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Did AC/DC Just Leak New Photos With Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd?
Photographs that appear to show a reunited AC/DC filming a new music video were reportedly posted, then removed from the band’s official website earlier this week.
The images are noteworthy because they feature three members who departed AC/DC at various stages of the chaotic tour in support of the group’s most recent album, 2014’s Rock or Bust.
The group is widely rumored to have completed a new studio album using tracks recorded by founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young prior to his 2017 death. Young was forced to leave AC/DC prior to the recording of Rock or Bust due to a battle with dementia and other health issues.
Drummer Phil Rudd played on Rock or Bust, but was unable to go on tour after he was arrested in November 2014, and sentenced to eight months of home detention for threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.
Singer Brian Johnson was forced to leave the tour in March 2016 after doctors told him he risked permanently losing his hearing. Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose replaced Johnson for the final 23 shows of the tour. Shortly before the trek’s conclusion, bassist Cliff Williams announced that he would be retiring from the group.
The new photos show longtime lead guitarist Angus Young, his nephew Stevie (who replaced Malcolm as the group’s rhythm guitarist in 2014), Johnson, Rudd and Williams all together in front of a large red version of the band’s logo. Rudd did not appear in any of the promotional videos for Rock or Bust, so seeing him and Stevie Young together indicates that the photos are indeed new.
AC/DC has not confirmed or commented on any reports regarding new recording, release or touring plans.
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You are here: Home ∼ 2015 ∼ June ∼ 01 ∼ Spain: From Networks to Parties … and Back
Spain: From Networks to Parties … and Back
Rodrigo Nunes June 1, 2015
The success of “citizen initiatives” like Barcelona En Comú in this weekend’s Spanish municipal elections seems to confirm Spain and Greece as the – tentative, but still hopeful – “success stories” in the global cycle of struggles that followed the Arab Spring. Yet one way in which their novelty has been interpreted sounds rather old. If they suggest a model and a way forward, this narrative goes, it’s because they’re simply cases in which social movements discovered what they should have known all along. This is, in short, a linear, teleological story in which Greek and Spanish movements would have simply run the full developmental course from infancy (loose networks and social protest) to maturity (party-building and institutional change) that was cut short elsewhere. From networks to parties, the time has come to occupy the state.
This narrative has three outstanding problems. The first is that it doesn’t quite tally with the one most movement participants themselves would tell; the second, that what we saw in Spain was not the growth of one, but several electoral initiatives with diverse compositions; the third, that it’s badly posed.
Any talk of a shift “from networks to parties” is badly posed because the word “network” functions in two different registers. A network is both a specific organizational form, like “party” or “federation,” and a much more general descriptive term used to describe any group of people (or things) that are related to each other. If it could make sense, in the specific register, to talk about “parties” replacing “networks” as organizational forms of choice, in the second case it simply doesn’t. In the general register, not only should parties (and federations etc.) be understood as kinds of network, shaped in a particular way by their structures, rules and dynamics; they should be understood as embedded in a broader background which is best described as a network.
This may sound scholastic until we realize it has one important consequence: it forces us to shift our way of thinking from individual organizations to an ecology of them. Each organization, whether it is a party, a federation or a loose affinity group, can be understood as a node in a broader network that will be sparser here, denser there, and can at any given time have several different organizing cores capable of mobilizing a long tail of less active, less organized nodes to different ends – online petitions, direct action, voting. These will tend to display different organizational forms, more or less adequate to the kinds of functions they perform within the broader network.
With that shift of perspective, the ‘maturation’ metaphor becomes harder to sustain. Rather than an entire ecology morphing into a single organization, what we have is new (or pre-existing, as with Syriza) organizing cores that grow in importance within the overall ecology as what can best perform a particular function – in this case, institutional politics. This is precisely how Spanish activists have explained the recent electoral drift time and again: “we built a strong, diverse movement that was capable of doing many things, but the political system wouldn’t move an inch; so we realized that electoral politics was something we needed to do too.”
In other words, rather than the network logic of complementarity being replaced with a logic of unification demanded by accepting the centrality of state power, what we have here is an extension of the first logic into a field, the state, that had until then been rejected. The change lies, therefore, in a recognition that, as movements kept running up against the limits imposed by an unresponsive and increasingly repressive political system, the state also had to become a site of struggle – as a condition, in fact, for movements to be able to continue their work. That’s quite different from a radical u-turn in movements’ conceptions of social transformation, which still go farther than mere policy change or institutional action.
It is not, then, that yesterday’s critics of representation and the state have realized the error of their ways and embraced electoral politics as the only game in town, nor that they have forgotten about its risks. The electoral drift should be understood, rather, as both a symptom of the crisis of representative politics and a strategy of controlled risk. The existing party system had become so beholden to corporate and financial interests that it would carry on regardless of a groundswell of social dissent, holding on to the “legitimacy” afforded by elections with (unsurprising, given the lack of real choice) low turnouts. In response, movements made a wager: that the risks of institutional politics could be staved off for as long as the new electoral alternatives were sufficiently fragile as to remain under social control.
This is what is most instructive about the recent Spanish elections – which marked the growth not of Podemos as such, but of citizen initiatives that included it, not necessarily as the main force. Podemos’ surprise success in last year’s European elections immediately led in two complementary directions: joining its local círculos (grassroots groups) and/or joining the first stirrings of the citizen initiatives that came to fruition in this weekend’s elections. Whereas the first indicates an effort to secure social control over Podemos from the inside, through participation, the second set it limits from the outside, by forcing it to coexist and compose with other, complementary poles of power. The social legitimacy of citizen initiatives effectively precluded Podemos from running alone in bigger cities, forcing it to participate as one player among others.
Whereas the traditional, teleological narrative would see “maturity” as putting all eggs in the one party’s basket, then, Spanish movements hedged their bets, creating an ecology of alternatives that, by balancing each other, increase the possibility of social control. Since no-one can be sure of having a captive audience (such as Labour, PSOE or PASOK once enjoyed), would-be representatives must seek legitimation continuously, and so remain more accountable. If “horizontality” and “verticality” cease to be substantialized or conceived as properties that necessarily adhere to certain things or organizational forms (networks and “the multitude,” parties and representative structures), it becomes a matter of how to control vectors of verticalization. In these terms, the relative fragility of leaders is a strength for the grassroots – a point which has in fact been made since the elections by key Podemos figure Teresa Rodríguez herself.
That goes some way in explaining why Podemos’ rise has stalled in recent months. It’s quite accurate to describe it as a “startup party”: its small band of founders appeared when consensus around the need for an electoral alternative was established, and if thousands were willing to “invest” in them, it was because the party offered direct participation via the círculos, and because the more it grew, the more viable it seemed. In short, non-affiliated people put their faith in it because it looked both credible and controllable, in what was a unique case of “mass entryism.” The subsequent move to sideline the círculos and concentrate more power in the hands of party founders has left many feeling they’d lost control over the party and its discourse; dampened enthusiasm and diminished participation have contributed to deflate the original ‘bubble’. The victories of citizen initiatives, in which Podemos both played a key role and were not the sole protagonists, offer it both a new shot of enthusiasm and a sign which, if well read by its leadership, could inflect its trajectory in the direction of greater openness, hence trust, hence also support.
The advantage of relatively fragile representatives also offers a key with which to read the Greek situation. After winning an election that it probably wouldn’t have won with a pro-Grexit platform, Syriza now faces the choice of either betraying their anti-austerity mandate or taking the unpredictable road of leaving the monetary union. That their staunchly pro-Euro leadership seem increasingly willing to contemplate the latter option not only reflects the democratic deficit of European institutions, and thus the broader crisis of representative democracy, but the acknowledgment of a political weakness: the very real risk of political suicide that would result from capitulation. That is a weakness that could very well turn out to be in the Greek people’s favor.
For representatives to remain fragile, what matters at the end of the day is how strong social movements are; and therein lie many risks. Both the successes and the inevitable disappointments of the electoral drift could have demobilizing effects, diminishing the pressure from below. Besides, winning elections entails losing key movement players to the state apparatus, and given the difficulty of getting electoral alternatives off the ground, people might eventually grow used to settling for less – both of which lead to a loss of autonomy vis à vis institutions. Finally, whereas movements can afford to be complementary, parties are by nature competitive; it is in their nature to seek domination over the electoral field, and so there is a limit to how diverse that field can remain.
As Pierre Clastres once suggested, the emergence of autocratic, unresponsive and coercive forms of power should perhaps be explained less by themselves than by the social field’s incapacity to continuously exorcise them. Apart from how they deal with all the other challenges facing them now, how well Spain and Greece do in that respect will be one of the grounds in which they can be judged as offering a model and a way forward.
This article was co-published with Plan C.
Rodrigo Nunes teaches modern and contemporary philosophy at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). His book Beyond the Horizontal: Rethinking the Question of Organisation is forthcoming with Verso.
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On May 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin will go for an unscheduled visit to Paris, where he will meet with the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron, Kommersant reported citing its sources.
It is noted that the formal reason for the visit will be the opening in Versailles of an exhibition dedicated to Russia`s Peter the Great.
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17 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Cargo, New South Wales, 1888
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In 2000, Annabell Mauger discovered Cathédrale d’images in Baux-de-Provence thanks to her partner, Timothée Polad. Founded by his grandparents Albert and Anne Plécy, this historic site was home to the first audiovisual creation in “Image Totale”. As it gained recognition worldwide, Cathédrale d’images presented new immersive exhibitions every year.
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Gianluca Vialli is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Since retiring, he has gone into management and punditry and is a commentator for Sky Sport Italia. Vialli started his club career at Cremonese in 1980 in his native Italy where he made 105 league appearances scoring 23 goals. His performances impressed Sampdoria who signed him in 1984. During which time he scored 85 league goals, won 3 Italian cups, the Serie A and the European Cup Winners Cup. Vialli transferred to Juventus for a World record £12.5 million in 1992. During this time he won the Italian Cup, the Serie A, Italian Supercup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. In 1996 Vialli joined Chelsea and became Chelsea player manager the following season. In England he won the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Super Cup. He is one of ten footballers to have won the three main European club competitions, and the only forward to have done so; he is also the only player in European footballing history to have both winner’s and runner’s up medals in all three main European club competitions. At international level, Vialli represented Italy at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where Italy finished in third-place on home soil. He also took part at UEFA Euro 1988, helping his nation to a semi-final finish, and was elected to the team of the tournament. During his twenty years long career as a professional footballer he scored 259 goals at club level, 16 goals with the national team, and 11 goals with the Italy national under-21 football team, for a total of 286 goals in more than 500 appearances.
Vialli was a member of Italy’s under 21 team for both the 1984 and 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships where the Azzurrini finished third and second respectively. Overall Vialli represented the Italy U21 team 20 times, scoring 11 goals. He was also the top scorer in the 1986 Under-21 European Championship, with 4 goals, where Italy lost the final to Spain on penalties. In 1985, Vialli made his debut for the Italy senior team in a friendly match against Poland. He was included in Italy’s squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico, appearing with an all-shaved head as a substitute in all four of Italy’s matches. Vialli scored his first goal for Italy in a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Malta in 1986. He was included in Italy’s squad for the finals of the Euro 1988 competition and scored the winning goal against Spain in the group stage. Although Italy were knocked out by the Soviet Union in the semi-final after losing 0–2, Vialli was named in UEFA’s team of the tournament. With the 1990 FIFA World Cup being held on home soil, Vialli named part of the squad and he was expected to make a huge impact for the hosts. However, after failing to score in the first match against Austria, despite setting up the winning goal via a cross, Vialli missed a penalty against the United States in the next match, hitting the lower near post with keeper Tony Meola diving the other way. He was subsequently dropped from the team in favour of Roberto Baggio and Salvatore Schillaci, who had scored the winning goal against Austria after appearing as a substitute. Vialli returned to the team for the semi-final against Argentina and played a role in Italy’s opening goal after his shot on goal was blocked by Argentina keeper Goycochea and the rebound fell to Schillaci. He was substituted in the second half as Italy were eliminated on penalties, eventually finishing the tournament in third place. Because Italy assigned jersey numbers alphabetically to players for the World Cup (beginning with defenders, then midfielders, and finally attackers) Vialli wore the number 21 during the World Cup. Overall, he finished the tournament with 2 assists, which were both provided for the golden boot winner Schilacci. Vialli returned to lead Italy’s attack during the qualifying games to the Euro 1992 Championship under Vicini, scoring in Italy’s 3–1 win over Hungary and 2–0 win over Cyprus. However, Italy missed out on qualifying after finishing second behind the Soviet Union in Group 3. Vialli made his last appearance for the Azzurri in December 1992, due to his strained relationship with coach Arrigo Sacchi bringing his international career to a premature end, despite his club success during the 1990s. It is rumored that Vialli played a prank on Sacchi, which was the reason for his dropping from the national team. Overall, Vialli made 59 appearances for Italy, scoring 16 goals.
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Considered one of the best and most consistent Italian strikers of his generation, Vialli was a complete, dynamic, determined, and versatile forward, who was capable of playing anywhere along the front line; throughout his career, he was played on the wing, or in a deeper, supporting role, although his preferred position was in the centre as a main striker, where he could best take advantage of his offensive movement and opportunism inside the box, as well as his keen eye for goal. A prolific goalscorer, Vialli was known for his shooting power and accuracy with both feet as well as his head, which allowed him to finish off chances both inside and outside the penalty area. In addition to his ability to score goals, Vialli was also capable of playing off of and creating chances for his teammates, courtesy of his good vision, tactical intelligence, and distribution, which also occasionally saw him play in deeper roles in midfield, as a playmaker or attacking midfielder; he was also endowed with good technical ability, dribbling skills, and ball control, which allowed him to play the ball first time, or beat opponents and retain possession under pressure. A quick, tenacious, hardworking, and energetic player, Vialli was gifted with pace, physicality, and stamina, and was known for his willingness to press opponents off the ball in order to win back possession. Vialli was seen as a new breed of striker in Italian football, who combined technique and goalscoring ability with speed, athleticism, and physical power. Because of his outstanding athleticism, strength, and agility, he also excelled in the air, and had a penchant for scoring acrobatic goals from volleys and bicycle kicks, which led his Juventus manager Marcello Lippi, and president, Gianni Agnelli, at the time to praise him, and compare him to legendary Italian striker Luigi Riva. In addition to his footballing skills, he was also highly regarded for his dedication, leadership qualities, strong mentality, and his charismatic influence on the pitch.
Vialli moved to Juventus shortly after the 1992 European Cup final loss for a world record fee of £12.5million. Vialli won the UEFA Cup in his first season with Juventus playing alongside players such as Roberto Baggio, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Paolo Di Canio, and Andreas Möller, among other players, under manager Giovanni Trapattoni. Following the arrival of manager Marcello Lippi, Vialli underwent an intense fitness and muscle strengthening training regime in order to lose weight, and gain speed, agility, physical strength, and stamina. Vialli refound his goalscoring form throughout the season, and through his leadership and decisive performances, he helped Juventus win the Scudetto (his second overall) and the Italian Cup in 1995, scoring 16 goals during the season; the club also narrowly missed out on a treble after suffering a defeat in the 1995 UEFA Cup Final to Parma, despite Vialli scoring a spectacular second leg goal. He ended his time in Turin by captaining the side to a Supercoppa Italiana victory and a Champions League final win over defending champions Ajax Amsterdam in 1996, playing alongside Del Piero and Fabrizio Ravanelli. During his four seasons with the club he totaled 102 appearances, scoring 38 goals.
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Because of his outstanding athleticism, strength, and agility, he also excelled in the air, and had a penchant for scoring acrobatic goals from volleys and bicycle kicks, which led his Juventus manager Marcello Lippi, and president, Gianni Agnelli, at the time to praise him, and compare him to legendary Italian striker Luigi Riva.
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The MacRobert Fighters were Donated by Lady Rachel MacRobert in memory of her sons, all of whom were killed flying in the early stages of the war. They were handed over to 94 Squadron on 19th September 1942. The squadron received four Hurricanes MKIIc’s by Lady MacRobert who had lost three of her sons serving in the RAF, one whilst flying with No 94. Their names and coats of arms were painted on the nose of the aircraft and Blondie Walker was allocated ‘Sir Roderic’, which he flew during the North African campaign.
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ADB Photo Contest Winners Focus on Actions to Protect Environment in PRC
News Release | 15 July 2016
BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – Six images showcasing differing approaches to environmental cleanup in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have won prizes in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) “My View” photo contest.
“Every shot reflects awareness of the importance of protecting and improving the environment,” said Amy Leung, Deputy Director General of ADB’s East Asia Department. “In capturing these everyday scenes, the young photographers highlight such themes as citizens’ awareness of waste classification, the hard work carried out by environmental sanitation workers, and public efforts to clean up litter.”
The contest—part of this year’s celebration of the ADB-PRC 30 years partnership—attracted more than 80 entries exploring environmental actions under the theme of “China’s Green Dream.”
The winners are Wang Haoyu from Liaoning Province in first place; with Yang Liu from Shandong Province and Li Qingqing from Sichuan Province in second place; and Chen Xinxia from Zhejiang Province, Li Yuting from Liaoning Province, and Wang Lei from Jiangsu Province taking the third places.
After three decades of rapid economic growth, millions of Chinese people have escaped poverty in an economy that has emerged as the second biggest in the world. However, this spectacular growth has resulted in serious environmental problems. Many of the PRC’s major cities suffer poor air and water quality. Meanwhile, rural areas face severe pollution of soil, rivers and lakes. The cost of pollution damage in the PRC is estimated to be 6-9% of gross domestic product.
The PRC's youth is playing a big role in creating a “Green Dream.” For example, many Chinese young couples have become eco-tourists in order to escape the pollution and stress of the country’s urban hyper growth. This has resulted in an increase in the number of national nature reserves from 34 in 1978 to 407 in 2013.
The contest was open to all non-professional photographers who are Chinese citizens of age between 16 and 30. Images had to be taken personally by the photographer, not be previously published, and depict a scene within the country. The winning images can be found on ADB’s Weibo account and Facebook page.
ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Established in 1966, ADB in December 2016 will mark 50 years of development partnership in the region. It is owned by 67 members—48 from the region. In 2015, ADB assistance totaled $27.2 billion, including cofinancing of $10.7 billion.
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Regulations of AIEGL, approved by the extraordinary General Assembly of 29 May 1996. Please note that only the original French document is legally binding.
Art. 3 - Financial Resources
The annual subscription for active members is fixed every five years by the General Assembly of its members on the proposal of the Bureau, which has the authority, if needed, to make increases in the course of the four years following up to maximum increase of 30%. The payment of fees by members and benefactors must be completed every year before 31 March or within three months of a member being admitted to the association. The bureau can also from time to time make a financial grant to a member of the Association to enable participation in the life of the Association, and especially to participate in the International Congresses of Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
Art. 4 - Members
An active member is an individual whose application for membership has been accepted by the Secretary General and who has completed the annual payment or who has been dispensed from this paymeny.
A benefactor is an individual who has applied for this status and who has given for the year in question a sum greater than ten times that of the prescribed membership fee.
An honorary member is an individual who has been a member of the asasociation for at least five years and who, by virtue of outstanding achievements in the field of Greek and Latin epigraphy, of outstanding services rendered to AIEGL, has been designated to a lifetime honorary membership by nomination of the Bureau and a vote of the Assembly. Honorary members are dispensed from paying annual membership fees, but enjoy the same rights as other members. There may be no more than twenty honorary members.
A life member is an individual who has paid at one time the equivalent of fifteen years of membership fees, and is thus dispensed from paying future annual membership fees.
Voluntary resignation from the Association must be declared in writing before 30 November to become effective during the following year. A member who has not paid membership fees for three successive years without dispensation to do so will be removed from the list after receiving two reminders from the Treasurer. He or she may be re-admitted after re-application to the Secretary General.
Art. 6 - The Assembly
A list of the persons who have the right to vote will be posted six hours before a session of the Assembly. All mistakes or omissions should be indicated to the Bureau at least two hours before the beginning of the session. Notification of a meeting of the Assmebly shall be provided at least six months beforehand. The Assembly shall be convoked and an agenda sent to members at least two months before the date prescribed for the meeting. All written proposals for proxy votes should be submitted to the Bureau at least two hours before the session. Honorary members may only vote as individuals.
All the decisions of a regularly constituted Assembly from point a) to point h) are decided by a majority of votes cast directly or by proxy. In the case of a tie, the voting will be void and the motion submitted to a further vote. On point i) a majority of more than two-thirds of the votes cast, and on point j) a majority of more than three-quarters of the members are required. All the votes will be taken by a show of hands by those present, and by reading the names of the members who have voted by proxy, unless there is a request for an oral vote by those whose names are read out.
The minutes of each Assembly must be recorded. After being signed by the President and the Secretary General they will be submitted for approval to the following General Assembly.
Art. 7 - The Bureau
Every meeting of the Bureau is valid provided that it is attended by at least three of the five members, including the President or the Vice-President. Decisions are taken by a simple majority of those present. In tied votes, the vote of the President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, prevails. Written minutes must be made of each meeting of the Bureau. After approval, the minutes are signed by the President and the person who has drafted them.
Among the specific responsibilities of the President are a) to represent the Association in person or by designating another individual for this purpose; b) calling and presiding at meetings of the Bureau (and establishing the agenda with the Secretary General); c) calling and presiding at meetings of the General Assembly (and establishing the agenda with the Secretary General) after consulting the Committee; d) signing every executive decision, consultative document or minute of the Association.
The responsibilities of the Secretary General are the following: a) to supervise the overall conduct of the Association; b) to keep the membership list up-to-date with the help of the Treasurer; c) to provide information about meetings of the Bureau and the Committee; d) to compile News about AIEGL.
The responsibilities of the Treasurer are the following: a) to supervise the conduct of the Association’s financial affairs, by processing the encashments and payments authorised by the Bureau; b) to keep the financial accounts up-to-date; c) to send requests for payment to members who have not paid their membership fees; d) to up-date the list of members in the various categories on a regular basis, informing the Secretary General about new members, benefactors, and those who should no longer remain on the list; e) to present a balance of account annually and also the quinquennial balance.
The Vice-President and the deputy Secretary General assist the President and Secretary General respectively in fulfilling their functions, and replace them when they are prevented from doing so, resign, or are deceased. In cases where the Vice-President, the deputy Secretary General or the Treasurer are deceased or have resigned, the Bureau will replace them with the first of those not elected to the appropriate function.
Art. 10 - Candidatures and Elections
A member may present him/herself as a candidate for election to be President, to be Secretary General, to be Treasurer, or to be a Committee Member. Every candidacy must be notified in writing to the Secretary General by the individual in question at least four months before the date fixed for the meeting of the General Assembly. The Bureau will bring the list of candidates’ names to members’ attention with the notice that convokes the Assembly. In cases where the number of candidates is insufficient for the posts that are to be filled, new candidates may be admitted during the Assembly itself. The elections will take place by a secret ballot conducted among the named list of the electors, who will vote either in person or through an intermediary representing them, defined in accordance with the procedures of article 6. The voting ballot shopuld contain a maximum of ten names: one each for the President, the Secretary General and the Treasurer, and seven others to choose the Committee Members. The two candidates for the Presidency who have received the largest number of votes will be elected President and Vice-President. The two candidates for Secretary General who have received the largest number of votes will be elected Secretary General and deputy Secretary General. In the case of a tie a second vote will be held. Ballots containing a larger number of names that that authorised shall be void. The organisation and sorting of the votes shall be the responsibility of an electoral commission of three persons, designated by the Assembly, who may not be members of the Bureau, members of Committee, or themselves candidates. The three verifiers of accounts for the coming mandate of office will be designated by the Assembly according to the proposal of the Bureau that is relinquishing office.
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Early interest in radio; Carnegie Institute of Technology's physics department, 1932-1936; first department research program; summer research experience, 1932-1936; graduate work at University at Berkeley under J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1936-1940; sources of fellowship support; Berkeley journal club; interactions of theorists and experimentalists at Berkeley, and with Stanford University and Caltech, late 1930s; reactions to fission; nuclear physics at University of Illinois, 1941-1942; sources of funds for accelerators to 1941; recruitment to University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, 1942; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1944-1946, personnel, research, plans and expectations for peacetime work; scale and financing of physics at Cornell University in immediate postwar period; rise of particle physics after 1949; differences between pre- and postwar physics, job expectations, style of research; evolution of accelerating and detecting methods, 1920s to 1950s; connections between physics and astronomy. Also prominently mentioned are: Paul Aebersold, Luis Walter Alvarez, Hans Albrecht Bethe, Raymond Thayer Birge, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Kevin Burns, Robert F. Christy, Immanuel Estermann, Enrico Fermi, Richard Phillips Feynman, William Alfred Fowler, Otto Robert Frisch, Maurice Goldhaber, Harry Hower, Fred Hoyle, Donald W. Kerst, Charles Christian Lauritsen, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Philip A. Morrison, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Ernest Rutherford, Emilio Gino Segrè, Otto Stern, Leo Szilard, Robert Rathbun Wilson; Allegheny Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Cavendish Laboratory, Columbia University, Cornell University, International Conference on High Energy Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Office of Naval Research, University of Birmingham, University of California at San Diego, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nuclear Engineering Program.
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The wind, often fierce, is calm enough that the couple's daughter, Elefe, can fly a kite.
The windows frame views in every direction: Cape Breton Highlands National Park to the north, the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the west, forested hills to the east and headlands to the south.
Eliot and Alexandra Angle, interior designers from Los Angeles, fell in love with Cape Breton Island, in a remote corner of Nova Scotia. They built a wood-shingled house inspired by local barns, for $350,000.
CAPE BRETON ISLAND, Nova Scotia
ELIOT ANGLE’S favorite spot in the getaway that he and his wife, Alexandra, designed has to be the outdoor shower.
“Sure, the weather makes it a little challenging to use at times,” he said, noting that 100-mile-an-hour winds and driving rain are not unheard of here, even in the summer. “But the romantic rusticator in me sticks with it.” (For the less adventurous, there is a 1920s footed bathtub indoors, bought and refinished in nearby Halifax.)
Inspired by local barns, with a nod to the spare Scandinavian aesthetic, the Angles’ 2,400-square-foot shingled cottage is all about the outdoors. The windows frame views in every direction: Cape Breton Highlands National Park to the north, the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the west, forested hills to the east and headlands to the south. And the landscape dictated the way the house looks inside as well.
The Angles, interior designers who live in Los Angeles, took long walks, photographing the densely wooded terrain in different seasons — the changing colors of the spruce, pine, birch, maple and cedar trees, and the goldenrod, rosa rugosa, blueberries, raspberries and cranberries.
“We designed this house based on the color palette of the land and sky,” Ms. Angle, 43, said. “There are 10 different shades of blue, gray and green.”
A lobster-crate-style deck wraps around the exterior; inside, a channeled window seat — her favorite spot — spans the width of the living room. Built by a local car upholsterer, it is covered in spruce, celadon, ice blue and lavender cushions. Green pots and chartreuse goblets sit on the open shelves in the kitchen, over blue-gray cabinets. The maple floors are all stained white.
Northeast Maine was where the couple had intended to build a vacation home, but in 2006, after deciding that the area was overdeveloped, they headed up to Nova Scotia, where they fell in love with the region’s most remote corner.
“Cape Breton is sort of the next Maine up the coast,” Mr. Angle, 41, said.
Ms. Angle added: “Your closest neighbor is half a mile away. I love that feeling.”
Their plans for the 54 acres they purchased for $450,000 were initially much grander. Working with an architect, they conceived what Ms. Angle describes as “a wildly impractical fantasy”: a sprawling glass-and-steel structure with a sail on the roof, the kitchen and bedrooms in separate buildings, and a central deck.
“The sail would have ripped in a week,” she said. “The glass would have blown in.”
Plan B was to buy a 19th-century Presbyterian meeting house with 50-foot ceilings that they heard about through an architectural salvage company, and transport it 50 miles, from inland Nova Scotia to their coastal hilltop. “It was a glorious space,” Mr. Angle said. “And we liked the idea of reusing this abandoned structure.”
The contractor nixed that idea. With the high winds, he told them, it would collapse in a year, if not sooner — possibly while he was putting it up.
By now, the Angles were starting to feel not just overly ambitious but also self-conscious.
“Our land is in a prominent place, the highest point around,” said Ms. Angle, who imagined their new neighbors thinking, “Oh, my God, these people fly in from L.A. and throw up this huge steel-and-glass house, or this 50-foot-tall church.”
So, over a bottle of Glen Breton, the local single-malt whisky, at a waterfront pub, they sketched out ideas on napkins, coming up with a plan for a more modest house that would complement, not compete with, the environment. The two-story, two-bedroom, two-bath structure, made of local birch and maple, was completed in 10 months, for $350,000, and the Angles spent their first summer there in 2009, with their daughter, Elefe, now 3, and their Tibetan terriers, Sturtevant and Augustus.
Although the Autoban Octopus chandeliers were imported from Turkey, the Gio Ponti Superleggera dining chairs are from Italy and Ms. Angle’s Piet Boon desk is from Amsterdam, many of their furnishings are of the region: several pieces are from antique shops in the area; Mr. Angle built an end table out of driftwood found while beachcombing; and Ms. Angle designed a hooked rug with a pattern inspired by the region’s underwater plant life, working with local women who make rugs for lighthouses and fishing boats and who jokingly call themselves “hookers.” “Sailors used to while away the hours working on these rugs together,” Mr. Angle said. “It’s a great old tradition.”
The house isn’t finished yet — this summer, the Angles plan to break ground on a second structure with guest quarters and an office for Ms. Angle — but the gradual pace suits them. “Unlike projects for clients, when I have a year to be 100 percent done,” Ms. Angle said, “this one can take time.”
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49ers will meet with Toledo RB Kareem Hunt this week
Apr 17, 2017 at 9:44 AM • --
Last Wednesday, it was reported that the San Francisco 49ers are among the numerous teams that are showing interest in Toledo running back Kareem Hunt. Updating that story, Michael Rothstein of ESPN reports that the 49ers have a meeting scheduled for this week with the running back.
Rothstein wrote the following:
"Toledo RB Kareem Hunt has a visit scheduled with San Francisco this week, according to a source. Hunt is the No. 9 RB in his class according to Scouts, Inc and the No. 125 player overall. He rushed for 1,475 yards last season with 10 touchdowns along with 41 receptions for 403 yards."
The numerous other teams that were also showing interest, according to the earlier report, are the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Titans, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, and New Orleans Saints.
Hunt figures to be a mid-round selection and the San Francisco 49ers have drafted a running back in each of the past eight drafts. With running back Carlos Hyde's durability coming into question, it is entirely likely that the 49ers will do so again this year.
Hunt has rushed for over 1,000-yards two times during his college career with the Rockets. The first was in 2014 when he rushed for 1,631 yards and 16 touchdowns. The second was in 2016, as Rothstein mentioned. In 2016, he earned first-team All-MAC honors for the second time in his college career.
The 5-foot-10, 216-pound running back was suspended for the first two games of the 2015 season for violating team rules and then struggled with hamstring and ankle injuries that year. However, he still managed to get within 27 yards of another 1,000-yard season.
Lance Zierlein of NFL Media, who compares Hunt to Olandis Gary, had the following to say in his scouting report:
"Big back with plus vision and enough elusiveness to make the first defender miss. Feel for the rushing lane helps him choose the correct path between the tackles but lacks the burst to turn the 4-yard run into 14. Zone-scheme runner with serviceable hands out of the backfield. Adequate in most areas and has talent to become a backup that can step in and handle a bigger load if needed."
College Statistics
Year G Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD
2013 12 137 866 6.3 6 12 68 0
2014 10 205 1,631 8.0 16 9 39 0
2015 9 178 973 5.5 12 11 45 0
2016 13 262 1,475 5.6 10 41 403 1
Totals 44 782 4,945 6.3 44 73 555 1
(h/t to Niners Wire)
49ers DC Robert Saleh completes interview with Lions, will meet with Chargers on Saturday
The Detroit Lions announced that the team has completed its head coach interview with San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. #Lions have completed a Head Coach interview with the following candidate: pic.twitter.com/djbwQtq2JK— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 7,
49ers' 2021 opponents finalized after early Week 17 action
The San Francisco 49ers' 2021 season opponent list has been finalized following the early games from Week 17's action. The NFL will not announce the dates and times for next season's schedule until April or May. This season's schedule was released on May 7, 2020. As it does every season, San Francisco will play each NFC West opponent twice. The team will also face the entire NFC North and AFC South divisions and this season's last-place opponents from the NFC South and NFC East — the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles. The NFL is also expected to add a 17th regular-season game to boost revenues and offset the losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CB Dontae Johnson injured on punt coverage against Bengals
Dec 20, 2015 at 3:31 PM • --
San Francisco 49ers CB Dontae Johnson was injured during punt coverage in the third quarter of play against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was tended to by 49ers medical staff but was able to slowly walk off the field.
Johnson, selected by the 49ers in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, has had 42 tackles, eight passes deflected and an interception during his career.
#49ers CB Dontae Johnson walking slowly off the field after he was injured on punt coverage.
— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) December 20, 2015
49ers sign QB Josh Johnson and OL Corbin Kaufusi to reserve/future contracts
The San Francisco 49ers announced they have signed quarterback Josh Johnson and offensive lineman Corbin Kaufusi to reserve/future contracts. These types of contracts are used to claim the rights to players and they take effect at the start of the new league year. That's when they begin counting against the salary cap. The 49ers Communications staff provided the following rundown. Johnson (6-3, 205) was originally drafted in the fifth round (160th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Throughout his career with the Buccaneers (2009-11), Cleveland Browns (2012), Cincinnati Bengals (2013), San Francisco (2014), New York Jets (2015), Indianapolis Colts (2015), Buffalo Bills (2016), New York Giants
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Secret Service: Uniformed agent hit by car near White House
Copyright Associated Press
Susan Walsh
<p>An investigator marks the accident area where a U.S. Secret Service uniformed division motorcycle officer was struck by a car near the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p>
Posted at 3:49 PM, Sep 12, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service Says a uniformed division motorcycle officer has been struck by a car near the White House and taken to a hospital.
The agency tweeted shortly after 2 p.m. Monday that the officer was receiving medical attention.
An AP photographer at the scene says the crash occurred between the White House and the White House visitor center. An AP reporter says a black car with a crumpled front end was in the intersection, a motorcycle under its front end. Debris from the crash was scattered in the street.
U.S. Park Police spokeswoman says Sgt. Anna Rose says the officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The officer wasn't immediately identified.
There was no immediate word on whether the driver of the car was injured.
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Dancing at Casita: South Bronx Culture Trail
Introduction Process Impact
About Casita Maria & Dancing in the Streets
Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education has been serving young people in the South Bronx for 80 years through comprehensive arts and education programs for participants from kindergarten through college. Using project-based learning and entrepreneurial training, Casita Maria empowers young people to become creative problem solvers. The organization has an annual budget of approximately $1.5 million.
For 30 years, Dancing in the Streets has been offering free public performances of dance, interdisciplinary, and site-specific works in New York City and around the country. In 2011, Dancing in the Streets became the first company in residence at Casita Maria.
Working together, Casita Maria and Dancing in the Streets are developing a model for a sustainable partnership that will serve as a nucleus for artists and community leaders in the South Bronx. Through the partnership, the two organizations are investigating the artistic legacy of the South Bronx; creating public performances and installations that express the community’s singular spirit; offering intergenerational programs that honor the neighborhood’s cultural legacy and lay the foundation for a future cultural renaissance; and building a physical and online South Bronx Culture Trail that will document these activities. The goal is to produce a community-led, sustainable culture trail that will build community pride, honor legendary Bronx artists, nurture the next generation of artists, document the factors that have contributed to the cultural richness and resiliency of the South Bronx, commission public art, and draw audiences to the Bronx.
Starting Conditions
In the 1970s, the landscape of the South Bronx dramatically shifted due to swift economic collapse, rapid demographic transformation, and the literal destruction and abandonment of neighborhoods as impacted by questionable city housing policies. Despite this period of chaos, Dancing in the Streets Executive and Artistic Director Aviva Davidson says, “there is something in this community—a resilience and an energy lodged in the landscape that seems to inspire generations.” Choreographer Joanna Haigood, who worked on the South Bronx Culture Trail project, agrees. The hardship of South Bronx residents was felt “down to the bone,” says Haigood, “but from the ashes came hip hop” and many other cultural movements that emerged in response to the community’s struggle.
Casita Maria, which has been located in the South Bronx since 1961, stayed and served the community even during the area’s most difficult times. As an island of safety and a route out of poverty, the center was home to “Casita Kids” like the now-famous cultural icons Tina Ramirez, Tito Puente, and Rita Moreno. Today, Casita Maria remains a neighborhood anchor. Yet Sarah Calderon, Executive Director of Casita Maria, acknowledges a deep concern over the loss of cultural history in the South Bronx. “Young people were unaware of the talent that had emerged from their community,” she says, “and the loss of community memory was accelerating.” It prompted her to wonder how Casita Maria could celebrate the history of the South Bronx and build on it for the future.
In October 2009, Casita Maria opened its new Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education building—a $62 million public-private partnership with the New York City Department of Education. As part of its agreement with the City, Casita Maria would incubate a city public school, and almost immediately, the organization added seven new programs, including summer arts internships, in-school partnerships, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a gallery, a theater, and other education programs. The number of youth receiving direct services from Casita Maria rose from 250 to 1500.
The new facility gave Casita Maria a much bigger platform for arts and culture programs, but Calderon was concerned about her organization’s limitations. With little arts experience, she and her staff decided to look to partnerships to help in program development and delivery. “At the same time, we were considering the opportunities offered by our new building and looking for ways to connect with our alumni,” says Calderon, “Dancing in the Streets was asking important questions about its own future.” Davidson agrees that it was a propitious intersection. “We are a small organization,” she says, “and we wanted not just to survive, but also to strengthen our community connections and make a greater impact on the city’s cultural life.”
Through a shared board member, the two organizations made contact and decided to embark on a formal partnership. Clearly, they complemented each other in numerous ways. Dancing in the Streets brings site-specific art, programming skills, and production expertise; Casita Maria provides office, rehearsal, and performance space. Both Calderon and Davidson knew, however, that this synergy alone would not make an effective partnership. How, they wondered, could they translate a partnership between two organizations into programming, and how could they make that programming sustainable?
At the heart of their efforts was one big idea: The South Bronx Culture Trail. Combining the education capacity of Casita Maria and the performance/production experience of Dancing in the Streets, the two organizations began developing both a physical and online cultural trail. “It would be,” leaders said, “an actual trail with a map and physical landmarks that were significant in our cultural history.” The goals of the Trail were to build community pride, honor legendary artists and the venues that nurtured them, investigate contributing factors to the cultural legacy of the South Bronx, and initiate community-based performing and visual arts projects.
“Our project was really our partnership,” say Calderon and Davidson. “The Trail was our prototype for learning how to work together.” Inspired by A South Bronx Latin Music Tale, a paper on the confluence of place, community, and music in the South Bronx by Roberta Singer and Elena Martínez, the two organizations decided to build the first Trail around Latin music. Working with a community advisory committee and professional advisors, including outreach and history consultants, the organizations identified key sites on the physical Trail, as well as historical and contemporary cultural figures; commissioned the design of a Trail logo, map, and other material; launched an alumni outreach campaign; and held several public events, including two commissioned large-scale performances.
With the project ready to launch, they hired choreographer Joanna Haigood to create a large site-specific work to kick off the Trail. Haigood began by interviewing Casita Maria alumni. “It was a rich experience,” says Davidson. I was riding in a car with Grand Master Theodore (who invented Scratch techniques), and he took us to a derelict building that had been a boxing ring for kids. ‘We used to jam there,’ he told me. We never would have discovered this history on our own.” Interviews, adds Davidson, helped them uncover not just history, but also the personal idiosyncratic experiences that would shape the Trail.
Working with renowned Latin drummer Bobby Sanabria, Haigood began creating the work that would become PASEO and that would eventually win a Bessie Award for Dancing in the Streets—a first for the organization. During the project, Casita Maria and Dancing in the Streets put out a call to community members to participate in the piece, and Haigood created a segment that included 15 community members. It took shape as PASEO, a celebration of the contributions made by the Hunts Point and Longwood communities to Latin music, which was a traveling dance performance through the streets of the South Bronx. “It was very organic,” says Davidson, “with performances in the streets, on fire escapes, and on stoops.”
The Bronx Revolution and The Birth of Hip Hop programs followed PASEO in the second year of the grant. Building on learning from PASEO, the organizations expanded their vision and collaborated with other South Bronx cultural organizations to produce an entire festival around the Trail’s launch.
Changes in Assumptions
Originally, the partners imagined a collaboration that would include music performances, exhibitions, and other events, but they were concerned about how to sustain such a large undertaking. The Trail was the perfect answer, says Davidson, “because a baby born today could be added [to the trail] if he became the next Tito Puente.” At the same time, Davidson and Calderon knew they had to distinguish their efforts from the Bronx Hall of Fame and other local organizations, so they, in addition to renowned cultural sites like the Hunts Point Palace, they added the places where famous and less famous artists were born, and also the places that had nurtured their creativity. “This could be a church, a library, even a candy store where young musicians hung out,” says Davidson.
The way both organizations perceive themselves has changed as a result of the project. Casita Maria, Calderon says, is learning how to do more site specific work and is “moving from a model of provision to one of engagement.” Davidson points to an even more dramatic change. Going into the project, she remembers how she considered Dancing in the Streets a city-wide organization. “In the process of working on interviews and the Trail,” she says, “I was still trying to plan programming for Manhattan. But it became increasingly clear that our impact through the Trail so outweighed our impact through multiple locations, that we revised our mission statement to include the word ‘Bronx.’” PASEO, she recognized, was the organization’s passport to the Bronx, and she is “now planning how to strengthen [their] position there.”
Obstacles and Enablers
Calderon and Davidson agree that their challenges mostly arose from the different sizes of their organizations. As a large organization, Casita Maria had little experience in intimate collaboration, and Calderon says they had to learn how to be flexible with regard to “time, space, everything.” For Dancing in the Streets, it was the first time the organization was based in a single community. Both leaders wondered how they could actually “grow something while [they] were learning to collaborate.” There was always a tug, they say, between programming and sustainability. They asked themselves, “How do you create something large enough to attract public attention, but at the same time make it replicable?”
The key was a shared vision. As Davidson says, “We were different organizations with different missions, but we had shared vision and values. Calderon agrees. “You have to have the same ideals and vision for the collaboration, even if you have different ways of getting to it.” They admit to using an official checklist of criteria for evaluating the partnership, but in the end, they say, the checklist was secondary to the chemistry between them. “We never didn’t get along,” they say. “Intuitively, we just knew.”
The project’s success has generated one of the biggest challenges. Davidson and Calderon admit they had not expected to expose such a rich historical and cultural vein in the community, and the staff resources and financial support required to realize the project were greater than they had expected. “We are meeting all of our goals,” they say, “but it is placing considerable pressure on key staff.”
The success of the project was enabled in part by Casita Maria’s deep commitment to and history with the community. “We have deep confidence in the creativity of our community,” says Calderon, who also notes that the advisory committee was critical to making sure that what they did was what the community needed and desired. At the same time, Dancing in the Streets offered a proven methodology for capturing the experiences and knowledge of a community and for producing large-scale performances in public spaces. Launching the project with Joanna Haigood was also positive, given Haigood’s tremendous respect for communities and her ability to cull important material from her interviews with artists and community members. To ensure that both projects had authenticity and integrity, Haigood developed and directed them in close collaboration with local artists.
The collaboration has now produced two culture trails and created a model for working effectively together. Visitors may select a guided tour with Elena Martínez, ride The Bronx Culture Trolley, or take a self-guided walking tour. The organizations still must complete the Trail website and create formal markers for the trails. They are planning a design competition for the trail markers.
“The most important thing about the Trail,” says Calderon, “is that it has helped us engage in different ways with the community and our alumni. During the project, we realized that our students have a negative view of their community, and they don’t think anyone of actual talent or significance ever came from here. Through the Trail, we are helping them understand their history.” Davidson adds, “To our astonishment, PASEO moved people so much, especially the older community members who had lived in the neighborhood since the 1950s who told us they had never been represented or honored like this.”
New Pathways to Public Value
For both organizations, the partnership has changed behaviors. Instead of working through one-off partnerships, Dancing in the Streets is creating pathways into and with a specific community. Casita Maria is focusing on delivering its arts programming through a single partner and as a result, is becoming not just an educational hub, but also a cultural hub. According to Calderon, “this new direction allows us to extend the overall reach of our programs and deepen our community connections. It’s also making us think more intentionally about how we interact with our community. We used to be much less deliberate, one year serving the homeless and the next serving immigrants. Now, we’re really focusing on how we want to be an arts organization embedded in the community.”
Davidson says the project gave her a new personal direction that is changing her organization’s trajectory, as well. “I come from a small not-for-profit arts organization,” she says, “and if something needs to get done, I do it.” She describes a moment during The Bronx Revolution when she just couldn’t carry the load alone. “I vowed to get out of the ‘poor arts organization’ mentality. I was so inspired by this work that I am now committed to changing my role to being more conceptual and less hands-on.”
Both Calderon and Davidson believe that what they are doing is unique and that deep exploration into a community is fostered by close partnership. Although there have been recent explorations of cultural life in the South Bronx, such as efforts at the Bronx Museum and the Bronx Cultural Corridor, no one, they say, is attempting to present “a living, developing articulation of the area’s cultural history.” By shifting their focus away from presentations alone, they are creating an ever expanding and richer documentation of that history.
Beyond all their initial expectations, the Trail has become the key driver of arts programming at Casita Maria, says Calderon, “impacting our work in ways we never imagined. It is providing the themes (and the talents) for almost all of our visual and performing arts presentations, and is bringing us into contact with a remarkable range of talented current and former community members, including alumni.” A continuing challenge is determining how much of Casita Maria’s arts programming is related to the Trail. “You can go both ways,” says Calderon, “and we’re still figuring out how expansive we want it to be.”
The fundamental new pathway, both leaders agree, is built on the sense of legitimacy that occurs when everyone in the community feels engaged, celebrated, and honored. “By becoming a vessel that gives the community an opportunity to tell its own story,” Davidson says, “we have learned a different definition of sustainability. It doesn’t have to be concrete, but it can be spiritual or psychological, empowering a community and building community pride.”
One Year Later: Casita Maria
Tags: Casita Maria, Dancing in the Streets, Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund
Casita Maria & Dancing in the Streets
Working together, Casita Maria and Dancing in the Streets are investigating the artistic legacy of the South Bronx.
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Faculty & Staff Honors November 21, 2017
Columbia Professor Named to BBC’s Trailblazing Women in Science
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, was named one of seven trailblazing women in science by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Professor Abdool Karim, an infectious disease epidemiologist, has spent over 25 years researching how HIV/Aids is spread in South Africa, and its impact on women. The BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year.
[Photo: Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim]
In addition to her Mailman School appointment, Dr. Abdool Karim is also associate scientific director, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), and adjunct professor in Public Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She also has served as an HIV adviser at the United Nations.
Earlier this year, Nature profiled the careers and experiences of five eminent scientists who have made major discoveries in drug discovery, and Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim was one of the scientists featured. In 2013, she was awarded South Africa’s highest honor, the Order of Mapungubwe, for her breakthrough contributions.
This past month, Dr. Abdool Karim and her husband Dr. Salim Abdool Karim were honored by the Institute for Human Virology (IHV) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service in recognition of their outstanding contributions to research on the AIDS pandemic. In 2010 their groundbreaking research demonstrated that antiretrovirals can also prevent the sexual transmission of HIV in what was a watershed moment in the fight against the spread of the virus. The research was highlighted by Science as one of the Top 10 scientific breakthroughs in 2010.
November 21, 2017 "EPA Releases CMAQ 5.2" November 21, 2017 "UNC Teammates Bring Home Prize From Inaugural Health-care Case Competition"
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Justice Black’s mark on Court may surprise many
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Our junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions has risen to national prominence in this pivotal presidential year. His arch conservative senate voting record and impeccable pedigree as one of the most rock-solid Republicans in the U.S. Senate has made him a marquee persona among right-wing Fox News conservatives throughout the country.
During the GOP Primary debates earlier this year, the aspirants would refer to him and insinuate that Sessions was in their corner. However, the ultimate victor, Donald Trump, won the early support of Sessions primarily due to their common opinion on immigration.
It is no secret that Trump reveres and trusts Sessions. In fact, Sessions has evolved into Trump’s foremost confidant, both politically and philosophically. Without question, Sessions is closer to Trump than any member of the Senate. If Trump were to be elected, Trump could appoint Sessions to the Supreme Court.
Jeff Sessions would unquestionably become a social conservative stalwart on the court. If this were to occur, he would be only the second Alabamian in a century to be named to the nation’s high tribunal.
The last Alabamian named to the Supreme Court was Hugo Black. If Sessions is appointed to the Supreme Court, the contrast in the two legacies of Sessions and Black would be remarkable.
Probably the most enduring legacy a president will have is an appointment to the United States Supreme Court. This lifetime powerful appointment will be lasting. The nine Justices of the Supreme Court have omnipotent everlasting power over most major decisions affecting issues and public policy in our nation.
Our new president will not only fill the one seat vacant now due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but probably two more. These appointments may be their most lasting legacy.
It may come as a surprise to you since Alabama is currently considered one of the most conservative places in America, but Black was arguably one of the most liberal Supreme Court Justices in history. He was also one of the longest serving justices. Black was the fifth longest serving Supreme Court Justice. He sat on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937-1971. Nearly 35 of his 85 years on earth were spent on the Supreme Court.
Black, like most folks and heroes of that era in Alabama history, was born on a farm. He was born in rural Clay County in 1886. He was the youngest child of a large family. He worked his way through the University of Alabama Law School under the tutelage of President George Denny. He shoveled coal to stoke the furnaces at the university. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
He began practicing law in Birmingham at 22 years old. He became a Jefferson County prosecutor and then World War I broke out. He served in the war and rose to the rank of captain. In 1926 at age 40, Black was elected to the United States Senate. He arrived in the Senate at the beginning of the Great Depression. During his entire tenure in the Senate, America was in the throes of the depression. Folks who endured this era were marked by it.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt came to the White House in 1932. His New Deal was the most legendary political accomplishment in American history. Black became one of FDR’s staunchest allies. He voted for 24 out of 24 of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.
Alabama benefited mightily from FDR’s New Deal, especially, rural Alabama and the Tennessee Valley. Roosevelt rewarded Alabama’s junior senator with a coveted seat on the Supreme Court. He was one of nine justices appointed by President Roosevelt during his 13-year reign as president.
Black was a liberal New Dealer in the Senate and liberals were pleased by the justice from Alabama’s tenure over the next 35 years. Liberals regard Black as one of the most influential Supreme Court Justices of the 20th Century. He literally hung his hat on the 14th Amendment. He was part of the court decision that declared school racial segregation illegal in the famous Brown v. Board of Education decision.
It is probably unbelievable to most Americans that Alabama’s only contribution to the Supreme Court is one of its most liberal justices in history.
Believe me, there would be quite a difference in philosophy between the ultra-liberal Black and the ultra-conservative Sessions, which illustrates the historical change in Alabama politics.
Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
Sheriff’s reports for Wed., Oct. 12, 2016
The following are arrest reports for the week of Oct. 1-7, 2016. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to 163... read more
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Art Talk: Martin Holm, Irena Frantal and Dominic Williams interviewed by Matilda Karlsson
Martin Holm Irena Frantal Dominic Williams
Martin Irena and Dominic talk about the interaction of their different art forms through the medium of a punk letters archive.
Martin Holm (b.1985 in Köping, SWE) is a visual artist. He did his BFA at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, UK (2008), and received his Master’s Degree in Fine Art from Valand Academy, Gothenburg University, Sweden (2014). Currently on a break from his nomadic, travelling-artist life, he is back and based in Gothenburg.
Holm’s artistic practice is probably best described as a studio-based investigation into the correlation of pop-culture (literature, cinema, music~), history and philosophy. While his movement forward is firmly grounded in painting, recurring elements in his works include collage, assemblage and recycling, all used in both material ways and on an idea-based level. Through his works he explores paths into alternative spaces, places where events are not necessarily bound by time, the laws of physics, geometric perspectives or social constructions. The studio production is an attempt, by all available means, at coming to terms with the chaos of the contemporary.
Irena Frantal is a visual artist from Zagreb, Croatia. She holds an MA in Book Arts from The University of the Arts in London. She stretches her artistic exploration and experimentation through mediums of artist book, installation and drawing. She collaborates on artist book projects with different artists, exhibits regularly in group and solo shows and participates in art residencies. She is also a book designer.
Dominic Williams lectures in the Faculty of Humanities and Performing Arts at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
He is also is a poet, a performer and creative writing mentor. Since 2014 he has curated the literary programme for an international arts festival At the Fringe in Tranås, Sweden. Williams is the MC of west Wales’ most established regular spoken-word event P&P@theQ and has performed his own work in Wales, Ireland, Sweden and the US. In 2012 He was partner in the delivery of the inaugural Dinefwr Festival in Llandeilo and the Pili Pala festival in Swansea and is a poetry editor has worked with poets translating work from Bengali, Turkish and Swedish.
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Prickly Pair: Cactus-dwelling Couple Prove Rumors That Bald Eagles Nest in Saguaros
Eagles are increasingly turning to unconventional nesting sites—a good sign for the recovering species.
By Kevin WheelerReporter, Audubon Magazine
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Bald Eagles nesting in a saguaro cactus in Arizona. Photo: Arizona Game and Fish Department
Back in mid-March, Kenneth Jacobson found what he’s been seeking for 18 years. Responding to a tip, Jacobson and his team at the Arizona Game and Fish Department set out for a reservoir in the middle of the state with a healthy skepticism. But even from a distance, what he saw through his binoculars left no doubt that the report was true: There was a Bald Eagle nest, complete with a pair of adults and an eaglet, cradled in the prickly arms of a saguaro cactus.
“It was something I wasn't sure I was ever going to have a chance to observe,” says Jacobson, the agency’s raptor management coordinator. “We were definitely pretty darn excited about it.”
Rumors of Bald Eagles nesting in saguaros have lingered around Arizona’s conservation community for decades. A trading post owner named Kermit Lee recorded such a sighting in 1937, but it was never substantiated. The game and fish department’s photo, snapped a few days later during a helicopter survey, offers the first proof.
Jacobson was excited not just to confirm rumors he’s been hearing since he joined the agency nearly two decades ago, but because the nest was a potent symbol of a once endangered species now thriving. Bald Eagles numbered fewer than 500 breeding pairs across the lower 48 states in the 1960s, but today that number is estimated at more than 14,000. As a result of this resurgence, suitable trees and cliffs in Arizona are crowded enough with eagles that saguaros—spiked with needles and not as tall as typical nest sites—may be starting to look like prime real estate.
“These birds probably would have nested elsewhere if they had an option,” Jacobson says. “They ended up finding that saguaro, which probably had a Red-tailed Hawk or a Raven’s nest prior to this, and they overtook that nest and decided to make it make their home. So, I really look at that as a bigger indicator of our growing population here in the desert.”
As of 2019, there were 74 Bald Eagle breeding pairs in Arizona, up from 52 in 2010 and only 11 in 1978.
As of 2019, there were 74 Bald Eagle breeding pairs in Arizona, according to Jacobson, up from 52 in 2010 and only 11 in 1978, the year they became protected by the Endangered Species Act. This successful recovery is playing out across the country, and the birds are nesting where biologists thought they’d never see them, such as on utility towers and in cities, according to Brian Millsap, national raptor coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Some Bald Eagles aren’t even building elevated nests: In Virginia, two nests were discovered built directly on sandy beaches within three months of one another in 2018 and 2019.
“The bottom line is, if there's enough food in the area, they will find a way to make a nest,” Millsap says. “That's not what we expected to see with Bald Eagles 40 years ago.”
Back then, the species was just beginning to recover from the devastation of the pesticide DDT. From the 1940s until its ban in 1972, DDT was widely used to mitigate mosquito populations, but it also polluted waterways and contaminated the fish that eagles ate. As a result of this widespread poisoning, Bald Eagle eggs often didn’t hatch, and populations cratered. But since the ban, eagles and other birds of prey have made a vigorous rebound. “It's a success story,” Millsap says. “It just shows that left to their own devices and a healthy environment, Bald Eagles are pretty adaptable.”
Even so, other threats persist. For example, eagles that eat the remains of an animal killed with toxic lead shot often die an excruciating death by paralysis. And though eagles may sometimes nest on electric towers, their vast wingspans—wide enough to span the gap between power lines—puts them at high risk of electrocution. Bald Eagles also sometimes collide with wind turbines, resulting in serious injury or death. The federal government once used the power of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to threaten companies with fines if they did not make their equipment safer for birds. But this practice ended with the Trump administration, which is working to gut the MBTA and has stopped holding companies accountable for these unintended but predictable and avoidable deaths. However, both intentional and unplanned killing of eagles remains prohibited by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
For Arizona eagles, one of the primary threats today is increasing pressure from outdoor recreation, Jacobson says. Because Bald Eagles like to nest as close to a body of water as they can, they sometimes have to compete with boaters, anglers, and other fun-seekers for what little water Arizona has to offer. In some cases, this human encroachment can drive eagles to abandon an active nest.
One way Bald Eagles avoid people is by building nests up to 50 feet in the air. That’s about the maximum height for a saguaro, but typically their limbs are only about 10 feet above ground. Still, these long, thick arms are sturdy enough to support a six-foot-wide eagle nest that can weigh a ton or more, the largest of any North American bird's nest. This unusual setup means that, unlike most Bald Eagle nests, which look like large, roughly sculpted bowls perched atop tall trees, the saguaro nest is oblong, like a curved tub of twigs wrapped snugly around one side of the trunk.
While Jacobson and his team are still counting eagles for 2020, he expects Arizona’s population to grow by at least three breeding pairs this year. As for the first documented pair of saguaro-nesting eagles, they’re still tending to their chick, which is about six or seven weeks old now and should take its first flight soon. If it likes these digs, perhaps when it's ready, it’ll build its own nest in a saguaro.
Overcrowding Might be Driving Bald Eagles to Nest on Beaches
On the Virginia Barrier Islands, five ground nests have been found in the past six years—something never before seen on the East Coast.
A Rare Bald Eagle Trio—Two Dads and a Mom—Captivates Webcam Fans
Even after their first mate died, the two males remained faithful to each other, and are now raising three eaglets with a new female named Starr.
Federal Government Moves to Gut America's Most Important Bird Law
A change to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act would make permanent the administration's position that killing birds is legal if it's unintentional.
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Posts tagged ‘8th Fire’
We are not the children of the 8th Fire… Far from it.
August 9, 2016, 9:56 am by Bob Goulais
“We have to learn today what it takes to be better tomorrow.”
I don’t like to write anything pessimistic. When you start off your column with “I don’t like” you know it’s going to be one of those days.
Nanaia Mahuta. Photo by Radio New Zealand.
This morning I was trolling through Facebook, eating my veggie omelette and drinking my decaf coffee. I offered congratulations to my friend Nanaia Mahuta, MP from the Waikato River region of New Zealand. Nanaia became the first Maori MP to wear the moko mauae, the traditional Maori chin tattoo. She said: “I wear my kauae tehe (moko) proudly… to bring the most positive aspects of what we have as a Māori culture, our mātauranga (knowledge) Māori, our world view, into New Zealand.”
It’s so good to see that Indigenous people from around the world, including many Anishinaabe, who are taking steps to make our language and culture a priority.
A good day, so far.
I scroll further down my Facebook feed only to get a punch in the gut. I put my omelette down.
According to Keith Montreuil:
“In 1996: 36000 people identified as first language speakers (mother tongue) half of which were using the language everyday in the home. 65% of those speakers are over the age of 60 (in 1996). Fast forward ten years and we see the amount of first language speakers has dropped to 19000 (a drop of nearly half) and this is ten years later.. So that group of 60 year olds are now a group of 70 year olds. It’s predicted that the amount of first language speakers (mother tongue) will drop to less than 10000 by this year, 2016. “
These are stark and troubling statistics. It makes me so sad, almost hopeless.
I scroll down a little further and up pops an ignorant photo posted by Janet Gretzky, the wife of my hockey hero.
Fuming, I started to share and write a call to action. But it occurred to me that this isn’t supposed to happen this way. We were to be the children of the 8th Fire.
The Anishinaabe, through our 8th Fire Prophecy, were predicted to thrive. We were to become equals, to come together with our other brothers and sisters in our territory and contribute towards becoming one great nation. Our language and culture would be sought after. The colonizers would realize the folly of assimilation, value our ways of life, and seek out our advice and traditional knowledge for the betterment of society and Mother Earth.
We are not the children of 8th fire. We are far from it. That’s as pessimistic as it gets.
It’s time to turn it around.
We have to realize that a prophecy isn’t just going to magically happen on it’s own. It isn’t karma, destiny, fate or the will of God. The Midewiwin certainly can’t influence midichlorians, as the Jedi do, to impose our goodwill over the Earth. There will be missteps and setbacks along the way.
We must learn from our Anishinaabe prophecies. We must act to avoid those missteps within the prophecies. For example: The prophecies tell us that “the rivers will run with poison and the fish will become unfit to eat”. That’s precisely why Anishinaabeg women are standing up for the water. We must learn and adapt in order to take ourselves, our families, our nation in the right direction to ensure we lead the Anishinaabeg into that eighth and final fire of glory.
We must continue to take action. This action must be personal action.
Only I (only you), can work towards learning Anishinaabemowin.
Only I (only you), can take political action that makes our language a governmental priority for our First Nations governments, political leaders and our federal and provincial government by demanding programs, funding and support to our priorities.
Only I (only you), can stand up to those who act inappropriately by furthering negative stereotypes and trivializing our culture and it’s sacredness.
Only I (only you), can say something when you see an act of racism or someone who is treated disrespectfully.
Only I (only you), can contribute personally towards the goals of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
The 8th Fire is coming. We all need to be ready for it whether it’s this generation or the next. We have to learn today what it takes to be better tomorrow.
Never give up. Never succumb to statistics and social media pessimism (even if it is mine).
Tags: 8th Fire, Anishinaabemowin, Maori, Midewiwin, Ojibway Language, Prophesy
Category: Anishinaabek, Midewiwin | 2 Comments
CBC’s 8th Fire Has It Right
January 27, 2012, 12:15 pm by Bob Goulais
Wab Kinew has it right. In turn, I guess, so does CBC. But is anyone (other than Aboriginal people) watching 8th Fire (CBC, Thursday at 9 p.m.)?
In my lifetime, I don’t recall seeing any other TV special that comes close. This four-part documentary series explores first-hand First Nation, Métis and Inuit perspectives, all the while providing excellent public education on contemporary Aboriginal issues.
I recall back in the 90s, the much-heralded historical documentary series called 500 Nations. But it was aimed at being a historical and anthropological anthology rather than taking on the “how’s” and “why’s” of contemporary Aboriginal issues.
I think what’s most compelling about Wab Kinew’s storytelling is that he’s speaking directly to the non-native viewer.
In episode three of the series, the Anishinaabe hip-hop artist and story-teller from the Ojibways of Onigaming paddles up in his canoe, slightly winded and speaks, not to me, but specifically to non-native Canadians. He often speaks of the interactions between “your people” and “my people”. Although he’s being honest, he is also quite disarming through his kind and respectful approach to the telling of our story. His approach and personality really sells it and makes him quite believable for these messages that are so often taken quite sceptically.
While he is telling his story, I find myself nodding away to him, wiping the occasional tear away like I’m right beside him while he’s affirming my story. As we watch the occasional friend and colleague on the screen, I know my partner and I have Wab’s back while he educates my neighbours about the truth of our people.
This type of documentary filmmaking is also quite consistent with our time-honoured traditional approach to storytelling.
Not so long ago, our people would gather in our Anishinaabe lodges for ceremonies and discussions among Chiefs, Clan leaders, Elders and teachers. Following our ceremonies, there would be long talks led by our teachers about our history and many seasons gone by. Those talks would be filled with references to the Spirit and to Gchi-Anishinaabeg (the old ones). They would also be filled with emotion and rife with our core values of honesty and respect. The many people gathered around the fire could be seen nodding, wiping away their own tears as they all hear their collective story.
Wab does this eloquently, using video, new media, music and a host of contributors, experts and guests. The simple storyline makes the point well-organized and easy to understand. It’s difficult to find to many holes in his narrative.
Personally, I feel Canadians need to see more of that. Honesty and truth in the telling of our story, rather than hard-line, one-sided positions, “he-said, she-said” perspectives. It certainly beats the tired political rhetoric we are accustomed to. We also need to see much more public education targeting all Canadians.
I challenge you to take a look at any news story about Aboriginal issues on the web. Whether it be about Attawapiskat, the Crown-First Nations Gathering, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, or Tobacco issues. Check out any number of news sources: CBC, CTV, Globe and Mail, National Post, Sun Media, or even your local paper. Turn your attention, please, to the interactive comments at the bottom of the page.
This is the place that “Mr. and Ms. Anonymous Canadian” can write to their heart’s content about their true feelings on Aboriginal issues. These comments can be down right nasty.
But what strikes me most is how they are often simply ignorant, uninformed, and downright incorrect.
“When are First Nations going to start contributing to society instead of ripping off Canadian tax payers? It is obvious they can’t handle money as they have wasted all the tax dollars they were given and have nothing to show for it!”
“You know, that thing that First Nations are sorely lacking. Personal responsibility to pay taxes and become a contributor to society instead of a burden on society.”
“Get rid of the Indian Act, reserves and the chief system. Time they fended for themselves.”
“Does this mean they are prepared to work and pay taxes just like the non-aboriginal people? I’m all for equality.”
Reminds me of this classic diddy from 1920:
“Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department.” – Duncan Campbell-Scott, Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
All of these messages are rooted in prejudice and hatred. However, the source of these messages can be traced back to certain special interest groups. Many have such noble names like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality. But it doesn’t change the fact that they regularly disseminate anti-Aboriginal propaganda and are regularly quoted in the media. After years of unchallenged propaganda, Canadians now take these messages and corresponding media reports as fact.
It will take a lot of focussed effort, such as that presented in the 8th Fire, to change how Canadians feel about First Nations, Métis and Inuit people. I feel the root of that change lies with public education. As journalists, broadcasters, communicators and storytellers, our goal should be to slowly, patiently and systematically begin to change the public perception of First Nations people. We need to replace our negative messages with positive ones. We need to correct inaccuracies and challenge stereotypes.
We also need for all people to challenge racism and stand up for their fellow Canadians. If it is unacceptable to say these comments aloud, it should be just as unacceptable to write them anonymously hiding behind the guise of free speech and freedom of expression. Yes, you can say and write anything you want (within reason), but it doesn’t change the fact that it is wrong and hurtful.
It’s my hope that Mr. and Ms. Anonymous Canadian are watching the 8th Fire. That they hear Wab Kinew’s brilliant storytelling and that a light goes off in their head. We all need to challenge our own misconceptions and prejudices. That change happens one person at a time.
G’chi-Miigwetch Wab and CBC for starting this conversation. It’s up to all of us to carry on it’s message.
Tags: 8th Fire, Awareness, Public Education, stereotypes, Wab Kinew
Category: Podcast | 3 Comments
The Eighth Fire
January 11, 2012, 11:22 am by Bob Goulais
Wab Kinew host of CBC's 8th Fire.
The Anishinaabe were guided in history by stories and teachings known as the Seven Fire prophecies. Long ago, certain individuals (prophets) had visions of the future which came in the form of chapters or “Fires”.
In these seven prophecies, which came long before the first arrival of European settlers, the Anishinaabe were told of the coming of the “light-skinned race”. The prophecies also stated that the Anishinaabe ways would be lost. One eerie line from the prophecy states: “The rivers shall run with poison and the fish would become unfit to eat.” The prophecies speak about a great migration of the Anishinaabe, how their original spiritual way, the Midewiwin, would be depleted, and how they would find their homeland in the Great Lakes region. It also speaks about the struggles the First Nations would have stating: “The cup of life will almost become the cup of grief.”
In the last prophecy, the Seventh Fire, the story speaks of the renewal of the Anishinaabe people. Many contend that the current generation are the people of the Seventh Fire. It speaks of a great peace and reconciliation between the First Nations and the settlers. It speaks directly of a re-kindling of old flames. If these good choices are made, this will light the Eighth and final Fire, an eternal fire of peace, love brotherhood and sisterhood.
Beginning tomorrow at 9 p.m. on CBC, Manitoba Anishinaabe Wab Kinew will present a four-part mini-series entitled “8th Fire”. The documentary will examine the ongoing relationship, current issues, stereotypes and Aboriginal history. As a First Nations rapper and filmmaker, he will be sure to present these subjects in an interesting and humorous way. As the Anishnaabe prophecy goes, this Seventh Generation now has the opportunity to reconcile with the “settler” community and together build the “8th Fire” of peace, justice and harmony.
8th FIRE
A Four Part Mini-series
Beginning this Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 9 p.m.
on CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/8thfire/index.html
Tags: 8th Fire, Anishinaabe, Culture, Midewiwin, Prophesies, TV
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Why can't people live life the way they want?
Tribune Content Agency on Jun 22, 2019
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: Why can't people live life the way they want to when it comes to their own personal morality? Why is it anyone's business? -- I.L.
A: No one lives in the world "alone." The human race was put on Earth to enjoy the benefits given by God. The world needs moral leadership that respects the rights of all men and women -- rights that God designed for our benefit and to give us the greatest potential for leading productive lives. We need a morality that guarantees respect for mothers who mother, for fathers who father, and for all those who live and work together to fulfill God's commandments to pursue our individual destinies. We do not need a new moral order; the world desperately needs the tried and tested moral order that God handed down centuries ago. Unless we turn to the morality that Jesus Christ exemplified, society is doomed!
Many years ago the Secretary of Health and Human Services called for a renewed sense of personal responsibility, stating that Americans were experiencing consequences of unwise choices of behavior and lifestyle. Linked to this is an erosion of those institutions that have generated, shaped and sustained our ethical and cultural standards -- family, neighborhood, school and church.
We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God's moral code. We have glamorized vice and minimized virtue. The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn't make it right. The Ten Commandments are just as valid today as they were when God gave them. They provide the foundation of right living in the sight of God and with others. "We should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age" (Titus 2:12).
(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)
(c)2019 BILLY GRAHAM DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.
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‘It’s not a boy band, it’s a rock band’
Jill Meier
jrmeier@argusleader.com
When I proposed my idea to write a story about Jonas Kulzer and his “boy band,” the 15-year-old, soon-to-be-sophomore at Brandon Valley High, quickly “schooled” me on just how serious he and his rock-n-roll pals are taking the business.
“It’s not a boy band, it’s a rock band,” Kulzer informed.
And Kulzer was right.
I learned that firsthand last week as I sat in on a rehearsal session in the basement of the home of the band’s drummer, Joel Quanbeck.
“When you hear ‘boy band’ you think of ‘N Sync and One Direction,” says Kulzer, who may do a spin or two on stage. “It’s for the funk,” he says. “There’s no synchronization though.”
This youthful rock band, which includes JT Larson on guitar and George Kellog on bass - was rehearsing Saturday evening for what will be their third “official” gig this year. They showed their high school peers just how much they improved from their debut at the middle school’s annual rite of spring, the Spring Fling, as eighth graders.
That was two years ago, and the band didn’t have a drummer at the time.
Then, this past winter, the band took the stage of the Performing Arts Center, and their hard rock, smoke and light show brought the high school variety show crowd to their feet. The band also got some time on the stage early on in the day at Automania this past June.
Nex Door got its start when Larson had a desire to learn to play guitar.
“I actually started the summer after sixth grade and I felt the desire to play guitar because I thought it looked cool. I met a guy named Dave Vanderlinde, who teaches guitar, not by books and chords and stuff, just mainly be ear.”
Larson said Vanderlinde has his students bring in a song and he teaches them how to play that song.
After a year under Vanderlinde’s guidance, Larson joined his church praise band and soon after thought “it would be cool to have a band that I could do whatever I want besides praise music.”
Larson turned to friend and fellow guitar player, George Kellog.
“He’d been playing for about a half a year by then so I asked him if he wanted to play for the talent show in eighth grade and he was up for it,” he said.
Larson and Kellogg initially planned to perform as a guitar duo, but then asked Kulzer to be the band’s front man.
“JT was the starter of it,” Kellogg said. “He kind of showed me something on guitar, and I said, ‘That’s cool.’ ”
The band took the stage at their middle school variety show minus a drummer.
“It was a rock song with no drums,” Quanbeck said.
“That really mellowed it out,” adds Kellogg.
Larson said the band struggled to find a drummer that was until Quanbeck was invited.
“Yeah, George was like, ‘Hey, we need a drummer so you should learn to play drums,’ and I was like, ‘OK,’ so I learned to play drums,” Quanbeck tells.
The band moved its practice sessions from Kellogg’s garage to the Quanbeck basement next door, hence the band name.
“We spent half of time just setting up,” Quanbeck said.
None of the boys played an instrument until taking up the guitar and drums, respectively. In fact, Kulzer is the only one of the four who’s in choir.
For now, Nex Door performs cover songs, largely the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
“They’re a four-piece band and we’re a four-piece band with similar vocal range,” Quanbeck said.
Kulzer describes their music as “modern alternative with a touch of funk rock.”
“We’re doing covers right now but we’re working on some of our own,” he adds.
As for Saturday night’s rehearsal session, well the guys are preparing for their show this Thursday night show at Latitude 44 in Sioux Falls. Kulzer says the band will have about an hour on the stage before the night’s headliner, Universe Contest, takes charge.
The opportunity to take the Sioux Falls stage came on Kulzer’s unwillingness to give up.
“The daytime bartender at Tailgators (where Kulzer works), Michael, he does security for bars and stuff in Sioux Falls and he knows I have a band. I had been bugging him about trying to set up a show. He told me last summer that he was going to have us play at Tailgators and he never did, so I kept bugging him and he said, “Hey, I have this show.’ ”
Larson said the band has been trying to get in at least two or three practices a week in preparation for Thursday’s show.
“Before Automania we tried to get one in a day, but we kind of burned out after a while and we couldn’t really do it for a while, so we took a week off before we got back together and we sounded pretty good,” he said.
“We’re hoping to go pretty far,” Kellogg said. “And a good goal is to get known locally and go from there.”
Helping them “to go pretty far” is Kellogg’s dad, Tony.
“He’s put a lot into this, helping us with funding stuff,” Larson said. “And we are now working on t-shirts and he got us a whole bunch of bumper stickers for free.”
“He’s got all these connections,” Kellogg adds.
As for gaining attention from the girls, the band says there’s a little work to be done there as well.
“You’d think,” Kulzer says, placing his hands on his hips.
“As of right now, it’s George’s younger sister and her friends.”
Who: Nex Door, Brandon teen band
Where: Latitude 44, 201 N. Weber Ave., Sioux Falls
Cost: $6 cover charge. (21 and over, but teens may be accompanied by an adult)
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Thierry de Duve on the invention of art
THIS YEAR, the 1913 Armory Show turns one hundred. That watershed exhibition—together with the emergence of the readymade—has long been seen as a pivotal moment in modernism’s relentlessly revolutionary progress, blowing the category of modern art wide open and ushering in the avant-garde’s signal conditions of shock and rupture. (This centennial will be celebrated by a number of exhibitions and events, including “The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution,” opening at the New-York Historical Society on October 11.)
But what if we’ve missed something? What if our narrative of the avant-garde and the route it traces is too narrow, too easy? And what if, as a result, we have misunderstood our contemporary institutions of art? In a series of essays for Artforum launching this month, historian and philosopher THIERRY DE DUVE returns to the subject of his landmark “The Readymade and the Tube of Paint,” first published in these pages in 1986. If that text changed the way we understood the production of art, de Duve now overturns our understanding of the invention of the avant-garde—and presents Marcel Duchamp anew, as the messenger rather than the creator of a far earlier sea change in culture. Spanning three centuries, de Duve’s provocative argument leads to a riveting reinterpretation of the very concept and status of art.
Piero Manzoni signing a model during the making of a short film for Filmgiornale SEDI, Milan, 1961. © Fondazione Piero Manzoni, Milan.
Theorization comes easily; it requires nothing
more than imagination, fantasy. Myths are
theories that have stiffened. To debunk a myth
is to flex a countertheory.1
—Richard Shiff
THEORIES IN ART HISTORY, as scholar Richard Shiff suggests in this beautiful passage I have chosen as an epigraph, are easily fabricated. And when fabricated theories age, they stiffen but are not abandoned; they become myths. Yet countertheories capable of debunking a myth can be flexed—made pliant and nimble, never contrived or fantasized. Economy of means and amenity toward as many facts as possible are their major qualities. Imagination is not in the art historian’s toolbox.
These days, a seemingly endless stream of books, articles, and questionnaires lament the lack of theory to help us navigate the globalized land- and web-scapes of current art. As Hal Foster has recently written, introducing one such questionnaire on “the contemporary” in the journal October, “such paradigms as ‘the neo-avant-garde’ and ‘postmodernism,’ which once oriented some art and theory, have run into the sand, and, arguably, no models of much explanatory reach or intellectual force have risen in their stead.”2 Although I am not sure that models and paradigms are desirable when it comes to art in the making, I share Foster’s diagnosis that “the neo-avant-garde” and “postmodernism” have run into the sand. Why have they? If there are answers at all to this question, they must be historical; pursuing them is not a task for the critic of the contemporary, but rather for the historian. What are the chances that “the neo-avant-garde” and “postmodernism” were not adequately theorized because the concepts they supposedly replaced or criticized were misconstrued in the first place? Does the malaise around the neo and the post not call for a reassessment—a reappraisal, perhaps, a reinterpretation, certainly—of the avant-garde and modernism?
I want to take a neglected route to such a reassessment: the aesthetic route. It is so rarely followed by art historians that I’m sure my mention of it conjures up specters that have nothing to do with it—paths of influence, evolutions of style, histories of taste, hagiographic biographies of artists, formalist genealogies, epiphanies of visuality, the construction of a canon—all things very foreign to the aesthetic route as I conceive of it, which is more like a brand of social art history pursuing an investigation dictated by aesthetic questions. First of all, as a road—a way for getting from A to B, a method for moving in culture and gathering information along the way—the aesthetic route is a line of inquiry, but it is not necessarily narrative or chronological; it can also follow a logical reasoning, a philosophical reflection, an introspection, or an aesthetic judgment, all mental acts that are extratemporal or reflexive. The vast majority of the sources consulted along the way are not aesthetic, but why they are consulted is often motivated by the desire to find or construct aesthetic facts. Second, the aesthetic route starts from the following premise: Works of art proceed from decisions of all kinds—technical, ideological, economic, to name just a few—some of which are aesthetic or have a determining aesthetic component. Those are crucial to the status of the works as art, as works of art. Whatever the medium of a work of art, aesthetic decision is the stuff it is made of. Or, to put things slightly differently:Whatever other decisions enter the work, aesthetic decision has the last word. There is no exception to this law; I am not saying that aesthetic decision should have the last word, I am stating a fact. For example, when the “director’s cut” of a film is released years after the producers’ version, we are not witnessing the vindication of aesthetic decisions over commercial ones. The latter are also aesthetic decisions; though motivated by profit, they are nevertheless aesthetic. Moreover, the commercial reasons adduced also boil down to aesthetic ones, since they are dictated by speculations about the aesthetic preferences of the film’s targeted audience. Consequently, a great deal of the aesthetic decisions entering a work of art are not made by the artist. Most are actually default decisions handed down to the artist by previous artists, by the artist’s tradition, teachers, patrons, commissioners, or employers. Some are anachronic, inasmuch as they find their way back into the work seemingly against the flow of time. Such are the judgments of the critics, the work’s reception by a narrow or broad audience, its integration into the discourse of art history, its assimilation by the culture or by society at large.
Finally, as a retracing of historical steps, the aesthetic route does not set norms; it deals with aesthetic decisions that have already been made, whether they are embedded in the works themselves or found in artists’ manuals, manifestos, art criticism, and so on. The aesthetic route only becomes prescriptive—but still not normative—with the aesthetic decisions of the one who walks it, at which point it may or may not ask for a revision of the historical record. For art historians to put their own judgments on the block is an important way of recognizing that their intervention in the construction of a canon—where prescription does become norm—is an open-ended process, always vulnerable to the verdicts of future generations. Actually, once an aesthetic route has been traveled and is retrospectively examined, it produces a self-conscious art-historical “narrative” best described as aesthetic jurisprudence—a concept much less authoritarian than that of a canon. Works of art regularly summon and are summoned by other works of art to appear in a permanently active court of appeals—a court that is prone to protect the verdicts of the past against aesthetic revisionism dictated by current fashions and also ready to revise them when new historical questions are raised, new objects of study surface, new ways of art writing prove necessary. Now, to quote Fareed Zakaria, my favorite political commentator: Let’s get started.
THE FRENCH TO BE PARDONED in this essay’s title is the exclamation “N’importe quoi!” uttered in a tone of exasperation or unmitigated contempt during a conversation about contemporary art, with eyes rolled to the ceiling, a pouting mouth spewing lament, a deep sigh, a shrug of the shoulders, or a dismissive gesture of the hand. Although its dictionary translation would give you a puritan “whatever,” “Anything goes! @#?*!#!” is more like it—pronounced, of course, with expletives, in the same exasperated tone. The semantic range of the expression is staggeringly wide but always derogatory, from a menial “My two-year old can do that” to a scatological “It’s crap,” via the usual demagogical protest against elitism and hermeticism. Applied indiscriminately, “N’importe quoi!” accuses contemporary art of being empty, ridiculous, banal, random, arrogant, badly made, meaningless, obscene, absurd, stupid, obscure, grotesque, ugly, purely commercial, merely technical, creepy, incomprehensible, snobbish, shocking for the sake of shocking, worthless, disgusting, childish, or worse, infantile—or all of the above. (It would be fun to illustrate each one of these epithets with a work by Paul McCarthy—which really says something about the quality and relevance of that artist’s oeuvre.)
It is sometimes useful to adopt the point of view of the adversary when looking for some truth too well hidden or too blatantly displayed. The grain of truth in “N’importe quoi!” lies in what the expression literally says rather than in the aggressive feelings it conveys or the severe judgment it expresses. People who use it as a blanket term to eruct against what they perceive as the decadence or the insignificance of contemporary art unwittingly recognize that n’importe quoi can, today, be art. Anything goes, indeed. Please note that I’m not saying: Anything can be contemporary art. I’m saying: Anything can be art, today. I want to avoid assuming a category of contemporary art recursively defined by its openness to the n’importe quoi, however positively viewed or subtly analyzed.3 Such a category implies that some of today’s artists are not contemporary because, for them, it is not true that anything goes. Let us dodge that misunderstanding straightaway. In my view, “Anything goes” is not at all a paradoxical rule of artmaking that removes all rules and that artists are at liberty to endorse or not. Rather, it is a condition that all contemporary artists share because it is not one of their making.
Stripped of its anger or its anxiety, “Anything goes” states a fact of our cultural moment: It is nowadays technically feasibleand institutionally legitimate to make art from anything whatsoever. Such is the starting point of this series of articles—its starting point but not its thesis. I have no intention of demonstrating that anything can be art, or, for that matter, of proving the opposite. Both attempts are futile because they are out of reach. I would have to review, one by one, all the materials, forms, mediums, styles, contents, and tools available to artists, and never come across even one material, form, medium, style, content, or tool that could not possibly yield art. Only if my quest were demonstrably infinite would I have made my point. But my point is not demonstrable, precisely for the reason that the quest is infinite. There is thus no empirical proof that everything can be art, and no empirical proof, either, of the contrary. I am happy for the time being to call my starting point a postulate, and to beg the reader to adopt it as if it were an established fact. What matters is whether it is fruitful.
THE “ANYTHING GOES” CONDITION seems to be a relatively recent phenomenon. Neither a court painter under the Ming dynasty nor a Baroque sculptor working for the church was allowed such unbridled freedom. The relevant question is thus: Since when? Since when is it the case that anything can be art? Let the answer take the shape of one of the Boîtes noires (Black Boxes) made in 1962 by the French artist Ben Vautier, who signs his works “Ben.”
Pardon my French, or rather Ben’s, as scrawled on the side of his object: DEPUIS DUCHAMP ON PEUT METTRE N’IMPORTE QUOI DANS CETTE BOÎTE (since Duchamp one is allowed to put anything into this box). With tongue-in-cheek (and quite Duchampian) humor, Ben acknowledges his illustrious predecessor, Marcel Duchamp, for having made it possible to put anything into the box—the drawer, the folder, the concept, the category—of art. That Ben’s Black Box should be interpreted as the “box of art” is implied by its own claim to the name of art and by the status of its author as an artist who openly walks in the footsteps of his chosen master: I, Ben Vautier, feel authorized by Duchamp to make art out of whatever I fancy, and you may feel the same. I’m bringing you the good news—or is it a warning?—that anything whatsoever fits in the art box. Since when? Since Duchamp.
From our contemporary vantage point, more than a decade into the twenty-first century, Ben’s answer sounds so self-evident that we must pause in order to unpack the reasoning behind it. First, to what exact time frame does “since Duchamp” refer? Duchamp was born in 1887 and died in 1968. To put things pompously, in the Latin dear to art historians, 1887 provides the terminus post quem and 1962 the terminus ante quem of our question. If we take Ben’s word for it, this means the concept of art was not open to the arrival of the n’importe quoi before Duchamp’s birth—giving him a couple of decades to grow up and mature, this pushes the date to the 1910s—and has already registered the n’importe quoi by 1962, the date of Ben’s Black Box. Duchamp was still alive when Ben bounced back to him the news he himself had been the first to broadcast. As we shall see, the proper dating of “since Duchamp” involves both the 1910s and the 1960s, but let’s not rush, for Ben’s box prompts another question, which we should address first. What particular achievement of Duchamp’s does Ben have in mind?
The latter’s own practice of signing found objects makes it clear that “since Duchamp” does not mean since Duchamp’s Large Glass, 1915–23, or Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2), 1912. Ben’s box is willing to accommodate anything and everything because it already contains all of Duchamp’s readymades, from the Bicycle Wheel of 1913 to the urinal called Fountain of 1917, once the most infamous and now, if we are to believe a 2004 poll of five hundred art experts, “the most influential modern art work of all time.”4 Pace the experts, influential is the wrong word. Ben was not influenced by Duchamp. He felt authorized by Duchamp, which is quite different. Whether it is by Duchamp that he felt authorized is not even so clear: Since Duchamp doesn’t mean thanks to Duchamp. Ben must have sensed the pressure as much as the liberation, and he felt compelled to burn his bridges.Duchamp’s authorization closed down on him in such a way that he had no choice but to act on his subjective impression that, since Duchamp’s readymades, since Fountain, all artists have received permission to make art from whatever they want. He might even have sensed that “all artists” is too restrictive: The impersonal on peut . . . suggests “anyone” instead. Let Fountain thus summarize, symbolize, or epitomize the reasoning behind Ben’s Black Box: When a urinal is art, then anything and everything can be art, and chances are that anybody can be an artist. Fountain’s presence in the art box legitimates the subsequent landing of any imaginable thing in it and the potential promotion of the man on the street to the rank of artist. Ben knows what he owes Duchamp: precisely the news his Black Box broadcasts. In spite of his egomania (true or feigned, often boasted), there is humility in his Black Box, as if he were saying: Duchamp is the real messenger and I, Ben, am only acknowledging receipt of his telegram and passing it on.
We might say that in 1917—the date Fountain proudly bears, along with the mysterious signature “R. Mutt”—Duchamp put a message in the mail, and that it had surely arrived by 1962. Ben’s Black Box is an acknowledgment of receipt. It registers the fact that Fountain has landed in the art box. Dates are symbolic as much as factual: They form constellations, as Walter Benjamin would say, clusters of events and meanings, anticipations, belated effects. DEPUIS DUCHAMP is a conundrum of reception history framed by the 1910s, the decade of the first readymades, and the ’60s, the decade when the art world as a whole seems to reconfigure itself as post-Duchamp.
The year 1962 is as good a symbolic date to start from as any. It was a prolific year for Ben. Daniel Spoerri and Arman had briefed him on Duchamp a few years before; he had recently met George Maciunas in London and joined Fluxus; he was assimilating John Cage while still revering Isidore Isou; he was jealous of Yves Klein’s megalomania and admiring George Brecht for making art from the simplest acts of everyday life; he was sending letters to the winds not knowing yet they were mail art; he was reveling in Duchamp’s authorization with a sense of exhilarated omnipotence. In fact, he was so inebriated by his new liberty that he frantically began to appropriate and sign everything, including God.5 At the time, Ben was far from being the only artist to feel excited and empowered by Duchamp’s readymades. Arman, also living in Nice, France, was churning out “Accumulations” by the dozen, while in New York, Claes Oldenburg was putting an extraordinary bric-a-brac of mock commodities, painted with streaks of strident colors, up for sale in The Store. And then, of course, there was Andy Warhol. The poet, artist, and AIDS activist John Giorno recalls an evening in May 1963, when he and Warhol went to an opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art and met Duchamp for the first time. Here is Giorno’s account of the event:
There was a crowd, a big semicircle of people at the museum entrance waiting to get in. Andy and I stood on the hot tar street at the edge of the crowd, and waited.
Someone famous arrived in a taxi. An invisible energy rippled through the mass of people, a visceral, tangible wave of excitement. “It’s like royalty arriving,” I said, “or a movie star. Who?”
“Duchamp!” said Andy.
“Have you met?”
“No!” Andy became very excited, overwrought. His forehead sweated and he started shaking, his hands and body trembled. He pushed his way through the crowd, and pushed faster, carving a path, bumped and knocked into people, who gave him dirty looks, and was rushing somewhere. I held on with two fingers to the sleeve of Andy’s loose sport shirt, and got swept along with him. I understood the expression, holding on to somebody’s coat tails. I didn’t know what was happening, but I was not going to get left behind. It was like water skiing, or surfing on wind, we were going so fast I could feel the wind. It was the only time I ever saw Andy do anything physically aggressive. We forged a semicircle through the crowd, and landed at the curb directly in front of the museum entrance.
Duchamp, from the taxi, walked straight into Andy, and there stood David Whitney, waiting to receive Duchamp for the museum, who by chance, introduced them. Perfectly timed!
“Ohhh!” said Andy. Duchamp and Andy shook hands, and looked in each other’s eyes. Duchamp looked into Andy’s eyes, and nodded his head imperceptibly. In the instant, he acknowledged Andy, knew his work, and approved. They had a great, non-verbal moment of communication, beyond thought.6
This is the very stuff of mythmaking. It is not Warhol acknowledging Duchamp’s telegram—he had done so brilliantly a year earlier with his exhibition of row after row of Campbell’s Soup Cans on shelves at Irving Blum’s Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. It is Warhol engineering Duchamp’s acknowledgment in return. The story may be apocryphal. Other sources have Warhol meeting Duchamp at the opening of the latter’s retrospective, “By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy” at the Pasadena Art (now Norton Simon) Museum in Pasadena, California, five months later, in October 1963. Warhol would have scheduled his next show at Ferus within days to make sure the encounter would happen. Either way, Warhol’s eagerness to meet the great man is on the record, and the year of their meeting is definitely 1963.
Curated by the ever-alert Walter Hopps, “By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy” was the artist’s very first museum survey. Already a cult figure among au courant artists, he was not totally unknown, but his works had seldom been seen outside of the rare exhibition (either a large group museum survey or small gallery exhibitions up for a short time, including the important 1953 Sidney Janis show on Dada in New York), with the exception of those in the Arensberg Collection, on view in Chicago in 1949 and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1954. Although Life magazine had published a remarkably well-informed article by Winthrop Sargeant as early as 1952, Duchamp’s reputation with the average citizen was rarely more specific than the image of an eccentric artist who preferred playing chess to making works.7 The 1963 Pasadena retrospective suddenly changed that. Not that chess and eccentricity were replaced overnight by more serious information: The most spectacular photo of Duchamp at the time shows the artist playing chess in the exhibition with a naked woman.8 But it was the first comprehensive display of his oeuvre a large audience was likely to attend. Thus far only art-world insiders had a sense of his importance; now his star was rising fast. As the decade moved on, his work was increasingly perceived as more relevant to current practices than Picasso’s. Reviewing Duchamp’s retrospective at the Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery in 1965 for the New York Times, John Canaday estimated that Duchamp was “about even with Picasso . . . as the living godhead of modern art,” only to add:
Picasso, if you are a Duchamp man, is left behind in a cloud of intellectual dust as the last of the humanists, while Duchamp is the man who knows that nothing—art least of all—is important, but that all of it can be fun.9
Artists were registering the fun and lack of importance of art in a variety of ways that belied Canaday’s comment more often than not. Duchamp’s American reception by Oldenburg and Warhol’s generation of Pop artists had been prepared in the ’50s by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, not to mention John Cage, Merce Cunningham, David Tudor, and others, for whom chance, lightness, and freedom in art were more than just fun. The timing and the seriousness were similar in Europe for Richard Hamilton and the British inventors of Pop art, as well as for Klein and Manzoni, soon followed by Ben, Arman, the Nouveaux Réalistes and the Fluxus artists. By the mid-’60s, virtually all significant young artists on both sides of the Atlantic, South America included, had their eyes on Duchamp or were under his spell. Probably the most literal reception of Duchamp’s message was a mock public toilet installed by Roberto Platé at the “Experiencias 1968” show at the Instituto Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires.10 And a year later, once Conceptual art had begun to receive official recognition and Duchamp had passed away, extravagant claims began to be made on his behalf. In his seminal 1969 text Art After Philosophy, Joseph Kosuth went so far as to profess: “The function of art, as a question, was first raised by Marcel Duchamp. In fact it is Marcel Duchamp whom we can credit with giving art its own identity.”11 A claim this bold should give us pause. Was art devoid of identity before Duchamp? Or did Duchamp single-handedly change the identity of art? Did Kosuth not mistake the messenger of an ontological metamorphosis for its author? Was this metamorphosis really ontological?
The big questions will have to wait. From the point of view of the question “Since when?” Kosuth’s claim is a sure sign that Duchamp’s telegram had arrived. By the end of the ’60s, it was in everyone’s mailbox, and everyone was hurrying to find an adequate response. Between Ben’s (the most straightfoward) and Kosuth’s (the most elaborate) a small decade had passed, in which the most pervasive response, the most successful because the most promising and liberating, was already contained in the reasoning behind Ben’s Black Box. I’ll call it the Duchamp syllogism: When a urinal is art, anything can be art; and when anything can be art, anybody can be an artist. Pardon my French, or rather Robert Filliou’s, this time: “Oui, oui, voilà, oui! Tout le monde sera un artiste.” The future tense is telling. It is the signature of utopian thinking.
Next month: “Part II: Don’t Shoot the Messenger”
Thierry De Duve is presently Kirk Varnedoe visiting professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Research toward this series was facilitated by grants received from the Getty Research Institute, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art.
1. Richard Shiff, “Every Shiny Object Wants an Infant Who Will Love It,” Art Journal 70, no. 1 (2011): 11.
2. Hal Foster, “Questionnaire on ‘The Contemporary,’” October, no. 130 (Fall 2009): 3.
3. For such a subtle analysis, see Terry Smith, What Is Contemporary Art? (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009).
4. “A white gentlemen’s urinal has been named the most influential modern art work of all time. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain came top of a poll of 500 art experts in the run-up to this year’s Turner Prize which takes place on Monday. Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) was second, with Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych from 1962 coming third.” “Duchamp’s Urinal tops art survey” BBC News, last modified December 1, 2004, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4059997.stm.
5. The most complete list of things, gestures, ideas, and claims constituting Ben’s art practice in 1962 is to be found in Moi, Ben, je signe, a mimeographed pamphlet he issued in 1963. An augmented facsimile edition was published by Lebeer Hossmann Éditeurs, Brussels, in 1975. See pp. 12–18.
6. John Giorno, “A Letter to the Editor,” in Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp/Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh: Andy Warhol Museum, 2010), 22. Published as a brochure in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name.
7. Winthrop Sargeant, “Dada’s Daddy,”Life, April 28, 1952, 100–108, 111.
8. Her name is Eve Babitz. She is alive and well, and a witty member of the LA art scene, who knows how to prolong her “fifteen minutes of fame.”
9. John Canaday, “Leonardo Duchamp,” New York Times, January 17, 1965, X19. Rosalind Krauss, for her part, sees in “Duchamp’s eclipse of Picasso as the most important artist of the century” one of the three things that “happened to make it irrefutable that the specific medium had fallen onto the trash heap of history.” Krauss, Under Blue Cup (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011), 20.
10. The work was among the counterproposals submitted to Jorge Romero Brest, the director of the Instituto Torcuato di Tella, where the show was held, when the artists (among them David Lamelas, Oscar Bony, and Antonio Trotta) refused the theme of the relations between art and technology he had first proposed. See Jorge Glusberg, Art in Argentina (Milan: Giancarlo Politi, 1986), 17–18.
11. Joseph Kosuth, “Art After Philosophy” in Art After Philosophy and After (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991), 18.
— Thierry de Duve
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Fact check: The term, which some consider to be derogatory towards migrants, refers to the process by U.S. officials who apprehended certain migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border and released them into the custody of relatives already living in the U.S., and giving migrants a notice to appear in court several weeks later.
The Trump administration had sought to end the practice following 2019's massive spike in the number of Central American families seeking asylum in the United States. At several points during the height of the crisis, border officials released migrant families directly into the streets of border communities because they ran out of holding space.
Since then, the practice of releasing migrants after they are apprehended has largely ended, in great part because most migrants are immediately sent back to Mexico after agents apprehend them at the border due to COVID-19 restrictions.
However, the federal government's own statistics show that not every migrant is expelled. Some of those individuals taken into custody are placed into immigration detention, while other families are released to the care of migrants shelters in U.S. cities, such as Tucson, and then to the custody of relatives.
Additionally, Trump claimed Tuesday that the migrants who are released failed to show up to their scheduled court hearings and "disappear into the country," he said.
But Austin Kocker, a researcher with Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, said that is immigration data they have compiled show that is not the case.
"Families that were released at the border, almost 85% of them attended all of their immigration hearings, all of them," Kocher said. "The truth is, and the data is there, it's not a political statement, it's just fact that the vast majority of them go to all their hearings."
Stopping asylum fraud
Trump's comments: "One of the biggest loopholes we closed is asylum fraud. Under the old, broken system, if you merely requested asylum, you were released into the country, the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever seen. ... We instituted a series of historic policy changes to shut down asylum fraud, and that's what we did. This includes the groundbreaking agreement with Mexico, known as Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP."
"This one measure alone (MPP) ended a humanitarian crisis and saved countless lives, and especially, I have to say, lives from crime."
Fact check: Arguably, the most consequential immigration policies from the Trump administration will be its overhaul of the asylum process. Through a series of rule changes and agreements with neighboring countries, the Trump administration has severely restricted access to asylum.
Not all of their attempts were successful. Numerous federal courts blocked changes, such as a ban on asylum for migrants who did not first seek asylum in another country they passed to get to the United States. And the rule change that would have barred migrants from asylum if they had crossed the border illegally.
But the Trump administration has had some successes. Chief among them is the Migrant Protection Protocols, or "Remain in Mexico," under which the U.S. government has sent over 68,000 migrants to await their proceedings from Mexico.
His administration also entered into asylum agreements with several Central American countries, even though many of the asylum seekers were fleeing conditions in those countries.
"What we have seen in the entire years of the Trump administration is that if one policy was blocked in court, they just came out with another one. And then when it came to asylum seekers, no act of bureaucratic cruelty was too small nor legal arguments too weak to make," said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel with the American Immigration Council.
The Migrant Protection Protocols are the subject of widespread criticism by legal and migrant advocacy groups. The groups assert that the Trump administration has put migrants in danger by forcing them to live in precarious conditions, subject to violence and extortion, in Mexican border cities for an undetermined amount of time.
The wall helped stop COVID-19
Trump's comments: "In Tijuana and various parts of Mexico, the COVID ... the invisible enemy has been very tough on Mexico. And we have areas along the border where we're in great shape because of right there, because of that (gestures to wall). We're in great shape but on the other side, in Mexico, they're suffering greatly with the virus."
Fact check: Mexico has indeed been one of the hardest hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government in Mexico City reported 1.5 million confirmed cases and more than 134,000 deaths as of Tuesday evening. But access to testing and treatment is limited so the number of cases is widely believed to be much higher.
By most metrics, it appears the United States is in a much worse situation. Numerous states, including several along the border, including Arizona and California, have among highest infection rates in the world.
Additionally, several border cities on both sides of the border continue to be epicenters of the disease, regardless of the physical barriers between them. For example, the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez binational urban area was ravaged by COVID-19 in the fall.
In Arizona, the border cities of Nogales and Yuma continue having the worst infection rates within the state, while their sister cities in Sonora, Nogales and San Luis Rio Colorado respectively, remain epicenters as well.
The border wall has almost no impact on stopping COVID-19 because thousands of people cross the border each day legally at one of the 48 border crossings between the two countries.
Even though Mexican visitors are restricted from crossing into the U.S. at this time, the same is not true for U.S. visitors, who can travel unrestricted into Mexico, including through airports to destination sites such as Cancun or Cabo San Lucas.
Increase in human smuggling
Trump's comments: "If our border security measures are reversed, it will trigger a tidal wave of illegal immigration, a wave like you have never seen before. I can tell you that already, waves are starting to come up from 2,000 and 1,000 and 500 miles away. We see what's coming and they're coming because they think it's a gravy train at the end... this will be an unmitigated calamity for national security, public safety and public health."
"At this very moment smugglers and coyotes are preparing to surge the border if our policies are loosened. They are literally waiting, big, big groups of people, some of them very unsavory I might add. This is an entirely preventable tragedy waiting to happen."
Fact check: U.S. border officials under the Trump administration have been issuing similar warnings since before the election, to defend their policies and criticize efforts to repeal or roll them back.
Border security experts agreed that more migrants could make attempts to reach the U.S.-Mexico border after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Even the president-elect has acknowledged that risk in order to temper down expectations.
"The last thing we need is to say we’re going to stop immediately, the access to asylum, the way it’s being run now, and then end up with 2 million people on our border,” Biden told reporters last month, saying it would take time to undo Trump's immigration policies.
However, some of those impacts are already being felt. For example, human smuggling activity has increased dramatically along the U.S.-Mexico border. In southern Arizona, dangerous smuggling tactics such as high-speed pursuits and stash houses have rebounded over the past year.
A main reason behind the surge, according to federal and local law enforcement, are Trump's current border policies, which are forcing migrants to choose riskier methods in order to flee desperate living conditions in Mexico, or can attempt multiple crossings knowing agents will simply expel them back into Mexico with little consequences.
AZ lawmakers who pushed 'Stop the Steal' face scrutiny for presence at riot Arizonans 65 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Arizona hospital leaders warn of possible rationing care These celebrities call metro Phoenix home
Terrorism at the southern border
Trump's comments: "We have terrorists from the Middle East coming into our country through the southern border. That was before what you see right here (the wall), because it was easier to come into our country through the southern border than it was through airports or any other means."
Fact check: Even though Trump and his top officials have made this claim on numerous occasions, they have yet to provide any proof or evidence of terrorists entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border.
In its most recent terrorism report, the U.S. State Department found that while the "southern border remains vulnerable to potential terrorist transit," there was "no credible evidence indicating international terrorist groups established bases in Mexico, worked directly with Mexican drug cartels, or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States."
Have any news tips or story ideas about the U.S.-Mexico border? Reach the reporter at rafael.carranza@arizonarepublic.com, or follow him on Twitter at @RafaelCarranza.
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Editorial Feature
A World First: Combining Flow Batteries with Tidal Power to Create Hydrogen
By Brett Smith, B.A.Nov 19 2020
Image Credit: Breedfoto/Shutterstock.com
In November, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland announced it would be installing a 1.8-MWh flow battery at the organization’s tidal energy pilot site on the Scottish island of Eday.
This novel blend of tidal power technology and flow battery technology powers EMEC’s on-site hydrogen production facility. The setup will allow for continuous green hydrogen production from a variable renewable energy source. Produced by the UK-based Invinity Energy Systems, the flow battery system to be utilized at the EMEC tidal facility will be assembled from eight separate modules. The project is expected to go live by the end of 2021.
Video Credit: redT energy/YouTube.com
Dependent upon rising or falling tides, tidal power is predictable yet highly variable. There are four inherent cycles to tidal energy each day. By comparison, solar energy has just one charge and discharge cycle per day.
Due to this variability, power storage is necessary to properly regulate tidal power technology as an energy source. With conventional lithium-ion batteries degrading significantly over time, flow battery technology has emerged as a promising alternative. After a technical review of its system, the EMEC established that flow batteries would be ideal for its use of tidal power for hydrogen production.
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At the EMEC’s facility, the flow battery will capture electricity generated during periods of high-power generation so it can be discharged during low power periods, creating on-demand electricity to make hydrogen through the use of a 670-kW electrolyzer.
The Power of Tides
The gravitational draw of the sun and moon combined with the Earth's rotation result in rising and falling tides. In some areas, tides can rise and fall by as much as 40 feet. Around 1,000 years ago, Europeans harnessed the tides to power grain mills. Today, tidal power technology can generate substantial amounts of electricity, but only if there is a tidal range of 10 feet or more.
A common kind of tidal power installation uses a dam-like structure known as a barrage. Installed across an ocean inlet, the barrage uses sluice gates to manage water amounts and flow rates that pass through a turbine system. This system can generate electricity from both rising and falling tides. There are a number of barrages in operation around the world. The facility with the biggest power capacity at 254 megawatts (MW) is in South Korea. The oldest tidal power plant in France has a 240 MW capacity.
With a bladed rotor that powers a generator, tidal turbines are comparable to wind turbines. Tidal turbines can be put directly on the ocean floor, where a robust tidal flow can take place. As water is much denser than air, tidal turbines need to be more durable than wind turbines. Tidal turbines are also more costly to build. However, they are able to capture more energy on the blades of the same size.
A commonly cited drawback of tidal power technology is its potential impact on animals and plants in the surrounding ecosystem. Tidal barrages can alter the tidal level significantly and boost turbidity (the quantity of matter suspended in the water).
Flow Batteries
Flow battery technology is distinct from conventional batteries in that it is based on a liquid electrolyte that is kept in external tanks, as opposed to within the cell itself. In this arrangement, the energy-supplying electrolyte is separated from the power production in the same way an automobile has a fuel tank that is separate from a combustion engine. Just as a bigger gas tank means a longer-lasting power supply for a vehicle, a bigger electrolyte tank means a longer power supply from a flow battery.
Flow battery technology seems to be superior to lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in many different respects. Arguably, the greatest cause of degradation in Li-ion batteries is energy throughput, which is tied to the number of charge-discharge cycles. Data from flow battery manufacturers has indicated that the degradation of this technology is less than that of Li-ion batteries. Time-dependent degradation, also a concern with Li-ion batteries, occurs as a battery's electrolyte reacts with the electrode. Some flow batteries are designed to combat this type of degradation by automatically draining the electrolyte when the battery is not in use.
This project will also be notable for its production of so-called ‘green hydrogen,’- hydrogen fuel made without any carbon emissions.
On its website, EMEC notes that hydrogen production is effective for overcoming energy limitations imposed by the grid. In 2017, the organization began hydrogen production using tidal energy supplied by two tidal energy clients.
Advocates say green hydrogen can be a sustainable replacement for fossil fuels, and a switch to this fuel would be a massive step toward complete decarbonization of both transportation and heavy industry. Advocates also say the emergence of a green hydrogen industry could generate tens of thousands of jobs and add substantial value to any economy.
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The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd. (2020) Press Release: Flow Batteries to Combine with Tidal Power to Produce World’s First Continuous Green Hydrogen. [Online] Available at: http://www.emec.org.uk/flow-batteries-combine-with-tidal-power-to-produce-green-hydrogen/
United States Energy Information Administration. Hydropower explained – Tidal Power. [Online] Available at: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/hydropower/tidal-power.php
Daggett, J. (2019) Can Flow Batteries Compete with Li-ion? DNV GL. [Online] Available at: https://blogs.dnvgl.com/energy/can-flow-batteries-compete-with-li-ion
The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd. Hydrogen Production Plant. [Online] Available at: http://www.emec.org.uk/facilities/hydrogen/
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the author expressed in their private capacity and do not necessarily represent the views of AZoM.com Limited T/A AZoNetwork the owner and operator of this website. This disclaimer forms part of the Terms and conditions of use of this website.
Brett Smith
Brett Smith is an American freelance writer with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Buffalo State College and has 8 years of experience working in a professional laboratory.
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Quarterly Financial Report
Quarterly Financial Report for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2012
Statement Outlining Results, Risks and Significant Changes in Operations, Personnel and Programs
This quarterly report has been prepared by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) as required by section 65.1 of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) and in the form and manner prescribed by the Treasury Board (TB). This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) and (B) as well as Canada's Economic Action Plan 2012 (Budget 2012) for fiscal year 2012–2013.
The quarterly report has not been subject to an independent audit or review.
1.1 Library and Archives Canada's Mandate
Library and Archives Canada is a portfolio organization of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Created in 2004 under the Library and Archives of Canada Act, its mandate is as follows:
to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations;
to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada as a free and democratic society;
to facilitate in Canada co-operation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation, and diffusion of knowledge; and
to serve as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.
1.2 Basis of Presentation
This quarterly report has been prepared by LAC using an expenditure basis of accounting. The accompanying Statement of Authorities includes LAC's spending authorities granted by Parliament and those used by the institution, consistent with the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) and (B) for the 2012–2013 fiscal year. This quarterly report has been prepared using a special purpose financial reporting framework designed to meet financial information needs with respect to the use of spending authorities.
The authority of Parliament is required before monies can be spent by the Government. Approvals are given in the form of annually approved limits through appropriation acts or through legislation in the form of statutory spending authority for specific purposes.
When Parliament is dissolved for the purposes of a general election, section 30 of the Financial Administration Act authorizes the Governor General, under certain conditions, to issue a special warrant authorizing the Government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. A special warrant is deemed to be an appropriation for the fiscal year in which it is issued.
LAC uses the full accrual method of accounting to prepare and present its annual departmental financial statements that are part of the departmental performance reporting process. However, the spending authorities voted by Parliament remain on an expenditure basis.
As part of the Parliamentary business of supply, the Main Estimates must be tabled in Parliament on or before March 1 preceding the new fiscal year. Budget 2012 was tabled in Parliament on March 29, after the tabling of the Main Estimates on February 28, 2012. As a result, the measures announced in the Budget 2012 could not be reflected in the 2012–2013 Main Estimates.
In fiscal year 2012–2013, frozen allotments will be established by Treasury Board authority in departmental votes to prohibit the spending of funds identified as savings in Budget 2012. In future years, the changes to departmental authorities will be implemented through the Annual Reference Level Update, as approved by Treasury Board, and reflected in the subsequent Main Estimates tabled in Parliament.
2. Highlights of Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year-to-Date (YTD) Results
2.1 Statement of Authorities
As reflected in the attached Statement of Authorities, total authorities available for use as of December 31 are $123.1 million in 2012–2013, and $124 million in 2011–2012. The following graph outlines the detailed breakdown of authorities by fiscal year:
Detailed Breakdown of Authorities
(in dollars)
The following table indicates the detailed breakdown of authorities. Displayed are the numbers, in dollars, for detailed authorities for the quarters ending December 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011.
For the quarter ended December 31, 2012
Main Estimates
Supplementary Estimates (A)
Supplementary Estimates (B) 0 445,805
Proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets
Paylist Requirements Vote 3,421,767 6,787,798
Vote 25–Operating Budget Carry Forward
Compensation Adjustments Vote 0 25,582
Total authorities
The overall net decrease of $0.9 million in total available authorities for use between the two fiscal years is mainly due to the following:
an increase of $8.7 million for the conversion of a facility in Gatineau, Quebec, as a collection storage facility with a high-density shelving system;
a decrease of $3.6 million for the permanent transfer of resources to Shared Services Canada (SSC) for the Administrative Services Review (ASR);
a decrease of $3.3 million for the reimbursement of paylist expenditures;
a decrease of $2.2 million received as Operating Budget Carry Forward;
a net decrease of $0.5 million in employee benefits plans (statutory) and funding received for compensation adjustments to fund the increased personnel costs of collective agreements;
a decrease of $0.2 million for the transfer of resources from Canadian Heritage for film acquisition and preservation activities under the Preservation and Access Component of the Canadian Feature Film Policy;
an increase of $0.1 million for the permanent transfer of resources from Public Works and Government Services Canada related to the custodianship of the Nitrate Film Preservation Facility; and
an increase of $0.1 million from the disposal of surplus Crown assets.
2.2 Statement of Departmental Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object
The year-to-date expenditures for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 are comparable to those of the same quarter in 2011–2012, except for the following variances:
There is a significant difference in Personnel expenditures. The decrease of $5.3 million ($62.7 million in 2012–2013 and $68 million in 2011–2012) is mainly explained by:
a decrease of $4.9 million paid out in severance pay to LAC employees following the ratification of new collective agreements; and
a net decrease of $0.4 million in salary expenditures related to workforce adjustment such as transition support measures as well as savings resulting from employee departures.
A significant increase of $13.6 million ($13.7 million in 2012–2013 and $0.1 million in 2011–2012) in expenditures for Acquisition of Land, Buildings and Works is mainly explained by capital expenditures related to construction work carried out to convert a facility in Gatineau, Quebec, to a collection storage facility with a high-density shelving system. This construction work started in late December 2011, which explains why there were very little capital expenditures reported at this date last fiscal year.
A significant decrease of $2.2 million ($3.1 million in 2012–2013 and $5.3 million in 2011–2012) in Professional and Special Services is due primarily to the awarding of fewer contracts for management and information technology consulting services and temporary help services. Furthermore, LAC's new multi-tenant building situation enables it to share a portion of its commissionaire costs with other tenants.
A significant decrease of $1.1 million ($25 thousand in 2012–2013 and $1.2 million in 2011–2012) in Transfer Payments resulting from Economic Action Plan 2012 (Budget 2012) Implementation is related to the elimination of the National Archival Development Program (NADP).
As a result of the creation of SSC on August 4, 2011, and the subsequent passing of Order-in-Council P.C. 2011–1297 on November 15, 2011, certain responsibilities across 43 departments and agencies were transferred to SSC. Consequently, LAC had no expenditures related to these responsibilities in 2012–2013 (although it did for this quarter in 2011–2012). These mainly relate to Personnel; Transportation and Communications; Rentals; Repair and Maintenance; and Acquisition of Machinery and Equipment.
3. Risks and Uncertainties
LAC faces four strategic risks in achieving its mandate:
That essential documentary heritage not be acquired;
That documentary heritage not be preserved for future generations;
That documentary heritage not be accessible to Canadians; and
That Government of Canada information resources not be managed properly.
Since 2009, LAC is reviewing its activities and processes to make the most of the opportunities brought about by the digital information age. The implementation of these new ways of doing business is also aimed at mitigating the four strategic risks.
The modernization initiative in itself exposes the institution to various operational and horizontal risks that could affect its success. The principal areas of operational risk include innovation management, integrated resource management, information technologies, service delivery, and future skills development. LAC’s strategy to mitigate these risks is made up a number of innovative initiatives specific to each risk.
As announced in Budget 2012, LAC's annual departmental budget will be reduced by $9.6 million by 2014–2015, a decrease of approximately 10% of its total budget. Personnel represents the single largest category of expenditures for LAC. Considering that departments no longer receive funding for compensation adjustments related to negotiated collective agreements, this has an important effect on the use of LAC's operating vote. LAC estimates the impact of this government-wide initiative to be about $1 million per year and aggregating cumulatively over the next few years. LAC is managing the implementation of these measures through continuing realignment of its resources. This is achieved through reallocations of budget within LAC, supported by rigorous monitoring of staffing and expenditures in line with effective business, human resources and financial strategic planning.
4. Significant Changes in Relation to Operations, Personnel and Programs
In short, over the past three years, while LAC has continued to acquire and preserve documents and to serve Canadians, it has also rethought internal governance and collaboration with its external partners. LAC has developed an institution whose work processes have been renewed to allow for the best possible use of the resources it is allocated. The institution has clarified its mandate and the manner in which it will fulfill it. LAC has established the outline of the research that must be carried out to enable it to better function as an institution in the digital environment and initiated discussions on its needs in relation to the skills that will be necessary to support LAC’s work in the future. LAC’s business model has been enriched and enhanced by refocusing on its mandate and reinforcing stewardship.
The 2013–2015 time frame represents for Library and Archives Canada an intense period of implementation and production, in addition to the ongoing work that must be pursued. While recent years were dedicated to deliberations, research and development to modernize LAC into a 21st century memory institution, the years ahead will see the ongoing implementation of new practices. In the process, LAC will focus on the following priorities:
LAC will use a Whole-of-Society Approach to acquire Canada’s documentary heritage;
LAC will continue to strengthen its ability to preserve digital and analogue holdings;
LAC will implement its new digital business model to improve access to its holdings;
LAC will advance a collaborative approach to meet the challenges of managing Canada’s documentary heritage; and
LAC will acquire the infrastructure and the new skills it needs to manage documentary heritage in the 21st century.
5. Budget 2012 Implementation
This section provides an overview of the cost-saving measures announced in Budget 2012. The total cost-saving measures for LAC are $3.5 million in 2012–2013; $6.6 million in 2013–2014; $9.6 million in 2014–2015 and ongoing. These measures will be implemented in order to refocus government and programs; make it easier for Canadians and businesses to deal with their government; and modernize and reduce the back office.
Budget for acquisitions: The $0.4 million dedicated budget to purchase documents and special collections was eliminated. In future, these purchases will be made within LAC's regular investment decision process based on available resources.
National Archival Development Program (NADP): The NADP was terminated in Budget 2012 and certain wind-down costs were incurred in 2012–2013.
Reduced spending related to the five other LAC programs affected by Budget 2012 impacts salaries due to workforce reduction.
Workforce adjustment comes with financial uncertainty due to options offered to employees under the relevant policies and collective agreements. LAC continues to monitor these situations carefully to adjust its budgetary plans accordingly.
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Daniel J. Caron, Ph.D.
Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada
and Chair, Heads of Federal Agencies
Mark C. Melanson, CGA
Statement of Authorities (unaudited)
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Fiscal year 2012–2013: Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2013 * **
Fiscal year 2012–2013: Used during the quarter ended December 31, 2012
Fiscal year 2012–2013: Year to date used at quarter-end
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Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2012 *
Used during the quarter ended December 31, 2011
Year to date used at quarter-end
Vote 55 (2012–2013) and Vote 50 (2011–2012) - Net Operating Expenditures
Vote 60 (2012–2013) and Vote 55 (2011–2012) - Capital expenditures
Budgetary statutory authorities - Contributions to employee benefit plans and spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets
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** Total available for use does not reflect measures announced in Budget 2012.
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Fiscal year 2012–2013: Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2013 * **
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Fiscal year 2011–2012: Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2012 *
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Acquisition of land, buildings and works
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Transfer payments
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Are Republicans headed for a pro-Trump, anti-Trump civil war? ‘Hell yes, we are,’ says Illinois’ Adam Kinzinger.
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Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1987 [Videos]
By By Jordan Bartel
During this week 27 years ago, the second NFL player strike began, Bruce Willis won his first Emmy (for "Moonlighting") and the following songs were the most popular in America, according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
10. "U Got the Look," the Artist
As I'm sure you know, "the Artist" is Prince. And as I'm sure you also know, Prince is notoriously for blocking his songs on YouTube, hence the Gary Numan cover version video above. "U Got the Look" is the opener on the second disc of Prince's double album "Sign o' the Times."
9. "Touch of Grey," Grateful Dead
Released eight years before the death of lead singer Jerry Garcia, "Touch of Grey" was the Grateful Dead's only top 40 hit (it peaked at No. 9).
8. "La Bamba," Los Lobos
Los Lobos' cover of the Mexican folk song (which is just, basically, telling people to dance, shake and have a good time), was a big part of the 1987 Ritche Valens biopic "La Bamba." The song became a No. 1 hit, 29 years after Valens recorded his version.
7. "Carrie," Europe
Swedish rock power ballads for the win!
6. "When Smokey Sings," ABC
A new wave tribute to Smokey Robinson? Sure, it was 1987.
5. "Lost in Emotion," Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
Another Motown-esque song, "Lost in Emotion" was Lisa Lisa & Cult Jame's second consecutive No. 1 hit, following "Head to Toe."
4. "I Heard a Rumour," Bananarama
"I Heard a Rumour," featured in the film "Disorderlies," has six credited songwriters. Six.
3. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," Michael Jackson feat. Siedah Garrett
Despite the slightly gross opening monologue from Jackson, this song went to No. 1. The first single from Jackson's album "Bad," it was followed by four more consecutive No. 1 hits from the same album. The duet partner, Siedah Garrett, was chosen after both Barbra Steisand and Witney Houston turned him down, apparently.
2. "Here I Go Again," Whitesnake
A karaoke favorite (for good reason), the video for "Here I Go Again" is almost as popular as the song itself. Two words: Tawny Kitaen. Four more words: writhing on a car.
1. "Didn't We Almost Have it All," Whitney Houston
One of the most recognizable Houston songs, this was No. 1 for two weeks. The song's co-writer, Michael Masser, also penned Houston's "Saving All My Love For You" and "The Greatest Love of All." He wrote this one with Will Jennings, who wrote the lyrics to Celine Dion's "Titanic" ballad, "My Heart Will Go On."
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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: How The Bass Intro To 'Peace Sells' Was Written
MEGADETH's David Ellefson spoke to 93.1 WMPA's "In The Basement With Jesse Bruce" about the creation of the bass intro to the song "Peace Sells", from the band's 1986 album "Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?"
"It's funny," Ellefson said (hear audio below). "Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH guitarist/vocalist] and I were living with our producer from our first record, 'Killing Is My Business'; his name's Karat Faye. We were living up in a bungalow in Hollywood Hills and Laurel Canyon. We were so poor. We had no electricity. I think we were getting electricity via a cable, like an electrical extension cord from a neighbor. We were on hard times, if there ever was one. And Dave picked up… I had a bass. It was a bass that I had ripped the frets out of. He picked it up and he started playing it. And that riff basically then became the guitar riff of the song, the bass riff of the song. We went to rehearsal that night, and that song literally wrote itself right there in the band room. And I'm a firm believer that great songs do that — they just write themselves."
In 2006, VH1 ranked "Peace Sells" at No. 11 on its list of the "40 Greatest Metal Songs" of all time. The opening bassline was also used as the theme for MTV News, but Mustaine has repeatedly claimed he never received any royalties for MTV's usage of the song.
Last year, Mustaine brought up the "Peace Sells" bassline while discussing Ellefson's contributions to MEGADETH. He told mxdwn: "David's got moments of greatness where he goes from being a star to a superstar; most notably is the riff I wrote for 'Peace Sells…But Who's Buying?' When I showed that to him, he embraced it and people fell in love with his playing and the rest is history."
Four years ago, Ellefson told Songfacts that the "Peace Sells" bassline was "definitely one of the most recognizable" basslines ever in rock. "The reason the song stands out is the melody, for sure," he said. "But also because it's the tone, it's the sound. Like, you hear [Jimi] Hendrix play, it's not just him, but it's the sound that they captured of him back in those days that is part of the character. When I hear a [BLACK] SABBATH tune, you instantly know it's SABBATH, because you are so familiar with the recording. And I think 'Peace Sells' is that thing. It's the bassline, but also, our ear is trained now to hear that recording that we captured in 1986, when we put that down to tape. I think it really speaks to that line being used on MTV for all those years [as part of the theme for MTV News]. It was something that was almost subliminally piped into everybody's house for 10 years, and it's amazing what an effect it has on people. And also, it's just a really cool song. And it's a really tricky bass line. When people tell me that they just learned how to play the bass and this is the first line they're trying to learn, I'm, like, 'You might want to learn something a little bit easier.' That's a very tricky song to play."
Mustaine told Rolling Stone that he knew when he first wrote "Peace Sells" that it was something special. "Prior to that song, everything was just shred-festing and just playing really fast, aggressive stuff," he said. "But as soon as 'Peace Sells' came out, it was like, 'Wow, this is really a song-song,' something that, unbeknownst to myself, would stand the test of time, something that would be my friend forever. Never had I gotten that feeling from our previous songs. I never thought, 'Hey, you're gonna be playing this song every night for the rest of your life.'"
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OTEP Aims To Incite Social Change With Upcoming Album
OTEP, the band led by singer, poet, illustrator, author and activist Otep Shamaya, will release its as-yet-untitled eighth album later in the year via Napalm Records. Shamaya and her band are currently recording at The Lair in Los Angeles, completely utilizing the same equipment used on their first album, "Sevas Tra" (down to her original vocal microphone, a SHURE Beta 58), in order to create a sound reminiscent of their roots. The Lair is also where OTEP recorded "Smash The Control Machine", the band's fourth release.
Otep says this disc is undoubtedly the band's most authentic and honest. "I'm co-producing this album with my guitarist Aristotle, which has allowed us to create without limitations," she says. "The musicality is stellar and has been elevated to a whole new stratosphere of sound. With Aristotle on guitar, Justin Kier on drums and Drew Barnes on bass, each musician has a powerful voice on this album."
As for her lyrics, Otep says: "No one is safe, no one escapes. It's powerful, poetic, patriotic protest music. One could say it's an activist album hoping to incite social change and support those who are at the barricades, who are marching in the streets for justice, who are demanding our government protect our great nation from enemies foreign and domestic — this includes the bloated colostomy bag disgracing the White House, Traitor Trump, and his loafer-licking cronies… but I digress."
This new album will follow OTEP's previous full-length, "Generation Doom", released via Napalm Records in 2016. The critically acclaimed effort debuted at #10 on the Independent chart, #7 on the Rock chart, #4 on the Hard Rock chart and #109 on the Top 200 Albums chart. OTEP expects this next album to transcend all previous achievements, and feels spiritually strong about it.
"Writing our eighth album is not only a blessing for which we are forever grateful but the number itself is said to have magical properties," says Otep. "In Norse mythology, the horse of the god Odin has eight legs. The Pythagoreans considered the number eight the 'little holy number.' The eighth day of the Chinese New Year is the annual gathering of all the gods in Heaven. In the Tarot, eight is the card for Justice which seems appropriate considering the current political climate we are suffering through. The mathematical symbol for infinity is an eight on its side. There are eight festivals observed in the Wicca Wheel of the Year. There were eight gates surrounding the ancient city of Babylon. The eighth gate was named the Gate of Ishtar. Ishtar is the goddess of love and war, the Queen of the Earth and Heaven. She is the morning and evening star. Qualities I certainly relate to. And finally, I'm a Scorpio and Scorpio is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac.
"A 33rd Degree Freemason and Master Rosicrucian, Manly P. Hall once said, 'The rites of the Scorpion are the Mysteries of the Apocalypse and the ceremonies of Dionysus.' Expect the unexpected. Expect to have your brain pushed back."
Otep shook up the United States last year with her popular "The Resistance" world tour performances — potent, engaging exhibitions of activism awareness spreading the vital word on equal rights, social education and political enlightenment. This summer, OTEP will return to the stage at Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin.
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MICHAEL ANTHONY: EDDIE VAN HALEN 'Never Let The Fame Or Stardom Or All The Accolades Go To His Head'
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Author of best-selling ‘Maid’ takes on college in ‘Class’
Posted: Oct 28, 2020 / 10:29 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 28, 2020 / 10:29 AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephanie Land, who shared her story of single parenthood and working life in the best-selling memoir “Maid,” is writing a book about the hard truths of college education.
One Signal Publishers announced Wednesday that Land’s “Class” would combine personal experience and reporting as it exposes “the outrageous cost, predatory practices, and discriminatory policies faced by Americans” who hope education will lead to security and prosperity. “Class” is scheduled to come out in 2022.
“When we think of economic insecurity we often think of the down and out,” Land said in a statement. “The reality is the way we go about educating our country leaves millions stretched to their limits, with almost of half of students wondering how they’ll find their next meal and even more than that drowning in debts they’ll owe for a lifetime.”
Land’s previous book, her first, was published in 2019 and was praised by former President Barack Obama among others. “Maid” is currently being adapted into a Netflix series.
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Kenya says 1st AstraZeneca vaccine doses to come next month
Posted: Jan 7, 2021 / 09:23 AM CST / Updated: Jan 7, 2021 / 09:23 AM CST
Pupils Concodia Primary school in Mombasa County, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as schools re-opened after a nine month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All Primary and secondary schools in the country were reopened in congested classes despite efforts by the national government to have fulfilled their promises of having new desks and new classes to avoid the social distance calamity which could cause the spread of the pandemic in schools. (AP Photo Gideon Maundu)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s health minister says the country is expected to start receiving 24 million doses next month of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, as countries in sub-Saharan Africa begin to announce progress in obtaining the desperately needed vaccines.
Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday said health workers and teachers will have priority for vaccinations in East Africa’s economic hub and that the shots will be voluntary.
The doses are being obtained through the COVAX facility meant to ensure vaccines for lower-income countries, Dr. Patrick Amoth, director general of public health, told The Associated Press.
Kenya has been participating in a small-scale trial of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which requires two doses administered weeks apart.
The vaccine can be stored at what AstraZeneca has called “normal refrigerated conditions,” which is expected to help in parts of the African continent where poor infrastructure will challenge the mass rollout of doses.
Kenya’s news came as South Africa on Thursday announced it will begin receiving 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine later this month, the first announced deal for COVID-19 doses in the country with more than 1 million confirmed infections.
Kenya has had over 97,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country of more tan 50 million people.
A recent surge in infections has eased, and schools reopened this week, but health workers in Kenya have expressed concern about the lack of support as some doctors and others die without being able to afford proper care. Doctors across the country held a brief strike last month over inadequate personal protective equipment and insurance.
While some of Africa’s richer countries are now announcing vaccine deals — Morocco last month announced it had ordered 65 million doses from AstraZeneca and China’s Sinopharm — it’s not clear how long it will take for COVID-19 vaccines to reach countries on the 54-nation continent without the resources to strike their own agreements.
The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed concern that the coronavirus could become endemic in parts of Africa if it takes more than two or three years to vaccinate 60% of the continent’s population of some 1.3 billion people.
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County clerk files suit over NY immigrant license law
by: DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 9, 2019 / 02:08 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 9, 2019 / 05:57 PM CDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A county clerk in western New York has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law authorizing driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns’ challenge, filed late Monday in federal court, seeks an injunction blocking the law while its constitutionality is reviewed.
Clerks in many other upstate counties have expressed similar concerns about the law, and clerks in Rensselaer, Niagara and Allegany have joined Erie in saying they won’t follow it.
The lawsuit names Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Attorney General Letitia James, both Democrats, as defendants in their official capacities, along with the commissioner of the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
Twelve states already have similar laws, which supporters say allow immigrants to get to work, raise children and go about their daily lives. The measure, dubbed the “greenlight” bill, passed the state’s Democrat-led Legislature last month and was promptly signed into law by Cuomo.
Kearns, a Democrat, argues the law is unconstitutional and forces county clerks to violate their oaths of office by granting licenses to immigrants who have broken immigration laws. He said last month that workers at Buffalo-area motor vehicle offices won’t grant driver’s licenses to those here illegally and will instead send applicants to a state-run auto bureau in Syracuse, more than two hours away by car.
Kearns said clerks who ignore the new law in favor of federal law may be at risk of being removed from office by Cuomo.
“If we follow the federal law, we’re subject to removal from office,” he said. “But the state law has constitutional problems and conflicts with federal law. It really puts us in the middle.”
Supporters expected the legal challenge. James’ office reviewed the bill before it passed and has said it is constitutional.
“The legislation is well crafted,” James said in a statement last month, adding: “We will vigorously defend it.”
Cuomo raised a separate legal issue about the law when discussing it on public radio Tuesday, saying he remains concerned that federal immigration authorities might sue the state to gain access to state DMV databases to target immigrants in the country illegally.
Lawmakers inserted language into the law designed to prevent that possibility, but Cuomo said he worries that might not be enough.
by ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press / Jan 16, 2021
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Christopher Eccleston returns to Doctor Who
Tags : Stop Press Big Finish News Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish Productions, in association with BBC Studios, today announces the long-awaited return of Christopher Eccleston to the popular role he originated on television.
First seen on screen in 2005, Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor introduced a whole new generation of sci-fi fans to the TARDIS, Time Lords and sonic screwdriver.
Now he's back in a brand-new series of twelve fantastic full-cast audio adventures in time and space, due to be released across four box sets, starting with volume one in May 2021.
Christopher Eccleston said: “After 15 years it will be exciting to revisit the Ninth Doctor's world, bringing back to life a character I love playing.”
Story details, writers and additional guest cast are being kept under wraps at present but this Doctor Who audio series promises to be, once again, the trip of a lifetime.
Doctor Who fans worldwide can now pre-order all four volumes, which are available in three formats – collector’s edition CD, digital download or limited edition gatefold triple LP vinyl. Shop the range HERE!
Big Finish’s Chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “I first talked to Christopher about returning to the role of the Doctor at the Gallifrey One convention in February this year. Christopher said he was enjoying meeting the fans and was pleased that his Doctor was remembered so fondly. He indicated he would be open to discussing a project with Big Finish.
“And then the pandemic happened and time moved both quickly and very slowly. Over recent months, ideas have been exchanged and discussions had. I am so pleased that Christopher has decided to return to the role with us – and I'm excited to welcome him to the Big Finish family as we discover the new adventures of the Ninth Doctor.”
Big Finish’s Creative Director, Nicholas Briggs, added: “Working with Chris was a very special time for me. The beginning of my Doctor Who TV career. So, writing for and directing him feels incredibly exciting. He’s such a powerful performer and it’ll be amazing to work with him again.”
Each of the four volumes in Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures will be released as a 4-disc collector’s edition box set or download containing three brand-new full cast audio adventures, plus a selection of behind-the-scenes extras.
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures is now available for pre-order exclusively HERE from just £19.99.
Big Finish listeners can save by pre-ordering a bundle of the entire series for just £88 (as a collector’s edition box set) or £78 (as a download).
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures triple LP vinyls are strictly limited to a pressing of 1,000 per volume, and can be pre-ordered at £35.99 each, or £132 for the bundle of all four albums, Grab the vinyls HERE. Please note: the vinyl editions do not include the behind-the-scenes extras, but all vinyl pre-orders will come with a download version, and access to the behind the scenes interviews as bonus content. Downloads of the vinyls will not be available to buy separately.
Dalek Universe comprises nine hour-long episodes which will see the Doctor pulled out of time and sent back to the era before the last great Time War. Here he finds himself battling for survival...
2021-01-10 Torchwood Benny Master
Nick and Benji present… Reviews: Torchwood - Ex Machina… Teasers: Benny- The Big Hunt by Lance Parkin (Lisa Bowerman), and Terror of the Master by Trevor Baxendale (Jon Culshaw)… Drama Tease: Torchwood - Coffee by James Goss (Gareth David-Lloyd).
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New Amazing Spider-man Trailer Arrives
February 7, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Director Marc Webb is keen to sell The Amazing Spider-man as ‘untold stories’ about the superhero rather than a remake of the Sam Raimi series, but the more we see, the more it looks like a very different beast to when Tobey Maguire was behind the mask. For a start it’s getting back to the wisecracking Peter Parker rather than the po-faced one of Raimi. Now a new trailer is letting us have our best look yet at the film, introducing us more to the story and action, as well as giving us our first look at the villainous Lizard. It certainly looks like it’s gonna be spectacular! The movie hits cinemas July 3rd.
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ACTORS: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans DIRECTORS: Marc Webb FILMS: The Amazing Spider-man
First Photo Of Amazing Spider-man’s Lizard?
January 3, 2012 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment
We may have got our first photo of Amazing Spider-man bad guy, Lizard (played by Rhys Ifans), but it’s come from a slightly unusual source. Images have popped up on line of tie-in toys, which include what appears to be the first photo we’ve seen of the Lizard (which you can see above). The other toy, which is below, seems to confirm a rumour that the film would include a SWAT team of half-man/half-lizrd creatures.
The movie’s out July 4th.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
ACTORS: Rhys Ifans, Andrew Garfield DIRECTORS: Marc Webb FILMS: The Amazing Spider-man
Getting Angsty In New Amazing Spider-man Pics
December 27, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment
The studios are using the end of the year to try and get film fans excited about what’s coming in 2012, and one of the films Sony is hoping film fans will turn up in droves for is their superhero reboot, The Amazing Spider-man.
Now the studio has released some new images via the movie’s Facebook page, which you can see above and below. It’s all looking a little angsty as Peter Parker heads back to high school and turns from Tobey Maguire into Andrew Garfield. Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held…a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story. On July 3rd, 2012, the untold story begins.’
The film stars Andrew Garfield (Peter Parker), Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy), Denis Leary (George Stacy), Rhys Ifans (Curt Conners), Martin Sheen (Ben Parker), and Sally Field (May Parker), and is directed by Marc Webb.
ACTORS: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone DIRECTORS: Marc Webb FILMS: The Amazing Spider-man
Three Amazing Spider-man Banners Surface
It seems Sony is still working out the best way to market the Amazing Spider-man, as while the teaser poster that arrived at the weekend was very dark and moody, these new banners, which Comic Book Movie says have been created for internation marketing and much brighter and closer to what you’d expect from the superhero.
Many criticised the teaser poster for being too much like The Dark Knight and suggesting the upcoming Spidey reboot would be a downer, so you may well discover future marketing gets a lot brighter.
ACTORS: Andrew Garfield DIRECTORS: Marc Webb FILMS: The Amazing Spider-man
Amazing Spider-man Poster Arrives
The first official teaser poster for The Amazing Spider-man has arrived via Superherohype, and while some may think it’s too dark and moody, we reckon it’s all kinds of cool. The tagline of ‘The Untold Story’ is kind of interesting too, as it suggests Sony realises there may be difficulties rebooting a franchise so soon after end of the Sam Raimi series. Early reports suggested the film would essentially be a parallel story to the one Raimi told, although there will definitely be major differenced (not least that Peter Parker is getting mechanical web-slingers rather than organic ones.
The movie stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans and hits cinemas on July 4th, 2012.
Amazing Spider-man Lizard Concept Art Surfaces
December 1, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment
For quite a long time we’ve known The Lizard would be making an appearance in The Amazing Spider-man, but we haven’t had much clue as to what he’d look like. That’s slightly changed in the last few days after pics emerged of what appears to be a Lizard Pez Dispenser tied into the movie, and now the Russian site, Spidermedia.ru, has managed to get hold of what seems to be concept art of the villain. Assuming it’s corrent, it’s certainly a good mix of man and reptile!
Rhys Ifans is playing Dr. Curt Connor, who turns into The Lizard, and the film hits cinemas July 4th, 2012.
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Anxious Kids Make Good People – Good By Nature
The future is uncertain. In the unknown lingers a wide array of possible emotions, which include joy, fear, and doubt. While we put our best foot forward to live in the positive aspects of life, we understand that the negatives are a possibility. Buffalo musician Devin Mullen, who writes and performs under the name Anxious Kids Make Good People, recognizes that possibility, and he has taken his best step in the direction of hope and understanding with his latest release, Good By Nature.
The self-described contemptuous musician draws equally from influences such as Wilco, Fleet Foxes, and Joy Division; as well as his own emotions that walk hand-in-hand with depression and chronic illness. The result is an ambient folk sound that pulls no emotional punches.
“Rebar,” the first track off of Good By Nature, begins with acoustic guitar, and the Fleet Fox influence is quite clear. A semi up-beat rhythm strummed on muted acoustic guitar sets up the track nicely for the entrance of the melody. From there, we are introduced to Mullen’s vocals. A Bryan Adams meets Coconut Records vibe shines through as Mullen’s voice is subdued yet finely pitched.
Track two, “I Felt So Sad,” flips Mullen’s songwriting approach from the opening track on its head. No acoustic guitar. It’s all electric. A smattering of picking seems to wonder around before it finds its footing, and it locks in with a different vocal styling from Mullen. He uses a forceful delivery to drive home the message of being “Over it,” and when fast strumming makes the song blossom at the end, we believe his message.
It appears that Mullen enjoys to switch up his style on a track by track basis, as the third song, “Don’t Pass Me By,” contains elements of ambient melancholy folk. Low in the mix, though it can not be for certain, is rain fall, which adds an ethereal element to the track. The lyrics deal with the promise of duty and devotion. Mullen sings with his Bryan Adams style, “I wont ever let you down / And if I do / Throw me into the sea and let the water bury me,” which is one of the clearest examples on the record of Mullen’s facing anxiety with intentions of virtuous deeds.
Mullen’s approach to lyrics on the album is wholly unique. With the combination of descriptive landscapes and personal emotions, Mullen’s uses his words to paint a picture, as is the job of the poet. On the track “Wherefore Syncopated,” we hear, “Falling leaves, a life a life oh what a bore/ In the act of living I am so much better than before.” We understand falling leaves have a graceful, if uneventful, descent towards earth. After the leaves fall, however, the new seeds are able to sprout. From there, the act of life can restart, better than before.
Anxious Kids Make Good People is more than a name. To be anxious about the future one must be aware of the possible pitfalls and dangers. Though, once one is aware of those threatening aspects they can better prepare themselves, and through the medium of music, Devin Mullen’s has successfully delivered this message.
Good By Nature by Anxious Kids Written by Kevin Prentice
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How bride price payments and pre-marital contracts shape family decisions
Economist Alessandra Voena was researching fertility preferences in Zambia when offhand comments made by parents sparked her curiosity. They mentioned that if their daughters went to school, they could earn more money through the girls’ lobolas, or bride prices.
Voena, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, recognized these comments contradicted economists’ understanding of bride price payments. Bride prices are sums a groom’s family pays to the bride’s parents at the time of marriage. The custom is prevalent throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and in parts of Asia, where brides tend to leave their families and live and contribute mainly to the families of the groom. Economists have long understood these payments to be single, set amounts without much variation.
Voena, whose work centers on the economics of family decision-making in developed and developing countries, dug deeper into the custom after hearing these remarks. She examined the relationship between bride prices and educational attendance, using data gained during and after two major school expansions, one in Indonesia and the other in Zambia.
Voena’s findings revealed an important pattern: women in cultures where bride prices are paid are more likely to receive an education than in similar cultures that do not engage in these payments. In effect, bride prices act as an incentive for parents to educate their daughters.
In field surveys of parents, education was cited as the most highly beneficial characteristic affecting bride price, surpassing characteristics such as “good morals” or “age.”
Recently, the practice of bride price payments has received widespread scrutiny; critics contend that it commodifies women and limits their ability to marry whom they choose. Several campaigns are underway to abolish the practice.
Voena’s work suggests that this may have unintended consequences. While neither encouraging nor discouraging the practice, Voena says, “What we want to point out is that this one custom appears to serve one function, possibly among many others. What we think might be useful to keep in mind in light of our results is, if you are going to discourage this practice, you might want to think about policies that would encourage girls’ education. Simply discouraging bride prices without thinking about how it could backfire in terms of education could be costly.”
Voena notes that she is inclined to view the payments less as an economist might, as a transfer between a male and a female, and more like an anthropologist would: as a payment from a younger generation to the older one. She seeks to understand how the custom works within educational policy in cultures where a paying bride price is prevalent.
Voena and her colleagues are still hypothesizing about what might be driving the relationship between payment and the education of women and why education is the most highly valued characteristic of a woman in a culture where bride prices are paid. It might be that families recognize education leads to better outcomes in terms of improved health, lower child mortality, and better education for the children. Voena summarizes these findings in a working paper titled “Bride Price and the Returns to Education for Women,” which is co-authored by Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, and Nathan Nunn, of Harvard University.
Much of Voena’s research explores the tacit and overt agreements between and among families. “The common thread (for me) is thinking about how household behavior is shaped by how members of the same family interact with each other,” she said.
In Italy, Voena is studying premarital contracting with similarly intriguing results. Prenuptial agreements have become widespread in that country due to their routine inclusion in the marriage license process. At the time couples apply, they can choose how they will divide the assets they accumulate should they divorce.
Couples are given just two options: a standard, joint-ownership and equal split upon dissolution of the marriage (which is similar to the most common practice in the United States), or couples can hold their assets separately and divide them separately should they divorce. There are no additional fees and courts widely recognize the contracts.
Voena was motivated to look at the practice in greater depth when she discovered that almost 70 percent of couples today were choosing to separate their assets, rather than split them equally. By analyzing data on marriages, divorces, and separations between 1995 and 2011, Voena further discovered that the number of couples choosing separate property agreements almost doubled during this time.
She found that the sharp increase in couples choosing the separate asset option corresponded to an increasing number of women joining the workforce, and a shrinking wage gap between men and women.
Voena’s preliminary interpretation of this data suggests that women who plan to stay home with their children use the joint, equal-split agreement as a type of insurance against the loss of opportunity in the workforce. Women who remained in the workforce were more likely to choose the separate property agreement to protect earnings. In this way, the prenuptial agreement could be acting as a mechanism for allowing greater specialization for the labor force. Voena discusses these findings in a working paper, “Prenuptial Contracts, Labor Supply and Household Investments,” which she co-authored with Denrick Bayot, AM’10, PhD’15 (Economics).
Voena believes it is too soon to suggest policy recommendations, but the research helps describe the environment of marital property sharing. It gives insight into how family financial decision-making may be evolving in Italy.
“I think it is very important to have institutions that allow for specialization,” said Voena. She sees the prenuptial agreements as perhaps offering a more effective way for couples to navigate their differing attitudes towards savings, risk, and other family decision-making choices. “I think there is something to understand about the nature of the modern household by looking at these choices,” she said.
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UK teams prepare for transatlantic challenge
Nine teams of British transatlantic rowing hopefuls converged in London on Wednesday, ahead of the 2011 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
The crews assembled for a boat-naming ceremony on the banks of the River Thames, with less than a month remaining before a total of 17 ocean-rowing crews depart from the Spanish port of San Sebastian de la Gomera in the Canary Islands.
They will then row the ‘Columbus Route’ – 2,549 nautical miles across the mid-Atlantic to Port St Charles in Barbados. Amongst the crews participating in the epic charity fundraising event are Row for Freedom, who are aiming to become the first all-female crew of six to row across the Atlantic.
The challenge will also feature the Row2Recovery crew, consisting of four soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Row2Recovery crew – a six-man crew also featuring two able-bodied soldiers – are raising money to help wounded servicemen and women, and have so far raised over half a million pounds.
Competitors are expected to arrive in Barbados from mid-January onwards, taking roughly 50 days to complete the challenge.
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Prosecutor: Sedition charge possible for pro-Trump rioters
by: ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia said Thursday that “all options are on the table” for charging members of the violent pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol — including sedition charges.
Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for D.C., said prosecutors plan to file 15 federal cases on Thursday for crimes including unauthorized access and theft of property, and investigators are combing through reams of evidence to bring additional charges.
“All of those charges are on the table,” he said. “We’re not going to keep anything out of our arsenal for potential charges. We will bring the most maximum charges we can based upon the conduct.”
Sherwin said 40 other cases had already been filed in District of Columbia Superior Court.
More than 90 people have been arrested in Washington and more arrests are likely. U.S. attorneys from across the country have vowed to find and bring to justice any residents who participated in the insurrection aimed at thwarting the peaceful transfer of power. But it could take weeks to build cases against the rioters.
Experts say some could face the rarely used seditious conspiracy charge. It’s the same charge former Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department told prosecutors to consider levying against those who caused violence at protests last summer over the killings of Black Americans by police.
Other possible charges for the pro-Trump mob include civil disorder, destruction of property and rioting, experts say.
“You can literally throw the book at them and it would be a pretty heavy book,” said Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola Law School. Levenson said it’s important for prosecutors to send a message with their charges.
“This cannot happen again,” she said. “This was a very scary moment for America and it cannot set a precedent that the way you deal with political opposition is through violence and destruction.”
The Department of Justice has aggressively gone after demonstrators who caused violence during the protests over police brutality, charging more than 300 with crimes including civil disorder and burglary. In many cases, prosecutors pushed to keep them locked up while they await trial despite the virus crisis that has ravaged jails and prisons across the U.S.
Then-Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who stepped into the top DOJ job when Barr resigned last month, told prosecutors in a memo in September that they should consider the use of seditious conspiracy charges against violent demonstrators, saying it does not require proof of a plot to overthrow the U.S. government. No one charged in the civil unrest sparked by George Floyd’s death has actually been charged with sedition.
The charge, which carries up to 20 years in prison, could apply to those who “by force prevent, hinder or delay the execution” of any U.S. law or “by force seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof,” Rosen wrote.
He cited as a hypothetical example: “a group has conspired to take a federal courthouse or other federal property by force.”
“I do think there are some pretty strong cases, or at least some potential cases, under that statute,” Levenson said of those at the Capitol on Wednesday.
The mob smashed windows and broke doors, sending lawmakers into hiding as they began Electoral College votes affirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Some rioters, many of whom weren’t wearing masks, were captured in videos and photos posted all over social media.
“It’s always helpful to prosecutors if people pose for pictures in the midst of committing crimes,” said Stanford Law School professor David Sklansky, a former federal prosecutor in California.
The violence happened hours after Trump called on his supporters to “fight” to stop the “steal” of the election and march on the Capitol, while Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, called for “trial by combat.”
Trump’s speech at the rally before the chaos broke out likely would not be considered illegally inciting violence because he didn’t specifically call for people to storm the Capitol, Sklansky said.
First Amendment freedoms mean speech has to be calculated to produce imminent violence to be considered criminal, he said. Similarly, comments by Giuliani, even those about “trial by combat,” were likely also not specific enough to be considered possibly criminal.
Four people died in Wednesday’s chaos, including a woman who was shot and killed by police inside the Capitol. Three other people died after “medical emergencies” related to the breach. More than 50 Capitol and D.C. police were injured, including several who were hospitalized, officials said.
The FBI has asked for tips, photos and videos to help identify those who participated in the violence. U.S. attorneys in several states, including Kentucky, Ohio and Oregon, said people could face charges in their home states if they traveled to Washington and took part in the riot.
The U.S. attorney for Detroit and surrounding communities, Matthew Schneider, said investigators will review video footage and other evidence. Serious charges — including destruction of property over $1,000, inciting a riot, civil disorder, sedition, using a destructive device like a pipe bomb — could potentially have venue in Michigan, he said, if there are connections to the state.
But it will take time to go through the evidence, he said.
“I’m personally disgusted and horrified by this. It’s just nauseating to me. It’s sick what people did inside the Capitol,” said Schneider. But he added: “There’s a big difference here between peaceful protests and acts of violence. Just because people traveled to Washington, D.C., doesn’t necessarily make them criminals.”
Richer reported from Boston and Whitehurst reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press reporter David Eggert contributed to this report from Lansing, Michigan.
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Camas woman wins photography contest
Lois Settlemeyer earns 'Photo of the Year' honors
By Heather Acheson | February 1, 2011 12:00 am | comments
A photo taken by a Camas woman that shows sunlight illuminating a canyon wall at Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona recently won the top prize in a Portland-based photography contest.
Lois Settlemeyer won the “Photo of the Year” competition, which is a benefit for the Multnomah Education Service District Outdoor School environmental education program of Portland. Another of Settlemeyer’s photos was an overall finalist, and a third photo placed as the top picture in the weather category.
The contest draws thousands of entries from around the world.
“It was overwhelming because they showed pictures on the screen of all who entered,” said Settlemeyer, describing the recent awards gala event at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland where the winner was announced. “You just keep thinking, ‘wow, that’s good.’ It’s humbling.”
Lois grew up in Indiana, and eventually moved to Michigan where she worked for the Dow Chemical Company for 31 years. Her work for the company brought her to the Pacific Northwest, and Settlemeyer knew it was where she wanted to spend her retirement years.
In 2003, Settlemeyer made the move to Camas, and took up photography as a hobby in 2005 when she was given a second-hand point-and-shoot camera by a family member.
“Photography is a medium that allows me to capture some of the beauty in which I live,” Settlemeyer said in an artist’s statement. “My photography seeks to show the detail of that which surrounds us and which we so often overlook whether that be the detail of a flower, the timing of an eclipse, or a ladybug on a single blade of grass.”
Ironically, several other photos shot by local residents were singled out as being among the top entries in the contest.
Runner-up was a photograph of a church in Eastern Washington taken by Mark Forbes of Washougal. In addition, a photo taken by Lan Forbes of Washougal at the Washington State International Kite Festival in Long Beach was a top 10 finalist.
Approximately 4,000 photos were submitted by 350 photographers from around the world. Six judges chose the top 100 photos, plus the top 10 photos in each of four categories — professional, youth, faces and weather.
The general public had one week to vote on the top 10 from the top 100, and then one in each of the four categories. Those were then printed, matted and framed and are now on display at the Oregon Historical Society building.
The 14 photos were auctioned during the gala, with the proceeds benefitting the Outdoor School of Portland.
To view Settlemeyer’s Photo of the Year, and submissions by other winners, visit www.photooftheyear.net.
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Life in flip flops
By Danielle Frost | October 30, 2012 12:00 am | comments
Author Cheryl Linn Martin visits with a fan at the book release party at Journey Community Church.
"Pineapples in Peril" is book one in the Hawaiian Island Detective Club series.
Children participate in a Hawaiian-themed craft activity during the "Pineapples in Peril" party.
Martin tries to write at least 5,000 words a week. She encourages aspiring writers to make small goals, such as writing 10 minutes a day, to get started.
Anyone who has had a little brother knows how annoying they can be at times. This is definitely the case for the heroine of local author Cheryl Linn Martin’s “Hawaiian Detective Club” series.
In the book, “Pineapples in Peril,” 13-year-old Leilanai Akamai faces an entire summer without surfing due to a broken arm, which she blames on her younger brother, Kimo. Meanwhile, she and her friends, the official members of the Hawaiian Island Detective Club, aim to solve their first real crime — a case of pineapple vandalism at Tong Plantation. Unfortunately, Kimo’s meddling may blow their entire investigation.
Martin’s characters are inspired by memories of raising her own spirited children and her years of working in parks and recreation.
“When I decided to write a mystery series for the ‘tween age group, I thought, ‘what would be fun for kids?,’” she said. “I lived in Hawaii a long time ago and have great memories of it. A lot of people have been there before, and those who haven’t want to go.”
Martin, a Washougal resident, sat down to write her first few paragraphs and knew she had a winner.
“I called up my daughter, Ashley and said, ‘Listen to this!’ I was just so excited.”
That excitement was visible a few weeks ago at a book release party, held at Journey Community Church. Martin signed copies of her book and offered Hawaiian inspired arts and crafts, goodie bags and treats. She will provide this service free of charge to any group that is interested.“I like kids and have fun going to community centers and schools, and meeting them,” she said. “I bring crafts for the kids, and pencils or stickers. My big thing is to encourage kids to read and write. That’s important to me.”
“Pineapples in Peril,” is book one of a three-book series to be published by Comfort Publishing. The second one, “Menehunes Missing,” will be released in February.
“The biggest thing I’ve learned writing these books is that I am not an adult writer,” she said. “But with the ‘tween group, I’ve had success.”
It’s been a long journey from parks and recreation coordinator to published author. However, those who are writers usually know from a young age that’s what they want to do, and Martin was no exception.
“At age 10 when I was reading Nancy Drew, I told myself I was going to write a mystery book someday,” she said.
In 2001, while raising three children and working full-time, Martin decided she was going to accomplish that goal.
“It’s really just a matter of sitting down and doing it,” she said. “If you can’t find time to sit in front of a computer, just take a spiral notebook. I got a lot of writing done at swim meets and dance team competitions. You just have to figure out what works best for you and put that into your schedule.”
It took 10 years from the time Martin decided to become a writer to the time her first two book contracts came through, but it was worth the wait.
“It was exciting, surreal and overwhelming,” she said. “It was a shock.”
With two contracts underway, Martin tries to write at least 5,000 words a week to stay ahead of deadlines.
“If I keep up with my goal, I can have a book done in 10 weeks,” she said.
For those with full-time jobs and children still at home, Martin recommends a less aggressive system.
“Make smaller goals that you can surpass, such as writing for 10 minutes a day and get involved with local writing groups,” she said.
She adds that the best part of being a full-time freelancer is the freedom.
“I love the flexibility to make the decisions I do,” she said. “If I decide just to do my own thing for a day, I can.”
For more information about Martin or her books, visit www.cheryllinnmartin.com.
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Out of the bedroom, INTO THE POOL
CHS boys swimmers are looking to make a big splash in 2014
By Dan Trujillo | December 17, 2013 12:00 am | comments
Kasey Calwell helped the Camas boys swimming team win the 200 medley and the 400 freestyle relay races Wednesday, at the Grass Valley Aquatic Center. He also finished first in the individual 200 and 400 freestyle events.
The Camas High School boys swimmers have their alarm clocks set earlier this season.
With no practice time available in the afternoon at LaCamas Swim & Sport’s Grass Valley Aquatics Center, every single Papermaker who wants to be on the team must be willing to take the plunge into the pool before school starts.
“You have to show up ready to work. There is no set when you can slack off,” said junior Kasey Calwell. “You push through when you’re hurt, tired, or when it’s dark and cold outside and you just want to be in your own bed. We want the younger guys to know that it hurts for us too.”
Calwell said these Papermakers are not going to get to the district and state championship meets “without all the hard work and pain,” but the rewards are worth it. He finished in fourth place in the 200-meter individual medley and the 100 breaststroke during last season’s state meet at the King County Aquatics Center, in Federal Way.
But, it all starts by punching that clock at 5:15 a.m.
“It really challenges your devotion,” said senior co-captain Xianguang Yan. “To wake up at four in the morning just to get here, that really says something.”
Getting out of bed before the sun rises every morning is no problem for fellow co-captain Joey Wunderlich. The CHS senior serves as the head lifeguard at LaCamas Swim & Sport. He also teaches swimming lessons to children.
“It’s always nice to wake up to water,” Wunderlich said. “You jump right in and get your day started.”
Yan and Wunderlich have been a part of the Papermaker swimming program for four winters. Calwell, Lucas Ulmer, John Utas and Max Urbanek have gained three years of experience from multiple league, district and state meets. Together, they lead an explosive batch of sophomores and freshmen.
“With the power of our returning swimmers, plus this new group of freshmen, I think we are going to be very strong,” said head coach Mike Bemis. “I also see the gap closing between all of the teams in this area, which is going to be really fun. The kids are going to enjoy the competition at every single meet.”
Camas defeated Kelso 157-77 Wednesday. In the first race of the season, Calwell, Tom Utas, Ulmer and John Utas qualified for state in the 200 medley relay with a winning time of 1 minute, 53.29 seconds. John Utas also hit the state cut in the 50 freestyle, when he swam to the end of the pool and back in 25.39 seconds.
The Papermakers clinched first place at the 15-school Sprint Pentathlon Saturday, in Longview. Calwell qualified for state in the 100 backstroke with a winning time of 55.45 seconds. Utas finished first in the 25 individual medley (12.44), 50 free (23.2) and 100 breaststroke (1:05.67). Ulmer earned first in the 100 fly (55.39) and the 25 back (13.18).
Camas will battle league rivals Union and Skyview for the title, and non-league powerhouses Mountain View and Columbia River for bragging rights. Bemis expects the seniors to teach the underclassmen about the school’s swimming tradition, and for the juniors to take the next step toward becoming leaders.
“For a lack of a better term, it’s the Camas way,” Bemis said. “These kids come in as freshmen and they set such high standards. As juniors and seniors, they are expected to meet them. And away we go.”
Yan and Wunderich are thriving in their new roles as captains. It didn’t seem so long ago that they were freshmen, but now they are on their last hoorah.
“I remember when I was little and I saw how all of the seniors before us were leading the way. Now, it’s my turn and I’m excited,” Yan said. “When I’m up on the blocks, I tell myself, ‘this is for you guys.’ I don’t want to let them down.”
Wunderlich looks at each goal for the team as rungs of a ladder climbing up on to a diving board. The Papermakers want to make a big splash at state, but it takes a lot of little steps to get there.
“We’re hoping to win league and districts like we have the last three years, and get a top-five finish at state,” Wunderlich said. “It’s going to take a lot of time and dedication, but I think we can get there. Our freshmen are already placing and winning events, and we have so many great people who have returned.”
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Shocker in Washougal
February 12, 2013 12:00 am | comments
Aaron Deister ignites the offense for the Panthers. Washougal hosted its first district playoff game Saturday, but River Ridge escaped the jungle with a 54-51 victory.
The Washougal Panthers hosted their first district playoff game Saturday, but Brad Wallace and the River Ridge Hawks spoiled the party.
Wallace delivered 25 of his 30 points in the second half to lead the Hawks to a 54-51 victory in front of a packed house at Washougal High School. He also nailed the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left on the clock. All the Panthers had time for was a desperation shot that deflected off the glass as the final buzzer sounded.
“That kid just hit an incredible shot with a hand in his face,” said head coach Malcolm Estes. “We played hard. The breaks just didn’t fall our way in the end.”
Washougal seniors Michael McElroy and Aaron Deister each netted 15 points, and Jaden Jantzer added 10. McElroy swished a buzzer beater from well behind the 3-point line to bring the Panthers within one point going into the fourth quarter. Jantzer and McElroy both hit huge threes in the fourth quarter, but Washougal couldn’t hold on to either one of those leads.
“Obviously, we wanted to win this game. There’s nothing we can do about what happened. We just have to come back this week and keep fighting,” McElroy said. “Now it’s win or go home. Last year when it was win or go home, we won two games and almost made it to state. It’s not over yet.”
Washougal (14-7) faces Tumwater (6-14) Wednesday at W.F. West High School, in Chehalis. Tip off is at 7 p.m. The Panthers have to win three games in a row to qualify for the state tournament. One more loss and their season is over.
“We were in this same position last year, and we know what we have to do,” Deister said. “Just keep winning, one game at a time.”
The Panther Pit Crew didn’t wait for Washougal to score 10 points before going crazy. They roared at the top of their lungs from the first basket onward.
“Our fans were louder tonight than they were for the Hockinson game,” Deister said. “There were times when I couldn’t even hear myself think.”
The Washougal boys will miss playing at home, where they went 10-2 this season. Now it’s time for them to take the show on the road.
“This team has really grown over the years, bonded and become a family,” McElroy said. “And the support from our community has been really great. I’m going to miss this a lot.”
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How Cambridge is fuelling electric vehicles in run-in to 2030
| Updated: 21:10, 05 December 2020
The electric car of the future is all about data
For some, it is too little too late, while for others, it is too much too soon.
The government has declared that the era of the internal com`bustion engine (ICE) will end on December 31, 2029, after which date all petrol and diesel new car sales in the UK will be banned.
At Cambridge Consultants, Nathan Wrench, commercial director, head of sustainability innovation, would have preferred an earlier date.
“2023 would have really shaken things up,” he says. “As it stands, because there are so many ICE cars out on the roads it’ll take 20 years before we get away from the sort of cars we are currently driving on the roads. Probably no one with any sense will buy an ICE car after 2028. They’ll go out of fashion, and that’s probably what the politicians are hoping for.”
Nathan believes the ICE ban is actually the trigger for an even more profound change – the abandonment of the personalised car in favour of a mix of shared cars, busways, trains, electric bikes, and even electric scooters.
“Simply exchanging ICE cars for BEVs [battery electric vehicles] is still to rely on an inefficient, wasteful system that costs vast sums in infrastructure, distorts the built environment and kills nearly 2,000 people a year in the UK alone,” he says. “The bicycle is the future of transport, and the e-bike is the future of the bicycle.
“This sounds flippant and irritates a vocal minority of the population, but micromobility and active travel and the electrification of mass transport are equally as important as the headline-grabbing car-centric policy.
“It’s about moving 10kg of metal around on an ebike instead of two tonnes of metal for a car.”
Nathan Wrench, head of sustainability innovation at Cambridge Consultants. Picture: Keith Heppell
There is also a knock-on effect on the supply chain – a Tesla has 19 moving components, an ICE car has several hundred. But one door closes, and another one opens, as they say – though in this case many doors will open, the most obvious being for electric battery power.
“This is a new industrial revolution and it has to happen faster than the original one,” says Nathan , “and we’re experiencing that across the entire supply chain.
“OEMs will be fine but if you’re a Tier 2 manufacturer, making fuel gauges or petrol tanks... how are you going to survive? They’ll have to pivot.
“There’s a human angle too. This kind of change does bring uncertainty, and therefore fear – and there’s plenty of that around at the moment. We need to focus on the opportunities here – Elon Musk has done wonders for the environment by himself, and he’s richer than any oil man alive.”
There may be fewer moving parts, but the demand for rare metals is going to increase. Is that good for the environment?
“Rare metals are an interesting topic,”says Nathan. “Small batteries are better than large, of course – so the e-bike wins again.
A more familiar sight in years to come
“The fossil fuel industry has been successful in equating battery manufacture with environmental impact – cobalt equals child labour, for instance. I believe this is gas-lighting pure and simple. Australian cobalt doesn’t rely on child labour. Well-run systems allow for good labour conditions under stable governments: let’s not rely on the fossil fuel industry for a moral compass.”
That there is no child labour in Australia is not a very high bar for environmental stewardship, and it should be noted that, while rare-earth metal prices may be stable, their use presents environmental concerns because the ores that rare-earths are extracted from are often laced with radioactive materials such as thorium. Separating the materials requires huge amounts of carcinogenic compounds like sulphate, ammonia and hydrochloric acid. Processing 1 tonne of rare-earths can produce up to 2,000 tonnes of toxic waste.
Vehicle manufacturers are aware of these issues and many have made statements about either the elimination or reduction of rare-earths in their electric motors. Renault’s Zoe has utilized a wound rotor configuration to replace magnets with copper windings. Bentley has eliminated magnets or copper in their rotors. BMW’s new fifth-generation drivetrain has also ditched rare-earths and Audi has opted for an aluminum rotor induction motor for the e-tron.
Nathan is keen to suggest that climate change should be the front-and-centre issue in all political and economic activity.
“It’s rather as if ‘climate’ is being treated as one more department to spend money on – so it’s balanced against the competing claims of health, transport, defence, education, welfare. It would be better to view climate change as the prism through which all other policies should be viewed.”
Dr Charlie Wartnaby, chief engineer, IDIADA Automotive Technology UK. Picture: Keith Heppell
In Cambridge, work on electric battery technology, self-driving cars and navigation systems continues. There is a sense of quiet optimism among many, including Charlie Wartnaby, chief engineer at global engineering company IDIADA Automotive Technology UK - the UK base is in Milton.
“The ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2030 does not exclude hybrids, so long as they can operate for ‘substantial’ distances on pure electric power. Such hybrids will get a stay of execution until 2035 – though what constitutes ‘substantial’ has yet to be defined. After 2040 sales of hybrid vehicles will be banned too.
“Of course the 2030 date can only spur electric drivetrain development further. A lot of funding has been announced to develop the electric powertrain supply chain and charging infrastructure – the Automotive Transformation Fund – and also, via the Faraday Battery Challenge, R&D funding for electric vehicle battery work.
“Business-wise, IDIADA in the UK has been very busy: we do not seem to have taken a hit from the pandemic.
“We are planning to build a major new facility near Oxford called CAVWAY, a proving ground for connected and autonomous vehicles, but also for ADAS testing and other vehicle work requiring a track.”
Meanwhile, at Sawston-based Echion Technologies, CEO Jean de La Verpilliere is developing superfast charging Li-ion battery materials. In August, it launched its latest pouch cell product, which charges in six minutes.
He said: “The government ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the UK after 2030 is good news for the UK battery industry. The ball is now in our court to be ready and competitive by then so that consumers get all the benefits of the transition without paying more or having a degraded user experience.
“I strongly believe this will be achieved via the use of cutting-edge technology, which UK companies like Echion are developing and commercialising. I hope that the government and UK financial system will fund and invest in the deep R&D which is needed to get us there.
“I also note that the door was left open to the sale of hybrids, which is probably a wise precaution.
Jean de La Verpilliere, CEO of Echion Technologies, with the battery pouch. Picture: Keith Heppell
“The speculation on the price of lithium and other rare metals is not an issue: the production capacities for all key battery materials are already ramped up world-wide and I do not anticipate a problem on the supply side. On the contrary, having more demand means that economies of scale can be made when manufacturing the cells and batteries, leading to a lower price.
“For Echion, progress has been really good recently on the business development side. Following successful demonstration of our 3 Ah pouch cellin August we have embarked into a series of customer trials and we are starting to get some really feedback. We will announce a partnership with a major industry player in the next few weeks.”
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IRON EXPLORATION – Northland cuts 47.4% iron over 50.8 metres
SWEDEN - Vancouver-based NORTHLAND RESOURCES INC. (formerly known as NORTH AMERICAN GOLD INC.), has released the ir...
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SWEDEN – Vancouver-based NORTHLAND RESOURCES INC. (formerly known as NORTH AMERICAN GOLD INC.), has released the iron and copper assays for four metallurgical test holes drilled at its Stora Sahavaara magnetite project in Sweden. Iron grades range from 44.1% to 51.6% total iron, with a weighted average for all four holes of 45.8% iron and 0.08% copper over 47.2 metres.
Buck Morrow, president of Northland, commented, "The iron grades from our drilling at Stora Sahavaara are almost exactly in line with the grades reported by the Swedish Geological Survey from their drilling. The material is now in the metallurgical lab in the U.S. and we hope to be able to comment on the met testing results within four to six weeks. From here, we’ll be looking to develop a substantial magnetite resource figure that is compliant with NI43-101."
The drill program was designed for representative metallurgical testing of approximately 800 metres of strike length of the deposit. Historic drill data indicate that the body can be traced for 1,300 metres along strike, and subcrops close to surface below a few metres of glacial till. The body, which is reported to be between 40 and 100 metres in true thickness, appears to be open down-dip below the current known extent of 750 metres.
Northland Resources is a junior exploration company with a portfolio of high quality iron, gold and base metal exploration projects in Sweden and Finland. Find out more about it at www.northlandresourcesinc.com.
NICKEL EXPLORATION – Major new laterites found in Brazil; teaming up in Norway (September 08, 2005)
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We Now Have More Female MPs Than Ever Before—And Four Other Takeaways From Election 2019
Here's what you need to know about what happened last night, and about our new, Liberal minority government
Sarah Boesveld & Maureen Halushak Updated October 22, 2019
(Photo: The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson)
It was called “the most uncertain federal election in decades,” but at the end of the night, the outcome was what many pundits had predicted: a Liberal minority government. The Liberals won 157 out of 338 seats—27 fewer seats than in 2015, and 13 seats less than the 170 needed to form a majority government. The Conservatives trailed with 121 seats (picking up 22 seats from 2015), followed by the Bloc Québécois with 32 seats (up 22 seats), the NDP with 24 seats (down 20 seats), the Green Party with three seats (up two seats) and one independent seat. Not a single candidate in Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada won a seat, including Bernier himself.
You might be disappointed that there was no clear winner—but there could be a bright side. “We hear, anecdotally, that Canadians prefer minority governments,” says Kathleen Monk, a political strategist at Earnscliffe Strategy Group who spoke to Chatelaine in advance of election night. “People like when people are forced to work together, to collaborate, to cooperate.”
Here’s what you need to know about what happened last night—and about our new Liberal minority government.
The Bloc Québécois had a huge night
After winning only 10 seats in 2015, the Bloc came roaring back to win 32 seats in 2019 under Yves-François Blanchet’s leadership. So what does this mean? While leaving Canada is currently off the menu, Quebeckers want a party that best represents their values. These values align with a Liberal government when it comes to climate change, but not with Bill 21—the controversial bill passed with the support of the Parti Québécois in June, says Rosie Barton, senior political correspondent at CBC and co-host of The National. (The bill bans teachers, police officers, judges and many others in public sector jobs from wearing items like hijabs, turbans, kippas, and crucifixes at work.)
“What if we get to a place where the federal government decides it does want to intervene?” asks Barton, who also spoke to Chatelaine in advance of election night. “How does the Bloc Québécois respond in a Parliamentary setting?” Trudeau has said that a federal government “might” have to intervene on Bill 21, which could lead to a serious divide with French Canada.
Alberta and Saskatchewan voted out their Liberal MPs
Despite one last rally at a Calgary banquet hall on October 20, Trudeau did not succeed in saving any Liberal seats in Alberta, thanks to frustration over the poor provincial economy and the carbon tax, as well as the Liberals’ overall stance on the oil sector and perceived lack of respect for the province. As a result, all four existing red seats in Alberta flipped to blue (with one orange exception: Heather McPherson retained the NDP’s seat in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona).
It was a similar story in Saskatchewan, where Conservatives swept all 14 ridings in the province—including the seat of Liberal Party veteran Ralph Goodale, the lone Liberal MP in the province following the 2015 election. (The Conservatives also won three former NDP seats in Saskatchewan.)
“The hatred for Trudeau in the province of Alberta is just so strong now,” says Monk. “I don’t know where it goes.” (While there has been talk of an Alberta separatist movement, Scheer is hoping it leads to a future Conservative majority, noting in his concession speech—which sounded more like a campaign speech—that his party is “the government in waiting”…”Mr. Trudeau, when your government falls.”)
Equal Voice
Even more women were elected than in 2015 (but we’re still not close to parity)
Ninety-eight female MPs were elected last night, including two Greens—leader Elizabeth May held her seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands—and one Independent (hello, Jody Wilson-Raybould). While this amounts to seven more female MPs than when government dissolved, it still works out to less than a third of available seats. What gives? “The scale of our ambition needs to be higher,” says Monk. “I strongly believe in that.”
Several popular female MPs also lost seats in Election 2019, including deputy leader of the Conservative Party Lisa Raitt, NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau and former Liberal health minister-turned-Independent Jane Philpott.
As a minority government, the Liberals will need to rely on other parties for support
“A Liberal minority will need to get back to work, form a cabinet, and move ahead with their agenda. When needed, they ask for some help from other parties to get passed budget bills and confidence motions,” says Barton.
Minority governments typically work in one of four ways in order to gain majority support in Parliament, explains Monk. One option, she says, is to make a formal coalition with another party. In this case, Trudeau could, say, give NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and other NDP MPs official roles in his government, effectively adding 24 NDP seats to his Liberal government, thus surpassing the 170-seat count needed for a majority government. (Singh has indicated he may be open to working with other parties, aside from the Conservatives.)
Another is to create a formal agreement for support from another party, as the Greens and NDPs did after the 2017 provincial election in British Columbia in order to defeat premier Christy Clark.
There is also the option to form a loose alliance—which would involve the Liberals agreeing “to adopt specific policies from another party in exchange for support on the throne speech, budget or major legislation,” says Monk—or just negotiating support from other parties on a case-by-case basis.
For more information on how a minority government could work, we direct you to this excellent explainer from our friends at Maclean’s.
There will likely be another election in two years
“If it’s a comfortable minority for anyone, things will be calm for about two years which is about how long these things last,” says Barton. In recent history, Stephen Harper and Paul Martin both led minority governments—Martin’s Liberal minority was in power from 2004 to 2006, while Harper led minority Conservative governments from 2006 to 2008 and 2008 to 2011.
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Income Inequality: The 10 States With the Biggest Wealth Gaps
Megan Elliott
“Rich and poor” road sign | Source: iStock
Income inequality in the United States is at levels not seen since the late 1920s, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). In 2013, the top 1% of families in the U.S. made 25 times as much as the bottom 99%, and took home 20% of the nation’s total income. That’s just shy of the 24% of total income claimed by the top 1% in 1928, just before the Great Depression.
After the Great Depression, income inequality in the U.S. shrank. From the 1950s through the late 1970s, the richest 1% of Americans earned between 9% and 11% of the nation’s income. Beginning in the 1980s, the share claimed by the wealthiest began to increase, hitting a high of 24% in 2007. The top earners’ share of the income pie shrank slightly following the Great Recession, but the setback doesn’t appear to be permanent. Between 2009 and 2013, 85% of all income growth in the United States went to the 1%. The top sliver of earners enjoyed average income growth of 17%. Incomes for the bottom 99% grew an average of less than 1%.
The disparity in incomes exists throughout the U.S., though it’s more pronounced in some areas than others. The 1% who live in tech and financial industry hubs have disproportionately high incomes, but even the most “equal” states have income ratios in the double digits. In Alaska, the state where the gap between the top and bottom income earners is least dramatic, the 1% still earn 13 times more than the 99%.
“Rising inequality is not just a story of those in the financial sector in the greater New York City metropolitan area reaping outsized rewards from speculation in financial markets,” according to the report, which analyzed IRS tax return data to gauge income trends on a state, county, and citywide basis. The methodology is the same as the one used by economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez in a 2003 paper on income inequality in the U.S., and allows for a more detailed analysis than studies relying on U.S. Census data.
Here are the 10 states with the most income inequality, according to the EPI report.
10. Illinois
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Top 1% average income: $1.2 million
Bottom 99% average income: $48,684
What it takes to join the 1%: $416,319/year
Illinois was the tenth-most unequal state in the country, according to the EPI analysis. The top 1% earned roughly 25 times that of the bottom 99% and claimed 20% of the state’s income, similar to national averages.
The Chicago metro area has the biggest income gap in the state. In the Windy City and surrounding suburbs, the 1% earn an average of $1.4 million every year, compared to $54,239 for everyone else.
9. New Jersey
A homeless man panhandles on the street in Camden, New Jersey. | Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Garden State 1-percenters earn 25 times more than the bottom 99% and take home 20% of the state’s total income. The income gap in New Jersey is virtually identical to the nationwide income gap.
Between 2009 and 2013, real income for the top 1% in New Jersey increased 15% but fell 1.4% for the bottom 99%. Essex County has the biggest income gap in the state, with the top 1% earns 45 times more compared to the bottom 99%.
8. Texas
Natural gas is flared off at a plant outside of the town of Cuero, Texas | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the income gap. The state has the eighth-largest gap between the 1% and the 99% in the U.S. The top sliver of families earn 21% of the state’s income and take home 27 times more every year than the typical Texas household.
Midland is the most unequal city in Texas and the eighth-most unequal metro in the country. You’d need to earn $885,806 per year to be part of the city’s 1%. Much of the wealth in this West Texas town is thanks to the oil industry, and the boom-and-bust cycle can make life difficult for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, the Texas Tribune reported.
7. California
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Tech billionaires and Hollywood royalty make California a very rich state. The average annual income of the 1% is just over $1.4 million, 29 times the average income of the remaining 99%.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose have the biggest gaps between the top 1% and the rest of the population. In San Jose and San Francisco, the 1% earn more than $2 million per year on average. Average salaries for the bottom 99% are higher than in many parts of the country, at $85,042 and $70,994, respectively, but are still nearly 30 times less than the top earners’ income. In Los Angeles, the top 1% take home slightly less — $1.4 million annually – but the 99% are worse off, earning $48,492 per year, on average.
6. Massachusetts
Boston skyline | Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
In Massachusetts, the top 1% of the population earns 30 times the income of the bottom 99%. Nearly one-quarter of the state’s total income goes to the wealthiest residents.
Boston is the most unequal metro area in Massachusetts. The average 1-percenter in Boston earns $1.9 million compared to the $64,135 earned by the typical 99-percenter.
5. Florida
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Wealthy retirees are behind the Florida income gap, according to the EPI. The top 1% earn 35 times more than the bottom 99% and take home 26% of the state’s total income.
You’d need to earn $959,229 per year to count yourself among the top 1% in Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, the state’s most unequal metro area. The wealthiest residents of this Gulf Coast city earned an average of $4.2 million per year. Despite the income gap, the Naples area was named the happiest, healthiest city in America, according to a recent Gallup study.
4. Nevada
Las Vegas welcome sign | Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
What it takes to join the 1%: $311,977
Nevada’s gaming industry is helping to make a tiny portion of the state’s population very rich, according the EPI report, but many other residents are barely scraping by. The bottom 99% in Nevada earn a little over $36,000 per year, on average. Only Mississippi and West Virginia had lower average incomes for the 99%. Real income for Nevadans has fallen 13% since 2009, while income for the top 1% has grown 26%.
Overall, the top 1% in Nevada earn 38 times more than the bottom 99%, capturing 27.5% of all income in the state. Douglas County, adjacent to Lake Tahoe, is the most unequal county in the state, with the top 1% earning 46 times more than the bottom 99% of residents.
3. Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park | Source: Wyoming Office of Tourism
Wyoming’s official nickname may be the “equality state” (it was the first to grant women the right to vote) but that moniker seems a bit ironic considering the vast gap between the wealthiest citizens and the rest of the state’s residents. The top 1% in Wyoming earn 41 times more than the bottom 99%, taking home an average annual income of more than $2 million. The energy industry in Wyoming contributes to the income inequality between the state’s highest earners and everyone else.
Jackson, Wyoming, was the most unequal metro area in the country. Though the bottom 99% in the resort town near Grand Teton National Park earned an average of $93,891 annually, that number was dwarfed by the $20 million taken home by the city’s top 1% every year. The gap isn’t surprising when you consider Jackson’s reputation as a home for the super-wealthy. Residents include candy heir John Mars, who’s worth $24 billion, and Christy Walton, daughter-in-law of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, who’s worth $5.4 billion.
2. Connecticut
A sign is displayed in front of a foreclosed home on March 12, 2010 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. | Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Income inequality in Connecticut has increased significantly in the past few decades. From the 1920s to the 1980s, the income spread between the rich and the poor in Connecticut closely mirrored national levels. But beginning in the mid-1980s, the top 1% began to capture a greater portion of the income in the state – 30% compared to the national average of 20%.
Today, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metro area is the second-most unequal in the country, with the top earners taking home an average of $6 million per year, 74 times the annual income of the bottom 99%. Overall, the top 1% in Connecticut make 43 times more than the bottom 99%.
Woman holding a “We are the 99%” sign at an Occupy Wall Street protest | Source: iStock
Top 1% average income: $2 million
The wealthiest New Yorkers earned 45 times more than the bottom 99%. High earners working in the financial sector were partly to blame for the lopsided earnings, according to the EPI report. In Manhattan, the center of the country’s financial industry, the average income of the top 1% was $8.1 million, 116 times more than the bottom 99%.
Overall, the top 1% of families in New York state took home 31% of the income. From 2009 to 2013, average real income for the bottom 99% fell 4%.
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2021-2022 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. California Democratic leaders are being criticized after attempting to link the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with efforts to recall Newsom. State Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks led a group of Democratic officials who described the effort to remove Newsom as a “coup” and claimed, without evidence, that those involved were far-right extremists.
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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. Faulconer is forming a committee to begin raising money for a potential run for governor. The Republican's announcement on Twitter comes as supporters of a possible recall election aimed at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom continue gathering petition signatures needed to qualify for the ballot.
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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. California Democratic leaders are being criticized after attempting to link the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with efforts to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Republican Party of Orange County Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, launched a new round of fundraising appeals for the proposed recall. Among potential GOP candidates, Faulconer has established a committee to begin raising money.
FILE - In this June 2, 2019, file photo, Rusty Hicks speaks during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco. California Democratic leaders are being criticized after attempting to link the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with efforts to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. State Democratic Party Chair Hicks led a group of Democratic officials who described the effort to remove Newsom as a “coup” and claimed, without evidence, that those involved were far-right extremists.
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California Democrats see backlash after recall 'coup' claims
The Associated Press — By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans on Wednesday seized on a bungled Democratic attempt to link the proposed recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, depicting it as a dangerous act of desperation by the Democrats and fresh evidence that the governor needs to go.
The criticism came as the Republican Party of Orange County launched a new round of fundraising appeals for the recall, saying Democrats were attempting to enflame political tensions at a time of national strife.
“There is nothing more democratic than an election,” the party said in a statement, defending the proposed recall that could take place later this year.
A day earlier, state Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks and a lineup of Democratic elected officials claimed the recall effort was a “coup” to remove Newsom, led by far-right extremists including white supremacists and neo-Nazis. However, they provided no evidence to support the allegations.
The scattershot of claims and inflammatory language even drew criticism from fellow Democrats.
In the twilight of President Donald Trump’s administration, and following his baseless claims of widespread election fraud, “We all have a responsibility to recommit to truth and facts,” said Roy Behr, a Democratic strategist who has worked for California politicians including former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer.
“While the other side has clearly shown that facts and reality are irrelevant to their arguments, I think that our side can be effective without having to resort to that,” Behr said. "There are so many good reasons to oppose the recall, they don’t need to resort to that particular line of argument."
Samantha Corbin, a Democrat and influential state government lobbyist, wrote on Twitter that she was “extremely disappointed and disturbed” to see the party using such language, especially at a time of national crisis and threats of violence, including at the Capitol in Sacramento.
“Linking a legal and constitutionally appropriate (California) recall attempt to the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and ongoing coup attempt is worse than a bad PR call. It’s irresponsible, will breed division and perpetuates ignorance,” she wrote.
It appeared the Democrats were trying to piggyback on the nationwide attention on Washington, but the event also signaled the party was recognizing the recall as a legitimate — perhaps even inevitable — threat to the governor.
Recall organizers say they have collected more than 1.1 million of the nearly 1.5 million petition signatures needed to place the recall on the ballot, and they have until mid-March to hit the required threshold.
Newsom was elected in a landslide in the heavily Democratic state in 2018 but has seen his fortunes sour, as many residents grow weary of long-running coronavirus restrictions that have shuttered schools and business while he contends with fallout from a massive unemployment benefits fraud scandal.
He became the focus of public outrage after being caught dining with friends at an opulent restaurant — seated closely together and without masks — after telling state residents to spurn social gatherings and stay home to avoid risk of spreading the virus.
Unlike a coup, typically a violent and illegal attempt to seize power, recall elections are authorized under state law. Then-Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was ousted in a recall election in 2003 and replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Claremont McKenna College political scientist Jack Pitney said Democrats were trying to put an extremist label on the recall at a time when the movement remains largely unknown to the state's nearly 40 million people. He noted that President Richard Nixon once wrote that the best way to fire up your supporters is to rally them against a visible opponent. He said a loyal supporter will fight hard for you but “he will fight twice as hard against your enemies.”
Democrats “were trying to identify that enemy,” Pitney said.
But it may go largely forgotten, with the nation’s attention focused on Washington and Trump's second impeachment. “To the extent that people were paying attention, it backfired,” he said.
Randy Economy, a senior adviser to the recall effort, expressed dismay at the allegations. He said traffic to the group’s website hit a record Tuesday, which he attributed to the Democratic event.
“They are going to go there?” he asked, referring to the allegations. “That’s how bad the Democratic Party is in California.”
The event also made clear that Democrats are concerned about a possible candidacy by former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a moderate Republican with a low-key, avuncular style who came to power in 2013 after a sexual harassment scandal ended the term of his predecessor, Democrat Bob Filner. Faulconer was singled out for criticism by the Democrats.
Among potential GOP candidates, Faulconer has established a committee to begin raising money. Republican businessman John Cox, Newsom’s 2018 rival, has signaled he intends to run if the recall qualifies. Another name circulating in Republican circles is Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, who lives in California. Grenell did not respond to an email seeking comment.
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Home / sports / On the Bench / Defense Earns Men’s Basketball a Win in ACC Opener
Sunday, Dec 31, 2017 at 10:11 pm
Defense Earns Men’s Basketball a Win in ACC Opener
By Nick Dugan
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Virginia Tech took a 14-13 lead on an Ahmed Hill three-pointer with 9:54 left in the first half.
On the following possession, Marek Dolezaj blocked Virginia Tech guard Justin Robinson before finishing with a layup on the other end. Playing both ends of the floor, Dolezaj put Syracuse back in front, this time for good. The freshman’s defense helped Syracuse (12-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) to a 68-56 win over Virginia Tech (11-3, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) in its conference opener.
Last Wednesday, SU struggled in the first half against Eastern Michigan, shooting just under 24 percent in the first half. Against Virginia Tech, they shot 49 percent from the field, opening up a 32-19 halftime lead.
“We attacked the basket,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “Frank (Howard) made some really good plays in the first half. He made three big threes to get us some separation.”
But, it was the defense that stole the show on New Year’s Eve. SU held a V-Tech team shooting nearly 44 percent from deep and 54.5 percent overall to 33 and 35 percent respectively.
The Orange zone has struggled against good three-point shooters this season. Maryland’s Kevin Huerter was 7-of-9 from three-point range back in November, while Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham went 7-of-13 from deep. But, against the Hokies, it was up to the task.
“I thought that defensively we were really good in the first half,” Boeheim said. “We took away their inside stuff and we really got to their shooters.”
As for Matthew Moyer, the group’s mentality has been the difference.
“This team is focusing more on practice,” he said. “Every single day is a game. We’ve got to treat it like a game. If we don’t, we’re not going to play well defensively. If we do, we will.”
“Our defense is really good and it’s just continuing to improve,” Tyus Battle said. “It’s going to get better as the season goes on.”
V-Tech gave Boeheim and company a bit of a scare at the start of the second half, however. Four quick three-pointers quickly brought the Hokies to within three with 14:35 remaining.
“(The) second half started, we didn’t do a good job defensively getting back,” Boeheim said. “They got three open threes – they’re going to make them.”
‘Cuse answered right back with an 11-0 spurt of its own, including a thunderous dunk from Matthew Moyer and capped off by a Tyus Battle three-pointer.
At times, it wasn’t pretty. On the receiving end of a full-court press in the second half, SU coughed up 15 turnovers.
But, the Orange found a way to win.
“We’re that team that’s going to grind it out,” Howard said. “Something that coach wanted to voice to us that every game is going to be a dogfight for us. So, we’re used to it.”
Syracuse will return to ACC action in Winston-Salem, North Carolina against Wake Forest on Wednesday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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Public Health Experts: Single-Payer Systems Coping With Coronavirus More Effectively Than For-Profit Model
"Having a healthcare system that's a public strategic asset rather than a business run for profit allows for a degree of coordination and optimal use of resources."
A medical staff member talks with a man with suspected symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a testing facility in Seoul on March 4, 2020. (Photo: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images)
As the coronavirus pandemic places extraordinary strain on national healthcare systems around the world, public health experts are making the case that countries with universal single-payer systems have thus far responded more efficiently and effectively to the outbreak than nations like the United States, whose fragmented for-profit apparatus has struggled to cope with the growing crisis.
"There is no need for people to worry about the tests or vaccine or cost of care if people become ill."
—Helen Buckingham, Nuffield Trust
"It is too soon to see definite outcomes among competing healthcare systems. But even in this early phase, public health experts say the single-payer, state-run systems are proving themselves relatively robust," the Washington Post reported Sunday. "Unlike the United States, where a top health official told Congress the rollout of testing was 'failing' and where Congress is only now moving through a bill that includes free testing, the single-payer countries have been especially nimble at making free, or low-cost, virus screening widely available for patients with coughs and fevers."
While the Trump administration only recently took steps to massively expand COVID-19 testing—sparking concerns that the outbreak in the U.S. is far more severe than official numbers suggest—countries with forms of single-payer healthcare like South Korea and Denmark have for weeks been offering "drive-through" testing and other innovative mechanisms, allowing them to quickly test hundreds of thousands of their citizens and respond accordingly.
"Unhampered government intervention into the healthcare sector is an advantage when the virus is spreading fast across the country," said Choi Jae-wook, a professor of preventive medicine at Korea University in Seoul.
South Korea has done more than just "flatten the curve" of new Covid-19 infections. It bought the curve down through:
- Aggressive testing (20,000 tests daily, "drive through" testing)/isolation
- School holiday extended
- Government advice to stay inside
- large events cancelled pic.twitter.com/MGzuX9Oc6w
— Tom Hancock (@hancocktom) March 13, 2020
Jorgen Kurtzhals, the head of the University of Copenhagen medical school, told the Post that the strength of Denmark's single-payer system is that it has "a lot of really highly educated and well-trained staff, and given some quite un-detailed instructions, they can actually develop plans for an extremely rapid response."
"We don't have to worry too much about whether this response or that response demands specific payments here and there," said Kurtzhals said. "We are aware that there will be huge expenditure within the system. But we're not too concerned about it because we have a direct line of communication from the national government to the regional government to the hospital directors."
None of which is to say that countries with forms of single-payer healthcare or nationalized systems are flawlessly handling the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected at least 173,000 people and killed more than 6,000 worldwide.
"We don't have to worry too much about whether this response or that response demands specific payments here and there."
—Jorgen Kurtzhals, University of Copenhagen
Britain's National Health Service (NHS), following years of austerity imposed by Conservative governments, is facing staff and supply shortages as hospitals are being overwhelmed with patients. Canada, like the U.K., is struggling with a shortage of ventilators.
But Helen Buckingham, director of strategy and operations at the London-based Nuffield Trust think tank, told the Post that the NHS is in a relatively good position to cope with COVID-19 because it has "a very clear emergency planning structure."
Additionally, Buckingham noted, "there is no need for people to worry about the tests or vaccine or cost of care if people become ill."
David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, said that in a "time of crisis" like the coronavirus pandemic, "having a healthcare system that's a public strategic asset rather than a business run for profit allows for a degree of coordination and optimal use of resources."
During the Democratic presidential primary debate Sunday night in Washington, D.C., former Vice President Joe Biden cited Italy's struggles to contain COVID-19 as evidence that the Medicare for All system advocated by rival candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would not be effective in a pandemic. Italy has been the hardest-hit country outside China with nearly 25,000 cases of the novel coronavirus.
"With all due respect for Medicare for All, you have a single-payer system in Italy," said Biden. "It doesn't work there."
Critics were quick to take issue with Biden's talking point. "[Single-payer] isn't the reason Italy is having problems," tweeted HuffPost healthcare reporter Jonathan Cohn. "Italy's problem is health system capacity. Independent of health system design."
This is the dumbest point. No, single payer does not solve the problem of pandemics. But it definitely solves the problem of thousands and thousands of people going bankrupt because there's a pandemic. It solves the problem of people not seeking out care for fear of bankruptcy. https://t.co/L2Cx2VJGZj
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) March 16, 2020
Dr. David Himmelstein, co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program and distinguished professor of public health at the City University of New York at Hunter College, said in a statement Sunday night that the "fragmented system" in the United States "leaves public health separate and disconnected from medical care, and provides no mechanism to appropriately balance funding priorities."
"As a result, public health accounts for less than 3 percent of overall health expenditures, a percentage that has been falling for decades, and is about half the proportion in Canada or the U.K.," said Himmselstein. "One result is that state and local health departments that are the front lines in dealing with epidemics have lost 50,000 position since 2008 due to budget cuts."
On the debate stage Sunday evening, Sanders made the case for transitioning the U.S. to a single-payer program, arguing that the coronavirus "exposes the incredible weakness and dysfunctionality of our current healthcare system."
"How in God's name does it happen," said Sanders, "that we end up with 87 million people who are uninsured or underinsured and there are people who are watching this program tonight who are saying, 'I'm not feeling well. Should I go to the doctor? But I can't afford to go to the doctor. What happens if I am sick?'"
"So the word has got to go out, and I certainly would do this as president: You don't worry," Sanders added. "People of America, do not worry about the cost of prescription drugs. Do not worry about the cost of the healthcare that you're going to get, because we are a nation—a civilized democratic society. Everybody, rich and poor, middle class, will get the care they need. The drug companies will not rip us off."
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Malaysia to get its first AI park
Malaysia’s first artificial intelligence park to be developed by a trio of local and Chinese firms is expected to raise the country’s standing in the global race for AI supremacy
Aaron Tan, TechTarget
Published: 29 Apr 2019 5:21
Malaysia is gearing up for the artificial intelligence (AI) race with a $1bn AI park to be set up by a trio of Malaysian and Chinese companies aimed at spurring AI developments in the country.
The park, focused on building AI applications that take advantage of computer vision, speech recognition and natural language processing, will be built by engineering contractor China Harbour Engineering Company, G3 Global, a Malaysian apparel company that has diversified into IT, and Chinese AI firm SenseTime.
It will also serve as a platform to groom local artificial intelligence talent, and support efforts to build a commercial AI ecosystem and advance AI research in Malaysia.
“We see huge potential of AI in Malaysia and we can’t wait to raise the bar of our nation with other countries,” said Wan Khalik Wan Muhammad, executive chairman of G3 Global.
“The idea to set up the AI park is vital to build AI research-related public service infrastructure as the base to promote AI technology in Malaysia. In addition, this becomes a place for talents to be trained on AI and machine learning,” he added.
Noting that AI has become a tool for Malaysian organisations to glean business insights and increase productivity, Wan Khalik expects the AI park to have a “huge impact” on government agencies, as well as banking, manufacturing and healthcare industries.
The AI park was announced during Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to SenseTime’s premises in Beijing last week where the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held.
During a demonstration of SenseTime’s AI capabilities in areas such as autonomous driving, smart cities, education and healthcare, Mahathir noted that there are plenty of application scenarios for those technologies in Malaysia. With a passion for driving, Mahathir also tried out a self-driving car system.
“With advanced AI technology and extensive business experience, SenseTime is honoured to be part of Malaysia’s new journey. We look forward to working together with Malaysian government, academia and business sectors, bringing our technological expertise and experience to Malaysia and building a better world with AI technology,” said SenseTime founder Tang Xiao’ou.
The location of Malaysia’s first AI park has not been set. As part of their collaboration, SenseTime will build an AI and supercomputing platform for research and cloud services, while G3 Global will facilitate the park’s development and form partnerships with industry and academia to support the park’s activities.
Malaysia is one of the few countries with a national big data analytics framework to encourage adoption of big data across industries. Building on this framework, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is expected to introduce a national AI framework by the end of this year.
In 2018, MDEC teamed up with Chinese cloud computing bigwig Alibaba Cloud to roll out an AI platform aimed at easing Kuala Lumpur’s notorious traffic congestion.
Dubbed Malaysia City Brain, the platform harnesses Alibaba Cloud’s AI capabilities such as video and image recognition, data mining and machine learning, to analyse massive amounts of real-time data generated by 382 camera feeds and 281 traffic light junctions in the capital city.
However, despite the clear benefits of AI, however, only 41% of enterprises in Asia-Pacific have embarked on their AI journey, according to a recent Microsoft-sponsored study by IDC.
“AI is a game-changer and is key to driving competitiveness, not just for organisations, but also for economies,” said Victor Lim, vice-president for consulting operations at IDC Asia-Pacific. “This is an ongoing race, and those that have not started will be left behind.”
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The Singapore government has released an AI governance framework to help businesses tackle the ethical and governance challenges arising from the growing use of AI across industries.
Microsoft has expanded AI capabilities of its Xiaoice chatbot, which is now designing images and patterns for China’s textile industry.
As the enthusiasm for AI gathers pace in Australia, the country’s chief scientist has sounded a note of caution and called for more regulation of AI.
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Benedict: Far from the First Pope to Resign
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Feb 11, 2013
Now that Pope Benedict has announced his resignation effective February 28th, it makes sense to review a little Catholic history. The resignation of a pope is a rare event but not an unprecedented one, as some early reports would have had us believe.
During the third and fourth centuries, two or three popes are thought to have resigned in periods of persecution and exile, in order to pave the way for successors, and at least one source suggests that, in the very early eleventh century, Pope John XVIII resigned to end his days as a monk, though this is not recorded elsewhere. Since that time, however, we have clear and reliable historical documentation for the resignation of four popes. Several other popes have also prepared conditional resignations, to be invoked in the event of incapacity, such as imprisonment by a hostile power. But the last of all the actual resignations occurred in 1415, long before it was possible for the whole world to follow the story as it happened.
All of the well-documented resignations took place in the latter part of the Middle Ages, between 1045 and 1415. The first was Pope Benedict IX (1032-1045), a very well-connected young man (nephew to both of the two previous popes) who was elected to the See of Peter at about the age of 20, during a period when the papacy was coveted by many politically influential families. Benedict IX was unfortunately ill-suited to his new role. Noted for his immoral lifestyle, he brought such disgrace upon the office that a rival faction set up an anti-pope. Eventually, the Pope’s desperate godfather, the deeply pious archpriest John Gratian, paid him a large sum of money to resign the papacy, which he did in 1045.
The result was that Gratian himself was elected Pope Gregory VI in 1045. However, because he had paid Benedict to resign, his election was tainted by simony, and the Council of Sutri pressed Gregory, in his turn, to resign for the good of the Church in 1046. Pope Clement II was then elected, but he died within a year, and the former Pope Benedict IX seized Rome and took up the papacy again! By 1048, however, Pope Damasus II was elected and Benedict was driven out of Rome. Unfortunately, Damasus died of malaria after just 23 days. Stability did not return to the papacy until the election of Pope St. Leo IX (1049-1054).
The first two well-documented papal resignations, then, occurred in connection with the problems posed by Benedict IX. The last resignation, by Gregory XII in 1415, also occurred in a period of great confusion, the period called the Western Schism. This grew out of the Avignon Papacy, during which the popes, under the excessive influence of the King of France, administered the Church not from Rome but from Avignon. Among others, St. Catherine of Siena urged Pope Gregory XI to end the scandal of residing in Avignon and to return to Rome, which he finally did. Unfortunately, he died soon thereafter, in 1378. Hence the Church was divided into two factions, those who wanted the papacy in Rome and those who favored Avignon.
The College of Cardinals in Rome elected Pope Urban VI in April 1378. Because the people of Rome had exerted such pressure on the cardinals, they met a second time with the same outcome, in the hope of removing all reasonable doubt as to the validity of the election. Nonetheless, Urban quickly made himself unpopular, and so some of the cardinals, especially those who wanted the papacy to return to Avignon, rebelled against Urban and elected an anti-pope, Clement VII. The circumstances surrounding both of these elections were sufficiently confusing that even some future saints were divided in their allegiance, though the Church was split mainly along political lines, with France and her allies supporting the imposter.
During the years of the Schism, Urban VI was succeeded by Boniface IX, Innocent VII and Gregory XII. Meanwhile, the anti-pope Clement was succeeded by the anti-pope Benedict XIII. The Council of Pisa, attempting to heal the rift in 1409, succeeded only in electing another anti-pope, John XXIII, since the true pope had not resigned. But Gregory XII worked with the Council of Constance in 1414, and it was arranged that Gregory would resign while John XXIII and Benedict XIII would (rightly) be declared illegitimate. This paved the way for an election which all could recognize, and Martin V became pope. Thus Gregory XII, like Gregory VI, ultimately resigned in order to restore unity to the Church.
The only documented case of a resignation comparable to what has been announced by Pope Benedict XVI in our own time was that of Pope Saint Celestine V (Pietro di Murrone). Pietro was called to the monastic life, and often lived as a hermit, emphasizing prayer and ascetical practices. Like many holy men, he inspired others, and so became responsible for the foundation of some 36 monasteries. At age 79, again living as a simple hermit with no desire for office of any kind, Pietro was suddenly elected pope two years after the death of Nicholas IV.
He was completely unsuited to the task, including the task of managing all the rival interests among the Cardinals. In fact, Celestine V seems to have paved the way for the Avignon papacy by creating a disproportionate number of French cardinals. He himself appears to have realized his failings; above all, he desired a life of prayer and he feared for his soul. Therefore he resigned the papacy in 1295 after some five months in office. He was followed by Pope Boniface VIII, who succeeded (for the most part) in forcibly keeping the old hermit in custody until the end of his life, lest he be used by those who opposed the new pope.
It is doubtful that the same fate will befall Benedict XVI. Despite countless media mistakes in Catholic coverage, the omnipresence of worldwide news media in the modern world will ultimately enable most people to understand what is really going on. Moreover, it is hard to imagine a serious counter-threat to Benedict’s successor that could somehow make a pawn of a retired Joseph Ratzinger. What is not hard to imagine, however, is constant efforts by the media to get the former pope’s opinion on everything his successor says and does. I suppose a new conspiracy theory or two will surface as well, perhaps providing new grist for the sede vacantist mill.
Indeed, one hopes that Pope Benedict XVI’s humility has not obscured his understanding of the uneasiness a papal resignation can create, including the uneasiness of having a former pope still living during the pontificate of his successor. It is perhaps indicative of this perception that Benedict apparently plans to spend the rest of his life in monastic seclusion. He may devote himself quietly to theological study—and yet we ought not to expect publication, which could conceivably create a conflict with his successor, at least in the minds of those looking for division and fomenting doubt. Clearly, trust in the Holy Spirit is essential. As history suggests, there is no easy way out for a pope.
Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
Posted by: koinonia - Feb. 13, 2013 7:29 AM ET USA
Cokie Roberts expressed universal "shock" on the part of the media, but the resignation should have been anticipated. Perhaps the repercussions related to the "Vatileaks" scandal expedited things. His radical Motu Proprio and the controversial reform of the liturgical translation of the Mass certainly merited him animosity among progressives. His caretaker role proved to have a bit more "punch" than was anticipated. Now he may "flee, be silent, and pray" as did the desert fathers. Oremus.
Posted by: abc - Feb. 11, 2013 8:07 PM ET USA
It is superfluous to reiterate that Joseph Ratzinger is one of the most (if not THE most) important theologian of our time. And his writings show that he knows quite a bit about Ecclesiology. So, we can rest assured that he knows exactly what he is doing, and all the consequences that are to unfold from his resignation, including ecumenical ones.
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Catholics around the Globe Urge Pope Benedict XVI to Lift the Ban on Condoms
LETTER TO POPE BENEDICT XVI Asks the Vatican to Change Policy, Help Prevent the Spread of HIV and AIDS
Vatican City – In recognition of World AIDS Day, Catholics from around the globe are calling on the pope to lift the ban on condoms in order to help stem the spread of HIV and AIDS. On December 1st, Catholics for a Free Choicewill deliver a Letter to Pope Benedict XVI signed by thousands of individuals from more than 110 countries which asks the pope to recognize the negative effects the Vatican’s opposition to condoms has on preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and calls on him to act quickly and overturn the ban. Signatures to the letter will continue to be collected until the Vatican changes its teaching on condoms.
The Letter to Pope Benedict XVI takes on more significance with the recent announcement by Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, that a working group assembled in April has recently delivered its findings on “contraception in the age of AIDS” to the pope and the Committee for the Doctrine of the Faith for further action.
Speaking about the Vatican’s investigation into condom use, Jon O’Brien, executive vice president of Catholics for a Free Choice, said, “Pope Benedict XVI has a great opportunity to set forth a life-saving path for the Catholic church. As the church plays a large role in how AIDS is perceived and treated in many parts of the globe, officially lifting the ban on condoms is vital to stemming the spread of HIV and AIDS.” O’Brien also has a podcast about the issue available here.
The Catholic church and its related organizations currently account for more than 25 percent of AIDS care globally, making it the largest single provider of such services in the world. Moreover, in many areas, they are the only provider of AIDS and HIV care and treatment. In addition to the church’s role as a care provider, the Catholic hierarchy is outspoken on moral and scientific matters, and its influence is often very significant on these issues, especially in poor and developing countries.
Given its parallel roles, as service provider and outspoken moral arbiter, the Vatican’s ban on condoms is having severely detrimental effects: many AIDS care workers are forced to hand out condoms under the table, thus risking their jobs. While many bishops have spoken out in favor of the use of condoms, others still counsel that abstinence is the only solution for preventing the spread of AIDS. Some bishops have gone so far as to cast doubt or outright deny the efficacy of condoms, further contributing to misinformation about the fatal disease. In fact, the Vatican’s most recent official statement has been from Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council of the Family, who erroneously claimed in an interview with the BBC, “The AIDS virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon. The spermatozoon can easily pass through the ‘net’ that is formed by the condom.” The WHO rejected this claim outright, calling it “dangerous” given the spread of the pandemic.
The Letter to Pope Benedict XVI is available to read here and already has signers from more than 110 countries, including 38 Members of the European Parliament. Many signatories have appended poignant stories about how the ban affects them and their communities. The effort to add signatures will continue until the pope rescinds the ban.
The petition is a project of the Condoms4Life Campaign, which was started in 2001, and is an unprecedented worldwide public education effort to raise public awareness about the devastating effect of the bishops’ ban on condoms and to put pressure on bishops and the Vatican to change the church’s teaching on the matter.
Speaking about the ban and the letter to the pope, O’Brien continued, “The injunction against condoms was created at a time when AIDS did not exist. A leader’s first commitment should always be to those he serves, not to a dated ideology. By lifting the ban on condoms, he will enable couples and families the world over to protect themselves and their loved ones from the ravages of AIDS, and choose a truly prolife path.”
A copy of the letter and statements from bishops who support condom use is available on our Web site,www.Condoms4Life.org.
For more information, please contact Erin Smith, Press Officer of Catholics for a Free Choice, at +1 (202) 986-6093 or +1 (202) 340-1207.
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Government set to announce $25B aid package to help Canadians through COVID-19 crisis
The federal government is set to announce a massive aid package worth more than $25 billion to help Canadians and business get through the COVID-19 crisis, CBC News-Radio Canada has learned. The billions in spending will help Canadians make ends meet at a time when they could face lost wages due to widespread closures, and will help businesses bridge through the emergency period.
Parliament could be recalled to pass emergency measures; Trudeau says crisis could last weeks, months
Kathleen Harris, David Cochrane · CBC News · Posted: Mar 17, 2020 10:37 AM ET | Last Updated: March 17, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be providing an update on Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
The federal government is set to announce a massive aid package worth more than $25 billion to help Canadians and businesses get through the COVID-19 crisis, CBC News-Radio Canada has learned.
A senior government official told CBC News the package will be delivered through existing safety net programs, including employment insurance and the Canada Child Benefit.
"It's going to be significant and comprehensive," the senior government official said.
"People need rent money and groceries. Businesses need to bridge to better times."
During a news conference Tuesday outside his residence at Rideau Cottage, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government is also looking at temporarily recalling Parliament to bring in emergency economic measures. He also hinted at a possible delay in the April 30 tax filing deadline.
"Tomorrow we will be making another major announcement on economic actions to support Canadians as quickly as possible. By the end of the week, we will have more to say about changes for the upcoming tax season," he said.
"We're looking at giving more flexibility for people to be able to make payments and for businesses to have more liquidity during this time."
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Trudeau also said the government is examining the Emergencies Act to decide if it should be invoked, or if there are other ways for the government to take steps to protect the public.
The Emergencies Act can be enacted in times of temporary "urgent and critical" situations that seriously endanger the lives, heath or safety of citizens. Bringing the Emergencies Act into force allows the government to:
Impose travel bans.
Order and carry out evacuations.
Regulate and distribute essential goods and services.
Establish emergency shelters and hospitals and authorize emergency payments.
Failing to comply with measures under the Emergencies Act can result in fines of up to $5,000, or even jail time, according to the government website.
Conservatives are ready to return to Ottawa to pass emergency legislation ASAP to support Canadians affected by COVID-19. Canadians have important questions about the govt's handling of this pandemic. Conservative MPs will continue to press for answers on behalf of Canadians.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said his MPs are ready to return to Ottawa to pass emergency legislation "ASAP" to support Canadians hurt by COVID-19.
"Canadians have important questions about the govt's handling of this pandemic. Conservative MPs will continue to press for answers on behalf of Canadians," he tweeted.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells Canadians he doesn't know how long measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 will be in place. 0:39
Earlier today, in an interview with Toronto's 680 News, Trudeau said the government will introduce measures such as employment insurance supports and direct income supports for those who don't qualify for employment insurance.
"We're going to be flowing income supports to millions of Canadians. We're going to make sure that we're able to weather this crisis in the right way," he said.
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Trudeau reminded Canadians that everyone has a responsibility and a role to play in containing the spread of COVID-19, including social distancing measures that include avoiding gatherings of more than 50 people and working from home where possible.
Could take 'weeks or months'
"We don't know exactly how long this is going to take, whether it takes weeks or months," he said.
"But we know that every step of the way, we will be there to support each other."
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said today invoking the Emergencies Act is a "last resort" that would give the federal government extraordinary powers. It would be invoked only in consultation with the provinces and territories, she said.
Deputy Prime Minister calls Canada - U.S. border a 'lifeline'
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Canada-U.S. border is a 'lifeline' for both Canadians and Americans, when asked why more restrictions are not being put into place along the border to stop the spread of COVID-19. 2:15
"We are in a difficult situation," she said. "As the World Health Organization said this morning during its daily update, this is the defining global health crisis of our time."
On Monday, Trudeau announced a series of measures to contain the spread of the virus, including barring entry to all travellers who are not Canadians or permanent residents, with the exception of Americans, crew members and diplomats.
Today, Freeland said cabinet ministers on the special COVID-19 response committee have had long discussions about the status of the Canada-U.S. border. She called it a "lifeline" for citizens in both countries because essential goods such as food, medicines and medical supplies are constantly crossing the border in both directions.
Ministers are speaking with departmental officials, business groups, labour organizations and provinces to determine the best way forward, she said — adding that now is not the time for Americans to be taking non-essential trips to Canada.
"Let me encourage potential visitors to Canada not to make those trips to Canada unless it's absolutely essential," she said. "Now is not the time for our American friends to be coming just for a visit."
As of Tuesday, there were 466 confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 in Canada.
Speaking on CBC News Network's Power & Politics Tuesday, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said conversations between American and Canadian officials are happening "incredibly rapidly."
"On both sides of the border there's a desire to curtail non-essential travel and we'll have more to say about that at the conclusion of those conversations," she told host Vassy Kapelos.
At the news conference earlier today, Hajdu said as the number of COVID-19 cases dramatically increases, officials are urging Canadians to take steps to "flatten the curve" of infection and limit community transmission. She said that while those measures are disruptive and stressful, they're critical at this point in time.
'Together as Canadians we will get through this'
Health Minister Patty Hajdu asks Canadians to think of ways they can help their neighbours get through the Covid-19 crisis together. 0:49
"The flatten the curve message today is really the most important one. The measures that we take today will help us ensure that we can actually reduce the level of community transmission that is happening across the country," she said.
Hajdu became emotional as she also urged Canadians to be kind and generous with one another during this time of crisis.
"Think of ways you can help to ensure that we get through this together. There are scared people. There are lonely people. There are frightened people. And it doesn't take a lot to reach out to them and say that you're there with them, even in spirit, to ask what they might need," she said.
Hajdu said that assistance could include helping deliver groceries or sharing supplies with those in need.
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said Parks Canada facilities will also be shut down due to COVID-19.
Parks Canada will no longer admit visitors and will suspend all services related to its national parks, historic sites and national marine conservation areas, he said. Only essential research, rescue, security services and maintenance will be maintained.
The prime minister said other financial support measures could be introduced, including:
Money for businesses to allow them to keep people on the payroll even when they are at home.
New access to credit for businesses. Last week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced a $10 billion credit facility to lend money to businesses under stress due to the pandemic.
Help with mortgage payments.
Enhanced Canada Child benefits, GST credits for low-income Canadians.
"These sorts of things are all on the table in terms of tools we're looking at to help Canadians as quickly as possible get through these times," Trudeau said.
He did not rule out postponing the April 30 tax filing deadline.
"We're looking at all sorts of ways of helping Canadians, and this is part of what we're looking at," he said. "We'll have an announcement tomorrow most likely around that."
Earlier Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in his province, a move that will shut down most recreational facilities, libraries, bars and restaurants. Grocery stores, pharmacies and public transit will remain open.
Alberta and Prince Edward Island have each declared provincial states of emergency.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a package of special financial supports is on the way to help millions of Canadians and businesses get through the COVID-19 crisis. 22:01
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Man severely burned after falling into hot spring near Old Faithful
October 1, 2019 / 8:14 PM / CBS/AP
A Yellowstone National Park visitor was hospitalized with severe burns and could face charges after falling into a thermal pool at Old Faithful Geyser, park officials said Monday. Cade Edmond Siemers, 48, told rangers he was walking near the famous geyser late Sunday night without a flashlight when he tripped into a hot spring, park spokeswoman Morgan Warthin said.
He was able to get back to his hotel to call for help, and Warthin said rangers who interviewed him suspected he'd been drinking alcohol.
Rangers later found Siemers' shoe, a hat and a beer can near the geyser. They also found footprints going to and from the scene and blood on a nearby boardwalk.
Siemers, a U.S. citizen who had been living in India, was taken by ambulance to West Yellowstone and airlifted to a burn center at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls for treatment. He was in critical condition on Monday and unavailable for comment, hospital spokeswoman Coleen Niemann said.
Old Faithful geyser, which erupts on average every 90 minutes, is seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, on June 1, 2011. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
The temperature of the water at the pool where Siemers was injured measured almost 150 degrees Fahrenheit when it was tested in August, Warthin said. Some Yellowstone thermal areas can reach 199 degrees Fahrenheit, the boiling point for water at the park's high elevation.
The thin crust that makes up the ground in parts of Yellowstone is formed when minerals underground are dissolved by the high-temperature water, then redeposited on or near the surface.
It is illegal to leave the boardwalks around Old Faithful, punishable by up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine. The results of an investigation into the accident will be forwarded to the U.S. attorney's office for a decision on whether criminal charges will be filed.
So far in 2019, about three dozen people have been cited by rangers for walking away from boardwalks in thermal areas. That's an increase from the number of citations in 2018, Warthin said.
According to CBS affiliate KTVQ, in June 2017, a man suffered serious burns after falling in a hot spring in the Lower Geyser Basin. In June 2016, a man left the boardwalk and died after slipping into a hot spring in Norris Geyser Basin.
At least 22 people are known to have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around Yellowstone since 1890, park officials have said. Most of the deaths have been accidents, although at least two people had been trying to swim in a hot spring.
Walking off boardwalks also can damage thermal areas.
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"I just feel like me being here is the best thing that could have ever happened to me," says Angelique, cook at the Bishop William M. Cosgrove Center.
Angelique, who now serves as head cook preparing nearly 400 meals a day, first came to the center through Cuyahoga County’s Work Experience Program almost 12 years ago. After completing the program, Angelique continued to volunteer on her own.
"I saw all the wonderful things that they do to help people and I just fell in love with it," she says. "It just seemed like when I got here this was the place for me. I felt home."
Angelique found more than just a job at the Bishop Cosgrove Center—over the last 12 years, she’s received her driver’s license, completed two college degrees, and has received several other certifications.
"Catholic Charities plays a big part in my life," she says. "And I just think that me being here is God's calling, like I'm actually needed. I can do something good."
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Rachel Bolan Net Worth
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Rachel Bolan net worth: Rachel Bolan is an American musician, songwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $8 million. Rachel Bolan was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey in February 1966. He is the bass guitarist and main songwriter of the heavy metal band Skid Row. The band formed in 1986 and released their self-titled debut studio album in 1989 which reached #1 in New Zealand and #6 in the United States. Their album Slave to the Grind was released in 1991 and reached #1 in the US. Skid Row has also released the albums Subhuman Race in 1995, Thickskin in 2003, and Revolutions per Minute in 2006. Their single "18 and Life" reached #4 in the US and #6 in Canada and their single "I Remember You" reached #6 in the US and #2 in New Zealand. Rachel Bolan has played with other bands including Prunella Scales, Stone Sour, The Quzimotors, and more.
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Perry’s Cave: Put-in-Bay’s longest-running attraction still fascinates
The natural underground formations of of Perry's Cave is the star attraction, but there are plenty of other things to do and see
Put-in-Bay’s longest-running attraction is hidden in plain sight.
The natural formations of Perry’s Cave, located fifty-two feet under the grounds of Perry’s Cave & Family Fun Center, has been attracting visitors ever since American troops first set foot into the caverns in 1813.
First used by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry during the Battle of Lake Erie to hide ammunition, the 208 feet long by 165 feet wide cave is not only a place to view stalactites (from the ceiling) and stalagmites (from the ground), but a place to see a rare underground lake. With the temperature of the cave staying in the area of fifty degrees year-round, the lake was a source of cool, clean water for Perry’s troops, and later by the Victory Hotel that stood above the cave in the early 1900’s.
Tourists today can explore the caves with the guided tours that the Family Fun Center provides. Ticketed tours are given multiple times a day, seven days a week, from Labor Day until October. Tours are generally fifteen to twenty minutes in length.
Beyond the famous cave, Perry’s has a Butterfly House containing thousands of beautiful butterflies, a gemstone mining sluice where kids can pan for gems and minerals, and an outdoor maze (called Fort aMAZE’n) where you win a prize for making it out under a fixed time. Need more to do? Check out the rock wall, the “War of 18 Holes” putt-putt golf course, or the free-of-charge antique car museum. If doing all that has made you hungry, you can stop by the DanDee Snack Shack for a bite to eat and a drink.
You can check out the schedules and ticket prices for all this and more at the Perry’s Cave & Family Fun Center website.
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US admiral: We’re not militarising the Caribbean
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The United States says it is not militarising the Caribbean but will remain transparent in all of its operations as it mounts a united effort to dismantle the transnational narcotics trade.
Speaking in a telephonic press conference from the United States yesterday, Commander Admiral Craig Faller spoke about the US enhanced counter-narcotics operations led by the US Southern Command which has executed several major drug busts in the Caribbean Basin.
Defending their expanded military presence of the coast of Venezuela, Commander Admiral Craig Faller called on democratic countries to engage in sharing intelligence saying this was the only way to stop cartels from creating instability in the region.
He accused Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro of benefitting from the illicit drug trade which has killed 70,000 people annually in the United States.
“The transnational criminal organisations deal in drugs, weapons, trafficking in illicit people. It’s a 90 billion dollar per year illicit organisation and they seek to undermine these democracies and partner institutions for their own benefit,” Faller said.
He added, “Maduro and his cronies have been profiting enormously from illicit trade. We have seen a 50 per cent increase in drug trafficking in and out of Venezuela in recent years. That makes the narco-traffickers who work in and out of Venezuela a target.”
However, Faller said the increased dismantling of the narco-trade was not geared at Maduro.
“This operation is not geared at Maduro but destabilising effects of transnational criminal organisations. Another part of the vicious circle that affect stability in the western hemisphere is external State actors- blind actors like Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and others.”
He said these external state actors that do not have democratic values and they thrive on the instability created by transnational criminal organisations.
“Recently based on recognition of the threat, the President (Donald Trump) approved a level of forces for this mission. We have enhanced levels with additional ships, both the United States Navy and the Coast Guard, helicopters, patrol aircraft, other intelligence assets and some planned forces to work with our partners,” Faller said.
He added, “We intend to work in all domains—on sea, land, space, cyber, air and information because the transnational criminal organisations and the narco-terrorists operate in all domains as well. We will work closely with our interagency partners in the United States as well as partners in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“The enhanced security is not to militarise the Caribbean. Enhanced security saves lives,” he said.
He noted that the volume of illicit drug trafficking out of Venezuela has significantly increased in the last few years. During a recent joint operation by the US, Netherlands and Columbia, Faller said 5.4 metric tonnes of narcotics were seized.
“We will look for ways to put pressure on those networks and take financing out of the pockets of Maduro. The abject suffering that Maduro has put on the people is known and they cannot get a legitimate democracy for the people,” he said.
Responding to a question about the Cuban affiliation with Venezuela, Faller said, “The connection between the illegitimate Maduro and Cuba is thick and strong, Maduro owes his position in power by the Cuban influence.”
He added, “We will share intelligence and this is where our partners come into play. We will share information with trusted partners with our inter-Agency partners and that is important in going forward as we try to get a better understanding of how to disrupt and dismantle them.
“We want to put pressure on these criminal organisations and take illicit financing out of the pocket of Maduro and the cartels and deny them the ability to destabilise governments, the region and kill people in the States and in the region.”
Asked whether the US was satisfied with the level of support received by Caricom, Faller said the US has engaged in security conferences and intelligence gathering through Memorandum of Understanding.
Asked whether the increased military presence near Venezuela’s borders will have an impact of T&T’s stability, Faller said the US will be open with its operations.
“We have a strong relationship with T&T and the Defence Force. My first visit as a commander of US was in T&T where the chief of defence at the time hosted Caribbean security conference and we talked about the threat of transnational criminal organisations,” he said.
He added, “This operation is enhanced to indicate that when we conduct counter-narcotics operations to defeat criminal organisations and we need to do it more effectively and the key to that is working with T&T. We have our Organisation Interagency Task Force where we share intelligence. Finding the right level of forces and intelligence gathering and the right combination of assets in order to make a difference for all of us.”
Faller said he could not disclose how many military ships were positioned in the Caribbean Basin nor would he say where they were positioned.
“We have been and will continue to be very transparent with our key partners about what our intentions are and what our forces will be. We are all in this together as well fight back the scourge of transnational criminal organisations,” he added.
He also said that Iran was the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide and the US was monitoring Iranian activities. He did not comment specifically about ongoing illicit activities that were under the US radar but he said the US was willing to share intelligence and work with all democratic nations to get rid of drug cartels in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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“The Imitation Game” captures both historical and thriller loving moviegoers
Julia Mogen, Entertainment Editor|February 11, 2015
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Despite its release in mid-November, “The Imitation Game,” is still seizing audiences across the world with its disparate characters and surprisingly intense storyline. The film, which is based on a true story, features well-known actors like Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. It has been nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture.
“The Imitation Game” follows a small group of English mathematicians at the beginning of WWII as they work to to decode the Nazi’s communication system, Enigma. Cumberbatch’s character, Alan Turing, leads the group by building a computer that matches Enigma’s intelligence. However, because of Turing’s social inabilities, he creates turmoil and is disliked by the group of men.
The film is told largely in flashbacks and forwards, switching between his life as a boy and his life in the early 1950s after the war. It focuses not only on Turing working for the Allies but also on his struggles being a gay man while it was still illegal in England.
Throughout “The Imitation Game,” I wished I could jump in and help Turing because of his loneliness. By the end, it felt more like a fictional war thriller than a biographical drama and the fact that it’s a true story made the film that much sadder.
Even though it was excruciatingly heartbreaking at points, it also made it much more exciting. Each character was intriguing; I wish I could watch different films about each one of their lives.
I give “The Imitation Game” an A for its perfectly woven storytelling of both Turing’s life and the accomplishments of Britain’s code-breaking team during the war. It was gripping all the way through; the only problem I had with it was its melancholy undertones. I’m taken aback, as well as angry, that I have never heard of Turing and his team’s impact on WWII until now. What does it say about Hollywood blockbusters that give us more historical information than textbooks?
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The path from social origins to top jobs: is it all about education?
by Alice Sullivan
How is socio-economic advantage and disadvantage passed down from parent to child? This is a central question for sociologists and policymakers alike. No one denies the vital role that education plays in this process. However, sociologists have long argued that there is a persistent ‘direct effect of social origins’ on occupational attainment which cannot be accounted for by education. This residual direct effect of social origins on occupational destinations has acquired the status of a stylized fact within sociology, sometimes simply referred to as ‘DESO’.
Our recent study challenges the consensus on this issue. We ask, could the direct effect of social origins be an artefact of using overly crude measures of education?
If you want to get a top social class position, it certainly helps to be a university graduate. But simply having a degree may not be enough. It may also matter what subject your degree is in, and whether you attended a prestigious university. Yet most studies of social mobility have not accounted for these educational distinctions, which are likely to matter for access to top jobs nowadays.
We set out to provide a refined account of the educational pathways from origins to destinations, using data from a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in Britain in 1970, using the 1970 British Cohort Study. The BCS70 is longitudinal, meaning that the same group of people have been followed up over time. The BCS70 study members have been followed from birth, when their parents were interviewed, to mid-life. The study is ongoing, and the cohort members are interviewed every few years.
We examined access to the ‘elite’ in mid-life, identified as respondents who were in social class 1 according to the UK Government’s National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) when they were aged 42 (in 2012). This includes people such as CEOs, senior police officers, lawyers and doctors. We measured the individuals’ social origins in terms of their parents’ occupational social class, income and educational level, reported by the parents when the study members were children, during the 1970s.
Rather than just looking at educational attainment as a single variable in terms of ‘highest qualification achieved’, we looked at the study members’ cognitive scores during childhood and the qualifications they achieved at school and beyond, as well as the educational institutions they attended. We asked whether there was a ‘critical period’ in the emergence of those educational inequalities which in turn explain occupational outcomes.
Many commentators have argued that the early (pre-school) years are the key period when inequalities in learning emerge. If this is right, then test scores at age five should account for most of the inequality that we observe later on.
Our analysis supported the view that cognitive test scores at age five are important, however, we also found that cognitive progress between the ages of five and ten was similarly important in accounting for the origins-destination link. And those who did well in cognitive tests at age ten were more likely than those who scored less highly in these tests to be in top jobs at age 42, even when we compared people who achieved the same level of academic attainment later on. The link between social origins and destinations was further chipped away by school-level qualifications at age 16 and 18, and finally by degree level qualifications.
In other words, there is no single decisive stage of the educational career that accounts for access to the top social class in mid-life.
Fee-paying private secondary schools in Britain serve a small proportion of the population (6% in our sample). They are very expensive, as well as being typically academically selective, and their alumni disproportionately dominate elite occupations. We have previously shown that the privately educated have a higher chance of gaining a degree from an elite university, even compared to state school students with the same level of school qualifications. Our analysis shows that the private school advantage in gaining access to top jobs extends over and above the educational advantage that private schools bestow.
Britain, like the US, has a hierarchy of universities. Our study found that people who had attended high status universities were more likely to get top jobs than those who attended less illustrious institutions, although much of the difference was accounted for by academic selectivity into these university degrees.
We also distinguished between fields of study at degree level, showing that graduates in both STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and law, economics and management, reaped higher occupational rewards than those with social science, arts and humanities degrees.
We find that the influence of childhood social advantage on access to top jobs in mid-life is entirely channelled by education: we do not find evidence for a direct link between social origins and top class destinations.
We suggest that the conventional approach to educational attainment is too simplistic, potentially leading to spurious or exaggerated findings for non-educational factors, including social origins. Other factors, such as non-cognitive skills and social networks, may well be important in their own right, but researchers should be cautious about invoking these factors as explanations for ‘DESO’ without first taking into account a refined picture of education, including consideration of elite institutions and fields of study.
We do not intend to suggest that inequalities that are mediated via education are just. We should not forget that the parental resources and access to high quality education, which provide huge educational advantages in developing cognitive skill and achieving educational credentials, are not equally distributed. In addition, the small minority of children who attended private schools gained a direct advantage over and above that attributable to their educational attainment. It is also striking that women had about half the chance of getting a top job compared to men, and this gender gap was in no way explained by educational pathways.
One limitation of our study is that it focuses only on reaching the top occupational social class. Individuals in the same occupational social class may have very different incomes and levels of wealth. This is important given the changing nature of inequalities, with younger generations increasingly disadvantaged in terms of wealth. Our future work will therefore examine differences in the nature of the intergenerational transmission of advantage and disadvantage according to social class, income and wealth.
Alice Sullivan is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, and Director of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).
This article summarises findings from: Sullivan, A., Parsons, S., Green, F., Wiggins, R. D., & Ploubidis, G. (2017). The path from social origins to top jobs: social reproduction via education. The British Journal of Sociology. For a free pre-publication version of the article, click here.
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Caratacus: The Roman Enemy Who Survived Defeat
When is it a good idea to really know who your friend’s friends are? If your name is Caratacus, you might consider it a good thing.
Caratacus was the king of the Catuvellauni, a tribe of Britons who inhabited a good bit of the country at the time that the Romans were conquering their way north, following Julius Caesar’s landings and Claudius’s forays. Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus didn’t exactly like the Romans telling them or their people what to do and led the resistance against the occupation for almost 10 years.
Time after time, Caratacus was able to rally his people, standing up to the Romans in the only way they could: with lighting-quick strikes and deceptive troop movements. The Catuvellauni and their neighboring Britons didn’t really have the manpower or the weapons that the Romans had, so they made do with what they did have: courage, a willingness to defend their homeland with their last ounces of strength and blood, and guile. The more the Romans prevailed, the more the Catuvellauni disappeared into the mists and the mountains, until they ended up close to Wales and Powys.
Things finally came to a head in 51, when Caratacus had had enough of ducking and dodging and was determined to fight. He mustered what troops and courage he could and met the Romans head-on, at the Battle of Caer Caradock. As was the case for so many of Rome’s enemies at this period of time, the result was a Roman victory. In fact, it was a veritable horse-whipping, for the army and for the morale of the Britons fighting the occupation elsewhere in their homeland. Caratacus, however, avoided his own personal horse-whipping by melting away into the highlands again, there to hide and gather his forces and courage for another day.
The highlands that he managed to slip into was the land ruled by the Brigantes, yet another of the many tribes of northern Britain. Determined to raise fresh troops, he appealed to Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes, for protection and aid. She very well could have delivered him exactly what he sought: The Brigantes were not yet totally involved in defending their homeland at this time, but this was partly because she had forged a client relationship with Rome. In effect, she had been bought by Claudius. Under the guise of protection, Cartimandua extended a welcome to Caratacus and then had him shackled and delivered to Claudius himself.
One would think that, at this point, our story would be over for poor Caratacus. The enemies of Rome did not suffer softly or lightly. And yet, Caratacus had done himself a favor by making a name for himself and killing so many Romans over the years. Claudius was quite impressed with the Catuvellauni commander, having heard his name spoken and denounced and whispered for many a year. Claudius was so impressed with Caratacus’s defiant spirit and his military brilliance that he spared his life. In fact, he released him into the wilds-of Italy, where he lived out the rest of his life. He was unable to return to his native land, since that was the terms of the commandment that Claudius had uttered in sparing his life. But he wasn’t executed in some horrible way, as many of Claudius’s foes were.
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Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his wife are surprised to be expecting their third child
'Sometimes life blesses you with little surprises' Carter wrote in an Instagram post
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Congratulations are in order for Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter and his wife Lauren: They're expecting their third child, and they couldn't be more surprised.
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The couple reveals in this week's issue of People that they never thought Lauren would be able to get pregnant again because she's suffered so many miscarriages over the years. The two have a son, four-year-old Odin, and a daughter Saoirse, 15 months.
"I was fully set on just having two children and I had prepared for that and made arrangements for that," Lauren tells People, adding, "I didn't find out I was pregnant till I was about five-and-a-half months pregnant. I didn't have any symptoms, I didn't have anything indicating that I was pregnant."
Lauren notes that she felt "there was just no way that I could be pregnant, from just my medical history and the things that I did to ensure that I just had my two children." In fact, she reveals that a few weeks before that, Nick had mentioned getting a surrogate in order have a third child.
"With everything that 2020 has given to the entire world, I look at it as a blessing," Nick says of the impending arrival. The baby is due in April and Nick posted a sonogram on Instagram and captioned it, "Sometimes life blesses you with little surprises."
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"For us, it's all about just creating an environment for our children that is peaceful," Nick tells People. "I have always wanted to love somebody, someone unconditionally and give everything to those people, my wife, my kids, and be selfless. Now that I have it, yes, I am living my dream and I am very grateful for that and very blessed."
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Michael Deane Lamkin
Michael Deane Lamkin, Professor Emeritus of Music at Scripps College, founded the Claremont Concert Orchestra in 1979 at The Claremont Colleges, holding the position of principal conductor and music director until 2010. With responsibilities also as conductor of the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir, he conducted an extensive series of concerts each year, including all the major choral/orchestral works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven as well as works by other late 18th to early 20th century composers. Other conducting performances have included two guest conductor appointments for opera performances at the Iowa Center for the Arts and a guest appointment to the conducting staff of the Hochschule für Musik Opera School, with performances throughout Bavaria. Other guest conducting appearances have been with the Bratislava Chamber Orchestra, and the Xiamen Civic Symphony Orchestra in China. For 24 years he was on the staff of the summer Classical Music Festival of Eisenstadt, Austria. In 2000 he was appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Festival, working in cooperation with the Haydn Festival and conducting performances of orchestral/choral concerts of major works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. A co-founder of the Haydn Society of California, he assisted with the organization of The Haydn Society of North America, was elected board member for three terms, and is currently vice-president of the Society. In the summer of 2007 Mr. Lamkin conducted his final series of concerts in Eisenstadt, including performances of Die Schöpfung in the Haydnsaal of the Esterhazy Palace as well as the Harmoniemesse during the celebration of High Mass at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Mr. Lamkin is a recipient of the Grosse Ehrenzeichen, the Grand Medal of Honor, from the Burgenland, Austria, government, for his conducting of Haydn performances in Austria. From 1997–2007, and again during 2009–2010, he served as vice- president and dean of the faculty at Scripps College. Mr. Lamkin received his B.M.E. and M.M. degrees from Baylor University, and his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Iowa.
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The Best Way to Use Two-Factor Authentication
Having passcodes texted to your phone is smart, but new keys and apps can make the process even simpler and more secure
By Bree Fowler
In a world plagued by cyber threats, it takes more than a strong password to protect your personal information. According to security experts, you need a second layer of defense for your online accounts, complements of two-factor authentication (2FA).
If you've ever had to use a six-digit verification code texted to your cell phone to log into a Gmail account, you're familiar with how 2FA works. The code—entered after your password—basically acts like a second form of ID.
What you may not know is that you can now choose from a number of 2FA options beyond those texted codes, including mobile apps, your phone itself, and physical security keys that can make the process easier to manage and more secure.
And while 2FA doesn't work on everything just yet, it's not reserved solely for your laptops and smartphones. It's often useful on tablets and internet of things devices, too.
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“Even if you have a good password strategy, like employing a password manager, I always recommend using two-factor authentication,” says Gerald Beuchelt, chief information security officer for LogMeIn, parent company of the popular password manager LastPass.
That's because passwords can be stolen through a data breach or even a simple phishing attack, no matter how strong you make them. And so, most online services that handle sensitive information—Social Security, banking, and credit card numbers; birthdates; and personal emails—now offer 2FA, as do connected devices such as security cameras.
But there are notable exceptions, such as Fitbit and OKCupid. And 2FA is not always turned on by default, which means you can't count on it unless you activate it on your own.
Here’s a quick look at the pros and cons of the latest two-factor authentication methods. If you want to see whether your online banking, social media, and other accounts use one, here's a handy resource.
SMS Texts
This is the method familiar to most people. Any time you log into a digital account via a new laptop or smartphone, you're required to enter your password and then a multi-number code that gets texted to your phone.
The good: You don't need a fancy cellular phone to use this method. As long as you can receive texts, you're good to go. In some cases, you can even have the code sent to you in the form of a robocall, which comes in handy if you'd like to have the numbers read aloud to you.
The bad: Smartphone batteries always seem to die at the worst time; and, when that happens, you can't receive texts. If you’re traveling overseas and haven’t set up your phone for international service, you'll have the same problem.
To receive those texts, you also have to hand over your phone number, which could open you up to marketing-related texts from the company that issues them.
Some experts say this method is less secure than the others, too, because cybercriminals can retrieve passcodes through phishing scams, which trick users into entering the code into faked websites, and by cloning your phone number. That last practice, known as "porting," allows the criminal to intercept the code by taking your existing cell-phone number and transferring it to a fake account.
But the odds of either of those things happening to the average person are very slim. And, in the rare instance that it does, the cybercriminal still has to crack your password.
Phones and Phone Apps
With this method, your smartphone acts as a security key.
If you choose to use a mobile app, such as Google Authenticator, you must scan a QR code presented by the site you wish to visit into the app. Once you do that, the app will continually generate the numerical codes required for log-in.
You also have the option to print out an image of the QR code for safekeeping. If you lose your phone, you just scan the code into a new one.
Google Authenticator is available for Android and iOS phones, but you need to have a Google account to set it up. And you have to sign up for Google 2-Step Verification before you can use it.
Instead of installing an app, you can also set up a push-based system such as Google Prompt, which sends notifications to all the phones signed into your Google account when a new log-in is detected. The notifications include location information for the log-in attempt.
You then have the choice of approving or denying the attempt.
This is the default method of 2-Step Verification for most Google accounts. Apple has adopted a similar approach for its products.
The good: Because the key is stored on your phone, you can use this method even if the device isn’t connected to a network. And, on the off chance someone manages to clone your phone number, they still won’t be able to retrieve the key without access to the phone itself.
The push-notification version offers the added benefit of being quicker and easier to use. It’s also less susceptible to phishing, because it doesn't rely on a passcode. And, if the approximated location is far away from your home or office, notifications like these might be more likely to grab your attention and spur you to take needed action.
The bad: With the QR code method, if your phone goes missing or loses power and you don’t have copies of the code saved elsewhere, you’re out of luck. But you can activate another version of 2FA as a backup to prevent that.
This method also can be a pain if you use lots of devices.
And, unlike with the methods listed above, push notifications require a working cellular data connection.
Physical Security Keys
Though consumers may be less aware of this option, people who work at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and cybersecurity companies have been quick to embrace it.
Instead of entering a code into your computer to verify your identity, you insert a physical key.
In some cases, the key and computer are linked via Bluetooth. In fact, cellular phones that run versions of the Android operating system dating back to 7.0 (Nougat) can now act as a Bluetooth-connected key.
The good: Google has famously claimed that not one of its 85,000 employees has had a work account phished since the company started using these physical keys in early 2017.
While hackers may be able to phish an SMS code from the other side of the world, they certainly can't fish a physical key out of the bottom of your purse or nightstand drawer remotely.
What's more, this method doesn't require a data connection or a powered-up cell phone.
The keys themselves are easy to set up and relatively inexpensive. Google’s Titan bundle costs $50, but you can buy quality keys from reputable companies such as Yubico for as little as $20. Google and Yubico both sell them through their respective websites. Yubico's are also for sale on Amazon.
Regardless of brand and price, security experts recommend buying a key that supports the FIDO2 security standard, which mandates higher levels of cryptography and authentication.
The bad: Yes, you have to buy the key. And you have to make sure it's with you whenever you need it. Logging in without it can be horribly complicated. But you can have a backup key or two, just in case the original gets lost.
And while many of the major tech companies have embraced security keys, your bank may have not. The overall adoption rate still trails those of other 2FA methods.
And, just a warning, not all browsers work with physical security keys just yet. Using them for mobile devices can be tough, too, because most keys are USB- or USB-C-compatible, though Yubico will have a Lightning version for iPhones very soon.
In the meantime, if you wish to log into a site from an iPhone or some Android phones, you'll either need a Bluetooth-equipped security key or you'll need to fall back on one of the other 2FA methods above.
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Bree Fowler
I write about all things "cyber" and your right to privacy. Before joining Consumer Reports, I spent 16 years reporting for The Associated Press. What I enjoy: cooking and learning to code with my kids. I've lived in the Bronx for more than a decade, but as a proud Michigan native, I will always be a die-hard Detroit Tigers fan no matter how much my family and I get harassed at Yankee Stadium. Follow me on Twitter (@BreeJFowler).
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'Landmark' new Mental Health Act as Matt Hancock admits current one 'does not work as well as it should'
Mr Hancock told MPs of the white paper published by government
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A new 'landmark' Mental Health Act could be passed as Matt Hancock admitted the current one 'does not work as well as it should'.
The current Act was put into place nearly 40 years ago and Mr Hancock said a lot has changed since then, with more understanding about mental health, and public attitudes around mental health have also changed significantly for the better.
He told the Commons: “The previous prime minister (Theresa May) asked Professor Sir Simon Wessely to lead a review into what a modern mental health act should look like and I thank her for her work.
“And I am so grateful to Sir Simon and his vice-chairs for their dedication. As I said to the House last year on its publication, the Wessely Review is one of the finest pieces of work on the treatment of mental health that has been done anywhere in the world.
“I know that the review was welcomed across the House. We committed in our manifesto to deliver the required changes and I am grateful to the Prime Minister for his emphatic support.
“Sir Simon’s review compellingly shows that the Mental Health Act does not work as well as it should for patients or for their loved ones, that the Act goes too far in removing people’s autonomy and doesn’t give people enough control over their care.”
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Matt Hancock said that a white paper published by the Government sets out plans for a “landmark” new Mental Health Act.
He told MPs: “The new Act will ensure patients are put at the centre of decisions about their own care, that everyone is treated with respect and the law is only used to compel treatment where absolutely necessary.
“The white paper’s been developed in close consultation with those with the greatest expertise, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, the Centre for Mental Health, and countless practitioners on the front line and I thank them all.”
Mr Hancock added: “We will gave patients a voice in their own care which we know leads to better engagement in treatment.
“So we’ll put care and treatment plans and advance choice documents into statute for the first time so patients are more closely involved in the development of their care and so they can have confidence so that if they lose capacity because of illness, their preferences will be properly considered.”
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Home-owner adds £15,000 value to her property in the space of a few months and explains how
Not only did Lisa Allison smash her goal, but she tripled her £5,000 investment
Victoria Jones
A woman has shared impressive pictures of her whole house renovation after taking on the project herself.
First-time homeowner, Lisa Allison, 33, gave her rundown two-bedroomed property a make-over, despite having a modest £5,000 budget and just four weeks in which to complete the work.
The media and digital content specialist bought the property in in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire in October 2020 and turned it around in a month.
Not only did she smash her goal, but she tripled her £5,000 investment, with the house now valued at around £15,000-£20,000 more than what she bought it for.
The bathroom before
“I bought my home for a good price due to all the work it needed, so I knew that by doing it up I would add some value, but I was surprised by how much,” Lisa told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk.
“I thought that I may just cover my costs, but an estate agent has informed me that the renovations have added around £15-£20k to the property’s value.
“I’m over the moon with the result. It means that down the line, when I do sell up, I will have that extra money, my deposit and any equity I have built up in the home as my reward.”
The bathroom after
Rewind the clock to September 2020, when Lisa was searching for houses, and the idea to renovate a home hadn’t even crossed her mind.
“I’d been saving for a house for a long time and while I was in no hurry to buy, I was on the lookout for properties,” says Lisa.
“I didn’t mind a bit of painting, but I certainly wasn’t looking for a whole house renovation. Then, this house popped up in the perfect area and for a great price. I saw it the day it went on sale, immediately put in an offer and after viewing the home another three times my offer was accepted.”
Lisa’s excitement soon turned to nerves when she came to terms with the amount of work that would be involved to make the property liveable.
“It wasn’t a house you could just move into,” she says.
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“I knew it would take a lot of work, but I had fallen in love with the property and started thinking about all the things I could do to turn it into a home. I thought it would be easy, but I was so wrong. I don’t regret it though.”
Lisa looked at colour schemes as a jumping off point.
“Originally, I wanted to use grey with ochre or mustard, but I soon fell in love with rose gold accents. Yellows don't blend with rose gold, however, so I was stuck for a way to move forward.
“The turning point was when I popped into Homesense for some kitchen inspiration and spotted some stunning scallop shaped blush pink breakfast bar chairs. Even though I’m not usually a fan of pink, I bought them there and then and that’s how the pink, grey, rose gold theme was set.”
Lisa decided to carry on the theme throughout the whole house. Armed with inspiration, she was ready to go.
“I needed to get the whole house turned around in four weeks to get it ready in time for Christmas, but I could only take two weeks’ leave from my job, so most of the work happened then,” she says. “I wanted to do as much of it as possible myself in order to keep down costs.”
For the first two weeks of the project, Lisa could only work at weekends.
“On the first weekend I knocked down the dividing kitchen wall and ripped out the kitchen,” she says.
“The plasterer came to do the kitchen not long after. The second weekend was spent taking all the rubbish to the tip, ripping up the flooring, and removing the radiators.”
Lisa’s two weeks off work were used to finish the new kitchen and decorate the master bedroom, living room, kitchen, dressing room/office, conservatory, and garden. Most days, she was working from 7am to 10pm, which Lisa says was tough at times, but she was determined to stick to the plan.
Calling in the pros and the cost of the new kitchen sucked up the lion’s share of her budget.
“I shopped around for tradespeople and, in the end, I went with a recommendation from a friend who could do the jobs I needed for a good price,” she says.
“They fitted the kitchen, but I helped with certain parts, such as building the cabinets, which saved me around £400. I also paid pros to fit new radiators, do the plastering and fit some flooring.”
A friend helped out Lisa with the painting while her dad helped with some trickier jobs, such as replacing the electrical sockets. All the items were found cheaply online, or bought in the sales where possible. Lisa tackled the tiling herself and fitted lino flooring in the kitchen and bathroom.
“I also changed the shower door and the sanitary ware in the bathroom, which was my first time using a drill,” she says.
“I bought a cheap secondhand fireplace from Facebook Marketplace for the living room and painted it grey to match the colour scheme. I also added all the new light fittings, filled any holes and cracks in the ceilings and walls, sanded and painted them, and did all the wallpapering and glossing.”
Here’s a rundown of what took place in the main rooms:
“The kitchen was such a wreck,” says Lisa. “It was falling to pieces so I knew I needed to replace it immediately. Plus, I wanted to knock down the wall to create more space that flowed through to the floating breakfast bar.”
Once the wall came down, Lisa removed the wall tiles and ripped out the cabinets. She also removed a radiator to make way for more cabinet and worktop space. She then took up the floor and Ievelled it with cement before putting lino down.
Lisa was keen to recreate a grey and marble kitchen she’d seen on Pinterest and found a similar design in B&Q for £1k, which she had a discount code for through her work’s perks scheme.
“The room is an odd size and shape, so buying cabinets secondhand wasn’t an option, but I kept the cost down by opting for a streamlined layout, choosing just nine units with clever internal storage,” she says. “I also picked a laminate worktop over granite or marble.
“The fitting costs came in at around £500, but would have been around double that if I didn’t help out and build the cabinets myself. I also finished off the little bits of the kitchen like doing the silicone, finishing the splashback and kickboards to keep the cost down.
“My favourite part of the kitchen is the breakfast bar. I’m so happy with the marble and rose gold design teamed with the pink chairs.”
“I knew a brand new bathroom suite would be way out of my budget so I had to think about how I could make it all look new on a budget,” says Lisa. “The bath, sink and toilet came with the house, but I changed the bath panel for a new one. I also bought a new, mirrored shower door to replace the curtain – it helps the bathroom look bigger.
“I bought a new cheap wall unit and an under-the-sink cabinet from B&M, and got a great deal on a grey designer style radiator for the bathroom. All the sanitary ware was changed, too.
“The best bit is the flooring. It cost me £30 for the lino and I fitted it myself. It was fiddly but totally worth it. There were also tiles going around the middle of the room that had been badly painted with white paint, so I repainted them properly with grey tile paint. I used a grout pen to freshen up the grout and replaced all the silicone.”
The garden before
“I love spending time in the garden and knew I needed a good decking area to unwind on,” says Lisa. “I like having BBQs, so I wanted an entertaining space – even though I’m yet to host due to the pandemic.”
Lisa extended the existing wooden decking area with the help of her dad and was gifted a secondhand wooden dining table and chairs by her parents.
“They were green and brown and looked awful when I got them, but I gave them a lick of paint with Cuprinol Garden Shades, which is especially for outdoor furniture,” she says. “The rattan sofa was secondhand from Facebook Marketplace, the rug was cheap from Aldi and the egg chair was the most expensive item at £150 from B&M.”
The shed, also donated for free, was painted in a pink shade of Cuprinol. all the fence panels were repainted too, and Lisa built some raised sleeper beds in the garden to fill with plants.
“The screens on the fence are from Screen With Envy, which I got in the sale,” she says. “I have loved them for years and couldn’t wait to get them in my garden.”
The budget breakdown:
This is what Lisa allocated to each room upgrade (include the cost of new radiators, sockets, lights, blinds and decorations where appropriate)…
• Bathroom, £150
• Living room, £250
• Master bedroom, £130
• Spare room, £100
• Landing, £80
• Garden, £300
• New front door and decorative accents such as mirrors, • prints and shelves, £890
• Tradespeople including plumbers and plasterers (not including kitchen fitting), £700
• Flooring and fittings (minus the bathroom), £1,000
• New kitchen (including fitting), £1,500
Lisa is elated with her newly decorated house.
“I had a £5,000 budget but I managed to come in under that, so I used the extra to pay for a new front door,” she says.
“Sometimes, I can’t believe that this is my house and that I put all the work in to create my perfect first home. I feel so proud – especially as most of the upgrades were done in two weeks.
“When my dad saw the house before I bought it, he said it was a wreck that would take too much work, but I already had a vision of how it could look. Some days were hard and I would just sit on the floor and cry, thinking I wouldn’t get it finished, but the work was well worth it.
“I used to look at the amazing homes on Instagram and think I would never have that, but I love my home so much. I’ve had so many compliments from friends and family, and even strangers who’ve commented on photos I have posted on social media. I’m waiting to have more people over after the pandemic so that I can show them all the hard work I’ve done.
If you’re keen to take on a fixer-upper like Lisa, has some advice.
“Do as much yourself as possible,” she says.
“I knew I could decorate, but I never thought I’d be able to tile, lay floors, remove radiators, take down walls and change sockets. There are so many tutorials online that you can teach yourself anything.
“Look on secondhand selling sites such as Facebook Marketplace for cheap or free items and try to upcycle where possible,” she adds. “Buy items you know you want when you see them on sale. I bought my wallpaper when it was reduced and hung onto it for two months until I was ready to use it.
“When it comes to hiring tradespeople, try and find a friend of a friend who can do you a good deal, or someone who has been recommended. Cheapest isn't always best so go with your gut feeling when deciding who to work with. Also, don’t be afraid to ask if they will drop the price if you assist them. This is how I saved £500 on fitting my kitchen.”
Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk says: “Lisa’s £5,000 home reno has netted her a fantastic £15,000 profit in the space of a few months.
“It goes to show that you can achieve anything on a budget when you put your mind to it.
“Her resolve to do as much of the work as possible and to shop around for the best deals has been crucial to staying on budget and her efforts have been well worth it.”
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UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people
Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans
Published Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:10AM EST
In this Wednesday, July 8, 2020 file photo, residents swim to a riverside pavilion submerged by the flooded Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Chinatopix via AP)
An overheating world obliterated weather records in 2020, creating an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and ice melt, the United Nations' weather agency reported Wednesday.
While the globe partly shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, extremes linked to human-caused climate change intensified, the World Meteorological Organization said in its State of the Global Climate report. The report kicked off a day when the United Nations pushed for new climate action with two reports and a major speech by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describing the woeful state of the planet.
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The WMO report found that worsening global warming is being seen in all seven key climate indicators, but it said the problem is more than measurements and is increasing human suffering in an already bad year.
"In 2020, over 50 million people have been doubly hit: by climate-related disasters (floods, droughts and storms) and the COVID-19 pandemic," the report said. "Countries in Central America are suffering from the triple-impact of hurricanes Eta and Iota, COVID-19 and pre-existing humanitarian crises."
By the time it ends, 2020 will go down as one of three warmest years on record, despite a La Nina cooling of the central Pacific that often lowers temperatures globally, the WMO report said.
This year is set to be about 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the last half of the 1800s, which scientists use as a baseline for warming caused by heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. Most trapped heat goes into the world's seas, and ocean temperatures now are at record levels, the report said.
"There is at least a 1-in-5 chance of it temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2024," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement.
The Paris climate accord set a goal of not exceeding 1.5 degrees (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming since pre-industrial times.
A new analysis by Climate Action Tracker scientists who monitor carbon pollution and pledges to cut them said public commitments to emission cuts, if kept, would limit warming to about 2.6 degrees Celsius (4.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and possibly as low as 2.1 degrees Celsius. Those public commitments include President-elect Joe Biden's promise that the U.S. will have zero net carbon emissions by 2050 and China's goal to do the same by 2060.
"2020 was a shocking year, not only because of COVID, but also because of the impacts from extreme events we saw," said Cornell University climate scientist Natalie Mahowald, who wasn't part of the WMO report.
Among the dozens of extremes that the report highlighted:
-- A record 30 Atlantic named tropical storms and hurricanes, plus a record 12 that made U.S. landfalls.
--Death Valley, California, hit 129.9 degrees (54.4 degrees Celsius), the hottest temperature the world has seen in 80 years, while the Los Angeles metropolitan area logged its hottest day on record with 120.9 degrees (49.4 degrees Celsius) in September.
--Record wildfires struck California and Colorado in the western United States, following a major fire season in Australia, worsened by record heat.
--The Arctic had record wildfires and a prolonged heat wave culminating in a 100-degree mark (38 degrees Celsius) in Siberia in June. Temperatures in Russia from January to August were 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter than the previous record.
--Record low Arctic sea ice was reported for April and August and the yearly minimum, in September, was the second lowest on record.
--More than 2,000 people died in record summer rains and flooding in Pakistan and surrounding nations. Extensive flooding from extreme rains in Africa killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Sudan. And in China, the overflowing Yangtze River killed at least 279 people.
--Near-record drought and heat caused heavy crop losses in South America. Much of central Europe had extensive drought, with a record 43-day spring dry spell in Geneva, home of the WMO.
Mahowald of Cornell said while these events can't solely be blamed on climate change, "these are the types of events scientists fear will increase due to climate change."
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China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2020 11:36AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 2, 2020 12:04AM EST
A Long March-5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 5 lunar mission lifts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan province, early Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. China's trip to the moon and, presumably, back is the latest milestone in the Asian powerhouse's slow but steady ascent to the stars. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
BEIJING -- A Chinese spacecraft sent to return lunar rocks to Earth collected its first samples Wednesday after landing on the moon, the government announced, adding to a string of successes for Beijing's increasingly ambitious space program.
The Chang'e 5 probe touched down shortly after 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday after descending from an orbiter, the China National Space Administration said. It released images of the barren scene at the landing site showing the lander's shadow.
"Chang'e has collected moon samples," the agency said in a statement carried by the official Xinhua News Agency. It said the probe also had successfully unfolded solar panels that will power it.
The probe, launched Nov. 24 from the tropical southern island of Hainan, is the latest venture by a Chinese space program that sent its first astronaut into orbit in 2003, has a spacecraft en route to Mars and aims eventually to land a human on the moon.
Plans call for the lander to spend about two days drilling into the lunar surface and collecting 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of rocks and debris. The top stage of the probe will be launched back into lunar orbit to transfer the samples to a capsule for return to Earth, where it is to land in China's northern grasslands in mid-December.
If it succeeds, it will be the first time scientists have obtained fresh samples of lunar rocks since a Soviet probe in the 1970s. Those samples are expected to be made available to scientists from other nations, although its unclear how much access NASA will have, given tight U.S. government restrictions on space co-operation with China.
From the rocks and debris, scientists hope to learn more about the moon, including its precise age, as well as increased knowledge about other bodies in our solar system. Collecting samples, including from asteroids, is an increasing focus of many space programs and China's mastery of the technology once again places it among the leading nations operating in space.
American and Russian space officials congratulated the Chinese program.
"Congratulations to China on the successful landing of Chang'e 5. This is no easy task," wrote NASA's science mission chief, Thomas Zurbuchen, on Twitter.
"When the samples collected on the Moon are returned to Earth, we hope everyone will benefit from being able to study this precious cargo that could advance the international science community."
The most recent return of lunar rocks to Earth was carried out in 1976 by Luna 24, a Soviet robot probe.
U.S. astronauts brought back 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of lunar samples from 1969 to 1972, some of which is still being analyzed and experimented on.
The Chang'e 5 flight is China's third successful lunar landing. Its predecessor, Chang'e 4, was the first probe to land on the moon's little-explored far side.
Chinese space program officials have said they envision future crewed missions along with robotic ones, including possibly a permanent research base. No timeline or other details have been announced.
The latest flight includes collaboration with the European Space Agency, which is helping to monitor the mission.
China's space program has proceeded more cautiously than the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1960s, which was marked by fatalities and launch failures.
In 2003, China became the third country to send an astronaut into orbit on its own after the Soviet Union and the United States. It also launched a crewed space station.
China, along with neighbours Japan and India, also has joined the growing race to explore Mars. The Tianwen 1 probe launched in July is on its way to the red planet carrying a lander and a rover to search for water.
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Can You Guess The Identity Of Donald Trump’s Toughest Potential Opponent In 2020?
At this moment the race for the Democratic nomination in 2020 appears to be completely wide open, but there is one potential candidate lurking in the shadows that could change everything. For a moment, I would like you to imagine what a perfect presidential candidate for the Democrats in 2020 would look like. In this politically correct era, it would help if the candidate was a woman, and it would definitely be a plus if she could appeal to key groups of minority voters. Being a hero to the LGBT community would be important for any Democratic candidate, and it would also have to be someone that could bring together the “Sanders wing” and the “Clinton wing” of the party. But none of those things would really matter without national name recognition, and so a dream candidate for the Democrats would be someone that everybody already knows and that much of the nation already loves.
Well, it just so happens that such a potential candidate actually exists. She is the most admired woman in America by a wide margin, and she is married to the most admired man in America. She released her latest book in November, and it is still in the number one position on Amazon. Her national book tour has been packing out stadiums all over the country, and she has a net worth of more than 40 million dollars. She is a highly educated professional, she is very charismatic, and she has already spent eight years in the White House.
Of course the woman that I am talking about is Michelle Obama.
The bad news for Democrats is that she has always said that she will never run for president.
But the good news for Democrats is that in recent months she has been acting like she is gearing up for a run in 2020.
No other potential Democratic candidate can draw crowds like Michelle Obama can. She has been selling out her national book tour while charging “as much as $597.00 to $1,435 per ticket”. A clear effort is being made to help her step out from the long shadow of her husband, and it looks like the stage is being set for her to become the “reluctant hero” that will “save the nation from Trump” in 2020.
Because at this point the Democrats do not have a frontrunner. Instead, what they have is a giant mess. The following comes from the New York Times…
As the 2020 Democratic primary gets underway, the defining characteristic of this first stage of the race is the sheer uncertainty about who is even running. More than 30 Democrats are mulling presidential bids, but hardly any of them qualify as an instant front-runner or a gifted, tested campaigner, and some of the biggest names could pass in the end.
According to Vox, there are 34 Democrats that are currently “considering” running for president. Of course not all of them will run, but it looks like it could be an extremely crowded race.
But all of that would change if Michelle Obama decides to run.
At this point Joe Biden is leading the early polls, but that is only because he is the closest thing to Barack Obama that Democratic voters currently have. If they could have an actual Obama instead, they would abandon Biden in a heartbeat.
Beto O’Rourke is one of the other potential candidates that has been generating some enthusiasm, but his overly eager approach is falling flat with a lot of top Democrats. For example, this week he posted a video of himself receiving a dental cleaning…
“So I’m here at the dentist and we’re going to continue our series on the people of the border,” O’Rourke says in a video posted on Instagram as he receives a dental cleaning.
O’Rourke, who represented a district in El Paso, then flips the camera in the direction of his hygienist, Diana, who recounts her time growing up near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Look, I am all in favor of politicians using social media, but nobody wants to see that.
And this is one of the key factors that would separate Michelle Obama from the rest of the pack. The Obamas understand how to campaign properly, and Michelle Obama’s national tour to promote her memoir entitled “Becoming” sure looks and feels like a presidential campaign tour. The following comes from Clifford Nichols…
Managed by the same company that promotes Beyoncé’s concert tours, the ten stops of the first leg of her national tour in November and December of 2018 were at arenas with seating capacities hovering around 20,000, not only in Washington, D.C., but also in states like New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, Illinois, California, and Georgia.
And then, to begin this New Year, a few days ago she announced that 14 additional speaking engagements have now been scheduled — so far — to allow even more sell-out crowds to attend her “A Conversation with Michelle Obama” tour in similarly huge venues located this time around in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,Ohio, and Florida.
She is being put center stage, and her husband has faded into the background.
This is being done for a reason.
And there is certainly precedent for this king of thing. George W. Bush followed in the footsteps of his father George H.W. Bush, and Hillary Clinton followed in the footsteps of her husband Bill Clinton.
Some would argue that Michelle Obama is not qualified to be president, and that is true.
But the cold, hard reality of the matter is that almost every politician that the American people have sent to Washington is unqualified to be there.
Politics in America has not been about qualifications for a very long time. Rather, politics in America is all about winning elections, and the Obamas know how to do that.
And if you are going to run for president, it certainly helps to be the most admired woman in America…
Former first lady Michelle Obama has been named America’s most admired woman of 2018, according to a Gallup poll. This is the first time in 17 years that someone other than Hillary Clinton was at the top of the list, according to Gallup. As for the most admired man, former President Barack Obama won for the 11th year in a row.
In fact, Michelle Obama had more support in that survey than Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey combined.
But we need to remember that she has always said that she will never run for president, and perhaps she never will.
In the end, this book tour and all of this promotion could simply be about making as much money as possible.
If that is the case, that sure will be good news for Donald Trump, because Michelle Obama would definitely be his toughest potential opponent in 2020.
Courtesy of End of the American Dream
Michael Snyder is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now, The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dreamand The Most Important News. From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.
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Computer Misuse Act
Removed a redundant sentence/some formatting corrected - 05/02/20|Legal Guidance, Cyber / online crime , Youth crime
The Offences
Section 1: Unauthorised access to computer material
Section 2: Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences
Section 3: Unauthorised Acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing the operation of a computer
Section 3ZA: Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage
Section 3A: Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in offence under Section 1, 3 or 3ZA
Alternative Offences
Sentencing Cases
This guidance sets out how to consider prosecuting cases under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (‘CMA’). It also provides guidance on offences relating to the collection, processing, and storage of personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018 (‘DPA’). For a general overview on cybercrime, please see the Legal Guidance on Cybercrime.
The CMA does not provide a definition of a computer because rapid changes in technology would mean any definition would soon become out of date.
Definition is therefore left to the Courts, who are expected to adopt the contemporary meaning of the word. In DPP v McKeown, DPP v Jones ([1997] 2 Cr. App. R. 155, HL, at page 163), Lord Hoffman defined a computer as "a device for storing, processing and retrieving information."
The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention 2001 ('Budapest Convention') definitions may also assist:
"Computer system": Any device or a group of interconnected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic processing of data.
"Computer data": Any representation of facts, information or concepts in a form suitable for processing in a computer system, including a program suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function.
The DPA defines personal data as any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.
Under section 4 CMA, liability for offences under sections 1, 3 or 3ZA requires proof of at least one ‘significant link’ with the ‘home country’ concerned (i.e. England and Wales)'. A significant link could include:
The accused is in the home country at the time of the offence
The target of the CMA offence is in the home country
The technological activity which has facilitated the offending may have passed through a server based in the home country
As defined in section 5, in relation to an offence under Section 3ZA, any of the following is also a significant link with domestic jurisdiction:
That the accused was in the home country concerned at the time when s/he committed the unauthorised act (or caused it to be done);
That the unauthorised act was done in relation to a computer in the home country concerned;
That the unauthorised act caused, or created a significant risk of, serious damage of a material kind (within the meaning of that section) in the home country concerned.
As defined in section 6, the extended extra-territorial jurisdiction arrangements also apply to conspiracy or attempts to commit offences under the CMA and therefore will supersede the usual rule for conspiracy charges
The maximum penalty on indictment is 2 years imprisonment. Sections 1 and 2 of the CMA must be read in conjunction with the interpretation section at Section 17.
The offence is made out once a defendant has caused a computer, which would include his own computer, to perform a function with intent to secure access.
This excludes mere physical contact with a computer and the scrutiny of data without any interaction with a computer (thus the reading of confidential computer output, the reading of data displayed on the screen, or 'computer eavesdropping', are not covered).
The access to the program or data which the accused intends to secure must be 'unauthorised' access.
There are two elements:
There must be knowledge that the intended access was unauthorised; and
There must have been an intention to secure access to any program or data held in a computer.
The word 'any' makes it clear that the intent need not relate to the computer which the accused is at that time operating. Section 1(2) explains that the intent of the accused need not be directed at any particular program or data, so as to include the hacker who accesses a computer without any clear idea of what he will find there.
There has to be knowledge on the part of the offender that the access is unauthorised; mere recklessness is not sufficient. This covers not only hackers but also employees who deliberately exceed their authority and access parts of a system officially denied to them.
In the case of R v Bow Street Magistrates' Court and Allison (AP) Ex Parte Government of the United States of America (Allison) [2002] 2 AC 216, the House of Lords considered whether an employee, who was authorised to access certain client accounts, could commit an offence securing 'unauthorised access'. It was held that the employee clearly came within the provisions of Section 1, as she intentionally caused a computer to give her access to data she knew she was not authorised to access (which she then passed on to others who were able to forge credit cards). The House of Lords made it clear that an employee would only be guilty of an offence if the employer clearly defined the limits of the employee's authority to access a program or data.
This judgment contrasts with the earlier case of DPP v Bignell [1998] 1 Cr App R8, where two police officers, who were authorised to request information from the police national computer (PNC) for policing purposes only, requested a police computer operator to obtain information from the PNC which, unbeknown to the operator, was for their own personal use. The Divisional Court held that the two officers had not committed a Section 1 unauthorised access offence. The House of Lords, in Allison confirmed the conclusion of the Divisional Court in the earlier case. The House of Lord's went on to say that:
"it was a possible view of the facts that the role of the officers in Bignell had merely been to request another to obtain information by using the computer. The computer operator did not exceed his authority. His authority permitted him to access the data on the computer for the purpose of responding to requests made to him in proper form by police officers. No offence had been committed under section 1 of the CMA."
When dealing with cases involving employees careful consideration should be given to the employee's contract of employment, together with any surrounding information (for example oral advice given or office practices amongst others), in order to determine whether the employer had clearly defined the limits of the employee's authority. Such cases normally depend on whether the evidence available demonstrates sufficiently that the conduct complained of was unauthorised.
In certain circumstances consideration should be given to the Data Protection Act 2018. (See Alternative Offences below).
The maximum penalty on indictment is 5 years imprisonment.
The offence under Section 2 is committing the unauthorised access offence under Section 1 with intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a more serious 'further' offence. It is not necessary to prove that the intended further offence has actually been committed.
Examples of such offences are obtaining the unauthorised access with the intention of committing theft, such as by diverting funds, which are in the course of an electronic funds transfer, to the defendants own bank account, or to the bank account of an accomplice; or where the defendant gained unauthorised access to sensitive information held on computer with a view to blackmailing the person to whom that information related.
A person found not guilty of a section 2 or 3 offence by a jury can be convicted of a section 1 offence see Criminal Law Act 1967 section 6(3).
The maximum sentence on indictment is 10 years' imprisonment.
The effect of Section 3 is that a person commits an offence if he performs any unauthorised act in relation to a computer, knowing it to be unauthorised, if he intends by doing the act to do one of the things set out in Section 3(2), or if he is reckless as to whether by doing the act he will do one of the things set out in Section 3(2).
Examples of this are deliberate or reckless impairment of a computer's operation, preventing or hindering access to computer material by a legitimate user or impairing the operation or reliability of computer-held material. The offender must know that the act was unauthorised. In DPP v Lennon (2006) 170 JP 532, Section 3 should be considered in cases involving distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), as the term "act" includes a series of acts, there is no need for any modification to have occurred and the impairment can be temporary.
DDoS is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet using incoming traffic originating from many different sources flooding the victim, making it difficult to stop the attack by blocking just one source. It has been compared to crowds of people blocking an entrance to business premises making it impossible for legitimate customers to enter and thereby disrupting trade.
If a computer is caused to record information which shows that it came from one person, when it in fact came from someone else, that manifestly affects its reliability and thus the reliability of the data in the computer is impaired within the meaning of Section 3(2)(c): Zezev and Yarimaka v. Governor of H.M. Prison Brixton [2002] EWHC 589 (Admin).
Simply modifying the contents of a computer is not criminal damage within the meaning of Section 10 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971. In Cox v Riley (QBD) 1986, the court stated that it shall not be regarded as damaging any computer or computer storage medium unless its effect on that computer or computer storage medium impairs its physical condition.
Section 41(2) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 inserted section 3ZA, with effect from 3 May 2015.
The maximum sentence on indictment is 14 years, unless the offence caused or created a significant risk of serious damage to human welfare or national security, as defined in Section 3 (a) and (b), in which case a person guilty of the offence is liable to imprisonment for life.
Section 3ZA is designed to cater for computer misuse, where the impact is to cause damage to, for example, critical national infrastructure and where the maximum penalty of ten years available under Section 3 may be inadequate.
When considering, the definition of “critical national infrastructure”, (in line with European Directive (2013/40/EU)) it could be understood to be an asset, system or part thereof located in Member States, which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, such as power plants, transport networks or government networks, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions.
Particular consideration should be given to the required mens rea and actus rea for this offence.
If when considering a charge under this section there are any links to or issues surrounding national security, the case should be referred to International Justice and Organised Crime Division (IJOCD) or Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division (SCCTD).
The maximum sentence on indictment is two years' imprisonment.
The rationale behind the creation of this offence is the market in electronic malware or 'hacker tools'; which can be used for breaking into, or compromising, computer systems.
Whilst there is no definition of ‘article’ in CMA, section 8 of the Fraud Act 2007 states that an ‘article’ includes any program or data held in electronic form.
The prosecution has to prove the defendant had the necessary intent. Possession alone is not an offence.
Section 3A(2) of the CMA covers the supplying or offering to supply an article 'likely' to be used to commit, or assist in the commission of an offence, contrary to Sections 1 or 3. 'Likely' is not defined in the CMA but, in construing what is 'likely', prosecutors should look at the functionality of the article and at what, if any, thought the suspect gave to who would use it. For example, whether the article was circulated to a closed and vetted list of IT security professionals or was posted openly. In the offence under Section 3A(2), the relevant mens rea is 'belief' and mere suspicion is not enough. In determining the likelihood of an article being used (or misused) to commit a criminal offence, prosecutors should consider the following:
Has the article been developed primarily, deliberately and for the sole purpose of committing a CMA offence (i.e. unauthorised access to computer material)?
Is the article available on a wide scale commercial basis and sold through legitimate channels?
Is the article widely used for legitimate purposes?
Does it have a substantial installation base?
What was the context in which the article was used to commit the offence compared with its original intended purpose?
Where there is sufficient evidence to meet the evidential test under the Code for Crown Prosecutors, the following Public Interest factors should be carefully considered:
The financial, reputational, or commercial damage caused to the victim(s);
The offence was committed with the main purpose of financial gain;
The level of sophistication used, particularly sophistication used to conceal or disguise identity (including masquerading as another identity to divert suspicion);
The victim of the offence was vulnerable and has been put in considerable fear or suffered personal attack, damage or disturbance;
The mental health, maturity and chronological age of the defendant at the time of the offence.
CMA suspects can be disproportionately represented by individuals who are under 18 and may be more neurologically diverse than other types of offenders. Further guidance can be found on these matters can be found in the legal guidance on Youth Offenders and Suspects with Mental Health Conditions.
When considering charging for CMA offences, in line with paragraph 2.5 of the Code for Crown Prosecutors, consideration should be given as to whether the most appropriate offence is being prosecuted. CMA offences are often committed as a precursor to another offence such as fraud or blackmail. In these circumstances a prosecutor may decide to charge the offence for which the sentence is likely to be higher in order to reflect the nature of the offending.
Fraud Act 2006
Prosecutors may wish to consider whether the 'article' might be intended for use in fraud and consider whether there is an offence contrary to Section 7 and/or Section 6 of the Fraud Act 2006. For example phishing (false financial e-mails), pharming (cloned false websites for fraud) and Trojan installation (viruses) could be prosecuted under the Fraud Act.
An offence of making or supplying articles for use in fraud, contrary to Section 7, is punishable by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment. An offence of possession of articles for use in fraud contrary to section 6 is punishable by a maximum of 5 years' imprisonment.
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Unlawful interception of a public telecommunication system, a private telecommunication system, or a public postal service,
Misconduct in Public Office
The common-law offence of misconduct in public office, for example, where a police officer misuses the PNC.
DPA 2018 creates a number of offences in relation to the control and access to data:
Section 119: Creates offences relating to the obstruction of inspections of personal data by the Information Commissioner
Section 132: Creates an offence for persons who are currently or have previously been the Information Commissioner, a member of the Information Commissioner's staff or an agent of the Information Commissioner from disclosing information obtained in the course of, or for the purposes of, the discharging of the Information Commissioners functions unless made with lawful authority.
Section 144: Creates an offence for a person to intentionally or recklessly make a false statement in response to an information notice
Section 148: Creates an offence where the Information Commissioner has given an information notice or an assessment notice requiring access to information, a document, equipment or other material, it is an offence to destroy or otherwise dispose of, conceal, block or (where relevant) falsify it, with the intention of preventing the Commissioner from viewing or being provided with or directed to it.
Section 170: Creates an offence of the deliberate or reckless obtaining, disclosing, procuring and retention of personal data without the consent of the data controller.
Section 171: Creates a new offence of knowingly or recklessly re-identifying information that has been de-identified without the consent of the controller who de-identified the data. This responds to concerns about the security of de-identified data held in online files. For example, recommendations in the Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs by the National Data Guardian for Health and Care called for the Government to introduce stronger sanctions to protect de-identified patient data.
Section 173: Creates an offence of the alteration of personal data to prevent disclosure following the exercise of a subject access right. The relevant subject access rights are set out in subsection (2).
Section 184: Creates an offence for an employer to require employees or contractors, or for a person to require another person who provides goods, facilities or services, to provide certain records obtained via subject access requests as a condition of their employment or contract. It is also an offence for a provider of goods, facilities or services to the public to request such records from another as a condition for providing a service.
In England and Wales, proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted only (a) by the Information Commissioner, or (b) by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
There are no official guidelines for sentencing for offences under CMA. The below are examples of precedent sentences.
R v Mudd [2018] 1 Cr App R (S) 33 (7)
The offender, who was aged between 16 and 18 over the course of the offending, admitted offences under sections 1 and 3, and a further offence of concealing criminal property. He had devised a distributed denial of service program which he used on some occasions himself and on other occasions supplied the program for payment for others to use. In total, 1.7 million DDoS attacks were carried out directed at well over half a million individual IP addresses or domain names. The defendant received in the order of 250,000 total payment for the DDoS program supplied.
Psychological and psychiatric reports indicated the offender was autistic. Having reviewed these, the judge imposed a sentence of detention in a young offender institution for two years, given the scale of the offending. The Court of Appeal upheld the custodial sentence but reduced it to 21 months.
R v Brown (Charles) [2014] EWCA 695
Charles Brown, 39, was convicted of one count of possession of articles for use in fraud, contrary to section 6 (1) of the Fraud Act 2006 and two counts of securing unauthorised access to computer material with intent, contrary to section 2 (1) of the CMA. The CMA counts related to access to bank accounts. The basis of the fraud count was possession on the appellant's computer of the stolen bank and credit card details.
The appellant's modus operandi involved changing details online and the subsequent impersonation of the account holders in order to obtain a new card and PIN.There was no actual loss - the potential loss from the 83 accessed accounts was almost £500,000 but that was based on the maximum credit limits for the accounts. The appellant and the prosecution agreed that the potential loss was in fact just over £200,000.The trial judge sentenced him to a total of three years' imprisonment.
The Court of Appeal set aside the sentence, noting that while potential loss is an aggravating feature it is not the determining means by which the fraud should be valued and imposed a total of two years' imprisonment.
R v Martin (Lewys Stephen) [2013] EWCA Crim 1420
Lewys Martin, aged under 21 at the time of the offences, pleaded guilty to offences contrary to section 1, 2, 3 and 3A CMA relating to DOS attacks against the Oxford and Cambridge University websites, the Kent Police website and offences targeting two private individuals (including unauthorised use of a person's Paypal account). His sentence of two years was upheld on appeal, the court noting the prevalence of computer crime, the fact that organisations were compelled to spend substantial sums combating it and the potential impact on individuals meant that sentences for such offences should involve a real element of deterrence.
R.v Crosskey (Gareth) [2012] EWCA Crim 1645; [2013] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 76
Gareth Crosskey, aged 19, pleaded guilty to offences under ss.1 and .3, having accessed the Facebook account of the step-father and manager of an actress. He persuaded Facebook staff to provide the password to the account. He contacted magazines offering to reveal information about her and contacted her stepfather to say he had access to her private emails and invited discussion as to what would prevent him from doing further damage. Southwark Crown Court sentenced him to 6 and 12 months' custody, concurrent, for the sections1 and 3 offences, respectively.
On appeal, the court referred to the "seriously aggravating features" of the offence, namely the element of harm to the actress and her step father. The court rejected the argument that the sentence should have been suspended. However, having regard to the mitigating factors, namely the appellant being a young man of previous good character, the offending taking place over a short period of time and the appellants' expression of remorse, the sentence was reduced to four and eight months, concurrent, in a young offender institution.
R v Mangham (Glen Steven) [2012] EWCA Crim 973; [2013 ] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 11
Glen Mangham, aged 26, pleaded guilty to three offences under sections 1 and 3, having accessed Facebook's computers and modified the functionality of various programs. It cost Facebook $200,000 to respond to the incident. Southwark Crown Court sentenced him to eight months' custody, concurrent, on each count and a Serious Crime Prevention Order was imposed. On appeal, the court identified a number of aggravating factors which would "bear on sentences in this type of case":
whether the offence was planned and persistent;
the nature of the damage caused to the system itself and to the wider public interest such as national security;
individual privacy;
public confidence;
commercial confidentiality;
the cost of remediation, although that was not a determining factor.
Motive and benefit were also relevant, as was revenge. Other factors to be considered were any financial benefit from the sale of the accessed information, whether the information was passed on to others, and the value of the intellectual property involved.
Among the mitigating factors the psychological profile of the offender deserved "close attention". The Court upheld the appeal, substituting a sentence of four months imprisonment.
A useful list of Computer Misuse Act cases is available online here
Cyber Leads on the IJOCD are able to offer further assistance.
The Code for Crown Prosecutors
The Code for Crown Prosecutors is a public document, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions that sets out the general principles Crown Prosecutors should follow when they make decisions on cases.
This guidance assists our prosecutors when they are making decisions about cases. It is regularly updated to reflect changes in law and practice.
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SWEET SONG
By Jennifer Chininis Published in FrontBurner September 16, 2005 4:28 pm
Fans of the Turtle Creek Chorale, one of the largest gay chorales in the country, can see the always-entertaining group on the big screen. The Power of Harmony opens today at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station. The film was produced by Dallas-based AMS Production Group (hey, that’s where my college boyfriend used to intern) and directed by Ginny Martin. Here’s the rest of the press release (yes, it’s too late on a Friday for me to paraphrase):
This award-winning film tells the sometimes outrageous, sometimes heart-wrenching, always riveting story of a local arts organization, the Turtle Creek Chorale. They have not only survived, but thrived, right here in the heart of the Bible Belt for over 25 years. … The Power of Harmony tells the poignant behind-the-scenes story of the spirited men who make up the Chorale. They struggle in their daily lives with the issues we read about in the newspaper every day–questions of faith and morality, inclusion and self respect, rights and responsibilities, family and friends.
This film appeals to more than a gay audience. Anyone with gay friends or family, anyone who struggles against intolerance, anyone who will is moved by an honest portrait of a human struggle for dignity and equality will be inspired by this documentary film. In addition to being a remarkable story, it’s a beautifully shot film that will be screened in high definition.
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Title 5 → Chapter II → Subchapter A → Part 1201 → Subpart A → §1201.3
Subpart A—Jurisdiction and Definitions
§1201.3 Appellate jurisdiction.
(a) Generally. The Board's appellate jurisdiction is limited to those matters over which it has been given jurisdiction by law, rule, or regulation. The Board's jurisdiction does not depend solely on the label or nature of the action or decision taken or made but may also depend on the type of Federal appointment the individual received, e.g., competitive or excepted service, whether an individual is preference eligible, and other factors. Accordingly, the laws and regulations cited below, which are the source of the Board's jurisdiction, should be consulted to determine not only the nature of the actions or decisions that are appealable, but also the limitations as to the types of employees, former employees, or applicants for employment who may assert them. Instances in which a law or regulation authorizes the Board to hear an appeal or claim include the following:
(1) Adverse actions. Removals (terminations of employment after completion of probationary or other initial service period), reductions in grade or pay, suspension for more than 14 days, or furloughs for 30 days or less for cause that will promote the efficiency of the service; an involuntary resignation or retirement is considered to be a removal (5 U.S.C. 7511-7514; 5 CFR part 752, subparts C and D);
(2) Retirement appeals. Determinations affecting the rights or interests of an individual under the Federal retirement laws (5 U.S.C. 8347(d)(1)-(2) and 8461(e)(1); and 5 U.S.C. 8331 note; 5 CFR parts 831, 839, 842, 844, and 846);
(3) Termination of probationary employment. Appealable issues are limited to a determination that the termination was motivated by partisan political reasons or marital status, and/or if the termination was based on a pre-appointment reason, whether the agency failed to take required procedures. These appeals are not generally available to employees in the excepted service. (38 U.S.C. 2014(b)(1)(D); 5 CFR 315.806 & 315.908(b));
(4) Restoration to employment following recovery from a work-related injury. Failure to restore, improper restoration of, or failure to return following a leave of absence following recovery from a compensable injury. (5 CFR 353.304);
(5) Performance-based actions under chapter 43. Reduction in grade or removal for unacceptable performance (5 U.S.C. 4303(e); 5 CFR part 432);
(6) Reduction in force. Separation, demotion, or furlough for more than 30 days, when the action was effected because of a reduction in force (5 CFR 351.901); Reduction-in-force action affecting a career or career candidate appointee in the Foreign Service (22 U.S.C. 4011);
(7) Employment practices appeal. Employment practices administered by the Office of Personnel Management to examine and evaluate the qualifications of applicants for appointment in the competitive service (5 CFR 300.104);
(8) Denial of within-grade pay increase. Reconsideration decision sustaining a negative determination of competence for a general schedule employee (5 U.S.C. 5335(c); 5 CFR 531.410);
(9) Suitability action. Action based on suitability determinations, which relate to an individual's character or conduct that may have an impact on the integrity or efficiency of the service. Suitability actions include the cancellation of eligibility, removal, cancellation of reinstatement eligibility, and debarment. A non-selection or cancellation of eligibility for a specific position based on an objection to an eligible or a pass over of a preference eligible under 5 CFR 332.406 is not a suitability action. (5 CFR 731.501, 731.203, 731.101(a));
(10) Various actions involving the Senior Executive Service. Removal or suspension for more than 14 days (5 U.S.C. 7543(d) and 5 CFR 752.605); Reduction-in-force action affecting a career appointee (5 U.S.C. 3595); Furlough of a career appointee (5 CFR 359.805); Removal or transfer of a Senior Executive Service employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 713 and 5 CFR part 1210); and
(11) Miscellaneous restoration and reemployment matters.
(i) Failure to afford reemployment priority rights pursuant to a Reemployment Priority List following separation by reduction in force (5 CFR 330.214);
(ii) Full recovery from a compensable injury after more than 1 year, because of the employment of another person (5 CFR 302.501);
(iii) Failure to reinstate a former employee after service under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (5 CFR 352.508);
(iv) Failure to re-employ a former employee after movement between executive agencies during an emergency (5 CFR 352.209);
(v) Failure to re-employ a former employee after detail or transfer to an international organization (5 CFR 352.313);
(vi) Failure to re-employ a former employee after service under the Indian Self-Determination Act (5 CFR 352.707); or
(vii) Failure to re-employ a former employee after service under the Taiwan Relations Act (5 CFR 352.807).
(b)(1) Appeals under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act. Appeals filed under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (Public Law 103-353), as amended, and the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (Public Law 105-339) are governed by part 1208 of this title. The provisions of subparts A, B, C, and F of part 1201 apply to appeals governed by part 1208 unless other specific provisions are made in that part. The provisions of subpart H of this part regarding awards of attorney fees apply to appeals governed by part 1208 of this title.
(2) Appeals involving an allegation that the action was based on appellant's whistleblowing or other protected activity. Appeals of actions appealable to the Board under any law, rule, or regulation, in which the appellant alleges that the action was taken because of the appellant's whistleblowing or other protected activity, are governed by part 1209 of this title. The provisions of subparts B, C, E, F, and G of part 1201 apply to appeals and stay requests governed by part 1209 unless other specific provisions are made in that part. The provisions of subpart H of this part regarding awards of attorney fees, compensatory damages, and consequential damages under 5 U.S.C. 1221(g) apply to appeals governed by part 1209 of this chapter.
(c) Limitations on appellate jurisdiction, collective bargaining agreements, and election of procedures:
(1) For an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement under 5 U.S.C. 7121, the negotiated grievance procedures contained in the agreement are the exclusive procedures for resolving any action that could otherwise be appealed to the Board, with the following exceptions:
(i) An appealable action involving discrimination under 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), reduction in grade or removal under 5 U.S.C. 4303, or adverse action under 5 U.S.C. 7512, may be raised under the Board's appellate procedures, or under the negotiated grievance procedures, but not under both;
(ii) An appealable action involving a prohibited personnel practice other than discrimination under 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1) may be raised under not more than one of the following procedures:
(A) The Board's appellate procedures;
(B) The negotiated grievance procedures; or
(C) The procedures for seeking corrective action from the Special Counsel under subchapters II and III of chapter 12 of title 5 of the United States Code.
(iii) Except for actions involving discrimination under 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1) or any other prohibited personnel practice, any appealable action that is excluded from the application of the negotiated grievance procedures may be raised only under the Board's appellate procedures.
(2) Choice of procedure. When an employee has an option of pursuing an action under the Board's appeal procedures or under negotiated grievance procedures, the Board considers the choice between those procedures to have been made when the employee timely files an appeal with the Board or timely files a written grievance, whichever event occurs first. When an employee has the choice of pursuing an appealable action involving a prohibited personnel practice other than discrimination under 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1) in accordance with paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section, the Board considers the choice among those procedures to have been made when the employee timely files an appeal with the Board, timely files a written grievance under the negotiated grievance procedure, or seeks corrective action from the Special Counsel by making an allegation under 5 U.S.C. 1214(a)(1), whichever event occurs first.
(3) Review of discrimination grievances. If an employee chooses the negotiated grievance procedure under paragraph (c)(2) of this section and alleges discrimination as described at 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), then the employee, after having obtained a final decision under the negotiated grievance procedure, may ask the Board to review that final decision. The request must be filed with the Clerk of the Board in accordance with §1201.154.
[54 FR 53504, Dec. 29, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 41748, Aug. 23, 1991; 59 FR 65235, Dec. 19, 1994; 61 FR 1, Jan. 2, 1996; 62 FR 17044, 17045, Apr. 9, 1997; 62 FR 66814, Dec. 22, 1997; 65 FR 5409, Feb. 4, 2000; 66 FR 30635, June 7, 2001; 70 FR 30608, May 27, 2005; 72 FR 56884, Oct. 5, 2007; 74 FR 9343, Mar. 4, 2009; 77 FR 62363, Oct. 12, 2012; 78 FR 39545, July 2, 2013; 79 FR 48943, Aug. 19, 2014]
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Zendaya and John David Washington ‘secretly filmed a movie during pandemic’
The 90th Academy Awards – Vanity Fair Party – Los Angeles
Hollywood stars Zendaya and John David Washington secretly filmed a feature-length movie during the coronavirus pandemic, it has emerged.
The actors star together in Malcolm & Marie, described by Hollywood news website Deadline as having echoes of Noah Baumbach’s family drama Marriage Story.
Filming reportedly took place between June 17 and July 2 at Caterpillar House, an environmentally friendly home in Carmel Valley, California.
Shooting was approved by the major entertainment industry unions, Deadline said, and adhered to the state’s Covid-19 protocols.
Zendaya, who stars in HBO’s acclaimed drama Euphoria, confirmed Malcolm & Marie’s existence on Instagram.
She shared a black-and-white still of her and Washington, star of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming blockbuster Tenet, along with the film’s title.
Rapper Kid Cudi is listed as an executive producer and tweeted: “Really excited about this!!”
Really excited about this!!
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) July 8, 2020
Malcolm & Marie, which has reportedly finished production, would appear to be the first feature film to be made since the industry was put on hold in March.
California has made tentative steps to emerge from lockdown, though parts of the state have reversed course in response to surging numbers of coronavirus cases.
The film is said to have come about after Zendaya, 23, teamed up with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, who wrote Malcolm & Marie in six days.
Production was helped by the fact it was legal to shoot on private property in Monterey County, while an extensive list of health and safety measures was reportedly in place.
They included a maximum of 12 people on set at any one time, temperature checks at the beginning and end of every day and extra time allowed to sanitise equipment.
No release date has been announced. Representatives for Zendaya and Washington have been contacted for comment.
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Sun, 16 Jun, 2019 - 22:08
Norah is crowned the 43rd Over 60's Winner
Norah Mary O'Riordan, Kilbrin winner of the 43rd Over 60's talent competition final at the city hall last night. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
The final of the Over 60s Talent Competition took place in City Hall last night.
It is the 43rd year of the competition.
Norah Mary O'Riordan, Kilbrin winner of the 43rd Over 60's talent competition final at the city hall last night.
Pictured the 43rd Over 60's talent competition final at the city hall last night, from left, Eoghan Dinan, deputy editor The Echo; An Tananiste Simon Coveney Paddy O'Brien, founder and organiser and Dr John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
Bishop John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross, said that the competition has brought great joy and happiness to the communities here in Cork City and County.
"It has been said that a community is a group of people wherein everyone is active and interested and wherein every activity one tries to promote the participation of everybody. That is what the Over 60’s Competition has been doing over a long number of years. I know how much communities look forward to the various events."
The large attendance at the 43rd Over 60's talent competition final at the city hall, Picture: Eddie O'Hare
"Bishop Buckley also complimented Paddy O’Brien and said that society today needs people like him, dedicated to encouraging others and he does this with great unselfishness and without accolades."
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Fri, 08 Jun, 2018 - 12:21
Good news for gig-goers as Marquee will continue to rock
Kodaline performing on stage at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee Cork.Pic Darragh Kane
Darragh Bermingham
THE immediate future of Live at the Marquee is secure for the coming years, according to promotions manager Peter Aiken.
Despite major interest from development companies in the docklands site, Mr Aiken is confident the show will go on for several more years.
The iconic Cork venue kicked off its 14th summer season last night as Irish indie-pop band Kodaline, supported by Cork’s own Stephanie Rainey, played to a packed crowd.
Marquee promoter Peter Aiken, at the Showgrounds. Picture. Jim Coughlan.
100,000 people are expected to visit the tent over the next five weeks as it plays host to acts including A-ha, The Script, Gavin James, Picture This, Bell XI, and Chic.
The 11.3 acre former Ford depot site was on the market for €8.5 million after Nama put it up for sale.
The crowd enjoying Kodaline performing on stage at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee Cork. Pic Darragh Kane
The site had been previously earmarked for a hotel and office complex when it was owned by Howard Holdings — who bought it for €35m — and the developers had planning permission for a high-density development which is valid until the end of next year.
Mr Aiken said he was told on Wednesday that the site had been sold, but this has yet to be officially confirmed.
“But even if it is, I’d hope to get another few years out of the venue,” he said.
“I’ve already booked acts for next year with this site in mind so hopefully we can still use it.
“This whole area in 10 years time will be completely redeveloped,” added Mr Aiken. But he admitted that finding a replacement for the venue would be difficult indeed.
“It would be hard to get somewhere like this,” he said. “There’s so much space here and we’re far enough away from residents that the noise doesn’t annoy anybody.
Amy Enright, Niamh O'Reilly and Saoirse Keohane, Drimoleague going to see Kodaline at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee Cork. Pic Darragh Kane
“When Live at the Marquee is in full swing, there are few places like it.”
Acts such as Elton John, Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Christy Moore, Eric Clapton, Jay-Z, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Snoop Dogg, The Who, Status Quo, Van Morrison, Dolly Parton, The Cranberries, and Bryan Adams have played the venue.
Megan Corbett and Orla Cummins, Bishopstown going to see Kodaline at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee. Pic Darragh Kane
“I’d love if it stayed here forever,” said Mr Aiken.
“I’ve brought people on stage just to hear the roar.
“When Tom Petty was playing here, his management came up and said we didn’t realise Tom would be playing in a tent,” he added. “A wedding tent they called it, a circus tent.” Mr Aiken said he watched the American singer turn around to his drummer in shock at the passion of the Cork crowd.
“Afterwards he shook my hand, said ‘you throw one hell of a party’, and walked away.
“That’s the atmosphere and mood you get here and I’d be worried about losing that if we move.”
As well as being an iconic venue itself, the site also comes in useful for events in the newly-renovated Páirc Uí Chaoimh, according to Mr Aiken.
“We have to be careful we don’t coincide with a gig at Páirc Uí Chaoimh,” he said.
Fiona Brownlow, Crosshaven and Julia Werner, Blackpool going to see Kodaline at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee. Pic Darragh Kane
“There would be a bit of overspill of music if that was the case.
“We also need 50 or 60 of the key people from there to operate here as well so we can’t have that,” he added.
“We use this for the staff signing on, the bar staff, catering staff, all our crew and the trucks.”
Speaking to the Evening Echo before hitting the stage last night, members of Kodaline said the band loves playing the Cork venue.
“I love playing here, our last gig here was from our first album and it was just so loud,” said guitarist Mark Prendergast.
“The energy didn’t drop for around an hour and a half.
“I remember getting into the car after and going home to behave ourselves, it was the same with the last gig, which we never really do, but I remember thinking I wasn’t ready to leave it.
Clodagh Twomey, Cullen and Shannen Carroll, Kanturk going to see Kodaline at the first night of the 2018 Live At The Marquee. Pic Darragh Kane
“It was amazing and I don’t say that for every gig, this was just one of those gigs, so I’m really excited” he added.
“And it hasn’t changed inside, it’s still the same and there’s no reason to change it.”
As Páirc Uí Chaoimh glistened in the background, talk turned to playing the newly-renovated stadium, with promoter Peter Aiken alluding to it earlier in the day.
“The conversation has never happened, I’ll be honest,” said Mark. “It’s not a plan but if things go well, we wouldn’t say no,” he added.
“We might have to start the conversation ourselves,” laughed bass player Jay Boland.
The band members also recalled one of their very first gigs, at Cork pub Fred Zeppelin’s.
“We played to a grand total of six people,” said Mark.
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Over 60's organiser Paddy O'Brien to be the focus of a new documentary
Paddy O'Brien, Over 60's Organiser, being filmed by Kara Sweeney, Cork film maker. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
Audrey Ellard Walsh
THE story of Cork's Over 60's Talent Competition is set to hit the silver screen, with a documentary film on the popular contest currently in the works.
Writer and producer John Delaney is leading the project, provisionally titled “Life Begins at 60”, and says that he hopes the film will bring the contest, and the work of organiser Paddy O'Brien, to a wider audience.
Dublin-based Delaney stumbled upon the Over 60's by “happy circumstance” while he and his wife were in Cork visiting her family last year.
“My wife was going to the local heat in Redmond's GAA club with her mother and aunt and I said I'd go along.
“I didn't know what to expect really but I could see how excited everyone was and within five minutes I was fascinated.
“As an actor, director and producer I am always on the look out for new material and I immediately thought that this was fantastic.
“I introduced myself to Paddy and wasted no time in telling him that I could see there was a documentary in this. It's a story worth telling.” The crew filmed last year's semi-final and final and have been attending to some of this season's heats to gather more material. In the film, Mr Delaney hopes to convey the energy and optimism of the competition, and the impact that it has on people's lives across Cork.
“As we go along we have been gathering nice stories from contestants and it has become apparent for many of them the importance of the competition in their lives," he says.
“For some, it is a social highlight of the year and gives participants something to look forward to.
“There are some who admit that they aren't singers, but they come back year after year because they enjoy taking part.
“Others may have never been involved in music when they were younger but feel like now is as good a time as any to begin. “ The crew have also visited Marymount Hospice, where Mr Delaney says he was touched by the joy on the patients faces when they were visited by past winners.
“That was a very moving day. There is a great sense of community and nostalgia as they are recalling the music of their youth.” Mr Delaney has been impressed by Paddy O'Brien's commitment to the Over 60's Talent Competition, which is now in its 41st year.
“He runs things with an iron fist but he needs to.
“Without someone like Paddy involved it wouldn't have survived 40 plus years. He has that energy about him.
“Our focus at the moment is to make the film and represent what Paddy does and who he is but also to inspire people around the country to run similar events in their communities."
The film is expected to be released in 2018.
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'Success isn't as important as playing with great characters and skillful players'
John Joe O'Sullivan, with the ball in the front row, and his Rockmount team at underage level.
Barbara O'Connell
GET out and keep active and return to the old regime of kicking a ball off a wall.
With the majority of training sessions put on hold for the moment, sports-mad John Joe O’Sullivan from St Luke’s believes people just have to get out in the fresh air, and develop their talent on the streets, where his love of the game began.
O’Sullivan’s love of the game spans over five decades, and having met up with him recently, it was apparent that his passion is still as strong as it was back when he was a child.
O’Sullivan began his schoolboys soccer with Rockmount at the age of 10 and played schoolboys, youths and senior with the club where he enjoyed some success. More importantly, he developed many friendships.
“In my day we had limited success but brilliant characters and some great players,” said O’Sullivan.
"We had Ian Hennessey, son of Mr Football Tony, who oozed class, David Quinn a fabulous goalkeeper who I shared the dressing room with also for Cork U14 and U15. That team was mainly made up of Everton players including Denis Irwin (below) and Christy McGuckian, a great player who later hurled for Cork.
"The best player I've played with at any level would be Liam Hourigan who was capped by Ireland at U15 level. Wonderful naturally gifted footballer but also a genius academically and was lost to the game.
“I played under Denis O'Donovan and John O’Shea. Fantastic people who were never for the limelight but instead all about the players.
"We had some of the best coaches in ex-League of Ireland players Donie Leahy, Charlie O’Mahony, Mick O’Keeffe and Amby Fogarty. A testament to the people of Rockmount in getting these pure gentlemen and purists of football.
There was Jimmy Deasy, Tom O’Callaghan, Tommy Hosford, John Twomey, Neilus Joyce, Flossy Foley, John Delea, Pat magic O’Callaghan and Len Speight, all totally dedicated and committed to developing the club and us schoolboys as people. To this day these are the people we should thank for helping develop what is an institution on the northside. Speight and O’Donovan both celebrated their 80th birthdays this year and I look forward to celebrating with them once we get back to some normality.”
A winner of the Cork Schoolboys Player of the Year award back in 1982 for his outstanding contribution as a midfielder, it's an accolade that O’Sullivan holds dear to his heart and one in which he raced home to show his father.
“My proudest memory individually would have been winning the Cork Schoolboy of the Year Award in 1982 at the Imperial Hotel ahead of some great players, a trophy previously won by Paddy Shortt and Noel O Mahony and Rockmount’s own Aidan O Mahony in 1972.
"I couldn't wait to get home to show my father. Funny thing is, I probably peaked at 15 or 16 where most players do at 28 or 29!
“Rivalry was great back then between clubs most notably Crofton with Laurence Neville, Pat Walsh, small Barry 'Misser' O’Leary the most annoying but a talented player, and the best player to play against Anthony Morley a trendy punk back in the day but a brilliant centre-half.
"Casement had Paul Bowden and Ray Fowler. Kilreen Celtic had our own Trevor Welch a tricky winger who fancied himself as a bit of a Gordon Hill.
"Everton who dominated with the likes of Derek O’Sullivan, John Gussy Keane, Stanley Nott and obviously Denis Irwin.
"Avondale Utd had the uncompromising Mark Murray and the elegant John O'Leary. St Mary's had the great Declan Daly, whose father Joe was a gentleman used to collect myself and David Quinn in his silver Ford Escort for Cork training."
It’s fair to say where there was a rivalry on the pitch, they were great friends off it.
“I think now is the opportunity where we can rekindle the old style of playing ball on the streets.”
The proud grandad of Georgie and Archie contributed a lot to Cork soccer over the years as a coach where he used his experience and knowledge of the game to develop many players across the city. Technique and skill helped him win the All-Ireland Skills competition at U13 level, attributes he passed on to players he coached.
“I loved my time as a coach with Dave Quinn and with Mayfield we enjoyed a lot of success. At U17 level we won the Premier League unbeaten. We had some great lads in Eric O’Leary, Luke Burns, Ryan Murray, Ryan Goldsmith, Kaka McCarthy, and Adam Hegarty.
"I like to think myself and Dave had a great way with the young fellas and always tried to get the best out of them, both as players and people.”
Although he hasn’t coached for a long time, he still enjoys getting to see as many games as possible.
Conor Meaney, Rockmount, jumping the tackle of Springfield Ramblers' Charlie Morrissey during their U15 match at Pat O’Brien Park. Picture: Dan Linehan
“I don't get to as many games as I would like but the two teams I always look out for are Rockmount and Mayfield. Billy Cronin, Deccie Courtney, Jamesie Corcoran (RIP) and Kieran O’Sullivan would be great friends and proper football men who live and breathe Rockmount. With Mayfield, Richie Keating, Billy O Flynn, Ken Cotter, Tadhg O’Neill, Jojo Kennedy, Ernest O’Mahoney and Mick Murphy all great clubmen.
“I think Covid is terrible for everyone connected with football. It's an outlet for everyone from those lining the pitch putting up the nets, taking script, coaches preparing sessions, bus drivers. It's a social hub and hopefully there will be a vaccine soon.
"To kids I'd say just get a ball on your own hit off a wall. Not the kitchen one... unless the mother is out,” laughs O’Sullivan.
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Wed, 27 May, 2020 - 08:15
The Leeside Legends series: Dermot MacCurtain was Rock solid for the Rebels
Dermot MacCurtain on the ball for the Rebels in the 1984 All-Ireland final victory over Offaly at Thurles.
John Coughlan
WHEN the name of Dermot MacCurtain is mentioned in hurling circles, it is invariably accompanied by comments about his stunning displays for Cork and Blackrock during the '70s and '80s.
Dermot began his hurling and football career with the Dublin Hill club Delanys and played with them up to the age of 17.
“I have very fond memories of playing with Delanys as they were great people involved with the club and I had to make the choice because I was living in Blackrock and, with no regrets, I did it,” McCurtain recalled.
1974 is a year that will live long in Dermot’s memory as this was year that he got his first taste of success and he did it on the double at schools and at inter-county level.
Coláiste Iognaid Rís better known as Sullivan’s Quay CBS had a historic double when they won the Dr Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí the Colleges senior hurling and football titles respectively.
In the same year Dermot showed his class when helping Cork win the All-Ireland hurling and football minor double.
“It was the first time that the school won the Harty Cup which would have made it a very special year, but then when we won the Munster Schools Senior football final against St Brendan’s Killarney, it was an incredible double.
“What a way to end the year, but to win a double with Cork in the minor hurling and football was incredible and that was a very special year in my young career,” said Dermot.
The following year was also a good one for MacCurtain as Blackrock had a clean sweep in the minor grade and he was also part of the Cork U21 All-Ireland winning team.
His skills soon saw him brought into the Blackrock senior team and in 1975 he won his Cork County Senior hurling championship when they defeated Glen Rovers in the final.
There were plenty of more medals to follow with further victories in 1978, 1979, and 1985 plus two All-Ireland club titles.
MacCurtain should have made it into the Cork senior hurling team that year, but a broken thumb interrupted his progress.
In 1977 his dream came true of winning a senior All-Ireland medal as Cork defeated Wexford in the decider.
The following year, 1978, was very much a pressure one for Cork hurling as they were bidding to complete a hat-trick of titles against Kilkenny.
“The Cats were really fired up to deny us out three in a row, but we luckily lifted our game and ended up champions again.”
The Cork team that lost to Galway in 1979. Back: Tim Crowley, Ray Cummins, Martin O'Doherty, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, Johnny Crowley, Brian Murphy, Denis Coughlan. Front: Charlie McCarthy, Tom Cashman, Martin Coleman, John Horgan, Pat Moylan, Gerald McCarthy, Dermot MacCurtain, John Fenton.
Cork hurling went through a few lean years after that win and Dermot had to wait until 1984 for his next senior medal.
“I was relieved that we won and so pleased for my friend Tom Cashman who captained the team on the day and again when we needed to fire we produced a good brand of hurling.”
Two years later MacCurtain won his fourth and final All-Ireland medal against Galway which ended a truly remarkable inter-county career on a high note.
Dermot disagrees with many GAA pundits that the present generation of hurlers are far fitter than during his time playing.
“I get annoyed when I am told that players in my time were only half fit, because the truth is we were very fit and trained very hard.
“Do not get me wrong there is some fabulous players in Ireland, but in my book when we played there was a much higher level of striking.”
It is evident MacCurtain got a lot of pleasure during his club and inter-county career, but the greatest satisfaction for him was winning for the Cork supporters.
“I could not believe the crowd that turned up at Thurles for the 2003 Munster hurling final against Waterford.
“It showed me that our fans deserve a good hurling team and I have to be honest I always enjoyed the support I got when playing for our county.”
Dermot is still residing in Blackrock with his wife Patricia and they were blessed with three children.
The former Blackrock star will never forget the support he got from his father Pat and Cork supporters will forever hold memories of the brilliance that Dermot produced during his career.
Dermot MacCurtain celebrates Cork's win over Offaly in 1984.
Dermot MacCurtain played with Delanys up to the age of 17 before moving to Blackrock and switching clubs as consequence.
MacCurtain won a Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí double while playing for Coláiste Iognaid Rís in 1974.
Dermot won his fourth and final All-Ireland senior medal in 1986 when Cork defeated Galway.
He is the holder of eight Munster Senior championship hurling medals as well.
MacCurtain won a total of four senior championship medals with Blackrock and two All-Ireland club titles.
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Leeside legend Heffernan retired on a high after impressive top-10 finish in London
Sean Mulcahy, from Blarney, takes a picture with Robert Heffernan. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Cathal Dennehy
ROBERT HEFFERNAN, Togher AC and Cork athletics legend, crowned a great career with an excellent eighth place finish in the men’s 50km Race Walk in 3:44:41 at the IAAF World Championships in London yesterday.
At 39 years of age Heffernan has competed in his last major championship and soon after the race announced his retirement from the sport.
The Togher athlete is now a legend of the sport, having competed in five Olympic Games, and medalling at all the majors – European, World and Olympic.
His crowning glory was, of course, becoming the world champion in Moscow in 2013.
The Cork native began slowly and struggled to breach the top 10 in the first two hours, finding himself 21st at 30km.
However, with 10km to go, Heffernan picked up the pace and ultimately finished strongly to secure a top-10 placing in his final international event.
“It was a tough race today but I had to turn it into a positive,” said Heffernan afterward.
“The last 10km I was back to my old self.
"I’ve had a great career and it was a good note to go out on.
"I’d like to thank my team and everyone who has supported me.”
France’s Yohann Diniz won the race in a championship record of 3:33:12.
Referring to the thousands of enthusiastic spectators watching on from the 7:45am start, many of whom were Irish, Heffernan added: “It was the Irish crowd, the familiar faces of everybody who supported me.
“The motivation for me today was to give them something positive, to give them something to say thanks.
“I could have been putting my head down and feeling sorry for myself when I wasn’t going to win a medal, but it was lovely to thank people.
“It was lovely to come here, and lovely for them, to give something back – and from the bottom of my heart, I’d really like to thank everybody who has supported me, and that’s what has been keeping me going this year.
“It’s been emotional.”
In terms of his retirement, which was confirmed after the race, Heffernan still quipped: “Never say never. I might have to re-evaluate my marriage situation though.”
Heffernan’s wife and coach, the former Irish international sprinter Marian Heffernan, is looking forward to seeing Rob at home a lot more from now on.
“I’m very proud of him, so happy that he’s finished – there’s a double meaning to finished!”
Meanwhile, his training partner Alex Wright (Leevale) was disqualified for three cautions for lifting in the men's 20km race walk at the World Championships in London.
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‘Angry’ drunk jailed after setting fire to man’s home and threatening to stab him
Published: 5:21 PM November 17, 2020 Updated: 7:22 PM November 21, 2020
James Bailey was sentenced to 4 years. Picture: NORFOLK CONSTABULARY - Credit: NORFOLK CONSTABULARY
A drunk 28-year-old set fires outside the door of a man as revenge over a £40 drugs debt, a court has heard.
James Bailey, of Drymere, Swaffham, and another man fell out after Bailey was accused of owing money for cannabis.
Norwich Crown Court heard threats were made to Bailey and to his mother via text.
Laura Kenyon, prosecuting, said Bailey took it as a “threat of sexual assault against his mother” and “triggered the events that followed”.
Bailey sent a text to the complainant in which he said “I’m going to burn your house down”.
The court heard Bailey went to the complainant’s address in Lyng while he and his partner were asleep and started fires outside the front door as well as a neighbouring address, which destroyed fairy lights and a memorial plaque to her late father.
Bailey also set fire to the complainant’s car, prompting him to run out and move it as he was “afraid the petrol tank might catch fire”.
The defendant later returned to the scene and ran towards the complainant with a knife shouting “I’m going to stab you” prompting the victim to grab a metal pole.
Bailey sent texts to the complainant, stating “your house is on fire” and he would find him when he’s not looking and “when you least expect it”.
The defendant, who was drunk and had also taken diazepam and cannabis, also told the complainant: “I’m going to cut you up”.
He was later arrested by police and found to be over the legal drink drive limit.
Bailey appeared at court on Tuesday, November 17 via videolink for sentence having previously admitted two counts of arson with intent to endanger life on June 17 this year.
He also admitted affray, having a bladed article and driving with excess alcohol on the same date.
Jailing Bailey for a total of four years, Judge Katharine Moore said these were “extremely serious and frightening events”.
Judge Moore said Bailey had acted with “anger and resentment” and took “the law into your own hands” in trying to settle the issues he had with the complainant.
Nicholas Bleaney, mitigating, said he made a “staggeringly bad decision” but had “realised how serious his behaviour has been” and was now looking to do something about it, having taken part in drug and alcohol courses.
Bailey was also disqualified from driving for a total of 39 months.
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3 Bedroom Cottage - £450,000 - Ref 7742
Originally built as a bungalow in the 1920s, it has been re-modelled and extended over the years to provide a charming home of great character.
The property is set well back from the quiet lane and sits in attractive mature gardens from which there are some fine views towards the moor. Most of the accommodation is still arranged on the ground floor with the exception of the first floor en-suite bedroom. There are two pleasant reception rooms, each with access on to the gardens, in addition to the light and airy conservatory kitchen/breakfast room extension which enjoys a lovely outlook over the rear gardens. Outside, there is a private driveway, a good-sized detached garage, and a summerhouse which the current owner uses as a picture-framing workshop.
Throwleigh is a pleasant rural community with a parish church, nearby pub, and a village hall. School buses serve the village for both primary and senior schooling. The ancient stannary town of Chagford is just 3 miles away, Okehampton 6 miles, and the A30 dual-carriageway 3½ miles (linking to Exeter approximately 20 miles to the east).
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How to Talk About End of Life Wishes
Interview with Patty Webster from the Conversation Project
Patty Webster 0:00
But then, three weeks later, she suffered a second stroke. And all of a sudden, the conversation changed to more of a, "what does quality of life look like?" And what are these wishes and it hit us right? Then a huge light bulb went off in her head. When the neurologist said to us, does she have an advanced directive or wishes? And I said, "Okay, she, she was prepared. She had her paperwork." And he and he said, "Well, this is good, because" he said to us, and I remember him saying, "I don't like these documents." And I was surprised. I'm like, "my mom was prepared. How do you not like these?" He's like, "I don't like the absence of conversation." He's like, "Did you happen to talk about these wishes?" And we said, "Absolutely," because my mom always talked about what quality of life looked like for her. She did not talk about medical or clinical. And that's what the conversation projects really about. We take the medical, clinical out of it. And she really talked about her values, and what a good day would look like for her and what would be her worst nightmare, in terms of what a life would look like for her. And so basically, what when the crisis Crossroads came, I had my mom on my shoulder, and we had her with us. And we, you know, we did not want to hear about it, we were the typical daughters who were like, Mom, don't talk about this, you're not gonna die. You're too young, you know, you got until age 100, right. So we push it off, but she, like a good mom, pecking away at us, and at different times would initiate these conversations with us. And so we knew what mattered to her. And we were able to take her values and those conversations, and then turn that into the clinical decisions that we then had to make for her. And so we were able to make decisions, knowing that this is exactly what I wanted. And all three of us sisters, I've got two other sisters, were on the same page. My aunt and my uncles were on the same page, because she had not just talked to her proxy and my sister, she talked to all of us. And so it made her end of life, a time that we could actually be present with her. You made decisions that we knew that she wanted. And I can tell you that, you know, we always think about the decisions we make. I think everyone would always think about that, but not once have we doubted the decisions because we knew that those were what she wanted.
I'm Dr. Regina Koepp. I'm a board certified clinical psychologist and I specialize with older adults and families. I created the psychology of aging podcast to include older adults in conversations about mental health and wellness. And here's why this is important. One, we're all a little more informed about mental health for older adults, we reduce suffering and improved quality of life. And who doesn't want that? So, join me, it's simple. All you have to do is listen, be willing to learn, and then share what you learn with others so that they can be included in this conversation, too. Alright, let's get started.
Dr. Regina Koepp
Did you know that by 2034, in less than 15 years, there will be more adults 65 and older than children under the age of 18. 20% of these older adults will have a mental health concern. And here's the thing. Mental health concerns are highly treatable. In older adults. There is a common misconception that depression is a normal part of aging. In fact, depression is not a normal part of aging. mental health providers need to be skilled and thoughtful around the mental health needs of older adults. And I offer training programs that address just that. There are three main training programs that I offer. One is on mental health care of older adults, it's great for mental health agencies or mental health providers. The next is on Sexual Health and Aging, but not just any sexual health. It's on sexual health in the context of dementia disorders. And what happens in the context of dementia disorders, when the person may have diminished capacity to make a decision around sexual interactions. That's great for senior care communities, and finally on equity and inclusion in senior care, and this is great for mental health or senior care communities. If you'd like to learn more about my training programs, head on over to my website that's www.drreginakoepp.com. I'll see you there and I hope that you check out some of the training opportunities.
About Patty Webster from the Conversation Project
Is there ever a good time to start the conversation about what you want for your own end of life care? I mean, how do you even start a conversation about end of life care? What do you even say? To help us answer these questions, I'm delighted to be interviewing today's guest, Patty Webster. Patty is lead of community engagement for the conversation project. The conversation project is a public engagement initiative to ensure that everyone's wishes for care through the end of life are both expressed and respected. In this episode, Patty shares lots of information and resources. And you can find all of them in the shownotes. There will be a link to the show notes wherever you're listening to this podcast in the details of the podcast. Without further delay, let's jump into this episode with Patty Webster. So, Patty Webster, thank you so much for joining me on the psychology of aging podcast. Can you share a little bit about who you are and your role on the conversation project?
Patti Webster 6:01
Sure. And first and foremost, thank you so much for having me and having me represent the conversation project. We're excited to share and learn alongside of you. And so my role is, I lead the community engagement side of our work at the conversation project, which means that I have a fantastic role of really listening and learning. Just so many community members, whether it is a retired nurse, or it is a community member wants to bring us to the book club, or an area agency... raging that's looking to expand and help. So we have communities, all over, groups all over doing this. And so we try to help communities spread the word, in addition to what we do, for the general public, at the conversation project has really helped people talk about their wishes and what really matters to them when it comes to the care that they want through the end of life.
How did the conversation project get started?
So it started with Ellen Goodman, who founded the conversation project, along with some colleagues and friends of hers. Ellen is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and... She wrote for the Boston Globe. And she and her mom had a really close relationship and talked about everything. But she talks about how she talked about everything except one thing. And that's how her mom wanted to live through the end of her life. And so Ellen's mom had suffered dementia. And so as her condition started to get worse, they started asking Ellen about care decisions. And they started asking questions that she just was blindsided about how to answer because she had never talked to her mom about what kind of care she may or may not want, or what quality of life looked like for her through the end of life. So she had tough decisions to make. And she wished she had had her mom on her shoulder, she says, giving her guidance. And so after going through that experience, she started talking with colleagues and friends and sharing stories about different people who had died in their lives. And the common denominator for those that had, what she called, a difficult end of life was that they hadn't had those conversations before the medical crisis happened. And so she decided she really wanted to start up a grassroots movement to help people and normalize talking about death and end of life. But it's more, it's not talking about death, it's really talking about how you want to live through that end of life. And so she started the conversation project to get people talking. It started with public engagement through social media, news articles, traditional media, and also to get something in people's hands. And so we developed a starter kit and a series of starter kits. So we have a lot of free resources for folks to get something in their hands and Ellen jokes just to jumpstart that conversation, because half the battle is just starting. And so it helps people think about their values and what they want. And she's combined that as she started this group, she combined that with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. And so the conversation project is a project now of IHI, which is the acronym because IHI is known for improving care and health worldwide. And they have a mission of trying to reach broadly and collaborate and connect people together. And so Ellen knew that by joining forces with IHI, she could spread this even further, and really help be part of a whole host of organizations that are doing really fantastic things to normalize conversations about care wishes. And so that's kind of how she started and how, how it merged with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Mental health benefits to having these end of life conversations or starting these end of life conversations
Patty, can you talk about some of the emotional benefits to having these end of life conversations or starting these end of life conversations?
Yeah, and I'll share a little story personally, but let me start with... So, in the conversation project, we've done a couple national surveys at different points of time. One of the barriers people say is that they're worried to upset their loved ones or those that matter to them in their life to have this conversation. But in the survey, the latest survey we did in 2018, 53%, say they actually felt relief that this was brought up by somebody, and 95% of those that we surveyed, so national sample of Americans, and across all boards, culture, race, ethnicity, 95%, they want to or are willing to have these conversations. So, we know that this is something that people want, when they have these conversations, we also know that it really helps... it potentially brings the experience of someone after someone has died is less complicated, or less complex grief. And so we know that depression rates drop when conversations do happen ahead of time before a health crises. And so I say that I know this personally as I went through end of life unexpectedly with my own mom. She died at age 73. And, to us, that was really young. My grandmother was 106 when she died, so she lived pretty late. My grandfather was at 94 when he died. So, we have longevity in my family. So, to me, my whole aging is skewed because I think, you know, I think 100 that's, that's what you're shooting for. So, when my mom suffered her first stroke at age 73, it was out of the blue, which stroke is. But she had no health risk factors. She was extremely healthy, she had just come back from a trip, she was enjoying retirement, there was really no risk factors, they couldn't figure out why she had that stroke. And she literally lost her voice. And so she had suffered from a condition called aphasia where she couldn't speak up for herself. So my mom, though, had been a real big proponent of being prepared, and planning for things that might be unexpected. And so she had a health care proxy, my sister was her proxy, and I was her backup. And she had made her wishes known. And at this point, it was not end of life wishes these we were making decisions for her for full recovery, because that's what was anticipated.
But then three weeks later, she suffered a second stroke. And all of a sudden, the conversation changed to more of a "What does quality of life looked like? And what are these wishes" and it hit us right? Then a huge light bulb went off in our head. When the neurologist said to us, "does she have an advanced directive or wishes?" And we said, "okay, she was prepared. She had her paperwork." And he and he said, "Well, this is good, because" he said to us, and I remember him saying, "I don't like these documents." And I was surprised. I'm like, "my mom was prepared. How do you not like these?" He's like, "I don't like an absence of conversation." He's like, "did you have to talk about these wishes?" And we said, "Absolutely." Because my mom always talked about what quality of life look like for her. She did not talk about medical or clinical. And that's what the conversation project's really about. We take the medical, clinical out of it. And she really talked about her values, and what a good day would look like for her and what would be her worst nightmare, in terms of what a life would look like for her. And so, it's telling you too long of a story. But basically, when the crisis crossroads came, I had my mom on my shoulder, and we had her with us. And we, you know, we did not want to hear about it. We were the typical daughters who were like, "Mom, don't talk about this, you're not gonna die. You're too young," you know, you got until age 100. Right. So we push it off, but she, like a good mom, pecking away at us, and at different times would initiate these conversations with us. And so we knew what mattered to her. And we were able to take her values and those conversations, and then turn that into the clinical decisions that we then had to make for her. And so we were able to make decisions, knowing that this is exactly what mom wanted. And all three of us sisters, I've got two other sisters, were on the same page. My aunt and my uncles were on the same page, because she had not just talked to her proxy and my sister, she talked to all of us. And so it made her end of life a time that we could actually be present with her. We made decisions that we knew that she wanted. And I can tell you that, you know, we always think about the decisions we make. I think everyone would always think about that, but not once have we doubted the decisions because we knew that those were what she wanted and It's still surreal. This is four years ago. But it still feels like yesterday. But, you know, we, I didn't go through a period of anxiety or doubt or depression because of questioning the decisions we made. I'm sad and it's still very deep, and there's a huge hole. But that personal story, and there's so many that we hear from families, that the emotional, that you're able to free somebody up to really focus on them and caring for them at the end of their life. And so you know, when things are really out of your control, this is a way to help prepare ourselves and those we care about and really bring a sense of purpose to someone's end of life. And a sense of peace... that was a lot.
Oh, that was a beautiful and important story. Thank you, I don't think it's too long at all, I think end of life stories need to be the length that they are. And I just value so many things about what you shared. One is that your mom gave you a compass. It wasn't that if there's this procedure on the table, then you make this decision, because she can't possibly know every scenario at the end of life. But she gave you her set of values and a compass to kind of guide you in making all of these decisions. And then it resulted, it sounds like, in a sense of peace for you and your family and a sense of knowing that you honored her based on the compass that she kind of set out for you and herself.
Patty Webster 16:40
And that you hit it spot on. And that's really what the conversation project and our tools really emphasize is that you can never prepare for every clinical scenario, it's impossible, you would drive yourself crazy trying to do that. Now with COVID-19, it's different, you know, all of a sudden, there is a scenario in front of us. But you can't prepare. But what she did is exactly that she gave us the routes, and knowing what really would matter to her was such a huge help to us. And that's what part of our tools really are to take out the clinical and talk about what matters to you not what's the matter with you not that those are the clinical conversations that need to happen. But these value based conversations inform that. And it is, it was so helpful for us. And that's part of the reason why I'm so passionate about this is because we have this experience, I want everyone to have that experience. And not everyone will have that experience. Sure. But if people can start talking about it now, and really have the ability to have a trusted decision maker, and a lot of people don't have trust in the healthcare system, rightfully so there has been a lot of wrongs to many, many groups. Yeah. But if you are able to speak to someone and have an advocate on your side, it helps break some of those barriers.
Oh, well, thank you, Patty, for sharing your very personal story. I really admire your mom and her courage, it's a scary thing to have end of life conversations, it takes courage. And what you're sharing is that it results in reduced depression, increased quality of life and increased sense of peace for all the family members who are informed about what the person who's at the end of life is, is wanting for their quality of life. And other research in addition to what you shared. Other research shows that there's less depression and anxiety. So there are multiple sources of research that are leading to the same results that when people have end of life conversations, they want to have them and then there are emotional benefits for having them with reduced depression and anxiety and increased quality of life. Thank you, I'm so excited to get my hands on your research.
And we didn't do the research on the depression rates that came from other studies, probably the ones that you're talking about. But we've done the research and kind of on who's having conversations and what does that bring. But there's some really good studies out there and people are still looking into that and on what affects this has. It also we've seen from stories that we've heard, we collect a lot of stories. So a lot of that qualitative and in kind of a soft data. But really it's so important on how this can help build better relationships between family members or between circles of friends when you talk about this before a health crisis happens. Not all, some families are have have challenges, but what we have heard is that as you start talking about this, it really helps to bring people together we have a wonderful community who's in the Boston area Bethel Amy church, and pastors Gloria White Hammond and Reverend Sabrina Gray, lead conversations within their congregations. And Pastor Gloria said something once to us that really hit home. She said, this is the healing balm. B-A-L-M. So, it's a healing balm. And they see how as we start talking about these conversations, it's healing rifts in some of the families that aren't talking. And this might be a way to help start sharing, because a lot of this sharing a story. So talking about what's happened in the past, or what happened to Grandma, or, you know, what would happen with Uncle Joe. And it starts people thinking, I'm really talking about their values and their faith that and your culture, your family, those all influence your decisions. And those conversations really are helping to bring about better relationships with families and even better relationships between individuals and the healthcare system, which is critically needed.
How the Conversation Project is Helping Healthcare Institutions to become "conversation ready"
Yes, you're saying from the patient to the healthcare system? Can you talk a little bit about that?
Yeah, you know, we have some of our work we do work in the community. And so we help individuals with tools and really start thinking about what matters to them. And then we have a whole part of our work. That is, we call conversation ready, where we're helping healthcare institutions become conversation ready, and focus on the principles of how do we help respect those wishes. And so it's so important to the conversation project when we started, if we're going to help provide support for people to talk about this in communities, well, we need to provide support and make sure that those wishes are respected because we don't want to create further harm, and inequities and care because we know especially with COVID-19, the inequities that have been around for years, especially for our black community, in healthcare that's been happening COVID has brought that and kind of reared its head and to all communities of color. And we know that there is a disparity in care. What we don't want is further disparities, when if you're only reaching certain groups, or we're having conversations and communities, but we're not talking about how do we respect that. And so some of the work we do is really focusing on our Connect principle is ensuring that we are first connecting and understanding other people's faiths and cultures and bringing a sense of cultural humility to this work. And so we say, we aren't going to be able to be competent in every other person's culture, background and beliefs. But we certainly can be gentle, and we can listen. And we can recognize our own biases that we bring to this, and approach this with humility, and really understand that people are going to have different values and wishes based on faith, and race and gender, and ethnicity and abilities. And so part of our work is really helping to make sure that we're connecting first and listening and understanding the differences that people bring in creating trust. Because, as I mentioned before, that mistrust and abuse that the healthcare system has had on certain populations is real. And so first, if this is a way to help people communicate, and have conversations, we hope that will help. And then some of our other principles, then our next is really, we really encourage healthcare providers to walk the talk and do this themselves. And so if you haven't actually had these conversations and thought about what you want, what really matters to you, and what are your values and what kind of care you may want now and through the end of life, if you haven't had those conversations, how are you supposed to do that with other people? So we really say you have to do this, first and foremost, before you help others do that, and our team does that as well.
Learn about free tools for starting end of life conversations
Thank you for talking about the cultural humility that is needed and essential when doing any sort of work with others. And especially at end of life care. That's a strong value of mine. And I really admire that with the work that you're doing, too. Can you talk a little bit about some of the tools that you all are... I mean, I looked at your website, you have so many free tools for families...
...too many.
Well, and such important ones, there's the starter kit, there are tools for families with dementia, there are tools for families with children who are at end of life. Can you, and I since this is the psychology of aging, could you talk about some of the tools for older adults and older families?
Absolutely. So our starter kits are our flagship tools, our start a conversation guide. And so we are actually in the process of refreshing these guides to make sure that they're inclusive, and they are reaching all the different types of groups that can be reached. So we will have some new ones out at the end of the year. So just stay tuned for me for that. But our starter kits and those guides to have conversations really are geared towards, as I mentioned before, taking the clinical and medical out of that, and focusing on values. So our flagship kit is really for anybody, anybody over 18 should be having these conversations, especially as you age and as your your health condition changes. We are encouraging these for older adults. But we do encourage this at the beginning, because we know, and with COVID happening, we know that something can happen at any moment. But so we have a kit that helps you think about your values. And as I mentioned before, it's shifting that "What's the matter with you to them? What matters to you." And that's rooted and helps you think about well, "how do my beliefs or my faith and spirituality, my family familiar or cultural background, how does that influence what kind of care I may or may not want, when it comes to decisions through the end of life?" And so the kits walk you through questions, and they're really meant to be like pen on paper, or typing and really active. So you can do this online. If you don't, if you're not online and can print that out, everything's free so you can print it out. And basically the kits that we have are to help people first think about what is it that they might want, and it gives an opportunity to be introspective and reflective and thinking about what matters. And so in those kits, we have what we call our scale questions. But basically, it is their questions to prompt you and where might you fall and there's no right or wrong, it's a sliding scale. And it might change throughout as your wishes and your ideas change and your health changes. And it talks about the role that you would want to play in your own care. It talks about the decisions that you might want for your own health care, and then what role you want others to play in that care. And so our kits are similar in that each of them has these, these scale questions and open ended questions to talk about your values. One of the kits that's really pointing, especially for those that are older age, or those that might be family members, or friends that have people that matter in their life that have either Alzheimer's disease or dementia, we have a kit that helps people and guides people through that whether the person that you care about or care for is at the beginning stages of a dementia diagnosis, middle or end stage. Those kits are designed to really help you think about and put that person at the center. And think about what really matters to mom, if your mom is the one that has as dementia, and if they are unable to speak for themselves really focusing on what matters to her and the decisions that she made previously, how can we pull and really enact what her values were based on how she's acted her entire life. And so those kits really help you think and kind of get away from your own space. And think about how can we be an advocate for someone who might not be able to speak up for themselves. And those kits really focus on all the life and it really, they're active in making a plan. So we first have you think about it, we have them make a plan. And so who you're going to talk with, when might that be, where might be comfortable for them. And so it's not just about you.
I joke that I tried to have this conversation with my 18 year old son. And I started at the dinner table that is where we talk as a family. The dinner table is kind of where we have all the conversations. And so as we started this conversation, he was going off to college. The minute I started, he pulled his chair away, and he said, "Okay, I'm done with dinner," and he beelined it up the stairs and I was like, "Okay, this is clearly not the place to have a conversation." And so we shifted and we recognize, okay, where for him is comfortable for him? Or where might you not be able to take that chair away. So on the six hour drive to school, we've had a conversation in the car. So, in those kits, we help you make a plan for best approaches and then we give you some starter suggestions. How do you start this? Because oftentimes, that's the one... okay, I know what I want to say, I know what matters to me. How do I even go there? And so we offer some tips and some conversation starters. And then we send you on your way to say okay, now you've got something to talk about. We've got some openers, go ahead and start these conversations. And I say conversations and we joke that we should have been named the conversations project because it's not a one and done deal. There are ongoing conversations that need to happen and don't force it. It's might take a while and I know with my dad, it actually took a couple tries. So we offer some guidance on that.
Patty's Personal Story of Staring the Conversation with her 18 year old son
When you were talking with your son, were you sharing with him your end of life values or were you asking him about his?
So we started with sharing ours because we wanted him to know we thought, okay, it's an easy entree to say, here's what we want, or we thought it was, here's what we want. And we had to retool that, because he didn't want to hear about that. So we switched that, because he was going to college and some people don't realize that when you're 18, your parents are no longer your automatic healthcare decision makers. I think it's in 43 states, they will decide who your decision maker is. But so if we urge people at age 18 to designate a health care proxy, so we shifted that to say, "Okay, now you're 18, something should happen to you. Who do you want to speak for yourself?" And that is a much easier entry for a lot of people, even older adults if you can't speak on your own behalf, who do you want, who do you trust, we want to make sure that you have a voice. And so that is a really good way to start. So that's how we, when we told it, how we started with our son. And then we started talking about his proxy, we said, "okay, well, if I'm going to enact a decision based on on what you want, tell me a little bit about what that looks like." And so that was an easier way for him to start. We gave some examples, and he much preferred that he said, "Okay, here are the statements that I am closer to at this moment." And so you have to really think about what's going to resonate. And we hear stories from folks, what does really resonate with one is not going to resonate with somebody else. And so we help people think about what is that? What is that going to look like for your own family, or for those that really matter to you.
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I also appreciate that it's a living, breathing conversation that it's over time. And as you mentioned, as your health status changes, you might also want to change what you originally thought in terms of your end of life care. I work with a lot of older adults who are at end of life or have significant medical illness. And they'll say, "Well, Dr. Koepp, if I'm ever in a wheelchair, I don't want to live," and then they end up in a wheelchair. And then they'll say, "Okay, well, this isn't so bad. This isn't as bad as I thought," "if I'm ever incontinent, then I don't think I'll have much quality of life," then they experienced incontinence. And then they'll say, "Okay, well, this isn't so bad. I can modify and I've adjusted." And so I think people have a vision of how life will be. And I appreciate that it seems that conversation project acknowledges and respects that people's journey in their health or in their end of life is unfamiliar. And that it can change, what your wishes are, can change. And it seems like there's room for these changes, and the tools that you offer, which is really cool.
Absolutely. And we, you know, we encourage that. And we want people to know that, of course, your wishes are going to change some people they don't. And that's okay, whatever that may be. But know that you can absolutely change your wishes. And you can also change your proxy. So that happens often too. So whether you go through a divorce, or you recognize that someone may not be the right voice for you. Sometimes people think they have to choose their partner. But that might not be the person because they may not have, they may not want to have that role, they may want to be more at your side and not making those decisions. And so, in our kits, we want to make sure, and in the work that we do, that people know that they can adjust and they can change. And we really, we talked about at different stages of life. So when you turn 20, when you're 30, 40 if you have a serious illness, if you are going on a major trip, your wishes may change. Kate Debartolo, who leads our work, shares a story that she's had many conversations with her family, her father has shared his wishes. Often they talk about this, he was planning on going on a cross country motorcycle trip. And they sat down before this trip and he said "okay, I know what I've shared before. But let me change a little bit if I should get into an accident, and I'm on life support." Previously, he said he didn't want to be on life support. He said "if you want to come and say goodbye to me, since you won't be there. That's okay. You don't have to, you know this, this supersedes that previous wish," so it is okay. And people do this all the time to say I want to be here for my granddaughters wedding. And so it is really important especially as a health care proxy when if you're going to help advocate for someone if they can't speak up for themselves, to revisit that conversation in various stages to make sure you know and see when that person's wishes may have been changed and you can adapt the way that you respond to that person.
Yeah. Now these documents... they're conversation facilitators. Do you also offer Advanced Directives, the legal document itself, or are none of these legal documents.. is that right, or...?
Yeah, so ours, we... our niche is really starting that conversation. And there are other groups who are fabulous with the documentation and the legal forums, we don't go that route, because that is just not our expertise. But we, we definitely recommend that once you have that conversation, you then look to the groups that have the advanced directives and document that we are really big on talking about it and having it known because if you have the document without that conversation, and you know exactly what that doctor said to me, its end of life is very nuanced. The decisions aren't cut and dry. People say, you know, I want the whole enchilada or pull the plug, well, there's not often applied to poll or what is the whole enchilada? What does that mean to you. And so we really focus first on those conversations, the documents, we have are to jumpstart, it doesn't contain everything that you need to talk about. But it gives you an idea of how to get things going. And that's really all you need to start these conversations because once you start, things will, will come up with your family members. And so we focus on how to get people started. There are some great groups that do documentation, there's prepare for your care that does advanced directives. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has a fantastic site that has advanced directives for every single state. There's different groups out there, there's five wishes that has a document that can serve as an advanced record, there's a lot of different resources out there. We try to point people when we can to those documents, but we stay out of the lane of the legal area.
Well really, they're all important. Having the conversation is important. Having legal documents are important, I think they're, they're what is complimentary, right? They, they you... in order to have a legal document that really addresses your value and your wish you need to have thought it through and share it with your family. Also, legal documents are just that, they they are a document, and they offer legal protection, but they don't offer conversation. And there are lots of interpretations about what that legal document even means when you're in the middle of having to make decisions as a proxy.
And if that legal document is filed away somewhere in a safety deposit box, and no one has access to it. It's challenging if you don't have access to the document itself, but it is from my own personal experience. If we hadn't had those conversations with my mom, it would have been extremely difficult based on her complexity at her end of life. And so I can't understate how important those conversations were in addition to having those wishes. And as you mentioned, illegal documents, sometimes that has to be enacted because different family members may have different wishes for someone that they are caring for. So it is important to have something in writing to clear that up. But we really emphasize if you're going to pick one person to be your healthcare decision maker, make sure others that might have a say in your care know that. And especially if families are not as close, you know, we were on the same page. My family's very lucky. Not a lot of families are but it is really important to say okay, "Joe is my medical decision maker, he knows now you know," and talk with them, if you can about at least tell them that they're the decision maker, we have a couple that was at one of our workshops, it was a married couple. So the husband had picked his new wife to be his health care proxy, but he hadn't told his adult children. And so we encourage - let them know that she is the proxy because you don't want any stickiness, especially when the time comes. Because you want that to be more of a time when people can get along versus fighting over wishes.
Yeah, especially with couples who join together later in life. I feel a lot of dissension among adult children and the new spouse and there is just sometimes there can be misinformation, miscommunications, lack of communication. I really appreciate your recommendation.
I was gonna say we've talked about this scenario, we call the seagull effect when there's kids that are at the parents side, or may not be a nuclear family like that. But know the mother's wishes but then the brother from California comes swooping in to say "Okay, I know exactly what to do." And like a seagull kind of drops all over the place, and everything is up in arms. So we really say, "Okay, if you have someone close to you here, and you don't have to be a proxy, you don't have to be within close proximity. But make sure that son or that sibling or someone who's farther away knows the wishes before coming in and changing everything around." So we're trying to avoid that seagull effect.
Yeah, that is messy. It's droppings and feathers and butt kicked up sand. Okay, so now, what are some of the top recommendations you have for helping families get started, you shared some already. So in your starter kits, you actually have scripts, it sounds like for what to say. And does... for your son, it was "does this fit more to where you're at right now? Or this?" What are some of the recommendations you have for families getting started in these conversations?
What are some of the recommendations you have for families getting started in these conversations?
So really, as I was saying, before, really, first start from a place of love. So these conversations are not all gloom and doom. It really is how you want to live, and what you value and what quality looks like to you. So don't think that it has to be such a heavy conversation, we often say tap into love and laughter, it's okay to have fun with these conversations, we have videos that we have to kind of lighten up and not make light of death, we never want to make light of death. But we want to make the conversation lighter and more accessible. So we have videos that you can use to kind of get pointed, you know, hit the point home in a way that people are like, "Oh, I can do this." There's also games that you can play. And so we don't have games. But there's some great groups that have games out there, and I'm talking about this. But if that is not in your wheelhouse and in your family's wheelhouse, don't go that route. So really focus on something that resonates with your people. And so it might be a newspaper article, my in laws, when COVID-19 first hit the conversation project came up with a being prepared in COVID 19 times, kind of a two page guide on how to be prepared right now, how to pick a person, if you can't speak for yourself, talk with them and make a plan. And so with that guide, there was a great article that came out it was talking about the use of ventilators and my in laws are really big, reading all the information and getting everything that they can about what was going on. So we paired an article, we knew that article would be of interest to them. And so we said, you know, we just saw this really good article. And we have a guide to talk about that. Let us know what you think. And so we pair that together. And that really worked with them. I mentioned my dad, he does not like to talk about this at all. He went through some really hard experiences as a kid, he's had a lot of loss in his life early on. And because of those experiences, it's really hard for him to talk about this. And so for my dad, the approach was really tapping into stories and talking about his brother Jimmy who died when he was younger, but really talking about Jimmy and tapping into some of those stories. And really the opening for him was dad can help me with something. And my dad and like probably most dads who's gonna refuse helping their daughter. And so he said, "Okay, what can I do?" And so, thinking about what's going to resonate, we had a great journalist and author Katie Butler, write a blog for us about her experience that she went through with her father who had dementia, she wrote a letter, if she were to have dementia, based on her experience with her dad, here's what I would want. So for some people, a letter really resonates getting it on paper and sharing that. And so you have to tap into what really is going to work with your family members based on their experiences based on their culture as well.
And there are some... there's a great group, the Chinese American Coalition for compassionate care based out in California, they developed a card game based on another game, this go wish card game that's out there. But they developed Heart cards that are in English and Chinese. And they developed this knowing that the Chinese community really is big on cards. And that is an opener for them is through the use of cards. So you have to really think about what's going to resonate with the person in front of you. Take a look at those kits. It's a great way to get your thoughts together. So take a look at that and really start thinking about what you would want and that can help open up the door and say "hey, I was just listening to a podcast and I really thought about what care wishes I want. But I realized I don't know yours. Can you tell me a little bit?" So use something like this to actually start the conversation. And we always... one of the big things that that Ellen says, and we really emphasize this, we say it's always too soon or always seems too soon until it's too late. So starting these conversations now, and I think, because of COVID, people actually really understand that, you know, something can happen to any of us at any moment. And so really starting now, and really thinking of and talking about your family, we really want people to think about doing it before a healthcare episode happens. There's a gentleman who shared a great analogy with me, he said, you wouldn't talk about driving drunk at a DUI checkpoint, that is not the time to start that conversation. Just like you wouldn't start talking about your wishes for care in ICU. So I really like that analogy.
Yes. Oh, thank you so much. This is just wonderful. You've given us so many resources. So I will link to all of the resources that you were describing, to the conversation project to the Chinese American or Chinese Coalition for compassionate cares... is that what...
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...Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care...
...I'll link to that and to some of the advanced directive resources that you described as well, especially the palliative care Advanced Directives in every state.
You want me to send? I can send you some links, if that's helpful.
Oh, that would be wonderful. Yeah. The priority, of course, will be on conversation project, and then just some of these other... I really appreciate your including with conversation project's goal to be inclusive. I really also appreciate that you're including some cultural resources.
Yeah. And there's a lot, a lot of ones out there that are really important, because we really want to make sure that we are not creating that further inequities and care, and really helping people to think about who am I not reaching? How can I help? How can I listen, and that's part of the conversation too, I would say to people is really, it's not all about talking. It really is about listening and listening to what matters to the person in front of you.
And perspective taking. So there's active listening in the moment when you're having these conversations, and then perspective taking later when the person is no longer able to speak for themselves.
Um, okay, so that's how families can start the conversation. And what about professionals? So you were mentioning earlier how important it is for professionals to walk the talk, and do the work first. So what other recommendations would you have for professionals?
Recommendations for professionals getting getting started with end of life conversations
So aside from doing that, first and foremost, you know, get your own eggs in your basket, as we say, I think that the biggest one really is recognizing and that connect principle I was talking about really recognizing that everyone's different wishes are going to be different. And that's okay. And that's going to be based on their own faith, spirituality, culture, gender, experiences, and experiences good and bad, with the healthcare system, but also in life in general. And so we really, really emphasize that connect principle and really understanding and come to it with a lens of cultural humility, and recognizing that we do come to this with our own biases, and opening up and really listening to what someone in front of us is saying. And being there to help support how we can respect those wishes by really listening to them and that connect principles. You know, we need conversations and connection more than ever right now. And really, it's building those bridges, because trust and developing those relationships in any part of healthcare, especially end of life care, but really all throughout health care, those relationships really matter. And so when you can recognize that you don't know the person in front of you, and can make that relationship happen first that connect principles really, really helpful. So I would say that's kind of the one of the biggest ones, aside from doing this themselves. And really, we've got some great stories of clinicians that are young and older that are right now, there's a ICU nurse that just wrote a beautiful story and blog for us. 27 years old, in the ICU, seeing what's going on right now saw the need for herself, at her age to use the kit, make an advanced directive for herself, share those wishes with her health care proxy and make sure she had a proxy, recognizing that I have to do this and recognizing that is a way to know that it's not easy to start these conversations. And so as you do that, recognizing that okay, I can help support someone now that I've gone through this myself. And there's been some really good articles about emergency room, doctors walking the talk as well.
Oh, I'll link to that. That blog. It's on your website as well?
Yes, so the the ICU nurse blog is not yet up, but there's another one about a hospital chaplain, really phenomenal that she brings.
Was this about her dad?
Oh, it was beautiful. I read that earlier. Oh, I'll link to that too. It was beautiful.
And then so the ICU nurse will be one of our next blogs coming up. We have actually a series of blogs, we've had some really incredible insights and stories from folks that are really just opening up on end of life and what matters to them. And based on their own beliefs and backgrounds. And it's been really humbling and exciting to hear some of these stories. And so we're going to be sharing these stories across the year.
So profound and important right now, especially the healthcare worker stories during COVID. Right when COVID started at the hospital at the Atlanta VA healthcare system that I worked in, I led a support group for medical interns and residents who were in the ICU. And it was so you know, there was a lot of fear in the beginning and not knowing exactly transmissibility. And is it airborne? Is it not is it just passing through touching and liquids? It was, it was so confusing, these young residents and interns had, you know, children and families and trying to figure out how to care for sick patients in the ICU and also care for their own families and themselves. And just the bind that healthcare professionals who are on direct care lines are in often with it, I just really admire the courage of the ICU nurse who was talking about getting her conversations started and documents completed, it takes a lot of courage to do that when you are facing these, this health crisis in the face when your eye to eye with it. It's terrifying. And so I just... my, my admiration goes out to her, my respect goes out to her.
And I can't even imagine and you know, on the flip side, we talk about what can professionals do. And also for people, we just need to understand that, that all of these health care providers that are putting their lives on the line are human beings. And that's, you know, respecting, and they're, they're doing so much for all of us. And they're going through this as well. And so I think that's one of the things too, is making sure we're connecting and understanding where they're coming from as well.
Mm hmm. and their families, they need just that. Oh, in the beginning residents and interns would share with me that they would, you know, not be seeing their children for weeks because they were rotating in the ICU and with folks with COVID. So then they were quarantining themselves away from their little toddlers, because they wouldn't want to expose them. It's just all the sacrifices that so many people are making from direct care in the hospitals to grocery workers... our essential workers as well right now and exposing themselves to so many people. So, I just... mad respect for all the people out there who are sacrificing they're...
Yeah, I totally agree.
Well, I really just want to thank you so much for your time, and all of these really valuable resources and starting the conversation with me so that we can extend the conversation to families and professionals and hopefully, create, you know, culturally humble campuses and knowledge of where people's values are, and their own end of life journey and their quality of lives and in respecting where people are and, encouraging these conversations, it's so important. I really appreciate your being here and giving us an incredible amount of resources to get started.
Well, thank you so much for having having me. And I love the way that you put this and tie this together with your compass. And you know, I just love the work that you're doing. And the more we can talk about this together and with others, the better that we can continue to spread the word and I'm just really grateful for you having me here.
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How Diddy Made More Money Than Every Other Celebrity In The Past Year
While Diddy recently topped the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities, others ranking in the top ten include Beyonce, Drake, and Lebron James.
By Jennifer Calfas · June 13, 2017 December 6, 2020
This article originally appeared on Money.
Last year, Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t even crack the top 20 of Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities. But a lot has changed for the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy, who was named the highest-earning celebrity of the year Monday.
He earned $130 million in the past year, jumping 21 spots on Forbes annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid celebs. Beyoncé snagged the No. 2 slot with $105 million in her pocket, and J.K. Rowling came in third with $95 million, according to Forbes. The annual ranking measured pre-tax incomes for the 100 highest-earning celebrities from June 1, 2016 to June 1, 2017.
Diddy’s lucrative earnings came from a sponsorship deal with Ciroc vodka, his Sean John clothing line and from his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour. Diddy earned $70 million when Global Brand Group bought a majority stake in his clothing line, Forbes reported.
He also has large stakes in companies like DeLéon tequila, Aquahydrate alkaline water and Revolt TV — skyrocketing his net worth to about $820 million, according to Forbes.
Like Diddy, Beyoncé also jumped to the top of the list this year, rising from number 34 last year. This year was her second-highest earning of her career, Forbes noted, and can be attributed to her Formation World Tour as well as the release of her album, Lemonade.
Forbes‘ list includes a range of celebrities from musicians to authors to athletes to “personalities” like Kim Kardashian West.
Here are this year’s 10 highest-earning celebrities, according to Forbes:
Sean “Diddy” Combs, $130 million
Beyoncé Knowles, $105 million
J.K. Rowling, $95 million
Drake, $94 million
Cristiano Ronaldo, $93 million
The Weeknd, $92 million
Howard Stern, $90 million
Coldplay, $88 million
James Patterson, $87 million
LeBron James, $86 million
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Iran's Non-Oil Trade Surplus With APEC Tops $420m
EghtesadOnline: Iran traded 4.39 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $1.81 billion with member economies of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20) to register a 29.41% growth in tonnage and a 24.24% decline in value compared with last year’s same month.
Latest data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show Iran’s exports totaled 3.82 million tons worth $1.12 billion during the month ending April 20, indicating a 38.78% rise in tonnage and an 11.28% decrease in value year-on-year.
Imports stood at 574,089 tons worth $698.89 million, down 10.76% and 38.62% in tonnage and value respectively YOY.
As a result, Iran recorded $421.75 million in non-oil trade surplus with APEC member economies, Financial Tribune reported.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the region. Inspired from the success of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ series of post-ministerial conferences launched in the mid-1980s, APEC was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional trade blocs worldwide. It has 21 members.
APEC also aims to establish new markets for agricultural products and raw materials beyond Europe. Headquartered in Singapore, APEC is recognized as one of the oldest forums and highest-level multilateral blocs in the Asia-Pacific region and exerts a significant global influence.
The criterion for membership is that the member is a separate economy, rather than a state. As a result, APEC uses the term member economies rather than member countries to refer to its members.
Main Commodities, Trading Partners
Iran mainly exported gas condensates, liquefied propane, non-alloy semi-finished iron/steel products, film grade polyethylene, methanol and liquefied butane to APEC member economies.
In exchange, major commodities imported into Iran from APEC member economies included auto parts, field corn, graphite electrodes, palm oil, chemicals, pipes, rice and coke.
In terms of total trade value, China topped the list among APEC member economies with Iran trade standing at 3.11 million tons worth $1.14 billion, up by 61.88% in tonnage and down 15.27% in value YOY.
Exports to China amounted to 2.93 million tons worth $711.19 million to register a 69.91% increase in tonnage and a 2.27% decrease in value YOY.
China was Iran’s top export destination among the countries under review as well as in the world.
In return, China exported 177,510 tons of commodities worth $434.01 million to Iran, down by 9.12% and 30.44% in tonnage and value respectively YOY.
China was the top exporter of goods to Iran among APEC member economies and also worldwide.
Major Iranian commodities exported to China were liquefied propane, methanol and film grade polyethylene.
In exchange, China mainly exported auto parts, graphite electrodes, chemicals, pipes, coal and coke to Iran.
South Korea was Iran’s second biggest trading partner among APEC member economies during the period under review, as two-way commercial exchanges stood at 511,565 tons worth $315.41 million to register a 19.8% rise in tonnage and a 8.84% decline in value YOY.
Iran exported 484,508 tons of goods worth $250.07 million to South Korea, up by 30.86% and 24.06% in tonnage and value respectively YOY.
South Korea was Iran’s second export destination among APEC member economies and third in the world during the month.
Iran’s exports to South Korea included gas condensates, copper concentrate, float glass, marble and saffron.
It imported 27,057 tons of commodities worth $65.33 million from South Korea, down 52.34% and 54.75% in tonnage and value respectively YOY, most of which were auto parts, steel alloy rolled coil and transportation vehicles.
South Korea was the second exporter of goods to Iran among the states under review and ninth in the world.
Russia was Iran’s third major trading partner among APEC member economies.
Mutual trade between Iran and Russia amounted to 213,886 tons worth $87.84 million, indicating a 48.45% rise in tonnage and a 54.61% decline in value YOY.
Iran’s exports reached 65,000 tons worth $25.71 million, up 1.77% in tonnage and down 8.58% in value YOY, while Russia’s exports to Iran were at 148,386 tons worth $62.12 million, up by 86.15% in tonnage and down 62.44% in value YOY.
Russia was Iran’s fifth export destination and the third exporter of goods to Iran among APEC member economies. The country was Iran’s 13th export destination and 10th exporter to Iran in the world.
Kiwi, tomatoes, cabbage, pistachios and dairy products were the main Iranian goods exported to Russia, while Russia chiefly exported field corn, sunflower oil, barley and radio navigation devices to Iran.
Indonesia was Iran’s third export destination, after China and South Korea, among APEC member economies and ninth in the world, as Iran exported 190,664 tons worth $73.93 million during the period to register an 11.69% and 25.93% declines in tonnage and value respectively YOY.
Iran exported non-alloy semi-finished iron/steel products, non-alloy iron/steel ingots, radar devices and bitumen to Indonesia.
Highest Growths, Declines in Trade
Trade with all of the APEC member economies witnessed YOY declines, such that trade with Japan ($2.09 million), Mexico ($70,176) and the Philippines ($4.86 million) saw the lowest declines of 96.64%, 93.36% and 78.77% respectively.
Iran’s exports to South Korea ($250.07 million) saw the growths of 24.06% YOY, while exports to the US ($5,314), Japan ($428,827) and Mexico ($53,787) witnessed the lowest declines of 99.59%, 98.94% and 93.48% respectively.
Imports from Hong Kong ($12.27 million), New Zealand ($253,450) and Malaysia ($10.99 million) witnessed the highest rises of 119.65%, 29.86% and 13.25% YOY respectively.
This is while imports from Mexico ($16,389), Japan ($1.67 million) and the Philippines ($4.78 million) witnessed the highest declines of 92.95%, 92.43% and 78.59% respectively YOY.
APEC Iran trade surplus Non-Oil Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Iran's Non-Oil Trade Surplus With SCO Crosses $83m
Iran's Non-Oil Trade Surplus With OIC Hits $360m
$31m in Iran's Non-Oil Trade Surplus With ASEAN
Iran Records $5.7m in Non-Oil Trade Surplus With Balkan States
Iran's Non-Oil Trade Surplus With Persian Gulf States Tops $290m
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The applications of nuclear technology extend beyond our planet too. Without it, space travel and exploration would be extremely difficult. It is used to generate power, but also for scientific observation purposes.
Nuclear Batteries
Modern space travel would be unimaginable without the power of the nucleus. Chemical energy carriers like combustible solutions do not provide the energy density required for long space missions, and the added weight for the additional fuel needed would make the mission much more difficult. Solar panels are used to power satellites but their power output depends on the distance from the sun. For longer space missions, nuclear technology offers a viable solution.
On a mission thanks to radioisotope thermoelectric generators
The Systems Nuclear Auxilliar Power (SNAP) program was developed by NASA to use radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) for space travels. The SNAP-27 units were used to provide electricity to the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Packages (ALSEP) and left on the moon by several Apollo missions (Figure 1). Heat was generated through the radioactive decay of Plutonium-238 and then converted to electricity by using thermocouples, which uses the temperature difference to produce a voltage via the thermoelectric effect.
Even more modern space objects like the New Horizons probe (Figure 2) that is on a mission to leave the solar system are powered by RTGs. The heat of the RTG will also provide heat to the spacecraft while it is in the outer solar system where the radiation of the sun is too weak. The expected lifetime of the RTG will power the spacecraft up to mid to late 2030s, a decade longer than its extended mission.
Figure 1: ALSEP Apollo 14 with SNAP-27 RTG on the moon1
Figure 2: RTG of the New Horizons space prob2
Satellites powered by nuclear energy
In the Soviet Union, the TOPAZ nuclear reactor (Figure 3) was developed as a power source for space travels. The reactor was cooled by liquid metal and produced its electricity, other than the SNAP units with a thermionic converter. The hot electrode emits electrons thermionically to the cooler electrode. The first designs were capable of delivering electricity in the kilowatt region. The TOPAZ reactor research reached its peak with the experimental satellites Kosmos 1818 and Kosmos 1867, both powered by a TOPAZ nuclear reactor each.
Figure 3: The Topaz-1 space reactor 3
Robots powered by nuclear energy
Nuclear energy gives not only power to space probes and satellites but can also be a reliable power source for robots thanks to its compact design. The “Curiosity” rover (Figure 4) , launched in November 2011, landed on Mars in August 2012 after a distance of over 600 million kilometers in space. The mission was projected to last two years of exploration on the surface of the red planet but the rover is still operating to date. The success of the rover has lead to discussions of a follow-up program under the name “Curiosity 2”.
Figure 4: Curiosity on Mars 4
1 NASA, http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a14/AS14-67-9366HR.jpg
2 NASA, http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27362
3 Sputnik, A. Solomov
4 NASA, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA16238/PIA16238~orig.jpg
5 https://www.forumnucleaire.be/theme/espace/le-rayonnement-radioactif-dans-lespace
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EVE'S VICTORY
The name Eve is reminiscent of Eve, the mother of us all. A lot of times when we think of Eve, we think of the fall of man. God, however, revealed to us that though many may look at the defeat that we were dealt through Eve, He really wants us to focus on the victory of Eve’s life.
Eve means “life”, and that’s exactly what God created her for; she was to carry and deliver life into this world. That’s exactly what she did! The enemy could not stop her from fulfilling her purpose. She had the victory, and so do we. No matter how small, ALL life is meaningful and carries a purpose.
Our Co-Founder, Jessica, named her lost angel Kinsley Eve which means, “Victory Life”. She wanted to use the name of her miscarried child in some way, and after a lot of prayer and a God moment, she knew this was the name for the non-profit.
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Welcome to Blood City / one sheet / UK
Welcome to Blood City
Blood City (US)
Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Samantha Eggar, Barry Morse, Hollis McLaren, Chris Wiggins, Henry Ramer, Allan Royal, John Evans
UK | Canada
Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Samantha Eggar, Barry Morse, Hollis McLaren, Chris Wiggins, Henry Ramer, Allan Royal, John Evans,
Mike Vaughan (unconfirmed)
27 3/16" x 40"
Unique artwork features on this scarce UK one sheet for the release of the 1977 sci-fi-western, Welcome to Blood City. A British-Canadian co-production, there’s no doubt it was created in the wake of the very successful Westworld that was released a few years earlier. With that said, this film uses the different construct of events taking place in virtual reality, with scientists working for an unnamed organisation watching the events unfold on screens. The film was directed by Peter Sasdy, a Hungarian director who is best known for helming a number of British films during the 1970s, including a few Hammer horrors. It has a few notable stars in the cast, including the late Jack Palance, Keir Dullea (of 2001: A Space Odyssey fame) and Samantha Eggar (Cronenberg’s The Brood).
The film begins during some kind of worldwide event (exactly what isn’t made clear) during which Dullea’s character is seemingly abducted by soldiers at gunpoint. He then awakes in a strange wilderness with no memory of what happened to him, along with a group of others all wearing overalls. As they begin to walk into a forest they are accosted by two strangers with shotguns. Whilst they are attacked, a mysterious man (Palance) wearing an outfit that resembles a sheriff’s uniform watches the situation, apparently unmoved. Eventually he greets them and leads them to the titular settlement. Once there they have the rules of the town explained to them. I’ve got to admit, the plot isn’t the easiest to follow – a situation not helped by the only available copy of the film being a terrible VHS-level pan and scan one, which also appears to be zoomed to cap it off. The sound is equally as bad.
Eventually we learn that in order to survive and escape being slaves, the captives must kill others in the town and once they reach twenty kills they are considered ‘immortal’. The purpose for the scientists watching is to seemingly satisfy their military benefactors who want to find out which of the people (in the real world, not Blood City) will make the best soldiers that can be sent off to some unexplained conflict. Samantha Eggar plays one of the two scientists tasked with following events in the simulation. She becomes infatuated with Dullea’s character and begins inserting herself into the simulation and manipulating events so that he will survive. The film is little-seen and the quality of the only copy available probably points to both a lack of demand but also potential rights-issues (it was apparently made as some kind of tax-shelter deal).
The artwork on this UK one sheet, which features different art to the UK quad, is, I believe, by the British artist Mike Vaughan. He also worked on a handful of posters for Hammer horrors, as well as posters like this one for Raid on Entebbe. If anyone knows for sure who painted this art please get in touch.
The Uncanny / one sheet / UK
Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver, Susan Penhaligon, Simon Williams, Alexandra Stewart, Donald Pilon, Chloe Franks, Katrina Holden Bronson, Renée Girard, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, John Vernon
Canada | UK
Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver, Susan Penhaligon, Simon Williams, Alexandra Stewart, Donald Pilon, Chloe Franks, Katrina Holden Bronson, Renée Girard, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, John Vernon,
26 15/16" x 39 15/16"
A striking design on this poster for the 1977 British-Canadian horror anthology The Uncanny, which is based around the unlikely theme of malevolent cats. The film is often mistakenly credited as being an Amicus Productions anthology (like Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror) but it was in fact a Rank release with the involvement of Milton Subotsky, one half of the Amicus team, which had disbanded in 1975.
The film features three stories told as part of an overarching framing tale that sees Peter Cushing as a British author visiting his agent in Montreal to present the idea for his next book, which is that all cats are inherently evil, supernatural creatures. To illustrate his reasoning he tells three separate tales, each from different eras and locations. The first is set in London and sees Miss Malkin (Joan Greenwood) a sick, wealthy widower leave her fortune to her houseful of cats, which angers her only nephew. He enlists the help of the housemaid Janet (Susan Penhaligon) who attempts to steal the copies of the will but disturbs the elderly woman as she’s doing so and kills her in the struggle that follows. Much to Janet’s surprise, the moggies then take their revenge on her and the nephew.
The second story is based in Quebec and sees Lucy (Katrina Holden Bronson) an orphaned girl, going to live with her Aunt and bringing her beloved cat Wellington with her. After being mistreated by the family who decide to try and dispose of Wellington, Lucy seeks help from her collection of witchcraft books and takes out her anger on her malicious cousin Angela. The final story is set in Hollywood during the 1930s and features Donald Pleasence giving it his all as an actor who rigs an onset accident that kills his wife so he can shack up with his mistress, a younger actress. Unfortunately, his wife’s cat is none too pleased with its owner being offed and sets out to get its revenge, which it does in a ridiculous finale.
The film features very little in the way of horror, with only some very fake looking blood in a few scenes and absolutely nothing in the way of suspense. The special effects are mostly awful and in the scenes where cats are supposedly attacking people you can practically see the hands of the animal handlers who’ve just thrown them at the victim. The middle story set in Canada is particularly poor, thanks to a woeful performance by the actress playing Lucy. The simple fact is that cats are not particularly scary and anyone who owns a cat knows that the worst that might happen is a bit of scratched skin. Apparently the film flopped at the box office and was never even given a release in American cinemas.
This poster was designed and illustrated by Vic Fair, who is one the most important designer/artists ever to work on British film marketing. He is responsible for several iconic posters, including The Man Who Fell To Earth, posters for Hammer horrors like Vampire Circus, and the withdrawn advance one sheet for A View to a Kill. I interviewed Vic for this site and that article can be viewed by clicking here.
To see the other posters I’ve collected by him click here.
The Exterminator / one sheet / USA
Christopher George, Samantha Eggar, Robert Ginty, Steve James, Tony DiBenedetto, Dick Boccelli, Patrick Farrelly, Michele Harrell
Christopher George, Samantha Eggar, Robert Ginty, Steve James, Tony DiBenedetto, Dick Boccelli, Patrick Farrelly, Michele Harrell,
B.D. Fox Independent
27 1/16" x 41 1/16"
In war, you have to kill to stay alive... on the streets of New York, it's often the same. | ...the man they pushed too far.
The Exterminator is a 1980 vigilante b-movie that was written and directed by James Glickenhaus and set in New York. Opening with a commendably over-the-top sequence in war-torn Vietnam, we’re introduced to John Eastland (Robert Ginty) and his friend Michael Jefferson (Steve James) who are captured by the Vietcong and forced to watch as a fellow soldier is beheaded (achieved courtesy of Stan Winston special effects). After being rescued the pair return to their lives in New York but when Michael is attacked and paralysed by street thugs, John sets out for revenge with an army machine gun and images of the atrocities he saw in Vietnam playing over in his head. Before long, he’s attacking and killing various underworld characters who he sees as a blight on society. It’s not long before he comes to the attention of a police detective (Christopher George) and shady elements within the CIA.
The film has a gritty atmosphere, helped no end by the fact that several scenes were set (and filmed) around New York’s 42nd street (Times Square) back when it wasn’t the family-friendly tourist trap it is today. Although Glickenhaus wanted John to be a normal, non-macho kind of guy, Robert Ginty takes it a little too far and at times is barely audible as he mumbles along with dead-eyed stare – he’s very hard to root for during each of the violent encounters. Despite a critical drubbing the film was a box-office success in the States, quickly expanding to more cinemas in the weeks following its opening. A sequel would be made a few years later without Glickenhaus’ involvement.
In an interview on the blu-ray release of the film from Arrow Video, the director talks briefly about the promotion of the film, mentioning the poster:
‘Avco Embassy came up with that idea and asked me and I thought it would be an interesting thing. I think they made it a little bit mysterious with the motorcycle helmet and what-not but it did become an iconic image and was copied more than a few times, including for a porno film called The Penetrator. They had a naked guy with a flame-thrower standing there, which is what it is. But it [the Exterminator poster] got people to the box-office so it worked.’
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Lakehead welcomes farmers to research station
The Agricultural Research Station brings together researchers, students and farmers to optimize crop production in Thunder Bay
By Jackie Clark
Farms.com
This week, the staff at the Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station (LUARS) invited local farmers and university researchers to tour their outdoor facility and see the new research underway this year.
LUARS staff draw on their expertise, as well as input from university faculty, farmers and graduate students to implement research programming to benefit the local ag industry.
“Every year, we try to bring in new varieties from all over Canada and try to (test them) in Thunder Bay, compared to the standard we have, that the farmers grow already,” Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota told Farms.com. He’s LUARS director and a certified crop advisor.
In the 2020 growing season, scientists are trialling new varieties of spring wheat, spring barley, malting barley, oats, canola, soybeans, peas, alfalfa and hops.
“The focus of our research is finding new high-yielding varieties, but also new crops,” Sahota explained. “A new crop doesn’t necessarily mean it is new to Canada, but it is new to our area. For example, canola is a main crop in Canada but, in Thunder Bay, it was not grown. I was the first person to introduce canola to Thunder Bay, and now it’s one of the main crops” in the area.
Local farmers primarily raise livestock. So, they mostly used to grow hay and forages for their animals, he said. Producers grew few cash crops. The research station has helped to increase the diversity of crops raised on in the area.
Farmers in Thunder Bay face different challenges, such as acidic soils, than farmers in southern Ontario, Sahota explained. Growers often need to apply agricultural lime to their fields.
“Compared to southern Ontario, the major difference is that we have a short growing season,” he added. “But the plus side is that we have longer days and cooler nights, which are good for the yield and quality of the crop.”
Short-season crop varieties can achieve high yields in northern Ontario.
“That high yield potential has to be managed properly,” Sahota said. So, researchers also focus on nutrient management, and testing new fertilizers and biostimulants in field trials.
“Unless we have three years of data, we don’t recommend anything to farmers,” Sahota added.
LUARS has a close relationship with farmers in the area. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs founded the station in 1991, and the University of Guelph (Kemptville College) managed the station until 2002. Since then, the non-profit Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Association has run LUARS.
“Farmers managed the station from 2013 to 2017, and it came almost to closure,” due to funding difficulties, Sahota explained. A consultant suggested aligning the research station with the university to provide some stability.
“Since 2018, we are part of Lakehead University but we maintain those relationships with the farmers,” Sahota said. “I still consult them” when determining research priorities.
The relationship works both ways. Sahota consults local farmers on research plans and says it is his duty to translate research outcomes to producers.
“When I took over the station in 2004, I was told that extension is not the researcher’s job,” he said. “I believe that extension is the researcher’s job. The research that I do must go to farmers. If it doesn’t go to farmers, if the farmers don’t apply that research, that means I’m wasting research dollars.”
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RECORDS DESTROYED BY FIRE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RECORDS DESTROYED BY FIRE Twenty Hurt Fighting Washington, D. C., Blaze in Temporary War Period Building —All Fire Apparatus in District Called EVERY piece of available fire apparatus in Washington, D. C., and in suburbs as far distant as Anacostia. Md.. were called to fight a fire that stated in a temporary building constructed during the last war period and now used to house the records of the Federal Trade Commission. The lack of loss of lives, it is said, is due to the fire starting shortly after the seven hundred employees working in the building had left for their weekly half-day holiday. The building destroyed was two stories high and covered an area of three by five hundred feet. It was constructed of plaster board and stucco. It is believed that the fire was started by a broken electrical connection. A strong wind was blowing at…
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Manufacturers’ Announcements
Manufacturers’ Announcements Service Flags for Fire Departments Many fire departments throughout the country are now installing service flags to honor the boys who have gone into the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air service. Besides striking a patriotic note, these service flags show concretely the part which the members of the department are playing in the war effort, and are a constant reminder to members of the sacrifice which these service men are making for their country. The officially-authorized service flag is red, with a white field, and a blue star for each person in service. Gold stars are used to honor those who died in service. The flags are used in various sizes, to suit the places where they are to be hung. Many flags are made to order, to fit a chosen spot on the wall according to a memorandum issued by Regalia Manufacturing Company of Rock Island,…
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Wisconsin Mother in Custody After Fatal Fire
Twin 4-year-old boys and their 5-year-old sister died in a house fire this week, and their mother is now in custody, reports the Associated Press.
No adult was home when the fire broke out Thursday afternoon at the two-story house in West Allis (WI), acting police Chief Charles Padgett said at a news conference.
He declined to give specifics about the mother’s arrest, saying only that she was being investigated as a result of the overall circumstances.
He added that she had been cooperating with the investigation.
“We’re still trying to determine the exact circumstances of this incident and the cause and origin of the fire,” he said.
The names of the mother and children have not been released, in part because authorities said they were still trying to locate the children’s father.
Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the state Department of Justice arrived Friday. Padgett said it was standard procedure for his department to involve federal officials for fire investigations. He declined to say whether authorities suspect foul play
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Traceback Investigations: Mapping the Maze
By Douglas Karas on October 29, 2014
(This article by Douglas Karas was first published in the October/November 2014 issue of Food Safety Magazine and is reposted here with permission.) In the spring of 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began to hear from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health partners about cases of Salmonellosis. The case count grew quickly. In the first week of April, 93 illnesses were reported. The next week, there were 116, and, a week later, there were 139. By early May, the number of cases had nearly doubled. The final count: 425 people had been reported ill by the end of the outbreak. But by using traceback analysis, FDA was able to follow a trail of tuna shipments to its source, leading to the recall of 58,000 pounds of frozen tuna and helping to prevent additional illnesses. FDA, CDC, and state and local agencies worked together in a huge effort to determine whether tuna imported from India was the culprit. During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, public health partners conduct surveillance to identify and interview people who have become ill. CDC serves as lead coordinator to help detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source. Investigators determined that this outbreak involved two strains of Salmonella — Salmonella Bareilly [1] and Salmonella Nchanga (Figures 1 and 2). Once the interviews with case patients began to point toward sushi as a possible carrier of the outbreak strains of Salmonella, there remained the complex task of figuring out what ingredient in the sushi might have been contaminated. Because the evidence pointed to an FDA-regulated product, FDA took the lead on determining how the outbreak occurred, looking for ways to control it and identifying ways to prevent future outbreaks, which included testing foods, assessing food safety measures in restaurants and food processing facilities, and announcing food recalls. FDA also traces foods to their origins, and, in this investigation, the traceback was a key means of identifying the food carrying Salmonella. Such tracebacks are painstaking efforts that require investigators to be both detectives and scientists. Teams must track a contaminated food or ingredient back to its source so that it can be taken off the market, preventing future illnesses. This process often requires collecting, reviewing and analyzing hundreds — sometimes thousands — of invoices and shipping documents. Investigators then connect that information to other bits and pieces gained from interviewing staff working at firms in the supply chain and from observations of investigators visiting the firms. Searching for Clues in the Maze All investigators know traceback is laborious. They might as well be looking for clues in a maze. First, the investigator must enter the labyrinth. But which of the hundreds of entrances is the right choice? Once inside, investigators have even more decisions to make. From the very beginning until the end, scientific methods and investigative skills must be harnessed to identify the source of the outbreak. And, once they reach the center of the maze, investigators must still find their way back, carefully choosing between pathways with more offshoots, dead ends, twists and turns. If they do everything right, investigators exit the maze with a map, new knowledge and understanding that can be used to prevent additional illnesses. But the size of the outbreak can have a dramatic impact on the complexity of the investigation. Imagine standing before a maze, one that begins with just a few entrances but grows to have 425 entrances, each representing a reported illness in the outbreak tally. That was essentially the challenge presented to investigators during the 2012 investigation of the Salmonellosis outbreak linked to tuna. To determine how these people got sick, investigators stepped through certain doorways and followed clues. Analysts identified clusters of illnesses, selecting clusters at four restaurants to trace back. Then investigators painstakingly reviewed thousands of invoices and records from 45 companies that could have supplied the tuna to the restaurants. This allowed them to rule out 44 firms. The one remaining company supplied all four restaurants. They had navigated the maze and created a map, which we call traceback. Inside the Investigation It is hard to grasp the effort and difficulties involved in a traceback investigation. Before the restaurants and the supplier at the heart of the 2012 investigation were identified, this is what happened: State and local health officials on the front lines identified and interviewed patients, working with CDC to determine what food was making people sick. The outbreak grew, and, as more information became available, the leading suspect became seafood, specifically spicy tuna sushi. But if people were made ill by sushi, what ingredient in the sushi might be carrying Salmonella? The candidates included mayonnaise, sesame seeds, fresh and frozen tuna, hot sauce, seaweed and rice. FDA worked with state agencies to identify the brands of ingredients in common use at restaurants. The effort excluded all but tuna as the most likely candidate, and the traceback began. During this step, the traceback team looks for clusters of patients who reported eating or shopping at a common location. It is important that the patients have a good memory of what they ate, or their purchases were documented in some way, such as with a grocery store shopper card or a purchase receipt. Ideally, the team will identify at least three pathways to trace in different geographic areas. They must also determine what time period to investigate. If the time frame is too wide, it could bog down the investigation and collection of records. If it is too narrow, the team may miss vital information. “It takes a team effort to stop an outbreak,” says Kathleen Gensheimer, M.D., director of FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network. “The FDA district offices, the federal, state and local authorities, scientists at FDA headquarters and in the field, and members of industry, everyone brings something to the table. Without that teamwork, it just couldn’t happen.” During the investigation, investigators had to gain an understanding of each supplier’s handling of the tuna. Practices such as stock rotation and inventory control can help narrow which suppliers to follow. The availability and accuracy of records can make or break a traceback investigation at this point. “Recordkeeping varies from one company to the next, so with each supplier you have to learn and understand a new record system and new operating practices,” says Gensheimer. “Many companies keep excellent records, but when recordkeeping is not good, it can lead to a dead end.” Ultimately, FDA followed the trail of tuna shipments from the four restaurants through 45 separate suppliers before finding the source of the bad tuna. Going Back to Move Forward Finding the common supplier, though, is only half the battle. When FDA knows where the food came from, there’s still another question. Where else did this food go? The next step is a trace-forward analysis, which can identify new pathways of exposure that need to be blocked. Analysts examined shipping records, invoices and information on product-handling practices to track shipments from the common tuna supplier to 20 additional restaurants that served tuna to customers who reported becoming ill during this outbreak. The results of these traceback and trace-forward investigations quickly led to the recall of 58,000 pounds of frozen tuna and an alert to FDA inspectors at U.S. points of entry to detain further shipments of frozen tuna from this supplier to prevent future illness. The Evolving Process Although the traceback method was used as far back as the 1920s during a typhoid outbreak linked to fresh oysters in New York City, Chicago and Washington, D.C., the increasingly global marketplace makes the technique both more important and more challenging. FDA began to place more emphasis on traceback in the late 1980s and 1990s, as Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks were linked to fresh shell eggs, and relied on it in the late 1990s as more outbreaks were detected. “The FDA’s focus on traceback really goes hand in hand with the evolution of FDA’s mission from one focused primarily on enforcement to a mission focused more on prevention,” says Jack Guzewich, a former senior adviser on environmental health at FDA. “We began to broaden our view of what evidence we could act upon — going beyond positive laboratory samples to acting on epidemiological evidence. That made a huge change.” Historically, you can chart the rapid development of FDA’s traceback process from outbreaks of Cyclosporiasis linked to raspberries in the late 1990s. Prior to that, FDA traceback investigations were for packaged products, in which much of the needed information is on the package label, and, because these types of product have a longer shelf life, the risk of illness is prolonged. “This meant a fairly straightforward traceback process could be followed,” says Guzewich. “Fresh produce, on the other hand, often has no such label, so a much more complex and difficult traceback effort is required.” FDA adopted a traceback process in use by CDC and state regulatory and public health agencies at the time and developed it further. Shortly afterward, FDA issued its first guidance to its staff for conducting traceback investigations related to produce, which led to the development of a traceback course in the late 1990s. In 1995, following the advent of PulseNet, a database of the DNA information from bacteria related to illnesses across the country, health officials could identify multistate outbreaks that might previously have gone unrecognized. “FDA depends on close collaboration with partners at CDC, state and local public health, and food safety agencies to identify the outbreaks and to provide much of the information used in tracebacks,” notes Guzewich. “They could not be accomplished without this cooperation.” Into the Future Over time, FDA’s traceback methods have become more refined, and the agency has offered a course so that its staff and members of state and local agencies can learn about the techniques and methods developed and standardized over the past few decades. “With this course, we want to formalize the traceback process and make what we’ve learned available to health officials across the country,” says Katie Vierk, a developer of the course and a team leader at CORE. “Responding to an outbreak is a very collaborative effort. If everyone is aware of and using the same process, it is a tremendous help during an outbreak response.” The course covers all the steps in the process, from logistics to the information that must be collected, and how to best analyze and present the data. “All of this is important, because our goal is to be able to document the traceback and, if needed, take appropriate action,” adds Vierk. “At the end of the course, students participate in a simulated traceback exercise using real data. We’re teaching practical, usable skills and we want to demonstrate that right away.” Congress also had the intention of improving product tracing when the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was developed. In that legislation, Congress directed FDA to establish pilot projects for produce and processed food to explore and evaluate fast, effective food-tracing methods and technologies. The pilot projects were completed by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), under contract with FDA, culminating in March 2013 with the release of a final report.[2] IFT consulted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state agencies, consumer groups, and the processed food and produce industries on proposed foods and ingredients and product-tracing technologies for the pilot projects. The 45 companies volunteering to participate in the pilots included tomato growers in the U.S. and Mexico, an import company, tomato processors, ingredient suppliers, processed food manufacturers, food distributors, retailers and foodservice chains. Tomatoes were among several foods chosen for testing because they have been involved in a number of significant outbreaks, have a complex food supply chain, and were identified by most industry associations as a top candidate for inclusion. A frozen Kung Pao-style meal containing domestic peanut products, red pepper spice and chicken was also chosen for testing, as were dry versions of this type of meal into which consumers would add their own chicken. Jarred peanut butter was also tested. In the final report, IFT noted that the pilot participants appeared to have many of the tools and processes in place to contribute to a successful traceback by regulatory agencies, though there were challenges. For instance, most participating firms provided documents that could not be electronically manipulated. The formats of the documents allowed for easy transmittal of information, but forced those trying to use the data to either extract them manually or use an optical character reader. This slowed the analysis of the data and opened it to the potential for errors to be introduced. In addition, inconsistencies in the terminology, numbering systems, formatting, legibility and language meant that traceback analysts had to spend additional time following up with the firms to make sure the data were accurate. “The IFT experienced exactly what the FDA experiences in real outbreaks. During an outbreak, people are getting sick and we need to act fast but are stymied by these challenges,” says Sherri McGarry, the manager of this project and a senior adviser in FDA’s Office of Food and Veterinary Medicine. The IFT final report also noted that some participating firms had never considered how their records would need to be pieced together with those of their suppliers in a traceback investigation. The report noted that the participants were surprised by the process used and expected an experience more like a mock recall, in which they would be provided with a lot number and asked to identify where the product was sent. “Most firms have a good handle on what comes in and a good handle on what goes out, but there’s a gap in the middle,” says McGarry. “Here’s an example. Let’s say you have five shipments of a type of fruit from five different growers. Some of that fruit was repackaged and sent out unprocessed, while some of it was put into fruit salads. If a firm can tell you how the incoming shipments link to the specific outgoing shipment, it would speed traceback dramatically as we link shipments again and again through the supply chain.” An added advantage was that industry participants were able to identify benefits from improved record-keeping. They reported that, depending on their place in the supply chain, better record-keeping could potentially improve internal processes, help expand distribution, reduce insurance costs and improve consumer confidence and brand reputation. The findings of the pilot projects and input from stakeholders will help FDA recommend product-tracing improvements in a report to Congress, as required by FSMA. Also, FDA will use the information from these pilot projects and earlier studies to draft a proposed regulation, also required by FSMA, to establish record-keeping requirements for facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold high-risk foods to help in tracing products more quickly, reducing illnesses in the event of food contamination. “Traceback is an important part of any foodborne outbreak response. Once epidemiology identifies a common food as the vehicle for the bacteria or virus, we still may not know what specific ingredient is causing the problem,” says Gensheimer. “At that point, traceback can be used to help identify the sources of ingredients and, potentially, the source of the ingredient carrying the contamination. Once we know that, we can get the product off the market.” References 1. www.cdc.gov/salmonella/bareilly-04-12/index.html 2. www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/fsma/ucm270851.htm
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An Insider's View Of The Running Of The Bulls In Pamplona, Spain
Laura Begley BloomSenior Contributor
Transformative Travel: I look at how travel can change lives.
VIP tours give visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the running of the bulls
It's the last day for the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain — which means sleep is on the horizon for Stephanie Mutsaerts, founder of Heart of Pamplona. This new Pamplona-based company will make you feel like a local during the world-famous event, which goes 24/7 with parties, parades, and more. But San Fermin is mostly known for the heart-stopping running of the bulls, a high-octane test of wills that takes place every morning during the eight-day annual festival that lasts from July 7 to 14. It's been a headline-maker this year with at least 12 people, including four Americans, getting gored in the process.
Stephanie Mutsaerts, the founder of Heart of Pamplona, will make you feel like a local during the... [+] running of the bulls. (Courtesy of Stephanie Mutsaerts)
Canadian-born Mutsaerts is an expat who has been living and teaching English in Spain since college. A few years ago, she saw an opportunity in the market for a company that would rent apartments, provide balconies to watch the running of the bulls and give tourists unprecedented access not only to the San Fermin festival but also to the Navarre region and the north of Spain. “I started this business three years ago with the intention of offering beautiful luxury homes, but also to bring people over here so they become locals, getting the inside story on what this is all about," Mutsaerts says.
Participants run alongside a bull on July 13, 2016 during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain... [+] course. (Courtesy of Ander Gillenea/AFP/Getty Images)
Mutsaerts began by investing in rental apartments — buying places and fixing them up. She says that the market is saturated in this area, but she has carved out a specific niche that sets her apart. "The apartments I offer are different — they're reproductions of the 1920s, with a modern yet antique touch."
Then she gradually expanded: Her VIP tours give visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the running of the bulls (also known as El Encierro) and what goes on beyond it during the San Fermin festival when the city expands from 250,000 people to over a million. "A lot of people think it’s just about the running of the bulls," Mutsaerts explains. "Quite frankly, this is a festival that has tons of things to do — morning events, afternoon events, evening events. It’s a festival that goes on 24/7 nonstop for eight days.”
Tom and Connie Begley, the author's parents, on a balcony rented through Heart of Pamplona,... [+] overlooking the running of the bulls as it is about to start on Calle de la Estafeta below. (Courtesy of Laura Begley Bloom)
One curiosity about San Fermin is that everyone in town – locals and visitors — wears the same outfit, including a white shirt, a red scarf, and a red sash. "The great thing about everyone wearing the same thing is that no matter what creed, religion, or class, everyone’s the same," says Mutsaerts.
For Mutsaerts, being an entrepreneur in a place like Spain is exciting. "I'm having a great time," she says. "When I have guests come, I just feel like they're family members who are coming to visit from my hometown."
Here, Mutsaerts shares the things not to miss during the running of the bulls, as well as her favorite secret spots in Pamplona.
San Fermin is known for unusual events, like a parade of giants and big heads. (Courtesy of... [+] Stephanie Mutsaerts)
Chupinazo: Thousands upon thousands of revelers gather in the Plaza Consistorial in front of the city hall to celebrate the opening of San Fermin.
Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos: This is also known as the parade of giants and big heads when costumed revelers in massive papier-mâché masks march through the streets and bop little kids on the head with soft sponges. The largest statues tower almost 13 feet high and date to the 1850s.
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Deportes Rurales: You can watch people competing in wood cutting, stone lifting, log cutting, and other displays of rural Basque sports in the Plaza de los Fueros
Toro de Fuego: This is a running of a bull made of fireworks, which is treacherous in its own way — think getting burned instead of getting gored by a bull's horn. (Want to stay safe? Check out the fireworks that light up the sky every night.)
Stephanie Mutsaerts and the Heart of Pamplona team in traditional San Fermin outfits. (Courtesy of... [+] Stephanie Mutsaerts)
Meeting the Runners: Mutsaerts can introduce you to some of the devotees who compete in the running of the bulls, like Peter N. Milligan, an American lawyer who has done it over 80 times and whose new book "Bulls Before Breakfast" details what it is like to face off with one of the killer animals. Then there is the rare breed of female runners. "Before 1974, women weren't allowed to run with the bulls," says Mutsaerts, who points out that there are still very few women in this male-dominated sport.
Ball Dancing at Cafe Iruna: In the mornings, ball dancing takes place in the breathtaking casino above Cafe Iruna, overlooking the Plaza Castillo. Cafe Iruna became famous thanks to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" (there's a bust of the author in the back of the restaurant).
The author's daughter and Stephanie Mutsaerts watch the running of the bulls in Pamplona's Plaza del... [+] Toros. (Courtesy of Laura Begley Bloom)
Churrería de la Mañueta: The tiny Churrería de la Mañueta is over a century old and is only open eight days a year during the San Fermin festival. It's been in the same family for generations, and the owners – lawyers, doctors — take off work to make the churros that are served right after the running of the bulls. You need to get there immediately after the event before the line wraps around the block. “It's the perfect breakfast," says Mutsaerts.
Pastas Beatriz: Located on Calle de la Estafeta, where the bulls run, Pastas Beatriz is owned by two sisters, and their buttery-sweet chocolate-filled garroticos are worth the wait.
A Heart of Pamplona apartment in the center of the city. (Courtesy of Heart of Pamplona)
Laura Begley Bloom
I’m a travel and lifestyle authority and a content strategist who works with brands to create powerful storytelling. In this column, "Transformative Travel," I look at
I’m a travel and lifestyle authority and a content strategist who works with brands to create powerful storytelling. In this column, "Transformative Travel," I look at how travel can change women's lives. I profile the doers and the disrupters and cover the trends and the destinations that appeal to women today. I have been writing about travel since the early days of my career, when I started off as a honeymoon editor, even though — ironically — I was single at the time. Since then, I have written for a number of publications, including Food & Wine, Wallpaper and The New York Times. I have been the editor-in-chief of Yahoo Travel, which was named the top online travel magazine under my leadership. Before that, I was deputy editor of Travel & Leisure. Throughout my career, I have appeared regularly on television, including Good Morning America and NBC Today. Journalism is part of my heritage: My great great grandfather was a Civil War correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Follow me on Twitter (@laurabegley) and Instagram (@laurabegleybloom).
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Fields of Clover
Better to Have Loved and Lost
Gregory Hugh Brown
LifeRich Publishing (Jan 26, 2018)
Fields of Clover is a loving story that idealizes a family history and a departed brother; it fascinates in art and genealogy.
A love for both family and history are the cornerstones of Gregory Hugh Brown’s family biography Fields of Clover.
The story begins with the marriage of Clover Palmer and Cora Lee Goodson in 1919 in Hamilton, Alabama. While the couple, the narrator’s grandparents, won’t be found in history books, the narrator has a sense of wonder and awe about the vast set of circumstances that led to their union. As he explores Clover’s and Cora’s ancestry, a fascinating tale that links the Civil War, the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and other moments in American history unfolds before him.
This isn’t just a family history. In the foreword, the author recounts how this book was based on the extensive research that his brother, Roger Brown, conducted. Roger Brown was an artist best known for his award-winning sculpture Autobiography in the Shape of Alabama (Mammyʼs Door). Roger Brown lovingly infused family history into many of his works; his best-known works reference Clover’s grandma, Mammy. Using his brother’s research, Gregory Brown decided to expand the history into this book.
The result is a meticulously detailed tale that not only tracks the migrations, occupations, and marriages of various family members but provides both historical and cultural context for the choices they made. Such choices are brought to life by references to family furniture, lyrics to songs that were handed down, recipes, and photographs. The addition of such artifacts brings Clover and his family to richly detailed life.
There are gaps in Clover’s family history; Brown fills these by imagining the past. Based on his grandfather’s unusual name, he dramatizes a scene where Clover’s parents are overcome by passion in a field of clover and consummate their relationship, begetting their son. Later, Brown imagines Clover in an afterlife where getting to heaven is similar to waiting at the station for a train.
The description and drama of such scenes are well crafted, if more in the vein of historical fiction than a family biography. As it is, the theatricality of such scenes represents an abrupt change within the narrative; they make the work uneven.
A loving story that idealizes a family history and a departed brother, Fields of Clover is a sometimes esoteric work that fascinates in art and genealogy.
Reviewed by Katerie Prior
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Cancer drug may save sight of premature infants
The anticancer drug bevacizumab could help prevent babies with retinopathy of prematurity from becoming blind, reports a new study from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.
The randomized trial assigned 150 premature infants with advanced retinal damage in the areas nearest the optic nerve to treatment with either an injection of bevacizumab or with laser surgery. A single injection of the drug into each eye prevented blindness more effectively than laser surgery: of the 75 infants who received bevacizumab, only 6% had a recurrence of retinopathy of prematurity, compared with 42% of babies who underwent laser surgery.
According to researchers, retinopathy of prematurity is caused by uncontrolled growth of blood vessels in the eye, leading to scarring and retinal detachment. Bevacizumab stopped the growth of blood vessels, often with a single injection, whereas laser treatment requires general anesthesia and a breathing tube, often must be repeated, and in many cases, ultimately fails to restore vision.
The trial couldn't assess the safety of bevacizumab injections because of its small size. However, because so many adults with cancer have been treated with bevacizumab and the dose for infants is very small, "it seems reasonable to assume" that the injections are at least as safe as laser surgery, writes James Reynolds, MD, State University of New York at Buffalo, in an editorial accompanying the study.
Reynolds emphasizes that "the timing of the injection is critical." An injection given too early may interfere with blood vessel growth; an injection given too late may damage the retina.
The study was published online February 17 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Porva (Veszprem, Hungary)
Porva község
Last modified: 2014-04-19 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: hungary | veszprem | porva |
image by Istvan Molnar, 20 May 2003
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Veszprem County
Porva is a village in Veszprém county in Hungary near to Town of Zirc (9 km west) in the Bakony Mountains. The village has got 502 inhabitants (2001 census), nearly all of them are Hungarian. Neighbouring settlements are Csesznek, Bakonyszentkirály, Bakonyszentlászló, Fenyőfő, Bakonybél, Pénzesgőr, Lókút and Borzavár villages.
The territory of the settlement is inhabited from the stone age. The first mention of the settlement is from 1260 as 'PROWA IN BAKON'. At the time of the Turkish wars (1526-1699) the settlement was devastated. The village was resettled by the Abbey of Zirc in 1720-1768 with Roman Catholic Germans. In 1910 Porva was a village in the Zirc district of Veszprém County. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: 837; 610 (72,9%) Hungarian and 227 (27,1%) German by mother tongue, 831 (99,3%) Roman Catholic and 6 (0,7%) Jew by religion. By the 1941 census 69,3% of its inhabitants was German. After the WWII Germans was deported to Germany.
The coat of arms and the flag was adopted by the Res. No. 2/1998.(IV.17.) resolution of the community.
Symbolism of the coat of arms: The pointed shield is divided with purple wavy stripe. In the gold shield-head there are two green hills relate to the Koris-hegy (Ash Hill) and the Kék-hegy (Blue Hill). In the green field there are a silver flax, a silver "unidentifyed agricultural plant" and an axe.
Sources: Resolution from the Mayor's Office, coat of arms from the book: A Bakony. Turistakaluz és útkönyv 1: 40 000; Cartographia Kft., Budapest 2002.
Istvan Molnar, 20 May 2003
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