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Vets on Veterans Day – and the Other 364
H Patricia Hynes,
Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day, was first proclaimed by President Wilson to honor those Americans who died in World War I; it is still celebrated as Armistice or Remembrance Day in countries that fought on the winning side of the war. In 1954, the national holiday was expanded to honor all US veterans.
In the days after Veterans Day, I think of the veterans remembered and honored for a day who are otherwise forgotten and dishonored the rest of the year: those who are homeless; unemployed; struggling against a federal bureaucracy to receive promised health care services and disability payments; caught in the nightmares of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and military sexual trauma; victims of suicide and suicide attempts.
In 2007, the Pentagon admitted that nearly 50,000 US troops who had been deemed medically unfit for combat were sent to Afghanistan and Iraq anyway. Numerous other reports document that mentally ill soldiers were routinely prescribed antidepressants, sedatives, and other psychotropic drugs and returned to combat. In no other US war have so many soldiers served multiple deployments, and the consequence of forcing already severely stressed and ill soldiers back to war is a surge in suicides and suicide attempts. In 2009, CBS did a nationwide study of suicide rates among veterans when they could not get the information from the Veterans Administration (VA). They found that in the year studied, 2004-2005, veterans were more than twice as likely to commit suicide than nonveterans.
An October 2011 survey of mental health providers (psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and social workers) in the VA found that 70 percent did not have enough staff and space to meet the mental health needs of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. These are people returning with trauma, brain injuries, drug and alcohol dependency, and suicidal feelings – soldiers in many cases who were sent on multiple deployments because rates of military recruitment for the unpopular wars were low. Forty percent of those medical providers interviewed said they are so booked that they cannot meet the two-week window for an appointment with a new patient. Nearly half reported that patients were being denied care because appointments were not available outside regular office hours.
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200,000 veterans are homeless, for reasons of inadequate employment, low wages, lack of affordable housing, mental illness, and insufficient and inaccessible health care. Veterans have a higher rate of unemployment and homelessness than civilians, and government programs for shelters, transitional and permanent housing, and job training are severely under-resourced. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimates that the VA serves only about one quarter of homeless veterans. Clearly, the national military budget prioritizes weapons systems and fraudulently expensive military contractors over medical care and life support services for veterans.
Women constitute 14 percent of active-duty soldiers. In Iraq, women constituted 10 percent of the military (nearly 200,000 troops), and were at equal risk of combat injury and PTSD as men, given the nature of the war. Studies of women veterans from past and recent wars [1] confirm that women in the military are raped and sexually harassed at much higher rates than in US civil society. Eleven percent of homeless veterans are women; nearly half of them have been raped by fellow soldiers. The prosecution record of the Department of Defense (DoD) for reported sexual assaults is dismal, and those women who have reported rape contend that the military is more intent on shielding the warrior culture and their male soldiers from scandal than protecting women soldiers from rape. For this reason, most military women (an estimated 80 percent) do not report rape to their commanders.
In 2008, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) sponsored Winter Soldier 2008, an eyewitness account of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by 200 men and women soldiers from those wars. They testified to the military's crimes against its own, including sexual assault and inadequate gear for combat. They spoke of the cold-blooded killing of civilians and the free-fire zones where they were told to shoot at anything that moved. They condemned the suspension of international laws against using excessive force, torture, and abuse, and against destroying hospitals and schools. Many spoke to unburden their haunting guilt about what they had done in war, and, in the case of some women, what had been done to them.
Numerous editorials have supported President Obama's decision to withdraw US troops from Iraq by the end of the year because “bringing the troops home will mean that they finally will be out of harm's way,” as one put it. In fact, the reality for many veterans is that war does enduring and sometimes irreparable harm - harm that bringing soldiers home does not undo.
Veterans for Peace is a US organization founded in 1985. Made up of male and female US military veterans of World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, and other conflicts, as well as peacetime veterans, the group works to promote alternatives to war. They state their objective this way: “We draw on our personal experiences and perspectives gained as veterans to raise public awareness of the true costs and consequences of militarism and war – and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives.”
1. Helen Benedict. 2009. “The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq,” Boston: Beacon Press.
H Patricia Hynes
H. Patricia Hynes is a retired professor of environmental health from the Boston University School of Public Health. She directs the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice and is a member of Nuclear Free Future.
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What If Pensions Funds Grabbed the Reins?
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
(Photo: Tetsumo) Public and private pension funds in the United States collectively have trillions of dollars in combined assets. They own more than a third of all domestic equity, with stakes in most public U.S. companies, and large holdings of corporate and government bonds, real estate, and infrastructure. They are unique in that they are both very large and have a much longer investment horizon than most other types of investors.
But, with few exceptions, American pension funds do not self-manage the majority of those assets, and they ignore the flexibility that their long-term horizon can bring, experts said. They employ private firms to invest their assets for them, often with a short-term focus and at a high cost. Many of their trustees are political appointees without any experience in finance. And so, instead of being viewed as powerful financial players, with the capacity to initiate deals and lead markets, pension funds act — and are treated by the financial advisors they employ — more like large customers.
“Collectively, pension funds have a huge amount of potential power,” said James Hawley, a professor of business at St. Mary’s College and an expert in fund management. “For the most part, that power is not being used.”
Some of the largest public pension funds in Canada, though, have taken a very different approach than their American cousins. Set up as quasi-independent entities, the funds have appointed board members with strong backgrounds in economics and finance and, over the course of the last two decades, have developed and rely largely on in-house investment management teams.
Claude Lemoureaux, who was the chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan when, in 1990, it adopted a new governance structure and began to develop its team, said that one of the most obvious advantages of managing investments internally is the cost-savings that come from avoiding the high fees charged by private firms.
“When you get up to a certain size, the amount you’re paying in fees is enormous,” he said. “It absolutely does not make sense to rely completely on external management.” (See sidebar “Paying for internal expertise”.)
The in-house expertise has allowed Ontario Teachers’ to source and close dozens of high-profile deals. The fund currently owns two airports, a lottery in the United Kingdom, two water utilities in Chile, several shopping malls in the United States, and the Toronto Maple Leafs, among other investments. The fund managers will often put deals together themselves, and sometimes even raise capital from other pension funds and private equity firms, which means that the fund can take a larger share of the investment return.
Many of the other large public funds in Canada have emulated the OTPP’s approach, including the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CP
Over the last ten years, these public funds have made several large and profitable deals. The CPPIB, for example, invested $300 million for a twelve percent share in Skype, the internet communications provider, and earned back more than three times that amount when the company was sold to Microsoft last year.
Direct investment also allows the Canadian pension funds to have a greater influence in the companies in which they invest, said Ajay Chadha, head of the private equity and pension practice at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, a consultant to many of the Canadian funds. “If they have an investment that isn’t performing to its potential, they aren’t just going to sit around and hope things get better,” he said. “They are quite vocal, and that’s something you don’t see from pension funds in the U.S.”
On the whole, the results have been impressive, Chadha said. Ontario Teachers’ has had the highest total returns among the biggest public and private pension funds in the world over the last decade.
Correcting a misalignment of interests
Large pension funds in the United States have become increasingly interested in what the Canadian funds are doing. Christopher Ailman, the Chief Investment Officer of the California State Teachers Retirement System, has said that if he were to start a pension fund from scratch, he would follow the Canadian model.
While cost-savings represent one obvious reason to consider doing so, experts said that there are a number of other advantages of internal asset management and direct investment.
Experts in corporate governance have long pointed out that relying heavily on external asset managers can create a misalignment of interests between the fund managers, the plan beneficiaries, and the private firms who are managing their money: the private firms have their own goals, interests, and strategies which may not be the same as, or be compatible with, those of the funds.
One strategy that is being discussed among American pension funds is attempting to negotiate terms with external managers that would make sure that the managers do not make money if the fund loses money. But, more fundamentally, the misalignment of interests can also mean that pension funds are losing out on whole classes of investment opportunities entirely. According to Jim Leech, the current president and chief executive officer of Ontario Teachers, pension plans are a unique kind of investor. “We have the power to combine a large capital pool with a long term investment horizon, something that is extremely novel today,” he has said.
Those factors create investment opportunities that are not available to many other types of investors. If a manager makes investments from the point of view of trying to help a private company maximize its own returns over a relatively short investment horizon, that manager can often miss investments that require either more initiative or a longer-term perspective, Lemoureaux said. “There are dozens of opportunities that we would have lost if we hadn’t had people with the expertise looking for them.” (See sidebar titled “Easy marks?”)
Beyond returns
Advocates of socially responsible investing, mission investing, and shareholder activism have taken notice of the Canadian model, as well. Though most of the Canadian funds have an “investment only” mandate that precludes them from considering any factors aside from risk and return, many see the more direct and active role being played by these funds as more conducive to investing with those other considerations in mind, which are often shunned by outside managers.
David Wood, the director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University, said that because of the potential market power of pension funds, empowering them to become more active social investors could make a huge impact. “They should be able to powerfully dictate how they act in the market,” he said, “but that has not been the case so far.”
Wood said that the layer of mediation created by the reliance on outside managers, who sometimes have conflicting interests, means that pension funds effectively have less agency over their investments. “How can we help them be more like market makers and less like price takers?” he said. Simply eliminating that layer of mediation “is probably the easiest way.”
Keith Ambachtsheer, the president of KPA advisory services and a professor of finance at the University of Toronto, agreed. “Right now, the outside tells the inside what to do,” he said. “It’s only when you build the inside strong can you tell the outside what to do, and that’s always the best way to further your mission.”
Because of their size, Ambachtsheer said, if pension funds were to think more broadly about their mission and make investments geared to creating long-term value, it could lead to more stable and sustainable financial markets.
The short-term investment horizon of many private money managers increases the likelihood that they will favor complex financial products, or methods like “flash trading,” that do not add value to the economy over the long term — what Ambachtsheer, following John Maynard Keynes, called “beauty contest investing.”
Others said that having more control over their investments could allow pension funds to put their assets to more specific uses, such as providing capital for green energy, or focusing investment on economically depressed areas.
According to Edward Waitzer, a partner at the law firm Stikeman Elliot and an expert on pension fund governance, making large, direct investments in companies allows the funds to have more control of the companies and exert influence over their policies. “When you have internalized management, then once you decide to do something, you can do it faster and more effectively,” he said.
And though there are some legal limitations on what pension funds can do with their money, some have suggested that a type of investment known as “mission investing” — normally reserved for investors like philanthropists and foundations — would be appropriate for pension funds, as well.
For example, Sam Munger, the managing director of the Center for State Innovation, a think tank based in Wisconsin, said that, for union pension funds, reliance on external managers can make it more difficult to make labor-friendly investments, such as investing in businesses that hire only union workers.
Munger has also advocated for public pension funds to invest in ways that would provide benefits to the residents of their state. Some funds already apportion assets for in-state investments, but Munger urged trustees to think more broadly. “The people running the pension funds are not generally known as the most creative people,” he said.
Munger suggested that pension fund assets could be used to capitalize a state-owned bank, along the model of the Bank of North Dakota. The same idea, he said, could be applied to union pension funds that wish to capitalize a union-owned bank or credit union.
“We’ve [traditionally] defined the mission of pension funds very narrowly, simply in terms of safeguarding the money for retirees and, hopefully, getting some kind of investment return to add to the fund” he said. “Those things are certainly important, but I think there’s a lot of room to consider more nuanced and multi-dimensional missions.”
A variety of cultural, legal and political obstacles would need to be overcome before large American pension funds could internalize more of their asset management and increase their direct investment, experts said.
John Conley is a law professor at the University of North Carolina. In 1992, he co-authored a book with William O’Barr, a professor of anthropology at Duke University, called Fortune and Folly: The Wealth and Power of Institutional Investing, an anthropological study of how and why public and private pension funds in the United States make investment decisions.
“The primary finding of the book was how un-financial the whole process was,” Conley said. “Decisions were not being made on the basis of any kind of rigorous quantitative criteria. They were being made on the basis of relationships with the money managers, who were just there to sell them stuff.”
The book resulted in calls for the sponsors of pension funds to appoint people to their boards with at least a modicum of investment experience, or to provide financial training to the current trustees. But Conley said that lack of investment expertise was only one reason that trustees preferred to rely on private money managers.
The other reason was that it allowed them to shield themselves from accountability for their investment decisions, he said. “A lot of the people on these boards are union representatives or political appointees, and if a deal goes south or the fund doesn’t do very well, they don’t want to be blamed for it. But if they hire people to do it for them, they can say, ‘Look, I hired these expensive and reputable managers that everyone else was hiring, so you can’t blame me.'”
Conley said that this culture results in a kind of “herd behavior,” in which pension funds are reluctant to do anything that they have not seen their peers doing first, but are quick to “jump on the bandwagon” when another fund changes their practices. “From what I have observed, it seem that is even more true today than it was when we wrote the book,” he said.
One reason that the Canadian funds have been able to adopt a different management structure is that their investment managers operate at a level that is more removed from their boards of trustees and government sponsors than American public funds, Lemoureaux said. “We were given a degree of freedom, but at the same time, we knew that if we did not perform well, we would be completely accountable for it,” he said. “If we made a few bad decisions in a row, we were going to be out of a job.”
The paradox of fiduciary duty
Pension fund trustees are bound by “fiduciary duty,” a legal relationship that binds them to act in the best interests of those whose money they are managing. For private pension plans in the United States, fiduciary duty is codified in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), while for public pension funds, each state has its own set of laws defining fiduciary duty.
According to David Wood of Harvard, fiduciary duty in the United States has generally been interpreted very narrowly. On both a formal and informal level, the exercise of fiduciary responsibility — “prudent investing” — is most frequently associated with a heavy emphasis on maximizing returns through conventional, short- and medium-term investments.
Ron Davis, an associate professor of law at the University of British Columbia and the author of Democratizing Pension Funds: Corporate Governance and Accountability, explained that a narrow interpretation of what can be considered “prudent” — in addition to political pressure on funds to maximize their investment returns — has limited the willingness of large funds in the United States to make longer-term investments that take many years to realize a gain, or may yield slightly lower returns, even if the investments were low-risk and could easily be characterized as prudent. Funds compare their returns with the returns of other funds in their peer group, which can make them less likely to initiate deals that would include even a small amount of long-term risk.
“If they don’t see the other funds doing it, then they are much less likely to consider those kinds of investments,” Davis said. “The safest position for a fiduciary is to put on a lamb’s coat and walk around bah-ing like all the other sheep.”
The hurdles posed by fiduciary duty are even larger when it comes to investment decisions that consider factors besides risk and maximizing return. Some pension funds have made modest efforts to engage in socially responsible investing, in-state investing, and shareholder activism, but they are constrained by the fear that the employees and pensioners covered by the fund might sue them for failing to produce the highest possible returns, Davis said.
“Anything that would be perceived as mission investing would be seen as a clear breach of fiduciary duty,” Davis said. “Fiduciary duty is critical because it has been interpreted as being extremely restrictive.”
Additionally, public pension funds are also subject to state laws that can restrict their investment decisions further, and make it more difficult for them to hire skilled investment managers. In California, for example, a hiring freeze on public employees would apply to the pension funds, and state law mandates that a representative of the pension fund is not able to sit on the board of a company that the fund has invested in.
Finally, there are political obstacles. Joseph Dear, the Chief Investment Officer of the California Public Employees Retirement System, has said that he does not believe that voters would permit a public employee to make the kind of salary that it would require to attract and retain the quality of investment managers that would make developing an in-house team possible, even though public funds are likely paying more to outside managers, an arrangement Ambachtsheer characterized as “more than a little ironic.”
Not set in stone
Though the cultural, legal and political obstacles to releasing the power of pension funds are formidable, experts argued that none of them was inherently insurmountable.
“If the governance were changed” — to allow the funds more flexibility and independence — “and we changed our understanding of fiduciary duty,” Waitzer said, “these funds could become very formidable in several ways,” including flexing their muscle to initiate longer-term deals and to consider social responsibility and shareholder activism.
Waitzer said that the narrow interpretation of fiduciary duty was likely the most difficult obstacle to broadening the mission of pension funds, but even here, he said, there exist possibilities for change. The concept of fiduciary duty, he said, “is incredibly dynamic. Our understanding of what it means to be a fiduciary, what factors they can consider, has evolved significantly over the years. It is certainly not set in stone.”
Indeed, the labor departments of different presidential administrations have frequently issued “interpretive bulletins” that explain how the administration will be interpreting the fiduciary duty of the trustees of private pension funds. The Clinton Administration issued a bulletin that specifically allowed funds to engage in “economically targeted investment,” or investment that is still considered prudent but that is targeted to a particular end, such as community development. The latest interpretive bulletin, issued by the Bush Administration, is significantly more restrictive.
In regards to public pension funds, states have also adopted a variety of laws that dictate how the funds may and may not invest their assets. Most state laws simply clarify whether the fund is permitted to target investment within the state itself, but some go further. For example, laws in Wyoming and North Carolina allow the state pension funds to “consider benefits created by an investment in addition to investment return” so long as “the investment providing these collateral benefits would be prudent without the collateral benefits.”
If the interpretation of fiduciary duty were broadened on a larger scale, Davis said, it could lessen the propensity for herd behavior among funds, and increase the likelihood that states would be willing to the give the funds a greater degree of autonomy.
“The potential is there for pension funds to play a much larger role,” Davis said. “I think we have been blinded to the possibilities that they offer.”
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Feminist Fatherhood
Recovering Asshole podcast
She ain’t heavy, she’s my daughter: Trying to understand child abuse
August 31, 2018 August 31, 2018 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 9 Comments
I’ve told this story a thousand times. There was never a greater moment of clarity in my life than the moment I first heard my unborn daughter’s heartbeat. We were at Alma Midwifery and the whooshing sound came over the little speaker. It was as if the whooshing zoomed in to surround me and in that moment it was clear that it was no longer about me. My sole purpose in that life was to protect the heartbeat and the person that was growing around it. I was now primarily a vehicle for her success in the world. I don’t know if it was a moment of pure love or a genetic mandate to make sure my chromosomes made to the next generation intact, but it nearly knocked me off my feet.
We were blessed to have a happy, healthy baby who is now a very smart and loving 4-year-old. I still find myself watching her sleep at night or spending time looking in the rearview mirror at her while she processes the world that passes outside the Prius window. The urge to protect her is even greater now that she has some independence. I worry that she will walk in front of a car backing out of a driveway, or get hurt at pre-school, or be grabbed off a playground in the moment that I look away. She’s about to spend a week in Mexico with my wife so you can imagine where my mind will go. I’m ready to step into full Liam Neeson mode at the drop of hat.
I mention all this because I am trying to understand the reality that parents routinely abuse their children; physically, sexually, psychologically and emotionally. It’s just the hardest thing for me to understand, because I feel like every single strand of DNA inside me is telling me to protect my child from harm. There is no question I would trade my life for hers. Not even a nano-second of hesitation. Cozy is needed in this world a lot more than I am. (But you’re gonna get both of us for a long time.) I’m not some perfect parent, devoid of ethical flaws. What makes me different from them? According to a 2015 report, over 7 million children are identified as abuse victims by Child Protective Services each year. Over a third (37%) of American children are reported to Child Protective Services by their 18th birthday. 37%! That’s insane and heartbreaking and completely unacceptable.
I don’t get it, but as a sociologist and criminologist it’s my job to get it. My work often involves me building some empathy for some pretty horrible characters, including school shooters, Neo-Nazis, and serial killers. It’s not always easy and some bad actors challenge the assumption that all people are redeemable. (This is not a piece about university administrators.) As a parent, it’s easier to explain away a sociopathic serial killer than it is someone who would sexually abuse their own child (especially knowing that many serial killers were sexually abused by their own parents). Fortunately, social scientists are doing this research in a heroic attempt to break the cycle.
And “cycle” is the key word. Many abusers are acting out their own experience of abuse on their children. Others where brought up in cultures and subcultures of violence where the belief was that if you spare the rod, you spoil the child. (“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.” – Proverbs 13:24) Some are alcoholic or drug addicted and take out their chaotic mental state on the nearest target. Some are misogynists and attack “their” women and children to prove their masculinity. Some suffer from accutmental illness while others simply can’t handle feelings of powerlessness in a complex world. Explanations can be very broad, including the lack of social support for the economically stressed trying to raise children in this downwardly mobile economy.
All those give us insight to the abuser. But it’s just not enough. I’ve been pretty economically stressed these last three years, not working full time and not sure when I would be, but I never thought to take it out on my small child. I could get the drunkest I’ve ever been and I have to think hurting her would never arise as a possibility. I could be in the throes of deep depression and her protection would still be paramount. I had a good friend who killed herself because she believed, in her depressive state, that she was protecting her daughter. There’s just something deep inside both of Cozy’s parents that would just STOP anything before she was hurt. What is that thing? It can’t be biological if over a third of kids (that we know about) are being abused. I was whipped a few times as a kid (The Belt!), but I don’t feel mindlessly compelled to repeat that behavior. They can’t all be so mentally ill that they don’t know what they are doing. It’s gotta be more complicated than a screw loose. Then there is the whole wide spectrum of psychological abuse, and abuse by step-parents and mom’s boyfriends and on and on. It seems massive. Like the untold story of America is what we do to our children.
Maybe it is because I didn’t become a parent until I turned 50. By then I had a lot of time to both want a child and think about what kind of parent I wanted to be. There are plenty of “unwanted” children in the world and many are born to parents who are so damaged that they are completely unprepared for the awesome and life changing responsibility of ferrying a baby into adulthood. But why didn’t hearing that baby’s heartbeat help push them in the right direction? Am I being overly judgmental?
I don’t live a bubble. I see it all around me. Adults with stories of childhood abuse and a few parents who definitely should not be raising kids until they have worked their own shit out. Violence in our society is what we sociologists call normative. We use it to express ourselves and “solve problems.” We used to think children were just little adults so why not knock them around for talking back, right? But nobody believes that anymore, unless you live in an FDLS cult in Utah. Kids are supposed to get a pass from our culture of violence. What is it? This question perplexes me to no end. I feel like if we could figure it out, as a species, we could truly evolve.
Can I be a feminist, too?
I was recently on a panel in Washington DC, assembled by a congressman, charged with addressing how we should respond to the neo-Nazis marching in the streets of America. For my initial statement, I was only given 6 minutes so I was decided to make one point as strongly as I could. Fortunately, it was carried live on C-SPAN, so I think a large audience got to hear it.
My one point was that people, especially white people, need to stop saying they’re not racist. We all internalize white supremacy from an early age. It seeps in from our parents and our TVs. It’s impossible to not be racist in this racist culture. Implicit bias tests prove it. And that goes for people of color who get the same “white is right” messages and devalue those with darker skin tones. Just look at the complexions in any black or Latina beauty magazine. Own it and work on it. We can’t deal with alt-right racists until we deal with our own racism.
What I told the crowd there (and a few members of Congress) was that an alcoholic can go for thirty years without a drink but they will never say they are an alcoholic, they’ll say they’re on the road to recovery, one day at a time. Racism is the same way. I never say I’m not a racist. I am a racist, but I’m on the road to recovery, one day at a time. The same is true with sexism, ableism, homophobia, and all the other bigotries. I have to unlearn messages that are still washing over me even though I know in my heart they are wrong.
So can I truly call myself a feminist? I’m a sexist, but I’m on the road to recovery, one day at a time. Some days I fall backwards more than a few steps. The misogynistic programming is more complete than the racist programming. I want to be a feminist but the sexism runs so deep, that after decades now of working the program, sometimes I feel like I’m barely out of the gate. Just today I referred to grown women in jazz history as “girls.”
My path to and as a feminist has been littered with horribly un-feminist behavior. Some issues could be argued from a feminist perspective. For example, accusations that I have entered relationships where there was a “power imbalance,” force me to ask the necessary question – In a patriarchal society, in what male-female relationship is there not a power imbalance? If I dated a former student or a university administrator, there was a power imbalance. (I’ve dated both.) The issue arrises when that imbalance is exploited. That’s a lot different than it just existing. And often there are competing power balances at work. See? It’s not so simple in the real world.
Others have just been me stupidly not addressing my male privilege. Here’s a good example (changing the names). I had entered a relationship with a woman named Veronica, but I still cared what Betty, from an older relationship, thought of me. She was not convinced that Veronica was a good match. So I tried to sell Betty on how strong Veronica was, as a person. I told Betty a little about Veronica’s history of sexual abuse and that she was a true survivor with a depth not evident when you just glance at her. Now, I see it was a horrible betrayal of Veronica’s trust and was only shared with Betty for selfish reasons. Pretty freaking un-feminist.
So do I have a right to call myself a feminist? Feminist icon bell hooks defines feminism as the “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” Then I’m on board as a feminist! But what if someone says, But you participate in sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression! You can’t be a feminist. And then I say you don’t? Can you guarantee the clothes you wear or the food you eat are not the product of sexist exploitation? And it goes around and around. As a man, I have to keep my “male fragility” in check and accept what the feminist consensus is. But is there a consensus?
The latest message is that men can’t be feminists because, no matter how down for the program we are, we still have a vested interest in patriarchy and the disempowerment of women. But we can be “pro-feminist.” That’s similar to me urging white people to stop saying they’re not racist, but take an anti-racist position in their lives. This is reflected in the great quote from Angela Davis, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” So maybe stating that I’m a pro-feminist male carries more weight than just saying I’m a feminist.
I mention this because a pro-feminist male colleague of mine is currently under the glare of the spotlight after some anonymous accusations emerged of inappropriate behavior on his part. How could this feminist role model not be be perfect in his gendered behavior? On one hand, it is important to believe women after generations of female complaints being dismissed out of hand. On the other hand, due process matters and in this day of rumor-mongering campaigns, people still have the presumption of innocence. From what I can tell, the alleged offense seems minor but I am far from knowing all the facts of the case (as, I’m guessing, most of the people who have commented on it are). But it seems like once there is blood in the water, those that think it’s impossible for a man to claim feminism are racing in for a chomp. His guilt or innocence won’t matter once he’s been devoured.
There is no such thing as a perfect feminist. I could be called a hypocrite once a day and I’m guessing the same could be true for most of my feminist sisters. Can you be a feminist and like Madonna? There is a feminist debate about that. Lots of feminists miss out on the importance of intersectionality. Can transwomen be a part of your sisterhood? There’s another debate. Those jeans you’re wearing were made by young girls in sweatshops in Bangladesh. A debate that should be happening about that. Us men have all those debates and the brainwashing that has told us from birth to dominate and conquer and never ever shut up and listen. So yeah, I’m a feminist who acts in un-feminist ways pretty frequently. But I’m working on it.
One day at a time.
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My best friend is 4
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, illusion of the “happy homemaker” was forever shattered. Women were more than “Mrs. Joe Blow,” finding a sublime happiness in a spotless house with dinner on the table at six sharp. Feminist sociologist Dorothy Smith wrote that women were given the domestic sphere of the home so men could occupy the whole of the public sphere. Suddenly, the word was out and girls and women said, “I’m coming out into the wide word. Time for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T!” (Forever love to our queen.)
My experience flipping the script and becoming a house husband while my wife went off to work at various Portland law firms revealed some unexpected truths. Expectedly, as Friedan would have predicted, I hate housework. The reality of the that drudgery came rather quickly. But I’ve found a sense of fulfillment out of getting dinner on the table. The thrill of the grocery store hunt for ingredients (“Excuse me. Is pesto a spice?”), the kitchen assembly (while this week’s Spotify Discover Weekly playlist plays behind the Food Network website), and then the ultimate cliffhanger (Will they eat it??). John Lennon once said that, when he became a house husband, preparing a meal that his wife and child actually liked was better than making a hit record. I can totally relate, John. All we are saying is give pasta a chance!
But the other part that has crept in is the intense bond I have built with my child, who turns four today. That moment when we brought her home from the wild ride of her birth, she was just this helpless little blob that looked like my father but acted more like a slug than a member of the family. In those four years she has become a full-fledged person with the world in her sticky palm. Yeah, she’s cute but, yeah, she knows how to work it. Somehow she picked up on the social lessons of how to work a room. She’s got work to do before she truly understands how to win friends and influence enemies. She’s still fairly id driven – “What can you do for me? That might work for our emotionally stunted president, but we want her to ask, “What can I do for you?” I guess, until then, she’s just half-fledged.
My wife can see the bond between Cozy and I. We have our own secret language (called Kupa Sana) and her weird hand mannerisms are the same as mine. (Sorry, kid.) We fill our days with adventures. This week we spent some time wandering around Lone Fir Cemetery, full of nineteenth century headstones of Oregon pioneers and twenty-first century headstones of Russian immigrants who lived through the rise and fall of the Soviet empire. We talked about life and death and how we can be sad when people die but happy because their memories surround us. “You mean, the spirits of all these dead people are floating around here?” she asked. I was worried that the death conversation would traumatize her, but, instead it gave her a sense of calm. I guessing that’s because she’s half Mexican (and really loved Coco).
A few days later we trucked up to Sauvie Island to pick blackberries on an organic farm. The smoke from the west coast wildfires hung low, but we lost ourselves in rows and rows of sweet berries, learning which ones were sour (“Daddy, this one’s not ready. Can I spit it out?”) and which ones were perfectly sweet. We were in a little cubby hole of fruit, with the occasional tiny green frog crossing our path, laughing and eating more berries than we were putting in the bucket. Her face and hands were purple and I had a moment where I thought she had been sent to me from another dimension to help me connect the real world to the one that exists in dreams.
It’s strange having such an intense connection to a child. Andrea is right in that we celebrate Cozy as the intersection of that’s everything that’s right about us. We had to bust through some seriously evil roadblocks just to be a couple. Cozy represents everything that is pure about our desire to be together. Her birthday is a reason to celebrate what a good job we’ve done. But she’s also her own entity that’s full of depth and wonder separate from us. Last night we took Cozy to see a band recreate The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers’ album and on the first note of the third song she screamed “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!” This is my child. I vowed not to be the parent in “She’s Leaving Home” and held her tight.
Each moment of these four years has been a gift. I wonder about the fathers who see the “domestic sphere” as an alien, feminine space. Do they know what they are missing? Do they know the unadulterated thrill of having a child say, “Daddy, you make the best spaghetti ever!” (even when you know that they’ve only had spaghetti made by you). As much as I’m ready to return to full-time public life, this experience has given me a great friend and expanded my soul. I might not know who’s playing in town this weekend, but I know someone who digs nature walks, old Batman episodes, and endless blackberries, and that’s cool enough for me. Happy birthday, Cozy Pozy.
What Do We Do About the Nazis After Charlottesville?
How much has this nation changed in one year? In the wake of the murderous rampage of neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, we’ve seen an increase in hate crimes and a white supremacist administration who complains about “shit-hole” countries in Africa, puts brown kids in cages, deports asylum seekers, and threatens to revoke the green cards of legal immigrants. Oh, and white nationalists are marching on our capital. Are the racists winning?
A year later the same “Jews won’t replace us” thugs who marched in Charlottesville are on their way to the nation’s capital and the city is bracing itself for more right-wing violence.
I’m in Washington, DC, participating in some events in response to the second “Unite the Right” rally. Part of this was appearing at a teach-in to counter domestic extremism. It was organized by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and held at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. Right-wing extremist expert Leonard Zeskind spoke about the roots of white nationalism. I was part of a panel entitled “Developing Effective Responses to Eliminate Hate,” featuring Dr. Wes Bellamy, Vice Mayor, Charlottesville, VA, Lecia Brooks from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Monica Hopkins, from the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., Tony McAleer, Board Chair of Life After Hate, and Chris Magyarics, Senior Investigative Researcher at the ADL. It all ended with a mighty 45-minute sermon from Rev. Dr. William Barber II that made me feel like I was sitting in the lap of God.
Teach-ins and sermons are great, but this one had the ears of members of Congress and you felt a shift.
The question is – What do you do when Nazis come to your town? This event is one response. You organize to educate and embolden the resistance. Sometimes the batteries of social justice needs to be recharged and there’s nothing like a few rousing political speeches and a sermon from on high to get folks back on track. Otherwise, what’s on TV? A body can waste precious hours scrolling through a Facebook feed when it could be engaging with minds in a room with other folks who have the same end goal. It’s so easy to be distracted these days but to be in a synagogue full of people bending the arc of history towards justice seemed a good way to spend a Friday afternoon.
We use these words now – build community capacity. By educating people to the threats present, both existential and physical, but also about what has been done and can be done, you build a resilience. A resilience to say no (again) and resilience to do what needs to be done (again). Fighting the forces of oppression is a marathon, not a street battle. (Sorry, Antifa.) As Rev. Barber said last night, if you really want to fight racism in America, get serious about fighting the voter suppression by Republicans that silences minority voters.
A point I made at the event (which made it out over the C-SPAN airwaves), is that I don’t want to play Wack-a-Mole with alt-right “Western chauvinists” (formerly known as neo-Nazis). I don’t want to have to plan my weekends around what they’re latest stunt. That lets them drive the narrative. It hands the power to organized racists. “Well, I was going to go hiking this weekend but the Patriot Prayer is having another rally so I have to go downtown and tell them they’re idiots.” Not gonna do it.
Instead, let’s do this work everyday in our communities, in our schools, in our places of worship, and our workplaces. And in our leisure time as well when our friends say something bigoted and think we won’t call them on it. Building community capacity is a full time job but it pays off in numerous ways.
First and foremost is food. What brings people together more than food? Last week in a Portland park their was an immigrant family having a picnic. Some uppity white lady told them that they didn’t belong in this country and to “Go back where you belong.” Another white lady told uppity lady to leave them alone. She shut the bigotry down. Then the community, an area called Rose City, came together in a unity rally to support the vulnerable in their community. There was music and food. Lots off food. I stuffed myself with tamales. A local ice cream truck rolled out and gave away free scoops. Community capacity is delicious.
Not in our town – strength for our neighbors
(For the next section of the blog, I’m writing at the Starbucks at the Trump International Hotel. You know, for irony. #Portlandrepresent)
The second; community gatherings build capacity by linking us together as neighbors, not in front of screens, but face to face. As much as I appreciate a live tweet, the hugs shared last night were more encouraging to keep up the fight than I might have guessed. This includes from veteran social justice warriors that were in the trenches when I was a wee pup to high school kids who earnestly asked, “How can we do this anti-racism work in our school?” More hugs would be a good place to start.
The truth is liberation work is hard. And it’s a thousand times harder for people of color than it is for me. I can “turn it off” and go back to my white privilege bubble and say, Yeah, I’m a gonna take that fight on next week. It’s hard because requires dedication to see the subtly of oppression, including our own internalized white supremacy. It’s hard because, at times, the Trump white nationalist march to make America 1850 again seems unstoppable. And it’s hard because some of your allies will try to pull you down, like crabs in a barrel trying to stop another crab from lifting itself out (to help free all the goddamn crabs).
I posted a link to C-SPAN feed to the teach-in on the Coalition Against Hate Crimes Facebook page and this was the first comment. You still hang out with Nazis on weekend to “create dialog”? A dismissive white dude as Chair of OCAHC is still a bad look, I could care less about your credentials. The average POC has far more expertise on this subject matter. I had to check my white fragility because my impulse was to fight. Instead, I replied, I’d love to buy you a coffee one day and tell you why I think my work is important. And you can tell me what you think I can best do to help the cause. (Still waiting for a response.)
This is a marathon. Let’s build each other up instead of tearing each other down.
Cut off their oxygen
The third benefit of the community building is it deprives the hate machine of fuel. The alt right is actively recruiting young white males who have no sense of connection. If you are alienated, you will join any group that says it will build you up, and that’s exactly what thuggish groups like the Proud Boys and Identity Evropa do (and your traditional street gang or cult, for that matter). It’s not the racism that attracts whites to the groups. It’s not understanding the social and demographic shifts that they are living through and the only ones who are explaining the “whys” to them are “Western chauvinists.” It’s not surprising that they are attracting lots of white guys who think everything was better in a mythical past. “Again.”
If we have strong communities where neighbors know neighbors, including that new family from Syria or El Salvador, the alt right hate spin has less pull. Those targeted people, even older white men with beer bellies, are less alienated and less likely to fall for the simplistic rhetoric of the far-right. I think everyone wants the same thing, to live in a (tag Paul McCartney song) peaceful neighborhood. I don’t need to join an extremist group. I have friends and neighbors I care about and I’d rather defend them against the threat of your extremist group, thank you very much.
I won’t speak against the people who will show up to directly confront the alt right boys this weekend in Washington, DC, Charlottesville, and wherever else they are seeking photo ops. Those counter-protestors are willing to risk their necks to say that fascists are not welcome and don’t represent the true direction of this country’s future. I’ve spent plenty of time on the frontline. It’s both exhilarating and righteous. I hope they get lots of pictures of these “patriots” so they can be shamed back under their rocks. But I also want to reach out to these alienated folks, who seem so full of anger, and invite them to our side, where we are less alienated and there’s better food. Some of the most committed anti-racists I know are former members of the hate movement.
Tonight there is a vigil in front of the home of alt right godfather Richard Spencer in Arlington. Maybe someone will invite him out for some pho or tapas. Maybe Spencer will be a “former” on the second anniversary of the Unite the Right march that led to the death of Heather Heyer. Maybe he’ll be on a panel in a synagogue asking for forgiveness and permission to join our marathon.
How do we respond to Charlottesville? Some liberal hippie once said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Let’s start there.
What I’ve Learned about Countering Violent Extremism (is the opposite of what I’ve been told to believe)
August 3, 2018 August 3, 2018 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 2 Comments
I’m pro-radicalization. I want to radicalize people to be critical of power structures and constructs. I want them to ask questions about government, gender, guns, and Genesis. I want them to dig deep and talk to people outside of their comfort zone. I want them to show up on the front line. I want to admit that they can be well-meaning but wrong.
The latest buzzword in my academic field is CVE – Countering Violent Extremism. It basically represents a constellation of various strategies to prevent people from becoming violent religious and right-wing extremists. (I can already hear right-wingers asking, “But what about violent left-wing extremists?” To which I would say, “Touché.”) It is inherently of value to people like myself working to reduce hate crimes. My first exposure to this work was this spring when I was flown to the Middle East to participate in a United Nations/Haditha program to explore the role of gender in CVE.
In those three days, I heard zero about surveillance or government programs to profile Muslims. I heard from ex-jihadists and ex-skinheads and people working in community-based groups to rescue teenage girls who thought running away to Syria to become a bride of an ISIS fighter seemed kinda cool and rebellious. I was honored to be in their company to talk about the my research on the role toxic masculinity plays in right-wing extremism.
So when I got an invite from the U.S. Embassy to be a part of a “CVE Community Leaders Exchange” in the United Kingdom, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. I had presented on confronting hate crimes to the British delegation when they visited Portland earlier this year and now ten of us, from Portland and Seattle, would be on a ten day trip to talk to community agencies in Luton, London, and Leeds, England. (Why didn’t we get to go to Liverpool?) The Portland delegation was four folks who work for the city, including a police captain who heads the youth service division, and me, representing the Coalition Against Hate Crimes. The Seattle delegation had a similar mix of city officials and community advocates. The trip, organized by a non-profit called Cultural Vistas, would allow us a chance to observe important community work on the issue.
To be clear, I think most of the people in our group had no interest in “CVE” anything, and were motivated by learning how community groups help young people. As a criminologist, this was my connection to the whole thing.
Off to the UK
Our first stop was three days in Luton, England. Luton had been a hotbed of activity for the right-wing, anti-Muslim English Defense League (EDL), as well as Al-Muhairoun (ALM), the Islamacist group that had been linked to several terror incidents including last summer’s attack on the London Bridge. We spent our days talking to people who are working to divert youth from this type of extremism. This included teachers at the Al-Hikmah School and Mosque, and youth intervention workers, and Carnival mask makers, scholars studying right-wing nationalism, and a group called the Luton Tigers who gets kids on the football pitch as an alternative to radicalization. The young imam at Al-Hikmah explained that the best way to strengthen their Muslim faith was to clarify the teachings of the Koran, which are in direct opposition to the call for violence.
What I learned right off the bat was that all this work was done by committed community leaders desperately working to help young people make the most of their lives instead of becoming Nazis or jihadists. Instead of talking, these people were doing. Unlike their critics, they were actually working with those most at risk. I didn’t see one single covert government plot unfolding or double agent spying for MI5. I just saw motivated people putting their shoulder to the wheel.
Then we headed down to London where I slipped off to a “Free Tommy Robinson” rally in front of Scotland Yard. Robinson is the nationalist leader of the EDL who was jailed for contempt of court. The small crowd of rabid older white blokes (many in Trump hats) wanted their Islamaphobic leader released and, briefly, set on me for holding an anti-Nazi sign. It was a reminder of how important this work was as a British member of parliament had been stabbed to death by one of Robinson’s followers, while he shouted, “Britain first!” (And five police officers were attacked at the rally I attended, making it all even more dire.)
While in London, we had a long morning in the basement of the Home Office (essentially the UK’s Department of Justice) learning about modifications to the Prevent program, Britain’s primary CVE program. The initial rollout went all kinds of sideways, with some horror stories of Muslim kids being wrongly profiled and thrown onto “Terrorists!” watch lists. We got the government line on the attempt to overcome the “toxic” branding of the program with a more bottom up, community-based model, which is what we witnessed in the field. Maybe it was the English accents, but it felt a little bit like we were sequestered in the inner sanctum of the Orwell’s Ministry of Information, so we asked the hard questions about CVE and civil liberties.
What we heard in Luton, London, and Leeds, was that when you asked critics of the Prevent program what should be done to divert youth from violent extremism, their answers were exactly what Prevent was doing in 2018. There was just an awareness gap. The program needed a PR campaign, said we Americans who know the value of a good advertising budget.
After our morning at the Home Office we had another community meeting at the new U.S. Embassy building, followed by a reception. Other than having to walk past a giant grinning photo of Donald Trump (who was having his secret meeting with Vladimir Putin as we walked in), everyone was completely hospitable and happy to host our delegation. When I lived abroad, I was always mindful of where my embassy was just in case things got weird (or I lost my passport). It was a true thrill to be inside. We took a group photo and I posted it online. From Stone Mountain punk to American diplomat. Kinda cool.
That’s when things got strange. A friend who works with the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Portland began posting on Facebook that we were complicit in some anti-Muslim governmental “training.” It just seemed silly at the time. I had just been watching the World Cup with the Muslim founders of the Luton Tigers. My only training was in what team to cheer for after England was knocked out of the cup. (France?) There was a hysterical storm brewing back in Portland, but we continued on. Most assuredly there are folks in the Muslim community who have been burned by “CVE” efforts in the past, but it wasn’t what we were seeing at all. There seemed to be a disconnect.
Up to Leeds, where I had last been in 1982 to see the Rolling Stones play. We did some fantastic site visits to communities that are on the front lines in the battle for souls. We visited a domestic violence shelter where a bad-ass Bangladeshi sister works to counter violent extremism by teaching men how to respect women. We went to a refugee service center where committed activists work to counter violent extremism by plugging migrants into the needed resources to build secure lives in their new home. We went to the Makkah Mosque where leaders from the local Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh communities talked about how strengthening faith networks worked to counter the pull of violent extremism. And we ended up a in a community center in the Harehills, the poorest section of Leeds, talking to a cop named Ash. Ash had, with the help of the neighborhood kids, built this center with his bare hands to create a meaningful community-based way to counter violent extremism. Four walls, two floors, plus a gym and football pitch, just from the energy of his desire to create alternatives for young people. Wow.
In none of these experience was there anything about surveillance or undermining the civil liberties of any group, especially Muslims. There was only committed community activists, including police officers and imams, who were going above the expectations of their role to give youth an alternative to become violent nationalists or jihadists.
Fake News?
So imagine my surprise when I was contacted by young journalist at a Portland weekly, the Portland Mercury, asking what was going on over there in England. The folks from CAIR had her ear and there must be some conspiracy afoot because anything associated with the government is inherently oppressive to minorities, right? I tried to let her know that our trip was nothing of the sort and was motivated by learning how to protect those communities from the rising tide of hate in America. I even sent her some boring pictures of the delegation sitting in various settings, listing to community presentations. Those pics weren’t used.
The Mercury’s piece was entitled, “City Officials Attend a Conference on Controversial Anti-Terrorism Surveillance Strategy” (with a creepy stock photo of someone doing some lurking). At first I laughed at the sophomoric reporting. There was no conference, just a series of community meetings. And, again, the issue of surveillance was never even on the table. How to get girls to play soccer and how to get boys to not join Nazi gangs were. That wasn’t headline grabbing, I guess. What Portland readers got was more hysterical knee jerking that conflated old and dealt-with criticisms of the UK’s Prevent program with Trump-era Department of Homeland Security anti-terrorism strategies. Suddenly, I was a part of Trump’s Muslim profiling thought police! And my friends at CAIR were convinced that I was either an agent of the Trump regime (Have they read this blog?) or a dupe of a massive Alex Jones-level conspiracy.
The whole charade has been deflating. It insults the efforts of those who are committed to do this work to protect youth and their communities as well as the delegation itself. I spent 10 days away from my family because I wanted find strategies to help Oregonians be safe from the wave of hate that has surged under the Trump presidency, targeting, among others, the Muslim community. The city workers and police in our delegation all had the same goal – find what works at preventing people from going down the rabbit hole of extremism and hurting (and killing) our friends and family. Certainly research must be done on what strategy is the most effective, but we saw plenty of anecdotal evidence on how small groups of people can change the world.
The other piece of this is locked into the binary thinking that breeds hysteria and, dare I say it, fascism. Here we have the simple good vs. evil duality. Reality is alway more complex. There is a large voice in Portland that thinks anything associated with the government is evil. All cops are evil and, I guess by extension, all equity workers for the city are evil. It requires little effort because everything drops into their binary paradigm. Just post an article from a few years ago and you’ve “proven your point.” Understanding the real world takes effort. First hand contact implies risks to challenging your perfect perspective. I can think all Trump supporters are “crazy racists.” Actually talking to them might upset what “I KNOW.” The Portland and Seattle city workers on this trip impressed me with their desire to work for social justice. And my conversations with Prevent coordinators in the UK (who were not white people, by the way) made it clear that Prevent had to make up for its past mistakes and rebuild trust with all the communities it serves. They were ready to do that heavy lifting, not from behind their laptops, but in the streets of some of the toughest streets in England.
The hysteria of the Mercury piece and those that still think we were all on some Trump secret mission threatened to affect important community relations in my city. Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the local police bureau has engaged in numerous outreach efforts with the Muslim community and there has been a meaningful flow of good will and joint efforts to work to protect those communities. I have been a part of much of that work and it flies in the face of the “Cops suck” chant from the teenage anarchist crowd that gets so much attention. I wonder if my colleagues at CAIR have any practical ideas on how to fight extremism. I’m hoping it’s not more division between “them” and “us.” As much as I respect their work, I would inform them that there is only us.
Like the local leaders I met in the UK, we will continue to strengthen those community relations, build local capacity, and help young people build the strength to resist. Resist. This resistance builds bridges, not more walls. It smashes ignorance (on all sides) with truths. We fight hate by reaching out to our critics to find a common path forward. We’re in this together.
In the end, the trip really wasn’t about “CVE,” but BCC – Building Community Capacity. I learned some good lessons that I can’t wait to share.
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Fred Dean elected to the 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Feb 2, 2008 at 1:39 PM • --
Defensive end Fred Dean was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame today.
Dean, who was one of the dominant defensive players of his era, was a key acquisition by the 49ers in 1981 and helped the team to their first franchise championship.
While he only played in just 11 games for the 49ers in 1981, Dean was chosen as the UPI's NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Dean was a four time Pro Bowl selection and won two Super Bowls (XVI and XIX) with the 49ers. He finished his career with 93 sacks in 141 games and one interception.
In 1981, he was acquired in a mid-season trade and eventually helped the San Francisco 49ers win two Super Bowls in the 1980s. His first game as a 49er was a key match-up against the Dallas Cowboys. Dean played after only a couple of practices and was still able to apply pressure and repeatedly hurried Danny White when he was not recording one of his 3 sacks, in a game won by the 49ers, 45-14. His first action of the season as a 49er was noted by author Tom Danyluk as "the greatest set of downs I have ever seen unleased by a pass rusher". In what have been a game of possum, Bill Walsh, the 49er head coach, said to John Madden, who covered the game, "Fred (Dean) just got here . . . If he plays, he won't play much".
His next home game for the 49ers was against the Los Angeles Rams. The game was won by the 49ers and the first win against the Rams in Candlestick Park, 20-17, as Dean sacked Pat Haden 5 times. He ended the season with 13 sacks, 12 with the 49ers and 1 with the Chargers, prior to his trade.
The 49ers would go on to win the Super Bowl that year, and Steve Sabol (NFL Films) is quoted in 2006 as saying that Dean's acquisition was the last meaningful in-season trade, in that it affected the destination of the Lombardi Trophy. San Diego's defense collapsed when Dean departed, giving up 40 points in a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the regular season, and 65 total points in playoff games vs. the Miami Dolphins and Bengals. The Charger defense would not return to the top half of the NFL rankings again until the unit was rebuilt in the late 1980s, and the club did not have an effective pass rusher until Leslie O'Neal was drafted in 1986.
In 1983 Dean recorded 17 sacks to lead the NFC and recorded a then-NFL record of 6 in one game, setting that mark during the 49ers' 27-0 shutout of the New Orleans Saints on November 13, 1983. The 17 sacks was a Dean career high, bettering his 1978 total of 15-1/2 with the Chargers.[3]He followed that 1978 season by adding nine sacks in 1979 and 10.5 in 1980. He had recorded 7 sacks as a rookie in 1975.
Dean was also a key player on the 49ers 1984 Super Bowl team, mostly used as a situational pass rusher. During the 1984 season, Dean was reunited with his Charger teammate, Gary "Big Hands" Johnson.
Dean is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. has produced three series of Native American radio programs, one hour in length that include oral histories, environmental science, storytelling, music and other cultural arts. Just follow the links to the audio and transcripts.
Wisdom of the Elders: Series One
Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program, our first series of eight one-hour radio programs from Native America, continues to air on native radio stations nationwide on Native Voice One via www.nv1.org. It also continues to be available online from our website. The radio series was produced in Portland, Oregon, and the host is Arlie Neskahi.
This project was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, and Spirit Mountain Community Fund, Grand Ronde, Oregon. Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail System, National Parks Service, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Spirit Mountain Community Fund.
Wisdom of the Elders: Series Two
Our second series of public radio programs, with the theme, “Native Nations Along with the Lewis and Clark Trail ” includes thirteen nations along the eastern portion of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Trail system. Program segments feature the oral history and cultural arts of indigenous elders, historians, environmentalists, storytellers, and song carriers from Shawnee, Otoe, Omaha, Yankton, Sioux, Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Blackfeet and Shoshone tribes. The series of eight one-hour programs are hosted by Arlie Neskahi (Dine).
Each one-hour program opens with a Historical Introduction which shares expedition and tribal history and provides context for the remaining features in the program.
Elder Wisdom, produced by Brian Bull (Nez Perce), features oral accounts from tribal elders who reveal stories about the lives and character of exemplary grandparents and ancestors.
Sacred Landscape, produced by Judy Bluehorse Skelton (Nez Perce/Cherokee), highlights native elders’ stories regarding their tribe’s “sacred geography.”
Tribal Rhythms, produced by Clark Salisbury and Larry Johnson, scripted by Milt and Jamie Lee (Lakota), and narrated by Nico Wind (Assiniboine), relates the history of tribal music and presents traditional music selections.
Contemporary Rhythms, produced by Milt and Jamie Lee, highlights the work of contemporary tribal musicians.
Turtle Island Storytellers, spotlights tribal storytellers who share traditional or contemporary stories that illuminate the roots of their cultural identity.
This series was funded by the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail System, National Parks Service, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Wisdom of the Elders: Series Three
Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program: Series Three includes eight one-hour American Indian cultural magazine radio programs with the theme “Native Nations along the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Trail.” Programs feature thirteen native nations living along the western side of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from the Bitterroot Mountains to the Columbia River. A rich mixture of oral history and cultural arts from tribal elders, historians, storytellers, artists, song carriers and environmentalists from the following nations: Lemhi Shoshone; Nez Perce or Nimi’ipuu; Salish, Kootenai, Flathead; Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla; Yakama; Wasco, Warm Springs, Northern Paiute; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde; and Chinook tribes. The radio series is hosted by Arlie Neskahi (Dine, or Navajo).
Each program contains:
Historical Introduction shares expedition and tribal history to provide context for the features, and six cultural arts features.
Speaking Native with Don Addison (Choctaw), gives listeners an opportunity to learn a new word or phrase in the language of the featured tribe.
Sacred Landscape, produced by Judy BlueHorse-Skelton (Nez Perce/Cherokee), highlights tribes’ “sacred geography.”
Tribal Rhythms, written by Don Addison (Choctaw), produced by Clark Salisbury and Larry Johnson and narrated by Nico Wind (Assiniboine), relates the history of tribal music and features selections of music.
Health and Healing, produced by Rose High Bear in partnership with KCUW community radio at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon, informs native communities about the growing epidemic of Type Two Diabetes and inspire them to develop habits that will prevent the disease.
Artist’s Circle, produced by the late Bruce Crespin (Juaneno Band of California Mission Indians) focuses on tribal artists and their gifts of art, both traditional and contemporary.
Turtle Island Storytellers spotlights tribal storytellers who share traditional or contemporary stories that illuminate the roots of their cultural identity.
Funding has been provided by the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail System, National Parks Service, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Wisdom of the Elders: Series Four
Nico Wind (Assiniboine/Ojibwa) has been with Wisdom of the Elders since 2002. She helped develop the radio program, Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program by co-producing the radio segment Tribal Rhythms. She wrote, performed, and produced the theme song for the radio series; provided the vocables to the “Water Loon song” intro to Discovering Our Story health and wellness curriculum.
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Overview of John
H. From About the Time of the Festival of Tabernacles 32 C.E. Onward (7:2–9:41)
Jesus’ brothers go up to the festival; Jesus delays and arrives in secret (7:2-13)
Jesus teaches at the temple during the festival (7:14-24)
People have different opinions about the Christ (7:25-52)
The Father bears witness about Jesus, “the light of the world” (8:12-30)
Jesus’ true disciples will know the truth (8:31, 32)
Children of Abraham do the works of Abraham (8:33-41)
Children of the Devil do the desires of the Devil (8:42-47)
Jesus and Abraham (8:48-59)
Jesus heals a man born blind (9:1-12)
Healed man questioned by the Pharisees (9:13-34)
Blindness of the Pharisees (9:35-41)
Reasoning, p. 319
w01 5/1 22-23; g94 6/8 9; rs 319
g73 6/22 28; w53 254
Greatest Man, chap. 70
jy 166; w01 5/1 22-23; g94 6/8 9; gt 70; rs 319; w88 6/1 8
g75 4/8 28; ts 59; g73 6/22 28; w62 219; w53 254
+Joh 11:2-4
jy 166; w01 5/1 22-23; g94 6/8 9; gt 70; w88 6/1 8
w78 10/15 23; g75 4/8 28; ts 59; g73 6/22 28; w62 219; w53 254
the night is coming: In the Bible, the word “night” is sometimes used in a figurative sense. Jesus is here referring to the time of his trial, execution, and death when he would be unable to engage in the works of his Father.—Job 10:21, 22; Ec 9:10; compare study note on Lu 22:53.
+Joh 4:34; 11:9
11/15/1996, pp. 22-23
it-2 499; jy 166; w96 11/15 22-23; gt 70; w88 6/1 8; w88 8/15 27
ad 1225; w55 62; cy 6; w53 26, 414
+Isa 42:6, 7; 49:6; 61:1; Joh 1:5, 9; 8:12
it-1 823-824; jy 166; w91 8/1 9; gt 70; w88 6/1 8
the saliva: On three occasions recorded in the Bible, Jesus used his saliva when miraculously healing someone. (Mr 7:31-37; 8:22-26; Joh 9:1-7) Saliva was commonly used in folk remedies, but Jesus’ miracles were performed under the power of God’s spirit. Therefore, it was not his saliva that healed people. The man born blind was told: “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” before he received his sight. (Joh 9:7) This was undoubtedly a test of his faith, just as bathing in the Jordan River was required of Naaman before he was freed from his leprosy.—2Ki 5:10-14.
+Mr 8:23
it-2 1030
g73 6/22 28; ad 243, 576
pool of Siloam: The remains of a first-century C.E. pool thought to be the pool of Siloam have been found S of the temple mount. It is at the base of the southern spur on which the ancient city was first built, near the junction of the Tyropoeon Valley with the Kidron Valley. (See App. B12.) Siloam is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name “Shiloah,” which may be related to the Hebrew verb sha·lachʹ, meaning “to send (out).” Thus, John translates the meaning of the name Siloam as Sent Forth. At Isa 8:6, where the Hebrew name Shiloah designates a water conduit or canal as part of Jerusalem’s water supply, the Septuagint uses the name Siloam. The pool of Siloam was supplied with water from the Gihon Spring, which intermittently gushes, or sends forth, water. The name Siloam may be related to this. At Joh 9:7, a number of translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew (referred to as J7-14, 16-18, 22 in App. C4) use the term “Shiloah.”
Pool of Siloam
+2Ki 5:10, 14; Isa 42:7
it-1 343, 823-824; it-2 542, 651
w76 428, 431; g73 6/22 28; ad 243, 576; w62 60; w61 442
Insight, Volume 2, pp. 45-46
mg63 94
+Lu 13:14; Joh 5:8, 9
+Ex 20:9, 10
+Lu 12:51; Joh 7:12, 43; 10:19
jy 166-167; w93 4/1 14; gt 70; w88 6/1 9
the Jews: Apparently referring to the Jewish authorities or religious leaders.—See study note on Joh 7:1.
jy 167; gt 70; w88 6/1 9
He is of age: Or “He is old enough.” The expression might refer to the age at which men qualified for military service under the Mosaic Law, which was 20. (Nu 1:3) This fits with the fact that he is called “a man” (Joh 9:1), not a child, and that he had been a beggar (Joh 9:8). Some consider the expression as referring to the age of legal maturity in Jewish society, which was 13.
expelled from the synagogue: Or “excommunicated; banned from the synagogue.” The Greek adjective a·po·sy·naʹgo·gos is used only here and at Joh 12:42 and 16:2. An expelled person would be shunned and scorned as a social outcast. Such cutting off of fellowship from other Jews would have severe economic consequences for the family. The synagogues, which were used primarily for education, to some extent were also used as places for local courts that had the power to inflict the penalties of scourging and excommunication.—See study note on Mt 10:17.
+Joh 7:13; 19:38
+Lu 6:22; Joh 12:42; 16:2
jy 168; gt 71; w88 6/15 8
Give glory to God: An idiomatic expression used to put a person under obligation to tell the truth. The intended meaning of the idiom could be conveyed by saying: “Give glory to God by speaking the truth” or “Speak the truth before God.”—Compare Jos 7:19.
+Ps 66:18; Pr 28:9; Isa 1:15
+Ps 34:15; Pr 15:29
+Joh 3:1, 2; 5:36
g73 3/8 27-28
it-1 787; jy 168; gt 71; w88 6/15 9
w62 565; wr 24
did obeisance to him: Or “bowed down to him; prostrated himself to him; paid him homage.” When the Greek verb pro·sky·neʹo is used to refer to the rendering of worship to a god or a deity, it is translated “to worship.” (Mt 4:10; Lu 4:8) In this context, however, the healed man, who was born blind, recognized Jesus as God’s representative and did obeisance to him. He viewed him, not as God or a deity, but as the foretold “Son of man,” the Messiah with divine authority. (Joh 9:35) When he bowed down to Jesus, he apparently did so in a way similar to that of people mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. They bowed down when meeting prophets, kings, or other representatives of God. (1Sa 25:23, 24; 2Sa 14:4-7; 1Ki 1:16; 2Ki 4:36, 37) On many occasions, the obeisance done to Jesus expressed a gratitude for divine revelation or recognition of divine favor like that expressed in earlier times.—Mt 14:32, 33; 28:5-10, 16-18; Lu 24:50-52; see also study notes on Mt 2:2; 8:2; 14:33; 15:25.
it-1 216
+Lu 4:18; Joh 12:46
+Isa 29:14; Mt 11:25; 13:13; Joh 3:19; Ac 28:25-28
w88 8/1 31
+Joh 15:22, 24
it-2 969; jy 168; gt 71; w88 6/15 9; w88 8/1 31
ad 1508; w47 229
John 9:2Joh 1:38
John 9:3Joh 11:2-4
John 9:4Joh 4:34; 11:9
John 9:5Isa 42:6, 7; 49:6; 61:1; Joh 1:5, 9; 8:12
John 9:6Mr 8:23
John 9:72Ki 5:10, 14; Isa 42:7
John 9:11Joh 9:7
John 9:14Lu 13:14; Joh 5:8, 9
John 9:16Ex 20:9, 10
John 9:16Lu 12:51; Joh 7:12, 43; 10:19
John 9:17Joh 4:19
John 9:22Joh 7:13; 19:38
John 9:22Lu 6:22; Joh 12:42; 16:2
John 9:31Ps 66:18; Pr 28:9; Isa 1:15
John 9:31Ps 34:15; Pr 15:29
John 9:33Joh 3:1, 2; 5:36
John 9:34Joh 9:22; 16:2
John 9:37Joh 4:25, 26
John 9:39Lu 4:18; Joh 12:46
John 9:39Isa 29:14; Mt 11:25; 13:13; Joh 3:19; Ac 28:25-28
John 9:40Mt 15:14
John 9:41Joh 15:22, 24
According to John
9 As he was passing along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him: “Rabbi,+ who sinned, this man or his parents, so that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered: “Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but it was so that the works of God might be made manifest in his case.+ 4 We must do the works of the One who sent me while it is day;+ the night is coming when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the world’s light.”+ 6 After he said these things, he spat on the ground and made a paste with the saliva, and he smeared the paste on the man’s eyes+ 7 and said to him: “Go wash in the pool of Si·loʹam” (which is translated “Sent Forth”). And he went and washed, and came back seeing.+
8 Then the neighbors and those who formerly used to see that he was a beggar began to say: “This is the man who used to sit and beg, is it not?” 9 Some were saying: “This is he.” Others were saying: “No, but he looks like him.” The man kept saying: “I am he.” 10 So they asked him: “How, then, were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered: “The man called Jesus made a paste and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Si·loʹam and wash.’+ So I went and washed and gained sight.” 12 At this they said to him: “Where is that man?” He said: “I do not know.”
13 They led the formerly blind man to the Pharisees. 14 Incidentally, the day that Jesus made the paste and opened his eyes+ was the Sabbath.+ 15 So this time the Pharisees also began asking the man how he gained sight. He said to them: “He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees then began to say: “This is not a man from God, for he does not observe the Sabbath.”+ Others said: “How can a man who is a sinner perform signs of that sort?”+ So there was a division among them.+ 17 And again they said to the blind man: “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man said: “He is a prophet.”+
18 However, the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had gained sight, until they called the parents of the man who could now see. 19 And they asked them: “Is this your son who you say was born blind? How, then, does he now see?” 20 His parents answered: “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how it is that he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is of age. He must speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they were in fear of the Jews,+ for the Jews had already come to an agreement that if anyone acknowledged him as Christ, that person should be expelled from the synagogue.+ 23 This is why his parents said: “He is of age. Question him.”
24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him: “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered: “Whether he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know, that I was blind, but now I can see.” 26 Then they said to him: “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them: “I told you already, and yet you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become his disciples also, do you?” 28 At this they scornfully told him: “You are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he is from.” 30 The man answered them: “This is certainly amazing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners,+ but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to this one.+ 32 From of old it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of one born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing at all.”+ 34 In answer they said to him: “You were altogether born in sin, and yet are you teaching us?” And they threw him out!+
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and on finding him, he said: “Are you putting faith in the Son of man?” 36 The man answered: “And who is he, sir, so that I may put faith in him?” 37 Jesus said to him: “You have seen him, and in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”+ 38 He said: “I do put faith in him, Lord.” And he did obeisance to him. 39 Jesus then said: “For this judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing might see+ and those seeing might become blind.”+ 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him: “We are not blind also, are we?”+ 41 Jesus said to them: “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Your sin remains.”+
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Home American History Ladies of the Press Recorded the 19th Century
Ladies of the Press Recorded the 19th Century
As the 19th century progressed, the presence of women in America’s papers and magazines was well-established. Their work spread across a wide spectrum of philosophies.
American women have always been part of the forces that have shaped journalism and the news industry. Not long after printing presses were imported into the colonies, a few women were printers and publishers. After the Revolution, women began to find their voices and to express themselves in print.
As the new nation entered the 19th century and its borders began to expand, the number of newspapers and magazines expanded just as fast. And the number of ladies of the press matched the pace. A quick glance through the histories of a mere dozen representatives of all the writing women reveals a rich and varied “crazy quilt” of personalities, writing styles, and career paths.
A few of their names are still well-known 150 years later; others may need to be re-introduced. Some are intellectuals and “serious writers,” many were crusaders, writing to end slavery and improve opportunities for other women; and some made careeers out of what may seem to be more frivolous topics. What is certain though, is that each writer was serious about the job she did.
A Baker’s Dozen of 19th Century Women Journalists
Brief introductions to 13 representatives of the 19th century writing women follow. More detailed information about each one, and the stories of another dozen or so, can be found at the website of the National Women’s History Museum; follow the link for Biographies, or access the online exhibit, Women With a Deadline.
Fannie Fern (Sarah Payson Willis Parton) , entering journalism at age 40 “Fanny Fern” won both fame and fortune. She wrote weekly columns from 1851 to 1872 that were published in many newspapers; the New York Ledger paid her $100 per column, making her the highest paid columnist of her time. She used satire to humorously critique motherhood, hopelessly flawed husbands, and women’s dress.
Margaret Fuller is linked with Thoreau and Emerson in launching the transcendalist newspaper, The Dial, in 1840. A ground breaking essay on women’s rights which she published led to an invitation from Horace Greely to become the first literary critic at the New York Tribune.
Frances Wright, born wealthy in Scotland, first came to this country in 1824 to lecture for the abolition of slavery and to write for eqaulity for women with her fellow utopian Robert Owen. She was years ahead of her time, but a generation of writing women soon followed her .
Lydia Maria (Francis) Child’s writings in the 1830s and ’40s concentrated on efforts to bring an end to slavery, as did those of Jane Grey Swisshelm in the 1850s and ’60s. Maria Stewart, the first recorded African-American female journalist, also wrote passionate abolitionist essays in a brief career in the 1830s.
The Growing Impulse toward Equality for Women
A number of women in the abolitionist movement met discrimination of their own and at mid-century a new movement, with its own journals and magazines, began to flourish. Notably, Amelia Bloomer ‘s The Lily, and the long-running Women’s Journal (1870-1917) published first by Lucy Stone, then her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell, are key examples.
Abigail Scott Duniway was an active feminist, too, but the newspaper she founded in 1857 and published for decades, The New Northwest, was a general circulation publication, and very popular throughout miles of what was known as “the Oregon country.”
Jenny June (Jane Cunningham Croly) wrote a general-interest column for women at a major newspaper, the New York World. But after she was barred by the all-male New York Press Club from attending its banquent honoring Charles Dickens in 1868, she experienced a great awakening to gender discrimination, and worked and wrote against it.
Two Reporters Who Set the Bar Higher for Everyone in the Business
In the closing years of the 19th century, journalism had become a firmly established element in the daily life of America’s citizens. And women’s place in the profession was also firm, as they changed things for the better. Ida B. Wells Barnett and Nelly Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) in particular, are two courageous and investigative reporters who set new standards for journalistic campaigns for justice.
Wells-Barnett worked tirelessly to expose and fight the crime of lynching. Her Memphis paper, the Memphis Free Speech, was destroyed in 1892 and her life threatened. She relocated to Chicago where she continued to write and speak out about all forms of discrimination and to lobby for federal anti-lynching laws.
Bly is most remembered for her famous stunt: in 1890, following the success of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, Bly circumnavigated the globe, and reported on it, in 72 days. But she also pioneered the field of investigative reporting, encouraging various social reforms through her work.
Learn More About Women in Journalism
Women have continued to make history through their practice of journalism. Read about the lifetime achievement of modern pioneers like Israeli citizen Amira Hass, and her fearless coverage from inside the Palestinian Occupied Territories; or the women who have earned the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. The IWMF maintains a database of Lifetime Achievement winners and another for the Courage awards; both serve as a contemporary version of the Women With a Deadline cyberexhibit at the NWHM.
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The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
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by Ted Kooser
In the alley behind the florist's shop,
a huge white garbage truck was parked and idling.
In a cloud of exhaust, two men in coveralls
and stocking caps, their noses dripping,
were picking through the florist's dumpster
and each had selected a fistful of roses.
As I walked past, they gave me a furtive,
conspiratorial nod, perhaps sensing
that I, too (though in my business suit and tie)
am a devotee of garbage – an aficionado
of the wilted, the shopworn, and the free—
and that I had for days been searching
beneath the heaps of worn-out, faded words
to find this brief bouquet for you.
"In the Alley" by Ted Kooser, from Valentines. © University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Reprinted with permission (buy now)
It's the birthday of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in Limoges, France (1841). Renoir used the techniques of Impressionism, ideas that he helped to found, but while most of his friends painted landscapes, he painted people.
It's the birthday of opera star Enrico Caruso, born in Naples (1873). He worked in factories as a teenager, but he had a beautiful tenor voice and he ran away from home to sing. In 1903, he moved to New York to sing for the Metropolitan Opera, and by the end of his first season, audiences went into hysterics when he sang, mobbing the stage and screaming his name.
It's the birthday of George Harrison, born in Liverpool (1943), known as "the quiet Beatle." He was the lead guitarist for the band, and he composed a handful of the Beatles' songs as well, including "Here Comes the Sun" from the Abbey Road album, which he wrote in guitarist friend Eric Clapton's backyard.
He wrote the Beatles' songs "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something," "Taxman," "Piggies," "The Inner Light," and "Savory Truffle." He's the only Beatle to have written an autobiography. It's called I Me Mine (also the title of a Beatles' song he wrote), was published in 1980, and is dedicated "to gardeners everywhere."
It's the birthday of Karl Friedrich May, (books by this author) born in Ernstthal, Germany (1842). He's one of the best-selling German writers of all time, but his stories are mostly about the American Wild West, a place he'd never set foot in when he started writing the stories.
He first encountered the cowboys-and-Indians tales when he was in prison, and he began writing there, too. His most famous novels involve a German immigrant named Charley and his wise Apache chief friend named Winnetou. Since May had never traveled to America, he turned to guide books and maps and travel diaries to give him an idea of the landscape, and the rest he left to imagination.
His books were wildly popular in Germany and the rest of continental Europe, and it was on the basis of his books that many 19th-century Europeans formed impressions of the American West. The books are still popular and widely read in Europe. They've been translated into 30 languages and sold more than 200 million copies.
May himself finally made it to the U.S. to take a look around in 1908, several decades after he'd begun writing his stories. He only made it as far west as Buffalo, New York, though.
It's the birthday of novelist and prolific composer Anthony Burgess, (books by this author) born in Manchester, England (1917), best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange (1962), set in futuristic London. He once said, "The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and a failed musician, short-sighted, color-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have read."
On this day in 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England. In a papal bull written in Latin, he declared that "Elizabeth, the pretended Queen of England and the servant of crime," was a heretic, and he announced that all of the queen's subjects were released from being allegiant to her. A decade before, the English parliament had passed a law that affirmed the Anglican Church's independence from the Roman Catholic Church. A lot of European monarchs had wanted to overthrow Elizabeth of England, but the pope wasn't particularly eager to, since she was fairly tolerant of Catholics' worshipping in private.
But after Catholic rebellions in northern England and in Ireland, the English government persecuted Catholics. Then the pope excommunicated Elizabeth, and then the English government started rounding up Jesuit priests and killing them, on the grounds that they were conspiring against England with Spain.
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“I want to live other lives. I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get. Writing is my way of making other chances.” —Anne Tyler
“Writing is a performance, like singing an aria or dancing a jig” —Stephen Greenblatt
“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.” —John Edgar Wideman
“In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.” —Denise Levertov
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” —E.L. Doctorow
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” —E.L. Doctorow
“Let's face it, writing is hell.” —William Styron
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” —Thomas Mann
“Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials.” —Paul Rudnick
“Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.” —Padget Powell
“Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.” —Shelby Foote
“I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.” —William Carlos Williams
“Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.” —Iris Murdoch
“The less conscious one is of being ‘a writer,’ the better the writing.” —Pico Iyer
“Writing is…that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.” —Pico Iyer
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Church in Virginia Beach collects toys, school supplies as part of donation drive for children in need
Members of the Salt Church congregation filled shoeboxes with gifts as part of a global effort called Operation Christmas Child.
Author: Dana Smith
Published: 4:47 PM EST November 23, 2020
Updated: 4:47 PM EST November 23, 2020
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach church is kicking off the holiday week by giving back.
It's called Operation Christmas Child. It's a massive project by nonprofit group Samaritan's Purse, and Salt Church in Virginia Beach is lending a hand.
It's simple: You get a shoebox and fill it with gifts: toys, school supplies, and toiletries. Samaritan's Purse collects the boxes and ships them to children around the world.
Salt Church Lead Pastor Leon Dunning said he's been helping out for about four years and the entire congregation gets involved.
"These are like the only gifts a lot of these kids get every year," Dunning said. "Each year we have a few more boxes. I think last year we have 80 something boxes and we're hoping to break 100 this year."
It's a big project that involves churches across Hampton Roads and the nation.
Dunning said he wanted to encourage families in his church to do what they can to help and considering this year has been a difficult one for so many families around the world, Dunning said it gives him a little peace of mind to know this donation drive is a small part of a much bigger effort to help those in need.
"There's something special about generosity. It's almost like... when we give, it's a joy for us to give," he said. "And in a time like this, the best response is generosity."
Cars line up for thousands of free turkeys at Military Circle Mall in Norfolk
Is early holiday decorating helping to offset pandemic stress?
Santa Claus has 'innate immunity' from COVID-19, Dr. Fauci says
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Careernews
CareerNews-12052017
ACM CareerNews for Tuesday, December 5, 2017
ACM CareerNews is intended as an objective career news digest for busy IT professionals. Views expressed are not necessarily those of ACM. To send comments, please write to careernews@hq.acm.org
Volume 13, Issue 23, December 5, 2017
The 10 IT Jobs That Will Be Most In-Demand In 2020
ZDNet, December 1
As more companies undergo the process of digital transformation, in-demand IT roles will shift by 2020 to include positions focused on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), and the Internet of Things (IoT). Several in-demand roles right now, such as full-stack developer, will continue to attract heavy growth in the coming few years, while some newer positions gain prominence as well. A mix of tech and business skills will be required for nearly every position, as companies look to digitally transform themselves.
At the top of the list of IT jobs is computer vision engineer. Demand for computer vision engineers has grown steadily since 2013, and will continue to grow into 2020. These professionals build and improve computer vision and machine learning algorithms and analytics to detect, classify, and track objects. Second on the IT jobs list is machine learning engineer. These are advanced programmers who develop AI machines and systems that can learn and apply knowledge. They perform sophisticated programming, working with complex datasets and algorithms to train these systems. Coming in at No. 3 was network analyst. The role of the network analyst is becoming more high-profile because businesses are investing more heavily in their networks as IoT enters the workplace.
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IT Job Satisfaction On the Upswing
Information Week, November 29
A new survey from CompTIA finds that a majority of IT professionals are satisfied with their jobs. IT job satisfaction is now at 79%, up from 73% in 2015. In addition, another recent survey of IT professionals found that 95% of respondents would recommend IT as a career to young people, with 65% saying that it's a great career option. The takeaway is clear: IT job satisfaction is on the rise and many IT pros are saying for the first time they're getting recognized for the work they're doing.
Increased job satisfaction is due, in part, to the fact that cutting-edge issues such as cybersecurity are giving IT professionals greater exposure to the business units of their organizations. When it comes to cybersecurity projects, they are actually contributing to the business. Working on cybersecurity projects is elevating their status and making them feel appreciated and needed. When asked about projects they're interested in, half of the 820 IT pros surveyed by CompTIA (51%) expressed an interest in cybersecurity, ranking it ahead of the Internet of Things (30%) and artificial intelligence and machine learning (20%).
Here's How Your Job Will Transform in a Post-AI World
Adweek, November 30
Artificial intelligence will eliminate some jobs, but perhaps create just as many new jobs. According to research by Gartner, some 1.8 million jobs will be wiped out by 2020, but 2.3 million new ones will be created. Additionally, most professional landscapes are and will continue to evolve based on these new technologies. While changes will certainly be specific to their own industries, there are some common themes, like the fact that repetitive or redundant jobs will become extinct, while creative and emotionally intelligent jobs will transform in new ways with the help of AI-powered assistants.
The good news about AI is that jobs that rely on unique thinking, creativity and non-repetitive tasks will not run the risk of being eliminated. This includes positions like marketing managers, graphic designers and human resource professionals, all of which certainly have to use data, but apply it creatively with a strong human element. That's not to say that these jobs won't change as they work alongside artificial intelligence. In fact, new technologies are being developed and tested to assist the creative process, using algorithms to track what makes the most successful piece of content. Graphic designers, for example, can learn what types of images are performing best, based on current trends and use that information to create the most compelling piece of art. In some cases, the technology will take and arrange the images based on data and it is then up to the artist to refine and humanize the work.
The Government's Struggle to Hire Young Tech Talent is Worse Than You Thought
NextGov.com, December 1
In the federal IT workforce, the number of employees age 60 or older is more than quadruple the number of specialists under the age of 30. The government employed roughly 1.8 IT workers age 60 or older for every IT employee under 30 years old in 2007, but that ratio more than doubled over the next 10 years, widening to 4.5 IT specialists age 60-plus per employee under 30 by 2017. That widening age gap is a clear signal that the federal government must ramp up its efforts to attract younger workers under age 30.
The IT workforce grew significantly over the past decade, expanding from about 65,200 employees in 2007 to more than 84,400 by 2017. As many specialists approach retirement, most agencies are struggling to find fresh faces to take their place. In recent years, the ratio of federal government workers ages 60 and older to those under 30 showed annual growth of about 0.39, beginning at 1.92-to-1 in 2010 and eventually reaching 4.53-to-1 in September 2017. That trend has been driven almost exclusively by an increase in older employees rather than a decrease in younger workers. The government has employed between 2,500 and 4,000 IT specialists under 30 every year for the last decade, but since 2007, the number of retirement-age federal tech workers more than doubled from about 5,300 to more than 11,500 in 2017.
How Today's Analytics Change Recruiting
From recruiting to employee performance and overall HR operations, analytics will have an increasing impact on companies and individuals. HR is late to the analytics game, and yet, HR metrics is not a new concept. For example, time to hire and cost per hire have always been key metrics. The difference is that modern analytics enable HR professionals and recruiters to measure more things in less time and derive more insight than ever before about the talent acquisition process.
The trend toward data analytics started when talent marketplaces and talent acquisition software made it easier to navigate a sea of resumes using keywords and filters. In response, some candidates stuffed their resumes full of keywords so their resumes would rank higher in searches. If one's resume ranked higher in searches, then more people would see it, potentially increasing the candidate's chance of getting interviews and landing a job. Keyword use demonstrated an awareness that the recruiting process was changing from a paper-based process to a computer or web-based process. However, other candidates who might have been better fits for positions risked getting lost in the noise. The whole keyword trend was one effort to find the best candidates, but keywords, like anything else, are not a silver bullet. With today's analytics tools, HR departments and search firms can understand much more about candidates and the effectiveness of their operations.
5 Resume Tips for Aspiring Executives
CIO.com, November 27
Writing a resume at the executive level requires a different approach than writing a resume while you're still in an entry-level or lower-management position. With an executive resume, the focus is less on your hard skills and more about creating a career story that will demonstrate how your experience has made you successful. Creating a cohesive career story on your resume should be your first priority, and that starts by clearly distinguishing between your responsibilities and your accomplishments.
On your resume, the executive summary is the perfect place to showcase what makes you the perfect candidate. When you started your career, there wasn't a need for this type of summary at the top of your resume. But after years in the industry, your executive summary should clearly explain who you are as a candidate and what you bring to the table. Everything that follows on your resume should reinforce the image you present in your summary. Your executive summary is typically located right at the top of your resume and it's where you will establish your executive image and brand. This summary gives you a chance to highlight your most impressive accomplishments and it should draw recruiters in to the rest of your resume.
5 Things You Need To Know About a Career in Data Analytics
SiliconRepublic.com, November 30
Within any IT career function, being able to properly analyze data is an incredibly strong skill, and it's becoming extremely important as the future of work and technology progresses. But there's more to data analytics than just the data itself and the science behind that data. If you want to work in data analytics, you need to think of it from a forward-thinking perspective. In the past, data was something businesses looked at retrospectively. However, data is now more about informing and predicting the decisions of the future.
Most people know that when it comes to data analytics and the skills you will need, technical competence is important. In particular, analysts starting out will need to be very technically proficient. However, those interested in a career in data and analytics should learn the business side of things, too. Learn your tools, learn your trade, but learn how to speak business. Also, budding data analysts should find the meaning behind the work that they do and not focus too much on the technical science behind the analytics.
3 Crucial Career Questions To Answer Now If You Want to Succeed in 2018
CNBC, November 30
With 2018 just a few weeks away, now's the time to reflect on your goals to ensure you're on track. The best way to do so is to determine if you have a truly fulfilling career. What makes a career fulfilling is unique to each person, so you have to look at yourself first. After all, the reason people most often end up in career counseling is because they pursue careers that are perfect on paper but don't really match their personalities. You can ask yourself three key questions to determine if your career is on the right track: Who am I now? How do I process things? Am I limiting myself?
The first question you should take stock of is, "Who am I now?" To answer this question, you must examine your values and your particular skills for this point in your life. As we review our career goals or determine next steps, we often do so based on a previous version of ourselves. However, it's important to look through the lens that you have now and take in the experiences that you have acquired to determine if your career is still meaningful. You should also be aware of how you process the world, because it affects what type of job will truly feel fulfilling to you. People most often process things in two ways: through feeling or through thinking. If you're someone who processes the world though thinking, you must determine whether your job is intellectually stimulating you. Also figure out if your career allows you to innovate and create in a way that allows you to feel like you are contributing to the greater good of the company or society as a whole.
The Real Costs of a Computer Science Teacher are Opportunity Costs, and Those Are Enormous
Blog @ CACM, December 1
The real problem of getting enough computer science teachers is the perceived opportunity cost between academic and non-academic career paths. For example, in the United States, a computer science teacher might make only one-third as much in salary and overall compensation as other professions. That creates a strong incentive to choose the more lucrative career path. The reality today is that many talented STEM field graduates don't even think about becoming CS teachers, and so something needs to be done now to make this career path more enticing, both at the K-12 level and the university level.
CS is among the majors that provide the smallest number of future teachers. A 2011 report in the UK found that CS graduates are less likely to become teachers than other STEM graduates. CS majors may be just as interested in becoming teachers; however, there is a perceived opportunity cost. For example, the average starting salary for a certified teacher in Georgia is $38,925, and the average starting salary for a new software developer in the U.S. is $55,000. There is a similar problem at the higher education level, with rising CS enrollments further highlighting the extent of the problem. In short, there are too many students for too few teachers, and one reason for too few teachers is that computing PhD's are going into industry instead of academia.
A Review of the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference 2017
eLearn Magazine, October 2017
The annual Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, Wisconsin provides an opportunity for e-learning professionals to network, identify trends, and experience new educational technologies. The most recent Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, held in July 2017, brought together e-learning instructors, instructional designers, and educational technologists from various fields including higher education, K-12 education, the corporate sector, the military, and healthcare. While there were many different sessions and tracks, there were three identifiable trends: competency based education (CBE), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and accessibility.
The Distance Teaching and Learning Conference kicked off with a keynote from Southern New Hampshire University's Michelle Weise, who spoke about disruptive design. She proposed the true disruption for online learning is competency based education (CBE), which is forcing a re-envisioning of traditional educational structures. Throughout the event, a number of issues related to CBE were raised, such as how existing educational structures can accommodate competency-based models of education. Moreover, participants discussed whether the competency-based model can embrace social learning. Digital credentialing and badging were explored, in tandem with CBE, as valid indicators of learner skills.
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Amazon's disaster relief doesn't end with donations
By offering logistical assistance, technical resources, and teams of volunteers, Amazon is committed to providing post-disaster relief in areas where customers and employees live and work.
When Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas with stronger force than any storm since 1851, Abe Diaz and his teammates kicked into high gear. The islands were reeling, the death toll was rising, and first responders on the ground were calling out for donated supplies.
The situation was all too familiar to Diaz. About two years before, Hurricane Maria had struck his homeland of Puerto Rico. He was working on Amazon’s Prime Video team in Seattle, and his family was still living on the devastated island. Power was out, phones weren’t working, and roads were impassable. When Amazon assembled a disaster response team, Diaz jumped at the chance to help.
That September, Amazon’s first-ever plane full of donated relief supplies landed in Puerto Rico. Diaz later made the switch from volunteer to full-time staff, becoming the senior technical program manager for the Disaster Relief by Amazon team.
Delilah Anderson was more than 20 years into her U.S. Army career when Hurricane Maria hit her native Puerto Rico. It took weeks before she could confirm her family had survived. Seeing news coverage of an Amazon plane delivering disaster relief to the island U.S. territory is what first sparked her interest in starting a new career as an Amazonian. In September 2019, she and her teammates at the TPA1 fulfillment center in Ruskin, Florida helped pack Amazon donations destined for Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas.
Amazon's first-ever flight with disaster relief, arriving in Puerto Rico in 2017.
Amazon disaster relief arrives at a food bank following Hurricane Florence in 2018.
A Team Rubicon volunteer delivers Amazon-donated relief following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.
Logistics of relief
With Dorian spinning away and partner agencies such as the Red Cross requesting a range of supplies, it was time for Diaz and the team to apply the lessons they’d learned over two years of relief work. Disaster Relief by Amazon sent two Amazon Air cargo planes to the Bahamas full of tens of thousands of relief items.
Getting a plane into a disaster zone takes a lot of complex logistics, and yet vital information might be missing. The team has to start working with what they have, setting up the pieces they can and going forward step-by-step from there.
There were a lot of critical pieces for that operation that were unknown for the Amazon team, Diaz said of the Dorian effort. “We didn’t know what airport we’d be leaving from because it might depend on where inventory is. We didn’t know what airport we were going to be landing at because they might be flooded.”
One of the first steps was finding the products to include in a shipment that must include only things that Amazon’s relief partners have asked for.
We look at how we can uniquely help. How can we apply what Amazon has already built for our regular business, but use it for disaster relief?
Trang-Thien Tran, Disaster Relief by Amazon
Amazon works with organizations like the Red Cross, Save the Children, and Mercy Corps, responding to their immediate needs. Those needs range from tents and tarps to pliers, gloves, and trash cans. Sending only those things agencies request is the most effective way to help in an emergency, according to experts at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Relief agencies have used the term “the second disaster” to describe the flood of unneeded donations that they often have to manage in the wake of a natural disaster.
“We form relationships with disaster-relief nonprofits, and we ask them, ‘What do you need? What’s the challenge or gap?’” said Trang-Thien Tran, principal product manager for Disaster Relief by Amazon. “We look at how we can uniquely help. How can we apply what Amazon has already built for our regular business, but use it for disaster relief? We are able to leverage all of Amazon’s products and services.”
After identifying and locating the necessary supplies, Amazon’s disaster relief team has the logistical challenge of figuring out how to package or consolidate the items for the flight. This requires getting things into large corrugated boxes instead of using pallets, as is usual for Amazon’s truck-based hauling operations.
The skies were clear and sunny at Amazon's TPA2 fulfillment center in Lakeland, Florida while associates unloaded the disaster-relief supplies flowing in from Amazon locations around the U.S. following Hurricane Dorian in 2019. As a precaution, the same facility had closed down when the storm was still gathering strength in the Atlantic and forecasters feared it might hit the Tampa area.
The next puzzle is coordinating how to fly into places that might have compromised communications and infrastructure. Doing so involves networking extensively with groups and agencies on the ground, including FEMA and local institutions. The final piece is figuring out how to get the supplies from the landing location to the agencies that need it, which means working with local partners who have that capability.
The story of how a plane full of badly needed supplies arrived in the Bahamas on Monday, September 16, starts with Bettina Stix, senior manager of community engagement at Amazon, who was already a veteran Amazon employee when a devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia in December of 2004.
She watched as some of Amazon’s software engineers figured out how to create a donate button on the Amazon.com website that customers could use to send cash to help relief efforts. The donation project quickly became an international initiative within Amazon that raised $15 million to help the Red Cross serve victims of the tsunami.
“That left an impression,” Stix remembered. “It left the impression that there are many more ways to make a difference than being search and rescue. I thought, ‘We can do so much more than just collecting cash. We could put our logistics and our technology to use.’”
Amazonian Bettina Stix, who proposed the idea of an Amazon team to tap into the company's logistics expertise and deliver disaster relief to areas of need around the world. Today she leads Disaster Relief by Amazon.
She wrote a “Working Backwards” document. That’s a process Amazon uses to ensure a project begins with the customer in mind first – from envisioning how to delight or serve customers, then clarifying the idea through an imagined press release and by answering a set of frequently asked questions about the proposal. Stix envisioned a program that would leverage Amazon’s capabilities around the world to provide relief supplies to first-responder partners.
The prospect generated widespread enthusiasm among Amazon staff, and soon leadership had given Stix the green light to recruit a few other Amazon employees for a Disaster Relief by Amazon team. Almost as soon as the group was in place in 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused massive flooding in Houston, sending people scrambling to their rooftops to await rescue as waters rose.
The Red Cross had set up a shelter in the city’s George Brown Convention Center, and Amazon sent its first truck into the disaster zone with snacks and water for those congregated there. The Coast Guard and others who were rescuing people in boats needed supplies as well, and the disaster relief team arranged for them to pick up donated life vests from Amazon’s fulfillment center in Dallas.
The idea that Stix presented in her working backwards document had come to life. Amazon, its employees, and its customers have donated products and cash equal to more than $15 million to help with 25 disasters around the world. In the first half of 2019 alone, the company distributed more than 400,000 relief items to the communities affected by several natural disasters and storm events: cyclones in Indonesia and Mozambique, snowstorms in Seattle, tornadoes in Georgia and Alabama, and flooding in Ottawa, Canada.
The Disaster Relief by Amazon team also sends people into the field to establish temporary pick-up locations that Amazon can set up quickly in areas where the company’s usual delivery services have been suspended. When Florence hit, a “Go Team” headed for the disaster area and the first such spot in a North Carolina Whole Foods Market parking lot. Amazon’s website directed customers in given ZIP codes to pick up their orders at the location.
What the Go Team hadn’t anticipated was how useful the location would become for the emergency responders—both organizations that needed a place to receive supply shipments and out-of-town volunteers in search of various items.
“Our first customer during Florence was a Red Cross volunteer who needed a hammer and another set of tools,” recalled Ash Brown, the Rocky Mountain regional operations manager for Amazon Hub and Locker+ and the leader of the team of volunteers that set up the first pop-up location. “Our second customer was from FEMA, needing a resupply of specialized clothing. We didn’t expect how useful our presence on the ground would be to these other customers.”
The team plans to replicate the pop-up pick-up location where possible in the wake of future disasters.
Members of the Disaster Relief by Amazon team watch the first news reports and see the scope of Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas. The reality of the crisis accelerates their work to fly in disaster-relief supplies — first to Nassau and then to Freeport.
Amazonians at the BFI4 fulfillment center in Kent, Washington gather tarps to send to the Bahamas for hurricane relief.
An associate gathers boxes of goods that Amazon customers donated to the Grand Bahama Disaster Relief Foundation.
An associate sorts food that Amazon customers bought from Wish Lists crafted to ensure that nonprofits got only the disaster-relief supplies they needed following Hurricane Dorian. Relief agencies often struggle with a flood of unneeded donations in the wake of a natural disaster.
Photo by DAVE QUIGG
Amazon's first relief flight to the Bahamas lands in Nassau.
Representatives of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies look on as the unloading begins in Nassau.
Crews unload disaster relief from Amazon's first flight to the Bahamas. On flights to Nassau and Freeport, tens of thousands of requested relief supplies donated by Amazon and Amazon customers reached Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas.
Crews prepare airlifted supplies for transport aboard trucks.
Abe Diaz of the Disaster Relief by Amazon team hauls cargo netting across the tarmac at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau.
Generators were among the items that Amazon and Amazon customers donated to the Grand Bahama Disaster Relief Foundation, Mercy Corps, and the the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Moving donations from the Amazon Air plane to waiting trucks was a multi-hour group effort.
Relief agencies anticipate months of ongoing need in the areas devastated by Hurricane Dorian. This warehouse space — provided by the Caribbean Bottling Company for use by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — offered a secure way station for items that Amazon donated.
True partnership
The nature and scale of Amazon’s relief efforts reflect the company’s unique capabilities as a global distributor of an extensive range of items.
“We can help with items that many other donors can’t provide,” said Stix. For example, after wildfires ravaged homes In Northern California, Amazon was able to fulfill relief agencies’ request for Goldrush Sifters—mini sieves to help people find valuables among the ashes.
The ability to satisfy real needs in specific ways comes back to working in deep partnership with relief organizations in order to complement and support, rather than preempt or replicating their work.
“The way we partner with Amazon makes the best use of each of our competencies with an end result of helping the most people possible,” said Jeanne-Aimee De Marrais, senior advisor on U.S. emergencies for Save the Children.
Her colleague Dawn Nunn, director of gift-in-kind agrees: “Amazon’s ability to move quickly and with agility to solve business problems has been a huge benefit of working together. They have helped us develop and expand our in-kind strategies using their core competencies of speed, reach, and superior logistics systems.”
For the Hurricane Dorian response, Amazon and customers across the United States donated cash and more than 400,000 relief items worth $1 million. Those items, which included cleanup kits, toothbrushes, toothpaste, clothing, food items, and recovery materials (tarps, ropes, solar lanterns), were shipped to Amazon fulfillment centers in Florida, where they were transported to the Tampa air gateway and loaded on to Amazon Air planes bound for Nassau and Freeport. Amazon’s nonprofit partners—the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Mercy Corps, and the Grand Bahama Disaster Relief Foundation—distributed the supplies to those in need.
After the success of each response, Amazon disaster teams meet to regroup and get ready for the next one. Because there will always be a next one, and job No. 1 is to be poised to act immediately when a natural disaster or other devastating event hits a community where Amazon customers, employees, and their families live and work.
The Disaster Relief by Amazon team, (left to right) Sam Porter, Abe Diaz, Seema Ramchandani, Bettina Stix, and Trang-Thien Tran.
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Home » Oct. 3, 2007: Johnson Controls Announces TEAMS Competition for College Students
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Oct. 3, 2007: Johnson Controls Announces TEAMS Competition for College Students
MILWAUKEE - Johnson Controls Inc. has announced its Tomorrow’s Energy Ambassadors, Managers and Scholars (TEAMS) competition that calls for select college seniors and graduate students to collaboratively draft an open letter to the field of 2008 presidential candidates urging them to better clarify their positions on matters related to energy and sustainability. The winning team will be presented with a $10,000 scholarship fund check for its school and have its letter published in a full-page ad in a national publication. TEAMS students placing first, second, and third will also be eligible for cash awards totaling $5,000.
“This is a great opportunity for the future chief executive of the United States to hear from future business and academic leaders who will be directly impacted by policy decisions made on energy and sustainability in this country and around the world,” said C. David Myers, president of the Johnson Controls Building Efficiency business. “We welcome the ingenuity and insight that these students will bring to bear on this discussion.”
The competition for TEAMS is open to students designated by four-year and graduate institutions that are members of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Johnson Controls notes that hundreds of major universities are members, including: American University, Boston University, Columbia University, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. While each school may submit only one entry, interdisciplinary collaboration with up to four student members is encouraged in order to craft a more insightful letter.
Letters submitted for the TEAMS search will be judged by an independent panel of energy professionals and energy industry trade journalists. All entries will have a strict word limit ranging between 800-900 words and will be evaluated on the following 50â€'point scoring system:
• Ability to clearly and concisely address presidential candidates within the prescribed word limits: 10 points
• Awareness of energy issues and environmental stewardship: 15 points
• A logical presentation of arguments and facts: 10 points
• Creativity and originality of the letter’s call to action: 15 points
Johnson Controls will present the first place winning team’s college or university with a $10,000 check for its scholarship fund. In addition to having its letter published, the first place winning team will receive a $2,500 grant from Johnson Controls. They will also be invited, as guests of the company, to attend the 2008 Energy Efficiency Forum in Washington, D.C. Second and third place teams will be awarded grants in the amounts or $1,500 and $1,000, respectively.
The TEAMS competition has an eâ€'mail entry deadline of Oct. 26, 2007 for receiving all submissions. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. For detailed rules and entry forms, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/tomorrow_s_energy.html.
Publication date:10/01/2007
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Weekly Music News and Sales Report: 20 August 2014
August 22, 2014 August 23, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album sales, Streams
We have a couple more weeks before the industry kicks into high gear for the make-or-break fourth quarter. Let’s see where things stand.
The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack is still number one in Canada just by selling 6,500 copies. On the positive side, it’s only the third album this year to spend multiple weeks at the top of the charts.
Troye Sivan, the Australian YouTube star, debuts at #2 but with a pretty dismal 3,800 copies, edging out the #3 album, Get Hurt from Gaslight Anthem by about 100 units.
The most-downloaded song in Canada this past week was Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” (20,000 sold) and the most-streamed song–well, that regular report will begin in September.
In the US, overall album sales are down 19% from last year while CDs are lighter by a similar number. Digital albums are down by 11% and digital tracks are down by 13% from 2013.
Guardians of the Galaxy is on top of the album charts again (93,000 copies). Further down, Gaslight Anthem debuts at #4 (33,000 copies) while Troye Sivan debuts at #5 (30,000).
As for singles, Meghan Trainor has the top download (239,000) and the most-stream song is still “Fancy” from Iggy Azalea with 8,242,519 listens.
All number courtesy Nielsen SoundScan.
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Kentucky Derby Party Invitations
Ladies Finery Kentucky Derby Party Invitations
Ladies dressed in their finery mill around the finish line at the Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby festivities. Perfect for Kentucky Derby party invitations, Kentucky Derby themed bridal showers, horse racing invitations and more.
Actual Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Personalized Printing 20 for $40.25 30 for $60.38 40 for $80.50 50 for $95.63 60 for $114.75 70 for $133.88 80 for $153.00 90 for $172.13 100 for $166.25 110 for $182.88 120 for $199.50 130 for $216.13 140 for $232.75 150 for $241.88 160 for $258.00 170 for $274.13 180 for $290.25 190 for $306.38 200 for $322.50 210 for $338.63 220 for $354.75 230 for $370.88 240 for $387.00 250 for $370.63 260 for $385.45 270 for $400.28 280 for $415.10 290 for $429.93 300 for $453.75 310 for $468.88 320 for $484.00 330 for $499.13 340 for $514.25 350 for $515.38 360 for $530.10 370 for $544.83 380 for $559.55 390 for $574.28 400 for $589.00 410 for $603.73 420 for $618.45 430 for $633.18 440 for $647.90 450 for $635.63 460 for $649.75 470 for $663.88 480 for $678.00 490 for $692.13 500 for $706.25 510 for $720.38 520 for $734.50 530 for $748.63 540 for $762.75 550 for $776.88 560 for $791.00 570 for $805.13 580 for $819.25 590 for $833.38 600 for $847.50 610 for $861.63 620 for $875.75 630 for 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The People in Question – Web Symposium
Presented by ANU College of Law
Presented by the International Association of Constitutional Law's Membership and Exclusion Research Group
At a time of rising populism and debate about immigration around the world, this Web Symposium introduces and examines the important new book authored by Professor Jo Shaw - The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times. The book provides the first sustained treatment of the relationship between citizenship and constitutional law in a comparative and transnational perspective. It draws on examples from many jurisdictions to assess how countries' legal, political and cultural processes help to determine the boundaries of citizenship.
In this Web Symposium - jointly sponsored by the ANU College of Law and the International Association of Constitutional Law's Membership and Exclusion Research Group - the author will first introduce the key themes of the book before hearing and responding to a selection of expert commentaries from scholars in the field drawn from the Asia and Pacific region.
The symposium will be chaired by Research Group Co-Chair Associate Professor Amelia Simpson of ANU Law School.
Registrants will be eligible for a special discount on The People in Question, to be advised at the event.
Professor Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh
Jo Shaw has held the Salvesen Chair of European Institutions in the School of Law since January 2005. Since 2018, she has also held a part time visiting position in the New Social Research programme of Tampere University in Finland.
Between 2009-2013, she was Dean of Research of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, leading on research development and REF submission for the College. From 2014-2017 she was Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
Since 2017, she has been working on a set of related projects on citizenship regimes: what they are and how they work. Her work has been supported by a EURIAS Fellowship at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2017-2018) and a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2018-2020). She is also co-Director of the Global Citizenship Observatory. Her current work builds on research previously funded by the European Research Council and the Nuffield Foundation.
Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo, National University of Singapore
Jaclyn Neo is an Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She specializes in constitutional law, as well as law and migration. Jaclyn has degrees from NUS Faculty of Law and Yale Law School. She is a recipient of multiple academic scholarships and competitive research grants. Her work aims to forefront Asian jurisdictions and mainstream them in comparative constitutional law.
Jaclyn has published in leading journals in her field, including the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I-CON), Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Human Rights Quarterly, and the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. She is the sole editor of Constitutional Interpretation in Singapore: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017) and co-editor of Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia (Hart, 2019), and Regulating Religion in Asia: Norms, Modes, and Challenges (CUP 2019). Jaclyn has also served as a guest editor for the Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Journal of Law, Religion, and State, as well as the Journal of International and Comparative Law. Her article on domestic incorporation of international human rights law in a dualist state won the Asian Yearbook of International Law's DILA International Law Prize. Her work has been cited by the courts in Singapore and by the Supreme Court of India. In 2017, in recognition of her research on religious freedom in Southeast Asia, she was awarded the SHAPE-SEA Research Award.
Jaclyn has held visiting positions at the Cluster of Excellence 'The Formation of Normative Orders' at Frankfurt University, University of Münster, University of Trento, and Melbourne Law School. In AY 2019/2020, she will be a visiting professor with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
Jaclyn currently serves on the Singapore Law Society's Public and International Law Committee and the Singapore Academy of Law's Law Reform Committee. She is an elected Council Member of International Society for Public Law (ICON-S) and the co-founder of the Singapore Chapter of ICON-S. Prior to joining the faculty, Jaclyn was a disputes resolution lawyer with WongPartnership and remains a consultant with the firm.
Dr Julija Sardelić, Victoria University of Wellington
Julija Sardelić is a political sociologist and a socio-legal scholar with a general research interest in citizenship and migration including minority rights, statelessness and forced migration. Her main research focus has been on (1) the position of Romani minorities as marginalized citizens in Europe and on (2) how the 'refugee crisis' in 2015/16 has affected the politics of diversity in Europe.
She is a Lecturer at the Political Science and International Relations Programme at Victoria University of Wellington. Before, she was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Her Marie Curie Sklodowska Research Project is entitled "Invisible Edges of Citizenship: Readdressing the Position of Romani Minorities in Europe" (Acronym: InViCitRom). The project seeks to develop how Romani individuals are positioned as citizens and to show that their marginalization is not produced due to their perceived self-isolation, but link it to different citizenship policies that contribute to their disadvantaged position.
Prior to her current academic positions, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute and CITSEE Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, where she focused on the position of Romani minorities as forced migrants in the context of post-Yugoslav citizenship regimes.
Earlier, she worked as a researcher on various researcher on various EU-funded projects (FP7, IPA, ERC. etc.) at the University of Ljubljana, where she also defended her PhD in Sociology. She holds an MA degree with Distinction from the Central European University and has a decade-long experience in working as a civil society activist in Romani settlements.
Dr Rayner Thwaites, University of Sydney
Rayner Thwaites is ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher in the University of Sydney Law School. His research project, Conditional citizenship: Revocation's Implications for Australians (No. DE160101123) is a comparative study of contemporary law on deprivation of citizenship status, focussing on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, and analysing the interaction between domestic and International law on nationality.
Dr Murray Wesson, University of Western Australia
Murray Wesson is a senior lecturer in the Law School, University of Western Australia. He completed his LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Thereafter he studied at the University of Oxford on the KwaZulu-Natal Rhodes Scholarship, where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law, MPhil and DPhil degrees. He has taught at the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Oxford and Leeds, and been a visiting lecturer at the Central European University in Budapest and the Law Institute in Jersey.
Associate Professor Amelia Simpson, ANU College of Law
Dr Amelia Simpson is one of Australia's leading scholars of discrimination and equality principles in constitutional law. Her published research on interstate free trade doctrine has been cited and quoted with approval by pluralities in Australia's High Court and Federal Court.
Amelia's wider body of research has been cited extensively within the writings of other leading public law scholars and she was ranked in the top 20 most prolific publishers in Australia's highest quality law journals over the period 2000-2010.
Amelia is an author of Hanks Australian Constitutional Law: Materials and Commentary (2016, LexisNexis), an invited contributor to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, edited by Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone, and is also contributing to the forthcoming Australian Constitutional Values collection edited by Rosalind Dixon.
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Join any Facebook group with a focus on thrash metal and you'll quickly see that half the posts are about the Big Four and which other bands ought to be in there. Of course, it's fundamentally ridiculous because the Big Four were the most successful bands who brought the genre into the mainstream, rather than the first, the best, the most abiding or some other arbitrary category. I bring this up because, among the endless suggestions, the top two seem to always be Exodus, who were the first, and Testament.
Now, I've loved Testament from moment one. They were actually the first band I saw live, supporting Anthrax back in 1987. The Legacy was a mainstay on my record deck and it's still my favourite Testament album. However, I have to wonder why Testament are the one band who seem to have been elevated by fans out of the second wave to a stature alongside the originators, over just as worthy choices like Overkill, Death Angel and Flotsam and Jetsam.
I have to say, as a Testament fan, that it can't be the songs because one of the reasons why The Legacy is still my favourite album is because every one of the songs on it has as many hooks as it does riffs. I've enjoyed many of their albums since, including this one, but I just don't find myself singing along with anything on them. Overkill easily have the edge there. Even here, with a dozen tracks and a whole lot of aspects to praise, I'm listening, not joining in, even on clear candidates like The Healers or Code of Hammurabi.
That said, the latter is the closest I've heard Testament come to The Legacy in decades. It's engaging from its bass intro to its echoing outro and what comes in between is continually memorable. Eye for eye for eye!
It's more believable to say that it's the music, because Testament have been tight since day one and they keep getting tighter as what has clearly become THE technical thrash band. There are points all over this album that grabbed me, whether they be riffs, solos, changes, fills, whatever. The first minute of False Prophet is intricate, accurate and apparently effortless, enough to be a goal for thousands of musicians around the world to attempt to emulate. Here, it's just another minute of sixty.
Children of the Next Level starts the album out strong, the first of a trio of tracks over six minutes. It's fast, it's intricate and it shows just how good the mix is because it's easy to track any band member, often including Steve Di Giorgio on bass. WWIII is faster and features a more overt solo. A song called Dream Deceiver isn't quite the Judas Priest homage that we might expect but it's strong nonetheless. And so we go.
I think the main reason why Testament are the top name from the second wave for many is because of the line-up, which is many a thrash fan's dream. Alex Skolnick, who dates back to Legacy in 1983, has been back in the band since 2005 and his solos are at least a step above most of what you hear nowadays. I'm guessing that a lot of the unusual guitarwork is him too, because he has a varied taste. There's even psychedelic wailing here on songs like City of Angels and a lot more besides. Some of it may be Eric Peterson, who founded the band and has never left it, because he's apparently graduated from just rhythm to occasional lead.
Chuck Billy is an iconic frontman who's been with Testament as long as it's had that name, and he clearly has some fun here, building lines in Ishtar's Gate from whispers to shouts. Steve Di Giorgio may be the other guy in this list but he's been with Testament a decade and a half now and he's ably kept up with everyone else. He gets quite a lot to do here and it's great to hear the bassist's contribution any time, but especially when it's as good as his work on Titans of Creation.
And that leaves the Atomic Clock himself, Gene Hoglan, who began his second stint with the band in 2011. He's surely the most reliable drummer in thrash not named Dave Lombardo and, frankly, he seems to get closer with every disc he puts out. His work here is simply outstanding, to the degree that he kept on doing things that made me backtrack to check out what he just did and why it really isn't as easy as he makes it seem.
This is a good album, a really good album. Sure, it's not as catchy as some of Overkill's from last year and it's not as blistering as the 2019 Flotsam and Jetsam but it's good on a first listen and better with each further time through, not only to try to figure out how damn good Skolnick and Hoglan are and how well they work together on material like this. It still needs hooks though.
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Syria: Banned Soviet-made cluster munitions fuel humanitarian catastrophe in Eastern Ghouta
30 November 2017, 00:00 UTC
Verified photographs show Soviet-made cluster munitions used over densely populated areas by Syrian government forces
Doctors describe dire humanitarian situation – including widespread malnutrition – amid tightening siege
Witnesses recount indiscriminate attacks killing civilians as Syrian forces commit daily war crimes
The Syrian government is committing war crimes on an epic scale in Eastern Ghouta.
Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Syrian government forces’ increasing use of banned Soviet-made cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate attacks and direct attacks on civilians amid a tightening siege in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta has killed at least 10 civilians and brought the area’s humanitarian crisis to breaking point, Amnesty International can reveal today.
The organization interviewed five people currently under siege in Eastern Ghouta, among them activists and medical professionals, who described a severely deteriorating situation as the government has escalated its bombing campaign of this rebel-held enclave, near the capital, Damascus, since 14 November.
“The Syrian government is committing war crimes on an epic scale in Eastern Ghouta. Using its familiar, brutal strategy of siege and bombardment of civilians – already employed to devastating effect in Aleppo, Daraya and other rebel strongholds – the population is being forced to surrender or starve,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
“Amid a worsening malnutrition epidemic, Syrian forces must immediately end the unlawful siege of Eastern Ghouta and allow unimpeded access to humanitarian organizations before an already catastrophic situation claims yet more civilian lives.”
Attacks on civilians and civilian objects
“I clearly saw parachutes strapped to small bombs falling, and 10 seconds later a series of explosions echoed.” - Mustafa, civil defence volunteer
Images shared by activists in Eastern Ghouta, which have been verified by Amnesty International’s arms expert, show remnants of cluster munitions from attacks that have taken place in the past 10 days, including one on 19 November.
Appearing in the images are Soviet-made ground-launched 240mm 3O8 cluster munitions projectiles containing up to 10 sub-munitions. According to Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, these first appeared in Syria after Russia began missile strikes against anti-government groups in September 2015.
Such weapons are banned by more than 100 countries due to the enormous danger presented to civilians by their indiscriminate nature.
“The Syrian government has shown callous disregard to the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people living in Eastern Ghouta since it laid siege to the area in late 2012. But this recent escalation in attacks – clearly targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure using internationally banned cluster munitions – is horrific,” said Philip Luther.
“There are around 400,000 civilians struggling to survive under daily, often hourly, bombardment, without access to food and medical care.”
Activists told Amnesty International the Syrian government also attacked residential areas with imprecise, improvised rockets such as “Elephant rockets”, named in connection with the distinctive noise they make when launched.
According to the Violations Documentation Center in Syria, a local monitoring group, 97 civilians were killed in ground and air attacks by government forces between 14 and 26 November 2017.
Amnesty International interviewed two people who witnessed an attack by Syrian government forces using cluster munitions projectiles on al-Quawtli, a densely populated residential neighbourhood close to the Grand Mosque in Douma.
Mustafa, a volunteer with the civil defence, which carries out rescue work after military attacks, witnessed an attack on a crowded market on 19 November. He told Amnesty International:
“I heard the launch of the rocket because the government military base is close. Then I clearly saw parachutes strapped to small bombs falling and, 10 seconds later, a series of explosions echoed. After that, the shelling continued but the sound was different.
“I went to the scene of the attack and saw injured people on the floor, including women, children and men. Several people later died of their injuries.”
Amnesty International analysed four videos posted online showing what were claimed to be cluster munition explosions by the Grand Mosque and verified that the images of the parachutes used to deliver the sub-munitions of the 240mm 3O8 cluster munitions projectiles used in the attack were taken in Douma.
Muhammad, a media activist, witnessed an attack that hit a residential building. He recalled:
“The missiles struck two residential buildings surrounding a market, which is usually crowded with shops and children playing.
“At the scene of the attack, I saw the civil defence removing the body of a girl around six years old. Her name is Ghina. Her family survived but she didn’t. She was in one of the buildings that was hit. Thankfully, the warplane didn’t hit the market or else there would have been more casualties.”
Humanitarian crisis escalates
“All the children who come to me are skeletons, bones and skin.” - Hoda, a doctor in Eastern Ghouta
Since the Syrian government captured the areas of al-Qaboun and Barze, which both border the Harasta neighbourhood of Eastern Ghouta, in February 2017, smuggling tunnels that had for years guaranteed a minimum flow of food, water and medical supplies to the besieged population have been closed.
As a result, the humanitarian situation inside Eastern Ghouta has rapidly deteriorated and food prices have increased exponentially, while hospitals have struggled to treat patients due to depleting stocks. On 3 October 2017, the Syrian government further tightened the siege by closing the last remaining entry point to Douma, the al-Wafideen checkpoint.
Muhammad, a media activist in Eastern Ghouta, described to Amnesty International how medical workers are struggling to provide adequate care to people facing malnutrition and injury, due to lack of supplies. He said:
“Outsiders think we are exaggerating but we are not. We barely have food. My wife and I had to cut down by half the amount of food we are eating. It is impossible to afford to buy food with the current prices, which are four times more than before.”
According to the World Health Organization’s food security report, published on 22 November, by mid-November 2017 a 700g bundle of bread was 85 times more expensive in Eastern Ghouta than in Damascus, located just 15km away.
Hoda, a doctor working in one of the field hospitals in Eastern Ghouta, described the scale of malnutrition crisis to Amnesty International:
“Hospitals are now relying on humanitarian aid convoys that are rarely allowed to enter. The last humanitarian aid convoy that entered Kaferbatna [a neighbourhood in Eastern Ghouta] was a month ago [October]. It carried a very small amount of medical aid. We need fuel, anesthetics, oxygen, antibiotics… We are seriously running out of these supplies.
“The children are suffering the most. I am receiving lots of cases of malnutrition. They need food for energy and their immune systems, but their families can’t afford to buy them any food so they end up eating barley, which is affordable, once a day. That’s it.
“We don’t have cases of children dying from malnutrition but all of the children who come to me are skeletons, bones and flesh. One child I saw is 10 months old and weighs 800g. All of the children are underweight without any exception.”
In October, the UN’s children's fund, UNICEF, announced that 232 children in Eastern Ghouta were suffering severe acute malnutrition.
“Russia, as a party to this conflict has a particular responsibility to ensure that its ally, the Syrian government, ends this unlawful siege and stops committing war crimes. Other states must use their influence to pressure Syria to allow unfettered impartial humanitarian relief to reach besieged civilians in Eastern Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria,” said Philip Luther.
In August 2015, Amnesty International published a report documenting the unlawful siege of Eastern Ghouta and attacks on civilian objects. In November 2017, it released a report on mass displacement inside Syria, exposing the government’s strategy of prolonged sieges with the aim of forcibly displacing the local population. It has been documenting violations and abuses by all parties in Syria since the onset of the crisis.
Amnesty International has been calling on all states for years to immediately halt the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions and to join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
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Cuba: Government must release journalist and prisoner of conscience Roberto Quiñones Haces
2 September 2020, 08:49 UTC
Mexico City - The Cuban government must immediately and unconditionally release Cuban prisoner of conscience and independent journalist Roberto Quiñones Haces, demanded the organizations ARTICLE 19, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and Amnesty International today.
Quiñones, aged 63, was tried in 2019 and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for “resistance” and “disobedience” because of his work as an independent journalist.
“Roberto Quiñones’ conviction is not only one more example of the censorship faced by independent journalists in Cuba, but also shows how it is used to generate fear among those defending freedom of expression in the country and threatens the right to seek and receive information freely. No journalist should have to choose between silence or jail. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Roberto Quiñones”, the organizations said.
Roberto Quiñones’ conviction is not only one more example of the censorship faced by independent journalists in Cuba, but also shows how it is used to generate fear among those defending freedom of expression in the country and threatens the right to seek and receive information freely. No journalist should have to choose between silence or jail. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Roberto Quiñones
In April 2019, Quiñones reported for the online newspaper Cubanet News on a trial at the Guantánamo Municipal Court of a couple, two evangelical pastors, who had decided to home school their children. According to the journalist, the National Police detained him and beat him. Consequently, he filed a formal complaint against the police officers. Roberto Quiñones also alleges that he was arbitrarily detained on previous occasions, as far back as 2015.
In August 2019, Roberto Quiñones was found guilty of “resistance” and “disobedience” and sentenced to one year in prison. On 23 August, an appeals court confirmed his conviction, without granting him a new oral hearing. On 11 September 2019, Roberto Quiñones was arrested in Cienfuegos, Cuba; he has remained in prison ever since.
For decades, Amnesty International has documented how provisions of the Cuban Penal Code, such as “resistance” and “disobedience”, have been used to stifle freedom of expression in Cuba. The imprisonment of Roberto Quiñones is another example of a long-standing policy that has continued under the administration of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
While imprisoned, Roberto Quiñones has developed gastrointestinal, respiratory and other health complications related to pre-existing conditions, according to his family. Quiñones has also written about the conditions in which he is held, including the overcrowding, poor quality of food and water and the lack of adequate medical care, for which he was punished by the Guantánamo Municipal Prison Disciplinary Council with a ban on any further writing, according to statements that emerged in the press and were gathered by ARTICLE 19. These health factors increase the potential risks posed by COVID-19.
In 2020, in the context of World Press Freedom Day and amid warnings about the effects of COVID-19, ARTICLE19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Amnesty International issued an open letter to the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Quiñones. The Cuban authorities have not responded to this request.
“Instead of trying to justify the conviction of an independent journalist like Roberto Quiñones for peacefully exercising his profession, the Cuban government must take concrete measures to protect freedom of expression and the press, as repeatedly requested by the Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN, as well as other states in the context of Cuba’s most recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council,” said the organizations.
Instead of trying to justify the conviction of an independent journalist like Roberto Quiñones for peacefully exercising his profession, the Cuban government must take concrete measures to protect freedom of expression and the press, as repeatedly requested by the Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN, as well as other states in the context of Cuba’s most recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council
The demand for Roberto Quiñones’ immediate and unconditional release is made against a background of multiple concerns regarding alleged restrictions imposed on independent journalists in the context of COVID-19 and of Decree-Law 370, which, according to reports, appears to extend the Cuban government’s network of control and censorship of the digital space, potentially undermining freedom of expression.
For more information or an interview, contact: Duncan Tucker: duncan.tucker@amnesty.org
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The oldest temple on Earth may have been built by a dark skull-worshiping cult
Just six miles from the ancient city of Urfa in modern-day Turkey we find the ruins of an ancient monument built some 12,000 ago by a group of mysterious builders: the complex of Göbekli Tepe.
While experts have managed to excavate a large amount of this ancient site, buried in the distant past for reasons unknown, to date experts have still NO IDEA who built this massive, fascinating site believed to be around 6,500 years older than Stonehenge and around 7,000 years older than the oldest of the Pyramids. Now experts have uncovered skull fragments with enigmatic engravings on their surface, making the enigmatic site even more mysterious.
The ruins of Göbekli Tepe are recognized as the oldest place of worship built by mankind. Its enormous pillars—several meters in height—with enigmatic figures engraved on their surface, bas-reliefs with vultures, scorpions and other creatures and its entrance door surrounded by sculpted beasts awakens the imagination making us think of references to the world of the dead or the spiritual.
Whoever built this sacred ancient temple made sure it would survive along thousands of years, by backfilling the various sites and burying them deep under.
So far, excavations and geomagnetic results revealed that there are at least 20 stone circles–temples—on the site, but with each new excavation, it seems that scientists learn a bit more about Göbekli Tepe.
Now, archaeologists have uncovered three human skulls with intentional incisions on their surface, leading experts to believe that this practice may be the first of its kind by Neolithic men. It is believed to have served to honor dead relatives or drive away enemies.
A recent study has revealed that the intricate stone carvings found at Göbekli Tepe are evidence that a comet impacted our planet sometime around 11,000BC, resulting in a set of cataclysmic events that may have wiped out wooly mammoths, and eventually giving rise to civilizations.
Interestingly, this idea was first presented by Graham Hancock in his book Magicians of the Gods before experts even decided to see if there was a connection between the symbols and constellations in the sky.
As we reported before, scientists analyzed the intricate stone carvings at Göbekli Tepe and asked whether the symbols carved onto the massive stone pillars are related to constellations.
Experts studied animal carvings made on one particular pillar known as the vulture stone and found that the animals are in fact astronomical symbols. With the help of sophisticated computer software, scientists matched the symbols to patterns in the sky, finding that they related to an event that occurred around 10,950 BC.
Now, archaeologist Julia Gresky and her colleagues at the German Archaeological Institute have discovered in Göbekli Tepe three fragments of skulls pierced with modifications never before seen among the human remains of the time.
Researchers believe that this is the first evidence of a Neolithic skull cult.
Post-mortem modifications in the Göbekli Tepe skulls include carvings (Figures A, C, and D) and a drilled hole (B).
PHOTOGRAPH BY JULIA GRESKY, DAI
Although there are scientists who trace the origins of trepanation— a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull—to the end of the Paleolithic, about 12,000 years ago, so far the first studies gave back an approximate age of around 10,000 years ago.
Throughout history, people have honored skulls for different reasons, from worshiping ancestors to believing that human skulls convey protective properties.
Anthropologists have described various types of cults of this type, each with its own modifications in the bones.
However, what Gresky’s team observed was one hitherto unknown.
This skull fragment shows a deep incision made with a flint tool some 10,000 years ago.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Each skull had deep incisions made intentionally along the sagittal plane. One of them also shows a perforated hole in the left parietal bone, as well as remains of red ocher.
By using different microscopic techniques to analyze the fragments, scientists verified that the carvings were executed with lithic tools, which excludes natural causes, such as mice or other animals having gnawed the bone.
Apparently, they first ripped off the scalp and then made the marks on the bone. Due to their depth, it is ruled out that they were provoked by deboning techniques.
According to the study’s authors, it is most likely that the skulls were carved to venerate relatives not long after their death or to be shown in order ward off enemies. The results are the first evidence of the treatment of the dead in the enigmatic ruins of the oldest temple on Earth, Göbekli Tepe.
While experts have found skull fragments on the site, they still have not actually found any bodies buried at the site. There is also no evidence that says people lived at the site.
However you put it, Göbekli Tepe is definitely one of the most ancient and mysterious sites ever excavated on Earth.
The new study was published in Science Advances.
(H/T National Geographic)
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Updated 27 August, 2018 - 17:45 lizleafloor
Mysterious board game found in ancient Chinese tomb, along with suspected dead looter
Looters seem to have rolled the dice and lost when they plundered the tomb of an ancient aristocrat in Qingzhou City, China. When archaeologists uncovered the 2,300-year-old tomb, they found pieces of a mysterious board game, as well as the body of a suspected thief.
Excavations of the tomb and the five burial pits within revealed grave goods, including a 14-sided die, 21 game pieces, and broken bits of a game board, reports LiveScience.
There was evidence the tomb had been extensively looted. Indeed, archaeologists encountered the remains of what may have been one of the grave robbers lying in one of the 26 shafts made by the thieves.
Ancient Chance: The Lost Game of Liubo
The recovered 14-sided die is made of animal tooth. LiveScience writes, “Twelve faces of the die are numbered 1 through 6 in a form of ancient Chinese writing known as ‘seal script.’ Each number appears twice on the die while two faces were left blank.”
An example of seal script on an iron, Qin Dynasty epigraph. ( Public Domain )
The 21 rectangular game pieces have numbers painted on them as well. The broken tile from the game board was pieced together by experts. It had been decorated with two eyes surrounded by clouds and thunder.
It’s believed the various artifacts belong to the lost game of “Liubo”, an enigmatic board game that hasn’t been played for some 1,500 years.
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A pair of Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE) ceramic tomb figurines of two gentlemen playing liubo. (Sailko/ CC BY-SA 3.0 )
The Metropolitan Museum of Art writes that Liubo was a popular game in ancient China, during the Han dynasty becoming the most popular board game in the imperial court and in common circles. It included many playing pieces, including dice, chess pieces, a square board, and even cutting and scraping knifes. The game fell out of favor and stopped being played about 1,500 years ago.
How exactly Liubo was played has been lost to time, but thanks to archaeological discoveries of game boards and pieces, as well as images of people playing, knowledge of the game has increased. It is believed each player moved six game pieces around the square board. A roll of sticks or dice determined the movements in the game.
Mural from an Easter Han Dynasty tomb at Luoyang, Henan showing a pair of Liubo players in the foreground, the player on the right with his right hand raised up as if about to throw down the six throwing sticks. ( Public Domain )
“The historian Sima Qian (ca. 145–86 B.C.) tells a legend of a Shang-dynasty (1600–1100 B.C.) emperor who forced his subjects to play liubo using pieces shaped like the gods. Not daring to overcome the emperor, his opponents would let him win, and the emperor then declared he was victorious over the gods themselves,” reports MetMuseum.org.
Ancient Tomb for the Aristocracy of Qi
According to The Standard Times , it is not known who the tomb belonged to, but archaeologists believe that it may have been built for the aristocracy of "Qi," an ancient state in China which was conquered by the first emperor of China in 221 BC.
The excavated tomb, measuring approximately 330 feet (100 meters) long, has two ramps on either side leading to stairs which descend into the heavily looted burial chamber. It was long ago topped with an earthen burial mound, which is now gone.
The ancient tomb had been thoroughly looted, but one of the looters may have paid a heavy price. Credit: Chinese Cultural Relics
Livescience quotes the researchers, who wrote,
“Despite the huge scale of the tomb, it has been thoroughly robbed. The coffin chamber was almost completely dug out and robbed, suffering severe damage in the process.”
Details about the suspected looter, such as age or gender, or even when he or she died have yet to be determined.
According to LiveScience, archaeologists excavated the tomb in 2004 but the findings were not reported until 2014. Details have now been published by researchers from the Qingzhou Municipal Museum and Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in the English-language journal Chinese Cultural Relics .
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Dice and chance games date back 40,000 years . The world’s oldest gaming board, called Senet, was found in predynastic and First Dynasty burials in Egypt dating back to 3500 and 3100 BC respectively. Because of the element of luck in the game and the Egyptian belief in determinism, it was believed that good players were under the protection of the gods. Consequently, Senet boards were often placed in the grave alongside other useful objects for the dangerous journey through the afterlife.
A game box and pieces for playing the game of Senet found within the tomb of king Tutankhamun. ( CC BY-SA 2.0 )
The fate of the looter in the Chinese tomb shows that ancient burial sites are not something to play around with.
Board Games Through Time
Examples of ancient board games have been found in many countries throughout the world, showing that entertainment was considered an important aspect of society in many ancient civilizations. In Iraq, game board pieces dating back 5,000 years have been found belonging to what is now called the ‘Royal Game of Ur’ played in Mesopotamia – it was a racing game based on a set of knucklebone dice. Archaeological evidence suggest that ancient Egyptians also enjoyed board games. Even Queen Nefertari, the famous wife of Ramesses II, was portrayed in her tomb while playing a board game called Senet. The second most famous game in ancient Egypt was Mehen, of which the first evidence is as old as 3,000 BC. It was very popular during the Old Kingdom, and remained prevalent at least until the Third Intermediate Period. In India, game boards relating to the modern game of Snakes and Ladders have been found dated to the 2 nd century AD, and in July 2018, archaeologists discovered a rare Viking game board in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Featured Image: A fourteen-sided die may have been used to play the ancient game of “bo”. Credit: Chinese Cultural Relics
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sdssd wrote on 8 March, 2017 - 14:59 Permalink
China was very backward in history.
1) China entered metal age 1000 years later than Middle East, Europe, South Asia.
Bronze Age, Wikipedia
2) China entered Iron age 600 years later than Europe and Near East.
At the time, European used iron tools, Chinese used primitive tools.
Iron Age - Wikipedia
3) Glass was invented 5500 years ago, it was before the Chinese history.
History of glass, Wikipedia
Europe had domesticated horses 2000 years before China had.
Domestication of the horse, Wikipedia
4) When European and Middle Eastern built stone/brick houses, Chinese kings lived in a mud palace.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built 4500 years ago.
Erlitou, the capital of China (2100 BC – 1600 BC) was built by mud.
Erlitou culture, Wikipedia
5) Writing
China was the last of the "ancient" civilizations to develop writing.
China invented writing about 3500 years ago,
Oracle bone - Wikipedia
Middle East invented writing 5000 years ago.
European invented writing 7000 years ago, Vinča Script.
Vinča symbols - Wikipedia
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Augustus Mausoleum - Largest Circular Tomb On Earth To Reopen In Rome
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Silla Kingdom Princess’ Grave Found Dripping With Gold
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Public Power Communities: Future-Focused
America’s public power communities are places where local governments and other public entities have taken charge to deliver services their communities need to prosper.
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2014)
{{RELATEDLINKS}}It was the late 1800s. Electricity was capturing the attention of a lot of Americans, but for most people, large-scale transmission systems bringing power to businesses and homes were more a dream than a reality. Still, there were some forward-thinkers who knew that electric power was the way of the future and took steps to make it happen.
Some of those forward-thinkers lived in the small community of Lafayette, Louisiana. They put a measure on the ballot in 1896, asking property owners to allow a municipal utility to build an electric system and a water system. When the ballots were counted, 100 percent of the voters gave a thumbs-up. Construction began the next year. “Lafayette had a 30-year head start, and that was very beneficial,” says Terry Huval, director of Lafayette Utilities System. Thanks in part to the fact that it had power three decades earlier than many neighboring communities, the city attracted a university and enjoyed healthy growth.
"Public Power" might be just part of the services these municipal utilities provide. A little more than a century later, history repeated itself in Lafayette, with a different technology. “In 2005, we had an election to get into the telecommunications business, providing fiber,” Huval says. “We wanted to provide fiber to the home — it was to provide the infrastructure of the future. By having fiber there, it gives you an advantage.”
Lafayette is just one community, but it provides a great illustration of the forward-thinking mindset that led many American municipalities into the utility business. In some cases, local leaders got a glimpse of the future and worked to bring it to their communities ahead of the curve. In other cases, they found that the profit-driven business model that works so well in much of the American economy had left them behind when it comes to certain kinds of services.
The fruits of these local efforts are America’s public power communities — places where local governments and other public entities have taken charge to deliver services their communities need to prosper. As the Lafayette example illustrates, “public power” may be just part of the services these municipal utilities provide. Many are also in the business of water and sewer service, some provide natural gas, and an increasing number are venturing into broadband communications — from high-speed Internet to telephone to cable television. The small community of Chanute, Kansas, is another example. About 9,100 people live there, and local leaders were concerned about poor access to advanced Internet services. A bit more than a decade ago, the city was rebuilding the broadband network it was using to control its power system, “and we overbuilt it because of the lack of broadband in our community,” says Larry Gates, director of utilities. “We really wanted to connect the anchor institutions in our community.”
A few years later, Chanute was in the Internet business, offering gigabit fiber as well as Wi-Fi and WiMAX services, and anchor institutions were quick to take advantage of the technology. The local hospital now uses it for practicing telemedicine, Gates says, and the local community college has had such success ramping up online study opportunities that it now ranks among the nation’s five fastest-growing community colleges.
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Public Power: A Rock-Solid Business Partner
Public power has been beneficial to economic development efforts across the U.S. for a long time. There are more than 2,000 public power utilities serving major metropolitan cities to small rural towns and villages across the country — most are members of the American Public Power Association (APPA). Each of these utilities takes enormous pride in serving its respective community. For businesses, that translates into electricity that is delivered with unmatched reliability and as economically as possible.
I’ve had the pleasure of serving in the power industry for more than 40 years on both sides of the coin: at for-profit, investor-owned organizations and, for the last decade, in the public power sector. And I can tell you this: The public power business model is as good as it gets.
One aspect that makes public power special is local control. Each public power utility exists solely to serve the businesses and residents in its community. Each local business and resident has a voice in how its respective public power utility is operated. Each customer knows exactly whom to call if he has questions, concerns, or simply wants to keep in touch with his public power partners — after all, the public power utility is most likely located just down the street. That’s a far cry from being served by a somewhat faceless investor-owned utility most likely located in another city or perhaps even another state.
I encourage businesses to be involved with their local public power utility — attend the meetings, drop in and simply say “hello,” and learn more about its economic development benefits as well as the challenges and issues of your local public power utility.
J. Gary Stauffer,
2013-14 Chair of American Public Power Association
Executive Director, NMPP Energy
A Boost for Business
Needless to say, governmental and educational users aren’t the only ones eager to plug into broadband. “Broadband is an essential element for industry,” says Joe King, city manager in Danville, Virginia. “We were finding a decade ago that telecommunication providers were doing a satisfactory job with basic needs, but if someone needed more than a T1, the utilities were not providing the services needed by companies. That’s why we stepped in.”
The city’s broadband network is called nDanville, and it works hand-in-hand with private partners to bring advanced technology to businesses and residents alike. It’s very much an economic development matter, King says. “We are using broadband to help attract new business.” Publicly provided broadband is, in fact, an important element as Danville works to build a stronger local economy. As with lots of communities in that part of the country, Danville’s economy had for generations been driven by textiles, tobacco, and furniture manufacturing — industries that were shrinking dramatically. Through the years, the city lost some 12,000 jobs, and it needed to transition to a new and different economy. “Having the municipal government make broadband available has made it possible to attract companies that consider broadband to be essential to their business,” King says.
A dramatic illustration of the transformation into the future is the Noblis Center for Applied High Performance Computing, which set up operations in Danville and plugged into nDanville as a secondary broadband link to its other locations. “That would never have been possible if we had not been able to provide the service to them,” King observes.
The interest in Danville has been global, he adds, including companies from such places as Poland, Japan, and India. Affordable access to the most advanced broadband services can really make a difference for fledgling companies, King says, and his community is proving to be attractive to up-and-coming businesses. “We’re dealing with small entrepreneurs starting businesses that need broadband,” he says. “In the last five years we’ve attracted 15 new industries that are growing nicely.” These kinds of examples underscore one of the pluses of picking a location in a public power community: All of the players are on the same page, with interests in full alignment. The local utility is not just there to provide electricity or water or broadband — it has a powerful interest in the success of local businesses, because those with ultimate oversight of the utility also are responsible for growing the business base, creating jobs, and fostering prosperity in the community. The utility does not exist to turn a profit for itself, but instead has a strong desire to help its customers turn a profit, all the while building a healthier business environment and creating a better quality of life.
One of the companies that picked a Chanute location and plugged into that community’s broadband network found that the technology met some of its needs better than what was available at one of its other locations, in a large metropolitan area. So, Gates says, the company moved its computer servers to Chanute. The utility’s future-focused mindset was beneficial for a local employer, and that became a positive for the community. That’s how things work in public power communities.
It’s an Attitude, Too
Companies looking for attractive locations certainly appreciate such benefits as state-of-the-art broadband, as these communities have found. But the efforts to establish that technology can yield some less tangible but equally important value, too. They say something about the character of public power communities and the decision-makers leading them. There’s a “can-do” attitude that many site selectors find appealing.
Consider the example of the broadband push in Lafayette, Louisiana. It took a lot of perseverance to make it happen, because there were powerful forces aligned against the effort. Incumbent providers were not thrilled to see a municipality entering their line of business, and they fought the initiative in court.
“The fight we had to go through was a big thing. It took us going to the state Supreme Court,” Huval recalls. “One company was looking to locate here, and the owner of the company said he chose Lafayette because he thought a city progressive enough to move forward to put this infrastructure in place was the kind of city he wanted for his business.”
Danville, Virginia, followed a different business model that put it in partnership with private-sector providers. “We decided to create an open access system,” King says. The city makes the broadband connection to customer locations, but the Internet and telecom services carried on the network are provided by private companies.
Gates has been fighting legislative battles, meanwhile, against proposed state legislation that would potentially outlaw the type of community installation that Chanute has developed and wants to expand into residential areas. The bill emerged not long after Chanute’s City Commission voted to work toward “fiber to the home” access, and it sparked a furor that reached national technology trade publications.
The fate of that legislation is not yet clear, but Gates has warned, “It will kill our economic development efforts.” If his fight is successful, though, it will offer one more example of the spirit that public power communities bring to the task of providing services vital to citizens and businesses.
Chattanooga likes to call itself “Gig City,” in honor of its taxpayer-owned fiber network that was one of the first of its kind and scale.
That spirit recently caught the attention of The New York Times, which traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to learn more about the municipal broadband initiative there. Chattanooga likes to call itself “Gig City,” in honor of its taxpayer-owned fiber network that was one of the first of its kind and scale.
That development turned a lot of heads, and persuaded tech-savvy entrepreneurs and workers to put Chattanooga on their short lists of possible homes. The technology is attractive, advanced, and affordably priced; and the city’s pursuit of the technology set a tone that has appealed to business owners. The newspaper put the spotlight on Toni Gemayel, who heard about the Internet service and decided to move his software startup from Florida to Chattanooga. “People here are thinking big,” he told The Times, and city leaders believe their technology has created at least a thousand jobs in the past three years.
Why Public Power?
The story of public power in Lafayette, Louisiana, illustrates why a lot of communities got into the power business years ago. Though there are some very large American cities that have municipal utilities, many public power communities are small, and because their needs were not being met by other providers, they took matters into their own hands. Their relative size is apparent when you consider that there are about 2,000 publicly owned utilities and just fewer than 200 investor-owned utilities, but more than two thirds of the nation’s customers are served by that relatively small number of investor-owned utilities.
Chattanooga likes to call itself “Gig City,” in honor of its taxpayer-owned fiber network that was one of the first of its kind and scale. Another way to look at that statistic is to realize that the owners of public utilities — generally local governments — are by definition close-to-home. The people in charge of the utilities, as well as everyone from line workers to account representatives, tend to live in or near the communities they’re serving, and that helps them be especially responsive to the needs of their customers. That proximity is also helpful when there are outages, as the workers who fix problems can be onsite promptly — the result is that public power communities tend to have high reliability statistics.
One of the most important distinctions is the lack of a profit motive. There are no private investors who are expecting a share of the profit. In a public power community, rates can thus be held to a minimum, and any operating margin can be reinvested in the community. Don’t confuse small with unsophisticated, though. As these stories of broadband service suggest, even small communities are doing impressive things, technologically speaking. They’re also out in front when it comes to sophisticated environmental issues.
Consider Nebraska, a fully public power state where local utilities are served by the Nebraska Public Power District. NPPD has a goal that by 2020, at least 10 percent of the power it provides will be from renewable sources, and it’s getting there in a number of ways. It operates multiple wind farms, such as the 80-megawatt Elkhorn Ridge and Laredo Ridge farms. NPPD also notes that the public utilities in Nebraska have contracted to purchase more than 100 megawatts of hydropower from various sources.
Other states and regions have their own cooperative efforts that help municipal utilities thrive, provide attentive service, and offer attractive rates. ElectriCities, for example, serves public power utilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. It’s all about building economies of scale and allowing public power communities the best of all worlds — hometown flavor but collective access to technical expertise, economic development services, energy-efficiency offerings, and a wide range of other programs.
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Richard Prince, Untitled (#130) (2016). Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
BY Allan Schwartzman
In Allan's Intro
The exhibition of Ad Reinhardt’s blue paintings at David Zwirner gallery, which finished last week, (“Ad Reinhardt: Blue Paintings”) was an exquisite event that beautifully delineated the artist’s path from Geometric Constructivism to almost monochromatic paintings of perception that plumb the depths of experience through the complex simplicity of using just one color.
This museum-quality love poem of an exhibition brought meaning and presence to phases within the artist’s arc of development I had always found easy to dismiss—until now. It is especially rewarding to see things you thought you already understood with fresh appreciation and respect.
Installation view of “Ad Reinhardt: Blue Paintings” at David Zwirner, New York (12 September-21 October 2017) © 2017 Estate of Ad Reinhardt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
There has been a lot of talk lately—deserved and overdue—about the contributions of women artists to Minimalism, a movement which has tended to be understood from a masculine perspective. Though she was hardly a “Minimalist” (though, in a sense who was? Robert Ryman rejects the label), the great postwar painter Mira Schendel made, at the end of her career, some of her most potent minimalistic works.
Hauser & Wirth’s recent exhibition included great, large-scale examples from two of her finest bodies of work: the chromatically slight, but physically robust “Black and White Works”—some white with just a line of black, others black in their entirety, with structured and poetic surfaces; and the “Sarrafos”—white paintings with even more uninflected surfaces to which a black wooden bar has been attached, resulting in a physical and spatial experience. Schendel made a dozen Sarrafos, fewer white paintings, and even fewer black ones, and they are amongst my favorite explorations of not only the monochrome and its complexity, but of how profoundly unknown the physical can be.
Further examples of great art whose financial value (in general) has not matched its aesthetic and historical significance that I’ve recently seen include, on a trip to Chicago, the most amazing work by Lee Bontecou at the Museum of Contemporary Art; a transcendent painting by Jack Whitten, Khee II (1978), at the Art Institute of Chicago; a small and beautiful Tarsila do Amaral exhibition, also at the Art Institute (“Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil”, until 7 January 2018).
Tarsila do Amaral, Abaporu (1928) Collection MALBA, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires © Tarsila do Amaral Licenciamentos
One of the most important Latin American modernists, do Amaral is little known outside of her native Brazil. With echoes in her forms of Picasso, Matisse and other foundational painters of Modern Art, Tarsila made paintings that are emphatically Latin in their imagery and palette. Though very different from her North American counterparts (from O’Keeffe to Benton and many in between) the exhibition made clear that American (in the fullest sense of the word) artists brought to the French Modernism that inspired them a sense of narrative and place that their European counterparts largely sought to expel from abstraction. The exhibition comes to MoMA in February.
In London there was much talk about the Jasper Johns retrospective at the Royal Academy, which I have not yet had the pleasure of viewing (“Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’”, until 10 December). Many people mentioned that it caused them to more deeply appreciate this colossally significant artist, particularly the later work.
One of the museum shows that was I able to see—and loved—was the Rachel Whiteread retrospective at Tate Britain (“Rachel Whiteread”, until 21 January 2018). This was an exquisite and consistent display by an artist who has been bringing presence to absence for more than three decades, with the corporeality of clouds. The bearing she brings to her work conveys both death and the light of life, and captures a psychological sense of belonging and detachment that is both very contemporary and timeless.
Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) (1995) at Tate Britain (until 21 January 2018) © Rachel Whiteread. Photo © Tate (Seraphina Neville and Mark Heathcote)
The unexpected, profound juxtaposition of the month was in a historically staggering and deeply personal collection that I had the pleasure to view recently in Chicago, a flaming painting by Ed Ruscha was installed beside a beautiful 2010 canvas by Luc Tuymans. Who woulda thunk it?
Thank goodness I was able to spend time with Rirkrit Tiravanija’s epic exhibition at Gavin Brown’s enterprise in Harlem of three major video and film installations (“Skip the Bruising of the Eskimos to the Exquisite Words vs If I Give You a Penny You Can Give me a Pair of Scissors”, until Saturday).
Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2013 (passport to the middleworld) (2013) © Rirkrit Tiravanija. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
One is a personal retrospective of the Super-8 films the artist created during his first two decades of art making; another comprises two portraits, one of an old Thai farmer ritualistically toiling through the day and the other of a European artist at work; finally, and most poignantly, a frame-by-frame remake of the great German film-maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s key film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974).
Detail of Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2013 (passport to the middleworld) (2013) © Rirkrit Tiravanija. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
One work captures decades of the artist’s work; another explores what it means to have a daily practice; and the last work, with brutal clarity, details how sentiments of race, belonging and exclusion, and the role of borders in life and cultural identity, rarely change. Each of these three works can be understood to define Rirkrit and the intersection of life and being that result in his art.
The mid-1960s through the 1970s was one of the periods of greatest rupture, inventive experimentation and formative change in art (as in society). And some of the greatest, most rigorous and poetic art of that time was made in Italy. The artists came to be grouped within a movement that was termed Arte Povera by the critic Germano Celant, who saw it as encapsulating an international spirit that included artists as materially diverse as Richard Serra and Lawrence Weiner.
But, in recent decades, the term has come to be used strictly in connection with the Italian artists whose work triggered the term. Of those artists, Alighiero Boetti has engaged the interest of the American art market for quite some time; the works of Michelangelo Pistoletto have experienced a spike in interest in the past couple of years; and one of the most amazing artists of the batch, 91-year old Marisa Merz—who is currently making some of the greatest works of her career—was, finally, the subject of her first major museum show in the United States this year (at the Met Breuer and the Hammer). But the markets for the work of Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Giulio Paolini, Giovanni Anselmo, Luciano Fabro, Pino Pascali, and Giuseppe Penone, who are all artistic giants of the past half century and the subjects of the some of the most inspired museum surveys of the 1980s, have for the most part been stagnant and their works wrenched from the international context in which they are most fully appreciated. (To mention just one example, has anyone in the postwar period made a carved sculpture as exquisite, poignant and sensual as Fabro?)
While museums and collectors have in recent years begun to catch on to the significance of art made in the postwar period in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, several of the most savvy New York galleries are just now attempting to wake us up to the neglected Italian grandees whose work has always been in our scope: there are four different exhibitions of work from this period on show in New York this season including “Arte Povera, curated by Ingvild Goetz” at Hauser & Wirth until Saturday). Meanwhile, Germano Celant has been instrumental in organizing three different exhibitions: “Contingencies: Arte Povera and After” at Luxembourg & Dayan (until 16 December), “Nuvolo and the Post-War Materiality 1950-65”, opening tomorrow at Di Donna gallery (until 26 January) and “Ileana Sonnabend and Arte Povera” at Lévy Gorvy (opening 2 November until 23 December).
Painting for Richard Prince has always been a source of ambivalence. He came into his own as an artist in the age of Watergate, after painting had been declared dead, the object superfluous and originality a privilege of the past—at a time when just about everything that used to define what great art could be now provoked distrust for the artist and many of his generation.
Prince’s standards for what and how to communicate have been so rigorous that (like Sherrie Levine), while he has been one of the most prescient and significant artists of his generation, the commercial success that greeted his peers and spiritual cousins Cindy Sherman, David Salle and Jeff Koons, evaded him for nearly a decade.
That was until, after a decade of re-photographing photographs to make statements about image and object making, he decided it was time to make a painting. The joke paintings that resulted (appropriated jokes stenciled on a flat monochrome field) challenged the fundamentals of painting and its capacity to transcend, by reducing it to an esthetic container for what could be called an enemy of painting—a one-liner. Though, in the case of Prince, the jokes did transcend precisely because, when it comes to Prince’s painting, what things appear to be, and what they can be, is rarely as clear as it may seem.
It would be fair to say that Prince has retained much of his ambivalence towards painting (ambivalence often being the mother of rigor), his critics and his collectors. I am not confident that the market has always been right about Richard’s work because the balance of gesture and imagery by which painting are typically valued doesn’t apply to his work. The market has sometimes placed less financial value in certain bodies of Prince’s work that are critically significant, and which I believe will be proven historically to be so.
Richard Prince, Untitled (#130) (2016-17). Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Some of his finest bodies of work, in my opinion, have remained relative bargains while, on occasion, some of his less powerful work have become most coveted by the market. (This is similar to the ways in which the market for Picasso in recent years has placed so much more value in the decoratively beautiful portraits of the 1930s over the revolutionary analytic Cubist paintings made between 1910 and 1912.)
Prince’s new paintings, which go on view at Gladstone Gallery on 3 November (“Richard Prince: Ripple Paintings”, until 22 December), are to my eye the greatest paintings he has made since he first started to paint car hoods and jokes.
In a sense, they fuse the two critical formats of his career—appropriated photography and painting in the form of a joke. The new paintings combine a monochromatic painted blob atop, and often greatly obscuring, the bawdy cartoons and punchlines of Playboy magazine from 1967 to 1970. They are jokes with received imagery and pure painting splatted one atop the other, though in truth—and true to Prince—the paintings aren’t painted at all, but rather inkjet prints of painted collages of the original cartoons. They are funny, beautiful, profound—and very smart, in that sly way that this leading figure of this generation of ambivalence can simultaneously giveth and taketh away.
And, Cecily Brown at Paula Cooper Gallery: WOW! Her new exhibition “A Day! Help! Help! Another Day!” represents a new level of achievement and complexity that, for me, confirm this painter as a truly great artist (opening 27 October – 2 December).
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Home > Blog > Solar panels: what is their environmental impact?
Solar panels: what is their environmental impact?
By Sophie
Producing electricity with solar panels does not cause any pollution. This means that the ecological impact of photovoltaics is zero. If any, then it's the production of the solar panels themselves that causes pollution as the industrial processes can never be fully environmentally neutral. What can we then say about the evironmental balance of photovoltaics on the whole?
The environmental impact of the production processes
The sand from which the silicon is extracted, the chlorinated products used to make the cells and the other chemical elements that come into their production obviously involve waste. In addition, the industrial process itself results in the emission of greenhouse gases and the use of a certain amount of water. Anecdotal mention may also be made on the environmental impact of certain equipment related to solar panels such as inverters, which is mainly due to their electronical equipment and the materials that are made of.
All these factors must therefore be taken into account when assessing the overall environmental impact of photovoltaics. By taking these kinds of pollution into account and counterbalancing them with the positive impact of solar systems on the environment, the final result is ultimately favorable.
Energetic impact compensation
As a matter of fact, the chemical or organic waste caused by the production of solar panels can be considered as minor. Consequently, their main impact is due to their energy consumption, mainly due to the refining of silicon, which accounts for nearly 40%. This effect is more than compensated by its use. Rather, it is considered that, thanks to its own electricity production, a photovoltaic panel has an energy return time (that is, the reimbursement of the energy "debt" generated by its production) of ca 3 years in France. However, photovoltaic systems have a lifespan between 30 and 35 years. Therefore, at the end of its period of use, a panel will have paid its debt back at least 10 times.
An emission of greenhouse gases below that of other energies
With regard to the emission of greenhouse gases, a solar panel emits about 70g of CO2-eq for 1 kWh produced. And the average for the production of kWh in France is 110g CO2-eq, this average varying according to the type of use of the energy produced.
An impact that tends to diminish
The continuous improvement of production techniques, with the arrival of new equipment and technical innovations, increases the ecological performance of photovoltaics. These new techniques tend to reduce the total energy expenditure by 10 to 20%. It's the same for the expenditure of materials; with the introduction of increasingly thin panels and the installation of frameless modules, this expenditure is diminishing. Increasing cell efficiency with the advance of photovoltaic technology also tends to reduce the environmental impact of the system.
Recycling solar panels
To achieve a complete environmental assessment, it is necessary to consider the waste treatment that involves the solar panels end of life.
This waste is first of all limited because of the few spare parts the panels are made of. Similarly, the materials being enclosed in laminate generate little waste. But even small in volume, what shall we do with them once the solar panel is at the end of its life?
It is important to consider that solar panels can be recycled. An association was created to do so in 2007: PV Cycle offers collection points for the used panels of their members’ brands. The panel recycling makes it possible to recover precious materials and to save our natural resources. It is indeed possible to recycle glass, some metals and parts of the semiconductor materials component panels. In addition, recycling techniques are being improved and more and more components of solar modules are entitled to a second life.
Glass, for example, is recovered to create fiberglass products, insulators or packaging. As for metals, silicon and plastic, they are used to produce new raw materials. The panels’ recycling hence induces a virtuous circle: as it allows the reproduction of the raw materials used for the manufacture of the panels, the cost of the latter decreases mechanically.
In conclusion, the environmental record which is already favorable for photovoltaics is bound to improve as a result of technical innovations and recycling. On this last point, the PV Cycle association has set targets leading to recycled panels percentage to be 80% by 2015 and 85% by 2020.
The production of electricity from a photovoltaic panel does not cause any particular pollution. The ecological impact of photovoltaic operation is therefore zero. If we have to look for an impact, it will be on the side of the production of panels which happens to be the result of a not neutral industrial process for the environment. What can we then conclude on the environmental balance of photovoltaics?
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April 4, Senegal declares independence from France
1841- John Tyler becomes America’s 10th president, assumes office after the death of President William Henry Harrison who passed away from pneumonia after just a month in the White House.
1947- The establishment of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
1960- Senegal declares its independence from France.
1973- The World Trade Center site officially opened to the public in New York City.
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1821- Linus Yale, an American mechanical engineer and manufacturer, who is best known for his inventions of locks.
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1841- William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States.
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South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, liberation from the apartheid regime
Damascus, SANA-South Africa Republic celebrates its Freedom Day, South Africa’s national day on April 27th, and commemorates the first democratic, non-racial elections which were held in 1994.
After years of struggle led by Nelson Mandela, South Africa succeeded in ending the apartheid regime and started to become an effective power in the region and one of the most stable and developed African countries which qualified it to become a member state of the BRICS and of the G-20.
Before forming the South African Union in 1919, the country used to consist of a number of fighting districts and colonies which were under the control of the British colonization which adopted the apartheid policy differentiating between the white immigrants who are of European origins and the African locals.
In 1948, the national party of the European residents won in questionable elections and it adopted the policy of apartheid and applied it in all walks of life to establish a regime that was known as the regime of “Apartheid”.
The practices of the apartheid regime pushed the Africans to struggle for tens of years to achieve the liberation backed by a number of the national liberation movements in different countries in the world including Syria, and this struggle was crowned with holding the first multi-party elections in which Mandela won in 1994.
Outstanding historic relations bind Syria and South Africa as the two countries share identical viewpoints towards various international issues, on top, the standing against the apartheid and their support to the peoples’ right in deciding their fate, in addition to supporting the international liberation movements.
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The relations binding the two countries have witnessed a rapid development over the past few years based on both countries’ desire to enhance bilateral cooperation in political, economic, trade and scientific domains.
In 2009, Syria and South Africa signed an agreement that aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the sphere of higher education and facilitating the recognition of the academic certificates issued by the institutions of higher education in both countries.
In 2010, the two countries signed a political cooperation protocol and an agreement of economic and trade cooperation with the aim of boosting bilateral cooperation in the domains of transportation, technology and knowledge, in addition to carrying out joint projects and encouraging the specialized companies and bodies to consider the possibility of carrying out cooperation projects included in the agreement.
Based on its principled stances in support of Syria’s right to restore the occupied Golan and in support of the Palestinian cause, and its stand by the countries which seek to counter terrorism, South Africa has been keen on enhancing cooperation with Syria and supporting it in facing the challenges of the current crisis.
Over the last few months, several meetings were held between the two countries to discuss cooperation in the domains of transportation, construction and higher education.
Other topics of discussion between the two countries were the possibility of benefiting from South Africa’s experiences in the domain of achieving a considerable economic growth, localizing investments, strategic agriculture, developing food and electronic industries and its pioneer experience in the national reconciliation.
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During a reception held in Damascus on Sunday celebrating South Africa’s Freedom Day, South African Ambassador in Damascus Shaun Byneveldt highlighted the strong ties binding his country and Syria, affirming keenness on developing them as the two countries are key players on the international level.
Byneveldt said his country’s “road to freedom and democracy had not been easy and it wouldn’t have been achieved without the real friends such as Syria and other members of the international community”.
In a speech during the event, Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad stressed Syria’s support to the people of South Africa in their struggle for liberation and eliminating racism in all forms.
He pointed out that the support provided to the apartheid by countries that are currently fighting humanity under pretexts of protecting human rights, citing the sufferings of the Palestinians under the occupation of Israel, which was a supporter of the apartheid regime.
Dr. Mikdad said that Syria is now fighting a new form of apartheid, which is the international terrorism along with its backers, adding that Syria will be victorious.
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The Iraqi Security Forces Now Control 80 Percent of the Diyala-Salahiddeen Border
by Leith Aboufadel
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have made significant progress in the Diyala and Salahiddeen Governorates over the last ten months, as the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) continue to suffer loss after loss near the Iraqi capital; this success has forced the terrorist group to abandon their positions and reinforce their comrades at the provinces of Al-‘Anbar and Nineveh in western Iraq.
Despite the devastating loss of Al-Ramadi (provincial capital of Al-‘Anbar) to the terrorist group, the Iraqi Security Forces and their allies from the Badr Brigades and Hashid Al-Sha’abi have been able to recover almost all of the territory in the Diyala Governorate, while also capturing a number of strategic ISIS strongholds like Tikrit and Baiji inside the Salahiddeen Governorate.
Due to their success in these provinces located in central Iraq, the Iraqi Security Forces have been able to take control of 80 percent of the Diyala-Salahiddeen provincial borders, leaving the militants from ISIS with only a small pocket of territory left in their possession.
If the Iraqi Security Forces are successful in recapturing all of the territory in the Diyala and Salahiddeen Governorates, ISIS will no longer have a presence in eastern Iraq and they will be forced to rely solely on their contingents in the Al-‘Anbar Governorate to reach the Iraqi capital of Baghdad; however, this is unlikely to happen as each day concludes with minimal success for the terrorist group.
In addition to their success in the Salahiddeen Governorate, the Iraq media activist – Haider Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) – has reported that the Iraqi Security Forces have taken control of six towns located north of Baghdad; these towns were identified as the following: Hourat, Khadhra, Ghazila, Nahr Al-Yabis, Albu Shlal, and Albu Hayat.
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On Sunday morning, the Iraqi Army’s 8th Division and Hashd Al-Sha’abi arrested 34 members of ISIS (including Saudi and Afghani members), while also confiscating a large cache of assault rifles, ammunition, RPGs, 150 mobile phones, IED materials, and grenades during an assault at the villages of Ishaqi, Samarra, and Jazira.
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Art of Translation Series: Dunya Mikhail
Monday, July 8, 2019 @ 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Free RSVP 2019-07-08 7 p.m. 2019-07-08 8:30 p.m. America/New_York Art of Translation Series: Dunya Mikhail 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15212 Alphabet City
Join us for our last reading celebrating the work and artistry of literary translation. This program is the 4th and final installment of our Art of Translation Series featuring poet Dunya Mikhail.
Dunya Mikhail will be reading from several of her collections with focus on her forthcoming work: In Her Feminine Sign. It is the first book she has written in both Arabic and English, a process she talks about in her preface, saying, “I didn’t translate them; I only wrote them twice.” Mikhail will be reading in both English and Arabic and talking about her translation process or why she doesn’t call it “translation.”
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Dunya Mikhail was born in Iraq (Baghdad) in 1965 and came to the United States thirty years later. She’s renowned for her subversive, innovative, and satirical poetry. After graduation from the University of Baghdad, she worked as a journalist and translator for the Baghdad Observer. Facing censorship and interrogation, she left Iraq, first to Jordan and then to America (Detroit). Mikhail’s honors include the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Knights Foundation grant, the Kresge Fellowship, and the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing. She is the co-founder of Michigan-community-based Mesopotamian Forum for Art and Culture. She currently works as a special lecturer of Arabic at Oakland University in Michigan.
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Jul 23, 2019 - Science
Blue Origin gets closer to flying people to the edge of space
Miriam Kramer, author of Space
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifting off. Photo: Blue Origin
Blue Origin is just a few test flights away from flying people to suborbital space by the end of the year, CEO Bob Smith told Axios.
Why it matters: If the Jeff Bezos-founded company does manage to fly humans to the edge of space aboard its New Shepard system before the end of the year, it makes the company a major player in the suborbital game.
Blue Origin is focused on making access to space cheaper and easier. The New Shepard, which targets tourism, is one element of that.
Details: Blue Origin’s last New Shepard test occurred on May 2, marking the 11th successful flight of the system and 5th flight for that particular rocket and booster.
“We’re still focused on getting the vehicle ready to go fly humans on it, and we’re still pushing to get that done by the end of the year,” Smith said.
“That calendar year is coming up closer and closer, so we’ve got to get [a few] more flights in this year before we put people on it.”
Smith also said the company has yet to set a price per seat for a ride on the rocket.
The big picture: Instead of just focusing on one element of the space business, Blue Origin has a variety of different projects in the works, including its Blue Moon lander — designed to bring cargo and one day people to the lunar surface — and large New Glenn rocket.
Bezos reportedly sells off about $1 billion in Amazon stock each year to fund Blue Origin, and the company is now fighting hard to break into the lucrative national security launch business.
Blue Origin isn’t the only suborbital game in town, with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic also planning to fly its first customers in the coming year or two.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Bob Smith said the company would fly a few test flights before the end of the year rather than two flights.
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Leaning On The QB
Position always been important, but stress increasing
Quarterback Andrew Luck meets with the media at the Scouting combine.
INDIANAPOLIS – The crowds haven't changed.
At the annual Scouting combine, the media surrounds the quarterback as he comes in for his interview. It was the same for Michael Vick and David Carr a decade ago as it was for Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III this week.
The position itself seems to have evolved. Teams throw now more than ever. Quarterback may not be any more important than in the days of Bradshaw, Staubach and Stabler but it certainly feels like the game now insists on a higher level of play than before.
"Most teams, if not all, would love to be able to have a great quarterback, but not everyone can do that," Cardinals general manager Rod Graves said. "You are hoping to have at least one that won't beat you, one that won't turn the ball over, won't make the mistakes that put you behind the eight-ball."
Great quarterbacks are the ones that win titles, however, or reach Super Bowls. Passing statistics have become video-game-like. The right quarterback covers up for an inconsistent defense or a subpar offensive line or a running game that doesn't dominate. No other position can have that kind of sway.
The Cardinals are still trying to figure out their own quarterback quandary, counting on a full offseason to help either Kevin Kolb or John Skelton become that player that Kurt Warner once was for them. Teams at the combine rave about Luck (who seems likely to end up with Indianapolis, picking No. 1) and Griffin (former coach Brian Billick said Griffin is a much better passer at this point than running QBs Cam Newton, Michael Vick or Tim Tebow were) and hope both pan out into stars. Other teams are hoping Peyton Manning will be healthy enough (and cut by the Colts) because he has proven he can be that kind of quarterback.
"It's not any more important, but I just think, with the evolution of the passing game and the complexity of the schemes and what you are asking quarterbacks to do, you are just putting more stress on that position," Cardinals director of player personnel Steve Keim said.
Some of the changes to the position aren't recent transformations. Long ago went away the idea, for the most part, that a quarterback could be drafted high and sit for multiple seasons. But it was just 2004 when Ben Roethlisberger, forced into the lineup with Pittsburgh, could be sheltered in an offense by a running game and defense like the Steelers did en route to a 15-1 record.
It's hard to imagine a Super Bowl champ winning a title with a Trent Dilfer at quarterback anymore, like the Ravens did in 2000 because their defense was one of the best ever. The rules work against that, and so has the flow of offenses.
No longer do teams ride one running back to success, like once upon a time. It's up to the quarterback to make things happen, and if he can't in a year or two, there's usually a good chance he is replaced.
"The kids are getting bigger, stronger and faster, at every position," Broncos president and Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway said. "The game is getting more complicated. … Athletically and size-wise, maturity-wise, these kids realize when they step out of college, especially if you're high in the draft, there are high expectations and a lot of pressure to perform early."
Of the four teams that made it to the NFL championship games, two leaned on their defense more often. Both those teams ended up losing, although it wasn't the fault of 49ers quarterback Alex Smith or Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, each of whom it could be argued should have won.
Then again, Tom Brady and Eli Manning were the ones playing in the Super Bowl.
The 49ers created a blueprint of sorts this season, a Dilfer-on-steroids situation with Smith. His statistics, while not prolific, were outstanding because he didn't make mistakes. The defense led that team. "When you're asking players to do what they can't do, you usually have unsuccessful situations," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said.
But can the defense replicate the same turnover ratio next season? The odds are that Smith will have to make more of an impact for San Francisco to win 13 games again.
Basic football, and basic quarterbacking, can still win, Graves said. "I still believe, regardless of what we saw this past season, in teams that run the football, play good defense and minimize errors by the quarterback, you can go a long way doing that."
The spotlight certainly isn't going to change, however.
"With increased attention to the game, with the number of different media outlets and increased statistical analysis, there is a lot more focus on quarterback play on a game-by-game basis or even per attempt," Cards coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "But it's always been an important position, regardless of whether you are handing off or throwing a pass."
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Lucy Langley
Bath Wills is Lucy Langley who was a practising solicitor for eight years.
Lucy qualified as a solicitor in 1999 and worked in a high street practice carrying out private client work, including wills and probate. She then transferred to project finance and worked firstly at Pinsent Masons and then Freshfields for 7 years.
Whilst at Freshfields Lucy worked on a broad range of domestic and international energy and PFI work, including being personally responsible for managing large infrastructure projects to close, mostly in London but also in Singapore and Prague. She was the lead associate advising E.On on its disposal of its interests in a power station in Indonesia, deal value was in excess of $100 million. She also advised Royal Bank of Scotland as senior lenders on the £300 million Dockland Light Railway PFI project, Babcock and Brown as sponsors on the £61 million Derbyshire Courts PFI project and the sponsors (who included Halliburton) on the 1.5 billion Euro D47 Czech Motorway project.
Lucy was also seconded to Goldman Sachs for 9 months. Lucy moved to Bath in 2008 and has been helping clients in Bath with their wills for nearly 6 years now.
E-mail: contact@bathwills.com
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Transfer Venue
Judge Walrath (Bankr. D. Del.) Denies Motion to Transfer Venue of Preference Action Notwithstanding Defendant’s Forum Selection Clause
In Judge Walrath’s RCS Creditor Trust v. Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (In re RCS Capital Corp.) opinion, the Court found that the presence of a forum selection clause (“FSC”) was not enough to trump the bankruptcy court’s ability to maintain venue for an avoidance action. In so finding, the judge agreed with the Trustee-Plaintiff’s argument that the Debtors’ creditors were the ultimate parties-in-interest in the action, and thus were not bound by any FSC between the Debtors and Defendant (the Debtors and Defendant hereafter the “Parties”). On that and other bases, the Court denied Defendant’s motion to transfer venue (the “Motion”) to the Southern District of New York (“SDNY,” the venue required by the FSC) under 28 U.S.C. § 1412 and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7087.
Background and the Twelve Factor Jumara Test
Plaintiff sought to recover approximately $580,000 pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 547 and 548(a)(1)(B). Defendant, a law firm, responded by filing the Motion.
Courts in the Third Circuit consider a variety of factors in deciding whether to grant a motion to transfer venue, including:
(1) plaintiff’s choice of forum,
(2) defendant’s forum preference;
(3) whether the claim arose elsewhere,
(4) location of books and records,
(5) convenience of the parties based upon their relative physical and financial condition,
(6) convenience of the witnesses
(7) enforceability of the judgment,
(8) practical considerations that would make the trial easy, expeditious, or inexpensive,
(9) congestion of the courts’ dockets,
(10) public policies of the fora,
(11) familiarity of the judge with the applicable state law, and
(12) local interest in deciding local controversies at home.
See Jumara v. State Farm Ins. Co., 55 F.3d 873 (3d Cir. 1995) (the “Jumara Factors”). The Court found only three Jumara Factors (2, 3, and 6) weighed in Defendant’s favor here, as briefly summarized in the chart below.
Factor Arguments Ruling
(P) D: deference to a plaintiff’s choice of forum is lessened when suing in a representative capacity. The rationale for less deference to a representative plaintiff is inapplicable to a bankruptcy trustee.
(D) D: prefers SDNY. True, but D’s preference given less weight than P’s.
(D/P) D: all facts occurred in the SDNY. Also, the Parties’ engagement letter (the “Agreement”) included the FSC, requiring resolution in the SDNY.
P: avoidance actions arise by statute and are separate from an underlying contract. Also, the Debtors’ creditors are the parties-in-interest in an avoidance action, and thus are not bound by the Parties’ FSC. Performance of the legal services is not at issue, although payments made in SDNY militates towards transfer.
Regarding the FSC, the Court agreed with Plaintiff’s argument (derived from AstroPower Liquidating Trust v. Xantrex Tech. Inc. (In re AstroPower Liquidating Trust), 335 B.R. 309 (Bankr. D. Del. 2005) and Charys Liquidating Trust v. McMahan Sec. Co., L.P., (Charys Holding Co., Inc.), 443 B.R. 628 (Bankr. D. Del. 2010)).
(N) D: Books and records are all in SDNY. Discovery in this case will be largely electronic.
(P) D: D is based in NYC, plus P’s counsel has a NYC office as well.
P: D often travels to Delaware for other cases. While transfer would be more convenient for D, pursuing actions in multiple fora creates temporal and financial burdens on P. Also, Delaware is nearby, D often appears in Delaware, and Delaware counsel has already been retained by P.
(P) D: all witnesses are in the SDNY, beyond the Court’s subpoena power.
P: avoidance actions rarely go to trial, are typically short. No indication that any witness won’t voluntarily appear.
(N) — Judgments in either court are entitled to full faith and credit.
(P) P: keeping the avoidance action in the same venue as the main case is more economical due to the Court’s familiarity with the case and the other, similar actions taking place. Agreed with P.
(P) — This case does not overburden the Court.
(P) P: transferring this case creates a slippery slope. Agreed with P, as P is pursuing multiple avoidance actions, and transfer of one could result in transferring hundreds of others.
(N) — No state law issues.
(P) — Purely federal bankruptcy issues predominate here, offsetting any potential interest the SDNY may have.
In sum, the Court found Defendant had not carried its burden to show that transfer was appropriate by a preponderance of the evidence.
The presence of the FSC in this case provides an interesting wrinkle, especially since the Jumara case itself instructs a court to “place considerable weight on the parties’ original choice of forum, as expressed in a contractual forum selection clause.” Jumara, 55 F.3d at 882. The Jumara case, however, was a non-bankruptcy case brought under state law by insureds against an insurer. Given that the instant case was (i) rooted in federal bankruptcy law, not the performance of the Agreement, and (ii) brought for the benefit of parties-in-interest who were not parties to the Agreement, the Court distinguished the FSC’s relevance here. The extent to which this rationale could be used in the context of other types of clauses or agreements remains to be seen. In addition, one wonders if the Court would find the “slippery slope” concerns of Factor 10 to be mitigated were the instant case the only one filed, and not one of “multiple actions” filed instead.
A copy of the Opinion can be found here.
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The Taliban hunters
By Mobeen Azhar
BBC News, Karachi
duration 14 December 2015
media captionMobeen Azhar joins a team that has become known as "The Taliban Hunters" on a raid
Pakistanis have long been among the world's biggest victims of terrorism, with only Iraq and Afghanistan suffering more fatalities as a result of terror attacks in recent years. For more than a decade the tribal belt in northern Pakistan has been the backdrop for the battle with the Taliban.
More recently the militants have moved into Pakistan's cities, with Karachi becoming a focal point.
I spent three weeks on the frontline embedded with Karachi police with a squad that has become known as the Taliban hunters.
At 01:15 my phone rings. It's Senior Superintendent Ijaz calling to let me know his team will be conducting an anti-Taliban raid later that night. "I have bullet-proofs for you," he tells me. I've been watching Ijaz work for the past two weeks. He's in his 30s but the bags under his eyes suggest he's packed a lot into those years.
By 02:15 I'm picked up from my hotel by a cavalcade of police vehicles and taken to officer Ijaz's central Karachi compound. I arrive in time to hear the pre-raid briefing.
"I'm in the mood to take the suspects alive. Only fire your guns with express orders from me or the other senior officers," Ijaz instructs his squad of 24 Taliban hunters.
Tonight marks the culmination of four weeks of surveillance. The target is a cell of suspected Taliban members. The police have been tracking their phones. They have intelligence suggesting the group is planning a kidnap.
image captionMobeen Azhar and Senior Supt Ijaz, the team's leader
Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, an international port with a population of 24 million people has now been in the Taliban's grip for more than two years. The city has become a cash cow for militants who have "top sliced" Karachi's gangs.
They make money from kidnap and extortion, with target killing and bombing their choice tools of terror. The latest available figures show 132 cases of kidnap were reported in Karachi in 2014, with the Taliban and affiliated groups being the primary suspects in almost all of these cases.
A cavalcade of five police vehicles sets off from the armoured compound. We travel north to the edge of the city. Ittehad town, a spiralling collection of pop-up slums, gullies and unregistered building has long been a no-go area for many Karachiites.
The police don't come to this area without back-up. We've come as far as we possibly can in police vehicles. The suspects' hideout is on a street so narrow we have to move forward on foot.
The light from central Karachi is miles behind us. The only sounds are our footsteps, whispering and dogs barking in the distance. With the hideout identified and surrounded, Ijaz gives the signal. Before his team can knock down the door, gunshots are fired from inside the building. "You are surrounded. Get down or we will shoot back."
A shootout plays out in front of my eyes and, after some tense moments, the two suspects are disarmed. Their weapons are seized and they are arrested.
Officer Ijaz explains: "Getting into the area is easy. Getting out is the difficult part." The members of the team leave the hideout and begin to walk back to the vehicles. The barking is now louder and the echo of metal bars being struck together ricochets through the air.
"The Taliban sound an alarm to let their supporters know the police are in the area. It's a call to arms. I have lost colleagues because of this."
image captionMobeen Azhar and Senior Supt Ijaz with a suspected Taliban member
We run back to the vehicles with the suspects handcuffed, leaving the Taliban's "alarm" in Ittehad town and returning to the relative safety of the police compound.
Just a few days earlier I had attended the funeral of Superintendent Mohammed Iqbal. He was killed in a Taliban attack outside his police station at the end of a 14-hour shift. He became the 164th officer to die on duty in a 12-month period. The Taliban hunters are in no way a specialist force. Many of them have no formal anti-terror training, and on some days even bullet-proof vests and armoured vehicles are difficult to come by.
"We have been stretched to breaking point. It's easy to fight the Taliban in the north of Pakistan because there is a clear target," says officer Ijaz. "But in Karachi it's very difficult because you don't know who your enemy is. They hide out in the slums. We are in a real war."
His force is making some progress, on paper at least. The number of officers killed on duty is down from 156 in 2014 to 79 in November 2015. "The government anti-Taliban operation in Waziristan has been a great success. The Taliban are finally retreating," he tells me.
image captionPakistan's military has been conducting operations against the Taliban in Waziristan
The military operation "Zarb e Azab" or "Sharp Strike", launched last summer, has been hailed as a success by Pakistani officials. But some fear the operation has simply driven militants from their Waziristan stronghold, further into Pakistan's urban centres. The Taliban struck a busy school in the city of Peshawar late last year, murdering 152 people, including 133 children. They claimed the attack was in response to the Zarb e Azab operation.
The massacre sparked unprecedented outrage in Pakistan, with peace rallies being held in every Pakistani town and city. The government lifted the moratorium on the death penalty, outraging human rights groups and doing nothing to lift the woefully low conviction rate.
Officer Ijaz tells me this is now the biggest hurdle in tackling violent extremism in Pakistan. "Testifying in court against the Taliban is a risk that many people are just not willing to take. It can often take 10 years or more for a case to go through the courts. Justice delayed can often be justice denied. Without changes in the system the battle with the Taliban can't truly be won."
At the time of writing, the suspects arrested on the night raid have been charged with conspiracy to kidnap and multiple counts of terrorism against the state. They are still awaiting trial.
Panorama: The Taliban Hunters will be broadcast on Monday 14 December at 20:30 GMT on BBC One.
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A win for equality - Supreme Court rejects TWU law school
The BC Humanist Association is celebrating a pair of 7-2 decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada affirming the Ontario and BC law societies' decisions to reject Trinity Western University's proposed law school.
The five-judge majority, writing in a united voice, argues that the law societies have a legitimate interest in ensuring principles of diversity and non-discrimination are fundamental to the integrity of the legal profession. Permitting a law school with a discriminatory admissions policy would be contrary to this end and therefore a decision to approve was unreasonable. "A more diverse bar is a more competent bar."
The majority wrote that the religious rights of "evangelical members of the TWU community" were limited and therefore they found it "unnecessary to determine whether TWU, as an institution, possesses rights under s. 2 (a) of the Charter." Nevertheless:
The LSBC’s decision did not limit religious freedom to a significant extent because a mandatory covenant is not absolutely required to study law in a Christian environment in which people follow certain religious rules of conduct, and studying law in an environment infused with the community’s religious beliefs is preferred, not necessary, for their spiritual growth.
They conclude, "Being required by someone else's religious beliefs to behave contrary to one's sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful."
In his concurrence, Justice Rowe concludes that section 2(a) rights (freedom of religion) are not engaged in the case. He writes that "religious freedom aims to protect individuals from interference with their religious beliefs and practices," and precludes an organizational right to religion.
[219] Therefore, in the context of this appeal, I would decline to find that TWU, as an institution, possesses rights under s. 2 (a). I note that, even if TWU did possess such rights, these would not extend beyond those held by the individual members of the faith community...This excludes TWU as an institution.
He goes on to say that the Covenant is coercive for non-Christians who (by TWU's own admission and as permitted by the law) attend TWU:
Where the protection of s. 2(a) is sought for a belief or practice that constrains the conduct of nonbelievers — those who have freely chosen not to believe — the claim falls outside the scope of the freedom. Therefore, interference with such a belief or practice is not an infringement of s. 2(a) because the coercion of nonbelievers is not protected by the Charter.
The student body at TWU is not coextensive with the religious community of evangelical Christians who attend TWU. Although TWU teaches from a Christian perspective, its statutory mandate requires that its admission policy not be restricted to Christian students. The Covenant is a commitment to enforcing a religiously‑based code of conduct, not just in respect of one’s own behaviour, but also in respect of others, including members of other religions and nonbelievers. Given that the coercion of nonbelievers is not protected by the Charter , TWU’s claim falls outside the scope of freedom of religion as protected by s. 2 (a).
Quoting directly from the factum of the Canadian Secular Alliance, Rowe says "a right designed to shield individuals from religious coercion cannot be used as a sword to coerce [conformity to] religious practice."
Former Chief Justice McLachlin concurred with the majority but set out a different framework for coming to the same conclusion.
In their dissent, Justices Côte and Brown wrote that TWU's law school should be approved because the law societies did not have the authority to consider the school's admissions policy as part of its decision process. However, they similarly decline to decide whether TWU has an institutional religious right and instead look at the rights of the "TWU community."
Ian Bushfield, Executive Director, BC Humanist Association:
Today's decision affirms that freedom of religion does not trump equality rights. Equality has been reaffirmed as a fundamental value in Canada.
Further, none of the justices went so far as to recognize an organizational religious right. The majority talks about "evangelical members of the TWU community" as having a claim to the right rather than the school itself. Justice Rowe went further agreeing with our submissions that TWU does not have an institutional right to freedom of religion.
We're overjoyed to see that none of the justices on the Court sought to open the door to institutional religious rights. We've seen how claims of religious freedom are being used to roll back decades of progress on human rights and anti-discrimination legislation in the USA and it's reassuring to know that Canada's highest court has bucked that trend.
Law societies in BC, Ontario and Nova Scotia had said they would not recognize TWU’s proposed law school based on the university’s Community Covenant, which excludes LGBTQ2+ students and places restrictions on reproductive freedoms. TWU asked courts in those provinces to overturn the law societies decisions. Courts in Nova Scotia and BC sided with TWU, while Ontario’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeal found the law society’s rejection to be reasonable. The Supreme Court of Canada heard appeals to the Ontario and BC decisions in December.
TWU has consistently argued that the law societies’ actions infringed upon its religious freedoms, while the law societies and LGBTQ2+ groups argued recognizing the school would legitimize TWU's discrimination.
In its submissions to the Supreme Court of Canada, the BCHA argued that religious rights don't extend to organizations in Canada. To grant organizations such rights "endorses religious oligarchy for individuals controlling organizations that obtain the benefit of s. 2(a) [of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms]." At oral arguments the BCHA built off this case with lawyers from the United Church of Canada and the Faith, Fealty & Creed Society to set out a restrictive test the court could adopt should it ultimately choose to extend such rights to organizations.
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Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley by Carol Es Book Blitz & Giveaway
Non-Fiction / Memoir
Publisher: Desert Dog Books
Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley is a guided tour through a Tilt-A-Whirl life that takes so many turns that you may find yourself looking up from the pages and wondering how the hell one person managed to fit them all into 40-odd years. And many of them are odd years indeed. From a rootless, abusive childhood and mental illness through serious and successful careers in music and art, much of which were achieved while being involved in a notoriously destructive mind-control cult. Carol Es presents her story straight up. No padding, no parachute, no dancing around the hard stuff. Through the darkness, she somehow finds a glimmer of light by looking the big bad wolf straight in the eye, and it is liberating. When you dare to deal with truth, you are free. Free to find the humor that is just underneath everything and the joy that comes with taking the bumpy ride.
Illustrated with original sketches throughout, Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley is not just another survivor's tale, it's a creative ride where raw and intimate revelations are laid bare. As an artist and a woman finding self-worth, it's a truly courageous, relatable story that will keep you engaged to the end.
1. Chewing on Bullets
The year I turned forty, I got a birthday card from my parents. On the inside my mom wrote, “This is going to be your year!” She couldn’t have known a cold blast of death and sh*t storms were headed straight for us, or how I’d become an abominable wreck and make my way back to the shackles of the R.J. Reynolds’s killing campaign, a.k.a. smoking. I hadn’t smoked a cigarette in over ten years. It felt longer, but who’s counting? I was!
A few years before I reached for the smokes again, I’d been estranged from my older brother, Mike. My life was more or less calm. I’d been fed up with his soapbox lectures about how I’d be going to Hell for being a Jew unless I recognized who my savior was. At this particular moment, we were stuck at a hospice facility in Las Vegas with our dying father. My only savior was a pack of Camels, because Mike and I were fighting about every aspect of our dad’s care.
Three weeks we stayed there. My dad hung on while Mike nearly drove me into a nut house. Two weeks into our stay, I frayed. I took off in my car one afternoon, screeching down Las Vegas Boulevard in rush-hour traffic like a lunatic jonesing for a special kind of crack.
The combination of losing my dad while being trapped in a room with my feral family members pushed me to a breaking point. Only my brother could drive me into levels of such nicotine rage. All those years of breathing clean and clear were for nada. Wasted and meaningless.
I turned my steering wheel to the right, pulling three lanes over from the left, and into the lot of a 7-Eleven. I parked and sat there for a moment to make certain I knew what I was doing. I didn’t.
Mike, who’d been ringing the crap out of my cell phone, was about to get an earful of angry little sister. He wanted to know where the hell I’d run off to.
“Fu** this sh*t!” I exploded through giant tears. “I am so ready to go back to L.A. Though my windows were closed, I’d managed to frighten a lady just outside my car. I watched her quickly skedaddle into the store.
Mike had experienced my outbursts before, but this one seemed to come from the underworld, blasting up out of the ground, like somebody stepped on an IED or something—the blast taking place in my Honda CRV.
I’d been holding it together and keeping my cool, but now I was certifiably losing my mind. He was the older one, yet for most of our lives I’d been the responsible one. Not that it could’ve, or would’ve, ever mattered. He was the goda*ned Golden Boy. My mother always kissed his sh*ts before they went bye-bye.
Several blocks away from the 7-Eleven stood Alliance Hospice Care, where we’d both been staying with my dad while he lay dying. Once the doctors gave Dad seventy-two hours to live, Mike went completely into denial. To him, the place was the Play-doh Murder factory. His plan was to nurse Dad back to health by shoveling gobs of tapioca pudding down his throat.
“Eat, Dad, eat. We gotta get you out of this prison!”
But the place wasn’t bad. It was bright and clean with a big tropical fish tank in the lobby where you could stare at the fish and think about death. The patients’ rooms circled around a pretty courtyard with nice-ish patio furniture, though some of the upholstery was ripped and faded, beaten by the Vegas sun. The staff, too, were super friendly and qualified. All of this was paid for by Medicare, by the way. No way could you find anything like it in Los Angeles.
He had a private room, palatial and homey. As if we were staying in a little cottage in a Thomas Kinkade painting. There were two extra beds, sort of: a daybed too short for Mike’s boney six-foot frame, and a trundle bed underneath. I slept in the trundle bed like a sweater in a drawer, but I spent most of my time in a chair next to Dad’s bed, working on a hand-sewn doll of myself (or a version of me anyway)—an autobiographical character I often use in my paintings and drawings, a thing I call Moppet. She’s a straggly little ragdoll. She looks disheveled and as if she’s about ready to collapse like a push puppet. Moppet usually wears a simple dress, something I’d never do. The dress has a kind of clown collar. “She” is genderless and shaped like a gingerbread cookie with rounded arms and legs, an oval-shaped head and eyes with pupils nearly filled black, like those sad, velvet puppy-dog paintings. She neither smiles nor frowns; her mouth, a straight black line, a lot like me: indifferent. Also like me, she is an awkward child. I suppose she represents my vulnerabilities, my fragility, and what I think of myself, which isn’t much. In fact, she used to wear a dunce cap, but after ten years of therapy it’s been removed.
Los Angeles writer, musician, and self-taught artist Carol Es writes for the Huffington Post, Whitehot Magazine, and Coagula Art Journal. She’s been published with Bottle of Smoke Press, Islands Fold, Chance Press, and her Artist’s books are featured in the Getty Research Library, Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is a two-time recipient of the Durfee Foundation’s ARC Grant, a Pollock-Krasner Fellow, and won the Wynn Newhouse Award in 2015.
Awarded grants in writing from the National Arts and Disability Center, Asylum Arts in Brooklyn, NY, Carol won the Bruce Geller Memorial Award WORD Grant for 2019.
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Ben Greene is a writer and actor (SAG) living in Los Angeles. Most recently, Ben was a freelance writer for the Emmy-nominated animated series, "Hilda" (Netflix), writing multiple episodes for an upcoming season. Ben has previously worked as a staff writer on the DreamWorks animated series "Harvey Girls Forever!" (Netflix) and as a freelance writer on shows like "Talking Tom and Friends " (Netflix) and "The UCB Show" (Starz On-Demand). As an actor, Ben can be seen in TV shows like "Son of Zorn" (Fox) and "Adam Ruins Everything" (TruTV), in the Disney film "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," and in a number of national commercials. Ben is a proud member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch team New Money.
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By David McMillin David McMillin's Twitter profile
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Bayerische Motoren Werke, known to the consumer world as BMW, was originally founded as BFW in 1916 in Germany. One of the best-known auto manufacturers in the world, BMW is still headquartered in Germany and operates production plants, research offices, assembly factories and sales divisions in more than 150 countries around the globe. BMW makes three different brands of vehicles: its original BMW line, Mini and Rolls-Royce. The company’s American production plant is located in Spartanburg, S.C.
The company provides an array of financial options for customers searching for auto loan rates and auto insurance coverage on their new BMW.
Automotive financing with BMW
For customers looking to finance a new car, those who buy a BMW can work with the company’s financial services division to finance their purchase or lease. BMW’s terms, down payment amounts and rates vary based on customers’ credit histories.
Insurance with BMW
BMW partners with Liberty Mutual to provide home and auto insurance to its customers who drive BMW vehicles. Coverage includes a group discount just for being a BMW driver and other benefits such as 24-hour claims service and 24-hour roadside assistance.
The BMW credit card
BMW drivers can apply for a Visa-issued BMW credit card, which carries no annual fee. Using the credit card for everyday purchases helps cardholders earn rewards including dividends that can be redeemed for service operations and the costs of repairs and parts, BMW-related merchandise and up to $5,000 back on a future BMW lease.
While the BMW international corporate headquarters is in Munich, the main office of BMW of North America is located here:
300 Chestnut Ridge Road
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The Black Lives Matter Movement
When looking at current social movements it is important to understand how race, class, and the current political sphere intersect with current social environments. Because we have movements that are focused on systemic/longstanding social issues it is important to understand how decisions are made in reaction to these systemic problems and how public opinion is effected by them. The interplay between public opinion, culture, and political decisions are observed in each of the following articles. By looking at the Black Lives Matter movement, Occupy Wall Street, and articles analyzing how political movements affect political change, we hope to deepen our understanding of how social movements affect social interaction, which ultimately affects policy decisions in this country. The Black Lives Matter movement was created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin. “Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.” (Garza 2014) Since its inception, the movement has been co-opted for media sensation and other movements attempting to gain fame through the established name or to remove the significance of Black Lives Matter and its representation of black specific oppression in this country. It
the product of racial profiling, a movement has risen up to combat these common issues. The most recent and most well-covered is the Black Lives Matter Movement. Even though it has been lauded by some media sources and individuals as the next great movement to champion for civil rights, the Black Lives Matter movement is not the same as the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s nor is it likely to be as successful. If the Black Lives Matter Movement continues with discrepancies in ideology
fighting for respect for a single human life, blacks are focused on the safety of their community while the whites are fighting to keep respect and gain safety. The Black Lives Matter movement, also known as BLM, has been occurring since 2013 when the #blacklivesmatter began trending on Twitter after the death of Trayvon Martin. This movement was not started to cause problems, but only as a support group for the African American community. As growth to the movement occurred, the retaliation levels jumped
The Black Lives Matter movement began as a social media hashtag. Hashtags identify a subject matter that should be discussed among social media aficionados. As time went on and the injustice against African Americans began to concern the public, this hashtag rallied numerous Americans of different ethnicities, backgrounds, and religions together for a cause. This cause was the deaths of unarmed black men and women from the hands of the police and the prejudice against African Americans because of
development of this nation – from the slave trade days of the early 1600s up until the Black Lives Matter movement of today. The Black Lives Matter movement was created in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman who was later acquitted of his crime. The movement was small; however, it did gather some national attention, but nothing significant. All that had changed in just over two years when a young black man named Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, by Darren Wilson
Alicia Garza created the Black Lives Matter Movement with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi after the death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter is an ideological and social group in a world where black lives are systematically and institutionally targeted. It became more than a hashtag and began to empower people. They began to move the hashtag from social media to the streets. It is movement to all people and supports the coming together to fight and protest against oppression. It
The Black Lives Matter movement has excelled in momentum due to the online support of social media. Twitter specifically has been useful in support of the movement due to its start of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Of course, there are people who are against the movement overall and this results in a backlash against those who support it. For instance, Twitter as a platform has received backlash against critics for its support and allowance of discussion for the Black Lives Matter Movement. Due to
The Black Lives Matter movement has swept across America. It 's branched out with chapters in over 31 cities and held rallies and boycotts across the United States(Sidner). The Black Lives Matter movement started with the outrage of the death of a young man. It continues to take over headlines and raise awareness on police brutality and inequality. However, the movement has met resistance from the All Lives Matter group. This group thinks that Black Lives Matter is a movement to express hatred towards
Paper 5 Black Lives Matter Movement A close examination of the online representation of a fringe community or counterculture would be the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement is a community in America that has represented itself after all of the many innocent African American lives that have taken by law enforcement and the Caucasian male who went into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and opened fire on the members of the church. The Black Lives Matter movement
their anger and sadness about the result with the Black Lives Matter hashtag. While there were many documented cases of police brutality before Michael Brown’s death, this was the one that truly popularized the Black Lives Matter Movement (Acosta). The Black Lives Matter movement is “working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise” (About), as well as highlighting the contributions Black lives have made to society. Media have a strong influence
Discrimination is a struggle that African Americans know all too well. The Black Lives Matter strives to stand up for those wronged by society and also raise awareness to an issue that has surprisingly gone unresolved. The articles “ Black lives Matter: A movement takes shape”, and “ The condition of black lives is one of mourning “ both show the dire need for the black lives matter movement through a combination of appeals that allows them to draw attention to different aspects of the problems without
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Giant 200-CD 'Mozart 225' Box Set is a Surprisingly Hot Seller
By Lars Brandle
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Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition
A massive 200-CD boxed set of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's recordings has emerged as a surprisingly hot-selling release.
According to Universal Music Group, Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition has sold 6,250 copies globally, for a total of (if you multiply each box by the 200 CDs inside) 1.25 million CDs in the five weeks since its Oct. 28 release. The collection, which was released on Decca Records in the U.S., is formidable in every sense. It presents every work by the classical great; features the talents of 600 world-class soloists and 60 orchestras, and plays for a total of 240 hours (not to mention the many hours of additional reading materials bundled in).
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In the U.S., the box set has sold a few hundred copies according to Nielsen Music, which is still striking considering its list price of $480.
Universal unveiled the exhaustive project in late August after 18 months of curation and planning, with the music major declaring it the “most authoritative, complete and scholarly box set ever devoted to the work of a single composer.”
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The release of Mozart 225 coincides with the 225th anniversary of the Classical-era genius' death. “It is wonderful to see the reaction to this box set, which is the fruit of years of scholarship, planning and curation,” comments Paul Moseley, UMG's director of Mozart 225. “Mozart’s immortal melodies, no less than The Beatles or Abba, are in some way part of all our lives – and this Edition is the perfect way to celebrate that on his 225th anniversary.”
Mozart 225 was produced by Decca and Deutsche Grammophon in collaboration with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation.
This article has been updated from its previously published version, which claimed that Mozart 225 was the best-selling CD of 2016.
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NCI Director Named as Acting FDA Commissioner
Ned Sharpless is tapped to take on acting commissioner role following Gottlieb’s resignation.
One week following the surprise resignation of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, Norman E. (Ned) Sharpless, head of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), was named acting commissioner of FDA, according to media reports.
The announcement was confirmed by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar at a congressional hearing on March 12, 2019.
Sharpless has served as the director of NCI since October 2017. He previously was director of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Genetics.
He cofounded clinical-stage biotechnology companies G1 Therapeutics and HealthSpan Diagnostics, according to his NCI biography.
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Chris Coleman puts Christmas on hold to focus on happy New Year for Coventry City
CHRIS COLEMAN will scarcely give Christmas Day a second thought – but he’s already drawn up his list of New Year resolutions.
As with any football professional, the Coventry City boss sees the festive season as a frantic, potentially critical, interlude in a gruelling nine-month campaign, so he unashamedly slipped into Grinch mode when he was asked about his personal plans for next Friday.
“I don’t have that Christmas feeling if I’m honest with you,” admitted the Welshman.
“I know that may sound negative but I have been in football so long that I don’t have a Christmas.
“I don’t see Christmas Eve coming and all that excitement, I just see Boxing Day – who we are playing, who we’ll be playing two days after that.
“I’ve got four children and it’s great to be there on Christmas morning opening the presents.
‘‘But whatever day of the week it falls, Christmas Day is always like a Friday for me because I’m always thinking about the next day.
“My wife is used to it – she knows that I’ll be vacant half the time, staring off into space, because my mind is on the job.
‘‘It’s a very busy and very important period for any club, because if you can come out of it with a few decent results it can make all the difference.
Coventry enjoyed a successful sequence this time last year, logging draws against Swansea City and Blackpool and victories over Sheffield Wednesday and Blackpool as well as launching the FA Cup run that eventually earned them a full-house quarter-final against Chelsea.
“It’s a vital period that can make or break your season – almost change your life,” said Coleman.
“If you can string two or three wins together you can shoot up the table, especially in a league that’s as tight as the Championship.
‘‘But equally, if you have the type of run we’ve just had, then you suddenly find yourself sliding down a glass mountain and then it’s very hard to turn things round.”
City travel to Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day and, after the distraction of the FA Cup tie against Premier League stragglers Portsmouth, launch the 2010 phase of their league programme with matches against Barnsley and Ipswich.
Back-to-back August victories against that pair established the Sky Blues as early-season pace-setters, and a repeat would go a long way towards soothing their supporters’ relegation anxieties.
“If the next dozen games go the same way as the first dozen we’ll be OK,” insisted Coleman. “And there is no reason at all why that can’t happen.
“I am always optimistic – I think you have to be – and, as I keep saying, this is the best squad I have had since I came here. If we can keep everybody fit and hit a bit of form we will be OK.
“You learn lessons all the time, especially in football, and you have to learn them quickly.
‘‘I can’t look back and see what I can learn from last year because I need to learn every week in my job. We know where we want to be at the end of this season and where we want to be next season but the next few weeks will be crucial.
“It was very difficult to keep the players’ heads up when we went ten matches without a win but beating Peterborough the other did us a power of good, even if we made hard work of it.
“I’m hoping that will give us the confidence we need to go on a good run because we know that on our day we can beat anybody in this division.”
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Beyond Sports and Sex Part 4: When Does Title IX Apply to Religious Schools?
Published on: March 7, 2018 | by Naomi Shatz
In this series, I look at some of the protections afforded by Title IX that have not gotten as much attention in the media or political arena as have Title IX’s applications to equity in athletics and campus sexual assault. Part 1 looked at Title IX’s protection against employment discrimination. Part 2 examined how Title IX protects students from non-sexual sex-based harassment. Part 3 looked at Title IX and dress codes.
Title IX is a federal law that prohibits schools that accept federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex. As I’ve discussed in previous pieces, this includes discrimination in providing athletic opportunities, failing to properly address sexual harassment and sexual assault, gender-based harassment and bullying, and dress codes. It is generally understood that Title IX applies in all public schools, from kindergarten through graduate programs, and also applies to most private colleges because of their participation in federal financial aid programs. But courts have held that Title IX may also apply to private (including parochial) elementary and high schools. Conversely, there are private colleges and universities that have taken steps to ensure that Title IX does not apply to them. It is important for any students or parents dealing with discrimination issues at school to understand whether Title IX may protect them. CONTINUE READING ›
by Naomi Shatz
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Sessions’ New Marijuana Policy Is a Tweak, Not a Sea Change
Published on: January 8, 2018 | by David Russcol
Perhaps motivated by California’s legalization of recreational marijuana, which just became effective at the beginning of the year, Attorney General and longtime cannabis opponent Jeff Sessions recently issued a brief statement changing the Department of Justice’s approach to marijuana, even as support for marijuana legalization is hitting all-time highs. Over the course of the Obama Administration, Deputy Attorneys General David Ogden and James Cole had issued increasingly detailed and refined guidance, instructing U.S. Attorneys to take a largely hands-off approach to marijuana to the extent it was legal under state laws; federal authorities would focus on enforcing certain red lines such as sales to minors, use of weapons or violence, and interstate trafficking. With the clarity of these guidance memos, participants and investors in marijuana markets – first medicinal and, more recently in a few places, recreational – developed a comfort level that, as long as they carefully observed state requirements, the risk of federal prosecution was remote (even though there continued to be tension between state laws and the federal Controlled Substances Act). Now Attorney General Sessions has rescinded all of that guidance, sparking a blaze of consternation among industry observers. CONTINUE READING ›
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BPD Attempts to Intimidate College Students Ahead of Rally, But Students Should be Able to Peacefully Protest
Published on: August 18, 2017 | by Ana Muñoz
Yesterday, Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans sent a message of warning to Boston-area college students ahead of a planned “Free Speech” rally and numerous counter-protests. He told college students “please act in a way that would make your school, your family, and your city proud and please respect our neighborhoods. Student behavior off campus will be regarded the same as if it were on campus.”
College students are subject to the laws of Massachusetts just like any other person in the state. If college students engage in illegal behavior at Saturday’s rallies, they can be arrested and prosecuted. But college students are also subject to the student conduct rules of their respective universities. Under Massachusetts law, those handbooks form the basis of a contractual relationship between the student and the college. Both students and colleges must abide by the rules set forth in the handbook; schools cannot punish students for behavior that is not prohibited by their policies. While Commissioner Evans can encourage students to act responsibly, he cannot dictate that schools expand those rules to cover off-campus actions if they do not already do so. CONTINUE READING ›
by Ana Muñoz
Massachusetts Needs a Working Educational Discrimination Law
Published on: May 26, 2017 | by Naomi Shatz
Massachusetts is often lauded as one of the most progressive states in the country, and our state civil rights laws routinely provide broader protections than their federal counterparts. So it may come as a surprise that Massachusetts does not have a functional state counterpart to federal laws prohibiting discrimination in education like Title IX and Title VI.
Massachusetts has a law titled “Fair Educational Practices,” Mass. G. L. c. 151C. That chapter contains provisions prohibiting educational institutions from doing the following:
Discriminating against a U.S. citizen on the basis of race, religion, creed, color or national origin in the admission process;
Retaliating against employees, students, or applicants for assisting in any proceeding under the law;
Asking for the race, religion, color, or national origin of an applicant;
Discriminating against someone seeking admission to a vocational school or post-bachelor’s degree program, or discriminating against such a student in the provision of benefits, privileges, or services based on the student’s race, religion, creed, color, age, sex or national origin;
Excluding students from admission because they are blind, deaf, or require a guide dog;
Requesting information about, or to discriminate on the basis of a failure to provide information about, certain criminal records;
Sexually harassing students.
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The Rule 41(b) Amendments Have Serious Implications for our Constitutional Rights, Judicial Economy, and Global Surveillance Policies
Published on: April 21, 2017 | by David Duncan
As I previously wrote , in December 2016 Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was changed to give law enforcement more expansive authority to conduct searches of computers. How the new procedural rule will interact with core constitutional values and established legal principles, as well as what the practical consequences of the rule are, remain open questions.
(1) Fourth Amendment
The proposed changes may well fall afoul of the Fourth Amendment. As I have discussed in a previous blog post, the Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures. It does this by requiring the government to obtain a warrant before conducting most searches, by requiring those warrants to be supported by probable cause, and by requiring the warrants to be particular about the location to be searched and the items to be seized. CONTINUE READING ›
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In Cardno ChemRisk v. Foytlin, the SJC Slaps Down Attack on Protected Speech
Published on: April 3, 2017 | by Ana Muñoz
At a time of increasingly public protests, the Supreme Judicial Court recently reaffirmed its commitment to protecting speech here in Massachusetts. Under Masschusetts’s Anti-Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation law (“Anti-SLAPP”), defendants can move to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them if that lawsuit targets their attempt to influence a government body or seek help from one. It had always been clear that when a person attempts to influence the government on their own behalf – in other words, to vindicate their own interests – the statute protected that activity. But in Cardno ChemRisk v. Cherri Foytlin et al., the Court made clear that the statute extends to citizens’ right to advocate not just for themselves, but also for others.
Massachusetts is one of twenty-eight states with Anti-SLAPP protection. These statutes buttress a basic constitutional right: The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That means that every person has a right to influence government bodies – by, for example, protesting in the town square or testifying at a hearing – without fear of reprisal. But citizens’ protests can often frustrate powerful, non-governmental interests. And when they do, those powerful interests may use courts to try to stop or stifle the speech. Anti-SLAPP statutes protect citizens from those suits. CONTINUE READING ›
What is the Impact of a Weaker DOE on the Civil Rights of Minority and Immigrant Students?
Published on: December 8, 2016 | by Monica Shah
Since the election, there has been a spike in racist harassment and hate crimes across the county directed at minorities and immigrants. As reflected in data collected by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), nearly 900 hate incidents were reported in the ten days following November 8. The incidents have ranged from graffiti of swastikas and nooses, rampant use of racial slurs, verbal denigration of minorities and immigrants, and physical harassment, including assaults or attempted assaults. These incidents have been most prevalent at K-12 schools and college campuses and reflect a disturbing deterioration of the educational environment in our schools. These are only the reported incidents to SPLC, a small non-profit located in Alabama; it is most certainly only a fraction of all incidents since the election. While there are sometimes competing concerns between the free speech rights of students and the protection of minority students, the incidents that have been reported thus far include racist threats of violence that goes beyond free speech rights. There is a real concern that the failure to adequately respond and remedy this behavior during students’ formative years in middle and high school will normalize it and cause further spillover onto college campuses.
Minority and immigrant students who are at colleges and universities across the country may be understandably anxious about whether they will have protection against such harassment under the new presidential administration. If campaign rhetoric is to be believed, the Trump Administration intends to gut the Department of Education (DOE). In addition to its responsibilities administering federal funding and enforcing federal education laws, the DOE is the agency charged with enforcing civil rights laws that apply to K-12 schools and colleges, which includes Title VI, the law that protects students at federally-funded schools from discrimination on the basis of race or national origin.
by Monica Shah
Commonwealth v. Warren: SJC Issues Landmark Decision Recognizing the Disproportionate Impact of Police Stops on African-Americans in Boston
Published on: October 26, 2016 | by David Rangaviz
In June, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor attracted attention for her dissent in Utah v. Strieff. In that case – which held that a court need not suppress the fruits of a suspicionless stop if the individual has a pre-existing warrant for their arrest – Sotomayor wrote that the Court’s opinion would encourage more baseless stops and thus “risk treating members of our communities as second-class citizens.” Setting aside legalese, Sotomayor cited the authors W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, and discussed the humiliation that people of color experience due to their disproportionate targeting by the criminal justice system. She ended her opinion with the following passage:
We must not pretend that the countless people who are routinely targeted by police are “isolated.” They are the canaries in the coal mine whose deaths, civil and literal, warn us that no one can breathe in this atmosphere. See L. Guinier & G. Torres, The Miner’s Canary 274-283 (2002). They are the ones who recognize that unlawful police stops corrode all our civil liberties and threaten all our lives. Until their voices matter too, our justice system will continue to be anything but. CONTINUE READING ›
by David Rangaviz
States sue Federal Government over Prohibitions on Discrimination Based on Gender Identity
Yesterday, 11 states sued the U.S. Government in a Texas federal court over recent guidance documents its agencies issued defining “sex” in various civil rights laws to include “gender identity.” The suit is the latest in a widening legal battle over transgender rights — specifically the right of transgender people to use restrooms that accord with their gender identities.
The lawsuit challenges two recent documents from federal agencies. On May 3, 2016, the EEOC released a fact sheet on bathroom access for transgender employees, which states that discrimination based on transgender status is sex discrimination under Title VII. On May 9, 2016 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued North Carolina over a recently-passed law that required public employees and public school students to use bathrooms that correlate with the sex listed on their birth certificates, and an executive order that required cabinet agencies to use the same definition of “sex” in segregating their bathrooms. On May 13, 2016 the DOJ and U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” stating that “[t]he Departments treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations. This means that a school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity.” The lawsuit argues that these interpretations of Title VII and Title IX constitute a radical change in the law, and that the executive branch, through these two departments, cannot change the law in this way.
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Like the Cosby Case, Massachusetts SJC Decision in Commonwealth v. Celester Illustrates When to Invoke the Fifth Amendment
Published on: March 7, 2016 | by Ruth O'Meara-Costello
In a new case, Commonwealth v. Celester, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court emphasizes how important it is for defendants to be informed of and advised regarding their right to remain silent, holding that it was ineffective for an attorney not to advise his client to invoke his Fifth Amendment right when questioned by police. The decision is legally significant in the scope that it gives to the right to effective advice of counsel, but it also illustrates what good criminal defense lawyers already know about the importance of the Fifth Amendment—a lesson that Bill Cosby would have benefited from when giving a deposition in 2005.
In most criminal cases, most defense lawyers advise their clients not to give statements to the police. This is common, often essential, advice that we give to the innocent as well as to the guilty; someone who will have to defend him or herself at trial is almost always better off not unnecessarily sharing information with prosecutors in advance. In criminal trials, the choices to invoke the Fifth Amendment and not answer questions from the police, or to remain silent at trial, cannot be held against a defendant, and so there is often little downside in taking the Fifth, particularly in interrogation by police.
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News Liverpool Council Houses Nominated Turner Prize
A cluster of terraced houses in a formerly run-down area of Liverpool has been nominated for the Turner Prize.
The Granby Four Streets project has transformed a corner of Toxteth, saving houses neglected and earmarked for demolition in the wake of the 1981 riots.
The project is the result of a hard-won, 20 year battle by local residents to save the houses.
Residents consistently fought plans for demolition and battled to save the 10 derelict terraced houses on Cairns St in Toxteth.
Over the past 10 years they have cleaned and planted their streets, painted the empty houses, organised a thriving monthly market, founded a Community Land Trust (CLT) and shown their area in a different light.
Ownership of the ten properties has been transferred from Liverpool City Council, through the council’s Homes for £1 scheme, to Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust, whose aim is to reverse the long-term dereliction of Victorian terraced houses and the associated degeneration of communities in Toxteth.
Assemble, a London-based collective of architects, designers and artists, have worked with them to translate their resourceful and DIY attitude into the refurbishment of housing, helping the CLT provide affordable housing for local residents that remains in community ownership.
And it is Assemble’s approach to sustainable development which has caught the eye of the judges of this year’s Turner Prize, which is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the preceding year.
The houses use simple and low cost materials and include a number of playful, handmade architectural elements that help re-establish the character of the homes following their long neglect.
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The fit-out works for the houses is being undertaken with COSPA and Ambition and offer training opportunities for local young people.
As part of the scheme, young people are mentored by local professional tradespeople, who are also volunteering their time, and are supported in working towards achieving a City & Guilds qualification over the course of the project.
Graduates of the scheme will also gain access to further training, work placements and apprenticeships with local employers beyond the project.
Helen Marshall, chief executive at Ambition, said: “Strengthening communities and developing young people’s skills is at the heart of this project, which seeks to find an innovative solution to the prevalence of empty homes – more than 114,00 – and high youth unemployment in the North West.”
The training initiative is being principally funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government, through the Empty Properties Community Grants Programme, with additional support from the Nationwide Foundation.
The winner of the Turner Prize will be announced on 7 December 2015.
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Behavioural Intervention for Teens in Brisbane
Behavioural issues in children, tweens and teens can be difficult to manage, wreaking havoc on school and family life. There are a multitude of avenues to explore who can assist in behavioural interventions for teens in Brisbane. You just need to find the right fit.
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Pathways Health & Research Centre focuses on building people’s emotional resilience. They offer individual consultations and the evidence-based Friends programs, developed by Professor Paula Barrett, for children and young adults delivered by our highly-trained Psychologists. No referral necessary. Extended opening hours and weekend appointments. Medicare and private health insurance rebates available.
Triple P stands for ‘Positive Parenting Program’. Triple P will help you as a parent to: Create a stable, harmonious family environment; Teach your children the skills they need to get along with others; Deal positively, consistently and decisively with problem behaviour. The Teen Triple P Seminar Series is also available and addresses specific issues such as: Raising Responsible Teenagers; Raising Competent Teenagers; and Getting Teenagers Connected. Sessions can be held in various locations across Brisbane.
Young Minds Health & Development Network is a psychology clinic offering individual and group therapy to children, adolescents and adults. The psychologists at Young Minds have a diverse range of experience which enables them to provide a comprehensive service to meet the needs of all age groups. Medicare rebates are available when referred from relevant medical practitioners. No referral is required for Private Health Care rebates, however gap fees do apply. For clients suffering financial hardship Young Minds are happy to negotiate gap fees if required.
At Thinking Families psychology and counselling, skilled help is available for a range of child, adolescent and adult issues including depression and anxiety (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness Based Approaches) eating disorders (Maudsley Model), adolescent depression and self-harm (Attachment Based Family Therapy), and couple counselling (Emotion Focussed Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Couple Therapy). Thinking Families psychology and counselling staff are registered clinical psychologists and/or social workers. Medicare and Private Health Fund Rebates are available where applicable.
headspace – www.headspace.org.au headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation and helps young people who are going through a tough time. Young people aged 12 to 25 who are looking for someone to talk to can get advice, support and information if they are feeling down, stressed or can’t stop worrying, can’t deal with school or are finding it difficult to concentrate, are feeling sick or worried about their health, want to cut down on their drinking or drug use, want to talk about sexuality, identity or relationships, are having difficulties with friendships, have sexual health issues or want to find out about contraception, are being bullied, hurt or harassed or are worried about work or study. headspace sites are flexible, youth-oriented centres and are located at Inala, Nundah and Ipswich. The services provided are generally free.
yourtime – www.yourtimeonline.com.au yourtime is a bulk-billing, not-for-profit psychology service based at Salisbury on Brisbane’s south which offers after-school and weekend appointments. They know it takes courage to ask for help, so their experienced and qualified team go out of their way to provide a supportive and non-‘clinical’ environment for young people to safely and confidently share their concerns. Their goal at all times is to make a real difference to the lives of their young clients through empowerment and personal growth. They provide high-quality psychological assessment and evidence-based treatment for a range of concerns, ensuring clients get the support they need, when they need it. The yourtime team can support young people, including children and teenagers, across a wide range of areas – including anxiety and depression, relationship difficulties, emotional and behavioural issues, stress, self-esteem issues, eating disorders and school-related difficulties. For more information, or to find out about a referral, please call their friendly team on 3306 1083.
Psychology and Counseling – Public Clinics and Programs
Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide free specialist assessment and treatment services for infants, children, adolescents and their families who experience significant emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. Also known as Kids in Mind, the CYMHS has community clinics as well as hospital-based services including an Adolescent Drug and Alcohol service which provides a state-wide residential detox program for young people misusing drugs.
Project Circuit Breaker, run by Mission Australia, is a free and mobile prevention and early intervention service based in Brisbane’s northern suburbs. Supporting families with children aged 9-17 years, the program aims to help children and adolescents make positive changes in their lives.
The Adolescent Unit at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital provides assessment and treatment services to adolescents living in Brisbane and Central Queensland areas. There is a close working relationship with the Child & Youth Mental Health Services (YMHS) from the adjoining Royal Children’s Hospital with a joint registrar after-hours service, consultant on-call and an Extended Hours Service.
The Youth and Family Support Service (YFSS) is a mobile extended hours support service for ‘at risk’ young people (aged 6 to 17 years), and their families. YFSS services young people and families living in Brisbane and aims to provide early intervention and diversion services to young people at risk of entering or re-entering the youth justice statutory system and to their families. The service is funded by the Department of Communities and is free of charge.
The Coordinated Response to Young People at Risk (CRYPAR) program is a whole-of government initiative that aims to help young people address issues often identified as contributing factors in the development of criminal, self-harming and antisocial behaviours. The program aims to assist at-risk young Queenslanders through a simple referral process which allows police officers in the field to refer young people, with their consent, to an appropriate agency which has agreed to respond within 48 hours.
Counselling – Church-based Programs
SAILS at Bayside is a community outreach arm of the Anglican Churches of Manly, Wynnum, Waterloo Bay and Cleveland, within the Diocese of Brisbane. The vision of SAILS is to provide opportunities for at risk youth to overcome their difficulties, reach their potential and engage fully in community life. They also aim to engage the local community, young people and young families and for them to enjoy time together on land and water in a safe and supportive Christian environment.
Anglicare’s InSYNC program cares for young people aged between 12 and 18 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Counselling and mediation is available for young people and their families. These sessions may deal with family conflict, behavioural issues, communication skills or conflict with friends. If needed, counselling and support is provided to enable them young people to return to live in the family home.
Community-based Associations
Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is a community-based organisation that works with homeless or at-risk young people aged 12-25 years. BYS provides a community hub for young people and young families to access a holistic range of services across multiple levels of immediacy and intensity, from immediate need such as food and showers through to intensive, therapeutic and planned support that respond to their needs and help them create a new future.
The Redcliffe Area Youth Space (aka RAYS or “the Youth Space”) is a youth service provider and a registered charity that works in the communities of Redcliffe and North Lakes. RAYS run a series of award-winning programs that focus on crime prevention programs, education and training, youth development, leadership and more. They also provide a variety of support for young people, from counselling to general youth work support to intensive support and assessment through Social Workers and Psychologists.
The Real Teens Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers who are passionate about improving the lives of teenagers in our community. The purpose of the organisation’s BreakFreeNOW program is to support and inspire all teenagers to ignite their inner brilliance, personal power and excellence and enhance their confidence, happiness and direction. Real Teens Foundation also aims to encourage and empower teenagers to realise, claim and grow their unique special potential and seek boundless possibilities.
BABI Youth & Community Support aims to promote an environment in which young people can grow and participate successfully in the life of their community. BABI’s Youth Support Coordinator program supports young people who are at risk of disengaging, or who have recently disengaged, from education. Youth Support Coordinators (YSC’s) provide direct support to help students re-engage with education. BABI YSC’s provide direct services to State Government Secondary Schools and a referral service to Private Schools throughout the Wynnum and Redlands areas.
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Mexico’s COVID-19 distance education program compels a re-think of the country’s future of education
Series: #GirlsEdu Echidna Global Scholars Series
María Cristina Osorio Vázquez Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Saturday, March 14, 2020 was a historic day for education in Mexico. Through an official statement, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) informed students and their families that schools would close to reinforce the existing measures of social distancing in response to COVID-19 and in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations.
María Cristina Osorio Vázquez
Professor - Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, School of Economics and Business
2017 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution
Mexico began to implement distance education programs such as Aprende en Casa (Learn at Home), where primary and secondary school students can access educational content on television and the internet to continue their learning.
However, due to the lack of internet connectivity in isolated parts of the country, the Aprende en Casa program is not accessible to all students, especially girls. Because of both physical distance to schools and gender norms that keep them at home, they are in the greatest need of distance education programs that can be enjoyed safely.
In the fieldwork that I carry out as an Echidna Global Scholar in the Yucatan Peninsula in the southeast of Mexico, it is common to hear students and parents talk about the lack of access to the internet. A mother once told me, “The teachers assigned them to do research on the internet for their homework, but it is very expensive and is not available in this community.” To put this in context, the cost to rent a computer with internet access is approximately US$0.50 an hour. This is significant when considering that we are talking about rural populations, whose income of approximately US$5 per day comes mainly from subsistence agricultural activities. Although public schools in Mexico have computer equipment available for student use, the farther schools are from urban centers, the more common it is to find this equipment in poor condition or obsolete.
Another student once commented, “I travel to the municipality, go to the park, and there I download information, but in my village there is no signal to even speak of on the phone.” While Mexico increasingly has public spaces with free internet, such initiatives have prevailed more in urban areas, where there is greater access to services, compared to rural environments. But, during this quarantine, the recommendation is to stay home, rendering access to public Wi-Fi infeasible at the moment.
Teachers have used as many means as possible to continue educational programs. In order not to lose contact with students, some are even using social networks where adolescents are more active than on educational platforms.
However, for rural teachers with multiple grades in a classroom, even though they are receiving online instructional support from the SEP, they still cannot engage with their students due to the quarantine. Consequently, regardless of the Aprende en Casa efforts, once again the students of remote rural indigenous communities will see their educational gaps accentuated in comparison with the urban populations.
This is especially the case for rural indigenous girls—studies have shown they are more likely not to return to the classroom after this crisis.
Learning safely at home
On top of this, distance learning assumes that girls are safe to learn from home. However, research from previous pandemics suggests the increasing rates of domestic violence suffered by girls and women can significantly undermine their educational advancement. In the Yucatan Peninsula alone, there has been a 21 percent increase in cases of domestic violence reported since the beginning of the quarantine. The actual rate is probably much higher considering most instances of violence are unreported. Such traumatic events not only represent a threat to girls’ safety inside their homes but also have tremendous effects on their self-esteem. This, together with high rates of adolescent pregnancy and early marriage in the region, only exacerbates the effects of inequality that as a society we will have to face in the years to come.
As the secretariat of public education in Mexico stated at the beginning of the quarantine, global educational trends are moving toward distance learning. Adopting it now will lead the government to consider the measure as a regular mode of teaching. But what I have witnessed in my ongoing work with adolescent girls in the Yucatan Peninsula raises several red flags that must first be addressed. The first is that for distance learning to work for rural indigenous girls, it is necessary to not only provide computer equipment but also to provide free internet access. The second is that efforts must be made to ensure girls living in risky situations are safe to learn in a digital environment.
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Eskom reports less demand on grid since lockdown
Published by Lucinda Dordley on March 27, 2020
Eskom believes it may not have to implement power cuts during the 21-day lockdown as it has noticed a marked decrease in demand on the national power grid. The decrease was first detected last night [March 26], just before the national lockdown was instated.
While pressure on the grid will not be the problem, the power utility has warned its consumers that ongoing maintenance work may disrupt the flow of power to homes across the country. It has also started taking some generation units across the grid to protect its systems’ integrity.
Unplanned outages have decreased to below 9 500MW to ensure no load shedding takes place during the lockdown period.
“Eskom has had to postpone the philosophy maintenance for the duration of the lockdown, as we have to keep the number of workers on site at a minimum,” it said in a statement. “We have instead shifted the focus to carrying out short-term maintenance and other repairs in order to optimise the generating unity to meet demand after the lockdown.”
“Eskom advises that as an essential and critical services provider, some of its personnel are exempt from the provisions of the lockdown. As such, we do not expect any impediments to the generation and supply of electricity during this period,” it added. “Our suppliers, particularly the coal mines, logistics suppliers and those supplying the parts and maintenance services at our power stations, will be able to operate during the lockdown.”
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Educating Montagnard Youth
Through the CCi scholarship program
our mission is to educate poor, but motivated youth, who will return to their community and utilize their training to help their people.
Why Cambodia?
Tommy Daniels - Founder of CCi
Cambodia Corps would not exist were it not for Tommy Daniels. Tommy deserves a well earned “atta boy” for all that he accomplished. He recognized the need, he conceived the idea, traveled to Cambodia, navigated a foreign bureaucratic system, raised the funds, and then recruited the students. After which he assisted graduates in finding employment with key NGO’s and encouraged their “networking” in assisting others within the community to follow in their footsteps. Thanks to his efforts there is now a solid foundation that we can continue to build upon in our effort to help the Montagnard help themselves. We are grateful for all that he accomplished and hope to continue his success.
The program that he established, seeking out poor but capable students from the remote areas of NE Cambodia, where many of the loyal Montagnard sought refuge after the Communist takeover of Vietnam is the only non-government organization (NGO) dedicated exclusively to their education.
Drawing upon the desire of many veterans and civilians who knew of the Special Relationship between Americans and Montagnard and their wanting to “give back” for the loyalty, service and sacrifice we received, Tommy designed a program to help the Montagnard help themselves. It is a simple concept. Award scholarships to bright but impoverished youth who will commit to using their education to help their people.
The need is great. The Montagnards of Cambodia are the most illiterate and impoverished people in South East Asia. In addition, development and unscrupulous outsiders threaten their culture, way of life, and seek to expropriate their communal lands and resources. Tommy’s vision was to create a cadre of educated youth to mitigate their plight and enable their culture to survive. The success of Cambodia Corps speaks for itself and for Tommy’s commitment to America’s most loyal ally.
Cambodia Corps Inc. 2019
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ARTISTIC COMMUNITY FRETS OVER KKK ART
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the artistic community is responding to a portrait of the Klan:
Quiz: Which of the following represents hate speech?
a) a depiction of Klansmen at a gathering
b) a play that depicts Jesus having sex with the apostles
c) a portrait of the Virgin Mary smeared with feces
d) a video of huge ants crawling all over a crucified Jesus
Those in the artistic community know the right answer: “a.”
Not only do they find the three anti-Catholic depictions acceptable, they castigate those who disagree, even to the point of challenging their right to object.
The New York Times has a front-page story in the “Arts” section today titled, “Treading Cautiously”; the subtitle reads, “A panorama of a modern-day Klan gathering challenges a museum to consider all concerns.”
Why is the arts community “treading cautiously” about a mundane portrait of Klansmen? There is nothing vulgar or obscene about the depiction—there are no blacks hanging from a tree—just a dozen or so guys wearing sheets and pointy-headed hats.
The piece, which is the work of Vincent Valdez, is on display at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. Believe it or not, the museum got so worked up about it that it took them two years deciding how to roll it out. Now they admit they blew it: they should have run it by the NAACP. Maybe they needed another year.
Michael Hardy, the reporter who covered this story for the Times, noted that this masterpiece “required sensitivity.” Indeed, the curators had a special gallery built featuring warning signs: beware, it said, this work “may elicit strong emotions.”
Hardy cites the advice offered by the National Coalition Against Censorship. It has a document detailing ways to handle controversy. He fails to mention that this organization does not always get worked up about controversial artwork, especially when the hate speech is directed at Catholics.
In the aforementioned quiz, it was the 1998 play, “Corpus Christi,” that depicted Christ having sex with the apostles. When I led a demonstration against it in front of the Manhattan Theater—I never sought to censor it—the Catholic League was criticized by the New York Times. The National Coalition Against Censorship went beyond criticism—the “anti-censorship” group objected to our right to raise objections, turning out a small contingent to protest our demonstration.
The same newspaper and organization criticized the Catholic League in 1999 when we objected to a portrait of the Virgin Mary smeared with elephant dung; it was displayed at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. In 2010, these same two sensitivity-police organs hammered us again, this time for protesting the ants-on-Jesus video featured by the Smithsonian.
The National Coalition Against Censorship is not only a fraud—it tried to stifle the free speech of the Catholic League—it lectured Catholics on the need to put aside their objections to the Virgin Mary portrait. It still does.
On the organization’s website, under “Issues,” there is a “Religion” section that speaks to the work of Chris Ofili, the genius behind the fecal art. “The Holy Virgin Mary, showed the Virgin as black, with a three-dimensional breast made from a ball of elephant dung. Some Catholics were outraged. They saw a s***-smeared holy icon—a defaced Virgin. What they neglected to discover was that Ofili himself is a Catholic, and that he drew upon his African roots to represent his idea of the Virgin Mary. The elephant dung symbolizes fertility and the Earth in Ofili’s culture.”
This ignorant statement is wrong on four counts.
It never mentions the pictures of vaginas—porn cutouts—that adorned Our Blessed Mother. Ofili is a self-hating Catholic, and besides, his religion is irrelevant: if a nutty Jew put a swastika on a synagogue and calls it art, are his critics disarmed? Ofili is not African—he is a Brit (his parents are from Nigeria). And it is a racist myth to ascribe feces as an honorific statement in African culture. Tell that to the Nigerians.
It is not easy deciding which is worse—the poverty of intellectual thought, the dishonesty, or the anti-Catholic bigotry.
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Aaron Paul to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in upcoming El Camino movie. | Image: JIM WATSON / AFP
A Breaking Bad Movie: The Risks of Revisiting a Fan Favourite Franchise
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:04 PM. September 23, 2019 UTC: 8:00 PM. by George Chrysostomou
This is an opinion.
“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” is set to release on Netflix Oct. 11. This marks the second time that fans can revisit the world of Heisenberg.
The first was the highly successful and ongoing series “Better Call Saul.” This movie release marks a change in behavior for iconic franchises. A return to these original characters can be creatively dangerous but financially lucrative. Should other fan favorite franchises follow the same path?
“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” Poster. | Credit: Netflix
The success of “Breaking Bad” is in no small part due to the creative intelligence and writing ability of show runner Vince Gilligan. It’s also the reason that “Better Call Saul” has continued to critically flourish and will no doubt mean “El Camino” will do the same. Along with the combined efforts of stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, this movie should be a return to form. Not every franchise can achieve this though.
The 25th anniversary of “Friends” seems like the perfect opportunity to reflect on the future of fan favorite franchises. A movie featuring the return of these legendary characters seems like a no brainer, especially on Netflix, a platform that continues to grow despite potential threats. The same could be said for “Game of Thrones.” The Emmy award winning series has only just finished. However, a movie sequel could cap it off in a more satisfying way.
The cast of “Friends”. | Credit: Entertainment Weekly
In both instances though severe damage could be done. “Friends” is so well remembered and loved that a recreation of that atmosphere in a movie may not do it justice. For “Game of Thrones” the dust hasn’t settled yet on the series. With a prequel likely on the way, a sequel seems like too much. Other fan favorite franchises would come across similar problems. It isn’t that easy to recapture that magic, especially since many of these series might not even lend themselves to the format of film.
Why “El Camino” Will Work
“El Camino” is different. “Breaking Bad” wasn’t known for a consistent formula week in, week out like “Friends”. It isn’t considered an instant a worldwide phenomena like “Game of Thrones”. It’s loved and it’s appreciated, but it has entered our culture in a strange way. It could be considered the greatest TV show of all time, yet it has been a slow burner, with new fans discovering it each year.
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story”. | Credit: Netflix
What’s more, a drama like “Breaking Bad” is perfect for a movie sequel because there’s a story to tell. A very singular story. Each of these other franchises has too much to juggle. But Jesse Pinkman is the perfect way into this world again. The same spirit can be re-captured by using the heart of the series. You couldn’t take Ross and make a movie about just him. A movie about Arya wouldn’t reflect the rest of Westeros. Jesse is a unique way to explore the criminal depths Albuquerque one more time. And we can’t wait.
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Frank Bado honoured as Gib’s oldest letter box is restored
By Gabriella Peralta Share
Gibraltar’s oldest pillar box dating back to the reign of Queen Victoria has been restored and installed at the Royal Gibraltar Post Office in Main Street.
The letter box is the oldest currently in operation and was once in use for close to a century.
Over the years the letter box sustained considerable damage and was removed in 1994.
It was replaced by a George IV mural letter box and the Queen Victoria box was left in storage for 25 years.
The idea to give the letter box a new lease of life was that of Frank Bado and Tracey Baglietto of Royal Gibraltar Post Office.
Mr Bado passed away recently and was represented at the event by his partner Sally Godwin.
“It is a project that has taken a lot of time to come to fruition,” said Director of the Postal Office Glendon Martinez.
“It was also led by Frank Bado and we had a lot of assistance from our friends who built it from scratch. This was once in pieces. It is good to have it here to be commemorated and celebrated.”
The Minister for Commerce Albert Isola placed the first letter inside the pillar box marking it as operational.
“This is a key aspect of Gibraltar and its history, and I am thrilled to do this today,” Mr Isola said.
Mr Isola commended Mr Bado and Ms Baglietto for their work.
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CIC News > Latest News > Damascus Newsletter
Damascus Newsletter
Published on October 31st, 1998 at 08:25pm EST
Our first newsletter was circulated over one year ago (in May/June of 1 997). Our original desire to produce newsletters on a quarterly basis fell victim to significant increases in the workload here in Damascus.
The purpose of this edition of the newsletter will, in part, be to inform you as to the impact that this increase in work has had on our operations. As well, several items dealt with in the original newsletter will be updated and some additional matters will be discussed.
CURRENT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT This office has been experiencing an exponential increase in the volume of applications submitted here. Some comparative statistics may help underline the significance of this increase in volume:
– as of April 1, 1 996, we had 3000 applications in process; – as of April 1, 1 997, we had 4400 applications in process; – to date in 1998 we have 7500+ applications in process.
Many applicants and their agents have expressed frustration (understandably) over the delays that they are experiencing before interviews are scheduled or in obtaining replies to their inquiries. We must ask that you bear in mind the degree to which our workload has increased.
Some recognition of this workload has occurred as we have been allocated an additional Canadian officer, who will be taking up her duties this summer. in addition two locally engaged support staff have been added to our complement. It is hoped that these additional resources will help to alleviate the pressure caused by the increase in our volume of work. It should be noted, however, that the impact of these new resources will not be felt until the fall of this year. And, even with these new resources, substantial decreases in our processing times cannot be expected (certainly in the short to medium term). We would ask that all of our clients please bear with us over the next few months as our new resources come on-line. Aside from the increase in our workload, Damascus, like most other visa offices, must cope with the summer period involving as it does absence of staff on leave and the coming and going of our Foreign Service Officers over the course of the summer posting season.
SUBMITTING AN IMMIGRANT APPLICATION
It is of critical importance to understand that, while we will accept any application upon submission of properly completed application forms and the proper immigration cost recovery fee, applications will be delayed if sufficient documentation is not submitted which permits a proper initial assessment of the application.
All immigration applications go through a paper screening stage. At this stage an initial assessment is carried out based upon the relevant requirements of the immigration category applicable. All applications should include sufficient supporting documentation to permit this initial assessment to be carried out. For example, an Independent/Skilled Worker applicant would be expected to submit the relevant letters of reference and documents concerning his/her education and qualifications to permit the appropriate points for occupation, education and experience to be awarded. Similarly, business applicants would be expected to submit sufficient documentation to confirm that they have business experience and financial resources. With the exception of the police certificate requirement, photocopies are acceptable for this purpose. Visa officers may request originals at the time a selection decision is taken.
An additional but no less important point is that it is up to applicants to identify which immigration category they wish to be assessed under. We will not consider applications requesting assessment under several different immigration categories. This applies to the three business immigration categories. An applicant must identify whether he/she wishes to be assessed as an entrepreneur, an investor or as a self-employed person. And, for entrepreneurs and self-3mployed persons, it is in addition necessary that the applicant identify what business he/she intends to become involved with in Canada. Persons applying as independent/skilled worker applicants can of course request assessment under alternative occupational classifications, but such applicants must identify what occupation or occupations they wish to be assessed under.
As noted, if such documentation is not received, or if the immigration category or occupation under which the application is to be assessed is not clearly identified, the application cannot be paper-screened and the completion of this stage of the assessment would be delayed. A request would be sent to the applicant or his/her agent requesting that the missing information be provided.
It is important to note that any estimate we make with respect to processing times does not apply to applications which are delayed in this way. Given the communication realities in this region, these requests for additional information can add weeks if not months to the overall processing time for an application. The onus is on applicants and their agents to provide this information at the time of application, or risk facing this additional delay.
CORRESPONDENCE/USE OF COURIER SERVICES
This office will use as the contact address for all communication, whatever mailing address is provided by the applicant on his/her application form. This means that, where an applicant provides the Canadian address for his/her agent, correspondence and documents (including immigrant visas) will be sent to that address. One exception to this approach is with respect to notifying applicants resident in Iran as to the date of interview. Due to communications difficulties, our experience has led us to the conclusion that the most efficient mechanism to notify these clients of their interview is by having the Canadian embassy in Tehran contact them directly. We make every effort to also notify agents by fax of the date and time of interview.
It must be noted that, given the unreliability of the local mail system, all documents which are sent to Canada will go via diplomatic bag. This means that correspondence can take a number of weeks before it will be received. One alternative is the use of commercial courier services. While this is possible, please note the following requirements which exist at this office with respect to the use of commercial courier services:
– the Canadian Embassy, Damascus, will not be in any way liable for the costs; – we will only forward correspondence/documents if pre-paid courier invoices have been provided in advance.
As a final note, it is important for all persons acting as agents for applicants to bear in mind that our duty is primarily to the applicant. That is to say, if this office is instructed by the applicant to forward correspondence or documents directly to the applicant him or herself rather than an agent, we will do so. This applies particularly to situations involving short validity visa documents.
ROLF REFUNDS
Information as to how ROLF (right of landing fee) refunds are dealt with by this office and by our satellite offices was provided in our previous newsletter. The variations in approach are reflective of the banking systems available in each country. In terms of how and where ROLF refunds can be issued, the following points are important to note:
3 Syria and Out of Region Residents:
-As a result of the current banking system in Syria, the Canadian Embassy in Damascus is not in a position to issue or mail ROLF refund cheques. All refunds issued by this office must be issued in cash. Where payment was originally made in US dollars or Syrian pounds the refund will be issued in the same currency as it was paid. However, where the payment was originally made in Canadian dollars, the refund will be issued in equivalent US dollars based on the current exchange rate.
-ROLF refunds can be obtained in person on the last Thursday of the month between 9:00-1 2:00 from the Canadian Embassy in Damascus,Syria. In order to obtain the refund, please bring the original refusal letter, receipt and personal identification;
-written authorization can also be given to another person to obtain a refund on your behalf. They should go to the Canadian Embassy on the last Thursday of the month, as stated above. To obtain the refund they should bring the signed, written authorization, original refusal letter, receipt and personal identification;
-for residents of Jordan and the Gulf, the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, may be able to mail ROLF refund cheques on our behalf. Please note that as a result of banking limitations, these refund cheques will be issued in Jordanian Dinar. Note that where payment was originally made in another currency, the equivalent amount in Jordanian Dinar will be calculated based on current exchange rates, rather than the rate applicable at time of payment.
-alternatively, it may be possible to make arrangements with a Canadian Embassy in the area in which you reside to issue a refund on our behalf. Please note, however, that as a result of regional variances, not all Canadian Embassies are in a position to issue refunds. Further, there may be limits as to the currency and form of these refunds.
Iranian Residents:
-ROLF refunds can be obtained in person (or by authorized individual) on the last Thursday of the month between 9:00 – 1 2:00 from the Canadian Embassy in Tehran, Iran. In order to obtain the refund, please bring the original refusal letter, receipt and personal identification. Refund payments are made in US dollars cash only.
Jordanian Residents:
-ROLF refunds can be obtained in person (or by authorized individual) on the last Thursday of the month between 9:00 – 1 2:00 from the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan. In order to obtain the refund, please bring the original refusal letter, receipt and personal identification. Refund payments are made by cheque in Jordanian dinars only. As mentioned above, the Canadian Embassy has a limited capacity to mail refund cheques. 4 Lebanese Residents:
– ROLF refunds can be obtained in person (or by authorized individual) on the last Friday of the month between 9:00 – 1 2:00 from the Canadian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. In order to obtain the refund, please bring the original refusal letter, receipt and personal identification. Refunds are issued by cheque in US dollars only.
Residents of Cyprus:
ROLF refunds for residents of Cyprus will be treated on a case-by-case basis. APPLICATIONS FROM OUTSIDE OF REGION As was mentioned in our previous newsletter, Damascus has a regional responsible extending to Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Please note that, as of June 1st, 1998, we are also responsible for Cyprus.
Our focus is on applicants resident within our region, and we have developed expertise to deal with these applicants. We will of course accept any application for processing from anywhere in the world, but persons who are resident outside of our region must bear in mind that:
– their interview will not be waived;
– all dependents 1 9 years of age and over who are included in the application will generally be required to attend interview; this office does not intervene with foreign governments or the embassies of other countries with respect to facilitating the issuance of visas to permit applicants to attend interview here in Damascus;
– the estimated processing times we provide do not apply to such applications.
Applicants resident outside of our region are strongly urged to consider applying at the office closest to their place of residence. It has been our experience that nonresident applicants can find that the time required for processing their applications can be at least twice as long as the time required for resident applicants. DAMASCUS AS A DESIGNATED BUSINESS IMMIGRATION CENTER The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has recently announced that certain persons applying as business immigrants must submit their applications to one of the business immigration centers designated pursuant to section 10.1 of the Immigration Act. The centers so designated are: Beijing, Bonn, Buffalo, Hong Kong, Damascus, London, Paris, Seoul and Singapore. As part of this announcement, the Minister also indicated that the designated business centers could refer applications to four other offices (Buenos Aires, Moscow, New York, Seattle).
For Damascus, no major changes in our procedures are planned as a result of this designation for the immediate future.
5 LOCATION OF INTERVIEW
Officers from Damascus carry out area visits to Tehran and to Amman to conduct interviews. We make an effort to ensure that visits to each of these offices take place every two months. As noted above, we also now have responsibility for Cyprus. Our current planning is to carry out two visits to Cyprus per year. This is based upon analysis of past trends and the past experience of the Canadian Embassy, Tel Aviv, which was the office previously responsible for Cyprus.
Applicants must bear in mind that having an interview either in Tehran or Amman is not an option available to all applicants. The location of an interview is determined by this office, with some flexibility available to some applicants as follows:
– applicants resident in Iran can request to be interviewed either in Tehran or Damascus;
– applicants resident in Iraq will be interviewed in Amman;
– applicants resident in Jordan will generally be interviewed in Jordan, though they can request interview in Damascus;
– applicants resident in Lebanon will be interviewed in Damascus;
– applicants resident in Cyprus may be interviewed either in Cyprus or Damascus.
ACCESS TO THE VISA SECTION
As was set out in our previous newsletter, the Visa Section at the Canadian Embassy, Damascus is open to the public from 8:00AM to 1:30PM on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week (except holidays – please see attached list of holidays for 1 998). Non-immigrant clientele are dealt with during these times, and generally on a walk-in basis. The Visa Section is also open for inquiries from the general public at these times.
An important change has been implemented with respect to the availability of Immigration program staff to deal with telephone inquiries. Given the significant increase in the volume of applications we are dealing with, we simply cannot provide the same kind of service in terms of dealing with telephone inquiries. Telephone callers may now access our voicemail system which provides pre-recorded information concerning various issues of interest. It is also possible to leave messages which will be reviewed and replied to as warranted.
The Visa Section’s Deputy Program Manager is available to meet with applicants and agents to discuss general concerns of a client-service nature. Advance notice (a minimum of three weeks prior to the date of the meeting) is required. Confirmation must be obtained from this office as to the date and time for such a meeting. Discussions with respect to specific cases will generally not be entered into. Case inquiries should be provided in writing, citing the case file number. Please bear in mind that these meetings will not be arranged on the basis of entering into a substantive review of a case officer’s decision.
6 Please note that any agent wishing to obtain information about an application in process must provide the written authorization of the applicant permitting this office to release information to that agent. The authorization must indicate a specific, named individual (or can indicate several individuals with the same firm) – firm names are not acceptable. Any persons so named as being entitled to the release of such information must be Canadian citizens. If such written authorization has not been provided, no information can be released to any third party.
In addition, we also hope to be in a position to launch a website in the near future. This website will contain information on our procedures, processing times etc., and will hopefully enhance our ability to provide accurate and timely information to our clientele. PROCESSING TIMES The following processing times reflect the major increase in the volume of applications being processed by this office: AUGUST TO OCTOBER. 1998 DAMASCUS TEHRAN AMMAN
>From date of receipt of 9 to 1 2 months 14 months 9 to 1 2 months application to interview date
>From date of interview to date 4 to 5 months 4 to 5 months 4 to 5 months of final decision
The above processing times apply to the majority of immigrant cases which require Interview and take into account current volume of cases, time required for completion of medical examinations1 and the processing time for background clearance checks. There are of course always exceptions, but generally these timeframes
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For screening of One Piece : Stampede in India.
Indian Kaizoku started this petition to Cental Board Of Film Certification
One Piece: Stampede is an upcoming Japanese animated fantasy action adventure film directed by Takashi Otsuka and produced by Toei Animation. It is the fourteenth feature film of the One Piece film series, based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda.
There is a handful of community in India that enjoy watching anime films and shows and with that comes the question of piracy. We all want to be patriots and stop this by legally watching the film. I understand that most Indian audience have different taste but we must be open and accept other different ideals and opinions.
Get this petition to censor board'sattention as I want to join a screening and so do people who appreciate art. I hope people who are in international film releasing understand this concern.
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Cheap & Flexible flights to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) in 2021/2022
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Find cheaper flights and flexible date options to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, Idaho, Pocatello Regional Airport, PIH in 2021/2022 with CheapFlightsFinder from the USA and airports all over the world. The GEO coordinates for Idaho, Pocatello Regional Airport are 42.90980148, -112.5960007, located in the country of United States. On this page you can find the best deals, flexible times to fly to Pocatello, Idaho and the cheapest dates to travel to Idaho, Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) in the year 2021/2022 from the best meta search engines in the world. We search Skyscanner, KAYAK, momondo, Dohop, KIWI, Jetradar, Google Flights and many more to make sure you get the best price possible. Also, see the best things to do in Pocatello, Idaho, the weather in Pocatello, Idaho, a map of Pocatello, Idaho, some travel videos of Pocatello, Idaho and flight times and distances to Idaho, Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) from the most popular US airports.
Top things to do in Pocatello, Idaho
Exhibits on cleaning methods & devices
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Old Town Pocatello
Historic city center
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Gibson Jack Trailhead
The Standrod House
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Ammon Park
Open area with playground & picnic spots
St Joseph's Chapel
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Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society
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FLIGHT DISTANCE AND FLYING TIME TO Pocatello, Idaho
Flights from Atlanta - Georgia, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,647 miles (2,650 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 9 minutes.
Flights from Los Angeles - California, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 694 miles (1,118 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 2 hours 2 minutes.
Flights from Chicago - Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,256 miles (2,021 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 3 hours 17 minutes.
Flights from Dallas - Dallas, Texas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,091 miles (1,756 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 2 hours 55 minutes.
Flights from Denver - Colorado, Airport - Denver International Airport (DEN) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 461 miles (742 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 31 minutes.
Flights from New York - John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,989 miles (3,200 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 55 minutes.
Flights from San Francisco - California, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 631 miles (1,016 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 54 minutes.
Flights from Seattle - Airport - Seattle Tacoma International, Washington (SEA) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 567 miles (912 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 45 minutes.
Flights from Las Vegas - Nevada, McCarran International Airport (LAS) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 491 miles (790 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 35 minutes.
Flights from Orlando - Florida, Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 2,004 miles (3,225 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 57 minutes.
Flights from Charlotte - North Carolina, Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,767 miles (2,844 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 25 minutes.
Flights from Phoenix - Arizona, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 655 miles (1,055 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 57 minutes.
Flights from Houston - Texas, Airport - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,306 miles (2,101 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 3 hours 24 minutes.
Flights from Miami - Florida, Miami International Airport (MIA) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 2,169 miles (3,491 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 5 hours 19 minutes.
Flights from Boston - Massachusetts, Edward L. Logan International Airport (BOS) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 2,092 miles (3,368 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 5 hours 8 minutes.
Flights from Minneapolis - Minnesota, Airport - St. Paul International (MSP) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 972 miles (1,564 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 2 hours 39 minutes.
Flights from Fort Lauderdale - Florida, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 2,163 miles (3,481 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 5 hours 18 minutes.
Flights from Detroit - Michigan, Airport - Wayne County International (DTW) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,481 miles (2,384 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 3 hours 47 minutes.
Flights from Philadelphia - Pennsylvania, Airport - Philadelphia International (PHL) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,932 miles (3,109 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 47 minutes.
Flights from Baltimore - Maryland, Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,875 miles (3,018 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 40 minutes.
Flights from Salt Lake City - Utah, Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 150 miles (241 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 49 minutes.
Flights from San Diego - California, San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 746 miles (1,201 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 2 hours 9 minutes.
Flights from Tampa - Florida, Tampa International Airport (TPA) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 1,966 miles (3,164 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 4 hours 52 minutes.
Flights from Portland - International Airport, Oregon (PDX) to Pocatello, Idaho (PIH) - The flight distance between these airports is 528 miles (850 kilometres). The direct flight time is roughly 1 hours 40 minutes.
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Ed Sheeran’s ‘X’ Is No. 1 in U.S. and UK
Jacqueline Sahagian
Source: Thinkstock
English crooner Ed Sheeran’s sophomore album x, pronounced ‘Multiply,’ has become the fastest selling album of the year in his home country, according to the BBC, with 182,000 copies flying off the shelves in the UK during its first week on sale. It has done even better in the U.S., debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and selling 210,000 copies during its first week on sale, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan.
The album x is currently sitting at number one on the album charts in the UK and the U.S. after its release last week. According to Billboard, this is the first number one record for Sheeran, the biggest pop debut of the year, and the fourth largest opening of the year overall. The publication also noted that x is the biggest U.S. debut from a British male singer in nearly ten years, since Rod Stewart released Stardust … The Great American Songbook Vol. III in the fall of 2004.
In the UK, x has displaced Coldplay’s Ghost Stories as the top selling album of 2014 by 14,000 copies and Sheeran has also obtained his first number one single “Sing.” In the States, “Sing” has yet to crack the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, but strong album sales will certainly build momentum for the album’s first single.
The record produced in part by Pharrell and Rick Rubin, and finds Sheeran exploring more R&B and hip-hop influences than his previous record, the multi-platinum +. Rolling Stone said that Sheeran’s more hardened attitude works, for the most part, giving the album 3 out of 5 stars. “On his second album, x, Ed Sheeran supersizes his romantic affliction: Each new day is a fresh chance for this guy to hit the bar, fall in love, get his heart stomped like a bug — and then dissect the gory remains over a pretty acoustic melody,” Rolling Stone writes. The album has a 74 rating from reviews aggregated by Metacritic.
Sheeran’s x is doing better than + with the critics as well as in sales. The assistance from the two world-class producers made for some danceable surefire hit type songs from Pharrell and some more serious ones from Rubin. Rubin’s involvement will pique the curiosity of more serious music fans than who would usually pay attention to a teen pop sensation like Sheeran. Rubin produced several tracks on the album, including “Bloodstream,” “Don’t,” and “Tenerife Sea.” While there are still aspects of the record that come off as immature, it is much more grown-up than +, and despite the maturity complaints it’s worth remembering that Sheeran still has his mostly teenage fan base (known as Sheerios) that he gained while on tour with friend and frequent collaborator Taylor Swift to cater to.
Sheeran opened up about his ambition in an interview with Rolling Stone: “I’m more calculated than people think,” Sheeran admits. “When I said I wanted to play Madison Square Garden, a lot of people said I was nuts. And I made sure I did it. And when I said I wanted to sell 4 million albums, and we were stuck on 2.5 million, I went to the States and got on the Taylor Swift tour and made sure I did it.”
Now that x is flying off the shelves, Sheeran stands to meet more of his big goals and perhaps even surpass his mentor Taylor Swift if he can keep up the momentum through his following records as well.
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Oxford English Dictionary couldn't pick just one 'word of the year' for 2020
By Jack Guy, CNN
Published Nov 24, 2020 6:45:55 AM
(CNN) — The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been unable to name its traditional word of the year for 2020, instead exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year.
"It quickly became apparent that 2020 is not a year that could neatly be accommodated in one single 'word of the year,'" the OED said, with the language adapting "rapidly and repeatedly."
The report, titled "Words of an Unprecedented Year," uses an adjective that has itself seen a big spike in use during 2020.
"Though what was genuinely unprecedented this year was the hyper-speed at which the English-speaking world amassed a new collective vocabulary relating to the coronavirus, and how quickly it became, in many instances, a core part of the language," the report reads.
It moves through the year, detailing the most important words in certain months, based on spikes in use, from "bushfire" in January, when Australia suffered its worst fire season on record, to "acquittal" in February, when US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial ended.
From March onward, terms related to the coronavirus pandemic start to dominate, including "Covid-19," a completely new word, first recorded on February 11; "lockdown," "social distancing" and "reopening."
In June, use of the phrase "Black Lives Matter" exploded, followed by "cancel culture" and "BIPOC," an abbreviation of "Black, indigenous and other people of color."
"Mail-in" and "Belarusian" were both flagged as words of the month for August, referring to mail-in voting for the US election and the controversial reelection of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, respectively.
"Moonshot," the name the UK government gave to its mass coronavirus testing program, appears in September, while "net zero" and "superspreader" are highlighted in October.
Net zero refers to Chinese President Xi Jinping's pledge that the country will be carbon neutral by 2060, and superspreader, a word that dates to the 1970s, according to the OED, saw a spike in use after a cluster of Covid-19 cases at the White House.
The OED named "climate emergency" as word of the year in 2019, and "toxic" in 2018.
This story was first published on CNN.com Oxford English Dictionary couldn't pick just one 'word of the year' for 2020
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Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Wedding Portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (detail), 1641
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest Acquires Van Dyck Portrait
Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest Acquires Van Dyck’s Wedding Portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta Stuart
The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest acquired an exceptional wedding portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (1631–1660), eldest daughter of King Charles I of England. Anthony van Dyck completed the painting in 1641. The new acquisition is presented to the public in a cabinet exhibition curated by CODART member Júlia Tátrai, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings and Head of Department of Old Master Paintings. The portrait is displayed together with a selection of portraits of royal children and Van Dyck’s early works from the museum’s collection.
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Wedding Portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta Stuart, 1641
Information from the Museum, 21 January 2019
The wedding portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta was one of the last works painted by Van Dyck. So far, the Museum of Fine Arts only held two very early works by the painter: the poetic image of Saint John the Evangelist from around 1619–1620 and the Portrait of a Married Couple that Van Dyck painted at the age of nineteen but it nevertheless attests to his exceptional artistic skill and subtle human insight. The depicted couple is not so young anymore, however, their holding hands symbolise their unity and the ring gleaming on her finger commemorates a wedding just as in the portrait of Princess Mary Henrietta that was created much later.
Charles I of England wanted his eldest daughter, Mary Henrietta Stuart, to marry William II, Prince of Orange. The dynastic marriage was aimed at strengthening the alliance between England and the Netherlands. The ceremony was held on 2 May 1641 but the marriage could not be consummated since Mary Henrietta was nine and William was fourteen years old. (Their child, who would be the English king as William III, was only born nine years later.) In the wedding portrait, the princess has a wedding ring on her left hand, and wears on her dress the large diamond brooch she received as a wedding gift from her husband. In the exhibition, we can see the parents and the husband of the princess in engraved portraits.
Children of rulers were regularly portrayed in European courts. Among the portraits of children displayed in the exhibition, there are several who were somehow connected to Princess Mary Henrietta. Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, two years senior to Mary Henrietta, was one of the princess’ possible husbands-to-be. He was also her cousin, just like the children of “The Winter King”, Frederick V of the Palatinate.
Sending a portrait of a princess to another royal court served to prepare a dynastic marriage. From the moment of her birth, Margaret Theresa of Spain, the half-sister of Balthasar Charles, was the fiancée of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Hungarian King, therefore, her portraits were regularly sent to the Viennese court. In the portrait displayed at the exhibition, Margaret Theresa is nine years old, the same age as Princess Mary Henrietta in Van Dyck’s painting that is now held by the Museum of Fine Arts.
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The EEA: the worst of all possible worlds
Written by Martin Hall
The worst option of all. Photo: Håkan Dahlström/Flickr
The European Economic Area is an extension of the EU's dominance and is not to be taken lightly, argues Martin Hall
Yesterday, in perhaps the principal vote in the raft of amendments put before the House of Commons in the last two days, an amendment to keep Britain in the EEA (European Economic Area) post-Brexit was defeated. Some 90 Labour members ignored the whip, which was to abstain; 75 voted to remain in the EEA post-Brexit, while the remainder voted with the government. Despite much trumpeting of Tory rebellions in the corporate media, only 3 Tories voted against the government. Why has this particular amendment caused such division?
The European Economic Area (EEA) is the way in which the Single Market is extended into countries that are not actually members of the European Union. It is therefore an extension of the EU’s hegemony, rather than any sort of ‘EU-lite’. Three of the four countries in EFTA (the European Free Trade Association) are members, with the fourth, Switzerland, instead having a variety of bilateral trade agreements. This latter approach is what Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour leadership have laid out. All members are bound by the ‘Four Freedoms’ of movement relating to capital, people, goods and services and must adopt EU legislation, with some exceptions regarding fishing and agriculture. Moreover, EEA members who are not in the EU have no say over what legislation is proposed, nor upon its ratification.
This means that the reasons why remaining in the Single Market are an impediment to a radical reforming government are equally true in the case of the EEA. In short, the Single Market is a barrier to renationalisation, procurement based on need, an effective industrial policy and it provides the base for the privileging of the needs of capital over labour, enshrining as it does the rights of the former to insert itself into every walk of life.
Instead, the Labour leadership tabled a motion on the 5th of June seeking an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill that intended to force the government to seek a deal with ‘no new impediments to trade’ and that would give the UK ‘full access’ to the Single Market via the sort of trade deal referred to above. It was defeated, as was expected. There are disagreements on the left regarding the efficacy of free trade deals with the EU, but that being said, what is clear is that any deal of that nature would be better than staying in the EEA, as trade would continue as before but without the obstacles to the implementation of policies in the interests of working people that staying in the EEA would create.
Furthermore, the position of the 75 rebels who voted to remain in the EEA shines a hard light on the idea that any of them are for 'remain and reform', as membership of the EEA or Single Market without EU membership means that utopian dreams of turning Europe red via a long march through the institutions of Brussels are reduced to pressing your face up at the windows of centralised European capitalism as it gets on with its business.
Of course, the vast majority of these MPs have spent the last three years trying to get rid of or undermine Corbyn, but anyone on the left who backs remaining in the EEA or indeed the EU do need to know who their friends are, and what they have in mind, which is to return Labour to the politics of the centre and stop the advance of the left. Every Labour supposed 'grandee' backing the EEA in speeches yesterday talked about how reform of freedom of movement of people might be possible within it. Not one of them mentioned reforming free movement of capital in order to get around restrictions on the use of state aid. They will make concessions to the right, but never to the left. Their desire to remain in the EEA needs to be seen in the context of the Europhile end of the left’s overall aim of reversing Brexit and remaining in the European Union. There is no other logic to it, as it represents the worst option of all.
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Sports UConn Men's Basketball
Napier Named To All-Big East First Team
DOM AMORE
Once again, things changed for UConn when Shabazz Napier emerged. It wasn't 35 minutes into the game this time, it wasn't in overtime — it was 35 minutes before.
"We got our ace back," R.J. Evans said.
And when the Huskies had their ace on the court, they rarely lost this season. Napier, who averaged 17.1 points per game and turned nine overtime periods into his own showcase, was named to the All-Big East first team on Sunday. He is the 16th UConn player to be so honored.
"He's a leader," coach Kevin Ollie said. "He's evolved as a young man, a special young man, from his freshman year to now. Just leading by his experience. He used to think he could do it by himself; now he knows he needs his teammates. When somebody's down, he's always there to pick him up."
Freshman Omar Calhoun, like Napier, fought through injuries late in the season, and was picked for the All-Rookie Team.
Otto Porter Jr. of Georgetown, who averaged 18.1 points and 7.3 rebounds, was the only unanimous choice for the first team, and he is the front-runner to win the Big East Player of the Year when it is announced on Tuesday at the league tournament in New York.
But it would be hard to imagine a more valuable player than Napier. He missed two games, against Cincinnati and South Florida, with a sprained right foot. He was much less than 100 percent after injuring his shoulder against Louisville Jan. 14 and the following game against Pittsburgh. The Huskies lost all four of those games, so one could argue that with a healthy, or reasonably healthy, Napier on the court, UConn would have won 20 of 26 games this season.
He estimated he was "75 percent" on Saturday, but he scored 16 (four in OT) as the Huskies beat Providence 63-59 with Niels Giffey, Tyler Olander and Calhoun all out with injuries.
Napier, a junior who will be mulling entry to the NBA draft over the next few weeks, averaged 17.1 points per game, but was most remarkable in UConn's seven overtime games. In nine OT sessions — 45 minutes — he scored 55 points. Twice, he scored 11 in overtime sessions to lead the Huskies in wins over South Florida and Cincinnati. In a game against Quinnipiac on Nov. 18, UConn was down 10 points with less than five minutes to go when Napier got hot, scoring 23 points over the final minute of regulation and two OTs to lead the come-from-behind win.
"I'm extremely proud of Shabazz," Ollie said, "and very happy he has been recognized by the Big East coaches for the way he has played this year."
Napier, 6 feet 1, was UConn's leading rebounder for much of the season, and finished with a 4.4 average. He had 129 assists, vs. 67 turnovers and 56 steals in 28 games.
Gorgui Dieng and Russ Smith of Louisville, Bryce Cotton on Providence and Jack Cooley of Notre Dame joined Napier and Porter as first-teamers.
Sean Kilpatrick of Cincinnati, Vander Blue of Marquette, Jerian Grant of Notre Dame, Michael Carter-Williams and C.J. Fair, both of Syracuse, are on the second team.
Markel Starks of Georgetown, Peyton Siva of Louisville, Tray Woodall of Pittsburgh, Brandon Triche of Syracuse and JayVaughn Pinkston of Villanova are on the third team.
Honorable mentions were Davante Gardner of Marquette, Kadeem Batts of Providence, JaKarr Sampson of St. John's and Fuquan Edwin of Seton Hall.
Calhoun, the 27th UConn player to make the league's All-Rookie team, was hampered the last several games, and missed the final game, with a sprained right wrist, but averaged 11.1 points per game. He started each of UConn's first 29 games.
DeVauntes Smith-Rivera of Georgetown, Steven Adams of Pitt, Ryan Arcidiacono of Villanova, Sampson and Chris Obekpa of St. John's were also on the All-Rookie team.
The Big East will announce more awards Monday, and its Coach and Player of the Year on Tuesday.
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Cashing in on security drive
NY firms, schools on high alert for ways to capture homeland security billions
Tom Fredrickson
Last month, Manhattan-based defense contractor L-3 Communications Inc. won what it hopes will be the first of a flood of new contracts. The state of Oklahoma hired the company to gauge its readiness to deal with bioterrorism.
With the federal government expected to spend billions of dollars to beef up homeland security in the coming months, L-3, with $2.3 billion in revenues, is gearing up for more. In fact, it has gone so far as to create a new division to handle the expected surge.
L-3 has lots of company. Many New York-based companies, and even academic institutions, are already lining up to capture some piece of the $56 billion expected to flow over the next two years from President George W. Bush's "homeland security initiative."
Universities are getting in on the action by focusing research efforts on combating terrorism. They are also linking up with the private sector to rush ideas with security applications from academe to the streets.
Ahead of the pack
"Small companies like L-3 are very well-positioned to add revenues in a meaningful way," says Peter Arment, an equity analyst with JSA Research Inc. "They will directly benefit from the uptick in spending."
L-3 has several initiatives that are likely to attract homeland security money. One huge success is the company's high-tech bomb-detection equipment. In one of L-3's biggest sales ever, the U.S. Department of Transportation this month agreed to buy 100 of L-3's baggage-screening systems for $162 million. That contract could ultimately be worth $250 million.
Manhattan-based Honeybee Robotics Inc. is another firm focusing like a laser on the new pot of cash. The small research firm is hoping that technology being developed for a planned Mars mission later this decade can be applied to fight terrorism.
The drill Honeybee is designing for the NASA probe could, for example, be used to plant devices to detect border crossings or to inspect suspected hazardous material spread by terrorists, a company spokeswoman says.
Honeybee officials also are talking to a former defense contractor interested in making robots that could peer around corners in an area of armed conflict, such as an airport in the midst of a hijacking or other terrorist act.
University researchers have also been quick to smell an opportunity. About 20% of the federal spending on security will go toward research and development. Dr. Russell Bessette, executive director of the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research, cites as proof the $200 million earmarked for research in the $1.1 billion Department of Transportation airport security budget.
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He also points out that the emphasis will be on products that are near marketability. NYSTAR already is using $5 million in state money to add to the federal expenditures for selected programs.
Some of the biggest beneficiaries will be New York City's many software developers, predicts Dr. Bessette. He thinks private companies will take ideas from the universities and run with them. Potential customers include hospitals, which will need software to determine if patterns of disease outbreaks relate to bioterrorist attacks.
University research projects likely to get funded also include the development of software that checks for coded messages on the Internet. New York University, among others in the state, is participating in the research, Dr. Bessette says.
Another research area involves creating secure wireless communications. Polytechnic University in Brooklyn is a leader in that field, and already receives $1 million in NYSTAR funding for its research.
Other new projects are also nearing fruition. "There are some very specific products we are looking at in the area of weapons and explosives detection," Dr. Bessette says. "Some are close to being incorporated and involve companies in New York state that would be the manufacturers."
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Bullet train in vain: As Cali rail project skids, consultants blamed
“You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it,” con artist Lyle Lanley tells the denizens of Springfield in the celebrated “Marge vs. the Monorail” episode of "The Simpsons." Lanley goes on to bilk the city of Springfield out of its $3 million windfall, while still delivering a shoddy, cut-corner monorail.
Eleven years in, and California’s high-speed rail project would probably be happy with Lanley’s “crappy” transit system – at least he delivered it in some semblance of a reasonable timeframe, and on budget.
In 2008, California voters approved a $9.95 billion initial bond funding for a high-speed rail route with 520 miles of rail bed stretching from LA to San Francisco. The agency responsible for the project, the California High-Speed Rail Authority, reported it would be finished in 12 years at a cost of $33 billion.
Today, estimated project costs have ballooned an extra $44 billion, while completion has been pushed back 13 years. The spiraling costs and snail’s pace construction forced California Governor Gavin Newsom to indefinitely postpone most of the bullet train project in February, preserving only the in-progress 171-mile Bakersfield to Merced stretch (with an estimated cost of $16-$18 billion).
Going off the rails on a gravy train
A report last month in the LA Times linked the project’s failings to a foundational error – an overreliance on “a network of high-cost consultants who have consistently underestimated the difficulty of the task.”
The rail authority had just 10 employees to oversee the project in 2008, and decided they could reduce overall costs by shifting duties to consultants instead of building a large permanent workforce. Today, a network of engineering and management consulting firms form the bulk of the project’s workforce, including WSP, Aecom, Mott MacDonald, Arup, Arcadis, EY, and KPMG.
The rail authority currently has 180 employees in comparison to main consultant WSP, which has about 470 employees working on the bullet train project. According to state budget documents from 2010, the rail authority’s contract consultant engineers cost an average $427,000 per year, versus the in-house salaries of $131,000 per engineer. The typical refrain from the consulting industry is “our engineers and project managers are better and do better work faster,” or something to that extent. A lot of good it’s done for the project so far, though.
At the center is Montreal-based global engineering consultancy WSP, which has an estimated $666.4 million in contract value on the project. According to the LA Times, WSP developed the estimate that the LA-San Francisco line would cost $33 billion and take 12 years to construct. The consulting firm holds the lease on much of the office space at the rail authority’s headquarters, while supplying the proprietary software which rail authority employees use, as well as the servers that store the project’s data.
Though it’s very common for consultants to be enlisted to work on infrastructure projects, the degree of “consulting capture” on the California bullet train is particularly heavy.
A November 2018 audit from State Auditor Elaine Howle savaged the project, citing the role of consultants multiple times. She noted that the rail authority is dependent on WSP staff to fill jobs, and that it even relies on consultants to manage and oversee other consultants.
The audit also found significant problems in invoice reviews and documenting of completed work.
Hate to say I told you so
An editorial last month from the Orange County Register (OCR) found the high-speed train boondoggle to be an unsurprising development. The paper opposed the proposition that launched the project in 2008, characterizing it at the time as a “nice dream” that veered into “fantasyland territory.”
As for the consulting capture, the OCR noted that contracting and engineering firms poured $837,000 in contributions to the proposal campaign to secure voter approval, second only to the $1.6 million spent by various unions.
According to the OCR, “The entire concept was based on grandiose visions from Europe and Japan rather than practical considerations of California’s geography.” The engineering problem of tunneling through the Tehachapi Mountains, for example, was a big impediment to progress.
There was no Lisa Simpson to ask the California state equivalent of “I'd like you to explain why we should build a mass transit system in a small town with a centralized population.” A monorail didn’t makes sense for Springfield, and maybe high-speed rail never made sense for California, at least in the way the project was developed.
Same old song
There’s a good deal of public discomfort when consultants get called in to do government contract work. They’re ultimately expensive, and profit-motivated. Consultants “may not always have the state’s best interests as their primary motivation,” State Auditor Howle wrote in the November report.
You worry that consultants will tell agencies and the public what they want to hear to get a project to launch. You worry, in the end, that they are Lyle Lanley – with Brooks Brothers suits, fake smiles, and dreams to sell.
California probably should have spent that money to fix up its crumbling Main Streets.
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5-star signee has a prediction on if UGA will land the nation’s No. 1 receiver
Mecole Hardman, Jr. signed with UGA in February. He's rated as the nation's No. 1 athlete for 2016.
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Mecole Hardman, Jr. is one of UGA’s five-star signees for the Class of 2016.
The Elbert County athlete would like to see the program add another to this year’s class. This weekend will play an important role in that quest as five-star receiver Demetris Robertson (Savannah Christian/Savannah, Ga.) is in town for a highly-anticipated official visit.
If UGA signs Robertson, that increases the program’s 2016 five-star haul to four players.
Robertson is the nation’s No. 1 receiver for 2016. He has yet to sign a letter-of-intent. What he has signed are financial aid agreements to Cal and Georgia Tech. Those are non-binding but do allow the schools unlimited contact for the duration of his recruitment.
Hardman considers Robertson a priority to fill out the class and will make every opportunity to join him in Athens for his official visit. What kind of chance does UGA have?
The prospect who made late night calls to help flip Tyler Simmons from Alabama to UGA can only offer his opinion.
“I think in his heart D-Rob wants to come to Georgia,” Hardman said.
Hardman doesn’t want to speculate about the reasons, but it seems to him Robertson is being pulled in different directions. Hardman was with UGA’s other five-star signees (Jacob Eason, Isaac Nauta) on the East team in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl game plus three other recruits who eventually signed with Kirby Smart’s new team.
The East squad had a heavy-UGA flavor to it.
“When we were all together for the (U.S. Army All-American Game) he was really feeling Georgia,” Hardman said. “That was where it seemed he wanted to go. He wanted to play with us because we were closest to him, but I feel like his dream school is Stanford. But he needs the scores to get into there. If he doesn’t get those scores, I feel he is more of a Notre Dame guy.”
What is his prediction? Hardman feels Robertson will eventually sign with the Fighting Irish.
“I feel like Notre Dame is going to be that program that will put that academics and degree first on him and he is going to be a star and will still go to the league from there,” Hardman said. “But I sure would love to play with him at Georgia. But it seems like we can’t get our hopes about him right now. It seems like he still has to make up his mind.”
The nation’s No. 1 athlete made it very clear he’d love to be wrong, but that was his honest opinion.
“I sure wish he would come to Athens and really be a part of something special,” he said.
Unless otherwise indicated, player rankings and ratings are from the 247Sports Composite.
Jeff Sentell covers UGA football and UGA recruiting for AJC.com and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Follow him on Twitter for the latest on who’s on their way to play Between the Hedges.
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David Kramer Receives Covington Latin Alumni Award
June 2, 2020 David Kramer
Each year, Covington Latin School recognizes alumni with awards that reflect the school’s motto, “Bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me” (“Teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge.”) The School has announced that DBL Law partner David Kramer has been selected as recipient of the Disciplinam Award for 2020. The Disciplinam Award is given to a graduate of Latin School who demonstrates excellence in his/her profession and in service to Covington Latin School.
David graduated from Covington Latin in 1976. He has served on the School’s Board of Education as a member (from 1994 to 2004) and Chair (1998 to 2000), and as a member of its Alumni Association Board of Directors (1989 to 1992 and 2019 to present). His volunteer activities for the School include many years of planning and fundraising for the Academic Advancement Fund, organizing and running the Alumni Golf Outing, and serving on an advisory committee for management of the School’s endowment.
Professionally, David has been with DBL Law since 1986, and has been a partner since 1994. He chairs the firm’s Civil Litigation Practice Group. He has been named a Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and Litigation Counsel of America, and has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Kentucky by Super Lawyers. David served as a Special Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, a member of the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association, and a member of the Kentucky Supreme Court’s Civil Rules Committee, and currently serves as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary. He is the principal author of a two-volume treatise on the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure, a publication regarded as the leading reference on the Kentucky Civil Rules.
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One step closer for new Congresbury Village Hall
POSTED BY Mike Coles
Many villagers turned out in force to support the Congresbury village coffee morning on Thursday 31st August, a pop up coffee shop welcomed residents of all ages with a homemade cake sale and activities for the children. The morning also saw the Grand Village Draw at midday, with village sponsor, Debbie Fortune of local award-winning company, Debbie Fortune Estate Agents doing the honours in the draw, and Red Letter Day experience vouchers for two people were awarded to the lucky winners, with money raised going towards the funds to support the Development Trust, a community organisation leading the project to provide a new village hall/community centre facility the village has been talking about for over 18 years.
Existing community facilities in the village include the Recreation Club, Old School Rooms and Memorial Hall. These are all relatively small, underused and considered by many villagers as not fit for purpose. The significant maintenance costs of the Memorial Hall and Old School rooms raise a question mark over their financial viability in their current form.
With particular consideration for the site, the existing Recreation Club was built in 1963 with a projected useful life of 25 years. The external fabric of the building is now rotting away and temporary repairs are ongoing to slow down the process. Additionally, the tennis club; a temporary wooden pavilion, is also at the end of its useful life. Following the 2007 Parish Plan Survey the Community Report detailed a vision for the village community buildings: To have modern facilities in the village buildings that promote multiple use by organisations, villagers both young and old, local businesses and service providers throughout every day and reduce the need for villagers to go outside the village for their recreation.
Debbie said: “Everyone has worked so hard selling tickets, even joining us on our stand at the North Somerset Show and we are delighted that the competition has been such a success and has helped to swell the coffers towards this fantastic project. I hope everyone enjoys their days out, courtesy of the kind residents of Congresbury and North Somerset!
“We are also chuffed to bits”, she added: “Our pledge to donate 10% of the fee we earn from Congresbury property sales in 2017 has already raised thousands of pounds and we are all doing our best to raise a record amount for the village hall project by the end of the year.”
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Switched at Birth Boss Talks Changing Perspective to Tackle Campus Racism
CaptionCloseSwitched at Birth concluded its campus racism storyline Tuesday night with a powerful episode that shifted the perspective of the series to its three main black characters. Sharee (Bianca Bethune), Iris (Sharon Pierre-Louis) and Chris (Sam Adegoke)...
Switched at Birth concluded its campus racism storyline Tuesday night with a powerful episode that shifted the perspective of the series to its three main black characters.
Sharee (Bianca Bethune), Iris (Sharon Pierre-Louis) and Chris (Sam Adegoke) took center stage as the African-American students at UMKC protested their campus for failing to expel the white students who poured cotton balls all over the lawn of the black student union as a "joke." The story escalates after Sharee is reprimanded for yanking a megaphone away from a professor, Iris deals with the adversity of being the face of a movement despite growing up with money and Chris chooses between participating in a life-changing baseball game or supporting his friends and the cause.
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A run-in with campus police pushes Chris to sit out the baseball game that could take his team to the college World Series -- and give him a shot at playing professionally. That leads to an entire team boycott, which in turn creates a domino effect of sports teams forfeiting games in solidarity with Chris and their black peers. The movement finally gets the attention of the president of the university, who not only expels the students behind the prank but agrees to meet with Iris and the leaders of the protest to address creating a more racially sensitive environment on campus.
TVGuide.com talked to Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss about crafting the episode, changing perspective and where the show goes from here.
What made you want to tell this story strictly from Sharee, Iris and Chris' point of view?
Lizzy Weiss: They are not normally the kids who are on our poster. We've given them stories before, but they've always been B-stories, as we say in the writer's room. The A-stories have always been our family and our main characters. We swapped it in order to make a statement in this episode. We really felt like at this point in the story, it wouldn't have been cool or appropriate to have our white characters be the leaders and tell their story. We thought it would be a unique, fresh perspective to literally shift perspective and be only with [Sharee, Iris and Chris] and have Bay and Daphne and the parents come in and out as the side characters in their own show. It would be an outside-the-box episode and a smart way of telling this story.
Did you pick these three because the audience knows them the best? Keeshawn doesn't get his own perspective, for example.
Weiss: We did try and there wasn't enough. He has some really key moments. He has a great monologue and he has a great scene with Iris. Of course, he's really important in the scene at night in taking charge and leading with Sharee. If we had more time to lead up, and viewers had a chance to know Keeshawn more, he would have gotten his own act. It just felt like these three and you got the point. From there, we go into a universal African-American student perspective for the final two acts.
A big part of tackling a subject like this is not only who is in front of the camera, but who is working behind it. What were your conversations like with Jeff Byrd, who directed this episode and hasn't directed Switched at Birth before, and why was he the right choice?
Weiss: We were going to hire Jeff no matter what this season. We made an internal promise to ourselves with the network that we were going to make more of an effort to hire more diverse. We had always had 50 percent women, pretty much, since the beginning. That was something that was always on our radar. There had been a lot of publicity and a movement last year with #OscarsSoWhite, and I think that did a lot of good. It opened people's eyes to the fact that diverse directors are not being pulled and looked at. There was a Catch-22 situation where if you don't have the experience, you can't get the experience.
We decided to really look beyond who we normally were used to. We took a bunch of meetings with people that we hadn't seen before. My partner in running the show, Paul Stupin, and I just sort of fell in love with Jeff in the room. He's very charismatic, smart and funny. We were going to hire him anyway. Once we decided to do this episode, I ran around and said let's rearrange some things so he gets to do this particular episode. I thought it was important to us to get an African-American director. We actually had three out of 10 who are African-American this cycle. We had some great ones to choose from, but Jeff is a total leader. He had experienced something oddly similar in his college. I think it was on his baseball team, weirdly. That's the long answer; We were going to hire him anyway, but we did match him up with this episode once we arc'd it out.
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Something I really appreciated about this episode was also showing the conflict between the black students as they're trying to figure out the right way to protest and who should be the face of the movement. Why did that feel important to showcase rather than having them be united the entire time?
Weiss: First of all, there's no such thing as "the black point of view," just like there's no such thing as the female point of view or the deaf point of view. Every person is unique and has their own thought on how to handle things. If you pull back the curtain on any Civil Rights movement, there's always disagreements. There's been intense disagreements in the women's rights movement. Right now, it's happening. Do you include pro-choice and pro-life women? Trans women? When you dive right in, that's what's really interesting. We got to really drill down in this episode and go into those kinds of details. It was really important that we show there isn't just a black students' perspective. There's multiple perspectives.
We kicked off the whole arc with a costume -- a white student dressed in a black rapper's costume. We had some black viewers on social media who said, "I wouldn't be offended." We had some white viewers who said, "Oh that's too PC to get offended." Then we had a lot of people in the middle who said, "Exactly, this is cultural appropriation. Thanks for showing this story." It's very controversial subject matter and no one is going to agree. We didn't think that every one of our characters would necessarily always fall in line. So they argued amongst themselves on the best way to handle how the cotton ball incident was mishandled by the administration. At the end of the day, they did get a unified position on it. Drama is conflict, so we had to show the truth of these characters having different points of view.
Speaking of the costume, at the beginning of this arc Daphne and Iris seemed to be on completely opposite sides of the argument. By the end of it they grew a lot closer, but how will this arc affect their friendship going forward?
Weiss: They're tight now. They had a real low point in Episode 2 where Iris felt like Daphne didn't get it and didn't instinctively get what she goes through every day, having these mini-micro-aggressions happen to her. Of course, we had to have Daphne stand in for some white viewers who don't understand and need to be educated. There's frustration that Daphne didn't get it. Everyone's point of view is based on how they walk through this world and Daphne has only experienced what she's experienced as a white-skinned deaf woman. She can't be expected to have the same experience as Iris. I'm really proud of her as a character that she listened. She listened really carefully to her friend and she opened her mind to saying, "I didn't know what it was like to be you. I'm sorry that I didn't understand." I think Daphne still believes in free speech and that people should be able to wear costumes or write editorials for the school newspaper showing what they think, but she also really respects her best friend's point of view on this. I think it's a very healthy way of showing friends who differ and coming to a place of support.
Switched at Birth's final season will turn the girls into the people they want to be
This officially marks the halfway point of the season. Now that this arc is wrapping up, what can you say about what people can expect for the final half?
Weiss: Two episodes after this one, we have our 100th episode. It's just a huge milestone. Giles Marini (Angelo), is back in a very special way since he passed away. We are really proud of that episode. It's very emotional. It's more of a "regular" Switched at Birth episode with our girls at the forefront and the parents. Lea directed it and behind the scenes it was just a really cool time. We were all running around giddy because we had made it to the three-number mark...We found out at the 100th episode that we were going to wind things down. We make a turn and start moving towards getting some closure for everybody. The series finale is a big deal.
Switched at Birth continues Tuesdays at 9/8c on Freeform.
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Dog attacks spur General Assembly bills; James City asks state delegation to take up 'alpaca loophole'
By Steve Roberts Jr
Senate Major Leader Tommy Norment speaks to the House of Delegates the first day of Virginia's General Assembly at the State Capitol in Richmond on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Aileen Devlin/Daily Press / Daily Press)
JAMES CITY COUNTY — After five dog attacks in three months in the upper end of James City County, Del. Brenda Pogge (R-James City) and State Sen. Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City) have proposed two bills in the General Assembly in an attempt to empower victims and curtail future attacks.
In the last three months of 2018, there were at least five dog attacks in James City County alone, Norment said.
“It’s not just a single isolated situation,” Norment said. “You can see between that period of Oct. 12 and Dec. 20 there were five separate attacks, obviously it’s a problem.”
Pogge has proposed a bill, HB 2257, to allow a judge to assess emotional distress damages for victims of dog attacks.
“Brenda and I have received over 50 letters from households in Colonial Heritage, both our staffs have met with several of the residents out there who wanted to share personal experiences with us,” Norment said.
Those experiences include regular harassment by dogs at large and two maulings that killed residents’ pets.
Norment has proposed a bill, SB 1367, that defines the definition of a pack of dogs and enables cities and counties to adopt a local ordinance to prohibit packs of dogs and assess civil penalties as high as $100 per dog found.
While the fines are limited to a “very, very modest amount,” Norment said, he sees the legislation as a pioneering attempt to solve the problem over time.
“Sometimes you have to incrementally work on the legislation,” Norment said. “I think it’s a good starting place.”
The proposal exempts any dog running at large in a pack if it’s engaged in hunting or an organized dog-handling event with its owner.
For Pogge, the personal tales from victims of the attacks helped her craft her proposal.
Del. Brenda Pogge hears the stories of two dog attack victims, Connie Sullivan (center) and Susan Sale (right). (Steve Roberts Jr/Virginia Gazette)
“I met with the citizens of Colonial Heritage a few weeks ago, a couple of the women whose dogs were ripped to shreds in front of them are still suffering,” Pogge said of a Dec. 18 town hall meeting with residents of the community. “It comforts them knowing there’s more to do, to come to closure on the case and that they are not paying out of pocket for the therapy that they’re going to need.”
Both Pogge and Norment praised James City County Supervisor Sue Sadler for her help and perspective on the issue from the local level.
Pogge has also said she will carry legislation that will change the state definition of livestock after another dog attack was dismissed in Williamsburg-James City County General District Court due to a loophole.
On Oct. 17, 2018, James City County police officers were called to the 100 block of Jolly Pond Road for a dog attack, according to police department spokeswoman Stephanie Williams said.
Three alpacas were injured in the attack — one seriously, according to Williams.
Animal control seized the two dogs, a mastiff mixed-breed and a pit bull mixed-breed, involved in the attack, Williams said.
When the case went to court, it was dismissed due to a loophole in the state definition of livestock, according to Williamsburg-James City County General District Court Records. Animals in the genus of Lama are included in the definition, but alpacas are not.
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“This came about from a court case that I attended,” James City County Supervisor Michael Hipple said of the dog attack. “I watched two dogs viciously attack my brother’s animals. If I hadn’t of been there, they more than likely would have killed those animals that day. It wasn’t until we got to court that we found out that there was this technicality.”
Hipple asked his colleagues on the James City County Board of Supervisors to amend their legislative agenda to include a request to legislators to close the loophole.
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“They took them all the way down and had them on the throat and was killing the animals when I was throwing rocks and sticks at them,” Hipple said. “Even after going through court and two videos of this, the judge then decided there was a technicality of how the animal is considered. That’s how the two dogs in question were turned back to their owner.”
Hipple’s request was unanimously approved by supervisors at their meeting Tuesday.
Pogge’s bill waits for a referral to a legislative committee as of Friday, and Norment’s bill was referred Friday to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources.
Pogge said she filed a bill to close the alpaca loophole.
“If there’s a technicality, I don’t blame the judge for the technicality, but after watching the attack and watching what happened and hearing the animals screaming while they’re being (dragged) down, it’s something I don’t want to see again and it’s something I don’t want to have happen to any of my neighbors as well.”
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Huge youth movement at U.S. Championship
Although I wrote my last post about something fictional, in fact there is real chess news to report! Today Gata Kamsky won his fourth U.S. Chess Championship in an exciting playoff against Alejandro Ramirez that went to an Armageddon game. Without wishing to minimize Kamsky’s hard-fought victory, I think the biggest story of the tournament was the performance of the young people. Even Kamsky, in his interview with Maurice Ashley afterwards, conceded as much. “They kicked our ass,” he said.
In this case, “they” refers specifically to four young people who outperformed expectations by a huge margin: Alejandro Ramirez, Conrad Holt, Kayden Troff, and Samuel Sevian. The first three scored more than 2 points above their expected scores (based on ratings).
I am most familiar with the 12-year-old Sevian, whom I have seen in many Bay Area tournaments and played against twice. His rating has shot up within the past year, but even so, he was by far the lowest-rated player in the tournament and no one would have been surprised if he had been totally outclassed. But he in fact acquitted himself very well. He lost only two games, won one and drew six for a very solid score of 4-5. That earned him an International Master norm (although I don’t think he actually needed it).
Troff (who turned 15 during the tournament) did even better, scoring 5-4 in his first U.S. Championship appearance and earning a Grandmaster norm. Ashley said that this was “Bobby Fischer territory,” although to be fair, Fischer at age 15 had already earned the GM title and was among the world’s top ten players.
Conrad Holt, age 19, was even more spectacular, going into the last round at 5½-3½ with actual chances to win the championship. Unfortunately, he suffered a devastating defeat to Timur Gareev in the last game. Holt got to a Q+N versus Q+B endgame where he had some winning chances, but he went astray and Gareev kept pressing him, even when it looked like a dead draw, until Holt finally blundered in time pressure and lost. Even with the disappointing finish, Holt took one of the five qualifying spots for the World Cup in Norway, a nice consolation prize. I have to think that this defeat to Gareev will not slow Holt down. It’s like the Golden State Warriors’ defeat against the San Antonio Spurs in the first game of their National Basketball Association playoff series: a defeat that announces better things yet to come.
And finally, there is Alejandro Ramirez. I first saw him play at the U.S. Open three years ago, which he won. I’ve been a fan ever since then, and in 2010 I correctly predicted that he would eventually move to America and become our tenth grandmaster named “Alex.” I didn’t predict, though, that he would compete so soon for the title of U.S. Champion!
In the first few rounds of the tournament it looked as if Gata Kamsky was going to run away with the title, scoring 4 wins in the first 4 games. Meanwhile, Ramirez stumbled at the start, with a draw in round 1 and a loss to Holt in round 3. But Kamsky then had one game after another where he couldn’t capitalize on superior or won positions. He played five draws in a row, while Ramirez caught up with a sizzling 5-1 finish (four wins and two draws).
Today, as I mentioned above, Kamsky and Ramirez played off for the championship title. In each of the first two games (played at a game-25 control) Kamsky got a small edge, but Ramirez defended like a virtuoso in the rook-and-pawn endgames. That took them to an Armageddon game, where Black gets draw odds but White gets a time advantage.
Ramirez “won” the Black pieces by bidding 19 minutes and 45 seconds, while Kamsky bid 20 minutes. This meant that Ramirez as Black would get 19 minutes and 45 seconds for the whole game, while Kamsky as White would get 45 minutes. They got to a Maroczy bind type of position where Ramirez fought ferociously for counterplay. Here was maybe his last real chance to save the game:
Black to move.
FEN: 1r2r1k1/4ppbp/6p1/qpRPnP2/1N6/1P4PP/P2Q2B1/5R1K b – – 0 1
Here Black has sacrificed a pawn to try to get out of his bind. Yasser Seirawan, who was commenting live online, could barely contain his eagerness for Black to play the move 1. … Nd3!, which the computer also recommended. After 2. Qxd3 Qxb4 White is discombobulated somewhat and in particular he loses the knight at b4, which proved to be an immensely strong piece in the game. Instead Ramirez played the more routine 1. … Rbc8, and after 2. Rxc8 Rxc8 3. fg hg Kamsky played the powerful move 4. Qf4!
Position after 4. Qf4. Black to move.
FEN: 2r3k1/4ppb1/6p1/qp1Pn3/1N3Q2/1P4PP/P5B1/5R1K b – – 0 4
I just love how harmonious White’s position is. The queen at f4 both defends the knight on b4 and menaces the pawn on f7. The knight, from its unusual post on b4, defends a2 and c2 and also threatens Nc6!, deflecting Black’s knight from its defense of f7. Not only that, as Seirawan pointed out, if Black plays a plausible move like 4. … Bf6 to close the f-file, White can play 5. d6! after which White’s minor pieces become a rampaging horde — the bishop is activated and the knight can come to d5.
It’s really hard to see how Black can even fight on, but to his credit Ramirez did put up energetic resistance. He played 4. … Qc7 and now Kamsky played a super instructive move, 5. a4! You or I would have played Nc6 or maybe h4 to attack on the kingside, but Kamsky presses his advantage in every part of the board. Grandmasters accumulate every possible advantage they can before committing themselves to a move that irrevocably changes the position, like Nc6 — even if it’s a good move.
Getting increasingly desperate, Ramirez played 5. … ba 6. ba f5!? and now Kamsky finally played 7. Nc6 Nxc6 8. Qxc7 Rxc7 9. dc e5 10. Bd5+ Kf8.
Position after 10. ... Kf8. White to move.
FEN: 5k2/2r3b1/2P3p1/3Bpp2/P7/6PP/8/5R1K w – – 0 10
Now comes one more instructive moment. GMs Ashley and Seirawan did not like Black’s 9. … e5 at all, even though I think it’s what 99 percent of amateurs would have played, because it seems natural to activate your protected passed pawn. But Ashley and Seirawan (and Kamsky, who was actually playing the game) instantly saw that White can play 11. g4! here, which “forces” Black to play 11. … f4 and freeze his pawns on dark squares. It then becomes much more difficult for him to use the bishop for active defense.
In fact Kamsky did play 11. g4, and Ramirez refused to let his pawns become immobilized in this way. Instead he sacrificed another pawn with 11. … Ke7 12. gf gf 13. Rxf5. I think this is also instructive in its way because it shows that a grandmaster is concerned with getting the most play out of his pieces, even if it means going a couple pawns down. This probably forced Kamsky to work harder to win than he would have if Black had played the passive 11. … f4.
Nevertheless, the two pawns were too much for Ramirez to overcome, particularly because Kamsky has passed pawns on both wings. Kamsky finally got a chance to end the 2013 U.S. championship in style:
Position after 22. ... Rxa4. White to play and win.
FEN: 8/8/2Pk3P/4b1R1/r7/5B2/8/7K w – – 0 22
(Space inserted in case you want to think about it.)
For a grandmaster like Kamsky this position has a degree of difficulty about 0 out of 10, but nevertheless he paused a minute to check and re-check before playing the clinching sacrifice: 23. Rxe5! Kxe5 24. c7 Black resigns. Black’s rook cannot stop both of the pawns.
Congratulations to Gata Kamsky! The victory in the Armageddon game earned him $10,000, because first prize was $30,000 and second prize was $20,000.
By the way, I’ve stated before that as a player, I hate the Armageddon playoff concept. I would be happier to have co-champions than to have the title determined in an artificially uneven match (even though the bidding procedure arguably makes it fairer). The drawback of the Armageddon format would be especially apparent if both players had bid 20 minutes. In that case, the arbiter would have flipped a coin to determine who played White and who played Black — so that in effect, the tournament could come down to a coin flip.
Nevertheless, for spectators the Armageddon playoff is great fun, because you know for sure that the title is going to be won or lost in this game. No pussy-footing around with draws. So I suspect that my one-man crusade against Armageddon chess is a losing one. For chess to succeed as a televised sport, Armageddon playoffs will probably be a necessary evil.
This brings up an interesting question: If you’re going to let the tournament be decided by an Armageddon game, why not just play the whole tournament that way? Make every game an Armageddon game. You could even have a U.S. Armageddon Chess Champion in addition to a U.S. Classical Chess Champion. Just a thought…
Tagged as: Alejandro Ramirez, Armageddon, Conrad Holt, domination, Gata Kamsky, Kayden Troff, Maurice Ashley, necessary evil, opposite color bishops, Sam Sevian, Yasser Seirawan
Dan Schmidt May 13, 2013 at 4:07 pm
The bid makes the process totally fair. If both players bid 20 minutes, then both players should be happy to be Black (or be White with an opposing time of 19:59, which might as well be 20:00), so neither of them should be unhappy with either result of the coin flip. It certainly is much fairer than the White/Black disparity in a regular chess game!
Personally, I think it’s a great concept (though I am in no danger of having to participate in it myself, so that’s easy for me to say). It does create a slightly weird situation that is not the same as “real chess” (although I’d say it’s closer than Chess960), but I think it’s a ton better than playing blitz games.
There was some interesting discussion on the broadcast about the best strategy for such a game. Seirawan and Ashley both thought that Kamsky should try to delay the critical point of the game, so that the time advantage would have the maximum effect. In a way Ramirez played right into this by repeating the opening of the first game, which let White set up a Maroczy bind in which he could make Black suffer for a long time.
admin May 14, 2013 at 7:46 am
I guess my fundamental complaint is that Armageddon chess distorts the game. Sharp openings where Black fights for a victory go out the window, because all he needs is a draw. Black would have no incentive to play a Schliemann Variation, a Sveshnikov Variation or even a Dragon. Perhaps that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but what if you have a player whose repertoire is based on high-risk openings and based on winning with Black? It isn’t fair to him. And chess is impoverished as well.
To me one of the greatest thrills in chess is winning as Black against a strong opponent. You almost always have to get down and dirty, take some hard hits but stand back up and keep fighting. Winning with Black is a sign of chess toughness. Armageddon takes that away, or at least it takes away any reward for it. Instead, it rewards the Black player who can suck the life out of the position so that it becomes a draw.
Yeah, that is certainly a good point, though in defense of the system’s fairness, anyone at this level should probably already have a drawing-with-Black system in their repertoire. If a GM can’t play for a draw as Black, that is an outright hole in his skillset and I don’t think it’s “unfair” for that lack to put him at a disadvantage; it could put him at a disadvantage in many other contexts as well, such as last rounds or team competitions.
Dan Troff May 14, 2013 at 5:04 am
Hi Dana, Your readers may be interested to know that Kayden and Sam train together. They play slow time control games against each other on a weekly basis. Also, Alejandro was Kayden’s coach in Maribor Slovenia when he won the U14 World Championship last year. Lastly, Kayden has a new chess music video on Youtube which we did to try and give back to the chess community, and show chess to be as exciting as we’ve found it to be. It can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/oiXJQ0SG888 . Also Kayden’s website is kaydentroff.blogspot.com and regular updates from Kayden and on Kayden’s activites can be viewed by liking his Facebook fan page at Chess Champion Kayden Troff or twitter at chesschampkt.
Hi Dan, Thanks so much for the information! I hope that all my readers will check out Kayden’s website as well as the YouTube video, which is way beyond anything I expected. You’ll see. It’s professionally conceived, acted, and the music (classical/pops style) is awesome. Dan, if you’re still there, who came up with the idea? Was Kayden in on it from the beginning, or was he invited by the producers or the musicians?
So we’ve tried to come up with creative ideas to make chess fun for Kayden and to push that fun out to the chess populace in general. Hence, you’ll see Kayden being awarded a 1,500 lb chocolate chess set on the cable show “The Little Chocolatiers” before he won the U12 Silver Medal in the World Youth Chess Championship in Greece (on his website). This was our latest idea! We originally pitched it to “The Piano Guys” who have close to 300 million views on Youtube. They had just signed a contract with Sony Records so they were not able to do it. We then pitched it to the TLC Trio as an up and coming group, and they were excited to take it and run with it. And WOW!!! They did a top notch job on this video! They estimate that between the models, actors, professional costumers, professional make up, locations, tons of hand-work filming over the chess board and then the hundreds of hours of putting it all together; there is about 35K-40K into this production and it looks like it cost a lot more! And there is nothing out there like this! I would love to get the word out, and have everyone share this video so that chess players the world over can have something fun to cheer about – not because it’s about Kayden – but because it’s about Chess, and seeing the potential that chess has for lots and lots of enjoyment and fun!
Matt May 22, 2013 at 9:06 am
I gambled on youth in the US Championship’s fantasy chess game. I had Holt, Bryant and Troff in there and did quite well. Not well enough to win a prize in the end but I think in the top 50 or so. It was Shulman who let me down!
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The attractions in Jerusalem are fascinating and varied so you won't even have a minute to spare - starting with the Biblical zoo and the Israel Aquarium adjacent to it, through to the City of David site located near the Western Wall and strolling the alleys of the Mahane Yehuda market with its many colorful booths, cafes and authentic restaurants.
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The Botanical Gardens: for nature lovers
The Botanical Gardens, a magical kingdom of plants, supplies a rich experience of colors and images from around the world, for lovers of nature and geography, since contains a huge variety of plants from around the globe. The large area of the gardens enable walking there for a number of hours, especially if you like plants, and it has many and interesting stopping points.
Nachlaot: a tour that is a story
One of the most desired areas in the list of attractions in Jerusalem today is Nachlaot, an area that includes 32 neighborhoods that were built close to one another in the last part of the 19th century and up until Mandatory times.
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The Biblical Zoo
Any list of ‘must-see’ attractions in Jerusalem must include our Biblical Zoo, which also includes, among other things, the unique concept - Noah’s Ark, which symbolizes, like the original Noah’s Ark, the need for preserving and protecting the multiplicity of animals in Israel and around the world.
At the expansive zoo, you will be able to enjoy displays, various different sections and of course many types of rare and beautiful creatures. It should be noted that the zoo plays an important part in preserving many animals that are in danger of extinction, and one can hear or read about them in the zoo. The zoo also has a local train, rest areas, an auditorium and more.
Jaffa Road and HaNeviim Street
As opposed to the rest of our recommendations, this concerns a long walking tour along two of the city’s main streets – from a historical and general point of view. Along these two streets (located close to each other, even next each other at least at their start) one can find many buildings with fascinating stories of their own, among them are: hospitals, noble mansions, the Russian Compound, Consular Buildings, etc. If you want to “feel” the city, start an afternoon tour with these streets.
The Mahane Yehuda Market: the Real Jerusalem Magic
The old and popular Mahane Yehhuda market stars in all the lists of recommendations for tourists visiting Jerusalem, and not for nothing. This is probably the best known market in Israel. The Mahane Yehuda market serves as a real, working market with stalls, distinctive shops, alleys divided according to their subject matter, and lots and lots of hustle and bustle for those that like this type of atmosphere.
Over the last years, the market has become even better known, with a colorful restaurant scene that began to grow there next to the traditional market shops. Today, one can enjoy its daily life in addition to its bustling night life. Read more about the Mahane Yehuda Market in our Blog.
Mt. Herzl
Mt. Herzl, known as the Israel national-military cemetery, is a recommended site for anyone interested in discovering another facet of Jewish History in the Land of Israel.
In addition to its being a cemetery that brings together many casualties from the wars of Israel, many of the country’s leaders and Zionist leaders - including Theodor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl - are buried here, next to symbolic memorials for various events in the history of the Jewish People in the Land of Israel.
Mamilla Avenue: Shopping in Jerusalem!
Mamilla Avenue (Alrov Mamilla Avenue) has become, since its refurbishment, one of the best-know and best-loved shopping centers in Jerusalem – whether due to its design as a colorful boulevard, or due to its location close to the Jaffa Gate and the Old City.
In any event, one can easily reach the boulevard by public transportation (recommended in any case in this bustling city) on the way to visiting the Old City, and enjoy the lively shops and cafés located there.
Zedekiah's Cave (Solomon’s Quarries)
This is a huge and impressive artificial cave, located directly under the houses of the Moslem Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, and rich in traditions and assumptions concerning its role. Jewish tradition, for example, claims that it served King Solomon’s builders, however the archeological evidences testifies to its use in the time of the Second Temple.
One can tour the cave and on occasion events and special shows take place there. Tip! It is recommended to tour the case with a guide, since there are many interesting stories about it that are worth knowing.
Sacher Garden: the perfect place for a picnic
A broad and expansive garden that is perfect for stopping and while visiting the city. The garden is close to the Knesset building and other sites in the area, and it offers a variety of beauty spots, benches, and even a special area for barbequing and picnics.
There is also a children’s playground there, basketball courts and more. In general, Sacher Garden is perfect for having fun with the children.
The Jerusalem Bird Observatory
For lovers of birds in Israel, there is no need to add a lot, however for the rest of the visitors, an explanation is necessary. This site supplies a unique viewpoint on the rich variety of migratory birds in Israel. This is an urban nature site, where you can watch the region’s variety of birds, and it is all for free!
Holy Places in Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem is known throughout the world due to its being holy to the world’s three main religions, and as a result, one can find there places that are holy to Jews, Christians and Moslems. Here are some of the most recommended ones.
The Western Wall
Every tour or article that deals with religious attractions in Jerusalem must of course start with the Western Wall, which according to Jewish tradition constitutes one of the four walls that surround the Temple Mount, and one of the most outstanding remains of the Second Temple. The Western Wall has become, over many years, a center for pilgrimage for both Jews and non-Jews, since it has religious significance of its own.
In addition to its religious importance, the Wall has national-military importance, since stories of many battles have been told over the years concerning the heroism of the soldiers who liberated Jerusalem. Next to the Wall, one can find additional religious and historical sites, such as the Western Wall Tunnels and the archeological garden.
The Hurva Synagogue
One of the relatively new sites on the list of attractions in Jerusalem is the “Hurva” Synagogue. The synagogue, which was built in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem in the 19th century, constituted a religious focal point of enormous community importance for the Jews in Jerusalem during the time of the “Yishuv” (Jewish settlement in Palestine before the founding of the State of Israel).
This impressive synagogue was destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion during the War of Independence and stood thus for more than 60 years, until its reconstruction in 2010. Today, the synagogue is one of the symbols of the Jewish Quarter and the return to Zion, and many visitors tend to stop and enter for a guided tour and even to pray, on their way to the Western Wall or coming back from it.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque
This site, is in effect, a complex of Moslem prayer sites located in the southern part of the Temple Mount, and which are considered to be the third-most important holy places for (Sunni) Muslims. According to Muslim tradition, this is where Muhammed rose to Heaven with the Angel Gabriel.
Despite this being a relatively “touristy” site, there are still restrictions on the entry of non-Muslims, which include restricted entry on certain days and hours, security checks and in many cases, the need for Police supervision, and more.
The Mosque of Omar
The mosque, which is located exactly opposite the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, constitutes a pilgrimage site for Muslims. The mosque was built in 1193, to memorialize the Caliph Omar and the story of his praying outside the Holy Sepulchre (according to tradition, the Caliph Omar prayed outside the church in order not to create struggles between the Christians and the Moslems, who were to turn the place into a Holy Site).
Many visitors, both Christian and Moslem, visit this place on their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, since it is to a great extent, a Holy Site for both religions (concerning the place).
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is, in the minds of many, the site most visited by tourists in the Land of Israel, and one of the holiest, if not THE holiest sites in Christianity, since according to Christian tradition, it is the location of the Crucifixion, the Death and the Resurrection of Jesus.
The church is divided into compounds with different “rights” and ceremonies, and in addition, it contains on its own, several important Christian sites, such as the Stone of the Anointing and the Empty Tomb.
The Ethiopian Church
A magnificent church, located in the center of Jerusalem, in a building built at the height of the 19th century, as part of the attempts by the world powers to establish footholds in the city in light of the approaching fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The church, by itself is an interesting site, can teach much about the unique Christian-Ethiopian tradition, which many do not know is very ancient. The then King of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Kingdom were among the first to accept Christianity.
Read more about additional Holy Sites in Jerusalem in the next article>>
Recommended Tours of Jerusalem
Do you prefer to walk about in nature? Love to look at historical buildings? Or is a pastoral urban tour more your thing? Even the history lovers among us, and the nature lovers too, will be able to find what they are looking for in the next article, where we will recommend three tours in Jerusalem.
HaNeviim Street: Meet the Jerusalem of the peak of the 19th and 20th centuries
We have already recommended a tour of HaNeviim and Jaffa streets, as part of the ‘must’ attractions in Jerusalem, and now we will focus on a tour of HaNeviim Street. The ABCs of Jerusalem tours include tours of the historical city center, in the direction of the Old City, and the tour of this street is one such. Tours of HaNeviim street normally start at the Davidka monument, though it is possible to start at the other end near the Damascus Gate and go back up. This is one of the best-known and main streets in Jerusalem, that passes very close to Jaffa Street, so that over the years this has become one of the busiest areas of the city.
HaNeviim Street, to a certain extent even more than Jaffa Street, has various building with historical-international importance, such as hospitals, former consulates, religious edifices and the homes of the rich and famous. The reason these buildings exist is the fact that starting from the sixth decade of the 19th century (+/-), the world powers began to understand that the Ottoman empire was approaching its end, something which enabled the construction that would constitute a foothold by the power in the Holy City, and in the Holy Land in general, a foothold with strategic importance for the Middle East.
Accordingly, one can find along this street the Italian Hospital, the English Hospital, the American consulate, the Bikur Holim Hospital, the William Holman Hunt house and more (by the way, these building were listed here not according to their date of construction, and there are many more on the street that are worthwhile reading about).
Ein Karem: A Jerusalem neighborhood or a pastoral village?
Ein Karem is a neighborhood located in one of the most fruitful areas in Jerusalem, and as a result, it has been settled throughout history (as archeological evidence indicates the existence of settlements in the area since the Bronze Age). Over the years, Ein Karem became a Christian pilgrimage site and an Arab village. In the War of Independence, the control over Ein Karem moved to Israel’s hands and new immigrants were settled there.
In truth, there is no need to expand much about the pastoral streets of Ein Karem, since many tourists choose to independently walk about through its streets and to discover more and more sides to its breathtaking landscape, or to go for walks along nature paths in the area. However, note that alongside the historical buildings, the stone houses and churches, there is a new scene in the neighborhood of unique artisans that give workshops in their colorful homes.
Among the important sites in Ein Karem are: the Bible Sources Museum, the Marciano House, the Muscovite compound, the Eden Tamir Music Center and more.
The Jerusalem Forest
The Jerusalem Forest is perhaps one of the only places where today one can find impressive evidence to the variety of life and unique nature that exist in Jerusalem, at least so close to the city. Most of the nature areas that used to exist in Jerusalem have long been covered by concrete and much construction, but the Jerusalem Forest has survived, between Moshav Beit Zayit, Givat Shaul, Har Nof, Beit HaKerem and more.
Despite the fact that the forest preserves local nature, this is a forest that was planted by Keren Kayemet L’Israel (the Jewish National Fund) in the 1950s and quickly became the home of a variety of animals, such as porcupines, foxes, gazelles (in the past), hedgehogs, etc. There are a number of parking lots and several entrances to the forest, and there are also a number of paths. Among the recommended sites in the forest, one can note: the historical terraces, the restoration and preservation and the lookout point (Horvat Hamama).
From many points in the forest, one can easily view the amazing landscape. In addition, the recommended path during all seasons of the year is the Cedars Path, which is considered to be relatively easy even for families. One can combine a tour of the forest with additional tours of Jerusalem, such a tour in the direction of Yad v’Shem or even a tour towards Ein Karem.
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Peter Dinklage to Play Rumpelstiltskin After ‘Game of Thrones’
By Anna Taylor Posted on July 30, 2018
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If there’s one thing Hamptons regular Peter Dinklage is revered for, it’s how he thrives in fantasy projects. He quickly became a fan and critics’ favorite as Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s wildly popular series Game of Thrones, receiving a Golden Globe Award and seven Emmy nominations, of which he won two. The series is set to end in 2019 after a seven-year run, and it looks like he plans to continue working in the genre after the finale.Variety reported on July 27 that the actor is set to produce and star in the upcoming Sony film Rumpelstiltskin.
According to their report, David Ginsberg, Josh Weinstock, Matt Smith and David Alpert are producing as well. The script is being written by Patrick Ness, whose credits include the screenplay of A Monster Calls and the Doctor Who spinoff Class. While Rumpelstiltskin won’t be Dinklage’s first project after Game of Thrones ends, it is being made a priority to the actor and studio. The film has no release date at this time.
The actor will portray the role of the eponymous Brothers Grimm character. In the original tale, found in the 1812 storybook Children’s and Household Tales, a miller falsely claims that his daughter can spin straw into gold, so the king locks her in a tower filled with straw and threatens to decapitate her if all the straw isn’t turned to gold by morning. When she inevitably gives up, Rumpelstiltskin appears out of thin air and offers to spin the straw into gold in exchange for something precious to her, and it ends up costing her everything. The mysterious trickster’s most popular portrayal to date is that of Robert Carlyle on the ABC series, Once Upon a Time, whose catch phrase heeds the moral of the classic tale, “All magic comes with a price.”
While there are many more fantasy projects in Dinklage’s future, he will continue to lend his acting talents to films of any genre, including biographical TV drama My Dinner with Hervé, releasing later this year, and animated feature film The Angry Birds Movie 2, releasing in 2019.
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You are at:Home»News»Industry News»Sustainable Cruising: How Cruise Lines Are Thinking About the Environment
By Darcy Alexander on February 20, 2020 Industry News, News
The topic of sustainability is growing increasingly more urgent. We saw the raft of extreme weather hit the UK this past week with Storm Dennis and Ciara. The horrors of the Australian fires, and the devastation of the Amazon wildfires. Greta Thunberg (the Swedish environmentalist activist) has been making waves since 2018 when she addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Her infamous quote, ‘how dare you’ has remained prevalent as she addressed world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people.
Therefore, it comes as no surprise that arguably one of the most severe impacts on our planet, is cruise ships. Cruising is becoming increasingly more popular, especially with younger customers booking. There are now over 25 million passengers setting sail per year. According to Vox; “the ships heavy use of fossil fuels means that someone on a seven-day cruise produces the same amount of emissions as they would during 18 days on land. They can also damage fragile ocean ecosystems, due to practices like irresponsible disposal of sewage.”
Apparently “each passengers’ carbon footprint is three times what it would be on land,” says the Pacific Standard. Therefore it comes as no surprise that cruise lines are reacting.
The environmental movement has not only infiltrated the cruising industry but in fact the travel industry as a whole. New guidelines and standards and defining where steps are needing to be taken to reduce the carbon footprint.
Royal Caribbean, Oceania and MSC have been big players when it comes to the investment of optimising their ships to offset their carbon emissions. As of January 1st 2020, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has introduced a new regulation that requires ships to change from heavy sulphur fuel to more expensive low-sulphur alternatives. The maximum sulphur content of such fuels is 0.5 per cent compared to the previous content of 3.5 per cent.
According to the 2019 Cruise Lines International Association Technologies & Practices Report; 22 billion US dollars are said to have been invested in ships with new, energy-efficient technologies and cleaner fuels.
Negative Press
As cruise liners are increasingly being perceived as heavy polluters, offsetting negative press is also proving to be a challenging feat. The good news, however, is that the solution is to not stop or limit travelling. Rather, alternatives are being sought and innovations made to ensure more sustainable cruising. The goal of zero-emission cruises is not necessarily impossible, either!
The word ‘sustainable’ is a pretty abstract word, though. We read it a lot in company’s mission statements and often hear it on the news and on social media… but what does it exactly mean? We’ve taken a look at some of the onboard measures, technology and policies that cruise lines have taken in favour of eco-conscious, sustainable cruising.
There has been heavy investment placed on research to find the most environmentally friendly way to sail the seas. There have been significant advances in research that have led to the testing and implementation of new technologies. Below is a list of the most frequently used technologies that have been installed on cruise ships. Content derived from CruiseAway:
What? According to Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2017 Stewardship Report, roughly 50 per cent of the total energy use on a ship comes from propulsion power. Air lubrication systems coat the bottom of the ship with air bubbles to reduce friction whilst it moves, which in turn reduces the amount of fuel needed to propel the ship.
Optimising ships’ hulls can also include using special environmentally friendly hull paints, which eliminate the growth of barnacles, algae and marine organisms in order to significantly increase hydrodynamic efficiency. Through this coating, cruise lines can also avoid transporting invasive species such as sea snails and sea stars to other cruising areas.
Where? According to MSC, environmentally friendly hull coating is used on all MSC’s ships. In a 2017 report published by Norwegian, this also seems to be the case for 92 per cent of Norwegian’s ships.
Thanks to its more energy-efficient hull, MSC’s MSC Grandiosa, released in 2019, uses 28% less fuel compared to its counterpart ships in the Fantasia class. The cruise line claims that this equates to roughly 255 kilogrammes less carbon dioxide per passenger, per cruise.
ECAs (emission control areas)
What? ECAs are sensitive waters where emission levels cannot surpass a certain level set by the MARPOL Convention. This makes it important for cruise lines to invest in technology to reduce their emissions; they can only cruise in these areas if they comply with these guidelines.
Where? Examples of ECAs are waters surrounding Antarctica, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, Kamchatka and the Arctic.
EGCS (exhaust gas cleaning systems)
What? Also known as ‘scrubbers’, EGCS are designed to eliminate 99 per cent of sulphur and over 50 per cent of particulates. This technology is considered an important investment for cruise lines, as they need to ensure their cruise ships comply with the previously mentioned sulphur cap set by the IMO.
Where? MSC aims to ensure that 100 per cent of its cruise ships, such as MSC Fantasia and MSC Preziosa, will be equipped with EGCS by the end of 2023.
Norwegian has also implemented EGCS on five of its ships, including the Norwegian Sun and the Norwegian Jade, since 2016.
Future cell technology
What? Fuel cell technology is considered the future of cruising, as it only emits water. The process involves generating emission-free energy through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.
This innovative technology also promises to significantly reduce noise pollution in comparison with conventional systems using marine diesel or heavy fuel oil.
Where? Royal Caribbean intends to implement this technology in all newbuilds of its Icon Class from 2022. According to various sources, the MSC Europa is also set to integrate this new fuel cell technology.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
What? LNG is natural gas (mostly methane) that has been converted to liquid form for simplifying storage and transportation.
Considered the world’s cleanest fossil fuel, LNG ensures that ships emit no dust, soot or particles and is, according to CLIA, expected to eliminate sulphur emissions by more than 99 per cent and nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 85 per cent in comparison with conventional fossil fuels.
Where? MSC is set to power some of its future World Class ships with LNG.
Princess Cruises also has two LNG ships in the pipeline with expected delivery dates in 2023 and 2025.
What? Shower power, also known as ‘cold ironing’, ensures that electricity is brought to the ship by connecting to a port’s electric grid and using local power. Once connected, the ship’s engines are turned off, reducing ship emissions whilst the ship is at berth.
Where? Examples of ports where you might find shore power are Hamburg, Juneau, Seattle and Vancouver.
Princess ships, such as Coral Princess, Golden Princess and Island Princess, as well Norwegian’s Norwegian Star have all been retrofitted to run on shore power.
Onboard policies
Cruise lines have also implemented on-board policies to encourage passengers to be more sustainable. Some of these measures might even be worth carrying out at home, too.
Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Princess use energy-saving LED or fluorescent lighting on their ships. Royal Caribbean has even installed card-activated cabin lighting and air-conditioning that turns off once the veranda doors are opened. It’s been reported that the introduction of the LED lighting on Norwegian’s Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Star in 2018 has resulted in a 70 per cent reduction in daily energy consumption and 50 per cent reduced heat output.
Saving water has also been high on the list of sustainable priorities. Water reduction technology has been installed in the kitchens, bathrooms and laundry facilities. Princess also encourages their guests to ensure they turn off running water and report any leaky taps, as well as reusing towels and linens.
Onboard learning
Often, cruise lines such as Oceania organises onboard lectures about marine life and the environment. Norwegian employs trained environmental experts who teach young guests about the planet, clean water and how to prevent pollution. Its crew also has to attend ‘Environmental Familiarisation Training’ to ensure compliance with environmental policies.
Seabourn also promotes sustainable tourism at the World Heritage Sites in its partnerships with UNESCO. Guests are then offered educational lectures on World Heritage Sites by experts. The proceeds collected from the guide tours are then donated to UNESCO’s World Heritage Fund.
Single-use plastic
Royal Caribbean, Cunard, Oceania, MSC and Regent Seven Seas have opted to eliminate or reduce single-use plastics on board. They’re being replaced with metal utensils and dispensers instead of small toiletry bottles, alongside more strict food packaging, too. Plastic straws have also been banned. Royal Caribbean has pledged to ban all single-use plastics and Regent Seven Seas has become the first luxury liner to completely eliminate them. Norwegian also introduced the ‘Skip the Straw’ campaign in 2018 and subsequently removed all plastic straws from their ships and two private island destinations. It has been claimed that 50 million straws have been prevented from use, and Virgin Voyages are offering disposable paper products made from tree-free material.
Sustainable procedures already in place
As the topic of sustainability is so current and evolving, it’s hard to predict what to expect on the horizon of “green technology” that will produce tangible results. Stricter cruise regulations have proven progress, but there is still a long way to go. to truly respect and appreciate our oceans. CLIA has also recently announced its commitment to globally reduce the rate of carbon emissions in the cruise industry by 40 per cent by 2030. This means we can expect more breakthroughs and technological advancements set to come our way to make more sustainable cruising! So watch this space!
To book a cruise, please call one of our friendly advisors on 0808 2746 777 or check out our impressive offers online!
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Save the Redwoods League Grants Nearly $150,000 to Fund Research Impacting Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia Forests
Annual grants support research that focuses on impacts of wildfire, wildlife and a rare plant in redwood forest ecosystems
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Researchers extend their League-funded study examining changes in Steller™s jay populations and the birds™ effects on marbled murrelet conservation. Photo by Kristin Brunk, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An essential element in the protection of redwood forests lies in the availability of high-quality scientific research. Save the Redwoods League, one of the nation’s first science-based conservation organizations, announced it has awarded nearly $150,000 in grants for its 2018 cycle. From tracking the biogeography of bat populations to reestablishing a 50-year-old plot-monitoring network among ancient giant sequoia groves, the League has selected six research projects that will contribute to our ever-growing body of knowledge of coast redwood and giant sequoia forests.
Since 1997, the League has awarded more than $4 million to fund studies that have unearthed valuable new information about the relationships between living things in the redwood forest, redwoods’ growth, forest restoration and wildlife habitat. This knowledge then guides the League’s conservation efforts and the work of land managers throughout these forest regions.
“This annual investment by Save the Redwoods League reflects the organization’s longstanding commitment to funding the best, most promising research,” said Kristen Shive, Senior Scientist for the League. “Each project we fund has the potential to help build a more complete picture of what these forests need to thrive. Studies like these contribute to the growing body of redwood research that can guide science-based forest conservation and management.”
Save the Redwoods League’s 2018 research grant recipients include:
Andrew Latimer and Carrie Levine from the University of California Davis: awarded $24,500 to investigate the interacting effects of wildfire, drought and insect outbreak in giant sequoia groves. They will compare forest regeneration, growth and mortality of conifer species inside the groves with the forest surrounding the groves. This information will help forest scientists and managers evaluate the resilience of sequoia groves to the increasing stressors brought by climate change, and it will help prioritize efforts to support restoration in places with the most critical needs.
Tony Caprio of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks: awarded $22,745 to reestablish a 50-year-old plot-monitoring network in 11 giant sequoia groves, some of which have experienced wildland or prescribed fire. Data from 100 field plots installed between 1967 and 1969 were recently discovered in park archives. Phase 1 of this project focuses on relocating all 100 plots. Re-measuring these giant sequoia plots will yield valuable information about how the groves have changed through time and the effects of both fire and fire exclusion. Understanding these changes will help inform managers tasked with caring for giant sequoia during a time of such dramatic climatic change.
Benjamin Carter and Tracy Misiewicz from San José State University: awarded $20,000 to study the population genetics, ecology and reproductive biology of a rare plant that only grows in old-growth redwood forests, Dudley’s Lousewort (Pedicularis dudleyi). This research will be used by natural resource managers at California State Parks to better manage this rare species and ensure its survival.
M. Zachariah Peery, Anna Pigeon and Kristin Brunk from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology: awarded $25,000 to extend their League-funded study examining changes in Steller’s jay populations and the birds’ effects on marbled murrelet conservation. The study can help develop ways to manage the jays, which feed on eggs and nestlings of the endangered marbled murrelet. With the additional year of funding, the researchers will better understand how the Steller’s jay population patterns vary over time.
Chelsea Andreozzi and Adina Merenlender from the University of California, Berkeley: awarded $24,921 to assess differences in bat populations among both old-growth and second-growth stands. They will also assess high and low fog sites to better understand the interaction of climate change (e.g., potential future changes in fog patterns) and forest management. Their study will use novel approaches to understand bat distributions, including audio equipment to record bat calls within redwood canopies. This study can improve understanding of the potential for coast redwood forests to act as a refuge for bat species as the climate changes and how that might be affected by forest management.
Joshua Reece from California State University, Fresno and Erik Meyer from Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks: awarded $25,000 to better understand the biogeography of bat populations across Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Their study will document the different species of bats that make their homes in giant sequoia groves, as well as where and when they are observed. This will not only improve understanding of species that are important parts of the food chain, but it will also provide critical baseline monitoring data to document shifts in species distributions as the climate continues to warm.
The League makes research findings available to the public. Grant recipients provide a final report that the League makes available on its website, www.savetheredwoods.org.
Applications: Save the Redwoods League invites researchers to apply for grants, which are offered annually. Learn more about the research grants program and other League-supported studies.
About Save the Redwoods League
Save the Redwoods League, one of the nation’s oldest conservation organizations, is connecting generations of visitors with their peace and beauty. With more than 24,000 supporters, the League has protected more than 200,000 acres of irreplaceable forest and helped create 66 redwood parks and reserves. For more information, visit SaveTheRedwoods.org.
Since 1918, Save the Redwoods League has worked to protect and restore redwood forests and connect people to their peace and beauty. We have pioneered innovative, science-based forest-restoration work, educated thousands of schoolchildren about the uniqueness and resilience of these wild marvels of nature, improved access to parkland, and helped create parks and reserves that have touched the lives of millions of people from around the world.
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2018 Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Reveals Unsustainable Trend Across the Public Sector
Restoring Trust and Accountability in Ontario’s Finances
Toronto— Ontario's Government is working for the people by releasing the salaries of Ontario Public Service and broader public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2018. Proactively releasing information on public sector salaries is part of the government's commitment to being open and accountable to taxpayers.
The release shows the total number of employees disclosed under the Act continued to grow in 2018, increasing by 19,131 employees, or 14.5%. A large portion of the increase is attributable to the Broader Public Sector, which specifically saw an increase of 17,792 employees disclosed, or 15.4% in 2018.
In addition, the data shows that the number of employees earning more than $100,000 at the agencies that make up Ontario Health has grown from 138 in 2003 to 1,469 in 2018, a 964.5% increase.
Between 2003 and 2018, average salaries of all employees in the public sector, including those making less than $100,000, increased by 48.1%. By 2017, the average private sector worker earned $16,049 less than the average Ontario public sector employee. This income disparity has steadily grown since 2003 and the average private sector Ontario worker's salary in 2017 is now 33.6% lower than the salary for the average Ontario public sector employee.
"Releasing the Public Sector Salary Disclosure compendium is part of our government's commitment to restoring trust and accountability for the people of Ontario," said Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of the Treasury Board. "These are your taxpayer dollars, and we remain committed to directing government spending towards front-line programs and services - such as healthcare and education."
The 2018 data is available in a downloadable, machine-readable, sortable, searchable table format on Ontario.ca/salarydisclosure, making it transparent and accessible to the people of Ontario. Every disclosure dating back to 1996 is also available in accessible, downloadable, sortable formats.
The Treasury Board Secretariat has paused all pending compensation adjustments for public sector leaders, and all pending broader public sector executive compensation increases, while a full review takes place. Fair and sustainable compensation costs are a key component of the provincial government's plan to ensure value for money, direct tax dollars towards front line services, and restore sustainability in the province's finances.
"With more than half of government expenses going towards wages, we will continue to review compensation costs through the lens of sustainability," said Bethlenfalvy. "In order to protect public services, we need to consider new approaches to compensation and reform public services in a way that puts reliability and the taxpayer at the centre of everything we do. To do this, we must put structures in place that create a culture of efficiency and balance the need to attract necessary talent with respect for taxpayer dollars."
The total salaries cost to the government was $19,207,224,624 in 2018, a 14.1% increase from the previous year.
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act requires most organizations that receive public funding from Ontario to disclose annually the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act applies to the provincial government, Crown agencies and corporations, Ontario Power Generation and subsidiaries, publicly-funded organizations such as hospitals, municipalities, school boards, universities and colleges, and not-for-profit organizations that meet a funding threshold.
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Email: donna.skelly@pc.ola.org
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We are all the same
At first sight, two humans may seem to differ enormously. But looks can be misleading. Among animals, humans make up an unusual group. All humans belong to the same species (Homo sapiens, meaning 'wise human'). Technically, this implies we can exchange our genes with each another. Biologically, it means any two humans are essentially the same
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By Vidyanand Nanjundiah
Published: Tuesday 15 April 2003
At first sight, two humans may seem to differ enormously. But looks can be misleading. Among animals, humans make up an unusual group. All humans belong to the same species (Homo sapiens, meaning 'wise human'). Technically, this implies we can exchange our genes with each another. Biologically, it means any two humans are essentially the same.
Our closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- are also unusual in the same way we are. There are no more than one or two kinds of each (because it is now accepted that black-faced, 'pygmy' chimpanzees are a separate species, they have been given a new name, 'bonobo'). Taken together, the four share a very recent common ancestry. Comparisons of dna and proteins, as well as anatomical and biochemical studies, prove this.
Just how close is the relationship? There are two ways to answer the question, both depending on what we know about evolution. The first way involves a conversion of time into distance. If you have to go very far back in time to find a common ancestor of two species, the two must be separated by a large evolutionary distance. Conversely, if the common ancestor lived more recently, the distance is smaller. This calculation is based on the principle that all living forms have branched from a smaller set of ancestral types. Everything alive today had a common origin in the distant past -- about 400 crore, or 4000 million, years ago. But closer to the present, some of us still had the same ancestors, while others (say, a peacock or a python) branched off. Our most recent common ancestor with the chimpanzee and the bonobo lived about 5 million years ago; with the gorilla, about 7 million years ago; with the orangutan, about 15 million years ago; with the mouse, about 50 million years ago; with the shark, about 400 million years ago.
We can use these numbers to calculate the relative distances between any two living species. For example, if we take humans and mice to be a single unit of distance, or 100 per cent apart, the distance between humans and chimpanzees becomes 5 million divided by 50 million, or 10 per cent. Again, if the unit is the distance between humans and sharks, humans and chimpanzees are separated by a short distance of only 1 per cent .
The second way is to examine the extent of overlap between blocks or segments of dna. Parents shuffle the blocks randomly and each transmits half a combination to a child. Because there are two parents, the child receives a full set of dna and tends to have a lot of their dna. Cousins will have similar dna sequences, but not as similar as the dna of brothers and sisters. That is because even though cousins have different parents, they share at least one set of grandparents. By extending this reasoning, we see that dna similarity between any two individuals shows how recently they had a common ancestor, and therefore, how closely related they are.
As a species, humans share 98.8 per cent of dna sequences with chimpanzees. This means one of two things. The first conclusion is favoured by most scientists. It says that the 1.2 per cent of different dna is vital: it must be responsible for most of the important differences between the two species, for example the differences in the ability to use tools or language.
The other conclusion follows if you assume that for all practical purposes, 98.8 per cent and 99.9 per cent are the same. If this hypothesis is correct, the differences between us and chimpanzees may be not be genetic, but epigenetic (less to do with the dna itself than with the way in which the dna is organized and the way it functions). In a deep sense, we are really a variety of African ape.
The same dna block-based comparison shows how closely individuals resemble each other. On the average, two human beings share 99.9 per cent of their dna sequences. What about the remaining 0.1 per cent? Close examination shows this miniscule figure comes from differences among Africans and the rest. Equally, the same level of variation is found within Africans themselves. This fits in with the view that in a fundamental sense, Homo sapiens consists of recent migrants from Africa. We are also all Africans.
Vidyanand Nanjundiah is a professor, department of molecular reproduction, development and genetics, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore
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Egyptian-Chinese consortium wins bid to construct Egypt’s first electric high-speed rail
Al-Masry Al-Youm
An Egyptian-Chinese consortium between Samcrete and the Arab Organization for Industrialization has won the bid to construct a high-speed rail project between Ain Sokhna/Administrative Capital/al-Alamein covering 543 kilometers and speeds of 250 kilometers at a cost of nine billion dollars, senior sources announced Friday.
The railway will also pass through the cities of Sixth of October, Burj al-Arab and Alexandria.
The sources said that the supreme committee supervising the project had chosen the offer of an Egyptian consortium led by the Chinese CCECC company.
The Egyptian government had launched an international tender for the project which nine international consortia submitted for.
A committee was formed from the ministries of housing and transport to examine the bids.
The bids were filtered into two consortia: the first which had been chosen for the project and the second was AVIC, Chinastate and CREC from China, Siemens, Germany, France Railways, Orascom and the Arab Contractors.
The CEO and Managing Director of Samcrete Sherif Nazmy told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the project represents a major turning point as Egypt now joins the list of countries using express trains, thus completing the big boom in the transportation sector and the infrastructure and development projects that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi started.
This project is considered to be a second Suez Canal, he said, because it connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea in a three-hour trip, accelerating the pace of development by transporting passengers and goods.
He continued that for the first time in Egypt since 1854, an electric railway line is being implemented, at a length of 543 kilometers and a speed of 250 kilometers – the longest and largest line in the Middle East.
Nazmy added that an agreement is in place with the Chinese partner to jointly manufacture train coaches in east Port Said by building a factory to manufacture and transfer technology to Egypt.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
Tags Ain El-Sokhna Alamein city Egypt electric train project high speed
Egypt receives 22 new railway coaches from Russian-Hungarian alliance
Egypt receives new batch of 13 Russian-Hungarian railway vehicles
Railway Authority raises TOP VIP ticket prices to LE375
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Yellow Tulips Indicate Spring on Upper East Side Malls
Written By Gabrielle Hughes | February 27, 2012
With this year’s unusually mild winter, it’s no surprise that the stems from 60,000 tulip seeds are beginning to pop up early throughout malls on the Upper East Side. Every year, the Fund for Park Avenue generates proceeds to buy, plant and care for the tulips, which stay in bloom within the neighborhood for a few weeks each spring. For many New Yorkers, the tulips represent the city’s transition out of winter.
This year, Park Avenue will be adorned in yellow, as the planted tulips are Darwin hybrid and Golden Oxford. Last year’s flowers were a pink variety of Darwin hybrid, and because of their durability, they were reselected in a different color this year. It’s been five years since the mall has seen yellow, so Fund for Park Avenue’s president, Barbara McLaughlin, saw that the color was due for a comeback.
The color choices of the tulips are often determined by McLaughlin’s chart, which has a rotating roster of white, orange, yellow, pink, and multi-colored. However, in the past, color choices have gone beyond random selection, and are used to represent significant purposes. 2009’s orange Blushing Apeldoorn was selected to honor the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in New York Harbor, and a year later, the white Ivory Floradale was planted to symbolize the Fund of Park Avenue’s 30th anniversary.
The flowers usually bloom by the end of April, but with stems emerging sooner than expected, many Upper East Siders are expecting the flowers early. Additionally, this year’s tulips will be accompanied by ten sculptures by Venezuelan artist Rafael Barrios, which will be installed on the mall between 51st and 68th streets, from March until June. Clearly, paying a visit to Park Avenue will be on the to do list of any city dweller this spring.
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Matthieu Ratoslav Bloch
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http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mbloch
Matthieu Bloch received the Engineering Degree from Supélec, France, and the M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2003. In 2006, Dr. Bloch received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science from the Université de Franche-Comté, France, and in 2008, he received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech. He spent a year as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame and joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in July 2009. At the start of his career, Dr. Bloch was based at the Georgia Tech Lorraine campus in Metz, France, and in 2013, he moved to the main Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta.
Communications and information theory
Error-control coding
Physical-layer security
2011 IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Information Theory Society paper award
Member of IEEE
Member of Online Committee of IEEE Information Theory Society
Matthieu Bloch, João Barros, Physical-Layer Security: From Information Theory to Security Engineering, Cambridge University Press, October 2011.
Alexandre Pierrot, Matthieu Bloch, "Strongly Secure Communications over the Two-Way Wiretap Channel," IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 6, no. 3, pp 595-65, September 2011.
Matthieu Bloch, João Barros, Miguel R.D. Rodrigues, Steven W. McLaughlin, "Wireless Information Theoretic Security," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 2515-2534, June 2008.
Jérome Lodewyck, Matthieu Bloch, Raul Garcia Patron, Simon Fossier, Evgueni Karpov, Eleni Diamanti, Thierry Debuisschert, Nicolas J. Cerf, Rosa Tualle Brouri, Steven W. McLaughlin, Philippe Grangier, "Quantum key distribution over 25 km with an all fiber continuous variable system," Physical Review A, Vol. 76, pp. 042305/1-10, October 2007.
Matthieu Bloch, Steven W McLaughlin, Frederic Patois, Jean Marc Merolla, "Frequency Coded Quantum Key Distribution," Optics Letters, Vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 301-303, February 2007.
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Labor — December 10, 2012 at 6:56 am
Wisconsin anti-union group helping fund Right to Work for Less drive in Michigan
Coming soon to a state near you
Lee Fang over at The Nation has a great piece up titled “Pro–’Right to Work’ Groups In Michigan Outspend Union Counterparts”. In it, he shows how anti-union groups are dramatically outspending pro-union anti-Right to Work for Less groups in Michigan.
[Graph courtesy of Lee Fang | The Nation, used with permission.]
As Fang points out, the only group with any sort of serious budget to fight these fights outside of the unions themselves is Progress Michigan:
On the left, the only comparable group in Michigan is Progress Michigan. Progress Michigan, which is backed by several local unions, brought together a coalition of progressives to oppose right-to-work, and demonstrated at the capital in Lansing this week. Although Progress Michigan has leveraged a sizable local union membership base to make up for its small budget, as the chart I created above shows, it hasn’t been able to compete financially with the right.
Now that the right-to-work fuse has been lit, establishment groups on both sides of the ideological divide have entered the fray, including local chambers of commerce and the Tea Party on the right, and unions on the left. Working America, the AFL-CIO affiliate, has helped mobilize people for protests today. But in terms of shaping the ideological debate—it’s important to realize that the anti-labor forces have worked for years through groups like Mackinac and AFP to set the stage.
Meanwhile, the two biggest funders of the drive to bust Michigan unions are Americans For Prosperity and The Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Fang writes about how these groups have been working toward this endgame for years and are heavily financed by Michigan multi-millionaire Dick DeVos, the man Jennifer Granholm defeated for Governor in 2006 despite being massively outspent herself.
DeVos is certainly at the center of much of what is happening in Michigan. Sources tell me he has assured Republicans that, if they face a recall because of their union-busting votes, he will bankroll their fight against the recall. Conversely, he has essentially blackmailed them, telling them that if they don’t vote to bust the unions, he will withhold campaign contributions in 2014 or will fund a primary opponent.
You can imagine that last meeting between Governor Rick Snyder, House Speaker Jase Bolger, and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville as they discuss their political futures and the proposition of losing all of that sweet, sweet DeVos money. It was clearly enough to reverse the positions of Snyder and Richardville who, up until that point, didn’t seem to have the intestinal fortitude to take on the unions in Michigan. Nothing like a bit of financial blackmail to give a Republican courage, I suppose.
But Dick DeVos is hardly the only one funding AFP and The Mackinac Center. One Wisconsin Now, a Wisconsin cousin of Michigan’s Progress Michigan, revealed this week that a Wisconsin group is a heavy supporter of these two groups:
Wisconsin’s ‘Money Badger’, Michael Grebe, appears to have his paws in the attack on worker rights in Michigan according to One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross. Grebe, who runs the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, has doled out nearly $2 million to three organizations taking leading roles in promoting the attack on worker rights launched by Michigan Republicans in a lame duck session of their state legislature.
Ross commented, “Wherever there are attacks on the rights of middle class and working families, it seems the ‘Money Badger’ Michael Grebe can be found. The Bradley Foundation has been a key funder, to the tune of nearly $2 million, of organizations heavily involved in the attack on worker rights launched by Michigan Republicans in a lame duck legislative session.”
Based on in-depth reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and research by One Wisconsin Now, the Bradley Foundation has doled out $1.87 million in funding over the last decade to the Mackinac Center, Americans for Tax Reform and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, primary advocates behind the so called “right-to work” legislation being rammed through the Michigan legislature this week.
Zack Pohl of Progress Michigan said, “The right-wing infrastructure of Michigan mobilized to launch an unprecedented attack on workers and the middle class this week, and it’s people like Michael Grebe and the Bradley Foundation underwriting it.”
Unions in Michigan are under attack by a host of well-funded groups who have been planning for this battle for decades. The perfect shit storm of 2010 which brought conservative ideologues into power and ceded the Governor’s office, both chambers of the legislature along with our state Supreme Court has given them the opportunity they have been waiting for. The legislation was already written, likely much of it coming from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) who counts many Michigan Republican lawmakers in its membership. The war for ideas, as Fang so perfectly shows, has been underway for years. It was simply a matter of them getting control of the entire state government for them to execute their master plan.
The execution of their plan has been masterful, if not a bit overplayed. While Democrats are famous for sitting around after they achieve political power, hemming and hawing over their next moves, Republicans in Michigan showed no such uncertainty or slowness. Rather, they have pushed through hundreds and hundreds of bills that promote their extreme right conservative ideology. The lame duck session is their last opportunity to push through anything they want. Although they still have majorities in both the Senate and the House, they lost some votes in the House so they are vulnerable to just a small handful of Republicans voting with the Democrats.
The Republicans’ effectiveness is something Democrats should be paying close attention to. One wonders if the left has the same sort of structure in place to capitalize on power once it is achieved.
Here’s the reality, though: they truly have overplayed their hand. The rally planned for Tuesday at the State Capitol Building is going to shut the town down. The surge of union supporters in Lansing is going to overwhelm the city. City officials are already planning to shut down the streets surrounding the Capitol Building so be sure to plan accordingly.
But that’s not all. The Republicans have, amazingly, even lost the editorial staff at the increasingly conservative Detroit Free Press. Check out the front page of the Opinion section from Sunday:
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A Failure of Leadership.
[W]e trusted Snyder’s judgment.
That trust has now been betrayed — for us, and for the hundreds of thousand of independents who voted for Snyder with the conviction that they were electing someone more independent, and more visionary, than partisan apparatchiks like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker or Florida’s Rick Scott.
It’s a scathing op-ed and I highly commend the entire thing to your attention.
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According to a huge segment of the American Jewish community, particularly that part that opposes the current Israeli government and feels that it knows what is best for Israel better than the Israelis who send their kids to the army and live with the consequences of their government's policies, the recent passage by the Knesset of an anti-boycott law is pretty much the end of democracy and the start of fascism in the Jewish State.
J Street's onslaught is fairly typical of the hysterical responses. It reads:
"J Street condemns the Knesset's passage yesterday of a law making the call for boycotts of Israel or the West Bank settlements illegal, as a clear and unabashed violation of the fundamental democratic precept of freedom of speech.
"This bill is part of a disturbing anti-democratic trend that undermines its purported purpose by giving fodder to Israel's critics and alienating many of its friends.
"In direct contradiction to claims that it would somehow protect Israel from efforts to delegitimize it, the boycott bill actually gives ammunition to those who question Israel's democratic standing. While J Street opposes the BDS movement, we are concerned that criminalizing it will only be used as further justification for increasing anti-Israel boycotts." (My emphasis)
Like with many of the statements and headlines on this new law, J Street's statement is a total mischaracterization of the law. It states that the new law "criminalizes" calling for a boycott. This is a gross mistatement. U.S. law makes it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a penalty of $50,000 or five times damages, whichever is greater, to promote or engage in a boycott of Israel. Companies can also lose their right to export.
In contrast, the new Israeli law is a civil statute that creates a new tort. It gives the right to sue to someone who alleges damages from a call to boycott or compliance with the boycott against the person who alledgedly caused the damages. It also prohibits companies that start or comply with boycotts from doing business with the Israeli government. It "criminalizes" nothing and makes nothing "illegal."
The Israeli Attorney General has expressed his doubts about the law. He said he will defend it but indicated it will not be a particularly robust defense.
I do not like the law. I think there are better ways to fight the boycott. Nevertheless, it is not the end of democracy in Israel. It is not even the beginning of the end. Indeed, the entire debate about the law, the fact that it was substantially amended, and the fact that the Supreme Court might very well invalidate it are pretty good evidence that Israel's democracy is vibrant.
Both the right and the left here in Israel are using the law for their own purposes. (Surprise: Israeli politicians are just like those in other countries.) The fact that anti-Israel folks are making a big deal out of the law is no surprise and probably is a good reason it should not have been passed. The fact that a lot of American Jews are seeing it as some huge catastrophe and the downfall of Israeli democracy shows that they either have not read it, are super-sensitive and defensive, and/or are looking for things to criticize Israel about.
Unfortunately, by the time these kinds of issues are adequately understood or get defeated or are otherwise neutered, the organizations are on to the next crisis de jure and the damage done to Israel with the Jewish and general public is irreparable. It is a wonder why these kinds of issues so upset many American Jewish organizations and their members, particularly those that lean left, while issues related to Israel's very survival and the safety of its citizens are often treated in a nonchalant, even cavalier manner.
Better they should get a little upset about Iranian nuclear development and President Abbas' continuing refusal to negotiate unless his objectives are agreed to before sitting down at the table.
spot on, very well articulated...
Joel Edelstein July 20, 2011 at 5:15 AM
I was not surprised at your response to J Street. But swinging out to the right of Abe Foxman? Wow!
US State Dept. issues muted criticism of Boycott Law
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND GIL SHEFLER
Washington says law an internal Israeli matter, reaffirms freedom of expression, protest are tenets of democracy; ADL praises US statement.
The United States State Department put out a mild condemnation of Israel's new Boycott Law on Tuesday, deferring a direct reaction saying it was an internal Israeli matter.
However, the Department of State reaffirmed that freedom of expression and the right to protest and organize are basics right under democracy.
Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman called the statement from Washington, "sufficient," adding, "they said they didn't think this law was good in the spirit of democracy," speaking with Army Radio.
His criticism of the Boycott Law, however, was more pointed. The law, he said, is "unnecessary legislation, which will only do damage to the democratic State of Israel."
"It's a sad day for Israeli democracy," Foxman told Army Radio.
In an earlier statement, Foxman said that while he opposes all boycotts of Israel, the law concerns him as an infringement on democratic freedoms in Israel.
"The Anti-Defamation League has a long history of vigorous opposition to any and all boycotts of Israel, and works every day to expose and combat those who seek to cause damage to the Jewish state," Abraham Foxman, ADL National Director said. "We are, however, concerned that this law may unduly impinge on the basic democratic rights of Israelis to freedom of speech and freedom of expression."
Foxman said he hoped "Israel’s Supreme Court will quickly take up a review of this law and resolve the concerns it raises."
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Anniversary of Brunel University: 50 years of achievements
In October 2015, the University's rector Sir Richard Sykes has launched a series of festive events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Brunel University, which will be celebrated in 2016.
Addressing the numerous guests hardly fit in the great hall Eastern Gateway Building, Sir Richard, in his speech traced the history of the University from the initial College of modern technology – College of Advanced Technology - to a celebrated institution, recognized throughout the world.
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The rector reminded of the famous scientist, Professor Heinz Wolff, who made a significant contribution to the preparation of sending into space Helen Sharman – first British astronaut on the Institute of environmental protection, who won in 2011 the award of Queen's Anniversary Prize, and the arrival in 1986 of the Prince of Wales at the opening ceremony of the UK's first science Park on the campus of Kingston Lane.
Sir Richard, in his speech noted that one of the main achievements of Brunel University was the establishment of close relations with the industrial sector. Currently, the University conducts two major promising project. One National Structural Integrity Research Centre, running in partnership with the research Institute of welding – The Welding Institute. Other Advanced Metals Casting Centre that will integrate the methodology of laboratory and industrial tests.
Talking about the strengths of the University, Sir Richard said: "We are confident that in the competitive world of works only focus on cooperation in various fields, in which is received the end product demanded by the industry."
On the speech of the rector of Brunel was attended by the mayor of Hillingdon and his wife, Council members George and Judith Copper, heads of local industrial companies, sponsors of the University, alumni, faculty and students.
The speech opened the series of festive events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the University Foundation, which will be celebrated in 2016. The program includes public debates, evening film screening, gala night and competition on the campus of the Discovery Trail – a trail of discoveries. The Central event will be the celebration of 6 July 2016 Charter Day – the day when 50 years ago the University was founded.
Sir Richard, in conclusion, added: "Over the last 50 years Brunel University has gained enormous influence in the world and has achieved a lot. The time has come to take advantage of the experience accumulated over half a century of history, and transform the University into a modern and sought-after educational institution in the world".
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Peaceful UC Davis Students Pepper-Sprayed
By Anthony Cody — November 19, 2011 4 min read
Anthony Cody
Students occupying the central quad at the University of California at Davis were pepper sprayed in the face as they sat peacefully on the ground yesterday afternoon. One of my two sons attends this school. I would like you to watch the entire eight minutes of this video.
I attended UC Berkeley in the 1980s. We protested President Reagan’s funding of death squads in Central America. We protested UC investments in apartheid South Africa. In fact, the Divestment movement created an encampment on the steps of Sproul Plaza that lasted for months. I spent several nights sleeping there with hundreds of other students. There was very little violence. The operation of the University, though occasionally inconvenienced, continued. In 1986, as a result of this pressure, the UC Regents decided to withdraw $3 billion in investments from companies doing business in South Africa, and some months later, the apartheid regime in South Africa fell. I went to the Oakland Coliseum and heard Nelson Mandela acknowledge this movement as one of the factors contributing to the downfall of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
I am very proud of these students. I am proud of them for taking a stand for what they believe in. When you watch the video, you will see the students sitting on the ground. A police officer, Lt. John Pike, then deliberately sprays pepper spray directly in their faces. What happens next is inspiring. The students chant “Shame on you!” and “Our University” as the police officers back up. At the edge of the quad, the students tell the officers that they have a peaceful opportunity to leave. They chant “You can go now.” The officers leave and the students reclaim the public space from those who have committed violence within it. There is a more thorough accounting and additional videos posted here.
I cannot believe that police felt it necessary to use pepper spray under these circumstances. The reason given was that students had refused to remove tents. What has changed since 1986, when student protesters were able to camp for weeks on end at a UC campus without being violently evicted? These students are non-violent. They are not even disrupting campus activities. They are simply taking up public space with an ongoing, visible protest of the status quo. This has apparently become intolerable.
The first amendment of the Constitution gives us the right to assemble peacefully, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. This right has been violently breached.
The Chancellor, Linda Katehi, has issued a statement on the incident. She states:
We deeply regret that many of the protestors today chose not to work with our campus staff and police to remove the encampment as requested. We are even more saddened by the events that subsequently transpired to facilitate their removal.
Chancellor Katehi can be contacted here. I believe the action by the police was completely unwarranted and should be investigated and prevented from happening in the future.
A petition calling on Chancellor Katehi to resign has been posted here. Nathan Brown, an assistant professor at UC Davis, writes:
I am writing to tell you in no uncertain terms that there must be space for protest on our campus. There must be space for political dissent on our campus. There must be space for civil disobedience on our campus. There must be space for students to assert their right to decide on the form of their protest, their dissent, and their civil disobedience--including the simple act of setting up tents in solidarity with other students who have done so. There must be space for protest and dissent, especially, when the object of protest and dissent is police brutality itself. You may not order police to forcefully disperse student protesters peacefully protesting police brutality. You may not do so. It is not an option available to you as the Chancellor of a UC campus. That is why I am calling for your immediate resignation.
I am deeply troubled by this turn of events. At the end of the video I heard the students calling for a campus strike on Monday and a rally at noon on the quad. I will be there to support the students who were assaulted.
Update: The Faculty Association of UC Davis has called for the resignation of Chancellor Katehi.
Update 2: Chancellor Katehi has released a statement indicating that she will launch a task force to investigate yesterday’s incident.
Update #3: Last night Chancellor Katehi shared her decision to form a task force. Students surrounded the building. When she left, they sat in silence along the path as she walked to leave. Something about this is very powerful, as they bore witness to injustice.
Update #4: An interview with a student who was one of those pepper-sprayed, filmed last night. She has not been contacted by the police or the chancellor or anyone from the administration.
Update #5: Chancellor Katehi is accepting comments regarding the Task Force investigation here: chancellorkatehi@ucdavis.edu.
Update #6: CNN is reporting that two officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. They also have an interview with Chancellor Katehi posted here, taped last night. She says that the primary reason for the action was concern over health and safety. Several students were sent to the hospital as a result of this action.
Update #7: Here are some photos of the tents that Chancellor Katehi determined were such a threat to the health of students.
Update #8: Here is an important analysis of the health effect of pepper spray.
Update #9: UC President Mark Yudof has announced there will be an urgent review of police procedures. The use of billy clubs on peaceful demonstrators at UC Berkeley, including poet Robert Haas, has also drawn criticism, including this New York Times column today.
Update #10: An account from the woman, the Reverend Kristin Stoneking, who walked Chancellor Katehi to her car through the silent students Saturday evening.
Update #11: Interview with Chancellor Katehi taped this morning: “Police followed protocol but protocol is not always appropriate.”
Update #12: A petition has been launched asking President Obama to condemn the use of pepper spray and other chemical weapons on peaceful protestors. It says:
The use of violence in response to peaceful protest is an affront to our civil rights as American citizens.
President Obama has already eloquently spoken out against the use of violence on peaceful protesters during the Arab Spring. He continues to condemn various governments for the same. We call on the President to condemn the use of physical violence and intimidation, including the use of pepper spray, tear gas and the LRAD here in the United States.
Currently, these and other military techniques are being used around the country on peaceful citizens who are exercising their constitutional right to assemble as part of the Occupy movement.
The President and his office have remained silent regarding the violence perpetrated at this events, including Oakland, UC Davis and elsewhere.
What do you think of this action by the police? What do you think of the student response?
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Jimi Hendrix Playing at Woodstock
By: Henry Diltz
Source: Diltz, Henry. "Jimi Hendrix Playing at Woodstock." Corbis Corporation.
About the Photographer: Henry Diltz began his career in 1963 as a musician, playing banjo and clarinet for the Modern Folk Quartet, a band he co-founded. After the group disbanded, he began focusing on music photography, working with groups including The Lovin' Spoonful and Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Diltz remains an active photographer and by 2006 had provided photos for more than 200 album covers.
In 1969, the youth movement of the 1960s was in full swing. Rock music had taken America by storm, the Vietnam War provided a rallying point for anti-government protests, and Timothy Leary's admonition to "Turn on, tune in, drop out" was being taken literally by thousands of young people. Sensing an opportunity, four young men decided to organize what they hoped would be the largest rock concert ever, surpassing the previous record of 20,000. They chose a location near Bethel, New York, naming their planned event The Woodstock Art and Music Fair.
The fair organizers leased 600 acres of alfalfa fields from Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer, and began signing bands. Some of the biggest names in 1960s pop music were contracted, including the Who and Jimi Hendrix. Advance ticket sales soon outgrew the original plans, topping 75,000 and causing Yasgur to consider breaking his lease. He decided to honor the lease when an angry neighbor put up a sign reading "Local People Speak Out/Stop Max's Music Festival/No 150,000 Hippies Here/Buy No Milk."
So many people came to that field in New York that the organizers stopped trying to charge admission partway through the event. Estimates of attendance vary from 300,000 to 500,000. Depending on the number chosen, Woodstock was, for several days, either the second or third largest settlement in the state of New York. The New York Thruway was so clogged with cars attempting to reach the concert that it was closed down by the state police. The festival, scheduled for three days, stretched to four.
During those four days, rainshowers turned portions of the huge alfalfa field into mud. Thousands of people bathed nude in a nearby pond. Alcohol, marijuana, and other recreational drugs were freely consumed. The event became a massive celebration of what has been called the counterculture, a set of cultural choices made in conscious opposition to the traditional symbols of American adulthood, including neatly-coiffed hair, and unquestioning support for the U.S. government. Much of the music emanating from the stage was overtly political. Thousands sang along with Country Joe's anthem, "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag," with its chorus "And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?/Don't ask me I don't give a damn/Next stop is Vietnam." There was one death from a drug overdose and another person died after being run over by a tractor, but given the large number of people and the inadequate facilities, the gathering was notably peaceful.
As the concert stretched past the weekend into Monday morning, performer Jimi Hendrix faced an unenviable task. Originally scheduled to close the event the previous night, Hendrix took the stage on Monday morning with a poorly rehearsed band and a lethargic audience exhausted from the previous three days. Once on stage, Hendrix delivered what is today considered one of history's most important rock performances, combining personal hits with improvised numbers and even a heavily reworked rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner." By its conclusion, the set became one of the most memorable events at Woodstock.
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Woodstock has achieved such mythic significance—helped by the best-selling Woodstock record and epic three-hour movie, which eventually enabled the concert project to turn a profit—that Americans who were young adults at the time of Woodstock have often been referred to as the Woodstock Generation or Woodstock Nation. Yet the significance of Woodstock is debatable. Political protest and popular music were already defining 1960s youth culture before the concert took place.
Nevertheless, Woodstock has become a powerful symbol, both positive and negative, of the youth culture of the 1960s. Conservative commentators have derided the event as exposing the emptiness of the pleasure-driven values expressed by the music and literature of the time. In 2003, Wall Street Journal editor Daniel Henninger wrote an essay, "Anti-Woodstock," in which he suggested that "youth culture in America is a lifestyle, emphasizing the thing that youth tend to be very good at: thinking about themselves.… Some say the youth culture began at Woodstock, the celebration of song, self and mud in 1969." Henninger went on to suggest that the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 is an anti-Woodstock that is teaching young men and women "commitment to the military's culture of selflessness." As an example of "remarkably well-spoken, courteous and other-directed" youth reliably produced by Marine training on Parris Island, he cited an incident where a reporter in Iraq offered to let four Marines use his satellite cell phone to call home. One Marine, Henninger said, "ran off to get his sergeant who hadn't talked to his pregnant wife in three months" and the others offered to call the parents of a dead comrade rather than their own families. Unfortunately, the cell-phone incident turned out to be mythical; the Wall Street Journal later appended a notice to the essay identifying the anecdote as a "false tale" that had been "circulating widely on the Web."
The stereotyped image of the 1960s that has formed around Woodstock is almost equally mythical: a contemptible (or glorious) vacation from history during which flowers, beads, drugs, and electric guitars displaced reality. The actual period was far more complex. Arnold Skolnick offered his own modest summary of Woodstock: "Something was tapped, a nerve in this country, and everybody just came."
Jimi Hendrix is considered one of the most creative and influential guitarists in history. He died in 1970 while on tour in London, England.
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Lionsgate teams up with Samsung to convert more films to 3D, starts with Gamer, Crank and Bangkok Dangerous
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Got a 3D TV? You've probably noticed that not all depth perception is equal. It's true, not all films have the privilege of being shot in 3D -- many are converted in post production, and more still make the switch years after their initial release. Lionsgate and Samsung are planning to expand the latter category. Using Sammy's proprietary 3D processing technology, the two firms will dimensionalize a handful of films from Lionsgate's catalog, starting with Gamer, Bangkok Dangerous, Crank, and The Descent. More title are on the way too, slated for future release on DVD and Blu-ray. Groundbreaking? No, but worthwhile for 3D connoisseurs. After all, 3D conversion served Star Wars, I, Robot and Disney well enough, didn't it?
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., are partnering to expand the availability of popular theatrical titles in 3D for the home entertainment market, the two companies announced today from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Utilizing Samsung's proprietary 3D image processing technology, the two companies will kick off the partnership by delivering new 3D versions of the Lionsgate action films GAMER, CRANK, and BANGKOK DANGEROUS as well as the horror/thriller hit THE DESCENT. In addition to these popular films, a number of other theatrical titles are in the pipeline for 3D conversion and release. The companies are launching their initiative with popular titles that have already demonstrated success on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, EST and VOD platforms.
"The home entertainment market is ripe for a premium technology like 3D, and consumers have consistently demonstrated their willingness to pay for added value," said Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television and Digital Distribution Jim Packer. "Lionsgate is committed to being an innovator in enhancing the quality of the home entertainment experience for our consumers, and Samsung is an ideal partner to help us fill the release pipeline with commercially exciting films in the best 3D picture quality."
"As an innovative market leader in TV, Samsung continues to invest in building a robust 3D home entertainment ecosystem that appeals to consumers who enjoy high-quality 3D in their homes," said Senior Vice President Kyungshik Lee of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics. "Lionsgate's vast, high-quality content library, coupled with Samsung's advanced 3D image processing technology, will provide the best 3D viewing experiences to Samsung Smart TV consumers."
The announcement was made against a backdrop of rapid 3D growth in the consumer home entertainment marketplace, with three times as many 3D enabled Blu-ray Disc releases in 2012 than in 2011 and 3D television households nearly doubling from 3.5 million in 2011 to an estimated 6.4 million in 2012.
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Sir Philip Sidney Poetry: British Analysis
Sir Philip Sidney World Literature Analysis
Sidney, Sir Philip
Article abstract: Known during his lifetime as the perfect example of a Renaissance courtier because of his learning, nobility, and chivalry, Sidney was also a poet of the first rank whose sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella is a classic of English literature.
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From his birth, Philip Sidney was associated with the court of England. His godfather was Philip II of Spain, husband of Queen Mary, and his godmother (his grandmother) was the Duchess of Northumberland. Philip’s father, Sir Henry Sidney, was active in government affairs in Wales and Ireland. Sidney’s early years were spent at Penshurst, the family estate. In 1564, he began attending Shrewsbury School, where he met the future writer Fulke Greville, who would later compose the first biography of Sidney.
In 1568, Sidney entered Christ Church, Oxford, where he impressed his teachers and fellows with his intelligence and character. His circle of friends grew to include such notables as Richard Carew, who would become known as a poet, and Richard Hakluyt, who would win fame as an explorer and writer.
His stay at Oxford was cut short in 1571 when he left the university because of the plague; Sidney never received a degree. In 1572, he began a two-year tour of the Continent, ostensibly to improve his knowledge of foreign languages, but also to serve in a quasi-diplomatic function for Elizabeth I. It was during this visit that Sidney met a number of Protestant leaders in Europe and became a firm and vocal champion of their cause. This belief was strengthened during his stay in France by the St. Bartholomew’s Eve massacre of Protestants on August 23, 1572.
During his extensive travels, Sidney met and befriended Hubert Languet, who accompanied Sidney to Vienna and the court of Maximilian II, and later to Poland. Languet had a great influence on Sidney and further confirmed for the young Englishman the truth of the Protestant cause. Sidney also visited Hungary, spent time in Venice studying astronomy, music, and Italian literature, and, upon his return to Vienna, learned horsemanship under John Peter Pugliano, the foremost equestrian of the age. Later, in his Defence of Poesie (1580), published in another edition as Apologie for Poetry, Sidney gave a vivid description of these lessons.
In June, 1575, Sidney returned to England. His education was now complete, and he was ready to embark on his service to England and the court of Elizabeth. He was already known for his intelligence and his serious nature, and his contemporaries universally acknowledged him as a paragon of virtues. In appearance, he was quite handsome, with light hair, a fair complexion, and fine features. The numerous portraits which survive testify to his refined but not overly elegant presence.
Life’s Work
As a member of the court, Sidney met Walter Devereaux, first Earl of Essex, and his daughter, Penelope, who would later become the “Stella” of Sidney’s sonnet sequence. Although there was discussion of marriage, the death of Essex in 1576 and Sidney’s attention to political matters at court allowed the desultory courtship to lapse. At the time, Sidney composed verses inspired more by literary models than Penelope herself; his earlier sonnets are clearly patterned after those of the Earl of Surrey to his love, Geraldine. It was only after 1581, when Penelope had married Lord Rich, that Sidney seemed to have been moved by real passion toward her. By then, he could only vent his feelings in the sonnets of Astrophel and Stella (1591).
In the meantime, however, Sidney was occupied with political and diplomatic affairs at court. In 1577, he was dispatched with messages for the newly crowned Elector Palatine and to the Emperor Rudolf II, who had also recently succeeded to the throne. While in Prague, Sidney boldly lectured the new emperor on the need to combat the threat of Spanish domination of Europe. While returning to England, he traveled through the Low Countries, where he met and was captivated by William of Orange, leader of the Protestant cause in northern Europe.
Back in England, Sidney wrote a defense of his father’s conduct of Irish affairs to counter criticism. Sidney also turned to more creative work, composing a masque called The Lady of May (1578) to celebrate Elizabeth’s May Day visit to one of her subjects. Such visits were, under Elizabeth, elaborate state occasions of considerable importance, and their ceremonies were often expressions of political significance. Increasingly, Sidney was to be found in association with scholars and writers, such as Gabriel Harvey and Edmund Spenser. Sidney and Spenser met in 1578; the next year, Spenser dedicated to Sidney his important work, The Shepherd’s Calendar.
Sidney recognized Spenser’s talent and contribution, but another work dedicated to him that year pleased him not at all: Stephen Gosson’s Schoole of Abuse (1579), a virulent attack on the theater and the quickly developing English drama. Sidney composed and circulated in manuscript his Defence of Poesie as a reply to Gosson’s charges.
The Defence of Poesie is one of the earliest and most important pieces of English literary theory, and formed the standard defense of literature that would be used against Puritans and others who decried the art as being at best, trivial, at worst, sinful. In his spirited and vigorous defense, Sidney used the argument that poetry (by which he meant all forms of literature, including drama) teaches virtue more vividly, and therefore more profoundly, than do history or philosophy. Through its creative powers, poetry instills in its audience a lasting love of proper actions, and so makes them better persons. To bolster his argument, Sidney used as examples such English writers as Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Edmund Spenser.
Sidney published none of his literary works during his lifetime, but he was much less discreet with the distribution of his political writings. In January, 1580, he dared to send Queen Elizabeth a lengthy, well-reasoned, but highly improper essay which argued against her possible marriage to the Duke of Anjou, the Roman Catholic heir to the French throne. Sidney’s reproach to his sovereign was based on the grounds of loyal patriotism and Protestantism, but the queen was so angered that she banished Sidney from her presence for months. During this interlude, Sidney wrote his romance, Arcadia (1590), to amuse his sister.
Sidney’s talents and abilities, as well as his reputation and his many admirers, regained him favor at court. In 1581, he was elected to Parliament; that spring he took a major part in a festive tournament and other ceremonies honoring a French embassy; and on January 13, 1583, he was knighted. He was also given a more practical post as joint master of the queen’s ordnance.
The income from the ordnance position and other funds he had been granted from fines paid to the Crown, were necessary, for a marriage had been arranged by Sidney’s father and Sir Francis Walsingham, whose daughter Frances was then only fourteen. The two were married on September 20, 1593. Although Sidney seems to have felt genuine affection for his wife, he continued his devotion to Penelope. These emotions, deep as they appear to have been, found expression only in his collection of sonnets which were given the title Astrophel and Stella (“star lover” and “star,” the poetical names Sidney devised for himself and Penelope).
Sidney’s desire for service found little outlet during these months. Frustrated, he considered joining voyages of exploration or colonization. In Parliament, he sat on a committee setting boundaries for the projected Virginia colony, and his interest in this topic was well enough known that Hakluyt, his friend from Oxford, dedicated his own celebrated work, Divers Voyages, Touching the Discovery of America (1582), to Sidney.
A more urgent call to action lay closer to home. In 1584, the assassination of William of Orange shocked Protestant Europe, and made Sidney more determined than ever to insist on England’s resistance to Spanish actions in the Low Countries. Elizabeth, anxious to avoid open conflict with the powerful Spanish, was finally convinced to send an army to the Netherlands in the summer of 1585, but her commitment was tentative and hesitant.
Sidney, craving a more active part, attempted to join Sir Francis Drake, who was then preparing a raid on the Spanish coast. Sidney’s arrival at Plymouth was secret, but Drake promptly and prudently informed Elizabeth, who summoned Sidney to court. Once again, however, peace was restored between monarch and subject, and on November 7, Sidney was appointed governor of Flushing, a town in the Low Countries garrisoned by the English. He sailed on November 16, 1585.
The English army was small and its supplies poor. Operations with the Dutch were hampered by language barriers and mutual suspicion. Contact with the Spanish forces consisted mainly of raids and skirmishes, rather than full battles, which the English could not afford and the Dutch did not desire. On July 6, 1586, Sidney was part of a daring raid on Axel, a small village twenty miles from Flushing. Conducted at night and by boat, the assault took the town’s garrison by surprise. Later that year, Sidney participated in the assault of Doesburg, a small citadel near the town of Arnhem.
The English commander, the Earl of Leicester, was embarked on a policy of systematically reducing the Spanish strong points. The next one he attacked was at Zutphen. Leicester brought his army up to Zutphen on September 13 and was soon engaged in a running series of skirmishes with the defenders. On September 22, Sidney joined the earl with about five hundred English cavalry in an attack on the Spanish lines. Meeting a friend who was wearing no leg armor, Sidney gallantly but rashly removed his own.
In the battle, Sidney had one horse killed under him, mounted another, and charged through the enemy line. On his return to the English forces, a bullet struck him in the left leg just above the knee. He was able to ride back to camp, and was carried by barge to Arnhem. His wife had joined him earlier, in March, and, although pregnant, remained to care for him. The wound became infected, and on October 17, Sidney died.
The grief which was felt throughout England at Sir Philip Sidney’s death was profound and sincere. His funeral on February 16 brought mourners from all social classes to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Both Oxford and Cambridge published collections of elegies in his honor, and more than two hundred other poetic memorials were printed, among them eight elegies in Spenser’s Colin Clout’s Come Home Again (1595).
It was appropriate that Sidney’s passing be marked by poetic tributes, because he himself is best known as a poet and writer. His three major works were important influences on English literature, and one has attained the status of a classic.
Sidney’s Arcadia—composed primarily to amuse his sister, and therefore sometimes called The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia—is an elaborate chivalric romance, with verse interludes. The language, highly patterned and deliberately ornate, is typical of the genre, which was established by John Lyly’s Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and which captivated an entire generation of Renaissance readers.
The plot is a rambling account of two princes’ pursuit of their two princesses, and there are numerous episodes of disguises, mistaken identities, battles, tournaments, and philosophical speeches. Pastoral eclogues are scattered throughout the work. Arcadia was first published in 1590, but the edition of 1593, which was prepared by Sidney’s sister, provides the first reliable text. Although very popular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the romance has since declined in reputation and influence.
The Defence of Poesie, which was widely circulated in manuscript during the author’s life, remains an important document of the English Renaissance and provides an interesting insight into the critical views of the time. When Gosson dedicated his work, The Schoole of Abuse, to Sidney without permission, Sidney was moved to prepare his rebuttal. Gosson attacked plays, poems, and all other forms of fiction as being vain and sinful. Sidney sought to refute these charges in his reply, which consists of three parts. The first justifies poetry as a source of virtue; the second reviews the forms of poetry; and the third offers an optimistic prediction of the future of English writing. Interestingly, Sidney seems to have been unaware of the forthcoming achievements English drama was about to make.
By far the most important of Sidney’s literary creations was his sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella, in which he chronicles his long, passionate, and ultimately unhappy relationship with Penelope Rich. The collection consists of 108 sonnets, which use the familiar “Shakespearean” form of three quatrains and a concluding couplet. There are also eleven songs in the sequence.
Sidney’s powers as a poet grew as he composed the series; the earlier poems often seem flat or contrived, but the later sonnets are both technically proficient and poetically powerful. He made particularly good use of metaphors and allusions from military and political affairs, as was fitting for a courtier poet. The influence of these poems on other writers, including Shakespeare, is clear.
Because of Sidney’s personal appeal, and the success of the Arcadia, unauthorized editions of Astrophel and Stella began appearing in the early 1590’s, with the first being prepared by the noted Elizabethan writer, Thomas Nashe (1591). The 1598 edition of Arcadia contains the most complete version of the sequence, and presents it in an order probably close to that which Sidney intended.
Although he was loved and admired in his own time as an outstanding individual, a defender of the Protestant cause, and an English patriot, Sidney’s enduring legacy consists of his place among the first rank of poets who created the English Renaissance.
Buxton, John. Sir Philip Sidney and the English Renaissance. London: Macmillan, 1954. A solid study of Sidney and his place within the Elizabethan period, concentrating on his literary works, but also providing background on his life and activities as a courtier and soldier.
Greville, Sir Fulke (First Baron Brooke). The Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney. Edited by N. Smith. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. Reprint. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1959. The original biography, written by Sidney’s longtime friend. First published in 1652, this work is the primary source for Sidney’s life. It also sheds light on the thoughts and perspectives of his contemporaries.
Hamilton, A. C. Sir Philip Sidney: A Study of His Life and Works. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. A well-written, well-balanced overview of Sidney’s life and writings, especially helpful for showing how the two relate in many areas.
Howell, Roger. Sir Philip Sidney: The Shepherd Knight. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1968. Concentrates on Sidney’s political and diplomatic activities, placing his writings within the historical context of the times, particularly his patriotism and intense devotion to the Protestant cause.
Kimbrough, Robert. Sir Philip Sidney. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1971. Good, introductory overview of Sidney the man and writer, and Kimbrough takes special care to provide a quick but adequate sketch of the turbulent period of the late sixteenth century. A good place for the beginning student to start.
Sidney, Sir Philip. The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney. Edited by William A. Ringler, Jr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. Since Sidney is best known today for his sonnets, a thorough study of him must include Astrophel and Stella. This edition is textually impeccable, and contains a fine introduction useful to literary and nonliterary readers alike.
Sidney, Sir Philip. Selected Prose and Poetry. Edited by Robert Kimbrough. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. A handy one-volume collection of Sidney’s major writings, very helpful for those readers who want at least a sample of the Arcadia or Defence of Poesie. Kimbrough’s introduction is useful in placing Sidney within the context of his times.
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Lou Stoppard: Why did you want Nick Knight to phorograph you at 8 and ½ months pregnant?
Erin O’Connor: Well Nick’s not motivated or governed by fashion but he is motivated by real life and there’s nothing more human than evolution. I felt that he would have a really fresh attitude towards it so we went in raw and the plan was to show the bump loud and proud. I just happened to think that it was a privilege to work with him because this is the most important thing I’ll ever do in my life and I’m very comfortable with him.
LS: When we chatted before, you said that to grow a human was to shrink the ego. Working as a model you must have grown used to treating your body like it was completely yours, but I suppose the most important thing about growing a human is that you give your body over.
EO: By the very nature of what I do, I am consciously aware of how self involved my life has been up until this point. I've always attributed motherhood as a selfless act and it has taken me many years to find the courage to embark on my new role. It’s amazing to be pregnant because instinct is a really powerful force and all you want to do is nourish your baby. The reassurance you get when you see your belly - and other parts - swelling is incredibly reassuring.
LS: Do you feel that your body worries do slip away, and you don’t care in the same way - you can’t be vain in a sense?
EO: You can’t compare. I think it’s a very grounding reminder of why we were put on the planet. Genuinely I was very excited at the prospect of seeing how my body, which was attuned to this job, would transform. It’s been an amazing process really and especially having that documented by Nick. I’d like to do a before and after!
LS: Fashion gets such a bad press for putting unnatural demands on women’s bodies, and you’ve said you were always excited to be a mother but I question whether other women in your trade might be scared to have children because they know that to achieve those body heights is incredibly difficult after you’ve had a baby.
EO: It’s hard to answer that question because I can’t relate to it or speak for any other woman, but you’re right, my body has always served a purpose in a very deliberate and public way and I suppose my body image is shared amongst a lot of different people all of whom have very opposing views and opinions. But when you inhabit your own body at some point in your life you have to choose what makes you feel well and good and with my own body I’ve kind of taken a shift from the more physical attributes to feeling ‘oh my god, it is still working and I’m well’ and I can’t really ask for more really.
LS: So you think of it more as a working machine?
EO: I do! It’s a machine of strength. I’m also lucky because my body has been disciplined since I was a small child, I studied Royal Ballet for over ten years and I watched my body change and I watched how it began to strengthen, with a bit of help from weights! I was actually very naturally skinny as a kid and now one of the things I have missed, ironically is weightlifting. That’s my passion, I do it three times a week, and I haven’t been able to do that in pregnancy, I’ve had to surrender to what my body needs to do and it’s done its job. I actually feel proud of the way my body looks, I’ve never felt so comfortable. So with these photos - yes, it’s a nude shot, but it’s a woman in pregnancy and it’s a great statement to be able to make, so I’m extremely happy about that. I think it takes away the sexual element, I don’t think there’s anything offensive about it.
LS: Its interesting that you say that because the reason most women’s bodies are celebrated in the media is for aesthetic or sexual reasons, not for being working active machines.
EO: Yes. I’ve lived through many skins and this is actually the one that is most relevant to all womankind. It’s really nice to be part of that group!
LS: I was really intrigued by the Gloria Steinem quote that you mentioned before; ‘A feminist is anyone who recognises the equality and full humanity of women and men.’ You said you personally think motherhood Is an incredible force of nature in promoting that.
EO: Actually Nick and I were talking the other day about how being a mother affects ones feminism. And I thought there’s nothing like motherhood to be able to use those teachings about equality between men and women. I’m having a boy, but I still think that’s incredibly relevant.
LS: There’s a niche strand of feminist argument, which deals with this. One writer explores how she spent her whole life as a feminist fighting against ever having to serve a man or revolve her life around the whims and needs of a man. She writes about how she gives birth to a boy and explains that obviously as a mother and a human you love that child and you will do anything for that child but she also had to question her feminism because her whole life became about the whims of a man, but it was her baby boy - I found that quite interesting. It’s such an odd argument because this is the most natural form of love but it also upturns your belief system. This is especially relevant to your point about motherhood being very instinctive whereas we put so much focus on making our decisions with a lot of consideration, especially feminism, which people ponder deeply and read up on, and yet motherhood is so instinctive.
EO: Of course it is, you’ve pretty much said it for me. I’ve never been a combative feminist, I’ve only ever wanted to liberate and support. As interesting as this might sound, my Dad is the best feminist I’ve ever met because he has three daughters and we had the best time growing up because our equality was never questioned. It was something that was proposed to me, funnily enough after I left home and I started working in the big bad world trying to make sense of my identity and what that represented. In the beginning it was quite forceful because my look is quite anarchic. It was very extreme and unapologetic and actually I think over the years I feel less like I need to sport that suit of armour. I feel more confident just being, which is why it was so lovely to wear that suit of nakedness the other day.
LS: You’ve been photographed nude and semi-nude before, did it feel very different to be shot when pregnant?
EO: Completely. I’ve never been offended and I’ve always been brave to the idea of nudity but I think often it can be portrayed in an overtly sexual way and I happen to think if you’re going to make a statement about nudity it should always feel very sensual. But I think to stand there in all my glory and not have the focus on me is absolutely right, completely correct. It is all about the celebration of new life pending.
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Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume 59, Number 3, été 2004, pp. 459-643
Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences edited by …
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Employment Stability in an Age of Flexibility: Evidence from Industrialized Countries sous la direction de Peter Auer et Sandrine Cazes, Genève : Bureau international du travail, 2003, 272 p., ISBN 92-2-112716-8.
For some, nonstandard work connotes substandard employment on multiple dimensions: low pay, the absence of health and pension benefits, and a lack of job security. For others, nonstandard work is seen as a way to increase flexibility for firms and individuals, a way for firms to keep down cost and a way for workers to balance the demands of work and family. Which view is correct? The collection of articles in Houseman and Osawa’s Nonstandard Work in Developed Countries goes a long way in helping us to answer this question. At the heart of this debate is a fundamental conundrum. How can firms maintain a flexible workforce while providing high quality reliable jobs to their employees? Each of the developed economies examined in this collection of articles represents a more or less satisfactory attempt to resolve this conundrum. In the last 30 years, most developed nations have seen work arrangements change in ways that afford firms more flexibility. In developed economies, this flexibility has been achieved by increasing the relative number of part time, fixed-term, and temporary jobs. Laws and regulations protecting the employment rights of workers have been relaxed to allow firms to terminate workers more easily. Rules requiring that standard and nonstandard workers receive equal compensation and treatment have also been weakened. These changes were based in part on the belief that they would ameliorate high levels of unemployment, especially in Europe. But many European countries decided these changes went too far, and the 1990s saw a period of re-regulation. The European Union has been a force for progressive change, recognizing and attempting to protect the rights of workers in nonstandard jobs. But the process of solving the basic conundrum is ongoing, and there is significant cross-country variation in the solutions being worked out by governments, firms, and workers. While firms generally employ nonstandard workers to cut cost, the specific type of work arrangements that are utilized depends greatly on the local political, economic, and legal context. In Germany high unemployment and strict employment protections have led to an increase in part-time and fixed-term workers. In contrast, part-time employment in Denmark actually declined, the result of low unemployment and tax advantages for dual earner families. Of all the EU countries, Britain is the one country where the quality and use of nonstandard work most resembles the United States. Here, nonstandard work is concentrated in low skill jobs and is poorly compensated. This is partly the consequence of deregulation during the Thatcher years and weak re-regulation under the current Labour government. While some parity between standard and nonstandard work is required, its effect is limited by occupation segregation between the two types of work. Nevertheless, there has been an effort to protect workers with fixed term contracts. After four consecutive fixed term appointments, workers are regarded as permanent employees. In the United States, temporary and fixed term workers have no such protection. Of all the developed economies examined in this volume, Spain has the highest rate of temporary employment. One out of three workers in Spain is employed in a temporary job. This results to a large extent from a perverse relationship between job security and the use of nonstandard work, a relationship that has also been observed in Germany, France, and Japan. In these countries, strict regulations that protect workers from being fired or laid off have had the consequence of increasing the demand for temporary employment. In Italy, this has also spurred the growth of self-employment and the informal sector. Nowhere is this relationship more evident than in Japan. In Japan, very strong employment protection laws and …
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Hudson, Kenneth. "Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences edited by Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 513 pp., ISBN 0-88099-263-8." Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, volume 59, number 3, été 2004, p. 615–617. https://doi.org/10.7202/010927ar
Hudson, K. (2004). Review of [Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences edited by Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 513 pp., ISBN 0-88099-263-8.] Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 59 (3), 615–617. https://doi.org/10.7202/010927ar
Hudson, Kenneth "Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences edited by Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 513 pp., ISBN 0-88099-263-8.". Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations 59, no. 3 (2004) : 615–617. https://doi.org/10.7202/010927ar
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Spanish government: inadequate response to UN HR Council recommendations on migrants’ right to health
Center for Economic and Social Rights, Medicos del Mundo, Red ACOGE and the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights affirm access to health care is still not guaranteed to all migrants in Spain.
The Spanish government yesterday responded to recommendations made by the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism earlier this year, but it did not offer any advance in guaranteeing the right to health of the migrant population, according to four non-governmental organizations engaged in the review.
Back in January, Ignacio Ybáñez, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, declared the Spanish government’s commitment to make public which recommendations it would accept once these had been carefully examined.
During the UPR, which took place on 21 January, seven countries expressly called for various measures to be adopted in order to guarantee access to universal health care for the entire population, without any form of discrimination, and regardless of their administrative situation.
In the session that took place on Thursday in Geneva, Ana María Menéndez Pérez, Spain’s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations, affirmed after the round of interventions that the Ministry of Health was working on the design of a program that would allow access to healthcare for immigrants in the country. According to the ambassador, this task was being carried out in coordination with various public administrations.
The array of recommendations regarding elimination of discrimination in the enjoyment of social rights, such as the right to health, were among the block of recommendations that the government described as “partially accepted”. This classification was accorded to measures which, according to Ms Menéndez Pérez, “we cannot put into practice, regardless of whether we are in agreement or not” due to budgetary, legal or constitutional factors.
The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Médicos del Mundo, Red ACOGE and the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) informed the member states present that, during the last six months, there had not been enough progress in effectively guaranteeing the right to health as stipulated under international human rights standards. Spain’s Minister of Health, Social Policy and Equality, Alfonso Alonso, spoke to a news agency on 31 March, declaring his intention to restore access to primary healthcare for undocumented migrants, not as recognition of a corresponding right but instead as a measure to alleviate the heavy demand on emergency departments in health centers. Such a position is, according to the four civil society organizations, inadequate.
CESR, Médicos del Mundo, Red ACOGE and ESCR-Net demand that the Ministry of Health’s commitment not be limited to that offered by the Spanish representative yesterday before the Human Rights Council, but instead deliver full restitution of the right to health of undocumented migrants in Spain. The alternative would be the creation of a parallel system of access to healthcare services for the migrant population, and would in no way assure access based on recognition of the right to health of a sector which is, moreover, extremely vulnerable.
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#Ramnicu Sarat: ex-commander appeals against 20-year sentence
By Euronews with AFP • last updated: 14/10/2015
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A former commander of one of Romania’s most notorious prisons refused to talk to journalists when he arrived at court in Bucharest.
We want to preserve the memory of the heroes at Ramnicu Sarat
Alexandru Visinescu is appealing against a 20 year sentence for crimes against humanity, handed down in July.
Alexandru Visineșcu jefe d Râmnicu Sărat prisión infame comunista de Rumania – condenados por delitos contra DDHH! pic.twitter.com/pKidZaqgEu
— John Hayes (@Maddygram) 25 Juillet 2015
The 90-year-old insists he was simply following orders and has shown no remorse for his alleged crimes.
The relatives of those who died are more interested in getting answers than revenge: “We have asked for more information about what he did,” said Mihaela Barbus, who is the daughter of one of the detainees,“we are not asking for a longer sentence because that makes no sense given his age. But people need to know what he did. We want to preserve the memory of the heroes at Ramnicu Sarat.”
“The silence of Hell”
At least 14 people are known to have died at Ramnicu Sarat between 1956 and 1963, when Alexandru Visinescu was in charge.
Romania’s communist regime lasted from 1947 to 1989. More than 600 000 people were held as political prisoners during that time.
Prisoners were kept in solitary confinement and endured extreme cold and a lack of food.
Severe punishments were regularly doled out.
Romania: Communist-Era Prison Guard Appeal Adjourned: Alexandru Visinescu, commander of the Ramnicu Sarat pris… http://t.co/I1siJUGIwZ
— VOFN Romania (@vofnromania) 14 Octobre 2015
The judges hearing the case have set the 25th of November as the date for Visinescu’s next appearance.
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With the fast world we live in, as well as the cost of living rising, most Moms have no option but to work! It’s great that the Corporate World has evolved and allows this to happen. A major advantage of moving to a Virtual Office has allowed many businesses the freedom of working from home and not losing their professional image. This article from The Star on the 30th September 2012, shows how it’s possible to be a full time parent who is also an income generating parent.
Allowing flexible hours and work mobility might prove to be a win-win situation for both employer and employee, especially in areas where talent is scarce.
MANAGING a team, attending meetings, doing the laundry, cleaning the house and cooking for her family it’s all in a day’s work for programme’ manager Carol Chew.
If you’re wondering how she manages it, her (open) secret is that she works from home.
“When I had my daughter Eisther in 2006, I couldn’t work from home (because there was no such company policy),” she says.
Things changed when the company was bought over by a multinational corporation (MNC), and when she had her son Daniel in 2008, it was already a norm for Chew, 35, to be attending meetings in her T-shirt and shorts online and in the comfort of her home.
Juggling act: Chew with her husband and their two children Eisther and Daniel. Chew says working from home doesn’t mean her hours are shorter or less productive.
“My company allows this flexibility but it depends on your immediate boss. My boss, who is Australian, says he is fine with me working from home so long as I attend the meetings on time, and I’m visible to the team in the (online) system during work hours,” she explains.
These days, Chew goes to the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, sometimes either Monday or Friday, and works from home on Wednesdays. On days she goes to the office, she’s usually in at around 9am or 10am and leaves by 4.30pm to avoid the after-work traffic.
Being able to work from home allows me to cook for my family and do the laundry. I can push the clothes out to sun, and pull them in if it rains. I can pick up my children from kindergarten, or music class. Little things like that matter to me.
Chew says working from home also reduced her stress levels, which allowed her to produce more breast milk for her baby.
“With Eisther, I stopped breastfeeding her before she was a year old. With Daniel, I was able to breastfeed him until he was two years plus,” she says.
Dr Lai: “When children grow up feeling safe and secure, it directly affects their physical health.”
Despite working from home, Chew makes the effort to maintain her professional workspace. She sends her children to her mother’s house nearby when she has to focus on work, and says that her mother has been a great help with the children.
“No one will fault you if there’s a baby crying in the background when you’re on a conference call, but I prefer to maintain a professional workspace and good work ethics.”
Working from home doesn’t mean her hours are shorter or less productive either.
“I’m still working 40-hour weeks” in fact, working from home can mean I end up doing 60-hour weeks, because sometimes you end up working till late at night.
“But this is how I give back to the company, by putting 100% when I’m at work,” she says, adding that such policies on flexibility promotes company loyalty as well.
Another working mother, who only wanted to be identified as Kathy, says she too has benefited from being able to work flexible hours after having her children.
When Kathy, 36, had her daughter Elysha in 2007, she started working 20-hour weeks.
“I negotiated with my boss, and we agreed to a 20-hour week. It was up to me how I wanted to put in the 20 hours, and which days I wanted to go in to the office. My salary was also adjusted accordingly,” she says.
Kathy, who is a senior engineer in the oil and gas industry, says being able to work part-time then helped her to adjust better to motherhood and also allowed her to spend a lot of time with her newborn. “As a result, Elysha and I are very, very close.”
Ramanathan: “˜Employees are allowed to organise their working hours according to business requirements.’
Being able to work part-time also helped her cope with work and family as she has had problems getting a full-time maid. She gets by with the help of a part-time maid, and help from her parents and her in-laws as well.
When she had her second daughter Beth, in 2010, Kathy was required to work 40-hour weeks, but it was up to her how she wanted to put in the hours. Till today, she usually works Mondays to Thursdays, giving her a three-day weekend with the family.
“If I really need to, I’ll go in for a few hours on Saturday, but at least I can send Beth to playschool on Fridays.
“I am really grateful that my boss is understanding and supportive of working mums. That has helped me remain with the company, because he’s also someone who understands how important family is,” she says.
For Kathy, having this balance between work and family is the “best arrangement”.
“On the one hand, I’m able to work and contribute to the family income, and on the other hand I’m able to be there for my children and be directly involved in their upbringing, especially when they are so young,” she says.
According to Penang Hospital consultant (child and adolescent) psychiatrist Dr Lai Fong Hwa, the benefits of having a parent around during a child’s early formative years are immense.
“Mothers provide that secure foundation for a child, and it’s much better for a child to be cared for by his/her mother than a maid, as children tend to model after their caregiver.
Sanjeev: “˜We have introduced a host of initiatives to provide a positive and flexible work environment.’
“When children grow up feeling safe and secure, it directly affects their physical health. They also tend to generally do better in school and in life,” he says.
Dr Lai adds that having flexibility at work is good for both mother and baby.
“Stress from a mother can be easily transferred on to a child,” he explains.
“Having flexible hours would help reduce stress for a mother as she can adjust the amount of work and time she has to cope with, compared with a mother who has to deal with rigid work hours and a heavy workload.”
Companies, particularly larger international MNCs, are taking note of the growing trend of flexible hours and work mobility.
IBMÂ Malaysia, for example, whose women workforce outnumber the men at 57%, provides for 90 days of maternity leave, which was implemented last October.
According to IBM Malaysia managing director S. Ramanathan, employees are allowed to organise their working hours according to business requirements.
“A large number of employees are under the mobility programme where they can either work from home, or at customer facilities (on projects). We also have an arrangement for part-time work such as a two-or-three-day week versus a five-day week,” says Ramanathan via e-mail.
“This is a trend welcomed by our women employees who go on maternity leave, as they sometimes take extended leave or leave of absence. This extended period is aimed at helping new mothers transition to a different lifestyle with a newborn baby.”
There is a need for employers to review their employ ment policies and to accommodate some of the requirements of their staff, if they want to retain the talent within their companies. ““ Shamsuddin Bardan
One of the challenges the company faced during the transition period was on managing staff remotely, but Ramanathan says technology has allowed for maximum flexibility, “as a notebook with all the necessary software and hardware allows an employee to work from wherever she is”.
Citibank Bhd, too, allows its staff to work flexible hours, with the option of working from home “depending on the role”.
According to Citibank Bhd chief executive officer Sanjeev Nanavati, about 69% of the bank’s employees are women, with a majority of them in child-bearing age.
“We recognise the sheer power of the economic opportunity presented by women and we have introduced a host of initiatives to provide a positive and flexible work environment, with a focus on attracting and retaining talented female employees,” he says in an e-mail interview.
Citibank has allowed for flexible work hours for all its employees since 2006, where they can negotiate for a two- or three-day work week. The company also provides for 90-day maternity leave, implemented since early 2010.
Taking it a step further, Citibank also has a crche called CitiKids Care Centre, a free facility for all of the bank’s employees. The centre was launched in November 2010.
“We currently have 60 Citikids in the centre, ranging from ages three to six years,” Sanjeev says.
Steps like these are precisely what is needed from more companies in Malaysia, says Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Shamsuddin Bardan.
He says there is a need for employers to review their employment policies and to accommodate some of the requirements of their staff if they want to retain the talent within their companies.
“A lot of give and take needs to be done. Gone are the days where a company can say If you can’t suit our company policies, then you are free to leave,'” Shamsuddin says. (He was previously quoted as saying that employers spend an average of RM25,000 to RM30,000 to replace each employee who quits.)
Many employers within the region, such as in Japan and Singapore, already have policies which facilitate employees’ requirement for greater work-life balance. In Malaysia, he says, there are perhaps fewer than 20 companies which allow for such flexibility, and these would be the MNCs.
“Mothers who need to care for their children may feel they have no choice but to resign from their jobs if their companies are not willing to be a little more flexible,” he says.
But he adds that such fluid arrangements may be more practical in certain industries and roles than others.
According to the Malaysian Labour Force Statistics, as at July this year, Malaysia has a labour force (potential labour) of about 13.2 million people, of which the male to female ratio is about equal. About 12.8 million people are employed.
“Where the labour force participation rate for males is about 80% (about 5.28 million people), it’s only 49% (about 3.23 million people) for females. This is such a shame considering that more than 60% of our graduates are women,” Shamsuddin says.
However, he adds that a lot will have to change work culture, legislation and national policies before work mobility and flexibility become more commonplace in the Malaysian workforce.
“There needs to be a lot of trust and integrity,” he says, adding that such a system can only work if parties on both ends keep their side of the bargain.
Legislation, in particular the Employment Act 1955, will also need a total review.
“When this act was written in the 1950s, Malaysia was heavily into mining, timber, rubber and other agriculture industries. The laws were catered to suit the needs then. There is a need for a review of the law now to meet our current needs,” Shamsuddin says.
“Legislation has to be an enabler for Malaysia to move forward, instead of being a stumbling block.”
He adds that policies also need to be in place “to encourage mothers who have left the workforce for say, three, or five, or even seven years, to rejoin the workforce”.
“Why not have a system to facilitate them coming back (into the workforce)? Companies should be allowed to use the money in the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) to train potential employees, such as these mothers, who will need re-training,” he says.
Currently, companies can only use the HRDF to train existing employees.
Companies which are already practising such fluid policies say it is a win-win situation for both the employer and employee. And they are likely right.
Given a choice between their children or work, many mothers say that if push comes to shove, their children win every time. As Chew puts it: “Money can’t buy back time for me to see my children grow up.”
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Fettes College Turns 150 Years Old!
On 5th October 1870, Fettes College opened its doors to welcome its very first pupils. On 5th October 2020 we could not wait to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this moment!
We would have loved to invite everyone back to Fettes to celebrate with us, however, due to current restrictions, we had to change our plans and keep everyone safe. That did not stop us having a jam packed (albeit socially distanced) day marking this special occasion.
While most of the pupils enjoyed their 150th birthday lie in granted by the Head, Mrs Harrison, the Head Boy, Toran E and School Prefect, Ianthe F joined Mrs Harrison and piper, Jamie B, for a rooftop ceremony. The school flag was raised to the familiar sound of the bagpipes before those gathered on the roof descended to Callover Hall. They were joined there by the School Prefects and Heads of Houses to hear Mrs Harrison read the names of the first 53 boys to come to Fettes, exactly as would have been done 150 years ago to the day.
Mrs Harrison, Toran and Ianthe then laid a laurel wreath at the bust of Sir William Fettes to commemorate all Old Fettesians who are sadly no longer with us, reviving a Fettes’ tradition dating back to the 1930s. This small group of students then, representing the school as a whole, made their way to Chapel where they heard readings from Toran and Ianthe, and the Chaplain led them in prayer. Mr Goodenough played the organ, including Floreas Fettesia. It was hard for those present to resist the urge to sing, which is currently against Covid Safe guidelines. Mrs Harrison, Toran and Ianthe then headed to Queen’s Lawn to cut a special birthday cake and raise a toast to the first 150 years of Fettes College. Highlights from the celebrations can be viewed here.
At morning break each of the Houses were presented with a copy of our 150th anniversary book, Fettes: Our Place, which was launched virtually on the 2nd October 2020. If you weren’t able to join us, you can watch the interview and live Q&A with the editorial team here. All staff and pupils then enjoyed cake and were gifted a commemorative badge to mark this momentous day. Following lunch break, some 3rd Form pupils gathered with Mrs Harrison and Senior Leadership Team, at the College West arcade, to re-enact the first school photograph. This image was then used to launch an in-House photo competition which will see all the houses re-creating a selection of photos from the last 150 years.
The day was rounded off with the premiere of our specially commissioned film, introduced by the Chair of the Governors, Michael Osborne, Mrs Harrison, and Toran and Ianthe. It emotively conveys the true sense of Fettes and has been enjoyed by many members of the Fettes community all over the globe.
We were so sorry that our Head Girl Lucy R was unable to participate in the celebrations. We know that Lucy will be a part of other celebrations that we have planned over the year.
Despite the current restrictions, we had a truly wonderful day to celebrate Fettes’ 150 years and thank everyone for the part they played in marking this memorable occasion.
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Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Securities Investment that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies
08 January 2021 Foley Regulatory Alert Publication
Authors: Peter D. Fetzer Stuart E. Fross Stephen M. Meli Margaret G. Nelson Thomas J. Krysa
On January 6, 2021, the Division of Examinations (“Division”) issued a Risk Alert to notify investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other market participants of a recent action relating to investments in securities associated with Communist Chinese military companies, as well as investors transacting in such securities.
Why We are Sending this Alert: Investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other market participants should know that effective as of January 11, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. EST, U.S. persons, which includes both individuals and entities, are prohibited from transacting in certain securities and derivatives of Communist China military companies (“CCMCs”), unless such transactions are for purposes of divestment and occur through November 11, 2021.
Details of Division’s Risk Alert: On November 12, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 13959, “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies” (the “EO”).1 The EO states that beginning on January 11, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. EST, U.S. persons, which includes both individuals and entities, will be prohibited from transacting in certain securities and derivatives of CCMCs, unless such transactions are for purposes of divestment and occur through November 11, 2021. Examples of financial instruments covered by this provision include, but are not limited to, derivatives (e.g., futures, options, swaps), warrants, American depositary receipts (ADRs), global depositary receipts (GDRs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), index funds, and mutual funds, to the extent such instruments also meet the definition of “security” as defined in section 4(d) of EO 13959.2
The Treasury Department’s Office Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) has published guidance concerning the EO on several occasions, available here.
Practice Considerations: Investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other market participants should:
Review and assess the impact of the EO for their own investments as well as on behalf of investors and clients.
Review and assess the impact of the EO on their processes related to investments on their own behalf and on behalf of investors and clients.
Continue to review OFAC’s website for additional guidance.
1 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-securities-investmentsfinance-communist-chinese-military-companies; 85 Fed. Reg. 73185 (Nov. 17, 2020).
2 Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, Frequently Asked Question 860 (Dec. 28, 2020); https://home.treasury.gov/policyissues/financial-sanctions/faqs/860.
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Team: WAS
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2020 16 66 94/258 2.7 4 4/12 3.0 0 55
2019 16 39 154/470 3.1 6 16/115 7.2 1 117
2018 16 26 234/871 3.7 5 20/92 4.6 1 152
2017 16 50 108/423 3.9 3 16/114 7.1 0 88
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2020 Stats | WAS Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 41% 2% 11% 7% 4% 11% 33% - 2% 11% 23% 25% 33% 48% 16% 6% - 18%
rshYds 29 1 6 5 - 6 34 - - 7 28 57 23 37 5 10 10 258
rushes 17 1 3 3 - 4 10 - - 2 8 11 14 12 4 1 4 94
rshTDs 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
recYds 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 - - 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
Tar/Rec 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 - 1/1 0/0 - - 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/2 1/0 0/0 0/0 7/4
TM Tar% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 3% 0% - 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 12% 2% 0% - 1%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FScore 14 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 5 8 3 6 1 1 51
FS/PPR 14 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 5 8 5 6 1 1 55
Opp phi @ ari @ cle bal lar @ nyg dal bye nyg @ det cin @ dal @ pit @ sf sea car @ phi
2019 Stats | TB Week
rshYds 33 82 48 19 32 28 - 20 15 43 0 32 44 34 17 13 10 470
rushes 8 23 13 9 8 8 - 10 4 11 0 11 17 11 10 5 6 154
rshTDs 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
recYds 12 7 7 0 -1 0 - 8 0 4 11 0 0 19 23 0 25 115
Tar/Rec 4/2 1/1 2/2 1/0 1/1 0/0 - 3/1 0/0 1/1 2/2 1/0 0/0 2/2 2/2 0/0 4/2 24/16
recTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FScore 4 14 5 7 9 2 0 2 1 10 7 3 16 5 4 1 3 100
FS/PPR 6 15 7 7 10 2 0 3 1 11 9 3 16 7 6 1 5 116
TM Snap % 73% 62% 59% 49% - 62% 37% 49% 52% 48% 68% 49% 62% 46% 64% 59% 57% 55%
rshYds 69 22 33 24 - 82 30 85 31 61 106 47 45 42 85 43 66 871
rushes 19 16 8 7 - 13 11 19 11 13 18 18 16 14 19 17 15 234
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
recYds 0 7 0 6 - 24 0 0 9 5 4 16 0 2 4 13 2 92
Tar/Rec 0/0 2/1 2/0 2/1 - 4/4 2/0 0/0 3/2 1/1 2/2 2/2 1/0 2/1 2/2 3/3 1/1 29/20
TM Tar% 0% 6% 4% 6% - 11% 4% 0% 8% 2% 6% 5% 3% 6% 9% 7% 3% 5%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FScore 6 2 3 3 0 16 3 14 4 6 17 12 10 4 14 5 6 132
FS/PPR 6 3 3 4 0 20 3 14 6 7 19 14 10 5 16 8 7 152
Opp @ no phi pit @ chi bye @ atl cle @ cin @ car was @ nyg sf car no @ bal @ dal atl
TM Snap % - 23% 0% 6% 0% 0% 4% 4% 39% 10% 5% 14% 68% 44% 52% 37% - 21%
rshYds - 47 - 2 - - - - 34 -2 0 7 102 58 53 51 71 423
rushes - 10 - 2 - - - - 11 2 0 5 23 12 13 13 17 108
rshTDs - 0 - 0 - - - - 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
recYds - 0 - 0 - - - - 20 0 11 0 41 5 15 4 18 114
Tar/Rec - 0/0 - 0/0 - - - - 3/2 0/0 2/2 0/0 4/4 1/1 3/3 2/2 4/2 19/16
TM Tar% - 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 11% 0% 6% 0% 13% 3% 9% 8% - 3%
recTDs - 0 - 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FScore 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 1 12 14 6 6 5 14 71
FS/PPR 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -1 3 12 18 7 9 7 16 87
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Peyton Barber 2019 Outlook
The Buccaneers agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Barber, meaning the team's new coaching staff sees some value here. Remember, Barber took over the starting job in 2018, his third season after initially arriving as an undrafted free agent out of Auburn in 2016. He started every game last year and ran for a team-high (and career-best) 871 yards on 234 carries. Despite his undrafted status, Barber made the active roster as a rookie and has remained there ever since. He has played in 47 of a possible 48 games over the last three seasons, logging 21 starts. Barber's three-season totals include 397 carries for 1,517 yards (3.8-yard average) and nine touchdowns, along with 41 receptions for 234 yards and another score. He fell just shy of recording 1,000 yards from scrimmage in 2018, adding 20 catches for 92 yards to finish at 963 overall. His six touchdowns tied for third on the team. And until Ronald Jones lives up to his second-round draft status, there's no reason to believe Barber won't continue to garner the kind of workload we saw last season -- a workload sufficient enough to keep him in the fantasy flex/reserve conversation.
Barber, barely used until the final month of last season, started the last five games but led the team in rushing with 423 yards and three touchdowns. As Bleacher Report noted, Barber is a bigger back who is capable of lowering his pad level to power over defenders and fight for extra yards, but he's also shiftier than his 5-11 frame would indicate. Tampa Bay didn't add any new backs in free agency, but used the first of its three second-round picks on USC's Ronald Jones, who brings big-play potential to the running game. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Barber and Jones will likely share the early-down load at the start of the season -- the battle will be waged over how quickly Jones can earn the confidence and trust of Bucs coaches in key skills like pass protection. The rookie is competing with three returning backs (Barber, Jacquizz Rodgers, Charles Sims) who have at least two years in Dirk Koetter's offense, so he'll need to learn his playbook quickly to solidify his role going into the season. Assuming he does, Barber's fantasy value will obviously be limited.
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'Something is not working' – Verstappen at a loss to explain Red Bull's dip in form in Hungary
Red Bull were the second-best team last time out in Austria, and had been expected to challenge Mercedes for the top honours at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. But they simply weren’t at the races in qualifying, with Max Verstappen at a loss to explain what is going wrong.
The Dutchman ended up seventh quickest, 0.647s adrift of pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton at the Hungaroring, while his team mate Alexander Albon failed to make it into Q3 after errors on his opening lap and traffic on his second run.
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It came after they were left disappointed by their Friday practice form, with the drivers admitting they had plenty of work to do with their unpredictable car. And despite the team breaking curfew on Friday night to make set-up changes, both were struggling with the balance in qualifying.
“Clearly something is not working,” said Verstappen. “The whole week has been really tricky and it’s hard to understand. We tried a lot of things but it still doesn’t really work, so yeah of course a disappointing qualifying.”
He added: “We just don’t have a good balance and are not having a lot of top speed as well. Everything together just makes it slow.
You push it [the car] to the limit but when you get to that limit it becomes a bit tricky and easy to lose the rear or you understeer wide
“If we would have understood [the problem] we would have made it better, so something is clearly wrong. We’re still looking into it. I don’t think it’s set-up related.”
The car has looked tricky to drive from winter testing onwards, with Verstappen spinning a number of times, including in this morning's practice session.
“You push it [the car] to the limit but when you get to that limit it becomes a bit tricky and easy to lose the rear or you understeer wide,” he explained.
Looking ahead to the race, Verstappen is predicting a difficult afternoon, not least because it is traditionally hard to overtake at the Hungaroring, while he is starting on the less durable soft tyres while both Mercedes and both Racing Points will be able to run longer on the mediums, as will those outside the top 10 who will opt for the more durable compound.
“We just need to see what we can do,” said Verstappen. “It’s going to be close I think. Of course I’m starting on softs and some behind me will be on mediums. It will be quite interesting what we can do on strategy.”
Hungary Qualifying: 'I told you - don't put me in traffic!' - Alex Albon
Meanwhile, Verstappen hit back at George Russell after the Williams driver spoke up in defence on his friend and rival – and Verstappen's Red Bull team mate – Alex Albon, who was knocked out in Q3 and qualified a lowly 13th after a difficult session.
“I feel really bad for him because he’s being made to look like an idiot and he’s absolutely not," Russell said. "He’s won in everything he’s done, so I don’t know what is going on but they need to sort it out for him.”
But Verstappen insisted Russell should concentrate on his own performances, rather than worrying about what Red Bull are doing.
"George doesn’t know anything about the team, so I think it’s better he focuses on his team rather than speaking about someone else," he said.
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