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The hamster wheel school of transportation policy
by Joe Cortright
Joe Cortright is a Strong Towns member and writer at City Observatory. Today we're sharing a guest article, reposted from his site with permission.
One of the key metrics guiding transportation policy is speed: How quickly can you get from point A to point B. But is going faster a good guide to how we ought to build better places?
Optimizing a transportation system for speed is just a kind of hamster-wheel school of transportation policy: the wheel goes around farther, but we’re still not going anywhere.
When it comes to driving, in particular, the evidence is that making cars go faster doesn’t make places better to live in. In fact, just the opposite. That becomes clear when we look at a cross-section of cities, and see how the variation in average roadway speeds corresponds to measures of happiness. Cities with higher travel speeds just tend to have more suburban-style development patterns, and require people to drive further for common destinations. Those who live in faster moving places are, on average, less happy with their transportation systems than those who live in slower places. In effect, optimizing a transportation system for speed is just a kind of hamster-wheel school of transportation policy: the wheel goes around farther, but we’re still not going anywhere.
To begin with, we’ve got estimates of the average speed of travel in different metropolitan areas developed by the University of California’s Victor Couture. His data shows that average travel speeds in some metropolitan areas (like Louisville) are 22 percent faster than in the typical large metro area; while in other areas, they are slower. Miami’s speeds average about 12 percent less than the typical metro.
The second part of our analysis considers how happy people are with the transportation system in their metropolitan area. Here, we examine survey data generated by real estate analytics firm Porch. They commissioned a nationally representative survey of residents of the nation’s large metropolitan areas and asked them how they rated their satisfaction with their local transportation system on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being very satisfied. We compared these metro level ratings of satisfaction to Couture’s estimates of relative speeds in each metro areas. There’s a bit of a time lag between the two data sources: the survey data is from 2015 while the speed data is from 2008; but the 2008 speed data correlates closely with an independent study of traffic congestion levels in 2016, suggesting that the relative performance of city transportation systems hasn’t changed much in that time period.
Faster Metros don’t have happier travelers.
The following chart shows happiness with the regional transportation system on the vertical axis, and average speed on the horizontal axis. Higher values on the vertical (happiness) scale indicate greater satisfaction; larger values on the horizontal (speed) scale indicate faster than average travel speeds. The data show a weak negative relationship that falls short of conventional significancel tests (p = .16). While there isn’t a strong relationship between speed and happiness, if anything it leans towards being a negative one; those who live in “faster” cities are not happier with their transportation system than those who live in slower ones.
We have a strong hunch as to why traveling faster might not generate more satisfaction with the transportation system. Faster travel is often correlated with lower density, and longer travel distances to common destinations, such as workplaces, schools and stores. If you have a suburban, low density metropolitan area, with great distances between destinations, much of the potential savings in travel time may be eaten up by having to travel longer distances.
A complementary explanation is that places with faster speeds, may be ones where proportionately more travel occurs on higher speed, higher capacity roads, such as freeways, parkways and major arterials, as opposed to city streets. The higher measured speed may a product of traveling long distances at high speeds in some cities, as opposed to cities with much shorter average trips on slower city streets.
Faster travel is correlated with more driving.
To explore this hypothesis, we compared average vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per person per day, as reported by the US Department of Transportation, to the average estimated speeds for metropolitan areas. Both of these sets of observations are for 2008. The following chart shows VMT per capita on the vertical axis and average speed on the horizontal axis. As we thought, there’s a strong positive relationship between speed and distance traveled. People who live in places with faster speeds drive more miles per day.
More driving is associated with less satisfaction with metro transportation.
To tie this all together, we thought we’d look at one more relationship: How does distance traveled affect happiness with an area’s transportation system? This final chart shows the happiness (on the vertical axis) and vehicle miles traveled (on the horizontal axis). Here there is a strong negative relationship: the further residents drive on a daily basis, the less happy they are with their metro area’s transportation system.
We think this chart has an important implication for thinking about cities and transportation. Instead of focusing on speed, which seems to have little if any relationship to how people view the quality of their transportation system, we ought to be looking for ways to influence land use patterns so that people don't have to travel as far.
If we could figure out ways to enable shorter trips and less travel, we’d have happier citizens. It’s time to get off the hamster wheel.
(Top photo source: dbgg1979)
Can Removing Lanes From a Busy Street Actually Make Traffic Better?
A deep, dredged ship canal is a recipe for catastrophic flooding in a hurricane, whereas a coastal marsh absorbs the surge of water in a way that lets life continue to flourish. This analogy has something important to teach us about urban streets.
Joe Cortright
The Ben & Jerry's Theory of Transportation Economics
Once a year, Ben & Jerry’s gives away ice cream for free—and people line up around the block because the price is so low. There’s a lesson here about urban roads and congestion.
Car-pocalypse Not Now: Why Predicted Gridlock in Seattle Was (Again) a No-Show
Why are we still surprised when a highway closes and fears of traffic pandemonium don’t come to pass?
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UN to Train Local Govts on Reducing Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
By Our Reporter | 95 Views | Updated On May 27th, 2019 at 18:16
The Ministry of Health, supported by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is set to train local government officials on the implementation of the technical guidance on the application of Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to reduce preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.
The training is scheduled to be held in Entebbe from May 27 to 29 and will bring together officials from a number of districts in Uganda.
The three-day training is aimed at discussing priority interventions in order to take practical steps at district level.
Discussions will also inform the draft Multi-Sectoral Strategy on the application of HRBA to Reduce Preventable Maternal Mortality in Uganda.
The Multi-Sectoral Strategy will bring together key stakeholders, including policymakers, and stimulate commitments to take effective steps, in line with the application of a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in Uganda.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNAIDS, UNDP and the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health constituted a Task Force to support the implementation of the technical guidance on the application of Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to Reduce Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in Uganda.
A draft national Multi-Sectoral Strategy on Reduction of Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity is a policy document to strengthen the capabilities of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in order to coordinate better in Reducing Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.
The policy seeks to strengthen strategic interventions aimed at addressing the underlying determinants of health to ensure that maternal mortality rates are reduced.
The progressive realisation of the human right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health requires that all key determinants to health be met.
This includes safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, safe food, adequate nutrition and housing, health working and environmental conditions, health-related education and information, and gender equality.
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Retailers hoping for sales surge before tax hike
Joyce Kelly
In true American entrepreneurial spirit, the region's business owners are finding opportunity in a situation that might be construed as bad.
They're a little nervous revenues may fall when the state sales tax jumps from 5 to 6.25 percent, but for now, they're focusing on luring customers into their stores to save that extra bit of cash - and it's working.
Joe Simon, sales manager of Imperialcars.com on Rte. 16 in Mendon, said he started advertising the tax hike weeks before lawmakers approved it.
"We got right out, ahead of the curve. With the sales tax increase pending, everyone's coming in," he said.
"It's not just one kind of car, it's across the board," said Simon.
This week, Simon said, his business is going to be "crazy - out of control busy."
"We're looking forward to it. We're full-staffed and ready to go," said Simon.
Of course, car dealers are also smiling about the extra business they're getting this month through the government's cash-for-clunkers incentive program, which allows people to trade in their inefficient old cars for a significantly greater amount than what they'd normally get.
The idea is to get high-emission cars off the road, and replace them with high-efficiency models, Simon said.
At Planet Chrysler Jeep on Route 140 in Franklin, July has been a "very busy" month, given the government program and rush to beat the tax increase, said salesman Mike Shruhan.
"It's not a huge amount of savings - $100, $200, $300 - but it's pushed a lot of fence-sitters off the edge," he said.
"That little bit extra pushes them to buy now rather than later. We hear this on the tip of people's tongues when they come in. It's one extra incentive," Shruhan said.
Nobody wants to pay an extra dime - especially not to the government, said Jim Farrell, president of Farrell Volvo on Route 9 in Southborough.
"It stands to reason," he said.
Between fear over the sales tax increase, the cash-for-clunkers program, and clearance deals on 2009 models, his business has been faring well lately, he said.
"Yes, sales are hot," said Farrell.
Farrell said he sent e-mails and a newsletter to his "retention customers" letting them know about the change in the sales tax.
Some people think they can backdate paperwork and circumnavigate the additional tax, he said.
"No, no, no. You've got to register at the RMV, you can't get around it," said Farrell.
Farrell, Simon and Shruhan said they do not think the sales tax hike will seriously hamper business.
People will be upset for maybe a few months, and just get acclimated to it, Shruhan said.
"I'm not worried. It'll be slower for about three months, and by then, the consumer will say, 'Oh, it's done,' and realize there aren't any alternatives," said Farrell.
The sales tax just over the border in Rhode Island is 7 percent, so no one will save on tax by shopping there, said Shruhan.
There may be no sales tax in New Hampshire, but when it comes to vehicles, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles makes sure Bay State residents still have to pony up the tax on the car here, he noted.
"You can't beat the system," said Shruhan.
It's the bigger-ticket items, like cars and electronics, where people will save by shopping now, said Shrewsbury resident Gary Cogley.
"One and one-quarter (tax increase) doesn't do it for me. If you're buying bigger items, yeah, I'd be rushing in. Every little bit hurts," said Cogley.
Not everyone's as happy as the car dealers, however.
Mark Lenzi, co-owner of Franklin Liquors on Route 140, Franklin, says he is not alone in his anger over the package store industry's sudden spike in sales tax.
Unlike other goods, there was no tax on alcohol, and now, it's suddenly going to be 6.25 percent, Lenzi said.
What most concerns him is that a lot of people just don't seem to know there will be a new tax on liquor and beer, he said.
He put large signs up on his building announcing, "New Alcohol Tax Starts Saturday, August 1 - Buy Now and Save."
"We're just trying to make people aware it's going into effect," said Lenzi.
Presenting a news release from the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, Lenzi explained that a significant portion of the cost of beer, wine, and hard liquor is federal tax, and the state tax is actually taxing the federal tax.
For instance, $10.39 of a $23.99 case of beer is federal tax, and the consumer will be paying the 6.25 percent tax on the entire $23.99.
Customers in his store shook their heads as they listened, commenting that the new tax is "sad."
"You can tell people are getting frustrated," said Lenzi.
Marlborough Chamber of Commerce President Susan Leeber and United Regional Chamber of Commerce President Jack Lank say the tax hike may only be "pennies on the dollar," but fear consumer perception will dampen sales.
"It's perception that matters, because perception is reality for most consumers," said Lank, whose 16-member Chamber includes Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Medfield and Millis.
"Consumer spending in our area is already way down, and any extra tax is going to (exacerbate) the problem," Lank said.
People who need autos and big televisions will probably rush to buy before Aug. 1, Leeber said.
"Unfortunately, people may be buying this last week of July, but I don't think it's going to counteract the new sales tax," she said.
In this economy, people are thinking twice before they buy luxuries, she said.
Many appliance and retail stores have been offering deals, said Lank, who expects the sales to deepen this week because "there's not much time left."
"The marketing is, 'Save some money before the tax increase comes.' Sales are just a little bit of an incentive," he said.
The local chamber won't be hit nearly as hard by the change as those on the New Hampshire border, he said.
"Now people are just going to step over the line to avoid paying the tax," he said.
And Rhode Island residents, who hop over to Massachusetts for a 2 percent drop, aren't likely to continue doing so for a measly .75 percent savings, he said.
Said Lank: "I don't think anyone's going to make the drive for that."
Joyce Kelly can be reached at 508-634-7582 or jkelly@cnc.com.
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What Does Internet Rights Advocacy Mean?
The Internet is a vast and amazing place. Some have even argued that it is one of people’s best-ever inventions. Some would push it further by actively attempting to outline what rights an Internet user has. Advocacy groups have been popping up, and while it has had a marked effect on public policy in more progressive nations, some nations look on these groups with disdain. Today we will take you through human rights advocacy on the Internet, and what to expect going forward.
Initially, the advocacy of Internet Rights was just that: the right to have access to the Internet. While this isn’t a problem for as many people as it once was, some places still don’t have fair, affordable access to high-speed Internet service. Some nations, despite providing access, have Internet laws that subdue use due to an overlaying censorship. This issue, and the monetization of collected consumer data, are two of the hot-button issues today for Internet Rights advocates.
Lead Up
The Internet is a relatively new technology, especially in the manner it is being used by people today. As a result, there are different views on how these technologies are disseminated, who profits from them, and how non-controlling entities have their rights repressed. As a result, you’ll find from the early days of Internet rights advocacy, the largest voices were from organizations that found the equitable portion of the Internet either unnecessary or repressive to the rights of consumers.
Notice that the access to the Internet was not even on the roadmap. The nature of the early commercial Internet was such that it could be successfully described as libertarian. Through the end of the 1990s, as the first round of dot com investments started to tank, it became obvious that the technology would end up bigger than anyone had anticipated and needed regulation.
In the U.S. many fights have been undertaken in the subsequent 20 years. Many of which were pushed by Internet rights advocates. One of the most famous is:
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
In an attempt to clean up what some people considered indecent content on the Internet (pornography and the like); and more accurately, to keep kids away from this content, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act. The ALCU, which is a well-known civil rights advocate group, filed suit. The provision was eliminated by two federal judges before being heard in front of the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower courts’ rulings. This was a major blow against censorship; paving the way for free expression on the Internet.
While the ALCU isn’t exactly an Internet Rights Advocate, the landmark case ushered in a new world of free speech on the Internet; and, it sets the tone for Internet rights advocates to this day.
Today there are many organizations looking to protect people on the Internet. Sometimes their views overlap, sometimes they don’t. One of these groups, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is a major player in the fight to keep speech (and content) free from censorship on the Internet, the fight against the surveillance state, and most notably, the ongoing fight for individual privacy.
Businesses of all kinds, as well as government agencies have grown to take significant liberties with people’s personal information. Organizations like the ALCU and the EEF work tirelessly to get the topic of personal data privacy in front of decision makers.
Have you ever wondered how you just had a conversation with your friend via some type of app about fingerless gloves and now your sidebar on every website is now filled with fingerless glove ads? Most users don’t fully understand that organizations that you interact with online keep a profile on you. All of your actions, any personal or financial information that you share, and more is stored in a file that is often packaged and sold off by those organizations to advertising firms.
These advocates, among the other issues they stand up for, are trying to push the issue of personal data privacy. The main point of contention is that companies profit off of the information people provide, and since this information is very clearly personal in nature, it is their belief that individuals are being taken advantage of. This debate has been ratcheted up significantly with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that intends to protect individual information.
While it might be a matter of time before the U.S. gets a data privacy law in the same vein as the GDPR, Internet rights advocates will continue to act in the public’s favor on this issue, and many others.
Net Neutrality & Access to All
One of the biggest fights that Internet rights advocates are undertaking is against the companies that deliver the Internet itself: The Internet service providers (ISP). For those of you who don’t know, over the past several years the U.S. Government created mandates that forced ISPs to provide access to applications and content without favoring any, even if they are the ones that use the most bandwidth.
The theory is that the typical Internet user only does so much on the web. They typically access the same sites and use their Internet connection for the same things. This creates a situation where ISPs, using market adjustments would want to get more money per byte than if users used a variety of sites to do the same. With federal control, they were forced into charging a flat rate.
The net neutrality laws that were instituted in 2015 were repealed in 2017, as controlling bureaucrats argued that there were enough people without fair access to the Internet and the only way to persuade the ISPs to commit to investing in infrastructure that would curb this problem is by repealing the net neutrality laws. Needless to say, this caused quite a stir.
Internet rights advocates were quick to point out investment in Infrastructure is in these ISP’s best interest and giving them the ability to slow down Internet speeds as they see fit is not good for consumers. Unfortunately for most Americans, these ISPs are the companies you have to get your Internet service from if you want speeds that allow you to use it the way you want. Advocates are still trying to do what they can to educate people about the benefits of net neutrality and have set up websites with information and for people to give their support. Organizations like the aforementioned ACLU and EFF, the American Library Association, and Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and Free Press Action currently sponsor www.battleforthenet.com, a one-stop site for all things net neutrality.
Advocacy can go a long way toward giving a voice to people who may not think they have one. What Internet-related topics do you find to be problematic? Leave your thoughts in the comments and subscribe to our blog.
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Man allegedly assaults other with meat cleaver
A Linwood man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a man in Northbridge with a meat cleaver and a chair about 10 a.m. yesterday.
Police were called to 93 School Park by a man who said he had been involved in an altercation and Anthony R. Goyer, 47, had assaulted him with a cleaver and a chair.
Mr. Goyer was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery and disorderly conduct. He was also wanted on a default warrant from Dudley District Court.
He will be arraigned today in Uxbridge District Court on the charges.
Northbridge Detective Sgt. John D. Ouilette, Detective Donald J. Roy and Officer Conrad Chickinski were assisted by Uxbridge officers Paul Stuczynski and Michael DeVitto.
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State’s finances improve
Jennifer Flanagan Guest Columnist
I am very proud of the fiscal responsibility that has been demonstrated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The state�s Stabilization Fund balance has grown to approximately $1.45 billion as of the end of October, third in the nation to oil-rich Texas and Alaska. This commendable growth is due to improved tax collections, disciplined budgeting as well as statutory changes that have resulted in increased deposits to the Stabilization Fund.
The issue of expanded gaming in the Commonwealth takes up a lot of the media�s attention. I was very proud to have been the chief sponsor of that legislation and to serve on the Conference Committee, which resolved the differences between the Senate and the House�s version of the bill. I was proud to attend the bill signing right before the Thanksgiving holiday when Governor Deval Patrick made the bill a law.
As you may be aware, the chairman of the Gaming Commission has been named and four more slots will be filled in the coming weeks. After the Gaming Commission has been fully established, they will begin reviewing proposals from potential investors. One slot parlor may operate under the new law and up to three resort-style casinos, spread across the Commonwealth. I filed this legislation because of the positive impact it will have on the Massachusetts economy and I stand behind it because we invited all stakeholders to the table so that we could pass a comprehensive, sound piece of legislation. We have done that.
In addition to expanded gaming in the Commonwealth, we have enacted several very important bills that affect all of our citizens. I�d like to highlight a few key pieces of legislation that we voted on this year.
�State unemployment benefits were extended at the beginning of this year because of the high utilization of the fund;
�Increased funding for local road and bridge repairs through the Chapter 90 account;
�A local aid resolution was approved in April to assist our cities and towns with budget planning for the July 1 start of the fiscal year;
�We implemented a Sales Tax Holiday in August giving consumers a two-day break from the Massachusetts sales tax;
�Alimony and human trafficking laws were updated and revised;
�The 10-year redistricting changes were made after the committee tasked with drawing the new maps heard 31 hours of testimony from more than 400 stakeholders.
The Massachusetts Legislature also passed legislation reorganizing the Massachusetts court system to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness and to restore public trust at the Department of Probation.
While the Senate has accomplished a great deal during the 2011 session, much remains to be done. The high cost of health care and rising energy costs are major concerns for the citizens of the Commonwealth. Improving the oversight and accountability of education collaboratives remains a high priority as well. We look to address those issues in 2012 and continuing our efforts with the House on reforms in the area of state finance, CHINS and criminal justice.
Enjoy the holiday season and all the best in the New Year! If you have any questions please contact my offices at anytime (978) 534-3388 or (978) 632-9219 or send an email to info@jenflanagan.com or jennifer.flanagan@masenate.gov.
Jennifer Flanagan�s senate district includes Bolton, precincts one and two in Clinton, Lancaster and Sterling.
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Beacon Hill Roll Call
By Bob Katzen
The Massachusetts Legislature, week of July 8-12, 2019
THE HOUSE AND SENATE
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators' votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.
$300,000 FOR FAMILIES OF SUBSTANCE-ABUSED NEWBORNS (S 3)
Senate 39-0, approved an amendment that would provide $300,000 to the Health Policy Commission for a childhood grant program to support and care for families with substance-exposed newborns that suffer from neonatal abstinence syndrome. This syndrome is a group of problems a baby experiences when withdrawing from exposure to narcotics.
Sen. Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) Yes
Sen. James Eldridge (D-Acton) Yes
Sen. Ryan Fattman (R-Webster) Yes
Sen. Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) Yes
Sen. Michael Moore (D-Millbury) Yes
Sen. Dean Tran (R-Fitchburg) Yes
$5 MILLION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE (S 3)
Senate 39-0, approved an amendment to implement $5 million in programs recommended by the Harm Reduction Commission created by the Legislature in 2018. Provisions include $1.5 million to increase the availability of sterile and safe injection equipment and syringe disposal services; $150,000 for a pilot program to provide access to fentanyl testing strips or other drug checking equipment; and $300,000 to increase the availability of nasal naloxone (brand name Narcan) rescue kits prior to discharge from a facility after treatment for an opioid overdose. Naloxone rescue kits include naloxone and other items used for the emergency treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose.
$484,875 FOR GRANTS TO COUNCILS ON AGING (S 3)
Senate 39-0, approved an amendment increasing funding for Councils on Aging by $484,875 (from $16,740,125 to $17,225,000). Sen. Becca Rausch (D-Needham), the amendment’s sponsor, said the money will fund innovation grants to municipal councils on aging and will benefit seniors statewide.
ALSO ON BEACON HILL
STUDENT LOANS (S 16) -The Education Committee held a hearing on legislation that would create a Student Loan Bill of Rights and require student loan servicers to be licensed by the state just like any other business. The measure allows state officials to investigate student loan servicers and act against those that violate the state’s banking and consumer protection laws. A key provision creates a Student Loan Ombudsman that will collect state student loan data and information and help students understand their rights and responsibilities in loan agreements.
“We have nearly 900,000 student debt borrowers in Massachusetts who, on average, owe $39,000 each,” said Sen. Eric Lesser (D-Longmeadow), the sponsor of the proposal. “This is crowding out other elements of our economy, and it is a poison on an entire generation's ability to participate in this economy fully. Student debt is a problem that demands solutions, and this bill is one solution to helping borrowers get fair treatment in managing these loans.”
STATE TAX CHECKOFF TO HELP COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE (H 2414, S 1602) – The Revenue Committee heard testimony on legislation that would allow taxpayers on their state tax return to donate to the Massachusetts Fund for Vulnerable Countries Most Affected by Climate Change. The state would then send the funds raised to the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund.
“Donations are purely voluntary, as is true in the cases of the six ‘checkoffs’ already printed on income tax forms,” said the bill’s Senate sponsor Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington). “What’s new here is the focus on climate change and on helping poor countries maintain themselves. For the individual Massachusetts taxpayer, this is an opportunity, not an obligation, and it doesn’t affect state revenue.”
“As the threats of climate change loom particularly heavy over the globe's 51 most poverty-stricken countries designated as part of the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund, this bill allows Massachusetts residents to actively engage with the rest of the world to enhance global resiliency and sustainability efforts,” said Rep. Tony Cabral (D-New Bedford), the House sponsor of the bill.
"There's no cost to the state,” said Larry Yu, the co-chair of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project in Boston. “There's kind of no downside and the impact is limitless.”
STOP HOSPITALS FROM A SPECIFIC COLLECTION TACTIC (S 167) – The Revenue Committee held a hearing on a bill that would direct the Department of Public Health to adopt regulations prohibiting hospital and community health centers from seeking an execution against the personal residence or motor vehicle of a patient in order to collect money on unpaid bills. An execution is an order signed by the court to the sheriff telling the sheriff to seize a debtor’s property, sell it and deliver the money received to the creditor in order to satisfy the debt. A creditor can seek an execution only after the case has gone to court and a judgment has been granted in favor of the creditor and against the debtor.
“I filed this legislation in response to unscrupulous debt collection tactics by some greedy hospitals that include placing executions on patient’s homes,” said Sen. Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford), the sponsor of the proposal. “No patient, particularly those facing debilitating and life-threatening medical conditions which leave them unable to work, should be worried about an execution being placed on their home. Hospitals in Massachusetts generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue and have stockpiled over a billion dollars in offshore accounts, all the while operating under the auspices of a nonprofit enterprise. It is about time we start making them act like one.”
DISCLOSE TOXIC CHEMICALS (H 248) – The Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee’s agenda last week included a bill that would require manufacturers to disclose to the Department of Environmental Protection if any harmful chemicals are in children’s items and consumer items including cleaning products, cosmetics and coating materials that are sold as consistent mixtures of chemicals. The list of toxic chemicals that must be reported would be developed by the Toxic Use Reduction Institute. This information would be made available to the public on the department website. Currently, manufacturers are not required to disclose this information.
Rep. Jim Hawkins (D-Attleboro), the sponsor of the proposal said states like Maine, Washington and Vermont have already enacted similar legislation. He noted the bill will not hurt business since all it requires is reporting.
“Parents unwittingly expose their children to developmental toxins, carcinogens and endocrine disrupters,” said Hawkins.
Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com.
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The Town That's Building Life Around Sleep
Most people are socialized not to sleep when their bodies naturally want to. A small town in Germany wants to change that.
Julie Beck
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Bad Kissingen is a spa town. According to the town’s website, Bavarian King Ludwig II bestowed the “Bad” part of its name on it in 1883, but not because he didn’t enjoy his stay—“bad” means “bath” or “spa” in German. Just south of the Rhön Mountains in Germany, it’s quaintly charming in the way of small European towns (it has a population of about 20,000), particularly those reliant on tourists.
Apparently there’s a bit of a competition among European spa towns—“medical tourism” brings people who want special, specific treatments, or the cheapest possible version of a treatment. So Dr. Thomas Kantermann, of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, tells me. A friend of his, Michael Wieden, is the official business developer of Bad Kissingen.
“He joined with me to think—if we want to pimp this town, if we want to make it more sexy and attractive, how can we do it?” Kantermann says.
Wieden sought Kantermann out for his particular expertise—Kantermann is a chronobiologist, meaning he studies the differences in people’s circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. A person’s preferred sleep pattern is his or her “chronotype.” This is what we’re talking about when we say someone is a morning person or a night owl. Research has shown that living outside your chronotype, which most of us do—waking ourselves up early with an alarm clock for school or work, or staying out too late at the bars—can lead to all kinds of problems other than just being tired: poor memory, depression, obesity, even a greater risk for some kinds of cancer.
Sleep is mysterious, and we don’t totally understand why we need it—just that we do, and bad things happen if we don’t get enough of it. On average, we spend around 30 percent of our lives asleep, but as a review of the literature on circadian rhythms from 2005 notes, “The introduction of artificial lighting and the restructuring of working hours has progressively detached our species from the 24-hour cycle of light and dark. … At best we tolerate the fact that we need to sleep, and at worst we think of sleep as an illness that needs a cure.”
Not so in Bad Kissingen.
Though the initiative’s sexiness is perhaps debatable, in an effort to stand out from the pack and improve the lives of its citizens and visitors, Bad Kissingen has committed itself to finding ways to implement chronobiology into the fabric of the town’s society.
“The history of Bad Kissingen has [always] been linked to curation and health,” Wieden says. “We have 17 hospitals, sanatoriums and rehabs. We have about 250,000 guests per year. Hence, tourism and health treatment are closely linked in Bad Kissingen. Therefore, to me, Bad Kissingen is the best place in the world to start a ‘whole city project’ like this.”
Russell Foster, a professor of neuroscience at Oxford University, studies chronobiology but is not involved in the Bad Kissingen project. “Changing behavior in any area is really difficult,” he says, and notes a classic study in which researchers observed a population of monkeys slowly learning to wash their food in the ocean to get the sand off. “The ones that were slowest to adopt [the washing behavior] were at the top of the social hierarchy.” Similarly, if those in charge of scheduling our lives—school boards, bosses, etc.—aren’t amenable to change, it’s next to impossible to truly sleep like yourself.
But there Bad Kissingen has the advantage of buy-in from the top. Kantermann is the project’s scientific manager, and in July 2013, he, Wieden, Bad Kissingen’s mayor and town council, and other researchers from the University of Groningen and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich signed a letter of intent. In that letter, they pledged to promote chronobiology research in the town, to “gather results that are directly applicable to living, education, work, well-being, health, mobility, rehabilitation, and sleep.” It goes on to claim that “the city of Bad Kissingen will be the first in the world realizing scientific field studies in a wider context.” Those involved often refer to Bad Kissingen as “ChronoCity.”
Though it was first conceived more than a year ago, the project is still in its infancy—it takes time and careful planning to do anything on this scale. Plus, Kantermann says, they need more money.
The goal is to get all of the town’s citizens’ chronotypes in an online database. Right now, individuals have to go to this website and input their own data; the hope is that one day schools and hospitals will take down this information as regularly as someone’s height or weight, making it much easier to determine and work with the town’s needs.
The roots of the field of chronobiology are actually leaves. The concept was born in France in 1729, when astronomer Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan noticed that the leaves of his heliotrope plant closed and opened at the same time every day. So he enclosed the plant in a dark space, and found that the leaves continued their punctual dance, sun or no sun.
In this way, humans are not unlike plants, as German biologist Jürgen Aschoff discovered in the 1950’s. He built an underground bunker, where human subjects would stay, cut off from light, sound, and the Earth’s vibrations, so they would have no way to tell what time of day it was. (He went in the bunker himself, first, before experimenting on others.) Most people still kept pretty close to a 24-hour day, though some went for 48 hours, and slept for 16. This confirmed Aschoff’s earlier research (which he also did on himself) that found that that humans lose body heat in regular, 24-hour patterns. Along with U.S. biologist Colin Pittendrigh, Aschoff is considered a co-founder of the field of chronobiology. Fitting, then, that a German town should be the first to try to take chronobiology mainstream.
“It’s a quite young field actually, especially the human part,” Kantermann says. “It’s only 50 to 60 years old. Now we have more sophisticated sleep labs where we do it, though, [instead of] a bunker.”
Kantermann explains that the way we measure someone’s chronotype now uses a metric called “mid-sleep.” This is the halfway point between when you fall asleep, and when you wake up. So if you go to bed at midnight, and get your recommended eight hours, waking up at 8 a.m., your mid-sleep would be 4 a.m.
Teenagers, it is widely known, have some of the latest chronotypes around. Their mid-sleep is often as late as 6 or 7 a.m., according to Kantermann. “We have school starting at that time in Germany, at half past seven, or 8 o’clock, which means these students are sitting [in class] in the middle of their biological night,” he says.
Considering teens’ reliably late chronotypes, the one concrete step that Bad Kissingen has taken so far was to do a couple of studies this past summer at the local high school, looking at how light exposure affects students’ chronotypes, and in turn, how their chronotypes affect their academic performance. The data is still being analyzed, so Kantermann can’t discuss the results yet, but he is hopeful that the experiments will yield a way to help shift students’ chronotype using light.
It would seem that the easiest solution would be to just start school later, and studies have shown this to have real results. For example, in 1997, the Minneapolis Public School District changed its start time from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m., and a four-year longitudinal study found that students were notably less tardy, less depressed, and less sleepy during class with the later start time. And they really were getting more sleep. The data showed the students still went to bed at around the same time as they had before—they weren’t using the later start time as an excuse to stay up late.
But changing the school schedule presents a whole host of logistical issues—after school activities may run later, or parents may have trouble dropping kids off, especially if you don’t also shift the start time for elementary and middle-schoolers, who have naturally earlier chronotypes. In Bad Kissingen specifically, Kantermann notes that many students bus in from neighboring villages, and sometimes have commutes that are an hour or two long. So they’d still have to wake up pretty early.
If changing school start time isn’t possible, Kantermann suggests moving things around within the existing school structure—pushing tests to the afternoon when students are more alert, or having outside physical activity in the morning to expose them to more natural light.
These logistical issues apply to work as well. “Your employer should ideally capture the time of day when you’re going to be most productive,” Foster says. Adult chronotypes, though, can’t be as easily lumped together as late-sleeping teens. In fact, a 2004 study (on which Till Roenneberg, of LMU Munich, who is also involved in the Bad Kissingen project, was lead author) suggested that in fact, the disappearance of this extra-late chronotype is a sign that adolescence is over.
“Children are early chronotypes and become progressively later (delaying) during development, reaching a maximum in their ‘lateness’ at around the age of 20,” the study reads. “After 20, they become earlier again (advancing) with increasing age.”
However, if you’re naturally a night owl, shedding the angsty, late-sleeping skin of your youth won’t make you into a morning person. According to this study, you’ll still be a night owl—just less extremely.
“An individual is likely to retain his/her chronotype—in relationship to others of the same age and sex—throughout life,” the researchers write. Other studies corroborate this assertion that one’s chronotype is at least partly genetic.
Another Roenneberg study, this one from 2003, asserts that despite our morning-oriented society, early risers are actually in the minority. This is largely to do with our dissociation from natural light. Light, the study explains, is the major zeitgeber for our internal clocks. Zeitgeber is a German word, coined by Aschoff, that means “time giver” or “synchronizer.” Chronobiologists use it to refer to cues in the environment that synchronize our internal clocks with the Earth’s 24-hour cycle.
“Later distribution of chronotypes is, at least partly, due to the absence of a strong zeitgeber in modern society,” the study reads. Our bodies don’t react as strongly to artificial light as to natural light (although, in the total absence of natural light, we’ll eventually respond to mankind’s bulbs), so a society built on electrical light results in more late chronotypes than one reliant on sunshine. And yet our fluorescent office culture is still geared toward early chronotypes.
On the other side of the coin are shift workers, who, depending on their schedule, may have a sleep pattern that’s completely opposite of the cycle of natural light. Though late chronotypes may have an easier time with this work schedule, night shift workers have been shown to be at greater risk for certain kinds of cancer, because disrupted sleep can impair the immune system. In Bad Kissingen, Kantermann says, shift workers are mostly health care professionals—doctors, nurses, etc.—people you generally want to be well-rested.
If this sounds like a lot of problems with not a lot of solutions, well, it is. Even with the abundance of research available, there are practical problems to consider.
“The project seems quite challenging, attempting to accommodate individuals yet maintain a societal framework,” Mary Carskadon, director of chronobiology and sleep research at Bradley Hospital, and psychiatry professor at Brown University, told me in an email. “I can think of a number of barriers that might arise, including occupational misfits, or challenges to family life, or unavailability of resources that might be required.”
Foster also expressed concern that enthusiasm for sleep-improving projects tends to peter out over time, that people just don’t take the importance of sleep seriously, and efforts aren’t sustainable. But he praised the questionnaire Kantermann et. al are using to measure chronotypes, saying they already have the data of “tens of thousands of people all across Europe,” enough data to be able to analyze it and make generalizations about populations.
The signers of the letter of intent pledged to meet five times a year to talk about how things are progressing—Kantermann says their next meeting will probably be in March, and he’s just glad people keep coming back; that, so far, interest hasn’t petered out on a project that, by its nature, is a bit of a long game.
The next step, Kantermann says, is to experiment with the lighting in local clinics, hotels, and possibly even the town hall. The ChronoCity project is partnering with lighting companies to help make that possible. “We have to just manipulate a bit here and there,” he says. “If we change too much, you will see an effect, but then it’s hard to determine what happened, so we have to be careful that we don’t change too much.”
Though they’re currently taking small bites out of this whale of a project, Kantermann is dreaming big.
“My great aim for this town is to make Bad Kissingen the first town in Germany that abolishes Daylight Savings Time,” he says. “So the people can decide for themselves to change their clocks or not… To make this really a place where your internal time is acknowledged.”
In a hypothetical future world where Bad Kissingen succeeds in letting all of its citizens and visitors live out their chronotypes, the societal benefits would be huge. The town as a whole would be more creative, happier, and more alert. Social interaction would improve, as would the population’s ability to problem-solve. Chronically tired people often struggle with obesity, immune suppression, and mental illness, so the town’s overall health—both mental and physical—would improve.
“Maybe this village will ultimately change its behavior,” Foster says. “This hasn’t been tried before, so they’ll learn the best way of keeping the town on board. Thomas [Kantermann] is very good at interacting with people, so if anybody can do this, I suspect he will be able to.”
Perhaps Bad Kissingen will be the sleep equivalent of the first monkey to wash its food—a harbinger of societal change to come.
Julie Beck is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she covers family and education.
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Giant defender signs
PUBLISHED: 13:09 02 February 2006 | UPDATED: 09:32 06 May 2010
Towering central defender Luke Oliver became Graham Westley s third signing of the January transfer window. Oliver signed from League One side Yeovil for £15,000 and made his debut in Saturday s defeat at Tamworth. The 21-year-old, previously at Wycombe a
Towering central defender Luke Oliver became Graham Westley's third signing of the January transfer window.
Oliver signed from League One side Yeovil for £15,000 and made his debut in Saturday's defeat at Tamworth.
The 21-year-old, previously at Wycombe and Woking, joined Yeovil last season in a £25,000 deal but could not command a regular first team place.
He has joined Boro until the end of the 2006-7 season and has followed Adam Miller and Eric Obinna to Broadhall Way.
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Cherry Creek Schools to vote on later start times for most students
By: Robert Garrison
AURORA, Colo. – The Cherry Creek School District will consider Monday whether or not to change the start times for students across the district.
Administrators said they surveyed all of the more than 55,000 households district-wide to get feedback on the changes and said more than half of the respondents approve.
If the proposal is approved by the board, beginning next year, elementary school start times would be pushed back from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m.; middle school would be moved later, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and high school students would start later, with times moved from 7:10 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.
The school board says the plan is backed by science . Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have pushed for later bell times.
A final vote will happen at 7 p.m. at Arrowhead Elementary in Aurora.
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I am your father and goals against Ipswich
Damian 23 April 2018
Now, we're entering a place where we're going to need something quite spectacular to happen for us to go up automatically and that's not a nice place. It's also starting to look a little like it might be Cardiff that go up with Wolves.
None of this is for certain yet, but Fulham do present more of a worry than Cardiff. Saying that, on our day I think we can beat anyone in this League and that is important.
But that is old news and just an opinion. We have new news and it's that our new kit manufacturer (I think) is Luke 1977. Hands up, I'd heard of the brand before but knew little of it, but all that aside, I learnt today that they're local and for me that's important. That he's a Villa fan, it's what it's all about.
A shirt is a shirt and it will be claret and blue and fingers crossed it wont be like every other shirt in the League. There is a chance also that it might be quite a lot nicer and you know what, as someone in his 40's, it doesn't really bother me that much these days. But he's local and a Villa fan and that feels right.
I'll be eagerly awaiting this kit for those reasons and I hope he does well out of it. I even had a look at the website today and saw a couple of items I might just be ordering .. I mean, you've got to support your own right?
Picture of the new kit I guess when it comes out, I just hope they do a 'casual' fit too. And as for next season, once again, I don't care what League we're in.
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Dubai World Cup: Why reverting to dirt would be a big mistake
James Willoughby | March 31, 2014 |
Japan's Gentildonna wins the 2014 Dubai Sheema Classic
Before the world’s richest meeting on Saturday, there were strong hints that the Maktoums might be ready to replace Tapeta and bring back a dirt surface at Meydan, possibly in an effort to appeal to the Americans again. But after Saturday’s results, James Willoughby argues that U.S. horses are less relevant now and such a temptation should be resolutely resisted.
The 2014 Dubai World Cup meeting underlined that the powerbase of global racing has shifted. Two winners trained in Japan and two in Hong Kong merely highlighted a trend that is evident from a wider sweep of results in the most important races.
The global year of racing 2009 was the final one in which the World Cup took place on dirt at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. Since the inaugural World Cup in 1996, a parade of U.S.-trained dirt stars had solidified the early reputation of the richly endowed race as a significant and novel landmark on the global racing map. Cigar, Silver Charm, Captain Steve, Street Cry, Pleasantly Perfect, Roses in May, Invasor, and Curlin provided some electric moments as they stormed down the straight in a manner befitting the concept of a world champion.
U.S. racing was relatively healthy in this period, so it was a surprise to many – the author included – when the announcement was made that the new Meydan Racecourse would feature a synthetic track instead of dirt. Former trainer Michael Dickinson’s Tapeta surface – billed as “a magical carpet ride” – was the chosen formula. It was obvious that this would act as a disincentive for connections of U.S. dirt stars to send their horses to Dubai, and it seemed like the Maktoum family was gambling on a different pool of horses picking up the slack.
With the exception of 2013 winner Animal Kingdom, it is fair to say that the Meydan World Cup winners seem to resonate far less with the name of the race in the estimations of the racing public. Gloria de Campeao, Victoire Pisa, Monterosso, and this year, African Story are horses perceived as gaining too big an advantage from their suitability to the surface, with the jockeys and trainers of beaten horses quick to pin the underperformance of their charges on the nature of the track.
This kind of groupthink – so familiar to any rational observer of the sport – gained fresh and potentially decisive momentum when Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum actually doubted the reliability of the Tapeta surface before his horse Mukhadram had run in the latest World Cup, citing concerns over the variance in its speed according to temperature and the difficulty of habituation for grass-based horses.
In the case of Mukhadram, Sheikh Hamdan’s fears proved groundless as the 122-rated 5-year-old ran up to his mark on his first taste of the surface, having no difficulty in gaining traction early as he bounded to the lead. Of course, for some of the horses who finished up the track, blaming the surface proved irresistible.
If the Sheikh’s comments indicate an impending decision to rip up the Tapeta – as so many seem to have inferred – then the Maktoum family could be making another mistake. Since the decision was first made to install Tapeta, the global powerbase of racing looks to have shifted.
The chart here displays the number of horses by country recording a rating of 117 or above in the annual Longines World’s Best Racehorses classifications in the period 2009-2013.
The coloured bars in the chart show an obvious growth in the number of 117+ horses trained in Japan and Hong Kong, and a decline in the corresponding number in the U.S. It is always important to state the limitations of any statistical analysis, and while this definitely constitutes a trend – remember that these numbers are drawn from a period before Far Eastern-trained horses dominated World Cup night – it is not possible to be confident about its extrapolation throughout the next 10 years. Still, bloodstock economists have been predicting a surge in the fortunes of horses from this part of the world for some time.
Beyond the cause-and-effect of money, bloodlines, or whatever may be driving the numbers, there is a less concrete, but no-less-important factor: enthusiasm. Racing in the Far East generates the kind of public clamour that no longer exists in countries such as Britain and the U.S. Sure, those of us actually involved in racing in the West love it with a passion, but the sport just doesn’t have the kind of public reach that saw more than 60,000 people stay on after racing at Nakayama to pay tribute to retiring legend Orfevre.
The scenes at Meydan that followed Just A Way and Gentildonna’s victories were arguably the best the meeting had seen since Dubai Millennium won the renewal for which he was named. Just A Way cemented himself as just about the best horse on the planet with his six-length romp in the G1 Dubai Duty Free, while the 2013 Japan Cup winner Gentildonna emerged triumphant from the kind of brawl she seems to relish in the G1 Sheema Classic.
It is surely from this pool of horses that the Dubai World Cup meeting is likely to draw its future stars. As Chris Smith pointed out in his analysis of the $5 million Dubai Duty Free, it may now be a false hope trying to attract U.S. horses to Dubai in significant numbers, whatever the financial reward. And, even if returning the World Cup to dirt might prove magnetic, at what cost to the other stars of global racing from the East?
Yes, Japanese bloodlines are in many cases drawn from imported U.S. stallions – notably the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Sunday Silence. But racing on dirt in Japan is still the less important relation of turf, notwithstanding top races such as the one formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt, to which changes have been made in 2014 reportedly due to lack of international interest. In any case, the 2010 and 2011 winner Transcend had no problems adapting to Tapeta when running second to compatriot Victoire Pisa in the 2011 World Cup.
Chasing the ghosts of Cigar and Silver Charm by returning the World Cup to dirt would be a poor move by the Maktoum family. It would be the very antithesis of the visionary outlook that is supposed to inform their decisions. Tapeta may have the problems that Sheikh Hamdan cites, but surface inconsistencies are not unique to synthetic tracks, nor to Dubai. Those who remember the quagmire of the 2007 Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park understand that dirt tracks can be seriously affected by extreme weather.
Speaking personally, I am a huge fan of American racing – my study is festooned with pictures of Affirmed and Alydar - but right now, I would rather watch Just A Way and Gentildonna than Mucho Macho Man, thanks very much. Don’t try to go back to the future, Sheikh Mohammed, prove you really can be independent of groupthink. Stick with synthetics and tap into the real coming force of global racing: the magnificent beasts of the East.
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If you’re happy and you know it, you probably live in one of these cities.
There are lots of factors that go into choosing the perfect place to live: housing prices, job market, schools, nightlife, and basically any other element that makes a place ideal for your lifestyle.
But what about happiness? Certainly the emotional and physical wellbeing of the residents of a certain city should also be important when you’re going somewhere new.
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Wallethub evaluated 31 metrics fitting into three key categories to determine the happiest cities: emotional and physical well being, income and employment, and community and environment.
Metrics measured include weighing physical health, reported rates of depression cases, food insecurity, income-growth rate, commute time, strength of social ties, ideal weather days, average leisure time spent per day, and more.
At the very top of the list, with the best overall score was Plano, Texas, followed by Irvine, California and Madison, Wisconsin. However, Wallethub also ranks each city per category as well. If you’re looking for the best in the Emotional and Physical Health and Wellbeing category, pack your bags for San Jose, California. Want steady employment and wealth? Move to Seattle, Washington. Or, if you’re looking for a strong sense of community, consider going to Fremont, California.
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Opinion Why we need a constitutional challenge on judicial appointments
Why we need a constitutional challenge on judicial appointments
Joseph Arvay, Sean Hern and Alison Latimer
Published August 6, 2015 Updated May 15, 2018
Joseph Arvay, Sean Hern and Alison Latimer are lawyers with the Vancouver firm Farris LLP
The current processes of judicial appointment and promotion undermine public confidence in Canada's courts and invite a two-pronged constitutional challenge.
First, the principle of the independence of the judiciary creates a constitutional requirement for transparent and impartial judicial appointment and promotion processes. Second, these processes should reflect the constitutional norms and values of equality, democracy and protection of minorities.
The Constitution empowers the governor-general to appoint judges to trial and appeal courts, but sets no process to follow for same. Since 1867, this power has been asserted by the prime minister and cabinet behind closed doors. The practice since 1988 has been to appoint judges only from a list of individuals recommended for judicial appointment by the Judicial Advisory Committee (JAC). These recommendations are to be made with merit as a central consideration.
Yet, the secrecy of the process occludes the standard on which merit is determined, and there is concern that the bar is set too low or omits important factors. Worse is the lack of transparency in the process that follows, where cabinet decides whom to appoint from the JAC's recommendations.
Also worrisome, there are no JACs or equivalents for promotion of trial judges to courts of appeal. Those promotions are made solely by the prime minister and cabinet.
These processes are systemically vulnerable to political strategizing and a majoritarian disregard for the importance of diversity on the bench.
The principle that upon judicial appointment, a lawyer puts aside all partisan political considerations and becomes an impartial, independent adjudicator is one on which the public relies. This does not mean candidates are expected to come to court without their own values or that those values will not change; nor that judges appointed by way of a process that includes political strategizing will conduct themselves in a manner that is other than independent and impartial.
But such strategizing compromises the perceived independence of the judiciary. It suggests government itself does not believe that appointees graduate out of their political persuasions and results in an appointment process that is cynical of judicial independence.
As to the process of promotion from trial courts to appellate courts, when litigants bring cases against government or its interests, they must be free of all reasonable concern that the presiding judge could be influenced by a desire to be promoted. Justice must be seen to be done as well as done. Appointment processes protected from political interference will enhance the public's confidence in the independence of the judiciary, and foster confidence in the justice system and democracy.
Just as the Supreme Court of Canada has held that an independent judicial compensation commission is constitutionally required to ensure the independence of the judiciary for matters of judicial compensation, so too – indeed, even more so – is an independent appointment and promotion commission constitutionally required.
Further, as the judiciary is the guardian of the Constitution and the Constitution is the supreme law, it is of significance that its interpretation be adjudicated by a judiciary that reflects the diversity in Canadian society in light of principles of equality, protection of minorities and democracy. These principles do not require perfect representation, but a gross disparity between the makeup of the judiciary and the public threatens access to, and quality of, justice.
Access to justice is negatively affected when portions of the population do not see themselves reflected in the court system and may therefore avoid or mistrust it. Quality of justice is negatively affected because the development of the law is hindered without a multiplicity of perspectives.
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CARL GRENIER
Published May 3, 2017 Updated May 3, 2017
Carl Grenier led the Free Trade Lumber Council from 1999 to 2006. He now teaches at the University of Laval, and l'École nationale d'administration publique.
If there is one thing newly elected Canadian politicians have in common, it's their unshakable faith that a better deal on trade with the United States is coming. This doctrine is supported by the long-standing Canadian practice of always fielding A-teams, whatever the issue, whenever we are summoned to Washington to make an irritant disappear. Once there, we are nearly always greeted by U.S. B-teams, as other, more exalted functionaries are kept busy with the pressing affairs of empire, rather than the $2-billion-a-day trading relationship with their northern neighbour.
Contrary to what U.S. President Donald Trump has been asserting, those "nice, polite" Canadians aren't getting their way because of weak U.S. negotiating teams. Even a U.S. B-team is ably back-stopped by Senators and their lobbyist friends who make short shrift of anything they don't agree with.
This pattern was set a very long time ago, in fact even before the Canadian federation came into being 150 years ago.
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was fully aware of this pattern when he sought to better integrate Canada into the giant U.S. economy. The primary objective Canada was pursuing when it negotiated the original U.S-Canada free-trade agreement was "more secure access" to the U.S. market, to quote from Mr. Mulroney's letter in September, 1985, to then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Getting rid of remaining customs tariffs was merely the second objective: 85 per cent of our exports were already going into the United States duty free, thanks to seven rounds of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in the previous 40 years.
More secure access meant agreeing on a bilateral system of settling disputes: duty-free access flies out the window when countervailing duties or anti-dumping duties can be imposed unilaterally by your trading partner without recourse to independent arbitrators. At that time, the GATT dispute-settlement system was little more than a pious injunction for the parties to establish the facts of the case and negotiate a solution. To be sure, foreign exporters could address their grievances to the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, but that venue was notorious for its bias against foreigners, very lengthy procedures and a disconcerting habit of reversing itself on similar issues.
This Canadian demand for independent arbitrators very nearly derailed the negotiations at the very end, but finally we did get such a system to deal speedily with allegations of subsidization and dumping: It is called Chapter 19 of the North American free-trade agreement.
Because of its heavy dependence on the U.S. market, Canada wanted established rules agreed to by the United States to settle trade disputes, rather than deal with them on an ad hoc, diplomatic basis (i.e. at the negotiating table where, invariably, might makes right). The facts underlying the Canadian logic have not changed, and will not change for the foreseeable future.
The various episodes of the softwood-lumber dispute are a perfect illustration of why we should stay away from the negotiating table and use NAFTA's Chapter 19 to adjudicate trade disputes. We have used Chapter 19 twice, once in the 1990s (Lumber III) and once in the 2000s (Lumber IV), and we were able to demonstrate conclusively that Canadian softwood lumber is not subsidized, not dumped and does not injure U.S. producers of lumber. Yet, we have done "deals" in 1986, 1996 and 2006, each one more restrictive and costly than its predecessor in terms of access to the U.S. market.
Lumber negotiations, when conducted in parallel with litigation, have always undermined Canada's position because they have created an incentive for the United States to stall the litigation while bleeding the Canadian industry of cash. Financial pressure is the weapon of choice to bring Canada to the negotiating table: in Lumber III, then-U.S. president Bill Clinton agreed to reimburse Canadian exporters in full with interest to the tune of $900-million (U.S.), but extracted a commitment to "consult," which led to the second memorandum of understanding (MOU) two years later. In Lumber IV, then-U.S. president George W. Bush refused to acknowledge the Canadian win, and the new government of Stephen Harper decided not to pursue litigation. He negotiated the third MOU, and this time Canada got the rawest deal of all time, leaving a cool $1-billion on the table, half of which went directly to the U.S. lumber coalition. The only reason we got $4.5-billion back was our win under Chapter 19.
Now, Mr. Trump has decided that he wants to re-negotiate NAFTA, with the overall objective of making it work better for the United States. Politically, neither Canada nor Mexico can stay away from such a demand, which aims to update rules, not settle ongoing disputes, but they should not go to that table without a clear sense of their own purpose for doing so. In particular, U.S. demands for modifications that improve trade liberalization should be received favourably. Propositions going in the other direction should be resisted. Specifically, getting rid of Chapter 19 should be a deal breaker.
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Sir Alex Ferguson forgets past feuds to help honour old foe Kenny Dalglish
When the Centenary Stand at Anfield is named after the Liverpool legend, the former Manchester United manager will be adding his congratulations
Thu 12 Oct 2017 17.30 EDT Last modified on Mon 31 Dec 2018 05.38 EST
Sir Alex Ferguson, left, and Kenny Dalglish before an FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford in January 2011. Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
The Centenary Stand at Anfield becomes the Kenny Dalglish Stand on Friday and the guest list for the renaming ceremony both confirms and challenges the Scot’s reputation at Liverpool. Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher will be there at Dalglish’s request, so too Alan Hansen, former chief executive Peter Robinson and long-serving members of the Melwood canteen, Carol and Caroline. It will be the presence of Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton, however, that underlines how respect can transcend rivalry. Eventually.
There was a time when the relationship between Dalglish and Ferguson reflected the hostility between Liverpool and Manchester United, who renew their fractious rivalry on Saturday at Anfield. No longer. Time has not been the healer so much as stepping away from the pressures of management and having to fight their respective corners. It matters to Dalglish that his old adversary from Old Trafford has agreed to visit Merseyside 24 hours early, along with Charlton, two days after the United legend celebrated his 80th birthday.
Liverpool to rename Centenary Stand after legend Kenny Dalglish
“Fergie’s actions speak louder than 1,000 words, him and Sir Bobby coming over,” Dalglish said. “They did exactly the same after Hillsborough. They were over here early doors. There is rivalry on and off the pitch but when it comes to something like that there is not even a doubt about it – they will be over here supporting us and hopefully we would do the same for them.
“The show was never about us. We never made the show. We did our jobs. We defended our football clubs, our fans, as best we could. We are probably both more balanced now but it is part of your job to represent your football club as best you can, on and off the pitch. I think most people who come out of football are more relaxed, myself included.”
Tensions between the two Glaswegians were not confined to the Liverpool-United power struggle and Ferguson’s mission to knock the Anfield club off their perch. “I don’t even remember him saying that comment – it wouldn’t have registered with me,” Dalglish claimed.
They opposed each other in a Celtic-Rangers reserve-team game in 1969 when the young striker was shifted into central defence to mark the senior, frustrated Ferguson. They opposed each other for the signatures of Alan Shearer and Roy Keane when Dalglish was manager of Blackburn Rovers, winning one apiece. There was friction over Dalglish’s decision to have knee surgery that ruled him out of Ferguson’s Scotland squad for the 1986 World Cup and numerous spats played out in the press. But there was always respect and now, perhaps, there is also a shared recognition they are footballers from a very different era.
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Dalglish said: “How can you criticise someone who is totally supportive of his club? That is what you want as a supporter – someone who is defensive of your club and wants to make a contribution. He made a massive contribution to Manchester United.
“Away from working, there has never been a problem with him. If someone came to manage Liverpool and never stood their corner, I don’t think the punters would be happy with that. He was exactly the same for Manchester United. After the end of a game we would always have a drink. Every time.
“When I came back [to manage Liverpool in 2011] and we had that first game at Old Trafford he shouted to me as I was walking on to the pitch: ‘Are you coming in for a drink after?’ I said: ‘What do you mean? I’ve always been in for a drink.’ He says: ‘Aye, but it’s changed a wee bit now.’ ‘Not for me it hasn’t,’ I said. You never spoke about football. You never spoke about what happened out there, otherwise you’d end up arguing. He represents his club fantastically well and I have tried my best to represent the club I was at. I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
Dalglish continues to defend Liverpool’s corner, insisting Jürgen Klopp is “the perfect fit for the football club” and backing the club’s summer transfer strategy. “If you cannot find someone who is better than what you have, why would you go and buy them?” he says.
It was in Klopp’s Melwood office last season that Dalglish discovered a stand was to be named in his honour by Liverpool. The decision by Fenway Sports Group, the club’s owner, rewarded Dalglish’s contribution to Liverpool and the success of his wife’s charity, the Marina Dalglish Appeal, in funding a new £1.5m chemotherapy unit at Aintree Hospital. “It is for all the family and I am immensely proud, but embarrassed as well,” he said. “Someone helped Marina and all we did is what I think most people would do and show our appreciation.”
As for being informed of FSG’s decision via a video call from John W Henry and Tom Werner, the Liverpool legend recalled: “John started speaking and I thought: ‘Jesus, what have I done now?’ I thought I was getting the sack again but it was a happy story this time. I wonder how long my name will stay up there?” It should be there for as long as Anfield exists.
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Would local government be better off outside the EU? A head to head
We speak to two prominent local politicians on different sides of the EU referendum debate about how the vote could affect councils
Tamsin Rutter and Aletha Adu
Wed 25 May 2016 08.13 EDT Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 11.11 EST
The referendum being held on Thursday 23 June will decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the EU. Photograph: Guardian composite/Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images
The EU referendum has divided people in every section of society, including local government, where the vote could have a dramatic impact on local services.
We speak to Lawrence Webb, a Ukip councillor in Havering, east London, who tabled the first successful motion on a council declaring the UK would be better off outside of the EU; and to Sir Steve Bullock, mayor of Lewisham, south-east London, and one of 64 Labour council leaders to sign an open letter in the Times claiming that Brexit would harm almost every area of local authority work.
For many Brexit campaigners the arguments for leaving focus primarily on immigration, and Webb is no exception. “Go back 20 years, we had a steady level of migration,” he says. “Government and local authorities could plan quite easily for school places, for example.”
According to Oxford University’s migration observatory, average annual net migration to the UK during 2004-14 was 245,000, while the annual average during 1991-99 was 65,000.
Lawrence Webb: ‘With more and more people coming in, we will never be able to solve the housing crisis.’ Photograph: Aletha Adu
Webb, leader of the six-strong Ukip group on his council, is critical of free movement across the EU. “If a couple is coming with children, they could easily have four or five children in the borough that we weren’t anticipating, with different levels of educational requirement,” he says. “So it’s hard to predict year on year the number of school places you need.”
He says that despite a massive schools expansion programme in Havering, he’s increasingly hearing from parents who can’t get their child into their school of choice. He also blames EU migration for the UK’s housing problems: “The housing crisis is simply a supply and demand issue. With more and more people coming in, we will never be able to solve the housing crisis.”
Webb, a former electrician, argues that EU migration has pushed wages down in industries such as construction. He concedes that some sectors, such as higher education, may have benefited from EU migration, but advocates a points-based system that he believes will allow for skilled staff such as university professors to access the UK job market.
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As mayor of a London borough, Bullock is no stranger to an expanding population and the demands that places on local government: Lewisham’s population grew by nearly 10% between 2001 and 2011. But he doesn’t think leaving the EU would make much difference.
“Lewisham’s population is growing fast,” he says. “As far as we can tell, EU migration is a small part of that. The biggest factor is that our population is getting younger and people are having more babies. Migration from the rest of the UK is more significant.”
Steve Bullock: ‘There’s no way London could pull up the drawbridge and be able to sustain itself’. Photograph: Lewisham council
Housing costs have soared in the capital, and Bullock worries that his council will struggle to recruit enough teachers because they cannot afford to live in London. But he says the answer is to build more home and EU membership is irrelevant to that.
Bullock believes one of the biggest success stories of the EU has been the free movement of professionals, citing construction and health as two industries that rely on workers from across the EU to make up staffing levels. “There’s no way London could pull up the drawbridge and be able to sustain itself,” he adds.
Bullock believes too many people conflate EU migration with the crisis of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn regions. “What worries me is that a migrant or refugee crisis has become what people are going to cast their vote on,” he says, adding that he is dismayed by insufficient efforts of the UK government to help migrants in crisis.
If we vote to leave, nothing will happen on 24 June. Absolutely nothing
Lawrence Webb
Havering council has received £1.9m in EU funds over the past 10 years, a figure Webb scoffs at: “£1.9m is nothing.”
Despite repeated warnings of the shock to the economy if Britain were to leave the EU, Webb harbours no fears about economic recession. “If we vote to leave, nothing will happen on 24 June. Absolutely nothing,” he says, pointing to the number of cars manufactured in the UK and the thousands of products made in China on UK shop shelves. Businesses want to make money, and they will look at things such as the cost of shipping and where they can make the best profit, not trade deals, he adds. “Governments don’t do business, people do business.”
In fact, Webb believes local government finances can only benefit from a vote to leave. The cost of EU membership could be redistributed and could filter down to the grants paid by central government to local authorities. “If we leave we’ll have that money to spend as we see fit,” he says.
The open letter signed by Bullock states that leaving the EU will represent a “further funding black hole” for local authorities already struggling after six years of budget cuts. Lewisham will receive £4.4m from the European Social Fund between 2015-18, to be invested in skills. “It’s a significant investment,” says Bullock. “There’s no way we would replace that. I have yet to hear the campaigners for leaving give us any reason to think the current contributions will head our way.”
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Last year, chancellor George Osborne announced what he described as the biggest transfer of power to local government in living memory, by allowing councils to retain money raised from business rates. Making councils dependent on business rates is a concern for Bullock, who believes coming out of the EU would be detrimental to the British economy and, in particular, London, with a potential serious knock-on effect on council budgets. “When I talk to people from the City of London they are desperately worried that coming out of the EU will damage London as a world financial centre,” he says. “It will push up our expenditure at a time when we don’t have enough money in the first place.”
Bullock also points out that, according to business lobby group London First, salaries in the capital are up to £3,100 higher because of EU membership. “That’s a lot of taxes and those taxes pay for things in London,” he says.
One of the things that bothers Webb is that councils are subject to EU procurement rules, which ensure free access on competition across member states, meaning local suppliers do not get priority for UK tenders. This, Webb says, pushes up costs for the council and causes delays because bidders have the right to appeal decisions – another cost the taxpayer has to bear. It also means that contracts tend to go to larger firms as smaller businesses have less ability to tender for deals.
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The EU energy efficiency directive, Webb claims, has led to the sell-off of old, publicly-owned buildings that the council cannot afford to insulate to EU standards. He also believes the EU working time directive, credited with improving staff working hours, has led to the rise in zero-hours contracts. “Everything in your life, the EU wants to regulate,” he says, adding that a commission could be appointed in the event of a vote to leave, which would look at all EU regulations and decide which of them the UK should keep.
While Webb believes that international networks can help countries solve major problems, such as cross-border crime, he says the UK does not need to be in political union with someone to have cooperation.
He also believes things will only get worse if Britain votes to remain a member of the EU: we could see the introduction of an EU army or changes to taxation rules. The one thing Webb believes will improve is his party’s membership numbers: “What’s the point of being a eurosceptic in any other party?”
Bullock, on the other hand, is adamant that EU influence is beneficial. The European health insurance card, the abolition of phone roaming charges, food labelling, equal pay for men and women, forcing a complacent UK government to take action on air quality in London – the political union has been a force for good in many different areas for the UK. “If that’s bureaucracy, well that’s fine by me.”
I would like us to do locally as much as we possibly can. But we can’t organise defence of the British Isles in Lewisham
Lewisham council often forms partnerships with other European cities to undertake projects – a recent example is managing urban waterways. This kind of network, which “had its roots in the structures the EU puts in place”, is not impossible outside the EU, Bullock says, but it’s much harder. Councils would end up working with the same people every time instead of forging new links.
He concedes that council staff can get frustrated by some of the processes and paperwork imposed on them by the EU and says the EU needs a lighter touch in some areas. But he says councils can work together and share learning to cut down the time it all takes.
Ultimately, it’s about the kind of world we are living in. “In an ever more complicated world there are things we can’t do at the very local level,” says Bullock. “I would like us to do locally as much as we possibly can. But we can’t organise defence of the British Isles in Lewisham. We need to do some things as part of a wider group.”
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Three US troops killed by Afghanistan army soldier, officials say
Attack comes shortly after US airstrike killed two Afghan border police, according to Helmand governor, as Trump considers sending more troops
Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul
Sat 10 Jun 2017 10.57 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 13.00 EDT
Afghan soldiers on patrol in southern Afghanistan. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
An Afghan soldier has killed three Americans in an apparent insider attack in the highly contested Nangarhar province, according to officials.
The attack happened less than a day after a US airstrike in Helmand killed at least two members of the Afghan border police in a joint US-Afghan operation, according to the Helmand governor.
The incidents occurred at a time of intensified violence in Afghanistan, and when the Trump administration is considering sending more US troops to Afghanistan.
In Nangarhar, the governor’s spokesman, Attahullah Khogyani, told the Associated Press that two US soldiers had been killed and two others wounded in the attack. He said the attacker was killed.
Later, Reuters reported that three American soldiers had been killed and one wounded, citing three US officials speaking anonymously. The Pentagon subsequently confirmed the three US deaths and said the incident was under investigation; it said one US soldier had been evacuated for medical attention.
The attack took place in Achin, a district partly controlled by militants loyal to Islamic State. This is where, in April, the US army dropped its largest conventional weapon ever used on a complex of cave used by Isis fighters. Since the Moab strike, US and Afghan forces have been engaged in ground fighting, assisted by regular airstrikes, to clear the area.
The attack brings the total number of coalition troops killed in Afghanistan this year to six, all of them Americans. With the exception of one, all were killed in Nangarhar.
Insider attacks represent the gravest danger to foreign troops in Afghanistan outside of direct combat. Since 2007, more than 150 coalition forces have been killed by Afghans they were in the country to train and advise.
In March, in the latest so-called green-on-blue incident, an Afghan soldier shot and injured three Americans inside a base in Helmand.
The Afghan soldier was a member of the country’s special forces, and had gotten into a heated argument with his American mentors before shooting four of them, according to another senior Nangarhar official, not authorised to speak to the press.
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement, it said the Afghan soldier was one of several Taliban infiltrators in the Afghan armed forces, and that the attack was part of the group’s annual spring offensive.
“American invaders have embedded with their hirelings in most parts of the country, for which the Mujahideen have launched counter measures as many infiltrators are awaiting their chance to carry out such an attack behind enemy lines,” a Taliban statement said, according to the Site intelligence group.
In the US, the Trump administration is mulling a decision to send more soldiers to Afghanistan to shore up the 8,400 US troops already there.
American officials have reached out to Nato allies for troop contributions. There are currently about 5,000 Nato soldiers in Afghanistan. Last month, Australia committed to sending an additional 30 soldiers.
On Friday, US and Afghan forces conducted an operation in Nad Ali, an embattled district bordering the provincial capital of Helmand, in which at least two Afghan policemen were killed. “Last night around 10pm, [the US] carried out an airstrike on the district centre of Nad Ali, targeting an Afghan border police checkpoint. Two were killed, and three others wounded,” said Omar Zawak, the Helmand governor’s spokesman.
In a statement, the US military said: “During an ANDSF [Afghan government forces] and US partnered operation, fires resulted in the deaths and injuries to members of the Afghan Border Police. An investigation is being conducted at this time to determine the specific circumstances that led to this incident.”
The US has dramatically expanded its use of airstrikes in recent months. This year, the US has conducted 1,245 airstrikes in Afghanistan, nearly the same number as the entirety of 2016.
US troops in Afghanistan are primarily “training, advising and assisting” Afghan forces, but a sizeable contingent is also engaged in a counter-terrorism mission, which includes deploying airstrikes.
According to its security agreement with the Afghan government, the US is also allowed to conduct airstrikes in defence of its own troops on the ground.
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China supports suspension of Hong Kong's controversial extradition bill after massive protests
PTI | 15 Jun 2019 3:05 PM GMT
China on Saturday said it supports the Hong Kong leader's decision to suspend a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to China, following massive protests.
Beijing: China on Saturday said it supports the Hong Kong leader's decision to suspend a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to China, following massive protests. About an hour after Hong Kong Chief Executive of Carrie Lam announced the suspension of the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, following sustained protests from lakhs of people an official statement here expressed China's backing for Lam and her decision to back down.
"We note that Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government decided to suspend work on the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in statement. China also expressed Beijing's backing for the beleaguered Lam who faced heavy criticism from local people, specially students, for attempting to push the bill disregarding massive protests.
"The Chinese Central Government expresses its support, respect and understanding for the SAR government's decision and will continue its staunch support for Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the SAR government in governing Hong Kong in accordance with law and upholding the SAR's prosperity and stability with people from all sectors," Geng said. He said China continued to respect and faithfully implementing the "one country, two systems" policy under which Hong Kong was return from British rule to China in 1997. The former British colony is being governed a high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents have been fully guaranteed according to law, he said.
"The facts are there for all to see. Maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability serves not only China's interests, but also the interests of all countries across the world," he said. "I would like to emphasise that Hong Kong is China's SAR and its affairs are purely China's internal affairs that brook no interference from any country, organisation or individual. China's determination to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests and uphold Hong Kong's prosperity and stability is rock solid," he said.
Lam, who had previously refused to scrap the bill despite mass protests since June 9, told a press conference in Hong Kong on Saturday that "I feel deep sorrow and regret that deficiencies in our work – and various other factors – have stirred up substantial controversies". Protesters expressed concern at increased Chinese influence. Lam said she had heard the calls for her government to "pause and think", BBC reported. She also admitted that the "explanation and communication" of the bill had not been adequate. She said her goal was "the greatest interests of Hong Kong", which involved first restoring peace and order. The government had argued the proposed extradition bill would "plug the loopholes" so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in Taiwan.
Lam said that the urgency felt to pass the bill before the legislative year ends "perhaps no longer exists". No date has been set for "the next step forward", she said. For the pro-democracy activists, who have been opposing China's increasing grip over Hong Kong, this is regarded as their first success. In 2014, thousands of pro-democracy activists occupied central Hong Kong district lasting 75 days protesting against China vetting contests for the local legislature petered out. China's handling of the protests in Hong Kong drew sharp criticism from the US and the European Union.
The "Hong Kong Bill of Rights on Human Rights and Democracy", if passed by the US Congress, would require an annual assessment of Hong Kong's political autonomy to determine whether it still qualifies for special trade status with the US. The bill also threaten sanctions and travel restrictions against individuals found to be involved in disappearances in the semi-autonomous region. On Friday, China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng summoned US deputy Ambassador to Beijing Robert Forden and lodged a diplomatic protest objecting to the "Hong Kong Bill of Rights on Human Rights and Democracy."
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Grant aims to connect plant
By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com
The Lee County engineer will soon have a stretch of 21,610 feet of new or improved roads to maintain, as the Iowa Transportation Commission approved the county's grant application Tuesday to connect 180th Street to 190th Street.
The commission approved the county's Revitalize Iowa's Sound Economy, or RISE, grant application during a meeting in Ames.
"We're just extremely happy, and this is another step toward making Iowa Fertilizer Co. a reality in Lee County," said Lee County Supervisor Gary Folluo, who made the trip to Ames with Lee County Engineer Ernie Steffensmeier to support the project.
The about $9 million project will provide access to the site of Iowa Fertilizer Co. plant near Wever. The new road will be designated 360th Avenue, and other improvements will be made to existing roads leading to the plant.
Funding for the grant will come from the county share of the RISE Fund. The fertilizer company has agreed to pay the county's share of the matching funds, with the cost of the project will be about split between the RISE Fund and the county share.
The commission is authorized to spend up to $4.9 million to assist in the reconstruction and construction of roadway to the site of the plant, according to a release from the Iowa Department of Transportation. The improvements also will provide access to 450 acres for industrial and manufacturing purposes.
Mike Norris, executive director of Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission, submitted the application on behalf of the county.
He commended the county and other players for their collaboration.
"I just really wanted to highlight the cooperation amongst everybody involved, and it was successful because we had that high level of cooperation," Norris said, pointing to the county, the company, the Transportation Commission and others associated with those groups. "It was really a great cooperative effort, and I think that resulted in a good project."
Norris said the grant is the largest application SEIRPC has received. He said though the grant application was submitted less than a month ago, it took about a year of planning - and took different directions during that time - to put it together for the Transportation Commission.
Folluo said he expects bids to be let for the project in the fall. Norris said it's possible construction could get under way before the end of the year but that a lot of things would have to fall into place to get started in that time frame.
The Iowa DOT release stated the project is anticipated to be completed by July 2014.
Construction of the fertilizer plant in Wever is expected to get under way in the spring, with 120 people set to work on the structure. Construction is expected to take three years, and peak employment of about 3,500 is expected.
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Man stabs ex-lover and her son in dramatic attack
A mother and her teenage son were savagely attacked by her ex-boyfriend after he climbed onto the balcony of their apartment in Poggersdorf in Carinthia, early on Wednesday morning.
The 38-year-old man attacked his 37-year-old former lover and her 15-year-old son with a knife, and then fled to a nearby wood where he tried to take his own life.
“It was a tragic and dramatic incident. We’ve no idea what his motive was,” said the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Gottlieb Türk.
The man climbed onto the balcony of the apartment at around 2:30 am. The woman heard a noise and when she opened the balcony door he stabbed her. Her 15-year-old son heard her screams and rushed to help her and was also stabbed.
Their attacker then ran off, leaving them to call the police and an ambulance which took them both to hospital in Klagenfurt.
Police search patrols and a helicopter went after the fugitive and found him trying to kill himself by inhaling exhaust fumes from his car in a nearby wood.
He is being treated in hospital and police have said they plan to question him on Saturday. They will also try and find out if he was mentally disturbed at the time of the attack.
The woman and her son were not seriously injured and were able to leave hospital on Thursday morning.
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Mealtime is when family and friends bond, celebrate, and share stories. This section is my virtual table, where I write about people, places, events, and cultural tidbits, similar to the way I might share a story over a good meal.
The Lost Art of Butchering
In the early dawns of the 1920s, the boy sat watching attentively as his father skillfully butchered a whole beef. Year after year he handled the knife, running it smoothly between the muscles, along the bone, and through the sinew. It was an art, one that the boy, my grandfather, would later credit as his inspiration for becoming a surgeon. The role of town butcher was preserved for generations until the 1980's, when Elliott's Grocery and its butcher closed shop, succumbing to the industrialization of the American food system.
What happened to Elliott's has been repeated time and again across the country. As a result, the true art of butchery is nearly extinct. Over the past half century, we have benefited from economies of scale and the rise of one stop shops, but in the process have lost a certain understanding of the origins of our food and how to prepare it. It is in the spirit of preserving and reviving this knowledge that two renowned butchers are touring the country for what has become known as "The Art of Butchering and Curing Event".
Ask French Master Butcher Marc Pauvert or Chef Michael Sullivan who the better butcher is and each will point to the other. What is certain is that both preserve a wealth of knowledge as rare as gold.
Born in the 50's, Marc is the product of a strict post-WWII French culinary environment when frugality and rigor were a way of life. Beginning his apprenticeship at 14 in the mountain village of Chamonix, life would later take him to Paris, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia, until one day, when hearing a friend singing the praises of Philadelphia, he set his sites on the New World. Upon his arrival in 1986, he was surprised to find that there were no butcher shops. After a series of successful ventures, including two butcher shops in Philly and collaborations with some of the world's leading chefs, he currently resides in Baltimore as the Master Butcher at the Four Seasons restaurant, Wit & Wisdom.
Marc's old world knowledge is perfectly complemented by Chef Michael Sullivan's seemingly endless knowledge of the culinary arts, deep rooted love for charcuterie, and tremendous ability to teach. The son of a baker, Sullivan spent his early years as a Minister. This would later earn him the nickname "Reverend of Fat" and is reflected in the style with which he shares his knowledge and passion. After leaving the Ministry in his early thirties, he moved his family to New York, where he attended the Culinary Institute of America, while working in the city's restaurants. Wanting to return to the south, Sullivan made his way to Tennessee in 2004, taking on the role of butcher at the resort property Blackberry Farm. In 2015 he embarked on a new venture with Creekstone Farms, traveling and spreading the gospel of Black Angus beef and pork.
Michael Sullivan, Luca Annunziata, and Marc Pauvert (Photo Courtesy: Heidi Billotto)
Armed with the best of old and new world knowledge, and a passion for teaching, both butchers created Cure Camp, a multi-day intensive course on the art of butchering. And intense it is! The breadth and depth that Pauvert and Sullivan cover is astounding. Pork, chicken, duck, beef, lamb, veal, pâté, and even blood sausage. It was after attending the Cure Camp in Birmingham, AL, that Charlotte Chef Luca Annunziata, a third generation butcher from Italy, felt compelled to bring the duo to the Queen City. For three days a group of chefs and butchers, coming from as far as Louisiana, gathered at the Central Piedmont Community College and Chef Luca's restaurant, Passion8. Following is some of what they learned:
Meat is Money
During the workshop, Pauvert and Sullivan butchered a beef, chicken, hog, duck, lamb, and veal. In addition to demonstrating the technique, they discussed how each part of the animal could be used in the kitchen. In the case of the hog, for example, 99% of the animal has some form of culinary application. What chefs quickly learned is that the economics of purchasing and using a whole animal as opposed to precut meats isn't just a more sustainable approach, it also yields better profit margins, or as Pauvert would say, "It's M-O-N-E-Y !"
Marc Pauvert and Michael Sullivan discussing beef
Know Your Animal
We always credit the cook for our delicious meal and often overlook an equally important component: the ingredient. As the chefs worked with each animal, the group discussed the impact of breed, feed, and lifestyle on flavor. Springer Mountain Farms chicken, Creekstone Farms Black Angus beef, Border Springs Farm lamb, Autumn Olive Farms pork. Each discussed ways that they are working to raise animals in an environment that maximizes health and well being, leading to better flavor.
Marc Pauvert preparing sausage
Beyond the Primal Cut
Part of the challenge with whole animal butchering is that chefs and consumers often lack the knowledge of the many delicious ways non-primal cuts can be prepared. This is in contrast to my experience growing up in Europe, where the local grocery store displayed cows tongue and pigs feet next to the cold cuts. By not using these parts, not only are we wasting food, we're also missing out on some fantastic flavors. Organ meat makes for outstanding pâtés, fat back can be rendered into flavorful cooking fat, and as I learned during the seminar, pigs ears are a great addition to omelettes.
Pâtés ready for the oven
A fascinating tidbit that we learned, was the use of animal blood in cooking. If you've ever eaten a traditional Irish breakfast, you've probably tried black pudding, or blood sausage. The French version is "boudin noir" and I suspect that one could find different variations throughout many regions of the world.
Marc Pauvert teaching the process for making blood sausage
Harnessing Charcuterie
Curing meats doesn't just accentuate flavor, it preserves them. Before the days of refrigeration, charcuterie was the only way to extend the shelf-life of meat after it was butchered. By learning to cure meats, chefs are able to not only increase the value of certain cuts, they can also make use of a larger volume of meat over a longer period of time. The science of curing is a valuable skill and one that should not be taken lightly. Curing salts, which are a necessary part of the process, must be used precisely. Thankfully, under Sullivan and Pauvert's tutelage, chefs and butchers are given a solid introduction.
Autumn Olive Farms Ossabaw and Berkabaw cured ham
Knowledge was only part of what was shared during the event. Meals were prepared and enjoyed by the group with a family dinner on the second evening. As I sat sharing a meal with everyone, gratitude and goodwill filled the room. By generously sharing their knowledge with other industry practitioners, Marc Pauvert and Michael Sullivan are working to preserve and reinvigorate culinary techniques to help see us through a time when the effective and efficient use of resources is paramount.
Family Dinner - Photo Courtesy of Heidi Billotto
Many thanks to Chef Luca Annunziata from Passion8 for bringing The Art of Butchering and Curing Event to Charlotte and the opportunity to witness the community it is helping build. Truly, a great time was had by all!
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great article, LOVE it.............................................
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Great write-up Ashley!
Thanks LeAndra!
still my best article ever after 16 and thank you Ashley you from Europe and know about good butcher
Thank you Marc! It was such a joy writing about you and Michael and the knowledge you are sharing. Merci!!
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Holmes says alarm over Commonwealth Games security is premature
Rick Broadbent, Athletics Correspondent
March 26 2010, 12:01am, The Times
LONDON – OCTOBER 6: Dame Kelly Holmes talks to the press whilst attending the Aviva Daily Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards at Stamford Bridge on 6 October, 2009 in London , England. (Photo by Getty Images for Aviva) PAID COMMERCIAL IMAGE FOR PUBLICITY PURPOSES – FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE.Getty
Dame Kelly Holmes has said that England will pull out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October if security advisers suggest that the team have been targeted.
However, the double Olympic champion, who is the president of Commonwealth Games England, said she was convinced that would not be the case. Instead, Holmes said it was premature for any athlete to be pulling out of the event that could form invaluable preparation for the 2012 Olympics in London.
And, just as she feels that the security issue for this summer’s football World Cup finals in South Africa has been overblown, so she questioned the motives of anyone pulling out of Delhi seven months in advance.
“Security is always a factor,” she said. “But we have…
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Rugby players in the prime of life among missing
By Helen Studd and Sam Lister
THEY lived in different worlds, the teenage surfer and the ambitious young executives. But in the midst of death they were thrown together: their photographs pinned to a hospital wall in the desperate hope that they may yet be safe.
Craig Dunn, 18, is one of more than 200 Australians missing after the Bali nightclub bomb. He came to the island on a dream holiday with two friends from the small town of Ulladulla in New South Wales. Yesterday one of the friends arrived home suffering minor injuries, but there is no sign of the other two.
Mr Dunn’s aunt, Laraine, has faxed “loads” of photographs to Bali and asked tourist agents to pin them up around the island. But so far there has been…
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Mayim Bialik would've done this part of her 'Big Bang Theory' romance differently
June 28, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Ree Hines
The road to romance for "The Big Bang Theory's" Amy Farrah Fowler and Sheldon Cooper has never been a conventional one, and that's something star Mayim Bialik appreciates.
However, the actress behind the socially awkward neuroscientist — and now bride — admits that she and her co-star, Jim Parsons, might have written that relationship a bit differently, if they'd had the chance.
Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) tied the not on the Season 11 finale of "The Big Bang Theory." CBS
During an interview for Entertainment Weekly's "Chasing Emmy" podcast, Bialik spoke up about the evolution of Amy and Sheldon, from chaste partners to sexual partners.
And about that sex part, while she admitted it was "literally and figuratively a long time coming" when it finally happened in the show's ninth season, she's still not sure that it should have come along at all.
"To be quite honest, I don’t know if Jim and I would have planned it this way, if we were the writers," she said. "I was, frankly, pretty surprised when we had coitus, and I was pretty surprised when we had the season finale the year before last, where he proposes — I honestly didn’t know if she was going to say yes."
The "coitus" was something she viewed as somewhat out of character, at least for their particular characters. But she figured, "Everything is out of character until you do it, and then it’s part of your character. That's true in real life, as well."
Still, she can envision another path for the couple, one that postponed sex, if it even happened at all.
"Honestly, I really enjoyed being the longest-running romantic and intimate, non-sexual relationship on television," Bialik explained. "I thought our characters accomplished and achieved all of the things important to them in their relationship."
Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) finally gets Sheldon to touch her
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That echoes a comment the star made to TODAY before Amy and Sheldon went all the way.
"I kind of like us the way we are," she said at the time.
But during her "Chasing Emmy" chat, Bialik stressed that, while she might have done things differently had she been in the writers' room, she respects the decisions that were made.
"I think that the way that the writers chose to do it was exceptionally sensitive and interesting and important," she added. "But I definitely could have seen that not happening, having waited until they got married. Or who knows?"
"To be quite honest, I don’t know if Jim and I would have planned it this way," Bialik said of their characters' intimacy. Getty Images
One thing fans know for sure now is sex seems here to stay for the couple — even if only as an annual tradition on Amy's birthday — and as for matrimony, it's no longer a question mark, of course. They said their "I dos" on the season 11 finale.
When asked what's to come for them in season 12, Bialik simply said, "Not a clue."
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November 23, 2005 - Atlanta
It was a whale of a deal for Georgia. It holds 10 million gallons of water and is the largest one of its kind in the world, and it was a gift to the people of Georgia.
The Georgia Aquarium opened in 2005, thanks to a $250 million gift from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. Marcus and Arthur Blank were both fired from a home improvement company and decided to start their own business. They opened the first two home depot stores in Atlanta in 1979, and the rest, well you know the rest.
Marcus used his substantial wealth for philanthropy. Proud of his Jewish heritage, he founded the Israel Democracy Institute to promote and defend democracy in that country. He created the Marcus Institute to help children suffering from brain-related illnesses. Marcus also donated nearly $4 million to the Centers for Disease Control to create an emergency anthrax response center.
And, finally, as a thank you to Georgians for their long support of Home Depot, Marcus helped create the Georgia Aquarium, which first opened its doors on November 23, 2005, Today in Georgia History.
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The Georgia Aquariums operational systems include more than 61 miles of pipe -- enough to encircle Atlanta!
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Government invests $3 million in 4-H Canada
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Minister Bibeau at the 47th annual 4-H Canada Citizenship Congress in Ottawa. Photo courtesy of CNW Group/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced an investment of up to $3 million under the AgriCompetiveness Program for 4-H Canada. The funding will allow 4-H Canada to continue to deliver impactful national programming that will empower youth to be responsible, caring and contributing leaders.
The investment announcement was made while meeting with a group of youth taking part in the 47th annual 4-H Canada Citizenship Congress in Ottawa.
With this investment, 4-H Canada aims to reach even more youth across Canada through relevant youth leadership programs and initiatives in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food security, science and technology, the environment, health and nutrition, and community engagement. Through the delivery of exchanges, internships, hands-on learning activities, and conferences like the annual Citizenship Congress, 4-H Canada will provide youth with opportunities to develop knowledge and capacity in these areas, advance their leadership skills, and explore various career paths.
In support of these activities, 4-H will deliver social media content, publications, and other communications materials and resources to a diverse spectrum of audiences in order to further expand the reach of 4-H clubs in rural communities.
The organization is one of the world’s largest youth organizations and 4-H in Canada has more than 25,000 members and 7,700 volunteers.
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Mrs. Janet Corey-Skobac
Rabbi Michael Skobac was educated at Northwestern University and Yeshiva University. He has been involved in informal Jewish education and outreach work since 1975. Rabbi Skobac was the founding director of Kiruv, the campus outreach arm of the Rabbinical Council of America, and has worked as a campus professional with Hillel groups in Philadelphia, New York and Toronto. He has specialized in counter-missionary work since 1983, establishing the New York branch of Jews for Judaism and serving as a consultant to the New York Jewish Community Relations Council Task Force on Missionaries and Cults. Rabbi Skobac is currently the Senior Counselor and Director of Education for the Canadian branch of Jews for Judaism.
Rabbi Skobac has lectured extensively on missionaries and cults as well as on issues of Jewish continuity and spirituality across the United States, Canada, Israel, the Former Soviet Union, England, India, Australia and South Africa. He has acted as a consultant to communities worldwide in developing responses to missionary and cult activity and has extensive experience working with affected families and counseling people who have embraced Christianity. He has developed and taught numerous courses on Jewish-Christian polemics and has produced a highly acclaimed counter-missionary tape series. Rabbi Skobac has written extensively for Jewish publications and has appeared internationally on radio and television programs to discuss his work.
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What’s Driving the Move to IP?
New facilities, remote production needs among top reasons for IP boom.
Olivier Suard
The broadcast industry is understandably focusing on the infrastructure of the future, which, without a doubt, will be based on IP. IP has already been used for many years for the purposes of broadcast contribution over wide area networks (WANs) and now the technology is also beginning to be used in local area network (LAN) environments for transporting broadcast signals within studio and campus facilities. However, as broadcasters have invested heavily in baseband technology for many years, there is simply no business case for replacing all of their existing equipment for their IP-equivalent, unless its functionality needs an upgrade. Yet, we are seeing a growing number of broadcasters looking to move to IP or at least introducing some elements of IP into their network, but what’s driving this?
MOVING TO NEW FACILITIES
Many of the early adopters of IP have had one thing in common—needing to move facilities. In that situation, broadcasters have found that laying down a baseband infrastructure in the new location, which involves a large amount of cabling, doesn’t make sense when the future lies in IP.
For these early adopters, the move could have been risky, as IP was still largely unproven and standards like SMPTE ST 2110 didn’t yet exist. However, for the majority of broadcasters, the gamble paid off.
Broadcasters looking to move premises now don’t have to be as concerned with the shift to IP as it’s much safer. This is partly due to them being able to learn from the experience of early adopters and the progress made by the industry as a whole. Additionally, IP can now be put in place within a matter of weeks, as demonstrated by Nevion’s work with Sýn (Vodafone Iceland) to implement an IP media network for its new facilities in Reykjavik, which was ready for production in just six weeks.
REMOTE PRODUCTION
Another factor driving the move to IP has been the need for broadcasters to cover one-off large events, such as the World Cup, or more regular local ones, like horse racing. Often these cases have been the catalyst that inspires broadcasters to investigate replacing outside broadcast (OB) production with a centralized, remote-production approach based on IP.
While these situations don’t tend to trigger a move to IP in the central facilities, they do introduce some elements of IP-based production both on-site and on the edge of the core facilities. With this approach, broadcasters can assess the possibility of an eventual move to IP in their core facilities, but within what is essentially a contained experimental environment.
REACHING CAPACITY
Another, often overlooked potential driver for a move to IP, is capacity issues in the SDI network. For example, central routers may be running out of available ports to connect additional equipment, new studios or a control room or a move to high definition.
While some broadcasters may opt to buy a larger SDI router, another approach opened to broadcasters is to use this as an opportunity to build extra capacity using IP. This allows new equipment to be added or capacity to be freed up on existing routers. Rather than being a wholesale replacement of the baseband network, as you might see when broadcasters move premises, this results in the creation of a mixed SDI and IP network that can in time move to a full IP media network infrastructure.
Firstly, as we can see, moving to IP doesn’t have to be an all or nothing decision. In fact, with the right equipment and control software, broadcasters can make the move gradually, which will allow them to spread out the costs and continue to use parts of their existing infrastructure until it becomes redundant. This also means that broadcasters can choose equipment based on functionality and cost, rather than SDI or IP connectivity.
While the price of IP technology is currently of the same order as broadcast specific baseband technology, costs will fall over time. This is primarily because IP can easily handle any existing and new video and audio technology—think HD, 4K/UHD, HDR and 8K, for example—since everything is transported as data (IP packets). IP also offers the prospect of media, control and data all being carried by the same network providing savings through multiple usages (economies of scope) that do not exist in baseband.
Furthermore, IP brings the opportunity to harmonize local and long-distance media networks around a single technology—so-called IP LAN/WAN (local and wide area network) convergence. This means that it becomes much easier to share equipment, studios and control rooms, and even production staff, across locations—bringing further savings and much greater production flexibility than is possible with existing technology. IP is an agile, flexible and scalable infrastructure solution that allows broadcasters to future-proof themselves while—most importantly—maintaining, and even increasing, reliability and maximum uptime.
However, currently, no broadcaster operates in an all-IP environment. At most, they will have a mixture of SDI and IP equipment connected to an IP network. In fact, broadcast production networks will remain mixed SDI/IP environments for many years to come. Fortunately, over time, IP technology is expected to get cheaper. Until then, broadcasters must focus on gradually building out an IP media network that will provide the greatest benefits in terms of costs-savings and workflow transformation, while futureproofing their network.
Olivier Suard is the vice president of marketing for Nevion.
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Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low near 75F. Winds light and variable.
In this April 19, 2014 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a female California condor at Utah's Cable Mountain in Zion National Park, Utah. Biologists have confirmed that this female California condor laid an egg that has hatched at the park and there's a new baby condor. Park rangers said Tuesday, July 11, 2019, they estimate the California condor hatched in May, nestled in a crevice of a sweeping red-rock cliff.
This March 2019 photo taken through a spotting scope and provided by the National Park Service shows a condor nesting site in Zion National Park, Utah. Biologists have confirmed that this female California condor laid an egg that has hatched and there's a new baby condor at Zion National Park in southwest Utah. Park rangers said Thursday, July 11, 2019, they estimate the California condor hatched in May, nestled in a crevice of a sweeping red-rock cliff.
In this May 13, 2019 photo provided by the National Park Service is a female condor in Zion National Park, Utah. Biologists have confirmed that this female California condor laid an egg that has hatched and there is a new baby condor at Zion National Park in southwest Utah. Park rangers said Thursday, July 11, 2019, they estimate the California condor hatched in May, nestled in a crevice of a sweeping red-rock cliff.
Condor chick confirmed at Zion National Park in Utah
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sweeping red-rock cliff at Utah's Zion National Park is now the home of a new California condor chick as the species makes a comeback in the wild three decades after they were on the brink of extinction, biologists have confirmed.
The chick is believed to have hatched in early May on the cliffs just north of Angels Landing, park rangers said. If it survives to flying age in November, it will be the first chick to fledge at the park.
"We're hoping it does fledge, it takes off out of the nest and successfully flies off," said Eugenne Moisa with Zion National Park on Wednesday.
Birds raised in captivity were first released at Vermilion Cliffs near the Arizona-Utah line in 1996, and now more than 88 flying in the two states.
The new chick's parents are the only identified breeding pair in Zion, and are estimated to have been together two years. The female was born in 2006 at the San Diego Zoo and the male hatched in 2009 in Boise, Idaho, before being released into the wild.
They were bred as part of a program that started after the number of California condors were left in the world dwindled to 22. The remaining wild condors were captured and held in captivity to keep them safe and launch the breeding program involving government agencies, private organizations, citizens and biologists.
The Zion chick marks the 1,000 hatched as part of the program, and the surviving condor population now numbers more than 500. More than half of those birds are living in the wild along a range that includes Arizona, Utah, northern Mexico, and California.
Eggs are typically laid on the floor of caves or large crevices, and the parents share incubation duties. Baby condors typically make their first flight after six months but might stay in the nesting area for up to a year as their parents feed it and teach it how to savage for meat.
That means the condors can only reproduce every two years at most, and at Zion three chicks have been born but died before they were old enough to fly.
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The reception Sky riders received at the Tour de...
Chris Case
Measuring the impact of taunting, jeering Team Sky at the Tour de France
We spoke with a sports psychologist about the impact Sky riders may have felt from listening to boos and jeers on the roads of France.
First it was Chris Froome who received the brunt of fans’ ire at this year’s Tour de France. Presumably, this was a direct reflection of how some fans felt about him racing the Tour after his drawn-out case for an Adverse Analytical Finding for salbutamol at last year’s Vuelta a España, despite being cleared to race days prior to the Tour start.
Eventually, teammates and staff members at Team Sky also suffered through days of taunts, jeers, and fierce opposition to their presence at the Tour. The roadside boos became a constant.
Despite the abuse, Team Sky managed to collect yet another grand tour title, this time under Geraint Thomas, with Chris Froome finishing third. Did the taunts have any effect? Did they add stress to the riders and staff? Did they have the opposite effect, and bring about emotions that propelled the British team to its fourth grand tour title in a row? We may never know the extent of the impact, but it’s interesting to understand the nuances of negativity on athletic performance.
We spoke with Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach, an executive board member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology to help us understand how roadside boos impact world-class athletes.
VeloNews: How do the jeers and taunts that Team Sky was subjected to affect performance, generally? In some cases, in some people, might it actually improve short-term performance, due to the adrenaline surge it elicits, albeit short-lived?
Kristen Dieffenbach: Response will always be individual. The impact and response from each rider will vary, given when it occurs. With regards to the short-term impact, in the last kilometer of a race or last few kilometers, crowd noise is crowd noise. The energy of the crowd certainly helps boost the adrenaline of competitors. With athletes of this caliber, they are used to large and loud crowds at the end of the race and from my experience working with athletes, they are so focused on the task at that point that the noise is just noise, and it is all fuel.
However, there is also the element of the constant nature of the crowd negativity across the course, the individual voices that can be heard on climbs where crowds are more spread out, the reception of those at the finish line, the reporters’ comments and questions. The negativity can feel more individual and targeted in these settings and, as a result, can become quite cumulative.
Some athletes will be able to ignore it completely, while for others it can be very disruptive to performance, focus, concentration, and to their ability to rest and recover post-race. The situation could be compared with home-team advantage with regards to the fans’ support element. It is an “away” event for everyone on the Tour, but the huge negative from the crowds is like playing an away game. While these are not novice pro athletes — they have raced in front of large crowds throughout their pro careers — everything about the Tour is unusual: the length, the physical drain, and the sizes of the crowds, day after day. The negative culture and environment can add to the drain, particularly as the deep fatigue of grueling endurance efforts set in physically. It can take a toll mentally, depending on the support and resources that each individual has.
The other thing to keep in mind is that this isn’t just a “vilifying the opponent” reaction from the crowd. The crowds are responding to something in particular, something that they feel is unjust. The riders know this, and they know they are on a team that is being perceived very poorly. They are, at the moment, “that team.” They are also, according to the rule books, playing by the rules at the moment. Nothing has been proven and their team was allowed to make the choices it has made. For some athletes, the public response may be demoralizing and for others it can inspire them to prove everyone wrong. It depends on how they perceive the situation and the support they have.
If I were working with a team, one of my concerns would be the impact on a rider’s ability to rest and recover daily as needed, because whether they see it as a drain, a negative, they are indifferent, or they see it as a challenge, it is an extra emotional component that they need to contend with during what is arguably one of the most grueling endurance challenges.
VN: Is there any way to quantify the effect that emotions and psychological health play in performance, particularly over an extremely demanding three-week event like this?
KD: Simple answer, no. The academic answer? Quantifying emotions and psychological health in general are incredibly challenging. One of the essential measures of “when is it a problem,” is when it begins to interfere with normal activities and have a negative impact on one’s life or the lives of those around you. And this is highly subjective. There are scales for depression and worry and other negative emotions as well as measures of perceived stress, well-being, optimism, and hope. There are also bio-feedback tools.
But these are not infallible or perfect and are best used by a trained professional who can understand the results within the context that they were taken and supported by an individual’s history. None of the types of measures have been validated for use within an extremely physiologically grueling environment. Within the context of a sporting challenge, there really is no way to isolate out an individual straw in the haystack of elements that contribute to any given performance. There are personal and cultural factors, external and internal factors, psychological, social, emotional, and physiological factors. So many things contribute to performance in both positive and negative ways.
And our emotional experience — how we perceive things and how we respond — changes with fatigue. Think about how you know a toddler needs a nap, when he or she loses their little mind over something minor when they are overtired. Ideally, adults have a better grasp on their emotions, but extreme fatigue is extreme fatigue. In the ultra-endurance community, spontaneous tears, uncontrollable laughter, and emotional outbursts — say chucking one’s bike off a small cliff out of frustration — are considered just part of the experience as deep fatigue sets in and the brain just isn’t functioning the same, and that is without the outside stress of jeering crowds.
Keep in mind how much the brain’s ability to function changes with deep fatigue. We know that response time gets dulled, we know that our taste changes — what was fine becomes too sweet — our frustration fuse shortens. So, given the brain is the epicenter of emotion, and that all stress — good or bad, physical or emotional — is cumulative, it stands to reason that it will have an impact. But there is really no way to determine if it is a minor or major factor other than athlete self-report.
VN: What about the danger that the riders might feel? How does that affect performance?
KD: The human response to perceived stress and danger is heightened alertness and “fight or flight” readiness. One can be hyper-aware of this or it can be a more subtle, lower level response of being extra tense. It drains resources, contributing to fatigue. Depending on how aware the athlete is, it can be a minor or major distraction, which can be disastrous in a high-speed race causing a missed break or a crash. A tense cyclist is one who is more likely to respond poorly to bumps from the road and other riders — an athlete who is more likely to crash. It is also just draining, which of course takes a toll on the resources the athlete has for performance.
VN: What things can the riders do to combat the negativity that they are facing? How can they keep from allowing their emotions to get the best of them and reacting with negativity themselves?
KD: The riders have a job to do right now. That job is clearly defined. Their job on the bike is to execute the plan, and off the bike it is to recover and prepare. The more they are supported and able to stay focused, the better. Control the controllable. What the crowds are doing or saying is completely outside of their control. Nothing they do or say right now will change that. And any efforts to do so now are a distraction from the task at hand and will just suck energy.
Easy to put on paper, very hard to do when this is something very important to you and that you are so invested in. It is also incredibly hard to stay focused over the course of the entire month. Recovery needs from the emotional stress will be as individual as the perception of stress that is added.
Some things that might be useful: set strict parameters and create blackouts as needed, such as stay away from the news, don’t read blogs, email or social media — places that tend to fuel negativity. Ask someone to filter news and just fill you in on things you absolutely need to know if you have to stay up on things. Allowing themselves time to feel the emotions, they are there, acknowledge them and let them pass so you don’t dwell and they don’t fester. Journal, share them with someone supportive so that they can be released and you can refocus. Find healthy passive recovery activities — watching a movie, getting lost in a book, listening to music. Some athletes will feel rejuvenated through interaction with others and others will need solitude. Very hard in the moment, but knowing what you need and asking for it is essential. This is made even more difficult when they are on the road and travel and lodging is so out of their control.
VN: Besides the taunting, cycling as a sport has many inherent dangers. What are the ways that professional cyclists deal with the constant dangers in the sport?
KD: Danger is a matter of perception and preparation. Rock climbing is incredibly dangerous to the novice and unskilled. And it is dangerous to one who fears it. But to someone who is aware of the risks and has a healthy respect for them, who has developed the skills and knows the bounds of their competence, the danger is greatly reduced. This does not mean there is not risk involved, but the danger from those risks diminishes.
This equation follows for professional cyclists too. A rider who is aware of his or her own competence level and understands the nature of what he or she is doing knows the risks but does not assess it as danger in such a way that it becomes a detriment.
Professional athletes train to prepare, they ride not just to build physical fitness but also to hone corning skills, sprinting skills, descending skills. The good ones study these things and prepare for pushing the limits, much the same way that race car drivers do. They understand how they can push their bodies and their equipment. And they take calculated risks based on their knowledge. The level of risk someone is willing to take will be based on his or her perception of the situation, which is why some are more willing to take risks than others. It is still risk so they understand that factors beyond their control — another rider, an unseen bit of sand, a motorist, a gust of wind — may come into play, but they go into situations knowing they are in control of their controllable and are comfortable making decisions and choices based on this.
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Red Hook Criterium cancels 2019 races
Race series founder and owner David Trimble says higher costs forced him to temporarily suspend the events.
The Red Hook Criterium, the iconic race that popularized cycling’s fixed-gear criterium format, will suspend its series in 2019.
David Trimble, the series founder and owner, told VeloNews that he canceled the 2019 races after learning that the event’s sponsorship revenue was unable to cover its mounting overhead costs.
Trimble said he plans to revive the series after a year off.
“There were, in my opinion, bad options to continue this year at a lower level,” Trimble said. “But for me, reaching the full ambition of the race is my idea. So, instead of scrambling to find solutions for this year, I’m going to take a year and relaunch it in the future.”
At its peak, the Red Hook series encompassed four fixed-gear criterium races across the globe, with events in New York City, London, Barcelona, and Milan. Each race attracted thousands of spectators and hundreds of participants, from WorldTour pro riders to novice racers. Riders pedaled on fixed-gear track bicycles across a winding, twisting criterium circuit. The unorthodox format produced dramatic racing and unpredictable tactics.
Like many traditional pro races, Red Hook’s business model relied heavily on sponsorship to cover its operational costs. The cornerstone of the race’s sponsorship portfolio was a title sponsorship deal with New York City-based video game manufacturer Rockstar Games. The company inked several multi-year deals with the race during its five-year run as title sponsor, with a single-year title sponsorship deal coming to a close after 2018.
Trimble said he was surprised to learn that his sponsorship options for 2019 were no longer large enough to cover the race.
“It was a shock in a sense that, if I was expecting this to happen, it would have happened at the end of last year,” Trimble said. “Not at this point this year.”
The race also maintained a relationship with its host venue, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, which is located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. In 2018, the venue fees to use the terminal went up. That cost increase, when matched with other price increases, forced Trimble to suspend races in London and Barcelona. Thus, the series was reduced to just two events: New York City and Milan.
“Last year cost as much as a four-race series did the year before. It was that our costs were growing faster than we were able to increase the sponsorship income,” Trimble said. “It wasn’t like our budget got cut in half last year — the event’s costs just went up.”
The suspension of the 2019 races marks the first serious hiccup in Red Hook’s storied 11-year history. The event was launched in 2008 as a clandestine street race to commemorate Trimble’s birthday. A handful of riders competed on open city streets in the industrial neighborhood’s southeastern corner. Trimble required riders to race on fixed-gear track bicycles to level the playing field between traditional road racers and bike messengers.
The event attracted riders from various cycling subcultures and quickly grew from spectacle into sport, pushed along by social media and word of mouth. In 2009, Trimble held Red Hook races in New York City and Milan, Italy. By 2010, Trimble had a small list of industry sponsors and a permit from the city. In 2013, he inked a major sponsorship with Rock Star Games, which blossomed the event into a four-race series.
Simultaneously, other fixed-gear criterium races and racing series sprouted up across the globe, from California to the Netherlands.
Trimble said he is confident that fixed-gear cycling’s global reach can help the Red Hook series make a return in the future. Since its inception, Trimble has staged 29 total Red Hook races.
“There’s no shortage of other [fixed gear] races now and there are teams all over the world that have formed around [Red Hook],” Trimble said. “My hope is that one year [off] is just a blip in the larger scheme of things.”
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Ms. Timea Eva Nagy was born in Budapest, Hungary and was the daughter of a local police woman. Ms. Nagy is not only a survivor of human trafficking but also a speaker and social advocate on behalf of human trafficking victims worldwide.
Ms. Nagy's sex slave nightmare took place over 12 years ago when she immigrated to Canada, in the hopes of fulfilling a summer position as a housekeeper or nanny and earning a little extra income. Upon arrival she was kidnapped, controlled, and kept under horrible conditions and forced to work in the sex trade in Toronto and surrounding areas for the next 3 months until one day she miraculously escaped her captors.
As a result of her experiences, Ms. Nagy has founded the independent organization known as Walk With Me. Walk With Me is a community based organization established by a survivor of human trafficking to rescue and restore the dignity, freedom and well being of human trafficked victims, by providing distinctive, coordinated and comprehensive immediate victim services in Ontario. Within the last year alone her organization has assisted over 40 victims of human trafficking and continues to assist these victims as well as new ones everyday.
Ms. Nagy's main focus and passion is to provide training for organizations, schools, service providers and law enforcement agencies so that they may be able to effectively identify victims of human trafficking. She has provided training and worked with many agencies in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Presently, she has trained and assisted the following agencies; RCMP, OPP, York Regional Police, Toronto Police, Vancouver Police, FBI Kansas City, Drug, Vice, and Sex Crimes Units, Federal Judges, and United States District 8. Just to name a few.
Recently, Ms. Nagy received a National Hero Award by Member of Parliament Ms. Joy Smith for her work with victims of human trafficking in Ontario and across Canada. Furthermore, Timea has now become a published author with her book Memoirs of a Sex Slave Survivor. It is a story of her journey into the underbelly of the sex slavery trade and the personal healing and forgiveness that followed.
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Kerry, Lavrov Discuss Options on Syrian Conflict
By Pamela Dockins
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, speaks during a news conference next to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.N., Sept. 30, 2015.
UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a number of different ways to address the conflict in Syria during talks Wednesday at the United Nations — and came up with some ideas.
"Several options were agreed to be further discussed. I need to take those back to Washington, to the president and our team," Kerry said, adding that Lavrov also would discuss the options with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We all want Syria democratic, united, secular," Lavrov said, "but we have some differences on the details on how to get there."
Kerry also said the two men agreed that military officials from both countries needed to talk soon, perhaps Thursday, about ways they could avoid each other while fighting in Syria.
Earlier, Kerry said the U.S. would have “grave concerns” about Russian airstrikes in parts of Syria where Islamic State or al-Qaida-affiliated militants are not operating.
He commented at a Russian-hosted U.N. counterterrorism forum that took place after Moscow launched airstrikes in Syria’s Homs region.
A video grab from Sept. 30, 2015, shows an image t
A video grab from Sept. 30, 2015, shows an image taken from footage made available on the Russian Defense Ministry's official website, purporting to show an airstrike in Syria.
For weeks, Russia has been moving aircraft and other military equipment into Syria in what appears to be a stepped-up effort to help the Syrian regime.
The move has put Russia at odds with the U.S. and other world powers that believe a political transition is needed in Syria to help resolve the country’s civil unrest.
Moscow’s role defended
Lavrov defended his country’s actions in Syria as he chaired the U.N. counterterrorism session. He said Russia had informed other states of its intentions to carry out airstrikes in Syria.
He also said Moscow is ready to “forge standing channels of communications” to ensure a “maximally effective fight” against militants, adding that Iran and Russia are among countries that could play a role in that effort.
Lavrov said Putin had proposed a U.N. measure that called for coordinating “all forces” fighting against Islamic State and other militant groups.
During the session, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem praised Russia’s assistance and criticized the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in his country, calling them a “flagrant violation” of Syria’s sovereignty.
“Those who truly wish to combat terrorism must coordinate actions with the Syrian government,” he said.
Syrian opposition's criticism
At a U.N. news conference, Syrian opposition officials condemned the airstrikes and called for an international response.
The “Russian aggression” against Syria resulted in the deaths of 36 civilians, including five children, said Najib Ghadbian, the special representative to the U.S. and U.N. for the Syrian National Coalition.
“The Russian claim that they are there to fight ISIS is a baseless claim,” he said.
All of the areas bombed Wednesday were “free of ISIL,” said Khaled Khodja, the head of the Syrian National Coalition.
The coalition urged the U.N. and world powers to “take all necessary measures” to stop Russian “aggression” and prevent attacks against civilians.
Europeans weigh in
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told the group it was important for Russia to be able to confirm that its airstrikes were directed at Islamic State or al-Qaida affiliates and “not at moderate opponents of the Assad regime.”
During a U.N. news conference, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius laid out what he said were the “conditions for effectiveness” for being part of the coalition against Islamic State.
Those conditions, he said, include directing strikes only against the Islamic State and other militants — and not the moderate Syrian opposition.
“We need to check whether the Russian strikes that took place today respect this first condition,” he said.
He also called for an end to the “absolutely catastrophic” bombings against Syrian civilians.
“It is this violence that is being led by Bashar al-Assad that is prompting extremism and the flow of refugees,” said Fabius.
The U.S. and some European powers have said they would consider using the P5+1 structure that negotiated the Iran nuclear deal to address Syria’s crisis. The P5+1 consists of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany.
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Russia dramatically escalated its role in the Syrian conflict with airstrikes Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin described the campaign as the right way to fight international terrorists, by attacking them in territories they occupy. But some Russian analysts suggest the Russian military maneuvers were as much about bolstering Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as about fighting terrorists. "The justification of the Russian move in Syria is that, ‘We…
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The start of Russian airstrikes to prop up embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government could trigger a new wave of foreign fighters, strengthening jihadists across the region, experts say.U.S. intelligence officials have been warning about potential fallout since Moscow began expanding its military footprint in Syria earlier this month. But such calls have taken on greater urgency with Russian bombs falling on Syrian targets as of Wednesday."There's no doubt…
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U.S. President Barack Obama has been trying to win the battle against Islamic State through a combination of international diplomacy and targeted airstrikes. And U.S. officials said Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition will continue to fly over Syria. But analysts and lawmakers differ as to whether Obama’s policies – in Syria and in other volatile areas of the world – are diluting the image of American power and credibility. Republican Senator…
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This Is a Typical Day of “Work” for Prince William and Kate Middleton
by Michelle Ruiz
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Prince Charles is committed to promoting green energy. Princess Diana was a one-woman charitable tour de force, working on behalf of AIDS and land-mine victims. Now Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting to work with their own chosen causes—chief among them the issue of young people’s mental health.
Following a family vacation with royal littles Prince George and Princess Charlotte to France, Their Royal Highnesses suited up and returned to “work” today (she in an L.K. Bennett poppy-print dress that she has worn before, it was widely noted). For them, that means unleashing a joint charm offensive and celebrating Youthscape in Luton, outside of London, a facility that includes a drop-in center for young people to seek help and special support initiatives for coping with thoughts of suicide and other self-harming. William and Kate reportedly took time to talk with 18-year-old Ellis Jones, who told the pair about self-harming after her mother’s death.
“What happened should never have happened to you, and you should never have gone through it,” William told her. “The fact you have gone through it and got where you are now, you should be really, really proud.” Jones later told the Press Association, “I feel so thankful for what he said, especially because he lost his mum at a similar age.” The royals also visited Keech Hospice Care, in support of one of their other ongoing causes, children’s hospices.
Earlier this year, William, Kate, and Prince Harry announced a new joint campaign aimed at mental health awareness, named Heads Together, targeting the issues of suicide and bullying, and children’s mental health in particular. “Mental health is just as important as physical health,” Kate has said.
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Tired? Demotivated? You might be suffering from the millennial burnout
By Anjan Sachar 25 May 2017
It’s real
One of the older population's biggest grouse with the millennials is that, with the almost infinite number of possibilities and opportunities available to them, how is it these young men and women are unable to do anything substantial with their lives, much less buy a house? While debates on whether or not this generation, often called “entitled”, “lazy” and “self-obsessed”, is achieving their full potential will rage on, there is one issue that is being seen increasingly among the age group. We millennials—I say we because I'm an early-20s team member as well—have a lot more on our plates than comes across on our Instagrams. Welcome to the millennial burnout.
The burnout This is a generation with its hands in every pie available. The millennial sitting next to you might be running her own travel blog, collaborating with friends from around the world on freelance projects, and finding the time to make it to their friend's fancy destination wedding and take Boomerangs of them shimmying away that are guaranteed to receive double taps in 100s; they say yes to everything. They're a generation that knows what they're good at and start to explore it early on in their lives, through at-home projects, collaborations with friends or industry internships. This head start often causes them to get jaded and get stuck in the monotony of said project, making them want to move on to the next thing sooner than those older to them would. However, the flip side to being as invested with no downtime is what can lead to the millennial burnout—a complete lack of motivation to do anything at all, which usually happens around the time you turn 30. Dr Sadia Saeed, founder of Inner Space Counselling and Mindful Spring, Mumbai says, “The achievement mind-set is extremely high. It's not about doing a job and doing it reasonably well, but about how much can a person achieve in their life, where they should set their targets. There's always a fear of not doing enough, not being productive enough or wasting time, which is the essence of where this burnout is coming from.”
What's so bad about having so many opportunities? The younger demographic might have a lot more expectations from life, but people around them, in turn, also have a lot more expectations from them, as studies have proved. The younger set of millennials have experienced greater pressure in school and college to excel at academics as well as extra-curricular activities, which has led to a rising number of them suffering from anxiety. Once they enter the workforce, however, it's finances that take over: according to a study by the American Psychological Association, the millennial generation is the most stressed, with finances being the biggest stressor.
This continuous pressure of having to be perfect in every aspect can translate into their work lives as well, leading to an increasing need to constantly do more than they already are. “If you don't have a wise relationship with opportunities, they can overwhelm you. With too many opportunities, the questions like ‘Am I going to miss out on something?' come up. This basically means that you need to introspect on why you really want to take up the opportunity. Somewhere in your mind there's a fear that you won't do well in life. If yes, then you're operating out of fear, and that's not healthy. No matter how much you do, the satisfaction will always be low because there is so much more to do. You burn out because there's only so much you can do.” The NCAER's 2012 survey also said that “Growth opportunities engage them [Indian millennials] rather than job stability as was true for earlier generation” making them more susceptible to move from one opportunity to another, trying to find that elusive job satisfaction.
What is FOMO? Think of millennials and the first thing that comes to mind is the phenomenon that is FOMO, or fear of missing out. It's this need to constantly say yes to everything, be everywhere, meet everyone, do everything, even when your schedule (and mind and body) don't allow you to. When you're part of the digital age, FOMO is even worse. Didn't show up for your friend's birthday? Here's a video of all your closest dancing to songs you loved back in the day and knocking back Jägerbombs after Jägerbomb. Couldn't watch the Game of Thrones season premier last night? You're obviously not part of the next morning's conversation about that epic battle.
Why do they want to do everything? Being a millennial, you basically feel like you're never doing enough. When you're expected to somehow be involved with everything, it's a constant pressure of having your work and life together, which doesn't necessarily work out that way, in most situations. Another side to the coin is also the pleasure we derive from being busy. There's a guilty pleasure in being able to rant about how we've done a million things in the week, and on weekends, how we've done none at all. A Huffington Post article , talks about how we wear our busyness as a badge of honour, as something to be proud of. And you'll notice millennials doing this the most. Saying these things out loud makes you feel like you've got your life together and that being busy somehow ensures success. “Being busy is confused with being productive, but being as busy doesn't let you be productive. You need to rest and create space in your day, be mindful, meditate a little to actually be productive, and successful.”
Another study conducted on a 1,000 working Indian millennials found that, “While overwhelming evidence suggests that a workweek of more than 40 hours leads to a dip in the productivity, there are many professionals heralding long workweeks as a measure of their effectiveness.”
How to tackle it? Prioritise. You're going to push yourself to get everywhere and there will come a day when you just can't get out of bed or get yourself to do a single thing and you won't know why. If you've got a friend's birthday and promised to meet another one for drinks on the day right after (who's known to flake on plans), prioritise. Tell your birthday buddy that you'll be there and let the other one know that you need to reschedule for the weekend or the week after. "If you're picking and choosing opportunities because they bring you joy, the tendencies to burnout will be less," says Dr Saeed. If you're feeling overwhelmed with everything on your schedule for the week, analyse what can be moved and do so. It's the only way to make it out alive. You don't have to say yes to everything.
Hear it from a millennial I'd be lying if I said that I haven't looked at a specific person's Instagram feed and immediately envied their life. How do you get all those perfectly-composed images (no, I'm not referring to a blogger) and seem to have your life together while I sit here struggling to make it to the end of my work day? On the other hand, I've had multiple people walk up to me or leave me a text saying they're envious of my life. What? Mine? Really? Nobody ever actually knows a person's struggles, that's the one thing people stay away from posting on social media. Online, everybody seems to have a perfect life, filled with flower crowns filters and winged-eyed selfies and that's just the beginning of it all. Yes, I do feel like I should Snapchat my Starbucks Iced Vanilla Latte whenever I get one—it makes for a good-looking image and makes my feed look better. Let's be honest, wouldn't you rather upload an image of your good-looking granola over a bowl of poha? The psychology behind that single Snap; that's for another story. Now let me take my dog-filter selfies already.
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If you are going to bet $100K on Woods to win Grand Slam, at least do it right
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Tiger Woods will go for his second major win of the year in the PGA Championship next week.
It’s already clear in the mainstream media’s initial coverage of sports wagering that stories about big bets will create a lot of buzz. Don’t you get caught up in the drama. Learn how to bet smart!
You probably heard about the bettor in Las Vegas who bet $85,000 to win $1.19 million by backing Tiger Woods to win the Masters. News broke Wednesday that the same “investor” had put down $100K with William Hill at 100/1 odds for Tiger to complete the Grand Slam by winning the PGA, the US Open, and the British Open. Success would pay $10 million.
This is a horrible bet for several reasons. Even if it ultimately wins, it would have been a poor bet that won rather than a smart bet.
Let’s start with the obvious. The “true odds” for Tiger Woods to stay healthy and win all three remaining majors in stacked fields that also include the likes of Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, and a slew of stars and near-elites who could get hot over four days are a lot longer than 100/1.
Even if you can’t make an exact calculation because of all the variables, any good-faith estimate is going to lead you to a much bigger number. The reason it’s available at 100/1 is that sports book operators don’t offer good prices on futures. They offer prices where they’re getting the best of it.
But, even if a bettor received “a tip from God” and knew for a fact that Tiger was going to finish off the slam, it’s still a bad bet! Rolling over individual tournament bets would yield a much higher return.
Let’s pencil in a widely available 9/1 price just for Tiger to win next week’s PGA Championship to be held on the famed Bethpage Black course (it’s 7/1 at William Hill, but sharps shop around!). A $100K bet on Tiger at 9/1 would pay $900K. A full stake of $1 million can then be carried over into the next Slam event.
In June’s US Open at Pebble Beach, Tiger might be as low as 8-1 with sports books defending against public passion. Our investor could bet his total stake of $1 million at 8-1, and be at $9 million ($8 million in new profit and the $1 million pre-Pebble stake) before everyone catches their flights to Ireland for The Open Championship.
Notice that the bettor’s stake would be just below $10 million after just two wins! As a Vegas sharp told VSiN, essentially “he’s betting it all to win nothing on the last major.”
With a Grand Slam in play, Tiger might be as low as 6/1 in Northern Ireland. Betting $9 million at 6/1 would earn $54 million, for a final in-hand total of $63 million.
Would you rather turn $100K into $10 million or $63 million on the same outcome (possibly more if odds are friendlier)?
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Nell Arthur's Memorial Window
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Museum of the Revolution
Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-18.00. Sun 09.00-12.00 and 15.00-18.00. Weds closed. The museum, an initiative of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique or Liberation Front of Mozambique), was inaugurated on 25 June 1978 as part of celebrations to mark three years of independence from Portuguese colonial rule. It houses a collection of photographs, pamphlets and other documents, military uniforms and weapons and various objects belonging to heroes of the liberation struggle. There is also an exhibition on the various stages of the fight for independence, independence and the post-independence period. Founded in the early 1960s to fight for Mozambican independence, FRELIMO has ruled the country since 1975.
Address Avenida 24 de Julho, 1
Avenida 24 de Julho, 1
Groot Constantia Museum
District Six Museum
Addis Ababa Museum
Bo-Kaap Museum
Tanzanite Museum
Village Museum
The Arusha Cultural Heritage Centre
National Natural History Museum
National Money Museum
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Why walk-in health care is a fast-growing profit center for retail chains
Sarah Torresen, 16, left, accompanied by her mother, Dianne, middle, is seen by Katherine Skiff, at the Tenleytown CVS MinuteClinic in Washington. The MinuteClinic is a walk-in medical clinic within CVS pharmacies where customers can see nurse practitioners and physician assistants for minor ailments. (Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)
By Martha Hamilton
It was a cold Monday in late March, and at 8:30 a.m. 23-year-old Lindsey Menard was second in line to be seen at the MinuteClinic in a CVS Pharmacy in D.C.’s Tenleytown. ¶ “It was the closest place that was open early,” she said. Her doctor’s office was downtown, and traveling downtown “just seemed like too much of a hassle when I’m dying,” said Menard, 23, who lives nearby with her parents and teaches with the Metro D.C. Reading Corps. ¶ CVS is fast expanding its MinuteClinics, exemplifying a trend of retailers opening health-care services to supplement traditional doctors’ offices. CVS, the largest retail clinic operator in the Washington area, has 800 clinics nationwide, and it expects to add 150 more this year and to have 1,500 clinics by 2017, or almost as many as the more than 1,600 retail clinics across the country now, according to the Convenient Care Association. ¶ Retail walk-in clinics are relatively new on the health-care landscape, dating to 2000. After several years of very slow growth coinciding with the recession and its aftermath, they are taking off again. Accenture, a global management consulting firm, predicted last year that the number of walk-in retail clinics would almost double by 2015, to nearly 3,000.
Several trends are driving the expansion of health care into retail stores — including pharmacies, big-box stores and grocery stores — and some of those trends will be accelerated by the Affordable Care Act.
One is the growing deficit in primary care doctors. The shortfall is expected to reach 45,000 by 2020, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. This dearth has been blamed on more doctors choosing higher-paying specialties, too little money for hospital residencies and the aging of the baby boom generation, which now needs more medical care.
The health-care law will only add to the demand. It is designed to provide insurance for millions of additional customers through Medicaid and subsidized private plans and by allowing individuals up to age 26 to remain covered by their parents’ health insurance. That will make getting in to see a primary care doctor even harder.
“That’s a strong driver of retail clinics,” said Ateev Mehrotra, a doctor who is an associate professor at Harvard medical school and a policy analyst at the research organization Rand Corp. “If your primary care provider says you can have an appointment in three days, and you’re worried about a urinary tract infection or your daughter has an ear infection, the retail clinics are going to benefit from that.”
Retail walk-in clinics treat a variety of non-life-threatening but frequent illnesses, including bronchitis, mononucleosis, pink eye and sties, sinus infections and minor injuries. Usually open in the evening and on weekends, they also offer vaccinations for flu, pneumonia, childhood diseases, tetanus and other diseases, physical exams for jobs or team sports and preventive measures such as checking blood sugar.
A study by Mehrotra and colleagues published in 2009 in the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at 700 episodes of each of three common conditions — inflammation of the middle ear, urinary tract infections and pharyngitis, an infection that causes most sore throats. Using 12 quality-of-care measures, it found that treatment was “similar for retail clinics, physician offices and urgent care centers, and lower for [emergency rooms].” The costs of care for each episode averaged $110 at retail clinics, $166 at doctors’ offices, $156 at urgent care centers and $570 in emergency departments
Most walk-in clinics are staffed by nurse practitioners or physicians’ assistants, and nearly all take private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. Costs per visit are in the $79 to $89 range, with additional charges for lab tests. A quick strep throat test, for instance, is $30 at a CVS clinic.
Transparency in pricing is one way in which retail clinics reflect growing trends in health care, said Ceci Connolly, managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute. “The price is just out there on a giant board” for consumers who want to comparison shop for care the way they shop for other services, she said.
Because many people are buying insurance with higher deductibles, “they are looking for those alternatives to hospital or physicians office visits that are going to be more cost-effective and convenient,” Connolly said.
Jeff Gitlin, a principal in PwC’s health industries practice, said he foresees walk-in clinics adding to their services — for instance, offering more lab services that require patients to go without eating before the tests. He said the busiest hours for medical testing are between 7 and 10 a.m., hours when a nearby retail clinic that opens early could be attractive.
Patients once might have hesitated before turning to a retail clinic, but that is fast changing. “Five years from now, you won’t think twice about taking your kid in there for an ear infection,” Gitlin said.
And once you’re in the store — whether it’s Walgreens or CVS, the two biggest pharmacies with clinics, a big-box store such as Target or a grocery story such as Krogers — you might buy more.
“The pharmacy business is a cutthroat business,” said Rand’s Mehrotra. “People always go to the same pharmacy. These clinics can be a real carrot to shift where you go for care.”
Not everyone is an unabashed fan. The American Academy of Family Physicians has warned that growing use of the clinics might result in a “missed opportunity to address more complex patient needs.” It noted that “the overwhelming majority of family physicians offer same-day scheduling” and that many have extended their hours.
In its talking points on retail clinics, the American Academy of Pediatrics says: “There is no such thing as a ‘minor illness’ when it comes to children. Pediatricians use these ‘minor illness’ visits to identify other, potentially more serious issues.”
For their part, retail clinic executives emphasize that they want to be part of a broad health-care landscape, augmenting rather than replacing what doctors call “the Patient-Centered Medical Home.”
“We’ve evolved the role of the retail clinic to be complementary and supportive,” said Andrew J. Sussman, associate chief medical officer of CVS Caremark and president of the MinuteClinic.
All of the clinics have collaborating medical doctors who review charts and to whom clinic staff can turn for advice. The clinics also provide patients with a copy of their notes about the visit and send a copy to patients’ doctor, he said. He said that MinuteClinic is now affiliated with 32 health-care providers, including Inova and the Cleveland Clinic, and relies on the most widely used electronic medical records system in the nation to communicate with doctors and other care providers.
Sussman also noted that the clinics have been accredited by the Joint Commission, a nonprofit organization that accredits more than 20,000 health-care organizations and programs nationally.
The recent decision by CVS to stop selling cigarettes at its stores says a lot about the prospects for retail clinics. MinuteClinics recently added weight loss and smoking cessation counseling to its services. “Selling tobacco is not consistent with our purpose as a health-care organization,” Sussman said.
The move cost CVS about $2 billion in sales, but that is less than 2 percent of the company’s 2013 revenue. And cigarette sales were dropping, while revenue growth from the MinuteClinics is climbing, albeit from a smaller base. “For 2014, we anticipate revenues of approximately $300 million, nearly tripling our total in the past five years,” Sussman told stock analysts in December.
Back at the MinuteClinic in Northwest Washington, the five-minute strep test was already registering positive two minutes after nurse practitioner Katie Skiff swabbed Menard’s throat for bacteria. Skiff prescribed penicillin and recommended drinking tea with honey and lemon, gargling with salt water and listening to her body about staying off her feet. “We’ll give you a call in 48 hours,” Skiff said. “We want to make sure you’re on the mend.”
In parting advice, she said, “The biggest thing with strep throat is changing your toothbrush in 24 hours.”
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‘Kevin Hart: What Now?’ documents a sold-out comedy show at a football stadium
By Pat Padua
“Kevin Hart: What Now?” features the stand-up comedian’s sold-out show at Philadelphia’s NFL stadium and a mini-spy-movie with Halle Berry. (Frank Masi/Universal Pictures)
Comedian Kevin Hart has a restless mind that wanders freely from the mundane to the absurd. A story about a pesky raccoon in his back yard, for instance, leads to Hart’s fear of his loved ones being attacked by animals and becoming so disfigured that it’s best to abandon them. His latest concert film, “Kevin Hart: What Now?,” documents a sold-out appearance at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, part of his wildly successful 2015 tour of the same name. But the movie’s pleasures lie in its simplest element: Hart’s storytelling.
Creating vivid characters along the way, Hart uses his whole body to sell a joke. His expressive face gets his biggest laughs with a recurring joke about black women who don’t believe anything you say. (Explaining to his girlfriend that he was out all night playing ping-pong, she replies, “Ping-pong?!” REALLY?”) Despite the free association, Hart has fine-tuned his routine for the most efficient structure and timing.
Kevin Hart pulls out all the stops in this stand-up comedy movie. ( / Universal)
Yet, at times, the film and concert producers seem to lose faith in Hart’s ability. Stadium staging projects images behind Hart, such as a long driveway when he tells us about his long driveway. The concert audience may have needed the spectacle, but Hart paints a vivid enough picture without the visual aid. Furthermore, to pad the film to feature length, the performance is framed by a spy movie parody with Hart playing himself as a James Bond figure, with Halle Berry (as herself) at Hart’s side as he wins a high-stakes poker game against Don Cheadle (as himself), among others.
Hart doesn’t need the help. “What Now?” is at its best when it focuses on his comic presence. Even if his jokes don’t all land, his train of thought is all you need for an entertaining performance that is funny, angry and sometimes just weird.
R. At area theaters. Contains graphic violence, strong language and sexual material. 96 minutes.
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Hugh Hefner’s world wasn’t just bad for women. It hurt men, too.
Bunnies aren't the only people he objectified.
By Irin Carmon
Irin Carmon, an Outlook contributing writer, is a co-author of "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg."
Hugh Hefner, who died this week at 91, claimed to be a liberator of American sexuality. You’ve probably heard about Hefner’s limited approaches to women: They could be frisky girls next door who, until competitive pressure from Penthouse in the 70s, were never shown in centerfolds to have pubic hair. Bunnies were told, as an undercover Gloria Steinem was, “We don’t like our girls to have any background. We just want you to fit the bunny image.” Or they could be uptight prudes, feminists whom Hefner once described as “our natural enemy.” Ladies, take your pick!
But for all the assumptions that Hef’s life was every man’s fantasy, he also shortchanged men. He told them the best way to be a man was to implicitly treat women as the enemy, as products to consume. It is a grim, banal, consumerist way of life that, in practice, would deny men the pleasures of being partners to women, sexually or otherwise.
Hefner launched Playboy magazine in 1954 amid a flurry of articles worrying that masculinity was in “crisis,” under threat from overbearing women. Playboy, with its celebration of leisure, played into some of those critics’ fears of weak postwar men, but everyone could agree women were to blame. “Take a good look at the sorry, regimented husbands trudging down every woman-dominated street in this woman-dominated land,” Playboy columnist Burt Zollo wrote in an early issue in one of several stories the magazine would run bemoaning the “womanization” of men. A half-century later, in an interview with Carrie Pitzulo for her book, “Bachelors and Bunnies: The Sexual Politics of Playboy,” Hefner explained that “the womanization of America” was related to “prohibition, anti-sexuality, censorship.” He mentioned to her how prudish his mother had been.
Throughout his life, Hefner seemed to vacillate between terror of women and a desire to control them. In 1970, Steinem described his magazine’s worldview as “boyish, undeveloped, anti-sensual, vicarious and sad.” (When the two met to accept an award almost 30 years later, the New York Times described Hefner as shaken by Steinem’s cold fury, and “crumpled, almost deflated.”)
As he aged, still clutching his pipe and forever in his pajamas, Hefner became a real-life version of the overage character in “Dazed and Confused” who exults about high school girls: “I keep getting older, they stay the same age.” In an account from one of his partners, Holly Madison, Hefner was controlling and manipulative, but also held in utter contempt by the women of the mansion, who apparently drew no pleasure from spending time with him. It’s hard to call a very rich man who supposedly won what every man wanted sad, but from where I sit, this inability to connect with women as humans was depressing.
When feminism grew more fashionable in the 1970s, Hefner draped himself in civil liberties and funded organizations like the ACLU, including, early on, its Women’s Rights Project, while still taking care to distinguish the “good” feminists (who favored access to abortion and contraception) from the “bad” (who would make Hugh Hefner feel bad about his erection). He even took credit for teaching the women how to free themselves: “Playboy was there from the beginning, before feminists even had their voice, fighting for birth control and abortion rights.” But Hefner and the men who wanted to be like him could have learned a lot from the critiques of the feminists he dismissed, if they had cared to listen.
For many feminists, the problem with the midcentury sexual revolution wasn’t the no-strings-attached sex; it was that they were “free” to have sex on men’s terms — and, in the absence of social, economic and political power, this wasn’t exactly liberation. Another problem was that men, and not just women, have feelings, too, including when it comes to sex, something that Hefner’s world never broached. “Was the rejection of any link between sexual desire and emotional involvement really an expression of freedom — or merely another form of repression?” wrote feminist critic Ellen Willis in 1982. The “predatory disregard of women as people,” she added, was “an attitude that could only reinforce the conventionally feminine sexual reluctance, passivity and unresponsiveness that men found so frustrating.” If Hefner and Playboy had bothered portraying women as human — with desires and complications and messiness and weirdness — could their male readers have had better sex lives?
For some men, figuring out that their partners had needs too, that women were people, could make life richer, even more pleasurable. For Hef, things stayed the same. Maybe it worked for him. From the outside, at least, it looked pretty lonely.
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The Volokh Conspiracy Analysis
Jeffrey Rosen on “federalism for the left and the right”
Jeffrey Rosen, President of the National Constitution Center.
By Ilya Somin
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In an excellent recent Wall Street Journal op ed, National Constitution Center President and leading left of center legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen explains how both left and right can benefit from strengthening constitutional federalism:
Many of the issues that recent presidents have tried to decide at the national level through executive orders are best resolved at the state or local levels instead. In an era of fierce partisan divisions, all sides are beginning to see the virtues of our federal system in accommodating differences—and encouraging experimentation—on issues such as immigration, law enforcement and education.
Federalism has long been a cause on the right, but now it’s just as likely to be a rallying cry on the left. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary’s immigration and border-security subcommittee, recently said: “The Constitution, specifically the Tenth Amendment, protects states’ rights, and it prohibits federal actions that commandeer state and local officials. When it comes to immigration, these principles seem to be overlooked”
The framers of the Constitution would be pleased with this emerging consensus. By creating a national government with limited powers, they intended to allow the states and local governments to pursue a range of different policies on matters within what used to be called their “police powers”—that is, their authority to regulate behavior, maintain order and promote the public good within their own territory. The founders considered this arrangement the best way to protect liberty and diversity of opinion, as well as to defend political minorities from nationalist tyranny and concentrated power….
A respect for federalism and state autonomy is perhaps the only way that all sides can peacefully coexist in today’s political environment. With dysfunction now reigning on Capitol Hill and federal courts increasingly ready to strike down the unilateral action of presidents, Americans will at least be able to take some comfort in local autonomy and control. In these polarized times, citizens who strongly disagree with each other may be able to unite around the goal of making federal power less intrusive and national politics less of a contest where the winner takes all.
Later in the article, Rosen explains how reinvigorating federalism can help curb federal government overreaching and enhance state autonomy in such fields as education, immigration, and law enforcement.
I don’t agree with every single point Rosen makes. But I certainly agree with the bottom line. Like Rosen, I have long argued that both left and right can potentially benefit from stronger cross-ideological support of federalism, and that stronger enforcement of constitutional limits on federal power can help defuse the partisan hatred that is helping to poison our politics. I also agree with his view that the recent federal court ruling against Trump’s executive order targeting sanctuary cities is a notable example of how the left can benefit from constitutional federalism as well as the right.
Going beyond specific issues, decentralization of power can give people greater opportunity to “vote with their feet,” which often leads to better decision-making than when we have to decide issues at the ballot box, at the federal government level. There is much we can do to make foot voting easier for all Americans, particularly the poor and disadvantaged.
Ilya Somin Ilya Somin is a law professor at George Mason University and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He is the author of “Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter.”
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Peruvian president to Trump: ‘You are lucky to have Latin America.’
The Post’s Lally Weymouth talks to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on running his country and dealing with the U.S. president-elect.
Peru's president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Lima last month. (Rafael Zarauz/AFP/Getty Images)
By Lally Weymouth
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Lally Weymouth is a senior associate editor for The Washington Post.
To say that Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is prepared for his new job as Peru’s president is an understatement. Kuczynski, 78, has been finance minister and prime minister; a technocrat at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; an investment banker and founder of a private-equity fund. Last year he relinquished his U.S. citizenship to run for president. A passionate believer in free trade, Kuczynski will square off against President-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist stance while trying to stop a years-long conflict between mining companies — crucial to the nation’s export economy — and the local communities where they excavate. He talked with The Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth in Lima. Edited excerpts follow.
Q. You made some caustic remarks about President-elect Donald Trump during your campaign; you even joked that Peru would “grab a saw and cut” off relations with the United States if he won. How will his election affect the region?
A. I’d better tone down what I have been saying. There is a lot of uncertainty, especially with regard to Mexico. Everybody is worried about what is going to happen. The idea of the wall is completely crazy. I just don’t understand how people continue talking about the Mexicans paying for this wall. I hope [his presidency] works out differently than what analysts expect, because the world needs a little peace and tranquility.
Q. You are coming to the U.S. in February?
A. I will come to the U.S. if the Congress here gives me permission. My old school, Princeton, is giving me a medal, which is called the James Madison Medal. If I am there, I will take the Metroliner down to Washington and say hello.
Q. Say hello to the new president?
A. Right. We have had a good relationship with the Obama administration.
Q. The question is, can you work out a good relationship with the new administration?
A. It depends a little bit on what their perception of Latin America is. If they think that Latin America is just a bunch of guys who climb walls to get illegal work, then it is not going to go well. I hope they go past that.
Q. What will you and Donald Trump say to each other when you meet?
A. The first thing I am going to try to explain to him is that the U.S. is not in the dumps because of Mexico. There is hardly any Mexican immigration into the U.S. today. . . . I am going to tell him: “You are lucky you have Latin America. Sure, there are drugs and problems, that’s true. But you have to look on the positive side. We are less uncivilized than you think. We actually make a big contribution to the U.S. We don’t give you any real trouble. Latin immigration to the U.S. — sure, it should be done legally — makes a pretty positive contribution to the U.S. economy.” Also, if you look at the actual numbers, free-trade agreements have been pretty positive for the United States. How many car part plants in the Midwest depend on the Mexican market?
Q. At one point in your life, you were the CEO of the Central Bank of Peru. Then the military took over in a coup in 1968.
A. They wanted to know where the reserves were, and they forced me at gunpoint to open the safe. I showed them the few bricks of gold that were there. They said, “But that’s not all the money!” Most of it was at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. So they did not like me, and eventually they sent me to jail. Ultimately, I fled.
Q. How did you get out of jail?
A. I got out of jail with the help of some friends in the military.
Q. Then you went into the jungle?
A. We crossed through northern Peru into Ecuador.
Q. How long did that take?
A. Two or three weeks. We had an air force map and a compass. We got into Ecuador, and we walked and walked. In the end, we found a military base where they came and picked us up. I went back to Washington. I had [previously] worked at the World Bank, but the World Bank didn’t want me because they said I was too political. So I went to the International Monetary Fund.
Q. Your first foreign trip as president was to China. Are you looking to Asia for growth because Trump is threatening trade barriers?
A. China is our biggest market. It is about 22 percent of Peruvian exports — mostly metals but also some sophisticated agricultural products. We have no issues with China the way others may have with [its claims in the South China Sea].
Q. You are trying to get the Chinese to invest here?
A. The Chinese have two huge copper mines here. They are looking at several other projects.
Q. If the U.S. opts out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership , will China move in and ask TPP countries to join its own Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership?
A. Right. This is a group that will include India, which is important for us because India is the one country we don’t have a trade treaty with. The idea we floated during the recent meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is that the Pacific Alliance countries — that is Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile — join the Free Trade Agreement of Asia and the Pacific (FTAAP). Basically, the FTAAP is the APEC countries without the U.S.
TPP was more ambitious, but it also had its detractors. It didn’t include China, which is the bigger player in the Pacific. Also on pharmaceuticals, the period of tests would have gone from five to 10 years, which might have raised the cost of pharmaceuticals in countries like Peru. So there was some opposition to it. A lot of the business people here love TPP.
Q. How about yourself?
A. I don’t love TPP so much. China is our biggest customer. So how can we support something that excludes them?
Q. You have a large informal economy.
A. It is about 40 percent of the economy and about 65 percent of the employment. If the businesses become legal, they will pay social security for their workers, and we will fill up the coffers of the pension funds a little bit. We will go down from an informal economy of 65 percent to 45 percent or 40 percent by the end of my government. If we are able to reach numbers like that, there will be a credit revolution here. The minute you become formal, you can borrow. So that will give us a big boost in growth without relying entirely on metals prices. We want to grow between 5 and 6 percent a year.
Q. Won’t you also have to enact labor reforms so that employers can fire employees?
A. The constitutional court has said that you can fire people, but they have to stay in the company. We have to change that.
Q. How?
A. You appoint better people to the court. It is not like the U.S. Supreme Court where you stay until you die. Here you stay six years and then you’re out.
Q. Several mines have been shut down over the past three administrations, and the situation is reportedly getting worse between the mine owners and the locals. What are you going to do to resolve these conflicts?
A. I am going in a few days to the Tia Maria mining district in the south on the coast to talk to folks there because they oppose the mine.
Q. You yourself are going?
A. I will sit in the town square. There is no water for irrigation because there is a drought, and people are ticked off, so we are building them a well. In the end, a lot of these mining conflicts boil down to water. The president has to be involved.
Q. Do you have to be tough?
A. You have to have an iron hand in a silken glove. You cannot start firing at people.
Q. It seems as if all the past presidents gave up —
A. I’m not like past presidents. None of them actually went to talk to the miners. I come from the mining industry. I used to run one of Alcoa’s biggest mines.
Q. What do you plan to do about drug trafficking in your country, which is the second-largest cocaine producer in the world?
A. We have done quite a bit. We have started to clean up the police. We had over 80 generals in the police force; 40 were fired. We have also dismissed 1,000 police officers. The main thing we have to do with drugs is to give the people in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac region — that’s the major drug area — alternatives. They have to have roads, schools, electricity and jobs.
Q. How do you see the situation in Venezuela?
A. Totally terrible. [President Nicolás] Maduro is afraid that if he yields, they will hang him from a lamppost, so he wants to stick with it. There are many rumors that the army is heavily involved in drug trafficking. . . . We have to begin thinking about it before it explodes. First of all, you should have major humanitarian relief, which Maduro doesn’t want. Second, you should have a transitional government for a year. Then you can have new elections once the boat is steady again.
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My wife had our baby abroad. The U.S. says he isn’t American.
Children of same-sex couples also deserve birthright citizenship.
Allison Blixt, right, an American citizen, with her wife, Stefania Zaccari, and their two sons, Massi and Lucas, in London. Massi has birthright citizenship. Lucas does not. (Allison Blixt)
By Allison Blixt
Allison Blixt works in professional development at a law firm in London and is a client of Immigration Equality.
Our sons, Lucas and Massi, look out for each other. When Lucas, age 4, climbs at the playground, Massi reaches out to me — “Mommy, up!” — so he can follow. When it’s time to leave, and 2-year-old Massi trails behind, staring at the flowers or the ants or the birds, his brother shouts, “Massi, come on!” Then he turns to me and my wife, Stefania, panicked: “Don’t leave him here! We have to bring him with us!” Though they’re young, they already have a deep connection.
Thankfully, they have no idea that, according to the United States government, Massi is an American, and Lucas is not. For years, the State Department has been fighting to deny birthright citizenship to children born abroad to same-sex couples.
Stefania and I have lived in London since 2008, and we had our first son, Lucas, in January 2015. A few weeks after his birth, we bundled him up and took him to the American Embassy. I didn’t foresee any issues with reporting his birth and receiving his American passport. I’m a lawyer, and when I filled out the forms, the process seemed completely straightforward. According to the law, if a married American, who has spent the required amount of time in the United States, has a child overseas, that child is American. Simple.
When our family was called up to the counter, the interrogation began: So, who carried your son? Stefania, who is Italian, said she did. Whose eggs were they? Again, Stefania’s. I thought to myself, Are you joking? This line of questioning seemed irrelevant, invasive and offensive. This went on: Who was the donor? Where is the donor from? Then we were told to wait. We sat for a long time. Around us, other families — straight couples with babies in tow — came and went. Finally, an official informed us that Lucas would not receive American citizenship, because I am not his genetic or gestational mother.
We were shocked. We struggled to process. Stefania and I are married. Both of our names are on Lucas’s birth certificate. We are his legal parents. We are the only ones with any legal connection to him. It doesn’t matter if we have a biological relationship: He is my child. Why should our connection be scrutinized?
When we had our second son, Massi, our family returned to the embassy. Massi’s application sailed through: This time, I had conceived and carried our son, and he was easily declared an American citizen. But again, Lucas was denied.
[‘Rapid DNA’ promises to identify fake families at the border. It won’t.]
We’re reminded of the difference between our sons anytime we travel to the States, when we hand over our passports — two American, one Italian and one British. The officer often puzzles over this, and we then have to explain the whole absurd and painful story. Our mixed status also has deeper implications: Whenever our family spends time in the United States, we have to be careful to leave before Lucas overstays his 90-day visa. And if we ever want to move back to the United States, we are unsure whether he could easily obtain a green card.
The government has put us in a ridiculous position, and arbitrarily so. If Stefania had supplied the egg, and I had carried Lucas, he would be a citizen. If I had supplied the egg, and Stefania had carried Lucas, he would be a citizen. And, of course, if Stefania or I were a man, the embassy staff never would have asked where the sperm came from. They would have assumed that because we were straight and married, that our kids were ours.
We are not the only family in this situation. In Los Angeles, Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks, an American-Israeli couple whose twins were conceived with donor eggs and sperm from each of them, have been told that only one of their twins is American. In both of our cases, the State Department has applied the law governing children born out of wedlock. This means they are not only denying my connection to my son, they are also denying the fact of our marriage. They are unjustly placing extra burdens on same-sex couples.
This isn’t the first time the law has discriminated against our family and unjustly restricted our choices. Over a decade ago, Stefania and I had to leave the United States to start our lives together. She wasn’t authorized to live or work in the country, and back then, even if we’d gotten married, the Defense of Marriage Act prevented my sponsoring her for a green card. We were in love and decided to move to England, where our relationship would be recognized. We felt lucky and excited to be able to be together. But I was also angry — angry at our situation; angry at my country for denying me equality; and angry to leave everyone else that I loved.
It took me a while to let go of that anger. Over the years, we built an amazing life together. We made friends and had our wonderful children. In that time, there has been some progress: Eventually, DOMA was thrown out, and the Supreme Court recognized same-sex marriage nationwide. Now, the fact that the U.S. government refuses to recognize my son as a citizen — to recognize our relationship as real and legitimate — brings back those feelings of fury and rejection.
Though the boys are too young to truly understand what’s going on, Lucas is old enough now that he has questions about everything. If — or when — he asks, I don’t know how I will explain any of this to him. I don’t know how to explain that the government treats him and his brother differently. That it treats his parents differently from other parents. And I don’t know how to explain that, despite America’s unfairness, being American is a fundamental part of my identity — and it should be part of his, too.
As told to Post editor Sophia Nguyen.
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UK tertiary treatment plant to use Severn Trent Services technology
Construction has recently begun on one of the largest tertiary wastewater treatment plants in the United Kingdom. The plant, to be built at Severn Trent Water's Strongford Sewage Treatment Works, will use Severn Trent Services' TETRA NSAF (Nitrifying Submerged Aerated Filter) technology to reduce the ammonia in the plant's effluent from 15 mg/L to 3 mg/L. The facility is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008...
FT. WASHINGTON, PA, Dec. 21, 2006 -- Construction has recently begun on one of the largest tertiary wastewater treatment plants in the United Kingdom. The plant, to be built at Severn Trent Water's Strongford Sewage Treatment Works, will use Severn Trent Services' TETRA® NSAF (Nitrifying Submerged Aerated Filter) technology to reduce the ammonia in the plant's effluent from 15 mg/L to 3 mg/L. The facility is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008.
The TETRA NSAF, an up-flow, fixed film biological reactor, is a proven, robust system that generates minimal additional solids requiring post-treatment handling and disposal. Its effectiveness in ammonia removal has been demonstrated at several plant installations throughout the United Kingdom over the past 10 years. A new process -- NSAF+ -- has been developed to control the very large Strongford plant and will provide significant savings in electricity costs over a conventional NSAF plant.
The total plant area for the Strongford NSAF will be 1,400m2, which will accommodate a flow to the plant of 10,000m3/hr. The technology is extremely flexible and is available in a range of sizes from small modular units suitable for above or below ground construction to custom-made configurations for large plants.
The Strongford facility will be constructed using 10 rectangular concrete cells, each measuring six meters wide and 22.75 meters in length. There will be 10,700 T-Blocks™ in the facility, which will measure 5-½ km when placed end to end.
Severn Trent Services (www.severntrentservices.com), based in Fort Washington, Pa., is a leading supplier of water and wastewater treatment solutions. The company's broad range of products and services is concentrated around disinfection, instrumentation and filtration technologies, contract operating services and state-of-the-art residential metering products and services. Its international management services business provides support in all aspects of water and wastewater utility operational development and business transformation. Severn Trent Services is a member of the Severn Trent Plc group of companies. Severn Trent is a FTSE 100 company.
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Hall-of-Fame former UVA coach George Welsh dead at 85
By Damon Dillman, WCAV |
Posted: Fri 10:39 AM, Jan 04, 2019 |
Updated: Fri 12:47 PM, Jan 04, 2019
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WCAV) — Hall-of-Fame former University of Virginia football coach George Welsh has passed away, the school revealed Friday morning.
Welsh died peacefully in Charlottesville in the presence of his family, according to UVA's release. Welsh was 85.
Welsh went 134-86-3 in his 19 seasons as head coach of the Cavaliers before retiring in 2000. He was named ACC coach of the year four times — in 1983, 1984, 1991 and 1995 — and earned the Bobby Dodd Award as national coach of the year in 1991.
In both 1989 and 1995, Welsh-coached UVA teams won a share of the ACC title. That 1989 team finished with a school-record 10 wins, while the 1995 team was the first ACC opponent to beat Florida State since the Seminoles joined the league in 1992. Welsh's 1990 team spent two weeks in October ranked No. 1 in the country in both national polls.
At the time of his retirement, Welsh was the winningest coach in ACC history. Including his nine seasons at Navy, Welsh finished his coaching career with a 189-132-4 record, with 15 bowl appearances. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
I am saddened to hear that Coach Welsh passed away this week. My condolences go out to his family. He was a true pioneer for UVA football and provided the model of success we are working hard to replicate. We will miss his frequent visits to the football offices.
— Bronco Mendenhall (@UVACoachBronco) January 4, 2019
Our condolences on the passing of a great coach & wonderful gentleman from all us at @Virginia_Tech #RIPCoachWelsh https://t.co/jRa8YPMvqr
— Virginia Tech Football (@VT_Football) January 4, 2019
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Robert Krulwich
Host, Radiolab
Robert Krulwich is co-host of Radiolab, WNYC's Peabody Award-winning program about ‘big ideas’ now one of public radio’s most popular shows. It is carried on more than 500 radio stations and its podcasts are downloaded over 5 million times each month. He is also the author of the “Curiously Krulwich” blog, featured on National Geographic, where he illustrates hard-to-fathom concepts in science using drawings, cartoons, videos, and more.
For 22 years, Krulwich was a science, economics, general assignment and foreign correspondent at ABC and CBS News. Krulwich has been called “the most inventive network reporter in television” by TV Guide. His specialty is explaining complex subjects, science, technology, economics, in a style that is clear, compelling and entertaining. On television he has explored the structure of DNA using a banana; on radio he created an Italian opera, “Ratto Interesso” to explain how the Federal Reserve regulates interest rates; he also pioneered the use of new animation on ABC’s Nightline and World News Tonight.
He has won Emmy awards for a cultural history of Barbie, the world famous doll, for a Frontline investigation of computers and privacy, a George Polk and an Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout, and the 2010 Essay Prize from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Krulwich also won the AAAS Science Journalism Award for a 2001 a NOVA Special, Cracking the Code of Life, The Extraordinary Communicator Award from the National Cancer Institute, and an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award.
Krulwich earned a BA in history from Oberlin College, and a law degree from Columbia University in 1974.
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Home » Podcast » Episode 5: Sharon Hazard Talks About The Dowager’s Diary
Episode 5: Sharon Hazard Talks About The Dowager’s Diary
For three years, Sharon Hazard had been writing The Dowager’s Diary for Woman Around Town, chronicling the activities of Kate Shippen Roosevelt as written about in her diary. Sharon talks about how she first “met” Kate and what it’s been like to view New York City through the eyes of a woman who counted two presidents among her relatives.
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Charlene Giannetti, editor of Woman Around Town, is the recipient of seven awards from the New York Press Club for articles that have appeared on the website. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Charlene began her career working for a newspaper in Pennsylvania, then wrote for several publications in Washington covering environment and energy policy. In New York, she was an editor at Business Week magazine and her articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including the New York Times. She is the author of 13 non-fiction books, eight for parents of young adolescents written with Margaret Sagarese, including "The Roller-Coaster Years," "Cliques," and "Boy Crazy." She and Margaret have been keynote speakers at many events and have appeared on the Today Show, CBS Morning, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and many others. Her new book, "The Plantations of Virginia," written with Jai Williams, was published by Globe Pequot Press in February, 2017. Her podcast, WAT-CAST, interviewing men and women making news, is available on Soundcloud and on iTunes. She is one of the producers for the film "1Life After You," focusing on the opioid crisis that will be filmed in 2019. Charlene divides her time between homes in Manhattan and Alexandria, Virginia.
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Five emergency motions adopted by EWL’s General Assembly in 2019
Posted on 26 June 2019 |
[Brussels, 26 June 2019] On 7-8 June 2019, EWL members adopted five Emergency Motions during our annual General Assembly. These motions, put forward to the General Assembly by EWL’s National Coordinations or European Wide Members, call on EWL to take actions and position on emerging or urgent issues impacting on women’s rights nationally or internationally. Our General Assembly this year adopted five emergency motions on different questions, including on the Istanbul Convention, a green ecological transition, abortion rights and membership fees. Read all the motions below.
Ratification of Istanbul Convention by the Czech Republic, presented by the Czech Women´s Lobby
The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (known as the Istanbul Convention) is based on the understanding that violence against women is a form of gender-based violence and it is the obligation of the state to fully address it in all its forms and to take measures to prevent violence against women, protect its victims and prosecute the perpetrators. The situation in the Czech Republic is crucial as the state fails to take responsibility to tackle this in its complexity. The Czech Republic must ratify the Istanbul Convention to secure women´s lives as well as to secure the democracy and women´s rights in the country.
The Czech Republic signed the Istanbul Convention in 2016 and promised to ratify it by the end of 2018. We are still waiting and on the contrary we can currently observe a great reluctance towards the ratification by MPs in the Czech Parliament. Thanks to a rising populism and backlash against women´s rights in Central and Eastern Europe, our position in lobbying for ratification has weakened. The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic has been contributing to the spread of false information about impacts of the Istanbul Convention on society. In 2018 most fake news published in the media where about the Istanbul Convention.
The Czech Women’s Lobby asks for support from the EWL to continue to put pressure at national and EU level for the Parliament of the Czech Republic to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
Actions against legislative threats against women’s rights in Italy and in others EU Countries, presented by the Italian Coordination of the European Women’s Lobby
The so called draft law proposal “Pillon”, pending in the Italian Parliament, infringes the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), which has been signed and ratified by Italy, in particular when it comes to child custody, the introduction of compulsory mediation, the assumption of the falsity of abuse reports, the introduction of the parental alienation syndrome, and the sanctions for the mothers who put forward complaints; neglecting the impact of male violence against women and intimate partner violence. We therefore ask EWL to monitor the situation and counteract immediately in case of approval of this law in Italy by involving the EU and the Council of Europe competent bodies.
Far right governments and parliaments are threatening acquired women’s rights, not only in Italy but in other EU countries. The Istanbul Convention is being interpreted as a threat to women’s competencies and roles for those who defend a conservative ideology. There are several attempts in different EU countries to introduce amendments in family laws, including imposing the share of child custody as the default rule. There is also an attempt to use the parental alienation syndrome in courts, even in situations of intimate partner violence.
The Italian Coordination for the EWL asks that the EWL develops a strategy and action plan to act against these threats to women’s rights, not only at national level, but at the EU, Council of Europe and UN levels. The EWL Observatory on violence against women and girls should prioritise a piece of work around custody and visiting rights in the framework of the implementation to the Istanbul Convention, including developing a mapping on the situation at national level and coming up with a draft policy statement for discussion and adoption by the EWL members.
Green ecological transition and women, presented by the French Coordination for the EWL (CLEF)
We are calling on the EWL to act so that the European institutions truly integrate gender equality in public policies in line with a sustainable development approach. We also ask the EWL to organise actions that call upon the implementation of environmental alternatives that break away from the European Union’s approach to competition. The aim is to re-establish an economy that is managed and mindful of sustainable development, equality between women and men, justice and respect for all people across the world.
The Paris Climate Agreement, the European Parliament resolutions on women and climate change/justice, the mobilisations of citizens calling for a much-needed transition in terms of environment and energy - among them many women and young people - and the inclusion of environmental preservation as well as combatting inequalities as one of the G7’s priorities, show the importance of the link between equality between women and men and a transition to an environmentally-conscious, democratic system of solidarity.
The CLEF asks the EWL to put pressure on the EU institutions and to the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to integrate a gender perspective in current and upcoming public policies, taking into account the foreseeable impact of the climate crisis. The EWL should also integrate this thematic in the review of our current Strategic Framework, including taking into consideration women in climatic crisis zones.
Revise and reform the European Women’s Lobby’s membership fee payment policy, presented by Hungarian Women’s Lobby
The motion by the Hungarian Women’s Lobby asks the EWL to consider introducing a “sliding scale” membership fee system or any other system to address members’ different financial capabilities. The financial problems faced by certain members of EWL have mostly structural-political reasons, as there is a disparity between women’s rights NGOs’ financial and political situation and possibilities. While in mostly Western states our members can for example receive state funding for their core work and higher membership fees from their members, in other countries, mostly in the Central Eastern Europe Baltic and Balkan States region, national members cannot count on such support or, as they are increasingly persecuted politically, are even blocked from funds accessible on national level. In this context, the EWL Membership Committee, composed of 6 EWL Board Members, should initiate research on different scenarios around membership fees on which the decision can be based, to come back with ideas for discussion at the next Board Meeting and then a proposal for review of membership fees to the next General Assembly.
Reproductive health and rights in Northern Ireland, presented by the UK Joint Committee on Women
EWL is gravely concerned that women in Northern Ireland continue to experience human rights violations in accessing full reproductive healthcare, including an abortion law that is among the most restrictive in the world. We urge the UK Government to implement without further delay the recommendations from the UN CEDAW enquiry and examination so that women in Northern Ireland have the same access to abortion healthcare as in the rest of the UK.
Events in Alabama have pushed reproductive justice to the top of the public agenda in the UK. Women in Northern Ireland face an ongoing emergency in terms of a punitive law that means that they have to travel to Great Britain to access abortion healthcare, including in the case of rape, incest, and fatal foetal abnormality. The UK Government is breaching international human rights law, and ignoring the requirement of the UN CEDAW Committee that it act.
The UK Joint Committee on Women asks the EWL to put pressure on the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to ensure women in Northern Ireland access their full reproductive healthcare rights.
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When choosing a medical professional to perform sclerotherapy, you deserve a practitioner who’s built a reputation for expert care in treating a variety of venous disorders. For patients in Lima, Celina and the surrounding areas of Auglaize County, OH, that’s Dr. Manu B. Aggarwal, MHSA, MD, a board-certified and aesthetic-laser-certified family physician specializing in vein disease, at the Vein Care Center.
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After your skin is cleaned using an antiseptic solution, a highly trained and certified sclerotherapist will use a tiny needle to inject a sclerosing solution directly into the vein being treated. You may feel a slight prick – which many patients liken to the feel of an “ant bite” – as well as a mild burning sensation. The solution will then dissolve the vein. Sclerotherapy is performed on an outpatient basis and takes only 30-45 minutes per session.
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The vast majority of patients will be able to go about their daily routine immediately following their sclerotherapy treatment. In fact, we encourage our patients to continue with normal activities as healthy circulation will aid in a quick recovery. You will be asked to wear compression garments and/or bandages for a few days or weeks following your procedure.
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While cosmetic improvement is often a factor in using sclerotherapy to treat spider veins or small varicosities, Vein Care Center understands that relief from pain is often the primary concern for patients in and around Lima, Celina, and the surrounding communities in Auglaize County, OH. Dr. Aggarwal uses cutting-edge diagnostic techniques to choose the best nonsurgical or minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of spider veins and other venous disorders to ensure that both aesthetic concerns and painful symptoms are addressed simultaneously, effectively and safely. Contact us today.
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publication December 6, 2017
Private Sector Credit Growth is Key to Kenya’s Economic Recovery
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Drought in late 2016 and early 2017 knocked back Kenya's economic growth.
Photo: Riccardo Gangale/ILRI
Estimated GDP growth rate of 4.9% for 2017 is Kenya's weakest in five years
Economic downturn reflects deceleration across East Africa’s economies, driven by the 2016/17 drought and a slowdown in credit growth
Kenya's economic growth could rebound with more credit for the private sector
KENYA, December 7, 2017—A decline in the private sector's access to credit since 2015 partly accounts for the recent slowdown in Kenya’s economic performance, according to the 16th edition of the World Bank's Kenya Economic Update, Poised to Bounce Back? Reviving Private Sector Credit Growth and Boosting Revenue Mobilization to Support Fiscal Consolidation.
Election-related uncertainty also weakened private sector activity, further constraining its growth. The Kenya Private Sector Alliance says the sector lost an estimated $7 billion—equivalent to about 10% of Kenya's GDP—from the effects of the heightened sense of uncertainty the 2017 general elections created. Kenya’s economic wellbeing is largely driven by the strong performance of its private sector.
Other drivers of the downturn were the poor seasonal rains that reduced crop production and limited the generation of hydroelectric power for much of 2017. The late 2016/early 2017 drought meant that food prices rocketed, and the electricity generation agency increased power tariffs, putting inflationary pressure on households and businesses.
Food production for local and export markets is key to the wellbeing of Kenya's economy. Photo: Dasan Bobo/World Bank
With agriculture a major source of employment and the largest single economic sector— accounting for 25% of GDP and roughly 50% of export revenue, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics—drought has a huge impact on Kenya's economy. Farming is largely rain-fed, with worsening cycles of drought affecting food production for local consumption, as well as export related revenues, such as from tea.
As a result, Kenya’s GDP growth for 2017 is expected to drop to 4.9%, its weakest in five years. Despite this slump, economy activity has remained favorable compare to the East African regional average. This resilience has emanated from a rebound in tourism, strong public investment (particularly in infrastructure), and relatively low global oil prices.
In the medium-term, growth in the Kenyan economy is forecast to recover to 5.5% in 2018 and 5.9% in 2019, though this is contingent upon its implementation of supportive economic reforms and its prudent management of macroeconomic stability.
Key among these reforms is the need to facilitate and strengthen credit growth to the small and medium enterprises that have been the drivers of Kenya’s economy. Improved access to credit requires lowering the cost of credit, removing the interest rate cap, the universal adoption of credit scoring, and accelerating the collateral registry.
As of August 2017, private sector credit growth stood at a paltry 1.6% of GDP, its lowest in over a decade, and down from 25% in mid-2014.
The slowdown in credit is attributable to a number of factors, such as diminishing confidence in the banking system following the failure of three key banks; a 2015/16 cash crunch; and a segmented interbank market. As a result, the outlook for a strong credit growth remains dim, given less demand, a regional slowdown in credit growth, and the rise of non-performing loans.
This edition of the Update also focuses on domestic revenue mobilization that is also supportive of medium term fiscal consolidation plans. Revenues have underperformed targets by an annual average of 3.7 percentage points of GDP since 2011, despite robust GDP growth. The Update notes that while a rapid rise in public expenditure has significantly contributed to Kenya’s deficit, the underperformance of revenues has also contributed to it.
The special focus of the Update recommends policy options that could enhance revenue collection for corporate tax and Value Added Tax. It recommends the rationalization of tax exemptions on corporate income tax; and on VAT.
The country will also have to enhance revenue collection in sectors where losses are the greatest. The financial, health, manufacturing, and social work sectors account for 88% of total exemptions. Lastly, widening the tax base with measures to improve the tax register could greatly ensure more tax coverage.
FULL REPORT: Poised to Bounce Back? : Reviving Private Sector Credit Growth and Boosting Revenue Mobilization to Support Fiscal Consolidation
PRESS RELEASE: Kenya’s GDP Growth Slumps in 2017, but can Rebound over the Medium-Term
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Country report and updates: El Salvador
Last revision: 30 Apr 1998
1 Conscription
conscription not enforced
Conscription has, in general, not been enforced since 1992. In February that year a peace treaty was signed between the government and the FMLN (Farabundo Marti Liberacion Nacional), which ended a civil war which had lasted since 1980.
There is a legal basis for re-introducing conscription.
Conscription is enshrined in art. 215 of the 1983 Constitution, according to which military service is compulsory for all Salvadorans (men and women) between the ages of 18 and 30. The previous constitution of 1962 had contained a similar provision. [3]
The Law on Military Service and Reserve Armed Forces (Ley del Servicio Militar y Reserva de la Fuerza Armada), passed by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in July 1992, provides a further legal basis for conscription. This law was passed shortly after the signing of the 1992 Peace Treaty, which already contained various clauses on introducing a new law on military service. The Peace Treaty stressed the importance of clear recruitment procedures as a means of avoiding human rights violations involved in forced recruitment.
The 1992 law was criticized for failing to exempt former FMLN combatants from military service and for allowing extensive military control over the civilian population by means of the recruitment offices. [6]
However, since 1992 conscription has not been enforced, apart from one general call-up in November 1994 which had a very low reponse. [1]
There is considerable public resentment against re-introducing conscription, owing to the human rights violations which have taken place in the context of forced recruitment and the traditional impunity with which the armed forces have acted in El Salvador. The armed forces lack the financial means to enforce conscription. For the authorities there seems to be no urgency about enforcing conscription as, in accordance with the Peace Treaty, the armed forces have been reduced from 60,000 in 1992 to 28,000 in 1997. Voluntary enlistment seems to be sufficient to obtain the requisite number of recruits. [2] [3]
Under the 1992 law all men between the ages of 18 and 30 are liable for a one year's military service. [6]
The government stated in 1994 that women are liable for military service, but do not have to serve in combat capacity. [7]
postponement and exemption
Postponement and exemption are allowed under chapter VI of the 1992 Law on Military Service. The application procedure is set forth in art. 24. [6]
Exemption is possible for medical reasons, regular, proficient students at universities and technical schools, those with dependent children, those who are sole supporters of their families (art. 19). Certain armed forces and police staff can exempted as they are considered to have performed an equivalent to military service (art. 20). [6]
Under art. 23 temporary exemption is possible for:
- church ministers who have been practising at least 15 months before call-up date;
- registerered teachers whose main occupation is teaching;
- elected public officers, judges, magistrates and other government officials;
- people detained or imprisoned on call-up date;
- Public Security National Academy or National Civilian Police students
- those certified by military health authorities as disabled for a considerable period, although they must report at the end of this period. [6]
The 1992 law requires all men to register for military service at the age of 18. The law further stipulates that selection of recruits is to be by ballot. This seems to be in accordance with the Peace Treaty, which stipulated: "The law shall establish that all Salvadorans must present themselves at the proper time at the appropriate registration centres. Recruitment shall be effected exclusively by calling up individuals through the drawing of lots, and by registering volunteers." [3] [6]
Voluntary enlistment is possible from the age of 16. [6]
forced recruitment
Since the signing of the 1992 Peace Treaty forced recruitment by the armed forces seems to have gradually ceased. A 1993 United Nations Observer Mission declared admissible 136 complaints of forcible, irregular or arbitrary recruitment between January and May 1992. There are no reports of forced recruitment in later years. [6]
2 Conscientious objection
legal right
The right to conscientious objection is not legally recognized. Neither the 1992 Peace Treaty nor the 1992 Law on Military Service include any provisions for conscientious objection and substitute service. [3]
In 1983 the government stated: "No provision is made in El Salvador for cases in which persons object to performing military service on grounds of conscience; exemptions from military service have only been made only for family or health reasons." [5]
3 Draft evasion and desertion
According to art. 33 of the 1992 Law on Military Service those who violate this law will be tried under the Penal Code or the Code of Military Justice.
According to art. 34 of the 1992 law infringements of the law that do not constitute a crime or offence are to be dealt with by the General Direction of Recruitment and Reserve, possible penalties being up to 15 days' imprisonment or a fine in lieu of detention.
Those who don't comply with military service orders can also be refused passports, drivers' licenses and copies of their police records. [6]
Desertion is punishable under the Code of Military Justice, Title V: Offenses Against Military Service (Delitos contra el servicio militar). The latest version was published in 1984. [10]
According to the government in 1994 both it and the armed forces were considering amending the Code of Military Justice, including how it dealt with the legal situation of those who deserted from the armed forces in the 1980s. [10]
In 1992 an amnesty was announced. Although it did not actually deal with the situation of deserters, practically all civil war cases seem to have been suspended or dropped. Desertion cases are not being investigated or prosecuted, and cases that were opened have been suspended or dropped. Nevertheless, records of desertion or trials are probably being kept by the armed forces. This may militate against individuals seeking employment in the armed forces or related bodies. [9]
Ever since the 1920s there has been legislation on conscription in El Salvador. Before the civil war broke out in 1980 conscription was not as a rule enforced, and voluntary enlistment was usually adequate to obtain the necessary number of recruits as many poor El Salvadorans were drawn to an army career. [8]
Under the law vacancies in the armed forces were supposed to be filled in by ballotting qualified applicants from the semi-annual class of eligible conscripts. Those who were not drafted into regular service performed their obligatory military service by joining in weekly training session by the regular army in or near their home towns. Conscripts have always formed a reserve (which included those released from active service), organised into a battallion force, which has sometimes mobilised, for example in the 1969 'football war' with Honduras. [3] [8]
During the civil war conscription was enforced, so as to achieve the increased strength of the armed forces. The armed forces increased in size from 6,000 in 1979 to 39,000 in 1989 and the length of military service was increased from 18 months to two years. Forced recruitment methods involved round-ups in poor suburbs, at football-grounds, at bus-stops, near schools or anywhere where lower class young men were foregathered. Army trucks were sent into poor villages in the country and swept along the streets picking up young men. Particularly subjected to forced recruitment were poor, illiterate children and the children of peasants. Students at national colleges also faced recruitment as the armed forces needed more educated youths to fight the FMLN. The rich were not recruited. [4]
The legal recruitment age was 18, but in wartime most of the recruits were younger. According to estimates by ex-soldiers, 80 percent of the troops during the war were under 18. [4]
In the late 1980s the army recruited between 12,000 and - 20,000 youths annually. According to the estimate of a military expert, about 60 percent of the Salvadorean soldiers in the army in the late 1980s had been recruited compulsorily. Desertion rates were very high, which in turn increased conscription rates. [5]
The Civil Defence Patrols (CDP) were engaged in forced recruitment too, although, according to government, recruitment into the CDP was voluntary. Anyone serving in the CDP was exempt from military service in the regular armed forces (and vice versa). Service in the CDP was for one year. Many apparently chose to serve in the CDP rather than the army, as this meant they would be nearer home. Forced recruitment by CDP units was particularly prevalent in areas where there were frequent confrontations with the FMLN. The legal recruitment age was not respected and children as young as 10 have been recruited into the CDP. As stipulated in the Peace Treaty, the CDP have been dissolved in the 1990s. [11]
There are fewer reports of forced recruitment by the FMLN during the civil war. Nevertheless about 18 percent of FMLN combatants are said to have been recruited and trained initially against their will. Fear of recruitment into the government forces and fear of harsh treatment within the army could have led to joining the FMLN. The FMLN also recruited minors. It has been estimated that 20 percent of the 10,000 FMLN combatants were under 18. About 700 of the minors demobilized in 1992 were girls. [4]
6 Annual statistics
The armed forces are 28,400 strong - approximately 0.48 percent of the population. [13]
[1] González, J. 1996. Objeci--n de conciencia en Centroamérica. KEM-MOC, Bilbao, Spain. [2] MOOC-El Salvador 1997 Response to CONCODOC enquiry, November 1997. [3] Brett, Derek 1994. Conscientious objection to military service. Quaker Peace and Service, Geneva. [4] Leskinen, Reetta 1995. 'Child Soldiers in El Salvador'. Case study for the UN Study on the impact of armed conflict on children. [5] Eide, A., C. Mubanga-Chipoya 1985. Conscientious objection to military service, report prepared in pursuance of resolutions 14 (XXXIV) and 1982/30 of the Sub-Commission of Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. United Nations, New York. [6] DIRB, 22 April 1994. [7] DIRB, 7 April 1994. [8] US Library of Congress 1988. El Salvador - a country study. Area Handbooks, State Department, Washington DC. [9] DIRB, 7 December 1994. [10] DIRB, 4 August 1994. [11] DIRB, 21 August 1991. [12] DIRB, 15 October 1992. [13] Institute for Strategic Studies 1997. Military Balance 1997/98. ISS, London.
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Trump Withdraws U.S. From Iran Accord
President announces pullout from deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activity, calling it ‘horrible’
President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reinstate sanctions on Tehran. He called the deal ‘defective’ and said it didn't do enough to stop the country from developing nuclear weapons. Photo: Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. is exiting the Iranian nuclear accord, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, dismantling his predecessor’s most prominent foreign-policy initiative and bucking the appeals of some of America’s closest allies.
Speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Mr. Trump delivered harsh words about the 2015 deal to curb and monitor Iran’s nuclear activity, calling it “horrible,” “one-sided” and “disastrous.” The president said he planned to institute sanctions against Iran, and said the U.S. would sanction any nation that helps Tehran pursue nuclear weapons, as well as U.S. and foreign companies and banks that continue to do business with the country.
After an 11-minute televised speech explaining his decision, Mr. Trump sat down at a desk and signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the pact as Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and national security adviser John Bolton looked on from across the room.
Administration officials said the Iran sanctions suspended under the agreement snapped immediately back into effect, meaning any new contracts and financial deals are banned. They said businesses and banks have either 90 or 180 days to wind down existing ties, depending on the particular type of transaction.
While it pleased Israel and Saudi Arabia, Mr. Trump’s decision injected a new source of strain into tense trans-Atlantic ties. In a strongly worded joint statement, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany rejected the president’s conclusion, announced they were still committed to the nuclear agreement and urged Iran to stay in compliance.
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“This agreement remains important for our shared security,” said British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, adding that they viewed Mr. Trump’s decision with “regret and concern.”
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned” and called on the agreement’s other parties—the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran—“to abide fully to their respective commitments.”
With the U.S. and its allies fundamentally at odds, diplomatic efforts to constrain Iran’s nuclear program have entered uncharted territory, diplomats and analysts said.
The current agreement limits Iran’s capability to enrich uranium and has made it easier to monitor its nuclear activities, according to a February report by U.S. intelligence agencies. Intelligence officials—including then-Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo at a hearing last month preceding his confirmation as secretary of state—have concluded that Iran has complied.
But the administration has complained that limits on Iran’s ability to enrich uranium are set to ease in eight years under the accord.
Mr. Trump also has complained that the deal resulted in cash payments by the U.S. to Iran, charging Tehran used the money—proceeds of a court settlement at an international tribunal—to fund militant groups and its own elite military units.
U.S. and European diplomats have been trying for months to negotiate a supplementary agreement to strengthen the nuclear deal, constrain Iran’s ballistic-missile programs and counter its assertive posture in the region.
Mr. Trump and U.S. officials say those efforts fell short, but several European officials said Mr. Trump’s decision to withdraw was preordained.
The White House framed the withdrawal from the deal as a victory for the president, who had made a campaign promise to pull out.
“We’re out of the deal,” Mr. Bolton, a fierce critic of the pact who became the president’s national security adviser on April 8, said several times.
After President Donald Trump's big gamble to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, the focus now shifts to Tehran, the Iranian people and America's allies. Gerald F. Seib explains the high stakes. Photo: Getty
By sweeping the agreement aside, Mr. Bolton said, the administration had created a “new reality” that would enable the U.S. to develop a more effective strategy to frustrate what he sees as Iran’s efforts to destabilize the region.
Reinforcing that point, Secretary of State Pompeo said in a statement that the U.S. would use sanctions to isolate Iran diplomatically and economically while working with allies to replace the Iran accord with a “comprehensive and lasting solution to the Iranian threat.”
But European officials said U.S. officials have yet to explain how they propose to restrict and monitor Iran’s program if the current agreement is abandoned. “Await more details on U.S. plan,” Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary who was in Washington on Monday for talks, wrote on Twitter.
Other European officials underscored that they would resist the Trump administration’s efforts to isolate Iran. “Let me conclude with a message to the Iranian citizens and leaders: Do not let anyone dismantle this agreement,” said Frederica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign-policy chief.
That message was also driven home when senior diplomats from the EU, France, Britain and Germany met in Brussels with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hours before Mr. Trump’s announcement. The bottom line of the message the Europeans sent, said diplomats involved, was that Europe would seek to deliver economic benefits and Tehran shouldn’t walk away.
Within Mr. Trump’s national security staff, the Iran deal has been at the forefront of discussions since the start of the administration.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who previously served as national security adviser, was more reluctant than his successor, Mr. Bolton, to withdraw from the pact, believing the deal, while flawed, provided a good framework, according to a former NSC official.
“McMaster’s answer was always, ‘I know you want to do that, Mr. President, but here’s the limit to the left and to the right of what we can do,’” the former official said. Mr. Bolton, in contrast, “takes a directive and tells the bureaucracy, ‘Give me answers on how we do that.’”
Mr. Trump was eager to announce the U.S. would withdraw from the accord ahead of the midterm elections in November, according to people close to the administration. Until Tuesday, that he hadn’t yet done so was a source of frustration to several former campaign aides and members of pro-Israel organizations that supported his campaign.
Iran’s next steps are unclear. It could accuse Mr. Trump of violating the agreement at a special commission set up to address compliance with the accord, or ask the U.S. decision be debated at U.N. Security Council.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s diplomats would talk with Europe, Russia and China in the coming weeks about how to maintain the nuclear deal without the U.S.
“The Iranian people are more united and resolute,” Mr. Rouhani said in a speech televised throughout Iran. “Trump’s move was a psychological war and economic pressure. We won’t let him win this war.”
To European officials, the writing appeared to be on the wall when Mr. Pompeo spoke Friday to the top diplomats from Germany, Britain and France. In that call, Mr. Pompeo indicated that while he was prepared to continue talking for two more weeks, Mr. Trump already felt he had all the information he needed to make a decision, according to a person briefed the discussion.
The State Department declined to comment on the discussion.
—Farnaz Fassihi at the U.N., Aresu Eqbali in Tehran, Laurence Norman in Brussels and Byron Tau in Washington contributed to this article.
Write to Michael C. Bender at Mike.Bender@wsj.com, Michael R. Gordon at michael.gordon@wsj.com and Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com
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New Kitten ‘Fishing’ for Compliments at Hellabrunn
Hellabrunn Zoo is thrilled to announce that, Luzi, its female Fishing Cat, gave birth to a kitten on November 1st. Now almost six-weeks-old, the cute offspring is spending more and more time outside the birthing den, giving visitors an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the new arrival as it explores its home.
“This is the first time that Hellabrunn has succeeded in breeding the endangered Fishing Cat. Naturally, we are very proud,” said Zoo Director, Rasem Baban. “The little kitten is truly a joy to behold and I hope it will play a role in raising awareness of the threatened status of this beautiful cat.”
Hellabrunn Zoo also participates in the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) for Fishing Cats, which of course makes this first breeding success all the more delightful.
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn / Maria Fencik
Luzi, the Zoo’s female Fishing Cat, has resided in the Jungle World at Hellabrunn Zoo since 2012. She was joined by a male, Sangke, in late 2016. Apparently, the chemistry between the two animals clicked. But as with most cat species, raising the young is a matter for the female. Luzi is a caring mother - she never loses sight of her kitten on its first solo tours of the enclosure.
The gender of the kitten is yet to be determined. This information will be available once the Hellabrunn veterinarian team has conducted the first medical check for the newborn. As with most births at the zoo, the keepers ensure that mother and offspring are not disturbed and away from the public eye for a period after the birth.
Fishing Cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) are medium-sized and native to Southeast Asia. Unlike most other cats, they like to go into the water to hunt fish. The species is threatened by the extensive destruction of its natural habitat, wetlands. As a result, only about 10,000 individuals remain in the wild. The Fishing Cat is classified as “Vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
With a little luck, the newborn kitten will be on view daily from 9 am to 5 pm at Hellabrunn Zoo. The Fishing Cat enclosure is situated in the Jungle World, where the temperature is always a pleasant 25° C, even in the current chilly autumn weather.
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Hellabrunn Zoo Waits Four Years for Sloth Baby
Visitors to Hellabrunn Zoo might need a little patience to spot one of their newest residents. A Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth baby, with brown button eyes, can be seen clinging to protective mom Maya, high up in a tree in the middle of the Zoo’s Rhino House. Born on June 18, the new offspring is the first Two-toed Sloth born at Hellabrunn Zoo in four years.
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn/ Michael Matziol
The Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) is native to Central and South America usually sleeps between 15 and 20 hours a day. Considering that they can live up to the age of 40, this means they sleep for almost 34 years of their lives.
In the wild, sloths live with their parents for about one to two years. Females become sexually mature at the age of three, while males do not attain maturity until the age of four to five.
Maya is a first-time mom, and the experienced father is 26-year-old Heinz. It is not yet known whether their new baby sloth is a boy or girl.
"Determining the sex of a sloth based on external features alone is subject to error. So it will probably take a while until we are 100 per cent certain of the sex of the pup", explained Carsten Zehrer, curator for sloths at Hellabrunn Zoo. Accordingly, the little sloth has not yet been given a name.
Two-toed Sloths are inhabitants of the rainforest. Like many of the other fauna and flora of this habitat, they are severely impacted by deforestation and the resulting loss of habitat.
Although sloth behavior is not fully understood, it is known that they spend most of their lives hanging upside down from tree branches. Sloths have a low calorie diet, which means they need to conserve the little energy they receive from their food – by moving very slowly and very little. However, sloths are surprisingly strong swimmers, provided they can reach water.
Unlike most other mammals that have hair parting on their heads or backs, the sloth's fur runs in the opposite direction – from belly to back – with the parting on the belly. This upside down hanging fur helps water run right off its body when it rains.
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Two New Yak Calves for Hellabrunn Zoo
Hellabrunn Zoo is proud to introduce their two male Domestic Yak calves.
Keepers opted for names indicative of the youngsters’ unique coloring. “Skunk” was born on May 18, and “Snowy” on May 25.
Photo Credits: Hellabrunn Zoo /Dominik Greenwood (Images 1,3,4-5,8) / Michael Thomas (Images 2,6-7)
The Domestic Yak (Bos grunniens) is a longhaired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. It is descended from the Wild Yak (Bos mutus).
Contrary to popular belief, Yak have little to no detectable odor when maintained appropriately in pastures or paddocks. A Yak's wool is also naturally odor resistant.
Gestation lasts between 257 and 270 days and generally results in the birth of a single calf. The mother will find a secluded spot to give birth, and the calf is able to walk within about ten minutes of birth. Females of both the wild and domestic forms typically give birth only once every other year. Calves are weaned at about one-year-old and become independent shortly thereafter.
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Sumatran Orangutan Becomes Adoptive Mother
Matra, a Sumatran Orangutan at Hellabrunn Zoo, is known as good-natured and an affectionate mother to her offspring. She was born in 1975 and has made her home at the Zoo since 1993. In early October, she gave birth to a lovely little boy.
Not long after the birth of Matra’s boy, 13-year-old Jahe also welcomed a baby into the world. For Jahe, who is a relatively young and inexperienced mother, this represents her first successful pregnancy. The father of the two new arrivals is Bruno (the head of the group), making the two infants half-siblings.
Orangutans are typically solitary animals, but social bonds often form between adult females and their offspring. Keepers report that Jahe experienced apprehension and was overwhelmed soon after her baby’s birth. She willingly handed over her offspring to experienced mom, Matra, who has happily taken on the role of raising both babies. For several days, zookeepers began to notice that, in addition to her own son, Matra was carrying a second baby in her arms and breastfeeding both infants.
"As long as Matra produces enough milk, which she does, she can raise the two babies without any problem," says curator Beatrix Köhler. "The fact that Matra is caring for both babies is not so uncommon. This behavior is known to occur among Orangutans in their natural habitat, as well as in zoos. In the past, zoos have observed that the most experienced mum in the group takes care of all new offspring. This is a great relief for Jahe. One can observe that although she always watches Matra from afar, she is not interested in the child."
Photo Credits: Hellabrunn Zoo / Marc Müller
Matra, who has lived at Hellabrunn since 1993, is now a mother for the sixth time. Her daughter Jolie, born in 2009 at Hellabrunn, also lives with her. She and the other female members of the group, Sitti and Isalie, have now become accustomed to the new situation with the two new babies.
"To give Matra some privacy with the babies we have decided to create a temporary retreat space that will be screened off from the public, placing greater distance between the visitors and the animals", explains Köhler. "This allows Matra to decide when she wants to show off her offspring."
Furthermore, the retreat space and the screen, which will be in place until further notice, will also ensure that the other Orangutans continue to feel at ease in the group. "Bruno, in particular, loves the attention of visitors and, despite the new additions to the group, would like to be noticed by you," adds Köhler, who is in constant contact with the keepers and is confident that Matra will be able to handle the situation with two babies well.
Bruno, Hellabrunn's oldest Orangutan, has become a dad thirty times over. In addition to the two newborns, two of his daughters, Isalie and Jolie, also live at Hellabrunn Zoo. He was born in 1969 in Munich. However, he is not the oldest Orangutan residing in a scientifically managed zoo. The oldest is a 60-year-old Sumatran Orangutan, named Puan, who lives in Perth. His achievement is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
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Second Polar Bear Birth of the Year for Germany
Three years after the birth of twin Polar Bears at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich, they are celebrating another arrival. On November 21, Giovanna gave birth to a healthy cub.
The newborn cub is in good health and mum Giovanna has been caring lovingly for her little one. The father of the latest offspring is 17-year-old Yoghi.
The birth at Hellabrunn represents only the second Polar Bear birth in Germany this year, after the birth of a cub at Tierpark Berlin.
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn
In their natural habitat, expectant females dig a den in a snowdrift, which provides shelter for giving birth and provides protection for the vulnerable newborn. At Hellabrunn Zoo, ten-year-old Giovanna has a birthing den, where she has retreated since the beginning of the autumn.
Following this voluntary seclusion by Giovanna, zookeepers were curious to find out if another cub would be born in the Polar World exhibit this year. Zoo curator Beatrix Köhler monitored Giovanna's behaviour via a video stream from the birthing den, "On the afternoon of 21 November, it became apparent that Giovanna was in labour. Unlike the birth of the twins Nela and Nobby, which could be clearly watched via video link, Giovanna gave birth to her third cub in a sitting position, so that the actual birth could not be seen."
The new cub is getting bigger and more active with each passing day. Giovanna keeps her little baby warm by holding it either at her neck or between her paws. "One can clearly see that Giovanna is an experienced mum. She handles her offspring with loving care and regularly checks to make sure everything is okay," explains Beatrix Köhler.
According to keepers, the cub currently weighs about 600 grams and is approximately 20 cm tall. However, the sex of the newborn cannot yet be determined.
Without siblings to compete with, the new arrival is expected to grow quickly in size and weight, thanks to mother's milk. The cub’s eyes will open for the first time after about four and a half weeks.
Christine Strobl, Mayor and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Hellabrunn Zoo, is extremely delighted, "The birth of another Polar Bear cub is a wonderful success for the zoo and represents a significant development in the conservation of this endangered species."
It may take some time before visitors will be able to see the newborn Polar Bear cub in the outdoor enclosure. The cub is expected to emerge, for the first time, towards the end of winter when it is strong enough to step outside. As with Giovanna and Yoghi’s twins, Nela and Nobby, dad will not play a part in raising the new cub. Female Polar Bears do not allow the male near their young, as the fathers may see their own offspring as potential prey and attempt to harm them.
A video link of the birthing den is available for visitors in the zoo’s Species Conservation Center, where visitors can have a view into the den via Live Stream.
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“It’s the Great Pumpkin…!”
Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns are indicative of the fall season…and Halloween.
Zoo Keepers work hard to keep their animals healthy and happy. Enrichment toys and activities are an important tool that Keepers utilize to help in that pursuit. Enrichment items encourage natural behavior and stimulate the senses…and what could be more stimulating, this time of year, than celebrating by tearing into a bright orange pumpkin!
Happy Halloween from ZooBorns!
Image 1: (Lynx) Tierpark Hellabrunn / Marc Muller
Image 2: “Red Pandas, Jung and Nima, get into the Halloween spirit”/ Chester Zoo
Image 3: (Snow leopard) Woodland Park Zoo
Image 4: (Amur Tiger) Woburn Safari Park
Image 5: Piglets-in-a-pumpkin/ Tierpark Berlin
Image 6: “Andean Bear, Bernie, tucks into honey-coated treats”/ Chester Zoo
Image 7: “Black Jaguar, Goshi, enjoys and early treat”/ Chester Zoo
Images 8, 9: Elephant Pumpkin Stomp/ Denver Zoo
Image 10: (Chimpanzee)/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 11: (Bison)/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 12: (Giraffe “Mpenzi”)/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 13: (Hippo)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
Image 14: (Tiger)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
Image 15: (Maned Wolf)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
More adorable Halloween pics, below the fold!
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“Q” & A at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich
The youngest European Elk (Moose in North America), at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich, was born on May 23.
This year every offspring born at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich will get a name starting with “Q”…so the new calf has been named Quanita. She is doing well and is under the great care of her mother Anita. Staff report that Quanita has also started to become more acquainted with her half-brother Quebec, who is one week older.
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn / Marc Mueller
The Elk (Eurasia) or Moose (North America), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. The palmate antlers of the males distinguish Elk/Moose; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. They typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. The species used to have a much wider range but hunting and other human activities have greatly reduced it. Elk/Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Currently, most are found in Canada, Alaska, New England, Scandinavia, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.
Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. Their most common predators are wolves, bears and humans. Unlike most other deer species, Elk/Moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, they can become aggressive and move quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for a female.
On average, an adult stands 1.4–2.1 m (4.6–6.9 ft) high at the shoulder. Males (or "bulls") normally weigh from 380 to 700 kg (838 to 1,543 lb) and females (or "cows") typically weigh 200 to 490 kg (441 to 1,080 lb). The head-and-body length is 2.4–3.1 m (7.9–10.2 ft), with the vestigial tail adding only a further 5–12 cm (2.0–4.7 in). Typically, the antlers of a mature bull are between 1.2 m (3.9 ft) and 1.5 m (4.9 ft).
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Hellabrunn’s Emu Chicks Go to ‘Daddy Day Care’
Hellabrunn Zoo Munich currently has five new Emu chicks! The chicks hatched between May 8th and May 14th, and the new mob is currently under the protective care of their ten-year-old father “Kanoro”.
Photo Credits: Marc Mueller
The Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius.
Emus are soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds with long necks and legs, and can reach up to 1.9 metres (6.2 ft) in height. Emus can travel great distances and sprint at 50 km/h (31 mph). They forage for a variety of plants and insects, but have been known to go weeks without eating. They drink infrequently, but take in large amounts of water when opportunity arises.
Breeding takes place in May and June, and fighting among females for a mate is common. Females can mate several times and lay several clutches of eggs in one season.
The male does the incubation; during this process he hardly eats or drinks and loses a significant amount of weight. Incubation takes 56 days, and the male stops incubating the eggs shortly before they hatch. The temperature of the nest rises slightly during the eight-week period. Although the eggs are laid sequentially, they tend to hatch within two days of one another, as the eggs that were laid later experienced higher temperatures and developed more rapidly. During the process, the precocial Emu chicks need to develop a capacity for thermoregulation. During incubation, the embryos are kept at a constant temperature but the chicks will need to be able to cope with varying external temperatures by the time they hatch.
Newly hatched chicks are active and can leave the nest within a few days of hatching. They stand about 12 cm (5 in) tall at first, weigh 0.5 kg (17.6 oz), and have distinctive brown and cream stripes for camouflage, which fade after three months or so. The male guards the growing chicks for up to seven months, teaching them how to find food.
Chicks grow very quickly and are fully-grown in five to six months; they may remain with their family group for another six months or so before they split up to breed in their second season.
During their early life, their father, who adopts a belligerent stance towards other Emus, including the mother, defends the young Emus. He does this by ruffling his feathers, emitting sharp grunts, and kicking his legs to drive off other animals. He can also bend his knees to crouch over smaller chicks to protect them. At night, he envelops his young with his feathers. As the young Emus cannot travel far, the parents must choose an area with plentiful food in which to breed.
In captivity, Emus can live for upwards of ten years.
In the 1930s, Emu killings in Western Australia peaked at 57,000, due to rampant crop damage. In the 1960s, bounties were still being paid in Western Australia for killing Emus. Since then, wild Emus have been granted formal protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Their occurrence range is between 4,240,000 and 6,730,000 km2 (1,640,000–2,600,000 sq mi), and a 1992 census suggested that their total population was between 630,000 and 725,000. The bird is now classified as “Least Concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Hellabrunn Zoo Is Hatching a Plan for Flamingos
A Flamingo chick pecking its way out of an egg was an almost daily occurrence for several weeks at Hellabrunn Zoo.
Warmed and well protected, the chicks at Hellabrunn Zoo began hatching on May 9th. Currently, seven chicks have been seen under their parents, and about a dozen chicks are still waiting to hatch from their eggs.
Zoo director, Rasem Baban, is delighted with the new births, "A total of seven chicks have been hatched. The Flamingos incubate about 20 eggs, in nest mounds made from mud. Once the sun comes out and the temperatures rise, the colorful offspring become independent and strike out on their own."
The Flamingo group at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich currently contains over 130 birds of the species’ American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn/Marc Müller (Images 2-4); Tierpark Hellabrunn / Marisa Segadelli-MGsee (Images 1,5-10)
Flamingos are among the oldest groups of birds. It is said they have existed on earth in their present form for about 30 million years.
Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behavior is not fully understood. Research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behavior also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Young Flamingos hatch with greyish reddish plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-Carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink, as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild.
The American Flamingo breeds in the Galápagos, coastal Colombia, Venezuela, and nearby islands, Trinidad and Tobago, along the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Hispaniola, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The American Flamingo was once also found in southern Florida, but since the arrival of Europeans, it has been all but eradicated there. Sightings today are usually considered to be escapees. From a distance, untrained eyes can also confuse it with the Roseate Spoonbill.
The Greater Flamingo is the largest and most widespread species of the Flamingo family. It is native to Africa, Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and southern Europe.
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The Kids Are Alright at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich
There has been a baby boom at Hellabrunn Zoo Munich…seriously, we aren’t ‘kidding’! Four Girgentana Goat kids were born there in the last two months!
According to staff, all new offspring born at the Zoo in 2016 are being given names that start with the letter ‘Q’ (babies born in 2015 all started with ‘P’).
Quirin was born February 18 to his mom, Orchidee. Male, Quax, and his sister, Quidana, were born February 22 to mom Mildred. The newest ‘kid’ was born March 9 to Penelope, and he has been named Quentino. The father of all the young is a four-year-old, known by the Zoo as “Mr. Montgomery”.
Photo Credits: Tierpark Hellabrunn/D. Greenwood
The Girgentana is a breed of domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) indigenous to the province of Agrigento, in the southern part of the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The name of the breed derives from Girgenti, the name of Agrigento in local Sicilian language. There were in the past more than 30,000 head in the hills and coastal zone of the province. Today, however, this breed is in danger of disappearance. According to Hellabrunn Zoo Munich, there are only about 400 left.
The Girgentana Goat has characteristic horns, twisted into a spiral. It has a long beard and a primarily white coat with grey-brown hair around the head and throat. It is known for the production of high-quality milk.
The Girgentana is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds, for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia (the Italian national association of sheep-breeders).
It was formerly numerous in the province of Agrigento, where there were more than 30,000 in the coastal area and the hilly hinterland. It has since fallen rapidly, to the point that measures for its protection may be needed. At the end of 1993 the population was estimated at 524. In 2007, the conservation status of the breed was listed as "Endangered" by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). At the end of 2013 the registered population was 390.
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The Two Towers by J R R Tolkien (1954)
Part two of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy
It was a desperate enterprise, to form a Fellowship of Nine Walkers to accompany Frodo son of Drogo, Ring Bearer, on his hopeless quest to return the Ring of Power to the fires of Mount Doom, to destroy it utterly for all time.
As you will know by now, the fellowship failed at the end of the first part of this trilogy. Gandalf fell into the abyss in the Mines of Moria as he battled with the Balrog; Boromir fell under the evil influence of the Ring and attempted to take it from Frodo by force. The company was attacked by orcs and scattered. Boromir died defending Pippin and Merry, but at the end they were taken hostage by orcs and carried away, and in the tumult Frodo and Sam set off alone on the final stage of their desperate journey to Mordor.
When The Two Towers opens Aragorn has lost control of the situation:
This is a bitter end. Now the Company is all in ruin. It is I that have failed. Vain was Gandalf's trust in me. What shall I do now? Boromir has laid it on me to go to Minas Tirith, and my heart desires it; but where are the Ring and the Bearer? How shall I find them and save the Quest from disaster?
It is an evil choice which lies before him:
'Let me think!' said Aragorn. 'And now may I make a right choice, and change the evil fate of this unhappy day!' He stood silent for a moment. 'I will follow the Orcs,' he said at last. 'I would have guided Frodo to Mordor and gone with him to the end; but if I seek him now in the wilderness, I must abandon the captives to torment and death. My heart speaks clearly at last: the fate of the Bearer is in my hands no longer. The Company has played its part. Yet we that remain cannot forsake our companions while we have strength left. Come! We will go now. Leave all that can be spared behind! We will press on by day and dark!'
The three companions, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, who represent the three great races of Middle Earth, begin a relentless chase from the Falls of Rauros across the Vale of Rohan to the very eaves of Fangorn Forest in a bid to rescue the two hobbits from their merciless captors. It is a heroic effort:
'This deed of the three friends should be sung in many a hall.'
Thus says Eomer of Rohan, who meets them on the plain and tells them that he and his men have already intercepted and killed the orcs on the border of the ancient forest. The three companions are still in some doubt about the fate of Pippin and Merry, when they encounter Gandalf, who has returned from death in order to continue the battle against the evil shadow. He is now presented as the White Rider, mounted on Shadowfax, so that the companions are momentarily confused as to his true identity, but it is a joyful, if hasty, reunion.
There is much to do. The traitor Saruman must be dealt with. Saruman is the leader of Gandalf's order, but he has spent too long studying the ways of the enemy and he has succumbed to the power of the Dark Lord. He seeks the Ring for his own use, and he has raised his own fighting force. Gandalf and the three companions ride across Rohan to rally King Theoden of the Mark. King Theoden makes his stand at the Hornburg against the forces of Saruman, and it it a hard-fought battle, but they receive unexpected assistance from the Ents out of Fangorn. If you want to know what kind of help a group of ancient shepherds of trees can render in this situation, you'll have to read the book, and you might find out what happens to Merry and Pippin too.
Now, what has become of Frodo and Sam? They have chosen a bitter route through the Emyn Muil hills and the Dead Marshes. They are heading, without hope, straight for the Black Gate of Mordor. Still Frodo does not know the way and cannot find his way, until he and Sam fall in with Gollum, who has secretly pursued them all the way from the Mines of Moria. Gollum is drawn by the power of the Ring and an uneasy truce is maintained between him and the hobbits. Gollum agrees to lead Frodo into Mordor through a secret entrance that he claims to have discovered during his wanderings alone.
If you want to know how Gollum keeps his promise, you will have to read the book for yourself. It is a grievous story of treachery illumined only by the love of Samwise for his master. Do you remember what Elrond said to Frodo, as the Company of the Ring prepared to leave Rivendell?
'I can foresee very little of your road; and how your task is to be achieved I do not know. The Shadow has crept now to the feet of the Mountains, and draws nigh even to the borders of the Greyflood; and under the Shadow all is dark to me. You will meet many foes, some open, and some disguised; and you may find friends upon your way when you least look for it ...'
Another nerve-shredding episode of The Lord of the Rings.
This book is the second of a trilogy which is known as The Lord of the Rings. The three books are separately entitled:
Of course, if you haven't already read it, you might be interested to have a look at The Hobbit. Although it was written in a simpler style for younger readers, it presents many of the important characters and events for the later trilogy:
There is nothing else quite like The Lord of the Rings. It is the fantasy which set the standard for all other fantasies written this century - and last century!
You might like to have a look at the Earthsea sequence by Ursula Le Guin which portrays some fairly serious wizardry:
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
There is a new fantasy trilogy, in a historical setting, which might interest you, written by Kevin Crossley-Holland:
Arthur: The Seeing Stone
Arthur: At the Crossing Places
Arthur: King of the Middle March (not yet published)
Cold Tom by Sally Prue (Score: 93%)
Midwinter Lucie by Alan Porter (Score: 93%)
The Soul Thieves by Catherine Fisher (Score: 93%)
Shadows by Meaghan McIsaac (Score: 93%)
The Snow-Walker's Son by Catherine Fisher (Score: 93%)
The Two Towers features in these lists:
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Big Premonition Experiment - Update
12/01/19 11:16 Filed in: news
It's now the 12th of January and it looks as if my vivid dream's prediction of an explosion/eruption and a large cloud of black smoke in the first few days of 2019 isn't going to happen, which is a huge relief. When I read in late December that Anak Krakatoa and Mount Etna were both active, and that Anak Krakatoa had created a devastating tsunami, I was very worried that a huge eruption would take place. Fortunately, it hasn't.
What does this say about my vivid dream? So far, it would seem that the dream was just a dream. Some readers might point out that I had the dream a year-and-a-half ago and that the timing of a volcanic eruption is chaotic in nature. In other words, that small shifts over time in weather systems, acting upon each other, could alter when a destruction occurs; the so-called 'Butterfly Effect'. This would mean that the time of an eruption is fundamentally unknowable, even using psi-awareness, until close to when it actually happens. I don't know if that's true. Personally, I am defaulting to a conservative viewpoint. Unless new evidence arises, I'm concluding that my dream wasn't prescient.
Unfortunately, I don't think this lets us off the hook in terms of the likelihood of a future disaster. Climate change now seems unstoppable, according to all the scientific evidence. We should definitely therefore be planning how we're going to survive on an inhospitable Earth. We need to start constructing protective environments for ourselves and our crops, not necessarily to survive in immediately, but part of a long-term development of our survival strategy. Read More...
Tags: bpe, laviolette, psi-earth, history
Six months to go to the Big Premonition Experiment
It's now early December, sixth months to go to my Big Premonition Experiment. I first wrote about this matter on this website in late 2017 in my predictions of the future article. Here's a quick recap from that article:
"In 2017 I had a dream. In the dream I was looking down on a track, like an athletics running track and I knew it was the future, stretching ahead. The track was marked with months and years. I moved along the track, feeling the time pass as marked on the track. Nothing significant happened in 2017. 2018 came along and I moved through it. Again, all was quiet but in the first few days of 2019, a large cloud of black smoke erupted. It was clearly something major but survivable. I walked through that (coughing a bit) and continued through 2019. I passed through the Spring months and then, on the first few days of June, 2019, there was an absolutely massive eruption of fine, grey ash. It felt as if the Earth had blown a hole in its side. This cloud of ash covered the track in the dream all through June and July and then, somehow, an enormous cloud of black dust, mixed with the fine ash, blanketed everything."
Being a scientifically-minded person, I don't know for sure if the events described in the dream are going to happen, I'm simply reporting the experience I had, but I think it would be an excellent test to see if the events described in the dream do come about. If they do happen as described, then it is an excellent demonstration that our minds are capable of perceiving events beyond what we pick up with our physical senses. To be honest, there isn't really any need to prove this idea, as there is vast amounts of evidence to show that our minds are capable of such feats. This website contains articles on many of those examples, while other articles on this website explain scientifically why they must be possible.
The main event described in the dream occurs in the first few days of June 2019, but there is also a significant event in the first few days of January 2019. That is only a month away. If some sort of massive eruption or explosion, producing large amounts of black smoke, does occur in that time window, then I would say that there is a greater likelihood of the far larger event in June 2019. In other words, if we get a massive explosion/eruption at the start of 2019, I'd recommend everyone start prepping as fast as they can, as they probably have only five months before everything goes cataclysmic.
Our current European and North American lifestyles, culture and official education make it very difficult for us to believe that everything could 'be drowned in a gourd of ashes', as the Hopi People have prophesied. Everything seems pretty good and the scientists say that psi-abilities are impossible, so why pay attention to such whacky ideas? Unfortunately, as many people now have realised, the general population is being lied to an awful lot by those in power, and so to find out the truth, we have think independently and develop courage in our own convictions, even if they are ridiculed by the mainstream press. At the same time, I think it's very important to stay rational and balanced and scientific (not official dogma science but the true science pioneered by people like Wallace, Wigner, Von Neumann, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Servetus, Copernicus, Galileo and others); don't throw the baby out with the bath-water.
I'll write on this matter again in January. If there has been no eruption/explosion, then my dream may just have been a dream and we can all breathe a big sigh of relief. If an eruption/explosion does take place, then I'll certainly be writing a few more blog posts!
Tags: psi-earth, mind, laviolette, science, history
'You can't tell the people' - UFO book review
A while back, I reviewed a couple of books on possibly the most famous UFO incident in the U.K. the Rendlesham Forest incident. According to many witnesses and military memoranda released under the Freedom of Information Act, an unidentified craft of mysterious design and using even stranger technology visited the Rendlesham Forest on the edge of a U.S. Air force base in Suffolk, England in the Christmas week in 1980. It either crash-landed or crashed and then landed in those pine woods in the middle of the night, causing a major alert involving the U.S. Air Force, the Suffolk police, local villagers and others.
All the books I’ve read so far about the incident have been interesting. 'Left at East Gate' by Larry Warren, is a very interesting and personal account of the event by someone who experienced it, but it isn’t a comprehensive study, more of an autobiography. The best book on the incident, I think, is ‘You can’t tell the people’ by Georgina Bruni.
You Can’t Tell the People is a big book and there were several times when I skimmed pages. Bruni is very thorough in her investigation and clearly talks to many of the key players many times as she gathers the relevant evidence. It’s easy to lose count of the number of senior military, police and civilian figures she talks to. Eventually, it becomes obvious that certain things happened in Rendlesham Forest on the last week of 1980: Read More...
Tags: UFO, psi-earth, mind, science
June 2019 - Gravity Wave
Last November, I explained in the article 'predictions of our future' that I'd had a recurring dream which seemed to indicate that a massive eruption was going to occur in June 2019. I've never made a prediction before and it was only a recurring dream, but I feel duty-bound to talk about it. The event I saw in my dream, that a massive volcanic eruption would occur in the first few days of June 2019, does fit with predictions made by other groups on our planet, in particular the Hopi Indians, Australian Aboriginal tribes and others. A recent nexus-magazine conference in Australia includes a talk by several Aboriginal elders who state that the End Times could occur within two years, but I haven't yet been able to get a record of their talk, so I've little idea of how well it correlates with other reports. It could be truly prophetic, it could be random anxiety, I don't yet know. The organisers also report that thousands of Australians have had prophetic dreams of a massive tidal-wave hitting their East Coast but again, this could be similar to a spreading rumour.
The idea that our planet might suffer a terrible eruption, followed by a vast amount of dark dust-smoke (as seen in my dream) also fits with a theory developed by Dr LaViolette. [In case any readers think my recurring dream was influenced by his book, I read his book after I had my dreams; it was the strange similarity between the book and my dreams that caused me to write my first article on the subject.]
Dr LaViolette postulates that our galaxy's centre does not contain black holes, as per the current civilian scientific view, but instead contains extremely active stars that periodically burst out vast waves of particles and energy. This theory is explained in detail in his book Earth Under Fire. He explains that the reason our planet has a precessional cycle of roughly 26,000 years is because these periodic bursts occur every 26,000 years, and to a smaller extent in simple fractions of that time, and these bursts have entrained our planets precession movement, like someone periodically pushing or pulling on a spinning top to encourage it to oscillate with a certain frequency. 26,000 years might seem like a long gap between pulls but, for example, if the age of our solar system was a year, it would be a pull every three seconds.
According to Dr LaViolette, this periodic 'flick' that entrains our planet's precessional cycle, known to the Ancient Greeks as a Great Year, occurs through a gravity wave. The periodic, massive energy burst from the centre of our galaxy contains both a high-energy particle component, a high-energy electromagnetic radiation component and an intense gravity wave. As he explains in his book, Earth Under Fire, we received such a blast about 12,800 years, half a precessional cycle ago. This blast brought disastrous conditions to our planet, including a bombardment of meteorites and vast amounts of black, interstellar dust pushed into the inner part of our solar system, dust that is usually kept away by the solar wind. He believes that this event is synonymous with the Younger Dryas Impact event and it brought a period of abrupt cooling to our planet, lasting a thousand years, before our ice-age cataclysmically ended about 9,800 years ago. Read More...
Tags: alternative-3, laviolette, conspiracy theories, bpe, climate change, physics, psi-earth
One year to go to the BPE
In November of last year, I wrote an article in which I gathered together several predictions of our future. The predictions came from different sources, such as people who had experienced Near Death Experiences, Remote Viewing reports, Hopi Indian predictions and on a personal note, a recurring dream I had that had a lasting effect. All the predictions were surprisingly similar. They stated that climate change, combined with natural events and possibly external sources, would create chaos on Earth, including some kind of huge eruption. The different groups that were reporting these matters did not specify exactly when such calamities would occur, simply that they would occur and in our lifetimes.
My recurring dream was more specific about when these calamities would occur. It made it clear that there would be a huge explosion or eruption right at the beginning of 2019 that would produce large amounts of black smoke. This event would be dramatic but not cataclysmic. Then, in the first few days of June 2019, there would be a cataclysmic eruption of fine, grey ash on Earth. This would be so large that it would spread over the planet. A month later, a vast amount of dark smoke covers everything, and it lasts for years. I was intrigued that this dream correlates well with a remote viewing report described in Jim Marrs book 'Psi Spies' and therefore I've guessed that the massive fine-grey-ash eruption will be from a volcano in the Cascade range. Read More...
Tags: UFO, alternative-3, laviolette, bpe, conspiracy theories, climate change, psi-earth
Dean Radin 'Real Magic' book review
I've reviewed several of Dr Radin's books over the years, including 'Entangled Minds', 'The Noetic Universe' and 'Supernormal'. All of his books, that I've read, pretty much follow the same path. Dr Radin discusses an aspect of ESP unique to the book, such as magic, meditation, siddhis, remote viewing etc, and then supplies a lot of painstakingly thorough scientific experiments showing that ESP is real. This is all good, although it can get a bit dull reading the same category of experiments repeatedly.
Dr Jahn's new book 'Margins of Reality' also covers this area, and although it's important to publish such findings, it isn't exactly page-turning prose. That said, it is an interesting guide to how magic was actually science, for a very long time, during a period when wise minds on Earth were fully aware that minds shaped reality and not the other way around. Isaac Newton, for example, was a 'magician' first and a scientist second, at least in terms of the hours he spent on those two subjects. Radin also makes it clear in the book that we all have the potential to do astonishing mental acts, phenomena generally described as 'magic' or more accurately 'siddhis', if we make enough effort and spend enough time focussing our minds. Wearing a cloak and hat and growing a long beard is purely optional.
For anyone who's never read anything by Dr Radin, I do recommend Real Magic. For those who have read most of his books, it's still good but be prepared for some repetition.
Tags: psi-earth, mind, psychology, history
Hostage Crisis: Earth!
06/05/17 20:25 Filed in: reviews | articles
This article is partly a review of a very interesting book called; ‘The Missing Times: News media complicity in the UFO coverup’ by Terry Hansen and it's also about a very strange idea that bubbled up in my brain after reading the book.
Firstly, I'll talk about Hansen’s book. ‘The Missing Times’ focusses on how a very large number of compelling UFOs incidents , ones that have occurred worldwide in the last seventy years, have been covered up and ignored by the U.S. media. The book does a very good job of investigating this issue and how local news is filtered to remove such stories before it reaches the major media outlets. It also goes into great depth studying the more general matter of how any topic that is frowned on by the establishment is covered in the mainstream media (i.e. television, film, books, newspapers etc). As Hansen shows, using exhaustive and detailed references, the major U.S. televisions channels, film studios and newspapers, along with the ones here in the U.K. all follow a very narrow line of what is and what isn’t eligible for print/broadcast. It is a carefully managed filtering mechanism that does a very effective job of preventing the general public from looking at key issues. Read More...
Tags: UFO, propaganda, climate change, psi-earth, science
Psi-Earth - 5 - Technology - Smartphones
24/07/16 11:37 Filed in: writing
Just to recap, Psi-Earth is an Alternative Earth story where the world is the same as the modern-day but it is a world where the ideas I've developed in my book 'How science shows that almost everything important we've been told is wrong' are correct and are being actively used by secret groups. The tragedy of the 'Psi-Earth' story is that human-kind is capable of psi-abilities but unfortunately, secret and powerful groups are keeping humanity blind to their own abilities in order that the ones who do use psi-abilities can maintain a critical advantage and control of power on Earth. It's a dark, dramatic, tense scenario that could make a very good novel or two. Rather than hide its development away in a notebook, I thought I'd blog its development instead while I work on my science fiction comedy novel.
In the first blog article, I talked about the basic premise of the story. In the second article, I described a potential main character, Xander, and the dangers he faced as soon as secret and powerful group became aware of his progression as a remote viewer. So far in the story, Xander has narrowly avoided being killed after being led into a trap by henchman working for one of the secret elite groups, or at least he thinks he avoided a trap. As every danger in the story is elusive and strange, it's very difficult for the main characters to be sure that they are in danger. In this way, the story is a lot like a classic spy story where agents must make life-or-death decisions based on the most enigmatic of clues. In the third article, I described part of the historical background for the Psi-Earth and the origins of the secret elite groups from the early and very influential Mystery Religions of Antiquity. In the fourth article, I talked about identity chips and how each person in the developed world could have on inside themselves without knowing it.
This week’s blog article on ‘Psi Earth’ continues the subject of technology and is all about smartphones.
In the entire history of surveillance and population control, nothing comes close to the power of the smartphone. It combines the influencing power of the television, the surveillance power of the secreted bug and many more besides. Infamous secret elites throughout history would have given their right eye to have access to a device that the common masses would willingly walk around with all day, a device that they would constantly stare at and a device from which they would gain most of their knowledge of what was going on. The potent combination of a smartphone and the social networking system, run by a small number of huge corporations, has all the potential to become an iCult, a system in which all members only hear what their iCult leaders want them to hear and even that information is heavily distorted to fit with the leaders’ agendas.
At the moment, the main concerns about smartphones are their ability to track people’s location and download a copy of the information they place on their phone. This concern is well-established and Edward Snowden, the U.S. N.S.A. whistleblower, has talked extensively about software packages secretly installed on target phones that carry out such tasks (endearingly given names from the Smurfs). Snowden has also recently been involved in developing a case that can tell the owner when the phone is connecting to bluetooth and wi-fi without the owner’s consent.
But there is another field of activity that a smartphone is capable of that has not been mentioned (to my knowledge). The power of recent smartphones has enabled voice assistants to become a viable piece of installed software, with Apple’s ‘Siri’ being a well-known example. These voice-assistance programmes are now able to draw upon information stored about their users on the phone and use that information to suggest or give recommendations to the user. This is all very useful and can be a great tool. In addition, smartphone software is now also able to analyse their owner’s sleep patterns in order to advise and help them with healthier routines, sleep problems and other related issues. If we combine these two developments, someone's smartphone can help and assist them 24 hours a day, when they are awake and asleep.
But if we combine these items together - the voice assistant and the sleep analyst - then someone’s smartphone has the potential to do something dark. Someone's smartphone has the potential to mesmerise their owner while that owner is asleep. For anyone panicked by this idea, keep in mind that no one’s reported this happening (as far as I know) but it is theoretically possible. The setup is straightforward. If a person goes to sleep with their phone beside them then if the phone has been hacked, it can listen to them throughout the night, even if it is 'officially' turned off. The phone can analyse their breathing patters, the sound of their movements in bed and calculate when they are at their most receptive to suggestion. It can then speak to them in whatever voice is most influential to them, from the voice-assistant's library, based on information gathered about that person. As a result, in a low-key but effective way, the phone can mesmerise or at least significantly influence its owner. What’s more, this entire process can be carried out automatically, following a complex and sophisticated algorithm. Since smartphone microphones are of excellent quality nowadays, akin to the microphones of professional sound studios thirty years ago, the programme can even monitor if anyone else in earshot wakes up or enters the scene. If that happens, the programme can immediately go quiet until that interloper has gone or returned to slumber. What’s more, this process can go on, night after night, the hacked phone executing a programme that could last months or even years.
As I’ve already mentioned, I know of no recorded evidence for this actually happening but it’s both theoretically possible and it is something dark and dramatic. As Mark Twain once said; ‘it’s not whether it happened or didn’t happen but that it could have happened’. As a result, I’ll definitely be adding it to the Psi-Earth story. It can be one of the dangers our heroes face in the early stages, when they’re the target of the secret elite.
Tags: psi-earth, surveillance, conspiracy theories
Psi-Earth - 4 - Technology - Identity Chips
In the first blog article, I talked about the basic premise of the story. In the second article, I described a potential main character, Xander, and the dangers he faced as soon as secret and powerful group became aware of his progression as a remote viewer. So far in the story, Xander has narrowly avoided being killed after being led into a trap by henchman working for one of the secret elite groups, or at least he thinks he avoided a trap. As every danger in the story is elusive and strange, it's very difficult for the main characters to be sure that they are in danger. In this way, the story is a lot like a classic spy story where agents must make life-or-death decisions based on the most enigmatic of clues. In the third article, I described part of the historical background for the Psi-Earth and the origins of the secret elite groups from the early and very influential Mystery Religions of Antiquity.
In this week's blog entry about Psi-Earth, I'll be talking about identity chips; implanted markers in the body of the people of Psi-Earth that the secret elite use to watch and monitor their behaviour, looking for anyone that could be a threat to their power.
One dark element of the Second World War Holocaust was the branding of inmates with a serial number. In this awful, dehumanising act, the Nazis attempted to reduce thinking and feeling individuals to little more than entries in an IBM database. (It's now hard to believe but according to several documented reports and a book by Edwin Black, these machines were present at the Nazi concentration camps in the form of pre-digital, punch-card, mechanical calculators. There were also serviced by IBM engineers as part of their service contracts; astonishing if true).
Fortunately, ordinary people in our modern-day world are not branded with identifying numbers by a cold, ruthless, authoritarian regime and the Psi-Earth story won’t include such methods but there is another, more sinister way to theoretically mark every person nowadays; through the use of tiny, implanted chips.
The presence of small chips with unique identification numbers is already a common part of our society. For example, RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) chips on many shop goods enable scanners to pick up from them a unique number. The scanner thereby knows what item to which that RFID chip is attached. Such chips are now a relatively crude item, technologically; they have no internal power supply and all they can do is respond with a number. Nevertheless, there is interest in people having such chips implanted in them, as discussed in this BBC article. This is an ominous idea as such an operation may not look as repulsive and abhorrent as the branding of Auschwitz Jews, but it has an equally significant result.
The Psi-Earth story won't be using RFID chips, as much more sophisticated chips are now available, even in the civilian sphere. These chips have been developed for medical purposes. Chips the size of a grain of rice are now capable of monitoring our heart-rate, blood sugar levels and other health markers. These chips are often only temporary inhabiters of our body, designed to pick up information while powered by a finite, tiny battery until they leave the body. More sophisticated versions of these medical chips can actually power themselves by drawing in glucose blood sugar, but they are very expensive items to create. They also require the consent of the patient and need to be implanted in an operation. In the Psi-Earth story, both of these issues are bypassed.
In the Psi-Earth story, the secret elite develop a way to implant a chip in everyone in the developed world without the individuals knowing anything about it. They manufacture the chips in the billions using cutting-edge military technology. They then implant the chips in people by winning the contract to supply a vaccine for a mass vaccination programme. As each is no wider than a human hair and a millimetre long, it is small enough to be embedded in the body as part of a seemingly simple vaccine injection. Since the vaccines are manufactured as one-use only and the vaccination programme is mandatory, the secret elite know that by including one of their 'hair-sliver' chips in each vaccination capsule, they will end up inside each person in the countries concerned.
The secret elite design these 'hair-sliver' chips to pick up brainwave patterns, along with other vital signs, and to store that information for 48 hours. This allows the secret elite to secretly monitor how people are thinking. In particular, if someone is developing good psi-abilities, this will show in the preponderance of that person's alpha, theta and delta brainwaves (rather than the 'distracted' beta waves). The secret elite can therefore monitor how much a psi-adept is progressing, day-to-day, by regularly picking up information from that person's 'hair-sliver' chip. If that person is appearing to be getting too good as a psi-adept, the secret elite can mark them as a danger.
In line with this idea, the Psi-Earth story will include our psi-adept characters finding out about the 'hair-sliver' chips in them. They'll know about these chips but how do they get them out? Early on, they won't be able to get them out or even be sure where in their bodies the chips reside. Instead, they'll be forced to try and prevent the foot soldiers of the secret elite reading the chips (which will probably, in the story, be done by someone simply pointing a modified smartphone at the target individual and reading the result on their screen). Cue strange machinations where our characters are watching for people pointing smartphones at them; an unnerving, near-paranoid scenario.
PLEASE NOTE: If any reader is concerned that the above idea will put people off vaccinations, which are a very important element of public health, do remember that Psi-Earth is being developed as a fictional story and is not a conspiracy theory. Any responsible adult, when reading, should always keep in their minds what is scientific fact and what is fiction.
For readers who'd like to explore more on the subject of sinister identity chip possibilities, I do recommend this interview from the Disclosure series. Unfortunately, it's not possible to chat to the person giving the interview as he died of a sudden illness a few years after making the video, but the information he did impart is nevertheless fascinating:
In next week's article, I'll continue on the subject of technology in the Psi-Earth story. Until then, have a good week!
Tags: psi-earth, remote viewing, mind, conspiracy theories
Psi-Earth - 3 - Keeping Ancient Secrets
In this week's blog about my drama story idea, Psi-Earth, I thought it would be worth writing about historical secret societies and how evidence about their existence could be used to good effect in the Psi-Earth drama.
In the first blog article, I talked about the basic premise of the story. In the second article, I described a potential main character, Xander, and the dangers he faced as soon as secret and powerful group became aware of his progression as a remote viewer. So far in the story, Xander has narrowly avoided being killed after being led into a trap by henchman working for one of the secret elite groups, or at least he thinks he avoided a trap. As every danger in the story is elusive and strange, it's very difficult for the main characters to be sure that they are in danger. In this way, the story is a lot like a classic spy story where agents must make life-or-death decisions based on the most enigmatic of clues.
Before continuing a description of what our main characters face in the story and what will happen to them, I thought it would be worth exploring some factual evidence and testimony to develop or flesh out the scenario some more.
To start with, it's worth reading 'Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy' by Robert Hewitt Brown. Not only does Brown, who was a 32nd degree Mason, explain a lot about the origins of Masonic practice, but he also talks about the Mystery Religions of the Ancient World. These Mystery Religions are often associated with Ancient Greece (in particular the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Orphic Mysteries) but they may truly originate in Ancient Egypt or earlier. In particular the Temples of Isis, the wife of Osiris, was a key member of the Mystery Religions. Brown reports in his book that the Temple of Isis, now open to the elements, clearly shows that it was designed and built to create illusion and magic, in order to psychologically transform (or perhaps brainwash) its acolytes into true worship of its god. The architects and builders who were responsible for creating these tools of illusion (secret passages, moving platforms, false walls, speaking statues) were sworn to secrecy but it there was any sign that they wouldn't keep mum, other tools were used. For example, the Temple of Apollo at Delphi had a mysterious grotto. As Brown's book states:
"The individual whose name this cave bore was an architect of great skill, and in conjunction with his brother Agamides, was the architect of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and they were, of course, the designers and constructors of all the mechanical secrets of that temple, no doubt far more ingenious and terrifying in their nature than those of the oracular cave just described. The Mysteries being also celebrated in the Temple, the demand for secrecy was imperative and the priests, fearing that the initiation of Trophonius and Agamides would not insure their silence, resorted to assassination. The brothers were desired by the god, through the priests, to be cheerful and to wait eight days for their reward. At the end of which period, they were found dead in their beds - the result of poison or some other secret means of murder. (See Salverti's "Philosophy of Magic", vol 1, Chapter XI)."
It's worth noting that it's perfectly possible that direct descendants of these Mystery Religions still exist today. Supposedly, the Roman Empire did ban the Mystery Religions when it adopted Christianity as its official religion but Brown's book makes it clear that in fact, the Romans quietly allowed the Mysteries to continue. As a result, they were 'celebrated in some form as late as the eighth century A.D'. Dr Oliver in his 'history of initiation' says that they were 'celebrated in Wales and Scotland down to the twelfth century'. Salver, in his 'Philosophy of Magic', states that the occult sciences, possessed by the secret societies of the middle ages in Europe were derived from the learning taught by the Ancient Mystery Religions. He goes on to say that; 'Liebnitz (the famous Mathematician and contemporary of Newton) penetrated into one of these societies at Nuremberg and obtained there instructions which he might perhaps have sought for in vain elsewhere.' It's worth noting that Newton himself spent more time in studying the occult than in what we would now call respectable science. Many readers will immediately note how close such an example is, in time and location, to the notorious Bavarian Illuminati and Hitler's infamous fascination with the occult. For more information on those topics, I definitely recommend Peter Levenda's books; they don't make for happy reading but they are well-researched and eye-opening.
All-in-all, it's clearly possible to making a compelling case in the 'Psi-Earth' story that the secret elite who are trying to kill our heroes are directly descended from Mystery Occult Religions formed in the earliest period of human civilisation. What's more, these secret elite groups are using the same techniques they perfected thousands of years before; psychological manipulation, brainwashing and the cunning strategy of killing their enemies so that it's not even clear that they were murdered, never mind leaving any clues as to who murdered them.
In the next blog article on this topic, I'll look into technology and how these Mystery Religion secret elites might have updated their tools of control.
Psi-Earth - 2 - A targeted hero
This is the second in a series of blog articles developing a story idea that I've called 'Psi-Earth'. Psi-Earth is an Alternative Earth story where the world is the same as the modern-day but it is a world where the ideas I've developed in my book 'How science shows that almost everything important we've been told is wrong' are correct and are being actively used by secret groups. The tragedy of 'Psi-Earth' is that human-kind is capable of psi-abilities but unfortunately, secret and powerful groups are keeping humanity blind to their own abilities in order that the ones who do use psi-abilities can maintain a critical advantage and control of power on Earth. It's a dark, dramatic, tense scenario that could make a very good novel or two. Rather than hide its development away in a notebook, I thought I'd blog its development instead while I work on my science fiction comedy novel.
The previous and first blog on Psi-Earth explained the setup, of a group of heroes, newly developing their psi abilities, who become the target of these secret groups.
In this article, I thought I'd focus on a single character and flesh out how he develops his ability, ends up in the cross-hairs of the secret elites but stays alive. Let's call him Xander (as it's quite a cool name and has a 'X' in it). Xander is a young man who becomes intrigued by the writings of people like Ingo Swann, Robert Jahn, Jim Marrs and others. He uses resources on the internet and practices doing the psi abilities they describe. Xander finds he does have an ability at these psi-skills. Unfortunately for Xander, he makes the naive mistake of sending examples of what he's achieved to a remote viewing organisation. What he doesn't realise is that the organisation is a 'honey pot', created by one of the secret elite to unearth anyone with psi abilities.
Xander's first realisation that he's made a mistake and that he's a target comes when he senses that he himself is being remote viewed. One evening, shortly after sending his material to the organisation, Xander 'sees' the presence of two individuals in his own front room. [When Xander was young, the house he lived in was haunted. At first, Xander didn't know there was a ghost present but bad dreams, a cold 'presence' and the behaviour of his cat convinced him that a bodiless spirit did inhabit his house. He tried to focus, to be aware, to perceive where the ghost might be. After some effort, he realised that he could make out the location of the ghost; it wasn't physically visible but it was detectable. Xander describes it to a friend as though 'the light in a certain part of the room is polarised, as if something is standing there and influencing that space so it becomes altered, like the faintest of mirages']. In his living room, Xander realises that the two individuals whose presence he can detect are like ghosts. He also realises that they are remote viewing his home. Those two individuals are physically somewhere else but they have moved their mental location to his home in order to report on it and him; they are checking him out.
Xander realises with cold dread that he's made a calamitous mistake. No one is going to write back to him and congratulate him on his newly developed psi abilities. Instead, he's now marked as a problem, a rival, a potential pebble in the shoe of those that secretly influence and control Earth.
Shortly after this experience, Xander is invited to an event at the South Bank Centre in London. He's pleasantly surprised that he's been invited and is looking forward to it but in the night, he has a dark portentous dream. Shaken by the experience, he uses his remote viewing skills to explore what might happen at that future event in London. The result is immediately clear; his 'view' of the event is dominated by a large pool of blood. If his remote viewing skills are correct and if everything proceeds as expected, then someone's going to stab him to death at that location on that day. Xander decides to go regardless; he can't honestly believe anyone would kill him just because he had some low level psi skills. He travels to the South Bank Centre but he stays alert. On the way to the event, he notices suspicious characters, tough-looking men who seem to be acting as lookouts. At the last moment, he turns away from the normal route to the venue and approaches it from a side-route. The rest of the day proceeds as normal, but Xander is rattled; did he just survive an ambush or not?
Thus begins Xander's period as a targeted man. He is torn between different views. Is he really being targeted? Is a secret group really trying to kill him? Is it just paranoia? He knows that almost no one else would believe him if he explained his suspicions. He is entirely on his own.
Tags: psi-earth, remote viewing, mind
Psi-Earth - 1 - An 'alternative Earth' story
This blog article is related to my new book; ’How science shows that almost everything important we’ve been told is wrong’, which will soon be ready to buy from the FeedaRead website and available to order from large booksellers as well. It has an ISBN-13 number (9781786970916). More info on the book is available on its web page.
To sum up the book again, ’How science shows…’ explains that the waking reality that we inhabit is a light-energy pattern that our minds collectively influence at the quantum level. In other words, reality isn’t a hard, solid place, a collection of independent objects that we can’t influence. Instead, reality is an ephemeral construction, a collaborative mental creation. Not only that, but our minds don’t come into existence from physical reality, we, as thinking minds, perceive and influence reality from a source outside of reality. As a result, our minds create our physical brains and bodies, not the other way around. It’s effectively turning the current official scientific view upside down, but by using evidence and theories put forward by eminent scientists; weird but true.
While thinking about the ideas in the book, I realised that the ideas in the book could be used to create a thrilling drama about a group of talented individuals up against a powerful and secretive elite. I thought it would be good to blog ideas about it on this website, as a sort of on-going production diary. I’m currently focussed on completing a science-fiction comedy novel, but it might be fun to develop and blog about another novel story, with its accompanying ‘alternative Earth’ theme, at the same time. I’m going to call this ‘alternative Earth’ Psi-Earth, after the Greek letter Psi (which looks like a three-pronged fork), which is traditionally associated with extra-sensory or paranormal abilities.
Psi-Earth is just like our Earth now, our current-day situation, except that Psi-Earth is a place where the ideas put forward in ‘How science shows…’ are both correct and are being successfully used, akin to the Ancient Egyptians or the Tibetans. Just to recap, if the book’s ideas are correct, then human beings can potentially (with a lot of effort) develop the following abilities:
The ability to gather information and perceive places, events and details remote to one’s location, both in space and time. This is currently described as ‘remote viewing’ but was also called ‘scrying’ in the past.
The ability to sense or be aware of potential events in the future. This is currently described as ‘precognition’, while the word ‘prescience’ is more associated with calculated anticipation.
The ability to move one’s mind and ‘spirit body’ to another location, separate from one’s physical body. This is usually referred to as ‘astral projection’ or ‘spirit travelling’.
The existence and potential ability to communicate with other minds that are not currently connected to a physical body, or minds existing at very remote locations.
The ability to generate power and create material using mental manipulation of energetic phenomena at a quantum level.
(Note: For readers interested in the historical and modern evidence for people actually possessing these skills, I recommend the books ‘Magic and Mystery in Tibet’ by Alexandra David-Neil. For a more recent study of people developing skills in this area, I’d recommend 'Margins of Reality' by Prof Robert Jahn, ‘Psi Spies’ by Jim Marrs and almost any non-fiction book by Ingo Swann, who worked as a remote viewer for the U.S. Military).
It doesn’t take much thought to imagine that Earth would become an incredible and amazing place if such paranormal abilities were possible and also that the majority of people on Earth could use them. Our civilisation would become filled with super-druids, Tibetan Masters and Buddhist Bodhisattvas all making use of zero-point, cold-fusion technology, It all sounds extremely cool but it would be almost unrecognisable compared to our current situation, which isn't really the idea of the Psi-Earth story, so I won't be writing about that.
Instead, the Psi-Earth story would be a darker, everyday, 'almost like normal' story based around the idea that certain powerful and secretive groups had known for some time that reality was a light-energy pattern and that our minds influence and shape reality. These groups have, by the present day of the story, developed mind-assisted zero-point energy generators, mind-assisted cold-fusion units, telepathy skills, remote viewing, out-of-body journeying, prescience etc. Not surprisingly in the story, these groups have, as a result, gained a huge advantage over everyone else, all the ordinary people who continue to believe that only physical things exists and that our minds are nothing more that the side-effects of chemical activity. These secretive, elite groups are the real Lords of Psi-Earth, the people who really control the planet and everyone on it.
In comparison, nearly all the ordinary people of Psi-Earth believe something fundamentally different. They all believe in Materialism or in some irrational religious belief-system. These belief systems keep the ordinary people blind to the true situation, that they all have the potential to do amazing things, to do things that they think only belong to the ‘gods’ or fictional wizards. The ancient Hermetica tellingly said that; ‘a god is an immortal man and man, a mortal god’ but the ordinary people of Psi-Earth are blind to this fact. They have been hobbled by believing falsehoods. This makes the Psi-Earth story darkly oppressive because everyone on Earth is in a prison of their own beliefs. They are not being subjugated through brute-force by oppressive overlords putting up huge billboards threatening punishments or sending gestapo-like-squads hunting down perpetrators, but by a more powerful and subtle obstacle; the widespread adoption of a convincing false belief, which is a far more effective barrier.
In Plato’s ‘Critias’, the Egyptian Priest states:
“In the days of old the gods had the whole earth distributed among them by allotment… They all peopled [populated] their own districts; and when they had peopled them they tended us, their nurselings and possessions, as shepherds tend their flocks, excepting only that they did not use blows or bodily force, as shepherds do, but governed us like pilots from the stern of the vessel, which is an easy way of guiding animals, holding our souls by the rudder of persuasion according to their own pleasure; thus did they guide all mortal creatures.”
The Psi-Earth story is a 21st Century version of this very situation; of a small number of elite groups controlling all the ordinary people of Earth through clever persuasion. In the story, Earth’s history can be re-interpreted. The strategy of the Catholic Church to violently suppress all shamanic and wicca practices for two thousand years was not part of a Christian ideology but simply a plan steered by secret groups within the Catholic Church to eradicate any development of psi-skills among ordinary people. In addition, the development of secular science was also infiltrated by secretive, powerful groups who steered that movement to promulgate a mistaken belief in Materialism. That establishment then pushed a secular message, that ‘paranormal’ abilities were a waste of time, indicative only of stupidity or insanity. In that way, the secret power groups of Psi-Earth used both the religious and scientific establishments to keep the ordinary people ignorant and powerless.
At this point in the Psi-Earth story, we need a hero or two enter the stage. Just as in any thrilling drama, we need a group of people who find out the truth, find out what they can do. In that way, it’s like the TV series ‘Heroes’, except that these people in Psi-Earth realise that everyone can have these abilities, not just some select few.
At the beginning, most of these individuals are naive; they think that everyone will want to know what they’ve found and the good it will do to humanity. They don’t realise that the secret elite don’t want everyone to know because if that happened, the secret elite would lose their advantage over everyone else, their power and control. The secret elite groups may fight each other sometimes but they are united in one goal; to stop all the ordinary people of Psi-Earth discovering what they themselves are capable of.
Our heroes, freshly aware of the truth, are immediately in great danger. As soon as they begin openly talking about what they’ve found, the secret groups spot them and close in. The secret groups can spot them quickly partly because they've set up organisations that pretend to help develop psi-skills as ‘honey traps’. These organisations draw the newbie psi-people in, thereby uncovering anyone with strong abilities so they can target them specifically.
The only thing that prevents our heroes dying at this early stage in the hands of the secret elite's assassins is that the secret elite don’t want to kill our heroes blatantly. If our heroes are clearly assassinated then that would draw attention to them and what they were working on, which is the last things the secret elite groups want. The secret elite therefore do want to kill our heroes but at the same time, they want the deaths to look like suicides, accidents, unlucky illnesses etc.
All these elements should make for a darkly dramatic situation that has an element of black-humour; a modern-day world where some curious people are putting forward ideas that are actually true but are officially said to be rubbish and generally laughed at. Our heroes face ridicule, crises of confidence and disinformation even before the lethal dangers appear. Then, they are embroiled in a life-threatening but paradoxical situation where secret and powerful groups (who don’t officially exist) are trying to kill them while making sure that the murders will be regarded as suicides or some sad twist of fate.
I’ll blog again on this topic soon. In the meantime, it's back to the science-fiction comedy.
Tags: psi-earth, remote viewing, writing, surveillance
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Daily Updates from Anbar
In Fallujah today, security forces have strengthened their stranglehold on the city’s perimeter. The city had been subjected to intensive bombardment since dawn yesterday, throughout the day, and on into the early hours of this morning. Security forces are increasing their state of readiness, amid reports that this is in fact the start of the military operation, but these reports were denied. The liberation assault on the city is now reported as being imminent. Military reinforcements have also been deployed around the city, while air strikes have been targeting ISIL positions within the city. People’s Mobilization fighters have also been deployed, and two of their commanders – Hadi Al-Amiry and Mehdi Al-Muhandis – have also arrived to take part in the ground offensive on the city. However, heavy mortar and rocket fire has struck a number of the city’s residential districts, causing large numbers of civilian casualties. The General Hospital reported today that 17 residents have been killed, including 4 women and 5 children, and 19 have been injured by the bombardment.
In Ramadi, security forces are poised for a major assault that could coincide with the assault on Fallujah; Iraqi air support has again been striking targets and positions around and within the city, specifically to the east of the city and in its southern sector.
In Saqlawiya, security forces have announced their complete control of the southwestern areas of the township west of Fallujah.
In Garma, fierce fighting is continuing for the control of the town center, while the township’s surroundings have all been liberated.
Labels: Al-Garma, Al-Saqlawiya, Anbar, Fallujah, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, Ramadi
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Service, parade set for the panhandler known as Mr. Butch
In the window of Regeneration Records & Tattoos, a memorial was set up for Harold Madison Jr., a panhandler known as Mr. Butch, who died in a motor scooter accident last week. (SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF)
By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff | July 19, 2007
In the days since Mr. Butch died last week, the stretch of Harvard Avenue in Allston that he called home has become a mecca for friends who walked the sidewalks where he panhandled and played a pennywhistle, a pied piper of urban cheer.
They have come to tell stories, funny and sad, about the homeless man who made them feel a little more at home in Boston.
"It's become like Butch Central here," said Sue Jeiven, owner of Regeneration Tattoo, which for a few days has hosted a window display that included Mr. Butch's famous leather coat with his name stenciled on the back in red and white letters.
"People just want to talk about how they knew Butch," said Toni Fanning, owner of Ritual Arts, the store next door. "He touched an awful lot of people in so many ways."
On Sunday, friends of the homeless man who seemed to have more constituents than many a Boston politician will gather with Mr. Butch's family at 6:30 p.m. on Harvard Avenue to celebrate his life with a parade led by a New Orleans-style brass band, followed by a chorus of pennywhistles and a funeral service at a nearby church.
Mr. Butch, whose name was Harold Madison Jr., was 56 when he died from injuries he suffered when the motor scooter he was driving hit a pole the morning of July 12.
A fixture in Kenmore Square for two decades beginning in the late 1970s, he had moved to the section of Harvard Avenue north of Commonwealth Avenue about a decade ago.
Family members in Worcester, where Mr. Butch grew up, knew he was well liked, but they did not know the extent of his popularity until after he died. In the past few years, friends had created a MySpace tribute website and a Wikipedia entry for Mr. Butch. YouTube videos on the Internet show him in his many facets, from the rhyming street poet whose words delighted passersby to the angry man who could spew drunken harangues.
"I had no idea he had met so many people," said his sister, Jeannette Madison of Worcester. "It just meant that Butch had a life of his own. And that was life, being out there meeting people. He's one of those types where there's a master plan for him, and that was it. That was God's master plan for Butch."
The response to his death, she said, has been overwhelming. By yesterday, the guest book for Mr. Butch on legacy.com ran 29 pages.
"We loved Butch in our way, and Boston loved Butch in their way," she said. "Butch is my brother, and we loved him, no matter what he chose to do."
Mr. Butch chose to live on the streets of Boston, moving to Kenmore Square in his late 20s. A drummer and guitarist, he wrote songs, played on the streets, and occasionally sat in with bands in clubs.
Music will be a theme Sunday when the parade forms at the corner of Harvard and Commonwealth avenues in front of Marty's Liquors, a tip of the hat to Mr. Butch's taste for spirits. Following the brass band, the parade will travel along Harvard Avenue to Brighton Avenue, then head west toward Cambridge Street.
En route to the International Community Church on Cambridge Street, the crowd will pause at the accident site. Fanning said organizers are trying to find a way to set up an audio system at the site to play a clip of Mr. Butch performing one of his songs, "All I Want to Do Is Drink My Beer."
The parade will end with pennywhistles played by anyone who wants to join in. The service will begin at 8 p.m., followed by gatherings in the church and at local bars and restaurants.
"I feel like you should be making a joyful noise when you leave this earth," Mr. Butch's sister said. "I want us to be happy on Sunday, and I want us to rejoice that Butch is safe in the arms of God."
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Graham to Retire, Commissioners to Seek Replacement
Donna Graham, Sequoyah County Tax Assessor, is retiring as of Jan. 31, and county officials will discuss her replacement at their next meeting on Tuesday.
District 2 County Commissioner Steve Carter, chairman of the Sequoyah County Board of County Commissioners, said Friday the county commissioners will be considering the appointment of Graham’s successor at the meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The commissioners will meet on Tuesday instead of Monday due to the New Year’s holiday on Monday.
Carter said he has received several calls from people interested in applying for the job. About two years remain on Graham’s term. She was re-elected to the tax assessor post in 2014.
Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director
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Indian Road Closed for Repairs
District 2 Sequoyah County Commissioner Steve Carter said Friday that Indian Road will be closed starting Friday for repair of a culvert which has failed.
“The culvert failed mainly due to old age,” Carter said, “It’s about 100 years old, and it failed because of all the rains we’ve have over the last year.”
The repair will cost about $800,000, Carter said. He explained that federal dollars will pay for the repair and will be administered through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).
“It will be a good-sized job,” Carter said.
Glover Construction of Muskogee won the bid to repair the road and has 30 days to complete the job. But Carter said it is expected the replacement will take about 20 days. Glover Construction will replace the culvert and about 100 feet of the road will be resurfaced.
Recent traffic counts show about 1,200 vehicles use the road daily. Indian Road is in northwest Sequoyah County and runs from near Fin & Feather Resort to Keys. About two and a half miles of the road are in Sequoyah County, he said.
Motel Fire Caused by Cigarette
A mattress fire at a Sallisaw motel on Friday was caused by a cigarette, Sallisaw Fire Chief Anthony Armstrong reported.
Armstrong said the Sallisaw Fire Department was dispatched at 2:26 p.m. Friday to a fire at American Best Value Inn on Sallisaw’s west side. Armstrong said the fire was in Room 103. The couple renting the room had been to the nearby dollar store and arrived back at the room before the fire department. The man grabbed a motel fire extinguisher and had the blaze out by the time the fire department arrived, Armstrong said.
The couple reported they suffered from smoke inhalation, Armstrong said, and an ambulance was called so EMTs could check the couple out. They were found to be all right and no one was transported to a hospital.
Armstrong said firefighters removed the damaged bedding, and the room sustained heavy damage from the fire extinguisher, water and smoke. The motel relocated the couple to another room, and the Red Cross was called to assist the couple with replacing items they lost in the fire, Armstrong said.
Blood Drives Slated in Area
The Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) needs donors to save lives in 2017, and has three blood drives scheduled in the area.
Winter can be a difficult time for blood donations, but Oklahoma Blood Institute urges donors to take just an hour to make sure the blood supply for area hospitals stays at levels necessary for live-saving procedures.
Each donor receives a free, limited edition, long-sleeved t-shirt. This shirt is an exclusive gift for those who donate blood this New Year at Oklahoma Blood Institute donor centers and blood drives.
Area blood drives will be held at the following:
· Garden Walk Apartments, Webbers Falls, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 3.
· Vian High School from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Jan. 6.
· Walmart in Sallisaw from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 6.
“Saving lives through blood donation is a New Year’s resolution that’s rewarding and easy to keep,” said John Armitage, M.D., OBI president and CEO. “Nothing feels better than making such a huge impact in our community.”
Donors also receive health screenings and Donor Rewards points, redeemable at OBI’s online store.
One blood donation can save as many as three lives, and the supply must be constantly renewed. If donors choose not to take the t-shirt, OBI will make a monetary donation to Global Blood Fund for blood center assistance in developing countries.
As the nation’s ninth largest non-profit blood center, OBI’s donors provide every drop of blood needed for patients in 165 hospitals statewide.
Appointments are not required but can be made by calling 479-652-2362 or visiting obi.org.
*16-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission; 17-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds; 18+ year olds must weigh at least 110 pounds.
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Vian’s First Female Officer Makes Christmas Arrest
Lindsey Green, 22, Vian’s first female police officer, wants to make law enforcement her life’s career.
Her first day on the job at Vian was Dec. 3. Her first big arrest was on Christmas day.
Green related, “Christmas Day was my busiest day. I made my first pursuit and arrest on Christmas Day.”
The pursuit started in Vian and went north on State Highway 82, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour. Then the suspect finally stopped. Tyler Coles, 20, was not only speeding but also had a warrant for his arrest.
Green said, “I was wearing a Santa Claus hat, trying to be in the Christmas spirit. Then the pursuit started and I thought ‘I’ve still got this goofy hat on. But, oh well.’”
Green arrested Coles for speeding, reckless driving and driving without a license among other charges.
Green enjoys the work, and has been in law enforcement ever since she graduated from high school. She started as a detention officer for the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, where she worked for two years. She worked another year and a half for the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, then resigned on Dec. 1 after the Adair County Sheriff, David Hardin, lost the election.
Green explained, “He and a deputy are my mentors. They kept me on track. They’ve been a guide for me.”
They recommended Green apply for the Vian job.
“I was hired two days later,” she said.
Vian Police Chief Ted Johnson said of Green, “She came highly recommended. She has good references and a good record. I was glad to put her on. She’s a hard worker.”
Hard worker describes Green well. On her days off she works on a dairy farm at Stilwell feeding the baby calves and at a Stilwell feed store.
She is already CLEET (or Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training) certified, and has taken firefighter training. She begins EMT (or emergency medical technician) training on Jan. 12.
“It’s train, train, train,” Green said.
Green said she plans on a career of at least 20 years in law enforcement, but she hopes they will all be in small towns.
Originally from Keys, Green said, “I don’t like big towns. I’m happy with any small town. I’m too country for city life.”
About Vian, Green said, “I love it there. It is great.”
Hospice Patients ‘Appreciate’ Volunteers
Cami Brutlag of Sallisaw, left, with her therapy dog, Molly the greyhound, visit with Amber Mahar, hospice director at Sequoyah Memorial Hospital Hospice and Home Care. The patients “love” visits from Molly, Mahar said.
For those still in a giving mood this Christmas season, there are numerous volunteer opportunities in the area. One of those opportunities most appreciated is with hospice.
Most home health care agencies in the area have a volunteer program with their hospice services, including Peters Agency and Sequoyah Memorial Hospital (SMH) Hospice and Home Care in Sallisaw. Amber Mahar is the director of SMH Hospice.
Mahar said, “Hospice enhances patients’ experiences and gives them a better quality of life. It really does make a difference.”
SMH Hospice is a non-profit agency that provides end-of-life care to the terminally ill. The hospice team includes a medical director, nurse, home health aides, therapists, a medical social worker, a chaplain and the volunteers.
Sequoyah Memorial Hospital hospice covers a small area and has, on average, 12 or so hospice patients at a time, and averages 10 to 12 volunteers. The volunteers range from students who need to accumulate volunteer hours for their respective programs, and who sometimes come back to work in the program, to moms who make cookies, to a pet therapist who likes to take her dog to visit patients not only in hospice care but in the hospital also.
Hospice volunteers can take on any number of jobs Mahar said, from filing in the local hospice office to aiding patients and their families.
Hospice care actually began as a volunteer activity, Mahar pointed out. Without volunteers’ efforts, hospices could not continue their work.
Hospice care seeks to provide emotional support to patients and their families during a difficult time. It allows a person to die with dignity in his or her own home, if possible. Hospice helps dying patients stay as active and independent as they can.
The volunteers who work with patients must listen to concerns, and help patients find their own answers to important questions. They keep the patient company, may read to the patients or just sit quietly in the room. They provide a link to the hospice staff, report on the needs of the patient and family, and are often the one patients and family members turn to for comfort, help and support.
To become a SMH Hospice volunteer, the person will fill out an application and meet with the SMH Hospice volunteer coordinator Eric McDaniel. He must find out why the volunteer is applying and his or her experience. Many medical professionals are hospice volunteers, Mahar said.
If a volunteer is accepted into the program, they will then take the training, which lasts about 16 hours, Mahar said. The training includes watching 10- to 20-minute videos, and reading about the service.
“There are no tests,” Mahar said.
The training covers the hospice approach to death and dying and how to put those ideas into practice; the psychological impact of death; patient care; procedures to follow after a patient dies; and universal precautions to protect against infection. Volunteers get an overview of the most common terminal illnesses; learn communication skills, or how to listen effectively; how to talk openly about death-related issues; and learn how family members relate to one another to deal with the individuals and issues.
Volunteers must be emotionally up to the task.
Mahar added, “The training depends on the volunteer and their own experiences.”
Once training is complete, the new volunteer will visit with patients under the tutelage of McDaniel or an experienced volunteer. Mahar said volunteers may be assigned to patients who share the same interests.
One patient, she recalled, wanted to go fishing, and a fishing volunteer helped that patient.
But volunteers don’t always work with patients. Mahar explained administrative volunteers may answer the phones, may do in-house filing, may paint the office or do carpentry work if experienced. Some volunteers prepare meals. Some do housework.
One volunteer who likes to do yard work often mows the lawn for the elderly or ill without family to do the same. One woman likes to bake.
“She calls up every month or so and says, ‘I’ve got six dozen cookies. Who do I take them to?’”
Another volunteer, Cami Brutlag of Sallisaw, takes her therapy dog, Molly the greyhound, to visit both hospice and hospital patients.
“The patients love it!” Mahar said.
The opportunities are endless.
And most home health care services offer hospice care.
Tara Moss is the volunteer coordinator with Peters Agency Hospice in Sallisaw. She said, “We are looking for many facets of volunteers. We are looking for people who have different talents and want to help our families and patients.
“We are all about compassion for our patients,” Moss said.
For information on volunteering with Peters Agency contact Moss at 918-775-6555, ext. 1.
Mahar said, “The patients, especially in nursing homes, just want some type of human interaction. But the volunteer can do as little or as much as they have time for. They bridge the gap between hospital and home.”
For more information on volunteering with SMH Hospice and Home care at 918-774-1171.
“Our patients sure are appreciative,” Mahar said.
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President Commutes Muldrow Man’s Sentence
President Barack Obama granted clemency to 231 individuals on Monday, including seven Oklahomans, one of whom is from Muldrow.
Daryl Lain Hook, now 68, was sentenced on April 2, 1998, at the age of 48, to 24 years and four months in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine. He was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Muskogee.
He is serving the sentence in the federal prison USP Lompoc in Lompoc, Calif.
President Obama commuted the prison sentence to expire on April 18, 2017.
According to appeals court records, Hook was arrested as the result of a 1996 investigation into the sale of large quantities of methamphetamine in Fort Smith and in eastern Oklahoma.
A suspect implicated Hook as the source of the methamphetamine. A search of Hook’s home in Muldrow found Hook working at a lab table in a hidden room adjacent to the kitchen, $3,160 in cash, a loaded .22 caliber Beretta semi-automatic pistol, and everything needed for an operational and fully functioning methamphetamine laboratory, including equipment, chemicals, and finished product.
A grand jury indicted Hook for manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm after conviction of a felony, and he entered a conditional plea to the drug counts.
Troopers Donate Teddy Bears for Pediatrics
Teddy bears and stuffed toys always make a youngster feel better. With that in mind, the Oklahoma State Troopers Association, with the assistance of Santa Claus, donated a bag of teddy bears to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw for pediatric patients. Accepting on behalf of the hospital are, in bed, Abby Kate Qualls, 11, who just recently recovered from pneumonia. She is the daughter of Bobby and Stephanie Robbins Qualls. Standing are, from the left, Trooper Sheldan Dobbs; Capt. Damon Tucker; Santa Claus; Ozalena Martinez, chief nursing officer; Kandace Faulkenbery, lab director; Darnell Day, x-ray technician; and Angela Haning, director of respiratory therapy. Martinez said the teddy bears “add a little comfort and joy to children who come into the ER or as in-patients. A little bear sometimes puts a smile on their face, and makes them not as fearful of the hospital.”
Woman Killed in Crash after Pursuit
Fort Smith police identified the woman driver killed in a car crash following a pursuit from Roland into Fort Smith early on Thursday. They report the woman is Jessica Schwarz, 27. No town of residence was listed.
The chase began shortly after midnight in Roland, where police reported the chase began when Schwarz’s vehicle was clocked at over 70 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour zone.
Roland police said they did not continue the chase into Fort Smith where the driver crossed the bridge onto Garrison Avenue at a reported 120 miles per hour.
Fort Smith police reported the vehicle crashed into Immaculate Conception School’s front wall on Rogers Avenue.
Schwarz was pronounced dead at the scene.
Blessing Box Set Up in Sallisaw
Blessing Boxes are blooming all over Sequoyah County, including a box set up this week in the Sallisaw Farmers Market parking lot in downtown Sallisaw. Shelly Asbill suggested the Blessing Box and had it built. The city then set the box up. Blessing Boxes offer canned and packaged foods for anyone who needs a snack or meal, from students on their way home from school, to those in need, to itinerants who may have no money or food. The boxes are open so that anyone may donate to the box, and anyone make take from the box.
Center Named for Fullbright
The Cherokee Nation has named the dialysis center at the Redbird Smith Health Center in Sallisaw as the Janelle Lattimore-Fullbright Dialysis Center.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council passed the resolution naming the dialysis center on Dec. 12.
The late Janelle Echo Lattimore-Fullbright of Sallisaw served as a tribal councilor from 2007 to 2015. During her tenure on the tribal council she served her final term as the deputy speaker and health committee chairperson. Fullbright also served on the Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission and most recently on the Cherokee Nation Business board of directors.
Mrs. Fullbright was instrumental in getting the dialysis center in Sallisaw.
She died Dec. 10 at the age of 70. Services were held Dec. 14 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sallisaw, and interment was in Akins Cemetery. A retired school teacher, Mrs. Fullbright was the daughter of Samuel Loyd and Juanita (Garvin) Lattimore.
Fired Employees Back on the Job
The six employees who were fired by sheriff-elect Larry Lane in early December will keep their jobs, Lane told the media last week.
The employees, an office worker, deputies and an investigator, hired Chip Sexton, a Fort Smith attorney, last week to look into their dismissals.
Sexton said the employees filed a grievance under the just cause policy of the sheriff’s department.
“The policy says that employees should only be terminated if there is just cause for termination and there was no cause for termination," Sexton said. "Once the current sheriff sustained the grievances, we asked the sheriff-elect to abide by that and the policy. He agreed and the matter is closed as far as I'm concerned. He did state that he is eliminating part-time employees for financial reasons, financial constraints but he was very cordial in his dealings with me and I appreciate the way the sheriff-elect handled the situation.”
Lane ran for the sheriff’s post on a drug-investigation platform, and defeated incumbent Sheriff Ron Lockhart on Nov. 8. He will take office in January.
Lane told the media he had dismissed the employees because he has a plan in place for a certain direction for the sheriff’s department.
One of the employees now back on the job said Monday, “It’s like Christmas came early. Our families all needed these jobs.”
Peace Center Party Is Thursday
A Christmas party, with special guest Santa Claus, will be held at the Vian Peace Center, Community Food Pantry and Youth Services from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Gifts will be given to the children who may visit with Santa. Refreshments will be served.
This event will be the last food distribution for 2016.
The Peace Center is also accepting toys and gifts for Christmas. These donations may be dropped off at the Peace Center or the Dollar General store in Vian.
Refuge Eagle Tours Take Wing in January
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge at Vian and Tenkiller State Park will be offering free Eagle Watch Tours beginning in January. These tours provide the public with an amazing opportunity to view bald eagles in their natural habitat.
Chad Ford, outdoor recreation planner at the refuge, said he and Leann Bunn, naturalist at Tenkiller State Park, lead the tours.
The tours will be held at the refuge on Jan. 21 and 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, and on March 4. Participants meet at the refuge headquarters at 9 a.m. and the tours conclude at about noon. The tours are free and no pre-registration required is required.
Ford said Bunn and he lead a short discussion on bald eagles and show a short video before the tour begins. The tour is by bus, and the tour will stop along the way to view bald eagles at their nest sites and other wildlife which might present itself.
“You might see something rare, like the golden eagle we saw last year,” Ford said.
Ford said the bald eagles usually begin their families in December or January.
“The neatest thing,” he said, “is to take the tour multiple times. You can see the eagles working on their nests, incubating the eggs, and the adults feeding the hatched eaglets. It’s a neat progression.”
Southern Bald Eagles typically lay eggs during the months of December or January, and incubate the eggs for about 35 days before they hatch. After the eggs hatch, the real work begins with both adults providing continual care for the young over the 11- to 12-week period until the young birds fledge or leave the nest.
Ford said tour guests may bring their cameras, spotting scopes and binoculars. The tour also has spotting scopes and binoculars for tour guests’ use.
For more information on the tours contact the refuge at 918-773-5251.
Trial Date Set in Second-degree Murder Case
A Vian man, charged with second-degree murder, will go on trial during the next jury trial docket, which begins Feb. 6 in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw, according to court records.
Michael Dean Buster II, 24, is accused of the Sept. 29 beating death of Pliney Dane Crum, 31, at Crum’s home north of Vian. Buster pleaded not guilty to the charge.
A second Vian man is also accused in Crum’s death. Kyle Reece Major, 33, also pleaded not guilty to the charge of second-degree murder, and his case is on an April 13 jury trial sounding docket in district court. A trial date could be set at that time.
According to investigators’ reports filed with the charges, Buster was found at Crum’s home, and admitted to killing Crum in a fist fight. He said the two had been drinking and Crum was calling him a name. Buster told investigators he blacked out and when he came to he was sitting on top of Crum hitting him in the head. He said he then went across the road to McQuick’s convenience store and asked that 911 be called because “he just killed someone.” That statement led witnesses to the unconscious Crum. Buster was arrested at the scene.
Crum died the next day at a Tulsa hospital.
Major was arrested Oct. 1, 2015. According to the investigators’ reports, Major at first denied being at the scene, although he did admit he took Buster to Crum’s home, but said he left before the fight. But surveillance tape from McQuick’s store, obtained by the investigators, shows Major leaving Crum’s home just 10 minutes before Buster runs across the street to ask for help. Major eventually told investigators he was at the residence during the fight and related how the fight occurred. He said he told Buster to run for help and that he tried to revive Crum. According to the report, Major said Buster was “freaking out,” and he was afraid Buster would attack him, so he left.
The murder in the second degree charges allege the suspects did cause the death of the victim but that “. . .this conduct was not done with the intention of taking the life of Dane Crum.” It is also noted the crime is punishable by imprisonment for 10 years to life.
Scoggins Preliminary Set for Feb. 9
A preliminary hearing will be held Feb. 9 for Michelle Scoggins, 45, of Vian. Scoggins is charged with murder in the first degree, deliberate intent, in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw.
Scoggins is accused of stabbing her husband, Billy Mar, 48, on Oct. 11 at their home in Vian. Mar died the next day in a Fort Smith hospital. Before his death he told police that his wife stabbed him in the abdomen with a filet knife while she was cooking.
At the time Vian police who responded to the call said the stabbing may have been the result of a domestic disturbance.
Wesley Cherry of McAlester, with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS), represents Scoggins. He said she has entered a not guilty plea to the murder charge.
DiamondNet Internet to Expand North and West
Sallisaw City Commissioners, at their meeting last week and voting as the Sallisaw Municipal Authority (SMA), approved expanding DiamondNet wireless internet service north to Stilwell and west to Gore and Webbers Falls.
The service will also be available to all those along the way, and could be available in eight weeks or less. Working on building the network will begin immediately.
City Manager Clayton Lucas told the commissioners that DiamondNet currently offers high speed, wireless internet service to Vian, Gans, Akins, Hansen, Brushy, Marble City and other rural areas. There are about 300 wireless internet customers who currently subscribe to DiamondNet, with a projected revenue of more than $165,000 annually. This number increases monthly as more subscribers sign up.
It was recently announced that Stilwell’s only broadband internet service provider shut down on Oct. 18. Staff has received numerous phone calls from residents in the Stilwell area asking if DiamondNet will be available in their area. This began the discussion of DiamondNet's service area boundaries and how far out the Sallisaw Municipal Authority wanted to take DiamondNet's wireless internet product, specifically if the SMA wanted to expand outside of Sequoyah County.
Lucas said that, in order to expand to Gore, it would cost about $6,000, which would pay for itself with 10 customers over a one-year period. Expansion to Stilwell will cost about $10,000, which will pay for itself with 17 customers over a one-year period. Expanding to Webbers Falls will cost about $2,000, which will pay for itself with four customers over a one-year period.
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The Guggenheim Bilbao brings together 70 works from the Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf
Donald Judd (Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 1928New York, 1994), Untitled, no. 85065, 1985. Aluminum, 30 x 120 x 30 cm. Hermann und Margrit Rupf-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern © Donald Judd, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2016.
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is presenting The Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf . This exhibition brings together 70 works by key artists in the history of art during the first half of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, and Vasily Kandinsky, in dialogue with works by contemporary artists dating from the second half of the 20th century until today. In 1963, one year after the death of Hermann Rupf, the Foundation managed to purchase Henri Laurenss 1918 work Fruit Bowl and Pipe ( Compotier et pipe ) to complete its already extensive group of sculptures and works on paper by this artist. In 1964, a relief by Hans Arp was purchased (Gallery 307).
In the 1990s, the existing collection was expanded with works by American artists as Donald Judd (Gallery 307), Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Ad Reinhard, and James Turrell, and European artists as Piero Manzoni (Gallery 307), Enrico Castellani (Gallery 307), Lucio Fontana (Gallery 307), and Christian Megert (Gallery 307), among others. A group of works representing Minimalism and the ZERO Movement was also acquired, which today remains a fascinating continuation of the Rupfs original collection, since in the early days of their collecting we can see an undeniable preference for the tradition of constructivist and conceptual art.
The creation of the Rupf Foundation guaranteed that the collection would be conserved, consolidated and expanded. The Foundation still focuses on the most recent contemporary art without losing sight of the core of the collection, comprised of the wonderful works of art gathered by Rupf. This exhibition reveals the coherence and evolution of the Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf as a reflection of the art of their day.
This is the first time that this collection has travelled to Spain, with an extensive selection of works rendered between 1907 and 2016.
This gallery displays some of the first paintings that Hermann Rupf purchased between 1907 and 1908 from the Parisian gallery owned by his friend Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. They include the three portraits of Kahnweiler painted by Picasso in 1957, all of which are on display in this exhibition.
Both Rupf and Kahnweiler were trained at the Commerz-und Disconto-Bank in Frankfurt. While Kahnweiler continued his training as an intern at a stock brokerage firm in Paris from 1902 to 1904, Rupf began to work at the company Jacques Meyer Fils & Cie (currently Galleries Lafayette). From the very start, the two shared an interest in literature and music, and they both attended a host of theatre performances and concerts. Fascinated by both classical and modern art, they spent a great deal of time at the Louvre and in different galleries. After yet another sojourn abroad, this time in London, Rupf returned to his hometown of Bern started to work at the mercery and haberdashery owned by his brother-in-law, Ruedi Hossmann, where he became a co-proprietor in 1908.
Thereafter, the company was known as Hossmann & Rupf. After marrying Margrit Rupf in 1910, he tended to heed his own judgement when purchasing the works in his collection, although his Paris art dealer and personal friend Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler played a key role in shaping the collection. Thanks to his gallery, Rupf was able to boost his collection with of works by Fernand Léger (Gallery 306), Juan Gris (Gallery 306), and later André Masson. As attested to in the almost 800 letters still conserved, Hermann Rupf and Kahnweiler enjoyed a life-long friendship.
On Rupfs business trips to Paris to expand his assortment of mercery and haberdashery goods with fashion accessories, he would meet with Kahnweiler in his gallery and sometimes accompany him on his visits to artists. As early as 1907, Rupf began to purchase works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and the artists of Fauvism, such as Othon Friesz and André Derain.
One of his first purchases was Head o f a Man ( Tête dhomme ) by Picasso from 1908, as well as the Georges Braque work Houses at LEstaque ( Maisons à lEstaque ). The latter painting had been carried by the artist directly from LEstaque, a town in southern France where he had lived for a period, to what would be his first major exhibition in Kahnweilers gallery.
In the ensuing years, Rupf gradually expanded his collection with works by Picasso, Braque, André Derain, Juan Gris, and Maurice de Vlaminck. Until the outbreak of World War I, his collection kept growing to become a select set of almost 30 works, most of them Cubist.
When the war broke out, the Parisian gallery owner accepted Rupfs invitation to stay in Bern until it ended. During his exile, Kahnweiler wrote several texts on philosophy and art theory and forged relationships with major figures of the period, including Hans Arp, who was living in Zurich at the time (Gallery 307).
The work in this gallery by Florian Slotawa, Bernese Pedestals ( Berner Sockel ), from 2010, deserves special mention. The artist carefully studied the Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf, as well as its history, and he chose four sculptures: Leaf - Torso ( Blatt - Torso , 1963) by Hans Arp, Margrit Rupf Wirz (1922) by Max Fueter, Kneeling Nude ( Nu agenouillé , 1929) by Henri Laurens, and Lying Cow ( Liegende Kuh , 1925) by Ewald Mataré. For each of these four pieces, which are representative of the Rupf Collection, Slotawa designed with a pedestal made with furnishings that were originally found in the collectors home.
In the years after the Great War, the Rupfs were able to resume the expansion of their collection. In the early 1920s, they added the latest works by Georges Braque (Gallery 305), André Derain (Gallery 305), Juan Gris (Gallery 206), Henri Laurens (Gallery 306), Fernand Léger (Gallery 306), Paul Klee (Gallery 307), and Louis Moillet (Gallery 307). Just like prior to the war, during this period hardly any time elapsed between the creation of the works and their acquisition by the Rupfs.
At that point, Kahnweiler did not manage to keep all the artists with which he worked before the war at his gallery. However, he soon landed new artists such as Paul Klee, whom he represented abroad in 1933 thanks to Rupfs mediation.
In this gallery, you can see the artistic evolution of Juan Gris from 1913 until 1925, along with a work by Picasso also from 1913, Violin Hanging on the wall ( V ioli n) [ Un violon accroché au mur ( Le violon )] , He also forged ties with other artists, such as Fernand Léger in Contrast s of Forms ( Contrastes de formes ), also from 1913, and Henri Laurens, whose works in this exhibition illustrate part of the evolution of his sculptural oeuvre; after his early days as a Cubist, Laurens shifted to working with voluminous forms and the female figure.
Untitled N o. 85 065 (1985) by Donald Judd is an abstract sculpture made of aluminum mounted on the wall; it is part of a series of modular works in bright colors crafted between 1983 and 1990. All the modules are the same height, depth, and width, and in them the artist deliberately tried to avoid combinations of harmonious or dissonant colors.
The Rupfs were close friends with Paul and Lily Klee, and after 1913 they regularly acquired works from Klee. Paul Klee moved back to Bern after the closure of the Bauhaus Dessau, where he taught, because the Nazis regarded him as a degenerate painter. One clear illustration of their close friendship is the fact that the artist gave Hermann and Margrit Rupf dedicated works on important occasions like birthdays and Christmas.
Likewise, the Rupfs were also patrons of many artists, scientists, and musicians in the city of Bern. Hermann Rupf was an active art critic and played a prominent role in nurturing the taste for contemporary art. Between 1909 and 1931, he wrote criticism for the Social Democratic weekly Berner Tagwacht which was targeted at the conservative cultural policy of the era and called for a greater understanding of contemporary art.
Rupf purchased a series of drawings directly from Klee for the first time in 1914, and between 1931 and 1933 he belonged to the Klee Society, created in the 1920s to guarantee the artist additional income by contributions of at least 50 Imperial Marks in exchange for the privilege of being able to purchase works from the artist under special conditions.
By 1940, when Klee died after a long illness, the Rupfs owned 26 of his works. From then on, the artists widow, Lily Klee, was in charge of his legacy, from which Rupf purchased another 17 works until her death in 1946.
Thanks to their relationship with Klee, in the early 1930s the Rupfs met Vasily Kandinsky and his wife, Nina. Just like Klee, Kandinsky had also been a teacher at the Bauhaus Dessau. The Kandinskys and Rupfs met in 1933, although initially they were brought together not so much over art but because of Rupfs economic assistance. In 1934, Kandinsky gave his Swiss financial advisor the watercolor he titled Sonorous ( Klangvoll , 1929) to show his appreciation for Rupfs help. In the ensuing years, the two couples became close friends, and the Rupfs remained close with Nina Kandinsky even after her husbands death in 1944. Sixteen of his works (five of which can be seen in this gallery) reached the Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf, not without difficulties, since during the artists lifetime they had only purchased one painting in the autumn of 1935, Calm Tension ( Tension tranquille ), painted that same year. The works displayed in the exhibition date from 1916 to 1940 and encompass Kandinskys oeuvre from his temporary return to Russia until his later works in Paris.
The collection harbors two special works that Rupf purchased in 1939 in a historical auction of paintings and sculptures by modern masters from German Museumsregarded as degenerate artheld in Lucerne. At first, Rupf expressed his doubts to Kahnweiler, as hinted at by his own words: With regard to the sale of German paintings in Lucerne, I am of the opinion that no one should bid so that that gang will have no more expenses and will sell nothing. That would be wonderful. Or, if possible, all the paintings should be purchased at rock-bottom prices, with no high bids. But this cant be arranged in advance. Despite his initial qualms, he ultimately bought two works, Garden Restaurant ( Gartenrestaurant , 1912) by August Macke and Lying Cow ( Liegende Kuh , 1925) by Ewald Mataré (Gallery 305). This purchase was particularly valuable to Rupf, since his three best artist friends were now represented in his collectionKlee, Macke, and Moilletwith whom he had taken a celebrated trip to Tunis in 1914.
In this gallery, we can see that the Rupf collection as it stood as not supposed to be viewed as complete; instead, it had to continue to evolve. Works by Hans Arp, Meret Oppenheim, Lucio Fontana, and the ZERO Group, among others, close and complete the show.
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NEW YORK.- Art, books, jewelry and furniture owned by Ronald and Nancy Reagan are expected to fetch more than $2 million at auction in New York this September, Christie's announced.
Reagan, who died in 2004, was one of the most revered US presidents, and when his widow Nancy died this past March, Hollywood stars and political powerbrokers turned out en masse to attend her funeral in California.
Lots in the sale include American, English and Chinese furnishings from the couple's Los Angeles home, as well as books, memorabilia, jewelry, paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings, Christie's said.
The auction house has valued individual items from $1,000 to $50,000 and expects the sale to fetch more than $2 million across live and online auctions.
The collection "offers unprecedented insight" into the private lives of the couple, said Brook Hazelton, president of Christie's Americas.
"Each object offers a 'through the keyhole' experience revealing as-yet untold stories of two of the 20th century's most celebrated public figures," he said.
Christie's said the catalogue would be released this summer and that all proceeds would go to The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
Nancy Reagan was laid to rest beside her husband at the Reagan presidential library on March 11 after dying of heart failure aged 94 at her home in Los Angeles, 12 years after her husband.
Ronald Reagan served two terms in the White House in the 1980s, and oversaw the end of the nuclear stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall came down in the final months of his presidency and Reagan presided over a period of economic growth in America that made him the darling, still today, of the Republican party establishment.
Photo above : Ronald and Nancy Reagan, 1964. Courtesy, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
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A new generation of atomic clocks could help find dark matter
Using clocks with extreme precision, researchers could catch the interplay between normal and dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up 27 percent of the known universe.
By Chelsea Gohd | Published: Friday, December 07, 2018
A ytterbium lattice clock at NIST.
Detecting Dark Matter
For years, researchers have been hunting for dark matter, which is thought to make up about 27 percent of the entire known universe. Now, an innovative team of scientists says they may have figured out a new way to detect the elusive substance using an international network of atomic clocks.
In the early 1930s, astronomers such as Fritz Zwicky and Jan Oort wondered at apparent discrepancies between the visible matter astronomers could map in the universe, and the amount that should be expected, based on physics. Then, in the late 1970s, Vera and Kent Ford noticed something off about the rotation of the Andromeda Galaxy: The material at the galaxy’s edges was rotating at the same speed as the material at the center, which violated Newton’s Laws of Motion, assuming the only matter in the galaxy was the visible matter they mapped. The same effect cropped up in other galaxies as well, leading astronomers to suspect that some “extra matter,” which could not be seen in the same way as glowing stars and gas, was responsible for the unexpected rotation. Today, scientists call that extra matter dark matter, and it can thus far be detected only through its gravitational effects on the visible matter we can see.
With a new generation of super-precise atomic clocks, an international team of researchers says they may have a new way to catch dark matter as it interacts with regular matter — something that scientists assume must happen, but haven’t yet been able to see.
Atomic Clocks
All clocks rely on stable oscillators, like the pendulum in a grandfather clock or Earth’s rotation for a sundial. In an atomic clock, atoms act as the oscillator.
In an optical lattice atomic clock, a type of atomic clock that’s still being developed and perfected, a laser is shined through a cloud of atoms — usually of strontium or ytterbium (more traditional atomic clocks often use slower-oscillating atoms, such as cesium). The laser excites the atoms and causes them to oscillate, or move back and forth, hundreds of trillions of times per second. The oscillating atoms act like the hand on a watch, if a watch had a hand that ticked insanely fast. Atomic clocks of this design are supremely accurate — the current generation won’t lose a second for billions of years to come.
That accuracy makes them ideal for making very small, very precise measurements — including, perhaps, of the effects of dark matter. Without any interference from dark matter, the atoms in an optical lattice atomic clock will oscillate at an expected frequency. But the presence of dark matter would affect this frequency through interactions between dark matter particles and regular matter. Any observed frequency dips or spikes would then be evidence for dark matter.
Creating a Network
In this study, researchers used four optical lattice atomic clocks, placed in the United States, France, Poland, and Japan. This is the first time that a network of these atomic clocks has been created. By networking the clocks, scientists can make more observations and help tune out some of the noise that comes from having only a single data source, said physicist Piotr Wcisło of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, who led the study, in an email.
The first version of the network allowed the researchers to place further constraints on the size of the expected effects any dark matter interaction might have. That is, they didn’t find anything yet, but they’re narrowing the search down.
This work is detailed in a paper published December 7 in the journal Science Advances.
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Santa Rosa center honors Burbank's revolution in plant breeding
Luther Burbank had only an elementary school education but become one of history's most inventive and productive plant breeders.
At the tender age of 21, Burbank purchased a 17-acre plot of land and began conducting as many at 3,000 experiments, sometimes all at the same time. Burbank painstakingly crossbred foreign and native species of plants, cultivated the resultant seedlings and used grafting to arrive at new and better breeds. Of the tens of thousands of varieties he attempted, thousands were successful, including the famous Shasta Daisy. More than 100 years after their invention, Burbank's July Elberta peach, Santa Rosa plum and Flaming Gold nectarine are still on the market. But his greatest success was the Russet Burbank potato, better known as the Idaho potato. This was soon exported to help Ireland recover from the devastating potato blight of 1840-60. And even today, despite all the horticulturists who have followed in his footsteps, Burbank's large, hardy potato is unsurpassed and remains a staple of American agriculture.
During a lifetime devoted to plant breeding, Luther Burbank developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, including 113 varieties of plums and prunes, 10 varieties of berries, 50 varieties of lilies and the freestone peach.
Today Luther is remembered in his adopted hometown of Santa Rosa. He was born in the Midwest, moved to Santa Rosa in his younger days and conducted many of his experiments there. Hundreds of docents work at the Luther Burbank Home and Garden Center in the middle of town and continue to remember the man behind the kiwifruit and elephant garlic with fondness and reverence.
"His intention was to make this a better place, to make things more enjoyable for people, to taste better, smell better, look better and so on," Richard Russ, a docent at the center, said.
More than 75,000 visitors come every year to the center to find out about the legend behind Luther Burbank and all the fruits and vegetables he created. They also travel out to his experimental farm in nearby Sebastopol, where they can see the largest collection of Shasta daisies in the country. The flower was one of Luther's biggest passions; he spent nearly 17 years creating it, all the while conducting literally thousands of experiments that shaped the way people thought about food.
For more information, visit www.lutherburbank.org.
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The old core is a prototype of the Palestinian village architecture. It refers to small-scale traditional housing complexes of similar color and texture which blend in naturally with the environment and whose architecture has remained for the most part intact. The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation (CCHP), which has been instrumental in renovating the old cores of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, is also at work renovating buildings for use as community centers, or sometimes entire areas in the surrounding villages. Its work is essential in preserving the special character of the Palestinian landscape.
The traditional Palestinian house, which basic form has remained the same for at least a millennium if not two, sheds light on daily life in periods from the Roman period right into the twentieth century. In contrast to huge tracts of identical, mass produced housing, each Palestinian house was one of a kind, adapted to the specific site. However, many houses and whole quarters or villages are in need of urgent attention, as is clear to anyone who walks with a member of CCHP or a municipality, and sees the number of times they are approached by citizens wanting to preserve their homes.
Many factors have contributed to the deterioration of traditional buildings and the sometimes less than lovely modern construction in towns and villages. In the towns, many old houses are no longer inhabited by the original owners, some of whom emigrated in search of better conditions, or who moved out of the old town quarters at the turn of the twentieth century; they preferred to live in the new detached houses, some quite luxurious, which began to sprout up at a distance from the town, which eventually grew to encompass them. The increase in population, both natural and due to the influx of refugees has also necessitated new housing, but there have often been restrictions on building. Changes in lifestyle have meant that not everyone is able or willing to live anymore in an extended family. Finally, the day to day worries of Palestinians have often put such matters far back in the list of priorities.
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Motorists have ‘enhanced duty of care’ towards cyclists says lawyer who represented time trialist hit by 4x4 on single track road
In legal terms, those driving vehicles apparently have greater ‘causative potency’
The lawyer who represented a time trialist recently awarded £55,000 following a collision with an oncoming 4x4 says that drivers have an enhanced duty of care towards vulnerable road users due to the increased damage they can cause.
Graeme Daly was involved in a collision with a 4x4 near Mawhill, Perth and Kinross, on August 23 2015, during a 10-mile time trial organised by Kinross Cycling Club.
He had been seeking £110,000 in a personal injury court, but was deemed to have been 50 per cent to blame for the incident.
David Heeps had been driving a Ford Explorer towing a large trailer and speed boat down a single track road. Daly was the third man in a time trial team coming in the opposite direction. The cyclists were close in to their side of the road, but there still wasn’t much space. Heeps didn’t slow or stop, and Daly was hit.
Daly said: "I was concentrating on staying on the back wheel of the guy in front and didn't look up as Heeps approached us, but all three of us were tight in to the verge at the time.
“I'm not sure what else I could have done that day. The vehicle appeared to be in the middle of the road and he acted like we weren't there. What was I supposed to do, ride into the hedgerows or jump off the bike at 20-odd miles per hour?
“I nearly got past, but the vertical guide bar at the back of the trailer smashed into my shoulder. When I first saw the truck approaching some distance away you couldn't see the trailer at the back anyway.”
Jim Herd, cycling claims specialist with Morton Fraser, the lawyers who represented Daly, said of Heeps: “He was found to be out from his side of the road. Despite this, the case was defended all the way to a full hearing of evidence lasting a week. Each road user was found to be equally to blame.”
Reflecting on the case, Herd added: "This case is about the competing responsibilities of motorists and cyclists. Both must take reasonable care for themselves and other road users, but the law recognises that a motorist has an enhanced duty of care towards more vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians because of the greater ‘causative potency’ or potential for serious injury of a larger vehicle versus smaller road users.”
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The best interests of the child would be served by the termination of parental rights; and
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Record drop in unemployment in Bulgaria
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Unemployment in Bulgaria in May went down to 5.3 percent, the lowest level registered by the National Employment Agency.
The drop compared to the previous month stands at 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent year-on-year. There are 175,399 people registered at job centres. The number of unemployed has gone down by 9,000 people from the end of April to the end of May, and by 25,000 people compared to the same period of 2018. The most sought-after seasonal staff are bartenders, waiters, cooks, housemaids and staff in the sphere of services, other sought-after professions include workers for the mining and processing industry, construction, transport, salespeople, machine operators, workers in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, qualified staff for the food industry, tailors, carpenters, security guards etc.
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After 3-Year Restoration, the Historic Gran Teatro Reopens in Havana
January 5, 2016 January 5, 2016 by Cuba Journal
After three years of intense restoration efforts, Raul Castro and other Cuban officials celebrated the reopening of the historic Gran Teatro de La Habana “Alicia Alonso” at a gala on Friday marking the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Castro attended the rededication gala in the Gran Teatro’s Federico Garcia Lorca Hall alongside famed Cuban ballerina … Read more
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In Conversation: Renowned Boutique Hotel Designer Discusses Cuba’s Hotel Future
December 16, 2015 January 13, 2016 by Simons Chase
The Cuba Journal selected the Hotel Saratoga as the 2015 Best Hotel in Havana.
Across the street from the Capital building and next to La Habana Vieja (Old Havana), the hotel offers ideal access to the best parts of Havana, day or night.
I had the pleasure of meeting members of the design team at the Mexican design and architect firm, Arquitectura de Interiores, the designer of the Hotel Saratoga during its extensive 2005 renovation. The firm’s President, Marisabel Gomez Vazquez, and Creative Director, Joao Lueiro (a Cuban living in Mexico), agreed to discuss the Saratoga and Cuba’s potential to impact the course of design evolution in the boutique hotel category.
The Hotel Saratoga is a wonderful combination of classical and modern in terms of design. Can you discuss how this came about, whether it was the goal at the beginning or did it result after working with the space? Do you feel like you were taking big risks at the time?
The Hotel Saratoga has a history of its own. Apart from being one of the first full-service hotels in Havana, quite luxurious by the way, it was also, during the 30’s, the watering hole for many in the bohemian-intellectual class in Havana. It was very common to find writers, actors and socialites spending time at the “Aires Libres”. This site, the long arched Portal at both sides of the main entry on the hotel, was made famous while the Anacaonas, the first Cuban all-women orchestra, were rising into stardom playing there. It is impossible to bypass these credentials. Once you get your hands in a project like this you can’t escape the spell. When we started the project it was intended to be a “One&Only”, so we knew it had to comply with the standards set by this brand. We also studied the history in a comprehensive manner and learned a good load of interesting facts. However we didn’t pretend to re-create the ambiance of the original property but to accomplish instead a new standard for the Cuban hospitality business based upon Cuban authenticity and our knowledge in contemporary requirements for the industry. The result is this mix of classical and modern features that made the property a success story from the opening day. Our biggest achievement was the acknowledgements from Cubans themselves; they felt it as a very consistent and respectful project. We as a firm visualize every project through their intrinsic values in all fronts, cultural, historic and market wise. This permits us to navigate all the different scenarios from the inside, not imposing our position but constructing it from the core. When a project like the Hotel Saratoga lands into our hands we always run into some risks, mainly from the cultural point of view, but we are well prepared to sort them out. In our creative process we have time allocated for establishing the common language, to listen and to understand. This opens the communication and everything is easier then.
In a sense, Cuba’s history is colliding with its future as culture and economics combine to create exciting possibilities. Do you see this historical circumstance producing more successful hotel concepts in Cuba that bridge the past and the future or classical and modern?
This is not new. Geographically and culturally, Cuba is a crossroads. It has been a hub for many centuries. Sometimes it has been natural, like when the colonial Spanish ships arrived first in Havana then went to Mexico and South America. It was named the Gulf Key for its strategic position. During most of the 20th century it was a commercial port of transit enjoying such prosperity that it became a magnet for immigrants from the former metropolis. And then, during the years under the influence of the socialist bloc, there was an influx of Russian, German, Czech, Hungarian and many more people from Eastern Europe adding, again, an unexpected layer of consequences. So Cuba is accustomed to the new and unknown and it has survived each wave. This moment brings a broad range of openings. The idea of exploiting the historic background makes sense in Havana and other cities with rich colonial architecture. But there are big prospects for contemporary, avant-garde design not only in Havana but in many places through the country. Cuba is a rather big market and there are a lot of opportunities for almost every concept.
Since the opening of the Hotel Saratoga in 2005, boutique hotels have emerged as a discrete hotel category with some of the world’s largest hotel companies forming brands around the concept. Yet few places in the world offer a backdrop like the architectural richness of Old Havana and the nearby neoclassical Vedado residential section. Do you think Havana could shape the future of the boutique hotel milieu as the concept spreads into places that lack the special features or the historical circumstance found in Havana?
Havana is a big city, yet it feels close and personal. It is something that happens in culturally rich cities like Mexico or Buenos Aires. If you can take advance on these characteristics you can create a boutique hotel. This is a convenient scheme for the large hotel companies to bring intimacy to travelers looking for a unique experience.
When I walk into the entrance of the Hotel Saratoga I feel acquainted with a sense Cuba’s history and also with Havana’s treasury of historical events – some of which occurred close to the building itself. Do you think this sensation can be duplicated in any physical location or is it fortified by a city’s own unique location and circumstance?
The scenarios can be duplicated however the feelings and authenticity wouldn’t be easy to replicate. You can create a copy of Venice, yet you will not go to Vegas to pray in San Marco. You need several factors to create something as authentic as the original: objective ones can be copied but subjective ones, those involving feelings are very hard to create out of the nothing. Thereafter, the actual feelings you have in Havana belong in Havana.
Do you have plans for more design and architectural work in Cuba?
It is our goal and desire. We are always looking for new opportunities to work in Cuba for the great development chapter to come; but, more importantly, we already have a love affair with the country and its people.
Cuba’s growing hotel pipeline is trending towards upscale offerings in the urban city center and in the all-inclusive category mostly in Veradero. How do you see this trend impacting the rest of the Caribbean over the next few years?
The well established markets and niche products are not going to be very affected, but the new offers will be harder to sell. While everything takes shape and the infrastructure gets updated there are chances for the minor players; after that, it will be difficult for them to compete because Cuba is very diverse and as a touristic product has a lot to offer in a single package.
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A Walking Tour of Old Havana
November 24, 2015 June 28, 2017 by Cuba Journal
There is no better way to experience the grandeur and history of Old Havana than walking through the many plazas and exploring the interiors of the many cathedrals and museums.
Havana, or what is considered Old Havana today, was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean’s main centers for ship-building.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Old Havana a World Heritage Site in 1982.
Within the boundaries of Old Havana and its fortifications are located all the elements necessary to express what UNESCO considers Outstanding Universal Value, including Old Havana’s urban layout with its five large plazas and its harmonious ensemble of architectural monuments and traditional-style popular buildings from different periods in its history – and its extensive network of fortifications.
Old Havana and its fortifications do not suffer from adverse effects of development, though much of Old Havana’s structures are in disrepair due to decay, chronic neglect and the effects from natural elements.
Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of more than 2 million people, its old center retains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments, and a homogeneous collection of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards.
The historic fortunes of Havana were a product of the exceptional function of its bay as an obligatory stop on the maritime route to the New World, which made military protection a priority. The extensive network of defensive installations created between the 16th and 19th centuries includes some of the oldest and largest extant stone fortifications in the Americas, among them La Cabaña fortress on the east side of the narrow entrance canal to Havana Bay, Real Fuerza Castle on the west side, and Morro castle and La Punta castle guarding the entrance to the canal.
Old Havana, which is defined by the extent of the former city walls, has maintained the pattern of the early urban setting with its five large plazas, each with its own architectural character: Plaza de Armas, Plaza Vieja, Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza del Cristo and Plaza de la Catedral. Around these plazas are many outstanding buildings, including the Iglesia Catedral de La Habana, Antiguo Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Palacio del Segundo Cabo and Palacio de los Capitanes Generales.
Interspersed with this mix of baroque and neoclassical style monuments is a homogeneous ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards –many of them evocatively time-worn. The complex system of fortifications that protected Havana, its port and its dockyard is comprised of the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña – one of the largest colonial fortresses in the Americas – on the east side of the narrow entrance canal to Havana Bay; Castillo de la Real Fuerza –one of the oldest colonial fortresses in the Americas (begun in 1558)– on the west side of the canal; and Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta and Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro guarding the entrance to the canal; as well as the Castillo de Santa Dorotea de Luna de la Chorrera, Torreón de San Lázaro, Reducto de Cojímar, Baluarte del Ángel, Lienzo de la Muralla y Puerta de la Tenaza, Restos de Lienzo de la Muralla, Garita de la Maestranza, Cuerpo de Guardia de la Puerta Nueva, Restos del Baluarte de Paula, Polvorín de San Antonio, Hornabeque de San Diego, Fuerte No. 4, Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atarés, Castillo del Príncipe andFuerte No. 1.
Source: World Heritage Center, UNESCO
Old Havana is easy to navigate during the day, but it is not well-lit at night. During the summer, walkers may want to avoid the heat of the day by exploring in the morning and late afternoon. Check out the Doors of Old Havana to see another interesting aspect of the island nation’s capital city.
Here is a selection of what you will find on a walking tour of Old Havana:
Categories Cuba News, TRAVEL
Images of Havana Under Construction
October 11, 2015 October 21, 2015 by Simons Chase
by Simons Chase
Anticipation in Havana has been building for years as US President Obama has steadily re-built a relationship with Cuba. At the same time, Raul Castro, who took over as President of Cuba after his brother Fidel retired in 2008, has loosened restrictions for real estate trading by expanding permitted transfers to include outright sales. Previously, transfers were permitted only in the case of cashless exchanges.
The US-Cuba relationship building has translated into a small but promising real estate building and reconstruction boom fueled by Cuban-American cash and domestic demand for housing.
These images were captured in Old Havana and surrounding neighborhoods including Vedado.
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Chris Thomason | Last Names A - B
Born and raised in Southern California, Chris came to Monterey in 1972. He became a Christ-follower in 1977 after meeting Christians who were truly walking their talk. He and Sandra, his wife of 37 years live in Carmel Valley with their "kids" (two German shepherds named Titus and Samara). Chris and Sandra have been attending Cypress since 2010 and have served as ushers, small group leaders, and also on the hospitality committee. As an elder, Chris shepherds those with the last names A - B, and it is his joy and privilege to know them and lift them up in prayer.
MATT MAZERIK | Last Names C - F
Matt permanently transplanted from Indiana to California while attending Bethany University in Scotts Valley, CA. It's there that he met his lovely wife of 17 years, Karie. Matt and Karie have 3 daughters (Katie, Aria, and Miriam) and have been part of Cypress since 2015 since moving to the area from San Jose. They serve together on the worship team and are also small group leaders. Matt and his family operate several assisted living facilities for the elderly on the Monterey Peninsula.
Bob Winn | Last Names G - K
As the son of a U.S. Marine Officer, Bob has lived all over the country. Bob himself served as a Marine Corps infantry officer in the Vietnam War before beginning a 40+yr career in the property/casualty insurance field. Bob and his wife Sue have been married for 49 years. They have two married daughters and five grandchildren. The Winns moved to Carmel Valley in 1994 and have attended Cypress since 2010. During his time at Cypress, Bob has served on the finance and personnel teams, led the Men’s Ministry for 4 years, and served as an Elder for 3 years. Bob is serving his second term on the Elder Board.
Bill Musselman | Last Names L - M
Bill is the elder responsible for shepherding the letters “L” and “M”. He came to faith in Christ over twenty years ago, and was given a heart to serve God. He has been serving at Cypress on the Finance Team. At his previous church he served on the board for many years as the head deacon and treasurer. Bill is an accountant by trade, works at the local university, and is married to Leslie. They have three adult children and fifteen grandchildren(to date).
Tim Ryan | Last Names N - R
Tim is married to Kelly; they have four adult children and three grandchildren. They have been attending Cypress for 2 1/2 years and are actively involved in a small group. Tim works as Acting Superintendent for Santa Rita School District. He serves in Youth Ministry with Gabe. Kelly serves with Cypress Homeless Ministry team.
Bill Victorino | Last Names S - T
Bill is a Watsonville/Salinas native who married his wife, Mary Alice, in 2007. Together, they have thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren (to date). At their previous church, Bill led a men's bible studies, served with Mary Alice as leaders in the Celebrate Recovery ministry, and were both lay counselors with the New Hope family counseling ministry at their former church. Bill and Mary Alice came to Cypress in 2014 and are currently in couples small group Bible study. Bill's passion is to be used by Christ to minimize the stresses and serenity busters in their lives.
Ben Sobels | Last Names U - z
Ben is married to Joni. They have five kids, four of whom they’ve launched! Ben grew up in Australia and got saved while caddying on golf’s PGA Tour in 1995. He graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Master of Theology degree in 2000. Ben became our senior pastor in 2010. He is passionate about preaching the gospel, making disciples, and planting churches. He recently wrote a book with his good friend, Bill Hull, that is titled The Discipleship Gospel.
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Warner, Nancy Ann was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5054 Vermillion LN, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5845858.
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Warner, Nancy Ruth was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6352 E Wesley AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 840611.
Warner, Nancy Stoddard was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 23724 Pine-Top AVE, PINE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200379734.
Warner, Nancy Susan was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2262 Primo RD # 205, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7950752.
Warner, Naomi Rachelle was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2164 Country Club PKWY, MILLIKEN, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6403791.
Warner, Naomi Ruth was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 141 Bluffs DR, EAGLE, Eagle County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6707446.
Warner, Natalie N was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6894 County Road 105 # 1, SALIDA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 644875.
Warner, Nathan Alan was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3357 Larkspur DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601912323.
Warner, Nathan Blair Jr was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11218 County Road 198, NATHROP, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 644976.
Warner, Nathaniel Anthony was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3433 S Lincoln ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601412908.
Warner, Nathan Todd was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 523 Brennan CIR, ERIE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601607492.
Warner, Neal E was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4800 N Inlet DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 7210012.
Warner, Neil Patrick was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6536 Wolff ST, ARVADA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6973786.
Warner, Neil Thomas was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 820 Village DR, MILLIKEN, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 600629432.
Warner, Nester U was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4230 S Granby WAY # C, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 718579.
Warner, Neta Grace was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1539 Arrowhead LN, CORTEZ, Montezuma County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4886192.
Warner, Nicholas Dean was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 18 S Ingalls ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 600962930.
Warner, Nicholas Edward was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2235 Zang ST, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601663346.
Warner, Nicholas Spencer was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 69 Marble # E126, EDWARDS, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 600439437.
Warner, Nicole Alexis was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3844 S Halifax ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600340239.
Warner, Nicole L was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 365 Autumn Ridge CIR # C, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200108829.
Warner, Nicole Lynn was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 520 S Blaney RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 508103.
Warner, Nicoleta was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12711 Colorado BLVD UNIT F-619, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600560701.
Warner, Norma Jean was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2730 Poplar ST # B, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3029343.
Warner, Norma Lee was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 415 S Latimer DR, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 259007.
Warner, Norman Alfred was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 217 Beaty AVE, MANZANOLA, Otero County, CO. His voter ID number is 113319.
Warner, Norman Gale was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1403 Glen Eagle CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1472837.
Warner, Orville Leland was born in 1935 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6450 Xavier CT, ARVADA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 3577323.
Warner, Pamela Fulbright was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10088 Rock Rose CT, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601564340.
Warner, Pamela Jean was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10318 W Dartmouth AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3961429.
Warner, Pamela Lee was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6895 Summer Grace ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6023608.
Warner, Pamela S was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1824 Olympic DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 357005.
Warner, Patricia Ann was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2944 Purgatory Creek DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1636553.
Warner, Patricia Ann was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18031 W 77Th DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2638423.
Warner, Patricia Elynn was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3155 E 104Th AVE # C16, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3547925.
Warner, Patricia Jo was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8344 S Peninsula DR, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1059032.
Warner, Patricia K was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5720 Balsam ST, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4230288.
Warner, Patricia Lee was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 439 Lucky Lady DR, WOODLAND PARK, Teller County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3804890.
Warner, Patricia M was born in 1927 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13961 E Marina DR # 306, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 703519.
Warner, Patrick was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 31422 County Road 50, KERSEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6321493.
Warner, Patrick A was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5459 Seneca PL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408018.
Warner, Patrick Lewis was born in 1991 and registered to vote, giving the address as 12253 Dahlia DR, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Warner voter ID number is 601484842.
Warner, Patsy A was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2701 Robinson ST APT A1, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 412104.
Warner, Paul A was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 79750 Highway 50, CIMARRON, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5389314.
Warner, Paula E was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1402 Carson AVE, LA JUNTA, Otero County, CO. Her voter ID number is 249262.
Warner, Paul Anthony was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1609 W Highway 34, DRAKE, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600717177.
Warner, Paula Tillman was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17275 E 105Th WAY, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601926441.
Warner, Paul Charles was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 22251 County Rd 12, JULESBURG, Sedgwick County, CO. His voter ID number is 2190985.
Warner, Paul D was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4038 Ridge DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3037452.
Warner, Paul Derek was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2100 Skyrock RD, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1391687.
Warner, Paul Gregory was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4890 S Odessa ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 661478.
Warner, Pauline Gladys was born in 1924 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 586 Radiant DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1619473.
Warner, Paul Julian was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11501 Washington ST # 409, NORTHGLENN, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601613413.
Warner, Paul Leo was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1032 Birch AVE, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6393337.
Warner, Paul Lyndon was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1137 74Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6401042.
Warner, Paul Michael was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9416 Ashbury CIR # 102, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600460984.
Warner, Paul Patrick was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4795 Nightingale DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 511838.
Warner, Paul Robert was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2160 Meadow AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408019.
Warner, Peggy L was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 416 N Columbine ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2755572.
Warner, Peggy Lou was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9287 Shadowglen CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5648713.
Warner, Phillip Carl was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2205 Cordillera WAY, EDWARDS, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 601550087.
Warner, Phillip Chad was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7835 Swiftrun RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601857290.
Warner, Phyllis Marie was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 275 Coulson DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2340822.
Warner, Polly was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 200 N Leyden ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2637525.
Warner, Powell R was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14640 Zuni ST, BROOMFIELD, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7080117.
Warner, Precilla Guzman was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11639 Acoma ST, NORTHGLENN, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600153742.
Warner, Presley was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1120 Village RD # 8, AVON, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 601422152.
Warner, Quiana Povi was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 19622 E Utah PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200278669.
Warner, Rachael was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 77 Riverview DR, FRISCO, Summit County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600519571.
Warner, Rachel Anne was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5397 W Fremont PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601865791.
Warner, Rachel Louise was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 931 Stagecoach DR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601682248.
Warner, Rachel Lynn was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8738 W 86Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601329791.
Warner, Raimon Dennis was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9287 Shadowglen CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5682748.
Warner, Ralph Leon was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8557 County Road Dd, FLAGLER, Kit Carson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3845973.
Warner, Randall Dean was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 218 Grape ST # 7, HUDSON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6300390.
Warner, Randall Derrick was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1317 Iron Mountain DR, LIVERMORE, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600589058.
Warner, Randolph Scott was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 613 Deer Meadow DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408022.
Warner, Randy Alan was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2527 Custer DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601011777.
Warner, Ray Curtis was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3704 W 85Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 600151487.
Warner, Ray H was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5412 E 61St WAY, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6826314.
Warner, Raymond Louis was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1149 Beeler ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601009463.
Warner, Raymond Oliver was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6770 Turkey Tracks RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 318356.
Warner, Rayne Isabella was born in 2000 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1601 W Highway 34, DRAKE, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601892478.
Warner, Ray Ralph was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 60951 Kansas RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5365383.
Warner, Ray Thomas was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 386 Gypsum CT, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600358817.
Warner, Reade Alexander was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 225 Washington ST, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601601989.
Warner, Rebecca was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4145 N Perry ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2803170.
Warner, Rebecca Carrine was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7448 S Alkire ST # 206, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4276973.
Warner, Rebecca Faye was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1645 S Gilpin AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1390329.
Warner, Rebecca J was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2375 W Iliff AVE, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601018924.
Warner, Rebecca Kathleen was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10800 W Evans AVE # 9, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601381724.
Warner, Rebecca Marie was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2158 Collyer ST, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600400646.
Warner, Rebekah D was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1409 Village AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1625892.
Warner, Rebekah Ruth was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6563 Barrel Race DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600033471.
Warner, Regan Nicole was born in 1999 and registered to vote, giving the address as 5324 Moonlight Bay DR, WINDSOR, Larimer County, CO. Warner voter ID number is 601294908.
Warner, Regina Finocchiaro was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7739 S Ivy WAY, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 795745.
Warner, Reid A was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4088 S Logan ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 4267223.
Warner, Renata A was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7384 Russell CIR, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6388364.
Warner, Reta Mildred was born in 1932 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5310 Allison ST # 318, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601489307.
Warner, Rex David was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1128 N Xenia ST APT B, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2681889.
Warner, Rhonda Jane was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1095 Western DR LOT 10-A, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601900085.
Warner, Richard A was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6152 S Owens CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4124007.
Warner, Richard Allen was born in 1936 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7813 Tango LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600784955.
Warner, Richard C was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16305 County Road 325, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 5532997.
Warner, Richard C was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15501 E 112Th AVE UNIT 32F, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 737064.
Warner, Richard Chase was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1910 Airport RD, RIFLE, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 600169218.
Warner, Richard D was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 894 Dexter DR, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 3920769.
Warner, Richard D was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1137 Cap Rock RD, COAL CREEK, Fremont County, CO. His voter ID number is 600193895.
Warner, Richard Darrell was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 21640 N County Road 5, CARR, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1552774.
Warner, Richard Duncan was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 528 W Orman AVE, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3104350.
Warner, Richard E was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 802 Sunset ST, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408029.
Warner, Richard Ernest was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7051 Ulysses ST, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 200279154.
Warner, Richard Francis was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 857 Haven Crest CIR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2257615.
Warner, Richard Hale Jr was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3546 Castle Butte DR, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5657121.
Warner, Richard Howard was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12810 Eckert Estates RD, ECKERT, Delta County, CO. His voter ID number is 3561049.
Warner, Richard L was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 255 Skyhill DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4171991.
Warner, Richard Marvin was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5054 Vermillion LN, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5795756.
Warner, Richard Roy was born in 1927 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 832 S Milwaukee ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601915692.
Warner, Richard Selden was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 127 Ute TRL, CARBONDALE, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6796156.
Warner, Richard Wayne was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11542 Louvre PT, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 326201.
Warner, Richard Wright was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 28202 Bonanza DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601802728.
Warner, Rick Alan was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 551 Nome ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200218642.
Warner, Rick Lynn was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2014 Miami RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 517927.
Warner, Ricky L was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4890 N Shoshone ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2537221.
Warner, Rip Dennis Jr was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1335 Dayton ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 2745954.
Warner, Rita Louise was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9425 Sand Myrtle DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601315073.
Warner, Robby Lee was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 300 Ash ST UNIT 202, BENNETT, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 734587.
Warner, Robert Jr was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 103 Mccoy Springs TRL, EDWARDS, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 6694262.
Warner, Robert B was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 933 E Midway BLVD, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 3934349.
Warner, Robert Brendan was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7065 Winthrop CIR, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600413023.
Warner, Robert Bruce was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4390 S Lafayette ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600768924.
Warner, Robert Bryant was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1035 Spanish Peaks DR, WALSENBURG, Huerfano County, CO. His voter ID number is 600550461.
Warner, Robert C was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 809 Table Mountain CT, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6357177.
Warner, Robert Dale was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7053 S Kendall CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 5008072.
Warner, Robert Dale was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1117 Excelsior Creek AVE, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 602014800.
Warner, Robert Dean was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 200 W Sterne PKWY APT 214, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 887081.
Warner, Robert Deloss Jr was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 855 Franklin AVE # 11B, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600466230.
Warner, Robert Donald was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2759 Wheeling ST, AURORA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408034.
Warner, Robert Douglas was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1470 SE Fairway DR, CEDAREDGE, Delta County, CO. His voter ID number is 5894956.
Warner, Robert E Jr was born in 1934 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1745 Stella DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 213124.
Warner, Robert E was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14640 Zuni ST, BROOMFIELD, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6809337.
Warner, Robert Edward was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1035 N Garfield ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 3959206.
Warner, Robert Eugene was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8344 S Peninsula DR, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 1059029.
Warner, Robert Eugene was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 22381 E Oberlin DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200114514.
Warner, Robert G was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16410 E Carolina DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 677403.
Warner, Robert Harry was born in 1933 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2751 S Pearl ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 858169.
Warner, Robert John was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 50 Mcburney BLVD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 459170.
Warner, Robert Lee Iii was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2839 W E ST, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601132127.
Warner, Robert Lee was born in 1936 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17977 County Road 20, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6813931.
Warner, Robert M was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6563 Barrel Race DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200003871.
Warner, Robert Stuart was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6961 S Cherokee ST, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 2675701.
Warner, Robert Sydney Jr was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 990 Bayfield WAY # 301, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601701462.
Warner, Robert William Jr was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 994 Glen Oak LN, GLENWOOD SPGS, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 5522903.
Warner, Robert William was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4671 S Decatur ST # 131, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 870090.
Warner, Robin David was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4012 Wildridge RD W, AVON, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 200357278.
Warner, Robin Gail was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3820 Dudley ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4036904.
Warner, Robin Lee was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2114 Yellowstone RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2375391.
Warner, Rochelle Denise was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7367 Coral Ridge DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 481438.
Warner, Rodney Sr was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 109 Kokomo ST APT H, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 467927.
Warner, Rodney Scott was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 59466 Kristal DR, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5376325.
Warner, Roeman Patrick was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3945 Parfet ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601193956.
Warner, Roger K was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2650 Helmsdale DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 280815.
Warner, Ronald Lee was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7517 Isabell CIR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4257310.
Warner, Ronald M was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5388 Summit BLVD, DACONO, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6558504.
Warner, Ronald Ross was born in 1937 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1120 S Papago DR, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3042838.
Warner, Ronda Jeanne was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1609 W Highway 34, DRAKE, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600226239.
Warner, Ross Michael was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 22748 County Road 3, BERTHOUD, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 4263725.
Warner, Roxanne Celeste was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 188 S Logan ST APT 205, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200353900.
Warner, Roxanne L was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13502 County Road 6, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6302527.
Warner, Roy Dean was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5137 Arrowhead LN, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1558731.
Warner, Ruben Jeremiaha was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8124 E Mineral DR, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 888650.
Warner, Russell Dean was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4452 W Hwy 24, FLORISSANT, Teller County, CO. His voter ID number is 600252999.
Warner, Russell George was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1028 W Camino Al Cielo, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 194606.
Warner, Russell P was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4875 S Balsam WAY UNIT 18-204, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2854935.
Warner, Ruth Ann was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 548 34 RD, CLIFTON, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2371405.
Warner, Ruth M was born in 1929 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9473 W 47Th AVE, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4028802.
Warner, Ruth Virginia was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2126 24Th Street RD, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6339847.
Warner, Ryan Christopher was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 36573 Road G.9, MANCOS, Montezuma County, CO. His voter ID number is 600412568.
Warner, Ryan David was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7457 Prythania Park DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 125182.
Warner, Ryan David was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3360 Hollycrest DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600455993.
Warner, Ryan James was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1909 Sequoia ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 2836401.
Warner, Ryan Marcus was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1285 N Josephine ST APT 3, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2913114.
Warner, Ryann Elisabeth Tylar was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1729 K 3/4 RD, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601874854.
Warner, Ryan Wayne was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3008 N Custer AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601068948.
Warner, Ryland Mateo was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1438 S Macon ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200220076.
Warner, Sadie Rose was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4222 Marlow CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200036364.
Warner, Sallie was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2855 Owl Hoot TRL # H111, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601169683.
Warner, Samantha Ann was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7435 5600 RD, OLATHE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600548343.
Warner, Samantha Michelle was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9725 E Harvard AVE APT 328, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601406741.
Warner, Sam Ernest was born in 1929 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 805 Compassion DR APT 302, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 1398099.
Warner, Samuel Bradley was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6244 Sierra Grande PT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601277147.
Warner, Samuel C was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2730 Poplar ST, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3032861.
Warner, Sandra Joyce was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22673 E Long DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 746681.
Warner, Sandra K was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16912 State Hwy 8, MORRISON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4156292.
Warner, Sandra Kay was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 220 Leslie ST, BRIGGSDALE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6329972.
Warner, Sandra Lee was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9425 Sand Myrtle DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601684112.
Warner, Sandra Lynn was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6493 Barrel Race DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2291157.
Warner, Sandra Mae was born in 1935 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12481 Madison WAY, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6879593.
Warner, Sandra Rooff was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4116 Anitra CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200281399.
Warner, Sara Devers was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1449 S Bowen ST, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8000895.
Warner, Sara Elizabeth was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17002 Carr AVE, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 923639.
Warner, Sarah Ann Lynn was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 943 Odin DR, SILT, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601052796.
Warner, Sarah Catherine was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3223 Iron Forge PL APT 102, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8408303.
Warner, Sarah Leslie was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9653 W Chatfield AVE # C, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4120586.
Warner, Sarah Lynn was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3358 Bluegrass CIR # 51, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6406480.
Warner, Sarah Ruth was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22546 E Union PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601951039.
Warner, Sara Jon was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11444 W Progress PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2934885.
Warner, Sara L was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8307 Benton WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200161141.
Warner, Sara L was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5525 Country Club DR, LARKSPUR, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4198036.
Warner, Saundra H was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6782 Wagon Ridge DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 164666.
Warner, Scott Allen was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 478 6403 RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 200358564.
Warner, Scott Douglas was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7904 Windsong DR, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6414647.
Warner, Scott F was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10318 W Dartmouth AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3961296.
Warner, Scott John was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5250 S Huron WAY # 8-312, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 4042794.
Warner, Scott Michael was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 25550 Hillside RD, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3021577.
Warner, Scott Michael was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3037 68Th Avenue CT, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6418288.
Warner, Scott S was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 27695 Whitecotton LN, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. His voter ID number is 6590821.
Warner, Scott Van was born in 1955 and registered to vote, giving the address as 42488 County Rd 40.7, TRINIDAD, Las Animas County, CO. Warner voter ID number is 601444393.
Warner, Sean M was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 240 Via Linda Vista, MANITOU SPGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600780688.
Warner, Sean Michael was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8371 Chase WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4255546.
Warner, Sean Neil was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 26269 County Rd T, BRUSH, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 601663913.
Warner, Sean Thomas was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7771 Magnolia ST, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 3916133.
Warner, Seth Dalton was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2027 Bayfront CT, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601601634.
Warner, Seth Preston was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 61282 County Rd 08, HOLYOKE, Phillips County, CO. His voter ID number is 2205108.
Warner, Shain Michael was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7893 Morton DR, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 316293.
Warner, Shala Anais was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2559 31St ST APT B307, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601655410.
Warner, Shane Christopher was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2519 15Th AVE, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 600922559.
Warner, Shane Leland was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1215 N Verbena ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2636226.
Warner, Shannon Ann was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6788 Issaquah DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600028614.
Warner, Shannon Elizabeth was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20560 Oasis AVE, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600121459.
Warner, Shannon Jacob Sr was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17275 E 105Th WAY, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601754550.
Warner, Shannon Lee was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16523 High Desert PL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5536474.
Warner, Shan Ray was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 229 Grape ST, HUDSON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6934797.
Warner, Sharon A was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12830 E Dickensen PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600969889.
Warner, Sharon Kay was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 25250 W Us Hwy 40, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6570971.
Warner, Sharon Virginia was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1001 E Yale AVE APT 427, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3960882.
Warner, Shawna Bowman was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5459 Seneca PL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8408305.
Warner, Shawna Leeann was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 421 Morning Dove DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2343473.
Warner, Shayla was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1600 North AVE UNIT 235, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601410966.
Warner, Shayna Lee was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18530 Pinon Park RD, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1593701.
Warner, Sheila K was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 548 34 RD, CLIFTON, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2356326.
Warner, Sheila Marie was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11542 Louvre PT, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200117261.
Warner, Sheila Rae was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3082 S Wheeling WAY # 308, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7008501.
Warner, Shelbie was born in 2001 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6603 S Patsburg ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601912857.
Warner, Shelby Lynn was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 943 Odin DR, SILT, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601958451.
Warner, Shelby Marie was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4545 Wheaton DR # G230, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600645722.
Warner, Sherida L was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2498 Interlochen CT UNIT A, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2330379.
Warner, Sherri Ann was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1082 E Sapinero DR, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3019408.
Warner, Sherry Lynn Taylor was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2618 Cider Mill RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2370466.
Warner, Sherry Sue was born in 1965 and registered to vote, giving the address as 14920 Galapagos ST UNIT I-305, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Warner voter ID number is 601462067.
Warner, Sheryl Ann was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 300 Howard ST, PRITCHETT, Baca County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3766019.
Warner, Shiena Marie was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5942 S Malta ST, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601490320.
Warner, Shirley A was born in 1927 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1805 S Balsam ST # 102, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3983393.
Warner, Shirley Jean was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1211 Cimmeron DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6984800.
Warner, Shirley May was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1019 Ogden CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1549200.
Warner, Sidney S was born in 1933 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9059 E Panorama CIR # 202, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 828275.
Warner, Simone Nicole was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 23645 E Grand PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600656260.
Warner, Skylar Scott was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 365 Autumn Ridge CIR UNIT D, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200108796.
Warner, Somone Ann was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5928 S Odessa CIR, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600025057.
Warner, Sopheara Lim was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17634 E Brown CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601543397.
Warner, Sorcha Nicole was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8722 Snowbird WAY, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600079894.
Warner, Stanley Glen was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3820 Dudley ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4036781.
Warner, Stefan Leland was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1215 N Verbena ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600986633.
Warner, Stephanie was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10074 Royal Eagle LN, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600964091.
Warner, Stephanie was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 235 Laurel ST # 2, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601916338.
Warner, Stephanie Ann was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1201 W Thornton PKWY # 21, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4085945.
Warner, Stephanie Catherine was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17519 W 94Th DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601756108.
Warner, Stephanie Lynn was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 950 15Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601044817.
Warner, Stephanie Marie was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 550 Seven Oaks RD, CARBONDALE, Pitkin County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5540824.
Warner, Stephanie Randolph was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 418 S 7Th ST, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5004991.
Warner, Stephanie Renee was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17350 W Goshawk RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 216319.
Warner, Stephanie Sue was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8199 Welby RD APT 3306, DENVER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601760256.
Warner, Stephen John was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 85 N Uinta WAY UNIT 405, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2808554.
Warner, Stephen Joseph was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2842 N Joliet ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2934380.
Warner, Steven A was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3565 Windjammer DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 159631.
Warner, Steven D was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 965 E Riverbend ST, SUPERIOR, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8408306.
Warner, Steven Edward was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9171 W La Salle AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4113202.
Warner, Steven J was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1409 Village AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1622422.
Warner, Steven Leon was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2022 Devon ST, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5374618.
Warner, Steven Todd was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4442 Starflower DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1546099.
Warner, Summer Rain was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7328 W 96Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6980756.
Warner, Susan E was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1218 49Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6370602.
Warner, Susan Ellen was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 955 Neon Forest CIR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8408308.
Warner, Susan K was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1691 S Idalia CIR # J, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 679512.
Warner, Susan Kay was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2014 Miami RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 517478.
Warner, Susan Lynn was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2755 Honeysuckle LN, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6581051.
Warner, Susanne Marie was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 54 Silverado DR, BASALT, Eagle County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6693018.
Warner, Susan Olona was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6239 County Road 36, PLATTEVILLE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6398070.
Warner, Susan R was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 90 Hidden View CIR, SOUTH FORK, Rio Grande County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4769454.
Warner, Suzanne Decoursey was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2266 Front Range RD, ERIE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 708590.
Warner, Suzanne June was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15566 E 115Th PL, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4019109.
Warner, Suzanne M was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4650 Webster ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4021568.
Warner, Suzanne Mm was born in 1948 and registered to vote, giving the address as 1730 N 7Th ST # 1, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Warner voter ID number is 601480497.
Warner, Sylvia Beth was born in 1936 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12591 W 56Th PL, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600957328.
Warner, Tammy Lynn was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5555 E Briarwood AVE # UNKNOWN, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4295505.
Warner, Tammy Lynn was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1737 Whistle Pig LN, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601095137.
Warner, Tanisha S was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2710 S Rifle ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 725081.
Warner, Tanya Jean was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3078 Sherrelwood DR N, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8408311.
Warner, Tara Rae was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1215 N Verbena ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601232435.
Warner, Tashana Alicia was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2910 E Bijou ST UNIT 7B, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601505297.
Warner, Taylor Ann was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1035 N Garfield ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600461292.
Warner, Taylor Ann was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 19295 Cottonwood DR # 1336, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601853387.
Warner, Taylor Diane Pichel was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 832 S Milwaukee ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600479744.
Warner, Taylor Evan was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12573 Eudora ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601671477.
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Celebrating 90 Years of Distinguished Service
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Aug 15 by ADavis
In celebration of their 90th Anniversary year serving state & local governments, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government is proudly sharing testimonials from their clients, stakeholders and friends to showcase projects on which they’ve worked, lives they have touched, and the impact they are making in Georgia and beyond.
Executive Director Matt Poyner was featured in August 2017 as an alumnus of the University of Georgia, economic developer, and community leader. Regarding the relationship built with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Poyner recounted the Institute being beneficial for professional development for himself and Development Authority board members, to be prepared to lead toward job growth and community investment. “Every staff and faculty member has represented professionalism, dedication, and dignity characterizing such a fine institution and is indicative of the solid foundation delivered by my alma matter, of which I am proud.”
Read Matt Poyner’s full testimonial.
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Filed Under: Awards & Recognition, In the News Tagged With: 90, board, carl, development, economic, feature, Georgia, impact, institute, interview, matt, poyner, testimonial, training, uga, university, vinson
Jun 9 by ADavis
Today was a special day in the life of Dr. JoAnn Jones. Jones, retired professor and dean of the College of Business at Georgia College, honored for 19 years of service as chairwoman of The Development Authority of Milledgeville and Baldwin County and dedicated service to the community.
A new road into the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Industrial Park was dedicated Dr. JoAnn Jones Way. The sign was unveiled during a ceremony bringing together family members, long-time friends, and City and County officials. When asked by The Union-Recorder what the day meant to her, Jones wasted no time in replying, “Well, it’s very touching. In some ways I feel like I’m at my wake and get to actually be here to hear people say such nice things about me. It’s really overwhelming, because when they first set this up, I said, no I’m really not deserving of that.”
During her time on the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County (DAMBC), Jones said she did everything she could do to promote Milledgeville and Baldwin County and to attract new industry to the area. “It means so much to me, because I was very committed for those 19 years,” said Jones. “I am very honored that they did it, but you know it was a group of people that I worked with,” she said with a big smile. “We had the most wonderful team on that development board. I’ve never seen people that worked so well together and had the best interest of our community. So much of what they do has to be done in secret and quietly. Unfortunately, people, for the most part don’t understand what a development authority actually does.”
After retiring from Georgia College, Jones said she also retired from other boards where she served as a member, but not the development authority. “I stuck with them for another five or six years,” she added. “It was then time to go out, have fun, and not have to work any where anymore.” Since retirement, Dr. Jones and her husband, Dr. Ken Jones, former dean of the Graduate School at Georgia College, traveled in an RV and visited every state in America.
Dr. Jones said one of her fondest memories was when the development authority built its first spec building in the industrial park. “We had two and we’ve sold both of them,” she said. “It took a long time for people in small communities to understand why you would be building a big building like that for anybody. Spec buildings back then were like fishing lures. People came to look at them.” Then, they would make a decision about whether the building suited their needs, she explained. Jones said she believes the local development authority is in good hands with Executive Director Matt Poyner at the helm. Poyner served as master of ceremony at the event honoring Jones on Friday.
Milledgeville City Alderman Steve Chambers spoke at the ceremony honoring Dr Jones. “I first had the pleasure of meeting JoAnn in 1976,” Chambers said. “I went to Georgia College. I was in my freshman year, and I was still figuring out what I wanted to be.” Under the mentor of his then professor, Dr. JoAnn Jones, Chambers said he he decided to pursue a career in business, learned some valuable life lessons, and realized his potential with her guidance. Through the years, Chambers said, he and Jones developed a close relationship in the community.
Also speaking at the ceremony was Baldwin County Manager Ralph McMullen. He said it gave him great honor and pleasure to be there to recognize Jones on such a special, well-deserved, occasion. “I’m representing the commissioners, but I can’t speak…to what they have in their hearts,” McMullen said. “I can say what’s in my heart. It’s always good to give somebody flowers while they can smell them and it’s always good to speak kind words while they can still hear them.” Jones, was overheard jokingly saying, “I’m glad to be at my wake,” providing a laugh for everyone in attendance. “I have a few kind words that I’d like to say to my friend, JoAnn,” McMullen said. “JoAnn is a bold leader. JoAnn is a mover and a shaker. JoAnn laid not just the foundation for this road, but JoAnn laid a foundation for economic development in Milledgeville and Baldwin County that gives us something to build upon now and in the future.”
Johnny Grant, Georgia College Director of Community Engagement & Economic Development, had some words of admiration and appreciation for Dr. JoAnn Jones as well. “Georgia College has always tried to be a good neighbor in the Milledgeville community in support of community development with organizations like the Chamber of Commerce and the Development Authority, but nobody epitomizes that support any better than JoAnn Jones,” Grant said. “JoAnn was dean of our College of Business for many, many years. She helped put the College of Business on the map. She raised it to an entirely new level with her activity and her energy. She’s a formidable force and, as Ralph said, you don’t want to go up against her,” Grant said, noting he was proud to call her a friend.
See full gallery of Road Dedication Ceremony photos here
Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: 2017, ceremony, college, community, dedication, development, economic, Georgia, honor, joann, jones, june, milledgeville, road, service
May 23 by ADavis
(pictured above) A strategic planning meeting last week at which The Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County Board of Directors, Milledgeville City Council Members, and Baldwin County Commissioners sat down for round table discussions about the new Sibley-Smith Industrial Park mega-site.
Georgia’s Newest Mega-Site Named Market-Ready
Sibley-Smith Industrial Park is now a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development site
Milledgeville, GA – The Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County (DAMBC) announced today the new Sibley-Smith Industrial Park has been named a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) site by GDEcD, the state of Georgia’s marketing and sales arm.
“GRAD designation for the Sibley-Smith Industrial Park means it can truly compete on a global stage for new industry and the accompanying jobs,” said Pat Wilson, Executive Director of Georgia Allies, and COO of the Department of Economic Development. “I fully believe efforts by the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County to attain GRAD status for the site will be beneficial.”
The Sibley-Smith Industrial Park, named for the former property owners, is approximately 1,643 acres and is considered a mega-site. It is one of only 11 mega-sites in the state of Georgia and considered by the DAMBC to be in the top 3 because of rail siding on site, accessibility from a four lane highway, and all utilities already are on-site or within minimal proximity.
The GRAD designation indicates the Sibley-Smith Industrial Park is market-ready. The designation also includes several tools to market the site, including:
Program benefits on the Georgia Department of Economic Development website
Highlighted listings on the industrial site databases of major electric utility Web sites
Continued presence on Georgia Allies electronic newsletter targeted to companies and location consultants
Site awareness for statewide project managers and Georgia Allies partners
“Having GRAD certification on the new mega-site means having a significant advantage over the competition to win new projects that create jobs,” says DAMBC Executive Director Matt Poyner. “While the GRAD certification process is extensive, having it means due diligence studies have been done and potential companies have confidence from qualified consulting firms that no known issues exist on the site and projects can proceed with reduced risk.” Currently, of the 10 other communities with mega-sites, 7 do not have GRAD certification completed.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) plans, manages and mobilizes state resources to attract new business investment to Georgia, drive the expansion of existing industry and small business, locate new markets for Georgia products, inspire tourists to visit Georgia and promote the state as a top destination for arts events and film, music and digital entertainment projects.
Filed Under: Awards & Recognition, In the News Tagged With: 2016, authority, baldwin county, business, certification, designation, development, economic, Georgia, growth, industrial, market, Matt Poyner, mega, milledgeville, news, rail, site, utilities
Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that Sparta Industries, a manufacturer of HVAC duct liner insulation, will establish a new plant at the former Rheem Manufacturing building in Milledgeville. This venture is projected to create more than 1,000 jobs and represents a capital investment of $22.5 million throughout the next 5 years.
“Georgia’s pro-business climate, highly-skilled workforce and manufacturing infrastructure continue to attract innovative manufacturers like Sparta Industries,” said Deal. “This Milledgeville facility will bolster the company’s growth and further demonstrate why Georgia is a top destination for job creators. We welcome Sparta Industries to Georgia and feel that our economic environment will be of major benefit to the company.”
Using a zero emission process, Sparta Industries manufactures foam insulation for use in the commercial building industry. Sparta Industries will hire plant and warehouse operation, supervision and maintenance personnel at the new facility. The company will also be hiring for sales and administrative positions.
“We look forward to working closely with the community,” said Sparta Industries chief financial officer Jeremy Meighan. “Together we can make a well-deserved economic impact on Milledgeville and the surrounding areas.”
Sparta Industries founder and board chairman Walter Sommerman has overseen the construction of 32 plants, 24 of which are located in the U.S. Each of the 32 plants has been profitable since inception.
“Sparta will use an exciting new technology to produce insulation in Milledgeville,” said Dr. Kenneth Hall, vice president of research and development for Sparta Industries. “The product will be more efficient and less costly while eliminating health and environmental issues.”
Rheem Manufacturing previously occupied the facility but closed for business in 2007 during the economic downturn. The building remained vacant until Sparta Industries agreed to purchase the property.
“We’ve been waiting a long time to get someone back to work in this building,” said Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County Chairman Chat Daniel. “We are optimistic about a great future and partnership with Sparta Industries. This community is ready to assist them as they get up and running.”
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) project manager Wylly Harrison represented the Global Commerce division in partnership with the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County, Georgia Power, the Georgia Department of Labor, Georgia Quick Start and GC Financial Solutions, LLC.
“This has been an amazing opportunity to work with a group of brilliant people to bring both jobs and opportunity for a well-deserved area,” said Tony and Crystal Gandy of GC Financial Solutions, LLC.
“This is a great win for Milledgeville and Georgia as a whole,” said GDEcD Commissioner Chris Carr. “Sparta Industries is the kind of forward-looking and innovative company that Georgia’s business-friendly environment is suited to support. We want to thank our partners at the local level for their diligence throughout this project, and we look forward to Sparta Industries’ continued success as operations ramp up.”
Filed Under: Company - Advanced Manufacturing, In the News Tagged With: 2016, announcement, authority, baldwin county, business, Deal, development, economic, Employer, environment, Georgia, governor, growth, HVAC, industrial, Industries, manufacturer, Matt Poyner, milledgeville, momentum, news, opportunity, pro, Rheem, Sparta, workforce
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Ronaldo is '1,000 percent certain' to stay at Juventus
Reuters , Sunday 21 Apr 2019
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning the league after the match (Photo: Reuters)
Cristiano Ronaldo is “1,000 percent” certain to remain at Juventus, he said after they clinched the Serie A title on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Fiorentina.
Ronaldo, dismissing suggestions that he could cut short his three-year contract, said he was delighted to have won Serie A at the first attempt, adding to his three English Premier League titles with Manchester United and two La Liga crowns with Real Madrid.
“I’m really happy to have won the Italian title in my first season here. It has been a great season for this Juventus, we also won the Italian Supercup,” said the Portuguese forward, who has scored 19 league goals.
“We didn’t do so well in the Champions League but there is always next year,” he added. “I will stay, 1,000 percent.”
Defender Leonardo Bonucci, meanwhile, explained how Juventus had managed to bounce back from their shock Champions League quarter-final exit against Ajax on Tuesday when they lost 2-1 at home and went out 3-2 on aggregate.
“I’m sorry about the Champions but we transformed the disappointment into anger and energy. This scudetto, the eighth in a row, is something unique,” he said. “We really want to celebrate, this success makes the season’s sacrifice all worth it.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri said winning with five games to spare was a “testimony to our great season”.
“We put aside the elimination that brought us disappointment and bitterness. Fortunately, we had this match that allowed us to close the championship,” said the 51-year-old who has been in charge for the last five campaigns.
Allegri said his team, who fell behind after six minutes, needed to deal better with setbacks.
“We came from Tuesday’s disappointment, then entered the field and conceded a goal,” he said. “We have to work on dealing with the unexpected, on Tuesday we suffered four devastating counter-attacks, today we did the same after we conceded the goal.”
He said injuries had prevented Juventus from producing better performances.
“In general, during the season, we were unable to find continuity,” he said. “There were constant new injuries and recurring fitness problems, so at times I had only 14 players to train with. Despite it all, we won by a big advantage.”
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Harvard Magazine
Arctic Meltdown Turns Up the Heat
By Oset Babür
At the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), researchers have found that rising temperatures and thawing permafrost in the northern region of the Alaskan tundra are leading to increased emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—as much as a 70 percent increase in such emissions since 1975. CO2 traps heat, acting like a blanket that keeps the earth warm, an effect particularly noticeable at night and in the winter. “It’s not so much an issue of it’s getting warmer,” said lead researcher Roisin Commane, “but that it’s not getting cold enough in the wintertime.”
The study is the result of a joint effort by SEAS, NASA, and the National Oceanic and the National Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Between the months of April and November of 2012, 2013, and 2014, researchers deployed specially equipped aircraft (flown by NASA’s Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment, CARVE) to supplement on-the-ground observations of the changing conditions. The ground observations were made from NOAA towers in Barrow, Alaska, where temperatures have been rising twice as fast as in the rest of the region. The researchers also examined 41 years’ worth of carbon-dioxide emissions data NOAA had on file from Barrow. With regard to this multi-pronged long-term method to document and analyze carbon emissions, Commane explains that “the towers can tell if the carbon dioxide is coming out of the soil and going into vegetation. We needed aircraft because the ground towers only gave us a limited view in terms of radius, and we needed to know what was happening across the state.”
Soils in the Arctic are unique because they hold high concentrations of carbon trapped inside frozen layers. Typically, the upper layers thaw during the summer, which allows microbes to work away at the newly exposed soil and decompose the organic matter. In doing so, the microbes help release the carbon dioxide previously frozen within the soil. This soil contains enough carbon dioxide to double the current concentration of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere, which is why it is imperative, the researchers say, that only the upper layers thaw and then refreeze in the space of roughly one month. Based on the SEAS team’s observations, that refreezing process is now taking up to three months, and Commane says it is very possible the duration will grow even longer in the coming years.
After pointing out that the tundra soils are acting essentially as an amplifier of climate change, Commane cites other dangers of the thawing permafrost: “Layers that had not thawed for thousands of years are now thawing. In Ireland, we use this kind of soil [peat] as a fuel source, which should give you an idea of some of the dangers of exposing this matter.” She notes that the number of fires in the region have risen between 2015 and 2017, and the rise in temperature contributes to a dry climate that is perfect for wildfires. Because the northern tundra region is fairly remote, the fires often burn without human interference, unless there is a risk of flames spreading to populated areas. Commane anticipates that there will be more tundra fires in the years ahead, which are likely to further pollute the air and release even more carbon dioxide into the region’s atmosphere.
Aside from their clear relevance to climate change, the findings published by Commane and her colleagues also pose serious questions for colder parts of the world beyond Alaska, such as Canada and Siberia. The popular image of Siberia as a “gateway to hell” is caused by a similar thawing in the permafrost soil there, which (unlike the soil in Alaska) has ice wedges in it. The melting therefore causes the ground to collapse, opening ominous-looking craters in the earth. Unfortunately, much about the soil structure there is unknown due to a lack of funding for research in the region, as well as difficulties in taking measurements of carbon and other atmospheric gases. Although Siberia might be a challenging next step for research, Commane and her colleagues are already hard at work on NASA’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, which will enable them to examine further the atmospheric conditions in northwest Canada and Alaska.
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Larceny was born Lawrence G. Dunbar on December 17, 1979 in Lenox Hill Hospital located in Manhattan, NY. He is a Black American recording rap artist and a member of the hardcore rap movement "100MAD" from Queens, NY. Both were discovered by Fredro Starr & Sticky Fingaz of the hardcore rap group "ONYX" in 2008. Larceny is also founder of his very own street movement "GP - Ghetto & Proud" established in 2002.
Lawrence began making music at the age of 14 while living in Queens, NY. After moving to Jersey City, NJ he then started performing for local party's and events as well as joining freestyle sessions in the streets,at the school gym, hallways and the lunch room involving himself with groups of people who enjoyed the same passion and activities. At the age of 21, he released his 1ST street mixtape "Grinding for this Paper" and since then has completed a successful list of mixtapes, albums, magazine issues, live shows and tours.
Working with artists such as - ONYX, Bangem Smurf, Chi-King, C.R.I.S.I.S., Makem Pay, and Snak The Ripper. Producers like Charli Brown, Aspect, Apollo Brown, Kajmir Royal, MadBeatz and DJs such as DJ CrazyEd, DJ Omega Red, DJ Hurricane, DJ Massacre, JGreen MoneyTalks, DJ Ill Will, DJ Motion and DJ Menace as well as several other DJ's and artists worldwide, he has built relationships with high levels of respect with everyone he worked with. This rap artist represents the real underground, hardcore street element... The struggle, The Pain... The Corner of Every Ghetto.
Larceny also has his own following as well as groups of supporters and a great percentage of fan base that was clearly well earned and established along his journey. The Specialist is known for spending hours at a time in the studio working on multiple projects, recording also helping other artist with projects and events. Not only he is an artist but Larceny also produces music he has produced songs of his own such as "One Man, One Life" - feat. DWI of ATV, "Arabian Knights", and more that will appear on other projects from now to the future. He always has the motivation and energy to put his goals into full action over-looking the haters in the background and pushing himself forward to accomplish any mission. The term "Da Grind is by Nature" is indeed one way to describe Larceny The Specialist. This artist has earned the rights and respect to be called Mr. Multitask / Underground certified. Stay tuned because this wont be the last you will hear from Larceny. Promising words for the world and for the haters, it can be taken as a promise or a threat either way.
Money In The Bag - Single
Concrete - Album
Concrete - Single
Love The Way - Single
The Last Boyscout - Album
Journey (Remix) - Single
FLVR Records. All Rights Reserved © 2017
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Thameside 10Apr83 Paul James live and in stereo
One of the final shows broadcast by Thameside Radio 90.2. The last broadcast was on May 15th, just 5 weeks later.
Thameside Radio have been broadcasting since 10am that morning. There are even some new jingles.
The show was broadcast in stereo, although this is a mono recording.
The recording is of the Paul James show at 7:00. He has just come down from Birmingham so has some bits from the Birmingham local press.
Paul also talks about the “Too Hot to Handle” concert at the Apollo Theatre in Victoria which featured Squeeze, Madness, Hazel O’Connor, Julie Covington, Paul Jones and UB40 amongst others featured. Tickets were between £5 nd £25.
Many thanks to Stephen who used to publish amfm magazine and Radio Today for this recording. Please do visisit his new site http://www.amfm.org.uk/ there is so much to look at.
Mentions for Stephen Garstang from Chalfont and Paul Adan in Ramsgate
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Ditrichum pusillum - (Hedw.) Hampe
Brown Cow-hair Moss
Related ITIS Name(s): Ditrichum pusillum (Hedw.) Hampe (TSN 16859)
Element Code: NBMUS2G070
Informal Taxonomy: Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Dicranales Ditrichaceae Ditrichum
Concept Reference: Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.
Concept Reference Code: A90AND01HQUS
Name Used in Concept Reference: Ditrichum pusillum
Global Status Last Reviewed: 01Dec2016
Global Status Last Changed: 19Apr1991
National Status: N5 (01Dec2016)
United States Alabama (SNR), Arkansas (SNR), Delaware (SH), Florida (SNR), Georgia (SNR), Illinois (SNR), Indiana (SNR), Iowa (SNR), Kentucky (SNR), Louisiana (SNR), Maine (SNR), Massachusetts (SNR), Michigan (SNR), Minnesota (SNR), Missouri (SNR), Montana (SNR), Nebraska (SNR), New York (SNR), Pennsylvania (S5), Tennessee (S2?), Texas (SNR), Vermont (S3S4), Virginia (SNR), Wisconsin (S4)
Canada Alberta (SH), British Columbia (S3S4), Labrador (SU), New Brunswick (S5), Newfoundland Island (S2S3), Nova Scotia (S5), Ontario (S4), Prince Edward Island (SU), Quebec (S3S4), Saskatchewan (SU)
Range Extent Comments: Known from B.C., N.B., Nfld and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I.; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.Y., Tenn., Tex., Va., Wis.; Europe; Asia; Africa; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) (FNA vol. 27, 2007).
Global Range: Known from B.C., N.B., Nfld and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I.; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.Y., Tenn., Tex., Va., Wis.; Europe; Asia; Africa; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) (FNA vol. 27, 2007).
Map unavailable!:
Distribution data for U.S. states and Canadian provinces is known to be incomplete or has not been reviewed for this taxon.
United States AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NY, PA, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI
Canada AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK
Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2007b. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.
Ireland, Robert R., Guy R. Brassard, Wilfred B. Schofield, and Dale H. Vitt. 1987. Checklist of the mosses of Canada II. Lindbergia 13:1-62.
Welch, Winona H., Ph.D. 1957. Mosses of Indiana. The Bookwalter Company, Indianapolis, IN. 478 pp.
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G98.7FM > G-BLOG > BIRTHDAYS!!!
BIRTHDAYS!!!
THE JUICE WITH JEM
If today is your birthday, then you share it with the following celebs: Jennifer Lopez (Hip-hop and R&B performer who has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, including for best dance recording. J-Lo became a household name and a sex symbol after she released #1 Billboard album, J.Lo.) - 45 Amelia Earhart (1897-1939: Legendary aviation pioneer who earned the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She also helped to form a group of female pilots known as The Ninety-Nines.) - would have been 117 years old today! Mara Wilson (Former child actress who played the title role in Matilda in 1996 and starred as Nattie Hillard in the 1993 film, Mrs. Doubtfire. She also gained notoriety as a writer after her success as a child star.) - 27 Anna Paquin (Golden Globe Award-winning actress who starred in HBO's True Blood. She became the second-youngest actress to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Award after appearing in The Piano.) - 32 Kristin Chenoweth (Stage, television, and film actress who won a Tony Award for her performance in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Her other Broadway and New York credits include Wicked, Candide, and The Apple Tree.) - 46 Lynda Carter (Actress who played Wonder Woman, TV's first female superhero, from 1975 to 1979.) - 63 Mitch Grassi (Member of the five piece a cappella group Pentatonix, he is a veteran of several vocal and talent competitions. He took first place at the Teen Talent Follies for his cover of Scott Alan's "Kiss the Air.") - 22 Rick Fox (Former Los Angeles Laker and actor who appeared on the HBO drama Oz; he won 3 straight titles with the Lakers from 2000 to 2002.) - 45 Michael Richards (Best known for his role as crazy neighbor Kramer on the popular television series, Seinfeld. In the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, he appeared as himself in a Seinfeld reunion.) - 65 Ruth Buzzi (Comedienne and actress who performed in the Broadway play Sweet Charity and in the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.) - 78 Kadeem Hardison (Actor who is best remembered for his role as Dwayne Wayne on the television series, A Different World.) - 49 Gallagher (American comedian who became famous in the 80's for his unique brand of prop comedy. He is best known for smashing watermelons as part of his act.) - 68 Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870: 19th-century French author who wrote adventure novels with historical elements, including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo. His other works include the Sainte-Hermine Trilogy and a series of romantic novels about Marie Antoinette.) - would have been 212 years old today! Source: FamousBirthdays.com/Image: tutupash.com
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Author: - August 25, 2017 0 Trump says he would 'close down' government to build Mexico wall
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The Rise & Fall of Great Powers is the second novel by Tom Rachman. His first novel, The Imperfectionists: A Novel, was a New York Times bestseller and I enjoyed reading it very much. This book is organized in self-contained blocks of time that have an intricate but seamless structure. The time periods are related to three decades in the life of Tooly Zyberberg: childhood, young adulthood, and full personhood. The calendar anchors are 1988, 2000, and 2011, and the reader falls in love with the developing Tooly in the context of economic hardship, the Millennium, and social evolution.
Tooly's first two decades of life are periods of unique experience and learning that are guided by Paul, Sarah, Venn, and Humphrey. Paul is a globe-trotting computer consultant, an introvert who anxiously obeys rules and consistently anticipates social problems, largely avoiding people. Sarah travels the continents with money from an undisclosed source disregarding customs of behavior and engaging in eccentric self-indulgent behavior. Venn is a tough character always looking for an angle to use people to enhance his personal power and financial independence. Humphrey is an old impoverished curmudgeon who also travels, reveres books, plays chess, talks about his friends in books with a Russian accent, and relies on himself for freedom of thought and behavior. All four of these characters interact with Tooly on an intermittent and apparently random basis making it difficult for her to understand her place in the world. They seem to possess her for a time, then abandon her. Tooly's self-esteem is weak, her personal attractiveness is average, and her origins are mysterious leaving her puzzled by her own existence. She often feels like a window: she looks out and others look through her finding nothing of lasting interest. Even when she is presented with exciting opportunities, like Ryabovitch in Chekhov's The Kiss, Tooly feels she has no substance and is unworthy of loving attention.
Readers learn along with Tooly about her personality through the three time blocks in scenes that frequently jump from one period to the other. The novel's structure is puzzling at first, but the vignettes are well-written and complete in and of themselves. Gradually, Tooly's character takes shape and the scenes of her life become connected. We get a full picture of the girl, thankfully without the utterly boring causal descriptions of psychological influences inserted into many contemporary novels. Rachman has written a novel about a fully alive person that readers can enjoy and learn from as she makes her decisions in true, not pre-planned or predictable, existential freedom. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the novel and recommend it highly to anyone willing to go beyond the behavioral determinism that is the structure of many coming of age novels.
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S-1/A
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L P filed this Form S-1/A on 07/21/1998
Dan L. Duncan will serve as Chairman of the Board and a Director of the
General Partner. Mr. Duncan joined EPCO in 1969 and has served as Chairman of
the Board of EPCO since 1979. He served as President of EPCO from 1970 to 1979
and Chief Executive Officer from 1982 to 1985.
O. S. Andras will serve as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director
of the General Partner. Mr. Andras has served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of EPCO since 1996. Mr Andras served as President and Chief Operating
Officer of EPCO from 1982 to 1996 and Executive Vice President of EPCO from
1981 to 1982. Before joining EPCO, he was employed by The Dow Chemical Company
in various capacities from 1960 to 1981, including Director of Hydrocarbons.
Mr. Andras also serves as a director of Tetra Technologies, Inc.
Randa L. Duncan will serve as Group Executive Vice President and a director
of the General Partner. Ms. Duncan has served as Group Executive Vice
President of EPCO since 1994. Before joining EPCO, she was an attorney with
the firms of Butler & Binion from 1988 to 1991 and Brown, Sims, Wise and White
from 1991 until 1994. Ms. Duncan is the daughter of Dan L. Duncan.
Albert W. Bell will serve as Executive Vice President, Business Management
of the General Partner. Mr. Bell has served as Executive Vice President,
Business Management of EPCO since 1994. Mr. Bell joined EPCO in 1980 as
President of its Canadian subsidiary. Mr. Bell transferred to EPCO in Houston
in 1988 as Vice President, Business Development and was promoted to Senior
Vice President, Business Management in 1992. Prior to joining EPCO, he was
employed by Continental Emsco Supply Company, Ltd. and Amoco Canada Petroleum
Company, Ltd.
Gary L. Miller will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Director of the General Partner. Mr. Miller has served
as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of EPCO
since 1990. He served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer of
EPCO from 1988 to 1990. From 1983 to 1988 he served as Vice President,
Treasurer and Controller of EPCO. Before joining EPCO, he was employed by
Wanda Petroleum, where he was Assistant Controller from 1977 to 1980.
William D. Ray will serve as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Supply
of the General Partner. Mr. Ray has served as EPCO's Executive Vice President,
Marketing and Supply since 1985. Mr. Ray served as Vice President, Supply and
Distribution of EPCO from 1971 to 1973 and as EPCO's Senior Vice President,
Supply, Marketing and Distribution from 1973 to 1979. Prior to joining EPCO in
1971, Mr. Ray was employed by Wanda Petroleum from 1958 to 1969 and Koch
Industries as Vice President, Marketing and Supply from 1969 to 1971.
Charles E. Crain will serve as Senior Vice President, Operations of the
General Partner and has served as Senior Vice President, Operations of EPCO
since 1991. Mr. Crain joined EPCO in 1980 as Vice President, Process
Operations. Prior to joining EPCO, Mr. Crain held positions with Shell Oil
Company, Air Products & Chemicals and Tenneco Chemicals.
Michael R. Johnson will serve as General Counsel and Secretary of the
General Partner and has served as General Counsel and Secretary of EPCO since
1982. Mr. Johnson joined EPCO as Senior Attorney in 1979. Before joining EPCO,
Mr. Johnson was employed by the Internal Revenue Service for six years and
spent two years in private practice in Tyler, Texas. Mr. Johnson also worked
for the Department of Energy on the regional counsel staff of the Office of
Special Counsel.
Ralph S. Cunningham will serve as a Director of the General Partner. Dr.
Cunningham retired in 1997 from Citgo Petroleum Corporation, where he had
served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 1995. Dr. Cunningham
served as Vice Chairman of Huntsman Corporation from 1994 until 1995 and as
President of Texaco Chemical Company from 1990 through 1994. Prior to joining
Texaco Chemical Company, Dr. Cunningham held various executive positions with
Clark Oil & Refining and Tenneco. He started his career in Exxon's refinery
operations. He holds Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering. Dr.
Cunningham serves as a director of Huntsman Corporation and Agrium, Inc. and
served as a director of EPCO from 1987 to 1997.
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Festivals / Jagannath
Syama Kanta July 17, 2018 No Comments
With proper guidance, anyone can turn ordinary food into a spiritual substance. The phenomenon of something changing from material to spiritual is an extraordinary one, but it is something we as devotees are involved in daily—often several times a day. It happens when prasadam (unoffered food) becoming prasadam, or food sanctified by the Lord. When I was a new devotee in Montreal, we arranged a program that was to be given on campus at McGill University. The leaflet advertising the program read, “See matter transformed into spirit before your very eyes.” That title certainly drew interest from a lot of people. During the program, the temple president was giving the presentation, and he was leading up to this point. Finally he said, “OK, now it’s going to happen. You are going to see spirit...
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21 Aug – 26 Aug 2018. So during this (rainy) season, everything is so blossoming, blooming and fragrant in all directions, and at that time the devotees of Vrindavan – and Brijawasis especially headed by the most confidential associates of Shri Radharani and Lord Govinda – they arrange under the direction of Brindadevi,beautiful, beautiful Jhulan, or swing for Radha and Krishna to enjoy together upon. And there are unlimited ways in which Radha Govinda enjoy their Jhulan Yatra. Sometimes they make a swing shaped like a lotus flower, where Radha and Krishna sit in the middle and the eight Sakhis and principal Manjiris and everyone sit on the same swing and then Gopis make that go. And sometimes Radha and Krishna sit together on this swing. And sometimes Radharani puts her friends on ...
Chaturmasya-vrata In the Vedas it is said that one who observes the Chaturmasya-vrata will attain eternal happiness in the heavenly kingdom. One who performs the Chaturmasya-vrata becomes pious. By becoming pious, one may be promoted to the higher planetary systems. In the Bhagavad-gita, it is said that this flowery language of the Vedas mostly attracts persons who identify with the body. To them such happiness as that of the heavenly kingdom is everything; they do not know that beyond that is the spiritual kingdom, or kingdom of God. Purpose of Chaturmasya-vrata Sannyasis are generally meant to travel all over the country for preaching work, but during the four months of the rainy season in India, from July through October, they do not travel but take shelter in one place and remain there...
Sunday 26th August 2018 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarama is His second body. They are both one and the same identity. They differ only in form. Balarama is the first bodily expansion of Krishna, and He assists in Lord Krishna’s transcendental pastimes. He is the source of the entire spiritual world and is the adi-guru, the original spiritual master. He assumes five other forms to serve Lord Krishna. He Himself helps in the pastimes of Lord Krishna, and He does the work of creation in four other forms called the catur-vyuha (four armed) forms known as Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Anirudha. He executes the orders of Lord Krishna in the work of creation, and in the form of Lord Sesa He serves Sri Krishna in vario...
Monday 3 Sep 2018. Janmashtami commemorates the earthly appearance of Krishna, who is described in India’s sacred writings as God Himself. One of the biggest religious festivals in the world, it is celebrated by nine hundred and thirty million people around the world–and two million in the US alone. To devotees, it’s Christmas and New Year’s in one, a day of deep spiritual renewal and celebration that effectively finishes an old year and begins a fresh one. But why Janmashtami, you may ask? What’s so special about Krishna, as opposed to any other form of God? It’s His personable-ness. He reciprocates in unique, personal ways with every devotee who offers Him love—He is the most adorable, mischievous son, the most romantic lover, the most compassionate friend. And on Janmashtami, devo...
Disappearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura & Gadadhara Pandita Date: Fri, 2018-07-13 Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) was a pioneering spiritual leader, a magistrate working in colonial India under British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. One of his sons was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, a highly influential spiritual leader in his own right, and the spiritual master of the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In the closing days of the nineteenth century, Bhaktivinoda Thakura was the one who reestablished the validity of the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, which by then had been largely misrepresented or lost. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote almost one hundred books to explain the science of Krish...
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Abengoa presents pre-competition for creditors after the breakdown of the agreement with Gestamp
July 25, 2018 By Adrian Vasquez 0 Comments Uncategorized
The firm can play the biggest creditors’ contest in the history of Spain
The Abengoa group has informed the CNMV on Wednesday that it will immediately request the pre-contest of creditors , given the breach of the agreement it had reached with Gestamp , for which the Basque group had to sign an increase of 350 million euros in the company. The firm, with a financial debt of 6,300 million euros, and debts with suppliers of more than 2,000 million can thus lead the largest creditors’ contest in the history of Spain , surpassing the one presented by the real estate company Martinsa Fadesa in 2008, with a liability of more than 7,000 million euros.
Gestamp finally decided to break the pre-agreement that had subscribed to enter the capital of Andalusian engineering due to the refusal of financial institutions to extend their lines of credit, a decision they have cataloged as “definitive” . The CEO of Gestamp, Francisco Riberas, argues for the fact that it took “time” and “consensus” to develop a long-term plan, something that was not supported by the bank. “We have tried to be part of a solution to a very complex problem,” Riberas added in a statement made on Wednesday.
At first, Gestamp had announced that its subsidiary, Gonvarri , would subscribe an extension of the Sevillian engineering to control 28% of the capital, but conditioned its investment to obtain the support of the creditor bank, to which it requested credits for 1,300 million euros to attend to the group’s short-term maturities: a bond issue of 375 million matures before the end of the year. The bank, however, refused to assume such a high injection of new funds and has requested that the orderly liquidation of the group begin.
The CNMV has suspended the share price for much of the morning after receiving the relevant event, in which Abengoa states that “it will continue the negotiation process with its creditor entities in order to reach an agreement that guarantees the financial viability of the the same under Article 5 bis of the Bankruptcy Law, which is the intention of the company to request as soon as possible “.
Crash and exclusion of the Ibex 35
The shares of the company (Abengoa B) have plummeted by up to 70% after being re-quoted after 11 o’clock in the morning and the regulator has had many difficulties in matching the sale and purchase transactions. After one o’clock in the afternoon the fall softened to 40%, while towards the end of the session it climbed again and lost more than 50% of the value, specifically 53.85%. In addition, the technical advisory committee of the IBEX Indices, “taking into account the special circumstances that occur in Abengoa’s value”, has decided to exclude class “B” shares of the value -which are liquid- of the IBEX 35 from next Friday 27 .
A tower in the Solúcar solar plant, in Sanlúcar la Mayor, in Andalusia (Reuters)
Constant bad results
The engineering and energy company has seen its losses accelerate in recent months: until September it has lost 194 million euros, and the auditor itself, Deloitte , made public a note questioning the continuity of the company.
The failure of the entry of Gestamp has been accelerated by the poor results presented by Abengoa until September: the firm announced a historical loss of 194 million euros, and, what is more serious, a free cash flow of 597 million . In the first nine months of the year its turnover fell by 3.8% to 4,873 million euros, while its operating profit (ebit) stood at 529 million, after falling by 12.3%. Its financial expenses amounted to 540 million and were higher than the resources generated by the company.
This situation led the risk rating agency Moody’s to warn last week that the company had “insufficient availability of liquidity” and lowered its rating to junk bond. The company’s own auditor, Deloitte, questioned in the presentation of accounts the continuity of the company.
Abengoa is a multinational company with 24,748 employees worldwide, 6,689 of them in Spain, and the majority in Andalusia, where it has its headquarters. The firm specialized in generating electricity with solar installations, growing with a strong debt, but its business model collapsed in 2010 when the government decided to end renewable premiums to control the “tariff deficit”. The company raised the entry of investors who signed a capital increase of 650 million to refloat the company, but the withdrawal of Gestamp, which was to lead it, calls into question that can get the commitment of new investors.
Reactions to the contest
The president of the CNMV , Elvira Rodríguez, said Wednesday that she expects Abengoa to find “some kind of solution” that will allow her to move forward. “I like to think positive. We hope that you can find some kind of solution that allows the company to move forward, “he said.
For his part, the Minister of Industry , José Manuel Soria , has said that the announcement of pre-contest creditors “is not good news” and that he hopes that those who intended to inject liquidity can reach an agreement with the bank for “salvation “Of the company.
Hopefully you can find a solution that allows the company to move forward “
Elvira Rodríguez President of the CNMV
Soria has highlighted the importance of Abengoa for the Spanish economy, in general, and for the renewable energy sector, in particular. Asked if the dimension of the pre-contest could lead the government to undertake some action, Soria has asked “not to advance events” and has insisted on waiting for there to be some agreement with the bank so that this company can be saved.
On the other hand, the Minister of Employment and Social Security , Fátima Bañez , has called for dialogue and negotiation to seek a “good solution” to “continue to maintain employment and create wealth and opportunities.”
Bañez has transmitted a message of tranquility and has been confident that “among all of us, we continue to have a large Spanish multinational that continues to create wealth and continue to maintain employment.” However, the minister wanted to emphasize that the Government “is concerned about all workers.”
Confidence has also been present in the words of Juan Rosell , president of the CEOE , who has said that he has information, which he has not wanted to specify, that allows him to ensure that Abengoa’s situation will be resolved .
Concern in Andalusia
The Minister of Employment, Enterprise and Commerce of the Junta de Andalucía , José Sánchez Maldonado, has described as “very bad news for the economy” that Abengoa is going to request a pre-contest of creditors. However, he has trusted that, “finally, have a favorable result.”
Thus, Sánchez Maldonado has acknowledged that there is “a great concern in the economic, political and social environments of Andalusia in particular and Spain in general for the final outcome of this company.” “We are concerned because it is one of the largest Spanish companies, a large multinational, with almost 30,000 jobs in the world and more than 6,000 in Spain,” said the Andalusian head of Employment, Business and Commerce.
Solar platform of Solúcar de Abengoa, in Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville) (Archive)
Sánchez Maldonado said that from the Board are “very attentive and providing all the help” they can “within our capabilities and competencies,” so “we hope that the process of capital increase has a happy result.”
In this line, the mayor of Seville , the socialist Juan Espadas , has shown that Abengoa’s theme “is very concerned about the city” and asks “to give it utmost importance”.
“I give the utmost importance to this matter and I will be permanently attentive with the direction of the company, which we are going to support so that it comes to a good port before any type of negotiation so that it can continue forward and get out of this hole that it goes through. these moments, “he stresses.
In this context, the Sevillian mayor makes clear that the fact that the headquarters of this Andalusian multinational company stays in Seville must be “unquestionable”, since the capital must be “a fundamental value in any future strategy of this company”.
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HEART STOPPAGE!! WOMEN'S SOCCER BEATS THE WHISTLE IN DRAMATIC FASHION!
Cabrillo
Bakersfield () 1 1 2
Cabrillo () 0 2 2
1st - 45:00 - Odalys Espinoza (Bakersfield)
2nd - 56:00 - Odalys Espinoza (Bakersfield)
2nd - 68:00 - Taylor Raymond (Cabrillo)
2nd - 77:00 - Nica Farrahi (Cabrillo)
3rd - 91:00 - Riley Malafronte (Cabrillo)
3rd - 93:00 - Amelia Lopez (Bakersfield)
G: Odalys Espinoza - 2
A: 3 Players (#4, #11, #19) - 1
Sh: N/A
Sv: 2 Players (#0, #25) - 3
G: 3 Players (#2, #8, #21) - 1
Sv: Team - 7
The Bakersfield College Women's Soccer team (3-1-2) worked hard for a tie against Cabrillo College (1-3-2) on the road Friday, and it was a roller-coaster ride til' the final whilstle.
"Obviously it's disappointing to settle for a tie when you were up 2-0, but i'm incredibly proud that they played through that," Coach Scott Dameron said, "And…what a finish! It was a game where you learn something about yourself. I'm just thrilled with their heart."
BC got on the board first with seconds remaining in the first half following a corner kick that pinballed around in front of the goal.
"It felt like that ball bounced around forever, but it was really about 20 seconds. No one could knock it in, and no one could clear it. Finally, Odalys Espinoza knocked it in from the top of the box to make it 1-0. And then in the next instant, the ref blew the whistle to end the half," Dameron said.
Ten minutes into the second half, Espinoza scored on a Madison Jordan corner kick to give the Renegades a 2-0 lead.
Over the next 20 minutes, Cabrillo had several opportunities to score and did so on two balls that seemed to catch the favor of the weather, physics, gravity, and just plain old luck.
"Those were goals that you don't see every day," Dameron said.
But the would-be dagger came when Cabrillo scored on a cross pass one minute into stoppage time to take a 3-2 lead.
"We knew we were in stoppage, and the referree could blow the whistle at any moment. That urgency was there," Dameron said.
Amelia Lopez got the ball at the corner of the box and drilled an on-frame beauty to tie the game at three.
"I've had goals scored on the whistle before, but never to end both halves," Dameron said, "and what speaks volumes is that these women played through...without exaggeration...to the very last whistle. They played the entire game."
The goal was Lopez's eighth of the season, placing her among the top ten goal scorers in the state, and she's scored a goal in five of BC's six games this season.
Espinoza's two goals raise her season total to five.
BC plays next at Hartnell on Saturday, September 17th at 12p.
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Non-clinical staff
Tracy Westhead
Tracy has worked within the NHS for over 30 years, including 20 years in Primary Care. Tracy is currently the lead Practice Manager for South Locality. Tracy has worked at Grassendale Medical Practice for the last 6 years and is now a Partner/Business Manager and is responsible for the following:
Finance, Public relations, Complaints, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Staff training, Performance Management, Purchasing, Equality & Diversity, Strategic development, IT.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my role as Practice Manager over the years, and I have met many lovely people along the way. The role is diverse, challenging and no two days are the same. My ethos is to treat others the same way as I would like to be treated myself. I would like to think that I am approachable by staff and patients alike."
Sandra Tarbuck
Sandra has worked in the NHS for 34 years, starting on a YTS scheme in 1980 for 3 months then staying at that practice for 4 and a half years before starting at Grassendale in 1985, which was then situated in Garston Old Road.
She started as a part-time receptionist and was promoted over the years from head receptionist through to assistant practice manager. Her original role involved reception duty - handwriting repeat prescriptions, ordering stock and stationary and dealing with items of service claims. The practice went computerised in 1989 and since then the role has changed dramatically. Sandra deals with the majority of the CCG targets and audits, and most of the IT problems/issues the staff may have, with help from the CCG. She deals with most aspects of general practice including complaints, staffing, locums, updating appointments and the occasional secretarial duties! She is currently working on our data re-accreditation and paperlight documentation.
Nicola Jones
Nicola deals with the secretarial work generated by the doctors, such as arranging referrals to hospital, and liaising with Consultants' secretaries about appointments.
Danielle & Lisa
The Supervisors are tasked with handling more complex requests from patients, and has the authority to release urgent appointments when necessary. They also have responsibilities for allocating work and organising the rotas.
Mavis, Kay, Maddie, Georgia, Claire, Jack, Leona & Megan
Care Navigators
The Care Navigators handle all of the tasks involved in keeping the practice running smoothly - such as the scanning and coding of the huge volumes of paperwork coming into the practice, booking appointments, dealing with prescriptions and much more.
They are all multi-skilled and flexible in their roles, allowing seamless coverage of tasks depending on the needs of the practice.
The new Care Navigator designation refers to the ability of our experienced & knowledgeable staff to direct patients to the appropriate services for their needs - be that within the practice itself, or other NHS, council-run or voluntary organisations.
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1. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into the conduct of rape trials that he announced in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49980/18]
2. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the direct provision model going forward; and if he will discuss recent events regarding new centres. [49877/18]
3. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll-out of new specially trained Garda units to handle cases involving vulnerable witnesses such as those involving child abuse and sexual crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49981/18]
4. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees accepted as part of the agreement reached with the European Union; and the position of Syrian refugees in the integration process. [49977/18]
5. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times An Garda Síochána invoked the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 when dealing with reports of animal neglect or cruelty; and if he will request that information regarding powers under the Acts are part of Garda training in Templemore. [49787/18]
6. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the level of sanctions and penalties for persons charged with drug offences; his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with the scourge of drugs which is blighting communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49659/18]
7. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that farmers cannot avail of the criminal law to force trespassers off their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/18]
8. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted for importing or selling illegal steroids and illegal performance enhancing drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49786/18]
9. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made by the cross-agency group on the illegal use of scramblers and quad bikes; the outcome of this engagement; the steps that will be taken as a result of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49585/18]
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the referendums he is planning after the blasphemy referendum of 26 October 2018. [43912/18]
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Researching Tanzanian Law
Researching Tanzanian Law: Getting Started
The legal system of the United Republic of Tanzania is based largely on the English common law system. Keep in mind that, when approaching a question related to Tanzanian law (or foreign law generally), it is often advantageous to start with a secondary source. There are several online guides that can serve as introductions to understanding and researching Tanzanian law. These resources are listed at right.
Researching Tanzanian Legal Topics (2011)
The following PowerPoint presentation was prepared for the LUC Law School course, "Comparative Law Seminar: Tanzania."
Introductions to Tanzanian Law and Researching Tanzanian Law
There are several websites that provide introductions to Tanzanian law and Tanzanian legal research. Note that a number of U.S. law libraries offer webliographies for Tanzania. Try Googling "legal research" and "Tanzania" to locate these pages. See also the "Databases" tab for information on several commercial databases that also provide introductions and descriptions of Tanzanian law and legal resources.
GlobaLex: Guide to Tanzanian Legal System and Legal Research
Originally published by Bahame Tom Nyanduga and Christabel Manning in 2006, and updated by Christabel Manning and Seka Kasera in 2010 and 2016, this guide provides an introduction to the Tanzanian legal system, as well as information on research resources. An overview of the legal profession in Tanzania is also included.
Tanzania's principle languages are Swahili and English, but many local tribal languages are also spoken. English is used in the higher courts, and Tanzanian Acts of Parliament are available in English on the Parliament's website.
Many online translators are available on the WWW, but these should be used with caution since web translators do not generally include specialized legal or commercial vocabulary. Online translators, however, may be of some help in getting the general sense of a document or passage. Google Translate offers translation from Swahili into English.
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Located in Northwestern University's main library in Evanston, Illinois, the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies "is the largest separate Africana collection in existence." The Herskovits Library serves not only the Northwestern academic community, but also local and international scholars. See the Library's web page for more details on utilizing the collection.
See also the Library's LibGuide for further information on the Herskovits Library's resources, as well as other recommendations for Africana research.
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Led Zeppelin News
The latest unofficial Led Zeppelin news and rumours.
20-30 minutes of colour footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Bath Festival in 1970 exists
Posted By: ledzepnews 27th May 2017
Between 20 and 30 minutes of official colour footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Bath Festival on June 28, 1970 exists, according to Professor Steve Chibnall from De Montfort University.
Professor Chibnall spoke at an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London on May 27 which covered the films of director Peter Whitehead. Professor Chibnall has access to Whitehead’s archive, and spoke about its contents.
After a screening of Led Zeppelin performing at the Royal Albert Hall on January 9, 1970, Professor Chibnall mentioned that footage of the band performing at Bath Festival exists. “The Bath footage does exist. I’ve seen it,” he said.
During a panel discussion with Julie Felix and the Royal Albert Hall’s Richard Dacre, Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis asked Professor Chibnall about the Bath Festival footage. You can read a full transcript of the relevant sections of the panel discussion below, and you can watch a video of the panel here.
Professor Chibnall explained that Whitehead originally planned to combine his footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Royal Albert Hall with footage from Bath Festival and interviews to form a documentary on the band.
“There’s 20 to 30 minutes and a lot of it is backstage. I’ve only seen the footage, I haven’t seen it with sound,” Professor Chibnall said of the Bath Festival footage. Whitehead originally planned to film the band arriving by helicopter, but he got there too late to capture that on film. The professor also said that he thinks it’s unlikely that Whitehead ever filmed interviews with the band.
Professor Chibnall said that Whitehead thought the footage was unusable due to insufficient lighting, but “it is usable because, I mean, it can be, it can be restored now. So you can raise those lighting levels, you can see more digitally,” the professor said.
A display case at the event included a label from Whitehead’s archive which referenced black and white footage of the event. But Professor Chibnall confirmed that the footage he has seen is in colour.
Here’s LedZepNews’ full photo of the label:
Lewis asked who owns the footage, and Professor Chibnall said it’s owned by Whitehead.
The existence of usable footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Bath Festival has been a much-debated topic for years. Here’s an extract from the 1997 book “Led Zeppelin: The Concert File” on the rumoured footage:
The performance was filmed on instruction from Peter Grant for potential future use, with no less than four different film crews in attendance. Peter Whitehead, who worked with them at Albert Hall, filmed the entire Zeppelin set for Grant but the film had incorrect exposure and was unusable. No Footage from this is believed to have survived
British Lions films were in charge of the Eidaphor TV projector screen at the festival and also recorded some acts on two inch tape. They were refused permission to shoot Zeppelin. Another team Paradise/TVX recored in black and white on one inch video tape. Again they did not shoot Zeppelin. Finally Gentle Giant Films recorded on colour 16 mm. It is believed this source produced the sole footage of Zeppelin and still exists though as yet it has not surfaced.
Here’s the full transcript of the relevant sections of the panel discussion:
Dr Alissa Clarke: Talking about going out of control, you started to hint towards in your introduction to Led Zeppelin some of the interesting backstory behind the concert footage. Maybe you could talk us a little bit through some of the hidden stages and paperwork behind that film.
Professor Steve Chibnall: OK, I’ve got my notes for this because I want to get it right in case anybody decides to sue me. So, in the concert Led Zeppelin supplied a pulse feed off their mixing desk for the editing purposes but were not sufficiently happy with their performance to release the full soundtrack for use in the film. They did later, but not at the time. Instead, it was agreed with Stanley Dorfman that the concert would form part of a larger documentary project including the band’s performance at the Bath Festival in June and interviews with the band members, rather like Peter suggested that yours should be made into a larger documentary project and which I’m sure he probably had thoughts of selling to the television.
But there were technical problems at Bath, there were all kinds of problems with Bath and the project was shelved. Although there is, the Bath footage does exist. I’ve seen it. So the project was shelved. Led Zeppelin, instead, made ‘The Song Remains The Same,’ their own documentary and Whitehead loaned his footage to director Peter Clifton and somehow, I’m not saying how, it ended up as a bootleg video in Japan in the 1980s.
Then around 1995, Peter struck up a partnership with Martin Baker of a company called The Cultural Fantasists, to get the film released. When Martin apparently showed the footage to Jimmy Page, it reputedly brought tears to guitarist’s eyes because he’d just broken up with that French model that I mentioned earlier, he first met on that night at the Royal Albert Hall.
Whitehead bumped into Page in a pub in Dean Street, as you do, and he expressed enthusiasm for the film’s release which also got the backing of Bill Curbishley, Led Zeppelin’s manager.
But the project kept getting postponed again and Whitehead, believing at that time that he had not got long to live, he’d just had a quadruple heart bypass operation, eventually decided to sell the film to Mark Hayward of UFO Films who entered into negotiations with Led Zeppelin. However, Stanley Dorfman, let’s go back to him, he’s the ‘Top Of The Pops’ producer, filed a lawsuit claiming that the film was made for him and that he owned it. So that held up matters yet again.
Eventually, eventually it was released by Led Zeppelin on their ‘DVD’ retrospective in 2003.
Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis: Yeah, hi there, my name’s Dave Lewis, I’m from the Led Zeppelin magazine, so all this has been fascinating. I’m very intrigued to hear you tell me that the Bath Festival was filmed and so you’re saying that the Led Zeppelin show was filmed, yeah?
SC: Indeed, yes.
DL: Can you tell me how much of that was filmed and still remains?
SC: There’s 20 to 30 minutes and a lot of it is backstage. I’ve only seen the footage, I haven’t seen it with sound. The problem, according to Peter Whitehead, was that A. He was stuck in traffic and had trouble getting to Bath so he arrived late. He was supposed to film the band arriving by helicopter and he missed that.
And then when Led Zeppelin played, they played in the dark and there was insufficient stage lighting for his cameras. So he reckoned that the footage, the live footage, was not usable. It is usable because, I mean, it can be, it can be restored now. So you can raise those lighting levels, you can see more digitally.
It looks beautiful to me and I think it was recorded, the band probably have a recording of it, I would think. So there is a possibility. He was supposed to do interviews with the band members as well, which I don’t think that ever happened. But certainly there is 20 or 30 minutes of footage from Bath. And if you look in the display case there you can see what was once a label attached to a can of film which says precisely that.
DL: That immediately made me think ‘wow.’ So, is it colour film?
SC: Yes.
DL: And who actually owns it?
SC: Peter Whitehead owns the film but Led Zeppelin, no doubt, will own the music.
DL: So could you see that coming out at some point?
SC: I’d love to see it come out, I think it would be a really good project for 2020, don’t you? The fiftieth anniversary of the Bath Festival.
DL: 2018?
SC: No, it was 1970.
DL: Oh, sorry, it would be, yeah. It would probably take that long to work it out.
SC: It would, but it would be lovely to have that, wouldn’t it?
DL: Superb, thank you very much.
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At 14 years old Alysha Carty is evolving as a lover and practitioner of the Arts. She is the Malliouhana Junior Poetry Competition Winner of 2016, 2015 & 2012. As a result of these successes, she performed her poems at the prestigious Anguilla Lit Fest in 2015 and 2016 and has been featured in Anguilla Life Magazine and the Anguilla 50th Anniversary Magazine. Alysha wrote her first poem at 4 years old and says that her enjoyment of poetry comes from knowing that persons can relate to or understand what she is writing about.
The youngest Theatre Arts Winner of the Sunshine Theatre Company, Alysha achieved this coveted honour for her debut performance in “Somebody Help Me Please” in 2014. She is a member of STAGES Theatre Arts Group where she hopes to continue to hone her performance and acting skills. She was awarded Best Actor and Best Female Actor in a Male Role in the Company’s production of the Lion King in late 2016.
As part of the Anguilla 50th Anniversary Celebrations in 2017, Alysha was the youngest of an ensemble cast in the production “Pepper in Dey Soup” which told to the story of the Anguilla Revolution. Alysha played multiple roles in this play to a sold out audience at each performance. Her maturity and commitment to the production were obvious.
In 2017, Alysha travelled to Carfiesta Xlll in Barbados as part of the STAGES Theatre Arts Group where she was one of the lead actors in their original production From Revolution to Gold.
A former member of Klassique Academy of Dance, Alysha is also a budding musician. Alysha plays a number of instruments steel pan, piano, saxophone and has also been teaching herself to play the bass guitar. Alysha also enjoys singing and is a member of her school choir where she has also performed as a soloist. Owing to her interest in music Alysha completed a Music Production and Engineering course at the Anguilla Music Academy as well as their Music Revolution Project where she wrote a number of original pieces.
Alysha plays tennis at Anguilla Tennis Academy and has been to the US Open and the Roger’s Cup in Canada where she met greats like the double’s champions, Bryan Twins, Nick Kyrgios and the world’s number one Tennis Player, Novak D’jokavic. Owing to her performance in tennis, she has been selected to the Academy’s – High Performance Players’ Program.
Upon her entry into the ALHCS in 2015 Alysha joined the Anguilla Junior Debating Society. In 2016 Alysha and her teammate successfully made it to the finals where they earned 2nd place. Most recently Alysha became a member of the ALHCS’s Debate Team and will represent Anguilla in the 2018 Leeward Island Debating Competition slated for March.
An Honour Roll Student Alysha has achieved number of academic awards in Primary School and has made the Deputy Principal’s List at the ALHCS. She has also been awarded at the school’s Annual Speech Night. She is an avid reader and loves travelling.
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N.Y.P.D Debate 2017 3rd Place
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Chadd Hodge
Chadd Hodge is a 17 year old, sixth form student, attending the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive school; he has been debating since his second year with the New Young Progressive Debaters club. During the 2014 final debating competition, his team emerged first place and he was awarded overall best speaker and best speaker of the night. In his spare time Chadd enjoys playing the piano, video games, programming, sailing and playing basketball. He has a keen interest in science, technology and engineering and spends many hours programming, exploring, building and developing electronic systems. Chadd has competed in a number of piano competitions from the age of six to nine years old and won first place at each competition. He continues to play and perform, whether for exams or in his leisure. Chadd aspires to study engineering at the university level, which will eventually lead him into a career into that field. He is very excited to be representing Anguilla in the 2018 debating competition, and will devote all of his efforts into helping his team leave victorious.
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My name is Edwin Kenneth Sutton and I am sixteen years old. I am originally from East Hartford, Connecticut; but I migrated to Anguilla after the death of my mother late in 2012. In my few years of being in the Caribbean I have done many things, gained and lost many traits. Some of my unacknowledged but still very essential learnings were how to speak “fluently” in the Anguillian Creole, learning to run, and then using that very skill to escape from the ever present Sun.
My more widely known or if you might say official achievements are becoming the Valedictorian of the Morris Vanterpool Primary School in my first year of attendance. As well as in my high school life I was an active member of the NYPD debating club and upon my exit I was awarded the Fair play award (male) and the third place impromptu award both in 2015.
In the future I aspire to be a private pilot in my free time and as a career I aim to become a nuclear physicist in the renewable energy field. Thanks for reading.
T’arah T. A. Nile
T’arah T. A. Niles is an nineteen year old whose passions include education, sports and spoken word poetry. Currently she serves as the Student Representative on her school’s Board of Governors and is the Valedictorian and Most Outstanding student of her school’s 2016 graduating class.
She recently sat eleven CSEC subjects in the May/June 2016 examinations, achieving 5 grade ones, 5 grade two’s and one grade three. She is now in Sixth Form pursuing an Associates Degree in History.
T’arah is lover of the Arts. She is the recipient of the recent 2016 Anguilla National Youth Award in the Performing Arts and Literary Arts categories and is a well-known spoken word poet in Anguilla.
Not only is she a lover of the Arts, but T’arah also loves the athletic field. As an avid athlete and member of the Elite Athletics Track Club, T’arah has been given the opportunity to travel the world to compete in the areas of long jump, high jump, triple jump and sprints.
Upon completing her Secondary Education, T’arah hopes to pursue a career in Secondary English Education.
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Aaron B. Adams was born in Anguilla. He was raised in a Christian (Baptist Denomination) home with his parents and two younger siblings in North Side village. Aaron’s schooling began at Prophecy Preschool where he graduated Valedictorian. He next attended Orealia Kelly Primary School where he again graduated Valedictorian.
He is presently in 4th Form of the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School and always appears on the Principal or Deputy Principal’s List. Aaron has been named Best Overall Speaker 1st Form; best Overall Speaker 2nd Form and placed 2nd in the 2016 Optimist International Oratory Competition.
His hobbies and Interests include reading (Bible, Young Adult Novels, Comic Books, Poetry) Music (Piano, Guitar, Clarinet, Steel Pan) writing (Poetry, Short Stories); Videogaming, Watching movies, Surfing the web, Volleyball, Swimming, Information Technology and Travel.
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The Liberal Fallacy of the Cuba Deal
When the New York Times decides to run a banner headline in virtually every one of its domestic and international editions, it usually means something big has just gone down. This week, it was the administration’s announcement that the United States is reversing the policy of the last 50-plus years, re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and advocating an end of the economic embargo of the island nation.
I would like to say that this policy change has emerged because non-recognition and the embargo were both stupid and self-defeating policies. And that may be part of it. But the debate that has begun to emerge around the Cuba policy announcement this week actually seems to be going in another direction. Instead of simply ending a policy that was always unworkable, we are at risk of embarking on another misleading debate about American exceptionalism: that somehow U.S. policy, in some way, will lead to the political and economic order that we (not the Cubans) want to see in Cuba.
President Barack Obama correctly announced (recalling Einstein’s dictum about insanity): “I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result.” Non-recognition has not changed Cuba’s government; the embargo has only limited the island’s economic growth potential. So it’s time for a change in policy.
The goal of that new policy, according to the White House, is to “renew our leadership in the Americas, end our outdated approach on Cuba, and promote more effective change that supports the Cuban people and our national security interests.” It’s the “promote more effective change” part that plants a flag in the liberal exceptionalist camp. The justification for this policy is, in part, still rooted in the notion that the United States can effect the change it wants in another country, this one close to our shores.
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Chemical World
This article was originally in Black Flag #208, published in 1996. It was written by a member of the grassroots Communities Against Toxics, who publish ToxCat.
Phthalates, dioxins, other chemicals and infants
Scientists tell us that there are 500 measurable synthetic chemicals in our bodies which are capable of disrupting our fertility and intelligence. Politicians and industrialists tell us the levels are insufficient to cause these problems. Who do you believe? Who do you trust?
What are the consequences to society of a 5% drop in IQ? What if the decline in sperm count continues to the point that men become infertile? These are crucial questions because these chemicals are ubiquitous in society. They are found in pesticides, plastics, detergents, cosmetics and environmental pollutants. Eventually, in tiny amounts, they end up in our bodies where they cause a range of illnesses from respiratory disease (on initial exposure), to cancer (up to 20 years after exposure began), and reproductive effects (which begin during cell development in the foetus where the damage is permanent).
Your choice is simple. You can trust the politicians' rhetoric and allow yourself to be exposed to these chemicals, or you can change your life style and do something about it.
We live in a toxic world, some would say a world with its biological diversity in the first phase of meltdown. Yet the print and electronic media trivialise the issue of chemicals in food and in our bodies, not least because scare stories are the rage in our risk management society.
"There's no gain without pain," our ruling elite argue, and we can only agree that if we want to create a world that is a technological and scientific marvel we must take and accept these risks.
It's this "we" that I have trouble with, not forgetting those who make these utterances when we (the majority of global society) meekly question what is happening to us during this quest for the technological nirvana. Let's not get carried away cry the bureaucrats and industrialists when someone wonders why chemicals in infant formula milk might be a problem.
It was Lewis Mumford, writing more than half a century ago, who put this debate in perspective when he attempted to clarify why technological progress would have an impact on society. "By putting business before every other manifestation of life," he wrote in The Future of Technics and Civilisation, "our mechanical and financial leaders have neglected the chief business of life: namely, growth, reproduction, development, expression. Paying infinite attention to the invention and perfection of incubators, they have forgotten the egg, and its reason for existence." So this most recent food-scare is not a problem if you actually understand anything about the means and modes of production, particularly the processes used by the multi-billion dollar, multinational chemical industry and about capitalist industry, particularly its dependence on fossil fuels, petrochemicals and their derivatives. We cannot manufacture our products without these chemicals, industry screams whingeing all the while about technological progress. Modern society cannot exist without these products, the chemical industry in particular insists.
This, as you should know, is not true, a point once made by Beeching who did more than most to promote the development of the petrochemical industry. "Instead of producing new products to satisfy existing industrial needs, it is, increasingly, producing new forms of matter which not only replace the materials used by existing industries, but which cause extension and modification of those industries. To an increasing degree it forces existing industries to adapt themselves to use its products."
On one side we have industry and its obsession with technological progress while on the other we have not only the human species but every other earthly species as well. To keep on the track of technological progression the chemical industry must continue to synthesise new compounds combining petrochemicals with chlorine but in doing so it actually creates synthetic chemicals capable of disrupting the fertility and intelligence of thousands of species including humans.
Phthalates, the chemicals found in infant formula milk, are abundant in modern technology; they are known as plasticisers because they soften polyvinylchloride (PVC) and are also used in paints, inks and plastic flooring and covering. If you have been following the debate (and that is all it is at the moment) about environmental oestrogens and endocrine disrupters - synthetic chemicals capable of mimicking and disrupting ovarian hormones - you will know that phthlates are the very tip of an iceberg that contains a myriad of very toxic substances. If, sadly, you are one of the many out there trapped in wage-slave-television culture, dependent on mass media for your social and political awareness and creative stimulation, you're probably either confused, apathetic or scared shitless. If you are confused you have my sympathy - for the time it takes me to blink; if you are apathetic you rise my anger and despair; if you are scared shitless you give me hope, that you will begin to do something about the ecological and biological damage being done by mankind (sic) to this planet and its species.
The synthetic chemicals present in our air, seas, rivers, soil, grass and food are a major problem, but you don't need to be a toxicologist, endocrinologist, epidemiologist, biologist or environmental scientist to understand what this means. You certainly don't need the media to patronise you while feeding you lies and excuses from bureaucrats, industrialists, politicians and scientists. What you do need to know is that these chemicals do not go away; they do not break down, they are not biodegradable. Because they are fat soluble they accumulate in the cells of each species that encounters them, slowly rising up the food chain where they will stick around for at least seven generations causing gradual and varying degrees of biological damage that might well be irreversible.
Not only do we live in a toxic world, the toxic chemicals live in us - in wildlife and in humans. The damage to wildlife over the past four decades alone from toxic pollution is as sure an indicator as you will find that many species have lost the ability to reproduce or to adapt to environmental change. The anecdotal, never mind scientific, evidence that chemicals are affecting wildlife has been ignored for years. To echo the words of those scientists who have been trying to alert the ruling elites to this disturbing reality, "you'd have to be an idiot not to believe that we are next".
Yet despite what the enlightened few are describing as an apocalyptic scenario the media and parliament treat us to a game of trivial deceit, debasing the quality of our lives with scare stories that insult our intelligence.
So yes, we probably are all idiots to believe what the mainstream media tell us. It's worth remembering, if you are old enough, that 'toxic' scare stories in the media have been around since people like Murray Bookchin and Rachel Carson warned us about the dangers of pesticides in the 50s and 60s. There's nothing new about them - the media's presentation is as ignorant as ever; it is the treatment not the content that makes the story for the media. So it is perhaps significant that this summer we have gone full circle with the toxic scare stories of the latter half of the 20th century; notably pesticides, herbicides, pharmaceuticals and synthetic chemicals which are more commonly known as DDT, lindane, 2,4,5-T, dioxin, thalidomide, DES, etc..
But let's start with the thalidomide "scare" story. In 1954 enterprising German chemists created a new drug called thalidomide. It seemed to be an ideal sleeping pill and tranquilliser and after three years of animal tests it was judged so safe that it was approved for over the counter (non prescription) sale throughout Germany. By 1960 thalidomide was Germany's most popular sleeping pill and tranquilliser. It was also a huge financial success and was marketed under 50 different trade names in 24 countries, including Distillers in Britain where it was prescribed as a morning sickness/nausea pill to pregnant women.
Then a report appeared in a British medical journal, indicating that persistent users of thalidomide had developed nerve damage in their hands and feet. In Germany there was an outbreak of phocomelia (which means literally "seal limbs") - a terrible deformity in which babies are born with tiny flipper-like stumps instead of arms and hands. In America a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer who had been considering an application to market thalidomide in the US asked the chemical company who wanted to market it to conduct studies to show that the drug could be safely taken by pregnant women without harming the foetus. In November 1961 Dr Widuking Lenz in Germany and Dr W.G. McBride in Australia, almost simultaneously, observed that the mothers of several babies with phocomelia had one thing in common, they had taken thalidomide in the first 20 to 40 days of pregnancy. In September the following year the extent of the damage was confirmed.
In the four years since 1957, when this wonderful pill was first approved for sale, thalidomide had caused 10,000 cases of birth malformations in western Germany. In England a thousand cases were reported. No one has ever tallied the damage in the other 22 countries where the drug was sold.
Reading this story now probably gives the impression that it broke as soon as the scientists discovered what was happening - but it didn't. Although the Sunday Times 'Insight' team is given and takes credit for breaking the thalidomide story in reality the media has nothing to congratulate itself about, no less than government. Although those critical of synthetic chemicals had tried to alert the wider public to the dangers of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries it was several years before the tragedy of thalidomide became clear and even longer before the British Government and Distillers admitted their liability. It was 1973 before the Thalidomide Trust was set up to distribute compensation to those born with birth defects as a result of their mothers' misfortune and even then only 460 people were included among those officially deformed by the drug. Distillers graciously gave £19 million, the Government £5m; obviously this wasn't enough to compensate the victims of thalidomide so the Trust had to keep plugging away at the company and at government for more money. Distillers finally paid another £37.5m and told the Trust that was thei "žr lot - if they wanted more the government would have to fork out. On June 5, 1996 the Government announced that it would pay another £7m.
Was this a major news story? In some papers it merited a paragraph, in others it was ignored. The reason? Because it wasn't a worthy news story. Yet thalidomide was a quality "scare" story when it broke during the early 60s, simply because its effects were apparent fairly immediately.
The same cannot be said about phthalates or DDT, or even about dioxins, because, as a news editor of a national newspaper will tell you "there's no dead or deformed bodies?" By distorting the phthalates story the mainstream media has, whether deliberately or accidentally, trivialised the issue to such an extent that most people don't know what to believe anymore. Phthalates are of concern because the levels found by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) have been reported to cause reproductive effects in wildlife. They are an issue because the synergistic effects of endocrine disrupters such as phthalates and dioxins and PCBs work at low rather than high doses - which means that there is no safe level. The body burden of these chemicals is already sufficient to cause damage to fertility and intelligence but don't be waiting for the dead bodies or the deformed babies. Instead consider, as they grow, the intelligence levels of your friends' and neighbours' young children, if after a while you even notice that children are still being born. But of course they are and of course children are as intelligent as they always were; after all I'm just scaremongering - aren't I?
Let's not ask why teachers using the same methods they always have, regardless of trendy "new" methods, are finding the reading age of the average pupil to be well below their biological age; or that the drop in sperm count is being recognised as being accompanied by a decrease in motility (they can't bloody swim) and an increase in mutant sperm that are just not viable...
On the same day that the government announced its £7m payment to the Thalidomide Trust, Shanks and McEwan (who own ReChem) gleefully told the media that they were in pretax profit again. And ReChem, after losing £388,000 in 1994, had made pretax profits of £418,000 in 1995. Yet Rechem, who "sue and bruise easily", are one of many filthy firms who make it their business to guarantee the need for future incarnations of the Thalidomide Trust, and for ever larger segments of our population. In 1990 the Welsh Affairs committee recommended, on the basis of extreme levels of PCB at Rechem, Pontypool, that Ã’major incinerators are not in future located near residential areas. PCBs and dioxins have no safe threshold level, and are the cause of various deformities in newborn babies around the Rechem plant (though legally the victim must prove harm, with no pressure on industry to prove their case - see the recent farce over BSE). These deformities include microphthalmia (no eyelids), and anophthalmia (lack of an eye). Other problems, all seen throughout Britain at this time, and also linked to incineration, include limblessness and skull-plate deformities. In adults, chloracne, cancers, immunological problems, and reproductive failures (in men and women, the former suffering reduced sperm counts and deformed sperm, the latter suffering, in extreme cases, intersexuality, wherein the "woman" has both female and male genitalia inside herself, neither functional) are amongst the terrible health effects of proximity to these toxins. These chemicals are becoming common throughout the environment, and no longer just in industrial areas. When we reach the "population threshold" (ie; when the localised effects spread until they join up, making the maps of toxics one big red danger zone), who then will be able to afford "charity"? Despite which, yet another urban incinerator (SELCHP) was opened in Bermondsey, South London, only two years ago - and another is proposed for Woolwich.
Still, June is a good month for scare stories, a prelude to the silly season - as Shanks and McEwan announced their wonderful profits, and the government finally coughed up a little more for the victims of Thalidomide, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced that pesticide use in the USA had reached record levels. According to the Natural Resources Defence Council, which compiled the information for the US EPA, 544 million kilograms of pesticides were sprayed on crops and grassland in the year up to March 1995.
"Many of these chemicals are acutely or chronically toxic, cause cancer, birth defects, are endocrine disrupters and can cause severe adverse environmental impacts," said an official with the NRDC.
But so what! We know from bitter experience that this will make little difference to the capitalist industrialists until it is even more totally too late.
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Blood, Sweat & Tears Performing at The Cabot on Friday, December 15.
Fred Taylor's Jazz & Heritage Series is presenting the seminal jazz-rock band, Blood, Sweat & Tears at The Cabot in Beverly at 8 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2017.
Tickets to the show are $42.50 - $62.50 and can be purchased online or at the venue.
The band came together five decades ago and was among the first groups to meld rock and jazz into a unique genre-crossing sound.
Find upcoming concerts at The Cabot.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.
Go to MassVacation.com for details on visiting Massachusetts.
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Jenny Jones & Black Owned Performing Soul/ R&B at Darryl's Corner Bar + Kitchen this Friday, December 15
Darryl's Corner Bar + Kitchen in Boston's South End presents soulful ensemble Black Owned, featuring vocalist Jenny Jones, from 7 - 11 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2017.
The band specializes in soul, R&B and contemporary songs. Entertainment fee is five dollars.
Here is a schedule of upcoming live music at Darryl's, located at 604 Columbus Avenue, near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue. Call 617 536-1100 for more information.
To enjoy live jazz in Massachusetts throughout the year, visit MassJazz.com.
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Esperanza Spalding named "Jazz Artist of the Year" at Boston Music Awards
Congratulations to jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding winner of Boston Music Award's "Best Jazz Artist of the Year."
The awards were announced on December 7, 2017 at the House of Blues in Boston. Here is a list of Boston Music Award winners in all categories.
Spalding is featured artist on the cover of the 2017-18 MassJazz Guide, a compendium of jazz activities and artists in Massachusetts. The annual guide is published by Mass Office of Travel & Tourism.
Spalding is teaching at Harvard University's Music Department,
Formed in 1987, the Boston Music Awards celebrated its 30th anniversary this year as the longest-running regional music awards in the United States.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra Performs at The Cabot in Beverly on Friday December 8
Fred Taylor’s Jazz & Heritage Series presents the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Friday, December 8 at The Cabot in Beverly.
Tickets are $28.50 - $48.50 and are available for purchase online.
Formed in 1938 by the famous clarinetist Glenn Miller, the Orchestra today continues the distinct arrangements and harmonies that made the band so famous over the decades.
Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts at The Cabot.
Read more about the Massachusetts jazz scene in the MassJazz Guide.
To learn about visiting Massachusetts, go to MassVacation.com.
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Performs Christmas Concert at Emmanuel Church in Boston, December 9
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra celebrates its 45th Annual Christmas Concert at Emmanuel Church in Boston's Back Bay at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, 2017.
The concert features joyful jazz carols and original compositions by Aardvark founder and music director Mark Harvey. These compositions include The Prophet (December 1997), inspired by legendary social activist Kip Tiernan (1926-2011); Blue Butterfly (December 2009) for beloved storyteller Brother Blue; and No Walls, Aardvark’s anthem of inclusivity, first performed in December 2004 as a tribute to Doctors Without Borders.
Tickets are $20 at the door. Emmanuel Church is located at 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. For more information, please call 617-776-8778 or 617-452-3205.
For more details on jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Jazz Trumpeter Chris Botti Performs at Boston's Wilbur Theatre on December 7-9, 2017
Grammy Award winner Chris Botti is performing three nights at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston on December 7-9, 2017. Tickets are $50-70 and available to order online.
Botti is the largest-selling American instrumentalist artist, thanks to his ongoing association with PBS, which has led to four #1 jazz albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards. He has recorded with the Boston Pops, as well as Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Joni Mitchell, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble and many others.
Read more about Chris Botti.
Here is a calendar of upcoming concerts at The Wilbur.
For more about jazz in Massachusetts read the current issue of the 2017-18 MassJazz Guide.
For details about visiting Massachusetts, go to MassVacation.com.
Les Zygomates November Lineup of Live Jazz & Blues on South Street in Boston
Don't miss great local jazz and blues at Les Zygomates Wine Bar on South Street in Boston's Leather District, just moments away from South Station. The year-round music calendar features some of Boston's finest jazz and blues artists, as well as visiting musicians.
Check out the full menu, and make reservations here.
Theo Croker Quintet Performs at UMass in Amherst on Wednesday, November 15
Jazz trumpeter Theo Croker performs with his Quintet at Bowker Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
Tickets range from $10-$35 and you can purchase online or at the venue.
Croker is a recognized musician, singer and bandleader and the grandson of the late, great trumpeter Doc Cheatham. Croker's most recent recording, Escape Velocity, is described as a genre-bending journey through bop, soul, funk, R&B, and beyond. It is produced by Dee-Dee Bridgewater.
Find year round jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com.
Master Ukulele Star Jake Shimabukuro Performs at The Cabot on October 28
Renowned ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro performs at The Cabot Theatre in Beverly at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 28, 2017, as part of Fred Taylor's Jazz & Heritage Series.
Tickets to the show can be purchased online or at the venue.
Shimabukuro combined the qualities of a long line of virtuoso ukulele players with modern rock musicians to create a sound that’s uniquely his own but still firmly grounded in Hawaiian tradition.
The Cabot is a distinguished performance space that first opened in 1920 as a vaudeville venue. It has been completely restored in recent years and today is a popular destination for high quality performing arts.
Here are upcoming concerts in Fred Taylor's Jazz & Heritage Series.
For year round info on live jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.
Pink Martini Performs at Cary Hall in Lexington on October 19
Pink Martini, the internationally acclaimed ensemble that fuses jazz, pop and show tunes into a multi-lingual celebration, performs at Cary Memorial Hall in Lexington at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
Purchase tickets online or at the venue.
Led by vocalist China Forbes, Pink Martini has just released its ninth album, Je Di Oui!. Here is information on the band.
Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts from Spectacle Management.
Find year round information on live jazz in Massachusetts as MassJazz.com.
Jazz Legend Pharoah Sanders Headlines John Coltrane Memorial Concert on October 7 at Northeastern Universty
Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders is performing at the 40th anniversary John Coltrane Memorial Concert at Blackman Theatre, Northeastern University, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2017.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the venue.
The annual concert is put together by the Friends of John Coltrane Memorial Concert, a non-profit organization of jazz musicians and scholars devoted to the music of Coltrane.
Find year round jazz in Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.
HONK! Festival of Activist Bands in Somerville & Cambridge this Weekend
Don't miss the annual HONK! Fest taking place in Davis Square, Somerville and Harvard Square, Cambridge the weekend of October 7-8, 2017
Here is the full schedule of bands participating.
On Sunday, a parade of bands go from Davis Square to Harvard Square between noon and 2 p.m., followed by music on the main stage of the Oktober Fest until 6 p.m..
HONK! Fest is free and open to the public.
Find more live jazz and blues in Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.
Free Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival Takes Place on Saturday, September 30
Story on Beantown from MassJazz Guide
Don't miss the free annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2017 in Boston's South End neighborhood.
The festival features dozens of jazz performances, plus a marketplace of food vendors, artisans, and jazz organizations.
You can pick up a free copy of the MassJazz Guide from the WGBH, JazzBoston and Berklee College of Music exhibit booths.
On the festival site, check out Darryl's Corner Bar + Kitchen, which offers live jazz year round.
Find year round jazz at MassJazz.com.
Jazz Festivals in Massachusetts this Fall
Check out these great jazz festivals taking place in Massachusetts in September and October, 2017, taking place from Boston and Cambridge/Somerville to Falmouth, Cape Cod and Pittsfield in the Berkshires.
You can find more details on Massachusetts' robust jazz scene through the newly published MassJazz Guide, a 40 page magazine listing festivals and concerts, nightclubs and jazz brunches, college courses and radio stations and much more.
Read MassJazz Guide online or pick up a free copy at one of these outlets.
For information about visiting Massachusetts, go to massvacation.com.
Newton Jazz Festival, September 24, Features Gypsy Jazz 400 Group
The annual Newton Jazz Festival takes place from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2017 and features the Gypsy Jazz 400, featuring jazz violinist Tomoko Iwamoto.
The festival is free and open to the public, and is the first of several jazz festivals in Massachusetts this fall.
Find more about the live jazz scene in Massachusetts by picking up a free copy of MassJazz Guide, 2017-2018, a free, 40 page magazine with profiles of artists, schedules of concerts, and other resources such as jazz brunches, concerts, college courses, nightclubs and more.
NEW MASSJAZZ GUIDE PROMOTES VIBRANT JAZZ SCENE IN MASSACHUSETTS
(Boston) - The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) has released its 2017-2018 MassJazz Guide showcasing the Bay State’s vibrant year-round jazz scene of festivals, concerts, night clubs, jazz brunches, college courses and radio programs.
The free, 40-page MassJazz Guide includes stories on celebrated jazz musicians such as bassist Esperanza Spalding and pianist Yoko Miwa, jazz singer and radio executive Amanda Carr of WICN-FM and the New England Jazz Hall of Fame in Worcester. Berklee College of Music’s new partnership with the Shanghai Conservatory in China is covered, along with the upcoming Beantown Jazz Festival and other festivals in Massachusetts this fall.
Read the online version here.
Jazz promoters such as Fred Taylor, Berkshires Jazz, Woods Hole Jazz Series, Northampton Jazz Series, John Coltrane Memorial Concert and Mandorla Music are profiled, along with WGBH-FM’s award-winning jazz programs.
The 2017-2018 issue features notable Boston jazz clubs such as Les Zygomates Wine Bar, Darryl’s Corner Kitchen + Bar and Slade’s Bar & Grill, while also listing jazz brunches throughout the state.
The free MassJazz Guide is available at visitor kiosks, college campuses, and venues where live jazz is heard year-round. See Distribution here.
Find ongoing information on live jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com, the Mass Jazz blog or on Twitter.com@massjazz and Facebook.com/MassJazz/
For more information about visiting Massachusetts, go to MassVacation.com.
All Star Jazz Musicians Perform at the Fred Taylor Scholarship Fund Concert at Berklee Performance Center on September 12
An all-star ensemble of jazz and blues musicians are performing a benefit concert for the Fred Taylor Scholarship Fund at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
· Grammy-winning percussionist and composer Terri Lyne Carrington
· Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and lyricist Kurt Elling
· Grammy-winning jazz pianist, composer, and educator Danilo Pérez
· Grammy-winning bassist and composer John Patitucci
· Acclaimed chart-topping jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell,
· Rising saxophonist, singer, and composer Grace Kelly
· Renowned jazz piano virtuoso and composer Monty Alexander
· Rising trumpeter and composer Jason Palmer,
· Singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson
· Longtime Boston trumpeter and bandleader Bo Winiker
· Blues legend James Montgomery
Robin Young of WBUR-FM, Boston's NPR news station, will host the event along with Kelly.
Purchase tickets here.
Les Zygomates September Lineup of Live Jazz & Blues on South Street in Boston
The 10th Annual Martha's Vineyard Jazz & Blues Summerfest in Oak Bluffs, September 1 - 3
The 10th Martha’s Vineyard Jazz & Blues Summerfest takes place at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1 to Sunday, September 3, 2017.
The annual 3-day concert series is produced by Shelia Baptista, President of Lewis and Kirk Music, Inc.
Tickets are available online.
The main goal of Martha’s Vineyard Jazz & Blues Summerfest is to empower women in the music and art industry and empower women to fight cancer. The event donates funds to two breast cancer organizations – The Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Group and Support Connection of NY.
The 2017 lineup includes:
SAGE is an all-women’s jazz blues and contemporary ensemble featuring Bernice Brooks, Tia Fuller, Kersten Stevens, Miriam Sullivan, Ragan Whiteside, and Miki Hayama.
Etana, a Jamaican-born singer, debuted in 2006 as one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in reggae.
Jazzmeia Horn is a Nubian jazz singer, winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition, and known as one of New York’s rising stars.
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, published author, poet, writer, Founder/Executive Director for the non-profit community based organization Alternative Careers in the Arts, and named one of the 200 African American Women who has changed the world by Essence Magazine.
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Grace Kelly is a 24-year-old saxophonist, singer, and composer who wrote her first song at age seven, and recently won “Jazz Artist of the Year” in the 2016 Boston Music Awards and “Alto Saxophonist of the Year” by NYC Jazz Fans Decision 2016.
Wayna is a Grammy-nominated, Eithiopian-born, sing/songwriter who was called “a standout on the indie front” by Billboard Magazine.
Full bios are available here.
Find year round jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com
For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com
Boston Jazz Fest at Seaport Marine Park is Saturday, August 26
The annual Boston Jazz Fest takes place from noon to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 at the Flynn Marine Park in South Boston.
Among the featured performers: Elan Trotman, Sivani Arbel, Matt Savage, Pat Braxton, Erena Terakubo and Groovalottos.
Find year round jazz by visiting MassJazz.com.
2017 Salem Jazz & Soul Fest is August 19-20
The 11th Salem Jazz and Soul Festival takes place on August 19-20, 2017 along the sandy shores of Salem Willows. The event is free and open to the public.
This year's festival kicks off on Saturday, August 19 with the Salem H.S. Jazz Band and ends with The A-beez, a Boston-based music collective dedicated to soul, funk and R&B.
On Sunday, the festival opens with the North Shore Jazz Project All-Stars and closes with the BT/ALC Big Band. Here is a full schedule of performances.
For visitor information go to North of Boston CVB, Salem Tourism Office or MassVacation.com.
New Black Eagle Band Performs at The Firehouse Center for the Arts on August 12
New Black Eagle Jazz Band performs at The Firehouse Centerfor the Arts in Newburyport at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2017.
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online.
New Black Eagle Band formed in 1971 and is known for their New Orleans Style Jazz, gospel, and blues sound.
Rebecca Parris Performs at The Maudslay Arts Center in Newburyport on August 12
Rebecca Parris performs at The Maudslay Arts Center in Newburyport at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2017.
Tickets can be purchased online.
Rebecca Parris is a Massachusetts native, and Grammy nominated jazz vocalist known for having emotion and authenticity in her voice.
Boston's Les Zygomates Offers Tasty Jazz, Blues and Cuisine Year Round
Check out the August 2017 jazz schedule at Les Zgyomates at 129 South Street in Boston's Leather District.
Conveniently located in Boston’s Leather District across from the South Station Train and Bus terminal on South Street, Les Zgyomates offers live jazz and blues performances during dinner for Tuesday-Saturday evenings
Among the regular performers are Yoko Miwa, Mark Greel, Yvonne Aubert and Joe Bellomo.
Visit winebar129.com for more details.
For year round information on jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com
Soul Singer Booker T. Jones Performs at The Cabot in Beverly on August 11
Singer, multi-instrumentalist composer Booker T. Jones performs at The Cabot Theatre in Beverly at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, August 11, 2017.
Known for pushing music boundaries and forming modern soul music, Booker T. Jones is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Musician Hall of Fame inductee, winner of four Grammy Awards, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
The Cabot Theatre is a newly-restored concert hall north of Boston that brings in great artists throughout the year.
Woods Hole Jazz Series Presents Hilary Gardner and Ehud Asherie on Thursday, August 13
The Woods Hole Summer Jazz Series is presenting jazz vocalist Hilary Gardner and pianist Ehud Asherie at Highland Hall & Gardens in Falmouth at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2017.
Tickets are $25.
Rated one of the top rising female jazz vocalists by Downbeat Magazine, Hilary Gardner has a fresh, clear and beautiful voice, whether singing jazz standards, Broadway tunes, or contemporary jazz.
She is joined by stellar Israeli pianist Ehud Asherie. The New Yorker magazine describes him as “a master of swing and stride.”
The venue is located at 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540.
Find year round details on jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com.
12th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival on Cape Cod is August 10 & 14
The 12th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival on Cape Cod takes place in Provincetown on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. and in Cotuit on Monday, August 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
The performances include:
Molly Ringwald, best known for her acting, she began singing and performing with her father’s jazz band at three-years-old.
Takumi Kakimoto, a student at the Berklee College of Music who started playing piano at the age of five.
Ken Peplowski, known as one of the world's best jazz clarinetists.
Atla & MattDeChamplain, a vocal and piano duo.
For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com or CapeCodChamber.com
DOT Jazz Series features Gerry Beaudoin Trio in Dorchester on August 10
Jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin and his trio perform a concert at the Parish of All Saints' Peabody Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2017. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the venue or online.
The concert is part of a new quarterly DOT Jazz Series being initiated in Dorchester by Mandorlan Music, a group that also runs jazz concerts in Somerville.
Beaudoin is a Waltham native who studied at Berklee College of Music. He was influenced by guitarists like Duke Robbilard and Bucky Pizzarelli. Beaudoin's trio includes his son Gerald Beaudoin III on vibraphone and Neil Patton on bass.
Located at 200 Ashmont Street, Peabody Hall is part of the vibrant Ashmont neighborhood in Dorchester. Read more about Ashmont Main Street.
To find tourism information, visit MassVacation.com.
Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival on August 12 Features Lizz Wright, Zaccai Curtis and Rebirth Brass Band
Zaccai Curtis
The annual Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival takes place in downtown Springfield, MA on Saturday, August 12, 2017.
This year's festival has a stellar line-up of jazz performers such as vocalist Lizz Wright, Zaccai Curtis, Miles Mosley, Rebirth Brass Band and more. See full schedule here.
Here is a schedule of jazz & blues festivals in Massachusetts in 2017. Find year round details on live jazz at MassJazz.com.
For visitor information, contact ValleyVisitor.com or MassVacation.com.
Blues Legend Buddy Guy Performs at the Melody Tent in Hyannis on August 10
Buddy Guy performs with special guest Quinn Sullivan at the Melody Tent in Hyannis, Cape Cod at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office.
A legendary American blues guitarist and singer, Buddy Guy was ranked 30th in Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."
Northampton Jazz Workshop series in August features Greg Abate, Jamie Baum, Mark Lewis, Green Street Quintet & Jason Palmer
The Northampton Jazz Workshop featuring the Green Street Trio has a great line-up of guest artists in August, taking place on Tuesday nights at the City Sports Grill, Spare Time Northampton, 525 Pleasant Street in Northampton.
Now in its 7th season, the Workshop features a different guest soloist each week for a one-hour concert/dinner show followed by an open jazz jam session.
Among the guest musicians performing with the Green Street Trio are flutist Jamie Baum, saxophonists Greg Abate and Mark Lewis, and trumpeter Jason Palmer.
The 6th Annual Rockport Jazz Festival on August 6-13 at The Shlain Liu Performance Center
The 6th Annual Rockport Jazz Festival takes place at The Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport from Sunday, August 6 to Sunday, August 13.
Tickets available online.
August 6 at 5 p.m. Cecile McLorinSalvant, a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and songwriter with influences of jazz, blues, folk, and classical sounds in her music
August 10 at 8 p.m. Fred HerschTrio, proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” by Vanity Fair
August 11 at 8 p.m. Danilo Perez with Ben Street & Lee Fish
August 12 at 8 p.m. PaulaCole, a Grammy winning artist whose music features early to mid-20th century American jazz
August 12 at 2 p.m. Diva Jazz Orchestra, an all-women 15 piece band
August 13 at 7 p.m. John Pizzarelli, a guitarist and singer known for combining jazz and Brazilian music
Cecile McLorin Salvant Performs at Shalin Liu Performance Center on August 6
Cecile McLorin Salvant performs at The Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 6, 2017.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Cecile McLorin Salvant is a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and songwriter with influences of jazz, blues, folk, and classical sounds in her music.
25th Annual Onset Blues Festival on August 5 in Onset
Onset Blues Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary on Saturday, August 5, 2017 from noon to 9:00 p.m. at Prospect Park in Onset Village.
Tickets and general information are available here.
The festival features Gil David Correia & The Shameless.
Guest starts include Diane Blue, a crowd-pleasing entertainer with her voice and harmonica;
Jerry Portnoy, a harmonica blues musician, who has toured with Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton;
Cheryl Arena, also a harmonica blues musician and a Boston native;
GregPiccolo, a saxophonist from the jump blues band Roomful of Blues.
Other performances by James Montgomery, Kid Bangham, The Willie J. Laws Band, Johnny Hoy & TheBluefish, and The Groovalottos.
Full line up and bios are available here.
Tower of Power and Average White Band Perform at The Music Circus Tent on August 5
Tower of Power and Average White Band perform at The Music Circus Tent in Cohasset at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2017.
Then, on Sunday, August 6, the two bands perform at the Melody Tent in Hyannis, Cape Cod. Buy tickets here.
Tower of Power, formed in 1968, is an American R&B-based horn section from Oakland, California.
Average White Band is a Scottish funk and R&B band from the 1970s.
2nd Annual Dudley Jazz Festival Takes Place in Dorchester on August 5
The 2nd annual Dudley Jazz Festival takes place at the Mary Hannon Park in Dorchester starting at noon ton Saturday, August 5, 2017. The park is located at 613 Dudley Street.
Organized by the Creative Cultural Arts, a non-profit ground that provides performance opportunities for musicians deserving wider recognition.
The festival is free and open to the public. Among the highlights is a performance by The Makanda Project featuring the compositions and arrangements of Kuumba Frank Lacy.
The Makanda Project
Here is the schedule for the festival:
12 noon Patrice Williamson Quartet
1:30 p.m. George Russell Jr. Trio
3:00 p.m. Fred Woodard Quartet
4:30 p.m. The Makanda Project,
Kurtis Rivers, Joe Ford – alto saxophone
Arni Cheatham, Sean Berry – tenor saxophone
Charlie Kohlhase – baritone saxophone
Jerry Sabatini, Phil Grenadier – trumpet
Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Sarah Politz, Bill Lowe – trombone
John Kordalewski – piano
John Lockwood – bass
Yoron Israel – drums
For more information about the Dudely, contact Creative Cultural Arts at 617-631-9808
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Cost of Vassar education to top $72,000
By BETHAN JOHNSON & NOBLE INGRAM
Posted on March 27, 2013 in News
On March 20, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Betsy Eismeier, sent an email to the Vassar community announcing the school’s decision to increase the total comprehensive fee for attendance of Vassar College by 3.5% next year.
This decision, which was made by the Board of Trustees in their mid-March meeting, marks the fourth consecutive year that the College has increased the fee by that rate.
It is expected that the actual cost of providing a Vassar education will rise to over $72,000 per student next year; however, Vassar makes one-third of its income from investment returns on the endowment and another 9% from donations made by alumnae/i, parents and others. The combination of these subsidies discount this figure to the roughly $60,000 comprehensive fee for which students and their families are responsible.
The comprehensive fee is decided by a collaboration between the administration and the Board of Trustees and includes tuition, the student meal plan, residential hall cost, the student activity fee and more. Rising costs in a combination of these areas will lead to the $2,000 increase in price of a year at Vassar.
Vassar Student Association (VSA) President Jason Rubin ’13 justified the increase, noting that “There’s not a lot of fluff [in the budget]. There aren’t any easy cuts to make.”
As Eismeier made clear in her email, the College understands how expensive Vassar is, and works to make sure that the cost of tuition doesn’t prevent anyone from attending.
“At the time we are setting the price increase, we are also looking at the planning parameters for financial aid and recognizing that we will find a way with financial aid to bridge the gap for all the families who demonstrate need,” Eismeier explained.
She continued, “We’re very mindful of the fact that it’s expensive to come to Vassar for the person whose family income can support the full price. We’re conscious of the fact that we have to have controls over the price increase.”
According to Rubin, one concern that arose with the tuition increase dealt with who would feel its effects. He said that families of middle-class students will feel the effects of the pending increase.
“When you think about it, because of a lot of our financial aid policies, this isn’t really going to affect people who are on large amounts of financial aid,” he said.
“It isn’t really going to affect people who can pay full price, obviously it’s an increase, it’s not a small number, but if you can afford to pay full price, you can afford this price as well. The main issue is what it does to students in that sort of middle class where the increase does have a big impact.”
Eismeier confirms that those who will most feel the effects of this tuition increase aren’t found on either end of the family income spectrum.
“The tension is not at either end. It’s the person who just misses qualifying for financial aid and for whose family it is perhaps a true sacrifice—for them it is a tough situation.”
Eismeier also said that this year, roughly 60% of families received some amount of financial aid to help pay the bill.
Director of Financial Aid Jessica Bernier pointed out that although tuition is increasing, this is a normal part of College operations.
“It’s not a new trend. It’s something that happens all the time.” This was echoed by Eismeier. “These 3.5% increases have been fairly regular.”
In the last decade, the cost of attending Vassar has increased by roughly $20,000. For the Class of 2007, the comprehensive fee was estimated at $39,000; in comparison, for the Class of 2016, the fee rested at almost $60,000. (The Miscellany News, “VC’s Peers Curtailing Need Blind Programs,” 11.1.2012.)
Though the total tuition is rising, many students won’t see much of a change in the costs of attending Vassar. As Bernier explains, “At least for financial aid here, since we are meeting 100% of the need of all of our students, they’re not going to see, at least the ones on financial aid, a big change. For many of our students, whatever increases in cost is absorbed into their financial aid packages. Having said that, there is always a few more students applying for aid and then qualifying for aid because of the increase,” she said.
Eismeier continued by saying, “In the last few years we’ve probably seen an increase of about 20 or so students each year needing financial aid but that is because of many factors, not just the increase of cost.”
Tuition increases are also not unique to Vassar. Bernier confirmed this. “It happens everywhere. It’s actually rarer to see a school that says they’re freezing tuition than it is to see one that is increasing tuition,” she said. “Everybody has increasing costs.”
Peer institutions’ fees — much like they do in several decisions of the college, included faculty compensation and load — play an important role in Vassar’s decision about tuition. Eismeier stated, “The key factor on curbing tuition would be if, in the marketplace, the institutions offering the kind of education that we offer begin to freeze their prices. If that were a developing trend, we would be subject to it as well because people would make that comparison.”
Eismeier went on to note, “Our average net price is lower than [that of] many institutions. We’re comparing what we call the ‘sticker price’ to the full price. And with that, we do have to be in a ballpark that is determined by the marketplace. Vassar’s cost of attendance appears very competitive compared to many other institutions when you consider average net price—because we offer comprehensive, need-based aid packages.”
Many institutions have opted to cut other programs in order to pay for rising costs. In particular, Wesleyan University’s Board of Trustees made the controversial decision to cut their need blind program last May to address rising costs, instead adopting a “need-sensitive” policy, resulting in student protests surrounding this change.
Middlebury College in Vermont and Williams College in Massachusetts, other selective liberal arts colleges within Vassar’s group of peer schools, have also recently scaled back their need-blind policies due to the effects of the recession.
Vassar has been forced to suspend its need-blind financial aid policy in the past. Fifteen years ago, faced with financial constraints, the Board of Trustees voted in support of a ten-year hiatus from need-blind admission (The Miscellany News).
Under the leadership of President Catharine Bond Hill, Vassar reinstated need-blind aid in 2007.
Rubin noted that since Hill reinstated the policy, the cost has increased. “When Vassar first went need-blind, the number of students who were projected to need financial aid under that system…was a lot lower than what it became with the recession which came right after.”
Despite the decisions of other institutions, the administration has made no attempts to alter its current financial aid system.
Both Eismeier and Bernier stressed that students who feel as if they are dealing with new challenges in their ability to pay the price of tuition should seek out help through the Office of Financial Aid.
As Eismeier stated, “We tried to emphasize in the letter that families should consult the Office of Financial Aid if they believe their circumstances have changed or they have new issues they’re coping with.”
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Young Adult Titles
I haven't done a Not What I Wanted Wednesday in a long time, but when I was working my way through a huge TBR pile recently, I came across these titles that were absolutely awesome, but just way too long and young adult for middle school. They were all really good, but I don't think I'd be able to convince my students to read them.
And look how beautifully color coordinated the list is!
Castor, H.M. VIII (432 pages)
August 20th 2013,Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads.com
"VIII is the story of Hal: a young, handsome, gifted warrior, who believes he has been chosen to lead his people. But he is plagued by the ghosts of his family's violent past and once he rises to power, he turns to murder and rapacious cruelty. He is Henry VIII."
Wallace, Sandra Neil. Muckers (288 pages)
October 8th 2013 , Knopf Books for Young Readers
From Titlewave:
"Inspired by a true story. Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town."
The vintage feel of this was UNBELIEVABLY brilliant.
Meyer, Carolyn. Beauty's Daughter. (352 pages)
October 8th 2013, HMH Books for Young Readers
From Titlewave.com
"When renowned beauty Helen runs off to Troy with Prince Paris, her enraged husband, King Menelaus, starts the Trojan War, leaving their plain daughter, Hermione, alone to witness the deaths of heroes on both sides and longing to find her own love and place in the world. Includes historical notes."
I just don't want to have to explain the activities of the gods or what a courtesan is to 6th grade girls. While this is circumspectly done, there's some racy stuff.
Leveen, Tom. Sick (288 pages)
October 1st 2013, Harry N. Abrams
"Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the misfits, the troublemakers--the ones who jump their high school's electrified fence to skip school regularly. So when the virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving."
And, good example of why I should read Booklist more:
"Between the pacing and the heroes' salty, blue language (full of lovingly creative, genital-inspired insults), reluctant readers who love zombies will devour it, right up to the abrupt end."
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