relativity has a very different conceptual basis from that of Newtonian mechanics. Its success in accounting for the precession of Mercury's orbit, and the bending of light by massive objects like the Sun, gives us confidence that our picture of space and time should be Einstein's rather than Newton's. In this and the following units, we turn our attention to the study of the large-scale structure of spacetime. We see how spacetime as a whole is curved by the gross distribution of mas
5.1.5 Getting agreement with the Ampère–Maxwell law
Finally, our electric and magnetic fields must satisfy the Ampère–Maxwell law in empty space. Using Equations 7.21 and 7.23, we obtain
which requires that
4.5 Endocrine disruptors
Then he was a she…
(Lou Reed, American rock singer)
In 1996, a book called Our Stolen Future was published, bringing to public attention a debate that had been simmering among biologists for some time. Written by Theo Colborn and two colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), this book presented the hypothesis that certain industrial chemicals, commonly found as environmental pol
3.2 The impact of climate change on global freshwater resources
The availability of freshwater will be significantly altered in a future world affected by climate change (Houghton, 2004). In some regions, water availability will decrease; in others it will increase. Precise predictions about the extent and exact location of such changes cannot be made because they are based on climate models, the accuracy of which is uncertain. However, there is wide agreement that probable changes will include:
More rain in north
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Introducing health sciences: a case study approachI (SDK125)
3.6.1 Radioactivity and bugs!
Many natural processes involve repeated doublings or halving at regular intervals. You may have come across this already in your work, in the context of bacterial growth or radioactivity. In this section, we are going to look in more detail at bacterial growth and radioactivity and we will be using graphs to examine how the numbers of bacteria or numbers of radioactive atoms change over time.
3.2.2 Choice of scale
It's important to choose a scale that covers the range of values you have recorded for that particular axis. If the scale is too big, then all of your measurements will be bunched up at one end of the graph, making it difficult to read. It is also very important to keep the scale consistent all along the axis, i.e. don't suddenly change the spacing between the units of measurement on an axis.
7 Unit questions
Now you have completed this unit, try the following questions to test your understanding of this material.
Like the Variscan Orogenic Belt, the Caledonian includes large granitic intrusions. Using the Author(s): The Open University
5.6 Younger Cover
The Younger Cover can be found covering a large part of England, and to a lesser extent, north-east Ireland, south-west Scotland, Arran, Mull, and the north of Skye. From the Ten Mile Maps and Author(s): The Open University
5.5 Variscan Orogenic Belt
Unlike the Caledonian Orogenic Belt, outcrops of the Variscan Orogenic Belt are limited to the south-west of England, southern Wales and the south of Ireland (see Figure 9 and Author(s): The Open University
6.3 Chemical formulas
By using symbols, elements can be represented much more conveniently and much more briefly. This method of using symbols can be extended to compounds. You will now look further into this idea using a very familiar compound: water. Recall which atoms there are in a water molecule.
2.6.1 (a) Using Lego as a model
In this kind of building set, there are a limited number of types of block and each block has a particular shape. Just as importantly, each one has a particular way in which it can link to other blocks because of the way the studs are arranged.
The blocks can help you see how the atoms link in a molecule of water. Look at Figure 7 where the red brick represents an oxygen atom and the white bricks represent hydrogen atoms. There are only two locations where the hydrogen atoms can join th
2.6.2 End-of-unit questions
Express the following numbers using scientific (powers of ten) notation:
(a) 2.1 million
(b) 36 000
(c) 1/10
(d) 0.00005
5.3 GM Nation? The public debate
The key objective of the national dialogue on GM was to allow the exchange of views and information – members of the public would presumably learn more about the issues; experts and policy makers would learn more of the reasoning behind the public's concerns.
This unit is an adapted extract from the course Science in context (S250)
In recent years, scientists have made huge gains in their understanding of how genes can be altered and transferred from one organism to another – but that knowledge has been acquired amidst controversy and concern. The deep ethical concerns that have resulted from the emergence of genetic manipulation are explor
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The definitions of shaman: The birth of anthropology and the search for "primitive" man
Margaret Jones
Climate Change: Are We Heading for a New Cold War?
There is an historic standoff between China and the US on the issue of global warming. Neither wants to limit emissions unless the other does so first. In Copenhagen December 2009 the nations of the world will decide whether to resolve the Global Warming problem extending Kyoto after 2012 - or to start a new Cold War of escalating emissions - the outcome of which may determine the fate of humankind. Professor Graciela Chichilnisky suggests two modest improvements to the Kyoto Protocol that could
Sustaining enterprise education
This presentation examines the impact of enterprise education on the career aspiration, decisions and intentions of HE students
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3.2 Contexts
On their own, sensory perceptions don't tend to mean that much. They depend on a context in which they can be brought to life: for instance, that of a character. Such sensory perceptions as you've just listed in Activity 4 might hold more meaning if the man who twitches the curtains was the character smelling the smells or touching the surfaces; if his neighbour in the purple sari was the character hearing the noises, tasting the flavours. Sensory perceptions offer dimensions that will enrich
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Crisis in Haiti: Where Do We Go from Here?
The earthquake that rocked Haiti last week has caused unimaginable death and destruction, a reminder that catastrophes are usually unforeseeable and therefore almost impossible to prepare for. Can any country or region of the world, rich or poor, take meaningful steps to avoid the destruction caused by catastrophes ranging from earthquakes and hurricanes to terrorist attacks and pandemics? Knowledge@Wharton asked professors Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem, authors of a new book titled, Learn
Looking back: when the Festival of Britain came to Nottingham
Sophie Hollinshead
The populace of Nottinghamshire, who are old enough to remember, have been given the opportunity to contribute to an exhibition of the Festival of Britain, currently on display at the University Adult Education Centre, Shakespeare Street until 23 March 2007. The Exhibition opened with a lecture delivered by Sophie Hollinshead, Art Historian for the School of Education, who was also responsible for collating the material. Sophie said of her motivation; "It's
The Future of Science
Professor Arthur J Carty
Canadian National Science Advisor and former University of Nottingham graduate, Professor Carty addresses the graduating class of 2006.
Professor Carty speaks of his upbringing as the son and grandson of men who worked in the coal industry and the struggles that came with it. He speaks of his love of Chemistry from a young age when he would find discarded pieces of calcium carbide from the mine and created explosions by dropping
The global campus-ICT and the future of universities
This paper analyses the changes which the ICT causes on a global scale. The globalization of higher education triggered by e-Learning, the emergence of e-infrastructure for e-science, the Open Educational Resources movement, e-libraries and the tendency of building global educational alliances are analysed as well. Special emphasis is put on several wellknown university models, e.g. Research University, Open University and Entrepreneurial University, as well as on some emerging university models
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Rosemary Gibson
Studying abroad can be one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences, as record numbers of international students are discovering at The University of Nottingham.
At the University you will get a truly world class education, in a culturally diverse environment, but where do you start?
MAIN AIMS OF THE MODULE To achieve an understanding and practical experience of key principles, methods and theories in the area of educational software. LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE The module provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas: 1. Obtain understand of major learning principles, theories, and approaches 2. Identify key factors of successful educational software design and
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Acoustic Remote Sensing and Sea Floor Mapping
The course treats the following topics: - Relevant physical oceanography - Elements of marine geology (seafloor topography, acoustical properties of sediments and rocks) - Underwater sound propagation (ray acoustics, ocean noise) - Interaction of sound with the seafloor (reflection, scattering) - Principles of sonar (beamforming) - Underwater acoustic mapping systems (single beam echo sounding, multi-beam echo sounding, sidescan sonar) - Data analysis (refraction corrections, digital terrain mo
7.343 The Radical Consequences of Respiration: Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Disease (MIT)
This course will start with a survey of basic oxygen radical biochemistry followed by a discussion of the mechanisms of action of cellular as well as dietary antioxidants. After considering the normal physiological roles of oxidants, we will examine the effects of elevated ROS and a failure of cellular redox capacity on the rate of organismal and cellular aging as well as on the onset and progression of several major diseases that are often age-related. Topics will include ROS-induced effec
Author(s): Rai, Priyamvada
Photosynthesis Rap
Excellent rap song explaining the process of photosynthesis and using pictures to illustrate the lyrics. Music and information is current and relevant to students. Music and Lyrics from Rhythm, Rhyme, and Results. Run time 03:20. Lyrics can be found at http://www.educationalrap.com/song/photosynthesis.html
Roll out the Red Faculty/Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Move over David Letterman, as University Marketing and Communications' Brian Beam asks campus colleagues the question "What do you Love about Homecoming. This video also features remarks by President Al Bowman.
Looking at Learning...Again, Part 1: Workshop 8. The International Picture
This workshop offers an opportunity to investigate various aspects of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), other than the test scores themselves. Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology William Schmidt presents differences in curricula, textbooks, and teaching practices around the world, and a group of community members discuss how the TIMSS results reflect societal and cultural values.,Dr. William Schmidt speaks about assessments and the nature of testing. H
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Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory "All Rights Reserved"
Manufacturing Memories
This talk was delivered to UCI Summer Session Freshman Start participants by Professor Elizabeth Loftus, who shared her fascinating research on manufactured and false memories. She has also been involved in the cases of Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson, Oliver North, and the McMartin preschool teachers. In 2002, Dr. Loftus was recognized as one of the 100 most influential researchers in psychology in the 20th century, and the highest ranked woman on
Embedding email in primary schools: developing a tool for collective reflection
Reflection is an important aspect of learning in groups. In collective moments of reflection, learners can share and compare their ideas with others, and by doing so can reach an articulated and personal understanding of a learning task and domain. In the research presented here, e-mail is examined as a means for reflection in the context of group learning. In two design experiments, an e-mail tool is developed that seeks to (1) support collective reflection, and (2) overcome practical problems
Author(s): de Vries Bregje,Van der Meij Hans,Boersma Kerst,Pi
Internet Scout Project
"Grid.org is a single destination site for large-scale research projects powered by the United Devices Global MetaProcessor." It harnesses the combined computing power of thousands of computers around the world to process large amounts of data that would otherwise be impossible or very costly to analyze. The Grid.org Web site is an excellent place to start if you want to participate in a distributed computing project, or if you are just interested in learning the basics of the technology. Curren
Although some might fear that limited land resources and the usual development pressures are working to reduce Britain's natural history to footnote status, this website from the Natural History Museum in London effectively documents the UK's impressive biological and geological diversity. The site consists of interactive database features as well as videos (in both Windows Media and Quicktime formats). Exploring Biodiversity, an interactive introduction for students to UK biodiversity, allows u
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Guide to the American Transportation Company Records, 1890-1895
This collection includes bills, receipts, statements, and trip sheets of the American Transportation Company, Fairport, Ohio, 1890-1895. Also included are personal receipts and bills from George E. Tener of Pittsburgh (manager and treasurer of the American Transportation Company).
Author(s): This guide to the collection was originally prepar
Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Assistant University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections. Perm
You can find a lot of information about society on the internet.
To find this information you might choose to use:
internet resources;
search engines and subject gateways;
books and electronic books;
databases;
journals;
encyclopedias.
556 GG Tumult. Bull in a China Shop. Always, Never, Usually, Often, Most, and More
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE Tumult: http://bit.ly/2lSXWtI Absolutes: http://bit.ly/2kD6CTf DISCOVERY CHANNEL 'BULL IN A CHINA SHOP' VIDEO http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/bull-in-a-china-shop/ FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Snapchat: http://snapchat.com/add/thatgrammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://w
Checklist - Language Assistantship
This is a resource released as part of the E-Portfolio Toolkit based on experience of developing the “Year Abroad E-Portfolio”, undertaken by the School of Languages at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Author(s): Mara Fuertes-Gutiérrez,Juan Muñoz López,Janet P
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After studying this unit you will have:
gained an understanding of ways that spoken language is used to create joint knowledge and understanding, and to pursue teaching and learning;
considered the educational implications of some recent research on teaching and learning in face-to-face interactions;
tried out some approaches to analysing the spoken language of teaching and learning.
Introduction to Isis Innovation
Managing Director of Isis Innovation Tom Hockaday talks about the technology transfer company, and how it helps Oxford University researchers to commercialise intellectual property arising from their research.
5.5 Science in the Scottish Enlightenment
This course is concerned with science in Scotland, one of the most dynamic centres of Enlightenment thinking. Writers speak of the mid-eighteenth century as Scotland's ‘Golden Age’. In order to get a flavour of this age, it is necessary to take a very broad view of what we mean by ‘science’. Staying within the boundaries recognised by modern science faculties misses most of what is distinctive about eighteenth-century Scotland. The interconnections and cross-fertilisation between disc
3.1 ‘Making ends meet’
When you say that someone is ‘poor’, what do you mean?
Do people whom others call ‘poor’ always see themselves in that way?
One group whose identities are greatly constrained by income are the poor. But, as the questions above suggest, poverty is not a simple fact of some lives: rather, it is a concept with different meanings, and a label that we may accept or reject. This section c
2.4 Drawing circles
Drawing circles freehand often produces very uncircle-like shapes! If you need a reasonable circle, you could draw round a circular object, but if you need to draw an accurate circle with a particular radius, you will need a pair of compasses and a ruler. Using the ruler, set the distance between the point of the compasses and the tip of the pencil at the desired radius; place the point on the paper at the position where you want the centre of the circle to be and carefully rotate the compass
LIT 331: World Literature II: Africa and the Middle East, Asia, and Europe
Literature 331 offers students an opportunity to enhance their understanding of contemporary global interactions by exploring a diverse array of culturally expressive artifacts---novels, short stories, and poems--grouped geographically by region. Course readings represent the following regions: Europe, Asia, and Africa and the Middle East. A second course, Literature 330, covers the literature of North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Australia and Oceania.
1.7.5 Theory
Again, research is conducted in a context of existing ideas, evidence, and thinking. One key skill is the demonstration of cognisance of the theoretical context and of how it shapes your own research, including:
understanding key theoretical strands and theoretical concepts in your discipline
understanding how theory shapes your research question
the ability to contribute something useful to the theoretical debate in
Economics in Six Minutes
This article is one professor's view on what Economics is all about. Although a lot of information is not provided, this article might be a good introduction to an economics class and could provoke some strong arguments.
VariQuest Training Videos: VariQuest Awards Maker Set-up & Supply Installation
Video link (see supported sites below). Please use the original link, not the shortcut, e.g. www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcde
Author(s): Heidi Glasow
12.759 Marine Chemistry Seminar (MIT)
The structure of the course is designed to have students acquire a broad understanding of the field of Marine Chemistry; to get a feel for experimental methodologies, the results that they have generated and the theoretical insights they have yielded to date.
Author(s): Van Mooy, Benjamin,Repeta, Daniel
Thomas Young: The man who knew everything
Professor David Wolfe
David Wolfe, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of New Mexico and Director, Oppenheimer Institute for S
Author(s): UCT Summer School
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INTRODUCTION TO BOOLEAN ALGEBRA PART 1
The material here consists of foundation knowledge of Boolean algebra. Boolean algebra is introduced here from a very elementary level. The notes are easy to follow and can be useful to students and enthsiasts of any level.
What is the House of Representatives?
Here's how the number of representatives in the House are determined and where the lines are drawn. (Video has slides, narration and is professionally made.) (04:13)
The National Planning Commission and the National Health Insurance Proposal
Emeritus Professor Hoosen Coovadia
Lecture presented by Emeritus Professor Hoosen Coovadia, Paediatrics and Child Health and HIV/AID
2.3 Selling on eBay
To sell goods on eBay you have to go through a more elaborate registration process than that needed merely to bid. You have to provide more information on your personal details, and provide the number of a valid credit or debit card and the details of a bank account. This is because eBay makes its money from fees paid by vendors, and it needs a reliable mechanism for collecting these fees. eBay levies three types of fee – a listing fee (for allowing you to offer an item for sale on the site
21F.701 Spanish I (MIT)
Spanish I is very different from other classes at MIT. The central component of the text and workbook is a series of 26 half-hour video episodes. The videos allow students to learn authentic Spanish and experience its cultural diversity while following a good story full of surprises and human emotions. Students also listen to an audio-only program integrated with the text and workbook. In the classroom, students do a variety of activities and exercises, which include talking in Spanish about th
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Exposure to pthalates linked to preterm births
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Nov 20, 2013 | 12:36 PM
The higher the exposure to certain phthalates, the more likely it was that women would give birth too early, a study found. (Twonix Studio/shutterstock.com)
Pregnant women who are exposed to chemicals known as phthalates found in plastics, lotions and food packaging may face higher odds of giving birth prematurely, a U.S. study said Monday.
The findings are important because prematurity is a leading cause of infant death around the world, said the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Our results indicate a significant association between exposure to phthalates during pregnancy and preterm birth," said the study led by Kelly Ferguson of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
"These data provide strong support for taking action in the prevention or reduction of phthalate exposure during pregnancy."
The study was carried out at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
A total of 130 women who gave birth before full term took part, along with 352 control participants.
Researchers analyzed the women's urine samples at different times throughout their pregnancies for levels of phthalate metabolites.
They found that the preterm cases showed "significantly elevated levels" of certain phthalates, including di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), mono-(2-ethyl)-hexyl phthalate (MEHP) and mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP).
The higher the exposure, the more likely it was that the women would give birth too early.
For example, among the women whose concentration of the phthalate metabolite mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate was above the 75th percentile, the odds ratio for spontaneous preterm birth was 5.23, compared to 2.39 among all preterm births.
Phthalates are commonly found in perfumes, hair spray, nail polish, deodorants, and body lotions.
They are also used in packaging, plastic toys, vinyl, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.
An accompanying editorial in JAMA by Shanna Swan of Mount Sinai hospital in New York said the research makes an "important public health contribution by demonstrating a sizable impact of phthalates, a class of commonly used chemicals, on a health outcome of major public health concern."
More research is needed to find out if phthalates may be causing the problem by increasing inflammation of the uterus, she wrote.
Some 15 million babies around the world are born preterm, or before 37 weeks in the womb.
Rates have been climbing over the past two decades across the globe, with the highest rates in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.
The United States is sixth among the 10 countries with the greatest number of preterm births.
Previous research has found that preterm births are on the rise in the United States, going from a rate of 10.6 percent in 1989 to 12.4 percent in 2004.
"The evidence reported in this new study is strong enough to encourage pregnant women to avoid phthalates if possible, to help minimize their chances of premature birth," said Sarah Robertson, director of The Robinson Institute at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
"The good news is that it's possible to reduce exposure fairly quickly by reading labels and choosing products carefully, using fragrance-free cosmetics, and fresh rather than packaged food."
Latest Health
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Pimp my walker!
By CHRIS ROVZAR
DAILY NEWS FEATURE WRITER
This ain't your granddaddy's walker. A new company peddling high-end senior gear has hit the Internet, and claims it is going to change the way Americans look at aging.
"I toured the world and looked for products that would actually boost the self-esteem," says Patrick Conboy, who founded Elderluxe, a company that provides the highest-tech scooters, walkers, canes and other lifestyle aids for seniors. "I looked for more proactive acknowledgements of aging."
Available on elderluxe.com are gems like the Crystal Black Rose Cane, which is encrusted with pink Swarovski crystals even a Hollywood starlet would admire. There's also the Khargo 3-in-1 walker, whose anodized aluminum frame is ergonomically designed for maximum comfort (and includes a seat and grocery basket), and the Breeze III mobility scooter, which features a Vespa-like design and a streamlined canopy to protect riders from the elements. And who could forget the Toilevator, a device that raises your toilet an additional three inches?
"I think that the baby boomer generation, throughout every stage of their life, have demanded and commanded better product choices and better product options," explained Conboy, adding that it's precisely that generation that is now shopping for these items for their parents. "They're online all the time, and they're looking around."
Elderluxe isn't the only merchant of goods like this. GoldViolin.com has been hawking high-end Hammacher-Schlemmer-like gadgets for the elderly for over a decade.
"People want to stay in their homes for as long as they possibly can," says Elinor Ginzler of the AARP, who explains that high-end products that make life easier for the elderly make it more comfortable and safe to be at home. "The less these items can be seen as stigmatizing the better."
By starting with higher-priced products, Ginzler says the convenience industry for senior citizens can eventually change the way everyone lives.
"Making these things flashy, that's great. I'd like to see these things available across a variety of price ranges," she says. "But sometimes at the high end is where a product's first appeal takes place - and then it trickles down."
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CARIBBEAT: Award-winning Barbadian filmmaker Lisa Harewood to hold chat at St. John’s University
By Jared McCallister
Apr 08, 2017 | 10:18 PM
Barbadian film writer, director, and producer Lisa Harewood is giving a lecture, "You're Better Off Here", at St. John's University in Queens. (Photo by Sophia Wallace)
Award-winning Barbadian writer, director, and producer Lisa Harewood comes to St. John's University in Queens tomorrow to give the lecture "You're Better Off Here" — a discussion of Harewood's films and her creation of works with a global appeal.
The lecture, presented by the university and the Caribbean Writers Series, will be held in the Marillac Hall auditorium of St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway (at Union Turnpike), from 1:50 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Harewood — the creative power behind the 2010 award-winning feature film, "A Hand Full of Dirt" — also wrote and directed "Auntie," a film examining migration, matriarchal kinship structures, and life in Barbados; and directed "Barrel Stories," an interactive documentary which dealing with issues such as parental separation and migration.
Harewood holds a bachelor's in Mass Communications from the University of the West Indies, a master's in Creative and Media Enterprises from the University of Warwick in England and she's currently pursuing a master's in Documentary Production at the University of the West of England.
WIN RADIO'S INTERNET DEBUT
Spreading Caribbean music and the fame of personalities from the region to New York and beyond, WinRadio Livestream, a Caribbean live stream internet radio station, debuts on Friday, continuing the legacy of the late Mohan Jaikaran.
The Trinidad-born businessman's widow, Indra, and his daughters — Shantal Jaikaran, Anita Jaikaran-Dyal, Babita Shivdat and Cynthia Jaikaran — are the driving forces behind WinRadio Livestream, which continues Mohan's goal of bringing Trinidad and Tobago's East Indian-inspired chutney and soca music to international audiences.
Before his death in 2015, the late entrepreneur operated WIN Radio 101.1FM (formerly Masala Radio) and the WINTV television station in Trinidad, the Maracas nightclub complexes in Queens and the New York-based JMC Entertainment company.
Access to the official WinRadio Livestream launch is available on several platforms — winradio101.com, www.facebook.com/winradiolivestream, www.instagram.com/winradiolivestream and www.twitter.com/WinRadio101.
Listeners can access the official WIN Radio Livestream launch on several platforms including: winradio101.com, facebook, instagram and twitter. (WIN Radio Livestream)
REP. CLARKE'S TOWN HALL
New immigration policies, health care and gun violence are just a few of the topics up for discussion at April Town Hall meeting with Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn) on April 19 in Brooklyn at the New Life Tabernacle, 4905 Avenue D (at Utica Ave.), from at 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
RSVP by Wednesday April 12 by sending email to ny09.RSVP@mail.house.gov. For information, call (718) 287-1142.
UNDOCUMENTED'S MUSICAL
"Welcome to America — A Caribbean Musical," a story of hope, aspiration and assimilation of a newly arrived undocumented Caribbean immigrant in the U.S., premieres on April 20 at the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College in Queens, with an exclusive preview at noon and world premiere performance starting at 8 p.m.
In all there will be five performances of show — April 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. and April 23 at 6 p.m. "Welcome to America" is a presentation of Braata Productions.
Karl O'Brian Williams crafted the book for the musical, music by Andrew Clarke is by Karl O'Brian Williams and Joel Edwards, with lyrics by Clarke and Williams. Yudelka Heyer is director for the production. For tickets, visit www.yorkpac.com.
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Readers sound off on the 100th anniversary of the Daily News: A few memorable letters to the Daily News over the last century
By Voice of the People
Black and white and red all over. (Monika Graff/Getty Images)
Trump as Principal for a Day
Manhattan: Jim Dwyer’s one-sided piece about my being Principal for a Day at PS 70 deserves a response. While Dwyer does everything he can to demean my visit, in actuality there was great excitement and fun permeating the school that day. How could he know when he was not even present?
It’s unfortunate that he was not there to see the excitement when I offered to bring 15 children (later raised to 20, then 40, then 60) to the Niketown store in Trump Tower for sneakers. When I jokingly said that the kids could come to “the inner city called 57th and Fifth,” Dwyer derided me. He made no reference to the screaming, shouting, laughing and pure joy emanating from the children. How could someone who writes for a major paper be so inaccurate?
When I contributed $200 out of my wallet to the chess team, not knowing how much they were trying to raise, but having been told that they thus far raised “almost nothing,” Dwyer found it offensive. In any event, my time spent as Principal for a Day was a great learning experience for me and, I hope, for the children of PS 70. I know for a fact that they had a great time and that the story written by Dwyer was far different from the reality of the day. Donald Trump (May 5, 1997)
Welcomes Us
Editor Illustrated Daily News: Permit me to extend the editorial hand of welcome, and wish you great success and propriety on the eve of the publication of the Illustrated Daily News, a long-felt want in New York daily journalism. Walter Pulitzer (June 26, 1919)
Rather cruel, don’t you think?
Editor of The Enws (sic.): I hear people say the trouble with The News is the bad paper it is printed on. I tell them it is not the quality of the paper but what you print on it and the poor way you do it that makes The News a joke. L.B. (Dec. 19, 1919)
Liquor death rate
New York City: According to the published reports of the New York state department of health, the monthly death rate of alcoholism in June, 1926, was the highest (7.5) since 1913. What about your boasted prohibition? Louis A. Cuvillier, Member New York Legislature (Aug. 27, 1926)
He’d gallop, not trot
Brooklyn: How about raising the speed limit for horseback riders along the bridle paths in Prospect park? My friend and I went riding the other day and were forbidden to let our horses exceed a trot. You can’t learn to ride well at such a speed. Along certain stretches of the bridle paths galloping would be perfectly safe. Ray (May 4, 1931)
Says Stalin’s not needed
Manhattan: One significant aspect of the atomic bomb, it seems to me, is that it rendered Soviet aid against Japan rather nugatory, supererogatory, unnecessary, or something. In fact, if we can only make up our minds just what we do want in the coming peace, we can and should take a very much firmer tone toward the Soviet Union. Hank Hoffman (Aug. 11, 1945)
Loyal reader
Manhattan: Patience is a virtue, I’ve always been told! Now I see it pays off. My thanks for the very handsome colorfoto of Ronald Reagan (June 26). I’ve waited long and somewhat impatiently but my reward has been realized. Zelda Multz (July 31, 1955)
First reactions
Brooklyn: A President has gone to heavenly rest, cut down in his prime by a dastardly deed. This was the blackest Friday in our history. Miss R.F. (Nov. 24, 1963)
Death of a Hero
Manhattan: I am deeply saddened by the tragedy that has befallen Dr. King. As a Negro, I am ashamed of the white man who assassinated him. I am equally ashamed of those of my own people who are rioting in Harlem, Brooklyn and other places. Dr. King lived for nonviolence and that is what he believed in. Just because he has gone home to the Lord is no reason for rioting and looting. Annie Berkel (April 6, 1968)
Brooklyn: Now that our men have landed on the moon, we should all replace our smiles with “moonbeams.” Janie Dowdell (July 23, 1969)
Payback time
Bronx: Well, the Democrats and some of their Republican allies have finally achieved their mission. But they better remember one thing: if they have any skeletons rattling around in their closets they’re in big trouble. Richard Nixon was crucified, and the American people aren’t going to forget it. Mrs. J. F. (Aug. 11, 1974)
Glen Falls: How will Gov. Carey explain his plan to veto the death penalty bill to the parents of the young people murdered by the Son of Sam? It is sad to see premeditated murderers sit around in country-club prisons while the victims watch from the grave and hope the living can convince elected officials to use the death penalty. Peter B. McGregor (Aug. 14, 1977)
Not a pretty picture
Manhattan: A News editorial addressed the MTA’s commissioning art for the subway stations. Art is not going to civilize the subways. Five stations on the No. 4 Woodlawn-Jerome line in the Bronx were painted last summer. To see four of them today, you’d never guess they were painted. The vandals went to work before the paint was dry. A spruce up will not civilize the subways. Improved train service will. Richard Livemond (Feb. 5, 1986)
Manhattan: On the morning of Feb. 10, I mailed out 75 invitations to a reading of my new short-story collection. On Feb. 26, my friends began calling to tell me that the invitation just arrived. Sixteen days for a first class letter to go downtown or to the Bronx? This is service? No wonder fax machines are working overtime. Thank you, post office, for nipping a literary career in the bud. Louis Phillips (March 14, 1994)
Pray for the victims
Brooklyn.: As the acrid smoke billows over my home in Brooklyn, I say a prayer for every lost soul who did not make it out of the towers and elsewhere. We must join together to help each other in this tragic time. Now is the time to make a difference by helping our friends and neighbors who have lost loved ones in this despicable act of violence. Dorothy Collins (Sept. 12, 2001)
Brooklyn: A group of unarmed gentlemen are shot with 50 rounds of bullets by the NYPD, and I’m supposed to explain this to my 9-year-old son (who makes it his habit to watch the news everyday) and ask him to think that the police officers are his friends? He fears them now. What do I tell him, Mr. Kelly? That an officer reloaded his gun and continued shooting these guys by accident? Jennifer Robles (Nov. 28, 2006)
Brooklyn: There is one good thing that President Bush has done for our economy. He made it possible for a black man to become President. Andrew Benjamin (Nov. 7, 2008)
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: The Daily News looks really good with that clown face on. Congrats, President Trump. Gary Hricewich (Nov. 10, 2016)
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Brayden Point buries Rangers as Lightning strikes Madison Square Garden for 3-2 win
So much talk from the Rangers heading into February was centered on improving their play at the Garden, when at the time they had lost five of their last six at home. They then swept a four-game home stand against Western Conference opposition and added a victory against the Capitals to make it five straight home wins. The Broadway Blueshirts appeared back on track in familiar territory.
Only now things have turned south again at MSG, their 3-2 home loss to the Lightning on Monday night after a successful road trip giving them five consecutive Garden defeats, including four straight in regulation. The Rangers (44-24-2) are 19-15-2 at home.
This one happened after a dominant first period in which the Rangers outshot Tampa Bay (33-26-9) 13-3, but the period finished tied 1-1 as less than two minutes after Steven Kampfer scored his first goal as a Ranger, Brayden Point leveled it with a power-play goal. Point went on to score the winner with 6:39 left in the third, splitting Ryan McDonagh and Marc Staal, both of whom had just hopped over the boards, to tip in a feed into the slot from Ondrej Palat.
"It'd be nice," Staal said of capitalizing more early when they should have. "Especially at home if you can grab that momentum and carry it and try to bury a team, you want to do that. Their goalie (Peter Budaj) made some big saves, they weren't giving us all that much.
Brayden Point (left) had two goals for the Lightning. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
"Got to figure out a way to do it at home here."
Who knows how differently things would've turned out if Chris Kreider could've scored on a breakaway just 43 seconds into the game. He went backhand and Budaj came up with the huge left-pad save.
McDonagh took responsibility for Point's winner.
Michael Grabner scored his 27th goal of the season, which leads the Rangers. (Brad Penner/USA Today Sports)
"I came on for a late change and didn't have a lot of speed, but I've got to take the most important guy there and that's the guy driving to the net," he said. "I didn't get a good position on him and he was able to have his stick free and get a piece of that shot, so it's one mistake for me that I wish I had back."
Michael Grabner tied it midway through the second with his team-high 27th goal after Gabriel Dumont's goal. The Rangers fell to 9-3 in the second game of back-to-backs after their game slipped over the final two periods.
"With the pace that we had carried in the first period, we should've been able to do that and make the same plays in the second and the third, which our guys didn't do," Alain Vigneault said. "It obviously wasn't good enough."
GIRARDI ON MEND: Dan Girardi's Monday meeting with a specialist to have the wound on his right ankle examined went well, and weather permitting he's expected to resume skating today, per Vigneault, who expects Jesper Fast (upper body) to take part in the team's Thursday practice.
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Opinion|Michael Flynn, Witness for the Prosecution
Michael Flynn, Witness for the Prosecution
The special counsel says President Trump’s former national security adviser has provided “substantial assistance” and deserves a light sentence.
The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the F.B.I. last December.CreditCreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
It is almost a truism in criminal investigations that those who flip early and help prosecutors build their case against higher-ranking figures are shown greater leniency than those who try to gut it out.
Michael Flynn, who served briefly as President Trump’s national security adviser, is Exhibit A in the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
If other players, such as Paul Manafort and George Papadopoulos, have worked only grudgingly with the special counsel, and some, like Roger Stone, are still holding out, we now know, thanks to a sentencing recommendation that the office filed late on Tuesday in federal court, that Mr. Flynn provided “substantial assistance” to federal investigators working to unravel the Russia mystery.
Mr. Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the F.B.I. last December and has been cooperating with investigators ever since. Perhaps he is motivated by a hope for leniency, perhaps by fidelity to the institutions he spent much of his lifetime serving. One day we may know.
Mr. Flynn’s assistance must give pause to the president, who has complained that “flipping” to testify against others should be illegal and has denigrated the work of law enforcement agencies. Just this week Mr. Trump praised Mr. Stone for having the “guts” not to cooperate with the Mueller investigation. The president has said little about Mr. Flynn since he left his employ.
The words “substantial assistance” are a legal term of art and carry significant weight in sentencing decisions. Mr. Flynn, who resigned as national security adviser in February 2017 after serving only 24 days in the job, sat for 19 interviews with Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors, assisting in several investigations, including the special counsel’s inquiry. (The details of those investigations are not provided in the sentencing memorandum.) For Mr. Flynn, this means that it is now “appropriate and warranted,” in the special counsel’s view, that he receive a light sentence — perhaps no jail time at all.
Since Mr. Mueller began obtaining indictments and convictions for a constellation of figures associated with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign — as well as Russian actors trying to influence it — this is the first time that the special counsel’s office has offered glowing praise for one of its targets and credited the value of cooperating early and often.
Mr. Flynn should take comfort in that, but that’s not to say his misdeeds were minor. As lawyers for Mr. Mueller’s office noted in their sentencing submission, Mr. Flynn’s crime was “serious.” On several occasions during a fateful interview at the White House just days into the new administration, the former national security adviser lied to F.B.I. agents about his contacts during the transition with the former Russian ambassador. Mr. Flynn and the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, discussed ways to undercut Obama administration policy in the Middle East and toward Russia. We do not yet know whether Mr. Flynn, a former Army lieutenant general and director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, did this on his own initiative or on orders from Mr. Trump or someone close to him.
After that fiasco, Mr. Flynn found himself in further legal jeopardy when he hid from the Justice Department the true extent of his lobbying work for Turkey, for which he acted as a foreign agent during the campaign and in support of which he wrote an op-ed published on Election Day 2016. That Mr. Mueller didn’t charge Mr. Flynn for this violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act was part of the sentencing deal — and a reason Mr. Flynn may have felt compelled to tell the special counsel everything he knows.
And what he knows, apparently, is quite a lot, as Mr. Mueller’s filing to the judge who will be sentencing Mr. Flynn indicates, with heavy redactions detailing nonpublic aspects of the Russia investigation plus a continuing criminal probe that seems unrelated to the larger inquiry. We won’t know until we know, but it is undeniable that Mr. Flynn was useful to the special counsel.
And lest we forget: Mr. Flynn himself is the reason there is a special counsel. Had it not been for Mr. Trump’s desire to interfere with the F.B.I.’s pursuit of the man who led chants of “lock her up” at the Republican National Convention — and the subsequent firing of James Comey over his refusal to let go of the broader counterintelligence investigation — Mr. Mueller would not have been appointed.
Mr. Flynn always played a central role in this sprawling saga, and his own Russia connections never ceased to be problematic. His coming sentencing after a year of valuable cooperation with prosecutors brings us a step closer to learning why Mr. Trump was so invested in him.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 30 of the New York edition with the headline: Mr. Flynn, Witness for the Prosecution. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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Fashion|Could Antibad Become the Net-a-Porter of Green Style?
Could Antibad Become the Net-a-Porter of Green Style?
A former buyer for Burberry has set up an e-commerce platform for sustainable fashion from a farmhouse in the English countryside.
By Elizabeth Paton
The sustainability advocate Venetia Falconer models the Cipher Skirt by Samantha Pleet, £150.
There are online marketplaces for luxury brands, secondhand fashion and street wear. Why not for sustainable style? So wondered Agatha Lintott from her remote farmhouse nestled in the green rolling hills of the South Devon countryside in England.
Ms. Lintott, a former teenage model and previously a women’s wear buyer for Tom Ford and Burberry left Burberry in 2014 to start a new life far from London with her boyfriend, Ben Howard, an award-winning, folk-influenced English musician.
“I felt quite disillusioned by all I had seen in my years in the business,” said Ms. Lintott, clad in a black T-shirt and black flared hemp pants, long brown hair falling down her back, over a recent lunch of grilled haddock and squid. “I realized that I didn’t know of anywhere on or offline that really inspired me to shop ethically or that offered me a range of items that I could feel proud about buying.”
So, from her kitchen table and with a full-time team of just three employees based across Milan, Devon and London, she decided to do it herself. She envisioned, she said, “a hub for earth- and human-friendly fashion across both vintage and new labels, that would also debunk this lingering idea that sustainable fashion was unglamorous.” In April of this year, Antibad went live.
“Anti. Bad. It aims to do exactly what it says on the tin,” Ms. Lintott said.
The site is an online forum for more than 25 independent contemporary ready-to-wear and accessories vendors, including established American brands like Mara Hoffman, Samantha Pleet and Clan of Cro. There are less well known brands, too: Mud Jeans, a Dutch recycled denim brand; Bower, a recycled fishing net swim brand; and the vegan footwear brand Ethletic.
Antibad’s founder, Agatha Lintott.
Antibad is effectively vying to be the Net-a-Porter of green style. Prices start at about 25 pounds ($32), and each product comes with a “Why It’s Good” tab listing certain vital statistics: whether it has been made by an artisan, for example, or is a fair-trade product, and if the garment is more than 95 percent organic, vegan, or made using upcycled fabric.
The site also has some specific challenges because of its mission.
“I spend a lot of time evaluating whether a brand ticks enough of the boxes needed for us to stock them,” Ms. Lintott said. She delves into the size and location of factories, whether manufacturing is outsourced or fully owned, the use of dyes and synthetics in production, transparency of supply chain and a company’s long-term intentions.
Although plenty of labels work aesthetically for Antibad, and nearly fit the bill in terms of sustainability on the surface, many don’t make the cut. One big issue, according to Ms. Lintott, is that some brands make part of their collection using reclaimed materials but use synthetics for other parts.
“‘Sustainability’ is obviously a word that is being thrown around a lot, and it is impossible to be all things to all people,” she said. “But for me a sustainable fashion company is one that is mindful and considerate of the people and planet. That is engaged with how it can support local economies and uses materials that are either biodegradable or recyclable.”
Admittedly, a growing e-commerce company, dependent on multiple repeat purchases and fast cross-continental deliveries, is not itself exactly environment friendly. So Ms. Lintott has done her best to offset the worst.
She uses only recycled packaging, works with a carbon-offset company to neutralize shipping emissions through donations to emission reduction projects, and uses a carbon-neutral server to host the Antibad website.
A sweater by Diarte and trousers by Wray.
“It wasn’t actually that difficult to find — our server is in Ireland — but it certainly wasn’t a request our web developers had ever heard before,” she said with a grin. “That said, they all firmly agree that it works just as well as any other server. I think they have been converted.”
Unlike a marketplace e-commerce model like Farfetch, where the site works as a storefront for brands but never holds inventory, Antibad only buys wholesale. It also never places items on sale.
“Promotional sales are a big no for us, as a price should be fair and representative of the work that has gone into it — though of course that means a greater degree of risk for us at a time when newness drives the global fashion business,” Ms. Lintott said. Then again, more than half of the brands stocked do not follow traditional fashion cycles, which limits exposure to the inventory going out of season.
So far, the reaction has been very strong, Ms. Lintott said, though she wouldn’t release sales figures. She is expecting a good holiday season.
Investing in these brands, she said, feels “like we are putting our money — and that of customers — in the right hands,” noting that at this time of year, it’s especially important to examine our relationship with consumption
“No one can offer a perfect solution to everything wrong with the fashion system,” she said. “But we can offer more choice to curious shoppers. And that’s a step in the right direction.”
Elizabeth Paton is a reporter for the Styles section, covering the fashion and luxury sectors in Europe. Before joining The Times in 2015, she was a reporter at the Financial Times both in London and New York. @LizziePaton
A version of this article appears in print on , Section D, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Could Antibad Become the Net-a-Porter of Green Style?. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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New Zealand’s Productivity Dilemma
As a result of his recent meetings in Washington DC with the governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – and in New York with the credit rating agencies Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s – Finance Minister Bill English has warned that New Zealand is still extremely vulnerable to global economic risks. He said that some of the world’s largest economies are about to enter unchartered territory as they shift their focus from stimulus to debt reduction. Such changes will inevitably put pressure on a small country like New Zealand, which has a narrow economic base and is heavily exposed to international trade.
Mr English believes that since there are many forces in the global economy over which we have no control, it is especially important that we focus our efforts on getting our own economy into better shape: further constraining government spending, shrinking our debt to return to a surplus, and lifting the country’s economic output to raise living standards.
The problem is that one of those key factors – lifting the country’s economic performance – is no simple task. It hinges on improving productivity. That means generating more value for each hour that is worked. Or, as the Productivity Commission puts it, “Productivity is about how well people combine resources to produce goods and services. For countries, it is about creating more from available resources – such as raw materials, labour, skills, capital equipment, land, intellectual property, managerial capability and financial capital. With the right choices, higher production, higher value and higher incomes can be achieved for every hour worked.”1
But the problem faced by New Zealand, is that while we are working harder and longer, our productivity has stayed more or less static. In other words, our national productivity levels are now too low to lift wages and living standards to the levels to which we all aspire. With many other countries successfully improving their productivity above ours, it is little wonder that some 700,000 New Zealanders, who want to improve their lives, now live overseas – no doubt attracted by the better opportunities provided in countries with higher living standards and better wages.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator is economist Dr Aaron Schiff. A former Auckland University lecturer, who is a specialist in competition and regulation, Dr Schiff has kindly agreed to share his views on how New Zealand can best overcome our productivity dilemma in his article Importing Productivity:
“New Zealanders work relatively hard – an average of 871 hours per person in 2012, on a par with Japan (878 hours) and Israel (892 hours), and 9% more than the OECD average of 802 hours. Only eight of 34 other countries in the OECD worked more hours per person than New Zealand in 2012.
“Unfortunately, hard work on its own doesn’t seem to be a good way to increase incomes. Working harder increases incomes somewhat, but hours worked only explains 7.5% of the variation in GDP per capita across countries. If New Zealanders worked as hard as Koreans (1,067 hours per year), we’d increase our per capita GDP by 22%, but we’d still be 12% behind Australia due to our low productivity.
“If we could improve our productivity from its current level to the OECD average and worked as hard as we do now, our per capita income would be 23% higher. If we could make it to the upper quartile of OECD productivity, our per capita incomes would be 54% greater than now.
“Alternatively, if you’d prefer more leisure time, matching the productivity of the Spanish would allow us to work 230 fewer hours per person per year and have exactly the same per capita GDP as we do now – that’s an extra four and a half hours of free time every week for everyone.”
To answer the question about why New Zealand’s productivity is so poor, Dr Schiff points to research that shows that while some of our best firms are world leaders in terms of their productivity, poorer performers in the same industry can still survive in this country even though they are nine times less productive.
“In contrast, the same ratio in Denmark is around 1.6 to 3.5. Danish firms that can’t achieve at least a quarter of the productivity of the best firms in the same industry get killed off by the forces of competition. Perhaps it’s no surprise then that Denmark’s productivity is 61% higher than New Zealand, and although the Danish work 19% fewer hours per person than New Zealanders, their per-capita GDP is 31% higher than ours.”
This is real food for thought. What it points to is that the lack of competition in New Zealand – partly due to our small size and distance from other markets – means that too many Kiwi businesses underperform. And the reasons can be quite varied.
In 2011, Owen McShane highlighted a fairly typical problem in a Breaking Views blog – The Role of Soils in the Roadblocks to Productivity. He had been listening to a National Radio interview with a lettuce grower who was producing 10 crops of 10,000 lettuces a year hydroponically, but when the clearly ambitious grower was asked if he had plans to expand his hydroponic farming operation, he explained that the local District Plan made it impossible for him to do so – even though he had the land and the markets. The problem was that because hydroponic lettuces do not have their roots in soil, the District Plan deemed his operation to be a ‘non-farming activity’ and he was restricted to using only 100 square metres of his 60 acre farmlet for his lettuce-growing operation – in order to protect ‘prime agricultural land’ and ‘productive soils’! When asked if he planned to apply for a Discretionary Activity to expand his ‘non-farming activity’, he explained that since a resource consent could cost up to $30,000 with no guarantee of success, he had flagged it away.
With these sorts of restrictive provisions in local authority plans up and down the country, it is little wonder that some areas are failing to thrive. Such restrictions represent serious barriers to growth, and unless they are removed, people with the ability and good ideas to dramatically improve productivity and help to lift New Zealand’s living standards, will continue to be prevented from doing so.
The reality is that as a nation we have to focus on working smarter to produce higher valued products and services more efficiently. Embracing competition is the key, because it is competition that drives innovation and the adoption of the sorts of best-practice methods that lead to world-class performance.
We all saw first hand, the value of competition in the America’s Cup. The incredible innovation and superb sailing that we watched was driven by the desire to win. And although our team came second, we welcomed them home as the champions they truly were. Yet when it comes to our business champions, instead of celebrating their success and the enormous contribution that they make to the general wellbeing of this country – through the jobs they create and the innovation and wealth they generate – all too often they are treated as villains by the socialist left. That kind of mindset is incredibly destructive and should not be tolerated by fair-minded New Zealanders who want to see our country succeed and prosper.
In fact we should be celebrating every kind of success and excellence: whether on the sports field, in the arts, business, academia, the community sector, or any other field of endeavour – it is the ambition and determination of those who are striving to succeed that drives this country forward.
Auckland-based Eleanor Catton is a great example. At 28, she is the youngest author ever to win the prestigious Man Booker prize for literature with her novel The Luminaries. Set on the West Coast in the gold rush days, Ms Catton’s book and televisions rights will promote New Zealand to a growing audience around the world for years and years to come.
There is an enormous wealth of wonderful creative talent in New Zealand – from writers, to artists, designers, film directors, to musicians… each year the numbers that achieve international recognition continue to grow. Just look at the incredible success of 16 year-old North Shore school girl Ella Yelich-O’Connor or “Lorde”, with her world-wide phenomenon “Royals”, which has now topped the US music charts.
Then there are our talented businessmen and women, who manage to defy the tyranny of distance and size to turn their home-grown initiatives into global giants like Fonterra.
Rod Drury has just been named entrepreneur of the year for establishing Xero, as a leading on-line accounting package for small business and personal finance. In readiness for their international expansion, the company has been building capital – including from Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel, who together with other US investors contributed $147 million of the $180 million raised. Xero’s 600-strong Kiwi team of mainly IT professionals is now poised to move into the lucrative US market. Meanwhile the company’s share price has rocketed up from its $1 listing price in 2006 to $27 – even though it is yet to turn a profit. Mr Drury will represent New Zealand at the Global Entrepreneur Awards in Monaco next June.
The point is that wherever you look you can see entrepreneurial New Zealanders taking their creative talents to the world. For that’s who we are, an innovative and hard-working society – and what the government has to do to help us lift our game is firstly, get out of the way, but secondly, ensure that the business environment in New Zealand is one that encourages hard work and enterprise, that removes barriers to growth, and that fosters competition.
What does that mean in policy terms? It means a total commitment to ensure children succeed in education so they can all look forward to a bright and exciting future. It means pressing on with infrastructure improvements so all regions of New Zealand have good access to markets – both national and international. It means continuing industrial relations reform so business owners can better ensure their workforce is committed to businesses success. It means ensuring the tax system is not a repressive regime based on envy and greed, but a light-handed affair that rewards hard work and entrepreneurial skills. It means paring back regulatory barriers and compliance costs that destroy innovation and progress. It means pushing ahead with free trade deals to open up new markets around the world – as well as guiding Kiwis with great ideas as they seek to make international connections. And it means encouraging and rewarding businesses for building skills and producing outcomes to match the best in the world, so their productivity improvement will help to raise living standards.
But most of all it means providing exceptional leadership to inspire the country – for it is a combination of the energy and abilities of people striving to better themselves and their families that will ultimately lift the nation.
Do you believe the government does enough to support entrepreneurship and initiative?
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Empathy vs Sympathy - What’s the Difference?
I do not ask a wounded person how he feels,
I myself become the wounded person,
My heart turns livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Empathy and sympathy are two words we hear a lot, particularly in the context of one person reacting or relating to the difficult circumstances or challenging situation of another.
What’s the difference, exactly?
Empathy is About Sharing Feelings
In her charming video about the subject, University of Houston researcher Brené Brown says that empathy involves sharing feelings or being able to feel with someone.
Sympathy, though it also involves recognizing another person’s emotions, often leads to a response that tries to minimize the intensity of the other person’s experience, the offer of a solution or way to ‘fix the problem.’
An empathetic reaction recognizes that there isn’t necessarily a response that can make things better. “Connection makes things better,” Brown says.
The Four Qualities of Empathy
Theresa Wiseman, a nursing scholar, describes four qualities of empathy. These include:
Seeing the world as other people see it
Being non-judgemental
Being able to understand another person’s feelings
Communication of your understanding of the other person’s feelings
What should you say when someone comes to you upset and struggling with overwhelming emotions? Brené Brown suggests that sometimes the best thing to say is, “I don’t know what to say, but I am really glad you told me.” Fostering a sense of caring and acceptance is often more helpful than trying to come up with a solution to a problem.
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
An empathetic reaction is only possible when you are able to put yourself in the other person’s shoes, to recognize in yourself the same emotional reaction to a similar experience.
Sympathy Recognizes Emotional Experience
Sympathy, on the other hand, involves a recognition or acknowledgement of the other person’s emotional experience without necessarily also sharing a personal understanding of the experience. Comforting the other person and providing reassurance are kind and thoughtful responses to another person’s emotional pain even when it’s not possible to directly relate through shared experience.
Though a sympathetic response may be much appreciated when someone is suffering, an empathetic response can lead to a deep connection between people who feel they have a special bond as a result of a strong shared emotional experience.
In both empathy and sympathy, kindness and compassion underlie the desire (and ability) to recognize the experiences of others.
Too Much (Or Too Little) Empathy Can be Problematic
For someone who is naturally empathetic and feels the emotional pain of others often and deeply, it’s possible to feel overwhelmed. For natural empaths, it’s important to maintain boundaries and practice self care so as not to take on too much of another’s emotional pain.
The opposite is the case when someone is unable to share the emotional experiences of others. A sociopath is someone who has trouble empathizing with others while a psychopath lacks this ability completely.
Children Can Learn to Be Empathetic
Developing empathetic skills requires practice and that practice can start in early childhood. Teaching our children to talk about their own emotions and to recognize and identify the emotions experienced by others lays the foundation needed to become empathetic adults.
Expressing Sympathy is Also Rooted in Kindness
Given that we all have different life experiences and emotional reactions, it’s impossible to always have a deeply empathetic reaction to everyone else’s intense emotional experiences. When we can’t directly relate an emotional experience of our own to one we encounter in someone else, then expressing sympathy is a way to recognize and validate another person’s emotional pain. Learning to recognize similarities in our own past emotional responses even when the exact circumstances may differ is a way to deepen the empathetic response. By allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and share in another’s pain we are able to form rich and deep connections with others.
For more information on establishing boundaries so you don’t feel overwhelmed in emotionally intense encounters, using empathy to strengthen your primary relationships, or raising empathetic children and teenagers, visit the Oakville Wellness Center.
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Three men on a stage: boat show opens
Griff Rhys Jones cuts the ribbon at 2008 Collins Stewart London Boat Show
The 2008 Collins Stewart London Boat Show was officially opened at 11AM by a Master of Ceremonies alongside two VIP guests. The press gathered at the main stage in the North Hall to watch TV’s ‘Three men in a boat’ star Griff Rhys Jones cut the ribbon side by side with the world’s first single-handed global circumnavigator, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.
Griff Rhys Jones was on good form cracking jokes and sharing some boating experiences: “My earliest memories of sailing include being made to sit seemingly for hours and hours while my father shouted at my mother and as you may have noticed, that’s sort of the way I run a boat. I only do it for the shouting – I enjoy the shouting. I’m not allowed to shout at home so I have to get it on a boat. So I think we should say to young people ‘Want to shout at somebody? Go get a boat!'”
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was asked what he liked about this year’s show so far: “I’m very pleased to see that we’ve got a focus this year – the stage. I think it’s a great idea to have somewhere the public can come to find out what’s going on. It’s a focus to the show that’s been missing.”
Click here for more show information on www.londonboatshow.com
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Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/to-account-for-hardship-college-board-adds-adversity-score-to-sat-tests
New SAT score aims to account for student hardship
Education May 17, 2019 10:48 AM EDT
The College Board has for several years been testing an “adversity index” designed to place students’ SAT scores in the context of their socioeconomic advantages or disadvantages. The system has been used by about 50 colleges and universities. On Thursday, the College Board said it would be expanded to about 150 colleges later this year and be made available to all colleges in 2020.
The SAT has been criticized for years because wealthy students earn higher scores, on average, than do those who are middle class, who in turn earn higher scores, on average, than do those who are from low-income families.
In the United States, a disproportionate share of low-income families — generally without access to the best public schools — are black or Latinx. These patterns have been cited by the growing number of colleges that have dropped requirements that all applicants submit SAT or ACT scores. And many admissions experts expect that number to grow if the current lawsuit against Harvard University’s affirmative action policies leads to new legal limits on the right of colleges to consider race in admissions.
“This is a tool designed for admission officers to view a student’s academic accomplishment in the context of where they live and learn,” said a spokeswoman for the College Board. The Environmental Context Dashboard, as it is called, “doesn’t provide information about the student. It provides information about the student’s environment. It puts a student’s SAT score and other academic accomplishments included in their college application in the context of where they live and learn.”
The College Board is able to produce the index based on databases it has on just about every high school, and those databases have been expanded to include information about neighborhoods. An underlying theory of the system (backed by most demographers) is that most high schools and neighborhoods in the United States are not terribly diverse economically. So it is the rare high school that has many wealthy and many low-income students. Thus information about the high school and surrounding neighborhood would be useful, College Board officials said. In addition, the College Board is including information on SAT averages and Advanced Placement enrollments and test scores — and the board has access to that material from its own operations.
Chart via The College Board
Two examples of how some of the material would appear to test takers appear above and at the top of this article.
Among the factors that would go into the adversity index are some that are economic (proportion of students at a school who are eligible for free or reduced lunch), that reflect economic challenges (housing instability) and educational status (percentage of students who go on to college). A score would be on a scale up to 100.
The College Board noted that individual colleges will have to decide what, if anything, to do with the information. The College Board has in the past adopted major changes — such as adding the writing test — that most colleges have ignored.
During the pilot, some colleges that have used the index have said that it has been helpful.
In a presentation last year, John Barnhill, assistant vice president for enrollment management at Florida State University, said that admissions officers were finding the information helpful. And in a number of cases, he said, the context provided by the index led to changes in the admissions decision made — generally changes that involved admitting disadvantaged applicants who might not otherwise have been admitted.
Marvin Krislov, president of Pace University (which requires applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores), said he thought the index “could be one of several helpful data points” used by admissions officers to get a better sense of an applicant.
But Krislov, who was general counsel at the University of Michigan when it successfully defended an affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court, stressed that he did not see the index taking the place of affirmative action. That’s because the index is ultimately not about the individual student.
The index “can only tell a certain part of the story,” Krislov said. “It won’t let admissions officers know if the student has overcome a major disability or illness. Or if the student has experienced a significant loss.”
Robert Schaeffer, a longtime critic of the College Board who is public education director of FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, issued a statement saying that the new index demonstrated what SAT skeptics have argued for years.
“Test makers long claimed that their products were a ‘common yardstick’ for comparing applicants from a wide range of schools,” he said. “This latest initiative concedes that the SAT is really a measure of ‘accumulated advantage,’ which should not be used without an understanding of a student’s community and family background.”
Among those who have been paying the most attention to the index as it has been developed are those who advise students on test prep and college admissions. Some of them shared the FairTest view and identified other concerns.
Randolf Arguelles, branch director of Elite Prep San Francisco, said that the index “is effectively College Board admitting that the SAT is unfair.” He added, “If the score on your standardized test requires a separate algorithm to determine if the score is actually a valid measure of ability, then perhaps it’s time to fix the test itself rather than contextualize its scores.”
Several experts criticized the College Board for not sharing with students what their adversity score would be.
A blog post from Magoosh, a test-prep company, predicted that some students would suspect that they had an incorrect score — and were being hurt by that. “Magoosh strongly urges the College Board to make adversity scores and associated data fully available to students and parents, with enforceable avenues to address concerns and correct mistakes as they arise,” said the blog post.
Michael T. Nietzel, former president of Missouri State University, writing in Forbes, said that “the fact that the College Board does not want students to know their adversity scores reflects their own discomfort with the concept. And for good reason. It’s a potential source of self-handicapping and self-fulfilling prophecy,” he wrote. Along those lines, he said that neighborhoods need not be destiny, and he said he was bothered by generalizing about students from where they live.
Nietzel added, “At a time when standardized testing is under increased scrutiny and is even being discontinued or minimized as an admission tool by hundreds of colleges, one must wonder whether adversity scores are primarily an attempt to protect the SAT’s market or to promote social mobility. Colleges that are genuinely concerned about the bias built into the tests or the cheating associated with the SAT or the ACT have a simpler choice: don’t require students to take them.”
It provides information about the student’s environment. It puts a student’s SAT score and other academic accomplishments included in their college application in the context of where they live and learn.
A blog post by Top Tier Admissions asked how much new information would truly be provided.
“Much of this is already baked into how selective college admissions work, especially those contextual factors that have to do with a student’s family and school,” the post said. “Data on the high school environment — curricular rigor, percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and AP offerings — are easy to discern from the school’s official high school profile or website.”
The post went on to say that admissions officers should be praised for trying to examine the context of applicants’ lives and for trying to admit diverse student bodies. But the post questioned whether other motives may be at play in this new service.
“It’s hard not to wonder what else might be behind the College Board’s actions,” the post said. “The inclusion of ‘AP opportunity’ seems like an overt ploy to get more high schools to implement the AP curriculum. We know that the College Board has been losing market share to the ACT, so is this a business decision intended to reverse the declining revenue?”
Inside Higher Ed is a free, daily online publication covering the fast-changing world of higher education. Read the original story here.
Left: File photo by John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images
Should the SAT be optional? Bribery scandal renews debate
By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
How some wealthy parents game the college admissions process
By Patty Morales
College Board announces SAT overhaul to address inequality, boost relevance
By PBS NewsHour
Study: Kids take 100-plus required tests through 12th grade
By Jennifer C. Kerr and Josh Lederman, Associated Press
Scott Jaschik is editor and one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and college publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon and more. He has appeared on the PBS NewsHour several times. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington D.C.
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As the SAT evolves, so do opinions on its value
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Kolyma Stories
By Varlam Shalamov
Translated by Donald Rayfield
Category: Military Fiction
About Kolyma Stories
Now in its first complete English translation, this masterpiece chronicles life in a Soviet gulag, based on the author’s own years in a USSR prison camp.
Kolyma Stories is a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, an epic array of short fictional tales reflecting the fifteen years that Varlam Shalamov spent in the Soviet Gulag. This is the first of two volumes (the second to appear in 2019) that together will constitute the first complete English translation of Shalamov’s stories and the only one to be based on the authorized Russian text.
Shalamov spent six years as a slave in the gold mines of Kolyma before finding a less intolerable life as a paramedic in the prison camps. He began writing his account of life in Kolyma after Stalin’s death in 1953. His stories are at once the biography of a rare survivor, a historical record of the Gulag, and a literary work of unparalleled creative power, insight, and conviction.
Also by Varlam Shalamov
See all books by Varlam Shalamov
Published by NYRB Classics
Jun 12, 2018 | 768 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9781681372143
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“As a record of the Gulag and human nature laid bare, Varlam Shalamov is the equal of Solzhenitsyn and Nadezhda Mandelstam, while the artistry of his stories recalls Chekhov. This is literature of the first rank, to be read as much for pleasure as a caution against the perils of totalitarianism.” —David Bezmozgis
“Available only for the last five years in Russia itself, a searing document, worthy of shelving alongside Solzhenitsyn.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“The book is packed with gems, each complete in itself. Together they form part of a mosaic unlike anything in world literature. A struggle with memory comparable with that of Proust or Beckett, this is a work of art of the highest order by a writer of extraordinary daring and ambition…He resembled Chekhov in his combination of non-judgemental realism with unyielding severity in his view of the human world.” —John Gray, New Statesman
“There is pleasure and perturbation in this huge collection. Shalamov’s writing has a light, clear-eyed quality, even if the subject is the inhumane futility of life in the Soviet gulag.” —The Irish Times
“These new translations of Varlam Shalamov’s astonishing short stories may well establish Shalamov as the new laureate of the Gulag…The power of fiction has never been better exemplified… Shalamov’s unique tone of voice and his pared-down style are beautifully rendered here by Rayfield — limpid, assured, the scarce moments of lyricism expertly caught…One feels that poor Varlam Shalamov would be both amazed and delighted.” —William Boyd, The Sunday Times (UK)
“Varlam Shalamov’s short stories of life in the Soviet Gulag leave an impression of ice-sharp precision, vividness and lucidity, as though the world is being viewed through a high-resolution lens.” —Charlotte Hobson, The Spectator
“Suffering—elemental suffering—can never be told. There is no other state where the distance between a narration merely truthful and a narration that is truth itself creates such an achingly unfathomable abyss. It is this that elevates the work of Varlam Shalamov. His torturous secret resides in how the focus of his attention is turned only toward the frozen crenellation of palpable concrete details. What he knew about the human being was appalling. And although none of this can be transmitted—nonetheless, he transmits it to us.” —László Krasznahorkai
“Shalamov’s experience in the camps was longer and more bitter than my own…I respectfully confess that to him and not me it was given to touch those depths of bestiality and despair toward which life inthe camps dragged us all.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“[Shalamov’s] prose is as simple and spare as a scientist’s. The stories are exciting because they deal with extremes, like stories of Shackleton’s expeditions, or Jack London’s Klondike tales…Sit with them long enough and you begin to sense the depths of feeling under the permafrost, and something approaching Chekhovian artistry…these stories are literature—great literature, with their own terrible beauty.” —Alex Abramovich, Bookforum
“Like the landscape gardeners of the late 18th century, Shalamov builds ruins. The sketches remain fragments because they are about fragments—of men, of society, of dreams.” —Jay Martin, The New York Times Book Review
“There can be no doubt that Shalamov’s reportage from the lower depths of the Gulag of a society building a ‘new world’ will remain forever among the masterpieces of documentary or memoir literature and an invaluable source for the present and future understanding of the ‘Soviet human condition.’” —Laszlo Dienes, World Literature Today
“A numbness of sorts pervades the tales as a whole, as if the accumulation of horrors could not be related or understood except under very heavy sedation. In Andrei Sinyavsky’s apt characterization of Varlam Shalamov: ‘“He writes as if he were dead.’” —Maurice Friedberg, Commentary
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"Connecting
to the people
with nature"
This love story begins in 1965, in Ponferrada. There, in this spot surrounded by Nature and situated in the region of Bierzo, lived the Escudero family.
There begins “Infusiones La Leonesa”, an artisan workshop that later would become an industrial facility and always with a clear aim: to take care of people’s health through the infusions.
The first product that came out of this new factory was Manasul: an exclusive and effective formula for weight control and constipation. Manasul reached the cups of millions of homes all around the world. It was so successful that the company changed its name and was renamed "Manasul Internacional".
It was the first Spanish multinational in medicinal plants, with headquarters in Switzerland, Korea, Chile and the United States.
The youngest of the Escudero family became older and after acquiring training in the world of plants and in the business world, they wanted to start a new Project… without forgetting all what they had learnt from their parents: their love and dedication for plants and their commitment to people’s health through research and technology.
This new company is called PHARMADUS Botanicals and was born in 2006.
Our facilities are located in Camponaraya, in the province of León.
We comply with the most demanding European regulations for the development and elaboration of products based on infused plants.
The facilities and processes have been designed to take special care of the product, with the highest standards of Food Safety: controlled atmospheres, pharmaceutical clean rooms, pressurized SAS, our own microbiological and physico-chemical laboratory (determination of active principles, control of pesticides, pollutants and heavy metals.)
In each cup there is a great effort in innovation and technological development, a careful selection of the raw material, strict quality controls and a lot of love.
But undoubtedly, the best of Pharmadus, what brings true value are the PEOPLE: the team of great professionals and collaborators with whom we build the PROJECT PHARMADUS every day. Their knowledge and passion make us unique.
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A series of lectures deepening the understanding of festival films – an opportunity to discover the sociopolitical contexts, aesthetic traditions, and the relationship between cinema, everyday life and the current events in Asia.
The lectures are held in the seminar room in the Museum of Modern Art at Pańska street.
17 XI (Friday) 5 PM
HAPPINESS MADE IN BHUTAN
DR JOANNA WARDĘGA (UJ)
Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, remains one of the most mysterious places in the world. It is famous for its traditional Buddhist lifestyle, vast forests, and deep valleys. The local values are reflected by the idea of Gross National Happiness. Meanwhile, the lives of the contemporary Bhutanese are slowly drifting apart from the age-long traditions. The lecture explores the increasingly complicated reality of the Himalayan Kingdom.
18 XI (Saturday) 3:30 PM
DEBATE: HONG KONG Cinema Today – between auteur and mainstream cinemas
Hong Kong cinema has been undergoing constant transformations in the past twenty years. The 1990s marked the beginning of Hong Kong's outflow of population and the end of the city's British colonial era as the People’s Republic of China took over the regime. Hong Kong cinema, like the culture that it belongs to, has been attempting to consolidate a rooted though restless history. The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) made in the early 2000s also deeply affected how Hong Kong stories have been told by local filmmakers as mainland China opened its market for co-productions.
To cultivate Polish audience's deeper interest in Hong Kong cinema, the Asian Film Awards Academy and the Five Flavours Asian Film Festival co-present a panel to discuss the present and future of the city’s film culture and industry. The panel comprises Heiward Mak (producer of "Mad World"), Ho Yuhang (screenwriter-director of "Mrs. K"), Lam Wing-sum (screenwriter of "Soul Mate"), directors Ashley Cheung and Michelle Hung and DoP Eric Tsang from the Fresh Wave programme and the Asian Film Awards Academy's programme manager, Jacqueline Tong.
The discussion panel is moderated by Chanel Kong – film critic, Festival Director of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific FF, and programmer for festivals such as the London East Asia FF.
The panel is held in English with simultaneous translation into Polish.
Partners: Asian Film Awards Academy, Museum of Modern Art (MSN), Wajda School
19 XI (Sunday) 3:30 PM
SEIJUN SUZUKI AND THE BIRTH OF THE JAPANESE GANGSTER CINEMA(YAKUZA EIGA)
PROF. DR HAB. KRZYSZTOF LOSKA (UJ)
Japanese gangster film is rooted in various sources and uses genre conventions of both classic samurai stories and American popular culture, especially the noir cinema. Critics often called it "Nikkatsu noir," considering the works of Seijun Suzuki as representative of a new style. His productions were characterized by an episodic narrative structure, and an inclination towards the macabre and sexual perversions, which set them apart from other such productions. But yakuza cinema did not always have a nihilistic view of the world, therefore it is interesting to explore Suzuki’s work in a wider generic context.
20 XI (Monday) 5 PM
UNITY AND DIVERSITY. TRADITION, RELIGION, AND THE MODERN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN INDONESIA
SIMONA SIENKIEWICZ (UJ)
Indonesia is a multiethnic country on the crossroads of numerous languages and religions. Its emblem is a mythical bird Garuda, carrying a ribbon saying Bhinneka Tunggal Ika – "unity in diversity." The lecture aims at showing how this noble motto is carried out on the daily basis, and how contemporary reality changes the identity of the islanders.
21 XI (Tuesday) 5 PM
THe world of mountains and streams - landscapes in the Chinese aesthetic tradition. A commentary to the film "crosscurrent"
DR MARCIN JACOBY (SWPS)
The mountain landscape, literally "mountains and water" (shanshui) plays a crucial role in the Chinese aesthetics. For thousands of years, it was an inspiration for poets, and at least since the Yuan era (1279-1368) it became the most popular topic for painters. What do the Chinese see in the mountains and water? Are they interested only in the beauty of the landscape, or does it also carry a metaphorical meaning? Is the traditional perception of nature still alive in the modern era and can we find it in film?
22 XI (Wednesday) 6PM
"CHINA/AVANT-GARDE", A LANDMARK EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART
An event connected to the exhibition of photographs by Danwen Hing "A Personal Diary. The Chinese Avant-Garde 1993–2003.": presentation of visual materials from the archives of Chinese independent art from 1980s and 1990s by a Museum of Modern Art curator, Magda Lipska.
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Current: Keep Ken Out to Protect Women's ...
Keep Ken Out to Protect Women's Health
By | Nov. 5, 2013, 3:37 p.m.
Category: State Attacks
The polls in Virginia are now open and will remain open until 7 p.m. tonight. Before many go out and cast their ballots, we wanted to give you a brief refresher of why we we must Keep Ken Out.
Terry McAuliffe believes women’s health care decisions are personal, private, and best left up to a woman, her faith, and her family in consultation with her doctors. He will fight to protect access to Planned Parenthood health centers for the more than 24,000 Virginians who rely on Planned Parenthood for access to quality, affordable health care. He will make sure women have access to affordable birth control because he knows the health and economic benefits Virginia women and families see from it. And he will reject misguided laws that have nothing to do with improving women’s health or safety.
On the other hand, Ken Cuccinelli has spent a career trying to interfere in Virginia women’s personal, private medical decisions and to deny Virginians access to quality, affordable health care. He has offered budget amendments that would have cut off Virginia women from Planned Parenthood’s preventive health services like birth control and lifesaving cancer screenings. He thinks employers should decide whether or not women have access to affordable birth control, calling on opponents of no-copay birth control to “go to jail” to fight against it. And he opposes access to safe and legal abortion for Virginia women – even in the cases of rape, incest, and health of the woman.
There’s no doubt about it, Terry McAuliffe has made it clear that he trusts women and doctors to make their own health care decisions. He recognizes that the people of Virginia want a governor who will create jobs and strengthen the economy, not attack women’s health care. To protect women’s health and rights in Virginia, we must elect Terry McAullife for governor, Ralph Northam for lieutenant governor, and Mark Herring for attorney general.
This blog post is paid for by Planned Parenthood Virginia PAC in support of Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam, and Mark Herring, and it is authorized by Terry McAuliffe, candidate for Governor, Ralph Northam, candidate for Lt. Governor, and Mark Herring, candidate for Attorney General.
Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia, Virginia Governor's Race, Keep Ken Out
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Praxair Named One of America's Best Employers by Forbes for the Fourth Straight Year
Praxair Named One of America’s Best Employers by Forbes for the Fourth Straight Year
DANBURY, Conn., May 15, 2018 – Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) has been named one of the 500 best U.S. companies to work for by Forbes in 2018. The company has been recognized as an employer of choice since the list was first published in 2015.
“We are proud to again be recognized as one of the best employers in the U.S. by Forbes,” said David Strauss, vice president and chief human resources officer for Praxair. “This recognition demonstrates our commitment to a culture of respect and inclusion where our employees drive for success as determined by our customers, shareholders and the communities in which we operate.”
During the selection process, nearly 30,000 employees at companies with at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations were asked to rate their own employer and their likelihood of recommending their employer to a friend or family member. They were also asked to recommend other companies they admired.
Praxair, Inc. is a leading industrial gas company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. With market capitalization of approximately $40 billion and 2017 sales of $11 billion, the company employs over 26,000 people globally and has been named to the Dow Jones® World Sustainability Index for 15 consecutive years. Praxair produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Our products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, primary metals and many others. For more information about the company, please visit our website at www.praxair.com.
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John Puskar
Email: john_puskar@praxair.com
Juan Pelaez
Email: juan_pelaez@praxair.com
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PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE THE THIRD SET OF RELEASES IN ‘CATALOGUE: 1985-2012’
PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE THE THIRD SET OF RELEASES IN ‘CATALOGUE: 1985-2012’,
THE LANDMARK SERIES OF REISSUES OF THEIR PARLOPHONE STUDIO ALBUMS
THE ALBUMS ‘PLEASE’, ‘ACTUALLY’ AND ‘INTROSPECTIVE’ WILL BE REMASTERED AND REISSUED WITH ‘FURTHER LISTENING’ ALBUMS OF ADDITIONAL BONUS MATERIAL
‘PLEASE’, ‘ACTUALLY’ AND ‘INTROSPECTIVE’ REISSUES OUT MARCH 2ND 2018
Pet Shop Boys will release the third set of albums in their definitive ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ series of reissues of all their Parlophone studio albums. The PSB albums ‘Please’ from 1986, ‘Actually’ from 1987 and 1988’s ‘Introspective’ will be reissued on March 2nd 2018. The albums have been remastered and repackaged, and will be accompanied by ‘Further listening’ albums of master quality bonus tracks - including demos, extended mixes and remixes of tracks from the albums and others created in the same period as each record.
The three albums will be packaged with an extensive booklet in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss each song, illustrated with many archive photographs. The entire project is designed by Farrow.
‘Please’ was the debut album by Pet Shop Boys and produced by Stephen Hague. Released in March 1986, the record hit number 3 and spent 82 weeks in the UK Official Album Charts, went into the Top Ten in the USA where it was certified platinum, and to date has sold over three million copies worldwide. Comprising ten tracks in its original release, the album’s track-listing includes the duo’s debut single ‘West End girls’ – PSB’s first number one, certified Gold single. In 1987 it was awarded Best Single at the BRIT Awards, Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards and later was awarded the Song Of The Decade Ivor Novello Award in 2005, chosen by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. It also reached number one in the USA. Singles ‘Love comes quickly’, Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)’ and ‘Suburbia’ also feature on ‘Please’, all of which went on to earn Top 20 status in the UK Singles Chart. This ‘Catalogue’ re-issue of the album features a remastered and repackaged vinyl and double CD, featuring 7” and 12” mixes and remixes of tracks from ‘Please’ and the album’s period.
Please/Further listening: 1984-1986
Vinyl -
1 - Two divided by zero
2 - West End girls
3 - Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
4 - Love comes quickly
5 - Suburbia
1 - Opportunities (reprise)
2 - Tonight is forever
3 - Violence
4 - I want a lover
5 - Later tonight
6 - Why don't we live together?
5 – Suburbia
10 - Later tonight
11 - Why don't we live together?
1 - A man could get arrested (twelve-inch b-Side)
2 - Opportunities (Let's make lots of money) (Full length original seven-inch mix)
3 - In the night
4 - Opportunities (Let's make lots of money) (twelve-inch mix)
5 - Why don't we live together? (original New York mix)
6 - West End Girls (dance mix)
7 - A Man Could Get Arrested (seven-inch b-Side)
8 - Love Comes Quickly (dance mix)
9 - That's My Impression (disco mix)
10 - Was That What It Was?
11 - Suburbia (The full horror)
12 - Jack the Lad
13 - Paninaro (Italian remix)
In 1987, Pet Shop Boys released their second album ‘Actually’, which became another huge hit album for the duo, debuting at the number 2 spot on the UK Albums Chart upon its release. The album was produced by Julian Mendelsohn, Stephen Hague, Shep Pettibone, Andy Richards and Pet Shop Boys. This period saw Pet Shop Boys reach new critical and commercial heights with three number one singles, “It’s a sin”, “Always on my mind” and Heart”, and ‘What have I done to deserve this’, their number two single featuring Dusty Springfield. As Neil Tennant puts it: “I felt at this time that we had the secret of contemporary pop music, that we knew what was required.” The ‘Catalogue’ re-issue of ‘Actually’ includes the remastered original album with the 2-CD album features bonus material including the Shep Pettibone mix of ‘Heart’, and demo versions and alternative mixes of tracks including ‘One more chance’ and ‘Always on my mind’.
Actually/Further listening: 1987-1988:
1 - One more chance
2 - What have I done to deserve this? (with Dusty Springfield)
3 - Shopping
4 - Rent
5 - Hit music
1 - It couldn't happen here
2 - It's a sin
3 - I want to wake up
4 - Heart
5 - King's Cross
10 - King's Cross
1 - I want to wake up (breakdown mix)
2 - Heart (Shep Pettibone version)
3 - You know where you went wrong
4 - One more chance (seven-inch mix)
5 - It's a sin (disco mix)
6 - What have I done to deserve this? (with Dusty Springfield) [extended mix]
7 - Heart (disco mix)
8 - A new life
9 - Always on my mind (demo version)
10 - Rent (seven-inch mix)
11 - I want a dog
12 - Always on my mind (extended dance mix)
13 - Do I have to?
14 - Always on my mind (dub mix)
Also remastered, repackaged and re-issued as part of the ‘Catalogue’ series is Pet Shop Boys’ 1988 release ‘Introspective’. This album has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide to date and was the first to feature production by Trevor Horn, whose lavish orchestrations marked a new sonic direction for PSB. House Music legend, Frankie Knuckles created the mix of “I want a dog” while “Domino dancing” was recorded in Miami with hit producer Lewis Martinée. ‘Introspective’ also saw Pet Shop Boys introduce a new approach to the format of an album and its respective singles: each of the 6 tracks on the album’s original track-listing is over six minutes in length, and they were later edited to fit the more traditional format of a seven-inch single. “The idea was to have an album where every track was a single. And in fact five out of the six of them were, because ‘I’m not scared’ was a single for Patsy Kensit, or rather for her group Eighth Wonder”, says Neil Tennant. This ‘Catalogue’ re-issue features, along with the newly-remastered original album, bonus material such as demo versions of ‘Don Juan’ and ‘Domino dancing’, seven-inch and disco mixes of ‘Losing my mind’ and Left to my own devices’.
Introspective/Further listening: 1988-1989
1 - Left to my own devices
2 - I want a dog
3 - Domino dancing
1 - I'm not scared
2 - Always on my mind/In my house
3 - It's alright
1 - I get excited (You get excited too)
2 - Don Juan (demo version)
3 - Domino dancing (demo version)
4 - Domino dancing (alternative version)
5 - The sound of the atom splitting
6 - What keeps mankind alive?
7 - Don Juan (disco mix)
8 - Losing my mind (disco mix)
9 - Nothing has been proved (demo for Dusty)
10 - So sorry, I said (demo for Liza)
11 - Left to my own devices (seven-inch Mix)
12 - It's alright (ten-inch version)
13 - One of the crowd
14 - It's Alright (seven-inch version)
15 - Your funny uncle
The ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ reissues of ‘Please’, ‘Actually’ and ‘Introspective’ will go on sale 2nd March 2018.
To pre-order the albums, please follow the links below:
‘Please’ - http://lnk.to/PleaseMP
‘Actually’ - http://lnk.to/ActuallyMP
‘Introspective’ - http://lnk.to/IntrospectiveMP
The ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ reissue series began earlier this year on July 28th with the release of ‘Nightlife’, ‘Release’ and ‘Fundamental’ which all entered the Top 40 album charts, followed by re-issues of ‘Yes’ and ‘Elysium’, which were released on October 20th. The series will continue until all PSB Parlophone albums have been released with ‘Further listening’ albums:
Behaviour/Further listening: 1990-1991
Very/Further listening: 1992-1994
Bilingual/Further listening: 1995-1997
The reissues of ‘Please’, ‘Actually’, ‘Introspective’, ‘Behaviour’, ‘Very’ and ‘Bilingual’ were originally released with bonus ‘Further listening’ albums in 2001 and are being newly remastered with their original track-listings for this project.
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PRIME NEWS GHANA
South Africa now visa-free for Ghanaians
<> Date: 11 July 2019
<>By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
<>Category: <>general news
Ghanaian passport
South African Government has added Ghana to the list of its visa-free countries.
Other countries that were added to the list of visa-free countries include Qatar, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Sao Tome and Principe.
A statement from the Home Affairs Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi said: “Out of the 193 countries who are member states of the United Nations, the Department has granted visa-free status to 75 countries.”
He said, out of the number “16 are in our [African] continent and are SADC members and 59 are from all over the world.”
He went on further to announce seven countries that have been added to the visa-free list which included Ghana.
Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi said they “will immediately enter into discussions with them about how a visa-free regime will work. We still have some homework to do for 3 countries whose combined populations make up close to 30% of the world’s population i.e. China, India and Nigeria,” the statement added.”
Below are excerpts of the statement by the Home Affairs Minister with regards to visa waiver:
While Home Affairs Department core mandate is issuing identification, we also contribute significantly to economic growth.
We do this by making life easier for our sister Departments such as Tourism to boost their tourism figures. Tourism will soar if we relax visa requirements for entry into South Africa. We know that Tourism is very important for job creation.
Out of the 193 countries who are member states of the United Nations, the Department has granted visa-free status to 75 countries. Of these 16 are in our continent and are SADC members and 59 are from all over the world.
Today, we wish to announce an addition to our visa-free countries.
These are:
We will immediately enter into discussions with them about how a visa-free regime will work.
We still have some homework to do for 3 countries whose combined populations make up close to 30% of the world’s population i.e. China, India and Nigeria.
While we are busy tackling the matter of the three countries.
For now, we shall this financial year, increase 2½ times the number of people who work for Home Affairs to process visas in both China and India.
We shall increase 2 times the number of people who process visas to our country in Nigeria.
Ghana, Jamaica agree to <>visa waiver requirement for citizens
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60 Seconds: Jim Mack, Ashly Audio
I joined Ashly at the beginning of the year as CEO. Basically, my focus is setting a path for growth, and building the team and infrastructure needed to execute that vision.
Jim Mack
Q: What is your new position, and what does it entail?
A: I joined Ashly at the beginning of the year as CEO. Basically, my focus is setting a path for growth, and building the team and infrastructure needed to execute that vision. There were a couple of key factors that convinced me this company had enormous potential. First, Ashly has a stellar reputation in the market for quality, reliability, service and support. Second, Ashly is owned by JAM Industries, so you also have the backing of one of the most powerful and progressive companies in the entire pro audio and MI industries.
Q: How has your background prepared you for your new role?
A: I believe all my experiences in this industry have put me in a great position to see the opportunities and challenges this company faces, and navigate the road to success. I had first-hand experience at Alesis, with a company that dominated the industry for a time and then failed. SaneWave gave me the unique opportunity to be inside the development processes of several of the best companies in our industry. At PreSonus, I had a very comparable situation to Ashly, of building a small company into an industry leader.
Q: What new marketing initiatives are we likely to see from the company?
A: We are very focused on enhancing and modernizing the brand, raising awareness and expanding our reach. For a company that was part of the explosion of live sound reinforcement in the early 1970s, and has maintained an active role in the industry through all the changes in applications, technology, venues, etcetera, Ashly has kept a relatively low profile. It’s a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, Ashly has a strong direct connection and relationship with its core group of dealers, integrators and distributors, but the broad market may be less aware of the exceptional products, technology and services. We have expanded our product scope to include digital mixers with the DigiMix 24, and this gives us the platform to also expand distribution and the reach of our brand.
Q: What are your short-and long-term goals?
A: In the short term, we will focus on brand awareness, and expanding the distribution channel to prepare for new directions. At the same time, we are very focused on expanding our product range, and bringing the next generation of Ashly products to market. We see many opportunities to utilize the latest networking and communication technologies to enhance the user experience for both our integrator partners, but also the end users of our products in corporate environments, schools, restaurants, bars and so on. We also see Ashly taking a more active role in the live sound reinforcement space , which is such a strong part of our DNA.
Q: What is the greatest challenge that you face?
A: Clearly, the biggest challenge is assembling the resources, and the time required to do all the things we see on our near-and midterm horizon. I tend to be a little impatient, but the cultural, structural and process changes must be rolled out systematically or you risk crippling the core strength that is the foundation of the growth strategy.
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US Marine guilty of killing transgender woman in the Philippines after sex act
A Philippine court found a U.S. Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman on Tuesday, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in its former colony.
The Olongapo City regional trial court also ordered Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton to pay more than 4.5 million pesos ($95,350) to the family of Jennifer Laude, who was found dead last year in a hotel outside the former U.S. navy base northwest of Manila.
Pemberton will serve a minimum of six years and a maximum of 12 years in jail. He had been charged with murder but was convicted of the lesser offense of homicide, which does not require malicious intent.
He can appeal against the verdict and sentence.
“This is not quite a victory,” Laude’s sister, Malou, told Reuters. “We expected a murder conviction but instead got homicide. We are not contented with the decision.”
Pemberton had earlier admitted in court to choking, but not killing, Laude. He said he had acted in self-defense after he discovered that a man was giving him oral sex, not a woman.
Protesters outside the Hall of Justice carried placards saying “Justice for Jennifer Laude! Justice for the Filipino people,” “Jail Pemberton in the Philippines”.
Pemberton was due to be held in the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa, south of the capital, until the Philippines and U.S. government agree on where he should serve his sentence as prescribed under a visiting forces agreement.
But a lawyer for the victim said there was a brief dispute with U.S. officials about where Pemberton should go that was resolved when the judge ordered he be held at a Philippine army base for five days while a permanent solution was found.
“This is a sad day for the Philippines. It shows the U.S. gets what it wants,” said lawyer Harry Roque.
The case has stirred debate over the presence of American soldiers on Philippine soil after senators voted two decades ago to kick out U.S. bases because of social issues, such as crimes committed by servicemen.
The United States has raised military aid to the Philippines this year as tension rises in the region over China’s new assertiveness in the South China Sea.
The two allies are waiting for the Philippine Supreme Court to approve a pact allowing the U.S. military to store supplies at Philippine bases for operations related to maritime security, humanitarian assistance and disasters.
(Reporting by Manuel Mogato; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Lincoln Property Company Acquires Grand Campus Living
Lincoln Property Company (LPC), the third largest apartment management firm in the United States, announced today that it has acquired Grand Campus Living (GCL), formerly a student housing division of Phoenix Property Company. The acquisition will expand the company's current conventional portfolio to include a student housing division.
The acquisition of Grand Campus Living includes the transition of current contracts, management, and on-site team members to the Lincoln brand. The Grand Campus Living division will continue to operate as a separate entity, with individual operations, accounting, marketing, and training departments, but will benefit from Lincoln's long-standing industry reputation and relationships.
According to Scott Wilder, Executive Vice President of Residential Management at Lincoln Property Company, "We are excited about the potential growth this acquisition brings to the table. Grand Campus Living is an expert on student housing and we're confident that their experience and knowledge will help Lincoln successfully merge into a market we've yet to explore."
Grand Campus Living currently provides management services to just over 7,200 beds, approximately 2,900 units, nationwide and provides a full range of property management and consulting services for high-rise, mixed-use, and garden style communities. A majority of GCL's portfolio serves students at some of Texas' most well-known universities such as Texas A&M in College Station and University of Texas in Austin. Other GCL-managed student housing communities can be found near Florida State University, University of South Florida, Boise State University, Oregon State University, and University of New Hampshire.
About Grand Campus Living
Grand Campus Living is the student housing division of Lincoln Property Company and partners with some of the nation's most prestigious colleges and universities across the country offering individual leases and state-of-the-art amenities that set the standard in student living. The GCL leadership team has been working in the private student housing industry since its inception and offers a full range of property management and consulting services to owners.
Media Contact: Claire Murphy, National Marketing and Training Director | claire@grandcampus-usa.com
About Lincoln Property Company
Lincoln Property Company was founded in 1965 as a developer and manager of high-quality residential communities. Their national reputation for successful management of their own properties quickly attracted a large client base of owners and investors who recognized the value that they could provide in development, property management and real estate consulting services, so they added third party management to their lines of service. LPC is currently the nation's 3rd largest manager of apartment communities with over 140,000 units under management.
Media Contact: Jennifer Staciokas, Vice President - Marketing & Training | jstaciokas@lpsi.com
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EDG’s ‘Hidden Installation’ Earns CEDIA Design Award
The miracle of good entertainment is that it appears to be effortless, even when every single detail on screen or in a song has been painstakingly labored over before the general public experiences it. Hiding the technical aspects of a production is one of the founding principles of entertainment, a precept which allows the audience to leave the real world behind for a blissful, relaxing period of time.
Kirsten Nelson ⋅ Nov 2, 2003
The miracle of good entertainment is that it appears to be effortless, even when every single detail on screen or in a song has been painstakingly labored over before the general public experiences it.
Hiding the technical aspects of a production is one of the founding principles of entertainment, a precept which allows the audience to leave the real world behind for a blissful, relaxing period of time. Relaxation is the cornerstone of any residential system design, but it was especially key in this year’s CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Best Hidden Installation. Earlier this year, Electronics Design Group (www.edgusa.com) was given the task of integrating entertainment into a sunroom addition on a historic home in New Jersey. At center stage in the project was a directive to keep all electronics hidden, so the clients could enjoy the room with or without a media component.
“The intent of this room was not for it to be the central media room of the house,” explained EDG president Bob Gullo. “It was designed to be a very relaxing room, and TV was not meant to be the focal point. All of the serious screening in the house happens in the theater in the basement.”
The elaborate basement screening room was another EDG project, completed at the same time as the sun room addition. The latter was a separate endeavor because it was initiated on a consultant basis. Following a six-month design process with the client’s architect and related tradespeople, EDG also obtained the installation contract.
As a consultant on the project, EDG was hired to provide guidance on acoustical considerations, mechanical systems related to the media system, and also millwork design to house all the A/V components. First and foremost in all of these design aspects was the client’s wish to hide the plasma monitor beneath the floor. This would entail the installation of a mechanical lift which would elevate the plasma to viewing height while in use, and then return the display to the space below the floor when the system was not in operation.
The six-month consulting period proved beneficial on this design-intensive project, as significant architectural adjustments had to be made to accommodate a rapidly evolving system design. “Initially we were talking with the client about a 42-inch panel, which would have required less depth, then we went to a 50-inch panel, and then of course we incorporated the center channel into it, so a lot of things came up,” Gullo recalled. “It not only required more depth, it also required a double-lift system.”
During the design phase, EDG was able to convince the architect to expand what was originally a crawl space beneath the floor to a depth of four feet to accommodate the 50-inch Pioneer Pro-1000 screen, the double lift required to move it, and a center-channel Triad loudspeaker built into the millwork surrounding the screen. “The good news is that we were able to get involved early enough in the project so it didn’t cause a major catastrophe,” Gullo said. “Had we got involved any later, where the plans went out to bid and they started to dig, it would have been a very serious problem.”
EDG advocates close collaboration with architects and designers for the best possible end result. “The foundation of our business is very tight collaboration with other trades, particularly the architectural community,” Gullo said. “We look to be an informative resource to them, and that’s really a major foundation of what we do.”
To mobilize the plasma, EDG worked with Electrokinetics, which built a double rack-and-pinion lift to support the height and weight of the display and center-channel speaker. The millwork was also planned out during the design phase. EDG brought ient on the exterior appearance of the millwork, we worked in conjunction with her on all the interior requirements, and then we had a complete CAD package that went out to our millworkers for pricing,” Gullo said.
Custom millwork also conceals a Middle Atlantic AXS rack in the rear corner of the room, containing a Sony HDTV DirecTV receiver, a DVD player, a VCR and an audio receiver. An off-air HDTV option is also available.
Because of the addition of a master bedroom over the sun room, acoustic isolation of the room was important. To make sure things were quiet upstairs, EDG brought in Steve Haas from SH Acoustics to assist on the consultation. This prevents any residents upstairs from hearing the 5.1 setup downstairs, which consists of Triad In-Wall Bronze speakers. In addition to the center channel in the base of the plasma lift, left and right channels flank the fireplace. The rear channels are in the wall behind the couch, along with the subwoofer that is also recessed there.
Control is provided by an AMX Axcent 3 Integrated Axcess Controller and a Viewpoint color RF touchpanel which is integrated with Lutron lighting control and motorized drapery behind the seating.
In a room where the phrase “seamless integration” took on new meaning, EDG demonstrated behind-the-scenes talent worthy of Hollywood. This wasn’t the first time, either. EDG won the Best Hidden Installation Award in 2001, and in the past two years has taken home a number of awards, including Best Home Theater. “We pride ourselves on being able to come up with very unique solutions for our clients,” Gullo said. “We listen carefully, we understand their needs, and we really try to come up with solutions that work.”
-Kirsten Nelson is editor of Systems Contractor News.
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Israel's Pain and the World's Joy
©July 17, 2008 Asher Intrater
Samir Kuntar and four other convicted terrorists were returned to Lebanon in exchange for the dead bodies of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped at the beginning of the 2nd Lebanese War, Eldad Regev and Udi Goldvasser. Kuntar was received in Lebanon as a hero, welcomed by President Suleiman, Prime Minister Seniora and other political and religious figures. Hizballah leader Hasan Nasrallah proclaimed this as the beginning of a new period of victory. Kuntar himself said, "We will all return soon to Greater Palestine."
Here are some descriptions from the Israeli press:
Simah Kadmon of Yediot: Yesterday at 9:41 AM all Israel held its breath at the moment that the two coffins of Eldad and Udi were lowered to the ground. In spite of the fact that we knew, that we heard, that we were warned that there was not a chance that they would be returned alive – the moment came upon us as a shock. And then came the grief. What a sad day this was! No wonder that we have all become one large bereaved family. What wickedness! We witnessed the total lack of humanity and the demonstrations of joy in Lebanon at the return of one who had murdered a young child. The people of Israel became united around the families of these two soldiers.
The Jerusalem Post: In 1979, Kuntar and 3 other gunmen made their way in a rubber dinghy from Lebanon to Nahariya (on Israel's northern coast). There they killed a policeman who stumbled upon them, then burst into the apartment of Danny Haran, herding him and his 4 year old daughter, Einat, at gun point to the beach below, where they were killed.
Maariv's description in 1979: After drowning Danny Haran, Kuntar turned his attention towards the 4 year old girl. He took his rifle and swung it across the toddler's head, knocking her to the ground. Kuntar then dragged her to the closest rock. Einat instinctively covered her head with her arms. Kuntar cleared her arms out of the way. Then he beat her repeatedly on the head with the butt of his rifle and stomping on her body, until blood rushed out of her mouth and ears. He continued beating her over the head until her skull was crushed (Wikipedia).
Uri Aurbach in Yediot (in an open letter to the Lebanese): Israel has no conflict with you over borders. We do have a conflict with you over moral boundaries. You are rejoicing in your "victory" and mocking the pain of our people. Yet, one more "victory" like this for you and you will be lost altogether. You don't realize that with these so called victories that the fanatic gang of Hizballah is taking over your country, along with its cannibal like leader, Sheikh Nasrallah.
Yes, this is a sad day for Israel, but there is in it: pain, self restraint and national pride over who we are: the Jewish wall of defense against the spearhead of Iranian insanity. Our children have returned to their borders (Jeremiah 31); to your borders has returned a child murderer. In deep grief we have received our corpses; you in great joy have received a monster. Look and see the difference.
CNN broadcast the celebrations in Beirut, showing a large billboard declaring, Israel's pain is Lebanon's Joy. Yet not all of the Lebanese feel that way. In fact I believe there will be an underground backlash to Hizballah throughout Lebanon.
Lee Smith, special correspondent in Beirut, wrote this exclusive to Maariv: Not all the inhabitants of Lebanon are partakers in these celebrations. One Shiite young lady responded, "These celebrations astonished me. They reflect a kind of social schizophrenia here in Lebanon and a double standard of morality." While many prefer to remain silent outwardly, they are embarrassed by the public responses. Many of the inhabitants of the Christian quarters of the city totally ignored the celebrations. And many of the Sunis were shocked and even furious at Seniora for having acquiesced to Nasrallah and receiving Kuntar as a hero. Another citizen said, "I promise you there are even many Shiites here who are angered by the celebrations, yet you will not hear their voices, for if they open there mouths, they will be branded as traitors."
The world today is divided into three groups: Those who rejoice with Hizballah at Israel's pain; those who are silent; and those who stand with Israel in her pain. Yeshua (Jesus) said, "You will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy (John 16:20)." While Israel may be humiliated, God is working in our people a deeper level of unity, sobriety, conviction, determination, compassion, and integrity.
I am beginning to see the meaning of the nation of Israel being a "chosen people" in these end times. Israel is a stumbling block to the nations of the world: a moral test and a dividing line from the Lord (Zechariah 12:3). The world mocked Yeshua at the crucifixion. Yet on the third day He rose again as King of Israel and Head of the Church. In this time of mocking by the International Press and the Islamic Jihad, Israel is being prepared for its national destiny and spiritual awakening.
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Stick or twist for the Premiership's bottom seven in Europe?
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The third and fourth rounds of European competition are now upon us and with arguably the most competitive relegation battle in the professional era, is it time for certain Gallagher Premiership clubs to cash in their chips and turn away from Europe for the season?
Despite rumours being rife that the Premiership could ringfence as soon as the end of this season, which has now become an almost annual tradition, there will be significant concern at a number of clubs, with just four points separating the bottom seven sides.
Saracens and Exeter Chiefs are safe, as, it would seem, are Gloucester, and although only nine points separate Wasps and Harlequins from the bottom, they are probably, as stands, comfortable with that level of breathing room. From Bath down, however, it is a very different story.
Bath, Bristol Bears, Leicester Tigers, Worcester Warriors, Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks and Newcastle Falcons all have some very interesting selection decisions to make over the next two weeks, before they head back into a three-week block of Premiership fixtures.
In the Heineken Champions Cup, Bath are winless from their opening two fixtures and face a more than testing back-to-back with reigning champions Leinster. They have just registered James Wilson and Ruaridh McConnochie to their squad, so there are no signs they are looking to take their foot off the pedal, but if they lose the first match, which is at the Rec, it could prompt some squad rotation in Dublin, before they head back to the Premiership to meet Wasps.
Leicester picked up a win and a try bonus point in their opening two fixtures, leaving them with five points and still a solid shot at topping the group or picking up a best runners-up spot. Their back-to-back is with Racing 92 and starts in Paris on Sunday. The club’s Premiership form has been poor, but it would be a shame to see a side of their stature give up on Europe so quickly, especially with a decent shot of still qualifying and a comprehensive victory over the Scarlets already in the bag.
Newcastle are the final side of that bottom seven to be in the Champions Cup and having won their two opening games, away in Toulon and at home to Montpellier, there really is no case to be argued here. Their lowly Premiership position is a combination of a gruelling fixture list to start the season, as well as the club being off the boil, but now that they are picking up points and results in the Premiership, this Champions Cup position is too good to pass up. Their back-to-back versus Edinburgh will not be easy, but it could leave them with very little left to do to qualify come January, should they go well over the next two weeks.
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The Challenge Cup is a slightly different proposition, with a couple of these sides opting to rotate players right from the opening round, with Worcester and Sale particularly prominent in that.
That said, both clubs recorded two wins from their opening two games and showing faith in younger players has really paid off for them in Europe. There’s no reason to change that approach now and another couple of impressive performances in the Challenge Cup could have these youngsters really pushing for a spot in the Premiership towards the end of the month.
The story isn’t quite so clear cut for Northampton or Bristol, though.
Saints were handed the unenviable task of facing off against Clermont Auvergne in their group and there are realistic questions to be asked of how much value do they put on trying to push for one of the best runners-up spots? They went with recognised, strong line-ups versus Clermont and Dragons to start the tournament and they now have the opportunity to rotate against Timisoara Saracens, give some of the front-liners a week or two off, and still stay in contention, whereupon they can re-evaluate their position in January.
As for Bristol, it’s tough to definitively say what is a ‘full-strength’ line-up for the club, as they’ve been very effective and proactive in rotating their squad so far this season. Having split the games with Zebre and now facing the difficult challenge of La Rochelle home and away, it could be time to give some more minutes to guys that they’re not necessarily going to be relying on come the return of the Premiership. That return sees them take on Sale away and Newcastle at home, games that could well be viewed as the cliched eight-pointers come the end of the season.
Bath, Northampton and Bristol certainly shouldn’t consign themselves to European exits, but given the challenges they face, a slight adjustment of strategy could be the right path as we head into rounds three and four.
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Could Your Next Running Partner Be a Drone?
Researchers in Australia believe it might catch on.
By Alison Wade
Cars, television, video games, and computers are often blamed for making Americans less healthy. But now, researchers are looking at ways technology helps us become more active. The latest? Researchers at the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Australia examined the experience of running with a drone.
For the purpose of the study, believed to be the first of its type, researchers Florian Mueller and Matthew Muirhead designed their own drone, called a quadcopter, which could follow a predetermined path. They recruited 13 recreational runners, 10 men, 3 women, to test it and relay their experiences. Mueller presented a paper on their findings at the Computer-Human Interaction Conference (known as CHI 2015) in Seoul last month.
Although drones are gaining wider use for capturing race footage, running solo with a drone may sound like a scene straight from The Jetsons. Particpants noted that doing so had its pros and cons, but generally, the study’s participants enjoyed it and considered the experience “very interesting.” Some asked if they could use the quadcopter on their future runs.
The study’s participants appreciated the device’s ability to help them maintain a constant pace, but wished they had more control over the path the quadcopter took and the pace at which it traveled.
At times, wind and sensor inaccuracies caused the device to vary from its flight path slightly. In some cases, the runners found this to be distracting and some worried about their safety because they, too, had to vary their path to avoid the drone. Others, however, felt that some of the quadcopter’s movements made it seem more human. Some participants felt that the quadcopter was trying to send them messages, like “Slow down!” or “Follow me!” which they appreciated.
Mueller wrote in an email to Runner’s World Newswire that the latter was one of the most surprising findings of the study.
“This companion was interacted with not just like we do with a machine, but also like a toy, animal, and even other human beings: People were saying the quadcopter appeared to have a ‘character,’” Muller wrote. “This resulted in a very different experience compared to experiences with other interactive systems, like jogging apps on a mobile phone. They are more like training tools, whereas the quadcopter was treated like a companion.”
Some found that thinking, and in some cases worrying, about the quadcopter distracted from their run and made it less relaxing, while others found the distraction to be helpful in taking their focus off their pain.
Because the participants tested the quadcopter in a public park, they said that, not surprisingly, running with a drone attracted the attention of those nearby. One runner noted, “I’m jogging with a robot, and people think it’s rad,” while also admitting that doing so felt “a bit awkward.”
The researchers believe that follow up studies than involve having participants run with the quadcopter more than once would be insightful. They also suggest that the quadcopter could be studied and used for other “exertion” sports like cycling, cross country skiing, and rowing.
Mueller believes that if personal drones are designed well, we’ll see many more runners using them in the future.
“We do not know when this will be, but if we compare this to the development of the mobile phone—initially, the idea of using a mobile phone to support joggers was probably smiled at. We believe the future will happen quicker than we think,” Mueller wrote.
Mueller and Muirhead also believe that quadcopters could be used as pacers at races. Imagine following a drone to your 3:59:59 marathon goal, instead of a person holding a 4:00 sign.
Above all else, Mueller and Muirhead hope that their work will inspire other designers to create similar systems that will increase physical activity among the masses.
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Leisure Land
Three landmark cars that paved the way for the Aston Martin DB11
Daryl Lee
Britannia Rules the Roads
There’s much that rests on Aston Martin’s DB11’s broad, sculpted haunches, which hide clever aerodynamic elements that channel air over the rear of the car, eliminating the need for a spoiler. The first all-new within and without Aston Martin in nearly two decades, this is the car that finally shakes off the spectre of years of Ford (mis) management. Developed with technology from Aston Martin’s partnership with Daimler (the parent company of Mercedes-Benz), it has a new aluminium chassis and a new twin-turbo V12 engine that spits out 600bhp.
Crucially, it also has new electricals and switchgear, that while distinctly recognisable from the three-pointed star’s vast parts bin, even the most cynical would be hard-pressed to say it’s poorly made. A far cry from the carmaker’s wonky Ford-era interiors, then. It’s a brave new world for Aston Martin. TheAston Martin DB11 is deeply impressive and is bound to be an unqualified success.
Having written about the upcoming Aston Martin DB11, it’s only fair to take a look at other landmark cars by Aston Martin, Here are our favourite three predecessors.
The DB5 isn’t without technical merit – it has an all-aluminium V8 engine, dual overhead camshafts, synchromesh on all forward gears, disc brakes on all four wheels and electric windows. However, that’s not the reason why it deserves a place in the pantheon of significant Aston Martins. No, it earns its spot through its inextricable association with the world’s most famous fictional spy, James Bond. While he had a brief dalliance with Lotus in the 1970s and BMW in the 1990s, six Aston Martin models have been his co-stars, a tradition that began in 1964 when Sean Connery piloted a DB5 in Goldfinger.
Flush with fat wads of American money (Ford’s; this would return to bite the carmaker in the bottom one day, but we digress), Gaydon saw fit to develop the V8 Vantage, a storming derivative of its existing V8 Virage. It also represents one of the few times in its history that Aston Martin would turn to forced induction. In the V8 Vantage’s case, it took the V8 used in the Virage, added two superchargers and a bit of displacement. The resulting 550bhp it produced made it one of the most powerful cars in the world at the time. Aston Martin would crank it up still further in 1999 when it made the V8 Vantage Le Mans, named in honour of the carmaker’s victory there four decades prior. Its 600bhp output made it the most powerful car in the world at one point. Granted, critics roundly panned its handling, but it deserves a place on this list for its sheer lunacy and audacity.
V12 Vanquish
Any modern Aston Martin owes much to the V12 Vanquish. The first of the modern Aston Martins, it rested on a chassis composed of aluminium and composites, making it light, yet stiff – key ingredients to making a good sports car. The VH platform would go on to underpin all future Aston Martins for over a decade. A 5.9-litre V12 with 460bhp (it would rise to 520bhp by the time its production ended in 2007) ensured it had the necessary grunt to back up the promise of its advanced mechanical platform.
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Plan Your Visit: July 29
Saturday, July 29, 2017 - 11:00am
Please note that we will close early on Saturday, July 29th at 5:30pm for a private event.
THE POWER OF ROCK EXPERIENCE
Be sure to stop by our brand new Power of Rock Experience on level 3 - an epic signature hall of fame experience featuring concert-quality sound, larger-than-life video screens and fan interactivity. Visitors feel every beat, hear every chord and are wowed by a powerful film of incredible induction moments directed by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme. The Power of Rock Experience runs from 10am to 1:40pm on Saturday, July 29.
Rock hall live music
Groove at the Rock Hall with local talent on our plaza stage and in our beer garden.
Plaza Stage Performance: Marel Hidalgo from 1:00-3:00p.m.
While attending a music recital with his parents at the age of four, Marel’s mother and father noticed that rather than paying attention to the piano performance, Marel was staring intensely at the ceiling instead. His father quietly asked him to be respectful of the musician on the stage by paying attention. Marel replied in his own quiet voice, "It’s because I can see the notes going up to the ceiling while she plays."
Later that same year, Marel asked to play a concert for his pre-K classmates in Bradley Beach, New Jersey. He brought all his instruments to his school and the teachers let him set up a small stage outside the classroom, next to the playground. Before dismissal he performed a medley of tunes from Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, B.B. King, J.S. Bach, The Credence, Bob Marley and Deep Purple. Moments after the music started, the improvised stage was surrounded by dozens of older children and teachers that were at recess at that time. A lot has happened to Marel and his music career since that Pre-K, playground performance, but he has kept one thing intact; the passion for sharing with others the music that he loves.
Almost two years ago, at the age of six, Marel formed his first band "Marel Hidalgo & Friends." Many stages, numerous venues and festivals and multiple collaborations with talented musicians later, this all still seems to be just the beginning of a long and pleasant journey.
Marel Hidalgo
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Rare pictures of Hitler emerge from glass photo negatives, like parts of a puzzle
Michael E. RuaneThe Washington PostWP Bloomberg
Apr 17, 2019 at 8:32 AM Apr 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM
WASHINGTON - Richard Schneider carefully spread the broken pieces of the glass photo negative on the light table at the National Archives and, wearing green rubber gloves, put them together like the parts of a puzzle.
A ghostly image emerged that Schneider recognized. "The face, and the mustache, and those eyes," he said. It was Adolf Hitler, sitting stiffly in an upholstered arm chair, his German shepherd at his side.
He wore pinstriped pants, a dark suit coat and a tiny swastika lapel pin. His hair was combed back, and he looked as if he was headed to the opera. A piano, suggesting refinement, sat in the background, and light illuminated one side of his blank face.
It was an eerie likeness, apparently dating to 1923, when Hitler was 34, that could be one of the earliest ever published of the infamous Nazi dictator in public life.
And it is one of 1,270 images that Schneider has just digitized from a trove of 41,000 glass negatives created by Hitler's personal photographer and key propagandist, Heinrich Hoffmann.
Most have probably never been seen before with this clarity, he said.
"What makes this digitization project special is that the ensuing image has been reproduced from the original negative, rather than it being a copy or copy of a copy," Schneider said in an email. "This results in unmatched quality."
Plans are to make the photographs available online soon, according to Billy Wade, a supervisory archivist.
Many of the fragile glass plates were broken and had to be reassembled. "There were more shattered plates of [Hitler] than perhaps any other subject," Schneider said. "I don't know if that was purposeful or coincidental."
Putting them back together "was a little scary, as if I could hear him say, 'Danke [thank you] for making me whole again.' " he said. "Anytime I came across a picture of him looking at me, it sent shivers."
"And remember, [Hitler] may not have been anything . . . if it weren't for the millions of people that rejoiced in his every word - thus, the foreboding rally shots," he said.
Schneider, an Archives special projects preservationist, began studying and digitizing the glass negatives last summer and finished last month.
Hoffmann, in whose Munich studio many of the portraits were made, took thousands of Nazi photographs, starting in the 1920s.
His pictures helped craft the image of Hitler as the benevolent and heroic savior of Germany who was loved and admired by millions. Children, the working man, young people, dogs, all adored the fuhrer, according to Hoffmann's portrayal.
"He single-handedly shaped the personal side of Hitler's 'Fuhrer Image,' " the German historian Heike B. Gortemaker wrote.
It helped that he had exclusive access to the Nazi inner circle. In a group photo taken by a different photographer, Hoffmann is seen with Hitler and much of the Nazi political and military hierarchy.
In crowded beer halls, concert halls, jammed auditoriums, inside offices, outside buildings, Nazis in all their livery assembled before Hoffmann's camera.
Hitler posed, too. In a business suit. In uniform. In a trench coat. In lederhosen. In jack boots.
Hoffmann was a seasoned photographer when he joined the Nazi party in 1920 - membership card #427 - and made most of his early pictures using the old-fashioned glass negatives.
He had photographed German social, legal and religious figures, as well as actors, painters and musicians.
After the war, his negatives were confiscated by the Army and went to the National Archives in 1962, according to Wade.
The photographs are frightening examples of early Nazi propaganda - of carefully staged group pictures, portraits and scenes at political rallies as Hitler campaigned for election and the halls were hung with Nazi banners.
"Germany Shall Live," the banners say, "Don't Buy from Jews," and "Jews are our Misfortune."
Audiences look on, some giving the "heil Hitler" salute, while others do not. Almost always, the venues are full, often standing-room-only.
Hoffmann and his assistants later photographed the 1936 Berlin Olympics, taking thousands of pictures, he wrote in his 1955 memoir, "Hitler Was My Friend."
He went with Hitler to Poland when the Nazis invaded in 1939. And he chronicled the surrender of France near Compiegne in 1940, in the same railway car where Germany capitulated in 1918, ending World War I.
"Now it's our turn," Hoffmann said an exultant Hitler told him.
Hoffmann claimed in his memoir that Hitler eluded photographers in the early days and destroyed one of Hoffmann's negatives after the photographer staked him out.
Later, Hoffmann, by then an intimate friend and part of Hitler's traveling retinue, agreed not to publish any pictures of him until he got Hitler's OK.
But at an outdoor rally in September 1923, another German photographer, Georg Pahl, took a picture of Hitler and disappeared into the crowd.
Hitler then summoned Hoffmann and agreed to come to Hoffmann's Munich studio. "The time has now come, and . . . you shall take your photographs," Hoffmann said Hitler told him.
The 1923 negative that Schneider reassembled, as well as others featuring Hitler in the same clothes and in the same armchair could be one from that sit-down.
(Pahl, meanwhile, reportedly was blacklisted by the Nazis.)
Hoffmann took full advantage and made a fortune producing a stream of illustrated propaganda books: "With Hitler in Poland," "With Hitler in Italy," "Hitler Off Duty" and "The Hitler Nobody Knows."
Hoffmann claimed in his book that he eventually ran afoul of Hitler's sinister gatekeeper, Martin Bormann, and was edged out of the inner circle around 1944.
After the war, Hoffmann was arrested and convicted of war profiteering, and he spent five years in several German prisons.
One of them was only 15 miles from his old haunts in Munich.
It was the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau.
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A big day for book awards
Today, the American Library Association announced its Youth Media Awards, which book lovers anxiously await each January! Were incredibly honored to have several award-winners this year, and wed like to extend our congratulations to all of the titles and authors that were honored this morning. It truly was a wonderful year in childrens literature! Congratulations to
Raina Telgemeier and Drama: named an Honor Book in the Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry RomansChildrens & Young Adult Literature Award, which is given annually to English-language childrens and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. Sonia Manzano and The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano: Pura Belpre Honor Award, honoringa Latino writer whose childrens book best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience. Deborah Hopkinson and Titanic: Voices from the Disaster: named a Sibert Honor Book! The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and its three Honor books award the most distinguished informational books for children. This title was also a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Were also very excited for Andrea Davis Pinkney, editor extraordinaire and vice president here at Scholastic as well as a multi-award-winning author, who will deliver the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture! Congratulations, Andrea! There are many, many more ALAYMA winners listed right here. Meanwhile, the Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), were also announced! They are the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Scholastic and Weston Woods have earned a total of eight Notable Recording distinctions! Congratulations to: Edwina Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Knuffle Bunny Free Merry Christmas, Splat The Red Hen A Sick Day for Amos McGee The False Prince Words in the Dust Find out more about Weston Woods and Scholastic Audio. Congrats, all!
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Cobalt Oxide Nanocrystals And Artificial Photosynthesis
By News Staff | March 10th 2009 10:00 PM | Print | E-mail
For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial version of photosynthesis that can be used to produce liquid fuels from carbon dioxide and water. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratoryhave now taken a critical step towards this goal with the discovery that nano-sized crystals of cobalt oxide can effectively carry out the critical photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules.
Artificial photosynthesis for the production of liquid fuels offers the promise of a renewable and carbon-neutral source of transportation energy, meaning it would not contribute to the global warming that results from the burning of oil and coal. The idea is to improve upon the process that has long-served green plants and certain bacteria by integrating into a single platform light-harvesting systems that can capture solar photons and catalytic systems that can oxidize water – in other words, an artificial leaf.
Under the fuel through artificial photosynthesis scenario, nanotubes embedded within a membrane would act like green leaves, using incident solar radiation (Hγ) to split water molecules (H2O), freeing up electrons and oxygen (O2) that then react with carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce a fuel, shown here as methanol (CH3OH). The result is a renewable green energy source that also helps scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. Credit: Robert Flavio, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs
"Photooxidation of water molecules into oxygen, electrons and protons (hydrogen ions) is one of the two essential half reactions of an artifical photosynthesis system - it provides the electrons needed to reduce carbon dioxide to a fuel," said Heinz Frei, a chemist with Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division, who conducted this research with his postdoctoral fellow Feng Jiao. "Effective photooxidation requires a catalyst that is both efficient in its use of solar photons and fast enough to keep up with solar flux in order to avoid wasting those photons. Clusters of cobalt oxide nanocrystals are sufficiently efficient and fast, and are also robust (last a long time) and abundant. They perfectly fit the bill."
Green plants perform the photooxidation of water molecules within a complex of proteins called Photosystem II, in which manganese-containing enzymes serve as the catalyst. Manganese-based organometallic complexes modeled off Photosystem II have shown some promise as photocatalysts for water oxidation but some suffer from being water insoluble and none are very robust. In looking for purely inorganic catalysts that would dissolve in water and would be far more robust than biomimetic materials, Frei and Jiao turned to cobalt oxide, a highly abundant material that is an an important industrial catalyst. When Frei and Jiao tested micron-sized particles of cobalt oxide, they found the particles were inefficient and not nearly fast enough to serve as photocatalysts. However, when they nano-sized the particles it was another story.
"The yield for clusters of cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nano-sized crystals was about 1,600 times higher than for micron-sized particles," said Frei, "and the turnover frequency (speed) was about 1,140 oxygen molecules per second per cluster, which is commensurate with solar flux at ground level (approximately 1,000 Watts per square meter)."
Frei and Jiao used mesoporous silica as their scaffold, growing their cobalt nanocrystals within the naturally parallel nanoscale channels of the silica via a technique known as "wet impregnation." The best performers were rod-shaped crystals measuring 8 nanometers in diameter and 50 nanometers in length, which were interconnected by short bridges to form bundled clusters. The bundles were shaped like a sphere with a diameter of 35 nanometers. While the catalytic efficiency of the cobalt metal itself was important, Frei said the major factor behind the enhanced efficiency and speed of the bundles was their size.
"We suspect that the comparatively very large internal area of these 35 nanometer bundles (where catalysis takes place) was the main factor behind their increased efficiency," he said, "because when we produced larger bundles (65 nanometer diameters), the internal area was reduced and the bundles lost much of that efficiency gain."
Frei and Jiao will be conducting further studies to gain a better understanding of why their cobalt oxide nanocrystal clusters are such efficient and high-speed photocatalysts and also looking into other metal oxide catalysts. The next big step, however, will be to integrate the water oxidation half reaction with the carbon dioxide reduction step in an artificial leaf type system.
"The efficiency, speed and size of our cobalt oxide nanocrystal clusters are comparable to Photosystem II," said Frei. "When you factor in the abundance of cobalt oxide, the stability of the nanoclusters under use, the modest overpotential and mild pH and temperature conditions, we believe we have a promising catalytic component for developing a viable integrated solar fuel conversion system. This is the next important challenge in the field of artificial photosynthesis for fuel production."
Frei and Jiao have reported the results of their study in the journal Angewandte Chemie, in a paper entitled: "Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide Clusters in Mesoporous Silica as Efficient Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts." This research was performed through the Helios Solar Energy Research Center (Helios SERC), a scientific program at Berkeley Lab under the direction of Paul Alivisatos, which is aimed at developing fuels from sunlight. Frei serves as deputy director of Helios SERC.
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Home»Who we are»Our staff
Evelyn Fraser
Evelyn is the Development Manager of the Scottish Women’s Convention.
Evelyn has previously worked as a paralegal, supporting women clients with equal pay claims against employers; a careers advisor, assisting long term unemployed women to enter employment; helpline advisor, assisting individuals with discrimination queries in the workplace; development manager, highlighting the gender pay gap in Scotland.
Prior to working in the voluntary sector, Evelyn was employed as a management accountant in the private sector.
Lorna Gilfillan
Lorna is Policy and Events Coordinator at the Scottish Women’s Convention.
Lorna was born in Forfar and brought up in Kirriemuir, Angus. She moved to Glasgow in 2002 to study law at Glasgow University, graduating with a 2:1 Honours Degree in 2006. Prior to working with the SWC, Lorna was a legal assistant in a small but busy law firm, whose primary purpose was to vindicate the rights of those long overlooked and often marginalised before the courts in Scotland.
Lorna lives just outside Glasgow with her husband and their two children.
Shairi Bowes
Shairi is Policy and Research Officer at the Scottish Women's Convention.
Shairi graduated from the University of Glasgow holding both an Honours and Master of Letters in History and Politics, specialising in the history of the LGBT movement in both Britain and North America. As a student, she campaigned for fairer access to higher education for children from under-privileged backgrounds.
In her spare time, Shairi has a keen interest in vintage fashion and make up, particularly from the 1940s and 50’s era.
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Gail Heriot Guest
Posted Fri, September 13th, 2013 3:02 pm
Schuette symposium: The parade of horribles lives
Posted Fri, September 13th, 2013 3:02 pm by Gail Heriot
If you are tired of Court watchers who like to hedge their bets, you might appreciate this: I predict a reversal here. It seems unlikely that the Court granted certiorari in order to congratulate the Sixth Circuit on its keen legal insight. But I can’t help wondering why Supreme Court intervention has been necessary. How did the Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, arrive at the counter-intuitive conclusion it did? And what does it say about our legal culture that the eight-to-seven vote broke down precisely on party lines?
The case concerns the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (“MCRI”) – a voter initiative passed in 2006 by a wide margin. Its core provision prohibits the state from “discriminat[ing] against, or grant[ing] preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.” In other words, it enshrines in the Michigan Constitution the principle that the state should not engage in (among other things) race discrimination. For that reason, the Sixth Circuit found it unconstitutional.
MCRI was passed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. In that case, the Court decided that the Constitution did not forbid the University of Michigan Law School from granting African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians very large admissions preferences. Michigan voters decided that if the Constitution did not forbid race-preferential admissions, they would.
There is nothing remarkable about that. The fact that the Constitution does not forbid something does not mean it is required. The Constitution does not forbid state universities from admitting only students who can carve the federal tax code on the head of a pin. But voters in direct democracy states can amend the state constitution to impose a more sensible policy.
One of MCRI’s more conspicuous opponents was the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (self-described as “BAMN”) – an organization whose very name bespeaks its extremism. BAMN is a Detroit-based offshoot of the Revolutionary Workers League, and, to put it mildly, not your average group of earnest, well-behaved diversity advocates.
Just one among dozens of examples of its willingness to use “any means necessary” was its attempt to intimidate the Michigan Board of Canvassers into refusing to certify MCRI for the ballot. BAMN brought in busloads of protesters who shouted down officials, jumped on chairs, and stomped their feet, flipping over a table in the process. As the director of elections for the Michigan Secretary of State put it, “Never before have I seen such absolutely incredible and unprofessional behavior from lawyers urging this disruption.”
BAMN’s co-chair and attorney saw things differently: “We cannot allow our opponents to determine what our tactics should be,” she said. “Our tactics win. That’s the bottom line.” They did not, however, win before the Board of Canvassers. Board members voted to certify the initiative for the ballot as the law required them to do. The following November, the voters approved it fifty-eight percent to forty-two percent.
The day after the election BAMN led a group of activists, including numerous locals of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, into a new theater of action – the federal courts. It filed a lawsuit that few thought had much of a chance. Its core argument had already been rejected by both the Ninth Circuit and the California Supreme Court in connection with the California Civil Rights Initiative (on which MCRI was modeled) a decade earlier. A second lawsuit – filed by a group of students, faculty and prospective students – was later consolidated with the BAMN action. A motley crew of anti-MCRI litigants are now bound together in a cause that fittingly bears BAMN’s name.
Anyone who argues, as the respondents do, that the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause forbids voters from prohibiting the state from engaging in discrimination based on race faces an uphill battle. The “central purpose” of the Equal Protection Clause “‘is the prevention of official conduct discriminating on the basis of race.’”
Here is their argument’s core: By adopting a policy against race discrimination in the state constitution, Michigan is discriminating against racial minorities who might wish to lobby for preferential treatment. Other interest groups – for example, veterans, public employees, or fisherman — can lobby for special treatment without restraint. But a racial group can do so effectively only if it first successfully lobbies to repeal the state constitutional provision. Such a “political restructuring” is unconstitutional – or so the argument runs.
The argument fundamentally misconstrues the issue. MCRI doesn’t discriminate against racial minorities. It discriminates against race discrimination – the way the strict scrutiny doctrine discriminates against race discrimination.
Moreover, all laws work a political restructuring, no matter what level they are promulgated. Consider the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Under its provisions, it is illegal to discriminate by race in the provision of credit. When Congress passed that law, it effectively pre-empted the Michigan legislature from passing legislation that might require banks to give minority members credit at preferential rates. If minority members had wanted such a statute, they would have been required to first lobby to repeal the federal legislation that mandates equality.
That would not have ended the matter. In turn, if the Michigan legislature had enacted a mandatory one-point preferential rate, it would have pre-empted a state agency from adopting regulations requiring lenders to give under-represented minorities a two-point preference. Again, repeal would be necessary to secure the greater advantage. In the end, one would be hard-pressed to come up with a single civil rights enactment that would not work the kind of political restructuring that the Sixth Circuit by a party line vote of eight Democratic appointees to seven Republican appointees held is forbidden.
So what possibly could have led that court to hold MCRI unconstitutional? There is indeed a history here – two cases in which the Supreme Court appeared to buy an argument that initiatives that work a “political re-structuring” may be unconstitutional.
The more recent was Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 (1982), a case about a voter initiative that prohibited school districts from assigning a student to a school other than the closest (or next closest) to his home. The list of exceptions permitted by the initiative conspicuously did not include racial integration.
The Court’s five-to-four decision holding the initiative unconstitutional is not a model of clarity. But one thing that all nine Court members agreed upon was that the argument adopted in this case should have been rejected.
In his dissent, Justice Powell expressed fear that the majority opinion’s logic could lead to absurd results:
“[I]f the admissions committee of a state law school developed an affirmative-action plan that came under fire, the Court apparently would find it unconstitutional for any higher authority to intervene unless that higher authority traditionally dictated admissions policies …. If local employment or benefits are distributed on a racial basis to the benefit of racial minorities, the State apparently may not thereafter ever intervene. Indeed, under the Court’s theory one must wonder whether – under the equal protection components of the Fifth Amendment – even the Federal Government could assert its superior authority to regulate in these areas.”
The majority denied Powell’s assertion and made it clear their intent was not to cover laws like MCRI: “The statements evidence a basic misunderstanding of our decision …. It is evident … that the horribles paraded by the dissent … are entirely unrelated to this case.”
Note Powell’s hypothetical: It is precisely what happened in this case. The “affirmative action plan” of a “state law school” “came under fire.” When the Court declined to take action in Grutter, a “higher authority” – the people of Michigan – intervened. Note also that the majority rejected Powell’s concerns as a “parad[e]” of “horribles” that were “entirely unrelated to this case.” No one would claim that the limiting principle behind Seattle School District is easy to discern. But the one thing that all Justices agreed on is that it would be absurd to outlaw measures like MCRI.
Seattle School District was itself based on Hunter v. Erickson. But Hunter was the opposite of this case. It concerned an amendment to the City of Akron’s charter repealing a fair housing ordinance and making re-promulgation difficult. It thus thwarted Akron’s efforts to discourage racial discrimination by private citizens, thereby lending aid and encouragement to those private discriminators. Do all eight Democrats on the Sixth Circuit really think that a statute that forbids discrimination is the equivalent?
Alas, Powell’s parade of horribles is alive and well and marching up the Supreme Court’s steps. It will likely be a disappointing trip for them. Still, I can’t say I feel good about the exercise. I keep wondering where the parade will turn up next.
[Disclosure: Kevin Russell of Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel on an amicus brief in support of the respondents inSchuette. However, the author of this post (like all of the contributors to this online symposium) is not affiliated with the law firm.]
Posted in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Featured, Affirmative action symposium
Recommended Citation: Gail Heriot, Schuette symposium: The parade of horribles lives, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 13, 2013, 3:02 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/schuette-symposium-the-parade-of-horribles-lives/
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Written in the Flesh
by Edward Shorter
University of Toronto Press, 2005
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jan 29th 2006
The focus of this book is the history of sexual desire, a broad subject, and one that is not easy to research given the almost ubiquitous nature of taboos around sexual behaviour and expression. Any history must therefore be constructed from a highly selective range of artifacts and records, especially for those eras and groups of people without the technology to record their experiences. Nevertheless, that is the aim: to record a history of human sexuality. This is an ambitious book. Sexuality is a fundamental aspect of human life, and so a history of sexuality can be seen as an attempt to understand something of the essence of human beings, not merely their fleeting institutions, ideas, or the social arrangements of a particular time and place. Professor Edward Shorter is well placed to undertake such a history, having previously published extensively on related topics such as female bodies, psychological illness and disease, and most recently on the history of psychiatry. Shorter sets some boundaries around the task, focusing exclusively on Western history, beginning at the time of the Greeks. Those decisions inevitably mean that the book has some limitations, especially given that it is becoming increasingly difficult to talk about 'Western society' without recognizing a wide range of 'non-Western' influences, both historically and in contemporary times. But limits have to be set.
The book begins by setting out a bold thesis: that 'sexual behaviour and sensual pleasure are the product of biologically driven desire rather than of fashion or social conditioning.' Not just bold, but provocative. It is the brain, Shorter states, that drives our sexual behaviour; there is something in the basic wiring of our nervous systems that is behind all that match-making, love-making, and lust. Shorter informs us that 'biological liberation of the brain' will emerge with 'overpowering clarity' as the central narrative in the history of sexuality. This would not be nearly such a provocative thesis if it were not given as a direct challenge to social constructionist arguments. With Written in the Flesh Shorter is attempting to capture the conceptual ground long claimed by social science. In this sense the book can be seen as one more challenge to the primacy given to social factors in explaining human behaviour by many commentators since the 1960s. Shorter is in good company when it comes to asserting a role for biology. Literary theory these days is drawing on evolutionary theory to develop a more complete view of literature, although this does not extend to the apparently deterministic model favoured by Shorter. There is even a term (biodenial), albeit that it carries a psychodynamic connotation, for those who disagree with the role posed for biology. With such an introduction the reader settles in for a history that will not only recount the intimate practices of generations of our forbears, it will lead us to a new appreciation of sexuality.
Following the introduction the book is divided into two chapters setting out a baseline of sexual desire, an exploration of hindrances and the ideas of the Romantics, followed by a description the 'great breakout'; the period in which biology triumphed over culture and led to the full expression of our innate potential as sexual beings, the modern era of 'total body sex'. A chapter on sadomasochism follows, and the book concludes with an epilogue that explores some implications of the story that has been told so far.
The book is well written and highly readable. There is evidence of extensive research, but Shorter does not allow the narrative to become bogged down in detail or in a relentless litany of facts. As a writer Shorter is well engaged with his subject, and he tells the story with pace, warmth and humor. Illustrations from various sources are enough to make the point, and the range of famous names called to give testimony is impressive. As you would expect in a book of this nature there are more than enough spicy anecdotes to engage the reader. You might think twice, though, about what you record in your diary. Also, Shorter does not pursue an overtly ideological agenda, something that can make reading of historical accounts tiresome. I did find the reminders of his biological theory a little intrusive, as if stating it enough times would make the point. There are several instances where Shorter cites as evidence, individuals' sense of the innate nature of desire. These include Lady Montagu, Virginia Woolf, and even John Locke. But a sense that something is so is just that, a perception. It might just seem that way. The discussion of 'hindrances' shows that Church and social sanctions had plenty of support from ordinary conditions of life such as crowded living situations, lack of privacy, infestations, and hygiene. Getting down in the Middle Ages really did mean getting dirty. Shorter does not stint in his use of the vernacular, a commendable aspect of the book given the use of both euphemism and obscenity to describe sexual practices. He criticizes those researchers who have been rather too coy in their surveys, omitting for example, to inquire as to mens' use of their nipples as an erogenous zone. Many readers will learn a new word or two, and some will be enlightened as to the erotic practices of their fellow citizens.
By describing gay and lesbian sexuality separately from that of heterosexuals Shorter is able to show both similarities and differences between the two groups. This is particularly informative in the latter part of the book when the politicization of lesbianism is discussed, as there is a clear break between the developing eroticization of the gay male body and the retreat into Puritanism amongst lesbians. There is also a remarkable parallel between heterosexuals and gays in limiting sexual activity to genital contact and kissing. Oral sex was rare for both groups until relatively recently.
So how successful is this attempt to redefine sexual desire? The book is certainly broad enough in scope, and brings to light the striking flowering of sexuality in the Greek and Roman civilizations, albeit with variation in the forms of sexual expression. The long period of sexual quiescence, lasting until the 18th century, is equally striking, and there is a strong case that restraints on sexual behaviour, especially for peasants, involved the repression of an immanent force that, like one of those watermelon seeds found in the great pyramids, needed only the right conditions for its growth and unrestrained expression.
The idea that sexual desire is biologically driven, in the way the Shorter proposes, is a theory that requires strong evidence and sound argument. Shorter's biological theory is sound enough given the ubiquity of sexual desire. Cross-cultural analysis would likely provide further argument that there is something innate in human beings' exploration of the sensual. But in his attempts to sideline social factors as crucial to the emergence of total body sex, and to our ideas of hetero and homosexuality the book is less successful. Indeed, some of the examples he cites, of how social factors, such as the Church, were effective for so long in shaping sexual desire, seem to fly in the face of an undiluted biological theory. Shorter all but concedes this point in his discussion of sadomasochism. He expresses surprise at the recent rise of consensual sadomasochism, something that comes 'out of the blue'. The summary of the history of sexual desire on page 199-200 refers to the actions of the church and communities, the decline of the small town, and social acceptance of hedonic behaviour. All of this would be entirely acceptable within a social constructionist theory, and only the concluding sentence, 'All respond now to the same deep neural drives' reminds us that we are reading a treatise on sexual desire as biological. Ultimately, Shorter's theory is just that, a theory. It certainly reminds us that culture must work with what biology provides, but it is a long way from establishing the primacy of biology.
The epilogue left me puzzled. At the end of such a comprehensive survey of sexual desire there is a need to step back and reflect on what it all means for Western society, and what has been gained in the rush towards total body sex. It is therefore appropriate that a more reflective section engages readers in some deliberation on the social an ethical consequences of our new sexuality. Shorter concludes that the valorization of sexual pleasure is at the expense of community, rather than reason. This involves a rather narrow reading of urbanization as driven by the desire for privacy, and that for the purposes of sexual exploration. This is a point made earlier in the book, but it is an interpretation that seems hard to justify. Earlier, Shorter emphasizes the constraints that limited privacy and personal space had on sexuality. But it seems too great a step to say that increasing attention to ourselves as erotic subjects has caused a reduction in social cohesion. Correlation is not causation and there are many factors that have contributed to our increasing individualism. One is tempted here to refer to the social construction of the individual, but Shorter has moved too far towards a biological explanation to allow such speculation. The discussion then moves, inexplicably, to the influence of television, which Shorter gives as another example of our growing hedonism. I have never thought of television as especially hedonistic. Individualistic, yes, and, given the state of much of the programming, not likely to become a force for the more communitarian approach to social life. I found the epilogue somewhat disappointing given the scholarship of the preceding sections.
There are some aspects of sexual desire that I would like to have seen covered, such as the emergence of the Internet as a vehicle for sexual expression and activity. There is also the internationalization of trade in sex workers, frequently under conditions of extreme danger and coercion, surely indicating something of a failure in the universal realization of sexual potential. There are plenty of people who gain sexual freedom only at the expense of others. And there are pathologies of sex, too, such as incest, rape, and sexual torture. If we owe the bounties of sexual liberation to the brain, it is to the brain we must look to explain these perversions. Our current legal systems prefer to rely on free will.
If this book had not been proposed as an argument for a biological theory of sexual desire, its wealth of information and analysis would stand alone as a hugely significant contribution to our understanding of sexuality. As it is, the book is a comprehensive summary of the emergence of modern sexual desire. The limitations arising from the partial documentation of past practices, and Shorter's tendency to rely overly much on the records of elite citizens is a small price to pay for such a detailed and wide-ranging exposition. There is a useful index at the back of the book, and throughout there are references and footnotes aplenty. If Written in the Flesh causes debate about its central thesis that is no bad thing. The book itself should serve as a central reference in pursuing that debate.
© 2006 Tony O'Brien
Tony O'Brien, M Phil, is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the University of Auckland, New Zealand: a.obrien@auckland.ac.nz
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Fight heats up over Washington state carbon ‘fee’ likely to make fall ballot
Originally published July 2, 2018 at 4:50 pm Updated July 2, 2018 at 6:27 pm
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The measure would put an escalating fee on most fossil-fuel emissions, adding an estimated 14 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline at the pump. The initiative has drawn early opposition from oil companies.
Hal Bernton
OLYMPIA —
Proponents of a Washington carbon-fee initiative showed up at the Secretary of State’s office in Olympia with more than 370,000 signatures to put their measure on the November ballot.
The signatures tally for Initiative 1631 — backed by a broad coalition that includes environmental, labor, tribal and social-justice groups — is more than a third higher than the minimum number required for a measure to be put to a vote.
“We are confident we are turning in enough signatures to qualify, said Ahmed Gaya, field director of Yes on 1631, which recruited more than 2,300 volunteers to assist in the collection effort.
Though still early in the campaign season, the measure already has galvanized high-powered energy-industry opposition.
A No on 1631 political-action committee formed by the Western States Petroleum Association has obtained pledges from BP, Shell Oil Products, Chevron Corporation, Phillips 66 and other contributors, according to state Public Disclosure Commission records.
The debts reported so far by the No on 1631 committee include more than $130,000 in consulting fees to Winner & Mandabach Campaigns, a Santa Monica-based firm, that according to the company website, has a 90 percent win rate in the nearly 200 state and local initiatives that it has been involved in.
The petitions submitted Monday by the initiative coalition still need to reviewed by the Secretary of State’s office to ensure that there are enough valid signatures to get the measure on the ballot
The initiative by the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy would create an escalating Washington carbon “fee” on most fossil-fuels emission, and invest the revenue in clean energy, clean water, forests and other projects that seek to slow or help cope with climate change.
The fee would start at $15 a metric ton of carbon, which would add an estimated 14 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline. The fee would rise annually by $2 per ton of carbon emission, plus the rate of inflation.
Initiative proponents said they opted for a carbon fee — rather than a tax — so the spending of this revenue could be tied to spending on projects that could help reduce carbon emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
Money raised from a tax can be spent more broadly through legislative action. Fees, like those charged at state parks, are spent more narrowly.
The carbon fee would raise an estimated $1 billion annually initially, and the spending would be overseen by an independent board drawn in part from the public, which proponents hope will provide accountability.
At the gas pump, these fees would hit everyone, including low-income residents. This differs from carbon-tax initiative, rejected by voters in 2016, which would have rebated up to $1,500 to some 460,000 low-income families.
Proponents say low-income residents still would reap benefits through new investments in their communities for conservation, solar, clean-energy as well as job training and other expenditures.
There also could be expanded assistance to low-income residents. Coalition members are also exploring other types of assistance that might be possible.
Fight heats up
The initiative is being attacked by opponents as a poorly designed measure that exempts some big polluters, such as a Centralia coal-fired power plant scheduled to shut down in 2025 and relies too heavily on government spending that can sometimes be bureaucratic and ineffective.
Those opponents include BP, which did not take a position on an earlier carbon-tax initiative that failed in Washington in 2016, and backed California carbon-pricing legislation, according to a company official.
“BP supports a well-designed price on carbon. The initiative in Washington state does not meet that requirement, therefore we do not support it,” said a statement from Michael Abendhoff, BP’s director of Media Affairs. “Among other things … the initiative is not economywide and does not treat equivalent emissions from different industries the same.”
Proponents say that the single largest source of carbon emissions in Washington is the transportation sector. They say most of the exemptions benefit trade-sensitive industries, such as aluminum producers, and such protection was necessary to help solidify a coalition that includes labor unions.
“We know that giant oil companies will do everything they can to divide, undermine, attack, confuse and defeat this coalition and measure, but this coalition has been tested time and time again. This broad-based, people-powered movement is poised to make history this November,” said Rich Stolz, executive director of OneAmerica, a coalition member.
Opponents criticize the measure as a regressive tax on Washingtonians. They note that the state — with a sales tax but no income tax — already is considered to have the most regressive tax system in the nation, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
“We’re looking forward to engaging Washington state citizens in robust discussion,” said Mark Funk, a spokesman for No on 1631, who said the fee would “place the burden for initiative squarely on middle-income and lower-income people.”
Millions spent
The money spent by both sides on the 2018 campaign is expected to be in the millions of dollars, and substantially top the amounts expended during the 2016 carbon-tax initiative, when proponents raised more than $3 million and opponents raised more than $1.5 million.
The 2016 carbon measure also was burdened by a nasty split in the state environmental community over whether it was the right way to move forward. The measure was intended be revenue neutral, cutting some taxes while raising taxes on fossil fuels that generate emissions.
Many environmental groups that support the 2018 initiative declined to endorse the 2016 initiative and it garnered less than 41 percent of the vote.
The initial polling on the 2018 initiative is stronger than the initial polling on the 2016 initiative, according to Nick Abraham, of the Yes on 1631 campaign, which so far has raised more than $2.2 million, according to state filings.
Abraham says that the measure would initially impose the fee on more than 70 percent of the state’s carbon emissions from fossil fuels.
The campaign is gaining a boost from the united front put forward by coalition members.
“It’s a lot more fun to be part of a bigger group with everyone pulling in the same direction,” said Gail Gatton, executive director of Aubudon Washington, which supported the carbon tax in 2016 and also has backed the carbon fee this year.
The initiative also could benefit from the lack of action on the national front as President Donald Trump has said that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord reached in 2015.
Even as Trump administration back peddles on the science of climate change, BP, Shell and some other oil companies, on their websites have said they support carbon pricing to reduce carbon emissions.
“We believe that carbon pricing provides the right incentives for everyone — energy producers and consumers alike — to play their part in reducing emissions,” said a statement on the BP website.
BP also was involved in trying to reach agreement on a carbon tax during the 2018 legislative session, according to a company official.
Curtis Smith, a Shell spokesman, said his company’s support for “a robust and transparent carbon price is well known. He said that the 2018 initiative “generally lacks a convincing argument that carbon emissions would be reduced in a meaningful way if this initiative were to succeed.”
While Shell participated in the “initial phase of the No on 1631 campaign, Shell has made the decision not to participate beyond that, according to Smith.
Hal Bernton: 206-464-2581 or hbernton@seattletimes.com
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The Product Data (R)evolution
in Business Technology Aftermarket News Aftermarket Business Automotive Industry News Automotive News Automotive Business Jon Wyly
SEMA News—February 2013
By Jon Wyly
I often like to refer to the development cycle of the Internet in terms of “dog years.” That is, for every year that traditional business processes mature, it feels like the Internet has advanced seven. For the uninitiated, it’s a crazy, unpredictable ride that seems to push forward at a rate fast enough to make us feel like we’ll never catch up, no matter how attentive we are.
For the specialty parts business, this phenomenon really started gaining traction about 15 years ago, and we quickly learned that the dog would bite you if you weren’t careful. Those of us who experienced firsthand the Internet boom and bust of the late ’90s have a unique perspective of its effects today. However, it seems that most of the movers and shakers who came crashing into our world at that time with promises of huge sales volume and unprecedented growth were in fact interlopers—outsiders who saw our marketplace as prime for the taking—and many have moved on.
Well, I’m one of those lucky industry folks old enough to have participated in that interesting time while spending my whole career in the specialty automotive business. As a warehouse distributor (WD), it was intoxicating to talk to people who were so darned excited about huge growth potential for our business, brought to reality through the wonders of the Internet. Venture capitalists were throwing money at entrepreneurs large and small, and a new culture club was developing right before our eyes. Being a WD is not typically associated with the leading edge of technology, but rather functioning as the workhorse of the business. This was especially true in the late ’90s when all this excitement was in full swing.
So here we were traveling to California to call on these promising innovators who were going to show us how it was done. And we saw it all. From multistory high-rise office buildings to an overhead garage door in a business park, these techie people were building websites, creating breathtaking sales forecasts and setting the stage for order fulfillment that would make your mouth water.
The future is arriving at a faster pace than ever before, and it’s in the form of information-hungry consumers, powerful machine-to-machine interaction and business tools that require rich, complete data to do their job.
After an initial tour that often included the recreation room, a private cafeteria and other fun stuff that unrestricted venture capital money buys, a meet-and-greet would ensue and we would start talking business. We would show our product lines, talk about shipping times, pour over inventory levels so we could ensure that we wouldn’t run out of everything due to the high demand they were going to create. Fun stuff until the final request came: “I guess all we need now is your product data.”
“Product data?” we said. “We don’t have any product data.”
You could hear a pin drop. In one simple sentence, we threw a whole new expense line into their profit-and-loss statement that in many cases would be their undoing.
“Surely you must have something,” they cried. But, sadly, we didn’t. “Well, the replacement parts guys have some data,” they said. All we could do was hang our heads and introduce them to the reality that the specialty parts market was just a tad behind the replacement parts segment. So, as you can imagine, everyone who was involved in the fray was suddenly very interested in product data and what it would take to “get some of that.”
This wake-up call marked the beginning of our journey to understand, develop, standardize and create the data that would eventually power not only the Internet powerhouses of today but also the efficient systems that power business from manufacturing to distribution to retail. In 1997, the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) developed its first make-model tables and vehicle configuration database, and the Product Information Exchange Standard (PIES) followed shortly thereafter. In many cases, those with the wherewithal to attack their data needs head-on at that time continue to enjoy a lead today, and the specialty-parts market has made up some ground.
Today’s marketplace will be much less forgiving, however, and it’s mind-boggling to think about what lies around the corner on the technology front. What we do know is that the importance and selling power of great product data has never been more significant to our future. If the dog-years analogy holds true and you haven’t yet embraced investing in your new “catalog,” then you are ripe to be overtaken.
The future is arriving at a faster pace than ever before, and it’s in the form of information-hungry consumers, powerful machine-to-machine interaction and business tools that require rich, complete data to do their job. Don’t make the mistake of treating your product data in any way other than the high-priority business asset that it is.
To learn more about how you can take control of your product data and manage it at the lowest possible cost, contact SEMA Data Co-op Director of Membership Jim Graven via e-mail at jimg@semadatacoop.org or by phone at 888-958-6698 x4.
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Home 1gridSPORTS Peyton Manning goes deep with pass at NFL’s storied history
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2018, file photo, former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning watches prior to an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, in Denver. Just as he had the true touch when he threw passes, set records and won two Super Bowls on the field, Peyton Manning possesses the right approach to look back at some of the NFL’s greatest moments. Manning, a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2021, is hosting and serves as one of the executive producers for “Peyton’s Places,” a five-part, 30-episode series that celebrates the NFL’s 100th season.(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
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BARRY WILNER, Associated Press
FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2018, file photo, former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning watches prior to an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, in Denver. Just as he had the true touch when he threw passes, set records and won two Super Bowls on the field, Peyton Manning possesses the right approach to look back at some of the NFL’s greatest moments. Manning, a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2021, is hosting and serves as one of the executive producers for “Peyton’s Places,” a five-part, 30-episode series that celebrates the NFL’s 100th season.(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
NEW YORK | Just as he had the true touch when he threw passes, set records and won two Super Bowls, Peyton Manning has the right approach when looking at some of the NFL’s greatest moments.
ESPN, NFL Films and the league itself clearly felt that way.
Manning, a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2021, is hosting and serving as an executive producer for “Peyton’s Places,” a five-part, 30-episode series celebrating the NFL’s 100th season. The show debuts on ESPN+ in July, with ESPN and ABC airing special compilations.
For the quarterback, it was a labor of love, a journey into pro football’s past that was educational, humorous and heartfelt.
“NFL Films has been great throughout this and they approached me about doing it to tell the story of the past 100 years,” Manning says. “They certainly had a template and blueprint they wanted to tell, and we had certain people we wanted to talk to and visit and have conversations about how football got started.”
So Manning dived all the way back to Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. He spent time with members of the undefeated 1972 Dolphins; rewatched Super Bowl 3 with Joe Namath; discussed the Immaculate Reception with Steelers and Raiders to get the Pittsburgh and Oakland viewpoints; and discovered intriguing connections to the NFL for Richard Nixon, Jay Leno and Elvis.
“We got to go down memory lane,” Manning says. “I have always loved the history of the game and I have learned a lot during this journey, and spent some time with some of my favorite players and contemporaries of my dad (former Saints star quarterback Archie Manning) and guys he looked up to.
“NFL Films has all this great archives of (Bears founder) George Halas talking about being in Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile showroom, (Giants owner) Wellington Mara talking about how Vince Lombardi wanted him to take Polaroids and throw them down to the field when Vince was coaching with the Giants. To maybe re-enact it or kind of tell that story, it’s kind of why I signed up for it.”
Along the way, Manning channeled his inner comedian, as displayed in TV commercials and as host of “Saturday Night Live.”
A big fan of Elvis Presley, Manning visited Graceland and “may or may not” have dressed up in an Elvis costume. He did discover that Presley staged impromptu games at local parks and was such a die-hard NFL fan he had three television sets on hand so he could watch as much football as possible.
“He got the idea from Lyndon Baines Johnson, who had three TVs so he could watch the news and political news coverage,” Manning explains.
Manning and Cris Carter also tried to replicate a stunt the New York Giants performed at the O’Keeffe Radiator Building in Manhattan — now the American Radiator Building. In 1926, the Giants’ Lynn Bomar threw a ball to the ground from 324 feet up on the 23-story building, and Hinkey Haines caught it.
“Back in the ’20s, the forward pass was like a circus act,” Manning says. “When you were in the red zone and threw a pass into the end zone and it was incomplete, the other team got the ball; that was news to me. Clearly, teams didn’t want to throw it.
“But to get some buzz and interest with the team not drawing well, the Giants did this publicity stunt and had (Bomar) throw a pass off the building. So I threw a pass down to Cris Carter at the same spot and he caught it. It was pretty neat.”
Also neat, no doubt, was having Manning service motorist’s cars at the Vince Lombardi Travel Plaza on the New Jersey Turnpike. Manning dressed up as an attendant and “would give them a lecture or seminar on Vince Lombardi” while they were gassing up. The customers were given $10 off their bill if they could correctly answer questions about Lombardi.
Paying homage to one of the NFL’s great QBs, Sammy Baugh, who also played safety and was an All-Pro punter, Manning had Deion Sanders “try to teach me” to play defensive back. “That provided some challenges,” Manning says with a chuckle.
He visited with Jay Leno, a renowned classic car collector, to discuss the Hupmobile, an auto on which several future NFL franchise owners sat (on the running boards) “drinking prohibition beer” as the league was formed.
“I hope people who love football will find it entertaining,” he says. “I certainly have not been afraid to make fun of myself.”
The fun of the series is accompanied by a reverence for the history of his sport. Such highlights as sitting with Roger Staubach and watching the long pass to Drew Pearson that spawned the “Hail Mary” description of such plays. Or chatting with Jim Brown about his career — in football and lacrosse and acting. Or researching the role of Bert Bell, the league’s second commissioner who created the draft, scheduled games for Sundays — college football, more popular in the those days, owned Saturdays — and insisted on blackouts when television became a factor.
“Bert Bell made a bad investment, putting his money in a pro football team, guys in leather helmets running into each other,” Manning says with a sarcastic laugh. “Bert Bell was a pioneer.”
Bell and Nixon likely wouldn’t have gotten along. Nixon, as Manning discovered, was so annoyed he couldn’t watch the Redskins’ home games from the White House during his 1969-74 administration that he asked NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to lift the blackouts.
“Rozelle refused, saying it would hurt attendance,” Manning says. “So, basically, Nixon got Congress to pass a law to end the blackouts. He called it one of the greatest achievements of his administration, and that shows you how important it was to people who wanted to watch their teams. And still is.”
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1 in 4 women across Ireland are being shamed for fake tanning
by Kat O'Connor
Feeling shame can impact negatively on women’s wellbeing, confidence and mental health. A new survey conducted by St. Tropez, has found that shaming can be a very real part of Irish women’s day-to-day life. In Ireland, tanning is commonplace, with 1 in 5 women wearing tan daily and almost half (44%) revealing they’d wear it to dinner.
Yet despite being the biggest tanning region of Great Britain with 65% of Irish women using self-tan vs 45% in the North of England (the UK region with the most number of self-tan wearers), why are so many shaming? Who is doing it and why?
55% of Irish women admit to judging their fellow females for wearing a sunless tan with 7 out of 10 (68%) women in Limerick admitting to having judged other women who use self-tan specifically compared to just over a half (54%) of women in Dublin.
58% of women who have experienced judging looks and insults say that their confidence was seriously knocked, they went straight home, and they did not wish to leave the house. Whilst 70% of the women surveyed admit a badly applied tan is the number 1 reason they judge another’s appearance.
A post shared by St.Tropez (@sttropeztan) on Apr 6, 2019 at 8:32am PDT
Shocking. In an age where positive body confidence messages are high on the agenda in schools, the workplace and from consumer brands – it appears that its women who need to start supporting the cause.
But, in-spite-of the stigmas, the survey revealed that the top two reasons for Irish women proudly wearing fake tan are to make them feel confident and look well with 41% citing confidence in particular. In addition, having a post-holiday tan is a confidence booster for 27% of Irish women, which also suggests that golden glowing skin inspires us to feel our best and on top of our game.
These insights have led St. Tropez to boldly address the stigmas surrounding self-tanning head-on, with a motivational campaign entitled You Set the Tone which aims to highlight that tanning is more about how you feel than how you look and a goal of empowering women to feel more confident, every day. Launching on the 10th April, the campaign aims to put the Self back in self-tan and has the support of Philanthropist and Charity Founder, Katie Piper, as well as an army of brand fans.
Katie said, “I’m backing St. Tropez’s You Set the Tone campaign as it’s vitally important for women to feel confident in their own skin and with their own bodies, and if a beauty product or regime can help them achieve this, it can only be positive.
Every woman has an individual reason for how they wear their make-up or hair and it’s no different with self-tan. Tanning doesn’t just add colour, it can also help to even out skin tone, cover up pigmentation or redness, allow you to wear less make up or go without heavy foundations.
The survey findings show that us women need to be supporting and celebrating each other and finding ways to improve our self-esteem and ultimately, our mental wellbeing”
St. Tropez is pledging to give women across Ireland the tools to feel confident, look glowing and make tan-shaming for bad application a thing of the past with game-changing developments. New St. Tropez Purity Bronzing Water Gel, which sold out within hours of its official launch in February, is a one of a kind innovation that means no-streaks, no-transfer, no-stickiness and no-fake tan smell, and 88% of users agree.
Enough of the judgement! St. Tropez boldly empowers women to set their own tone.
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Google's Motorola deal a patent effort
The phone maker's treasure trove of patents was irresistible to the smartest kid in class.
By Mathew Murphy
August 19, 2011 — 12.00am
THE US share market has spent the past few weeks jumping up and down like a small child demanding attention. It has been easy to forget that the corporate America steam train has been powering along, releasing bumper profit results and working on mega-deals that will in turn either help or hinder the economic recovery.
This week saw the return of ''Merger Monday''. It is called that because Wall Street's wheelers and dealers will often spend the weekend slumped around board tables and on phone hook-ups dotting ''I's'' and crossing ''T's'' on acquisitions while the market is closed.
The Motorola Mobility deal offers many ways in which Google could become unstuck. Credit:Bloomberg
On Monday morning, the market's eyes lit up and the cash register drawer sprung open on a $US19 billion ($A18 billion) spending spree. This included Transocean's $US2.2 billion cash purchase of Aker Drilling and Time Warner's $US3 billion offer for Insight Communications. The deal that commanded the most attention in terms of value and potential to change the landscape in the telecommunications scene was Google's $US12.5 billion gambit for Motorola Mobility Holdings.
It is one worth examining not just because of its sheer size but because it is going to be pivotal to whether people will be using the term ''Google'' as a noun, a verb or at all in years to come.
With one in two Americans forecast to own a smartphone by the end of the year, compared with just one in 10 in 2008, the stakes have never been higher.
Already the ascendancy in this market has changed a number of times since the first smartphone was presented at a trade show in Las Vegas in 1992.
That model included a calendar, address book, world clock, calculator, games and the ability to email, but it was not affordable.
The more consumer-targeted smartphones started gaining momentum with Nokia when it released its Communicator line in 1996. You remember Nokia - you probably used to own one of its phones. Research In Motion's BlackBerry revolutionised smart-phone usage, particularly among corporates and the public sector, when it came to market in 1999.
Today, both have been drastically losing market share. That is largely due to Apple's iPhone, which was released with much fanfare in 2007, and Google's Android, which came out a year later.
Latest figures show Androids commanding about half of the smartphone market in the US, with iPhone a distant second at 30 per cent.
So what Google did next was always going to determine whether it slipped down the greasy pole like many of its competitors or maintained its position a step or two ahead of the pack.
The Motorola Mobility deal offers many ways in which Google could become unstuck.
The reason for Android's commanding position to date is that it is made available across Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC, Sony and scores of other smartphones.
It is hard to see these companies being excited about Google's Motorola purchase. While Google has said it will operate Motorola Mobility as a separate company, it will still be a division of Google and therefore it is sure to get a nod and a wink on things such as updated versions and advancements ahead of the rest.
Most analysts believe Google's purchase is not so much about becoming a vertically integrated company that can offer software and hardware but a bid to snap up Motorola's 24,500 patents and patent applications.
The reason patents are important is because they allow you to protect your intellectual property and charge royalties to companies that want to use them. More importantly, as we have seen, if you have a technology that infringes on someone else's patent you can trade licences and gain some of their intellectual property for some of yours.
There are strong indications that Google will break off Motorola's handset business and property over the next two years, leaving it with a drawer full of patents.
Analysts at Frost & Sullivan reached this conclusion because of the $US12.5 billion Google paid for the 24,500 patents Motorola owns. Now compare that with the $US450 million a Microsoft consortium paid for 882 Novell patents last year. Get the calculator out, do some simple division and you will see that both deals value the patents at the same figure right down to the last cent - $US510,204.08.
''In the Motorola acquisition, Google bought a patent portfolio and got a mobile phone business thrown in for free,'' Frost and Sullivan analyst Craig Cartier said.
While Google has finally come around to the value of patents, they are of less use if your market share starts declining.
Wall Street viewed the transaction, which was a 63 per cent premium on Motorola's share price before the deal, as a bit too pricey. It also had reservations about how beneficial it was for Google to have its own smartphone manufacturer. Google's shares are down about 4 per cent since Monday and ratings agency Standard & Poor's has dropped its rating on the stock from a ''buy'' to a ''sell''.
Brand managers are also warning that this deal could mark a crucial turning point for Google. Companies that overreach and branch into territory which they know less about run the risk of people forgetting what they did well in the first place.
For the economy, the upside will come only if there is job creation, and there seems little scope for that in this deal. Google's pledge to operate Motorola Mobility as a separate entity suggests the 19,000 Motorola employees will bunk down with Google's 29,000. However, with deals of this size there are natural redundancies.
The Motorola transaction may also spur further consolidation in the sector.
On Monday, Research In Motion shares were up almost 10 per cent. After hearing about the deal, investors speculated that RIM might be the next takeover target.
So has Google come out the victor in this deal? The numbers suggest that that assessment will be done when the true value of each of those $US500,000 patents is tested.
Google has long been the brainiest kid in the class, the one with all the answers. Here's hoping it has done its homework on this one.
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City announces $400,000 in community benefits for Roxbury organizations
As published in the Boston Planning and Development Agency site:
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today presented $400,000 in community benefits for 12 organizations that serve the residents of Roxbury. The community benefits were facilitated by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) as part of the Article 80 approval process for the Melnea Hotel and Residences project, located on the corner of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street in Roxbury.
"Development has the ability to empower our communities and make neighborhoods thriving places for people to live, work and connect," said Mayor Walsh. "Over the past several years, we have improved how we distribute community benefits in order to ensure that this funding can directly impact the lives of our residents. I am pleased to be able to award $400,000 to these twelve deserving organizations and I look forward to continuing to build on our mission to use development as a tool to lift up our neighborhoods."
"I would like to thank the Boston Planning & Development Agency for their commitment to supporting youth and families living in the Roxbury neighborhood," said Alexandra Oliver-Davila, Executive Director of Sociedad Latina. "With this award, 500 youth from Sociedad Latina will be connected to robust work readiness training, academic support, and internships throughout the city. It is essential that young people in Roxbury are given early work experiences and career opportunities to better prepare them for a successful future."
The following organizations received funding:
Boston Education, Skills, and Training Corp. (BEST Corp.) - $75,000 To serve Boston residents for a career in the hospitality industry, with an emphasis on residents of Roxbury, where BEST's new Dudley Square location is situated.
Boston Jobs Coalition - $30,000 To launch a campaign to have developers, contractors, and subcontractors voluntarily agree to the standards established by the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee as they relate to the recently revised Boston Residency Jobs Policy.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Inc. - $20,000 Funding will go toward the Life After The Club (LATC) program, a workforce-development/life-skills initiative which ensures all teens have goals for their post-Boys & Girls Club lives.
Building Pathways, Inc. - $60,000 To leverage existing revenues to support the Building Pathways Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship Program, whose mission is to create opportunities for low-income, low-skilled Boston area residents; particularly women, people of color, and young adults in underserved communities, to help them access and prepare for apprenticeships in the building trades.
MissionSAFE - $24,000 To provide 20 weeks of paid internships, career exploration and job readiness training for 15 high- and proven-risk young people in Roxbury.
Mothers for Justice and Equality, Inc. - $25,000 To offer the Mothers for Justice and Equality (MJE) Workforce Readiness Training to men and women residing in Roxbury and seeking employment.
Smarter in the City, Inc. - $15,000 To implement two programs that will provide cohort members with the technology, resources and education they need to transform their ideas into a functional product.
Sociedad Latina, Inc. - $45,000 To support youth stipends, skill building training, and other benefits for 125 youth gaining hands-on work experience in internships and learning through regular work readiness trainings, coaching, academic support, and community projects with Sociedad Latina's Pathways to Success program.
Somali Development Center, Inc. - $26,000 To support the organization's Citizenship for New African-Americans program, which includes an integrated combination of ESOL and citizenship education and support for filing and following up on applications.
The Possible Project, Inc. - $20,000 To support teacher salaries and other programming expenses at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Dudley Square. The program currently has 47 students and enrollment continues to grow.
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc. - $20,000 To support the Jobs Rebuild Boston project and provide an employment gateway for 60 under- and unemployed adults living in Roxbury. Programming will include baseline job readiness, digital-focused, and other employment skills needed to secure a living wage and, potentially for career advancement opportunities.
YouthBuild Boston, Inc. - $40,000 To support the organization's Building Trades Exploration Program (BTE), a unique Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEaM) program
The BPDA, along with the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development (OWD), notified organizations and publicized, using both the BPDA and OWD websites and social media accounts, the availability of Community Benefits from the Project.
Over the past several years, the BPDA has updated its guidelines for releasing community benefits from a developer to a community organization in order to ensure that development is creating thriving neighborhoods for people to live, work and connect. When community benefits are not outlined in a developer's cooperation agreement, the BPDA now launches an open process for organizations to apply for grants. Community organizations must prove that the award will be used to support a program or provide a service that directly serves the local neighborhood in order to be eligible for funding. This process was first piloted in 2015, and has since been used to award community benefits to organizations in Allston/Brighton, South Boston and Fenway. Prior to receiving funds, organizations are required to submit a budget and plan for how the money will be used in a way that produces a measurable impact. All awards are subject to BPDA Board authorization and chosen recipients are required to enter into a grant agreement with the BPDA.
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EXCLUSIVE: Panic! Duo Premiere New Song!
LISTEN: Ryan Ross explains this poppy, '60s-inspired song off Young Veins' upcoming debut.
William Goodman // March 18, 2010
In July 2009, guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker exited Las Vegas’ Panic! at the Disco due to “musical differences” — and now, eight months later, we know exactly what they meant.
The duo are currently finalizing a record deal for the summer release of Take a Vacation, their debut album as the Young Veins — and their new sound is far from the theatrical emo-pop of their former band. For proof, listen an exclusive SPIN.com premiere of album track “Young Veins (Die Tonight)” below.
“It’s a song about having a good time with your friends,” Ross explains of the two-minute song, which is heavily influenced by 1960s British Invasion guitar rock and California bands like the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas.
The track opens with a snappy drum roll and sparkling guitar combo, then explodes in an sunny sing-along with Ross hitting the high notes: “Is young a word for dumb? / A word for fun / We have the time of our lives every night / Like it’s our job to lose our minds!“
It’s a good-time anthem to Ross’ adopted home of Los Angeles, but the 23-year-old rocker explains there’s a double meaning. The verse — “If I were to die tonight, would you cry? / My place in your life / I’m aware that you’re scared” — was “written with a girl in mind.”
“It’s like, ‘does this person care about me as much as I care about her?’ says Ross. “Sometimes when you’re writing a song, even if you know what you want it to be about, it ends up being about whatever is really affecting you at the time.”
Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins — bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray — recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet’s Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN’s review of the show right here.
LISTEN: Young Veins, “Young Veins (Die Tonight)”
So, “Young Veins (Die Tonight)”: Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below.
William Goodman
Tags: ceremony, panic at the disco, Ryan Ross, Songs, young veins
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Four-fifths of senior figures in financial services think that the way candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds present themselves at interview is preventing them from getting a job in the sector, according to new polling commissioned through YouGov and published by the Sutton Trust and Deutsche Bank today.
81% of respondents in the finance industry cited presentation, a higher proportion that the just over three-quarters (77%) who said that school and university results were affecting the job chances of those from disadvantaged backgrounds. 62% said that employers thinking they wouldn’t fit in with the work culture was preventing their success at interview.
The survey quantifies the potential ‘brown shoes’ effect highlighted by the Social Mobility Commission last year. They found that young people from less affluent homes are often locked out of banking jobs because of their clothes, accent, dress and behaviour.
Previous Boston Consulting Group research for the Sutton Trust had identified an access gap in the banking sector: 34% of recent intakes and 51% of leaders in the banking sector went to independent schools, compared to 7% of the school population.
To find out how attitudes towards social mobility in the finance industry compares to others, 1,008 senior decision makers who operate across multiple different industries were polled. Businesses which stated that they operate in finance and accounting were among the most likely to think that their business didn’t support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access jobs in their sector: 45% said their business didn’t do this well, as well as 37% of those working in the legal sector and 33% in IT.
But when it comes to responsibility for increasing the representation of those from disadvantaged backgrounds in their industry, senior finance and accounting leaders were the most likely to believe that it lies with the government. 25% of respondents thought they were responsible, compared to 15% of respondents overall. Almost a third of those in the finance industry (29%) thought the responsibility lies with businesses across their own sector, while 5% said universities and 2% said schools and colleges.
Today’s research is published ahead of an industry conference hosted by the Sutton Trust and Deutsche Bank that aims to address what remains a stubbornly ingrained issue within the banking and finance sectors. Speakers – including Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, Rachel Blanshard, Head of Human Resources, UK & EMEA, Deutsche Bank and Dr Louise Ashley, Lecturer on Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, Royal Holloway – will discuss ways to improve social mobility in the industry.
The two organisations are working together on a programme to widen access to the banking professions. Pathways to Banking, run in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Warwick University, will support three cohorts of students from low and middle income homes in sixth form to access degrees that can lead to jobs in finance. Participants will receive a targeted programme of support that includes residentials, mentoring and work experience.
Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment, said today:
“Finance and banking offer rewarding careers for talented young people. However, today’s research shows that it is very difficult for young people from low and middle income backgrounds to access them. Our polling shows that the vast majority of senior figures in finance and banking think that the way candidates from poorer backgrounds present themselves affects their job chances – the brown shoes effect.
“We’re delighted to be working with Deutsche Bank to enable young people from low and middle income homes to develop the skills and confidence they need. Participants will receive a targeted programme that includes residentials, mentoring and work experience.”
Tiina Lee, Head of Global Markets, UK, and Deputy CEO, UK and Ireland, Deutsche Bank, said:
“We know there’s a social mobility problem within the banking industry and that addressing it makes economic and business sense. By reaching students while they are still in school, we hope to encourage more bright young people from poorer homes that a career in finance is open to them.”
Rachael Blanchard, Head of Human Resources at Deutsche Bank, UK and EMEA, said:
“The Sutton Trust has a long track-record of delivering programmes that really make a difference to young peoples’ lives. We’re delighted to be partnering with them to widen access to the financial industries.”
The Sutton Trust is a foundation set up in 1997, dedicated to improving social mobility through education. It has published over 180 research studies and funded and evaluated programmes that have helped hundreds of thousands of young people of all ages, from early years through to access to the professions.
Deutsche Bank provides commercial and investment banking, retail banking, transaction banking and asset and wealth management products and services to corporations, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Born to Be: Deutsche Bank believes in the power of education and that every individual is born to be something. Born to Be uses education-led programmes to unlock the potential of the next generation by aiming to increase achievement, develop employability skills and raise aspiration. Pathways to Banking will enable Born to Be to make a positive impact on students across London and Birmingham which will contribute significantly to the one million young people reached globally each year.
The Sutton Trust also runs Pathways programmes in the following sectors: Law; Medicine; Coding; and STEM.
The Boston Consulting Group research for the Sutton Trust on access to banking can be found here.
The Social Mobility Commission research on barriers to entry in the banking sector can be found here.
Survey figures are from YouGov Plc. The total sample size was 1008 Senior Decision Makers, with 131 mainly working in finance and accounting. Fieldwork was undertaken between 5th – 13th September 2016. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all business size.
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BFI Southbank kicks off 2019 with a major season dedicated to the groundbreaking and influential films of Michelangelo Antonioni. This major two month season Antonioni: Confronting The Modern World With Style will include a BFI re-release of Antonioni’s last American film, The Passenger (1975) starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, which will be back in selected cinemas across the UK from Friday 4 January. This month will also include a season honouring the maverick producer-director whose vision and ambition transformed British cinema; The Golden Age Of Alexander Korda: Britain’s Movie Mogul includes screenings of The Private Life of Henry VIII (Alexander Korda, 1933) in a new BFI 4K restoration; Korda’s collaboration with HG Wells Things to Come (William Cameron Manzies, 1936) and That Hamilton Woman (Alexander Korda, 1941) starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Also screening will be the UK Premiere of Churchill and the Movie Mogul (John Fleet, 2018) a new documentary exploring the little-known relationship between Korda and Winston Churchill. The BFI’s major blockbuster season Comedy Genius will conclude in January with a focus on arguably the greatest comedy double-act of all time Laurel And Hardy, who are guaranteed to banish the January blues in an instant with their hilarious antics.
Film previews in January will include BFI London Film Festival favourites Beautiful Boy (Felix van Groeningen, 2018), Destroyer (Karyn Kusama, 2018) and Colette (Wash Westmoreland, 2017), the latter of which will be followed by a Q&A with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen. BFI Southbank’s regular Woman With A Movie Camera series will also feature an LFF hit, with a special screening of the joyful documentary I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story (2018) followed by a skype Q&A with director Jessica Leski. There will also be a Funday Preview of the final film in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy; the screening of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois, 2019) on Sunday 27 January will be preceded by a free Funday workshop in the BFI Foyer and after the screening, director Dean DeBlois and producer Brad Lewis will take part in an onstage Q&A.
Website: www.bfi.org.uk
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IEDs and car bomb wreak havoc in Central and Eastern Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya - In a shocking weekend in East and Central Africa three separate attacks have claimed the lives of twenty people, 12 of them police officers.
The attacks took place on Saturday, one in Kenya, another in Somalia and the third in Cameroon.
In the first incident, an IED (improvised explosive device) detonated in Wajir County, Kenya, after being struck by a car. At least eight police officers were killed in that attack.
Ironically in an identical attack 12 months ago to the day, in the same Wajir County, an exact same number of police officers was killed. Pictured is a clip posted on Twitter by NTV Kenya on 17 June 2018, referring to the attack a day previous.
IED attack kills 8 in Wajir: Attack happened in Wajir east, believed to be by Al Shabaab #NTVWeekendEdition @MarkMasai pic.twitter.com/U6g38mZQJB
- NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) June 17, 2018
In the same Wajir County, three Kenyan police reservists were kidnapped on Friday.
In Mogadishu, Somalia, a car bombing took the lives of eight people.
Dozens were injured in both attacks, responsibility for which was claimed by the armed group Al-Shabaab, which is particularly active in Eastern Africa.
Meanwhile In an unrelated attack in Central Africa, in Cameroon, separatists detonated an improvised explosive device that killed four police and wounded 6.
"The government condemns in the strongest terms this criminal act, perpetrated by armed bandits and terrorists with no faith or law," a statement said, which explained the attack occurred along a road near the district of Eyumojock in the south west of the country late on Saturday.
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Sunday condemned all three attacks.
(Photo credit: @ntvkenya ).
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ArcelorMittal South Africa to cut 2 000 jobs
ArcelorMittal South Africa may cut more than 2 000 jobs as part of a widespread restructuring to cut costs. The shares plunged.
South Africa's steel industry is suffering from high costs for electricity and raw materials, and has been hit by the weak local economy, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. It expects to report a loss in the first half and said earnings excluding some items will fall by at least R650 million.
"Due to the difficult domestic economic environment, the South African steel industry continues to face significant challenges," the company said. "More significant measures have become necessary, including the review of staffing levels."
The shares tumbled as much as 17%, the biggest intraday drop in 14 months. The stock was down 10% as of 10:19 in Johannesburg.
The company is majority owned by ArcelorMittal, which ranks as the world's biggest steelmaker and has been struggling with weaker demand and lower steel prices in its key markets.
It announced output cuts in Europe last month as the market came under pressure, with US tariffs deflecting shipments to the EU and higher iron ore prices boosting costs.
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Search » All » Standardized Tests » Aftermath
SAT Word Power List 2
aftermath noun events following some occurrence; a consequence of Poverty and economic depression are usually the ___________________ of wars.
aggrandize verb to increase in size; enlarge; to cause to appear grater in power, influence Mario ____________________________ _____ his wealth by borrowing so much money and buying extravagant homes, cars abd boats that it eventually bankrupted him.
ajar noun partially open I couldn't set our home security system on because the back door was left ______________.
alienate verb to make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or estranged The boss ________________________ ____ his secretary by shouting at her when she made a mistake.
alleviate verb to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen Aspirin _______________________ ____ painful headaches most of the time.
allure verb/noun to entice with something desirable; tempt; power of attraction The sailors were _______________ _____ into believing that the calm, balmy seas would never become a ferocious storm.
aloof adjective distant, reserved in manner; uninvolved Most everyone thought Betty __________________ when actually she was only very shy.
also-ran noun one who is defeated in a race, election or other competition; loser Tired of always being an ______________________, Mike trained hard and finally won the annual club tennis tournament.
altercation noun a heated quarrel When the pitcher hit the batter with a fastball an ___________________________ soon broke out between both teams.
alternative noun the chose between two mutually exclusive possibilities, a situation presenting such a choice The hikers decided there was no _________________________________; they had to find shelter before the rains came.
Clean as a Whistle Idiom completed free from dirt; perfectly neat The science lab is as ____________________________________________.
Clean Bill of Health Idiom declaration of satisfactory, healthy condition, or proven innocence The gas station that inspected dad's old car gave it a __________________________________________________________
Clear the Decks Idiom to get all the minor details out of the way in order to focus on a major project. Before we can build our model representing a World War One battle field, we have to ______________________________________ of our homework.
Climb the Walls Idiom to be frustrated or anxious during a challenging situation; to be unable to endure The school assembly was so dull that all the students were _______________ing__________________________.
Clip Your Wings Idiom to end a person's privileges; to take away someone's power or freedom to do something. My mother said that if I didn't get my grades up, she was going to ___________________________________________.
Cloak-and-Dagger Idiom involving plotting and scheming; concerning or involving spies, secret agents, intrigue and mystery. Dad reads books on gardening, where Mom loves to read a good ____________________________________ story.
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This is why protesters crashed the 2018 BAFTA Film Awards red carpet
Police were called in when Sisters Uncut staged a political demonstration on the 2018 BAFTA Film Awards red carpet.
Wearing black and purple tops that read “Time’s Up, Theresa,” about a dozen protesters from Sisters Uncut stormed the Royal Albert Hall before the BAFTAs on Sunday (18 Feb).
The feminist activists then linked arms and lined up in force, with some even lying down on the red carpet to make their point.
Police were called and, despite holding their position for several minutes, the group were soon led away. No arrests were made and the protesters made no contact with famous guests.
In a statement, the group said that the protest was in response to the forthcoming domestic violence bill, which Theresa May has said will deliver more convictions for violent offenders, but which critics believe will result in an increase in the number of survivors of abuse being arrested or detained.
“Sisters Uncut say that these measures skirt the government’s responsibility to support all survivors of domestic violence, leaving them locked up in prison, locked out of refuges, and locked in to violent relationships,” the statement said.
“We are in solidarity with the Time’s Up campaign. Like the Alianza Nacional De Campesinas, we recognise that gender-based violence happens everywhere, and that to disclose abuse requires support.
“As well as calling Time’s Up on individual perpetrators, we have to call Time’s Up on our government for failing to provide us with real options and support”.
Suzanne Da Costa, a domestic violence helpline worker who took part in the protest, added: “Imagine calling the police for help and ending up in a police cell – it’s incredibly traumatic and a story I’ve heard too often from survivors.
“We shouldn’t be giving the police more power, we should be giving power back to survivors”.
It is worth noting that the government’s proposed changes to the funding of women’s refuges have been widely criticised since they were made public.
Just a few weeks ago, abuse survivors and charities delivered a petition (containing 168,000 signatures) to the Prime Minister, warning that the proposed Domestic Violence Bill will prevent women from paying for stays in refuges using their housing benefit – putting some of the most vulnerable women at risk. Indeed, charity Women’s Aid has warned that the changes could “force more than a third of refuges into closure”.
MP Jess Phillips, who used to work in a refuge, previously said that people “don’t realise” the extent of the problem of domestic violence unless they work in abuse services.
“I met women who have been left under a table and fed scraps from the fridge by their children when their dad isn’t looking, I have seen women who were raped and abused every night of their lives,” she said.
“These are people who are living in terror and fear - without somewhere to go they will continue to live in totally marginalised lives but the risk of death, ill-health and their children not doing as well in school is so high.”
And Sisters Uncut’s official website notes: “Refuge budgets have been slashed by almost a quarter, resulting in 1,000 women and children being turned away by refuges over a six-month period, according to The Bureau for Investigative Journalism.
“This is set to worsen if the government proceeds with plans to remove housing benefit funding from refuges.”
Women’s Aid is calling on supporters to sign a petition to stop the planned changes to funding for women’s refuges. You can do so here.
Images: Rex Features
Sisters Uncut
Kayleigh Dray is editor of Stylist.co.uk, where she chases after rogue apostrophes and specialises in films, comic books, feminism and television. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.
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Update: Super Junior Shares Another Preview Of “One More Time” Featuring Mexican Band Reik
by D. Kim
Updated October 4 KST:
Super Junior has dropped another music video teaser for “One More Time” with Mexican band Reik!
The teaser also gives a look at Kim Heechul’s part in the music video. While he will be sitting out music show performances, he participated in the upcoming album by filming his part in Korea and taking part in the album jacket photo shoot.
The first teaser for Super Junior’s “One More Time” has been unveiled! The group collaborated with Mexican band Reik for this release, proving their status as global idols.
Check it out below!
Updated September 21 KST:
Super Junior has dropped more teaser photos of Heechul, Donghae, And Eunhyuk for the group’s upcoming album “One More Time”! Check them out below:
Super Junior has dropped more teaser photos of Choi Siwon, Shindong, and Yesung for the group’s upcoming album “One More Time”!
The group also revealed that they will be releasing their new B-side track “Animals,” along with its MV, on September 27 at 12 p.m. KST.
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Individual teasers of Ryeowook and Leeteuk have been revealed for “One More Time”!
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Super Junior has dropped more teaser images for their upcoming comeback with special mini album “One More Time (Otra Vez)”!
Super Junior is gearing up for their return!
On September 17, the first teaser was released for Super Junior’s comeback with a special mini album. This is the group’s first release since Ryeowook’s return from his military service.
Titled “One More Time,” the album will contain five trendy Latin pop tracks, and a pre-release track and music video will be unveiled sometime in September.
“One More Time” is set to be released on October 8.
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Second World War hero who helped liberate Bergen Belsen awarded France's highest honour
By Ben James
A SECOND World War hero who helped liberate millions across Europe has been awarded France’s highest honour.
Patrick Delaforce, 92, landed on the D-Day beaches in June 1944 before helping drive the Nazis back into their homeland.
He was twice severely wounded and was mentioned in dispatches on two occasions.
But now, 72 years on, the Brighton veteran has been awarded France's highest honour, the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
He said: “What we did back then was so incredibly important and I will never forget it.
“I have always felt a connection with the French people and it is a wonderful medal to have.”
Patrick joined the 11th Armoured Division as an officer in Normandy and played a crucial role in many key battles as the Allies drove the Germans out of Northern France.
On moving into Belgium he was involved in the liberation of Antwerp where he witnessed the horrors of Breendonk concentration camp.
The fortress had been used by the SS to torture Belgium resistance fighters and to hold Jews and other political prisoners.
Patrick said: “The place had been turned into an abattoir for humans. The SS and the Gestapo between them had butchered – literally butchered – dozens upon dozens.
“The thing I remember quite clearly was the smell of blood. It was a disgusting smell.”
After fighting in Operation Market Garden, Patrick and his men pushed on towards Germany when he was blown up by a mine.
He suffered serious injuries but was back in the line after just a short spell in hospital.
After crossing into Germany, he was engaged in a number of fearsome battles for control of the country’s key rivers before he helped liberate Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
He said: “I remember seeing all these rags scattered all over the place.
“But when I looked closer I could see that they weren’t rags, they were bodies – thousands of them.
“The stench was awful, it will never leave me. They were hardly alive, there was little expression on their faces. They were walking dead.”
But there was no time to dwell on what he had seen as his men continued the push towards Berlin.
While fighting to cross another key river he was blown up a second time. Just days later the Germans surrendered.
But this was not the end of Patrick’s war. He was called to sit as a judge at two separate war trials where he sent a number of concentration camp guards to their deaths.
He was then required to act as an official witness to their executions at the hands of infamous British hangman, Albert Pierrepoint,.
He said: “This was retribution, after what I had seen. Justice had been done.”
Commenting on the medal he said: “It’s a real honour, it is just a shame there are so few of us left.”
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The Scholars and the Goddess
Historically speaking, the "ancient" rituals of the Goddess movement are almost certainly bunk
Charlotte Allen
Wicca, sometimes known as the Goddess movement, Goddess spirituality, or the Craft, appears to be the fastest-growing religion in America. Thirty years ago only a handful of Wiccans existed. One scholar has estimated that there are now more than 200,000 adherents of Wicca and related "neopagan" faiths in the United States, the country where neopaganism, like many formal religions, is most flourishing. Wiccans—who may also call themselves Witches (the capital W is meant to distance them from the word's negative connotations, because Wiccans neither worship Satan nor practice the sort of malicious magic traditionally associated with witches) or just plain pagans (often with a capital P)—tend to be white, middle-class, highly educated, and politically involved in liberal and environmental causes. About a third of them are men. Wiccan services have been held on at least fifteen U.S. military bases and ships.
Many come to Wicca after reading The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979), a best-selling introduction to Wiccan teachings and rituals written by Starhawk (né Miriam Simos), a Witch (the term she prefers) from California. Starhawk offers a vivid summary of the history of the faith, explaining that witchcraft is "perhaps the oldest religion extant in the West" and that it began "more than thirty-five thousand years ago," during the last Ice Age. The religion's earliest adherents worshipped two deities, one of each sex: "the Mother Goddess, the birthgiver, who brings into existence all life," and the "Horned God," a male hunter who died and was resurrected each year. Male shamans "dressed in skins and horns in identification with the God and the herds," but priestesses "presided naked, embodying the fertility of the Goddess." All over prehistoric Europe people made images of the Goddess, sometimes showing her giving birth to the "Divine Child—her consort, son, and seed." They knew her as a "triple Goddess"—practitioners today usually refer to her as maiden, mother, crone—but fundamentally they saw her as one deity. Each year these prehistoric worshippers celebrated the seasonal cycles, which led to the "eight feasts of the Wheel": the solstices, the equinoxes, and four festivals—Imbolc (February 2, now coinciding with the Christian feast of Candlemas), Beltane (May Day), Lammas or Lughnasad (in early August), and Samhain (our Halloween).
This nature-attuned, woman-respecting, peaceful, and egalitarian culture prevailed in what is now Western Europe for thousands of years, Starhawk wrote, until Indo-European invaders swept across the region, introducing warrior gods, weapons designed for killing human beings, and patriarchal civilization. Then came Christianity, which eventually insinuated itself among Europe's ruling elite. Still, the "Old Religion" lived, often in the guise of Christian practices.
Starting in the fourteenth century, Starhawk argued, religious and secular authorities began a 400-year campaign to eradicate the Old Religion by exterminating suspected adherents, whom they accused of being in league with the devil. Most of the persecuted were women, generally those outside the social norm—not only the elderly and mentally ill but also midwives, herbal healers, and natural leaders, those women whose independent ways were seen as a threat. During "the Burning Times," Starhawk wrote, some nine million were executed. The Old Religion went more deeply underground, its traditions passed down secretly in families and among trusted friends, until it resurfaced in the twentieth century. Like their ancient forebears, Wiccans revere the Goddess, practice shamanistic magic of a harmless variety, and celebrate the eight feasts, or sabbats, sometimes in the nude.
Subject to slight variations, this story is the basis of many hugely popular Goddess handbooks. It also informs the writings of numerous secular feminists—Gloria Steinem, Marilyn French, Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English—to whom the ascendancy of "the patriarchy" or the systematic terrorization of strong, independent women by means of witchcraft trials are historical givens. Moreover, elements of the story suffuse a broad swath of the intellectual and literary fabric of the past hundred years, from James Frazer's The Golden Bough and Robert Graves's The White Goddess to the novels of D. H. Lawrence, from the writings of William Butler Yeats and T. S. Eliot to Jungian psychology and the widely viewed 1988 public-television series The Power of Myth.
In all probability, not a single element of the Wiccan story is true. The evidence is overwhelming that Wicca is a distinctly new religion, a 1950s concoction influenced by such things as Masonic ritual and a late-nineteenth-century fascination with the esoteric and the occult, and that various assumptions informing the Wiccan view of history are deeply flawed. Furthermore, scholars generally agree that there is no indication, either archaeological or in the written record, that any ancient people ever worshipped a single, archetypal goddess—a conclusion that strikes at the heart of Wiccan belief.
IN the past few years two well-respected scholars have independently advanced essentially the same theory about Wicca's founding. In 1998 Philip G. Davis, a professor of religion at the University of Prince Edward Island, published Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality, which argued that Wicca was the creation of an English civil servant and amateur anthropologist named Gerald B. Gardner (1884-1964). Davis wrote that the origins of the Goddess movement lay in an interest among the German and French Romantics—mostly men—in natural forces, especially those linked with women. Gardner admired the Romantics and belonged to a Rosicrucian society called the Fellowship of Crotona—a group that was influenced by several late-nineteenth-century occultist groups, which in turn were influenced by Freemasonry. In the 1950s Gardner introduced a religion he called (and spelled) Wica. Although Gardner claimed to have learned Wiccan lore from a centuries-old coven of witches who also belonged to the Fellowship of Crotona, Davis wrote that no one had been able to locate the coven and that Gardner had invented the rites he trumpeted, borrowing from rituals created early in the twentieth century by the notorious British occultist Aleister Crowley, among others. Wiccans today, by their own admission, have freely adapted and embellished Gardner's rites.
In 1999, Ronald Hutton, a well-known historian of pagan British religion who teaches at the University of Bristol, published The Triumph of the Moon. Hutton had conducted detailed research into the known pagan practices of prehistory, had read Gardner's unpublished manuscripts, and had interviewed many of Gardner's surviving contemporaries. Hutton, like Davis, could find no conclusive evidence of the coven from which Gardner said he had learned the Craft, and argued that the "ancient" religion Gardner claimed to have discovered was a mélange of material from relatively modern sources. Gardner seems to have drawn on the work of two people: Charles Godfrey Leland, a nineteenth-century amateur American folklorist who professed to have found a surviving cult of the goddess Diana in Tuscany, and Margaret Alice Murray, a British Egyptologist who herself drew on Leland's ideas and, beginning in the 1920s, created a detailed framework of ritual and belief. From his own experience Gardner included such Masonic staples as blindfolding, initiation, secrecy, and "degrees" of priesthood. He incorporated various Tarot-like paraphernalia, including wands, chalices, and the five-pointed star, which, enclosed in a circle, is the Wiccan equivalent of the cross.
Gardner also wove in some personal idiosyncrasies. One was a fondness for linguistic archaisms: "thee," "thy," "'tis," "Ye Bok of ye Art Magical." Another was a taste for nudism: Gardner had belonged to a nudist colony in the 1930s, and he prescribed that many Wiccan rituals be carried out "skyclad." This was a rarity even among occultists: no ancient pagan religion is known, or was thought in Gardner's time, to have regularly called for its rites to be conducted in the nude. Some Gardnerian innovations have sexual and even bondage-and-discipline overtones. Ritual sex, which Gardner called "The Great Rite," and which was also largely unknown in antiquity, was part of the liturgy for Beltane and other feasts (although most participants simulated the act with a dagger—another of Gardner's penchants—and a chalice). Other rituals called for the binding and scourging of initiates and for administering "the fivefold kiss" to the feet, knees, "womb" (according to one Wiccan I spoke with, a relatively modest spot above the pubic bone), breasts, and lips.
Hutton effectively demolished the notion, held by Wiccans and others, that fundamentally pagan ancient customs existed beneath medieval Christian practices. His research reveals that outside of a handful of traditions, such as decorating with greenery at Yuletide and celebrating May Day with flowers, no pagan practices—much less the veneration of pagan gods—have survived from antiquity. Hutton found that nearly all the rural seasonal pastimes that folklorists once viewed as "timeless" fertility rituals, including the Maypole dance, actually date from the Middle Ages or even the eighteenth century. There is now widespread consensus among historians that Catholicism thoroughly permeated the mental world of medieval Europe, introducing a robust popular culture of saints' shrines, devotions, and even charms and spells. The idea that medieval revels were pagan in origin is a legacy of the Protestant Reformation.
Hutton has also pointed out a lack of evidence that either the ancient Celts or any other pagan culture celebrated all the "eight feasts of the Wheel" that are central to Wiccan liturgy. "The equinoxes seem to have no native pagan festivals behind them and became significant only to occultists in the nineteenth century," Hutton told me. "There is still no proven pagan feast that stood as ancestor to Easter"—a festival that modern pagans celebrate as Ostara, the vernal equinox.
Historians have overturned another basic Wiccan assumption: that the group has a history of persecution exceeding even that of the Jews. The figure Starhawk cited—nine million executed over four centuries—derives from a late-eighteenth-century German historian; it was picked up and disseminated a hundred years later by a British feminist named Matilda Gage and quickly became Wiccan gospel (Gardner himself coined the phrase "the Burning Times"). Most scholars today believe that the actual number of executions is in the neighborhood of 40,000. The most thorough recent study of historical witchcraft is Witches and Neighbors (1996), by Robin Briggs, a historian at Oxford University. Briggs pored over the documents of European witch trials and concluded that most of them took place during a relatively short period, 1550 to 1630, and were largely confined to parts of present-day France, Switzerland, and Germany that were already racked by the religious and political turmoil of the Reformation. The accused witches, far from including a large number of independent-minded women, were mostly poor and unpopular. Their accusers were typically ordinary citizens (often other women), not clerical or secular authorities. In fact, the authorities generally disliked trying witchcraft cases and acquitted more than half of all defendants. Briggs also discovered that none of the accused witches who were found guilty and put to death had been charged specifically with practicing a pagan religion.
If Internet chat rooms are any indication, some Wiccans cling tenaciously to the idea of themselves as institutional victims on a large scale. Generally speaking, though, Wiccans appear to be accommodating themselves to much of the emerging evidence concerning their antecedents: for example, they are coming to view their ancient provenance as inspiring legend rather than hard-and-fast history. By the end of the 1990s, with the appearance of Davis's book and then of Hutton's, many Wiccans had begun referring to their story as a myth of origin, not a history of survival. "We don't do what Witches did a hundred years ago, or five hundred years ago, or five thousand years ago," Starhawk told me. "We're not an unbroken tradition like the Native Americans." In fact, many Wiccans now describe those who take certain elements of the movement's narrative literally as "Wiccan fundamentalists."
An even more controversial strand of the challenge to the Wiccan narrative concerns the very existence of ancient Goddess worship. One problem with the theory of Goddess worship, scholars say, is that the ancients were genuine polytheists. They did not believe that the many gods and goddesses they worshipped merely represented different aspects of single deities. In that respect they were like animistic peoples of today, whose cosmologies are crowded with discrete spirits. "Polytheism was an accepted reality," says Mary Lefkowitz, a professor of classics at Wellesley College. "Everywhere you went, there were shrines to different gods." The gods and goddesses had specific domains of power over human activity: Aphrodite/Venus presided over love, Artemis/Diana over hunting and childbirth, Ares/Mars over war, and so forth. Not until the second century, with the work of the Roman writer Apuleius, was one goddess, Isis, identified with all the various goddesses and forces of nature.
As Christianity spread, the classical deities ceased to be the objects of religious cults, but they continued their reign in Western literature and art. Starting about 1800 they began to be associated with semi-mystical natural forces, rather than with specific human activities. In the writings of the Romantics, for example (John Keats's "Endymion" comes to mind), Diana presided generally over the woodlands and the moon. "Mother Earth" became a popular literary deity. In 1849 the German classicist Eduard Gerhard made the assertion, for the first time in modern Western history, that all the ancient goddesses derived from a single prehistoric mother goddess. In 1861 the Swiss jurist and writer Johann Jakob Bachofen postulated that the earliest human civilizations were matriarchies. Bachofen's theory influenced a wide range of thinkers, including Friedrich Engels, a generation of British intellectuals, and probably Carl Jung.
By the early 1900s scholars generally agreed that the great goddess and earth mother had reigned supreme in ancient Mediterranean religions, and was toppled only when ethnic groups devoted to father gods conquered her devotees. In 1901 the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans excavated the Minoan palace at Knossos, on Crete, uncovering colorful frescoes of bull dancers and figurines of bare-breasted women carrying snakes. From this scant evidence Evans concluded that the Minoans, who preceded the Zeus-venerating Greeks by several centuries, had worshipped the great goddess in her virgin and mother aspects, along with a subordinate male god who was her son and consort. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s archaeologists excavating Paleolithic and Neolithic sites in Europe and even Pueblo Indian settlements in Arizona almost reflexively proclaimed the female figurines they found to be images of the great goddess.
The archaeologists drew on the work of late-nineteenth-century anthropologists. A belief that Stone Age peoples (and their "primitive" modern counterparts) did not realize that men played a role in human procreation was popular among many early British and American anthropologists. Female fertility was an awesome mystery, and women, as the sole sources of procreation, were highly honored. This notion—that hunter-gatherer societies couldn't figure out the birds and the bees—has since been discredited, but "it was very intriguing to people mired in Victorianism," according to Cynthia Eller, a professor of religious studies at Montclair State University, in New Jersey, who is writing a book on the subject. "They wanted to find a blissful sexual communism, a society in which chastity and monogamy were not important," Eller says. It was the same general impulse that led Margaret Mead to conclude in the 1920s that Samoan adolescents indulged in guilt-free promiscuity before marriage.
Mellaart's conclusions were bolstered by the work of the late Marija Gimbutas, a Lithuanian-born archaeologist who taught at the University of California at Los Angeles until 1989. Gimbutas specialized in the Neolithic Balkans. Like Mellaart, she tended to attach religious meaning to the objects she uncovered; the results of her Balkan digs were published in 1974 under the title The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe. In 1982 Gimbutas reissued her book as The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, and she began seeing representations of the Goddess, and of female reproductive apparatus (wombs, Fallopian tubes, amniotic fluid), in a huge array of Stone Age artifacts, even in abstractions such as spirals and dots.
In 1993 Ian Hodder, a Stanford University archaeologist, began re-excavating Çatalhöyük, using up-to-date techniques including isotopic analysis of the skeletons found in the graves. "Your bones reflect what you eat, even if you died nine thousand years ago," Hodder says. "And we found that men and women had different diets. The men ate more meat, and the women ate more plant food. You can interpret that in many ways. A rich protein diet is helpful for physical activity, so you could say that the men ate better—but you could also argue that the women preferred plant food. What it does suggest is that there was a division of labor and activity"—not necessarily the egalitarian utopia that Goddess worshippers have assumed.
Hodder's team also discovered numerous human figurines of the male or an indeterminate sex, and found that the favorite Çatalhöyük representation was not women but animals. None of the art the team uncovered conclusively depicts copulation or childbirth. Hodder, along with most archaeologists of his generation, endeavors to assess objects in the context of where they were unearthed—a dramatic change from the school of archaeology that was in vogue at the time of Mellaart's and Gimbutas's excavations. He points out that almost all the female figurines at Çatalhöyük came from rubbish heaps; the enthroned nude woman was found in a grain bin. "Very little in the context of the find suggests that they were religious objects," Hodder says. "They were maybe more like talismans, something to do with daily life." Furthermore, excavations of sites in Turkey, Greece, and Southeastern Europe that were roughly contemporaneous with the Çatalhöyük settlement have yielded evidence—fortifications, maces, bones bearing dagger marks—that Stone Age Europe, contrary to the Goddess narrative, probably saw plenty of violence.
Lynn Meskell, an archaeologist at Columbia University who has published detailed critiques of Gimbutas's work, complains that Gimbutas and her devotees have promoted a romanticized "essentialist" view of women, defining them primarily in terms of fecundity and maternal gentleness. "You have people saying that Çatalhöyük was this peaceful, vegetarian society," says Meskell. "It's ludicrous. Neolithic settlements were not utopias in any sense at all."
Despite their ire, both Starhawk and Eisler, along with many of their adherents, seem to be moving toward a position that accommodates, without exactly accepting, the new Goddess scholarship, much as they have done with respect to the new research about their movement's beginnings. If the ancients did not literally worship a mother goddess, perhaps they worshipped her in a metaphoric way, by recognizing the special female capacity for bearing and nourishing new life—a capacity to which we might attach the word "goddess" even if prehistoric peoples did not. "Most of us look at the archaeological artifacts and images as a source of art, or beauty, or something to speculate about, because the images fit with our theory that the earth is sacred, and that there is a cycle of birth and growth and regeneration," Starhawk told me. "I believe that there was an Old Religion that focused on the female, and that the culture was roughly egalitarian."
Such faith may explain why Wicca is thriving despite all the things about it that look like hokum: it gives its practitioners a sense of connection to the natural world and of access to the sacred and beautiful within their own bodies. I am hardly the first to notice that Wicca bears a striking resemblance to another religion—one that also tells of a dying and rising god, that venerates a figure who is both virgin and mother, that keeps, in its own way, the seasonal "feasts of the Wheel," that uses chalices and candles and sacred poetry in its rituals. Practicing Wicca is a way to have Christianity without, well, the burdens of Christianity. "It has the advantages of both Catholicism and Unitarianism," observes Allen Stairs, a philosophy professor at the University of Maryland who specializes in religion and magic. "Wicca allows one to wear one's beliefs lightly but also to have a rich and imaginative religious life."
"Diotima Mantineia," age forty-eight, is the associate editor of the Web site The Witches' Voice, found at witchvox.com (she would not divulge her real name, partly because she lives in a southern town that she believes is unfriendly to neopagans). She summed up her feelings on the debunking of the official Wiccan narrative this way: "It doesn't matter to me how old Wicca is, because when I connect with Deity as Lady and Lord, I know that I am connecting with something much larger and vaster than I can fully comprehend. The Creator of this universe has been manifesting to us for all time, in the forms of gods and goddesses that we can relate to. This personal connection with Deity is what is meaningful. For me, Wicca works to facilitate that connection, and that is what really matters."
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Orford, Emily-jane and Benjamin Horch. "Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 15 December 2013, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mennonite-childrens-choir-of-winnipeg-emc. Accessed 17 July 2019.
Orford, E.,, & Horch, B., Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg (2013). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mennonite-childrens-choir-of-winnipeg-emc
Orford, Emily-jane, and Benjamin Horch, "Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited December 15, 2013. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mennonite-childrens-choir-of-winnipeg-emc
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Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg
Article by Emily-jane Orford, Benjamin Horch
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited December 15, 2013
The Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg. A 40-voice choir, also known as Winnipeg Mennonite Children's Choir.
The Mennonite Children's Choir of Winnipeg was founded in 1957 under the direction of its conductor, Helen Litz. The choir is made up of girls and boys aged 8 to 16 who have been selected by audition from more than 25 schools and churches in the city. It draws its repertoire from all periods of music, from baroque to contemporary, including German art and folksongs as well as folk music of multilingual origin sung in the original languages.
Helen Litz continued to be its principal conductor and music director in 2004. Karin Redekopp Edwards and Judy Neufeld Urbonas have conducted the choir on numerous occasions. Urbonas became the choir's assistant director in the late 1990s. Guest conductors have included Jester Hairston (1991), Judith Janzen (1995), Gerald Wirth of the Vienna Boys Choir and Henry Leck of the Indianapolis Children's Choir (2002), John Jacobson (2002), Bruce Pullan and Pekka Kostianien (2001), and Doreen Rao. Rachel Hinton accompanied the choir on its 2002 tour.
Broadcasts and Recordings
The Mennonite Children's Choir has been broadcast frequently on regional and national CBC radio and TV. CBC-TV broadcast the choir's production of Hansel and Gretel nationally on Christmas Day 1967. One of the first Canadian ethnic choirs to achieve international recognition, the Mennonite Children's Choir has been broadcast on the BBC and Radio Hilversum. It has recorded for RCA, CBC SM, Choristers Guild, and has several privately produced LPs. It appeared in the 1975 National Film Board film Musicanada. In 1979 the Choristers Guild recorded the Mennonite Children's Choir for its Singing through the Season, and in 1980 Praise Records recorded God Is My Song and Sing for Joy. Paul W. Davis described these recordings as "exquisite and a credit to fine children's choirs" (Worship and Arts, March 1980). S. Bernadelle Mehmert described "the amazing qualities" of Singing through the Season, commenting on "the range of dynamics. Even in pianissimo singing, the tones are well-supported. Very attractive also is the beautiful blend of voices" (Gemshorn, Spring 1980). Many other recordings followed, including the 1992 Canada 125 recording, This Is My Home with Barry Anderson. This recording was provided to all Canadian schools.
Publications and Commissioned Works
The Mennonite Children's Choir has sought to celebrate music of all kinds in its original language and through its concerts and recordings to promote peace and provide goodwill and support to organizations that work towards world peace. Complying with an unwritten tenet of the Mennonite faith which holds that music, as an art, must serve a philanthropic purpose, the Mennonite Children's Choir has sponsored several Save the Children projects with proceeds from its concert tours. "Children Helping Children," a song written in 1987 by Litz and her son Reginald, a former chorister, launched an ongoing World Vision Project for children from its royalties. Also in 1987 the choir commissioned and premiered Esther Wiebe's Psalm 128.
The choir's published musical repertoire also includes In Flanders Fields (with royalties going to Cansave), Children Helping Children (for World Vision), Reaching Out to Give the Master's Touch (for Mother Teresa's Mission), and Courage (for the Children's Cancer Fund). In 1995 the choir commissioned three works for its anniversary celebrations: Snowy Clouds on a Summer Day by Ruth Artman, Sno Wonder by Leonard Ens, and Juventus Vocalis. The world premiere took place with combined choirs in Germany.
In 2002 Litz and instrumentalist Annette Hay wrote and arranged (for choir, flute, oboe, violin, cello, and bass) Dona Nobis Pacem, set to Caccini's melody. This was a 45th anniversary project with royalties supporting the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Project for children. The music was chosen for the Honors Junior High Choir of more than 300 children for the American Choral Directors' National Convention in New York City, and accompanied by Julliard instrumentalists.
Tours and Performances
In response to invitations for concerts and workshops, the Mennonite Children's Choir has travelled to other Canadian and US cities and has competed in various international choral festivals. It has appeared with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir. The choir represented Canada at the 1980 International Society for Music Education (ISME) meeting in Warsaw, and the 1988 ISME world congress in Australia, and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1982 with a performance of Anne of Green Gables. The Mennonite Children's Choir participated in the 1978 Kennedy Center International Youth Choral Festival, the 1984 Dubrovnik Music Festival, the 1984 Toronto International Festival, Expo 86 in Vancouver, and Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia. In 1990 the choir made its debut at Carnegie Hall at the International Children's Choirs in Concert. In 1991 the choir was named first in the Chamber Choir Group (International) at the International Children's Choral Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. The choir also participated in the first International Choral Festival in Atlanta, and the following year in the ISME World Congress in Seoul, Korea. In 1995 the choir toured Germany and Israel and participated in a workshop with the Ankar Children's Choir at the Jerusalem Conservatory. The same year, it performed at the University of Montana International Choral Festival. In 1998 the choir performed at the ISME World Congress in Pretoria, South Africa, which included a performance at the Pretoria Opera House. The same year, the choir exchanged tours and performances with the Drakensburg Boys Choir School and performed with the Tygerberg and Jacaranda children's choirs. In 1999 the choir produced God Through the Ages, inviting other children's and adult choirs, to assist the former Yugoslavia. The following year, the choir performed with Ben Heppner in Kienzl's Der Evangeliman to assist the Mennonite Economic Development Association. It also performed daily at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. In 2001 the choir participated in the World of Children's Choirs and 2001 Voices in Vancouver. The choir performed in 2002 with the First Vienna Boys Choir and at the Children's Choir Festival. The same year, it performed and studied in Salzburg, Hungary, and Italy and participated in the International Festival in Germany. The choir has also participated in the Prairie Choral Festival in Regina and the Kathaumix festival in Powell River. Over the years, the Mennonite Children's Choir has also hosted the Juventus Vocalis of Germany, the Little Eagles of Siberia (1993), and Shchedryk Children's Choir of the Ukraine (1994).
In 1963 the Mennonite Children's Choir won the George S. Mathieson Trophy awarded by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF) and the Manitoba Lieutenant Governor's Trophy for its work at home. The choir placed first in the children's choir class at the 1970 International Tees-side Eisteddfod in England, in two classes at the 1973 International Choral Festival in Montreux including the overall first place, and in two classes at the 1977 International Music Festival, The Hague, and twice it was among the winners at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, where it performed in 1966, 1970, and 1977. In the 1990s it was recommended to the finals of the CBC Amateur Choirs' Competition and it placed first in the chamber choir category of the International Choral Festival in Des Moines, Iowa in 1991. It received the Canada 125 Award in 1992, the coveted Dr. Leslie Bell Memorial Trophy (Canadian Music Educators' Association) in 1993, the CKJS Talent Award in 1997, the International Peace Gardens Distinguished Choral Award and the Registered Music Teachers' Award in 1998, and the Governor-General's Award in 2000. It has been compared to the renowned Obernkirchen Children's Choir (Vancouver Sun, 12 Apr 1969), and its members have been praised for "a range of dynamics that goes with an incredible ability to spin out a tone with the finesse of an adult artist" (London Free Press, 31 Mar 1970) and its "range of vocal mastery, incredible purity and delicacy of tone, voices reverberating through the hall" (The Times, 2000).
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University rolls out new ‘ethical AI’ program
Katie Anderson - Fort Lewis College •July 3, 2019
San Francisco State seeks to educate on the ethics of artificial intelligence
“If a self-driving car gets into an accident, who’s to blame? The person behind the wheel? The manufacturer? Or the programmer who gave the car the ability to drive itself in the first place?”
That’s one of the questions San Francisco State University officials say they hope graduates of a new ethical artificial intelligence graduate certificate program might be able to answer.
“Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform our life and work, but it also raises some thorny ethical questions,” campus officials added in their news release on the program, launching this August.
“That’s why a team of professors from three different colleges at San Francisco State University have created a new graduate certificate program in ethical AI for students who want to gain a broader perspective on autonomous decision-making.”
The multi-disciplinary program is being billed as the first in the country. The certificate incorporates philosophy and business as well as computer science. The goal is to look at the ethical implications AI has on everyday lives and help “create technology responsibly,” according to its online description.
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral technology in many areas,” SFSU’s website states, citing areas such as medicine, business, law enforcement, and even in the way news is filtered online.
Denise Kleinrichert, interim associate dean of the College of Business, said the program tackles emerging issues.
“We are…coming together for SF State’s first interdisciplinary program that addresses the complicated roles we each foresee regarding AI development and use,” Kleinrichert said in an email to The College Fix. “Ethics has been increasingly needed in many work, social and political domains.”
According to the College of Business’ website, the expanse of AI provides a new element of challenges, particularly when it comes to the “use and misuse of AI in government and media,” which therefore “calls for greater scrutiny and oversight.”
The study of ethics when it comes to artificial intelligence has long been needed, Kleinrichert said. In her research, Kleinrichert has found that studying the ethical concerns can help design services and goods that can mitigate both emotional and physical harm. Studying ethical AI can also promote privacy and well-being.
Dragutin Petkovic, associate chair of the computer science program at SFSU, also found privacy to be a main concern when using AI, telling The College Fix that the way companies use it makes him “uncomfortable.”
According to Petkovic, “the first step is to educate people and [hopefully] get politicians involved,” when it comes to privacy online.
In an effort to create awareness of the problems behind AI, according to the program’s online description, San Francisco State plans on training students to look at the “ethical, political, and social ramifications” of artificial intelligence, as well as how to be ethical in a field that is continuously bringing up issues of morality.
“Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in a variety of ways, both useful and potentially intrusive in products and services. Facebook is an example–and, they have had some press about their practices,” Kleinrichert said. “Facial recognition technology being used in public spaces or to identify consumers and their purchasing practices are other examples.”
The certificate consists of four classes, as well as 10-page report following the completion of an independent study. The program will officially launch in August 2019.
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Katie Anderson is a senior at Fort Lewis College, studying political science, pre-law, and writing. On campus, she is the chapter president of Pi Sigma Alpha and is heavily involved with her on-campus young adult ministry. In addition to writing for The College Fix, Katie is a photographer, PragerU student ambassador, and Human Defense Initiative contributor.
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The Big Succession Secret
More news on the succession front: the oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il denies rumors he’s defected since his brother was tapped as his father’s successor, though he was evasive when asked to confirm the secret succession. “I think so. I hear this news by media,” he said, when asked if his younger brother Kim Jong-un would be the country’s next leader by Japanese broadcasters. Kim Jong-un is thought to be born in 1983 or 1984 and was reportedly educated in Switzerland, though no photograph exists of him as an adult. A successor is usually tapped years before he ascends to the role, and Kim Jong Il was rumored to suffer a stroke last year. "The appointment of a successor is totally my father's decision,” 37-year-old Kim Jong-nam said. “He makes his decisions so he doesn't need to talk to me or talk to another person.”
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Buying tech in the UK: your consumer rights explained
By Gary Marshall (MacFormat Issue 261) 2013-06-30T07:00:00.18Z World of tech
The consumer laws protecting you from being taken for a ride
Arm yourself with this knowledge and ensure you know when someone is trying to con you out of your cash
You've scrimped and saved, and you've finally ordered it: a new iMac, or that copy of Logic you've lusted after, or an accessory that's guaranteed to make your life 27% better.
You've read the reviews, you've found the best price, you made sure that you weren't buying from a cowboy - but even then something can go wrong.
The courier might deliver an iPad instead of an iMac, or not deliver anything at all. The accessory might be the wrong version, or more explodey than you'd like. Now what?
The good news is that you're protected if a supplier messes you around, if goods aren't as advertised or if your purchases develop a fault, and you're even protected if a company goes bust before your goods turn up.
In the UK, there are three key bits of legislation you should know about. There are the Distance Selling Regulations, which cover online shopping and mail/telephone orders; the Sale of Goods Act, which covers any physical product you buy, online or off; and there is the Consumer Credit Act, which offers extensive protection when you pay with a credit card (but not a debit card).
It's important to note that while the legislation is generally straightforward and sensible, we aren't lawyers and what follows doesn't constitute legal advice: if you need such advice, the Law Society will happily put you in touch with a qualified solicitor.
If you're ordering things online, the Distance Selling Regulations - officially known as the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 - give you seven days to change your mind. The cancellation period depends on what you're buying: with physical products you have seven working days from delivery, and with services you have seven working days from signing up.
Crucially the item doesn't need to be faulty: you can return it because you don't like the colour, or because Apple announced a newer version 10 minutes after it was delivered. Refunds must be made within 30 days of cancellation.
There are some important exceptions. The Distance Selling Regulations don't apply to perishable items such as food, to underwear or to personalised gifts, so you can't expect Apple to take back an iPod engraved with a witty message unless the device is faulty - and they don't apply to software, audio or video once the packaging has been opened.
The rules don't apply to auctions either, but that doesn't mean everything on eBay is exempt: if you're buying from a business, then both Buy It Now and Second Chance Offers are covered by the Distance Selling Regulations.
The software and media exemption appears to apply to app downloads and iTunes purchases too, although if you're really regretting a late-night Kenny G back catalogue binge it's worth trying 'Report a problem' in your iTunes purchase history: Apple representatives have been known to refund some accidental purchases, although the official line is that all purchases are final unless a download is 'unacceptably poor'. Sadly, Apple doesn't mean 'poor' in aesthetic terms.
If you do return a product, watch out for the small print: unless a firm forgets to put it in their terms and conditions, if you're returning a product because you've changed your mind then you're liable for the return postage (the supplier is liable for it if they sent the wrong thing or the item was faulty).
You are not liable for 'restocking' fees, administration charges, packaging deductions or other financial penalties, though, and if the firm persuades you to try an alternative replacement product and you don't like it, the firm pays to pick it up.
In addition to the Distance Selling Regulations, you're also covered by the Sale of Goods Act, or SOGA for short. Under SOGA, goods must match the retailer's description, be of satisfactory quality, and be fit for purpose.
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Who is Chelsea Manning and why is she being released from prison?
Harriet Alexander, New York
17 May 2017 • 3:09pm
Harriet Alexander
Who is Chelsea Manning?
Chelsea Manning is the transgender US soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, who passed to Wikileaks a series of documents known as the Iraq and Afghan war logs, the diplomatic cables, and Guantanamo Bay files.
She will be released from prison on May 17, having served nearly seven years of a 35 year sentence.
What do we know about her before Wikileaks?
Now aged 29, Miss Manning had a troubled childhood – first in Oklahoma, then Wales.
Her parents were alcoholics, and Miss Manning was believed to have been born with fetal alcohol syndrome. She was fed baby food until the age of two, with her sister Casey, 11 years older, often looking after her.
Miss Manning was described in court as a lonely and isolated child, whose parents divorced when she was 12, leading her to attempt suicide.
She was bullied at school in the US and in Wales, where she lived from 2001-2005, and struggled with her sexual identity.
In October 2007, aged 19, Miss Manning joined the army, signing up at Fort Meade, near Baltimore.
She was evidently not physically or mentally suited to army life – slender, only 5’2” tall, and with deep-seated inner turmoil – and was discharged after six weeks, only for the army to then reconsider its decision.
In 2009 she was sent to Iraq.
The experience was not a good one. In November 2009 she sent an email to a gender identity counsellor in the US, seeking help. In April 2010 she emailed her military supervisor with a photo of herself dressed as a woman, entitled: “My problem”.
But, with the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy still in force in the US military, Miss Manning could not be an openly gay soldier.
In the spring of 2010 she wrote on Facebook: "Bradley Manning is now left with the sinking feeling that he doesn't have anything left." A week after she commented that she was "beyond frustrated with people and society at large".
How did she get involved with Wikileaks?
In January 2010, Miss Manning first began speaking to Wikileaks, having found out about Julian Assange’s site when they leaked documents relating to the September 11 attacks, in November 2009.
She then downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from her computer onto a CD marked “Lady Gaga” and took it to the US, where she was to spend a fortnight’s leave.
Miss Manning contacted The Washington Post and New York Times, but neither seemed interested. She then sent the documents to Wikileaks, unaware of whether they had even been received.
She then returned to Iraq.
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How was she caught?
Wikileaks posted the first documents on February 18, 2010. In April Mr Assange travelled to Washington to unveil, with great fanfare at the press club, a video he called Collateral Murder.
The video, part of the information leaked by Miss Manning, showed Reuters reporters and Iraqis being gunned down by an American helicopter in a “friendly fire” incident.
Miss Manning had begun discussing her actions with a computer hacker, Adrian Lamo, in May 2010. Mr Lamo went to the police and Miss Manning was arrested in Iraq on May 27.
But Wikileaks continued to publish.
In July 2010 they made public the Iraq and Afghan war logs, and the diplomatic cables in November 2010.
What charges did she face?
Miss Manning was transferred to the US, and was formally charged with leaking of classified information.
In March 2011 further charges were added, meaning that she faced 22 charges including espionage and aiding the enemy – a charge that carries the death penalty.
On February 28, 2013, Miss Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22 charges. She told the court in a speech that lasted over an hour that said she had leaked the cables "to show the true cost of war".
On August 14, Miss Manning apologised to the court.
"I am sorry that my actions hurt people,” she said.
“I'm sorry that they hurt the United States. I am sorry for the unintended consequences of my actions. When I made these decisions I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people. ... At the time of my decisions I was dealing with a lot of issues."
On August 21, 2013, she was convicted for her role in leaking the classified documents, and sentenced to 35 years.
So why is she being freed?
Miss Manning was initially held at the Quantico base in Virginia, in conditions denounced by the UN as a form of torture.
She was then transferred to serve her sentence in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and became something of a celebrity – campaigns for her release sprung up, and protesters demanded Barack Obama free her on compassionate grounds after suicide attempts while in prison.
On January 17 the White House announced that Mr Obama had decided to commute the sentence – although Miss Manning would not be pardoned.
What will she do now?
Miss Manning will remain an active-duty, unpaid soldier, and as such will be eligible for health care and other benefits from the army.
One of her lawyers, Nancy Hollander, said that she was would complete her transitioning to a woman. She was given transition hormones in jail but was not allowed to grow her hair.
She could be considering writing a book and advocacy work, but that may depend on army restrictions. She has said she would probably live in Maryland, where her aunt lives.
Miss Manning told The Guardian: “I’m looking forward to breathing the warm spring air again.
“I want that indescribable feeling of connection with people and nature again, without razor wire or a visitation booth.
“I want to be able to hug my family and friends again.
“And swimming – I want to go swimming!”
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Energa secures $300M for distribution network upgrades
Polish electric utility Energa has secured $300 million (€250 million) of financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for modernization and expansion of its electricity distribution network in northern and central Poland.
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When Is National Aviation Day 2019?
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National Aviation Day is observed in the United States on August 19 each year to celebrate the history and development of the aviation. It coincides with the birthday of Orville Wright who, together with his brother Wilbur, made significant contributions to powered flight.
Is National Aviation Day a Public Holiday?
National Aviation Day is not a public holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours.
Biplanes, such as the example pictured above, played an important role in aviation history. The Wright brothers used a biplane design to build the Wright Flyer.
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What Do People Do?
On this day, some schools organize for students to participate in classroom activities that focus on the topic of aviation. Activities include: discussing aviation history, including the efforts of the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and other aviation pioneers; and engaging in interactive tasks about airplanes and other means of flight transport, as well as careers associated with the aviation industry. Aviation enthusiasts and students may visit museums about aviation history and technology. Some people visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina at this time of the year.
National Aviation Day is a federal observance but it is not a public holiday in the United States.
In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed August 19 to be National Aviation Day. The day coincides with the birthday of Orville Wright, who piloted the Wright Flyer. He and his brother Wilbur are given credit for building the world’s first successful airplane with aircraft controls that enabled them to steer the plane. Orville Wright made the first flight for 12 seconds and 120 feet around the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 1903. They were not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft but they are the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed wing flight possible. The Wright brothers' status as inventors of the airplane has been an issue of debate, particularly as there were competing claims regarding other early aviators. Another national observation in the United States is Wright Brothers Day on December 17 each year.
Each year the president may issue a proclamation to: designate August 19 as National Aviation Day; call on government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on the day; and invite people living in the United States to observe the day with appropriate exercises to further stimulate interest in aviation in the United States.
Images of early flight pioneers (including the Wright brothers), airplanes and other flight vehicles, aviation industry workers (such as pilots) and any other images linked with the aviation industry have been seen on material used to promote National Aviation Day.
National Aviation Day Observances
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Other Names and Languages
National Aviation Day
يوم الطيران الوطنية
Tag der Luftfahrt
היום הלאומי לתעופה
국립 항공의 날
Nasjonal luftfartsdag
Día Nacional de la Aviación
Other Holidays in August 2019 in the United States
Aug 1, Colorado Day
Aug 4, Coast Guard Birthday
Aug 7, Purple Heart Day
Aug 11, Tisha B'Av
Aug 12, Victory Day
Aug 14, Raksha Bandhan
Aug 15, Assumption of Mary
Aug 16, Hawaii Statehood Day
Aug 21, Senior Citizens Day
Aug 23, Janmashtami
Aug 26, Women's Equality Day
Aug 27, Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Aug 31, Muharram
United Nation Holiday on August 19, 2019
World Humanitarian Day
Fun Holiday on August 19, 2019
World Photo Day
Celebrate the art and science of photography by taking lots of pictures. More
Lunar Eclipse 16–17 July
This partial lunar eclipse, the last lunar eclipse of 2019, is visible from Australia, Africa, South America, most of Europe and Asia. more
Pan American Aviation Day
December 17 marks Pan American Aviation Day, which is annually observed in the United States. more
The Wright Brothers Day is annually celebrated in the United States on December 17 to commemorate the historic flight made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on that date in 1903. more
Pioneer Day
Pioneer Day is an annual state holiday in Utah in the United States. It is celebrated to honor the pioneers who demonstrated industry and bravery when they ventured to settle in a place that is now Salt Lake City. more
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2 Neenah women missing after Lake Winnebago boat crash
By: AP
VINLAND, Wis. (AP) — Divers are searching for two women who are missing after their boat collided with another boat on Lake Winnebago in east-central Wisconsin.
The crash happened just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday when a 26-foot Crownline E6XS boat with two people aboard collided with a 20-foot Rinker Captiva boat with four occupants.
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The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says two Neenah women, ages 20 and 26, were thrown from the Rinker Captiva, along with a dog.
The Post Crescent reports divers resumed searching for the women Sunday morning. The Grundman Boat Launch is closed to the public because of the search.
The other two occupants of the Rinker Captiva suffered serious injuries and were taken to a hospital by ambulance. The two people in the Crownline E6XS were treated on shore by paramedics.
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Youth Investment Fund
Supporting voluntary, community and social enterprise youth organisations to deliver, expand and create high quality local youth provision in targeted communities across England
£100,000 to £750,000
This programme is closed to new applications
The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) supports voluntary, community and social enterprise youth organisations to deliver, expand and create high quality local youth provision in targeted communities across England. Successful applicants will be funded up until 2020 or 2021, which allows them to invest and plan for the future.
The YIF was launched in September 2016, and following two rounds of applications, 91 funding awards have been made in the six areas targeted by the programme:
Bristol and Somerset
Eastern regions
Liverpool City region
Tees Valley and Sunderland
West Midlands.
See the list of awards
Youth Investment Fund Learning and Impact programme
The Youth Investment Fund looks to strengthen the evidence base on the impact of non-formal learning opportunities for young people. New Philanthropy Capital and The Centre for Youth Impact are leading a consortium of learning partners to develop and promote understanding about the impact of open-access youth work, for the benefit of any organisation which works with young people.
We are working in partnership with YIF grantees and the young people they work with to develop a new approach to impact measurement and to explore not only what aspects of service provision lead to the greatest impact – but why.
This is a rare opportunity to really get the learning and evaluation tools right for open access youth work. When we do, the learning project will deliver powerful evidence—with participating organisations expecting to work with half a million young people over the project lifetime.
More information can be found here https://yiflearning.org/
Sustainability of youth organisations
Sustainability is a key element of the YIF, and groups have been offered support with their organisation capacity and resilience, alongside training and learning opportunities. A resource bank is being developed as part of this programme, details of which can be found here
Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund, said: “This funding will help provide more opportunities for young people to build their confidence, discover new talents and reach their potential. It will be great to see young people getting involved in the design of these activities, making sure they reflect what matters to them and their lives.”
This programme is run by The National Lottery Community Fund and jointly funded by the Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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Tolleson City Council Members
Vice Mayor Juan F. Rodriguez
9555 W. Van Buren St., Tolleson AZ 85353
jfrodriguez@tollesonaz.org
Vice Mayor Juan F. Rodriguez was elected to the Tolleson City Council in 2005. Creating progressive policies to craft a stronger tomorrow for the City is one of his top priorities. As Vice Mayor, he meticulously collaborates with his fellow Council Members, Mayor and City Management to establish planning and zoning regulations, balance the annual budget, create targeted strategic economic development initiatives and develop progressive employee retention plans through competitive market analysis.
During his tenure, along with his fellow City Council Members, he has provided strategic direction which has positively impacted the City. Initiatives in which he has participated include approving the position of a new economic development director, attracting new economic commercial developments, which will provide millions of dollars in future tax revenue, and has advocated for the formation of a comprehensive housing revitalization program. Vice Mayor Rodriguez currently serves as the Chair of the City of Tolleson Public Safety Personnel Retirement Fire and Police Boards. Preceding his role as a Council Member, he served as the former Chair of the Tolleson Planning and Zoning Commission.
Vice Mayor Rodriguez’s career with the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department began March of 1998. He previously held positions as a Recreation Leader, Coordinator I, II, and III and is currently a Parks Supervisor. He is the recipient of three City of Phoenix Excellence Awards, which are bestowed on employees for their exceptional contributions to city government and public service. Specifically, he was recognized for his work with the Latino Institute in 2003, serving on the Shuttered Facility Task Force in 2011 and for the Lifeguard Outreach and Recruitment Program in 2012. His familiarity with the inner workings of city government, brings a unique perspective to the City Council.
He holds a Masters of Public Administration Degree from Arizona State University, and both a Bachelor of Arts in History and in Political Science from Arizona State University. He completed the City of Phoenix Advanced Supervisory Academy, and the first and second year curriculum at the NRPA Pacific Southwest Maintenance Management School. He holds a Certified Playground Safety Inspector credential from the National Playground Safety Institute. He earned a Gold Certification from the NLC in Municipal Governance Leadership Training Institute Program.
He is a member of the National League of Cities, the Hispanic Elected Local Officials Branch of the NLC, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and the League of Arizona Cities and Towns. Furthermore, he holds memberships in recreation organizations, including the National Recreation and Parks Association and the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association, where he served as the former chair of the Ethnic Leadership Branch.
Vice Mayor Rodriguez is married to his wife Alma, a Tolleson school teacher, with whom he has a daughter, Esperanza Mia and two sons, Juan Jr. and Julian.
Mayor Anna Tovar
Lupe Leyva Bandin
John Carnero
Clorinda Erives
Linda Laborin
Albert P. Mendoza
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Iveco: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Number of new Iveco large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to December 2015, by month
This statistic shows the number of new Iveco large heavy goods vehicles which were registered in the United Kingdom between January 2014 and December 2015, by month. Almost 650 new Iveco large HGVs were registered for the first time in the UK in October 2014, which was the most successful month for Iveco in 2014.
Number of new vehicle registrations
Previous figures taken from earlier monthly data releases.
Most common HGV models registered in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Body type distribution of commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2017
DAF: New large heavy goods (HGV) vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by marque
Statistics on "Heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom"
Heavy goods vehicle registrations
Brand and model registrations
Types of heavy goods vehicle
Total number of new commercial vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018*Volume of new commercial vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) 2003-2018
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2006 to 2018, by weight (in 1,000s)Heavy goods vehicles by weight in Great Britain (UK) 2006-2018
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by region (in 1,000 units)Great Britain (UK): heavy goods vehicles in 2017, by region
Number of heavy goods vehicles registered for the first time in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by region (in 1,000 units)Great Britain (UK): newly registered HGVs in 2017, by region
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles by years since first registration in Great Britain (UK) in 2017 (in 1,000s)Great Britain (UK): heavy goods vehicles in 2017, by years
Number of licensed ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 3rd quarter 2018Registered ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the UK 2010-2018
Number of licensed ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) at the end of the 1st quarter 2018, by region Registered ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the UK 2018, by region
Leading registered heavy goods vehicle models in the United Kingdom (UK) as of the fourth quarter of 2018*Most common HGV models registered in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Number of large heavy goods vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by marqueHeavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by marque
Number of Fiat Ducato registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2018Fiat Ducato HGVs registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2018
Number of DAF Trucks FA 45LF registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2001 to 2017*DAF Trucks FA 45LF registered in Great Britain (UK) 2001-2017
Number of Iveco Daily registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2018*Iveco Daily HGVs registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2018
Number of new DAF Trucks large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and December 2015, by monthDAF: New large heavy goods (HGV) vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Distribution of licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by body type (in 1,000 vehicles)Body type distribution of commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2017
Licensed curtain sided commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Curtain sided: licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed dropside commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Dropside: licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed flat lorry commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Flat lorry: licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed refuse disposal commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000)Refuse disposal: commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed skip loader commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Skip loaders: licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed tanker commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Tankers: licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2010-2017, by weight
Licensed car transporter commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)Car transporters: commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) 2010-2017, by weight
Iveco: new small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Hino: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Isuzu Trucks: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015
Mercedes: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Mitsubishi Fuso: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015
Renault: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Volvo: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015, by month
Dennis Eagle: new large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2015
Large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013, by marque
Renault: new small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Iveco: new light commercial vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Mercedes: new small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-16, by month
Peugeot: new small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014, by marque
Fiat: new small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Number of mopeds licensed in New Zealand 2010-2018 by licensing period
Number of rental cars licensed in New Zealand 2010-2018 by licensing period
Number of trailers licensed in New Zealand 2010-2018 by licensing period
Heavy goods vehicles in the UK
Heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom
Commercial vehicle fleet management industry in the United Kingdom
Light goods vehicles in the United Kingdom
Quarterly Commercial Vehicle Report - June 2013
Total number of new commercial vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018*
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2006 to 2018, by weight (in 1,000s)
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by region (in 1,000 units)
Number of heavy goods vehicles registered for the first time in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by region (in 1,000 units)
Number of licensed heavy goods vehicles by years since first registration in Great Britain (UK) in 2017 (in 1,000s)
Number of licensed ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 3rd quarter 2018
Number of licensed ultra-low emission heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) at the end of the 1st quarter 2018, by region
Leading registered heavy goods vehicle models in the United Kingdom (UK) as of the fourth quarter of 2018*
Number of large heavy goods vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by marque
Number of Fiat Ducato registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2018
Number of DAF Trucks FA 45LF registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2001 to 2017*
Number of Iveco Daily registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2018*
Number of new DAF Trucks large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and December 2015, by month
Distribution of licensed commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) in 2017, by body type (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed curtain sided commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed dropside commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed flat lorry commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed refuse disposal commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000)
Licensed skip loader commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed tanker commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Licensed car transporter commercial vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2010 to 2017, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)
Number of new Iveco small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of new Hino large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to December 2015, by month
Number of new Isuzu Trucks large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and December 2015, by month
Number of new Mercedes large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to November 2015, by month
Number of new Mitsubishi Fuso large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to November 2015, by month
Number of new Renault Trucks large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to November 2015, by month
Number of new Volvo Trucks large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and December 2015, by month
Number of new Dennis Eagle large heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to December 2015, by month
Number of new Renault small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of new Iveco light commercial vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of new Mercedes small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of new Peugeot small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of small heavy goods vehicles registered in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by marque
Number of new Fiat small heavy goods vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 to July 2016, by month
Number of mopeds licensed in New Zealand from 2010 to 2018, by licensing period
Number of rental cars licensed in New Zealand from 2010 to 2018, by licensing period
Number of trailers licensed in New Zealand from 2010 to 2018, by licensing period (in 1,000s)
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Emissions›
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Lithuania 2005-2014
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Lithuania from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
by Statista Research Department, last edited Dec 7, 2016
This statistic displays the annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Lithuania from 2005 to 2014. In 2014, the greenhouse gas emissions produced by agricultural activities came to approximately 3.89 million tons of CO2 equivalent.
Million tons of CO2 equivalent
For this statistic, the values reported by the source have been rounded.
According to the source, "the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are estimated and reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Decision 525/2013/EC. The so called Kyoto basket includes six gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). The impact of land use, land use changes and forestry (LULUCF) on the GHG inventories is excluded. International aviation is included. Emissions are weighted according to the global warming potential of each gas. To obtain emissions in CO2-equivalents using their global warming potential (GWP) the following weighting factors are used: CH4=25 and N2O=298, NF3=17200 and SF6=22800. HFCs and PFCs comprise a large number of different gases that have different GWPs."
Data coverage corresponds to code CRF3 of IPCC 2006.
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 1975-2017
U.S. sulfur dioxide emissions 1970-2017
U.S. carbon monoxide emissions 1970-2017
U.S. volatile organic compounds emissions 1970-2017
Statistics on "Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States"
Key information on greenhouse gases
Emissions from major sectors
Industrial emissions
Non-carbon dioxide emissions
Companies and emissions
Relative global warming potentials of various emissions, by contaminant Global warming potential by gas type
Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)U.S. greenhouse gas emission volume 1990-2017
Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1991 to 2017U.S. greenhouse gas emissions' annual change 1991-2017
Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2017, by type of gasU.S. greenhouse gas emissions share by gas 2017
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by sector 1990-2017
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons)U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by sector 2017
Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the U.S. in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. direct greenhouse gas emissions per reporter by sector 2017
U.S. commercial sector carbon dioxide emissions from selected sources between 2017 and 2050 (in million metric tons)U.S. commercial sector CO2 emissions by fuel 2017-2050
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the U.S. from 1975 and 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)*U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 1975-2017
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. power plants' GHG emissions 2011-2017
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by petroleum and natural gas facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. oil and gas facilities' GHG emissions 2011-2017
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by metal facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. metal facilities' GHG emissions 2011-2017
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by chemical facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017, by chemical type (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. chemical facilities' GHG emissions by chemical type 2011-2017
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by refineries in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*U.S. refinery facilities' GHG emissions 2011-2017
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption at conventional power/combined-heat-and-power plants in the U.S. from 2004 to 2017 (in million metric tons)U.S. conventional/heat-and-power plant energy consumption - CO2 emissions 2004-2017
Volume of carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. carbon monoxide emissions 1970-2017
Volume of nitrogen oxides emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. nitrogen oxides emissions 1970-2017
Volume of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. PM2.5 emissions 1990-2017
Volume of particulate matter (PM10) emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. PM10 emissions 1970-2017
Volume of sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. sulfur dioxide emissions 1970-2017
Volume of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. volatile organic compounds emissions 1970-2017
Volume of ammonia emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)U.S. ammonia emissions 1990-2017
Largest corporate air polluters in the U.S. in 2015, based on greenhouse gas emissions (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)Largest U.S. corporate air polluters 2015
Percent of companies disclosing greenhouse gas reduction targets worldwide from 2010 to 2016Share of global companies with GHG reduction targets 2010-2016
Greenhouse gas emissions from Waste Management from 2011 to 2017, by operation (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)Waste Management Inc.'s GHG emissions by segment 2011-2017
Greenhouse gas emissions released by Google from FY 2011 to FY 2017 (in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*Google's GHG emissions 2011-2017
Net greenhouse gas emissions from ExxonMobil worldwide from 2005 to 2016 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)ExxonMobil's global net greenhouse gas emissions 2005-2016
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Spain 2005-2016
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Croatia 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Germany 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Poland 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Italy 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Denmark 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the UK 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Austria 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the Czech Republic 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Sweden 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the Netherlands 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in France 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Bulgaria 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Finland 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Malta 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Belgium 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Slovakia 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Hungary 2005-2014
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Greece 2005-2014
Real GDP growth agriculture sector Thailand 2015-2020
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. oil and gas industry
U.S. Fossil Fuel Consumption
Renewable Energy Industry United States
Natural disasters in the U.S.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States
DRAFT Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2017
Emissions in the United Kingdom (UK)
Emissions in the European Union
Trends in Global CO2 and Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2018
2015 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions
European Union greenhouse gas inventory report 2016
Greenhouse Gas Intensity Indicators for Canadian Industry, 1990 to 2015
Canada's Emissions Trends 2014
Relative global warming potentials of various emissions, by contaminant
Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1991 to 2017
Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2017, by type of gas
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons)
Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the U.S. in 2017, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
U.S. commercial sector carbon dioxide emissions from selected sources between 2017 and 2050 (in million metric tons)
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the U.S. from 1975 and 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)*
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by petroleum and natural gas facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by metal facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by chemical facilities in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017, by chemical type (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by refineries in the U.S. from 2011 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption at conventional power/combined-heat-and-power plants in the U.S. from 2004 to 2017 (in million metric tons)
Volume of carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of nitrogen oxides emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of particulate matter (PM10) emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Volume of ammonia emissions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017 (in 1,000 tons)
Largest corporate air polluters in the U.S. in 2015, based on greenhouse gas emissions (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Percent of companies disclosing greenhouse gas reduction targets worldwide from 2010 to 2016
Greenhouse gas emissions from Waste Management from 2011 to 2017, by operation (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Greenhouse gas emissions released by Google from FY 2011 to FY 2017 (in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
Net greenhouse gas emissions from ExxonMobil worldwide from 2005 to 2016 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Spain from 2005 to 2016 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Croatia from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Germany from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Poland from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Italy from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Denmark from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Austria from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the Czech Republic from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Sweden from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the Netherlands from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in France from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Bulgaria from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Finland from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Malta from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Belgium from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Slovakia from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Hungary from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Greece from 2005 to 2014 (in million tons of CO2 equivalent)
Real GDP growth of the agriculture sector in Thailand from 2015 to 2020
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Aldermore Bank's portfolio of commercial mortgages in the UK 2014, by target
Aldermore Bank's portfolio of commercial mortgages in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by loan receiver
This statistic displays the Aldermore Bank's portfolio of commercial mortgages for small and medium enterprises by product type, as of 2014. Professional buy-to-let mortgages accounted for half of the portfolio, while property development accounted for seven percent of the portfolio.
Share of portfolio
Top companies in the world by market value 2018
Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2017
Banks & Financial Services
Largest European banks in 2018, by assets
Leading banks globally by market capitalization 2018
Statistics on "HSBC"
Key figures from HSBC global
Key figures from HSBC North America
The HSBC brand
HSBC and employment
The 100 largest companies in the world by market value in 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)Top companies in the world by market value 2019
Leading banks worldwide as of May 2018, by market capitalization (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading banks globally by market capitalization 2018
Largest banks globally in 2018, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars)Largest banks worldwide 2018, by assets
Largest banks worldwide as of December 2017, by total assets (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading banks globally 2017, by assets
Leading banks in Europe 2018, by total assets (in billion euros)Largest European banks in 2018, by assets
Financial institutions used by members of affluent households in the United States for banking accounts in 2018Bank accounts: financial institutions used by affluent American households 2018
Total assets of HSBC from 2007 to 2018(in billion U.S. dollars)Total assets of HSBC 2007-2018
Profits of HSBC from 2007 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Profits of HSBC 2007-2018
Total operating income of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Total operating income of HSBC 2008-2018
Total operating expenses of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Total operating expenses of HSBC 2008-2018
Return on average ordinary shareholders' equity at HSBC from 2008 to 2018Return on average ordinary shareholders' equity at HSBC 2008-2018
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio at HSBC from 2013 to 2018Common equity tier 1 capital ratio at HSBC 2013-2018
Net fee income of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Net fee income of HSBC 2008-2018
Total assets of HSBC in North America from 2011 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Total assets of HSBC in North America 2011-2018
Net interest income of HSBC in North America from 2010 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Net interest income of HSBC in North America 2010-2018
Value of profit/loss before tax of HSBC in North America from 2010 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Pre-tax profit/loss of HSBC in North America 2010-2018
Value of profit/loss before tax of HSBC in North America in 2018, by banking segment (in million U.S. dollars)Pre-tax profit/loss of HSBC in North America in 2018, by banking segment
Most valuable banking brands in Europe as of January 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading banks in Europe 2019, by brand value
Brand value of the leading 10 most valuable British brands in 2018 (in billion GBP)Ranking of the leading 10 most valuable British brands 2018
Most valuable brands in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Most valuable brands in the UK in 2017
Most valuable banking brands globally as of February 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)Most valuable banking brands worldwide 2019
Leading investment banks worldwide in 2017, by brand value (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading investment banks worldwide in 2017, by brand value
The most valuable corporate brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018 (in billion euros)Most valuable corporate brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018
The world's 50 largest companies based on number of employees in 2017Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2017
Main employment centers of HSBC in 2018, by number of employees (in 1,000s)Main employment centers of HSBC in 2018, by number of employees
Total number of employees at HSBC from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s)Number of employees at HSBC 2010-2018
Leading banks in the United States as of December 31, 2018, by number of employeesLeading banks in the U.S. 2018, by number of employees
Asset distribution of Aldermore Bank's portfolio of commercial mortgages UK 2014
Aldermore Bank's portfolio of residential mortgages in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
Residential mortgage distribution at Aldermore Bank's in the UK 2014, by type
Sector distribution of Aldermore Bank's invoice finance portfolio in the UK 2014
Product distribution of Aldermore Bank's asset-based finance portfolio UK 2014
Sector distribution of asset-based finance portfolio of Aldermore Bank in the UK 2014
Aldermore Bank's total operating expenses in the UK 2013-2016
Aldermore Bank's total operating income in the UK 2013-2016
Aldermore Bank's net interest income in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2016
Quota of overdue loans (ODL) of listed Chinese banks 2012
Aldermore Bank's total equity in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2016
Ranking of bank brands in the U.S. 2011, by brand equity
Establishments & employees in U.S. nondepository credit intermediation 2010-2016
Number of establishments and employees in U.S. credit unions 2010-2016
Number of employees at the Bank of Communications 2018
Fraud cases in banks worldwide, by loss occurred
Share of net NPA or net advances across banks India FY 2015 - FY 2017
Brexit relocation of London banks and finance to Europe
Brexit - EU referendum
Banking sector in Europe
The office market in Europe
Global Deleveraging Report 2017 - 2018
Investments and alternative finance in France
Small and medium enterprises financing in the United Kingdom
Global insurance M&A themes 2018
UK&I M&A Review H1 2018
Deal Review and League Tables 2015
UK&I M&A Review July 2016
SME financing in the Benelux region
Payments statistics Europe 2018
The 100 largest companies in the world by market value in 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Leading banks worldwide as of May 2018, by market capitalization (in billion U.S. dollars)
Largest banks globally in 2018, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars)
Largest banks worldwide as of December 2017, by total assets (in billion U.S. dollars)
Leading banks in Europe 2018, by total assets (in billion euros)
Financial institutions used by members of affluent households in the United States for banking accounts in 2018
Total assets of HSBC from 2007 to 2018(in billion U.S. dollars)
Profits of HSBC from 2007 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Total operating income of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Total operating expenses of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Return on average ordinary shareholders' equity at HSBC from 2008 to 2018
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio at HSBC from 2013 to 2018
Net fee income of HSBC from 2008 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Total assets of HSBC in North America from 2011 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Net interest income of HSBC in North America from 2010 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Value of profit/loss before tax of HSBC in North America from 2010 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
Value of profit/loss before tax of HSBC in North America in 2018, by banking segment (in million U.S. dollars)
Most valuable banking brands in Europe as of January 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Brand value of the leading 10 most valuable British brands in 2018 (in billion GBP)
Most valuable brands in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Most valuable banking brands globally as of February 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Leading investment banks worldwide in 2017, by brand value (in billion U.S. dollars)
The most valuable corporate brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018 (in billion euros)
The world's 50 largest companies based on number of employees in 2017
Main employment centers of HSBC in 2018, by number of employees (in 1,000s)
Total number of employees at HSBC from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
Leading banks in the United States as of December 31, 2018, by number of employees
Aldermore Bank's portfolio of commercial mortgages in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by asset type
Aldermore Bank's portfolio of residential mortgages in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014, by mortgage type
Aldermore Bank's portfolio of residential mortgages in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by mortgage type
Share of Aldermore Bank's invoice-based finance portfolio in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by sector
Share of Aldermore Bank's asset-based finance portfolio in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by product type
Aldermore Bank's asset-based finance portfolio in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by sector
Total operating expenses of the Aldermore Bank in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2013 and 2016 (in million GBP)
Total operating income of the Aldermore Bank in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2013 and 2016 (in million GBP)
Net interest income of the Aldermore Bank in the United Kigndom (UK) in 2013 and 2016 (in million GBP)
Share of overdue loans (ODL) of the total credit volume of the ten largest listed Chinese banks from 2008 to 2012
Total equity of the Aldermore Bank in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2016 (in million GBP)
Ranking of bank brands in the United States in 2011, based on brand equity*
Number of establishments and employees of nondepository credit intermediation* in the United States from 2010 to 2016 (in 1,000s)
Number of establishments and employees of credit unions in the United States from 2010 to 2016 (in 1,000s)
Number of employees at the Chinese Bank of Communications from 2011 to 2018
Largest cases of fraud at banks caused by their own dealers, by loss occurred (in billion U.S. dollars; as of September 2011)
Share of net non-performing assets (NPA) or net advances across banks in India from FY 2015 to FY 2017
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Share of renewable energy in Austria 2014-2016
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Austria from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
by Dennis Schmid, last edited Jul 15, 2019
This statistic shows the renewable energy shares (RES) for different areas in Austria from 2014 to 2016, in percentage. It shows that 72.6 percent of the gross final energy consumption for electricity was covered by renewable energy in 2016. This is up from 70.3 percent the previous year.
According to the source, the RES share is measured against the total gross final energy consumption. A share of 50 percent means that half of the total gross final energy consumption is covered by renewable energies.
U.S. crude oil imports 2000-2017
U.S. petroleum imports from Iraq 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from OPEC countries 2000-2018
Energy in the U.S. - electricity imports 1999-2017
Statistics on "Energy imports in the United States"
Renewables and other fuels
Total U.S. petroleum net imports from 2000 to 2018 (in million barrels per day)Total U.S. petroleum net imports 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from OPEC countries between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)*U.S. petroleum imports from OPEC countries 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from non-OPEC countries between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)*U.S. petroleum imports from non-OPEC countries: 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from Brazil between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)U.S. petroleum imports from Brazil 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum net imports from Canada between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 barrels per day)U.S. petroleum net imports from Canada: 2000-2017
U.S. petroleum imports from Iraq from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)U.S. petroleum imports from Iraq 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from Nigeria from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)U.S. petroleum imports from Nigeria: 2000-2018
U.S. petroleum imports from Russia between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)U.S. petroleum imports from Russia 2000-2018
U.S. natural gas imports from 1955 to 2018 (in billion cubic feet)U.S. natural gas imports 1955-2018
Liquefied natural gas imports from Norway into the U.S. between 2008 and 2017 (in million cubic feet)LNG: U.S. imports from Norway 2017
Liquefied natural gas imports from Trinidad and Tobago to the U.S. between 2006 and 2017 (in million cubic feet)LNG: U.S. imports from Trinidad and Tobago 2006-2017
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)U.S. crude oil imports 2000-2017
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from OPEC countries* from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)U.S. crude oil imports from OPEC countries 2000-2017
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from non-OPEC countries* from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)U.S. crude oil imports from non-OPEC countries 2000-2017
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Canada from 2000 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)U.S. crude oil imports per day from Canada 2000-2017
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Mexico between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)U.S. crude oil imports per day from Mexico 2000-2017
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)U.S. crude oil imports per day from Saudi Arabia 2000-2017
Import volume of fuel ethanol into the U.S. from 1995 to 2017 (in 1,000 gallons)U.S. imports of fuel ethanol 1995-2017
Total import volume of biodiesel into the U.S. from 2001 to 2017 (in 1,000 gallons)Imports of biodiesel in the U.S. 2001-2017
Imports of biomass-based diesel fuels into the United States, from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel fuels 2009-2017
Imports of Canada's biomass-based diesel fuels to the U.S. from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel fuels from Canada 2009-2017
U.S. electricity imports from 1999 to 2017 (in terawatt hours)Energy in the U.S. - electricity imports 1999-2017
Net energy imports as a percentage of energy use in the U.S. from 1990 to 2015U.S. energy dependency 1990-2015
U.S. electricity imports from Canada between 1999 and 2017 (in million megawatt hours)U.S. electricity imports from Canada 1999-2017
U.S. electricity imports from Mexico between 1999 and 2017 (in 1,000 megawatt hours)U.S. electricity imports from Mexico 1999-2017
Share of renewable energy in Ireland 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Slovenia 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in the Czech Republic 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Portugal 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in France 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Bulgaria 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Estonia 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Slovakia 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Latvia 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Romania 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Hungary 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Finland 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Lithuania 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Germany 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Italy 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Denmark 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in the Netherlands 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Greece 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Sweden 2014-2016
Share of renewable energy in Croatia 2014-2016
Renewable energy in Australia
Energy imports in the United States
Renewable energy in Italy
WEC - World Energy Resources 2016
Energy dependence in Italy
Energy sector in New Zealand
Oil production and consumption in the United Kingdom (UK)
Total U.S. petroleum net imports from 2000 to 2018 (in million barrels per day)
U.S. petroleum imports from OPEC countries between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)*
U.S. petroleum imports from non-OPEC countries between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)*
U.S. petroleum imports from Brazil between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
U.S. petroleum net imports from Canada between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
U.S. petroleum imports from Iraq from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
U.S. petroleum imports from Nigeria from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
U.S. petroleum imports from Russia between 2000 and 2018 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
U.S. natural gas imports from 1955 to 2018 (in billion cubic feet)
Liquefied natural gas imports from Norway into the U.S. between 2008 and 2017 (in million cubic feet)
Liquefied natural gas imports from Trinidad and Tobago to the U.S. between 2006 and 2017 (in million cubic feet)
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from OPEC countries* from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)
Crude oil imports to the U.S. from non-OPEC countries* from 2000 to 2017 (in million barrels)
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Canada from 2000 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Mexico between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)
Per day crude oil imports to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)
Import volume of fuel ethanol into the U.S. from 1995 to 2017 (in 1,000 gallons)
Total import volume of biodiesel into the U.S. from 2001 to 2017 (in 1,000 gallons)
Imports of biomass-based diesel fuels into the United States, from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)
Imports of Canada's biomass-based diesel fuels to the U.S. from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 barrels)
U.S. electricity imports from 1999 to 2017 (in terawatt hours)
Net energy imports as a percentage of energy use in the U.S. from 1990 to 2015
U.S. electricity imports from Canada between 1999 and 2017 (in million megawatt hours)
U.S. electricity imports from Mexico between 1999 and 2017 (in 1,000 megawatt hours)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Ireland in from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Slovenia from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in the Czech Republic from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Portugal from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in France from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Bulgaria in from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Estonia from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Slovakia from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Latvia from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Romania from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Hungary from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Finland from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Lithuania from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Germany from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Italy from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Denmark from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Greece from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Sweden from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
Renewable energy shares (RES) in Croatia from 2014 to 2016 (share in percentage)
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Market share of the garden industry in the Netherlands 2017, by segment
Market share of the garden industry in the Netherlands in 2017, by segment
by Lars Kamer, last edited Mar 28, 2019
This statistic illustrates the market share of the garden industry in the Netherlands in 2017, by segment. As of 2017, the non-living material segment had with 41 percent the highest market share within the garden industry, whereas the major maintenance saw their market share amount to 35 percent. Both segments seen a growth in revenue as well. The non-living materials segment generated a revenue of 1.6 billion euros.
10,000 respondents
The source does not provide information on the survey type, the age of respondentrs or the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
Inflation rate in the Netherlands 2024
EU & Euro-Zone
GDP growth forecast: Western Europe, U.S., U.K. and Germany 2010-2023
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the Netherlands 2024
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in the Netherlands 2024
Statistics on "Economic Outlook Netherlands"
Key economic indicators
Annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections for the U.S., U.K., Germany and Western Europe from 2010 to 2023GDP growth forecast: Western Europe, U.S., U.K. and Germany 2010-2023
Netherlands: Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices from 2014 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)Gross domestic product (GDP) in the Netherlands 2024
Netherlands: Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate from 2014 to 2024 (compared to the previous year)Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in the Netherlands 2024
Netherlands: Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors from 2007 to 2017Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors in the Netherlands
Netherlands: Inflation rate from 2014 to 2024 (compared to the previous year)Inflation rate in the Netherlands 2024
Netherlands: Unemployment rate from 2008 to 2018Unemployment rate in the Netherlands 2018
Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector in the European Union from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector in EU 2008-2022
Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector Netherlands 2008-2022
Industry revenue of »manufacture of plastics in primary forms« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »manufacture of plastics in primary forms« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Manufacture of office and shop furniture revenue in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)Manufacture of office and shop furniture revenue in the Netherlands 2010-2022
Industry revenue of »manufacture of soft drinks and bottled waters« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »manufacture of soft drinks and bottled waters« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Annual business confidence index for the service sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)Annual business confidence index for the service sector Netherlands 2008-2022
Industry revenue of »rental and operating of own or leased real estate« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »rental and operating of own or leased real estate« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »temporary employment agency activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »temporary employment agency activities« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »business and other management consultancy activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »business and other management consultancy activities« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »engineering activities, related technical consultancy« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »engineering activities, related technical consultancy« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Annual business confidence index for the retail sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)Annual business confidence index for the retail sector Netherlands 2008-2022
Industry revenue of »retail sale via mail order houses or via internet« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »retail sale via mail order houses or via internet« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »retail sale in non-specialised stores with food« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »retail sale in non-specialised stores with food« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »retail sale of clothing in specialised stores« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »retail sale of clothing in specialised stores« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »retail sale of hardware, paints and glass« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)Industry revenue of »retail sale of hardware, paints and glass« in the Netherlands 2011-2023
Revenue of the garden industry in the Netherlands 2017, by market segment
Distribution of home supplies sales in the Netherlands 2018, by purchase channel
Italy: sales point for DIY 2010-2018
Italy: sell-in of vases molded in rotational plastic 2007-2017
Italy: market share of terracotta vases 2017, by sale channel
Italy: leading three brands for home improvement 2018
Italy: market share of vases molded in rotational plastic 2017, by sale channel
Italy: sell-in of vases 2007-2017
Italy: number of gardening stores of selected retailers 2018
Italy: sell-out structure of vase industry 2017, by period of the year
Italy: sell-in of terracotta vases 2007-2017
Italy: location of garden, DIY and agro-garden 2018
Italy: total square meters of DIY & gardening stores 2010-2018
Possession of lawn and garden equipment in the U.S. 2011-2020
Travel and tourism industry in the Netherlands
Parliamentary elections in the Netherlands 2017
Banking in the Netherlands
Media in the Netherlands
Flower market in the Netherlands
Annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections for the U.S., U.K., Germany and Western Europe from 2010 to 2023
Netherlands: Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices from 2014 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Netherlands: Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate from 2014 to 2024 (compared to the previous year)
Netherlands: Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors from 2007 to 2017
Netherlands: Inflation rate from 2014 to 2024 (compared to the previous year)
Netherlands: Unemployment rate from 2008 to 2018
Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector in the European Union from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)
Annual business confidence index for the industrial sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of plastics in primary forms« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Manufacture of office and shop furniture revenue in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of soft drinks and bottled waters« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Annual business confidence index for the service sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)
Industry revenue of »rental and operating of own or leased real estate« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »temporary employment agency activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »business and other management consultancy activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »engineering activities, related technical consultancy« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Annual business confidence index for the retail sector in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022 (0 = neutral)
Industry revenue of »retail sale via mail order houses or via internet« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »retail sale in non-specialised stores with food« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »retail sale of clothing in specialised stores« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »retail sale of hardware, paints and glass« in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Revenue of the garden industry in the Netherlands in 2017, by market segment (in million euros)
Distribution of home and garden supplies sales in the Netherlands in 2018, by purchase channel
Number of specialized do-it-yourself stores in Italy from 2010 to 2018
Sell-in value of vases molded in rotational plastic in Italy in selected years between 2007 and 2017 (in million euros)
Market shares of terracotta vases in Italy in 2017, by sale channel
What are for you the top three brands in home improvement products?
Market shares of vases molded in rotational plastic in Italy in 2017, by sale channel
Sell-in value of vases in Italy in selected years between 2007 and 2017 (in million euros)
Number of gardening stores of selected retailers in Italy in 2018
Sell-out structure of the Italian vase industry in Italy in 2017, by time of the year
Sell-in value of terracotta vases in Italy in selected years between 2007 and 2017 (in million euros)
Location of garden, DIY and agro-garden stores in Italy in 2018
Retail surface of DIY and gardening stores in Italy from 2010 to 2018 (in square meters)
U.S. population: Possession of lawn and garden equipment from 2011 to 2020
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Months in which U.S. adults get a flu vaccine as of 2017
Percentage of U.S. adults that get vaccinated for influenza at select times of the year as of 2017
This statistic shows the distribution of U.S. adults that have been vaccinated for the flu (influenza) by month of their vaccination as of 2017. According to the data, October has the highest percentage of vaccinations with almost 36% of those getting vaccinated.
Percentage of adults
Other times 26
July 12 to 14, 2017
Influenza in the U.S.
Leading causes of death in the United States 2017
Deaths by influenza and pneumonia in the U.S. 1950-2016
Effectiveness of alternative medicine to conventional medicine by condition US 2017
Number of influenza cases in the United States from 2010-2017
Everything On "Influenza in the U.S." in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
Statistics on "Influenza in the U.S."
U.S. overview
Estimated number of fatalities due to influenza pandemics worldwideFatalities due to flu pandemics worldwide
Vaccination coverage against influenza among the elderly in OECD countries as of 2015Vaccination coverage against influenza among older people 2015
Percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017U.S. adults with knowledge of infectious diseases as of 2017
Estimated number of fatalities due to influenza pandemics in the United StatesFatalities due to flu pandemics in the U.S.
Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2017Leading causes of death in the United States 2017
Deaths by influenza and pneumonia in the U.S. from 1950 to 2016 (per 100,000 population)Deaths by influenza and pneumonia in the U.S. 1950-2016
Estimated number of influenza cases in the United States from 2010 to 2017Number of influenza cases in the United States from 2010-2017
Estimated number of influenza-related medical visits in the United States from 2010 to 2017Number of influenza-related medical visits in the United States from 2010-2017
Estimated influenza hospitalization rate in the United States from 2010 to 2017 (per 100,000 population)Influenza hospitalization rate in the United States from 2010-2017
Percentage of U.S. adults that visited select locations the last time they had the flu or flu-like symptoms as of 2017Places U.S. adults visited when they had the flu as of 2017
Percentage of U.S. adults who did not take standard precautionary measures to prevent the spread of germs the last time they had the flu or flu-like symptoms as of 2017U.S. adults who did not prevent the spread of germs when they had the flu as of 2017
Percentage of U.S. adults that used select measures to prevent themselves from getting the flu as of 2017Avoiding sickness during flu season in the U.S. 2017
Percentage of individuals with a flu vaccine in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017, by ageFlu vaccine coverage in the U.S. 2014-2017, by age
Percentage of older people who received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018Percentage of U.S. older people who received influenza vaccination 1997-2018
Percentage of U.S. adults over the age of 65 who had received a vaccination for influenza within the last 12 months as of 2015, by ethnicityInfluenza vaccination coverage of older U.S. adults 2015, by ethnicity
Percentage of U.S. adults over the age of 65 who had received a vaccination for influenza within the last 12 months as of 2015, by poverty levelInfluenza vaccination rates of older U.S. adults 2015, by poverty level
Percentage of U.S. college students that had received select vaccinations as of fall 2018U.S. college students that had received select vaccinations as of fall 2018
Percentage of U.S. college students who gave the following reasons for not getting a flu vaccine as of 2017Reasons for not receiving a flu vaccine among U.S. university students as of 2017
Percentage of illness, medical visits and hospitalizations reduced each year in the United States by flu vaccinations from 2010 to 2016Reduction of influenza from flu vaccination coverage in the U.S. 2010-2016
Percentage of U.S. adults that get vaccinated for influenza at select times of the year as of 2017Months in which U.S. adults get a flu vaccine as of 2017
Percentage of older U.S. adults who stated that a flu vaccination should definitely be required for select staff in nursing homes as of 2017*Opinions on flu vaccination requirements for U.S. nursing home staff as of 2017
Percentage of workers who always or most of the time went to work even with a cold or flu in the United States, as of February 2016, by ageWorkers working even with a cold or flu in the U.S. 2016, by age
Percentage of employers in the U.S. that offered select wellness programs and events as of 2018Share of U.S. employers that offered select wellness programs in 2018
Effectiveness of alternative medicine in comparison to conventional medicine as seen by U.S. consumers as of 2017, by conditionEffectiveness of alternative medicine to conventional medicine by condition US 2017
Total pneumonia & influenza funding by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) from FY 2013 to FY 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)Total pneumonia & influenza funding by the National Institutes for Health 2013-2019
Share of 1-year-olds with haemophilus influenzae vaccination by world region 2013
Elderly population immunized against influenza in Spain 2016, by autonomous community
Immunization against influenza among elderly people in France 2006-2015
Italy: general opinion about vaccination 2017
Italy: major information sources regarding vaccination in 2017
General perceptions towards vaccine safety and effectiveness in Denmark 2018
General perceptions towards vaccine importance in Sweden 2018
General perceptions towards vaccine importance in Denmark 2018
Burden of rotavirus disease in Asia in absence of immunization
Italy: perceptions towards vaccine safety among GPs 2018
Italy: perceptions towards vaccine importance among GPs 2018
Italy: general perceptions towards vaccine importance 2018
Italy: general perceptions towards vaccine safety and effectiveness 2018
Italy: opinion about mandatory vaccination 2015 and 2017
General perceptions towards vaccine safety and effectiveness in Sweden 2018
Romania: opinion on the importance of vaccines to provide protection in 2019
Estonia: opinion on the importance of vaccines to provide protection in 2019
Share of reasons for getting vaccinated in the European Union as of 2019
Bulgaria: opinion on the importance of vaccines to provide protection in 2019
Estonia: reasons for not receiving a vaccination in the last five years as of 2019
Geriatric health in the U.S.
Children's health in the U.S.
Vaccinations in the U.S.
Vaccinations in Italy
Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics, England 2017-2018
Vaccination coverage, Northern Ireland
Vaccinations in Canada
Flu Shots: Should they be legally required for doctors, teachers? Most Canadians say “yes”
Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.
NHS Immunization Statistics, England 2017-2018
Immunization rates in the United Kingdom (UK)
Estimated number of fatalities due to influenza pandemics worldwide
Vaccination coverage against influenza among the elderly in OECD countries as of 2015
Percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017
Estimated number of fatalities due to influenza pandemics in the United States
Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2017
Deaths by influenza and pneumonia in the U.S. from 1950 to 2016 (per 100,000 population)
Estimated number of influenza cases in the United States from 2010 to 2017
Estimated number of influenza-related medical visits in the United States from 2010 to 2017
Estimated influenza hospitalization rate in the United States from 2010 to 2017 (per 100,000 population)
Percentage of U.S. adults that visited select locations the last time they had the flu or flu-like symptoms as of 2017
Percentage of U.S. adults who did not take standard precautionary measures to prevent the spread of germs the last time they had the flu or flu-like symptoms as of 2017
Percentage of U.S. adults that used select measures to prevent themselves from getting the flu as of 2017
Percentage of individuals with a flu vaccine in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017, by age
Percentage of older people who received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018
Percentage of U.S. adults over the age of 65 who had received a vaccination for influenza within the last 12 months as of 2015, by ethnicity
Percentage of U.S. adults over the age of 65 who had received a vaccination for influenza within the last 12 months as of 2015, by poverty level
Percentage of U.S. college students that had received select vaccinations as of fall 2018
Percentage of U.S. college students who gave the following reasons for not getting a flu vaccine as of 2017
Percentage of illness, medical visits and hospitalizations reduced each year in the United States by flu vaccinations from 2010 to 2016
Percentage of older U.S. adults who stated that a flu vaccination should definitely be required for select staff in nursing homes as of 2017*
Percentage of workers who always or most of the time went to work even with a cold or flu in the United States, as of February 2016, by age
Percentage of employers in the U.S. that offered select wellness programs and events as of 2018
Effectiveness of alternative medicine in comparison to conventional medicine as seen by U.S. consumers as of 2017, by condition
Total pneumonia & influenza funding by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) from FY 2013 to FY 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)
Percentage of 1-year-olds who have haemophilus influenzae vaccination worldwide in 2013, by region*
Share of individuals aged 65 and over vaccinated against influenza in Spain in 2016, by autonomous community
Influenza vaccination rate among people aged 65 and older in France from 2006 to 2015
General opinions about vaccinations in Italy in 2017
Who do you think is mostly trustworthy for giving accurate information about vaccines?
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine safety and effectiveness in Denmark in 2018
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine importance in Sweden in 2018
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine importance in Denmark in 2018
Annual impact of rotavirus in Asia with lack of immunization as of 2005 (in millions)
Share of general practitioners agreeing* with statements about vaccine safety and effectiveness in Italy in 2018
Share of general practitioners agreeing* with statements about vaccine importance in Italy in 2018
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine importance in Italy in 2018
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine safety and effectiveness in Italy in 2018
Opinion about mandatory vaccinations in Italy in 2015 and 2017
Share of individuals agreeing with general statements about vaccine safety and effectiveness in Sweden in 2018
To what extent do you agree or disagree that vaccines are important to protect not only yourself but also others?
Thinking about the last vaccination you had, did you have it for any of the following reasons?*
Why have you not had any vaccination in the last five years?*
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U.S. vehicle sales: Jeep Grand Cherokee 2004-2017
Number of Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles sold in the United States from 2004 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
by I. Wagner, last edited Aug 24, 2018
This statistic depicts the number of Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles sold in the United States from 2004 to 2017. In 2017, over 240,700 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs were sold in the U.S., up from 212,700 in the previous year.
Number of vehicles in thousands
The source doesn't mention the release date. The last access date was taken as the release date.
Best selling car models in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom 2014-2019
Ford car sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2019
Ford car market share in the United Kingdom 2016-2019
Statistics on "Ford in the United Kingdom"
Overview of Ford UK
Passenger car sales
Car segments and model types dominated by Ford
Other vehicle sales
Ford's revenue in FY 2018, by main region (in billion U.S. dollars)Ford - revenue by region 2018
Ford car market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to January 2019Ford car market share in the United Kingdom 2016-2019
Comparison of leading car companies' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in January 2018 and January 2019Leading car companies' sales in the United Kingdom 2018-2019
Comparison of leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2014 to June 2019Leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom 2014-2019
Leading ten car models sold in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018 (in units)Best selling car models in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Leading car brands ranked by BrandIndex Index score in the United Kingdom (UK) from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018Leading car brands ranked by BrandIndex in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Volume of engines produced in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2009 and 2016, by manufacturer (in units)Engine manufacturing: volume of engines produced in the UK 2009-2016, by manufacturer
Ford car sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to January 2019Ford car sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2019
Ford Focus registered car numbers in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017Number of registered Ford Focus cars in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Number of Ford Fiesta registered cars in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017Ford Fiesta cars registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Number of Ford Mondeo registered cars in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017Ford Mondeo cars registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Number of Ford Ka registered cars in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017Ford Ka registered cars in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Leading five business car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by passenger car model (in units)Business car registrations: most popular car models sold to businesses in the UK 2018
Number of new fleet car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018, by passenger car modelFleet car registrations: most popular car models sold as fleets in the UK 2016-2018
Number of new supermini car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 and 2018, by model type (in units)Number of new supermini car registrations in the UK 2017-2018, by model
Leading five lower medium car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by model type (in units)Number of new lower medium cars registered in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by model
Number of new multi-purpose car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 and 2017, by model type (in units)Number of new multi-purpose cars registered in the UK 2016-2017, by model
Sales volume of fleet cars in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by brandSales of fleet cars in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017, by brand
Number of Ford Transit registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain between 2000 and 2018*Licensed Ford Transit LGVs in Great Britain 2000-2018
Number of Ford Transit registered buses in Great Britain from 2000 to 2018*Ford Transit buses registered in Great Britain 2000-2018
Number of Ford Ranger registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017Ford Ranger LGVs registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Number of Ford Fiesta registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2017Ford Fiesta LGVs registered in Great Britain (UK) 2000-2017
Number of new Ford light commercial vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and July 2016, by monthFord: New light commercial vehicle registrations in the UK 2014-2016, by month
Jeep car sales in Turkey 2012-2018
Jeep car sales in Finland 2010-2018
Latin America: Jeep vehicle unit sales 2016-2018
Europe: Jeep car sales from 2011-2018
Jeep car sales in Switzerland 2009-2018
Mexico: Jeep unit sales in Mexico 2017-2019
Sales volume of jeeps and LCV in Pakistan 2008-2018
Best-selling upper large SUV models Australia 2017
Best-selling large SUV models Australia 2016
Best-selling medium SUV models Australia 2017
Mexico: Jeep vehicle unit sales 2017-2018, by model
Best-selling small SUV models Australia 2017
Luxury sport utility vehicles: U.S. sales by sex 2016
SUV unit sales in Japan 2006-2015
Luxury SUVs: share of Millennial luxury auto sales 2011-2016
Jeep - Canada sales 2015-2019
Sales of used SUVs in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2013
U.S. franchise dealer revenue by segment: Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram '15
U.S. vehicle sales: Ram pickup trucks 2000-2018
Automotive Industry in the MENA region
Ford in the United Kingdom
Volkswagen Group in the United Kingdom (UK)
Nissan in the United Kingdom
Automotive industry in South Korea
Petrol vehicles in Italy
Car purchasing factors in the United Kingdom
Møller Mobility Group - Års- og samfunnsrapport 2018
Bertel O. Steen - Årsrapport 2017
Bilia Annual Report 2018
Automotive industry in India
Ford's revenue in FY 2018, by main region (in billion U.S. dollars)
Ford car market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to January 2019
Comparison of leading car companies' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in January 2018 and January 2019
Comparison of leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2014 to June 2019
Leading ten car models sold in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018 (in units)
Leading car brands ranked by BrandIndex Index score in the United Kingdom (UK) from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018
Volume of engines produced in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2009 and 2016, by manufacturer (in units)
Ford car sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to January 2019
Ford Focus registered car numbers in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017
Number of Ford Fiesta registered cars in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017
Number of Ford Mondeo registered cars in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017
Number of Ford Ka registered cars in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017
Leading five business car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by passenger car model (in units)
Number of new fleet car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018, by passenger car model
Number of new supermini car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 and 2018, by model type (in units)
Leading five lower medium car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by model type (in units)
Number of new multi-purpose car registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 and 2017, by model type (in units)
Sales volume of fleet cars in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by brand
Number of Ford Transit registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain between 2000 and 2018*
Number of Ford Transit registered buses in Great Britain from 2000 to 2018*
Number of Ford Ranger registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain from 2000 to 2017
Number of Ford Fiesta registered light goods vehicles in Great Britain (UK) from 2000 to 2017
Number of new Ford light commercial vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2014 and July 2016, by month
Number of Jeep cars sold in Turkey from 2012 to 2018
Number of Jeep cars sold in Finland from 2010 to 2018
Jeep vehicle unit sales in Latin America from 2016 to 2018
Jeep car sales in Europe from 2011 to 2018, in units
Number of Jeep cars sold in Switzerland from 2009 to 2018
Number of Jeep vehicles sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Mexico from July 2017 to April 2019
Number of jeeps and and light commercial vehicle sold in Pakistan from July 2008 to June 2018*
Best-selling models within the upper large SUV passenger car segment in Australia in 2017
Best-selling models within the large SUV passenger car segment in Australia in 2016
Best-selling models within the medium SUV passenger car segment in Australia in 2017
Number of Jeep vehicles sold in Mexico in August 2017 and April 2018, by model
Best-selling models within the small SUV passenger car segment in Australia in 2017
U.S. luxury sport utility vehicle sales in 2016, by sex
Unit sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Japan from 2006 to 2015 (in thousands)
SUV sales as a share of Millennial luxury auto sales in the United States from 2011 to 2016
Jeep sales in Canada from 2015 to 2019 (in units)
Number of used SUVs sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2013
Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram franchise dealers' revenue in the U.S. in FY 2015, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)
Ram pickup truck sales in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
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Metals & Electronics›
Metals›
EU-28: apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (<=2 mm thick) 2008-2017
Apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (wall thickness <=2 mm)* in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
by Dennis Schmid, last edited Aug 31, 2018
This statistic shows the apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes of a wall thickness less than or equal to two millimeters in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017. Apparent consumptions fluctuated through this time, hitting a low of approximately 779.59 thousand metric tons in 2009, before increasing to approximately 1.25 million metric tons in 2017.
Apparent consumption in thousand metric tons
Europe, EU
* Of square or rectangular cross-section; hot- or cold-formed; excludes stainless steel.
Figures have been rounded and correspond with PRODCOM code 24203430 of NACE Rev. 2
Steel producers worldwide based on production volume 2018
Steel - estimated demand worldwide by region 2016-2019
Demand for steel products - industrial and emerging markets 2015-2017
Steel production and scrap consumption worldwide 2005-2017
Statistics on "Steel industry in Europe"
European company data
Production figures
World steel production and scrap consumption from 2005 to 2017 (in million metric tons)Steel production and scrap consumption worldwide 2005-2017
Demand for steel products in industrial and emerging markets from 2015 to 2017 (in million tons)Demand for steel products - industrial and emerging markets 2015-2017
Estimated demand for steel worldwide between 2016 and 2019, by region (in million metric tons)*Steel - estimated demand worldwide by region 2016-2019
The world's largest crude steel producers in 2018, by production volume (in million metric tons)Steel producers worldwide based on production volume 2018
Production of crude steel in the world, European Union and France from 2016 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons per month)Crude steel production in France, EU and the world 2016-2017
Revenue value of the leading industrial metals companies in Europe in 2018 (in billion U.S dollars)Revenue of the leading industrial metals companies in Europe 2018
Number of people working in the EU-28 countries with the largest steel industry employment figures in 2017EU-28 countries which employ the most people in the steel industries 2017
Proportion of steel produced in the EU-28 used by industrial sectors in 2017Share of steel produced in the EU-28 used in industrial sectors 2017
ArcelorMittal's revenue from FY 2006 to FY 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Global steel market: ArcelorMittal's revenue 2006-2018
Annual revenue of EVRAZ from 2012 to 2017, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)EVRAZ's annual revenue by segment in 2012-2017
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works' annual revenue from 2007 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Annual revenue of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works from 2007-2017
Metinvest's annual revenue from 2009 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Annual revenue of Metinvest from 2009-2017
Novolipetsk Steel's annual revenue from 2011 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Annual revenue of Novolipetsk Steel from 2011-2017
Outokumpu's annual revenue from 2012 to 2017 (in million euros)Annual revenue of Outokumpu from 2012-2017
Salzgitter AG's annual revenue from 2008 to 2017 (in million euros)Annual revenue of Salzgitter AG from 2008-2017
Salzgitter AG's annual revenue by segment in 2015 and 2017 (in million euros)Annual revenue of Salzgitter AG in 2015 and 2017, by segment
Proportion of crude steel produced in the EU-28 by country in 2015 and 2017Share of crude steel produced in the EU-28 by country in 2015 and 2017
Volume of crude steel produced in the EU-28 from 2011 to 2017, by quality (in thousand metric tons)Production of crude steel in the EU-28, by quality 2011-2017
Total production of crude steel in Austria from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)Austria: total production of crude steel from 2009 to 2017
Total production of crude steel in Belgium from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)Belgium: total production of crude steel from 2009 to 2017
Total production of crude steel in the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)Czech Republic: total production of crude steel from 2009-2017
Total production of crude steel in France from 2009 to 2016 (in thousand metric tons)France: total production of crude steel 2009-2016
Total production of crude steel in Germany from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)Germany: total production of crude steel from 2009 to 2017
Total production of crude steel in Italy from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)Italy: total production of crude steel from 2009-2017
EU-28: apparent consumption of welded non-stainless steel tubes (<=406.6 mm) 2008-17
EU-28: apparent consumption of welded & steel precision tubes (<=406.6 mm) 2008-2017
EU-28: apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (>406.4 mm) 2008-2017
EU-28: apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (>2 mm thick) 2008-2017
Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel GDP: Canada 2016
EU28: production value of stainless steel tubes and pipes 2008-2015
Import volume: leaf springs and iron components in the UK 2011-2017
Spain: turnover of the steel casting industry 2008-2015
GP/GC sheets/coils production India FY 2012-FY 2017
Canada steel imports by country March 2018
Iron and steel import price index 2006-2016
Import volume of springs made from iron or steel into the United Kingdom 2011-2017
Import volume of helical springs made from iron or steel into the UK 2011-2017
Imports for consumption of steel products to U.S. by origin 2017
Global steel market
Steel and metal export trading in the United Kingdom (UK)
Steel production in the United Kingdom (UK)
Steel and metal import trading in the United Kingdom (UK)
World steel recycling in figures 2014 - 2018
World Steel in Figures 2019
Steel Statistical Yearbook 2018
Polish steel industry 2018
2018 Steel Dynamics Annual Report on Form 10-K
United States Steel Corporation 2018 Annual Report and Form 10-K
The current capacity shake-up in steel and how the industry is adapting
ISSF - Stainless Steel in Figures 2018
The Effect of Imports of Steel on the National Security
Mining, Iron & Steel 25 2019
World steel production and scrap consumption from 2005 to 2017 (in million metric tons)
Demand for steel products in industrial and emerging markets from 2015 to 2017 (in million tons)
Estimated demand for steel worldwide between 2016 and 2019, by region (in million metric tons)*
The world's largest crude steel producers in 2018, by production volume (in million metric tons)
Production of crude steel in the world, European Union and France from 2016 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons per month)
Revenue value of the leading industrial metals companies in Europe in 2018 (in billion U.S dollars)
Number of people working in the EU-28 countries with the largest steel industry employment figures in 2017
Proportion of steel produced in the EU-28 used by industrial sectors in 2017
Volume of crude steel produced in the EU-28 from 2011 to 2017, by quality (in thousand metric tons)
Volume of finished steel produced in the EU-28 from 2011 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
ArcelorMittal's revenue from FY 2006 to FY 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Annual revenue of EVRAZ from 2012 to 2017, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works' annual revenue from 2007 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Metinvest's annual revenue from 2009 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Novolipetsk Steel's annual revenue from 2011 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Outokumpu's annual revenue from 2012 to 2017 (in million euros)
Salzgitter AG's annual revenue from 2008 to 2017 (in million euros)
Salzgitter AG's annual revenue by segment in 2015 and 2017 (in million euros)
Salzgitter AG's annual production of crude steel from 2008 to 2017 (in kilotons)
Severstal's annual revenue from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenue generated by TechInt Group from 2012 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
ThyssenKrupp's sales in FY 2017/18, by main segment (in million euros)
ThyssenKrupp Group's net sales from FY 2002/03 to FY 2017/18 (in million euros)
Revenue of Voestalpine, by segment beteween 2015/16 and 2017/18 (in million euros)
Annual revenue of Voestalpine from 2012 to 2018 (in million euros)
Proportion of crude steel produced in the EU-28 by country in 2015 and 2017
Total production of crude steel in Austria from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Belgium from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in France from 2009 to 2016 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Germany from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Italy from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Annual production of crude steel in Luxembourg from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Annual production of crude steel in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Annual production of crude steel in Poland from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Russia from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Spain from 2009 to 2016 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Turkey from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in Ukraine from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Total production of crude steel in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)
Annual production of pig iron in the European Union (EU) from 2009 to 2017 (in million metric tons)
Apparent consumption of welded non-stainless steel tubes and pipes (external diameter <=406.4 mm)* in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Apparent consumption of welded and steel precision tubes and pipes (external diameter <=406.4 mm)* in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (external diameter >406.4 mm)* in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Apparent consumption of welded steel tubes and pipes (wall thickness >2 mm)* in the European Union (28 countries) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Gross domestic product at basic prices for the Canadian steel product manufacturing from purchased steel industry from 2010 to 2016 (in million Canadian dollars)
Production value of stainless steel seamless tubes and pipes* in the EU 28, from 2008 to 2015 (in million euros)
Import volume of leaf springs and components, made from iron or steel in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Annual turnover of the steel casting industry in Spain from 2008 to 2015 (in million euros)
Galvanized plain/galvanized corrugated sheets/coils production across India from FY 2012 to FY 2017 (in million metric tons)
Breakdown of Canada's steel imports between January and March 2018, by source country
U.S. iron and steel import price index from 2006 to 2016
Volume of springs* made from iron or steel, imported annually into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of helical springs made from iron or steel, imported annually into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Imports for consumption of steel products into the U.S. in 2017, by value and origin (in million U.S. dollars)
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Health System›
Grenada: health spending as share of GDP 2010-2016
Healthcare expenditure as percentage of GDP in Grenada from 2010 to 2016
by Ana Maria Rios Montanez, last edited May 20, 2019
This statistic depicts the healthcare expenditure as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Grenada from 2010 to 2016. The Caribbean country's spending in health represented 5.2 percent of its GDP in 2016, compared to 4.9 percent a year earlier.
Share of GDP
2016 5.2%
Current health expenditure as % of GDP; in U.S. dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP)
The values have been rounded.
U.S. health expenditure as percent of GDP 1960-2019
Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in select countries 2017
U.S. health care expenditure distribution by payer 2014-2018
U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2019
Statistics on "Health expenditures in the U.S."
Global comparison
Overview U.S.
Out-of-pocket
NHE projections
Global health spending per capita in 2015 and a projection for 2040 (in U.S. dollars)*Global per person health spending 2015 and 2040 projection
Per capita health expenditure in selected countries in 2017 (in U.S. dollars)*Per capita health expenditure in selected countries 2017
Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product in selected countries in 2017Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in select countries 2017
Public and private per capita health expenditure in selected countries in 2016 (in U.S. dollars)Public and private per capita health expenditure in selected countries 2016
Countries with the highest share of domestic governmental health expenditure in 2016*Countries with highest government health expenditure share 2016
U.S. national health expenditure from 1960 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. national health expenditure 1960-2019
National per capita health expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars)U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2019
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Death & Pretty Pink Locker Rooms
by Jim Hoft October 1, 2005
SOME SEE “RED” OVER “PINK” IN IOWA CITY!
VIDEO HERE
Former Iowa football coach, Hayden Fry, a psychology major, painted the visitor’s locker room pink because of its “calming effect”. A law professor at Iowa received death threats this week after criticizing the “calming effect” of the pink hues!
The newly renovated visiting team locker room at the University of Iowa… still “Pretty in Pink!” (AP)
Iowa law professor receives death threats after condemning the pink motif in the visitors locker room at the University of Iowa:
Soft pink hues were added to the visiting locker room at Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium by former coach Hayden Fry in the late 1970s. Fry believed the color had a calming effect on people.
As part of a new $88 million remodeling job at the stadium, designers retained that color motif, splashing pink across the walls, carpet, showers, sinks, metal lockers and even the urinals.
Last week, an Iowa law school professor received death threats after criticizing the university for using pink paint. The professor, now joined by others across campus, says using pink demeans women and perpetuates negative stereotypes of women and homosexuality.
The visiting law professor disagreed with the choice of color, turning calm into chaos:
“I want the locker room gone,” law school professor Jill Gaulding told a university committee studying the athletic department’s compliance with NCAA standards, including gender equity.
As part of the stadium’s two-year, $88 million makeover, athletic officials took the former coach’s interior decorating ideas to another level, splashing pink across the brick walls, shower floors and installing pink metal lockers, carpeting, sinks, showers and urinals.
The controversy gained momentum and media attention last week when a visiting law school professor told reporters she had received death threats after voicing objections on her Web site.
The Advocate has now weighed in on the controversy:
Visiting law school professor Erin Buzuvis was also a vocal critic of the locker room’s color, saying pink is associated with young girls and that its use in a football locker room is sexist and homophobic. “It is equivalent to painting the word ‘sissy’ or ‘girlie man’ all across the walls,” she said. When she voiced those opinions on her Web site, Buzuvis claims, she received death. threats
The professor later backtracked this week during a “public hearing on the issue”:
Pink Freud II: Erin Buzuvis said she doesn’t want Iowa to change the pink paint scheme of the visitors’ locker room at Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium. “I’m not asking you to take out the urinals,” she said. “I’m not asking you to paint the walls.”
At a public hearing Tuesday, the University of Iowa adjunct law professor just wants the school to make note of what she considers “a genuine gender-equity issue” (see the video of her appearance from TV station KCRG) in the school’s NCAA recertification report.
Buzuvis created quite a stir over the weekend and early this week by calling the pink locker room sexist and homophobic. Subsequently, she received death threats and rape threats by e-mail, and now her blog has been shut down.
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Singapore: Electricity production capacity
Singapore: Electricity production capacity, million kilowatts
: For that indicator, The U.S. Energy Information Administration provides data for Singapore from 1980 to 2016. The average value for Singapore during that period was 6.66 million kilowatts with a minumum of 2.01 million kilowatts in 1980 and a maximum of 13.35 million kilowatts in 2016. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Canada Morning Update: Kim and Moon’s historic Korea summit; the Chagall sale that wasn’t
Morning Update Newsletter
Morning Update: Kim and Moon’s historic Korea summit; the Chagall sale that wasn’t
Arik Ligeti
Published April 27, 2018 Updated April 27, 2018
These are the top stories:
Kim Jong-un crossed the border for a historic meeting with South Korea’s president
Kim became the first North Korean leader to step on South Korean soil on Friday for his summit with Moon Jae-in.
The two leaders agreed to formally end their countries’ 65-year war, saying they intend to conclude a peace treaty this year. They also said they “confirmed the common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.”
“We will totally end war on the Korean peninsula,” pledged Moon Jae-in, who promised that “a new era of peace” has arrived.
But the summit failed to yield specific agreements on dismantling or otherwise limiting Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal. In that, it did little to resolve the issues that have made North Korea a target of global concern and economic sanctions.
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Toronto’s police chief has returned to New York following the van attack
Mark Saunders released a statement yesterday, after he was back in New York for a conference, praising the city of Toronto and the police service for their response to the attack. The chief had been in New York when the attack happened, but returned to Toronto that night where he was seen at a news conference. At a second media update on Tuesday, Saunders said that because he'd just landed, he hadn’t fully appreciated the scope of what citizens had to witness. But he wasn’t seen on Wednesday, and on Thursday his staff confirmed he was back in New York.
So far, friends and family have identified the names of seven of the 10 people killed in the attack. The latest victim was named as Sohe Chung, a 23-year-old who studied at the University of Toronto and worked at Holt Renfrew. Eleven people injured in the attack were still in hospital yesterday, including five in critical condition.
The National Gallery won’t be selling its Marc Chagall painting after all
The federal institution was expecting a US$6-million to US$9-million windfall from the sale, with those funds going toward acquiring a Jacques-Louis David painting from a Quebec parish. But the planned sale sparked outcry within Canada’s art community and in Quebec, where a pair of museums said they wanted to keep the David in the province. Scrapping the Chagall auction will likely come with a cost: A work of its value would likely result in a $1-million cancellation fee, unless the auction house chooses to waive it.
B.C. is vowing to shut down illegal marijuana dispensaries
Once cannabis is legalized, a new team of inspectors will be able to impose fines of as much as $100,000 in addition to recommending jail time (for subscribers). The province will be issuing more retail licences once legalization kicks in, which is expected sometime this summer. “Those that do not get a licence, but still think that they can continue to operate with impunity will find out that they can’t,” Solicitor-General Mike Farnsworth said. Vancouver currently has 76 dispensaries operating without a city licence.
Playoffs: There are still two Canadian teams to cheer for
The Toronto Maple Leafs may be out, but the Winnipeg Jets are gearing up for their second-round series against the Nashville Predators. They’ll start things off on the road with Game 1 tonight (8 p.m. ET) and Game 2 on Sunday (7 p.m. ET).
The Toronto Raptors, meanwhile, have a chance to close out their opening-round series against the Washington Wizards. Game 6 goes ahead tonight (7 p.m. ET) in Washington, where the Raptors surrendered a pair of losses last weekend. Read Cathal Kelly’s take on Jonas Valanciunas, the Raptors’ middleman.
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Bill Cosby was found guilty in his sexual-assault retrial
The 80-year-old comedian was found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, each of which carry a maximum of 10 years in prison. Cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting Toronto native Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia home 14 years ago. While he was only on trial for the Constand case, more than 60 women have said Cosby assaulted them over a period of five decades. Cosby’s lawyer said he will be appealing the verdict.
Marsha Lederman writes that the verdict is a big moment in the #MeToo movement: “[It’s] impossible to imagine allegations such as these being considered the same way they were in the environment of the before-time. This new climate has allowed for the unimaginable: for powerful, beloved men to have to pay for their terrible actions – whether in loss of reputation (which Cosby had already suffered), livelihood or, as we now have, with a criminal conviction.”
MORNING MARKETS
Stocks rise
Global stocks rose on Friday, lifted by strong share price gains for tech giants such as Amazon and Facebook and growing hopes of a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula after a ground-breaking meeting of North and South Korean leaders. Tokyo’s Nikkei gained 0.7 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 0.9 per cent, and the Shanghai composite 0.2 per cent. In Europe, London’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and the Paris CAC 40 were up by between 0.1 and 0.5 per cent by about 5:50 a.m. ET. New York futures were down. The Canadian dollar was just above 77.5 US cents.
WHAT EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT
Is Apu offensive? Hank Azaria says yes, his Simpsons’ bosses say no
“Hank Azaria has six Emmys, many for his work voicing characters on The Simpsons. In 1998, he won for playing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian immigrant who works at Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart convenience store. Two decades after that win and 29 years after the show debuted, Azaria told Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night that it might be time for him to step out of his role as Apu. The idea that Apu – with his hairy chest, eight children, and gross food-handling habits – has been used as fodder for bullies ‘makes me sad‘ and is ‘genuinely upsetting,‘ Azaria said to the late night talk show host. I’m glad that he feels that way, even though the realization has taken him at least five years.” – Denise Balkissoon
The Toronto van attack left a scar near my high school, but I know we will heal with time
“My brother, who I don’t speak to very often and who should have been busy studying for his final university exams hundreds of kilometres away, called me on Monday to ask if I was okay. While walking home, a friend who I had drifted apart from saw me and offered to drive me the rest of the way. Later, a girl I share one class with asked if I was alright even though we had never spoken before. I sent messages to various group chats asking if everybody was okay, in an effort to pull myself closer to the people I love. I have always found it interesting how two words can have opposite meanings. For me, the verb ‘to cleave’ comes to mind. It can mean to split something apart, but it can also mean to mend things together. The scar along Yonge Street may cut deep, but it will heal with time. Decide which definition of the word ‘cleave’ you should use today.” – Michael Samoilov, Grade 11 student at Earl Haig Secondary School
Ontario has budget problems, but Ford only offers theatre
“Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk says the Wynne government’s budget, tabled in March and packed with new spending on social programs, badly underestimates the amount of debt it will create for the province and its taxpayers. ...This is a dire time for Ontario taxpayers. The PC Party leader, Doug Ford, is trying to elevate the Auditor-General’s report into ‘one of the largest financial scandals in Canadian history.‘ He is promising, if elected, to call a commission of inquiry into the Liberal budget. That’s a lot of grandstanding from an untested party leader who hasn’t presented a costed platform and won’t say when he will. Ontario taxpayers don’t need expensive political theatre and empty words. They need a premier prepared to take the job seriously.” – Globe editorial
Live in Winnipeg, Toronto or Vancouver? Here’s a trio of restaurant reviews
You might not want to rush over to Winnipeg’s the Oxbow: Reviewer Dan Clapson said it was the “kind of dinner that you walk away from feeling technically full but regrettably unsatisfied.”
Toronto’s Paris Paris, Jason Chow writes, is “a welcome refuge for wine lovers with an inviting vibe and original menu.” And don’t be fooled by the name: The bar veers closer to hipster Brooklyn than a traditional Parisian affair.
And at Vancouver’s Autostrada Osteria, Alexandra Gill delighted in sharing food with the couple at the next table – within 10 minutes of sitting down. The Italian joint, she writes, “has nailed a winning neighbourhood-restaurant formula that’s as tight as its tomato sauce.”
U.S. patent granted for plastic bags with handles
April 27, 1965: The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but you’ll still need something to carry all your stuff. That’s where the plastic bag comes in. Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin’s invention - a strong, leakproof shopping bag - is officially described as “a seamless flexible tube closed at its lower end by a transverse welding seam … characterized in that a handle (or handles) is made of one piece with the remaining bag portion and provided at its upper end with a transverse welding seam.” But the petroleum-based product’s durability is also the reason it has become an environmental nightmare. Between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are produced each year, but only one in 200 is recycled, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In landfills they may take hundreds of years to break down; when they do, their tiny, toxic fragments contaminate the soil and water. In the ocean, they have the uncanny ability to mimic the languid movement of jellyfish, poisoning or suffocating sea creatures such as turtles that mistake them for that prey. Cities and entire countries have sought to ban them or at least discourage their use, but their appeal remains. – Massimo Commanducci
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Guardian interviews at the BFI
Jim Jarmusch - part two
Later films: Mystery Train | Night on Earth | Dead Man | Ghost Dog | Year of the Horse
Mon 15 Nov 1999 09.03 EST First published on Mon 15 Nov 1999 09.03 EST
GA: I had some idea. (Laughter) Moving on to Mystery Train. It's another three-part feature. But in this one it seems like you've taken three different genres, a romance film, a supernatural and a thriller, and yet your films don't fit easily into any one genre. What is your approach to genre?
JJ: When I was writing Mystery Train, I was not thinking at all about cinematic genres. I was thinking about literary forms and I was very interested in Chaucer, things that have smaller stories within that make up a larger work, and I was playing with the idea of things happening simultaneously, so it's hard for me to answer that because I really wasn't thinking about any of those genres, although I was aware of Italian episodic films that are like romantic comedies; there is a tradition in Japanese cinema of ghost stories that have separate stories together, although I don't think I ever thought of that till just now, or actually he (points to Geoff Andrew and then adopts deep voice of seniority), "Yes, I was referring to the supernatural" (Laughter)
But I like that form very much, and I liked playing with things happening at the same time and characters being in the same place, but not interacting and yet being somehow connected by some little threads, like the bellboy and the night manager of the hotel, the gunshot, the fact that they're in the same hotel, the fact that you see them walking down the same streets. But it really was more from a literary form than from playing with cinematic genres.
GA: It is an incredibly detailed film because we don't actually see Steve Buscemi until the last episode but, he's there in the first one because you see him as the Japanese couple walk past him, he's referred to in the second episode. It must have been a nightmare to put together, how did you do that?
JJ: It was fun. It was fun to write something where you could see a character that you don't know is going to appear later and be a main character. It was a little bit like a puzzle, not a real complicated one, but it was fun trying to make the pieces fit together while writing the thing down.
GA: How did you decide on the cities to use in Night on Earth?
JJ: To be honest I had written a script for another film, but was not able to make it due to things that were very frustrating, and I felt somewhat betrayed due to certain circumstances, so I thought to hell with that then, I'll just write something else real fast. I wrote Night on Earth in about eight days and what I was thinking was, "there's friends I'd like to work with and friends I'd like to see and I'm just going to write something that will get me to work with them and see them," which included Roberto Benigni, Isaach de Bankolé, all the actors in the Finnish section, and Gena Rowlands. The cities were really based on what actors I wanted to work with, or people I wanted to see. It wasn't very calculating, it was just, "I've got to do something" because I was very frustrated by this other project that didn't work out.
GA: But each episode is coloured by the culture in which it is set. With the Finnish, you have the moroseness, with the Italian influence you not only have the influence of the Catholic church, but very broad Italian comedy, in New York you have the cultural mix and the aggression. Was that calculated or did that just come naturally?
JJ: That comes as soon as you decide, "I want to work with these actors in Finland", then my impressions of Helsinki or Finland or their culture certainly filter in, and that is the atmosphere that I'm thinking of while writing. I love cities, they are almost like lovers. I'm attracted to many cities I've been in, often cities other people don't like at all. I like Detroit and Gary, Indiana, cities other people would avoid like the plague. The cities become characters even though they're enclosed in a cab, the atmosphere, the colour, the quality of light in each city is very different and has a different effect on the people who live there and on your emotions when you are there.
GA: Those things do come over, but as you say, shooting virtually within a cab all the time - you get shots looking out of the cab and establishing shots of the cities - it must have been a very difficult film to make given all those constraints you set yourself.
JJ: That was ridiculous. I wrote the film really fast and I was saying to myself, "This will be something real easy to do and I can do it fast" and then I stepped back in pre-production, realising, "Oh man, this is in four different countries in five different cities all inside of cars." Shooting in a car is really, really difficult and anyone who has made a film in a car interior will tell you, "Don't ever do that again."
I had people locked into the cars because there was a speed-rail built on the outside of the car to put the lighting rigs on, and if they had to get out and use the bathroom, it was a big nightmare. We had to roll the windows down and put sandwiches in for them just to keep them alive at times. (Laughter) It's really not fun shooting in a car.
At one point in Helsinki, we were towing a car, a rig broke and the car with the actors in was stopped on the line of the streetcar and a streetcar was coming. And my Finnish actors are, (puts on Finnish accent) "What the bloody hell, are we going to die here in a jam?" on the walkie-talkie. We had to run and get these guys to stop the train. But just physically shooting in a car is really, really hard.
Fred Elms, the director of photography in some of the shots when we were towing the car, we had taken away the engine out of the engine cavity and mounted the engine in there and he was riding on the car, operating, sometimes holding a diopter - which allows you to have two different focus areas in the frame - and it was 14 degrees below zero. It was really cold and we were out all night and [it was] really not an easy film to make. I was deluded when I said, "This'll be easy, little stories, a few characters." It was hell.
We were stopped in Italy because we drove by the American embassy in a car that looked like some sort of gun mount and we were held there by the police for a long time, asking for our passports. Of course, our passports were all in the hotel, so we each had to tell a young Italian person working on the film, "Okay, there's a shelf in the closet, it's got a green bag, it's not in the green bag, but underneath that is a red bag, if you open that Five hours later the guy comes back (puts on Italian accent), "I have ze passports!"
It was really insane and we were shooting over a holiday and we told this Italian guy, "please make photocopies of this schedule". He came back about nine hours later and had copied them by hand. (Laughter) And I said, "Why?" and he said, (puts on Italian accent) "Because there was no photocopy place to make, its all closed, it's a holiday, now I copy for you the schedule." (Laughter) Lots of absurd things like that going on; and then Fred Elmes is very interested in using silks over the lens for different light diffusion in each city, and he uses very expensive lingerie. In Paris, he'd see a lingerie shop and he'd rush in there and he'd be saying, "Could I see more of these stockings please?" which got a little bit embarrassing. "Jim, do you think that this is nice?"(Laughter) French girls waiting on us looking around thinking, "strange Americans"
GA: Was it difficult working in different languages?
JJ: It's not, surprisingly. I can understand Italian somewhat, French I can understand very well and Finnish I don't understand at all, but I wrote the dialogue and I worked with the actors in advance and with a translator. The actors spoke English in Finland and we were able to discuss the nuances of their translation to make sure it was the right way; for example, working-class guys would speak, and I'd already worked with Japanese actors in Mystery Train. It sounds funny, but it is not difficult at all.
When I came back from Japan, I came back with a load of videotapes of Japanese films that I couldn't find in the States that, of course, had no subtitles. If you watch an Ozu film not subtitled, believe me you understand what the characters are feeling. Nick Ray also compared acting to piano playing and he said, "The dialogue is just the left hand, the melody is in the eyes." Language is very important, but it is not necessarily the primary way of knowing what someone is feeling. Actors are expressing a lot of things through many tiny things, not just the language, so that was not a problem at all for me.
GA: Many people were surprised by Dead Man: it wasn't urban, it was set in an historical era, it had a much more linear structure. Did you feel you were breaking new ground and deliberately trying to do something different?
JJ: I certainly was doing something I had never done before, which was to make a film in a period other than the present. I was also making a film in which natural landscapes were almost like characters in the film. It's very difficult to take trucks with horses and wardrobe and find places to shoot where you can't see a road or a telephone pole or anything, so it was a very physically exhausting film to make.
It was very different, but at the same time everything I do is intuitive and it was still an extension of that. Each film I make I learn a lot from and maybe, some day, I'll learn really how to make films, but probably not. Kurosawa said in his 80s, "I'm still making films because I'm still trying to figure out how to make them." If you ever think you know everything about it you should stop, and that's not why I will stop because I won't learn completely how to make a film.
Dead Man was also dealing with a subject like death and having violence in a film, those things I had not done before.
GA: Which is something you've carried on with in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, in that you're looking at a different belief system and trying to juxtapose that with modern western ideas. What is your fascination with these belief systems?
JJ: I don't subscribe to any organised religions because I think they are often used to control people and I find that very suspicious. At the same time I'm very interested in different religious philosophies and things that are spiritual, because I don't think we know a lot of things about life and there are so many things we just don't understand.
Just to change the subject a little bit, I think it's really funny that they study dolphins, and they're always trying to study the language of dolphins, and you see some guy with all these millions of dollars of computer and they're trying to decode what the dolphins are saying. Meanwhile, the dolphin swims up and says, "I want fish" in English. They can learn our language easily, so it just seems so odd to me.
We don't look in the right places for the answers to things. Some insects can communicate over long distances. It doesn't seem people are interested in understanding those things. Anyway, I don't know what that has to do with the question. "I want fish." (Laughter) And dolphins don't have to pay rent, they don't have to pay insurance. They eat, they play, they have sex, they cruise around, they talk to each other. I think they're more highly evolved.
GA: In Dead Man, the two marshals are called Lee and Marvin. Can you explain that?
JJ: And also two of the killers are called Wilson and Pickett. (Laughter) I'm a huge Lee Marvin fan, You see Lee and Marvin makes Lee Marvin, get it? It's a tribute to Lee.
GA: Aren't you a member of some unofficial group?
JJ: Yes, it's not unofficial, it's a secret organisation. It's called The Sons of Lee Marvin and I'm a card-carrying member, although I don't think I have my card on me. There are a number of us who really admire Lee Marvin. He was just a really great actor and he must have been a really amazing man, too. I never got to meet him, but I've talked to a lot of people that knew him. Sam Foley knew him well, John Boorman, of course.
GA: After Dead Man, you made a concert documentary, Year of the Horse, with Neil Young. How did that happen?
JJ: Neil had done the music for Dead Man and then he asked me to make a video clip for a song called Big Time. I shot that video on Super-8, and Neil loved the fact that it was just me and Larry Johnson shooting with these little cameras, and he liked the way it looked, and even while we were shooting he said, "Why don't people use these to make longer films?" And then he called me up a couple of months later and said, "Do you want to make a film that looks like the video we did?" and I said, "How long a film are you talking about?" to which he said, "Hey man, when I start writing a song I don't think how long it's going to be!" (Laughter)
And then he said, "Look, I'll pay for it, just shoot some stuff and see if you like it and we'll continue if you do, and if you don't, I'll just put it on a shelf somewhere." How could I refuse that? And then I said, "When do you want to start?" and he said, "Well, we're on the road in a week and a half. Meet us in France." So in a week and half, we organised all the equipment, and we shot two or three weeks on the road and it was really a great experience because there was no road map at all and what could be better than Neil Young as the producer of the film who says, "Hey man, I don't know just shoot whatever you want. We'll figure it out later, maybe it'll look cool." (Laughter)
It was my dream. We just went off and shot whatever we wanted and hoped that it looked cool. We took the material back into the editing room, and Jay Rabinowitz, who I work with, played with the footage and allowed it to tell us what it wanted to be. We didn't have a plan or anything we were trying to bludgeon the footage into. We just listened to it and made a film which I don't think of as a documentary as much as a kind of a concert film really.
But it was really a lot of fun and I think that it is successful in capturing a viscerally raw visual style that is somehow closely associated with their style of music. Also, I was having some business problems with my own company at the time, which was sucking a lot of my energy out and I was getting very frustrated, and it was delaying me from making another film, or writing a new script so it saved my soul. It was a nice gift to make.
Comedy in his films
Poetry
Lingerie shops in Paris
Dead Man
Year of the Horse with Neil Young
Working with RZA on Ghost Dog
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The big issue
The big issue: Labour’s manifesto proposals could be just what the economy needs
Jeremy Corbyn’s party is finally being given the chance to get its message across
Sat 3 Jun 2017 19.05 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Dec 2017 22.11 EST
Jeremy Corbyn campaigning in York. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
On 8 June, voters will go to the polls for perhaps the most important UK general election since 1945. The importance arises in great part from profound differences in economic policy, reflecting different views of the nature and health of the British economy.
The Conservative manifesto calls for continued austerity, which will tend to slow the economy at a crucial juncture, against the backdrop of Brexit negotiations. Their spending cuts have hurt the most vulnerable and failed to achieve their intended debt and deficit reduction targets.
In contrast, Labour’s manifesto proposals are much better designed to strengthen and develop the economy and ensure that its benefits are more fairly shared and sustainable, as well as being fiscally responsible and based on sound estimations.
We point to the proposed increases in investment in the future of the UK and its people, labour market policies geared to decrease inequality and to protect the lower paid and those in insecure work and fair and progressive changes in taxation.
There is no future for the UK in a race to the bottom, which would only serve to increase social and economic inequality and further damage our social fabric. On the contrary, the UK urgently needs a government committed, as is Labour, to building an economy that really works “for the many, and not only the few”.
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Sotiropoulos, The Open University Business School, Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Lecturer of Economics, SOAS University of London, Dr Emanuele Lobina, Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Economist (in a personal capacity), Frances Stewart, Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, University of Oxford, Gary Dymski, Professor of Applied Economics, Leeds University Business School, Geoff Harcourt, Honorary Professor, UNSW Australia, Gerald Epstein, Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, Dr Giorgos Galanis, Lecturer in Economics, Goldsmiths University, Gregor Semieniuk, Lecturer in Economics, SOAS University of London, Guglielmo Forges Davanzati, Associate professor of Political Economy, University of Salento, Italy, Dr Guy Standing FAcSS, Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, Hannah Bargawi, Lecturer in Economics, SOAS University of London, and Research Partner, Centre for Development Policy and Research, Dr Hassan Hakimian, Reader in Economics, SOAS University of London, Professor Dr Heiner Flassbeck, former Chief Economist of UNCTAD, Geneva, Heikki Patomäki, Professor of World Politics, University of Helsinki, Howard M. Wachtel, Professor Emeritus of Economics, American University, Washington, DC, USA, Howard Reed, Director, Landman Economics, Dr Hugh Goodacre, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Westminster, Teaching Fellow, University College London, Hugo Radice, University of Leeds., Hulya Dagdeviren, Professor of Economic Development, University of Hertfordshire, Ilhan Dögüs, Department of Socioeconomics, University of Hamburg, Germany, James K. 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Palley, Former Chief Economist, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Tomás Rotta, Lecturer in Economics, University of Greenwich, Trevor Evans, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany, Will Davies, Reader in Political Economy, Goldsmiths, University of London, Dr William Van Lear, Economics Professor, Belmont Abbey College, USA, Yanis Varoufakis, Former Minister of Finance, Greece, Yannis Dafermos, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England, José Gabriel Palma, University of Cambridge, Yulia Yurchenko, University of Greenwhich, Laurie Macfarlane, Economics Editor, Open Democracy, Meghnad Desai, London School of Economics, Clive Lawson, University of Cambridge, Professor Lawrence King, University of Cambridge
It’s clear to the many young people and to unsceptical party veterans like me, who are out canvassing every day for Labour, that Corbyn, “…not the person he has been portrayed as…”, is creating rather than riding the surge (“Corbyn rides Labour surge as pollsters look for an explanation – but volatile electorate could keep them guessing”, Election Special).
It is only now, though, since television stations have given him and Labour equal air time, which they are legally obliged to do during the election campaign, that Labour’s poll ratings have started to improve. It’s clear evidence of the negative effect of the months of undermining by the majority of the media, including the Observer and members of the parliamentary Labour party, of a man I believe is genuinely trying to improve life for those less well off.
Wallington, Surrey
On 14 May, in questioning the Labour party manifesto proposal to increase police numbers, the Observer editorial wondered “why 10,000 extra police officers when crime is falling?” Now, in the aftermath of the Manchester atrocity, it has instead praised Labour for its “robust opposition” to cuts in community policing, emphasising how community police officers, “who can build trusted relationships with local communities, are a vital part of any intelligence-gathering operation” (Comment).
My surprise is not in the smoking U-turn a politician would be proud of, rather the Observer’s earlier questioning of Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on police numbers.
Denis Murphy
Bantry, Co Cork
Theresa May claims she has called for a general election to obtain a strong mandate for her Brexit negotiations. This is nonsense. It is clear that she has called this election now as she knows that in 2020 the disaster that is Brexit will have manifested itself and that those who voted Leave will be unforgiving. She is hopeful that by 2022 some form of damage limitation will be in place and that the Labour party will continue to remain feckless.
As for Scotland, it is claimed that Labour supporters left the party in droves after the 2014 referendum. This is not true. It was the Labour party that left us. For the Labour party to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Tories, advocating a No vote, was unforgivable.
After the inevitable win for the Conservatives on Thursday, the Scottish Labour party should break away from the UK Labour party and embrace Scottish independence. By doing this, I am sure that thousands of Labour supporters like myself will return to the fold. In my view, an independent Scotland is inevitable and the sooner the better. I would like to think that, in 10 years’ time, if I am spared, I will be living in an independent Scotland that is a member of the European Union and is being governed by a Scottish Labour party.
William A Ross
We face a major task with Brexit and security. Labour is a divided house and despite the milk and honey its manifesto offers voters, it risks bankrupting the nation at a very crucial time. It would be calamitous to hand over security, EU negotiations and public finances to Corbyn and divided Labour.
Nneka Akwaeze
Despite all the smears, there is a noble courage of coherence about Jeremy Corbyn’s record, which makes him not only fit to be prime minister but a necessity for this century. Where peoples have linked hands, as in Ireland and Europe, wars have ended and people have prospered. People such as Corbyn deserve the support of the sane.
Ian Flintoff
In all my life, I have never seen a government try so hard to lose an election as the present one appears to be doing.
William W Scott
North Berwick, East Lothian
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President Trump at the White House on Friday, Jan. 25. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.
Jabin Botsford
Fact-checking President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address
By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are nearly 30 statements by the president.
"We have created 5.3 million new jobs and importantly added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs."
Trump often inflates the number of jobs created under his presidency by counting from Election Day, rather than when he took the oath of office. There have been almost 4.9 million jobs created since January 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, of which 436,000 are manufacturing jobs, according to the BLS.
This is an impressive gain for almost two years; under President Barack Obama, about 900,000 manufacturing jobs were gained over seven years from the 2010 nadir after the Great Recession. Moreover, despite the recent gains, the number of manufacturing jobs is still nearly 1 million below the level at the start of the Great Recession in December 2007.
"Wages are rising at the fastest pace in decades."
Wages rose 3.1 percent from December 2017 to December 2018, according to the Labor Department's Employment Cost Index for civilian workers, a widely watched measure of pay that does not take inflation into account. That is the biggest increase - not adjusted for inflation - since the year that ended in December 2008.
But adjusted for inflation, wages for all workers grew 1.3 percent from December 2017 to December 2018, making the increase only the largest since August 2016, according to the Labor Department.
It's worth noting that although real wage gains were higher in 2015 and 2016, that was a period of almost no inflation. So Trump can claim some credit for decent real wage growth now with inflation back at about 2 percent.
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, says nominal wage growth has been below a 3.5 percent target during the recovery. But the White House argues that traditional economic measures do not fully capture increases in compensation, such as bonuses, and so real wages have actually increased even more than shown in the economic data.
"Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps."
About 3.6 million people (not nearly 5 million) have stopped receiving food stamps since February 2017, according to the latest data. But experts say the improvement in the economy may not be the only reason for the decline.
Several states have rolled back recession-era waivers that allowed some adults to keep their benefits for longer periods of time without employment. Reports have also suggested immigrant families with citizen children have dropped out of the program, fearing the administration's immigration policies. Moreover, the number of people collecting benefits has been declining since fiscal 2014.
"The U.S. economy is growing almost twice as fast today as when I took office, and we are considered far and away the hottest economy anywhere in the world - not even close."
Trump accurately says the most recent numbers, showing 3.4 percent GDP growth in the third quarter of 2018, are roughly twice the 1.8 percent rate from his first quarter in office. But GDP growth fluctuates. It has gone up and down and into negative territory and then up again since the end of the Great Recession.
GDP growth has averaged 2.8 percent per quarter so far in Trump's presidency, not much higher than Obama's average of 2.1 percent for his two terms in office. Trump has seen growth top 4 percent in one quarter, but Obama topped it three times during his term and in one quarter topped 5 percent.
"Unemployment has reached the lowest rate in half a century. African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American unemployment have all reached their lowest levels ever recorded."
This is all in the past. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the unemployment rate increased to 4 percent in January. The unemployment rate in December was no longer at a 49-year low, but an 18-year low. Now it is merely the best since the beginning of 2018.
The African-American unemployment statistic has been in existence for less than 50 years. It reached a low of 5.9 percent in May 2018, but rose to 6.8 percent in January. The Hispanic-American unemployment statistic has been in existence for less than 50 years. It reached a low of 4.4 percent in 2018, but rose to 4.9 percent in January. The Asian-American statistic has been around for less than 20 years. And while it reached a low of 2.1 percent in May 2018, it rose to 3.2 percent rate in January.
"More people are working now than at any time in our history - 157 million."
This is a pretty meaningless statistic. The U.S. population is growing, so of course more people would be employed.
"We virtually ended the estate, or death, tax on small businesses, ranchers and family farms."
This is an enormous stretch. Trump often claims he saved family farms and small businesses by gradually reducing the federal estate tax. Reducing the estate tax primarily benefits the wealthy. The estate tax rarely falls on farms or small businesses, since only those leaving behind more than $5 million pay it. According to the Tax Policy Center, nearly 5,500 estates in 2017 - out of nearly 3 million - were subject to the tax. Of those, only 80 taxable estates would be farms and small businesses.
"We have unleashed a revolution in American energy - the United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world."
The notion that "a revolution" in energy began under the Trump administration is wrong. The United States has led the world in natural gas production since 2009. Crude oil production has been increasing rapidly since 2010, reaching record levels in August 2018, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
In September 2018, the United States passed both Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the largest global crude oil producer. It is expected to hold that position, according to predictions from the International Energy Agency.
"And now, for the first time in 65 years, we are a net exporter of energy."
The United States has exported more energy than it has imported since 2015. Trump overstates the impact of his energy policy.
"One in three women is sexually assaulted on the long journey north."
The White House attributes the 1-in-3 estimate to a 2017 report by Doctors Without Borders. But there's less to that number than meets the eye.
Trump states as a fact that 1 out of 3 women traveling through Mexico are sexually assaulted. But the report did not conduct a random-sample survey that could be applied to all migrant women. Instead, the group interviewed nearly 500 people whom its doctors treated. Of those people, 12 percent were women. So the statistic is derived from the experiences of 56 women and cannot necessarily be considered representative of all migrant women.
In the interviews, 31.4 percent of women said they were "sexually abused" on the journey, not "sexually assaulted" as Trump says. Considering only rape and other forms of direct sexual violence, 10.7 percent of the women who were interviewed said they were affected during their journey.
"The lawless state of our southern border is a threat to the safety, security and financial well-being of all Americans. We have a moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens."
By any available measure, there is no new security crisis at the border.
Apprehensions of people trying to cross the southern border peaked most recently at 1.6 million in 2000 and have been in decline since, falling to just under 400,000 in fiscal 2018. The decline is partly because of technology upgrades; tougher penalties in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; a decline in migration rates from Mexico; and a sharp increase in the number of Border Patrol officers.
The fiscal 2018 number was up from just over 300,000 apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border for fiscal 2017, the lowest level in more than 45 years.
There are far more cases of travelers overstaying their visas than southern border apprehensions. In fiscal 2017, the Department of Homeland Security reported 606,926 suspected in-country overstays, or twice the number of southern border apprehensions. In fiscal 2016, U.S. officials reported 408,870 southern border apprehensions and 544,676 suspected in-country overstays.
The big issue at the southern border: waves of thousands of Central Americans running from poverty and violence in their home countries and seeking entry to the United States.
But here's the catch: Any wall would be built a mile or so inland from the border. Many of those attempting to immigrate are Central Americans seeking asylum. To petition for asylum, a person needs to be on U.S. soil under current law. So in theory, immigrants could cross the border and file a legally valid petition for asylum before reaching Trump's wall. The incentive would still exist, and so would the visa overstays.
"Meanwhile, working-class Americans are left to pay the price for mass illegal migration - reduced jobs, lower wages, overburdened schools, hospitals so crowded you can't get in, increased crime, and a depleted social safety net."
Trump exaggerates the link between immigration and crime; almost all research shows legal and illegal immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than the native-born population.
In general, economists say illegal immigration tends to affect less-educated and low-skilled American workers the most, which disproportionately encompasses black men and recently arrived, low-educated legal immigrants, including Latinos.
The consensus among economic research studies is that the impact of immigration is primarily a net positive for the U.S. economy and to workers overall, especially over the long term. According to a comprehensive 2016 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on the economic impacts of the U.S. immigration system, studies on the impact of immigration showed "the seemingly paradoxical result that although larger immigration flows may generate higher rates of unemployment in some sectors, overall, the rate of unemployment for native workers declines."
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime - one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of our safest cities."
Trump appears to be echoing comments he heard from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Jan. 10, but this claim is wrong.
The El Paso Times, in a fact check, said some form of barrier has existed between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for decades, though Trump appeared to be referring to fencing that was completed in mid-2009: "Looking broadly at the last 30 years, the rate of violent crime reached its peak in 1993, when more than 6,500 violent crimes were recorded. Between 1993 and 2006, the number of violent crimes fell by more than 34 percent and less than 2,700 violent crimes were reported. The border fence was authorized by [President George W.] Bush in 2006, but construction did not start until 2008. From 2006 to 2011 - two years before the fence was built to two years after - the violent crime rate in El Paso increased by 17 percent."
The city had the third-lowest violent crime rate among 35 U.S. cities with a population over 500,000 in 2005, 2006 and 2007 - before construction of a 57-mile-long fence started in mid-2008.
"Tens of thousands of innocent Americans are killed by lethal drugs that cross our border and flood into our cities, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl."
Most drugs come into the United States across the southern border with Mexico. But a wall would not necessarily stanch the flow, as much of these drugs are smuggled through legal ports of entry or underground tunnels. Trump mentioned meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, but leaves out that the death toll from drug abuse is mostly attributable to prescription and illicit drug overdoses, which claim more lives than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined.
"The savage gang, MS-13, now operates in at least 20 different American states, and they almost all come through our southern border. . . . We are removing these gang members by the thousands, but until we secure our border they're going to keep streaming back in."
Trump mentions 20 different states, but experts say MS-13 is concentrated in three areas: Los Angeles, Long Island and the Washington area.
His claim that MS-13 members are being removed "by the thousands" is dubious. The Trump administration is deporting hundreds of MS-13 members per year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it deported 1,332 members of MS-13 in fiscal 2018, and another 1,000 or so in the previous year, fiscal 2017, which included part of Obama's term.
"In the last two years, our brave ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of criminal aliens, including those charged or convicted of nearly 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes and 4,000 killings."
These figures involve a mix of serious and nonviolent offenses such as immigration violations.
Notice how Trump switches quickly from the total for arrests over two years to the total for charges and convictions: "nearly 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes and 4,000 killings."
These numbers for arrests and charges are apples and oranges. By switching from one to the other, Trump confuses the issue and exaggerates the criminality. In many cases, the people arrested face multiple counts. Furthermore, not all charges result in convictions.
"My administration has sent to Congress a common-sense proposal to end the crisis on our southern Border. It includes humanitarian assistance, more law enforcement, drug detection at our ports, closing loopholes that enable child smuggling, and plans for a new physical barrier, or wall, to secure the vast areas between our ports of entry."
Actually, Trump's proposal would not provide humanitarian assistance to Central American children. The purpose of his plan is to dissuade these children from attempting the trip to the United States. But they could still be in danger in their home countries. For many of them, that's the whole point of seeking asylum in the United States - escaping violence and poverty in the Northern Triangle of Central America.
Trump has proposed barring all minors from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras from being able to present asylum claims in person to U.S. officials at the border or in other parts inside the United States. This could have a huge effect, since thousands of such children show up each month at the border and claim asylum.
Trump's proposal would limit asylum grants to minors from these three countries at 15,000 a year, provided they apply while remaining in another country. It would also impose a new fee for their asylum applications, remove judicial review of asylum decisions by administration officials, require that these minors already have a qualified parent or guardian in the United States, and other limitations.
"San Diego used to have the most illegal border crossings in the country. In response, a strong security wall was put in place. This powerful barrier almost completely ended illegal crossings."
For San Diego, Trump's comparison goes back 23 years, to 1992, when a wall went up in that border area. But the apprehension numbers are not just down in fenced parts of the border - they're down everywhere, including in border sections without these barriers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported 1.6 million southwest border apprehensions for fiscal 2000. In fiscal 2017, CBP reported nearly 304,000. That's an 81.5 percent decline overall. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the San Diego fence that Trump mentioned, by itself, "did not have a discernible impact on the influx of unauthorized aliens coming across the border."
"All Americans can be proud that we have more women in the workforce than ever before."
As a raw number, this was correct in December (it dropped slightly in January), but it mainly reflects the increasing size of the U.S. population. The number of overall workers is also at a high. The more relevant figure - the labor participation rate of women - is not at a record high. It stands at 57.5 percent, well below the 60.3 percent reached in April 2000.
"Therefore, we recently imposed tariffs on $250 billion dollars of Chinese goods - and now our Treasury is receiving billions of dollars."
Treasury data show that there was an increase of $6.7 billion in customs duties collected in the fiscal year that ended in September, and it's possible most of the increase is due to tariffs. But the exporters do not pay the tariffs; it is the importer, who in turn passes it on to consumers. A study by the Council on Foreign Relations estimated that 115 percent of the money raised from tariffs is being used by the administration to aid farmers hurt by the tariffs, so it's a net loser.
"Our new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement - or USMCA - will replace NAFTA and deliver for American workers: bringing back our manufacturing jobs, expanding American agriculture, protecting intellectual property, and ensuring that more cars are proudly stamped with the four beautiful words: Made in the USA."
Trump claims that he significantly overhauled the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It's not a total trade revolution, as Trump promised, but USMCA does make changes to modernize trade rules in effect from 1994 to 2020, and it gives some wins to U.S. farmers and blue-collar workers in the auto sector. Economists and auto experts think USMCA is going to cause car prices in the United States to rise and the selection to go down. Some elements of the deal were borrowed from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal Trump scrapped at the start of his term.
"The next major priority for me, and for all of us, should be to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs - and to protect patients with preexisting conditions."
The Trump administration has refused to defend the Affordable Care Act against a lawsuit that would end protection for patients with preexisting conditions. When the district court ruled against the law, Trump celebrated the ruling.
"Already, as a result of my administration's efforts, in 2018 drug prices experienced their single largest decline in 46 years."
The consumer price index for prescription drugs fell by 0.6 percent for the 12 months ending in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decline is the first time in 46 years in the December-to-December time frame, but there have been other 12-month periods with index declines, mostly recently in 2013.
The Trump administration has made it less costly for companies to apply for generic approvals. The FDA says it set a record for generic approvals in fiscal 2018 (September through October), 781, breaking the record of 763 set in the previous fiscal year.
"Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments before birth. . . . And then, we had the case of the governor of Virginia where he stated he would execute a baby after birth."
The debate over abortion has moved to the forefront in recent weeks as many state legislatures where a majority of residents are in favor of abortion rights are moving to incorporate the Roe v. Wade standards into state law.
Now, all but seven states have prohibitions on gestational limits, from 20 to 24 weeks, or the point of "viability." (A woman is considered to have reached full term when she is between 37-42 weeks.) Indeed, only 1.3 percent of abortions - or about 8,500 a year - take place at or after 21 weeks, according to 2014 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Guttmacher Institute.
The legislation in New York would not have "allowed a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments before birth." It states that a health-care practitioner "may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner's reasonable and good faith professional judgment based on the facts of the patient's case: the patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability, or the abortion is necessary to protect the patient's life or health."
The now-tabled bill in Virginia would have reduced the number of doctors - from three to one - required to agree that "the continuation of the pregnancy is likely to result in the death of the woman" or "impair the mental or physical health of the woman." It would have also removed the phrase "substantially and irremediably" from the section describing the required conditions for a woman to have an abortion. In other words, continuing pregnancy would no longer have to "substantially and irremediably impair" a woman's physical or mental health; it would simply need to "impair" it. Lastly, the bill would have removed the 24-hour waiting period. The bill also specifies that measures of life support "shall be available and utilized" if there is evidence of viability.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, was widely criticized for his comments on the bill after he told a radio show that the procedures are "done in cases where there may be severe deformities. There may be a fetus that's not viable. So in this particular example, if a mother's in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired. And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother." Critics suggested the governor was endorsing infanticide. His office later said the governor was referring to medical treatment, not ending the life of a baby.
"For years, the United States was being treated very unfairly by NATO - but now we have secured a $100 billion increase in defense spending from NATO allies."
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said last summer that NATO allies had spent $41 billion more toward defense since Trump took office. He said in an interview with Fox News on Jan. 27 that NATO allies will have added $100 billion extra toward defense by the end of 2020. But the effort to push NATO members to spend more on defense began well before Trump took office. At the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, the Obama administration secured an agreement by member nations to aim to increase their spending on defense to 2 percent of each nation's gross domestic product within 10 years.
"When I took office, ISIS controlled more than 20,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. Today, we have liberated virtually all of that territory from the grip of these bloodthirsty killers."
Although the Islamic State may no longer control wide swaths of land in Iraq and Syria, that does not mean the group is defeated. Two recent independent reports from the United Nations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate that 20,000 to 30,000 ISIS militants may remain in Iraq and Syria.
The group was far weaker a decade ago when U.S. forces last withdrew from Iraq. Then-CIA Director John Brennan said the group had been "pretty much decimated," with "maybe 700 or so adherents left." In other words, the group is far larger now than before the last withdrawal.
Plus, Obama set up virtually all the structure that did the key fighting against the Islamic State under Trump, and more fighters were trained and munitions dropped under Obama than under Trump. Trump's claim of capturing 20,000 square miles is technically correct, but under Obama, all Iraqi cities (with the exception of the western half of Mosul) held by ISIS - such as eastern Mosul, Fallujah, Ramadi and Tikrit - were retaken by end of his term, as was much of the northeastern strip of Syria along the Turkish border. The basic plan of attack in 2017 was also developed under Obama, though Trump sped up the tempo by changing the rules of engagement.
"To ensure this corrupt dictatorship never acquires nuclear weapons, I withdrew the United States from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal."
Although some parts of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) sunset over time, gradually allowing Iran to pursue more nuclear energy research, the deal includes this permanent restriction: "Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons." CIA Director Gina Haspel last month testified to Congress that Iran was technically in compliance with the terms of the deal.
Other international agreements to which Iran has committed itself also prohibit the development of such weapons. Iran also has agreed to let international monitors peer closely into its nuclear activities.
However, critics of the JCPOA have voiced concerns that - despite these strictures - Iran could keep working toward nuclear weapons capability under the guise of pursuing peaceful goals, such as a nuclear energy program.
Trump is alluding to the fact that the JCPOA gradually lifts restrictions on the types of nuclear activities and the level of uranium enrichment Iran may conduct. These and other provisions sunset over 10, 15, 20 or 25 years.
The president argues that easing these restrictions over time would open the door to Iran's attaining nuclear weapons capability, rendering the JCPOA ultimately ineffective. But supporters of the Iran deal dispute that and say the JCPOA at least buys time, subjecting Iran to strong constraints on its nuclear activities for 10 to 25 years. Without the JCPOA - and if it changed its current policy and chose to do so - Iran could hasten development of nuclear weapons on an even shorter timeline than the one Trump found unacceptable, they say.
"If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea."
Trump exaggerates the possibility of war, which had been heightened by his own harsh rhetoric.
The president indicates that North Korea has let up its nuclear activities since he and Kim Jong Un signed a vague joint statement on denuclearization June 12. But experts say and satellite imagery indicates North Korea continues to pursue a nuclear program. The Washington Post reported that U.S. spy agencies are seeing signs that North Korea is constructing missiles at a factory that produced the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.
In a Worldwide Threat Assessment issued Jan. 29, the intelligence community concluded: "North Korea retains its WMD capabilities, and the IC continues to assess that it is unlikely to give up all of its WMD stockpiles, delivery systems, and production capabilities. North Korean leaders view nuclear arms as critical to regime survival. . . . We continue to observe activity inconsistent with full denuclearization."
"We have spent more than $7 trillion dollars in the Middle East."
Trump started making a version of this claim shortly after taking office, first saying $6 trillion but then quickly elevating it to $7 trillion. Trump acts as if the money has been spent, but he is referring to a Brown University study that included estimates of future obligations through 2056 for veterans' care. The study combines data for both George W. Bush's war in Iraq (2003) and the war in Afghanistan (2001), which is in Central/South Asia, not the Middle East. The cost of the combined wars will probably surpass $7 trillion by 2056, when interest on the debt is considered, almost four decades from now.
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Four FIRs lodged over drug raid gone wrong
Saturday’s shoot-out between police officials and drug peddlers in the Gadap Town raid that left a teenaged passer-by dead has resulted in the registration of four first information reports (FIRs), The News has learnt.
The Gadap City police had received information regarding the presence of a notorious criminal, identified only as Ibrahim, who was believed of being involved in a number of offences, in Gadap Town’s Yasrab Colony.
Acting on the information, police mobiles were despatched to the locality. However, the raiding team of law enforcers was stopped from entering the settlement, especially by women and children, who pelted the police with stones and thereby protected the suspects.
The raiding team cordoned off the area, but before they could enter the settlement, armed suspects associated with Ibrahim’s group opened fire on the police, who retaliated. But the shoot-out resulted in gunshot wounds to two locals, one of whom succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
The police, however, still managed to detain two suspects, who were later identified as Izzat Khan and Zeeshan, as well as confiscated the weapons and narcotics found on them. Khan is a notorious criminal who was earlier arrested by the District Malir police and then set free on bail.
District Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shiraz Nazeer Shaikh told The News that the deceased victim was identified as 17-year-old Bilal Azeem, who studied at a local government college in the locality.
SSP Shaikh said the police have registered an FIR of the boy’s killing at the Gadap City police station on the complaint of his mother against unidentified accused.
The Karachi police chief has formed an investigating team, chaired by East Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Amir Farooqi, to ascertain the facts and fix responsibility so that their names could be added to the FIR, added the SSP.
Shaikh said the police have collected 10 to 11 spent bullet shells belonging to 9mm and 30-bore pistols and two of a submachine gun and despatched them to the forensic division of the Sindh police.
The SSP said the initial medical examination report of the teenager shows that he had suffered a bullet to the chest, adding that his post-mortem report would be completed by Monday or Tuesday.
The four FIRs
DIG Farooqi told The News that four FIRs have been registered at the Gadap City police station over the incident: the first was lodged on behalf of the state under sections of arson, police encounter and attempted murder as well as under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The second FIR was lodged on the complaint of the deceased teenager’s mother, the third was registered against the accused from whom narcotics were seized and the fourth was lodged against the accused on whom weapons were found, added the DIG.
Farooqi said he had summoned all the police officials that participated in the raid and their statements have been recorded, adding that now they are asking the locals to provide eyewitness accounts.
A protest had erupted in the area after the shooting on Saturday that left Bilal dead. According to residents, police conducted a raid and arrested 10 people. However, as police officials were leaving the area, they resorted to aerial firing, in which Bilal was killed and 18-year-old Shakeel suffered injuries.
Shakeel was shifted to Jinnah Hospital in critical condition, the residents added. Soon after, residents took to the streets and blocked the Super Highway. They placed the dead body in the middle of the road in protest. The protesters also pelted police mobiles and the Gadap police station with stones.
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British army and Jeremy Corbyn
Having stirred the soup of British politics sufficiently to make it interesting again, UK Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn finds himself exciting one conservative grouping after another. The pacemakers are refusing to work. Cardiac arrest in some circles, it seems, is imminent. The ‘security thesis’ against him, entailing, for instance, that he would pose a threat to Her Majesty and country, continues to inflate.
This thesis takes the form of a double headed eagle: on the one hand, what he will do in the context of Britain proper, be it military deployments or, as it may turn out, non-deployments; on the other, what his approach to Israel might be. Regarding the former, the weekend offered a few unhappy surprises with the remarks of a senior serving general, who contended that the Army would initiate a mutiny if a Corbyn government tried to shrink their numbers should he win the elections in 2020.
In true masculine reflex, the unnamed general claimed a few immutable points, already suggesting how his view of true authority is distinctly at odds with the idea of civilian control. Leave Trident alone, he was saying. Stay deep and buried in Nato. Do not announce “any plans to emasculate and shrink the size of the armed forces”. In short, going against a long understood rationale, leave war, and even peace, to the generals.
The general evidently found it difficult to forgive Corbyn for not taking a strong stance against the IRA, which managed to kill 730 British troops and injure 7,000 more during the Troubles. (He is said to have served in Northern Ireland during the 1980s and 1990s.) To even suggest that IRA members might be honoured, including the hunger strikers lead by Bobby Sands, was something that stirred the blood.
The statement made to the Sunday Times is a measure of how Corbyn has gotten under the skin of various branches of officialdom. “The Army just wouldn’t stand for it. The general staff would not allow a prime minister to jeopardise the security of this country and I think people would use whatever means possible fair or foul, to prevent that. You can’t put a maverick in charge of a country’s security.”
The statement comes on the heels of a growing war lust within Labour’s own ranks. Corbyn is facing a good deal of jingo from the shadow cabinet, which is gradually moving into Caesarean assassination mode. Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn has simply decided to refuse any idea that nuclear disarmament might be affected, let alone a withdrawal from Nato. Case closed.
A primary topic of consideration is the embrace of airstrikes on Syria that Prime Minister David Cameron has been pressing for. As long as the plan to target ISIS targets in Syria is ‘coherent’, Cameron is guaranteed that a good number of the shadow cabinet will cross the floor.
What, then, about this general? Tory MEP, Daniel Hannan, has reminded the general, in the same breath as calling him an ‘idiot’ that, “We’re not Bolivia for God’s sake.” A campaign of sorts has begun to out him, with a Change.org petition started by Left Unity securing over 5,000 signatures. It calls upon the prime minister to sack the general in question. “It is a direct interference in Britain’s democratic process.”
Ben Griffin, a former member of the Special Air Service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and hawk turned dove, has argued that such generals pose an obvious menace to democratic process. “He should go public with his statement. He is threatening the democratic will of the British people and he exposes the lie that the armed forces exist to protect our freedoms.”
A Ministry of Defence source did note that such political commentary on any ‘future government’ was unacceptable. “No one thinks that it is a good idea for a senior serving officer to undermine a potential future government.” But a good deal of foot dragging was also in order, with the MoD telling the Independent that launching an investigation into who actually spoke out would be nigh impossible – they would be, it was suggested, too many generals to investigate.
The rebuff would have been unthinkable if the matter had concerned another Edward Snowden like scenario. The big, threatening fish must be left alone, with the MoD reluctant to go through the dirty laundry of the higher-ups. As Griffin noted, “GCHQ could tell the MoD today which general it was”. They, after all, “collect the metadata of all phone calls and emails so they will have a record of which generals have been in touch with the journo who wrote the story”.
Now that would be a turn up for the books and tabloid headlines: GCHQ, grand surveillance bugbear, protects democracy by disclosing the identity of potentially mutinous, leaking general.
This article originally appeared as: ‘‘By Means Fair or Foul’: the British Army and Jeremy Corbyn’. Courtesy: Counterpunch.org
The statement made to the Sunday Times is a measure of how Corbyn has gotten under the skin of various branches of officialdom. “The Army just wouldn’t stand for it. The general staff would not allow a prime minister to jeopardise
the security of this country and I think people would use whatever means possible fair or foul, to prevent that. You can’t put a maverick in charge of a country’s security.”
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Being a presidential press secretary like 'being a human piñata'
“I’d liken the job to being a human piñata.”
Being a presidential press secretary like 'being a human piñata' “I’d liken the job to being a human piñata.” Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/04/18/being-presidential-press-secretary-like-being-human-pinata/530464002/
Luke Jeanfreau, LSU Daily Reveille Published 5:38 p.m. CT April 18, 2018
USA Today Network is your eyes and ears in the Louisiana State Capitol. Greg Hilburn/USA Today Network
Former White House press secretaries Mike McCurry, left, and Ari Fleischer speak at LSU’s Manship School Tuesday.(Photo: Dilyn Stewart/LSU Daily Reveille)
BATON ROUGE — As anyone who watches the news can see, the White House press secretary is often in a tough spot.
“I’d liken the job to being a human piñata,” Mike McCurry, who was a press secretary for former President Bill Clinton, said Tuesday night at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. “The press corps just kind of whacks at you to see if anything will spill out.”
Journalists and public relations experts have criticized President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, for repeating things in his tweets that prove to be untrue.
But Ari Fleischer, who was President George W. Bush’s press secretary, seemed more sympathetic to Sanders. He used an example in which reporters repeatedly asked Sanders about a tweet issued by Trump saying that fraudulent votes were cast in California.
“The tenor of that briefing to Sarah was ‘How on Earth could you possibly let him get away with this?’” Fleischer said. “It’s not her role to do that. It’s other people’s role. It’s the voters’ role, fundamentally, and I don’t blame the press for exploring questions on it. But it’s not for them to badger Sarah about ‘how can you possibly do it?’ After two or three times, she’s just said what she says. She’s given the answer. She cannot go further.”
Fleischer also acknowledged that he had yet to see any evidence supporting the president’s claim.
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Fleischer and McCurry visited LSU to discuss their experiences during wars and scandals and impart what they had learned.
In an interview, Fleischer said he encourages students to find the good in politics and political campaigns since too often it’s about “fighting for a win.”
“It’s such a rapidly changing business, but at the core of it is public service,” Fleischer said. “So, as much as there can be cynicism around political communication, I would hope that people are able to elevate and find the good things about government and politics.”
When asked about being press secretaries during times of crisis, McCurry said in an interview that Clinton’s relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was “zestier than most.”
“I’m probably more envious of Ari,” McCurry said. “He got to be press secretary at such a formidable moment of challenge, and I got to deal with a sex scandal.”
McCurry said he thinks the scandal with Lewinsky would have gone “supernova” had Twitter been around in the 1990s. He added that he did not think Clinton's presidency would have survived, and what saved him was his popularity and the good state of the economy.
McCurry and Fleischer joined Manship School students Kayla Swanson, Matt Houston and a packed house of attendees for a discussion about the role of the press secretary.
The men shared stories of their times in the White House and reflected on today’s media landscape.
Fleischer said one of the difficult parts of the job was staying politically neutral.
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“You take a shot at a reporter, or a shot at somebody else in public life, and it feels good from the podium for a little bit, but it doesn’t have much of an afterlife,” Fleischer said. “You have to be aware of how much power you have standing at that podium representing the President of the United States and the White House.”
Although both speakers joked about the difficulty of the job, they were quick to highlight the great aspects of it as well. Fleischer reflected on his response to 9/11, saying he did not intentionally mean to help people feel calmer but was proud that he did.
The speakers then discussed the role of the press secretary in the modern media landscape, in which the president can address the American people through Twitter instantly. Fleischer said the modern press secretary remains "essential" in order to further the "back-and-forth" discussion between the White House and the media.
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Overall, Fleischer was critical of what he saw as the bias of White House reporters and the news media in general. He encouraged students who may one day fill those to "be neutral" and "seekers of facts and truth" rather than analysts. Fleischer added that he could not recommend an entirely neutral media outlet.
Mass communication freshman Sarah Procopio said she enjoyed the event and found it helpful because she hopes to one day be involved in politics.
“Both of them had really tough jobs, so for them to come here and enumerate all of the successes and failures was really eye-opening and informative as someone who wants to get involved in politics or media,” Procopio said.
Martin Johnson, a Manship professor who will become the dean of the Manship School on July 1, said he was excited by the attendance and praised the two student interviewers on their “fantastic” roles.
After the event, McCurry offered some final thoughts on the role of press secretary.
“It is both an honor and fun working at the White House,” McCurry said. “Very few people get the privilege of working in the White House with the president, and along with that goes some incredible experiences that are a lot of fun too.”
Abbie Shull contributed to this report.
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Oct 8 On decency
Liberal Librarian
My father was a good, kind, gentle man. He passed those traits on to his three sons. His measure of a man was by how well he behaved towards other people. It wasn't by how much money he made, how much power he amassed. He measured a man by how decent he was.
Meanwhile, this is how Donald Trump raised his don, Donald Jr.:
In 2006, Donald Trump Jr. gave an interview to CNBC revealing his secrets to success. In it, he told the tale of how he came to trust no-one. As it so happens, Donald Sr. made it a ritual to include a skeptical mantra into Donald Jr.’s daily morning lecture: “no smoking, no drinking, no drugs…don’t trust anyone ever.” How sweet.
— http://digg.com/2016/donald-trump-jr-loser-story
That might be the single saddest story to come out of this election. Trump is a man who, rather than teaching his children decency and respect, instills paranoia and fear in them, doing it with the worst of tools, parental disapproval.
The hot mic tape released yesterday was what finally broke the dam. But Trump was on display for all to see for his entire career. It's been evident to anyone with a discerning eye that at his core Donald Trump has no decency. He is a sociopath. He is concerned only with himself. He exists solely to feed his own lusts and desires. He literally cannot put himself in anyone else's shoes; other people exist only to be exploited for his benefit.
This is a man that a portion of our electorate think is fit to serve as a role model for our children. Why? Do they have no decency either? One can only surmise. You are known by the people you admire. If you admire a sleazy, misanthropic, racist, misogynistic con artist, then the rest of us have a right to make assumptions as to your character.
I hold no water for John McCain or Mitt Romney. I would never have voted for them. But I never thought they lacked decency.
The GOP base has gone stark raving mad after the most decent man to occupy the Oval Office was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. It's almost as if the hive mind of the base came to the conclusion that it had to find an anti-Obama to expunge the stain of the past eight years. It had to latch onto the most grotesque, perverted human being available to carry its revanchist standard. Donald Trump is from Central Casting for that role. It's the role he's been playing his entire life.
The great task after November 8 will be reclaiming a sense of decency in our politics. Ever since the signing of the civil rights acts, the GOP determined that its future has lain with resentful whites. It has stoked that resentment, until Donald Trump was the obvious, inevitable apotheosis. It will be our task to speak to those people, to show them—patiently, kindly, with decency—why and how they've been lied to and made fools of. I'm not talking about turning them into bicoastal liberals; but as a people we have to have a common language, a common set of assumptions, or we will forever be riven into warring camps. Perhaps that is our fate, and, as the Bible says, we have to wait until this generation is no more.
The art of decency has to prevail, or this Republic will languish.
As a coda, I present national treasure Robert De Niro.
Oct 8 Catching up with Hillary and Tim (& Friends)
Oct 7 The Trump apology
Oct 18 A republic, if you can keep it
Dec 29 On access journalism and its discontents
Sep 6 Are we not entertained?
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Court Circular: Mar 30
March 30 2010, 2:01am, The Times
The Duke of Edinburgh this evening held a Reception for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by the Lord Fellowes (Secretary and Registrar of the Order of Merit) at the Funeral Service for Professor Sir James Black OM which was held in St. Columba’s Church, Pont Street, London SW1, this morning.
The Prince of Wales this morning received Mr. Carwyn Jones AM (First Minister, National Assembly for Wales).
His Royal Highness this evening received Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Governor of Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia).
The Princess Royal this morning re-opened Haymarket Metro…
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John Cullinane
Holyrood has little wiggle room with the land and buildings transaction tax
The brave new world of tax devolution promised a distinctive tax system attuned to Scotland’s interests and priorities.
However, the admission last month from Derek Mackay, the finance minister, that the Scottish government may consider reforming its land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) showed the pitfalls of having control over a relatively modest part of the tax regime.
Respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ residential market survey identified the tax as a factor in the recent market slowdown, so where does this leave ministers before next year’s budget? Mr Mackay hinted at lowering LBTT for homes in the £325,001 to £500,000 bracket from
10 per cent to 5 per cent. It would be the latest in a series of amendments since the…
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