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November 5, 2010 (originally published by Booz & Company)
Amazon vs. the Corner Bookshop
The Internet has indeed caused many small stores to close, because they are unable to compete with large Web retailers offering reduced prices and more convenience for shoppers.
Title: E-commerce and the Market Structure of Retail Industries
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Authors: Maris Goldmanis (University of Chicago) et al.
Publisher: Economic Journal, vol. 120, no. 545
Date Published: June 2010
Has the Internet really put small storefronts out of business? This paper tested the widespread assumption that Amazon, for example, is largely responsible for the widespread shuttering of mom-and-pop bookshops, or that Orbitz and Travelocity have caused the ruin of local travel agents. Because customers can now search online for the lowest prices, the theory holds, they don’t need to shop around at small local stores, which in turn struggle to compete with the price-slashing efficiency of the Web. The researchers looked at three of the industries that have been most affected by the rise of e-commerce: bookstores, travel agencies, and new-car dealerships. Although they found evidence that Internet superstores have indeed hurt local retailers, they also noted that new opportunities have opened for niche operations that cater to specific customers in ways that the Internet behemoths cannot.
The researchers analyzed county-level data for the continental United States from 1994 to 2003, the period when shopping via the Internet took off, and measured the total number of stores and their size for each of the three industries studied. They matched this data to an annual survey of 55,000 Americans that gauged respondents’ Internet usage and online shopping habits over the same 10-year period. The authors found that the rapid rise in Web traffic and e-commerce changed the structure of — not just the price of goods or services in — all three industries. Larger physical businesses generally boomed while smaller ones faded away. However, the most successful small retailers, such as “cult” record stores and bookshops dealing in rare manuscripts, found ways to adapt to the Web and reach larger numbers of customers with more personalized goods or services. Travel agencies fared the worst: Their numbers actually increased slightly until 1997, but that’s when more consumers began reporting online travel purchases. Accordingly, the number of travel agencies dropped by more than 35 percent between 1997 and 2003. Small establishments were hit particularly hard; in the 10 years up to 2003, the number of agencies that had more than 100 people on the payroll increased by 70 percent, while the number of smaller firms shrank by a third.
The researchers posit an explanation: Many smaller companies that couldn’t survive in the new cutthroat environment were forced to merge with larger rivals. In addition, these bigger outfits were more likely to own or host successful travel websites, further solidifying their grip on the industry.
Similar changes were observed in bookstores, where the number of shops with 20 workers or fewer declined by more than one-fourth during the 10-year period, while the number of those that employed more than 20 people doubled. This reflected the rise of large chain bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and Borders. Overall, employment in the two industries fell after the introduction of e-commerce, suggesting any job gains at large Internet companies did not offset those lost at smaller retailers. It’s notable that the new-car dealership industry, prohibited by law from operating online-only businesses, did not see a loss in jobs; the most dramatic impact of e-commerce on new-car sales was on prices, because consumers could shop around online.
This paper confirms that the rise in e-commerce has led to a decline in smaller retail establishments and the increased dominance of larger Internet firms.
Topics: pricing, operations, e-commerce, internet, stores
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Bus changes to improve punctuality in Chesterfield
Changes designed to improve bus services in Chesterfield are set to be introduced by leading operator Stagecoach in May.
Based on feedback from customers and constant monitoring of buses, alterations including minor timetable changes will come into effect from Sunday 8 May with the aim of boosting the punctuality of services.
Following requests, a new facility will be introduced to serve the Grindlow Avenue area of Boythorpe. Monday to Friday X17 journeys leaving Sheffield at 09:10, 11:10 and 13:10 will extend beyond Chesterfield to serve Grindlow Avenue.
Changes to the X17 timetable will also see a number of morning peak time journeys on service X17 between Matlock, Chesterfield and Sheffield depart up to five minutes earlier.
Minor timetable changes will be made to most service 25 journeys to maintain co-ordination with other services between Chesterfield, Whittington Moor, Old Whittington and New Whittington. The 07:17 Monday to Friday journey from New Whittington (now 07:16) to Brookfield School will terminate in Chesterfield at 07:50 and the 07:28 journey from New Whittington to Chesterfield will be extended to Brookfield School for 08:15.
On service 43a, the 07:11 and 07:36 journeys from Hallowes will now depart at 07:06 and 07:30 respectively to allow extra journey time through to Sheffield. The 08:37 journey from Sheffield will now commence from Dronfield Civic Centre at 09:26. Additional Monday to Friday journeys on service 43 will partially replace altered journeys on service 43a maintaining connections to Dronfield Civic Centre and Sainsbury’s Dronfield at these times.
Other alterations to the 43 include the 07:05 Monday to Friday journey from Chesterfield departing five minutes earlier to allow extra journey time through to Sheffield, and the 07:18 and 07:45 journeys from Sheffield will now depart at 07:15 and 07:43 respectively to allow extra time through to Chesterfield.
Minor timetable changes will be made to some 44/44a Chesterfield – Sheffield journeys to maintain co-ordination with other services between Chesterfield, Dronfield, Woodseats and Sheffield.
To reduce delays, all journeys toward Sheffield on the 50 and 50a services from Chesterfield will now operate via Duke Street between City Road and Sheffield Interchange rather than Granville Road. Buses leaving Sheffield will continue to operate via Granville Road. Journeys on service 50a will no longer serve Windmill Greenway – however, it will continue to be served by certain peak time weekday journeys and renumbered 50b.
On services 70 / 70a Chesterfield – Killamarsh, the 06:20 Monday to Friday journey from Mastin Moor to Chesterfield will now depart at 06:15 and operate five minutes earlier throughout. The 06:52 Monday to Friday journey from Chesterfield, New Beetwell Street will start from Cavendish Street at 06:50 and operate earlier through to Killamarsh. The 07:40 Monday to Friday journey from Killamarsh, Bridge Street will depart at 07:34 to allow extra time through to Chesterfield.
The 18:55 Monday to Saturday journey from Sheffield to Spinkhill on service 71 will depart at 19:00 and operate five minutes later throughout.
Minor timetable changes will be made to most journeys to aid punctuality and reliability on service 74 Chesterfield – Duckmanton as well as service 77 Chesterfield – Worksop. On service 77 the 07:50 (college days only) journey from Clowne to Chesterfield will now depart earlier at 07:37 and also operate during College holidays. The 23:57 Monday to Saturday journey from Staveley to Chesterfield will depart at 23:35 and arrive in Chesterfield at 00:02.
On service 82 Chesterfield – Langwith the 07:00 Monday to Friday journey from Chesterfield will no longer serve Langwith and terminate at Markham Vale at 07:24.
Service 96 Chesterfield – Alfreton will benefit from an amended timetable to assist punctuality. All journeys from Chesterfield will depart from the Coach Station (stand B) rather than New Beetwell Street, while service X96 will no longer serve New Beetwell Street in either direction, operating direct via Lordsmill Street to and from Chesterfield College.
Also on service 96 the 07:40 and 08:40 Monday to Friday journeys from Chesterfield will now depart at 07:35 and 08:38. The 07:35 Monday to Friday journey from Alfreton will now depart at 07:30 to allow extra journey time through to Chesterfield but on Saturdays will operate slightly later at 07:40.
The 17:45 Monday to Saturday journey from Alfreton to Chesterfield on service 96 will now depart at 17:50 and operate five minutes later throughout.
Finally on service 97 the 06:40 Monday to Friday journey from Chesterfield to Alfreton will now depart at 06:35 and operate five minutes earlier throughout.
Paul Lynch, managing director, Stagecoach Yorkshire, said: “Many of the alterations we are making are based directly on feedback from our drivers and our customers.
“Listening to customers and monitoring our bus service enables us to take a closer look at our services and how they can be improved.”
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Spain: energy dependency rate 2006-2016
Dependency rate on energy imports in Spain from 2006 to 2016
by Dennis Schmid, last edited Jan 17, 2019
The statistic reflects the dependency rate on energy imports in Spain from 2006 to 2016. In 2016, the dependency rate on energy imports in Spain reached 71.9 percent. The dependency rate on energy imports peaked in 2008 reaching 81.3 percent.
Energy dependency rate
The source adds the following information: "Energy dependency shows the extent to which an economy relies upon imports in order to meet its energy needs. The indicator is calculated as net imports divided by the sum of gross inland energy consumption plus bunkers."
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a well-known professional stock racing driver who currently has been competing full time in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, where he has been driving number 17 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse became 2010 nationwide series Rookie. He has also won back to back the Nationwide Series Championships in the year 2011 and the year 2012. Stenhouse rose to become 2013 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year. Keep on reading to learn more on the net worth and earnings of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the year 2019.
Early Life & Biography
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was born in the year 1987 on October 2nd in Memphis, Tennessee. He started kart racing at a tender age of six years old. During this time, he went on and acquired 47 wins and also 90 podium finishes by the time that he moved from the Sprint car racing in the year 2003. He was able to win the National Sprint Career Hall of the Fane after he competed at the sprint car racing career in the 360 cubic inch winged sprint cars.
Stenhouse was born in Tennessee, and he grew up in Olive Branch in Mississippi. He became the first Mississippian driver to ever attempt a full-time schedule since Lake Speed in the year 1997. He began out on the dirt then went on to make a transition to the Stock racing cars in the year 2008. He is a huge football fan of the Ole Miss Rebels team, and currently, he has been dating Danica Patrick.
Career, Awards & Nominations
In the year 2009, that was when he began to compete in a partial schedule in Nationwide Series at events that had conflicted with Sprint Cup Schedule. He achieved his debut top ten finish at the Kentucky Speedway where he got to finish position nine. The race that followed, he was able to finish position nine. He then led 46 slaps in later stages of the race got to finish fifth. 2010 was not a good year for this personality. This was after he had a crash out of four of first ten races of the season. Stenhouse got to be replaced with Watkins Glen. The last win that he achieved was 2017 Coke Zero 400, and much more can be expected from him.
Net Worth & Earnings
The net worth of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is estimated to be over $24 million. He has created the wealth from his career as a professional stock racing driver where he has competed in several tournaments where he performed excellently. He also earns from being the brand ambassador of the various companies. He has had a chance to compete on a show that was titled ‘American Ninja Warrior.’
Ricky has been a very successful professional stock racing driver. He has demonstrated hard and dedication in his career. He has also competed in a show that was titled America Ninja Warrior that got to be aired on June 13th and never made it past the 2nd obstacle. In the year 2017, he became a pit reporter for Fox NASCAR.
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Home » Interesting Info From Lex Luthor’s New Profile
Interesting Info From Lex Luthor’s New Profile
The DC Extended Universe is the media franchise and shared fictional universe revolving around the superhero film series based on the original comic books (referred to just as “the DC Universe”). These films are produced by Warner Bros. that also owns DC Entertainment (the company that creates the comics) and DC Comics Inc. (the company that publishes them).
This film series began with “Man of Steel” in 2013 and has a host of movies planned until 2020. The second entry in it consists of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” which will be launched in 2016. In it, Lex Luthor is the main villain, and to create hype around the project, Warner Bros., quite classily, created a Fortune profile for him, despite the fact that he is a fictional character.
We get some interesting info from Lex Luthor’s new profile.
1. Kord Industries
One of the comic book heroes to which DC currently has the rights is The Blue Beetle. Of the three Blue Beetles that existed in the comic series’ history, Ted Kord is the second one. And he owns Kord Industries which in Luthor’s profile is mentioned as one of the top three charitable corporations in America, with his own LexCorp occupying 3rd place and Wayne Enterprises taking the 1st.
As it was reported that Blue Beetle will have his own movie, fans can only be happy at this mention in the profile, as it makes that possible movie even more plausible.
2. Superman’s bane
As the interview for the profile progresses, it is noted by the writer that Lex Luthor has a collection of meteorite crystals. Yup. Meteorite crystals. Nothin’ worrisome about that for an average human, right? I mean geologists and astronomers aplenty have such collections. Still, considering that what Lex Luthor hates the most is Superman, one can’t help but wonder whether that collection also contains… oh, you know, KRYPTONITE! And whether he’s figured out what effects it has on Superman. Especially since in one of the trailers for the “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” movie, Lex is staring intently at a chunk of it!
3. Hailing, Not Heil!-ing From East Germany
Lex Luthor’s name is actually Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr. . His father, Alexander Luthor Sr. was born in East Germany and came to the USA as a destitute immigrant, who somehow managed to build LexCorp (“an empire of oil and machines”) starting from rock bottom, with nothing but his determination. Interesting to note is that, by Lex Luthor’s own words, Luthor Sr. “came from a country where the government, in the guise of protector, had absolute control over the citizens.”. Ironically, since he’s supposed to be the villain of the movie, he continues with: “That drove him. I get it. Heck, I’d hate to see that sort of thing happen over here.”
4. Major Change Of Direction
Lex Luthor is presented in the interview as just as formidable (if not more so) than his father, at one point earning Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year and being included on the magazine’s list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. Because after his father’s death, Lex took the “aging petrochemical and heavy machinery dinosaur” of a company and turned it into a cutting edge tech company ranking in the Fortune 500 and 2nd in the world as an emerging technologies company after Wayne Industries. The profile mentions some interesting facilities the company has, to give us a sense of its feel: an R&D lab named the “crucible”, an “inspiration station” for its employees, complete with a rappel wall, and a “vegan food cart”.
5. Ominous Concern
At the interview’s end, Lex Luthor says that: “The true gift of LexCorp is our products. We are on the cusp of unveiling a technology that will change the world forever. (…) It’s about safety. This is a product that will protect you, and everyone, from threats you don’t even know about yet.” Pretty cryptic, ominous and especially ironic (remember his declaration regarding the Germany of his father’s time?). As Lex Luthor’s major concern is aliens, like Superman, it’s safe to imagine that the technology he’s talking about bodes nothing well for the hero…
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About Anne Burwell
Daughter, sister, wife, mother and writer. I spend half of my free time writing and the other half reading contemporary literature. I like to start my day with half an hour of yoga and then I head over to my desk with a cup of green tea to start working on my sci fi novel. On weekends I like to head over to the country side for a breath of fresh air and to catch up with my mom.
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ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF THE ALCESTIAD, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
THE ALCESTIAD
ALCESTIAD - LUCKY BAG, 1985
ALCESTIAD, ZURICH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM, 1957
NOTES ON THE ALCESTIAD
BY THORNTON WILDER
Alcestis chose to die for her husband. We are often told that soldiers die for their country, that reformers and men of science lay down their lives for us. Who commands them? Whence, and how do they receive the command?
The story of Alcestis has been retold many times. When her husband Admetus, King of Thessaly, was mortally ill, someone volunteered to die in his stead. Alcestis assumes the sacrifice and dies. The mighty Hercules happened to arrive at the palace during the funeral; he descended into the underworld, strove with Death, and brought her back to life. The second act of my play retells this story. There is, however, another legend involving King Admetus. Zeus, the father of gods and men, commanded Apollo to descend to earth and to live for one year as a man among men. Apollo chose to live as a herdsman in the fields of King Admetus. The story serves as the basis of my first act. My third act makes free use of the tradition that Admetus and Alcestis in their old age were supplanted by a tyrant and lived on as slaves in the palace where they had once been the rulers.
On one level, my play recounts the life of a woman–of many women–from bewildered bride to sorely tested wife to overburdened old age. On another level it is a wildly romantic story of gods and men, of death and hell and resurrection, of great loves and great trials, of usurpation and revenge. On another level, however, it is a comedy about a very serious matter.
These legends seem at first glance to be clear enough. One would say that they had been retold for our edification; they are exemplary. Yet on closer view many of them–the stories of Oedipus, of the sacrifice of Isaac, of Cassandra–give the impression of having been retained down the ages because they are ambiguous and puzzling. We are told that Apollo loved Admetus and Alcestis. If so, how strangely he exhibited it. It must make for considerable discomfort to have the god of the sun, of healing and song, housed among one’s farm workers. And why should divine love impose on a devoted couple the decision as to which should die for the other? And why (though the question has been asked so many millions of times) should the omnipotent friend permit some noble human beings to end their days in humiliation and suffering?
Following some meditations of Soren Kierkegaard, I have written a comedy about the extreme difficulty of any dialogue between heaven and earth, about the misunderstandings that result from the ‘incommensurability of things human and divine.’ Kierkegaard described God under the image of ‘the unhappy lover.’ If He revealed Himself to us in His glory, we would fall down in abasement, but abasement is not love. If He divested Himself of the divine attributes in order to come nearer to us, that would be an act of condescension. This is a play about how Apollo searched for a language in which he could converse with Admetus and Alcestis and with their innumerable descendants; and about how Alcestis, through many a blunder, learned how to listen and interpret the things that Apollo was so urgently trying to say to her.
Yet I am aware of other levels, and perhaps deeper ones that will only become apparent to me later.
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Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater, published by the Library of America
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From 'Laverne & Shirley' to 'A League of Their Own,' 5 memories of Penny Marshall
She was the first woman to direct a film that grossed over $100 million at the domestic box office.
Look back on Penny Marshall's incredible life and career
Dec. 19, 201802:39
Dec. 18, 2018, 10:05 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Randee Dawn
We'll probably always first think of the late Penny Marshall as the brassy Laverne DeFazio on "Laverne & Shirley." But Marshall, who died Monday night at 75, proved to be even more amazing once she stepped behind the camera — as a director who warmed our hearts while breaking new ground for women.
Here are five reasons — including Laverne, of course — she helped make all her dreams (and ours!) come true:
"Laverne & Shirley"
Penny Marshall as Laverne with Cindy Williams as Shirley (r.) on "Laverne and Shirley."ABC via Getty Images
In the spinoff of "Happy Days," which ran from 1976-83, Marshall played the Brooklyn-born, Milwaukee-residing brassy gal who loved drinking milk and Pepsi. It was Marshall's idea for Laverne to wear an oversized script "L" on her shirts and sweaters — in theory so people could tell her apart from her BFF/roommate, Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams), who was more of a Pollyanna. They frequently hung out with their upstairs neighbors Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David Lander). In real life, Marshall's brother, Garry, was the creator of both "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley."
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986)
Marshall working with Whoopi Goldberg on "Jumpin' Jack Flash."Everett Collection
Marshall had acted since the late 1960s, but her brother, Garry (also a director of films like "Pretty Woman"), urged her to consider going behind the camera, too. After directing a few sitcom episodes, she took on the Whoopi Goldberg-starring "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in 1986, and gave her daughter, Tracy, and Garry roles in the movie. It grossed $30 million, which was considered a respectable hit, and launched her as one of the few regular female directors in Hollywood.
"Big" (1988)
Marshall with Tom Hanks on the set of "Big."Everett Collection
With an affinity for working with fellow former sitcom stars ("Big" lead Tom Hanks started out on "Bosom Buddies"), Marshall hit the big time directing the story of a preteen who wishes he was "big" and wakes up the next morning as a grown-up. A rarity as a comedy-tearjerker, "Big" also helped launch Hanks' feature career, proving he could play drama as well as humor, and earned him an Oscar nomination. It grossed $151 million worldwide; it was the first film directed by a woman to earn over $100 million at the domestic box office, per Variety.
"Awakenings" (1990)
Robin Williams with Marshall and Robert De Niro, making "Awakenings."Everett Collection
Marshall, now on a roll, took on a different former sitcom star (in this case, "Mork & Mindy" vet Robin Williams) and gave him a dramatic role in a story based on the memoir by Oliver Sacks. Though it "only" grossed $52 million, it earned three Oscar nominations, including ones for best picture and best actor for Robert De Niro. It was only the second film directed by a woman nominated for best picture, and once again broke ground for women in film.
"A League of Their Own" (1992)
Marshall and Madonna on the set of "A League of Their Own."Everett Collection
Hanks came back in a supporting role to bolster the story of a female professional baseball league during World War II, and met his match alongside star power like Geena Davis, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. Garry also had a role in this film, as the baseball franchise's dubious owner. It earned $132 million worldwide, and was selected in 2012 for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Plus, according to Davis, it inspired girls all over to take up the sport.
Marshall went on to direct other films, including "Renaissance Man" (1994), "The Preacher's Wife" (1996) and "Riding in Cars With Boys" (2001), but never quite achieved the solid run of success she had between 1986-1992. But we don't mind, because Marshall showed all of us that there really are second acts in American lives — and that she truly knew how to hit a home run.
See Penny Marshall's greatest moments on TODAY
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Irish rider powers new Suzuki GSX-R1000 to victory in Isle of Man
New sport bike seals 13-second lead over rivals
by Aris Ilagan | Jul 17, 2017
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IMAGE Suzuki Philippines
Did we see jaws drop during the recent Isle of Man race? Japanese motorcycle maker Suzuki stunned its rivals at the Senior TT Race Isle of Man TT with its rider on-board the all-new GSX-R1000 super sport bike, now emerging as the most potent weapon in motorcycle racing.
Riding the winning bike of Bennetts Suzuki team is Michael Dunlop, a 28-year-old Irishman who has won the Isle of Man TT 14 times.
“The bike never missed a beat. We had the problem in the Superbike race, and if it wasn't for that, we could have had two wins with the big girl. But we're here with a brand-new motorbike and the boys have worked hard to get us to this point, and in that race, she never missed a beat,” says the jubilant rider who has held fastest records in the Isle of Man race held in the UK.
In his victory, Dunlop took pride on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 which has undergone full model change this year. After squeezing the throttle to the fullest, and with speeds approaching the 322kph mark, the Irishman was all praises for the Japanese race bike that finished with an outstanding 13-second lead over British racer Peter Hickman, who was then mounted on a BMW HP4. Dunlop took the lead on the first lap and he never looked back.
The Suzuki rider clocked 01:09:24.711 on the 60km mountain course, while Hickman finished second with 01:09:38.031. Third placer was Dean Harrison of Silicone Engineering Racing Kawasaki with 01:09:48:216.
The Isle of Man Tourist Tour is a historic public road race which started in 1907. There are nine racing classes by displacements and vehicle types for this year with the Senior TT as the most prestigious race.
This victory puts an end to the Suzuki team's 13-year title drought in the Senior TT. Also, it's the first win in nine years for the GSX-R1000 sport bike.
On this high note, the 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000 will be formally launched in the Philippines along with two other motorbike models on July 20, at the Suzuki Big Bikes Center in Makati City.
Are you looking forward to these motorcycles?
IMAGE Suzuki
BMW Motorrad PH to open rent-a-bike business
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Isle of Man,
Suzuki GSX-R1000R,
Suzuki GSX-R1000,
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World, Folk and Jazz
Joe Henry: Madonna's maverick in-law
Singer-songwriter Joe Henry
Neil McCormick
12:01AM BST 08 Sep 2007
Joe Henry married into pop royalty, but the relationship is immaterial, he tells Neil McCormick
Listen to Our Song by Joe Henry
Joe Henry is one of those American mavericks who, like Tom Waits, seem to operate on a musical plane of their own.
A wry, poetic storyteller, he spins narratives of wit and wisdom in an intimate, cracked voice, his characters inhabiting a melting-pot soundscape that is at once rootsy and contemporary, genuinely original yet oddly understated. His 10th album, Civilians, sets stories of personal, emotional and political conflict against a kind of retro sci-fi jazz-blues.
When Henry's musical career started with Talk of Heaven in 1986, he was a fairly traditional New York-based singer-songwriter with country leanings, although he personally disputes the country tag.
"It's like robbery with a handgun, use a pedal steel once and you're labelled for life." He later recorded two albums with the Jayhawks, Short Man's Room (1992) and Kindness of the World (1993), but while they were critically acclaimed and are full of beautifully constructed songs, he became frustrated with his inability to capture the sound in his head.
Renowned producer Pat McCarthy (Hothouse Flowers, Waterboys, REM) set Henry up with basic home recording equipment and a period of experimentation resulted in the gorgeous Trampoline (1996), a completely idiosyncratic fusion of alt Americana and hip-hop.
"I like the rawness of live music, the arc of performance, but nothing about it is precious to me. I would sample, loop, compress and mutilate any sonic part of my picture if it was evocative."
Since then, Henry has flourished, each of his albums carving out its own sonic terrain: Fuse (1999), Scar (2001) and Tiny Voices (2003). "I always assumed that even if I don't work in the mainstream, if I do good work then there is an audience for it."
Some of America's most notable musicians have been drawn into his orbit, including Marc Ribot, Brad Mehldau, Ornette Colman, Bill Frisell and string arranger Van Dyke Parks. Unlike many singer-songwriters in the Americana tradition, Henry has a genuine musical vision, to the extent that he compares the lyric to scaffolding.
"At the end, you should be able to take the lyric away and the song would still be standing."
Along the way, Henry has become an in-demand producer, working with Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, Aimee Mann and a host of soulful veterans including Solomon Burke, Bettye LaVette, Allen Toussaint, Mavis Staples, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas and Billy Preston.
"I enjoy working with artists who have a personal history that they can reference and they can depart from."
Recently he has contributed to the soundtrack to the forthcoming impressionistic Bob Dylan film I'm Not There, working with Richie Havens and Ramblin' Jack Elliot.
"It's not hard to do something beautiful when the material's great. I've learned a tremendous amount producing others. When it's not your own persona that you are trying to bear aloft, you are free of the blinders of that kind of vanity, you see the way all kinds of things can work."
In the mid-1980s, Henry married Melanie Ciccone, sister of Madonna, and the couple have two children. It's odd to contemplate that this marginal musical maverick has a sister-in-law who is one of the planet's biggest pop icons.
"I've known her since I was 15 and she was 17, longer than I've known my wife," he reports. "We have had a great relationship, and part of that was because I never needed anything from her. I recognised that we were in two different occupations. Not to disparage one ounce of her musicality, I was always of the belief that her persona was her career.
"Whether she was making a movie or writing a song or punching a photographer, it was all pushing a persona forward, and that was the real body of work. I was never tempted to slip a song to her at thanksgiving."
Then in 2000, Madonna reworked his twisted tango Stop into the hit Don't Tell Me.
"People think what I do is idiosyncratic, so that was a really great vindication. The song has a very odd lyric but I was at a show once when she did a breakdown and it was just her and 20,000 people singing it, and I thought, 'Am I allowed to rest my case at this point?' What I do is not so limited to my interpretation of it."
'Civilians' by Joe Henry is out on Monday (Anti).
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Criticism of 'dangerous' school text ignores literature's role in learning
By Michelle Smith
February 18, 2011 — 3.00am
What better place to discuss tough issues than in a class with a teacher and peers?
A concerned parent waves a volume of Graham Greene's short stories in the air at an emergency meeting. She cries that the book is the inspiration behind recent vandalism at the school, which included flooding the boys' bathroom. Looking for something to blame, the other parents offer up unanimous applause.
The offending story, which describes children flooding a house, has driven one of their children to crime. In the film Donnie Darko, there are actually complex reasons for the destructive actions of the teen hero, but the parents have little awareness of the issues and instead find an easier target in a story read in English class.
A recent article about the short-story collection Smithereens, which is being taught in some Victorian schools, sees a work of literature being similarly thrust in the air as a damaging influence on children. The collection of stories is designed for use in high schools to encourage reflection and response to short fiction, and has been in print with Oxford University Press since 1998.
The concerns raised by a parent at Berwick Secondary College rest on the subject matter of some of the stories, which include murder and suicide. Suicide has been highlighted because of fears it might be a trigger or suggestion that pushes teens towards ending their own lives.
The story about the suicide is accompanied by an exercise in which students are asked to imagine themselves in the situation of the protagonist and write a note to the character's parents and friend. This has been hyperbolised to a request to have teens "write practice suicide notes" in the classroom.
Children's literature is marked out for scrutiny by well-meaning parents, while children and teens themselves are immersed in a broader culture of violence and abuse. The school English curriculum needs to be viewed alongside the media and culture that most teens engage with regularly without adult mediation, such as violent games and films. Similarly, if teens view the news they will know of the prevalence of armed conflict, murder, rape, assault and drug abuse in our world. Indeed, many will have experience of family violence or addiction within their home. We live in a world in which these threats are real to children, and yet we feel outraged by the contents of a fictional story about suicide, as if the story is the dangerous thing.
If we think of childhood as a period of innocence, it does seem confronting that murder and suicide are discussed in the classroom. Never mind that we've all been exposed to such shocking plot developments if we've ever lumbered through Shakespeare in high school. But if we remember that teens are already aware of, and exposed to, the full gamut of problems that adults face, the discussion of a story in the safe setting of a classroom with a teacher and peers may play a vital role in allowing students to talk about issues they may not feel comfortable discussing with their parents.
Literature exists to expose us to different perspectives, to learn to challenge and critique what we think we know and to reflect on our own lives.
At times, this means encountering confronting views. For instance, Phillip Gwynne's novel Deadly, Unna?, awarded book of the year by the Children's Book Council, presents a disturbing picture of racism in Australia, which is coupled with sexist attitudes. When psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg calls Deadly, Unna? unsuitable for high-school reading lists, he ignores the expertise of teachers and would destroy the potential for students to analyse the viewpoints presented in the novel.
Child and, especially, teen readers are not sponges who absorb ideas from fiction without question. Classroom discussion and assessment tasks based on this book would invite students to think about racism and sexism, affording the opportunity to talk about these attitudes in society and informing student's ability to critique them. It would not simply infuse students with sexist attitudes.
Similarly, the idea that a fictional story about suicide will foster teen suicides ignores the potential of literature to encourage students to think carefully about issues such as depression and self-harm, to be willing to talk about them and to consider their implications.
Even the critiqued task, in which students are asked to write from the perspective of the troubled protagonist, invites teens to empathise with someone else's problems and consider the repercussions of the character's suicide on family members. As librarian Josh Westbrook has said, "Kids are living stories every day that we wouldn't let them read." In taking away the life-changing possibilities of exposure to challenging ideas in literature in the classroom, we leave students only with the real horrors of the world and offer them one less tool with which they might learn to deal with it.
Dr Michelle Smith is a researcher in literary studies at the University of Melbourne.
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How to Prepare Yourself for a Media Job Interview
Media Career Development
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By Glenn Halbrooks
A media job interview is the chance to dazzle a prospective boss with your background, skills, and ambition. But it also requires a great deal of homework in advance so that you'll be the one who's offered the position and not become the victim of a bad job interview.
Prepare yourself for a media job interview and stand out from your competition. Simply know what types of questions you'll be asked so that you're ready to sell yourself effectively and have time to ask your own questions.
Learn About the Boss Before Your Media Job Interview
This gives you a quick way to break the ice and calm your nerves. Use the Internet to find out her previous positions, where she's lived and any media awards she's won. Maybe you can compliment the photo of her poodle you notice on her desk—anything to avoid awkward silence.
People enjoy talking about themselves. This will get the interview started on a more informal note and let you see whether your potential boss is all business or enjoys some small talk. If there's an interest you share or other connection, mention it. Even if it's as simple as saying you've lived in the same state, it's enough to get the conversation going.
Know the Background of the Company
Most potential bosses are wary of job applicants who've applied everywhere and couldn't care less which job they get. By learning the background of the media company, you show that you've done some research and are eager to know more about the position than just what it pays.
The New York Times and the New York Post are two newspapers that cover the Big Apple, yet their approaches are very different. You should be aware of whether the company is traditional or cutting-edge. That will dictate how you dress and how you should conduct yourself.
A start-up company might give you chances for faster advancement, though there might be risks the operation won't survive. A generations-old media outlet may have more layers of management and structure, but it might offer more stability and long-term benefits.
Study Current Events
It doesn't matter if you're applying to be a Top 40 radio announcer or a local TV reporter, you will be expected to know the latest information about your industry. Some media managers even present pop quizzes to interviewees to test their knowledge.
Depending on the position, find out what's going on in Congress, on the concert scene or at the latest electronics show. Even if you're not asked directly about current events, you'll be able to bring them up in the conversation to show you keep up with the news.
If the job opportunity is in another city or state, check out the local news website to get a feel for the issues of the area. Media managers want their new hires to hit the ground running and knowing about the mayor or local sports team never hurts.
Expect to Have Your Skills Tested
You may be asked to do more than recite what you know about current events. An applicant for a writing position may be handed some copy and given 15 minutes to re-write it into an article.
Don't panic. Your writing was good enough to get you an interview, so someone had to like it.
Your worry may be about writing creatively. But what may be tested is your ability to write clear, understandable sentences with correct punctuation.
Whether you're a magazine photographer or an on-air personality, if asked to perform on the spot, make sure you demonstrate your mastery of the basics. You will learn about the company's style after you are hired.
Be Prepared to Talk About Your Current Job
It's inevitable that you'll be asked about your current job and why you want to leave. You may be tempted to say you hate the long hours, low pay and your obnoxious co-workers. While that may be true, it's better to answer this question more cautiously.
There's nothing wrong with saying you want new challenges or that you desire to learn new skills. Make whatever you say sound positive. It's common in the media industry for employees to want to move up to bigger markets, experience a new city and work for the top media outlets. If you simply want to further your media career, just say so in the media job interview.
However, if you take a swipe at your current company or boss, that negativity can leave the interviewer concerned that you may be a problem employee. Who knows? She may be best friends with your current boss and your words may come back to hurt you.
Be Candid If You're Out of Work
In media, being out of work is a consequence of a competitive industry. It happens to most of us and may have even happened to your prospective boss at one time.
If you were laid off, there's no shame in saying so. In these economic times, supervisors are well aware of the new focus on the bottom line and cost-cutting mandates when revenue doesn't meet projections.
If you were terminated for another reason, be honest about the circumstances without revealing every detail. There's no need to drag down the interview with a long-winded explanation of your situation. Saying that your company was bought out and the new owners wanted a change of direction may be all that's needed.
Decide How Much of a Commitment You're Willing to Make
You might think a media manager loves hiring new employees. Truth is, most would rather keep the people they have and build their skills rather than start from scratch with a new face.
That's why you may be asked what kind of commitment you're ready to make to the company. A boss doesn't want a here-today-and-gone-tomorrow worker.
You need to say you'll be there two years, minimum. The first year will be taken up by training, which gives you one year to be a solid producer.
If you can honestly say you want to be there longer, emphasize that you're willing to sign a long-term contract. You're giving your boss the peace of mind knowing that she won't have to repeat this process for a while.
Anticipate Probing Questions
Some potential bosses will go beyond the standard questions to try to find out more about you. "What was the last book you read?" or "What was the biggest mistake you ever made?" are sometimes asked.
While it's impossible to predict what you might face, prepare yourself for probing questions. Consider why you want to work for this company, in this position, and what goals you want to accomplish. The answers can be part of what you tell the interviewer.
A few bosses may be trying to trip you up to test your grace under fire. After all, if you're applying for a reporting job, you'll have to use this same skill set to ask tough questions during your own interviews.
But the majority of potential bosses just want to get to know you. You'll find the anxiety you may feel will ease when you realize that they're taking a risk with anyone they hire and that you both want to make the correct decision and have a happy, productive future.
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Netanyahu Concedes Iran Hasn't Yet Decided To Dash For A Bomb
Ali Gharib on Iran's place in Benjamin Netanyahu's video address to AIPAC's annual conference.
Ali Gharib
Updated 07.12.17 12:29AM ET / Published 03.04.13 4:45PM ET
The first point in Benjamin Netanyahu's video address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual conference was, of course, the threat posed by Iran. "Diplomacy has not worked. Iran ignores all these offers. It's running out the clocks. It uses negotiations, including the most recent ones, to buy time to press ahead with its nuclear program. So thus far, sanctions haven't stopped Iran's nuclear program either," Netanyahu said, seeming to make an implicit case for an Israeli preventative strike. "Words alone will not stop Iran. Sanctions alone will not stop Iran. Sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail."
The Obama administration, for its part, has formulated a three-pronged Iran policy that consists of pressure, diplomacy and the threat of force, should those fail. The American preference, as Vice President Joe Biden said at AIPAC today, remains a diplomatic deal—and the last round of talks that Netanyahu pooh-poohed actually kept the possibility of a deal alive. While Obama's threats have probably been less frequent and more oblique than the Israeli prime minister might like, what was most remarkable about Netanyahu's speech was that he dismissed the first two prongs of Barack Obama's approach almost entirely, leaving the threat of a military strike as the only remaining prong. That only ends one way: having to carry out the strike. Look at the jumbled way Netanyahu constructed this sentence: "Sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail." Actually, more sanctions won't be coupled with anything once the tactic of sanctions have failed. Nor, at that point, will it merely be the threat of strikes.
Another of Netanyahu's remarks was most telling: he said, Iran has "still not crossed the red line I drew at the United Nations last September, but Iran is getting closer to that red line, and it's putting itself in a position to cross that line very quickly once it decides to do so." That red line confused many observers, but the most important takeaway from Netanyahu's remark at AIPAC today was the part about Iran deciding to cross red lines. Contra the image of a country hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons at any cost, Iran's strategy has been one of deliberate hedging, maintaining an ambiguity about its nuclear program that simultaneously provokes the international community, but also withholds from it a casus belli. The prime examples of this duality are, of course, Iran's continued enrichment at its fortified, underground Fordow complex and, on the hedging side, its reconversion of high-enriched uranium into medical reactor fuel plates that are effectively useless for enriching to weapons-grade. Just in February, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog again verified that Iran had re-converted some of its stockpile. That suggests that American and Israeli intelligence assessments that Iran hasn't, indeed, decided to build a bomb still hold true. Deciding to actually produce a weapon, incidentally, is one of Obama's established red lines.
What Netanyahu—and, for that matter, Obama—often elide is that there is likely no way to "stop" or "prevent" Iran from building a bomb. That view, among other skeptical views about a strike, is held by many current and former top-ranking Israeli security officials, as ThinkProgress helpfully reminds us today. But don't expect Bibi to do anything but ignore their views as he does Obama's.
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Anya Davidson is the actual rockstar of the comics world
We talked and she made a comic about the freaks of the future.
By Leah Mandel
Illustration Anya Davidson
“It’s a death cult! That’s what Republicans are. They worship death, profit off of death,” Anya Davidson proclaims over the phone from her home on the Southwest side of Chicago. The artist and I are talking about the comic she made for The FADER’s spring issue, for which six cartoonists were asked to imagine a “future earth.” Anya’s piece is like trading cards for the 2045 election, and she’s envisioned a race between a sea creature, the general of the Human’s Resistance Army, a cryogenics CEO, his kill-bot underling, a rat-human hybrid, and a Bernie Sanders-like Professor Roland Fredericks, Leader of the Democratic Republic of New Hampshire. Beauregard Trask, CEO of Traskorp Cryogenics, is the Republican nominee. His tagline? “Life begins after death.” All in all, not too far off.
Anya is best known for her series Band For Life, which you may have spotted during its run on Vice.com but is also now a hefty collection. It’s a passionate and insightful ode to the grind of music-making and friendship, drawn in thick, vibrant marker. The story follows a disfunctional noise rock band called Guntit, led by flawed and compassionate neon-hued creature people Linda, Renato, Krang, Zot, and their capricious drummer Annimal, who often expound on philosophy and politics that arise during the drama of their everyday lives. Gary Panter once aptly described the series as “gutter punk Herculoids meets Josie and the Pussycats soap opera dripping soul and neglect.”
Not only does Anya truly rage at making comics, she also shreds as singer and guitarist in her band Lilac — their hefty “Women in Power” is an obvious favorite. She also recently started a rad podcast called Mind Killer, in which she interviews artists in her living room; she got super into CrossFit and is writing a comic about it. She is cooler than you and everyone you know and also probably more humble. Welcome to AnyaDavidsonHive.
Your comic is structured differently than the rest. Why did you decide to go with this format?
ANYA DAVIDSON: Without being able to see the other ones it’s hard for me to imagine how they’re different! How does the structure of mine differ radically from the other ones? I’m scared now.
Oh, duh. It’s not a bad thing!! I purposely chose different artists who I knew would give me different styles. Yours stands out because it is not narrative.
ANYA: I feel like some people are marathon runners, some are sprinters, and some are in between. As a cartoonist, I’m a marathonist. My normal format when I’m working on books, left to my own devices, is making longform works. When I’m asked to do shorter form work, for me the idea of putting a narrative on a single page is like, How would I even…? I love writing long dialogue. I’m kind of a maximalist, so the idea of trying to fit any kind of a narrative in that small of a space — I know it’s possible and there are people who do it beautifully — but how would I fit a story on a single page? It just seemed overwhelming. It made more sense to me to do… it’s obviously not a gag comic but it’s more of a… I don’t know!
It’s fun, it’s like a snapshot! I’ve been asking everyone: What’s your greatest fear for the future?
ANYA: [Laughs] I think nonstop about that. It was a real challenge to me to make a comic that wasn’t horrifying. I was like, OK, how do I make something that is entertaining and not just like a gruesome hellscape? Because, I mean my expectation — it’s not even a fear, it’s just my understanding of what’s happening currently — is that the planet is going to continue heating until it’s not livable for human beings. It’s kind of inevitable at this point. I’ve chosen not to have children. All of my thoughts for the future are just total annihilation. The last [male] white rhino alive? That’s fucking horrible. I have nothing but dark thoughts for the future. All I can do is to stay focused on my tiny life. To stay in the present and not be overwhelmed by like, horrible apocalyptic thoughts. I’m an advocate for imagining utopia, imagining a better world, and trying to manifest it while we’re on this planet. But in terms of a broad outlook, I just… I can’t imagine how we could reverse climate change at this point.
Speaking of focusing on your “tiny life” — you’re working on new stuff, right?
ANYA: Yeah! I’m working on a book for Breakdown Press right now called Smoky Places. It was supposed to be finished by Spring but there’s no way in hell that’s gonna happen. I’m looking optimistically at the Summer or Fall right now. But we’ll see. It’s all painted, which is kind of a different approach for me, so it’s taking some time. Before, I was just drawing hard black line and coloring it on a separate layer either by Photoshop or by hand with marker. With painting, you’re creating form with color, instead of using hard outlines on everything. I’m using a different part of my brain, which I really enjoy. I studied painting in college, and then dropped it to work on honing my cartooning chops. And now I’m getting back to it. It’s a cool mental gymnastics.
I’m doing a story for this new blog called Popula about my experience in this Cross Fit challenge. I got kind of fascinated with the cultural phenomenon of Cross Fit and then signed myself up for this insane 6-week challenge. So I’ve been keeping a diary and working on that. I’m in a band that’s been playing out more. Doing the podcast [Mind Killer].
I love the podcast. Why did you decide to start it?
ANYA: I had been doing some writing for The Comics Journal, and I really liked thinking critically about artwork. Then that kind of petered out, and I was like, well, I’d like an outlet for some sort of critical discourse, and I want to amplify the voices of people around me. There are a lot of people in my community who aren’t getting as much attention, or who kind of fly under the radar. I really wanted to have critical talks about art-making and music and amplify the voices of my friends who are all total rockstars.
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Advisor ETFs Future-proof a portfolio with market-weighted ETFs
Future-proof a portfolio with market-weighted ETFs
Dale Jackson
National Bank Financial’s Daniel Straus says market-weighted ETFs offer investors a low-risk way to get exposure to emerging sectors, such as cannabis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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If you bought the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ-Q) exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index, in the wake of the dot-com meltdown in 2000, you were invested in the technology heavyweights of the day such as Palm Inc., Red Hat Inc., JDS Uniphase Corp. and Canada’s Research In Motion Ltd.
If you held that same ETF to 2019, those companies had long faded from the upper ranks of the correlating index to make way for the now popular “FAANG” stocks of Facebook Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
Oh, and your investment quadrupled in value.
Such is the way for market-weighted ETFs. The rebalancing formula might vary from one fund to the next, but holdings are based on their market capitalization. If a stock in the underlying index gains in value, it takes a bigger stake in the index and consequently, the ETF. If it declines, the stock moves down the ranks and possibly out of the index. In other words, the cream rises to the top and the weak wither and die.
“Every time the prices change inside that index – and they’re changing continuously throughout the day – it’s automatically self-rebalancing,” says Daniel Straus, vice-president, ETFs and financial products research, at National Bank Financial Inc. in Toronto.
As a result of that automatic self-rebalancing, market-weighted ETFs might be late to the party with rags-to-riches stocks such as Apple, but they do trim the stocks that are declining well before they hit bottom. They also provide an opening for the FAANGs of tomorrow – whatever they may be.
Although the Nasdaq is often considered a technology index, only 60 per cent of its components are actually technology stocks. Mr. Straus says there are many pure technology and technology subsector ETFs, such as biotech and genomics, that are better suited to advance the big names of tomorrow.
“There’s been a huge proliferation of what we call thematic investing,” he says. “With this bull market we’ve been in, technology thematic ETFs have been selling like gangbusters; every category from robotics and automation to pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices.”
Mr. Straus says market-weighted ETFs can also offer a low-risk way for investors to get exposure to other emerging sectors, such as cannabis. For example, Canopy Growth Corp. recently became the first cannabis producer to join the S&P/TSX 60 Index, which is tracked by iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU-TSX).
“In the TSX 60, those 60 stocks have very low turnover. Canopy just entered the [index]. That’s a major example of a new company coming in, but there will often be many years when the TSX 60 simply does not change” he says. “If you want to future-proof an investment, the soundest idea is to let the efficiency of the capital markets decide and get as broad an exposure as you possibly can.”
The key to determining just how future-ready a market-weighted ETF is to establish how often holdings in the underlying index change – or the turnover rate, Mr. Straus says. Regulators require fund managers to file periodic documentation disclosing how holdings change, but the numbers can be skewed by other variables.
“If you look up the turnover rate for any ETF or mutual fund, you will see a line called turnover. The problem with that number is that it’s calculated according to a regulatory definition related to the amount of cash buying and selling the manager is doing,” he says. “That will include the internal turnover happening inside the fund, but it also includes what we think shouldn’t be included: New cash coming into the fund from creations or fund redemptions.”
All factors considered, the two-way turnover rate for the QQQ, according to Invesco Ltd., was 3.8 per cent last year, which was slightly lower than historical standards. Nasdaq Inc. data show the turnover of the Nasdaq-100 Index between 1999 and 2018 averaged 13 securities a year.
That number includes periodic changes due to mergers and acquisitions, and delistings, but it gives a good idea of how stocks in the index can be flushed out over several years. As an example, about half of the companies currently in the Nasdaq-100 Index were not in the index 10 years ago.
Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York, says the same challenges exist for determining turnover in other major market-weighted indexes such as the S&P 500.
“We all understand the Dow. It’s nice and simple; you add the [number of stocks] up and divide. That’s the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 average is market weighted. It’s a lot more complicated,” he says.
According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, the S&P 500 experienced a typical 4.8-per-cent turnover in 2018, but the change has been as high as 9.5 per cent going back to 1998.
“The [stocks] could change very quickly, especially when you add in buybacks. Apple spent an enormous amount of money on buybacks. This quarter, they did US$23 billion. That means they took US$23 billion out of the marketplace. That’s a lot. If you go by market value, Apple is actually reducing its importance in the index” Mr. Silverblatt says.
Investors looking for a steadier flow of new blood should consider market-weighted ETFs tied to indexes that track smaller companies such as the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, he says.
“When you move over to the mid-cap and small-cap indexes, you get much bigger, double-digit numbers,” he says. “Mid-cap had a 20-per-cent turnover last year and small-cap had almost 22 per cent.”
However, Mr. Silverblatt points out the smaller indexes also have more variables at work beyond pure market weighting, including more active merger and acquisition activity.
“Very often, it’s the big guys taking over the smaller companies” he says.
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Is Boba Fett about to fly solo in a Star Wars spin-off?
Joe Johnston, director of Captain America, hopes to make a feature film placing the armoured bounty hunter centre stage
Ben Child
@BenChildGeek
Fett fan ... Star Wars hopeful Joe Johnston on the set of Jurassic Park III. Photograph: Zade Rosenthal/AP
Time was when talk of a new Star Wars movie would have space opera fans from Tewkesbury to Tatooine glued to their computer screens in anticipation. These days mention of George Lucas's long-running series is just as likely met with dark mutterings about Jar Jar Binks and horribly incongruous CGI as it is with awe, and while the first three films are generally remembered with fondess, matters went swiftly downhill after 1983's Return of the Jedi. The most recent Star Wars effort, animated feature The Clone Wars, limped on to the screen three years ago without much fanfare and to largely negative reviews. Even so, the franchise has made an enormous amount of money over the years, so it's no surprise to hear that a new film might be on the way.
The man behind the rumoured project is Joe Johnston, director of the forthcoming Captain America film and a designer and visual effects art director on the first three Star Wars films. He told screenrant.com he was "trying to get George to make a feature film based on Boba Fett" and would like to direct.
For the uninitiated, Fett is a bounty hunter who first appears in the original Star Wars trilogy and has become something of an iconic character despite not being given much in the way of dialogue. Johnston was reportedly responsible for designing his armoured outfit, so (perhaps reasonably) feels some sense of ownership over the character's success.
Any spin-off featuring the bounty hunter would presumably indicate a darker turn for the franchise: a move away from epic storytelling towards something more linear and amoral. Fett, who was played by Jeremy Bulloch in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, is generally a fairly unsympathetic character, though he has been portrayed more positively in some Star Wars spin-off novels and comics.
Johnston is capable of making good movies (see 1999's October Sky), and yet he has made many more poor ones (Jurassic Park III, Hidalgo, last year's The Wolfman). Lucas has opted for leftfield choices before – he wanted David Lynch to direct Return of the Jedi – and at the very least the appointment of Johnston would mean that Lucas himself was stepping aside after taking the reins on the most recent live action films. Some Star Wars fans have been calling for that for a very long time. But is Johnston the guy for the job?
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2012: the year in data, journalism (and charts)
What were the data stories of 2012? Which figures hit the headlines and defined the past year? Find our top data stories of 2012
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Results from the Census 2011 published this year gave us a wealth of data on population, religion, ethnicity and qualifications
What were the headline figures of 2012? From Hurricane Sandy to the 2011 Census and the hotly anticipated Leveson report, the Datablog has covered it all. Here is our look back at the year in data.
The death toll as of October 30th 2012 for Hurricane Sandy stood at 133 victims. The natural disaster hit not only the US but also Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Canada and Jamaica.
The greatest number of deaths outside the US were in Haiti - which was not in the path of the hurricane but hit by extreme flooding in a country still recovering from the earthquake in 2010.
The Guardian and the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) offshore investigation identified 'nominee' directors controlling thousands of companies across the world. More than 21,500 companies were identified using a group of 28 so-called nominee directors.
The Guardian/ICIJ investigated the offshore industry and secrecy surrounding it, uncovering a network of individuals willing to appear on official records as directors of companies while acting only on the instructions of its real owners, who stay invisible and off-the-books.
Made up of 1,987 pages, the Leveson report was one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year. Published on the 29th November 2012, it set out Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations for the future of press regulation in the UK.
Analysis of the text showed some interesting results. Perhaps unsurprisingly, references to failure were two thirds more numerous than those to success, with use of words including the text "fail" outweighing the total number of "success"es and "succeed"s by almost 75%.
Lord Justice Leveson poses with a summary report into press standards Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Jimmy Savile worked on six television programmes during his time at the BBC. Following the allegations of child abuse connected with Jimmy Savile, coverage on the BBC has been abundant. The focus of course soon went on Savile's career at the BBC and who was in charge during his time there.
The interactive below shows data collated from sources including the BBC and research by Guardian journalists. Click on the image to explore the interactive and see who was in charge when and what they said.
Savile - BBC who was in charge interactive Photograph: Guardian
One fifth
One fifth of young drug users admit to taking "mystery white powders" without any idea what they contain and 15% of overall respondents in the Guardian/MixMag survey said they had taken an unknown white powder in the last 12 months.
The Guardian/Mixmag survey was one attempt to explain the facts behind what drugs people really take. The survey found that users claim that more of them use cannabis than energy drinks.
Team GB excelled at the London 2012 Olympic Games winning 65 medals in total. The olympics was a veritable feast for the Datablog allowing for projects such as the alternative medals table and a breakdown of medal winners by sport, education and sex.
The Royal Statistical Society and the Datablog teamed up with four statisticians at Imperial College, London, to help work out how key factors might change the Olympic league table. The idea being by 'weighting' the medals, what happens to the results?
The team, Christoforos Anagnostopoulos, Giovanni Montana, Axel Gandy and Daniel Mortlock, looked at previous olympics and traditional indicators such as the output of a country's economy (GDP), the size of its population - and also ways to weight the score by the size of each country's Olympic team. Using this analysis Russia became the winner of the alternative Olympic medal table and was followed in second place by the UK.
Alternative medals table interactive guide Photograph: Guardian
The population of England and Wales in 2011 according to the latest release from the Census 2011 published in December. This means the population has grown by 3.7m in the 10 years since the last census, rising from 52.4m in 2001 - an increase of 7.1%. This was the largest growth in the population in England and Wales in any 10-year period since the census taking began, in 1801. Between 1991 and 2001 it had gone up by 1.6m
The first results of the census were released in July and they showed population by age, sex and housing across the country. Click on the map below to find data by local authority.
Screengrab of the census population map Photograph: Guardian
Over 1m
The latest Census 2011 data showed that the number of mixed people went over 1m for the first time. The vast majority of the population of England & Wales are white - 86%, 48.2m, down five percentage points since 2001 (91%, 47.5m). Wales had the largest percentage of people of White ethnic group in 2011, 96% (2.9m). In London in 2011, 45% (3.7m) out of 8.2m usual residents were White British.
332 electoral votes secured the win for Barack Obama in what many believed would be a very close race. The print Guardian featured this beautiful graphic by Mark McCormick and Paul Scruton which visualises the results and shows you who voted for who and where, down to county level.
Guardian US results graphic. Click image to embiggen Photograph: Guardian Graphics
$104bn
Facebok was valued at $104bn when shares were issued in May 2012. With the video animation below we look at how the social network got so big - and could it possibly get any bigger?
£1083.6bn
Public sector net debt was £1083.6bn at the end of November 2012, equivalent to 68.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
The total number of US gun applications between January to November 2012 was 16,808,538 - that's a rate of 53.94 guns per 1,000 population for 2012.
In the wake of the Newtown shooting in Connecticut, there has been a renewed focus on gun control in the US.
£694.89bn
Public spending in 2011-12 was £694.89bn - compared to £689.63bn in 2010-11. That may look like an increase but once inflation is taken into account, it is a real-terms cut of 1.58%, or £10.8bn.
Guardian Data's annual audit of UK government spending this year showed huge cuts taking place across supposedly protected areas of government as the austerity programme hits home.
Governmment spending by department Photograph: Guardian
The amount of tax paid by Starbucks on its UK operations in 2011. The company with a turnover of £397.7m claimed a loss of £32.9m. The company has since volunteered to pay £20m over two years.
Wondering how much tax some of the most famous US names in the UK have paid on their British operations over the last four years, we gathered the data via Duedil to create this graphic.
How much tax is paid by major US companies in the UK? Click image to embiggen Photograph: Paul Scruton/Guardian Graphics
Estimates suggest that the United States now has 2,150 active nuclear warheads compared to 31,255 in 1967.
The news that North Korea has successfully launched a satellite heightened fears that the same know-how could be used to launch ballistic missiles. We looked at which countries already have the capability to launch a nuclear missile, and how many warheads they have.
The eurozone unemployment rate rose to 11.6% in September - the highest rate on record. Spain has been hit the hardest with more than one in four out of work.
Eurostat figures showed that 25.75m people in the whole European Union were unemployed in September 2012.
The ratio that sums up the problem facing women in theatre. The Guardian, in collaboration with Elizabeth Freestone of Pentabus Theatre undertook research earlier this year looking at female representation, from actors to board members and creative crews. Strikingly the results show that three artistic directors had never directed a play by a woman; Sir Nicholas Hytner of the National Theatre, Gregory Doran of the RSC and Paul Kerryson of the Curve Theatre, Leicester.
Additional research by Elizabeth Freestone examined which of William Shakespeare's plays are the most female friendly. Her research showed that with 40% female lines, As You Like It is the most women friendly of all the bard's plays.
Women and Shakespeare interactive screengrab Photograph: Guardian
The Electoral Reform Society predicted a final turnout of just 18.5% nationally in the police and crime commissioners vote - but the actual result was even worse with just 15% of the population voting in this election. So we decided to see how this compares to past election turnouts.
The chart below shows a selection of the worst turnouts and really highlights how the low turnout for the PCC votes has made it one of the worst ever.
The number of Twitter followers Pope Benedict XVI had on his English language account under the name @Pontifex (as of 12th December 2012). The pope joining Twitter was big news earlier this month.
Data-mapping specialists from the Floating Sheep blog went through Pontifex's followers on 8 December, and analysed the locations of the 283,796 accounts that included a country, city or town. They created a choropleth map of the results, using a location quotient whereby shading indicates the volume of followers relative to the total number of Twitter users in a given country.
Map of pope tweets - screengrab Photograph: Guardian
There were 7,905 multimillionaires in China at the end of 2011, an increase of 41% compared to 2007. A combined total of 2,346 live in Beijing and Shanghai, equivalent to three in every ten of China's multimillionaires. Chongqing has seen the biggest growth rate, with 78% more multimillionaires in 2011 than four years earlier.
The lowest growth rate, 19%, came in the Shenzen, the second city of Guangdong province.
Screengrab of China multi-millionaires mapped Photograph: Guardian
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Melissa Sagemiller
Melissa Sagemiller (born June 1, 1974, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American television and film actress.
Sagemiller was born in Washington, D.C. to a political activist mother and a professional American football player father, who played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. She attended Georgetown Day School. Her entry into the performing arts was at age 3 when she began studying tap dance, ballet, jazz dance and modern dance. She made her stage debut in To Kill a Mockingbird when she was 9 years old, and soon after she became a regular on her local stage. At 14, however, acting took a backseat to modeling after Sagemiller was scouted by Eileen Ford in a jewelry shop. She eventually left modeling to take an undergraduate degree in Art History at the University of Virginia.
Shortly after graduation, she decided to return to acting full-time, and studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory, New York University's Stonestreet Studio and at Michael Howard Studios. Sagemiller appeared in Movieline magazine in August 2001. In November 2001, Sagemiller appeared in Gear magazine. In early career, she starred on number of teen films, like Get Over It and Sorority Boys, and was lead actress in 2002 box office bomb thriller Soul Survivors.
On television, Sagemiller portrayed the character Michelle Ernhardt in the TNT series Raising the Bar from 2008 to 2009. After that series was cancelled, Sagemiller joined Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in a recurring role as ADA Gillian Hardwicke. She replaced Paula Patton when Patton departed the series after just one episode. Sagemiller was featured in ten episodes of the 12th season of SVU. She was replaced in the 13th season by Stephanie March and Diane Neal. In 2013, she was cast as female lead on Chicago Fire spinoff Chicago PD,but later left from show.
Known For Acting
Place of Birth Washington - District of Columbia - USA
Acting TV ShowsMovies
2014 The Santa Con as Carol Guthrie
2014 Chicago P.D. (1 episode) as Detective Julia Willhite
2013 All I Want for Christmas as Elizabeth
2012 Chicago Fire (1 episode) as Detective Julia Willhite
2011 Person of Interest (1 episode) as Sandra Nicholson
2010 The Rockford Files as Beth Davenport
2008 Eleventh Hour (1 episode)
2008 Raising the Bar (25 episodes) as Michelle Earnhardt
2007 Mr. Woodcock as Tracy
2006 The Guardian as Emily Thomas
2005 Sleeper Cell (18 episodes) as Gayle Bishop
2005 Standing Still as Samantha
2004 The Clearing as Jill Hayes
2003 Love Object as Lisa Bellmer
2002 Without a Trace (1 episode)
2002 Sorority Boys as Leah
2001 Soul Survivors as Cassie
2001 Get Over It as Allison McAllister
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) (2 episodes) as A.D.A. Gillian Hardwicke
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The Speed of Poetry
Books & the Arts
July 24, 2000 Issue
When I visit the Poetry Publication Showcase, an annual display of the year's new poetry books at Poets House in Manhattan, I feel as if I've been granted a precious audience with Poetry itself.
By Jan Clausen
When I visit the Poetry Publication Showcase, an annual display of the year’s new poetry books at Poets House in Manhattan, I feel as if I’ve been granted a precious audience with Poetry itself. Like the large golden bee in a James Wright poem, “drowning in his own delight” as he burrows into a juicy pear, I gorge, revel, wallow. In this year’s version, on view in April in New York and displayed again this month at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago, the good, the bad and the trendy of the new millennium strutted their stuff side by side with the fabulous has-beens in the Library of America’s two-volume anthology The Twentieth Century. Eccentrically produced micropress chapbooks danced cheek to cheek with the glossy offerings of trade biggies Knopf and Norton. The Language poet and the New Formalist bedded down together, alongside the spoken word artist in slightly muffled print guise (Listen Up! Spoken Word Poetry, edited by Zoë Anglesey [Ballantine]). I rediscovered Aleida Rodríguez, whose work I savored years ago in lesbian feminist lit mags, finally out with her first book, Garden of Exile (Sarabande). When I wearied of contemporary riches, I refreshed with a quick dip into The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i (New Directions) or The Selected Poems of Max Jacob (Oberlin).
I first encountered the Poetry Publication Showcase in 1992, the year of its inception, when I covered it for a writers’ magazine. Then as now, the display was produced in tandem with a series of panels, readings and other events that offer one of the best available chances to assess the current status and immediate prospects of poetry in the United States. In 1992 the mood was feisty but beleaguered: “We few, we happy few, we band of poets” went the boast. Now there’s a sense that poetry’s making it, moving rapidly to the center(s) of our cultural life. Poets House executive director Lee Briccetti, who dreamed up the Showcase as a way to bring attention to a severely marginalized literary form, hopes the poetry world is poised to take advantage of what she terms “a moment of cultural readiness.”
This moment was created by a range of phenomena by now so familiar in poetry circles that the Academy of American Poets’ website matter-of-factly refers to “the ‘poetry renaissance’ of the 1990’s.” Among oft-cited indicators of the trend are the proliferation of Internet poetry sites and displays of poetry on public transportation; the rapid success of National Poetry Month, begun in April 1996; television documentaries on poets and poetry by Bill Moyers and Bob Holman; and US poet laureate Robert Pinsky’s Favorite Poems Project. With the runaway popularity of slams and other spoken word events, poetry gets anointed as a star of popular culture (“Rap Is Poetry” proclaimed the lead story in the March-April Black Issues Book Review) even as it is being revived as a token of elite cultural capital (acting schools chancellor Harold Levy mailed poems by Wallace Stevens to members of the New York City school board this spring, in what the New York Times described as an effort to “raise the level of debate on education policy”).
It’s a moment of peril as well as one of opportunity. I keep thinking of a phrase from Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”: reception in a state of distraction. Benjamin associated this phrase with the loss of the possibility for a contemplative response to works of art. He connected that loss to the evaporation of “aura,” the trace of art’s religious origins that he claimed is destroyed by the reproduction of unique and stationary objects as ubiquitous, portable photographs. Distracted reception strikes me as an unavoidable consequence of the conditions under which today’s poetry is produced and consumed–the general conditions of our wired lives as well as specific conditions of publication, distribution and so forth. It doesn’t bode well for my commitment to poetry as a contemplative genre that I’ve actually been thinking of the Showcase as a chance to get up to speed with current poetry.
Poetry’s new momentum clearly owes something to these yearly displays, which have enabled poetry advocates to take stock of, and improve on, mechanisms for what Briccetti calls “allowing the public to bump up against poetry.” And it’s a two-way street; Poets House has thrived on the increasingly poetry-friendly atmosphere. Founded in 1985 by Stanley Kunitz and Elizabeth Kray, the organization has occupied its present site, a comfortable SoHo loft space it is rapidly outgrowing, since the early nineties. Its browsing library, which is free and open to the public, has been built entirely by donation and now numbers some 35,000 volumes–more comprehensive, Briccetti contends, than the Library of Congress’s poetry collection. Readings, talks on poetry and events such as Carol Conroy’s “Poems by Heart” workshops (where participants recite memorized favorites) are held throughout the year.
This year’s Showcase featured more than 1,200 books, including nearly a thousand full-length volumes of poetry and several hundred chapbooks. Scattered examples of other publication formats such as videocassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs also found their way to the shelves, along with prose books about poets and poetry. According to Poets House managing director Jane Preston, small and university presses produced about 90 percent of the books, a statistic that has remained relatively constant over a number of years. Trade publishers, she said, “are great at using marketing tools when it’s a safe investment. The independents take risks.” Briccetti added that distribution, always a stumbling block for small presses, has improved perceptibly since 1993 with the maturing of several independent-press distributors. (Attrition among independent booksellers, traditionally more receptive to poetry than the rapidly multiplying chain outlets, remains a worrisome trend.)
In August Poets House will publish a Directory of American Poetry Books, an annotated listing of titles from previous Showcases; an online version including this year’s titles is already available at www.poetshouse.org. At the American Library Association conference, staff held a two-day training for librarians from across the country, a first-time effort to replicate at a national level the success of a program called Poetry in the Branches, which involves nine community libraries in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Participants receive advice on how to boost the circulation of poetry titles, poets give readings and workshops in local libraries, and administrators develop dedicated poetry budgets so that the Jorie Grahams needn’t compete head to head with the John Grishams for scarce purchasing dollars.
In observing many Showcase-related events, including public panels on “Anthologizing the 20th Century” and “Poetics Consciousness,” I was impressed by the variety of aesthetic approaches on offer, a pluralism in keeping with the goal of welcoming and supporting the full spectrum of contemporary poetries. But I also came away confirmed in my opinion that creative interactions among these different schools or movements are nowhere near the ideal envisioned in metaphors like “ecology” and “biodiversity” with which Poets House staffers sometimes describe the current poetry scene.
Speaking at the event on twentieth-century anthologies, poet and editor Ray González painted a far less optimistic picture, in fact, noting that today’s expanded poetry audience seems to be at its “most fractured ever.” He illustrated that fragmentation by analyzing the makeup of four recent poetry volumes: An Anthology of New (American) Poets, edited by Lisa Jarnot et al. (Talisman House); The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology, edited by Michael Collier (University Press of New England); The New Young American Poets: An Anthology, edited by Kevin Prufer (Southern Illinois); and his own Touching the Fire: 15 Poets of the Latino Renaissance (Anchor/Doubleday). The three “American” volumes actually represent quite distinct tastes and tendencies (González pointed out that Jarnot’s selection, oriented toward Language poetry, is “blessed by” Rosmarie Waldrop, while Prufer’s more conventional roundup sports a foreword by Richard Howard); at the same time, however, they resemble one another in that all are weighted in favor of prizewinning white poets associated with prestigious academic programs.
González characterized the anthology as a basic tool of literary politics: It campaigns for the editor’s aesthetic and establishes reputations, thereby helping determine which of today’s poets will be read in the future. He said he’d managed to get an “outsiders'” anthology into the public eye by taking advantage of the “brief Latino boom.” In contrast, fellow panelist Eliot Weinberger, who spoke bitterly of the criticism he’d received for the lack of diversity in his own American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders (Marsilio), seemed to feel that universal standards of poetic excellence can and should govern anthology projects; he lamented what he called the prevalence of “demographic” selection criteria. Although the two editors never explicitly addressed each other’s positions, the obvious divergence in their views strikingly evoked the fragmentation González referred to. It’s a fracturing most poets take for granted by now, its effects observable in controversies over the editorial slant of this or that edition of The Best American Poetry (assembled each year by a different guest editor) and in the juxtaposition of important poetry events whose audiences scarcely overlap. (For instance, last year’s People’s Poetry Gathering, held in Manhattan, took place the same weekend as a Barnard conference titled “Where Lyric Tradition Meets Language Poetry: Innovation in Contemporary American Poetry by Women”; in a recent issue of Fence, the organizers of the latter admit that “if cross-pollination occurred as a result, it was mainly in retrospect and from afar.”)
Fragmentation came to mind again during the panel on “Poetics Consciousness” as publisher and editor Douglas Messerli of the independent press Sun & Moon presented a detailed genealogy of North American poetics from Pound and Stein all the way down to his own affinity group, the Language poets–a litany so white that I kept checking my notes, thinking I must have missed something. (Didn’t the poets of the Black Arts movement say anything worthwhile about their aims and methods?) Messerli’s discussion was witty and provocative; I enjoyed his impassioned defense of poetics, which he believes get slighted in the United States because of what he calls our poets’ “Calvinist” attachment to “the word unadorned.” I also appreciated his exhortation to pay attention to poetry’s international context, an awareness he promotes by publishing an anthology series of poetry in translation. That is a focus shared by Weinberger, whose work as a Spanish-English translator has helped build literary bridges between Latin and North America. Yet their perspectives left me thinking that what Briccetti terms a “new awareness of multiplicity” coexists with a pattern depressingly familiar outside the literary realm: Formal equality masks and justifies the lopsidedness of privilege. We’re all poets now, but some are born and bred for Guggenheims, while others get to juggle the day job with teaching poetry to “at risk” youth and scribbling lyrics on the subway.
More claims of persistent structural inequality surfaced at the workshop on the current publishing market for women. Amy Holman of the organization Poets & Writers urged her audience to beware of presses and magazines with an antifemale bias, citing highly regarded outlets like Granta and Farrar, Straus & Giroux as laggards in the publishing community when it comes to supporting women poets. Her comments, like González’s, recalled the recent uproar over the overwhelmingly white and male profile of the Academy of American Poets’ board of chancellors. Last year the academy, which bills itself as the largest nonprofit organization supporting US poetry and which administers an impressive range of prizes, readings and poetry education programs, finally added a clump of more “diverse” chancellors–but only after chancellors Carolyn Kizer and Maxine Kumin resigned to show their sympathy with mounting criticisms of the self-elected board’s narrowness. One wonders whether the reconstituted board (including Lucille Clifton, Louise Glück, Yusef Komunyakaa, Heather McHugh, Adrienne Rich and Rosanna Warren) will indeed promote cross-fertilization among poetic traditions, or whether, instead–like those who perennially dismiss insurgent poetic voices as saboteurs of literary meritocracy–the old guard will simply retreat into gated communities of the mind.
Two recent Manhattan readings offered intriguing hints that “outsider” literary ventures may provide significant occasions for poets espousing widely varied aesthetics to come within hailing distance of one another, maybe even converse. An event held at the New School celebrated first books by fellows of Cave Canem, a workshop for African-American poets founded in 1996 by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady. The striking range of the work–from Jamaican-accented narratives included in Shara McCallum’s The Water Between Us (Pittsburgh) to the “asyntactic, non-narrative” poems G.E. Patterson has written since completing Tug (Graywolf) to Terrance Hayes’s verbal variations on a theme by John Coltrane and Miles Davis (from Muscular Music, Tia Chucha)–hinted that Cave Canem must be the scene of energetic debates about poetics. And a reading at the Poetry Project at St. Marks in celebration of The World in Us: Lesbian and Gay Poets of the Next Wave (St. Martin’s) included slamster Regie Cabico, Yale Review editor J.D. McClatchy, “last of the New York School” poet Eileen Myles and Letta Neely (Juba, Wildheart Press), who read a moving narrative poem written in what she said some people call “Ebonics, but I just call it my first language.” Is it possible that those poets who dwell in what Audre Lorde termed “the house of difference” are likely to be especially tolerant or even welcoming of formal variety?
What I’ve just described as the persistence of structural inequality in the poetry world persuades me that promoting cultural democracy is one of two major challenges facing poetry advocates. The second goes back to my point about the increasingly distracted conditions under which we receive and, let’s face it, compose poems.
The speedup is ubiquitous, but one of its most striking manifestations is the proliferation of poetry on the Internet. Mindful of Amy Holman’s advice that she who wants to be well published had better know what’s out there, I’ve begun visiting Poetry Daily’s website (www.poems.com/home.htm), which features a constantly updated menu of poems from current literary magazines. A few clicks will get you an embarrassment of riches, from R.T. Smith’s excellent survey of decades’ worth of books on writing poetry to poems by George Herbert and Thomas Hardy.
I’m quite ambivalent about this easy access. It lures me to read many things I might not otherwise see, but I find that poems read (or surfed) in this way feel alarmingly contextless–or, if you will, too fully contextualized. The individual lyric becomes an evanescent stanza, a floating portal to poems in general. On the Internet, a poem gets reconfigured as information.
Cultural speedup is, at bottom, an economic issue. A mass-market mentality is creeping up on the poetry world. As Jack Agüeros pointed out in a talk at Poets House, Seamus Heaney’s new translation of Beowulf, a bestseller in England, is repeating the performance here. The more Beowulf the better, one might think–except for the pressure on other poetry books to demonstrate their salability in compliance with the unpoetic rhythms of product cycles. The “news that stays news” suddenly has a shelf life. Like Ray González using the “Latino boom,” poets must think increasingly in terms of exploiting narrow windows of opportunity. A fortunate few achieve a sort of brand-name recognition that feels very different from “reputation” in the traditional sense but is no less hierarchical.
I don’t quarrel with Lee Briccetti’s view that it’s a good thing poets are becoming increasingly attuned to practical strategies for marketing their work. We are poets in this world and must cope with its limitations. But I worry about the impact on the writing of poetry. Shifts in cultural velocity are bound to reshape our imaginative lives, our relationships to metaphor and even the tangible structures of our language. For some, the new conditions offer attractive openings. “Her spare, short-sentence style is built for speed” reads an admiring review of Anne Carson’s Men in the Off Hours. But what of styles built for slowness?
Perhaps the ultimate symbol of poetry’s integration into the market is its popularity as an advertising gimmick. Talk about reception in a distracted state! A recent ad for a financial-services company uses passages from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” The makers of an organic green tea on sale at my food co-op have actually registered the word “haiku” as a trademark and are using poems by the ancient Japanese masters as product endorsements. Jane Preston thinks that such appropriations are inevitable given poetry’s new mainstream visibility. True enough, perhaps, but it strikes me that the poetry commercial is advertising more than a specific consumer product. It’s touting commodification, period. For if a poem can be used to sell automobiles or sneakers, is there any creative energy left on earth that isn’t shilling for capitalism?
I’m well aware that the fundamental political and economic questions I’m raising won’t be resolved primarily in literary settings. Poets, editors, publishers, readers and arts advocates must keep scrambling to survive, make creative and principled use of the double-edged swords at our disposal (better marketing and so forth) and participate in movements for radical social change. My exhilaration in the aftermath of National Poetry Month owed as much to my attendance at political demonstrations as it did to my dip into poetry’s flood tide. This spring’s Manhattan and Brooklyn protests against police brutality and the Washington rally against the policies of the IMF and World Bank took on versions of the tasks that also confront our literature: achieving real democracy, resisting commodification, saying no to the pressure to gear our imaginations to the warp speed of markets.
What would it feel like, I wonder, to inhabit a culture that traveled at the speed of poetry?
Jan ClausenJan Clausen's recent work includes the memoir Apples and Oranges (Houghton Mifflin) and poetry published in Hanging Loose, Luna and The Progressive.
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Tattered Banners: A Review
July 1, 2018 N. Dass
A marvellous and deeply evocative book has just been rescued from obscurity and given an afterlife. It is Tattered Banners by Paul Rodzianko. Until this reissue, by Paul Dry Books, this was a difficult book to find. The few copies of the first edition (published in 1939) that came on the market tended to be rather exorbitantly priced. Money-issues aside, this scarcity also meant that few had access to the important account given in this often moving memoir.
The structure of the narrative is a classic one – a man caught in the vortex of destruction. It is also the story of Russia – from the splendor of a sophisticated and cultured age, to the slaughter of the First World War, the cruelty of the Revolution in 1917, and the ensuing Civil War.
The book begins with descriptions of the frivolities, the preoccupations and even the innocence of that pre-war era: the follies and pranks of drunken officers, extravagant revels, glittering ballrooms, and even one or two pretty courtesans, like the blonde Nadejda (Nadezhda). A lost world, long vanished, and often forgotten: “a world that hate and passion have swept aside.”
It is worth noting that the book was written in English, a testimony to that lost cosmopolitan world when men and women were expected to know French, German, and English, along with Russian. Rodzianko knew all four languages. And his writing style is fresh, light and evocative, without being ponderous or preachy. And his insights are often startling, for their enduring relevance: “Then, as now, [people] think what their newspapers told them to think. Whatever they read most often in the biggest type is what nations believe. The masses become indignant, hysterical or conceited, according to the propaganda handed out to them.”
Rodzianko’s canvas is large on which the slow, inexorable passage into tragedy is depicted. The book opens with the terrible calamity of Khodynka Field (the stampede on Tsar Nicholas II’s coronation day, in which 1300 people were trampled to death). Thus, the reign of the last monarch of all the Russias began with a bloodbath – and his reign also ended with one.
Then follows the Russo-Japanese War (another disaster for Russia), the failed Revolution of 1905, which was a warm-up to the real one a dozen years later.
Rodzianko very fairly describes how Russia blundered and fumbled its way into the First World War, by siding with Britain and France, against Germany. It would be a war that everyone knew was of no benefit to Russia, but this was the age of alliances, or what we would call honor.
Russia knew little about modern warfare, and Rodzianko describes the ruinous mishaps, the bad judgment, terrible logistics (lack of food, ammunition, shells), with regiment after regiment wandering about here and there, not knowing whether to attack or retreat, with inept generals issuing orders that contradicted those given earlier.
The saddest parts of the book are the feats of grand heroism shown by the Russian rank-and-file which were nothing other than a terrible waste of life: “…the country they died for was soon to crash; their sacrifice was in vain.”
Then comes the “crash” itself – the Revolution, an unmitigated disaster for Russia, followed by the chaos of 1917, the slaughter of the royal family, and the ensuing long and bloody civil war.
The memoir now becomes a chronicle, and the chronicle becomes an eyewitness account to the terrible and bloody birth of the modern age. What begins as a time of enchantment, lurches into utter horror.
But more than anything else, the book is a life remembered, and the life belongs to Paul Rodzianko, soldier, professional equestrian, and member of the Russian nobility whose childhood of great wealth and privilege was spent playing in palaces, and visiting heroic men, like his grandfather, the old Prince Stroganoff, whose memory reached back to Napoleon and the conquest of Paris by the Russians.
There are cameo-appearances by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, who agrees to be tossed about by drunken cavalry officers; there is the kindly Tsar Nicholas, the holy man Rasputin and his murderer, Prince Youssoupoff, the great singer Chaliapin, the brave but doomed General Kolchak, and even a revolting lunch of plover eggs with King George V.
In recounting his life, Rodzianko meditates upon the loss of his world: “…the flower of Russia riding as they would ride to their deaths.”
Interestingly, this republication also marks the hundredth anniversary of the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family (July 17, 1918).
Rodzianko was with the Whites (the anti-Red faction in the Russian Civil War), when they captured Ekaterinburg, where the royal family was being held captive. The Whites had hoped to free the Tsar. But the Bolsheviks were far cleverer, and had shot them all and carefully hid the bodies, which were not found until 1998 (they had been located in 1979).
Rodzianko meticulously describes the grisly week he spent, piecing together what he could, trying to locate the bodies of the Tsar and his family. He fails, for the Reds are too meticulous in their murder. What he discovers instead is the vast inhumanity that was the Civil War, for Ekaterinburg and its environs are thickly scattered with graves of hundreds, if not thousands, shot by the Reds – a harbinger of what lay in store for Russia under Stalin.
He digs up bodies that he is told might belong to the royals, but he finds nothing conclusive. But he does manage to find a survivor – the little dog that belonged to Alexei, the young tsarevitch. Perhaps as a consolation, Rodzianko adopts the lost dog, from a lost time, and eventually brings him back to England. The dog’s name, sadly enough, was Joy.
This book is an enthralling read and should be on the bookshelves of all who like to wander in lost realms and muse awhile on days long gone. It is a book filled with atmosphere, color and lively anecdote. The only regret is that Rodzainko should have written more about his life, for as he observes: “I myself cannot believe that I have lived through and witnessed such things.”
The photo shows a work by Vladimir Pervuninsky.
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Civic Center-Grand Avenue Tour
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Civic Center-Grand Avenue Tour (Self-Guided)
Start this tour at Los Angeles’ famous City Hall, do a loop through the Historic Core and then end the tour at the stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall.
*Walking Distance: 1.5 miles.
*Tour starts at Civic Center Metro Station (map).
*Tour finishes at Music Center (map).
All our self-guided tours are built around public transport, so they’re very easy to do using Los Angeles Metro.
Click here to download PDF of the tour
The tour starts at Los Angeles City Hall. You can’t miss it – it’s the biggest building in the Civic Center, the name for the area and its collection of courthouses and government buildings. City Hall opened in 1928 and was designed by John Parkinson, L.A.’s most prominent architect at the time. It was quite controversial, as the city only needed the first four floors for it’s municipal government. For a long time City Hall was L.A.’s tallest building, at 454 feet high, as from 1904 to 1956 there was a building height restriction of 150 feet. So you could see City Hall from miles around, but now, as you can see, there are many taller buildings (including quite a few in downtown). City Hall has featured in many movies and TV series, including L.A. Confidential and the recent movie The Nice Guys. Fun fact: There is an observation deck at the top of City Hall – which is free. Enter from the Main Street entrance and security will give you directions.
Vibiana
This was Los Angeles’ Roman Catholic cathedral from 1885 to 1994 and was designed by the architect of Pico House (Ezra F. Kysor – believed to be the first professional architect in Southern California), which is on the Union Station/ Pueblo Tour. By 1996 it was obviously much too small for a city of Los Angeles’ size and, having been badly damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the Archdiocese decided to demolish the cathedral to build a new one on the same site. The Archdiocese began demolition early on a Saturday morning by removing the cupola. Getting wind of what was happening preservationists (such as the Los Angeles Conservancy) moved quickly and managed to get a temporary restraining order on the demolition. A stand off ensued until the city of L.A. broke the deadlock by offering the Archdiocese land that it owned on the other side of the Civic Center, where the Archdiocese went on to build The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (dedicated in 2002). Fun fact: Vibiana is now an event space, where post Grammy Awards parties are often held.
Bradbury Building
The oldest commercial building in Los Angeles’ Historic Core the Bradbury is an acknowledged historical and architectural gem. Completed in 1893, it was built for gold mining magnate Lewis Bradbury as an office building for his company. As often happens today, he wanted an iconic building – and he got one. George Wyman, who wasn’t even a qualified architect at the time, and Sumner Hunt were the two architects responsible for the design. From the outside it’s a handsome building, but the inside is the part that you have to see. Wyman had read a novel that came out at that time, called Looking Backward, and it heavily influenced the open court in the middle of the building. It cost a fortune at the time – the marble for the steps came from Italy, the cast iron railings were from France and the elevators were cutting edge technology. Famously Blade Runner, The Artist and (500) Days of Summer were filmed here. Fun fact: Lewis Bradbury died a few months before it opened, so he never saw the building that bears his name and Wyman never designed any significant buildings ever again.
A Los Angeles institution since 1917, the Homer Laughlin Building is another one designed by John Parkinson. It opened in 1896 just as this part of downtown was becoming commercialised (until then it had been a residential area). At the time there was a high-end department store on the ground floor called Ville de Paris. For a long time the market was mostly full of vendors selling fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, but since 2012 the market has been taken over by more gourmet food outlets and now you can get anything from Thai food to tacos to Texan BBQ. Recently Bon Apetit magazine voted GCM (as it’s locally known) one of the top ten food destinations in the U.S. Fun fact: one for the architecture aficionados – Frank Lloyd Wright had his offices here for a time in the 1920’s.
Downtown’s latest big addition, in terms of the arts scene, the Broad opened in September 2015 and became an instant hit. A top quality art collection, in a beautifully designed museum, to which admission is free. What’s not to like? You can line up on the day, but the smart move is to register in advance, to save time. The modern art collection includes work by many famous artists, including Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. The main galleries are on the top floor, reached by an escalator that runs through the center of the building. It takes about an hour and a half to two hours to see everything – in other words the perfect amount of time! Fun fact: there is a design feature on the front of the building called the Oculus. It resembles an eye looking out over Grand Avenue.
One of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles the Walt Disney Concert Hall was designed by Frank Gehry and is hugely influential architecturally. Gehry was one of the first architects to use computer software to design buildings. It led to a revolution in the way buildings were designed and architects began to get much more creative and even artistic in their designs. The Disney Concert Hall is the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and was largely funded by Lilian Disney (who was married to Walt Disney) and the Walt Disney Company, hence the name. There are free tours of the building during the week – which are highly recommended. Fun fact: the concert hall is one of the very few in the world in which the sound of the orchestra is exactly the same whether the hall is full or empty and for that reason is used a lot for recording film scores.
The Music Center opened in 1964 with the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, now home of the Los Angeles Opera. It’s named after Dorothy Chandler, wife (and force of nature) of Norman Chandler (scion of the Chandler family that owned the Los Angeles Times). The complex was her brainchild and she drove the fund-raising process, eventually raising $20 million of the $35 million needed to finance the project, by using her contacts and not taking “no” for an answer (including roping in big Hollywood stars like Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck). In 1967 the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre opened and they are now home to the Center Theater Group, L.A.’s premier theatre company. Fun fact: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion has hosted the Academy Awards Ceremony more times than any other venue (25 in total). Another fun fact: the Mark Taper Forum opened with a play called The Devils with Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in the audience. It was a controversial piece about a priest and a sexually repressed nun. Reagan left at the interval with Nancy and they didn’t return!
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Edition No. 252 May 11 – 17, 2019
In a one-on-one interview ahead of next week’s election, Bill Shorten has proposed he would, if necessary, set up a new regional processing facility in Papua New Guinea. By Karen Middleton.
The Shorten interview
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at last weekend’s Labor campaign launch in Brisbane.
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Labor leader Bill Shorten has had to clarify comments on the possible location of a future offshore detention centre after suggesting to The Saturday Paper it could be in “western Papua”.
In a wide-ranging interview this week, the man vying to be Australia’s next prime minister confirmed a Labor government would not end offshore detention of asylum seekers and refugees and would consider shifting the Manus Island centre if Papua New Guinea wanted it moved.
He nominated “western Papua”, in what initially appeared to be a reference to the hotly disputed region of Indonesian West Papua.
“If Manus doesn’t want it and they want to have it in western Papua, I’m not going to argue with PNG,” Shorten said. “But will I have regional processing? Yes.”
After The Saturday Paper queried whether the Labor leader meant Indonesia or Papua New Guinea, a spokesman sought to clarify the remarks. He said Shorten had been referring to a western province of Papua New Guinea and not West Papua. This is the first time Shorten has suggested he might contemplate moving the detention centre elsewhere, even in PNG.
Shorten’s verbal shorthand came as he emphasised the importance of Australia being well versed on its own neighbourhood.
Asked what kind of country he wanted Australia to be under his leadership, he nominated as a priority being properly engaged in the Asia-Pacific region.
“From this side of the dateline to somewhere in the Indian Ocean south of the equator, we should be topic matter experts on our region,” Shorten said.
The previous night, during a solo performance on the ABC’s Q&A that suggested a leader growing in confidence, he also spoke of the need to pay more attention to the region and vowed that Australia’s international relationships would be a Labor government’s first-order issue. “It’ll prioritise working in the Pacific, with New Zealand, with Indonesia, with our near neighbours,” he said.
The Saturday Paper spoke with Shorten midair on Tuesday afternoon, as the Labor leader flew back to Canberra having followed Sunday’s Labor campaign launch in Brisbane with a swing through Western Sydney and regional Victoria.
Shorten believes he is as ready as anyone can be for the nation’s highest elected office, having spent six years in the role he says offers the best training. “You’re tested, you’re scrutinised, you learn, it gives you thinking time.”
Shorten defended his decision to persist with detaining asylum seekers offshore, despite pressure to abandon the policy from both refugee advocate groups and members of his own party.
“I don’t want the people smugglers to sell a model that if you come to Australia you can stay,” Shorten said, rejecting the argument that turning back boats was the greater deterrent.
“I think it’s more than that,” he said. “We will do regional processing. Whether or not it’s those facilities or… [elsewhere].”
When asked where an alternative centre would be located, if not on Manus Island, Shorten offered the “western Papua” suggestion. “We’ll do what it takes,” he said.
It is not the first time Bill Shorten has had to clarify something said during the campaign.
The Liberals seized on his response to a well-paid shiftworker at Queensland’s Gladstone Ports two weeks ago, who asked if Shorten would cut tax for those on incomes above $250,000.
“We’re going to look at it,” Shorten said, later conceding that in fact Labor planned to increase tax at the top end by 2 percentage points.
A week earlier, he was also forced to declare a mistake after telling journalists he had no plans to change superannuation tax concessions.
Labor announced three years ago that it planned to cut tax concessions on super contributions if it won office. Shorten insisted later that he thought he was being asked about further concessions.
While loose language is dangerous during an election campaign, Shorten has been more willing to expose himself to lengthier interrogation than his opponent, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose campaign has featured set-piece events, occasional casual street walks – something Shorten has largely avoided – and news conferences with travelling media.
Despite the stumbles, Labor has maintained its lead in the published polls.
The Saturday Paper questioned Shorten across a range of policy areas.
He spoke about his hopes for Australia and his plans for the economy, not ruling out brokering a new Accord-style productivity, wages and training agreement between business and the unions, similar to that of the Hawke era.
“I’m thinking about how we can work more closely together,” he said. “I’m not worried about the nomenclature.”
Shorten flew out of Avalon Airport, near Geelong, on Tuesday, headed for Canberra and a planned side trip to the marginal coastal New South Wales seat of Gilmore ahead of Wednesday night’s final leaders’ debate at the National Press Club. He had come from a visit to the high-tech Carbon Revolution factory near Geelong, a successful local business in the very marginal seat of Corangamite.
As he hoisted an 8.5-kilogram carbon-fibre wheel rim and was told it was 40 per cent lighter than the aluminium alternative, two watching workers offered some free advice.
“One hand!” they said, grinning. “Malcolm Turnbull did it with one hand.”
The business is an established campaign stop and the workers were making it clear they had heard election pitches before. This time, though, Turnbull is a far-off past leader and Shorten faces both a new opponent and the prospect that in a week’s time, as the polls suggest, he is on course to become Australia’s prime minister.
Shorten’s response to the big-picture question began with the thesis that Australia had to “start thinking big”.
“We want to be a country that thinks big, that writes Australia big,” he said. “We’ve been told for a long time that every problem’s too hard, that if you want to reform, if anyone’s unhappy you can’t do it. [That] the politics of hope are always going to lose to the politics of fear.”
The politics of hope generally flourish more readily when their advocate is charismatic and popular. Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign in the United States is the oft-cited example.
Bill Shorten makes no particular claim to such charisma and the opinion polls suggest he’s not personally popular. But he is pushing on with hope, regardless.
Asked how he would rebuild the damaged trust between Australian voters and politicians after a decade of revolving-door leadership changes in which he played a role, he said: “We trust the Australian people with our policies. If I want them to trust us, I have to demonstrate I trust them.”
He has shunned the common small-target strategy of oppositions past and instead presented policy detail, despite the risk of alienating particular groups.
Shorten is vowing to focus tax cuts on low and middle incomes and to strip back concessions that have favoured the wealthy, real-estate investors and some self-funded retirees.
“If you get an income tax refund and you haven’t paid income tax in that year, it is not a refund, it’s a gift,” Shorten said of his contentious plan to end franking credits for non-tax-paying retiree shareholders, during Wednesday’s leaders’ debate. “Now, it’s not illegal, it’s not immoral – it’s the law. But it’s not sustainable.”
Morrison attacked Shorten’s credentials, saying Labor would bring “$287 billion in higher tax and that will put a dead weight on all Australians, on small and family businesses which will hold them back at a time when we want them to be absolutely as match fit as possible”.
On one of Australia’s thorniest foreign policy challenges, Shorten told The Saturday Paper he did not view China “purely through the prism of strategic threat”.
“I don’t operate on a worst-case scenario as the only scenario,” Shorten said. “And when I … disagree or agree with the Chinese government on a particular issue, they will probably hear it from me first, rather than through some public humiliation.”
He did not rule out amending the controversial encryption laws about which he remains concerned and which led to a rare major-party split on national security.
“My style is much more consultative and I accept, listening and talking to experts in the IT industry, that a lot of this legislation is very clumsy and can have unintended consequences,” he said.
Shorten refused to name a possible Home Affairs minister before the election and confirmed Labor’s factions will retain their influence over his line-up.
Seemingly adjusting his words mid-sentence, he said: “I will let my caucus … work with me to pick the ministry.”
Traditionally, Labor’s factions choose ministerial candidates, with the leader assigning portfolios. Shorten will adhere to this process, which Kevin Rudd overrode during his prime ministership.
With the legislated maximum number limited to 30, and Shorten’s frontbench at 42, some cutting will be required. Shorten had personally elevated some himself to form part of a praetorian guard against leadership threats, after left faction divisions saw them omitted. While the divisions remain, Shorten effectively implied he would not do so again.
“I’ve shown my ability to work through issues in my party,” Shorten said.
He refused to quantify the cost of his policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030, saying only that the “cost to government” would be $556 million. (This newspaper went to press before Labor’s full costings were made available.)
The Labor leader insisted the questions about cost were wrong because acting on climate change was not optional.
“Scott Morrison is looking through the exhaust pipe of history on climate change,” he said. “Why don’t we look at the cost of inaction?”
Shorten reached for a metaphor, first trying one about the transition from horse and buggy to car, then mobile phone technology, not disposing of chemicals in rivers and throwing burger wrappers from car windows versus pulling over and putting them in the bin.
He settled on an asbestos analogy.
“What is the cost of us not using asbestos in our buildings? You know what a fundamentally stupid question it is.”
He used it again in the debate the following night.
On the Adani corporation’s proposed coalmine, Shorten insisted he had given no undertaking to the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union to allow it to proceed, only that science and sovereign risk would dictate any decision. He neither confirmed nor denied that his recent rhetoric had hardened in favour of allowing the mine.
Asked if he was prepared to stimulate a slowing economy, as the Rudd government did during the global financial crisis with its controversial programs for school infrastructure and home insulation, Shorten said: “I’m going to create a surplus which is a national fighting fund … The sweet spot is productivity. Monetary policy is not the silver bullet anymore.”
Core to Shorten’s campaign is “fairness”, particularly a push for higher wages. He has said a Labor government would intervene to boost the wages of low-paid early childhood workers. On Monday night, he suggested he might look in future at aged-care workers too.
In the Tuesday interview, he seemed to retreat back to childcare. “I think the solution we’ve come up with there is fairly unique for that sector,” he told The Saturday Paper.
Shorten believes he is as ready as anyone can be for the nation’s highest elected office, having spent six years in the role he says offers the best training. “You’re tested, you’re scrutinised, you learn, it gives you thinking time,” he said. “In the modern digital era, with media concentration, it is not for the fainthearted. But I never thought I’d say this – I wouldn’t swap a day of it.”
To that declaration, he added what would become a prescient, personal caveat. “Except other than perhaps the day Mum passed away,” he said of his mother Ann’s death five years ago.
Shorten was extremely close to his mother, who largely raised him and his brother, Robert, as a single parent after she divorced, and he is known to be particularly protective of her memory.
So when Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph published a story accusing him of airbrushing out part of her employment history in a brief anecdote on Q&A about cost pressures having forced her to opt initially for a teaching scholarship over studying law, he saw it as a deliberate, partisan attack.
The newspaper suggested it was dishonest not to explain that Ann eventually studied law in her 50s and won the Victorian Supreme Court prize.
Shorten’s response to the newspaper and its headline – “Mother of invention” – became a galvanising moment in the campaign. If the paper’s treatment was designed to knock him sideways, it had precisely the opposite effect.
The man who the polls suggest has struggled to connect at a human level gave a deeply personal and passionate defence of his mum and of all women who try to realise career dreams at mature age.
Having completed her degree, Shorten explained, his mother had found the system stacked against women of her age, receiving just nine legal briefs in what was a short practising career.
As Scott Morrison also does, Shorten can sometimes bristle with suspicion and a readiness to fire that may just be a byproduct of public life in the unforgiving social media age. But this was a different man, fully open and devastatingly present. Fighting tears, Shorten said his mother was “brilliant”.
“Just because you’ve got grey hair, just because you didn’t go to a special private school, just because you don’t go to the right clubs, just because you’re not part of some backslapping boys’ club doesn’t mean you should give up,” he said in a comprehensive return of fire to what he called a “rubbish” story and “gotcha shit” about his life.
“My mum is the smartest woman I’ve ever known. It has never occurred to me that women are not the equal of men. It’s never occurred to me that women shouldn’t be able to do everything. That is why I work with strong women. That is why I believe in the equal treatment of women.”
The issue dominated a precious day’s news coverage and left Morrison in the position of having to back Shorten and criticise the newspaper’s “very upsetting” coverage.
Should Bill Shorten find himself in government after May 18, his to-do list is long and ambitious. “Why can’t we treat women equally?” he asked, rhetorically, during our interview. “Why can’t we have a manufacturing sector? Why can’t we have the best healthcare system in the world? Why can’t we have universal preschool for three-year-olds? Why can’t we have dental care for pensioners? Why can’t we have a strong minimum wage?”
Shorten embraces idealism. An Australian head of state. “True equality” between the first Australians and the rest. Foreign policy “with an Australian accent”.
He accused the Liberal–National incumbents of presiding over an economy “wallowing in mediocrity” and “in the freezer”.
“Nothing’s happening, nothing’s growing,” he said, before checking himself slightly. “That’s not quite fair, you’ve got good businesses, you’ve got some sectors doing well. Zero per cent inflation? God, that’s not healthy.”
In the days since Labor’s launch on Sunday, Shorten has begun to look more certain. He believes he’s done the work.
“It doesn’t mean that people will vote for me but it means that if they do, I genuinely believe I’m about as well prepared for this job as someone since probably the time of Whitlam,” he said. “And I don’t compare myself to Gough. But he was opposition leader for a long time.”
Shorten is not Kevin Rudd either, who successfully ended the Howard era by presenting himself as Liberal-lite.
Shorten wants to differentiate. He wants Australia to think “more boldly”.
Although he confesses to borrowing at least one of Malcolm Turnbull’s policies – on climate change – Shorten seeks to contrast a steady, six-year apprenticeship with the turmoil of removal and replacement.
With a week to go, his ongoing challenge is to both demonstrate and make a virtue of having both hands on the wheel.
This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on May 11, 2019 as "The Shorten interview". Subscribe here.
Karen Middleton
is The Saturday Paper’s chief political correspondent.
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Nice to Sia
Who is Sia, when did she release a naked photo of herself and why does she cover her face with a wig? The genius Aussie behind Chandelier, Titanium and Elastic Heart
The best-selling singer who's also written megahits for the likes of Rihanna, Beyoncé and Britney Spears
By Warren Chrismas
Updated: 20 Dec 2017, 11:35
AUSSIE Sia has become a familiar face – well, voice – in the pop world thanks to megahits such as Chandelier, Titanium and Cheap Thrills.
But did you know she appeared on Top of the Pops in 2000, or that she used to be a backing singer for Jamiroquai? Here’s all you need to know about the creative genius.
Aussie Sia is responsible for some of the biggest hits of the past five yearsCredit: Getty Images
Who is Sia? What’s her background?
Singer-songwriter Sia Furler – known professionally as simply Sia – was born into a musical family in Adelaide on 18 December, 1975.
She started a career in a local acid jazz band and released an unheralded solo album, before moving to London in 1997.
In the UK she performed as a backing vocalist for Jamiroquai, and provided lead vocals for ‘chillout’ band Zero 7, achieving notoriety with tracks such as Destiny, Distractions and Somersault.
Her first UK single, Taken for Granted, was built on a sample of Sergei Prokofiev's 'Montagues and Capulets' (later used in The Apprentice).
It reached No.10 on the singles chart and saw Sia perform on the BBC’s Top of the Pops.
The subsequent, self-penned album, called Healing Is Difficult (2001), fused retro jazz, soul and pop, with deeply personal lyrics inspired by the death of her partner in a car accident.
The more downtempo follow-up, Colour the Small One (2004), featured the single Breathe Me which was used in the very last scene of the HBO’s Six Feet Under, gaining her a cult following overnight.
But, with commercial success eluding her, Sia relocated to the United States in 2005, where she has lived and worked ever since.
Mainstream success eluded Sia until she moved to the United StatesCredit: Getty Images
What are Sia’s best-known songs?
Sia’s first global megahit was Titanium, a 2011 release from producer David Guetta which featured her demo vocals.
The track went top 10 around the world and led to her writing for numerous other artists (see below).
A year later, Wild Ones, a collaboration with Flo Rida, became the tenth best-selling song of 2012 globally.
In March 2014 Sia released her huge solo single, Chandelier. In the US alone it sold 2m copies in less than a year, supported by a hugely popular video featuring child dancer Maddie Ziegler.
Her hit album 1000 Forms of Fear featured the anthem alongside Elastic Heart (featured in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Big Girls Cry.
The follow-up, This Is Acting, consists of songs which she’d originally written with other singers in mind, and includes Alive (co-written with Adele) and yet another global smash, Cheap Thrills.
Sia toured and appeared in videos for years before opting to wear a face-covering wig in publicCredit: Redferns
Which other artists has Sia written songs for?
Sia’s knack for penning megahits means the 41-year-old is now heavily in-demand as a songwriter for other artists.
Over the past five or so years she's had her songs recorded by, among others, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Carly Rae Jepsen, Celine Dion, Cheryl, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, Maroon 5, Rita Ora and Shakira.
But her biggest hit as a songwriter to date is Diamonds - recorded, of course, by Rihanna - which sold over 7.5 million copies in just eight months in 2012/13.
In an interview with the New York Times, Sia claimed that it took her just 14 minutes to write the lyrics.
Sia wore a wig and a comedy nose when filming Sesame Street - but exposed most of her faceCredit: Sesame Street / YouTube
Why does Sia cover her face with a wig?
Around the release of her fifth album, We Are Born, Sia began to get uncomfortable with her growing fame.
The Aussie - who has suffered with drug addiction, alcoholism, depression and bipolar disorder - considered retiring from performing and touring.
Since the release of Chandelier in 2014, Sia has worn a wig during live performances, TVs appearances and in videos to maintain "a modicum of privacy" - a look which has now become something of a trademark.
However, many images of her face exist on the Internet, and in March she was snapped without her wig at LA airport.
During filming for legendary kids' show Sesame Street, Sia wore a wig and a comedy nose but exposed most of her face.
Sia toured the US with dancers in 2016 but no UK dates are currently plannedCredit: Getty Images
Is Sia married?
Sia married documentary filmmaker Erik Anders Lang in California in August 2014.
However, the couple announced their separation in December 2016.
She is openly bi-sexual and previously spent several years in a relationship with American musician JD Samson.
Is Sia touring the UK soon?
Sia is set to play stadiums in her native Australia, as well as New Zealand, for the very first time at the end of the year.
But there are no other dates scheduled on her ‘Nostalgic For The Present’ tour.
She last played in the UK at the V Festival in Essex and Staffordshire in August 2016.
When did Sia release a naked photo of herself?
Sia was subject to an embarrassing nude photo leak, so decided to beat them to it.
On Tuesday November 7, she Tweeted a photo of herself naked and standing on a balcony.
Her Tweet reads: "Someone is apparently trying to sell naked photos of me to my fans.
Save your money, here it is for free. Everyday is Christmas!"
Someone is apparently trying to sell naked photos of me to my fans. Save your money, here it is for free. Everyday is Christmas! pic.twitter.com/aeQlnTwLuy
— sia (@Sia) November 7, 2017
It is believed the photographer who was selling the naked photos to the highest bidder had taken them from a distance without the singer's permission.
Sia - Chandelier
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• Indication of whether the communication of Personal Data comprises a legal or contractual obligation or not, or is a requirement needed to sign a contract, as well as whether the owner is obliged to supply the Personal Data and any consequences of not supplying these data;
• If applicable, the existence of automatic decisions, including the definition of profiles, and basic concept information, as well as the importance and consequences of such processing for the owner of the Personal Data;
• If the Personal Data are not being collected directly by the Hoti Hotéis Group from the respective owner, as well as the information mentioned above, the owner must be informed about the categories of Personal Data that will be processed, and about the origin of the data, and possibly if the sources are accessible to the public; • If the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP intends to process the personal data subsequently for a purpose different to the purpose for which the data were collected, before doing so the HOTI HOTÉIS Group shall inform the owner about this purpose and any other information of interest, under the terms outlined above.
• Right of Access
THE HOTI HOTÉIS Group guarantees it has the resources to allow the owner of the Personal Data to check the data.
The owners are entitled to obtain confirmation from the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP about whether their Personal Data is being processed, and if so the owners have the right to access their Personal Data and to have the following information:
• The purposes of processing the data;
• The categories of the Personal Data in question;
• The receivers or categories of receivers the Personal Data have been or will be disclosed to, especially the receivers based in third countries or belonging to international organisations;
• If the data have not be collected from the owner, the information available about the origin of these data;
• The existence of automatic decisions, including the definition of profiles, information relative to the underlying logic, as well as the importance and consequences of such processing for the data owner;
• Suitable guarantees regarding the transfer of data to third countries or international organisations;
Upon request, the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP will supply the owners with a copy of their Personal Data that is being processed free of charge.
The supply of extra copies requested by the owner may require the payment of administrative costs.
• Right to Rectification
The owners are entitled to request rectification of their Personal Data at any time, as well as completion of their incomplete Personal Data, including through an additional declaration.
In the case of rectification of the data, the HOTI HOTÉIS Group will communicate the rectified data to each receiver of the data, unless such communication is deemed impossible or implies an unreasonable effort for THE HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP.
• Right to Deletion
The owners are entitled to request the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP to delete their Personal Data in any of the following cases:
• The Personal Data are no longer needed for the purpose that led to their collection or processing;
• The owner withdraws permission to process the Personal Data and there are no other legal grounds to justify the data processing;
• The owners exercise their right to oppose the processing of the data and there are no prevailing legitimate interests that justify the processing;
• If the Personal Data are processed illegally;
• If the Personal Data have to be deleted to comply with a legal obligation the HOTI HOTÉIS Group is subject to;
Under the applicable legal terms, the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP has no obligation to eliminate the personal data if this processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation that the HOTI HOTÉIS Group is subject to or for the purposes of declaring, exercising or defending a right of the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP in a judicial action.
In the case of deletion of the data, the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP will communicate that the data has been eliminated to each receiver of the data, unless such communication is deemed impossible or implies an unreasonable effort for the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP.
When the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP has made the personal data public and is required to delete them in fulfilment of the owner’s right to delete the data, the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP undertakes to ensure reasonable measures are implemented, including of a technical nature, taking into consideration the technology available and the cost of its application, to inform the entities responsible for processing the Personal Data that the owner requested the elimination of the links to these Personal Data, as well as any copies or reproductions.
• Right to Limitation
Limitation comprises inserting a mark in the Personal Data stored to limit its processing in the future.
The owners are entitled to request the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP to limit the processing of their Personal Data in any of the following instances:
• If the owners dispute the preciseness of the Personal Data for a period that allows the Hoti Hotéis Group to check its preciseness;
• If the processing is illicit and the owner opposes the elimination of the data, requesting instead limitation to its use;
• If the HOTI HOTÉIS Group no longer need to process the Personal Data, but these data are required by the owner for the purpose of declaring, exercising or defending a right in a judicial action;
• If the owner has opposed the processing, until the legitimate reasons of the Hoti Hotéis Group prevail over the owner's reasons;
• When the owner’s Personal Data is limited, the data may only, apart from the storage, be processed after permission is granted by the owner or for the purposes of declaring, exercising or defending a right in a judicial action, defending the rights of another individual or company, or for legally stipulated reasons of public interest.
Owners who have stipulated limitation in the processing of their Personal Data in the aforementioned cases will be informed by the Hoti Hotéis Group before the limitation is lifted.
In the case of limitation of the Personal Data, the HOTI HOTÉIS Group will communicate the respective limitation to each receiver of the data, unless such communication is deemed impossible or implies an unreasonable effort for the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP.
• Right to Opposition
Owners of the Personal Data have the right to oppose the processing of their Personal Data by the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP based on the legitimate interests of the Group, or when the data is processed for purposes other than those for which the Personal Data was collected, including the definition of profiles, or when the Personal Data is processed for statistical purposes.
In this case, the HOTI HOTÉIS Group will stop processing the Personal Data, unless it presents urgent and legitimate reasons for why this data processing prevails over the interests, rights and liberties of the owner, or for the purposes of declaring, exercising or defending a right of the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP in a judicial action.
When the Personal Data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing (Marketing or Telemarketing), the owners are entitled to oppose the processing of their data at any time, which includes the definition of profiles related to direct marketing.
If the owners oppose the processing of their Personal Data for direct marketing, the Hoti Hotéis Group will stop processing the data for this purpose.
The owners also have the right not to be subject to any decision taken exclusively based on automatic processing, including the definition of profiles, which has legal effects or which significantly affects the owners in a similar way, unless such decision:
• Is necessary to sign or fulfil a contract between the owner and the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP;
• Is authorised by the law that the Hoti Hotéis Group is subject to;
• Is based on the explicit permission of the owner.
• Right to Portability
The owners have the right to receive the Personal Data which they have supplied to the HOTI HOTÉIS Group in a structured, currently used and automatically readable format, as well as the right to transmit these data to another entity responsible for processing the data if this processing is based on the permission granted or on a contract that the owner has signed or if the processing is automatic.
The right to portability does not include inferred data or derived data, i.e. Personal Data generated by the Hoti Hotéis Group as a consequence of or resulting from analysis of the data that is being processed.
The owners have the right for their Personal Data to be directly transmitted between entities responsible for the processing, whenever it is technically possible to do so.
• Right to Make a Complaint
The owners of the Personal Data have the right to make a complaint to the Regulatory Authority (National Data Protection Commission), through the site www.cnpd.pt.
The right to access, right to rectification, right to deletion, right to limitation, right to portability and right to opposition may be exercised by the owner by contacting the Data Protection Officer of THE HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP USING the following e-mail dadospessoais@hotihoteis.com.
THE HOTI HOTÉIS Group will respond in writing (including through electronic means) upon request from the owner within a maximum deadline of one month counting from when the request is received, apart from especially complex cases, in which this deadline may be extended to two months.
If the requests made by the owners are manifestly unjustified or excessive, especially owing to their repetitive nature, the Hoti Hotéis Group reserves the right to charge administrative costs or to refuse the request.
10. TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED
To guarantee the security of the Personal Data and its maximum confidentiality, the HOTI HOTÉIS Group processes the information in a strictly confidential manner, in line with its internal security and confidentiality policies and procedures, which are updated regularly whenever needed, and in compliance with the legal terms and conditions.
In line with the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing of the Personal Data, as well as the risks deriving from processing them in terms of the owners’ rights and liberties, THE HOTI HOTÉIS Group undertakes to apply the necessary and appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the Personal Data and comply with the legal regulations when defining the processing methods and when actually processing the data.
It also undertakes to ensure, through default, that only the data needed for each specific purpose is processed and that these data are not available without human intervention to unauthorised people.
Communication between the owners of the Personal Data and the websites of the HOTI HOTÉIS Group takes place through secure and communication channels that use the HTTPS protocol and SSL security standard.
With a view to guaranteeing the privacy and security of its customers and staff’s Personal Data, the Hoti Hotéis Group has implemented the following technical and organisational security measures:
• The Personal Data collected are appropriate, justified and limited to what is strictly necessary for the purposes for which they are processed;
• The Personal Data are exact and updated whenever necessary, implementing all the measures necessary to ensure the data are exact, taking into account the purposes for which they are processed, and are deleted and rectified immediately;
• The Personal Data are stored in a way that allows the identification of the owners only for the period needed for the purposes for which the data are processed;
• The Personal Data are processed using methods that guarantee their security, including protection against their unauthorised or illegal processing and against their unexpected loss, destruction or damage;
• Carry out the risk assessment by mapping the data flows and carrying out impact assessments;
• Adoption of internal rules that ensue the rapid and effective exercising of the rights of the Personal Data owners and the implementation of procedures for this purposes that are free of charge for the owners;
• Use of pseudonymisation of the Personal Data, i.e. the Personal Data is processed using methods that do not allow them to be attributed to a specific owner without supplementary information, whereby this supplementary information is stored separately and subject to technical and organisational measures to make sure that the Personal Data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable individual;
• Encrypt the Personal Data;
• Guarantee permanent confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the processing systems and services;
• Guarantee the capacity to promptly re-establish the availability and access to the Personal Data in the event of a physical or technical incident;
• Implement a process that enables the regular testing and assessment of the measures adopted to guarantee the security of the processing;
• Protect the data from the moment of their conception, i.e. take the risk of privacy into account throughout the process to create a new product or service, instead of considering questions of privacy afterwards;
• Carefully assess and implement appropriate technical and organisational measures and procedures from the start to guarantee the processing is in compliance with the legislation in force and protect the rights of the data owners;
• Protect the data by default, i.e. make sure that mechanisms are in place to guarantee that, through default, only the quantity necessary of Personal Data for each task shall be collected, used and stored. This obligation applies to all the processing, length of storage and accessibility of the data.
11. BREACH OF PERSONAL DATA
In the event of a breach of the data that leads to a high risk for the rights and liberties of the owner, THE HOTI HOTÉIS Group undertakes to communicate this breach of Personal Data to the owner in question within seventy-two hours of detecting the incident.
The HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP undertakes to notify the Regulatory Authority as soon as possible, with no unjustified delay, within seventy-two hours of learning about the breach of data.
The HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP has created internal mechanisms to detect and communicate any security breaches that allow swift action to be taken, namely as regards discovering the kind of breach of data, which data were lost, destroyed, disclosed, changed or accessed improperly, and notification to the Regulatory Authority and how to communicate the incident to the owners of the data.
Under the legal terms, communication to the owner is not required in the following cases:
• If the HOTI HOTÉIS Group has applied appropriate measures of protection, both in technical and organisational terms, and if these measures have been applied to the Personal Data affected by the breach of Personal Data, especially measures that make the Personal Data incomprehensible to any person not authorised to access these data, such as encryption;
• If the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP has taken subsequent measures that ensure the high risk of breach of the rights and liberties of the owner does not come to pass;
• If communication to the owner implies an unreasonable effort by the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP, in which case the the HOTI HOTÉIS Group will make a public announcement or take similar measures through which the owner shall be informed.
12. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO)
No DPO was appointed given that the Hoti Hotéis Group is not a public authority or entity, and does not regularly and systematically monitor the owners of the Personal Data on a large scale and does not process sensitive Personal Data on a large scale.
The entity responsible for processing the Personal Data in the HOTI HOTÉIS Group is HOTI – HOTÉIS, SGPS, S.A., which is better identified in point 1 of this Privacy Policy.
13. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
The HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time.
If the changes are substantial, a notice will be issued in the websites of the HOTI HOTÉIS GROUP.
14. APPLICABLE LAW AND COURT
The Privacy Policy and the collection, processing or transmission of Personal Data is regulated by the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, of the European Parliament and Council, of 27 April 2016, and by the laws and regulations applicable in Portugal.
Any litigation deriving from the validity, interpretation or implementation of this Privacy Policy or which is related to the collection, processing or transmission of Personal Data must be submitted exclusively to the jurisdiction and judicial courts of the district of Lisbon, notwithstanding the overriding applicable legal regulations.
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The Hardest Thing—Discussing The (Supposed) Paranormal
By: Christopher Reid
Perhaps I exaggerate in my title. But speaking with someone who swears they’ve seen a ghostly apparition or the levitation of an inanimate object, or that they’ve experienced a thought directly transferred to another mind or a feeling that was a prediction of future events, can be the hardest thing to do. Raising objection to the existence of such phenomena puts the other person on the defensive. They assume you think them a fool or a liar. When it is a friend or a family member, you do not have the option of walking away and never seeing them again. You must navigate such conversations carefully, or they will blow up into storms of acrimony that could permanently damage your relationship.
It is difficult to accept that someone you are close to could get so angry over your objecting to a claim they have made. But for many people, belief in the paranormal takes on a religious fervor. Even if they are not people of faith, they will cling to the truth of what they saw or experienced with a conviction and ferocity worthy of the most committed zealot.
“I know what I saw! I know what I heard! It must be true!” will be their line to their dying day. They will tell you how they’ve considered various natural explanations of the event and could not find one that satisfied them.
I will say straight out that I do not believe in the paranormal. Not because I don’t want to, but because I have seen nothing in the annals or journals of modern science to convince me of the occurrence of any event outside the bounds of the material world as we know it. The typical retort to this statement is that there exists unknown forms of energy that science has yet to explain. My riposte is that such a force may exist, but we have no right, intellectually, to attribute it to every phenomenon we cannot immediately explain or may have misapprehended.
When discussing the paranormal with your loved ones, it is best to counter their claims indirectly. Speak about general principles rather than their concrete experience.
Science works by making predictions about how a particular subject will behave under certain conditions. It then tests these predictions by placing the subject under the specified conditions and recording the observed results. The experiment is tested again and again by independent groups of researchers. The design of the experiment is intensely scrutinized to detect and weed out factors that might unduly influence the results. Only after years of rigorous testing can the original hypothesis be verified or refuted.
To date, there has not been a single scrap of evidence to suggest that inanimate objects can move of their own volition, that humans have the power to read or control other people’s minds, that consciousness can exist in a form outside of the body, that select individuals can commune with the dead and see into the future, or that alien spacecraft have visited the earth. It takes little more than a moment to realize the untruth of this last belief. Astronomers and meteorologists are people who dedicate their lives to observing and studying the sky. The fact that not a single scientist in either of these fields has spotted or had any indication of an alien spacecraft should tell you all you need to know about the truth of the claim.
Although you will feel frustrated and puzzled by the fact that people who are otherwise sane and reasonable believe in such nonsense, you need not fall out with them over it. You must, unfortunately, allow them to hold to their illusion. The only way of doing this is by employing an indirect challenge to their understanding of the way the world works.
About Christopher Reid Chris was born in Washington, D.C. and lives in Britain. He works as a blogger, essayist, and novelist. His first book, Tea with Maureen, has just been published.
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Ten questions the Blue Jays hope to answer in the second half
Twenty-three games under .500, the Toronto Blue Jays start the second half in an expected hole that was dug long ago. Here are 10 questions that the front office hopes to answer prior to October, Scott Mitchell writes.
By Scott Mitchell
Vladimir Guerrero Jr , The Canadian Press
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NEW YORK — Twenty-three games under .500, the Toronto Blue Jays start the second half in an expected hole that was dug long ago.
It won’t get any better in terms of the standings. In fact, it could get worse if the trade deadline exodus goes according to plan over the next couple of weeks.
Even though it’s not all doom and gloom — the emerging youth in the lineup is a reason to watch this ball club in the second half — the next two-and-a-half months is still all about answering internal questions heading into 2020.
And there's no shortage of questions all over the roster.
While some of the big picture questions — like how to go about rebuilding a bare bones pitching staff or what GM Ross Atkins will spend in free agency this winter — will take time to answer, but there’s also a whole lot of immediate issues to sift through on the ball club currently taking the field each and every day.
Here are 10 questions that the front office hopes to answer prior to October:
Who’s traded before July 31?
This one is going to be answered pretty quickly.
Starter Marcus Stroman and closer Ken Giles should be on the move as Atkins would love to cash in his two most valuable trade chips sooner rather than later.
But with another year of team control remaining on both, there’s technically a possibility that he could decide to hold off until the winter if he doesn’t like what the market has to offer.
That would be a surprise — and likely a mistake — but it’s not like this regime hasn’t been late to the party before.
Once you get past those two, first baseman Justin Smoak, shortstop Freddy Galvis, utility infielder Eric Sogard and reliever Daniel Hudson could all be of interest to contenders.
Is it worth keeping Smoak around?
The 32-year-old free-agent-to-be is without a doubt on the block, but the market for corner bats, especially those limited to first base or DH, has been ice cold for a couple of years now.
It seems the Blue Jays have been happy enough with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s defence at third base to commit to him there for 2020, leaving first base without an obvious internal solution.
Rowdy Tellez has shown power, but he’s carrying a .281 on-base percentage into the second half and doesn’t look like any sort of solution.
There aren’t many contenders around baseball looking for a first base upgrade, so keeping Smoak, a familiar face and a positive clubhouse presence, and giving him a one-year extension might make some sense.
But that’s only if there’s no trade market and the potential prospect coming back doesn’t move the needle enough.
What does Vladdy Jr.’s second half look like?
Fresh off putting on a show for the ages in the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in Cleveland, many expect Guerrero to carry that momentum into the second half.
While there’s a whole lot of room for improvement for the former top prospect in baseball, the 20-year-old is already learning that it’s really hard to hit MLB pitching, so nothing will come easy.
The advanced numbers say he’s hitting too many ground balls and the launch angle hasn’t been right, while the traditional scouting report is saying he’s being pitched to like a veteran and simply hasn’t made all of the adjustments needed.
He is a rookie after all, and seems to be pressing, trying desperately to make an impact in each at-bat.
Currently, he’s not even one of the favourites to win rookie of the year, but that can all change with a hot stretch that we all know he’s capable of.
This much is certain: The transition hasn’t been as seamless as expected.
Can Randal Grichuk find another gear?
Somewhat inexplicably handed a five-year, $52-million extension back in April, Grichuk limped to a .233/.291/.417 slash line in the first half, good for a below average 86 wRC+ (a league average hitter is 100).
Sure, the power has been there with 15 home runs, but the 27-year-old has looked almost exactly like the player he’s been for his entire career.
The one reason to hold out hope is that Grichuk has always been a second-half player, putting up an .865 OPS over his career in the second half, compared to just .716 prior to the all-star break.
Who’s the centre-fielder of the future?
At this point, it seems the Jays have figured out two-thirds of their outfield for 2020.
Grichuk and his newfound riches will be in right field, while Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has impressed both with the bat and the glove in left field.
But centre-field is a different story altogether.
Teoscar Hernandez has been given an opportunity to play extensively and while it’s quite obvious he’s not an everyday option in the middle for a winner, the big issue is that he hasn’t really hit, either.
Once you take a look at the organizational depth chart, it becomes clear the Blue Jays do not currently have their centre-fielder of the near future in the system and it will have to be addressed via trade or free agency.
Whether that’s an outfield prospect coming back in a deadline trade this month or a free-agent foray this winter remains to be seen.
Is Anthony Alford still a part of the long-term plan?
Which brings us to this man.
Alford’s prospect stock has dropped so much over the past two years that the soon-to-be 25-year-old is now almost considered a reclamation project than any sort of certainty, let alone a building block.
When he’s been healthy, he hasn’t hit. But he’s usually hurt, as is the case right now, not having played for Triple-A Buffalo since June 23.
In addition to the bat failing to develop, many within the organization see him as a corner outfielder at the major-league level.
It’s too early to give up completely, but Alford is just a lottery ticket for now.
Can Aaron Sanchez turn his season around?
As this is being written, Sanchez is scuffling once again against a tough lineup in the Bronx, putting a damper on the positive strides he made in his last outing prior to the all-star break.
Along with trouble finding the zone, especially getting ahead of hitters, Sanchez has been getting lit up the second and third time through a batting order, which is the exact opposite of what you need a starting pitcher to do.
Forget about Sanchez having any trade value. Even though there has been interest, it’s simply teams trying to buy extra low on a talented arm and hope they’re the ones who can find a fix.
With too much service time to be sent to the minors without agreeing to the move, the bullpen is an option, but the Jays are more likely to ride out the clunkers and hope things turn around in the second half.
It’s not like they have a bevy of rotation options to turn to.
A couple years of finger injuries, and a pair of ill-advised surgeries, have taken a toll. There’s no easy fix.
What kind of impact will Bo Bichette have when he arrives?
Once the trade deadline dust settles, the third bloodline player that’s had fans so excited over the last couple of years should be ready to arrive.
But as we’ve seen with Vladdy Jr., the jump from Triple-A to the majors is the toughest one of all, and Bichette may endure some growing pains.
There will be flashy games, but it could take some time for the 21-year-old shortstop to adjust on both sides of the ball, which is exactly why the Blue Jays would like that process to start as soon as possible, rather than keep him down until next April.
Who’s the closer in the second half when Ken Giles is traded?
Not that it matters who’s closing for a team buried in the standings, but there may be open auditions for the ninth inning for the foreseeable future.
Those of you looking for saves in fantasy leagues, take note. Some teams that trade closers have a ready-made option to turn to.
That is not the case here.
Joe Biagini and Daniel Hudson would likely share the role — assuming they’re not dealt, as well — with veteran David Phelps also a candidate.
Tim Mayza has good enough stuff, but he’s better suited for a setup role as a lefty.
If you’re looking outside the box, maybe a young arm like Jordan Romano, Justin Shafer or prospect Zach Jackson, who has limited opponents to just 29 hits across 44 innings in Triple-A, pitches well enough down the stretch to somehow get a look in the role.
Which player wins a 2020 job with a strong second half?
If things go as expected, there won’t be many jobs for position players up for grabs.
Three of four infield spots for 2020 look set, and Danny Jansen is the man behind the plate.
Centre field and DH could be wide open, but the real intrigue is in the rotation.
With Stroman’s days numbered, it could be a rotating cast of characters taking the ball for the Jays over the next couple of months.
Perform well and you get to keep taking the ball. A lack of results will mean someone else gets a chance.
The one name to watch is Double-A right-hander Patrick Murphy, who worked through an illegal toe-tap issue and came out on the other end throwing a bit harder and still getting results. The mechanical change has delayed his arrival, but he’s already on the 40-man roster so it would be an easy call-up if he continues to pitch well.
If Stroman is indeed dealt, the rotation would be made up of Sanchez, Trent Thornton, Clayton Richard and the rehabbing Ryan Borucki, who could make his season debut in the next 10 days.
In addition to anyone close to major-league ready acquired in deadline deals, T.J. Zeuch, Julian Merryweather, Thomas Pannone, Sean Reid-Foley and Jacob Waguespack will all get looks.
A little further down the pecking order alongside Murphy in Double-A are Yennsy Diaz and Hector Perez, who are both on the 40-man, as well.
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An incredible photo of a hen followed by dozens of ducklings isn't quite what it seems
A photo of a female common merganser followed by upwards of 50 ducklings has sparked national and international attention, awe and a little confusion.
An incredible photo of a hen followed by dozens of ducklings isn't quite what it seems A photo of a female common merganser followed by upwards of 50 ducklings has sparked national and international attention, awe and a little confusion. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2LnlAzc
USA Today NetworkJoel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 1:47 a.m. ET July 26, 2018 | Updated 12:25 p.m. ET July 26, 2018
The viral photo of a female common merganser with dozens of ducklings is an extreme example of duckling daycare according to a wildlife expert. But this is one of the largest instances of a practice called crèche that's been spotted. Wochit
A June 27 photo provided by Brent Cizek shows a common merganser and a large group of ducklings following her, on Lake Bemidji in Bemidji, Minnesota.(Photo: Brent Cizek/brentcizekphoto.com via AP)
A photo showing a female duck followed by upwards of 50 ducklings has sparked national and international attention, awe and a little confusion.
"Mom of the year" some have mused of the photo taken by wildlife photographer Brent Cizek on June 27 in on Lake Bemidji in Minnesota.
But the scene is better understood as an extreme example of duckling daycare, an expert says. And the mom leading the way? She might more accurately be described as a grandmother. Maybe a great-grandmother.
The ducks pictured in the photo — common merganser — are among a number of bird species that can care for their young in a "day care system" called a crèche, the New York Times reports. In a crèche, multiple females leave their offspring in the care of an experienced female.
The female duck leading the ducklings in the photo is likely the oldest — or one of the oldest — ducks on the lake, said Minnesota Department of Natural Resources area supervisor David Rave.
"She'd be kind of like the great-grandmother," Rave said. Most of the ducks on the lake are likely related, he said.
Last week, Cizek followed up with the group and saw the duck had added to her crew, bringing her total up to 76 ducklings, by his count.
That is an unusually large crèche, Rave said. “I've seen up to 40-50 in a crèche but I don't think ever seen 70 before."
Contributing: KARE-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul; The Associated Press
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Love Lives
George Clooney: I Had ‘No Doubt’ That Amal Was the One
By Emily Marcus
She stole his heart! George Clooney revealed when he knew that his wife, Amal, was the one for him.
George and Amal Clooney’s Love Story
“I thought she was beautiful and I thought she was funny and obviously smart,” the Ocean’s Eleven actor, 57, told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, September 6, of meeting the Lebanese beauty, 39, in Lake Como in July 2013. “Then she sent some pictures from when she was here, and we were writing each other, emailing, talking, mostly about what was going on in each other’s lives, and over a period of time it became clear we were more than just friends.”
George Clooney and Amal Clooney walk the red carpet ahead of the 'Suburbicon' screening during the 74th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 2, 2017 in Venice, Italy. Venturelli/WireImage.com
The A-list couple, who are parents to twins Alexander and Ella, 3 months, had their first date later that year in London. “That was a good first date. Then we went for dinner,” the Up in the Air star recalled. “She said, ‘Let’s go to this place.’ It was one of those places that was incredibly hip and chic. And when we came out, there were 50 paparazzi there. But she handled it like a champ. And pretty quickly, things escalated once I was in London.”
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After a whirlwind romance and spontaneous vacations, the couple returned to Los Angeles. “I had a picture of her, looking back, smiling at these giraffes,” the Oscar winner said of a photo he took of his then-girlfriend during a safari in Kenya. “And I said, ‘I think I’m going to ask her to marry me.’”
Clooney acted on “a full leap of faith” before proposing to the barrister. “It was 20 minutes of me on my knee, waiting for her to say yes, because she was so shocked,” he continued. “My only doubt was if she thought maybe it was too soon. But there was no doubt that we were the right couple and that we were the right team. And we were a team from right off the bat. Immediately, we felt we were just happy and we have been happy ever since.”
George Clooney and Amal Clooney attend Universal Pictures' "Hail, Caesar!" premiere at Regency Village Theatre on February 1, 2016 in Westwood, California. Todd Williamson/Getty Images
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The pair wed in a private ceremony in Venice in September 2014. “[Being married] changes you in every way that every person who’s fallen madly in love changes,” the screenwriter gushed. “Suddenly, the other person’s life becomes more important than your own. That’s not unique to us; that’s [unique to] all people who are lucky enough to find the perfect partner. I’m sorry I was 50-something when it happened, but only because I could have spent more time with her.”
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Wildcats plan to rely on young talent
MARQUES PHILLIPS
If everything goes right for SUNYIT’s men’s soccer team this season, then work ethic, exuberance and pure grit will make up for the experience of some veterans it lost last season.
MARCY - If everything goes right for SUNYIT’s men’s soccer team this season, then work ethic, exuberance and pure grit will make up for the experience of some veterans it lost last season.
“We’re a bit young, but youth is a good thing,” head coach Peterson Jerome said.
Last season’s goaltender Andy Korhun and leading scorer Robert Difiore are no longer on the team and will have to be replaced with new talent.
While Jerome acknowledges the team is inexperienced in some key positions, he points to strong leadership he’s gotten thus far from returning players.
One particular area of inexperience is on defense, and Peterson said whether or not his young defenders hold their own will be key to the team’s overall success.
“We’re going to have to do a good job defending the ball,” Jerome said. “We’ve got some new guys that are going to have to step up and be solid for us on defense.”
So far, the Wildcats have looked good in practice, according to their coach. After a 5-11 season a year ago, the team’s goal is to finish above .500 this season.
“You always want to be above .500 and we have a great feel going into this season,” Jerome said.
Jerome said one of the key local players this season will be Utica’s Andy Ambrose. Ambrose, a junior, has played multiple positions for the Wildcats during his career. He has one quality that Jerome looks for in all of his recruits and especially in local ones: tenacity.
“You’ve got to find hard-working kids,” Jerome said. “For the most part, the local kids we’ve had have done what they were asked and worked hard for us.”
Keuka College at 1 p.m. on Saturday. On Sept. 8, the Wildcats will host Hamilton College at 1 p.m. in their home opener. Last season, the Wildcats lost to Hamilton 2-0 and didn’t play Keuka.
Coach: Timothy Cox
First tournament: Sept. 8, home, vs. Utica College and Cazenovia.
Coach: James Lipocky
Last year’s record: 1-17
First game: Sept. 5, home, against Hamilton 4:00 p.m.
Coach: William Tylutki
First meet: Sept. 2 at Buffalo State, 1:00 p.m.
First match: Friday at Moravian Tournament, 2 p.m.
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‘The Strain’ Season 4/Series Finale: The Last Stand
Live by the nuke, die by the nuke...seriously, get this kid away from the nukes! Lol. Okay, I joke, but obviously Zach has some serious issues with pushing buttons- and that certainly includes the...
‘The Strain’ Season 4, Episodes 7-8: How the Mighty Have Fallen
On the latest episodes of "The Strain," the team at long last is back together, just as things come to- ahem- a head with a longtime foe and their ringleader tries desperately to recover from his time...
‘The Strain’ Season 4, Episodes 4-6: Anger is an Energy
After a bit of a poky start, "The Strain" finally kicked into high gear with a series of episodes that offered up lots of action, some much-needed back-story on fan favorite Quinlan (Rupert Penry-Jones)...
‘The Strain’ Season 4: Two Steps Forward…
The premiere of "The Strain" focused in on two main characters, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and Vasiliy Fet (Kevin Durand), but left us guessing as to what became of the rest, with only...
‘The Strain’ Season 4 Premiere Review: This is How the World Ends
As the fourth and final season of "The Strain" begins, it's clear we're not in a great place. After the so-called "Illumination Day"- aka the day that ungrateful brat and all-around douche nozzle Zach...
The Strain “The Fall” Review (Season 3 Episode 10)
And you thought you hated a certain character before! On the season finale of "The Strain," the final plans of both the Master and Abe and company were set into motion, with the fate of New York City...
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On the penultimate episode of the season, "The Strain" continued to not play around, as several more key characters were taken out and one major villain was left down but not quite out yet, in the...
The Strain “White Light” Review (Season 3 Episode 8)
On the latest episode of "The Strain," the plot thickened as all concerned made some bold moves of one kind or another, and it was clear that the clock was ticking in more ways than one, leading up to an...
The Strain “Collaborators” Review (Season 3 Episode 7)
On the latest episode of "The Strain," Fet and Abe went in search of silver to line a coffin intended for the Master, while Eph, Dutch and Quinlan went in search of the Black Box from the ill-fated...
The Strain “The Battle of Central Park” Review (Season 3 Episode 6)
So, as some fans know, there's good news, and there's bad news for "The Strain." The good news is that the show was renewed for a fourth season. The bad news is that it will be the last. On the plus...
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Speaker Tour: Dr Einat Wilf
Posted on March 16 2017, 10:08 AM
UJS have been privileged to host Dr Einat Wilf this week. Dr Wilf spoke in London, Leeds, and Exeter to around 120 students.
Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading intellectual and original thinker on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, and Israel and the Jewish people. She is considered one of Israel’s most articulate representatives on the international stage; her opinion articles are regularly published in international publications and she is frequently interviewed for television and radio programs around the world.
On her week-long trip to the UK, Dr Wilf met with students from across the UK and provided an in-depth exploration of Zionism. Speaking in London, she said: ‘Zionism is a progressive movement since it insists on the fundamental progressive idea that even if you are different you have the right to be treated as an equal. Zionism insists on nothing more and nothing less that that the Jewish people, as a people and a nation, possess the universal and equal right to self-determination in their homeland and to be masters of their own fate.’
She also spoke about the Red Carpet syndrome, a timely topic for students of this generation, and visiting the week after International Women’s Day, Dr Wilf discussed feminism, comparing the progressive nature of this ideology with the Zionist ideology.
Students asked an impressive range of questions, from the impact of history on the ever-evolving nature of modern Zionism to how Dr Wilf’s personal identity is formed as an intellectual who primarily speaks to Disapora communities.
Dr Wilf praised the students that she met, saying: ‘It was moving to experience the commitment and courage of Jewish and Zionist students across university campuses in standing up for fairness and equality against persistent backlash. It was especially encouraging to experience the solidarity demonstrated by the students and the UJS in defending their cause nationwide. I was honoured to meet with them.’
The feeling was mutual: Jordan Jacobs, an alumnus of Warwick J-Soc now studying in London, said that he thoroughly enjoyed hearing from ‘an engaging speaker who drew on her impressive experience to provide a challenging analysis of two much-discussed ideologies.’
Emanuele Boccia, Programmes Manager at UJS, said: ‘We are really grateful to Dr Wilf for taking the time to address our members. It was great to see not only a range of new and familiar faces at the events we hosted, but also community members from the local areas.’
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The online magazine of the University of Bern
Uniaktuell
China looks to Bernese space expertise
2019/01/29 | Research | Environment & Matter
A delegation of Chinese space researchers tested and calibrated an instrument for China's 2020 mission to Mars at the University of Bern. Even the "Tagesschau" was interested. The inside story.
By Brigit Bucher
I learned that the Chinese were coming to Bern in an e-mail. The e-mail was from Peter Wurz, professor at the University of Bern Physics Institute and Co-director of the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Department (WP). He was providing information for Swiss television about the landing of a Chinese space probe on the far side of the moon, and wrote that
"Switzerland is in talks with our Chinese colleagues on greater cooperation in space exploration. There are already a number of projects [...] and discussions on participation in future missions. For example, our Chinese colleagues are coming to Bern next week to use our calibration systems to test and calibrate an instrument for measurements in the orbit of Mars."
As I am the "Space" representative in the Communication and Marketing Office, I was naturally excited, and called Peter Wurz immediately. On the phone, he told me that "researchers from all over the world come to Bern to calibrate their space instruments, because the only facility that can generate this type of particle is right here at the University of Bern." He invited me to observe the tests and take a peek over the shoulders of his Chinese colleagues.
So, together with a photographer, I head to the Exact Sciences building ("ExWi"), whose basement houses the calibration facility MEFISTO. Peter Wurz welcomes us in his office. As we walk along the building’s winding corridors, he tells us that a Chinese mission to Mars is to be launched in 2020, at which time the planet's position relative to Earth will allow as short as possible a journey. Outside the laboratory where MEFISTO is located, Peter Wurz tells us about the calibration facility. "The abbreviation MEFISTO stands for MEsskammer für FlugzeitInStrumente und Time-Of-Flight. [measuring chamber for flight time instruments and time of flight]. The facility accelerates particles to simulate the situation in space."
Peter Wurz outside the laboratory explaining how the calibration facility works. © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
As he explains, the radiation and particle environment in Mars’ atmosphere is currently being simulated for the Chinese delegation. "As we know exactly which particles and how many will hit the Chinese instrument in the facility, we can calibrate it so that it will later measure what it is supposed to on Mars and the measurements can be interpreted correctly." Peter Wurz tells us that the facility was built here at the University of Bern and has been in operation since 2002, and that NASA, ESA and all other space agencies also come to the University of Bern to calibrate and test their instruments – because it is the only facility in the world where this is possible.
Visiting the clean room with the Chinese delegation
We enter the laboratory. The Chinese scientists are in the process of preparing their Mars instrument before inserting it into the calibration chamber. They are assisted by the technicians Adrian Etter and Joël Gonseth from the University of Bern. All this is happening behind a plastic curtain in the "clean room". The photographer and I are also given coats to put on as a single grain of dust in the clean room could ruin the measurements.
The instrument being prepared for the measurements. © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
A look inside the calibration facility. © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
Peter Wurz explains that China is an emerging nation in space research and space travel. The recent moon landing is just one example of this. Asked how contact with the University of Bern came about, Wurz replies that "people in the space exploration community know each other. And now that China is expanding its work, Chinese researchers are of course also attending scientific conferences. They approached us after colleagues told them about our expertise here at the University of Bern." According to Peter Wurz, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), which coordinates and promotes Swiss space policy and activities, supported and advocated the collaboration.
I get the chance to have a brief conversation with Linggao Kong. He is a professor at the National Space Science Center at the Chinese Academy of Science, and, together with his team, built the instrument that is currently in the calibration facility. "We are very happy with our partnership with the University of Bern. The expertise here is impressive," he says. When the data from the instrument arrive, Linggao Kong will also be involved in their evaluation. Peter Wurz and his team will also analyze the data, continuing the scientific partnership.
Professor Linggao Kong, Professor Peter Wurz and Brigit Bucher © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
The suitcase in which the instrument traveled to Bern with the Chinese scientists. © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
I do still have one question: how is such an important instrument transported? Peter Wurz laughs. "It traveled as hand luggage in a specially reserved seat. Sometimes, the instruments also arrive in special boxes that have to be very well padded."
The "Tagesschau" comes to visit
A few days after my visit to ExWi, Swiss television picks up the topic again. They want to produce a report for the daily news on China’s growing role in space exploration, and the collaboration with the University of Bern. When the journalist arrives at the University of Bern with a cameraman, I accompany him to the laboratory together with Peter Wurz. I am pleased to see how the Chinese scientists talk just as openly in front of the camera. Peter Wurz also gives a clear and confident interview, although media appearances are not part of his everyday job.
Peter Wurz being interviewed by Michael Weinmann for the "Tagesschau" news program. © University of Bern, photo: Brigit Bucher
Professor Aibing Zhang talks willingly about the work of the Chinese delegation in Bern. © University of Bern, photo: Brigit Bucher
Shortly before the Chinese delegation departs, we go back to the ExWi building to take one final group photo. Everyone is in a good mood. All tests have apparently been successful and the instrument is ready for its 2020 journey to Mars.
Happy faces all round after work is successfully completed. © University of Bern, photo: Vera Knöpfel
SRF "Tagesschau" reports, Monday, January 28, 2019 (in German)
SRF, Tagesschau-Hauptausgabe, 28.01.2019: China schaut «hinter den Mond»
SRF, Tagesschau-Hauptausgabe, 28.01.2019: China treibt sein Raumfahrtprogramm voran
Space research in Bern: at the forefront of world technology for 50 years
Bern's space research in figures shows an impressive portfolio: 25 times instruments with rockets have flown into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere (1967-1993), 9 times on balloon flights into the stratosphere (1991-2008), 33 instruments have flown on space probes, and a satellite was built (CHEOPS, launch 1st half 2019).
The successful work of the Department of Space Research and Planetology (WP) of the Physics Institute of the University of Bern was strengthened by the establishment of a university centre of excellence, the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH). The Swiss National Science Foundation also awarded the University of Bern the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS, which it manages jointly with the University of Geneva.
About the person
Peter Wurz has been Professor at the Physics Institute of the University of Bern since 2008 and, together with Willy Benz and Nicolas Thomas, heads the Department of Space Research and Planetology (WP). After training as an electronics engineer, he studied technical physics at the Vienna University of Technology. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago. He has been working at the University of Bern since 1992. His work focuses on the origin and evolution of planets by measuring the chemical composition of the atmospheres and surfaces of planets.
Prof. Dr. Peter Wurz
University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research & Planetary Sciences (WP)
Telephone direct: +41 31 631 44 26
E-mail: peter.wurz@space.unibe.ch
Brigit Bucher is Head of Media Relations and the "Space" representative at the University of Bern Communication & Marketing Office.
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Emmy Melissa Marie Legge - Interfaith Activism for Climate Justice: On Inter-sectionality, Sustainability, and Solidarity
"We are also responsible to the natural world. ... We consider the impact of every governmental decision on future generations, on peace - and on the natural world."
(Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority Annual Report 2015)
On November 17th, I was preparing to leave town on short notice for an activist demonstration. While I was between briefing meetings and packing and frantically sending Emails cancelling everything I'd scheduled in my life for the next three days, @UUSJ re-tweeted a post that read, "Interfaith friendship is the boldest way to defy extremists." In the midst of a hectic day of preparation, reading that post gave me pause.
I grew up in Newfoundland, where I converted to a vegetarian diet at age 11. My decision to take up this ethical position, unpopular at the time, was fueled purely by a love of animals. Over the years, my food choices have evolved, and these days, I have more complex political reasons for the ethical veganism that I live by, which include an ongoing and growing concern for the lives of animals and the industries and economic systems that they are involved in, for my own health, and for the environment. But committing to veganism is complicated, and only becoming more-so over time. I never expected to find myself donning a blaze orange hat and being threatened with arrest for demonstrating support for hunters, but living out our values in this interconnected web isn't always predictable, or simple.
The Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority has negotiated with Parks Canada to determine safe areas for indigenous hunters to exercise their Treaty hunting rights in Ontario. These agreements ensure that indigenous hunters have access to their land and traditional practices, as well as ensuring the safety of other hunters and settler property owners. Furthermore, the Haudenosaunee are engaging in conversations about ensuring the balance of local ecosystems and the impact of climate change. One of the agreed upon safe hunting areas is Short Hills Provincial Park, near St. Catharines. At Short Hills, the Haudenosaunee deer harvest helps balance the ecosystem, which cannot sustain the large deer population that live in the park in the absence of natural predators. The 2015 report of the Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority states that about 500 deer live in the park, which can sustain about 100 of them.
Unfortunately, every year, a small group of local protestors take to the park to try to prevent Haudenosaunee hunters from legally exercising their Treaty rights. The protestors seem to be a combination of local settler property owners who have a "not in my backyard" mentality with regards to the Treaty hunt, and animal rights activists who object to the killing of the deer. These protestors, with the support of local police authorities, set up illegal blockades to prevent hunters from entering the park, and routinely create a stall, holding each vehicle up for as long as possible - up to 20 minutes per vehicle - at the start of the hunting day on their way in to access the land. While the vehicles are stalled, protestors shine flashlights in the faces of drivers, hold graphic signs up to the windows of vehicles, and shout extremist comments at the hunters, often with insidiously racist undertones. In response to the protests, a group of people who support the Haudenosaunee Treaty rights hunters have formed to stand in solidarity at the park entrance, and to try to disrupt the barricades set up by protestors. The Supporters of the Haudenosaunee Right to Hunt consists of local indigenous people and settler allies, members of the Christian Peacemaker Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Team (CPT), and members of the Hamilton/Halton Animal Liberation Team (HALT).
I am a Unitarian Universalist young adult, and our seventh principle is one of my core, fundamental beliefs. Currently, I live in a tight-knit community in Toronto, two doors down from the house that is home to members of CPT. As I mentioned above, I am also vegan, and I am a long-time animal rights activist. This year, after the first two days of the Short Hills Treaty hunt, all of these identities collided unexpectedly. Suddenly, people I knew were on all sides of these contentious demonstrations, and an issue that had never been on my radar before was all over my social media accounts and dominating personal conversations with everyone from my neighbours to my students at McMaster University, where I work as a teaching assistant. My values seemed very much at odds in these interactions, and I immersed myself in learning as much as I could about the issues surrounding Short Hills. What struck me the most, however, were the stories of unnecessarily cruel interactions between those supporting the Haudenosaunee hunters and those who were protesting under the guise of animal rights, but whose arguments seemed baseless and whose agenda struck me as fundamentally racist and colonialist. After thinking long and hard, I sent a message to one of my neighbours on the CPT team and asked if I could join them the next time that they were going to Short Hills. I felt very grateful when they said that they would welcome my company. We left Toronto twenty four hours later.
Protesters and supporters gather at Short Hills at the beginning and end of each hunting day. Hunters begin arriving at the park at around 4 AM, and leave around 5 PM. For those supporters attending both demonstrations, this often means sleeping in two to five hour bursts during the two-day span of each hunt, between classes at universities or shifts and their regular jobs. Local supporters offer their hospitality to those coming in from out of town, who sleep on couches, in spare beds, and on floors. Others travel several hours in often borrowed or rented cars to be present for the demonstrations. This week, temperatures at the park during the demos ranged from 17 degrees to below freezing, and we were present for rain, clear skies, and strong winds. I was personally overwhelmed by the dedication, hospitality, and generosity of the Supporters of the Haudenosaunee Right to Hunt, particularly those from local indigenous communities. Despite the diversity in our backgrounds, and in the face of adversity of many kinds, we were able to share food together, stories together, and spiritual practice together, and draw out each others' strengths in order to support the hunters. I was surprised by the depths of relationships that I was able to form over the course of a few short days.
As a group, the supporters peacefully demonstrate against the ongoing blockades, and enthusiastically affirm our support for treaty rights, for the hunters, their families, and their communities. Despite our positive approach, I experienced physical violence from both law enforcement officers and local protestors. I also experienced great joy in being included in smudging, drumming, and singing with indigenous supporters. The supporters always try to approach the demonstrations with a good mind: we laugh, we dance, we drum, we sing. And we remember: every day that there is a hunt... we win.
I'm out to supporting the hunt until Sunday -- these are the last days of the hunt this season. More information can be found on sixnationsrighttohunt.tumblr.com, cpt-ips.tumblr.com, and on Twitter from my account @_saskeah and @HuntSupporters
About the Author: Emmy Melissa Marie Legge lives in Toronto with her two dogs, D and Boom, and is a PhD student in social work at McMaster University, a youth advisor at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, and currently a co-dean on the organizing team for the annual Unitarian Universalist Young Adult summer gathering "OPUS". Follow her on Twitter: @_saskeah
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VAVEL Canada
Chicago Fire adding fuel to roster, acquire Dax McCarty
MLS Veteran Dax McCarty has been sent to Bridgeview in exchange for General Allocation Money.
Marco Bautista
On Monday, January 16, the Chicago Fire surprised fans and the league when they announced a trade with New York Red Bulls. The Fire will receive midfielder and captain Dax McCarty in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money. This is a transfer that has left both sides of this rivalry in shock and awe as a veteran of the MLS finds a new home. According to Chicago Fire, they will pay $200,000 of the fee this season and the other half in 2018. McCarty’s contract will reportedly be guaranteed for the 2017 season with options for 2018 and 2019.
Paving the way to Bridgeview
Dax McCarty was drafted 6th overall by FC Dallas in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, where he would stay for five seasons. During that time, McCarty featured in 93 games for Dallas while recording five goals and 17 assists. He also scored one goal in five post-season games. In the 2010 expansion draft, McCarty was selected by the Portland Timbers but was immediately traded to D.C. United where he was named captain in the beginning of the 2011 season.
After 13 matches and failing to meet the needs of D.C. United, he was traded to the New York Red Bulls halfway into the 2011 season. In his five and a half seasons in New York, Dax would go on to play in 169 regular season matches while notching a respectable 14 goals and 27 assists. He would also feature in 17 post-season matches for New York. Dax McCarty most recently won the Supporters’ Shield in 2015 with the Red Bulls, the same season in which he was selected to the MLS All-Star roster and received MLS Best XI honors.
Is McCarty the final piece to the Fire puzzle? | Source: Mike Stobe - Getty Images Sport
From the Big Apple to the Second City
Dax McCarty is a welcome addition to a team that has been in dire need of assistance.
Championship pedigree, veteran leadership, and a midfield general.
Three important items have been scratched off the checklist by General Manager Nelson Rodriguez and Head Coach Veljko Paunovic. The Men in Red finally have a proven midfield that should be able to pick out passes, spread the defense, and execute in the final third.
Fire fans all over social media were elated to view reports signaling the arrival of Dax to Toyota Park. Along with fellow addition, Juninho and Dax form an anchor that will help the defense and, in turn, assist the offense for 90 minutes.
After the arrival of McCarty, Fire fans were quick to question the roles of other players -- mainly that of young American midfielder Matt Polster. He may find playing time in the midfield, or transition to the right flank of the defense, or, perhaps, become expendable. In the world of soccer, nothing is certain. In saying that, Fire fans will agree that Polster’s skills should be utilized in a new role. The Chicago Fire still need depth in the backline, and Polster could make the transition to rightback with the help of the coaching staff and his teammates.
With the winter transfer window closing soon, the Chicago Fire community is still optimistic on landing one of the much-rumored Andres Guardado of Dutch side PSV Eindhoven or Bastian Schweinsteiger of Manchester United. An exciting season is just around the corner in Bridgeview.
Dax McCarty
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Jacqueline’s story: climbing the luxury ladder
In her home country of Korea, Jacqueline Yang had built up an impressive resume. Already a media personality and entrepreneur, in 2002 she served on the Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan, where she was responsible for coordinating the schedules of international dignitaries and VIP’s.
It was this position that solidified Jacqueline’s next career goal: to work in the luxury industry serving high-end clientele.
In 2004, however, Jacqueline immigrated to Canada for her children’s education. Career-wise, this meant starting over in more ways than one.
In Vancouver, Jacqueline soon found work with fashion retailers Harry Rosen and Holt Renfrew. Yet even though she regularly exceeded sales targets and won awards, she knew she needed to improve her English before taking her career to the management level.
With professional advancement in mind, in 2010, Jacqueline first earned her Canadian high school prerequisites in Vancouver Community College's academic upgrading program, then entered the eight-month intensive administrative assistant certificate program, graduating in 2013.
Throughout her studies, Jacqueline was also a regular visitor to the VCC Learning Centre, which offers free, daily tutoring and career services to all VCC students. “I am so grateful for the tremendous support I received at the Learning Centre,” she says. “It hasn’t been easy learning a new subject in English, especially after many years of working.”
As Jacqueline began to apply for jobs, VCC’s tutors remained by her side, helping to fine-tune her cover letters and resumes, even edit her LinkedIn profile. When interviews started happening, the tutors would rehearse questions and answers with Jacqueline until she felt comfortable and confident.
After graduating, Jacqueline’s was soon hired at a dental corporation. She excelled at managing several clinics, but still held on to her career goal of returning to the world of luxury.
With eyes on the fashion industry, Jacqueline soon began attending local fashion events and worked hard to build connections in Vancouver’s high-end retail scene.
It was only a matter of time before Jacqueline caught the eye of the hiring team at Vancouver’s new, then unopened Nordstrom department store. Now a sales associate in the designer handbag department, Jacqueline is not only back to interacting with VIP clientele, but thanks to her English and administrative skills, she’s well on her way to a management position.
We wish Jackie all the best in her continued rise to the top!
All VCC students have access to free tutoring to help with academics and career transitions. Learn more by visiting the VCC Learning Centre.
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TIDAL Recruits Legendary Puerto Rican Band Cultura Profética For Live Stream Concert
May 24, 2016 - 3:10 pm by Marjua Estevez TWITTER
Kick back and sign on.
Legendary Puerto Rican reggae crew Cultura Profética is celebrating 20 years in NYC tonight (May 24), with Boricua singer and dancer Ana Isabelle, Brazil's own DJ Mandraks, and Fania Records band Timothy Brownie.
NYC esto es hoy , los esperamos a todos para seguir la celebración. Live stream por Tidal.com . #larutaCPR #20añosdeculturaprofética
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Thanks to TIDAL and its promise to provide the people with exclusive, one-of-a-kind concert experiences, TIDAL X: Cultura Profética is being hosted at Terminal 5 at 7 p.m. EST, and will live stream below (starting at 7 p.m.).
"We are honored to be hosting the live stream of the legendary Cultura Profética and help them give fans around the world the opportunity to join the celebration," said Robert Castillo, Tidal representative, to Billboard.
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Gina Torres attends The Hollywood Reporter's Empowerment in Entertainment event 2019 at Milk Studios on April 30, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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For Gina Torres, The Mission Is Afro-Latina Excellence In Her New Series 'Pearson'
That’s what the formidable Jessica Pearson, a disbarred New York lawyer who enters Chicago’s dirty politics as a fixer, warns her new boss, the mayor, in the trailer for the forthcoming Suits spin-off series, Pearson.
For fans of the eight-season USA Network legal drama, Jessica’s tough-talk and self-assurance is par for the course. Exuding power from the top of quick-witted head to the tips of her pointy stilettos, Jessica isn’t intimidated by status. An opportunity to tell the man how it only bolsters her own vigor. She’s commanding, incredibly skilled and feared–and she knows it. She’s the kind of powerhouse woman Gina Torres, the Cuban-American actress reprising the role, has taken on throughout her lengthy career.
“I’m very fortunate to play strong, significant women,” Torres, 50, tells Vibe Viva. “It’s been an incredible blessing and one I didn’t see coming early on.”
The Manhattan-born, Bronx-raised Torres got her start on the soap opera One Life To Live but has made a name for herself bringing sci-fi badasses to life. Famously playing Zoë Washburne, an ass-kicking fan favorite in Joss Whedon’s TV series Firefly, the Afro-Latina actress was also Nebula, a Sumerian princess and pirate in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys; Jasmine, a demon who takes human form and devours people into her super slaves in Angel and woman warrior Hel in the two-season Cleopatra 2525–a role that won her an Alma Award.
The sci-fi goddess, who also had roles in Hannibal, Xena: Warrior Princess, Alias and Westworld, says she, like many aspiring actresses, initially pined for the coveted girlfriend part in films and shows about the mundane life of some American man. But she was rarely cast as anyone’s sweetheart. Instead, she says, each snub guided her down a more fulfilling theatrical path.
“I got to play far more interesting roles,” she says.
For Torres, Jessica’s comeback in Pearson is an evolution of all the fierce women she has played in the past. Unlike in Suits, where the character, a former managing partner at New York law firm Pearson Specter Litt, is somewhat of an enigma, its spin-off, which sees Jessica as its lead, introduces viewers to the complexity of an influential woman of color who understands her might and value.
She is, to quote Torres, a “fully realized human,” who we see restarting her life in the Windy City, navigating the cutthroat, grimy political world as the mayor’s right-hand, grappling with relationship woes that stem from her controversial career transition and reconciling her incessant impulse to win by any means necessary with her drive to do the right thing.
“As I have evolved over the years, as a woman and as an actress, Jessica is a beautiful realization of so many roads taken and not taken. It’s why I think this character will resonate with a lot of professional women,” Torres says. “It shows the sacrifices it takes, the things you have to go through and let go along the way, the rewards and benefits you gain as well as the peace you have to make with it all.”
The idea for the gripping new series, where Torres will make her co-executive production debut alongside Suits veterans Aaron Korsh and Daniel Arkin, came to the actress while she was home watching the 2016 election explode on her TV.
Looking at the key players, their nasty tactics and the cult-like supporters they cultivated from her small screen got her thinking about her former Suits character Jessica and how she might move in this messy political landscape.
“I was perplexed by the different characters who inhabited this world, and I have to say on both sides of the aisle. I was looking at blind loyalty, true believers, people who just want to power grab. I was fascinated by all of that,” Torres said. “Jessica, as a character, I think was particularly interesting to people because she was a loyal, intelligent character who did whatever she had to do to keep her people safe and the firm together. So I started to think of her in this political arena, because she does have a specific skill set that can be seen in a different way, but she ultimately wants to use her power for good.”
She brought the idea to her agent, who told her she “had a show,” and Suits creators agreed. The then-unnamed spin-off was picked up by the USA Network in March 2018. The series casts Morgan Spector (Homeland) as Chicago Mayor Bobby Novak, Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill) as an ambitious city attorney, Eli Goree (Riverdale) as a journalist-turned-press secretary, Chantel Riley (Wynonna Earp) as Angela Cook, Jessica's cousin, and Simon Kassianides (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as the mayor's tough-guy driver.
As a co-executive producer with influence behind the scenes, Torres has taken the responsibility to drive diversity in the writer’s room. To start, she pitched the character and arc for Yoli Castillo, a DREAMer who is just starting her career in Chicago politics as Jessica’s assistant, who will be played by Puerto Rican actress Isabel Arraiza (Driven).
“Because it was my idea and I brought it to them, the powers that be have been incredibly open to my story ideas and respectful to my original vision of the show, which was to create and mirror Chicago as it is: a diverse world, socioeconomically, culturally and racially,” she said.
Being in the room where stories are created and decisions are made, an experience Torres calls “incredible,” also helped her make a lifelong career dream come true: playing an Afro-Latina character.
“I was very specific about reinventing Jessica’s mythology and making sure, for the first time in my life, I would actually be playing an Afro-Latina character,” she said, excitedly. “In the past, it was never an issue for me because I wasn’t in a position of power, but now, in this instance, I was, and I got to say, ‘this is who she is and we are going to reintroduce her to the world as a proud Afro-Latina character.’”
The Black Cubana, who has played multiple African-American characters during the span of her career, has long called out the mainstream media’s Eurocentric representation of Latinidad.
In 2012, she discussed how casting directors continuously passed on her for Latinx roles in NBCUniverso’s documentary Black and Latino, famously saying, “When I became an actress, I quickly realized that 'the world' liked their Latinas to look Italian and not like me.”
The following year, she told Latina magazine that despite the film industry needing to “figure it out and catch up,” her view of herself never changed, adding, “I know who I am. I’m Cuban American.”
For a Black Latina trying to make it in an industry that not only didn’t understand her but operated to erase her from the popular imagination of Latinidad, self-awareness was survival.
“They didn’t care about the Latina part of me at all because I didn’t look like the Spanish, Eurocentric standard of what Latina women were supposed to look like. But the way I counteracted that was by hiding in plain sight, never pretending to be anything but what I was,” she told Vibe Viva.
Years after Torres criticized the media’s whitewashing of Latinidad, we are seeing more Afro-Latinx characters on TV. On FX, the drama series Pose, which follows the lives of trans and queer African American and Latinx young people in New York's ballroom scene in the late '80s and early '90s, Afro-Puerto Rican actress Mj Rodriguez and the nonconforming Puerto Rican-Dominican-Haitian performer Indya Moore both play lead trans Afro-Latina characters. In the streaming space, even wider representation of Afro-Latinidad is prevalent, with Black Latina main cast members in Orange is the New Black, The Get Down and On My Block.
“We’ve always been around, Afro-Latinx people, gay people, indigenous people, we’ve always been here. Dealing with immigration, diversity, LGBTQ rights and inclusivity isn’t new,” Torres said. “The fact that there has been such a stranglehold on acceptance and inclusivity really boggles the mind. All of our contributions through time are significant, and so what this, [having women of color behind the scenes], brings is a point of view, a truth to what life is, a truth to how society functions.”
While there have been gains for Afro-Latinxs in film and TV in recent years, Torres’ anticipated role in Pearson marks another feat: it’s among the first hour-long, primetime network drama series to have an Afro-Latina lead, alongside FX’s Pose. While social media has been abuzz, praising the legend actress for the triumph, and Torres, too, understands its significance, she also recognizes that representation, alone, is never enough.
“My hope is that people watch the show and enjoy it because it is a great show and the performance is wonderful. I want people to get sucked into it because the success of the show means that I get to be on television for other girls, boys and women like us,” she said. “It’s not always about what you see, but about excellence and creating excellence. So often we are told our stories don’t matter or the talent pool isn’t wide enough, so we need excellence and success for this to last.”
If there’s one thing we can expect from both Torres and Jessica, it’s Afro-Latina excellence.
Pearson airs on the USA Network starting July 17, 2019.
Cardi B departs from court after being arraigned on misdemeanor assault charges at the Queens Criminal Court on June 25, 2019 in New York City.
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Cardi B Rightfully Slams Lawyer For Obsessing Over Her Courtroom Attire
Cardi B responded to criticism from celebrity defense lawyer Joe Tacopina who is turned off by the entertainers designer duds. In an interview with the New York Post, he went on to say that the entertainer treats her courthouse visits "like a runway show."
Tacopina is representing sisters Sarah and Rachel Wattley, the alleged victims in the rapper's strip club assault case.
"Here's a woman who got indicted by a grand jury with charges, and appears to only be concerned about what she's wearing," the celebrity defense attorney said. pointing to moments where she wore a Barneys pink pantsuit and other luxury items.
"There's going to be a 'Come to Jesus' moment with her, because it's not consistent with someone who's taking this seriously."
Billboard reports that the 26-year-old rapper posted a series of since-deleted Instagram videos, which have resurfaced to YouTube, to chime in on Tacopina's comments on Sunday (July 14). "I don't dress inappropriately when I go to court. I dress like a young f**king lady," she said "Where am I supposed to get my suits from, H&M? Why are you worried about the way I dress?"
The "Rodeo" artist continued to explain that she appeared in court looking opposite of her put together runway-esque self, without wearing makeup or brushing hair. "That just goes to show you that y'all do this s**t for press. I went to court six times already for a f**king misdemeanor," she said.
She is currently facing two felony counts and a list of other lesser charges that were followed by an indictment in June.
View Cardi's full response above.
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Authorities Arrest Man Who Reportedly Orchestrated David Ortiz Shooting
On Friday (June 28), the Dominican Republic police arrested Victor Hugo Gomez, the man it believes orchestrated a shooting in early June that left former MLB player David Ortiz hospitalized. The Associated Press notes Gomez was detained in the country.
In previous reports, Gomez reportedly crafted the shooting that was intended for his cousin, Sixto David Fernandez. Allegedly, the latter shared information with the D.R.’s law enforcement officials on Gomez’s illegal activities that led to his arrest in 2011. The gunfire was reportedly meant for Fernandez, but struck Ortiz who was with the former that day at a restaurant. The AP also adds Gomez pleaded his innocence via his attorney Carlos Rubio.
“I want to clarify that I have nothing to do with any attempt on the life against Sixto David Fernandez. We’re family,” Gomez said. Since then, Ortiz has been cleared from intensive care but remains in a Boston hospital. He endured a bullet wound in his lower back.
In a previous social media post, Ortiz’s wife, Tiffany Ortiz, said the former Red Sox player’s road to recovery is steadily occurring. “David’s journey to good health has been bolstered by the many expressions of love that have come to us from across the globe,” she said. “Your support has lifted his spirits tremendously during this challenging time.”
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Australian Special Forces to Help Secure APEC Summit
By Phil Mercer
SYDNEY - Australian warships, aircraft and special forces soldiers will help safeguard the security of world leaders at November's APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It will be the first time a Pacific Island country has hosted the summit.
Defense officials have confirmed that elite Australian Army units are in Papua New Guinea amid concerns the impoverished nation's military is not adequately equipped to properly secure the APEC summit.
World leaders including U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese President Xi Jinping are all expected to attend the two-day gathering in November.
China's President Xi Jinping arrives for the APEC
FILE - China's President Xi Jinping arrives for the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, Nov. 10, 2017.
There are fears that cruise ships that will provide temporary accommodation in PNG’s notoriously dangerous capital, Port Moresby, could be vulnerable to attack by terrorists.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed his country’s massive military effort to provide security at the APEC summit, but the final costs of the contribution have not been revealed.
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New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seen at his swearing-in ceremony as his wife Jenny looks on, in Canberra, Australia, Aug. 24, 2018.
“As you can expect with so many world leaders coming together the security and other arrangements that need to be in place need significant support. Our support to Papua New Guinea in hosting APEC has been in the works now for 12-18 months,” he said.
Australian police have also been training and equipping local law enforcement officers.
Australian navy patrols have undertaken drills with Papua New Guinean forces as part of Exercise Paradise.
Royal Australian Navy Commander John Cowan was satisfied with the joint maneuvers.
“Can I say that the PNG defense force maritime element has shown itself to be a very very capable organization and certainly, I think, well prepared to meet the challenges ahead,” he said.
Papua New Guinea is a South Pacific nation that lies to the east of Indonesia. It is Australia’s nearest neighbor with a population of around 7 million people. Most rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was set up in 1989. It has 21 members working towards greater regional economic integration, including enhancing the role of women in business and promoting the use of digital technology. It also addresses food security as well as threats to regional stability.
US to China: 'Consequences' for Militarization of South China Sea
The United States is warning China of "consequences" regarding its militarization in the South China Sea, amid reports of new weapons deployments there. The Trump administration is also increasing the pace and frequency of patrols in the disputed waters to challenge what it says are overly broad maritime claims by nations, under its Asia policy, the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy." "We've raised concerns directly with the Chinese about this. And there…
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Chartered Institute of Linguists AGM & Member's Day 2019
Saturday 16th March
By clicking on this link you will access the full PROGAMME and how to join in.
Daniel will present the World of the Voice-over at one of the sessions.
Chartered Institute of Linguists
Interpreting Division
“The World of the Voice-over” and “The World of a Professional Tour Guide”
on 28th April 2018
Come and learn about working in these two very different sectors
Saturday, 28 Apr 2018
Venue: Novotel London City South
53-61 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HH, Tel: 020 7089 0400
(nearest tube: London Bridge, or find us on http://maps.google.co.uk/)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and welcome
11:00 – 12:00 "Finding your way into Voice-over" with Fardous Bahbouh
Fardous is the founding director of Lingua Media Connect Limited, providing professional Arabic and English translation, teaching and media services. Fardous is a journalist, voice-over artist, researcher, teacher and an Oscar-winner documentary translator with excellent research and writing skills. She has a solid background in Liberal Arts and Humanities and specialises in politics, international affairs, education, media and technical translation.
She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the National Union of Journalists and Chatham House and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Her clients include Al-Jazeera, Netflix, Channel 4, Sky News, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Home Office, the Chartered Institute of Linguists, Chatham House, King’s College London, the World Bank, the British Museum, Violet Films, QuickSilver Media, Grain Media and Fresh Film.
www.linguamediaconnect.org
Fardous will talk about her experience and training skills and explore various aspects of the voice-over industry, including different types of voice-over work, available resources for beginners (both free and paid), where to find voice-over work, how to approach agencies and prepare a professional demo, the advantages of having a home studio, and very importantly how to take care of your voice
12:00 – 13:00 “The World of the Voice-over” with Daniel Pageon
With over 40 years of experience working with the “spoken word”, Daniel has developed substantial expertise in both translating and voicing. His training started in earnest when he was recruited by the BBC to translate and broadcast for the World Service. After 5 years of shifts, working days, nights and weekends, he started to fly solo and founded Actors World Production with his wife Sylvia in 1982. Since then, he has been working days, nights and weekends!
He developed the concept of “localisation” before the word was officially coined and started to make a name for himself in the field. He regularly gives presentations and runs workshops at the ITI, the CIOL and universities. His book, The World of the Voice-over, shares in detail his experiences as a translator and a voice.
Daniel is a Fellow of both the ITI and the CIOL and has also published The Opening, a book about his rather unusual way of learning languages, taking us through his adventures travelling, working and living in a number of European countries.
Daniel will talk in particular about the differences faced by translators when working with the “spoken word” as opposed to the more traditional “written word”…
13:00 – 14:00 Buffet lunch and networking with colleagues
14:00 – 15:00 “The world of Tour Guiding in different languages” with Katie Belo dos Santos
Katie is a professionally qualified interpreter and green badge tour guide, who specialises in English and Portuguese. She is busy with academia in the winter, and tour guiding in the summer months.
If guiding for the locals in English is fun, imagine guiding for a group of foreign visitors!
Southampton receives approximately 600 cruise liners a year, so the port is always very busy. Qualified tour guides, linguist-guides, interpreters and volunteers are very much in demand.
With your language skills, have you ever thought about volunteering at a port/airport near you in order to help visitors?
Training is hard work, the examinations are challenging and the British weather does not always help, but once the guide is out and about guiding, the day goes by very quickly, and the group has a spectacular 90 minute tour or day out. Listening to a guide speaking in their own language offers groups of international visitors coming to England the opportunity to experience so much more. Interpreters and bilingual guides are therefore essential to the tourist industry.
Katie will talk about the importance of languages in the world of tour guiding, and how crucial qualified linguists are in the tourism sector. She will go through tips and pitfalls of tour guiding, and endeavour to describe a typical tour guiding day.
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Goliath Orchestra Vanessa Fanning From peplums to giallos, from low budget British comedies to Eurospy films, from Spaghetti Westerns to Vanessa’s success is breathtaking. She started playing the piano at three and the violin at five. Aged just ten, she made her solo debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at the Royal Festival. Deutschland Pop Music Discover new
Like so many other Beatles tracks, “Honey Pie” results from a melting. originally a traditional English dance band, they transitioned into a music hall-style show featuring humor and even a tap.
"It is worthwhile to study what makes their music so distinctive, and computer science and big data can help." Lawrence Technological University. "Artificial intelligence identifies the musical.
As the general manager of a fine dining restaurant, the start of my day can come early. by learning how one style borrowed from another. “Hip hop and rock actually formed from the blues,” he said.
Human players always spend the early part of. to come up with pieces of music that will amaze and move us just as much as any of the creative achievements pulled off by mere humans – somewhat.
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The Quarrymen with "Putting On The Style," July 6, 1957: Latin music, always strongly linked with jazz, also played an important part in The Beatles’ early gigs (you can hear the influence all the way.
The 218-page collection of narrative, facts and photos begins in late 1956-early 1957. And it just so happened that the Beatles were there at the right time,” he said. “But also their style of.
But even at a very young age, Brooker was attracted to the American music emanating from the family radio and from café jukeboxes. “The first records that really caught my attention were the early.
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who wrote an exhaustive study of Beatles music in his book “Revolution in the Head,” referred to "She Loves You" as “one of the most explosive pop records ever made.” The song also marked a turning.
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July 1, 2013 at 7:47 am EDT | by Lou Chibbaro Jr.
2 more trans women attacked in violent month in D.C.
Transgender activist Earline Budd, who organized a Friday meeting to respond to anti-trans violence, said the slaying of a local lesbian stunned those in the LGBT community who knew her. (Blade file photo by Michael Key)
One transgender woman was shot and another was sexually assaulted in separate incidents in D.C. early Saturday morning, June 29.
The two attacks came less than 24 hours after about 50 LGBT activists met to discuss ways to respond to a rash of violent incidents against LGBT people in the city since June 21, including the June 22 murder of a lesbian who was shot to death in what police said was a botched robbery.
Police said the shooting death of Malika Stover, 35, in the 1300 block of Stevens Road, S.E. didn’t appear to be linked to her sexual orientation.
But transgender activist Earline Budd, who organized the Friday night, June 28 “community response” meeting to address the recent incidents, said Stover’s slaying stunned those in the LGBT community who knew her.
“This is really putting all of us on edge,” Budd told the Blade. “You’re seeing all of these incidents happening in such a short period of time.”
The non-fatal shooting and the unrelated sexual assault of the two transgender women on Saturday, June 29, were the fifth and sixth violent assaults against a total of four transgender women, one gay man dressed in drag, and a lesbian, Stover, since June 21.
In the June 21 incident, transgender woman Bree Wallace, 29, was stabbed multiple times in an abandoned house at 3038 Stanton Rd., S.E.
D.C. police have since arrested 23-year-old Michael McBride of Southeast D.C. for the attack, charging him with assault with intent to kill. Police told the Washington Post the stabbing was triggered by a dispute between Wallace and McBride, who knew each other.
“It’s been a series of horrible incidents in the past few weeks in terms of what’s going on against the transgender community,” said Hassan Naveed, co-chair of Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV).
“And tonight we really built momentum to combat the hate violence in this city,” he said, in commenting on the June 28 meeting at the LGBT Center. “We can see the energy in the community and people really coming together to discuss these issues and acting on this,” said Naveed.
Among those attending the meeting was D.C. Police Capt. Edward Delgado, director of the police division that oversees the department’s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, and two GLLU officers. D.C. Council member Tommy Wells also stopped by the meeting.
“I’m completely open to learning from you,” said Wells, who chairs the Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. “We make progress and then sometimes we take two steps back,” he said in referring to efforts to curtail violence against the LGBT community.
One of the more tense moments of the meeting came when Earl Hooks, a public relations representative for Manny & Olga’s pizzeria chain, answered questions about a 2 a.m. incident on June 23 in which a gay man in drag was attacked at the Manny & Olga’s at 1841 14th St., N.W.
The incident, which was captured on a video that went viral online, involved two women who could be seen on the video dragging Miles Denaro, 24, across the floor by his hair as they punched and kicked him in the head and body. Denaro said he went to the pizzeria to take out some food after performing in drag under his stage name Heidi Glum at the nearby Black Cat nightclub.
An unidentified man taking the video is heard laughing and shouting along with other customers in the Manny & Olga’s restaurant as the two women assaulted Denaro and as blood could be seen dripping over his face from a head wound. According to Denaro, as many as five or six employees stood by watching and didn’t take steps to break up the altercation or call police. He said the two women who assaulted him called him “tranny” and “faggot.”
“I’m here right now to apologize for anything that is harmful to this community,” Hooks told the meeting.
Gay activist Nick McCoy, who helped organize the meeting, said he contacted Manny & Olga’s and invited the owners to send someone to the meeting to talk about the incident.
Several activists, including D.C. Center Executive Director David Mariner, pressed Hooks to explain why the employees apparently failed to take steps to stop the attack.
“Our policy is to not touch anyone who comes into the store,” he said. “From what I understand, a call was made to the police.”
Police sources, however, have said no call was received from Manny & Olga’s at the time of the incident.
Delgado told the Blade at the meeting that police have obtained warrants for the arrest of the two women on a charge of simple assault. He said the women had not been apprehended as of the time of the meeting.
Denaro told the Blade he wasn’t seriously injured.
In addition to Budd, speakers at the meeting included Naveed of GLOV; Rick Rosendall, president of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance; Nico Quintana of the D.C. Trans Coalition; Ruby Corado of Casa Ruby; Sterling Washington, director of the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs; and Cyndee Clay, executive director of Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS).
Officer Juanita Foreman of the GLLU gave a presentation on steps citizens can take, including members of the LGBT community, to avoid danger while walking on the streets.
Mariner said the D.C. Center would make available to the community a compilation of proposals developed at the meeting to address anti-LGBT violence in the city.
The following summary of the six incidents involving attacks against members of the LGBT community between June 21 and June 29 is based on information released by D.C. police. As of early this week police had not classified any of the incidents as a hate crime, although a source familiar with police thought the incident at Manny & Olga’s would be listed as a hate crime:
1. Transgender woman Bree Wallace, 29, was attacked and stabbed multiple times in an abandoned house at 3038 Stanton Rd., S.E. about 1 a.m. Thursday, June 21. A suspect was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill.
2. Malika Stover, 35, identified by Earline Budd as an out lesbian known in the LGBT community, was fatally shot about 2 a.m. Saturday, June 22, in the 1300 block of Stevens Road, S.E. Police say she suffered from multiple gunshot wounds and the motive appeared to be robbery.
3. Gay male drag performer Miles Denaro, 24, was attacked and beaten by two female suspects about 2 a.m. Sunday, June 23, inside Manny & Olga’s pizzeria at 1841 14th St., N.W.
4. A transgender woman was shot in the buttocks in the 500 block of Eastern Avenue, N.E., about 6 a.m. Thursday, June 27. Police say the motive appears to be robbery.
5. A transgender woman was sexually assaulted by an unidentified male after accepting a ride in the suspect’s car while walking in the 300 block of 61st Street, N.E. about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, June 29. Police listed the incident as a first-degree sexual assault.
6. A transgender woman was shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries while walking in the area of 5th and K Street, N.E., about 4 a.m. Saturday, June 29. Police said the shooting took place while two male suspects attempted to rob her.
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Lou Chibbaro Jr. has reported on the LGBT civil rights movement and the LGBT community for more than 30 years, beginning as a freelance writer and later as a staff reporter and currently as Senior News Reporter for the Washington Blade. He has chronicled LGBT-related developments as they have touched on a wide range of social, religious, and governmental institutions, including the White House, Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, the military, local and national law enforcement agencies and the Catholic Church. Chibbaro has reported on LGBT issues and LGBT participation in local and national elections since 1976. He has covered the AIDS epidemic since it first surfaced in the early 1980s. Follow Lou
July 1, 2013 at 1:23 pm EDT at 1:23 pm
How do any of us know that a lot of the same crime perpetrators are not just repeating their crime– whether anti-LGBT hate crimes or violent attacks?
Without the the ability to go online and look up a known MPD case number (CCN#), and then be able to see if the case is open or closed, and whether any arrests have been made, it is hard for victims and their friends and neighbors to plan for their own safety.
MPD is suppose to be *HELPING* victims and potential victims, and trying to *DETER* even more violent crime against LGBT people. But instead, MPD’s secrecy and withholding of that vital case status and arrest information from the public amounts to MPD providing helpful “cover” for violent criminals (a.k.a., aiding and abetting).
How do we know whether MPD is thoroughly investigating these cases– as Human Rights Watch found in MPD’s neglectful treatment of rapes and sexual assaults?
It is the mayor– and to a lesser extent, Council oversight committee (J/PS) chair Tommy Wells, who have the ability to make MPD policy and procedural change happen. The basic information needed is already available to police, lawyers and courts.
An online case look-up for the public wouldn’t require more than a half dozen fields… Case #, Date of Crime, Time of Crime, General Area (PSA #), Case Status (Open, Closed) and No. of Arrests. None of that information would jeopardize a case.
Maybe the mayor’s MPD does not want us to see that information as we might discover our police department is not catching LGBT-related crimes perps, except in the easiest of cases.
Cole Carter
Maybe if some of the victims of these crimes took a bit more care in the way they put hemselves in jeopardy, the incidents of these crimes against transgendered people of color would decrease. I am not blaming the victims, just the "activists" and media for sensationalizing them as "crimes against teansgendered people". One knew her attacker, and was in an abndoned building. The other appears as if it was a "botched robbery attempt". Let's start to see them for what they are….crimes.
DC police can’t protect anyone and “really coming together to discuss these issues” is happy talk for doing nothing. Shoot back. [[URL REMOVED]]
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Overdrafters pay a week's wages in fees
Joe Raedle
<p><<enter caption here>> on March 7, 2009 in Kendall, Florida.</p>
Overdraft fees cost some bank customers a week’s worth of wages over the past year, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts, a public policy group that studies consumer banking.
Pew surveyed a segment of bank account holders: those who paid over $100 in overdraft and nonsufficient funds fees — or roughly three fees — in a year. Pew defines this group, which makes up nearly one in five bank customers, as “heavy overdrafters.”
The study found that a large majority of this group makes less than the national median income of about $54,000. Millennials and Gen Xers are also overrepresented, as are African-Americans. And nearly a quarter of these heavy overdrafters had paid at least a week’s income in overdraft fees in 2014.
This last finding “highlights just how costly overdraft services are for consumers,” says Joy Hackenbracht, author of the report and research officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. The fees have pushed many heavy overdrafters out of the banking system, forcing them to use expensive alternative financial services, according to the organization.
Overdraft programs and fees, which have been controversial for years, are big revenue sources for banks. In 2015 alone, the 628 biggest banks made $11 billion from overdraft and nonsufficient funds fees. The government stepped in to regulate overdraft programs in 2010, but the Pew study shines a light on the consumers most affected by the service, and the group suggests additional rules that it says can help.
» MORE: Overdraft fees: A guide to what banks charge
The role of overdraft programs
Overdrafts occur when you try to pay for something with a debit card, check or online transfer, but don’t have enough money in a bank account to cover the cost. In such a case, one of two things usually happens. Your transaction is covered through your bank’s overdraft program, and you’re charged an overdraft fee. Or, if you haven’t opted into such a program, your transaction is declined and you may be charged a nonsufficient funds fee.
Overdraft fees, which cost a median of $35 by Pew’s estimates, are often the worse of the two consequences. They can lead to multiple fees from the same transaction if you don’t pay back the fee and overdrawn amount within a day or so. Historically, overdraft programs were courtesy services, but today they’ve become a costly type of credit for some people, according to Pew. However, they don’t have the same consumer protections as other types of credit, such as limits on late fees or a set reasonable amount of time to repay the borrowed amount without getting hit by more fees.
Who’s hit hardest by fees?
Pew based the term “heavy overdrafters” on a finding from a 2014 study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: About 18% of bank account holders pay the majority of all overdraft fees.
Overdraft fees have the heaviest impact on workers who make less than the median income. Almost 70% of heavy overdrafters make less than $50,000 a year. And the majority of those who fared the worst — paying overdraft fees equal to a week or more in wages each year — make less than $25,000 a year, the Pew study says.
The lack of yearly limits on overdraft fees contributes to the financial damage they cause. Last year, half of all heavy overdrafters paid six or more overdraft fees, which translates to at least $210, assuming an overdraft fee of $35.
Millennials, Gen Xers and African-Americans are overrepresented. Gen Xers (people born between 1965 and 1980) and millennials (those born between roughly 1980 and 2000) each make up about a quarter of the adult American population, but they represent 35% of these overdrafters. And African-Americans, who make up 12% of the U.S. population, account for 19% of heavy overdrafters.
Most heavy overdrafters work. More than two-thirds of this group are employed, compared with 58% of working-age Americans, the study shows. Among those who recently opened bank accounts, the most common reason for doing so was to utilize direct deposit for work. Despite the fact that money is coming in each month, banks charge these and other customers costs that don’t match up with the actual risk of lending them money.
“Most lending is based on risk, and the risk [of] an overdraft is not that high — certainly not $35 worth,” says Susan Weinstock, director of the consumer banking initiative at Pew, in an interview with NerdWallet.
» MORE: Is overdraft protection must-have coverage?
Pew calls for overdraft limits
One of Pew’s goals with this study is to encourage the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to draft a rule that limits overdraft fees, so they’re regulated more like other types of credit, such as credit cards and other loans. Starting in 2010, federal regulations mandated overdraft programs to be opt-in only — meaning bank customers must agree to be enrolled in the service — but there still seems to be misunderstanding among consumers.
“There’s a lot of confusion about how the opt-in system works,” says Weinstock. She cites an earlier Pew study that found 52% of people who got hit with overdraft fees didn’t remember signing up for the service.
Banks are encouraged by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to see to it that the opt-in system is clear to consumers. The FDIC issued guidance in 2011 addressing how banks should monitor and follow up with account holders who overdraw their accounts six times in a year, the FDIC’s implied definition of a frequent overdrafter. This is a narrower view of a frequent overdrafter than Pew’s, though.
Key ways to avoid overdraft fees
Watch your accounts: Make sure you have enough money in your checking account before making purchases or sending money to someone. You may be able to set up text or email alerts for when your bank account drops below a certain amount.
Opt out if you haven’t: Check to see if you’re enrolled in an overdraft program through your checking account and feel free to opt out. The next time you make a purchase without enough funds, you might get hit with a nonsufficient funds fee. Although it typically costs the same as an overdraft fee, you won’t be charged multiple fees for one transaction.
Consider using a prepaid debit card: The No. 1 reason people get prepaid debit cards is to avoid overdraft fees, according to Pew’s 2015 study on such cards. They’re accepted wherever debit cards are, such as at stores and ATMs, but aren’t linked directly to a checking account and rarely have overdraft services. If there aren’t sufficient funds on the card to make a particular purchase, the transaction is simply declined, though you might pay a small fee.
» MORE: Nerdwallet’s best prepaid debit cards
Overdraft fees hit some groups harder and more frequently than most of the banking population, but they can be a financial burden for anyone. You can avoid them by keeping up healthy banking habits at home and on the go, so you don’t run the risk of overdrawing your accounts.
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Rio Olympics opening ceremony highlights Brazil, environment
Posted: 5:52 AM, Aug 05, 2016
Eric Gay
<p>A man climbs on the Olympic rings near the basketball venue in the Olympic park on th eve before the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)</p>
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There's nothing like the unique Brazilian vibe — and the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will see no shortage of samba, culture, diversity and history as the South American nation proudly showcases its traditions and environmental wonders.
Millions of television viewers from around the world are expected to watch the three-hour ceremony Friday night, which comes as the country is reeling from political and economic turmoil.
Since the event won't able to avoid the issues that are gripping Brazil — a president facing impeachment, a deep recession and environmental threats — organizers made sure that global warming and the environment, especially the country's magnificent Amazon rainforest, are important parts of the Olympic opening ceremony.
"The world is very tense and so is Brazil. We are also willing to tell the world to stop attacking our home. The world is threatened because of global warming. We are calling for action," said Fernando Meirelles, one of the directors of the show.
Samba and pop music singers are expected to perform, including Grammy award winners Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen will also be on hand.
But the climax of the show, the lighting of the cauldron, depends on whether Brazil's most famous athlete — soccer star Pele — appears. He said this week he was invited to take part, but business deals were stopping him from doing it.
The cauldron was designed by American sculptor Anthony Howe, who told The Associated Press he was inspired by life in the tropics. There will be two cauldrons in Rio, one at the Maracana soccer stadium that is hosting the opening ceremony and another open to the public in downtown Rio.
The cauldron in central Rio is expected to be lit by a runner after the opening ceremony is finished, Howe said.
The floor of the stadium will be a vast stage for projections, a substitute for more expensive structures in a nod to Brazil's economic troubles.
In all, 4,800 performers and volunteers will be involved in the show, which is built on three basic pillars of life in Brazil. Those are sustainability, particularly re-forestation; finding joy in life and in being Brazilian; and the idea of "gambiarra," the quirky Brazilian art of improvising repairs using whatever parts are available.
"Smile is the approach the Brazilians have toward life," said Marco Balich, the executive producer. "Brazil is not a grand nation. They're saying in this ceremony, we are who we are, with a lot of social problems, a lot of crises in the political system, etc."
Space limitations in the Maracana also curbed the creative possibilities for the show. The stadium does not have typical Olympic dimensions — there is no track. The only Olympic events it is hosting are soccer matches.
NBC will broadcast the opening ceremony on a one-hour tape delay because it wants the entertainment spectacle to be shown completely in U.S. prime time. Rio is one hour later than Eastern time.
Unpopular interim Brazilian President Michel Temer is expected to attend the opening ceremony. He will be replacing his ally-turned-enemy, suspended President Dilma Rousseff.
Fewer heads of state are expected than usual Friday night because of Brazil's current political crisis. Rousseff's impeachment trial is expected to end after the Olympics ends on Aug. 21, which leaves the country with two presidents until then.
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The Latest: Trump says big tech can't be allowed to censor
Updated: Jul 11, 2019 - 4:58 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump's conference on social media (all times local):
President Donald Trump says big tech companies must not be allowed to censor the voices of the American people on social media.
Trump is speaking at a White House conference highlighting the president's belief that the nation's biggest social media companies are biased against conservatives.
Trump says he's directing his administration to explore all regulatory and legislative solutions to protect the free speech rights of all Americans.
He also says he's going to invite representatives of major social media platforms to the White House to discuss the issue.
A trade group representing Facebook, Google and dozens of other tech companies insists that internet companies are not biased against any political ideology and that conservative voices have effectively used social media.
President Donald Trump says social media allows messages to be sent directly to the people without going through the "fake news filter."
Trump says social media users are "challenging the media gatekeepers and corporate censors to bring the truth to the American people." Trump spoke at a White House conference exploring bias against conservatives by the nation's biggest social media companies.
Tech companies are notably absent from the event. A spokesman for a trade group representing Facebook, Google and dozens of other tech companies says, "Internet companies are not biased against any political ideology, and conservative voices in particular have used social media to great effect."
The conference gives Trump a chance to energize online bloggers and Twitter users who have rallied behind his presidency as he seeks re-election.
President Donald Trump, who has weaponized social media to eviscerate opponents and promote himself, is convening a White House conference of like-minded critics of Big Tech, notably excluding representatives from the very platforms he exploits.
The meeting represents an escalation of his battle with companies like Facebook, Google and even his preferred communications outlet, Twitter. The president has claimed, without evidence, that the companies are "against me" and even suggested U.S. regulators should sue them on grounds of anti-conservative bias.
The high-profile White House event raises the prospect of Trump using the forum to signal tough actions ahead by his administration against big tech companies in the areas of competition and privacy.
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Insituform Technologies lowers forecast for third quarter and increases stock repurchase authorization
Insituform Technologies, Inc. today announced that results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2001 are expected to be about $.15 per share (before one-time charges).
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Sept. 14, 2001 — Insituform Technologies, Inc. today announced that results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2001 are expected to be about $.15 per share (before one-time charges).
Based on the results of July and August and the forecast for September, the company now anticipates revenues for its North American Rehab operation in the current quarter will be about $12 million less than previously estimated.
In addition, the company has increased its stock repurchase authorization by one million shares and now has the capacity in its outstanding authorization to repurchase approximately 2.5 million shares.
The reduction in expected revenue is due principally to lower than expected levels of workable backlog. Some locations have been affected disproportionately and have experienced losses.
The company has revised its third quarter earnings per share projection for North American Rehab from $.34 to $.08. September normally accounts for approximately 50% of third quarter profits.
If work stoppages or postponements spread beyond the New York area, this could impact the results adversely.
Installation work by the company's Kinsel Rehab operation on the large Florida contract has been rapidly accelerating. The clean up of access pits did not keep pace and the client required the company to catch up which resulted in higher third quarter costs. In addition, the project is experiencing cost overruns as it uses extra labor and subcontractors to meet the production schedule.
These factors are expected to reduce the third quarter EPS for Kinsel Rehab by $.04 from the original estimate of $.05. The company is taking action to address these issues.
The other business units are expected to achieve third quarter results in line with their original forecasts. Market conditions in Germany are expected to reduce equity income from the company's joint venture there by $.01 per share in the quarter.
While internal forecasts still call for the fourth quarter to be stronger than the third, given the experience of the current quarter and the uncertainty created by the terrorist attack the company is deferring new guidance for the fourth quarter for the moment.
Given the rate of work releases the company has been experiencing in North American Rehab and the heightened uncertainty about the near term future, the company plans to reduce costs significantly.
The organization changes made during this quarter make it easier for the company to implement a structure with lower fixed costs while still serving the market. The company has so far identified restructuring costs of about $1 million after tax, or $.04 per share, but expects the final number to be higher. The company plans to recognize this expense in the third quarter.
Total backlog in North American Rehab, which began the quarter at a record level, has continued to build and the company continues to see fairly stable prices. The company sees the amount of available work, not current price levels, as the issue.
The backlog in Tunneling at June 30th was $35 million. At September 30th, even assuming no additional orders this month, the company expects it will be $52 million. That compares to $32 million at the same time last year. Further, the prospect for large contract acquisitions, especially early in the fourth quarter, is very good.
The company's cash position continues to improve, with cash up $10 million or about 25% compared to the same point in the second quarter of this year.
Tony Hooper, Chairman and CEO, and Joe White, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call at 2:00 pm Eastern Time on Friday, September 14, to discuss this announcement. After opening remarks, there will be a limited question and answer period. Anyone may listen to the conference call via the Internet by connecting through the company's Web site (www.insituform.com) five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled time.
Anyone who is unable to listen to the live conference call, or wants to listen to it a second time, may access an audio archive of the webcast beginning approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call through www.insituform.com.
Insituform Technologies, Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of proprietary technologies and services for rehabilitating sewer, water and other underground piping systems without digging and disruption. More information about the company can be found on its Internet site at www.insituform.com.
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What is Juneteenth, and where is it celebrated?
<p>Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends.</p>
Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Here's a look at Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, by the numbers:
153 - Years since Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger (Union Army) first read the proclamation, General Orders, No. 3, in Galveston, Texas, notifying slaves of their emancipation, on June 19, 1865.
January 1, 1863 - Date President Abraham Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation, freeing those enslaved.
901 - Days in between the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and General Orders, No. 3.
13th - Amendment to the US Constitution that abolished slavery.
3,953,760 - Estimated number of slaves in the United States in 1860.
30.2 - Percentage of the population of Texas comprised of slaves, or "bondsmen," in 1860.
500,000 - Estimated number of free blacks in the United States in 1860. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, about half were in the North and half were in the South.
15 - States where it was legal to have slaves before the Civil War: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
45 - States with laws or resolutions celebrating Juneteenth.
January 1, 1980 - Juneteenth became a state holiday in Texas, although it had been celebrated informally since 1865.
"Every year we must remind successive generations that this event triggered a series of events that one by one defines the challenges and responsibilities of successive generations. That's why we need this holiday." -- Al Edwards (D-Texas), sponsor of the bill.
45,133,880 - African-Americans (one race alone or in combination) in the United States in 2016, according to the most recent Census Bureau estimate.
145 years - Age of the oldest Juneteenth celebration in the world, in Emancipation Park in Houston.
8 - Consecutive years during which Barack Obama, during his presidency, issued a statement to mark Juneteenth: 2009-2016.
2016: Obama's statement
40 - Congressional co-sponsors of House Resolution 268, Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's bill to "observe the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day," introduced in the House on June 17, 2013. It has been referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel
University’s Wind Tunnels to Form Part of National Facility
By Steven Osborn on January 12, 2014 News Science & Technology
The University’s three wind tunnels, including the R. J. Mitchell Wind Tunnel are to become part of a new National Wind Tunnel Facility.
The new national facility was announced by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts on 9 January. The new facility will include wind tunnels presently based at seven universities around the country, with Southampton being the most southerly location of the seven.
Supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Centre, the UK Aerodynamics Centre and £13.3 million of additional funding, it is hoped that the new facility will enable businesses to gain easier access to aerospace facilities. It also has the benefit that each facility would be able to support each other in their research.
The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel, the largest of the University’s three wind tunnels.
The University has three wind tunnels of differing sizes, the biggest of which is the R J Mitchell wind tunnel which, as previously reported, was refurbished and extended over summer to provide new facilities, including changing rooms for athletes testing new equipment and enhanced viewing galleries and reception facilities. The extensions were officially opened the day after the announcement by British Cyclist Chris Boardman.
In addition to Southampton, the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Cranfield, Imperial College and City University in London will form part of the new facility. It is as yet unknown how the University will benefit from the new funding, but the University of Glasgow has already been awarded £1.7 million to upgrade their wind tunnels.
At the launch, Mr. Willetts said this of the new national facility:
This new investment will support research that is vital to the UK economy, including developing the next generation of fuel efficient heavy goods vehicles. This will create huge energy savings to businesses, as well as bringing environmental benefits. It is pioneering work that will help the UK get ahead in the global race.
Speaking about the opening of the new facilities Professor Don Nutbeam, Vice-Chancellor, said:
This new facility is great news for the University and continues to boost Southampton’s world-leading reputation in engineering and the impact we have globally.
The wind tunnel can be seen in use in the series of videos by ITV4 for the Tour de France. More information on the University’s wind tunnels is available here. More about the opening of the new extension is here.
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Steven Osborn
History student and passionate writer about everything connected to Southampton and its rich tapestry of stories and history. Due to an unfortunate case of graduation, this writer is no longer active.
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Refugee Admissions From Terrorist Hotbeds Fell Over 80 Percent in Trump’s First Year
By Erin Coates
Published February 3, 2018 at 3:57pm
Data shows that President Donald Trump is on his way to fulfilling another campaign promise: to limit refugee admissions from “terror-prone regions.”
There has been an 81 percent decline in the number of refugees from the seven countries identified as terrorist hotbeds since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center admissions data.
The number of refugees arriving from Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Iran, Sudan, Yemen, and Libya dropped from 45,114 in 2016 to 6,475 in 2017, Breitbart reported.
123 refugees arrived per day in the United States from those seven countries under the Obama administration in 2016.
In contrast, during the first eight months of the Trump administration, that number fell to 32 refugees arriving per day. In the last three months of 2017, only three refugees arrived per day.
These numbers show that Trump is well on his way to fulfilling more promises he made on the campaign trail.
“When I’m elected president, we will suspend the Syrian refugee program and we will keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country,” he said in 2016, according to Breitbart.
Trump added, “And we will pause admissions from terror-prone regions until a full security assessment has been performed, and until a proven vetting mechanism has been established.”
The number of refugee arrivals from each of the seven “terrorist hotbeds” countries has also significantly dropped.
Do you think fewer refugees will come from the terrorist hotbeds in 2018?
Only 1,972 refugees came from Syria in 2017, an 88 percent decline from the 16,395 arrivals in 2016. Refugee arrivals from Iraq dropped 80 percent from 11,940 in 2016 to 2,308 in 2017.
There was a 77 percent decline in refugee arrivals from Somalia, with 10,811 arriving during former President Barack Obama’s final year in office and only 2,454 arriving during Trump’s first year in office.
Only 601 refugees came from Sudan in 2017, a 61 percent drop from the 1,524 that arrived in 2016.
The number of refugee arrivals from Libya and Yemen in 2017 was low with none coming from Libya and only 16 from Yemen.
Refugee admissions overall have declined by 70 percent since Trump took office. From Jan. 21, 2017 to Jan. 20, 2018, only 29,620 refugees have been admitted into the U.S. The previous year, a total of 98,898 refugees were admitted under Obama.
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The rapid decline of refugee admissions shows the broad effect of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. If the current admission rate continues, the number of refugees granted asylum in the U.S. will not come close to the 2018 refugee ceiling of 45,000 Trump set last year, Fox News reported.
“Our job is to balance the need to protect legitimate refugees with the need to protect our security,” Jennifer Higgins from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency told The Wall Street Journal.
The president of Refugees International, Eric Schwartz, told The Journal that the drop in refugee admissions is “enormously discouraging and dispiriting, and it is another reflection of this administration’s march away from the principle of humanity.”
Higgins dismissed allegations that the U.S. is “turning back on refugees,” citing that numbers usually fluctuate due to new initiatives and rescreening refugee applicants.
“The premise that we are turning our backs on them is patently wrong.”
Erin Coates
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Erin Coates is a news and lifestyle editor for The Western Journal. A University of Oregon graduate, Erin has conducted research in data journalism and contributed to various publications as a writer and editor.
Erin Coates is a news and lifestyle editor for The Western Journal. She grew up in San Diego, California, proceeding to attend the University of Oregon and graduate with honors holding a degree in journalism. During her time in Oregon, Erin was an associate editor for Ethos Magazine and a freelance writer for Eugene Magazine. She has conducted research in data journalism, which has been published in the book “Data Journalism: Past, Present and Future.” Erin is an avid runner with a heart for encouraging young girls and has served as a coach for the organization Girls on the Run. As a writer and editor, Erin strives to promote social dialogue and tell the story of those around her.
Graduated with Honors
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Westpac recognised as employer of choice for gender equality
Westpac is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency for 2016, for the third year running.
Westpac has been awarded the prestigious citation every year since it first launched in 2014, reflecting its strong commitment to gender equality.
This citation takes into account an organisation’s initiatives in leadership, learning and development, closing gender remuneration gaps, flexible working, employee consultation, preventing sex-based discrimination and targets for improving gender equality in the organisation.
Christine Parker, Group Executive, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs at Westpac, said that Westpac has long known gender equality to be a critical factor to an organisation’s success.
“At Westpac we have a range of initiatives helping us to achieve gender equality. Currently, 48.1% of management positions in Westpac Group are occupied by women, and we have a clear target of 50% by the end of 2017.
“We have also adopted mandates to ensure a balanced recruitment process, flexible working conditions to support all our employees, and we offer a dedicated networking community, Ruby Connection, for female customers and staff.
“Westpac has a proud history of progress in gender equality and we have a consistent focus on continuing our momentum in this area,” said Christine.
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Roy Sjostrand
On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the age of 90, surrounded by his family, Roy Sjostrand passed away at the Lampman Community Health Centre. He was born on August 14, 1927 on the farm at Midale, Saskatchewan to Andrew and Christina Sjostrand. He was a the fifth of six children. He was predeceased by his parents, his siblings: Edith (Walter) Tait, Elsie (Peter) Jacques, Maxine (Harold) Walters, Lunette Saunderson, Elwood; niece Paula Grolle; his daughter in law Janice Fefchak; in-laws Cressie and Winnie Ward, Larry Erick and Verner Emde. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Marlene; his children: Lance, Marla (Sandy) McCormick, Kerstin (Darryl) Mutrie, Skyler, Bosttin and Bryer, K.C. (Kazia) and Kendall, Laird (Janice), Codi, Cole and Kassidy, Mardelle (Todd) Neuberger, Jens, Tucker and Hudson: in-laws Ivan Saunderson, Suzanne Sjostrand, Sharron Emde, Blaine (Melanie) Ward, Lois Erick, Verla (Don) Baillie and numerous nieces and nephews. He attended the country schools quitting in grade 10 to take over the family farm. The farm, his dogs and his Swedish heritage were always near and dear to his heart. Dad met the love of his life in Midale and they were married on April 2, 1959. He was always proud to have been able to provide for his family by being a farmer. He was still actively farming when in 2003 it celebrated 100 years. Dad was always active in his children’s sports activities, managing hockey teams, ball teams, and helping organize Sports Days and Skating Carnivals. He had a soft spot for all children. Many miles were made travelling to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren’s activities. Dad always had a smile on his face, a cookie or peppermint in his pocket and a story to tell. He loved to stop and visit with his many coffee friends. Dad was a faithful man, not only to his church, but to his family, friends, neighbours and community. He was the last surviving child of Andrew and Christina Sjostrand. A Service of Remembrance was held on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Midale, SK with Pastor Cicely McDougall officiating. Interment was held at Westphalia Cemetery, Midale, SK. Luncheon followed at the Midale Civic Centre, Midale, SK. All in attendance were Honorary Pallbearers. For family and friends so wishing, charitable donations in memory of Roy may be made to the Lampman Community Health Centre, Box 100, Lampman, SK, S0C 1N0 or the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Box 172, Midale, SK, S0C 1H0. Arrangements were entrusted to RD Family Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, Weyburn, SK (848-0333 ~ 1-888-848-0333). Expressions of sympathy to the family may be sent to our website at www.rdfamilyfuneralchapel.com “Celebrating Life, One Family At A Time”
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Home internet Music Spotify tech news Spotify now has 100 MIllion Premium users
Spotify now has 100 MIllion Premium users
by YomiTech Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Spotify just announced in its most recent financial figure that it now has over 100 million premium subscribers up from the 75 million it had a year ago. This is a 32% year on year growth growth and it has also helped increase Spotify’s revenue figures up at an impressive 33% to €1.51 billion ($1.67 billion).
The music streaming service also now has 117 million free ad-supported users which is 44 million more free subscribers in 12 months. With this, Spotify currently has a total of 217 million active monthly users.
The massive increase in subscribers is due to recent partnership with companies like Samsung that pre-installs the app in most of the smartphones with 6 months free spotify premium, Google also offer free Google Home mini to subscribers of Spotify Family Plan in USA, UK and France and Hulu on the other hand has reduced the price of their bundle offer.
Spotify also just launched its service in India at the end of February and the company has already gained over 2 million users. Even with the impressive increase in monthly active users, Spotify still recorded a loss of €142 million ($158 million) in Q1 of 2019. This is down from €442 million ($493 million) profit it made back in December of 2018.
Spotify now has 100 MIllion Premium users Reviewed by YomiTech on 30 April 2019 Rating: 5
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'Maker of Magic'
Pearl K. Bell
In 1949, as assistant literary editor of Harper's Bazaar--in those days a curious hybrid of fashion and serious fiction and poetry--I would sift, with waning expectations, through the slush pile of unsolicited stories. Once in a long while, though, a story of exhilarating originality would leap as by magic out of the paper wasteland, and almost 50 years ago such a golden moment occurred--a story called "The Cost of Living" by an unknown writer, Bernard Malamud. Though he had published in little magazines that paid nothing, this was his first appearance in a commercial magazine. It was the bright beginning of...
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Watch Good Night, and Good Luck.
"They took on the Government with nothing but the truth."
Good Night and Good Luck is an American drama from 2005 featuring the talents of George Clooney and David Strathairn. The film takes place during the early days of televised news, 1953 to be exact. Edward R. Murrow (played by Strathairn), co-producer Fred Friendly (played by Clooney), and a reporter named Joseph Wershba (played by Robert Downey Jr.) are sitting around in the newsroom of CBS television studios. It is here that the men decide to bunk pressure from both their corporate overlords as well as the channel's advertising partners in an effort to discredit Senator Joseph McCarthy for his witch hunt for Communists within the government and American society. The film also has a subplot involving staffers Joseph and Shirley Wershba. The two were recently married but must conceal this information to keep their jobs with CBS.
The first act the men engage is is when Murrow defends a Milo Radulovich. Radulovich risks being expelled from the United States Air Force because of the political beliefs of his sister as well as his father being subscribed to a Serbian newspaper. Murrow goes as far as to make an entire show about McCarthy's attacks against him. A feud, easily viewable as this occurs on television, brews after McCarthy responds and declares Murrow to be a Communist. Specifically, that Murrow has membership within the leftist Industrial Workers of the World, a remark which Murrow states to be false.
Despite the circumstances of the times, the newsmen continue on, ultimately striking a ringing blow against the inquisitorial McCarthy. Historical documents expose the questioning of Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon staffer whose name appeared on a staff list for the American Communist Party.
The signature moment of the film is a reenactment of Murrow's 1958 speech to the RTNDA. In this speech, Murrow repudiates his audience, begging them to properly make use of television as a means of alerting and educating the masses.
Drama, History
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State guest
From the Jerusalem Post (sic for the scare quotes around war crimes; my emphasis in red):
"After a tense day that included intensive consultations between the foreign ministries in Jerusalem and London, a British court on Tuesday rejected a petition urging an arrest warrant for Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed "war crimes" during the IDF offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year.
The court accepted arguments submitted by the British Foreign Office, which said the defense minister was a state guest, and therefore was not subject to such lawsuits. Barak was in Britain for talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth and Foreign Secretary David Miliband."
So presumably those Israeli war criminals who are not 'state guests' would be subject to be guests of the British penal system. Since nearly all adult Jewish Israelis have been in the IDF, and the IDF does nothing but commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, it would be prudent for all adult Jewish Israelis to avoid travel to Britain or any other state that recognizes international law (anyone who had anything to do with the Gaza slaughter is already permanently ruined). It is going to be increasingly difficult to be a Jewish Israeli, and the rate of difficulty is just starting to accelerate. Wise people would be leaving Israel now.
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Monday, September 28, 2009:
The KKK submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Illinois Supreme Court which stated, in part:
"A descendant who marries out of the race has repudiated the White Race, endangering the survival of the White people ... and has forfeited any moral claim to financial support from his or her White ancestor."
The court accepted this brief with approval, and denied any claim to the estate from an descendant who had married a black man where the testator had specifically disinherited any descendant who married outside of the White Race.
Polanski was arrested to save (new working link thanks to comments) the banking privacy of billionaires evading taxes by hiding money in Swiss banks.
President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras is under attack from what he calls "Israeli mercenaries''. Zelaya may have been removed because of fears that he and Hugo Chavez had plans to form a larger anti-Israeli coalition of countries in South and Central America. The idea that he was removed for economic/class reasons makes little sense, as he was installed as the representative of business interests, and had moved only slightly left.
"For Mexico and Canada, the 'War on Terror' Is Over" (my emphasis in red):
"'Mexico squandered three years on wild goose chases, hunting imaginary ‘terrorists' who were supposed to be convening in Acapulco, sipping margaritas on a beach in Cancun, or plotting to smuggle nuclear or biological weapons from Mexico City. All paranoid nonsense from the nutcases in Bush's administration,' Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino, the country's second-most-powerful politician and head of domestic security, argued, shortly before he died in a plane crash. And during this time, the drug cartels [in northern Mexico] organized, grew and now pose an imminent threat to Mexican civil society.'"
Itisapartheid.org.
From an upcoming book by a former aide to John Edwards, Andrew Young:
"Ted Kennedy once told Young about a would-be assassin who managed to get into his Senate office because one of his bodyguards was having a gay liaison with one of his top aides."
Falk on Goldstone
Richard Falk - one of the one tenth of one per cent or so of those who self-identify as Jewish who is a 'Good Jew' - lists (or here) the reasons Israel is so afraid of the Goldstone Report - the main practical one is probably that it provides the legal groundwork for a claim of jurisdiction by any foreign government over a host of Israeli citizens for war crimes trials, making foreign travel impossible for a significant part of the Israeli Jewish population - and then eviscerates its vile premises:
". . . the report takes for granted, the dubious proposition that Israel was entitled to act against Gaza in self-defense, thereby excluding inquiry into whether crimes against the peace in the form of aggression had taken place by the launching of the attack. In this respect, the report takes no notice of the temporary ceasefire that had cut the rocket fire directed at Israel practically to zero in the months preceding the attacks, nor of Hamas’ repeated efforts to extend the ceasefire indefinitely provided Israel lifted its unlawful blockade of Gaza. Further it was Israel that had seemed to provoke the breakdown of the ceasefire when it launched a lethal attack on Hamas militants in Gaza on November 4, 2008. Israel disregarded this seemingly available diplomatic alternative to war to achieve security on its borders. Recourse to war, even if the facts justify self-defense, is according to international law, a last resort. By ignoring Israel’s initiation of a one-sided war the Goldstone Report accepts the dubious central premise of Operation Cast Lead, and avoids making a finding of aggression.
Also, disappointing was the failure of the report to comment upon the Israeli denial of a refugee option to the civilian population trapped in the tiny, crowded combat zone that constitutes the Gaza Strip. Israel closed all crossings during the period of the Gaza War, allowing only Gaza residents with foreign passports to leave. It is rare in modern warfare that civilians are not given the option to become refugees. Although there is no specific provision of the laws of war requiring a state at war to allow civilians to leave the combat zone, it seems like an elementary humanitarian requirement, and should at least have been mentioned either as part of customary international law or as a gap in the law that should be filled. The importance of this issue is reinforced by many accounts of the widespread post-traumatic stress experienced by the civilians in Gaza, especially children that comprise 53% of the population. One might also notice that the report accords considerable attention to Gilad Shalit, the one IDF prisoner held by Hamas in Gaza, recommending his release on humanitarian grounds, while making no comparable suggestion to Israel although it is holding thousands of Palestinians under conditions of harsh detention."
No surprise - Goldstone and his crew were hand-picked to provide a Zionist report, and the only reason it turned out so damning was the utter monstrousness of what the Israelis did.
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1000? Do the math. Calculate the number of organ transplants done in Israel on Jews during the relevant period. Add the number of transplants done on Israeli Jews in American hospitals (set up by the organ stealing rabbis). Subtract the number of organs donated by Israeli Jews (practically zero). The resulting number will be the number of stolen organs.
The most politically incorrect thesis of this blog is that the vast majority of those who self-identify as Jews approve of Anti-Assimilation Land, and whatever is being done to advance it. Most Jewish people who are disgusted by it have assimilated, and no longer self-identify as Jews. Lenny was healthy enough to perform. He just couldn't help himself. The tribal drums - or more likely a shofar - called him. It is this tribalism which makes the ruminations of the lite Zionists worse than useless. They just like talking about themselves, and celebrating how their superiority will save Israel and the world. In fact, the only thing which will save the Jews from complete moral bankruptcy is the end of Jewish-run Israel.
Things are looking up all over
Things are looking up all over.
The usual suspects - IMF! - are unsure which horse to back in Honduras, terrified of picking the wrong one and losing money. My money is on the elected president, as you can't run businesses in a country if everybody is on strike. I'm firmly against the death penalty, but if the people of Honduras decide to hold a necktie party for the coup plotters and their helpers, I won't shed any tears.
The lite Zionists are spinning the settlement freeze issue as a big win for Bibi over Barry, which is what you'd expect from supremacists. Actually, it is the best thing that has happened in the Middle East in years, and is the start of a rapid beginning of the end for the Jewish supremacist state. The Americans gave the Jews one last chance. Had they accepted the freeze, Obama would have imposed a phony statelet on the Palestinians from the broken bits of land that remained, a complete disaster. Now the single, Palestinian-dominated state is the only possibility. All moral and decent people are breathing a sigh of relief. Within ten years, the Palestinian flag will fly over the entire country, and the Jews have only themselves to blame for the end of Anti-Assimilation Land.
The Chief Justice of Canada just gave the most clearly anti-Semitic speech in the history of Canada from a Chief Justice, saying the 'war on terror' - the phony war created by the Jews so they could kill people and steal their land - had to bow down to protection of civil rights. How about that - Canadian values over Jewish values! The entire ridiculous system of oppression of Muslims has completely fallen apart, and I expect the judge in the Harkat case to tear a strip off the lying CSIS agents. I'm optimistic that Canadian values of civil liberties will prevail over the values of those master manipulators who use the phony 'war on terror' as an an excuse to kill people and steal their land.
The UN speech
There is considerable irony in the delegations of some major Western countries walking out of President Ahmadinejad's UN speech, a speech with contents that no reasonable person could complain about, as if they were being led by the nose by some invisible force, when the speech in question criticizes the very Zionist lobby forces that were doing the leading. To some extent Ahmadinejad set them up to look silly - they'd hoped for the Jewish holocaust 'denial' content that never materialized, and ended up walking out on a speech praising truth, goodness, and justice.
Linguistic slaughter space
President Ahmadinejad has been pushing the envelope on the Jewish holocaust, never actually denying it (despite what the Jews and their media will tell you), but mocking the entire Jewish holocaust apparatus and its vile uses. This goes over like a lead balloon in the thoroughly indoctrinated West, but receives standing ovations from the rest of the world. The standard White-man's position is that Ahmadinejad is an evil fool, handing the Israelis the propaganda they need to commit another act of genocide, but of course the Jews need no excuse for genocide (and the impolite revelations out of Russia demonstrate that all the 'Iran talk' out of Israel is hot air, just as all military dictatorships talk up war for domestic consumption).
A Martian coming to earth hearing people talk about the Jewish holocaust, and all the accompanying baggage, would think that we've all gone stark raving mad, which is exactly what was supposed to happen. The Jew-controlled media and entertainment industry created a White-man's religion out of the Jewish holocaust. Most importantly, it created an exclusive Jewish linguistic space, an area that only Jews are allowed to research and discuss (this is what President Ahmadinejad is discussing, what Juan 'Langley' Cole calls a 'bizarre claim'; note how Cole, the great scholar, has to admit that he felt his chill and nausea, and wrote up his entire attack, before he actually saw the speech he wrote about!). The point of creating this space was to expand it by constant use of the 'anti-Semite' slur to include the actions of the Jewish state, and to make all such actions outside the realm of comment or even notice by anyone who is not Jewish (because some Jews object to genocide, brutality and mass slaughter, we now have the bizarre phenomenon of the 'self-hating' Jew, something else for my Martian to ponder, slack-jawed).
This insane treatment of one aspect of almost ancient history was intended to create a cordon sanitaire around Jewish actions, as the Jewish planners of Anti-Assimilation Land knew that the crimes they would be committing would create revulsion in most people, and they needed a way to stop complaints in their tracks. Their scheme has been very successful, falling apart only just recently under the enormous weight of Jewish crimes in Lebanon and Gaza and the ongoing mass brutality against the Palestinian people. President Ahmadinejad is no fool; he is reclaiming the right of moral and decent people to criticize and stop horrific acts, no matter who commits these acts, and no matter what linguistic space for mass crimes has been created through misuse of the Jewish holocaust.
The University Center of Ariel in Samaria has been kicked out of a university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. The anti-Semites disapproved of their plan to recycle the bones of Palestinian children into illegal settlement housing.
Peculiar interview with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, apparently translated by MSNBC using Babel Fish. The Zionist interviewer, Ann Curry, keeps asking the same question over and over, despite the fact that President Ahmadinejad answers it each time.
What Did Ahmadinejad Really Say? Also here. Ahmadinejad is trying to recapture the language held hostage by the Jews, and, outside of the Zionist-addled West, his plan is working.
There's a cost to being Jew-tool.
Hollywood, just a little more Jewish (unlikely that Cook was "morally outraged that it would come on Rosh Hashanah"; wording subtly changed here). Walt must be rolling over in his tank, er, grave.
Has he tried in his way to be free?
Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage in Valencia. Although the infamous 'Sun City' concert in Israel was supposed to be on September 24, his website says his next concert is in Sunrise, Florida on October 17. Cohen is smart enough to know that Jewish-controlled Israel isn't going to be around in 10 years, and he is going to look like a monster for performing for an apartheid state. Are the health concerns his ticket to respectability, without pissing off the relatives?
A great day!
One of the worst monsters in history, Irving Kristol, is dead. None of the obituaries will mention the giant tail wagging the dog, that Kristol and his fellow 'cons moved from left-wing to extreme right-wing solely because they needed an extreme right-wing United States to build Anti-Assimilation Land. I'd like to think that the news that Obama decided not to restart the Cold War killed the bastard.
Thursday, September 17, 2009:
Balance. Those Palestinian children willfully damaged Israeli shells, not to mention all the harm done to Jewish white phosphorous. It is legal to fight against oppression, unless you are fighting Israeli oppression. The 'two sides' are always included to give the Israelis hasbara talking points.
Interesting background to the current American insanity. People not long ago considered beyond the pale are now the basis for mainstream American right-wing thinking (if you can call it that). Ayn Rand is another example. From a comment to this article: "...only in the US would people march in the streets AGAINST universal healthcare.."
The legion of decent and moral people lined up against . . . the Jews. It couldn't be clearer. The radically circumscribed mandate of the TIFF protesters - just against the hasbara use of Toronto to re-brand the slaughterers, with no talk of wider actions (though the Jew spinning liars made it out to be anything and everything) - worked for Roger Ebert, a guy whose livelihood depends on Jews.
Naomi Klein is Goebbels. Never forget that Klein is lite, and relying on her imprimatur with respect to the Middle East is dangerous. If anti-slaughterer boycotts are only OK once Klein blesses them, what are you going to do when she changes her mind?
Selective Israel lobby tag team law enforcement.
“Openness and transparency are in Carleton's (and the public's) best interest when there are concerns about the suppression of free speech, the targeting of students according to their political beliefs, and the detrimental impact of lobby groups on core university values.” Does the President of the university think otherwise, or are her thoughts drowned out by the sound of jingling shekels?
Jefferson Morley continues to attempt to make the CIA obey the law.
9/11, the dance.
Springtime for Hitler
Poor old Adolf has been the victim of the biggest propaganda campaign in history. The fact that the political descendants of the 'winners' have turned out to be such losers, along with the misuse of the holocaust to allow Jews to kill people and steal their land, has led to the hipster rehabilitation of Hitler. If you look at the series of YouTube videos featuring Bruno Ganz as Hitler with hilarious subtitles, who does Hitler represent? The common man frustrated and screwed by big corporations. Nikon makes essentially the same quality of camera as Canon and Sony, but charges $5,000 more for it. Apple makes a big to-do about a new iPod Touch and fails to put a camera in it. "Did he get a fucking brain transplant too?" Hitler is now the spokesman for everybody, betrayed by those entrusted to do the right thing.
It is now fashionable to come up with alternative explanations for WWII that don't put all the blame on the Germans. Here's Eric Margolis coming perilously close to endorsing one of the more controversial theories, that Stalin tricked Hitler into war, assuming Germany would lose and the Soviets would pick up the pieces of Europe (see the thread here, and see the second comment to the Margolis posting, by 'Eagleone'). David Irving thinks that Hitler was duped by his subordinates about what was being done to the Jews. Again, Hitler betrayed by those he trusted. Adolf Hitler, the new Everyman.
Hasbara jumps the shark
Have you noticed how every effort of World Jewry to trick us into thinking how nice they are is now backfiring, big time? The Tel Aviv TIFF tiff, a deceit to make the monstrous city of Tel Aviv look nice and 'normal', has ended up reminding everybody in the world that the Jews are slaughtering people and stealing their land. Their racist supremacism will make it impossible to stop hasbara (they think we're all fools), but they are really just trying to convince themselves.
A few more things:
Mark Weber on Jewish supremacism:
"Time and again in history, Jews have wielded great power to further group interests that are separate from, and often contrary to, those of the non-Jewish populations among whom they live. This creates an inherently unjust and unstable situation that all too often has ended tragically in violent conflict between Jews and non-Jews.
In our age, the seemingly intractable Middle East conflict is more than just a problem of Zionism or politics, or a dispute over land. Israel’s often arrogant policies, and especially its inhumane treatment of non-Jews, have roots in centuries-old attitudes that are laid out in ancient Jewish religious writings."
The hasbara crowd will be after me for linking to this!
Michael Ledeen characteristically confuses the secret war against the Jews, in which the United States is an integral part (and Godspeed!), and a world-wide war against the United States. Of course, our advantage is that supremacists can't admit that there is a secret war against the Jews without also admitting the good reasons for it.
"Was any aspect of 9/11 a conspiracy? – The Pentagon certainly was!"
Another reason why the United States is fucked is that the right now knows how to manage popular anger while avoiding the direct attacks on self-interest that might create a populist uprising:
"Writing on Woodstock, Tom Degan makes a point too often overlooked or denied: the antiwar movement was in large measure a draft riot set off by the end of college deferments. Nixon made sure they would never happen again by turning a citizens’ army into a permanent mercenary force. Absent that, the kids would be in the streets right now."
The right can organize large rallies against progress while the left stays home and whines. This is caused, to a large extent, by the fact that the left has an overly high opinion of itself, in part due to misplaced pride over an ancient protest movement.
Friday, September 11, 2009:
Jewish leaders, so much blood pouring from their fangs that they could travel by kayak on the flow, converge on Washington to demand the United States fight another War For The Jews, and commit genocide against the Iranian people, based on yet another Jewish lie about a threat to Israel. And guess what? You're the bad guy if you are impolite to state the facts!
This is what I was talking about (they had to withdraw it as it made too many American Jews look like traitors). Never forget that fear of assimilation, and thus loss of group supremacist identity, is the real reason behind all the monstrous behavior of the Jews.
The Norwegian Pension Fund divestment is important as it is the first one that expressly stated the reasons for the divestment.
The Jews are an inspiration for the thugs of the British right.
I completely missed the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam accident.
If you are a consistent supporter of the kleptocracy, the law doesn't apply to you.
World Jewry is getting desperate in its attempt to parry the rather lame complaints of Human Rights Watch.
Early Oprah was much less sanitized: the Sabbatean show. She wouldn't dare try that now (Jewish advertiser boycott, and Jew-controlled affiliate boycott, the things which make the world go round).
More Zionist propaganda
Note how the Jew-controlled media, under instruction from their masters in Tel Aviv, has transformed the Arctic Sea story into yet another instrument of Israeli propaganda, this time that the weapons in question were S-300 missiles intended to go to Iran. Don't forget that it would be perfectly legal for Russia to sell such purely defensive weapons to Iran, and note that this convoluted method of transport was completely unnecessary.
They snatch them here, they snatch them there
The most recent Jewish organ snatching story, really a continuation of the rabbi Levi Rosenbaum story. Connecting the American Jewish organ trading story with the Israeli story caused some to start slurring vigorously, on the basis that there was no reason for the connection and that it made the story a Jewish, rather than Israeli, story, thus leading to thoughts of the so-called blood libel. Of course, if the good rabbi was harvesting primarily for transplantation into Jews, or even into Israelis on some program of transplant tourism, the connection becomes obvious, and the new blood libel is no longer a libel due to it being true. The original story makes it completely clear that once a kidney was found, it was tested and the test results sent to Israel so someone needing a transplant could be found. Dr. Mustafa Khayatti, the head of the Algerian national committee for the development of health and research, says that there "are other Jewish gangs who remain active in several Arab countries". If we look deeply enough, will we find that the entire illegal international organ snatching trade is dominated by Jewish gangs? If so, will we even be permitted to notice?
Those funny, public, Zionist conspiracy documentds
The Angry Arab has found a Zionist conspiracy document, written by the usual suspects, as always purporting to be working for American interests but in reality working solely for the interests of blood-dripping-from-the-fangs Zionists and directly against real American interests. These Zionist plotting documents are always weird: they talk about the worst outrages in a completely matter-of-fact manner, including things which you would think should only be discussed in the greatest secrecy, and then post them on the internet. The document was supported in part by the Crown Family Foundation, which reminds me I owe you a posting on the Crowning (or should I say Krowning) of Barack Obama.
Russians may be smarter than you think
Another explanation for the Russian ship mystery is that it was a decoy/counterintelligence operation to identify any 'dual loyalist' Jews in the Russian government who might be tipping off the Israelis to any Russian military sales to the Middle East. All other explanations fail to account for the fact that it was the Russians who made a big deal out of this, hardly likely if the cargo of this unknown ship was embarrassing to them. A few 'accidents' and the Russian security problem is cleaned up.
Usual dichotomy
Note the comments to this article on the Israeli theory on the Russian mystery ship. The commentators can't decide whether they are falling over themselves with pride for having done it, or falling over themselves with righteous indignation for being accused of having done it.
But who was he working for?
This oughtta be good:
"An American citizen is to be named by the Lockerbie bomber as the man who really carried out the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103.
Lawyers for the bomber were to argue that an 'elusive' terrorist codenamed Abu Elias planted the bomb in December 1988, causing the deaths of 270 innocent people.
Megrahi is now expected to identify the man behind this alias.
The Scottish Sunday Express tracked this man down to his home in the US, and he strongly denied having anything to do with the atrocity.
However, we can reveal that he has connections to at least two international terrorists and a Palestinian terror group, as well as links to the US intelligence services.
Christine Grahame MSP, who visited Megrahi in Greenock prison and campaigned for his release, is believed to be considering naming the man in the Scottish Parliament chamber.
She said: 'It is apparent that US intelligence has known or must have known the primary suspect of the Lockerbie bombing was alive and living safely in Washington.
There has been a suggestion made that he is in some way an ‘intelligence asset’ for the US and that is why he has been allowed to live in peace.
He must be deeply relieved that Megrahi was forced to drop his appeal and that he will never face justice for this atrocity.'"
The article goes on to combine the PFLP-GC, Iran, and American intelligence, a sort of all-purpose atrocity. Bottom line: he could have been a PFLP-GC guy working on contract for Iran, later turned by American intelligence and protected by them. Of course, if he is connected to the Americans he could have just been pretending to work for Iran . . .
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The Poor Laws were a system of poor relief which existed in England and Wales until the emergence of the modern welfare state after the Second World War. The 1601 Poor Law Act empowered overseers, appointed in parishes across the country, to collect a poor rate, or tax, from wealthier members of the parish and distribute the funds among residents in need. Because responsibility for destitute residents fell to the parish itself, authorities kept close tabs on who had a right to claim the parish as a legal place of settlement. People who could not legally claim the right of settlement and were deemed “likely to be chargeable” to the parish poor rates, could be sent back or “removed,” to their last legal parish of settlement.
The 4,909 records in this collection contain the details of individuals removed from the county of Lincolnshire under the 1662 Poor Law Relief Act between 1665 and 1865. The level of detail varies, but the records can include information such as name, parish, age, name of spouse, names of children, where removed to and from, plus occasional details about their circumstances.
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Britain To Put Women At Heart Of Peace Work In Iraq, Nigeria And South Sudan
By Emma Batha
Britain announced on Tuesday it would be putting girls and women at the heart of its work to end conflict in nine countries including Iraq, Nigeria and South Sudan.
“Empowering women and girls … improves peace and stability, economic growth and poverty reduction,” senior ministers said in a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
The ministers said women and girls were disproportionately affected by conflict, but were also part of the solution.
Evidence shows peace agreements are more likely to last when women are involved, according to the five-year plan launched late Tuesday.
“Without question women must have a seat at the table,” Foreign Office minister Tariq Ahmad said in a statement.
“We know that when women and girls participate in political processes, conflict resolution and mediation their contribution helps to build a more sustainable peace.”
Britain pledged to tackle obstacles to women’s leadership and political participation, including entrenched patriarchal views, violence and intimidation.
The plan said women had a key role to play in developing strategies to prevent and counter extremism in their countries.
Britain will also push for peacekeeping missions to include more women, and support efforts to end sexual abuse by peacekeepers.
There were more than 140 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. staff and peacekeepers in 2016 and 2017, affecting more than 300 people.
The plan said evidence showed missions which included women were more effective and better able to engage with local people.
Ahmad also said championing girls’ education was crucial for transforming the lives of those caught up in conflicts and promoting global stability.
“This year (we) will focus on ensuring that girls in the poorest countries in the world receive at least 12 years of quality education because this is the single most powerful spur to development and progress,” he added.
Source: allafrica.com
Posted by Grace Shaibu on January 26, 2018.
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Bonjour and Willkommen
Crista Miller
Pasi Opus 19 (2010)
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston, TX
1. Choral No. 3 in A Minor, César Franck
2-10. Messe à l’usage ordinaire des Paroisses pour les Festes Solemnelles, François Couperin
11. Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18, César Franck
12. Symphonie Op. 13, No. 4, III. Andante Cantabile, Charles-Marie Widor
13. Symphonie Op. 13, No. 4, IV. Scherzo, Charles-Marie Widor
14. Symphonie Op. 28, No. 3, V. Finale, Louis Vierne
15. Te Deum, Naji Hakim
1. Praeludium in E Minor, Nicolas Bruhns
2. Ballo del Granduca, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
3-6. Magnificat V. Toni, Heinrich Scheidemann
7. Christus, der ist mein Leben, Johann Pachelbel
8. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532, Johann Sebastian Bach
9. Epistle Sonata in C Major, K. 278, Wolfgang A. Mozart arr. Zsigmond Szathmáry
10. Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1, Felix Mendelssohn
11. No. 4. Innig, from Etuden in kanonischer Form für Orgel oder Pedalklavier, Op. 56, Robert Schumann
12. Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S. 260, Franz Liszt
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“effortless virtuosity and musical intelligence…. You’ll buy this release for the marvellous instrument and for Miller’s superlative artistry but you’ll come away with the discovery of (Naji Hakim,) a formidable contemporary composer.”
JED DISTLER, Gramophone, October 2017
“Revealed in 2010 in Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, the IV/75 Martin Pasi Opus 19 organ – the Washington-based firm’s largest instrument to date-deports itself with a decidedly European accent. Reeds drawing on four centuries of French and German tradition, horizontal trumpets acknowledging a Spanish influence and its dual mechanical and electro-mechanical action (a first for the US,claims Pasi) together with three 32ft stops and a sophisticated computer system all make for a multi-faceted, chameleon-like instrument. Cathedral organist and director of music Crista Miller’s centuries-spanning, Franco-German programme and excellent notes offer a full and varied introduction to an organ rich in resources that adroitly balances power and poetry in large but accommodating acoustics.”
MICHAEL QUINN, Choir and Organ, November/December 2017 ****
“In the crowded world of recorded organ music, it is not always easy to access the listener’s ear beyond our own national borders. So, listening to the double disc set from Christa Miller was an enlightening experience. Firstly, the organ is extremely versatile. On the French disc the Couperin Mass positively blossoms in the tonal colour made possible with such a variety of authentic reeds and mutations available, and on three different manuals (including a Gross Tierce). All this interspersed with the plainsong chants, which ought to make it required listening for budding students of the style. The Vierne is driven forward with a great deal of momentum, the latter particularly striking and dramatic. The lengthy echo in such a building adds to the drama with the wealth of colour and volume available. On the German disc, the music is similarly diverse in style and demanding of the organ. In the highways and byways around Buxtehude and Bach, Bruhns is often neglected, as his output for the organ is relatively small. Miller’s Bruhns’ Preludium is compelling, particulaly in the stylus phantasticus sections, where Mattheson’s definition of ‘unrestrained playing’ could not be more apt. The different textures and styles do indeed shock, and Miller revels in the contrasts. Miller has the luxury of several pleno available for her Bach which is carefully measured and tidy in terms of tempo, and consistent in the clarity of texture in the fugue. The counterpoint in the Mendelssohn doesn’t quite match this, but the collection’s finale is a very broody Liszt played with panache and astute handling of the organ. I can’t verify all of the claims in the booklet notes regarding the historic modelling of stops, or the combination of purely mechanical, and electro mechanical actions in one instrument. However, the ambitious nature of packing such a variety of styles on two discs is admirable, and they make very good advocates for the performer and builder alike.”
ANDREW WILSON, Organists’ Review, December 2017
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Life on Mars has been proven to be a reality. Even before then, we’ve dreamt of what it would be like to one day experience Mars. Recently, NASA posted dreamy illustrations of an imagined future on the planet. In one picture, an astronaut stands on dunes in her spacesuit and with a dog at her side.
A History of Dogs in Space
While NASA isn’t planning on sending any dogs to Mars until the 2030s, space organizations have sent dogs to space before. In the 1950s and 1960s, the USSR sent dogs into capsules and launched them into the sky. While the canines weren’t sidekicks for the aeronauts, they were subjects to test launch systems before humans did. The United States used dogs to research during similar tests with several species of monkeys.
During these training sessions, engineers dressed dogs in spacesuits and kept them in small boxes for days, even putting them through rocket-launch simulators, very sadly. One dog, Bolik, managed to escape before his scheduled flight. Russian engineers faced a strict deadline and then went outside to find a stray and stramp him in. They named the dog ZIB, a Russian acronym which meant ”substitute for the vanished Bolik”. Luckily, the dog completed the mission and returned to Earth safely. However, that was merely a sub-orbital flight which stops short of looping Earth.
The first dog to really go to space was Laika, a three-year-old mutt, in 1957. Laika remained in orbit for five months, circled the world and then plunged back into Earth’s atmosphere. Unfortunately, Laika didn’t survive because the engineers didn’t plan for a safe return; the capsule was originally designed to run out of oxygen within a week. According to sensors embedded in her skin, Laika’s heartbeat tripled from its normal rate during takeoff and she breathed frantically. She died not long after, probably due to extreme temperatures in the overheated capsule.
Over the decades, many dogs circled the Earth but returned alive. Then, eventually so did humans. Then, dogs were safe of being tested on for further space experiments. A poster from NASA suggests that, unlike Soviet dogs, canines that were sent to Mars wouldn’t be used like lab animals, but sent with humans as valued companions.
But a life on Mars for a dog would be miserable. The journey would start with a scary rocket launch. Passengers often feel four times the weight of Earth’s gravity pressing down on them. The experience is stressful even for many of the best-trained astronauts. According to Clive Wynne, a psychology professor at Arizona State University, he mentions it would be way more frightening for a dog who couldn’t comprehend what was going on.
In an article with The Atlantic, Wynne ponders how his own dog, Xephos, would react to a space mission. He says his dog wouldn’t want to go to Mars and when confined in a small space and subjected to loud noises and sudden movements, she would convince us that this wasn’t something she wanted to do.
Additionally, advancements in technology to create palatial spaceships like the USS Enterprise is several years away. The first crafts to travel to Mars will be small and packed with only essentials like life-support systems. If astronauts have little room to move around, they won’t have much room to play catch with their dogs.
The ride to Mars would also be difficult on the bodies of astronauts, as well as dogs. Plus, spaceships can’t create artificial gravity which keeps our feet on the floor.
Without gravity, fluids in our bodies, including a dog’s, float to the head and congest them. Bones and muscles thin out and eyeballs squish, blurring vision; scientists are still trying to figure out this mystery. Without Earth’s magnetic field, passengers would be exposed to radiation from space which increases the risk of cancer.
Humans can volunteer for this dangerous experience, but their dogs shouldn’t be allowed. Wynne mentioned that “it would be inhumane to take a dog on a spaceship.”
On Mars, the challenges that humans and their dogs face would only continue. The air in the planet’s thin atmosphere is unbreathable and the soil is toxic. The gravity, about one-third that of Earth, would still be havoc-wreaking most large life forms. Dogs would likely live in a small habitat with their humans, exploring outside in a spacesuit.
NASA has decades of experience in manufacturing spacesuits so designing a suit for dogs wouldn’t be a challenge. Humans would communicate with their dogs via radios inside a fabric hat featuring a microphone at the ear, so they could receive commands and reassurances. A microphone at the mouth allows humans to hear their bark. It all seems a bit unnecessary, but unfortunately it would be the only way to survive on the planet.
A major problem would be the dog’s experience inside these spacesuit, or “Snoopy Caps” which circulate the same air repeatedly. Dogs have about 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses. In contrast, humans have about 6 million. They love to sniff just almost everything; they can tell when their humans feel sick. These enclosed world within spacesuit would be stifling, affecting their physical and mental health.
In all, a life on Mars would be inconvenient and strange for a dog and we shouldn’t risk making our beloved pets uncomfortable, especially as we figure out how to go to space.
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Robert G. Urban, PhD
Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Robert is Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation and leads Johnson & Johnson’s Boston Innovation Center. Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centers are home to investment teams that work closely with entrepreneurs to advance products and technology up to proof-of- concept across the pharmaceuticals, medical device & diagnostic and consumer sectors. Their investments focus on people and programs that have the potential to not just advance healthcare, but to transform it. Located in Boston, Menlo Park, London and Shanghai, the J&J Innovation Centers seek to simplify and expedite the transformation of discoveries into healthcare products that improve lives across the world.
Prior to J&J, Robert was the founding Executive Director of MIT’s Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Robert has co-founded multiple biopharmaceutical companies, held a variety of R&D leadership/operational roles and served as an advisor or board member in the industry. Robert received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Microbiology and his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Texas system and was an Irvington Fellow in structural immunology at Harvard University.
Kuldeep Neote, Ph.D
Senior Director at J&J Innovation Center-Boston
Dr. Neote is trained as a Molecule Biologist with an extensive background in drug discovery. He has been focused in the area of Immunology, Inflammation and Oncology and has a passion for implementing cutting edge scientific discoveries into practical drug discovery programs. Throughout his career, he has looked at creative scientific and business development collaborative and partnering opportunities that have resulted in tangible clinical translation of new scientific discoveries working in conjunction with academic and biotech companies.
Formerly, Dr. Neote was Research Advisor/Director in Global External R&D at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, IN. Prior to Eli Lilly, he was a Discovery Scientist in Pfizer Inc. in Groton, CT. Dr. Neote initiated the Chemokine Receptor Drug Discovery platform that lead to several clinical candidates, and also discovered novel chemokines. Earlier in his career, Dr. Neote cloned one of the first chemokine receptors during his post-doctoral studies in Genentech.
Dr. Neote earned her BSc. in Microbial and Cellular Biology at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, and a Ph.D. in Human and Molecule Genetics at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, where he was a major contributor in the understanding of the molecular basis of lysosomal storage diseases, in particular Tay Sachs and Sandhoff’s disease.
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Arnegard, ND 58835
Happy Holidays to all.
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Bakken News
Read about news in the Bakken.
Welcome to Arnegard, North Dakota
Arnegard is located in McKenzie County in the state of North Dakota. We are just a hop, skip, and jump West of Watford City, ND. As of the 2014 census, the county population was 10,996. The county seat is Watford City. McKenzie County was first created by the March 8, 1883 Dakota Territory legislature but eliminated in 1891 due to a lack of settlement. The county was then recreated by the 1905 state legislature, with the county government first organizing on April 20, 1905. The name comes from early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie. Before becoming Watford City, the county seat was Alexander from 1905 to 1907 and Schafer from 1907 to 1941.
Living in The Heart of The Bakken
If you are looking for a small friendly place with a rural setting we have it. As of the census of 2014, there were 166 people, residing in the city. We are in the heart of the Bakken oil field.
The Park District would like to thank all who attended the First Annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony held November 30, 2015.
A special thank you to the Arnegard Booster’s Club for providing cookies and hot chocolate, Terry Elliot for donating the lift to decorate the tree and Kathy Paulson for providing music for the event.
The Park District appreciates all who participated and made this event happen.
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The Reeve's Tale
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Train wreck at Montparnasse (October 22, 1895) by Studio Lévy and Sons.
"The Reeve's Tale" is the third story told in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The reeve, named Oswald in the text, is the manager of a large estate who reaped incredible profits for his master and himself. He is described in the Tales as skinny and bad-tempered. The Reeve had once been a carpenter, a profession mocked in the previous Miller's Tale. Oswald responds with a tale that mocks the Miller's profession.
As well as insulting the Miller, the Reeve's tale also criticises the tale told by the Miller. Just as the bawdy, humorous tale told by the Miller is in response to the serious one told by the Knight, the Reeve's offering 'quites' or counters the Miller's. While still humorous, the tale is much more like black comedy with its inclusion of theft, rape and violence, along with its overall far more grim and realistic portrayal of events. In addition, none of the characters are depicted sympathetically; consider the unpleasant miller, his vain wife and his idiot daughter. The clerks may have good intentions initially, but they seem to be far from bright even though they are supposed to be university students.
The tale is based on a popular fabliau (also the source of the Sixth Story of the Ninth Day of The Decameron) of the period with many different versions, the "cradle-trick." Chaucer improves on his sources with his detailed characterization and sly humour linking the act of grinding corn with sex. The northeastern accent of the two clerks is also the earliest surviving attempt in English to record a dialect from an area other than that of the main writer. Chaucer's works are written with traces of the southern English or London accent of himself and his scribes, but he extracts comedy from imitating accents, a comedic device that is still popular today.
Symkyn is a miller who lives in Trumpington near Cambridge and who steals wheat and meal brought to him for grinding. Symkyn is also a bully and expert with knives (q.v. the coulter in the Miller's Tale). His wife is the portly daughter of the town clergyman (and therefore illegitimate, as Catholic priests do not marry). They have a twenty-year-old daughter Malyne and a six-month-old son.
When Symkyn overcharged for his latest work grinding corn for Soler Hall, a Cambridge University college also known as King's Hall (which later became part of Trinity College), the college steward was too ill to face him. Two students there, John and Alan, originally from Strother in North East England, are outraged at this latest theft and vow to beat the miller at his own game. John and Alan pack an even larger amount of wheat than usual and say they will watch Symkyn while he grinds it into flour, pretending that they are interested in the process because they have limited knowledge about milling. Symkyn sees through the clerks' story and vows to take even more of their grain than he had planned, to prove that scholars are not always the wisest or cleverest of people. He unties their horse, and the two students are unable to catch their steed until nightfall. Meanwhile, the miller steals the clerks' flour and gives it to his wife to bake a cake.
Returning to Symkyn's house, John and Alan offer to pay him for a night's sleeping there. He challenges them to make his single bedroom into a grand house. After much rearranging, Symkyn and his wife sleep in one bed, John and Alan in another, and Malyne in the third. The baby boy's cradle sits at the foot of the miller's bed.
After a long night of drinking wine, Symkyn and his family fall fast asleep while John and Alan lie awake, plotting revenge. First Alan gets up and surprises Malyne in her bed, having sex with her before she has a chance to cry out. When the miller's wife leaves her bed to relieve herself of the wine she'd drunk, John moves the baby's cradle to the foot of his own bed. Upon returning, the miller's wife feels for the cradle in order to identify her bed, and mistakenly assumes that John's bed is her own. When she enters his bed, John leaps upon her and begins having sex with her.
Dawn comes, and Alan says goodbye to Malyne, whom he'd enjoyed three times during the night. She tells Alan to look behind the main door to find the cake she had helped make with the flour her father had stolen. Seeing the cradle in front of what he assumes is Symkyn's bed (but is in fact John's), he goes to Symkyn's bed, shakes the miller —whom he thought was John—awake and recounts that he'd just slept with Malyne. Symkyn rises from his bed in a rage, waking his wife in John's bed, who takes a club and hits her raging husband by mistake, thinking him one of the students. John and Alan flee without paying for their food and lodgings, taking with them the cake and horse. The Reeve goes on to say that the Miller was well beaten not having been paid for the lodging, food or his services.
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Supreme Court upholds ‘individual mandate’ in health care law
Fri, 06/29/2012 - 11:00am — Kyle Quick-Publisher
Washington D.C. - The United States Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law Thursday, ruling that the requirement that most Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine is constitutional as a tax.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberals on the court to uphold Obama and the Democrats’ landmark legislation.
The individual mandate is still months away from implementation, while other, more popular provisions, like allowing individuals up to age 26 to remain on their parents health care plan, have already gone into effect.
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said the Supreme Court’s decision strengthens his hope for a repeal of the law.
“Congress must repeal this deeply flawed law in its entirety and replace it with thoughtful, common-sense reforms that put patients and doctors in control of health care – not Washington bureaucrats,” Blunt said.
To repeal, it would likely require a Republican controlled Senate in the fall. One of the most targeted Democrats up for reelection Sen. Claire McCaskill, issued the following statement through John LaBombard, spokesman: “There’s only ever been one goal for Claire—affordable, accessible health care for Missouri.”
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, R-Mo., who filed his own challenge to the law in federal court, said the decision makes his own legal fight all the more important.
“Today’s decision underscores the dire importance of pending lawsuits such as my own, the November election and the need for the full repeal of this monstrous tax on Americans,” he said in a statement.
In Missouri, nearly 14 percent of the population is uninsured. The state of Missouri now will consider whether to implement state level health insurance exchanges, as required by the law. Missouri voters will consider whether to allow the governor to implement the exchange without authority by the General Assembly.
Gov. Jay Nixon, D-Mo., who would be the one to implement the exchanges, has said he would wait to decide until after the Supreme Court ruled. Ahead of the ruling, Nixon declared his opposition to the individual mandate.
“I don’t think the federal government should be telling people what they have to buy as far as private insurance,” Nixon said. “That has been my position throughout. I don’t think that is the proper role of the federal government.”
During the heavily Republican primary in 2010, 70 percent of Missouri voters rejected the mandate.
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Mental Health Blog
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – CBT – Origins
Beck’s Cognitive Model – Part 1 – Application to Therapy
The Third Wave of CBT – Past, Present or Future?
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The Third Wave of CBT
The approaches of the first two generations of BT share the assumption that certain cognitions, emotions and physiological states lead to dysfunctional behaviour and, therefore, therapeutic intervention is aimed at eliminating, or at least reducing, these problematic internal events. Third wave therapies are expanding their targets from the mere reduction of symptoms to the development of skills aimed at significantly improving the quality and quantity of activity in which the patient finds value. Even with seriously ill patients, the new behavioural therapies emphasise empowerment and increase in skills and behavioural repertoires that may be used in many contexts (Hayes, 2004).
The emphasis on building healthy behavioural skills, finds its rational in the assumption that the processes which the patient fights against constantly (judging and attempting to control their internal experiences) are the same as those experienced by the therapist (Hayes, 2004); resulting in the fact that the methods and techniques of these therapies are suitable as much for the therapists as they are for the patients. In efforts made by the patient to increase acceptance of their internal experiences, the therapist is encouraged to form a sincere rapport with the inner most experiences of the patient.
Another feature of these new treatments is to break some of the historical barriers between behaviour therapy and the somewhat less scientifically based approaches (e.g. Psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy and Humanistic therapies) trying to integrate some of their fundamental concepts.
If, for some, the above elements suggest the emergence of a new wave within the field of CBT, for others (e.g. Leahy, 2008; Hofmann, 2008) it is neither a paradigm shift, nor do the therapies have features that confer any greater clinical efficacy. Whilst standard CBT meets the criteria of Empirically Supported Therapies (ESTs) - that is, therapies that have been proven effective through randomized controlled trials - for a wide variety of psychological disorders (Butler, 2006), currently we cannot say the same for the approaches seen in third-generation therapies (Öst, 2008).w
Strong supporting evidence that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), one of the most studied third wave approaches, is more effective than Cognitive Therapy is for the most part lacking and, when present, is derived from studies that have severe limitations such as a small sample size or the use of non-clinical samples (Forman, 2007). So the doubt remains whether the third generation therapies actually represent a "new" wave in CBT. Keeping this is mind; it may be interesting to reflect on commonalities and differences between the third generation and the previous two generations.
The first generation’s exposure techniques were one of the most effective tools in the arsenal of CBT. Even though the underlying mechanism for this has yet to be fully understood (Steketee, 2002; Rachman, 1991), the rationale behind exposure techniques are reminiscent of the extinction processes of avoidance responses through the activation of habituation processes to the stimulus, with a progressive reduction and eventual disappearance of the physiological and behavioural reactions associated with them so that the patient learns to cope with the emotions triggered by the feared situations without resorting to avoidance behaviours.
Since experiential avoidance is a central target in third wave approaches, exposure therapy is undoubtedly still widely used; However, although third generation approaches can be similar to those of the previous generations, in terms of exposure techniques, the rational and objectives are different. Patients, in fact, are helped to identify what really matters in their lives and to engage in actions that are in line with these aims and values. It is inevitable that such techniques may elicit unpleasant thoughts, emotions and physiological sensations, resulting in the impulse to avoid the experiential event. Therefore, third generation approaches are intended to reduce the avoidance behaviour and increase the patient’s behavioural repertoire, however not necessarily extinguishing the internal responses (even though the process of extinction may well take place), but accepting them for what are without going against them.
The role attributed to life experiences in helping to create the content of thoughts is a similar concept in both second and third generations, but then there are radical differences with respect to the importance attributed to thought content in the creation and maintenance of psychological disturbances. Starting with the assumption that a stimulus can affect the emotions of a patient only as a consequence of how that emotion is processed and interpreted by his cognitive system, cognitive therapies aim to bring about a change in the patient through the correction of the content of his dysfunctional thoughts; in contrast, third wave therapies state that an excessive focus on the content of thoughts may contribute to worsening of symptoms. Leahy (2008) criticizes this position, citing the amount of empirical research supporting the greater efficacy of cognitive psychotherapy when compared to any other therapeutic approach. On the other hand, while reflecting on the new elements of the third generation, Leahy (2008) admits that the techniques which bring about distancing from ones thoughts through acceptance and mindfulness do not differ significantly from the process of critical thinking, which is the technique used in the cognitive approach.
In conclusion, standard cognitive therapy, which aims to modify the content of thoughts, may hinder the patient’s acceptance of internal experiences; the solution to which has been proposed through the methods and approaches of the third wave. These approaches put forward the idea of changing the patient’s relationship with their own internal events, a process that can be integrated into standard CBT (Hayes, 1999, and Segal, 2002).
Thirty years ago the cognitive behavioural approach to therapy was limited to the treatment of major depressive disorder and a very limited treatment for some anxiety disorders. Most practitioners at that time viewed this approach as rather simplistic, but admittedly effective for a small range of problems. The ‘deeper’ and more ‘challenging’ cases would be the focus for ‘depth’ therapies of various kinds. Although those ‘depth’ therapies provided little evidence of any effectiveness, they were seen as addressing the ‘real underlying problems’.
Psychotherapy has come a long way since then. As we have seen above, the cognitive behavioural approach to therapy provides an effective treatment modality for the full range of psychiatric disorders. This approach empowers the clinician to provide effective treatment for depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, couples problems and family therapy issues. Indeed, where medication is part of the treatment approach, CBT increases medication compliance, resulting in a better outcome for patients with severe mental illness. The emergence of case conceptualisation, and schematic models of personality disorder, has provided the clinician with the tools to help patients with longstanding, apparently intractable personality disorders.
Although psychodynamic theorists may still argue that CBT does not address the deeper issues, cognitive behaviour therapists argue that CBT does deal with the deeper issues - only, it is done more rapidly and more effectively. New research that indicates that CBT can be effective with patients suffering from borderline personality disorder illustrates the power of case conceptualisation within a structured proactive approach. Moreover, the treatment approaches of CBT are not simply derived from clinical lore and convenient anecdotes. Each structured treatment modality is supported by significant empirical research demonstrating its effectiveness.
Dr Beppe Micallef-Trigona is a Maltese psychiatrist who returned to Malta after working as a consultant psychiatrist with the UK Ministry of Defence (Royal Navy), and previously, as a consultant psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service.
The Development and Structure of Man’s Cognitive System
Deliberate Self Harm & Suicide – NET TV Intereview
Alliance for Mental Health – A Position Paper
Storytelling will Save the World… Yes, Even Yours
Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Improving the Quality of Psychiatry in Malta
Should Healthcare Practitioners Have More Power in the Health Policy-making Process?
Are Teams an Efficient form of Organisation Structure?
rTMS – Side effects and Guidelines for use
CBT for Insomnia – Session Protocol
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Mitch Rupp Signs NLI for Albany
November 15, 2011 - Playing in the attack, Victor senior Mitch Rupp knows how to set goals. "When I was younger, my goal was always to play at Division I so I wanted to make sure I got there. When I made Varsity as a freshman, it hit me that if I kept working hard and playing as much as I could, I would make it." With the signing of his National Letter of Intent, Tuesday, Mitch symbolized the achievement of his goal. Mitch will attend Albany and play for the Great Danes next fall.
Victor Athletic Director Ron Whitcomb, who moderated at the ceremony, noted that "Not every one of our student-athletes can make that jump to a D-1 school. It's a tough measure. The bar is set extremely high." Mitch along with teammates John Maloney and TJ DiSanto were honored as all three signed letters.
Mitch noted that he looked up to Victor graduate Pat D`Angelo who, as a year older, mentored him. "He was always one of the older kids who helped me out a lot." He also thanked his parents, Fritz and Jen, who "took me everywhere" and a large number of Victor coaches starting in the youth programs. He also noted the help of his coaches on his club team (Blaze). "They just helped so much in the recruiting process it just made it so much easier."
He was impressed on his official visit where he spent the day walking around campus with the coaches, visiting classes and then attending a "long practice" at the end of the day. "I stood on the sidelines and they let me go in the huddle. The team was awesome. They were just so nice to me and I loved watching them play because they have such a fast-paced game. That's exactly the way I want to play."
His advice to younger players who "dream the big dreams": "Always be working hard in the off-season. Work out a lot. Shoot as much as you can out in the yard and try to keep a stick in your hand at all times."
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Book Review: The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History by Tony Sclafani
By Greg Barbrick on December 28, 2013 11:39 AM |
The FAQ series from Backbeat Books is just about the best thing going these days for serious fans. The FAQ catalog includes books about Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and other musicians, and even features titles about films and Star Trek. The long strange trip of The Grateful Dead is the subject of the new The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History by Tony Sclafani. When I heard about this book, the only question I had was "What took 'em so long?"
What makes these FAQ books so good is the "All That's Left to Know" subtitle. Rather than trying to find a new way of telling a pretty well-worn story, Sclafani delves deeper. This results in such intriguing chapters as "Sing Me Back Home: Ten Artists Who Influenced The Dead," "Ship of Fools: The Dead's Ten Worst Decisions," and "Ripple in Still Water: What Happened When Deadheads Invaded a Town?" Those are just three examples of the types of subjects Sclafani tackles.
The basic Grateful Dead story is told in this 358-page book, but as those chapter titles indicate, there is much more here than just "Psychedelic San Francisco band stays true to their ideals for 30 years." Listing Merle Haggard as an influence is one that I had never considered before, even though it is actually as plain as day when you think about it. They did cover some of his songs, but what Sclafani really contends is that the Hag was a huge inspiration for their classic American Beauty and Workingman's Dead albums.
John Coltrane is also listed, and he is another one that I agree with, but would not have named before reading this book. Especially in the final few years of his life, Coltrane was playing songs that lasted up to an hour, full of solos and flights that usually worked, and sometimes did not. He even had two drummers at the end. These are the types of connections that a curious fan loves to read about, and one of the things that makes this book so enjoyable.
"The Dead's Ten Worst Decisions" is definitely subjective, but it is hard to argue with what Sclafani writes. His final "Going Out on the 1994 and 1995 Tours" is possibly the most significant. He kind of dances around the central issue though, by saying only that Jerry Garcia was not really playing well. Blair Jackson is quoted as saying that Garcia was "in no condition to be onstage," which in retrospect is pretty obvious. It has been 18 years since Garcia passed, and nobody can say that things would have been any different if the group had not toured, but you still have to wonder.
"What Happened When Deadheads Invaded a Town" is a nine-page account of the band's experiences in Columbia, Maryland in the 80's. They played two-night stands at the outdoor Merriweather Post Pavilion in 1983, '84, and '85, and the "Deadhead Invasion" freaked the town out so much that they were (supposedly) banned from playing there after '85. As Sclafani makes clear, the situation with the Deadhead traveling road-show was getting worse and worse, and Columbia is really a stand-in for "Anytown, USA."
Those are just three of the book's 39 chapters, but I think they provide a fair idea of the direction the author takes. While there are some excellent straight-forward books about the band, The Grateful Dead FAQ takes things much further. There are chapters detailing all of their studio albums, about "why there are two Aoxomoxoas," the roles Tom Constanten, Pigpen, and Donna Godchaux played in the band, and a whole lot more.
The Grateful Dead FAQ really does deliver all that's left to know about the group, as far as I can tell. Tony Sclafani has come up with so many fascinating insights about this cultural institution that I found the book to be a joy to read. The Grateful Dead FAQ takes the good old Grateful Dead story to a whole other level, and is recommended.
Backbeat Books,
classic rock books,
FAQ,
Grateful Dead,
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Home Reflections on ICMA 2010…
Reflections on ICMA 2010 and a Fast Changing Classifieds Industry
Neal Polachek
Classifieds, International Markets
Last week I spoke at the annual gathering of the International Classifieds Media Association (ICMA) in Vienna, Austria. My colleague Peter Krasilovsky and I have had the pleasure of attending and speaking at this function in past years.
What I noticed this year is a definite reawakening in the classifieds business, which now sees itself surviving the entry of Google (and now, also Facebook). That’s a very different situation from when I addressed this audience five years ago.
It is more than just survival, however. The ICMA attendees themselves have remarkably evolved. At this year’s gathering, there was a noticeable increase in young entrepreneurs operating businesses in more than 33 countries around the world. And there were plenty of vendors to enable the transformation of classifieds from the offline to the online world.
I was especially struck by two companies. Mocality.com is an early stage, online-only classifieds and directory company that has launched in Kenya. The company, which has found an interesting way to aggregate and verify business listings, is a division of Nespars, the large but little-known South African media conglomerate.
Mocality.com CEO Stefan Magdalinski told me that Kenya leads the way in Africa and perhaps other parts of the world in the use of mobile payment technology that lets mobile users pay for goods and services via SMS message. In essence, Kenya is moving to a cashless economy at a very fast pace.
As I listened and asked questions of many of the “delegates” — this is the European term for attendees — I learned a great deal about the new business opportunities being pursued by energetic entrepreneurs in both emerging and developed markets.
Axel Springer, the large German media company, for instance, has built a leading position in the jobs/recruitment space by leveraging e-mail and newsletters to drive traffic and conversion.
Another player is ISV, a mobile player that has already established a presence in Canada with a solution that allows mobile users to focus more on browsing than find and buy. ISV also offers an easy and fast approach for loading a listing via a mobile device. One can upload video and pictures and text via a mobile phone and can also remove a listing via the mobile.
ADConversion is another exciting company exhibiting at ICMA. The company, which is run by former Google AdSense execs in Europe, helps smaller publishers drive incremental revenues by optimizing AdSense advertising. In return, it asks for a percentage of the incremental revenue it helps generate.
All in all, it is very interesting to see new businesses and new business models in local media springing up all over the globe. While it is true that the U.S. market accounts for nearly half of the advertising budget around the globe, there are non-U.S. entrepreneurs — some running start-ups, some launching new business from inside long established media companies — who are driving very exciting business models in directories, local search, classifieds and social media.
Axel Springer, India Today Team Up on Auto Classifieds in India
Oodle Buys Grouply: Moving the Social Graph Beyond (Just) Friends
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Bridging Climate Change
Thank you so much for coming to the Bridging Climate Justice evening!
A moving and inspiring evening where dreams were shared, stories exchanged and dilemmas discussed. No better way to show how well people from all over the world can work together as one team when they share the same mission: creating a better world.
We kicked off the evening with a speed date session to get to know each other. Music offered a great excuse to have a little dance when switching partners to talk to. But the main goal was to start a dialogue about our dreams for the future. How do we wish to see the world in which our grandchildren will grow up and what can we do today for making these dreams a reality?
Creating a better world for tomorrow starts with acknowledging the problems we have to fight today. Our African and Dutch colleagues spoke about the work they do and what struggles they face in their fight for a better world. Both in Africa as in the Netherlands, the interests of big companies like Shell are often not compatible with the safety of ordinary people. The extent to which human rights are being affected by these companies varies from earthquakes, collapsing houses in Groningen, to deforestation and the loss of agricultural land leading to poor access to food and water in Nigeria, Oeganda and DRC. Standing up to protect nature and defend human rights happens all over the world in very different social and political contexts. The most striking difference between environmental work in Africa and the Netherlands, is the safety and protection we are blessed with here - in sharp contrast with the enormous risks that our colleagues in Africa run. As more and more African colleagues shared stories of corruption and even torture, the room couldn’t have been more silent.
Once we shared the obstacles we encounter in our daily work, in smaller groups we started to talk about solutions, discussing topics like gender, justice, campaigning and communication. This enabled us to use our different backgrounds and perspectives on concrete concepts. These brainstorm sessions ended up producing practical and useful strategies and ideas how to handle different issues we face all over the world.
Even though we live in totally diferent countries, with contrasting political contexts, we have to deal with similar problems when it comes to climate justice. The evening was a successful attempt to exchange experiences and I felt so fortunate to discuss and share ideas with such inspiring people. I wasn’t the only one who thought this was an incredibly invigorating evening. Here are some comments of my colleagues:
‘What touched me the most was the story of one person. He told that he fled from Nigeria, because of Shell. Then he arrived in Den Haag just to find out the head office is located here in Holland.’
‘What stood out for me the most was how strong these people are. That they fight for what they believe in, even though this means they put themselves in dangerous situations. You know this is happening, but to actually meet people who are working under these circumstances is really inspiring.’
‘There was a beautiful moment in a discussion we held about science and research. Our African colleague told about the shortage of scientific information about how the energy transition can take place in our daily lives. We realized we have the same lack of information in Holland. So in a complete different setting of energy transition we have searched for ways to solve the same problems. A beautiful insight.’
‘One of our colleagues from the Democratic Republic of Congo shared his motivation to keep working in a environmental organisation even though he was risking his own life: “It makes me feel good to be surrounded by nature, and when I see nature being damaged or destroyed, it makes me feel so sad, it hurts me in my soul, I personally suffer from it.” It think this is a very universal feeling, that a lot of people can relate to, and I think it is the vulnerability and human aspect behind this statement that touched me deeply.’
- Rosa van der Laag
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Sponsored By: Zone Mechanical Inc.
The following is the summary of the general process related to player assignments to Canton Little League (CLL) age 9 to 12 summer teams.
All players wishing to play on a Canton Little League (CLL) summer travel team are required to register on-line. Depending on the number of applicants in each age group and volunteers willing to coach the teams, Canton Little League summer travel teams will play in both the Suburban Youth Baseball League and the South River League.
Each age group (9, 10, 11 and 12) will have a level “A” and level “B” team in the Suburban League. A and B team rosters are to consist of twelve players. The South River League will include a 10U and a 12U team based on the number of applicants.
It is understood that other family events occur during the during the summer months (vacation, camp, commitments to other sports), however, to be fair to those players who make a commitment to play Summer Baseball, Canton Little League is requiring that for consideration to play for Suburban Youth Baseball League teams, the player and parents must make a commitment that they will not miss more than 2 regular season games and make every effort to attend all playoff games during the season. Please keep in mind that this policy is designed to allow for those unavoidable circumstances, but since this is a tryout/selection team the overall commitment objective should still be 100% attendance at all games & practices.
Summer Baseball Guide Lines
The level “A” and “B” teams playing in the Suburban League are competitive oriented teams. As such there is no guarantee on playing time. The top players will play more.
The 10U and 12U teams playing in the South River League will be competitive oriented but the coaches will provide reasonable (not equitable) playing time for each child.
A natural instinct for all parents is to want their child to play and succeed. The coaches will be making decisions on playing time and positions based on what is best for the team. Parents are asked to respect the decision of the coaches.
All players need to commit to attending all summer league games and practices. Where conflicts exist parents are expected to provide the coaches ample advance notice.
A tryout session will be held in May. The tryouts will consist of typical baseball drills (hitting, throwing and fielding). The evaluations will be made by individuals who do not have a child in the applicable age bracket. Canton Little League will use evaluators who are fair, impartial and have a reasonable knowledge of baseball skills.
Every attempt should be made to attend the summer tryouts at the appropriate time. Parents are required to provide advance notice of an absence. Players who cannot attend their scheduled tryouts will be asked to come to an evaluation with a different age group so that an assessment can be made of the player’s skill level. If a candidate does not attend the tryouts then they will be placed on a team using the best judgment of the Summer League Selection Committee.
For the tryouts, players are to report to the back of the Kennedy School 30 minutes before their schedule start time. This is required to sign-in, get their squad assignment and to warm-up. All players should come prepared with their own gloves, bats and bring at least one bottle of water to carry with them.
During the tryouts parents are asked to quietly stay up in the parking lot and avoid contact with your child. The evaluation process is stressful and the kids do not do any better with added pressure by their parents.
A four (4) person impartial Selection Committee will be established for each age level. Each Selection Committee will be comprised of the following members:
· Summer Baseball Player Agent
· Player League Agent
o Minor League Agent will be a member of the 9 year old Selection Committee
o Major League Agent will be a member of the 10, 11 and 12 year old Selection Committees
· Manager of the Team (recommended by Summer Baseball Player Agent and approved by the CLL President and Vice President)
· Manager/Coach involved in the age group of the team involved and does not have child on that team.
The Summer Player Agent will chair a meeting attended by all members of the Selection Committee. All candidates for the summer teams will be considered for selection on one of the aforementioned teams based upon the following factors:
· performance in the previous Summer Season (based upon written evaluations provided by the Summer Season Manager);
· performance in the current Spring Season (based upon written evaluations provided by the Spring Season Manager);
· skills demonstrated during tryouts (based upon written evaluations provided by the Summer Player Agent);
· attitude and coachability of the player; and
· ensuring each team has a appropriate balance of players, who can pitch, play the catcher position and hit.
Evaluation of pitchers and catchers will be based on a player’s performance in the current Canton Little League season, as well as performance in the previous summer season. Evaluating a pitchers or catchers performance in actual game situations is the fairest process as compared to a throwing session during the tryout session. Additionally, not all candidates want to pitch or catch and an equitable grading system for non-pitchers/catchers verses pitchers/catchers is not achievable.
The Selection Committee will first choose the members of the A team, then the B team. Those who do not make either the A or B team will be placed on the appropriate South River League team.
The evaluation and team selection is a subjective process. Canton Little League is committed to make the process as fair as reasonably possible. Parents are asked to respect the final decision on team selections.
The goal will be to announce the teams in early June.
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Sponsored By: Berardi Irrigation
BRAINTREE NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE 2013 SUMMER BASEBALL FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE
1. No stealing, no advancement on passed balls, wild pitches, or over-throws to the pitchers from the catcher after a pitch, and no balks. Players on base may leave the base when the ball crosses the plate (no leading before the pitch crosses plate) but they may not advance to the next base unless a pick-off attempt is made and the throw gets by the fielder (runner advances at his or her own risk) or until ball is hit into the field of play by batter or until forced ahead by a walk or hit batter. No stealing but players may leave the base as ball crosses the plate. Player leaving the base may not advance but does so at his own risk and may be picked off (a runner may advance on an over-throw on the pick-off attempt). A player can't just take off for the next base on a pick-off attempt. He must attempt to return to the base and may advance only if the throw gets by the fielder.
2. Bunting is NOT allowed.
3. Infield fly rule does not apply and will NOT be called. Tagging up on a fly ball is allowed. Runner advances at his own peril.
4. "Full Roster Batting". All teams will use a "Complete Team Batting Order”. That is, every player attending the game bats in turn, regardless of whether he or she is playing in the field or on the bench. If a player is injured and misses a turn at bat, he is removed from the game and may not return.
Only batters that cross the plate count as runs scored. See Rule 6 below. The batting order is "restarted" at the beginning of each game and is not continued from game to game.
5. Free substitution. Ten players in the field at a time (6 traditional infielders and 4 outfielders). Players may be moved in and out of the field positions at will, except for the pitcher. Once removed as a pitcher, a player may NOT pitch again in that game but may play any other position in the field. See Pitching Rules.
New 2012: All players must play a minimum of nine (9) defensive outs in the field.
New 2013: Although Players and spectators may cheer for their team and team mates, there is no chanting or singing. "organized songs" or "organized cheers" are not permitted. This is a matter that must be resolved between the Managers. Remember we are the adults and they are only 8. The reason for the rule comes from recent experience. It's one thing to cheer and encourage the batter or pitcher it's another to make so much noise that he or she can't think…this applies offensively and defensively but will most likely be the offensive team from their bench. PLEASE USE YOU BEST DISCRETION AND ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION WITH THIS…WE WILL BE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OR COMMENTS WE RECEIVE ON THIS TOPIC.
6. Batter Limit Per Inning. A team's inning at bat will end after three (3) outs are recorded, or after every player in the line up has batted in an inning. If one team has more players then the other at the game, each team will be allowed to bat the higher number of players in an inning, if the three outs are not recorded in the inning.
Last batter rule: The Manager of the batting team will approach the umpire to quietly state that it is the last batter. This is to prevent the runners from taking additional bases/running off of the field.
BY DESIGN, THERE IS NO SLAUGHTER RULE (OTHER THAN THE ONCE AROUND THE BATTING ORDER RULE). HOWEVER, WE EXPECT MANAGERS TO BE REASONABLE AND REMEMBER THE PURPOSES OF THE LEAGUE. YOU CAN'T TELL AN 8 YEAR OLD NOT TO SWING OR TO INTENTIONALLY MAKE AN OUT. HOWEVER, YOU CAN USE A LESS SKILLED PITCHER IN A BIG LEAD SITUATION AND LET THE OTHER TEAM HAVE SOME AT BATS, REST YOUR ACE(S) AND GIVE OTHER PLAYERS THE CHANCE TO PITCH!!! STOP YOUR RUNNERS AT THIRD. WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF TO KEEP THE SCORES CLOSE…..WE LOVE 19-18 GAMES!!! LOTS OF HITTING PLAYS BEING MADE OR AT LEAST ATTEMPTED DEFENSIVELY, LOTS OF THINKING ABOUT THE GAME (IF YOU CAN GET THAT))THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS. WE HATE LOP-SIDED SCORES AND IF WE OBSERVE ANY TENDENCIES FOR TEAMS TO PRODUCE LOP SIDED SCORES, IT WILL BE ADDRESSED.
7. Dead Ball when "Mounded". The ball is dead, when it is HELD on the mound area by any player. Runners advancing will be returned to the last base touched, (if they are halfway or less to the next base). Umpire's judgment.
8. Four (4) outfielders are allowed on the field. They must play the outfield, no short fielders. (left, left center, right center, right fielders). Regular infield positions. No additional in-fielders.
9 Sliding. No head first sliding. "Slide or Avoid" Rule applies. If a play is being made on a runner he must either slide or avoid contact. NO CRASHING THE BASE MAN/CATCHER. Umpire’s discretion. If a play is being made on a runner with no slide and contact is made, Runner is out!!
10 A pitcher may pitch a maximum of two (2) consecutive innings in a game (they must be consecutive), and a maximum of six (6) innings per pitcher in a week (A "week" starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday). Delivery of one single pitch constitutes an inning! Once a pitcher stops being the pitcher (regardless of whether or not it is at the end or in the middle of an inning or he goes to the bench or another position in the field), he cannot return to the game as a pitcher. There is no pitch count! A pitcher may appear as a pitcher only in two consecutive innings. (If he throws one pitch in relief in the second, he may pitch the entire third inning but must be removed after the third inning).
Pitchers may not pitch on consecutive days. Caution, this applies to make-up games!!! Make sure you schedule your makeup games accordingly. Pitching Rules may be "re-set" for play-offs at League's discretion.
11. A pitcher must be removed after hitting two (2) batters in an inning or three (3) in a game.
12. Pitchers will throw from a throw down pitching rubber (anchored if possible) placed approximately three (3) feet closer to home than the normal distance for a Little League pitching rubber or 43 feet from the "back" or peak of the plate (normal little league pitching distance is 46 feet). Managers should agree on pitching rubber location prior to the game. A manager may elect to have his pitcher pitch from the 46’ distance but this must be announced before the game and all pitchers for that team must pitch from the 46’ distance for the entire game. In all Play-off Games, all Pitchers shall pitch from the 43’ Distance. No exceptions.
Regulation and age appropriate Little League or Cal Ripken approved baseballs must be used. Each team provides one new ball per game. No "soft" or "t-balls" allowed.
13. In addition to a first base coach and third base coach, the only coach allowed on the field of play is to be positioned behind the catcher to return passed balls. The defensive team should supply this coach each inning. He is needed in order to speed up the game to retrieve balls that get by the catcher, but should not instruct, direct or otherwise coach the players from that position. This coach must stay to the left or right of the catcher, not directly behind the catcher. One coach is allowed on the bench to keep score, keep kids in line and maintain batting order.
14. Umpiring should be done from behind the catcher. Home team provides the umpire(s) at its expense. Please make sure Managers and Umpires review the Friendship League "Special Rules" and local ground rules before the game. We ask that young umpires be supervised by an adult and adult umpires must be used in the play-offs.
15. There is no two hour rule (no time limit) and there are no extra innings (except play-offs). Regular season games are played so as to complete a regulation Game, if possible, meaning 6 innings or less due to inability to play due to weather conditions or darkness. Except in the play-offs, if it rains or gets dark, you have a regulation regular season game after 4 full Innings or 3 and ½ if the home team is ahead after 31/2 innings. If you don’t have a complete or regulation game Little League rules for completion of games applies. If there is a tie after a complete or regulation game it goes into the books as a tie. NO EXTRA INNINGS!! (Except in play-offs.)
16. Unlike regular season games, all play-off games must be played the full six (6) innings ( 5 1/2 if home team is ahead). Play-off games not completed must be played to completion the next night.
17. Except as herein provided, the Rules of Play shall be governed by the Little League Baseball Rules in force and effect for the applicable season (2013). 2013 Little League Baseball Rules apply unless covered by Rules 1-16 above.
Paul Machado email:
1. Please remember that this is a FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE! Please be considerate of the other team's players and spectators, as well as your own. Managers should attempt to accommodate each other's needs, and agree on rules interpretations with the umpire(s) before the game begins. THERE IS NO SLAUGHTER RULE BUT PLEASE REMEMBER WE ARE DEALING WITH 8 YEAR OLDS AND WE EXPECT MANAGERS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. 25-0 scores are frowned upon and the League Directors reserve the right to address Teams running up the scores of games.. A good score for a Friendship League game is 18-17. Lots of hitting, lots of plays…lots of baseball. That’s why we are here, TO LET THEM PLAY THE GAME AND WHY WE DON’T HAVE A SLAUGHTER RULE.. Give your "Ace" a rest in a game with a big score and try to avoid "blow-outs". You can't tell a kid to strike out or make an out but there are other ways to avoid the big scores. Have another player pitch an inning. WE FROWN ON BLOW-OUTS AND SUCH ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE LEAGUE DIRECTORS.
2. FEE: $275.00 per team. Please make check payable to: Braintree National Youth League or Foxborough Little League. Team Commitments and Registration Fees must be received by June 1, 2012. Late registrations or payments subject to wait list and availability and $50.00 late charge.
3. Team rosters must consist of twelve (12) to fifteen (15) players and must be submitted to the Director no later than June 15, 2012. All rosters must contain the Certificate of their League President. No exceptions.
4. Players may not be older than Little League Age eight (8) on April 30, 2012. No exceptions. Copies of birth certificates must be submitted with rosters no later than June 15, 2012. We will provide the Roster form (attached). Only players from recognized Little League, Cal Ripken or "other" Regular Season Spring Leagues. All players must meet League residency requirements. Teams from multiple towns, leagues or programs are not allowed! Players will be declared ineligible.
5. Scores must be e-mailed by each team after each game.
All East or Braintree Conference scores are to be submitted to Paul Machado by e-mail at AND to no later than 10:00 p.m. the night of the game.
All Foxborough West Conference scores must be Stew Bayuk: .
If the Manager is not an e-mail person, please designate a parent from your team for purposes of communicating scores and receiving information from the League.
6. If it becomes necessary to reschedule a game (rain), the manager of the home team must arrange an alternate date with the visiting team manager and notify the BNYL within 24 hours. If possible, the game should be played during that same week (preferably the next day), at either team's field. If this is not possible, it must be played as soon as possible! In case of conflict contact the Director of the Friendship League. Please play games as soon as possible. We will establish a deadline at the end of the season for completion of games for play-off seeding purposes. Do not wait until later in the season to schedule make-up games. If you don’t play the games, you don’t get credit for the points. (and our purpose is to have the kids play the games) .
Remember, pitchers cannot pitch on consecutive days!!!. Schedule make-ups accordingly!!!!!
7. First place/play-off seeding, will be determined by the total number of points acquired. A win earns two (2) points. A tie earns one (1) point. Tie breakers: Head to head, total runs against (season), total runs for, (season), coin-toss. Reporting scores accurately is important for post season seeding.
8. All teams qualify for the playoffs. The format will be single elimination: (subject to change based upon the number of teams and divisions.)
9. The pitching rules may be reset for the playoffs. Every team starts fresh at the beginning of the play-offs.
10. The Braintree National Friendship League and its affiliated entities/programs will not provide team, player, manager, coach or spectator insurance and each respective local program shall obtain insurance for each team at its sole cost and expense and provide proof of insurance to BNYL FL.
11. By entering/registering a team in the Braintree National Friendship League, each program, team, player manager, coach and spectator agrees to be bound by the Rules and Administrative Procedures set forth herein.
12. Teams should be selected using the "RECOMMENDED TEAM SELECTION METHOD ATTACHED” (but don’t have to).
Eastern Conference. Championship series games will be hosted by Braintree National Youth League at Watson Park or Hollingsworth Field, Braintree. The winner of the over-all Championship Game will possess the Braintree National Friendship Tournament Trophy until the following year, when it will be passed on to the next year's winner.
13. ALL PLAYERS MUST BELONG TO A RECOGNIZED LITTLE LEAGUE AND/OR CAL RIPKEN LEAGUE SANCTIONED PROGRAM AND MUST BE DERIVED FROM WITHIN LEAGUE AUTHORIZED BOUNDARIES. BNYL FL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVIEW THE CHARTERS/BY-LAWS OF NON LITTLE LEAGUE OR CAL RIPKEN. PLAYERS MUST SATISFY LEAGUE BOUNDARY/RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS. ANY INELIGIBLE PLAYERS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
14. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE 8 YEAR OLD PLAYERS UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE (WE WISH THEY WEREN’T, BUT REALITY IS REALITY)…SPECTATORS MANAGERS AND COACHES ARE REMINDED OF THIS AND SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY……NO AIR HORNS, DRUMS, BULL HORNS, VUVUZELAS, COW BELLS OR ARTIFICAL NOISE MAKERS OF ANY KIND ARE ALLOWED. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE GAME AFTER A WARNING FROM THE UMPIRE.
Although Players and spectators may cheer for their team and team mates, there is no chanting or singing. "organized songs" or "organized cheers" are not permitted. This is a matter that must be resolved between the Managers. Remember we are the adults and they are only 8. The reason for the rule comes from recent experience. It's one thing to cheer and encourage the batter or pitcher it's another to make so much noise that he or she can't think…this applies offensively and defensively but will most likely be the offensive team from their bench. This is a new Rule for 2013. We have our reasons and it is important that everyone cooperate with its application…wewant them to have fun but we do not want a circus.
MANAGERS AND COACHES SHOULD NOT ADDRESS THE SPECTATORS AT ANY TIME. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO SPECTATORS ARE TO GO THROUGH THE UMPIRE TO THE MANAGER OF THE OFFENDING TEAM…..IF NO COOPERATION, MANAGER MAY EJECT THE OFFENDING PARTY OR STOP THE GAME UNTIL THE PERSON IS REMOVED. OFFENDING TEAM SUBJECT TO FORFEIT. THIS WAS A NEW RULE in 2011…….WE NEVER NEEDED SUCH A RULE BUT AS A RESULT OF SOME UNFORTUNATE INSTANCES LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SUCH A RULKE NOW..PLEASE HELP KEEP YOUR COACHES AND SPECTATORS IN LINE.
FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE 2013
RECOMMENDED TEAM SELECTION METHOD
As you've read many times in this document, it is and always has been our objective, intention and purpose to encourage fair and balanced competition within the Program. At age 8, there are plenty of years down the road for "A Teams" and cut-throat competition. We encourage Programs to enter as many teams as they can in order to afford as many young players as possible a change to participate.
Although they do not have to use the Recommended Team Selection Method, we require that Programs submitting more than one team select their teams so as to balance them. Our philosophy has always been to discourage and avoid labeling kids as "A" or "B" Team players (as well as the Managers) at age 8. And we have always advocated adding more teams simply to get more kids exposed to summer ball at the earlier age. We have always been very proud of this basic philosophy.
Notwithstanding our hopes and dreams (idealistic as they may be), each year we have heard rumblings and allegations that "this team" or "that team" is "stacked". "Osh Kosh has two teams and one team is an A Team and the other is a B Team. We picked our teams evenly and we're getting smoked". Not only do we hear the comments, we can see that we are not achieving our balanced team goals because we see the "blow-out" scores… believe me, I know many managers and programs have tried to be fair and do the right thing in games but sometimes lopsided scores can't be avoided.
So…. not because we want to, but because we've talked it over and decided that it might be best to standardize the team selection process and STRONGLY RECOMMEND that the following procedures be adhered to in selecting your teams (if you have more than one team). We have discussed the potential impact of instituting this procedure as a mandatory requirement and please believe me when we say that we would do this as a last resort. Given that we cannot be at every team's draft or team selection, we needed to come up with an "objective" albeit arbitrary and only “STRONGLY RECOMMENDED” way to select and create teams.
We hope people get on board so we ca avoid having the conversation again next year. It gets old.
Accordingly, for the 2012 Season, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND that all programs submitting more than one team select their teams in the following manner:
If a Program is entering more than one team, the pool of eligible players for the teams to be created should unlikely be listed in chronological order by date of birth and selected from this pool as follow:
First, Pitchers. The best pitchers in the pool must first be identified and divided evenly among the teams and placed at the top of the roster of each team with a "Pitcher" or "P" exception designation next to the player's name on the roster. These Pitchers are then out of the pool and placed on the respective teams. No more than 4 "P" exceptions may appear on a roster.
Second. General Player Selection. The Players remaining in the pool after selection and removal of the pitchers in Step 1 will be selected and placed on teams in alternating order as they appear on the chronological list of remaining players by their Birth dates.
Pool/Player
DOB Team
Johny Bench
Ron McDonald
Yukon Jack
Rob Roy 5/1
1/30 Red
…and so on until all "non-pitchers" in the pool have been placed on a team.
Third. Wild Cards. Recognizing that this procedure, if followed faithfully, might result in a Manager's Assistant's child being placed on the "other" team, and that there are the traditional "car pooling issues", not more than three (3) players may be "traded" from their designated team roster as determined in Step 2 above due to "hardship" or Manager/Coach affiliations. (Pitchers may only be traded for and replace pitchers). These players may be placed on another team(remaining and replacing the traded players in chronological order from the other team so as to balance the numbers) by the programs and must be designated on the roster in the Exception or "E" box with a "W" or "Wildcard" next to the player name on the roster.
No more than four (4) "P" designations and no more than three (3) "W" designations on a roster. All players on the rosters (except the Pitchers) must be alternating birth dates. So if you "trade" a player from the Red Team, you have to replace him with a player from the Blue Team with the closest player in age/DOB to the one being removed.
VERY IMPORTANT. As you consider how many teams you want to enter for your program, please make sure you carefully determine how many teams you wish to enter by the entry dead-line as once your roster(s) are submitted, you will be required to "scramble" (literally and figuratively) your teams so as to have all teams constituted using this method.
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Azerbaijan marks 25th anniversary of the restoration of the state independence
Azerbaijan today marks the State Independence Day.
Thanks to the favorable historical conditions emerging after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the people of Azerbaijan gained independence in the 20th century for the second time.
As a result of the activity of democratic powers in Russia, it was impossible for the Soviet Union to suppress non-subordination of the republics to the central power and their wish to become independent.
At the extraordinary meeting held on June 30, 1991, the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopted a declaration on Azerbaijan's state independence.
The Constitutional Act about the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted at the session of the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan on Oct. 18, 1991.
A referendum was held in Azerbaijan on Dec. 29. The referendum bulletins asked the voters: “Do you support the Constitutional Act about the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, adopted by the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan?”
The people of Azerbaijan unanimously supported the state independence.
In May 1992, Azerbaijani parliament adopted the state anthem of Azerbaijan, and soon after it, the tricolor flag and the coat of arms.
Azerbaijan is an independent and a sovereign state since Oct. 18, 1991, and people celebrate Oct. 18 as a holiday.
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Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:39 Jon Whitney Videos - The Eye
Charles Wyatt has played guitar most notably in San Francisco's Dart and London's Piano Magic. He formed Charles Atlas initially with Eric Kowalski from Casino vs. Japan but has settled into a comfortable working relationship with ex-Dart member Matt Greenberg. The duo expanded to a trio with the inclusion of Sasha Galvagna, and is sometimes a quartet in the studio, but was only a duo on the night The Brain caught up with them in Boston.
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One often-cited study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology looked at cognitive function in the elderly and showed that racetam helped to improve their brain function.19 Another study, which was published in Psychopharmacology, looked at adult volunteers (including those who are generally healthy) and found that piracetam helped improve their memory.20
In the largest nationwide study, McCabe et al. (2005) sampled 10,904 students at 119 public and private colleges and universities across the United States, providing the best estimate of prevalence among American college students in 2001, when the data were collected. This survey found 6.9% lifetime, 4.1% past-year, and 2.1% past-month nonmedical use of a prescription stimulant. It also found that prevalence depended strongly on student and school characteristics, consistent with the variability noted among the results of single-school studies. The strongest predictors of past-year nonmedical stimulant use by college students were admissions criteria (competitive and most competitive more likely than less competitive), fraternity/sorority membership (members more likely than nonmembers), and gender (males more likely than females).
So, I thought I might as well experiment since I have it. I put the 23 remaining pills into gel capsules with brown rice as filling, made ~30 placebo capsules, and will use the one-bag blinding/randomization method. I don’t want to spend the time it would take to n-back every day, so I will simply look for an effect on my daily mood/productivity self-rating; hopefully Noopept will add a little on average above and beyond my existing practices like caffeine+piracetam (yes, Noopept may be as good as piracetam, but since I still have a ton of piracetam from my 3kg order, I am primarily interested in whether Noopept adds onto piracetam rather than replaces). 10mg doses seem to be on the low side for Noopept users, weakening the effect, but on the other hand, if I were to take 2 capsules at a time, then I’d halve the sample size; it’s not clear what is the optimal tradeoff between dose and n for statistical power.
It can easily pass through the blood-brain barrier and is known to protect the nerve tissues present in the brain. There is evidence that the acid plays an instrumental role in preventing strokes in adults by decreasing the number of free radicals in the body. It increases the production of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that most Alzheimer’s patients are a deficit in.
Even party drugs are going to work: Biohackers are taking recreational drugs like LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and mescaline in microdoses—about a tenth of what constitutes a typical dose—with the goal of becoming more focused and creative. Many who’ve tried it report positive results, but real research on the practice—and its safety—is a long way off. “Whether microdosing with LSD improves creativity and cognition remains to be determined in an objective experiment using double-blind, placebo-controlled methodology,” Sahakian says.
Other drugs, like cocaine, are used by bankers to manage their 18-hour workdays [81]. Unlike nootropics, dependency is very likely and not only mentally but also physically. Bankers and other professionals who take drugs to improve their productivity will become dependent. Almost always, the negative consequences outweigh any positive outcomes from using drugs.
We’d want 53 pairs, but Fitzgerald 2012’s experimental design called for 32 weeks of supplementation for a single pair of before-after tests - so that’d be 1664 weeks or ~54 months or ~4.5 years! We can try to adjust it downwards with shorter blocks allowing more frequent testing; but problematically, iodine is stored in the thyroid and can apparently linger elsewhere - many of the cited studies used intramuscular injections of iodized oil (as opposed to iodized salt or kelp supplements) because this ensured an adequate supply for months or years with no further compliance by the subjects. If the effects are that long-lasting, it may be worthless to try shorter blocks than ~32 weeks.
This tendency is exacerbated by general inefficiencies in the nootropics market - they are manufactured for vastly less than they sell for, although the margins aren’t as high as they are in other supplement markets, and not nearly as comical as illegal recreational drugs. (Global Price Fixing: Our Customers are the Enemy (Connor 2001) briefly covers the vitamin cartel that operated for most of the 20th century, forcing food-grade vitamins prices up to well over 100x the manufacturing cost.) For example, the notorious Timothy Ferriss (of The Four-hour Work Week) advises imitators to find a niche market with very high margins which they can insert themselves into as middlemen and reap the profits; one of his first businesses specialized in… nootropics & bodybuilding. Or, when Smart Powders - usually one of the cheapest suppliers - was dumping its piracetam in a fire sale of half-off after the FDA warning, its owner mentioned on forums that the piracetam was still profitable (and that he didn’t really care because selling to bodybuilders was so lucrative); this was because while SP was selling 2kg of piracetam for ~$90, Chinese suppliers were offering piracetam on AliBaba for $30 a kilogram or a third of that in bulk. (Of course, you need to order in quantities like 30kg - this is more or less the only problem the middlemen retailers solve.) It goes without saying that premixed pills or products are even more expensive than the powders.
There is no shortage of nootropics available for purchase online that can be shipped to you nearly anywhere in the world. Yet, many of these supplements and drugs have very little studies, particularly human studies, confirming their results. While this lack of research may not scare away more adventurous neurohackers, many people would prefer to […]
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You’ll find several supplements that can enhance focus, energy, creativity, and mood. These brain enhancers can work very well, and their benefits often increase over time. Again, nootropics won’t dress you in a suit and carry you to Wall Street. That is a decision you’ll have to make on your own. But, smart drugs can provide the motivation boost you need to make positive life changes.
I do recommend a few things, like modafinil or melatonin, to many adults, albeit with misgivings about any attempt to generalize like that. (It’s also often a good idea to get powders, see the appendix.) Some of those people are helped; some have told me that they tried and the suggestion did little or nothing. I view nootropics as akin to a biological lottery; one good discovery pays for all. I forge on in the hopes of further striking gold in my particular biology. Your mileage will vary. All you have to do, all you can do is to just try it. Most of my experiences were in my 20s as a right-handed 5’11 white male weighing 190-220lbs, fitness varying over time from not-so-fit to fairly fit. In rough order of personal effectiveness weighted by costs+side-effects, I rank them as follows:
Another popular option is nicotine. Scientists are increasingly realising that this drug is a powerful nootropic, with the ability to improve a person’s memory and help them to focus on certain tasks – though it also comes with well-documented obvious risks and side effects. “There are some very famous neuroscientists who chew Nicorette in order to enhance their cognitive functioning. But they used to smoke and that’s their substitute,” says Huberman.
Nevertheless, a drug that improved your memory could be said to have made you smarter. We tend to view rote memory, the ability to memorize facts and repeat them, as a dumber kind of intelligence than creativity, strategy, or interpersonal skills. "But it is also true that certain abilities that we view as intelligence turn out to be in fact a very good memory being put to work," Farah says.
I’ve been actively benefitting from nootropics since 1997, when I was struggling with cognitive performance and ordered almost $1000 worth of smart drugs from Europe (the only place where you could get them at the time). I remember opening the unmarked brown package and wondering whether the pharmaceuticals and natural substances would really enhance my brain.
One item always of interest to me is sleep; a stimulant is no good if it damages my sleep (unless that’s what it is supposed to do, like modafinil) - anecdotes and research suggest that it does. Over the past few days, my Zeo sleep scores continued to look normal. But that was while not taking nicotine much later than 5 PM. In lieu of a different ml measurer to test my theory that my syringe is misleading me, I decide to more directly test nicotine’s effect on sleep by taking 2ml at 10:30 PM, and go to bed at 12:20; I get a decent ZQ of 94 and I fall asleep in 16 minutes, a bit below my weekly average of 19 minutes. The next day, I take 1ml directly before going to sleep at 12:20; the ZQ is 95 and time to sleep is 14 minutes.
As far as anxiety goes, psychiatrist Emily Deans has an overview of why the Kiecolt-Glaser et al 2011 study is nice; she also discusses why fish oil seems like a good idea from an evolutionary perspective. There was also a weaker earlier 2005 study also using healthy young people, which showed reduced anger/anxiety/depression plus slightly faster reactions. The anti-stress/anxiolytic may be related to the possible cardiovascular benefits (Carter et al 2013).
Please note: Smart Pills, Smart Drugs or Brain Food Supplements are also known as: Brain Smart Vitamins, Brain Tablets, Brain Vitamins, Brain Booster Supplements, Brain Enhancing Supplements, Cognitive Enhancers, Focus Enhancers, Concentration Supplements, Mental Focus Supplements, Mind Supplements, Neuro Enhancers, Neuro Focusers, Vitamins for Brain Function,Vitamins for Brain Health, Smart Brain Supplements, Nootropics, or "Natural Nootropics"
Many of the food-derived ingredients that are often included in nootropics—omega-3s in particular, but also flavonoids—do seem to improve brain health and function. But while eating fatty fish, berries and other healthy foods that are high in these nutrients appears to be good for your brain, the evidence backing the cognitive benefits of OTC supplements that contain these and other nutrients is weak.
Nootropics, also known as ‘brain boosters,’ ‘brain supplements’ or ‘cognitive enhancers’ are made up of a variety of artificial and natural compounds. These compounds help in enhancing the cognitive activities of the brain by regulating or altering the production of neurochemicals and neurotransmitters in the brain. It improves blood flow, stimulates neurogenesis (the process by which neurons are produced in the body by neural stem cells), enhances nerve growth rate, modifies synapses, and improves cell membrane fluidity. Thus, positive changes are created within your body, which helps you to function optimally irrespective of your current lifestyle and individual needs.
This continued up to 1 AM, at which point I decided not to take a second armodafinil (why spend a second pill to gain what would likely be an unproductive set of 8 hours?) and finish up the experiment with some n-backing. My 5 rounds: 60/38/62/44/5023. This was surprising. Compare those scores with scores from several previous days: 39/42/44/40/20/28/36. I had estimated before the n-backing that my scores would be in the low-end of my usual performance (20-30%) since I had not slept for the past 41 hours, and instead, the lowest score was 38%. If one did not know the context, one might think I had discovered a good nootropic! Interesting evidence that armodafinil preserves at least one kind of mental performance.
The magnesium was neither randomized nor blinded and included mostly as a covariate to avoid confounding (the Noopept coefficient & t-value increase somewhat without the Magtein variable), so an OR of 1.9 is likely too high; in any case, this experiment was too small to reliably detect any effect (~26% power, see bootstrap power simulation in the magnesium section) so we can’t say too much.
As with any thesis, there are exceptions to this general practice. For example, theanine for dogs is sold under the brand Anxitane is sold at almost a dollar a pill, and apparently a month’s supply costs $50+ vs $13 for human-branded theanine; on the other hand, this thesis predicts downgrading if the market priced pet versions higher than human versions, and that Reddit poster appears to be doing just that with her dog.↩
Cognition is a suite of mental phenomena that includes memory, attention and executive functions, and any drug would have to enhance executive functions to be considered truly ‘smart’. Executive functions occupy the higher levels of thought: reasoning, planning, directing attention to information that is relevant (and away from stimuli that aren’t), and thinking about what to do rather than acting on impulse or instinct. You activate executive functions when you tell yourself to count to 10 instead of saying something you may regret. They are what we use to make our actions moral and what we think of when we think about what makes us human.
On the other end of the spectrum is the nootropic stack, a practice where individuals create a cocktail or mixture of different smart drugs for daily intake. The mixture and its variety actually depend on the goals of the user. Many users have said that nootropic stacking is more effective for delivering improved cognitive function in comparison to single nootropics.
Exercise is also important, says Lebowitz. Studies have shown it sharpens focus, elevates your mood and improves concentration. Likewise, maintaining a healthy social life and getting enough sleep are vital, too. Studies have consistently shown that regularly skipping out on the recommended eight hours can drastically impair critical thinking skills and attention.
Unfortunately, cognitive enhancement falls between the stools of research funding, which makes it unlikely that such research programs will be carried out. Disease-oriented funders will, by definition, not support research on normal healthy individuals. The topic intersects with drug abuse research only in the assessment of risk, leaving out the study of potential benefits, as well as the comparative benefits of other enhancement methods. As a fundamentally applied research question, it will not qualify for support by funders of basic science. The pharmaceutical industry would be expected to support such research only if cognitive enhancement were to be considered a legitimate indication by the FDA, which we hope would happen only after considerably more research has illuminated its risks, benefits, and societal impact. Even then, industry would have little incentive to delve into all of the issues raised here, including the comparison of drug effects to nonpharmaceutical means of enhancing cognition.
Many of these supplements include exotic-sounding ingredients. Ginseng root and an herb called bacopa are two that have shown some promising memory and attention benefits, says Dr. Guillaume Fond, a psychiatrist with France’s Aix-Marseille University Medical School who has studied smart drugs and cognitive enhancement. “However, data are still lacking to definitely confirm their efficacy,” he adds.
Regarding other methods of cognitive enhancement, little systematic research has been done on their prevalence among healthy people for the purpose of cognitive enhancement. One exploratory survey found evidence of modafinil use by people seeking cognitive enhancement (Maher, 2008), and anecdotal reports of this can be found online (e.g., Arrington, 2008; Madrigal, 2008). Whereas TMS requires expensive equipment, tDCS can be implemented with inexpensive and widely available materials, and online chatter indicates that some are experimenting with this method.
How much of the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants documented by these studies was for cognitive enhancement? Prescription stimulants could be used for purposes other than cognitive enhancement, including for feelings of euphoria or energy, to stay awake, or to curb appetite. Were they being used by students as smart pills or as “fun pills,” “awake pills,” or “diet pills”? Of course, some of these categories are not entirely distinct. For example, by increasing the wakefulness of a sleep-deprived person or by lifting the mood or boosting the motivation of an apathetic person, stimulants are likely to have the secondary effect of improving cognitive performance. Whether and when such effects should be classified as cognitive enhancement is a question to which different answers are possible, and none of the studies reviewed here presupposed an answer. Instead, they show how the respondents themselves classified their reasons for nonmedical stimulant use.
In 2011, as part of the Silk Road research, I ordered 10x100mg Modalert (5btc) from a seller. I also asked him about his sourcing, since if it was bad, it’d be valuable to me to know whether it was sourced from one of the vendors listed in my table. He replied, more or less, I get them from a large Far Eastern pharmaceuticals wholesaler. I think they’re probably the supplier for a number of the online pharmacies. 100mg seems likely to be too low, so I treated this shipment as 5 doses:
The greatly increased variance, but only somewhat increased mean, is consistent with nicotine operating on me with an inverted U-curve for dosage/performance (or the Yerkes-Dodson law): on good days, 1mg nicotine is too much and degrades performance (perhaps I am overstimulated and find it hard to focus on something as boring as n-back) while on bad days, nicotine is just right and improves n-back performance.
The absence of a suitable home for this needed research on the current research funding landscape exemplifies a more general problem emerging now, as applications of neuroscience begin to reach out of the clinical setting and into classrooms, offices, courtrooms, nurseries, marketplaces, and battlefields (Farah, 2011). Most of the longstanding sources of public support for neuroscience research are dedicated to basic research or medical applications. As neuroscience is increasingly applied to solving problems outside the medical realm, it loses access to public funding. The result is products and systems reaching the public with less than adequate information about effectiveness and/or safety. Examples include cognitive enhancement with prescription stimulants, event-related potential and fMRI-based lie detection, neuroscience-based educational software, and anti-brain-aging computer programs. Research and development in nonmedical neuroscience are now primarily the responsibility of private corporations, which have an interest in promoting their products. Greater public support of nonmedical neuroscience research, including methods of cognitive enhancement, will encourage greater knowledge and transparency concerning the efficacy and safety of these products and will encourage the development of products based on social value rather than profit value.
Ethical issues also arise with the use of drugs to boost brain power. Their use as cognitive enhancers isn’t currently regulated. But should it be, just as the use of certain performance-enhancing drugs is regulated for professional athletes? Should universities consider dope testing to check that students aren’t gaining an unfair advantage through drug use?
What if you could simply take a pill that would instantly make you more intelligent? One that would enhance your cognitive capabilities including attention, memory, focus, motivation and other higher executive functions? If you have ever seen the movie Limitless, you have an idea of what this would look like—albeit the exaggerated Hollywood version. The movie may be fictional but the reality may not be too far behind.
So it's no surprise that as soon as medical science develops a treatment for a disease, we often ask if it couldn't perhaps make a healthy person even healthier. Take Viagra, for example: developed to help men who couldn't get erections, it's now used by many who function perfectly well without a pill but who hope it will make them exceptionally virile.
With just 16 predictions, I can’t simply bin the predictions and say yep, that looks good. Instead, we can treat each prediction as equivalent to a bet and see what my winnings (or losses) were; the standard such proper scoring rule is the logarithmic rule which pretty simple: you earn the logarithm of the probability if you were right, and the logarithm of the negation if you were wrong; he who racks up the fewest negative points wins. We feed in a list and get back a number:
Either way, if more and more people use these types of stimulants, there may be a risk that we will find ourselves in an ever-expanding neurological arm’s race, argues philosophy professor Nicole Vincent. But is this necessarily a bad thing? No, says Farahany, who sees the improvement in cognitive functioning as a social good that we should pursue. Better brain functioning would result in societal benefits, she argues, “like economic gains or even reducing dangerous errors.”
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Racetams, specifically Piracetam, an ingredient popular in over-the-counter nootropics, are synthetic stimulants designed to improve brain function. Patel notes Piracetam is the granddaddy of all racetams, and the term “nootropic” was originally coined to describe its effects. However, despite its popularity and how long it’s been around and in use, researchers don’t know what its mechanism of action is. Patel explained that the the most prominent hypothesis suggests Piracetam enhances neuronal function by increasing membrane fluidity in the brain, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet. And Patel elaborated that most studies on Piracetam aren’t done with the target market for nootropics in mind, the young professional:
So is there a future in smart drugs? Some scientists are more optimistic than others. Gary Lynch, a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine argues that recent advances in neuroscience have opened the way for the smart design of drugs, configured for specific biological targets in the brain. “Memory enhancement is not very far off,” he says, although the prospects for other kinds of mental enhancement are “very difficult to know… To me, there’s an inevitability to the thing, but a timeline is difficult.”
Many of the most popular “smart drugs” (Piracetam, Sulbutiamine, Ginkgo Biloba, etc.) have been around for decades or even millenia but are still known only in medical circles or among esoteric practicioners of herbal medicine. Why is this? If these compounds have proven cognitive benefits, why are they not ubiquitous? How come every grade-school child gets fluoride for the development of their teeth (despite fluoride’s being a known neurotoxin) but not, say, Piracetam for the development of their brains? Why does the nightly news slant stories to appeal more to a fear-of-change than the promise of a richer cognitive future?
“I am nearly four years out from my traumatic brain injury and I have been through 100’s of hours of rehabilitation therapy. I have been surprised by how little attention is given to adequate nutrition for recovering from TBI. I’m always looking for further opportunities to recover and so this book fell into the right hands. Cavin outlines the science and reasoning behind the diet he suggests, but the real power in this book comes when he writes, “WE.” WE can give our brains proper nutrition. Now I’m excited to drink smoothies and eat breakfasts that look like dinners! I will recommend this book to my friends.
“We stumbled upon fasting as a way to optimize cognition and make yourself into a more efficient human being,” says Manuel Lam, an internal medicine physician who advises Nootrobox on clinical issues. He and members of the company’s executive team have implanted glucose monitors in their arms — not because they fear diabetes but because they wish to track the real-time effect of the foods they eat.
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First half at 6 AM; second half at noon. Wrote a short essay I’d been putting off and napped for 1:40 from 9 AM to 10:40. This approach seems to work a little better as far as the aboulia goes. (I also bother to smell my urine this time around - there’s a definite off smell to it.) Nights: 10:02; 8:50; 10:40; 7:38 (2 bad nights of nasal infections); 8:28; 8:20; 8:43 (▆▃█▁▂▂▃).
Another interpretation of the mixed results in the literature is that, in some cases at least, individual differences in response to stimulants have led to null results when some participants in the sample are in fact enhanced and others are not. This possibility is not inconsistent with the previously mentioned ones; both could be at work. Evidence has already been reviewed that ability level, personality, and COMT genotype modulate the effect of stimulants, although most studies in the literature have not broken their samples down along these dimensions. There may well be other as-yet-unexamined individual characteristics that determine drug response. The equivocal nature of the current literature may reflect a mixture of substantial cognitive-enhancement effects for some individuals, diluted by null effects or even counteracted by impairment in others.
From its online reputation and product presentation to our own product run, Synagen IQ smacks of mediocre performance. A complete list of ingredients could have been convincing and decent, but the lack of information paired with the potential for side effects are enough for beginners to old-timers in nootropic use to shy away and opt for more trusted and reputable brands. There is plenty that needs to be done to uplift the brand and improve its overall ranking in the widely competitive industry. Learn More...
I tried taking whole pills at 1 and 3 AM. I felt kind of bushed at 9 AM after all the reading, and the 50 minute nap didn’t help much - I was sleep only around 10 minutes and spent most of it thinking or meditation. Just as well the 3D driver is still broken; I doubt the scores would be reasonable. Began to perk up again past 10 AM, then felt more bushed at 1 PM, and so on throughout the day; kind of gave up and began watching & finishing anime (Amagami and Voices of a Distant Star) for the rest of the day with occasional reading breaks (eg. to start James C. Scotts Seeing Like A State, which is as described so far). As expected from the low quality of the day, the recovery sleep was bigger than before: a full 10 hours rather than 9:40; the next day, I slept a normal 8:50, and the following day ~8:20 (woken up early); 10:20 (slept in); 8:44; 8:18 (▁▇▁▁). It will be interesting to see whether my excess sleep remains in the hour range for ’good modafinil nights and two hours for bad modafinil nights.
Brain focus pills mostly contain chemical components like L-theanine which is naturally found in green and black tea. It’s associated with enhancing alertness, cognition, relaxation, arousal, and reducing anxiety to a large extent. Theanine is an amino and glutamic acid that has been proven to be a safe psychoactive substance. Some studies suggest that this compound influences, the expression in the genes present in the brain which is responsible for aggression, fear, and memory. This, in turn, helps in balancing the behavioral responses to stress and also helps in improving specific conditions, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
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The flanker task is designed to tax cognitive control by requiring subjects to respond based on the identity of a target stimulus (H or S) and not the more numerous and visually salient stimuli that flank the target (as in a display such as HHHSHHH). Servan-Schreiber, Carter, Bruno, and Cohen (1998) administered the flanker task to subjects on placebo and d-AMP. They found an overall speeding of responses but, more importantly, an increase in accuracy that was disproportionate for the incongruent conditions, that is, the conditions in which the target and flankers did not match and cognitive control was needed.
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Core body temperature, local pH and internal pressure are important indicators of patient well-being. While a thermometer can give an accurate reading during regular checkups, the monitoring of professionals in high-intensity situations requires a more accurate inner body temperature sensor. An ingestible chemical sensor can record acidity and pH levels along the gastrointestinal tract to screen for ulcers or tumors. Sensors also can be built into medications to track compliance.
A key ingredient of Noehr’s chemical “stack” is a stronger racetam called Phenylpiracetam. He adds a handful of other compounds considered to be mild cognitive enhancers. One supplement, L-theanine, a natural constituent in green tea, is claimed to neutralise the jittery side-effects of caffeine. Another supplement, choline, is said to be important for experiencing the full effects of racetams. Each nootropic is distinct and there can be a lot of variation in effect from person to person, says Lawler. Users semi-annonymously compare stacks and get advice from forums on sites such as Reddit. Noehr, who buys his powder in bulk and makes his own capsules, has been tweaking chemicals and quantities for about five years accumulating more than two dozens of jars of substances along the way. He says he meticulously researches anything he tries, buys only from trusted suppliers and even blind-tests the effects (he gets his fiancée to hand him either a real or inactive capsule).
The stop-signal task has been used in a number of laboratories to study the effects of stimulants on cognitive control. In this task, subjects are instructed to respond as quickly as possible by button press to target stimuli except on certain trials, when the target is followed by a stop signal. On those trials, they must try to avoid responding. The stop signal can follow the target stimulus almost immediately, in which case it is fairly easy for subjects to cancel their response, or it can come later, in which case subjects may fail to inhibit their response. The main dependent measure for stop-signal task performance is the stop time, which is the average go reaction time minus the interval between the target and stop signal at which subjects inhibit 50% of their responses. De Wit and colleagues have published two studies of the effects of d-AMP on this task. De Wit, Crean, and Richards (2000) reported no significant effect of the drug on stop time for their subjects overall but a significant effect on the half of the subjects who were slowest in stopping on the baseline trials. De Wit et al. (2002) found an overall improvement in stop time in addition to replicating their earlier finding that this was primarily the result of enhancement for the subjects who were initially the slowest stoppers. In contrast, Filmore, Kelly, and Martin (2005) used a different measure of cognitive control in this task, simply the number of failures to stop, and reported no effects of d-AMP.
At small effects like d=0.07, a nontrivial chance of negative effects, and an unknown level of placebo effects (this was non-blinded, which could account for any residual effects), this strongly implies that LLLT is not doing anything for me worth bothering with. I was pretty skeptical of LLLT in the first place, and if 167 days can’t turn up anything noticeable, I don’t think I’ll be continuing with LLLT usage and will be giving away my LED set. (Should any experimental studies of LLLT for cognitive enhancement in healthy people surface with large quantitative effects - as opposed to a handful of qualitative case studies about brain-damaged people - and I decide to give LLLT another try, I can always just buy another set of LEDs: it’s only ~$15, after all.)
After trying out 2 6lb packs between 12 September & 25 November 2012, and 20 March & 20 August 2013, I have given up on flaxseed meal. They did not seem to go bad in the refrigerator or freezer, and tasted OK, but I had difficulty working them into my usual recipes: it doesn’t combine well with hot or cold oatmeal, and when I tried using flaxseed meal in soups I learned flaxseed is a thickener which can give soup the consistency of snot. It’s easier to use fish oil on a daily basis.
Dallas Michael Cyr, a 41-year-old life coach and business mentor in San Diego, California, also says he experienced a mental improvement when he regularly took another product called Qualia Mind, which its makers say enhances focus, energy, mental clarity, memory and even creativity and mood. "One of the biggest things I noticed was it was much more difficult to be distracted," says Cyr, who took the supplements for about six months but felt their effects last longer. While he's naturally great at starting projects and tasks, the product allowed him to be a "great finisher" too, he says.
To judge from recent reports in the popular media, healthy people have also begun to use MPH and AMPs for cognitive enhancement. Major daily newspapers such as The New York Times, The LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal; magazines including Time, The Economist, The New Yorker, and Vogue; and broadcast news organizations including the BBC, CNN, and NPR have reported a trend toward growing use of prescription stimulants by healthy people for the purpose of enhancing school or work performance.
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Several chemical influences can completely disconnect those circuits so they’re no longer able to excite each other. “That’s what happens when we’re tired, when we’re stressed.” Drugs like caffeine and nicotine enhance the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which helps restore function to the circuits. Hence people drink tea and coffee, or smoke cigarettes, “to try and put [the] prefrontal cortex into a more optimal state”.
But notice that most of the cost imbalance is coming from the estimate of the benefit of IQ - if it quadrupled to a defensible $8000, that would be close to the experiment cost! So in a way, what this VoI calculation tells us is that what is most valuable right now is not that iodine might possibly increase IQ, but getting a better grip on how much any IQ intervention is worth.
Another factor to consider is whether the nootropic is natural or synthetic. Natural nootropics generally have effects which are a bit more subtle, while synthetic nootropics can have more pronounced effects. It’s also important to note that there are natural and synthetic nootropics. Some natural nootropics include Ginkgo biloba and ginseng. One benefit to using natural nootropics is they boost brain function and support brain health. They do this by increasing blood flow and oxygen delivery to the arteries and veins in the brain. Moreover, some nootropics contain Rhodiola rosea, panxax ginseng, and more.
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Rachel Bagwell
Rachel Bagwell met his now husband Jeff Bagwell, when the two were still married to their partners but they were separated. Her first husband was called Michael Brown and he was a hand surgeon who had been on many television commercials. He abused her many times and Rachel decided to file a divorce before dating Jeff.
When it comes to Michael Brown, the ex-husband of Rachel, Rachel was the fourth wife he married. It was said that he beat Rachel using a bedpost when she was seven month pregnant. He also killed himself before he would have reported to the federal prison after choking the flight attendant. Contrary to Michael, Jeff is a better man and he loves his wife. They have a family of five kids, from the old marriages of Jeff and of that of Rachel. They also got two children in their marriage.
They were having a big house near Houston in the memorial neighborhood and they decided to sell it in the year 2015. This place was known to be large and it was sold at 12 million. When you see it at the front, you may think that it is a European Chateau you are looking at. The two once were in the news when Jeff took her breasts into her hands after getting drug. They were having fun and they were alighting too much.
According to his biography, Jeff Bagwell had been married two times. The first wife was American fashion model and she was a glamorous lady and also a performing artist. She was called Shaune Bagwell. However, they did not last too much and they decided to separate and afterwards, they divorced. The two did not get children together. Jeff got married once again to Ericka Rodriguez and it was in the year 1997. The couple got two children together but they also divorced in the year 2012.
Jeff with Rachel Brown started to see each other in the year 2011. Jeff Bagwell is an American citizen and he is American former professional. He played as the first basemen and then a coach. He became 4 times the MLB All-Star first basemen and he had a career of 15 years in the Houston Astros.
Jeff was born in the year 1968. He spent her time in the Boston city. His father is Jeffery Robert and his mother is Janice Bagwell. The parents divorced when he was only 11 years old.
Jeff studied at Xavier High school and it is all male catholic school. While at the high school, he played soccer, ball and shortstop. Jeff got named to be The National League NL Rookie in the year 1991. He was most valuable Player in 1994. He became the MLB All-star four times, he got the Silver Slugger Champ three times, and the gold glove collector one time. He got enlisted in Texas Sports Hall of Fame in the year 2005.
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Movie Review: Beijing Love Story (2014 China film)
By Tony Teh on Thursday, February 20, 2014
‘Beijing Love Story’ is almost like 5 chick flicks in 2 hours
The film comprises 5 stories within the same time frame and place, about middle class to upper class couples of different generations, with the characters unnecessarily linked together to depict one full circle of romance in life, one Beijing Love Story. Despite its seemingly unique concept, the plot of most of the segments are too formulaic and cheesy. Simply put, the film’s basically a compilation of several cliches of the genre.
The only segment that I really got a kick out of is the one that features the two veteran Hong Kong actors – Carina Lau and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. It’s obvious that the two of them were specifically cast to attract audience who’re more familiar with Hong Kong movies (like myself, actually). But nonetheless, it’s fun to see these two oldies in a role-playing affair and then going at each other in an intense game of truth or dare. I also liked how the different stories are arranged, it starts off with young adults, and then ends with the innocent puppy love between two school kids and the senior citizen couple who’re closer to the end of their lives.
Although the film does put up questions and challenges in the topic of faithful love relationships, I find it difficult to relate or to really enjoy the other 4 stories, which are more like typical romance dramas and fairy tales to entertain female audiences, making a big fuss about secret affairs and “cheating” as usual, as though only guys can be disloyal and unfaithful, and only the girls should decide when their man can have another woman. They were just pretty boring and one-dimensional to me, I’d have to say. It only tells me that Chen Sicheng (the actor, director and writer of the film) has limited creativity and a general point of view in this topic, with nothing groundbreaking or perspective-changing to offer.
I also would like to emphasise just how much I disliked the first story of the film. [SPOILER ALERT!] It’s kicks off with Chen Feng (Chen Sicheng) opening with a brief prologue narration while he gets hit by a vehicle when crossing the road to chase his girl Shen Yan (Tong Liya) and then flashes back to earlier days where he first met her at a club that’s unrealistically filled with extremely hot and available sexy ladies. The beautiful Shen Yan seems to be dealing a breakup with her wealthy ex-boyfriend who wants her back, reluctantly uses Chen Feng to excuse herself and then falls in love with him after spending some time together at a carnival theme park on that very same night (a 24-hour carnival theme park?) and lets him take her back to his place for some unprotected sex (yeah, right). She gets knocked up and agrees to marry him despite obviously unable to provide them a good life with his poor career. Predictably, the rich ex-boyfriend tries to win her back and even offers to buy her a house and accept the child as his own, but of course, she declines in the most cliched fashion at the end where Chen Feng is supposed to get hit on the road, but somehow history has changed…? Terrible start to the movie, seriously.
What I would’ve named the film: “Typical Chinese Love StorIES”
Censorship in Malaysia: For the media screening, only the sex scene is noticeably skipped.
Second opinion: My girlfriend said that it didn’t impress her but it’s sweet to watch during “Valentine’s season”. I know she liked the kids segment the most.
Verdict: Not that it’s intolerable, but it should’ve been released for Chinese New Year or Valentine’s Day. It would’ve been more fittingly enjoyable. But knowing most girls, they’d probably like it anyway.
Chinese Title: 北京爱情故事 (Bei Jing Ai Qing Gu Shi)
Country / Language: China / Mandarin
Genre: Romance drama
Director-writer: Chen Sicheng
Cast: Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Chen Sicheng, Tong Liya, Yu Nan
Local Distributor: GSC Movies
Studios: (no info)
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Movie Review: Gone Girl (2014) Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
By Tony Teh on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
A marriage breakdown film that could keep audience on the edge of their seats
(WARNING: This review contains major spoilers. If you have not seen this film, you may skip to the bottom for the summary.)
Directed by the brilliant David Fincher (The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club, Alien) with the screenplay written by Gillian Flynn herself (the author of the novel the film is based on), Gone Girl is perhaps the most entertaining marriage breakdown thriller film ever. How often do we get to say that? Almost never. The story starts off with the mysterious disappearance of Nick Dunne’s (Ben Affleck) wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), on their fifth wedding anniversary. Flashbacks show how the couple met and had an apparently perfect relationship before going through a rough patch.
Nick soon becomes a target suspect when the media turn their attention towards his unacceptably laid back behaviour. It is also later revealed that Nick has been having an affair with his college student Andie (Emily Ratajkowski). He must have murdered his wife, or did he? Only his twin sister Margo (Carrie Coon) believes he didn’t, but he lies to her as well. Even if the audience already knew that Nick’s innocent, the story has a strong compelling hook that keeps the film thoroughly intriguing and engaging with twists and turns while it gets more disturbingly creepy and darkly humourous at the same time. The story also subtly but intelligently explores the realistic themes of dishonesty, economy, society stereotyping and media influence, all of which that lead to the cause and effect of Nick and Amy.
Yes, Nick is an unfaithful husband, but Amy’s the ultimate villain of the story. Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Jack Reacher) gave the performance of her career as the scary psychopathic type-A crazy bitch who plots to frame Nick for her apparent death by staging a fake crime scene and placing false evidence for the police to discover. Ben Affleck’s (Runner, Runner, Argo) portrayal of the spontaneously laid back Nick, who gradually becomes frustrated and in fear, is so natural and real that I could feel myself behaving like him if I was in his shoes. Then there’s also the most creepy Neil Patrick Harris performance ever, as Desi, Amy’s wealthy but obsessed ex-boyfriend who wants to possess her.
However, it’s not to say that the film couldn’t be any tighter. The character Tanner Bolt, played by Tyler Perry (The Single Moms Club, A Madea Christmas), is a cool defense attorney whom Nick hires but not used enough in the film. What’s the point of forking out $100,000 retainer fee that he couldn’t afford then? Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens), who’s in charge of investigating the case, gives up on proving Amy’s guilt way too easily at the end and nobody extends further help to Nick. Only in such stereotypical societies would the police simply believe every word of an apparently victimised woman.
Shouldn’t the evidence that Amy created against Nick be revisited by the cops? Like her fake diary that claims that she’s so afraid of her husband that she bought a gun, the false pregnancy before disappearance (and how’s she so sure that she’d get pregnant later?), all the stuff she bought, and Desi’s CCTV tapes on days she doesn’t look even a tiny bit distressed? Well, this is just me nitpicking. It’s actually more disappointing that the film has to end. It’s so fun to watch that I was hoping that the couple would have a strategic go at each other again for at least another hour. But I guess I do prefer this ending compared to the novel’s.
The cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth (Hitchcock, The Social Network, Fight Club) is as dark-stylish as always. The music are composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who scored David Fincher’s previous two films (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network). It’s right up Reznor’s alley with the kind of electronic dark ambient music that he and his long-time industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails are stylistically known for. Possibly contenders again for the Best Original Score, which the pair won at the 83rd Academy Awards for The Social Network.
With all that being said, Gone Girl is a masterpiece of a thriller and will definitely be remembered as one of the best films directed by David Fincher. It wouldn’t be a surprise if it garners a large number of nominations this coming awards season.
What I would’ve named the film: “Gone Case Girl”
Censorship in Malaysia: The version that’s shown here is the international edit. The camera focus of scenes with kissing, nudity or sex are panned and zoomed away. To me, it didn’t affect the story at all but then again, the impact is probably weakened at least by a little. Read more here. Most guys would want to watch the original edit anyway for the hot Emily Ratajkowski (one of the topless babe in Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines music video).
Second opinion: My girlfriend agreed that it’s a darn good film and she didn’t want it to end either while praising Rosamund Pike’s performance, saying that she’s perfect for the role.
Verdict: Hands down, one of the best year 2014 films released in Malaysia thus far.
Based on: Gillian Flynn’s 2012 novel “Gone Girl”
Director: David Fincher
Screenwriter: Gillian Flynn
Cast: Ben Affleck, Emily Ratajkowski, Neil Patrick Harris, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry
Malaysia Release Date: 11 December 2014
Local Distributor: 20th Century Fox Malaysia
Production: Regency Enterprises, Pacific Standard
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Insider Trading: Personal Benefit Has No Place in Misappropriation Tipping Cases
By Merritt B. Fox and George Tepe July 25, 2017 by renholding
The Supreme Court’s decision last December in Salman v. United States[1] settled important issues concerning Rule 10b-5’s reach over trades based on a tip of confidential material information. One important question, however, remains unanswered: In tipping cases based on the misappropriation theory, is it necessary, as some courts have stated, to show that the tipper enjoyed a personal benefit of which the trader was aware? There are commentators who assume the need for such a showing,[2] but in fact the lower courts have split on the issue and the Supreme Court in Salman explicitly said that it was not reaching the matter.[3] In our view, inserting the personal benefit requirement into the misappropriation theory is seriously misguided as a matter of both doctrine and policy. Doing so needlessly leaves many socially undesirable trades unpunished and hence undeterred. A misappropriation case up for appeal in the Second Circuit, SEC v. Payton,[4] raises this issue again and presents the opportunity for the court to address it squarely and hold that a personal benefit is not required for liability in tipping case based on the misappropriation theory.
I. Supreme Court Jurisprudence Concerning Insider Trading
The necessary starting point to our inquiry is a brief trip back to the early days of Supreme Court jurisprudence concerning the application of Rule 10b-5 to insider trading cases, reviewing the origins of the classical and misappropriation theories and the personal benefit requirement. This review makes clear that the personal benefit test was developed in the context of the classical theory and that the reasons for its creation are related to features present only in those cases for which the classical theory is the relevant approach.
A. The Classical Theory and Its Relation to the Personal Benefit Test
The seminal Supreme Court case concerning when trading on non-public material information violates Rule 10b-5 is Chiarella v. United States,[5] in which Justice Powell’s opinion sets out the so-called “classical theory.” This theory applies “‘when a corporate insider’ or his tippee ‘trades in the securities of [the tipper’s] corporation on the basis of material, nonpublic information.’”[6] It is premised upon “a relationship of trust and confidence between the parties to a transaction,”[7] which Powell finds to exist between an insider of an issuer and its shareholders.[8]
This formulation poses a problem in a tipping case, even one involving information originating inside the corporation whose shares are being traded. Unlike a case where an issuer insider is the trader, in tipping cases the person doing the trading has no special relationship of trust with the persons with whom he trades. In his Chiarella opinion, Justice Powell, in dictum, finds an inventive workaround to this problem. He suggests that the insider tipper, who is deemed to be in such a relationship, breaches her duty to the issuer’s shareholders by providing the information to an outsider likely to trade on it, and the recipient tippee, by trading on the information, becomes a “participant after the fact” in the source’s breach.[9]
Three years after Chiarella, this participant-after-the-fact idea became the basis of the Supreme Court holding in Dirks v. SEC, [10] a classical theory case based on information coming from within the corporation whose shares were being traded. But the majority opinion in Dirks, also authored by Powell, adds an additional wrinkle that goes beyond his dictum in Chiarella. He concludes that a breach of duty to the shareholders requires that the tipper “personally . . . benefit, directly or indirectly, from [her] disclosure,”[11] not just that the insider tipper’s transfer of information was in violation of the issuer’s determination that it be kept confidential.
Importantly, the Court indicates that it added the personal benefit requirement to avoid chilling analyst interviews with corporate insiders, which both the Court and the SEC regarded as socially beneficial and “necessary to the preservation of a healthy market.”[12] The requirement that corporate insider tippers personally benefit in order to breach their duty to shareholders protects market analysts who can continue to meet and question corporate insiders in order to “ferret out and analyze information”[13] without fear of liability.[14] At the same time, it would allow punishment of corporate insiders who provide information to outsiders in return for favors or as a “gift” to a friend or relative, as well as punishment of the tippee who trades if she was aware of the breach including the personal benefit.[15]
B. The Misappropriation Theory and the Personal Benefit Test’s Irrelevance
In contrast to the classical theory, where liability arises out of a duty of trust and confidence between the trading parties, the misappropriation theory, approved by the Supreme Court in United States v. O’Hagan,[16] premises liability on a “duty of trust and confidence” owed to the source of the material, non-public information. [17] The idea is that a misappropriating fiduciary deceives the source of the information by trading based on the confidential information, thereby “defraud[ing] the principal of the exclusive use of that information.”[18] This deceit is a violation because, as required by Rule 10b-5, it is “in connection with the purchase or sale of any security.”[19] This alternative to the classical theory allows application of the rule in situations where the information originally comes not from within the company whose shares are being traded, but from within some other entity. It permits, for example, the imposition of Rule 10b-5 liability on an insider who trades based on the knowledge that his company has a still unannounced plan to acquire a target firm. The theory can also be used to impose such liability on an insider of this potential acquirer’s law firm, investment bank, or financial printer. Where any of these insiders purchases shares of the target, liability cannot be based on the classical theory. This is because the purchaser is the insider of an entity other than the issuer, and hence is not in a relationship of trust and confidence with shareholders of the target company, who are the counterparties to his trade.[20] Most relevant for the question being explored in this blog post, the misappropriation theory also allows imposition of Rule 10b-5 liability on such an insider if she tips instead of trading and gives the information to someone she has reason to believe will trade on it. And, using the participant-after-the-fact rationale, it allows imposing such liability on her trading tippee as well.[21]
In this context, adding the requirement that the tipper must personally benefit in order to find a breach of a duty of trust and confidence does not make much sense. If a tipper owes a duty of trust and confidence to another, say through a written non-disclosure agreement, the tipper breaches the non-disclosure agreement (and thereby breaches the duty of trust and confidence) by simply telling the information to another, whether or not the tipper received a personal benefit. And if the tipper has reason to believe that the recipient will trade on the tip and in fact he does so, this breach is in connection with the purchase or sale of a security. By telling the information to another person, the tipper has defrauded the principal of the exclusive use of that information.
The risk of chilling market analysts—the policy concern that drove the Court to adopt the personal benefit test in Dirks—is not applicable in the misappropriation setting. Market analysts frequently question and receive information about issuers from their corporate insiders. Such interviews are, as a general matter, beneficial for the source of the information—the issuer and its shareholders—and, by increasing share price accuracy, for society more generally. In contrast, stock analyst interviews involving confidential information concerning an issuer’s stock value that are conducted with officials of a different entity are far less common. Where insiders of another entity possess material, non-public information about an issuer, for example information relating to a potential future acquisition, it is usually contrary to the interest of the entity to share this information with market analysts because their trading would drive up the share price of the potential target. More generally, entities such as financial printers, law firms, and investment banking firms do not give socially valuable interviews to market analysts about the future prospects of companies about which they have confidential knowledge. Nor does a spouse sharing a confidence with her mate, another situation that can give rise to a misappropriation claim, have anything to do with analyst interviews. Moreover, adding the personal benefit test to the misappropriation theory involves a significant downside: It leaves many socially undesirable trades beyond the reach of Rule 10b-5’s prohibitions for no good reason.
II. Lower Court Treatment of the Test in Misappropriation Cases
The lower courts have been split on whether the personal benefit test needs to be inserted into misappropriation cases, but there appears to be an unfortunate drift toward imposing the test. Much of the action with regard to this issue has been in the Second Circuit. In United States v. Musella, a 1989 Southern District of New York case, the court stated that “[t]he misappropriation theory of liability does not require a showing of a benefit to the tipper.”[22] In United States v. Chestman, a 1990 misappropriation case involving a husband passing on non-public information that he learned from his wife to his broker, who predictably traded on it, the Second Circuit focused exclusively on whether a marital relationship by itself created a duty of confidentiality which is breached when the recipient of the information uses it to tip.[23] The court made no mention that the husband needed a personal benefit for his tip to the broker to be a violation. The Second Circuit in United States v. Libera suggested that Chestman supported the notion that the personal benefit was not required for misappropriation case.[24] More recently, however, in United States v Newman,[25] the circuit seems to have shifted, although only in dicta and without any real analysis. That opinion states, “[t]he elements of tipping liability are the same, regardless of whether the tipper’s duty arises under the ‘classical’ or the ‘misappropriation’ theory.”[26]
In terms of other circuits, the First Circuit has, in its own words, “dodged the question.”[27] In each misappropriation tipping case where it identified the issue of whether or not the personal benefit test applied, the court found that it did not need to resolve the issue, because the evidence was sufficient to show that if the test should be applied, it was satisfied.[28] The Eleventh Circuit, however, has come down squarely in favor of applying the test in misappropriation cases, stating, in United States v. Yun, “the SEC must prove that a misappropriator expected to benefit from the tip.”[29] Unlike the Second Circuit’s offhand dicta in Newman, the court in Yun engaged in a lengthy analysis of the problem.
The court in Yun provides a number of reasons for taking this position, “perhaps most importantly,” according to the court, “that nearly all violations under the classical theory of insider trading can be alternatively characterized as misappropriations.” [30] Accordingly, it suggests, failing to insert the test in misappropriation cases “would essentially render Dirks a dead letter.”[31] The court’s logic is unconvincing. In resolving the issue of whether the personal benefit test needs to be inserted in such cases, it would be very simple for a court to rule that in any situation that fits under the classical theory, the personal benefit must be proven even if the situation could also be characterized as fitting under the misappropriation theory. Any situation that fits only under the misappropriation theory, however, would not require that the personal benefit test be satisfied.
Consider the application of this approach to tippee trades in three different situations, each involving an initial tipper who is an insider of Corporation A. In the first situation, the tip involves confidential information material to the value of the shares of Corporation B, and the potential defendant tippee, whether a direct or indirect recipient of the tip, trades in shares of B. This case can only be prosecuted under the misappropriation theory, because the original tipper owed no duty to B’s shareholders. Under the suggested approach, the personal benefit test would not need to be satisfied. In the second situation, the tip instead involves confidential information material to the value of the A’s shares, the potential defendant tippee, whether a direct or indirect recipient of the tip, trades in shares of A, and liability is based on the breach of the initial tipper, who is an insider of A. This case can be prosecuted under the classical theory, because the first tipper owes a duty to the shareholders of Corporation A, as explained in Dirks. Under the suggested approach, the personal benefit test would need to be satisfied, even though the breach by the initial tipper might also be characterized as a misappropriation. The third situation is identical to the second except that liability is based on a breach of duty by an indirect tippee to a preceding tippee in the chain. This case can only be prosecuted under the misappropriation theory because the breached duty is to another tippee, not to the shareholders.
Beyond this concern that failing to insert the personal benefit test in misappropriation cases would render Dirks a dead letter, the theme of the court’s arguments in Yun is that it is desirable to have consistency in insider case law.[32] It suggests that imposing the personal benefit test only in cases based on one of the two theories would construct an “arbitrary fence” between the two.[33] According to the court, the fence would be arbitrary because, in its view, each theory premises liability on breaching a duty of loyalty and confidence and the harm to the marketplace under each is identical.[34] The problems with this view are that the two theories in fact involve different kinds of breaches and that enforcement under the two theories protects against different harms. The core points are as follows. All trading based on non-public information is harmful to the trading public, who lack this information. We only make a fraction of such trades illegal under Rule 10b-5. These are ones that fit under the classical or misappropriation theories. The reason for doing so—the harm being protected against—differs depending on which theory applies.
Consider three more scenarios. In the first, unknown to the public, Corporation C, through analysis, views Corporation D’s shares as underpriced or its management inept. As a result, C plans a premium takeover bid for D. C authorizes its agent U to disclose these plans to an outsider V in return for good consideration. C has good reason to believe that V will trade on the information and he does. C would not have violated Rule 10b-5 if C itself had gone into the market and anonymously purchased shares of D.[35] For the same reason, there is no violation by C, U or V where U, authorized by C, discloses the information to V and V trades upon it. In each case, neither classical nor misappropriation theory applies. These legal outcomes make sense even though the trades in both examples come at the expense of other traders: C’s expected gain from trading itself, or from tipping, is a reward for engaging in the hard work of analysis that can help make share prices more informed or increase the likelihood that productive assets make their way into the hands of those who can use them to create the most value.[36]
In the second scenario, W, another insider of C, also learns through his job of this plan for a premium takeover of D. In this scenario without C’s authorization, W discloses this information to X, who is an outsider that W has good reason to think will trade on it. X does trade on it. Under the misappropriation theory, it would be a violation of Rule 10b-5 if W had purchased the shares himself. The same is true of W’s disclosure to X, and of X’s trade if X knows that the disclosure involved a breach by W. The reason for imposing liability would not be because of the resulting harm to the trading public, which would be just as severe as when, in the preceding scenario, V traded after the tip from U. Rather, in the words of the majority opinion in O’Hagan, whether W trades himself or tips X, he “defraud[s] the principal[, in this case C,] of the exclusive use of that information,”[37] thereby eroding C’s reward for its socially useful hard work and analysis.
In the third scenario, Y, an insider of E corporation, learns through his job that E is going to announce a substantial dividend increase. In advance of its public announcement, Y, without E’s consent, tips news of the dividend increase to Z. Y has good reason to believe that Z will trade on it, and Z does trade on it. Under the classical theory, it would be a violation of Rule 10b-5 if Y had purchased the shares of E herself. The same would be true of Y’s tipping the information to Z, and, if Z knew of Y’s breach, of Z’s trading. This time, though, the reason would be the harm to members of the trading public who do not know the information. This is because Y, as an insider, owes a duty to the persons with whom he trades, who are E shareholders.
In this third tipping scenario, involving the classical theory, settled law imposes an exception shielding the various parties from liability where Y enjoys no personal benefit. The personal benefit test serves a purpose here, because it avoids chilling analyst interviews. Having E subject to such interviews can be of benefit to the shareholders of E, which is the group that Rule 10b-5 is intended to protect in classical theory cases. This is not so in the second scenario, the one involving the misappropriation theory. There, C corporation, the party that Rule 10b-5 is intended to protect in such a case, is just as damaged from the loss of its exclusive use of the information whether W, the insider tippee, gains a personal benefit or not. Unlike classical theory tipping cases, requiring a showing of personal benefit in misappropriation tipping cases serves no useful purpose that can improve the functioning of the capital market. It simply makes cases worthy of prosecution more difficult to bring successfully.
III. SEC v. Payton
S.E.C. v. Payton, currently under appeal to the Second Circuit, provides a concrete example of the added complexities and shortcomings associated with applying the personal benefit requirement in a tipping case based on the misappropriation theory. The allegations in Payton are as follows. Dallas, an associate at a law firm representing IBM in its acquisition of SPSS,[38] confidentially shared information about the pending acquisition with his friend Martin.[39] Martin was a person with whom Dallas had a history of sharing similar confidential information that gave rise to an obligation by Martin to Dallas to keep the news of the pending acquisition confidential.[40] Martin, in breach of this duty of trust and confidence, then tipped the information to his roommate Conradt, a lawyer and registered representative associated with a broker in New York.[41] Conradt in turn tipped his brokerage colleagues Payton and Durant, who, like Conradt, purchased shares of SPSS. In a civil enforcement action, the SEC charged Payton and Durant with insider trading.[42] The case had to be brought under the misappropriation theory because neither Dallas, nor any of the others involved, owed any duty to the shareholders of SPSS. Even if Dallas were considered a constructive insider of IBM,[43] he was a “complete stranger” to the shareholders of SPSS.[44]
In a motion to dismiss, the defendants made the argument that the personal benefit test applied to misappropriation cases. If so, Payton and Durant, tippee trading defendants, would not be able to be found liable without a showing that Martin derived a personal benefit from tipping Conradt and that Payton and Durant knew or had reason to know of Martin’s benefit, facts that defendants claimed had not been adequately alleged in the complaint. The SEC, in its opposition to the motion to dismiss, argued that the personal benefit requirement did not apply to misappropriation cases and, in the alternative, that even if it did apply, the complaint adequately alleged the needed facts. In support of its argument concerning the inapplicability of the personal benefit test, the SEC cited the older Second Circuit cases discussed above.[45] It dismissed the brief discussion to the contrary in Newman as mere dictum,[46] and went on to say,
A misappropriation case requires no showing of a personal benefit to the tipper, because the breach is inherent in the tipper’s theft of confidential information. The theft alone, in violation of the source of information’s property right to the information, is a breach of the person’s duty to the source of the information.[47]
Judge Rakoff denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, but did so on the basis of the SEC’s alternative argument—that the complaint adequately alleged Martin’s personal benefit and that Payton and Durant knew or had reason to know of the this benefit. As for the SEC’s argument that such a showing was not necessary in a misappropriation case, he stated, “[w]hatever the abstract merits of this argument, the Second Circuit, in Newman, stated unequivocally that ‘[t]he elements of tipping liability are the same, regardless of whether the tipper’s duty arises under the “classical” or the “misappropriation” theory.’”[48]
At trial, a jury found Payton and Durant civilly liable.[49] Payton and Durant filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial, arguing, among other things, that there was insufficient evidence that Martin received a personal benefit in connection with making the initial tip and that Payton and Durant knew or had reason to know of Martin’s personal benefit. Judge Rakoff denied the motion, deciding that there was sufficient evidence for a rational jury to conclude both that there was a personal benefit and that the defendants knew or had reason to know of it. Payton and Durant have now appealed to the Second Circuit the denial of their motion.
The evidence cited by Judge Rakoff with regard to whether the defendants knew or had reason to know of the personal benefit is instructive. This is evidence to the effect that (1) the defendants were experienced securities industry professionals who knew a great deal about insider trading law, (2) they made no inquiries about whether the initial source of the tip received a personal benefit, and (3) once they had traded and the SPSS acquisition was announced, they took precautions to try to avoid a successful legal action against them.[50] Based on this, Judge Rakoff concludes,
There was in short plentiful evidence from which the jury could have concluded defendants deliberately chose not to ask Conradt questions about the circumstances in which Martin told him about the confidential SPSS information, because they understood that there was a high probability that they would have learned of Martin’s personal benefit.[51]
The fact that the case turns on this evidence with regard to tippee knowledge shows the difficulties that can arise from inserting the test in misappropriation cases.[52] To start, not every jury in a case with this kind of evidence would necessarily find that the tippee knew or had reason to know that the tipper enjoyed a personal benefit just because the tippee did not inquire about the matter. Moreover, even where, as here, a jury in such a case does make this finding, it is not clear that the Second Circuit will agree with Judge Rakoff that the jury’s finding is based on sufficient evidence.[53] In any event, it is very unlikely that such evidence would support a finding of tippee knowledge of the tipper’s personal benefit in a criminal proceeding,[54] the threat of which provides much of Rule 10b-5’s deterrent power with respect to insider trading.
The personal benefit test will often give rise to these sorts of evidentiary problems. These problems impose substantial obstacles in the way of imposing legal sanctions on both tippers and tippees generally, and especially on indirect tippees. As argued above, for misappropriation-based cases, these obstacles are completely unnecessary in terms of the doctrines laid down in Chiarella, Dirks, and O’Hagan, the seminal Supreme Court Rule 10b-5 insider trading cases. Nor are they necessary to support the test’s policy rationale laid out in Dirks, where the test originated. Assume, for example, that Martin in fact did not receive any personal benefit for tipping or, if he did, that Payton and Durant were unaware of it. Martin’s tipping should be a violation as long as there was a breach a duty of trust and confidence by Martin to his source, Dallas, and Martin had reason to believe the information would be used for trading. Payton and Durant’s trading should be violations as long as, in addition, they “know or should know”[55] that they received the information, albeit indirectly, as the result of such a breach.[56]
Based on the facts alleged in the complaint and the findings of the jury, Martin breached this duty of trust and confidence to Dallas the moment that he shared the information with Conradt, thereby depriving Dallas’ client, IBM, of the exclusive use of that information. There are no redeeming social benefits associated with employees of a brokerage firm trading on material, non-public information originating from confidential communication between a law firm associate and his friend. To the contrary, such trading causes many negative costs independent of whether Martin received a benefit. The prospect of trading like that of Payton and Durant diminishes the incentive of entities such as IBM to search out good takeover targets because of mismanagement, undervaluation or their synergy potential. This is because such trading can raise the price that the potential acquirer would have to pay. More generally, for no good reason, the prospect of such trading also decreases the incentive of stock analysts to expend resources to discover information about issuers with publicly traded stocks, because such trading results in analysts and their customers experiencing a higher cost of trading, thereby reducing the accuracy of share prices. [57] In sum, unlike the concern over analyst interviews that in Dirks gave rise to the personal benefit test in classical theory tipping cases, it is difficult to imagine any socially beneficial scenario where a law firm associate shares material, non-public information about a future acquisition of a client that is subsequently traded upon by direct or indirect recipients.
[1] See e.g., Salman v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 420 (2016).
[2] See, e.g., Elizabeth Williams, 14 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 401 (2017); Donald C. Langevoort, Tippers and Tippees, 18 Insider Trading Regulation, Enforcement and Prevention § 6:13 (2017).
[3] Salman, 137 S. Ct. at 425 n.2 (“We do not need to resolve the question [of whether the personal benefit test applies to the misappropriation theory]. The parties do not dispute that Dirks’s personal-benefit analysis applies in both classical and misappropriation cases, so we will proceed on the assumption that it does.”).
[4] No. 17-290 (filed Jan. 30, 2017).
[5] Chiarella v. United States, 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
[6] Salman, 137 S. Ct. at 425 n.2 (quoting United States v. O’Hagan, 521 U.S. 642, 651–52 (1997)).
[7] Chiarella, at 230.
[9] 445 U.S. at 230 n.12.
[10] 463 U.S. 646, 660 (1983) (“a tippee assumes a fiduciary duty to the shareholders of a corporation not to trade on material nonpublic information only when the insider has breached his fiduciary duty to the shareholders by disclosing his information to the tippee and the tippee knows or should know that there has been a breach.” (citation omitted).
[11] Id. at 662. For an extensive discussion of the genesis of the personal benefit test, see Adam C. Pritchard, Dirks and the Genesis of Personal Benefit, 68 SMU L. Rev. 857 (2015).
[12] 463 U.S. at 658–59.
[14] The concern here appeared to relate to the possibility that, although an issuer would intend that only non-material non-public information be conveyed in such an interview, there is always the possibility that a material piece of information is accidentally included as well. If the issuer’s spokesperson and the analyst feared that if this happened and the tip of, and trade on, the material piece of information were considered illegal under Rule 10b-5, the practice of analyst interviews would be chilled.
[15] See 463 U.S. at 664.
[16] United States v. O’Hagan, 521 U.S. 642 (1997)
[17] O’Hagan, 521 U.S. 642, 651–53; Salman, 137 S. Ct. at 423.
[18] O’Hagan, 521 U.S. 642, 652.
[19] Id. at 658 (quoting 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5 (1996)).
[20] See Chiarella v. United States, 445 U.S. 222, 232–33, (1980) (“Second, the element required to make silence fraudulent—a duty to disclose—is absent in this case. No duty could arise from petitioner’s relationship with the sellers of the target company’s securities, for petitioner had no prior dealings with them. He was not their agent, he was not a fiduciary, he was not a person in whom the sellers had placed their trust and confidence. He was, in fact, a complete stranger who dealt with the sellers only through impersonal market transactions.”).
[21] See, e.g., SEC v. Yun, 327 F.3d 1263, 1270 n. 15 (11th Cir.).
[22] SEC v. Musella, 748 F. Supp. 1028, 1038 n.4 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) aff’d, 898 F.2d 138 (2d Cir. 1990 (finding an indirect tippee liable without a finding as to whether the tipper enjoyed a personal benefit or whether the indirect tippee knew of a personal benefit). See also SEC v. Willis, 777 F.Supp. 1165, 1172 n.7 (S.D.N.Y.1991) (another tipping case based on the misappropriation theory, rejecting a motion to dismiss without an analysis of whether the complaint alleged facts indicating that the tippee enjoyed a personal benefit).
[23] United States v. Chestman, 903 F.2d 75 (2d Cir. 1990).
[24] United States v. Libera, 989 F.2d 596, 600 (2d Cir. 1993) (“In Chestman, we noted that the misappropriation theory requires the establishment of two elements: (i) a breach by the tipper of a duty owed to the owner of the nonpublic information; and (ii) the tippee’s knowledge that the tipper had breached the duty. . . . We believe these two elements, without more, are sufficient for tippee liability.”).
[25] United States v. Newman, 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. 2014).
[26] Id. at 446. This statement is dictum because the case involves information coming from within the issuer whose shares were being traded and there was no allegation that the tippee owed any duty of confidentiality to the tipper. Thus, the case is clearly based on the classical theory. Accordingly, the issue of whether or not the personal benefit test needs to be included in misappropriation based tipping actions was not an issue. See also SEC v. Obus, 693 F.3d 276. (2d Cir. 2012), a misappropriation tipping case where the court, while reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendant, stated, also in dictum, “[t]he Supreme Court’s tipping doctrine was developed in a classical case, Dirks, but the same analysis governs in a misappropriation case.” The court again provided no analysis in support of this statement, instead simply citing United States v. Falcone, 247 F.3d 226, 233 (2d Cir. 2001). While the opinion in Falcone mentions the personal benefit test in its review of Dirks, which it describes as involving a holding under the “traditional theory,” i.e. classical theory, 247 F.3d at 229, it does not, contrary to what is implied by the citation in Obus, address whether the personal benefit test should be imposed in misappropriation tipping cases.
[27] United States v. Parigian, 824 F.3d 5, 15 (1st Cir. 2016).
[28] SEC v. Sargent, 229 F.3d 68, 76–77 (1st Cir. 2000); SEC v. Rocklage, 470 F.3d 1, 7 n.4 (1st Cir. 2006).
[29] SEC v. Yun, 327 F.3d 1263, 1275 (11th Cir. 2003). A California district court also implied that the personal benefit was required for misappropriation cases, but there is no serious analysis of the issue. See SEC v. Trikilis, No. CV 92-1336-RSWL(EEX), 1992 WL 301398, at *3 (C.D. Cal. July 28, 1992), vacated sub nom. SEC v. Trikilis, No. (EEX), 1993 WL 43571 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 1993).
[30] Yun, 327 F.3d at 1279.
[33] Id. at 1275–76.
[35] Under the Exchange Act, its only constraint in doing so is the requirement under Section 13(d) that within 10 days of its reaching a 5 percent ownership in B, it must file with the SEC a form indicating this fact and setting out its intentions going forward.
[36]Another example of a situation similar to this hypothetical is when an activist hedge fund tips other hedge funds in advance of a public announcement of its stake in a corporation, an announcement that can be expected to result in a price jump in the corporation’s shares. The activist fund does so with the hope that the other funds will purchase shares on the news and will then be available to join the activist fund in forming a “wolf pack.” Such tipping and purchases by the tippees do not violate insider-trading laws. See John C. Coffee, Jr. & Darius Palia, The Wolf at the Door: The Impact of Hedge Fund Activist on Corporate Governance, 1 Annals Corp. Governance 1, 30 (2016).
[38] See Brian Baxter, Cravath, Mayer Brown Advise on IBM, SPSS Merger, AmLaw Daily (July 28, 2009), http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/07/cravath-mayer-brown-advise-on-ibm-spss-merger.html.
[39] SEC v. Payton, 219 F. Supp. 3d 485, 488 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); SEC v. Payton, 97 F. Supp. 3d 558, 560 (S.D.N.Y. 2015).
[40] Payton 219 F. Supp. 3d at 488; Payton 97 F. Supp. 3d at 560.
[42] Payton 97 F. Supp. 3d at 561.
[43] See Dirks v. SEC, 463 U.S. 646, 655 n. 14 (1983).
[44] See supra note 20 and accompanying text.
[45] See Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss at 4–7, SEC v. Payton, 97 F. Supp. 3d 558, 562 (S.D.N.Y. 2015).
[46] Id. at 6.
[48] Payton, 97 F. Supp. at 562.
[49] No. 14 CIV. 4644, 2016 WL 3023151 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2016)]. Martin, Conradt, Payton, Durant, and a fifth defendant Weishaus were indicted for criminal insider trading, but these charges were dropped in early 2015. See Nolle Prosequi, United States v. Conradt, No. 12 Cr. 887 (Feb. 3, 2015).
[50] Id. at 491-492.
[52] The evidence that he cites in reaching the decision concerning the sufficiency of the evidence with regard to Martin’s personal benefit from making the tip is more straightforward. Specifically there was evidence at trial that the Martin, the tipper, and the Conradt, the initial tippee, were good friends and that Martin urged Conradt to buy SPSS stock. Payton, 219 F.Supp. 3d 490–91. From this evidence, a jury could infer that the tip was the equivalent of a cash gift. Salman v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 420, 428. Where the tip is such a gift, it qualifies as a personal benefit to the tipper under Dirks. See supra note 15 and accompanying text. There was also evidence that Martin sought and obtained free legal advice from Conradt, from which the jury could conclude that the Martin received a quid pro quo for the tip, Payton, 219 F.Supp. 3d 490–91, another form of personal benefit under Dirks.
[53] A large part of the defendant’s appeal focuses on whether a reasonable jury could find that Martin received a personal benefit from tipping Conradt or that Payton and Durant knew of the breach of duty and personal benefit of Martin. Brief and Special Appendix for Defendants-Appellants, SEC v. Payton, No. 17-290, at 35–52 (Apr. 28, 2017).
[54] In formulating what the standard is for demonstrating tippee knowledge of the tipper’s personal benefit, Judge Rakoff states “in a civil case like this one, the SEC need only prove ‘that defendants knew or had reason to know of the benefit to the tipper.’” Payton, 219 F.Supp. 3d at 492 (citations omitted, emphasis added). The Second Circuit in Newman stated that for criminal cases a tippee must actually know that some personal benefit is being provided in return for the information in order to meet the mens rea requirement. See United States v. Newman, 773 F.3d 438, 448–50, 449 n.3 (2d Cir. 2014).
[55] Dirks, 4463 U.S. at 660.
[56] The defendants also argue that there was no duty of trust and confidence to Dallas, although this argument takes up a shorter amount of the brief. Brief and Special Appendix for Defendants-Appellants, SEC v. Payton, No. 17-290, at 30–35 (Apr. 28, 2017).
[57] See Merritt B. Fox, Lawrence R. Glosten & Gabriel V. Rauterberg, The New Stock Market: Sense and Nonsense, 65 Duke L.J. 191, 238 n. 106 (“Persons trading on the basis of confidential nonpublic information neither worked to develop the information, nor paid someone else to work to develop it. Whether these trades are legal or not depends on the circumstances, but legality aside, the gain the trader enjoys at the expense of other investors would be hard to justify as representing a socially useful incentive. Such information usually becomes public relatively quickly and thus would have been reflected in price soon anyway. Yet, as we have seen, the existence of the practice of trading on its basis decreases liquidity, which discourages the activities of those who trade on the basis of information that does take work to develop. So, on a net basis, trading on the basis of nonpublic confidential information that took no work to develop is, if anything, likely to be socially harmful.”). In contrast, the trading of Payton and Durant adds little to stock price accuracy, because the nonpublic information will be reflected in the stock price once the acquisition by IBM was announced. Id.
This post come to us from Professor Merritt B. Fox at Columbia Law School and George Tepe, a 2017 graduate of the law school.
Ilya Beylin
Interesting read. For an earlier treatment of the practical and policy issues raised by Newman, please see an earlier post on this excellent blog http://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2015/01/28/why-newman-leaves-me-with-a-queasy-feeling-or-deregulating-the-demand-for-insider-information/. (For interests of disclosure, I am both a prior editor of the blog and the author of the cited post:).
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HCI International News, Number 6, October 2004
HCII 2005 Final Call for Papers - Extended Deadline for Paper Submission
Nobel laureate, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman - keynote speaker at HCII 2005
Book Review: "Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications"
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You are cordially invited to participate in HCI International 2005 and the affiliated conferences, which are jointly held under one management and one registration. The Conference aims to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI, usability, internationalization, virtual reality, universal access and cognitive ergonomics. This will be accomplished through the following six modes of communication: plenary presentation, parallel sessions, demonstration and poster sessions, tutorials, exhibitions and meetings of Special Interest Groups.
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"From Brain Dynamics to Consciousness: A Prelude to the Future of Brain-Based Devices"
Gerald M. Edelman
The Neurosciences Institute,
Prevalent views of higher brain functions are based on the notions of computation and information processing. These views suggest that the brain is a Turing machine. Various lines of evidence appear to be incompatible with this position and suggest instead that the brain operates according to a set of selectional principles. A theory addressing these principles, called Neural Darwinism, will be discussed. Neural Darwinism has a direct bearing on the search for neural correlates of consciousness. Most approaches to the understanding of consciousness are concerned with the contributions of specific brain areas or groups of neurons. By contrast, I will consider what kinds of neural processes can account for key properties of conscious experience such as its unity and its diversity, and I will present supporting evidence on the neural correlates of consciousness obtained from MEG studies of human subjects.
Devices based on Neural Darwinism have been constructed in order to study detailed neural dynamics during behavior in a real world environment. The performance of these brain-based devices (BBDs) will be briefly described. Refinement of their design and behavior points to the possibility of constructing a conscious artifact.
Dr. Edelman is Director of The Neurosciences Institute and President of Neurosciences Research Foundation, a publicly supported not-for-profit organization that is the Institute's parent. Separately, he is Professor at The Scripps Research Institute and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at that institution. His early studies focused on the structure and diversity of antibodies. His subsequent work led to the discovery of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), which have been found to guide the fundamental processes by which an animal achieves its shape and form, and by which nervous systems are built. Dr.Edelman has formulated a detailed theory to explain the development and organization of higher brain functions. This theory was presented in his 1987 volume Neural Darwinism. In 1972, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the structure and function of antibodies.
Handbook of Virtual Environments begins appropriately with this quotation from the Greek philosopher Plato: "You see, then, that a doubt about the reality of sense is easily raised, since there may even be a doubt whether we are awake or in a dream."
In a Matrix-like world, where everything is gradually becoming more virtual, "reality" sometimes seems to be just in our minds and real "experience" just in our dreams. a lot must be done to help build the interfaces for the systems. This book -seven major chapters and 1232 pages- covers almost all aspects of virtual environments. The topics include system requirement gathering (chapter II), design approaches and implementation strategies (chapter III), health and safety (chapter IV), evaluation (chapter V), and selected applications of virtual environments (chapter VI). Though chapter IV briefly reviews health and safety issues, one would like to see a discussion of the influence of virtual environments on social interaction and on the social structure of the societies. In a concluding chapter, Balde et al provide an interesting brief history of virtual environments that puts them in better perspective.
Parts III and IV take on the difficult task of categorizing a range of diverse topics into two groups: human perspectives and computing perspectives. Even though, as the editors admit, this classification is not ideal, these two parts still provide readers with a good understanding of different perspectives on creating, implementing, and elaborating task analysis in human-computer interaction.
Without question, the study of virtual environment is an evolving area. What is feasible today might be totally different from what we will be able to achieve tomorrow, but despite this evolution and fast growing area, this book is a precious resource for all researchers, practitioners, and academics working in this discipline.A.M.
Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications,edited by Kay M. Stanney, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum AssociatesPublisher, 2002. 1232 pages. ISBN 0-8058-43270-X
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"Deceivingly Strong Information Scent Costs Sales", Alertbox, August 2, 2004.
"Adaptive Menu Design", UI Design Update Newsletter, July, 2004.
"When Search Engines Become Answer Engines", Alertbox, August 16, 2004.
"Reflections on Dick Dillon by Dr. Jo Wood", HOT Topics, August 2004.
"How eight pixels cost Redmond millions", Silicon.com, August 19, 2004.
"Informational Articles Must Ask For the Order", Alertbox, August 23, 2004
"Holistic Design: PalmOne Tungsten T3 Case Study", AskTog, July 2004.
"Creating a centered page layout with CSS", Builder.Com, August 11, 2004.
"Location and Presence in Mobile Data Services", boxesandarrows.com, August 16, 2004.
"HCII 2005, the largest HCI International Conference ever", HCI International NEWS, August 2004.
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"Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design", Alertbox, August 30, 2004.
"Preparing for the Holiday Shopping Season", Alertbox, September 6, 2004.
"On the Meta-Usability of User Interface Standards", UI Design Update Newsletter - August, 2004.
"The Need for Web Design Standards", Alertbox, September 13, 2004.
4-6 October:: ABIS04, Annual workshop of the SIG Adaptivity and User Modeling in Interactive Systems of the German Informatics Society (GI), Berlin, Germany.
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10-15 October: ACM Multimedia 2004, NY, USA.
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13-15 October: Presence 2004, 7th annual international workshop on Presence, Valencia, Spain.
13-15 October: ICMI 2004, Sixth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, State College, PA, USA.
18-20 October: Assets 2004, The sixth international ACM SIGCAPH conference on Assistive Technologies, Atlanta, GA, USA.
22 October: Human Factors and the Digital Home, ETSI workshop, Sophia Antipolis, France.
23-27 October: NordiCHI 2004, The Third Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tampere, Finland.
24-27 October: UIST 2004, 17th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
27-28 October: EG Multimedia 2004, 7th Eurographics Workshop on Multimedia, Nanjing, China.
3 November: Web Design for Usability, Workshop, London, UK.
5-7 November: Accelerating Change 2004, Physical space, Virtual space, and Interface, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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The bargaining stalemate at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) continues.
The CWU and other involved unions met with ACMA on Monday 14 December.
At the meeting, ACMA reiterated its position that it could offer no improvement on its latest offer unless the unions could put forward a reasonable counter-proposal i.e. significant trade-offs in return for an increase in the current wage offer.
ACMA has recently increased its wage offer to 6% over three years (2.5%, 2%, 1.5%) in line with the slight relaxation of government policy in this area earlier this year.
But ACMA union members have told their representatives that this offer is still unacceptable, especially since they have had a wage freeze for nearly two years.
The CWU understands that ACMA is hoping to put its proposed agreement out for a vote in January.
The unions will be proposing that if a vote is to be held, it should be in February when participation rates are likely to be higher and the vote be a more accurate reflection of employee views.
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UAE Pledges $200 Million to Lebanese Army, Security Forces
NNA WAM09.04.2018 Lebanon
The United Arab Emirates has announced a financial support of US$ 200 million, to be split equally between the Lebanese Armed Forces and the security forces, UAE national news agency WAM reported.
This support is part of the UAE’s efforts to contribute to the stability and welfare of Lebanon and its people.
In a statement released Saturday, the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the UAE will continue its support to Lebanon and its stability.
“The UAE has always stood by brotherly countries at all times, took part in all conferences and supported efforts aimed at assisting Lebanon and its people. In this regard, the UAE is providing a US$ 100 million to the Lebanese army and US$ 100 million to the security institutions there,” the statement said.
The Ministry reiterated UAE’s keenness to ensure security and stability of Lebanon, which emanates from the strong bonds among the Arab countries and from the UAE's responsibility to maintaining regional and international security and peace.
“It is a priority for the UAE to see strong and tenacious military and security institutions in Lebanon at these critical times as this will help in re-enforcing its stability and in enabling it to play its key role in the region,” it concluded.
Last month, France provided $17 million worth of aid to the Lebanese Army, to include training and equipment such as anti-tank missiles, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said.
In February, the Lebanese army has received the third batch of arms supplied by the U.S. at the port of Beirut, the Army’s Orientation Directorate said.
“The eight M2A2 Bradley Fighting vehicles - carriers of armed troops with a gun platform - were delivered Saturday as part of a larger U.S. military assistance program to Lebanon launched last year,” it said in a statement.
Under the program, the army will receive a total of 32 such vehicles, in addition to six MD 530G light attack helicopters, six Scan-Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as communications and night vision devices, the statement added.
Last year, the Lebanese Army received eight Bradley Fighting vehicles and six A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft from the United States.
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Kanya D’Almeida
The Silent Power of Boycotts and Blockades
Article published on 17 July 2014
The newly founded Pan African Network on Nonviolence and Peacebuilding is the first regional initiative of its kind dedicated to connecting African grassroots organisers around nonviolent resistance.
But scattered amongst the barracks of this planetary war zone are scores of white flags, wielded daily by the many millions of people engaged in nonviolent resistance to the forces that threaten their existence.
Cape Town Peruse a few reports on global military expenditure and you will not be able to shake the image of the planet as one massive army camp, patrolled by heavily weaponised guards in a plethora of uniforms.
Last year, the world spent about 1.76 trillion dollars on military activity according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The year before, arms sales among SIPRI’s ‘Top 100’ companies touched 410 billion dollars. It is estimated that 1,000 people die from gun violence every single day.
Nonviolent rally in front of the US Embassy in Chile, asking for the withdrawal of US troops from occupied territories. Credit: Rafael Edwards/Ressenza via Flickr/ CC 2.0
Nearly 120 of these peace activists are currently assembled in Cape Town’s City Hall, for the quadrennial meeting of the 93-year-old War Resister’s International (WRI), a global network of activists from far-flung regions fighting on every imaginable front, from anti-trafficking in Australia to peace and reconciliation in Rwanda.
Returning to the very pulpit from where he led the historic 1989 March for Peace, Archbishop Desmond Tutu addressed the forum’s participants Saturday night by invoking memories of the long and bloody struggle against apartheid.
“Take our thanks back to your countries,” he told the audience, “even the poorest of which stood ready to receive South African exiles and refugees.” Drawing on the conference’s theme ‘Small Actions – Big Movements: the continuum of nonviolence’, he urged greater collaboration between disparate movements, in order to find strength in unity.
“The U.S. Command in Africa (AFRICOM) has now expanded to approximately 2,000 troops on the continent, covering 38 countries,” WRI Conference Coordinator Matt Meyer told IPS.
“With almost no money but a lot of passion and an understanding of the need for unity in the face of militarism, violence, and a re-colonisation of the land, we brought together people from every continent and 33 African countries to say: ‘We will continue to resist. We will build a beautiful new tomorrow.’”
Running from Jul. 4-8, the gathering offers a bird’s eye view of the life-affirming campaigns that often get pushed off front pages in favour of headlines proclaiming death and war.
While not often on the news, the efficacy of the peace movement is being documented elsewhere. Analysing a century’s worth of data, the World Peace Foundation found that between 1900 and 2006, nonviolent movements had a 53-percent success rate, compared to a 22-percent success rate for violent movements.
Other tangible successes include the long list of victories recently secured by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, according to Omar Barghouti, a founding committee member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).
With three basic demands (ending the occupation as defined by the 1967 borders; ending Israel’s system of legal discrimination against Palestinians; and enforcing the right of return for Palestinian refugees), the civil society initiative calls for the same global solidarity that erupted during the fight against apartheid in South Africa, and urges companies to withdraw their investments from firms that directly profit from the occupation of Palestine.
In the last three years alone, many major pension funds in Europe have divested from Israeli banks, including the 200-billion-dollar financial giant PGGM, the second-largest pension manager in the Netherlands.
In addition, the 810-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund of Norway decided this year to pull investments from Israeli firms operating in the West Bank; the Luxembourg Pension Fund followed suit, citing ethical concerns over the building of settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
In addition, said Barghouti, “Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, recently divested from the British-Danish-owned G4S, one of the largest private security companies in the world; the United Methodist Church – one of the richest in the U.S. – pulled its 18-billion-dollar fund out of companies operating on occupied Palestinian land; and the Presbyterian church has divested from companies like Caterpillar, HP and Motorola Solutions because of their involvement in the occupation.”
With its 15-billion-dollar defense budget, the Israeli government is not taking this lightly, and has identified the BDS movement as a strategic, rather than societal, threat.
“Israel recently shifted overall responsibility for fighting BDS from the ministry of foreign affairs to the ministry of strategic affairs,” Barghouti said Monday, “the same ministry that deals with the Iranian threat, and Israel’s relationship with the U.S.”
Elsewhere, too, authoritarian regimes are recognising the legitimate power of nonviolent resistance. A South Sudanese activist, wishing to be identified only as Karbash A M, told IPS that the Sudanese government in Khartoum has issued a blanket ban on NGOs conducting nonviolence trainings among refugee communities.
But in the face of a political crisis that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since South Sudan declared independence in 2011, Marmoun said, a handful of organisations continue to train hundreds of community leaders and youth activists in the tactics of nonviolence, even as a wave of arms and ammunition threatens to drown the country.
Documenting over 14 case studies of peaceful resistance, the second edition of WRI’s Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns, released here Sunday, offers a tip-of-the-iceberg analysis of the proliferation of nonviolent movements around the world, from protests against the Indonesian military in West Papua, to the diaspora solidarity movement for Eritrea.
Recognising a continuum between the moral commitment to nonviolence adopted by Gandhi, the strategic decision to exercise nonviolence in Eastern Europe in the 1980s, and a “willingness to use nonviolent methods […] but no commitment to avoid low-level physical violence,” the Handbook offers practical advice to activists and organisers from Colombia to South Korea and beyond.
Another major development here this week was the founding of the Pan African Network on Nonviolence and Peacebuilding, the first regional initiative of its kind dedicated to connecting African grassroots organisers around nonviolent resistance.
“I am delighted we have been able to give birth to this network here in Cape Town,” Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, executive director of the South Africa-based organisation Embrace Dignity – which fights to end sex trafficking and the commercial exploitation of women – told IPS.
“At the last count, 33 African countries are represented in the network, with a 16-member steering committee, each from a different country.
“We are also making an effort to ensure representation from island states like Mauritius and the Canary Islands,” she stated, adding that the network will play a crucial role in elevating the voices of civil society on issues of governance, development and corruption.
Experts here say such a network could be hugely important in combating the U.S.’ increased military presence in Africa, such as plans to construct a 220-million-dollar Special Operations compound at the base of the U.S.’ Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.
The actions may be small, but their impacts are felt at the highest level.
“We can now call ourselves the ‘three percent people’,” Anand Mazgaonkar, a representative of the National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements (NAPM) in Gujarat, India, said at a plenary session Monday, “because a recent intelligence report in India has named all of us involved in movements as collectively responsible for a three percent damage to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).”
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Folk-flavoured alternative pop/rock
Most recent release, Playing Favorites (live, 2016); most recent studio release of original material, Music From The Motion Picture (2013)
The Official 10,000 Maniacs site
Wikipedia's entry for 10,000 Maniacs (includes band member timeline)
See the Ectophiles' Guide entries for former members Natalie Merchant's solo work, John and Mary's duo work, Mary Ramsey's site, and Oskar Saville's MySpace page.
Psychowelders, The Cranberries, Fairground Attraction. (brage@delta.dk)
They were the first in this genre of female-led pop groups, but have been followed by such bands as Innocence Mission, The Sundays, and The Cranberries. (Neile)
Own, occasional covers
In particular the early 10,000 Maniacs stuff is well worth getting (I don't know the middle stuff): Natalie Merchant's voice is very good (though a bit difficult to understand) and the slightly folky music fits it perfectly. (brage@delta.dk)
They used to be my favorite band, but they've just lost the spark. I had such high hopes for them when I heard that John Lombardo had come back and Mary Ramsey had joined up—John and Mary's two CDs are favorites of mine. But now they're just bland and boring. :(
If your favorite 10,000 Maniacs albums are In My Tribe and Our Time In Eden, you probably won't like the direction the band is going in now. When Natalie Merchant left the band, Mary Ramsey, who also plays violin and viola, took over lead vocals. She played on 10,000 Maniac's last tour with Natalie Merchant (and also on Our Time In Eden and Unplugged), and is perhaps best known as part of the duo John and Mary ("John" is John Lombardo, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs, who has rejoined the band as well). She sounds remarkably like Natalie Merchant, and with her viola adds a wonderful dimension to the band.
For an idea of where 10,000 Maniacs are going with their sound, listen to their 1985 album The Wishing Chair, then listen to John and Mary's albums Victory Garden and The Weedkiller's Daughter immediately thereafter. Glom both sounds together, and you've got it. However, the spark in the songwriting just isn't there any more. They would do better to just flesh out John and Mary's two albums' worth of material and go with that. (meth@smoe.org)
I've been a fan of the band a long time. I bought "Human Conflict Number Five" when it came out back in 1984. I heard "Planned Obsolescence" on the radio and absolutely had to own it. But I wasn't a die hard yet. I didn't buy "Secrets of the I-Ching" when it came out. It wasn't until I heard "My Mother The War" that I became a complete convert. The Wishing Chair hooked me in completely and 10,000 Maniacs became one of my favorite bands.
I wasn't surprised when Natalie Merchant left the band. It seemed she had been preparing for it for quite a while. Egos have been the death of many of the bands I've enjoyed through the years, which is why this new version of the band is possibly stronger than the original. They are essentially starting over, with a new singer on a new label. No egos present. All songwriting is nicely credited to 10,000 Maniacs, instead of individual credits. And Mary seems to me to be a stronger singer than Natalie. Natalie's voice has a lot of character, with her distinctive accent. It's also a voice that turned more than a few of my friends off. Mary's voice is slightly similar to Natalie's, but it's smoother and possibly has a little more range. And her voila adds a new element to the musical texture that the band weaves. (pmcohen@voicenet.com)
Can I just say how bad I feel for 10,000 Maniacs? I mean, they were at their peak, had their biggest hit with "These are Days", toured with R.E.M., had a big unplugged album with a big single, then Natalie left and they disspeared. They're on an independent label now, I guess Geffen dropped them. And they're still good! Mary Ramsey has a nice voice and plays and a mean viola and their songs now are more radio-friendly than in the Natalie days. It just bums me out cause they are and were my favorite band. The albums with Natalie are better than the new ones, but they're still good! If you gave up on them in the past, give them a try. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. (nnadel@hotmail.com)
i thought the return of john lombardo to 10,000 maniacs would be a return to old glory but it doesn't seem to be the case. (woj@smoe.org)
They are my absolute favorite thing on the planet period. I am in love with everything about them, from Rob Buck's shimmering guitar style, to the far-spanning, historical/political lyrics, Natalie's voice, Mary's voice, the whole band's groove, John Lombardo's songwriting, I'm just a 100% mega fan. I own everything that could possibly have anything to do with them.
If I were to sum up 10,000 Maniacs, a couple words would come to mind, but one of the most prevailent would be arty. The band's sound and feel is defined by Rob Buck's distinctive glistening lead guitar, folkish melodies, bookish, historical/political, poetic lyricism and an all around feel of beauty and celebration of the enlightened and uplifting. A lot of the songs are about war, particularly WWII, and a lot of the songs are just reflections on various little aspects of everyday life.
There are basically three distinct periods in the band's timeline. The first lasted from their formation in 1981 until 1986. At this point the lineup was Steve Gustafson (bass), Robert Buck (lead guitar), Dennis Drew (keyboards), Natalie Merchant (vocals) and John Lombardo (guitar/vocals). They would find a permanent drummer in 1983 in the person of Jerome Augustyniak. The band started out as being very ecclectic, incorporating a multitude styles that varied from reggae to punk to folk, but by the time of their major label debut The Wishing Chair, they had become more of a consise arty folk unit. This was powerful and original stuff. Natalie's voice was youthful but soared with a vitality and energy that I don't think she's ever recaptured. Rob's chiming guitar leads were just as up front as Natalie's vocals, and the combination was very beautiful and invigorating. This was John Lomabrdo's musical vision really coming together for the first time, and The Wishing Chair is often referred to as "his baby".
In 1986, due to financial concerns and Elektra's pressuring the band to go in a more comercial direction, Lombardo left 10,000 Maniacs. He would later carry on The Wishing Chair sound in his duo with Mary Ramsey, but 10,000 Maniacs continued on as a five-piece, and their sound shifted to an extent. This is phase two. They acquired a more pop-oriented feel, with Natalie's lyrics focusing on distinctive (often political) topics rather than dreamy poetic prosing. The records In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Our Time In Eden (1992) and MTV Unplugged (1994) were released during this stage.
Phase three began when Natalie Merchant left in 1993, and John Lombardo returned in 1994 bringing along Mary Ramsey to replace Natalie. With John again the prime creative force in the Maniacs he of course took up where he left off back in 1985. The band's sound became more folkish again with lyrical concerns returning to the dreamier prose style. Mary Ramsey's voice is purer than Natalie's, and her added viola is a rich addition to the band's glistening feel. So far two albums have been created during this period, Love Among The Ruins and the independantly released The Earth Pressed Flat.
There has been a lot of discussion amongst the band's fanbase about which is better, Natalie's approach or John's. Although I tend to get more into albums like The Wishing Chair and The Earth Pressed Flat, ultimately John and Natalie both have more similarities in their musical vissions than differences. Perhaps Natalie is more personal and precise in her lyrics, and John and Mary take on a more musing, wandering point of view, but all three look at each song as somewhat of a story, articulating their words in eloquence and beauty. Natalie is often described as being darker and Lombardo is said to head for the light, but they both operate from the same realm, each displaying a different side of the coin if you will. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com )
I don't miss Natalie, I miss John and Mary. I think the two John and Mary discs are better than the last 3 or 4 10,000 Maniacs discs. They went in similar, but not the same, directions. Most of what I like on the John and Mary discs seems to have gotten lost in the band sound of 10,000 Maniacs, and Mary seems to be working too hard to be Natalie Merchant (whereas everyone just naturally thought she was on the John and Mary records!).
I guess I can't compare too much, because I was unexcited enough by what I heard live not to pick up Love Among The Ruins, though I may at some point anyway. When I saw them live over a year ago, they showed a lot of potential. In fact, I have a tape they were selling of John and Mary+10,000 Maniacs and a few Femmes, that showed some potential too. But live earlier this year I was just bored. And the Roxy Music cover was exciting in concept for the first 20 seconds, but then it never amounted to anything, either live or on the radio. (neal)
i was really psyched to hear the 10,000 maniacs live, and i'm afraid i was pretty disappointed. i've heard good things about them, still think the wishing chair is by far the best maniacs record, and was quite fond of the john and mary records which sort of grew into the new edition of the maniacs. i expected them to be folkier than latter day maniacs, and less, well pretentious. i did think the new material sounded pretty good, and the band's enthusiasm—especially mary ramsey's, she looked like she was having an awful lot of fun—carried the day for a lot of the songs. but for my taste, the 10,000 Maniacs songs played were among my least favorites—on the last few records, merchant's lyrics struck me as self-righteous and preachy, even when they expressed sentiments with which i agree: "candy everybody wants", "what's the matter here," etc. i also had two big quibbles with the arrangements: steve gustafon's bass playing struck me as bland and leaden, a bottom end that was propulsive enough, but that didn't leave much space for the songs to breathe or have a good dynamic sense.
lead guitarist robert buck has a digital delay trick of piling lots of his bell-like, almost brittle notes on top of each other, scrubbing his hand faster and faster as he moves up the neck, making chiming chords out of a myriad of hanging, fading fragments. it's not a bad trick at all—but his over-reliance on it heightened the sameness of the songs. someone should take his digital delay away—he was a lazier player that night, more formulaic, than the other times i've seen him.
i should probably note that the enthusiastic crowd disagreed with me totally—the roar of approval that greeted the opening of "these are days" made me feel old (and on the verge of going deaf) and likewise every solo turn buck took got a big cheer. and i don't mean i didn't enjoy the show. ramsey's ability to duplicate merchant's phrasing really is uncanny, and her violin playing provided a nice depth to the band's sound. i like that the new material has less of an emotional remove than most of merchant's writing—i think my expectations were just too high. (dmw@mwmw.com)
Overall, I'd have to say that I'm probably not going to go out of my way to see 10,000 Maniacs play live again anytime soon. Those of you who have known me for a while will realize just how momentous, and a little sad this is.
(begin: nostalgia)
You see, before The Nields came along, 10,000 Maniacs were my very favorite band. I drove ridiculous distances to see them play even before I had a reliable means of transport (not to mention the money to actually afford the shows). All throughout my senior year of high school and first couple years of college, I listened to their music all the time. Some of my most cherished college-age memories are directly tied to 10,000 Maniacs' music and live shows. When Natalie Merchant left the band I was determined to stick it out with them, because I loved both John and Mary albums, and I was ecstatic to hear that John Lombardo would be returning to the band and bringing Mary Ramsey with him. I saw them during the early weeks of their "Unscathed" tour, and aside from the loudness of the show I was totally blown away—they were doing a *lot* of really old Maniacs material, stuff from The Wishing Chair and earlier, which was amazing to me because that's where my favorite songs come from, and I'd always wanted to experience them live. I figured the marriage of John and Mary's music to the earlier 10,000 Maniacs aesthetic would be something out of heaven, and anxiously awaited their first album with the new lineup.
(end: nostalgia)
Then Love Among The Ruins came out, and as I'm sure you all know, "disappointed" doesn't even begin to cover my reaction to it. :P The creative spark that made the Maniacs so special had clearly departed with Ms. Merchant, and the remaining band members were clearly not in a hurry to find another. Yet I continued to go see them play whenever they came to town, Just Because. Last time I got rather bored toward the end, but I wrote it off to my mood that day. I was looking forward to their set last night, but I have to say I got bored by the second song. :(. Two moments did make it all worthwhile, though: toward the end of the set a familiar bass riff started, and I didn't believe it until I actually heard the first lines: "Planned Obsolescence", from their very first EP called Secrets of the I Ching, later collected on Hope Chest. The only thing that wasn't good about it was the fact that John Lombardo sang it. Mary *really* needs to learn that song, and fast! I long ago decided that if one voice on the planet had to be silenced by decree of the Universe, I'd nominate John Lombardo even above Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. He absolutely canNOT sing. The second moment came in the encore, when they dusted off "Can't Ignore The Train", which I think is my all-time favorite 10,000 Maniacs song. Mary did a really great job with it, too. I was really, really happy after that. :)
But alas, the Love Among The Ruins material hasn't gotten any better, and the new songs they played don't bode well for the next album, either. If I hear that they've decided just to include John and Mary and pre-1986 10,000 Maniacs material exclusively in their live shows I'll be lined up first at the door, but until then I think I'm done. (meth@smoe.org)
10,000 manics were good, but in a less than satisfying way. they're more of a band than they ever were in the natalie merchant years and their musical performance was very strong—overwhelmingly great at times. unfortunately, the things i don't like about love among the ruins were in evidence on stage as well: the lack of any musically creative drives from john lombardo (whose contributions to the performance consisted almost entirely of completely inaudible acoustic rhythm guitar) and the lack of anything as lyrically strong as natalie's songs. i find the record pretty boring and, as meredith put it, their live show didn't increase my appreciation for it. (well, isn't it ironic that i, of all people, would whine about lyrics...but the fact is that natalie merchant is a significant lyricist, that mary ramsey—or the rest of the band—couldn't write their way out of a paper bag, and that, much as i hate to admit that i was wrong, natalie was much more crucial to the band's previous success, irrespective of her charismatic frontwoman role.)
however, the handful of previous hits they played ("candy everybody wants", "these are days", "hey jack kerouac", "because the night", "what's the matter here?") were very well done and "stockton gala days" was one of the aforementioned overwhelmingly great moments. they also played a couple john and mary tunes, which were really good. most amusing moment: the first song of the encore was the "re-mix" version of "more than this"—anyone who thought that tee's radio edit on the single was a remix is wrong! they just play it in an entirely different way (which i prefer since it's more interesting and less faithful to the original). (woj@smoe.org)
What a great show! That was my first time to see them live and I was very impressed. They did a lot from the new cd, of course, and several older songs from the Natalie days. I love Mary's voice. It took her a while to warm up to the crowd but once she did, the band just took off! (cvilline@comp.uark.edu)
The Wishing Chair. (brage@delta.dk, Neile)
Secrets of the I Ching (1983)
The Wishing Chair (1985)
In My Tribe (1987)
Blind Man's Zoo (1989)
Hope Chest/Fredonia Recordings (compilation, 1990)
Our Time In Eden (1992)
Unplugged (1993)
Love Among The Ruins (1997)
The Earth Pressed Flat (1999)
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (2004)
Music From The Motion Picture (2013)
Twice Told Tales (covers of traditional music, 2015)
Playing Favorites (live, 2016)
The Wishing Chair
1985—Elektra/Asylum, USA—9 60428
Jerry Augustyniak—drums
Robert Buck—electric guitar/devices, acoustic guitar, mandolin, pedal steel
Dennis Drew—organ, piano, accordion
Steven Gustafson—bass, electric guitar
John Lombardo (John and Mary)—6 and 12 string guitars, bass
Natalie Merchant—vocals
Great album; clear sound, fresh and inspired like Hope Chest but a bit more polished. (brage@delta.dk)
This felt fresh and new when it appeared on the scene. There was no one else doing this kind of bright catchy jangly folk-tinged rock, and Natalie Merchant's somewhat metallic-feeling voice was very different from other female voices out there (actually, there weren't all that many rock groups with a female lead singer at the time to compare them too). Anyway, I've enjoyed this album for years and it's the one of there's that I still appreciate the most, probably because of the strong folk influence John Lombardo had on their overall sound—but make no mistake, the overall sound is rock, not folk. (Neile)
A masterpiece. Completely spontanious and from the soul of each member. Rob Buck's riffing cascades and soars, Natalie's vocals are carefree and energetic. Most of the music writing is the work of John Lombardo, having a folk melodic tinge. There is even mandolin replacing lead guitar on "Back O' The Moon" and "Everyone a Puzzle Lover". All save for "My Mother the War", a tale of a woman who lost children to WWII, which features whailing guitars and an all around punk feel. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
In My Tribe
1987—Elektra (U.S.A.)—E2 60738
Natalie Merchant—voice
Robert Buck—guitars, mandolin, pedal steel
Dennis Drew—keyboards
Steven Gustafson—bass guitar
Jerome Augustyniak—drums, percussion
Peter Asher
An all-time favorite. (sspan)
The All Music Guide lists this album as the band's peak. This is a fairly common cliché which people who don't know much about the band tend to spout off. I seriously disagree. This is a great little record, retaining some of its predecessor's joyous and spright feel. But it's a bit overproduced and just not quite as imaginitive and innovative as The Wishing Chair, Blind Man's Zoo or The Earth Pressed Flat. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
Blind Man's Zoo
1989—Elektra (U.S.A.)—9 60815
Jerome Augustyniak—drums of all sorts
Robert Buck—lead and rhythm guitars, both electric and acoustic
Dennis Drew—organ, piano
Steve Gustafson—bass guitar
Natalie Merchant—vocals, pipe organ, piano
Jevetta Steele—backing vocals
Jason Osborn—arrangement, orchestral direction
Krista Bennion Feeney—first violin
Mitsuru Tsubota—second violin
Louise Schulman—viola
Myron Lutzke—cello
Dennis Godburn—bassoon
Robert Wolinsky—harpsichord
Scott Kuney—classical guitar
Rank Luther—double bass
When I listened to this recently, I was shocked at how preachily self-righteous and mean-spirited the lyrics were—this wasn't how I remembered the album, even though I do remember thinking that the lyrics weren't so great. Wow. The way they hit me over the head ruined the album for me. I could barely stand to listen to it and I don't think I will again for a long time. Give me The Wishing Chair any day. (Neile)
At this point we see Natalie taking on her darker, more haunting approach. Rob Buck's guitar echos in shadowy jangles and the rhythms become bolder. With gorgeous melodies, colorful, insightful lyricism and and a more intense feel, this is the non-Lombardo Maniacs at their peak. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
Hope Chest/Fredonia Recordings
1990 (compilation of material from 1982-83)—Elektra (U.S.A.)—9 60962
Recommended for 10,000 Maniacs fans
Jerome Augustyniak—drums
Robert Buck—lead guitar
Dennis Drew—organ
John Lombardo (John and Mary)—rhythm and bass guitars
Jim Foti—drums
This is a compilation of material recorded before their major-label debut, The Wishing Chair, including material from Secrets of the I Ching.
Very nice album, with lots of good songs. (brage@delta.dk)
The earlier material (what would later become Hope Chest) was very ecclectic, mainly due to the fact that each member was very into a number of various types of music from reggae to punk to folk. There was an obvious punk/DIY tinge, but a great deal of what would become the band's trademark style, Rob Buck's glistening guitar riffs, Natalie Merchant's distinctive, haunting alto, the political/historical lyrical observations, and the frantic, somewhat punkish beats and folkish melodic sense is all evident here. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
Our Time In Eden
1992—Elektra (U.S.A.)—9-61385
Rob Buck—electric and acoustic guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steels, mandocello
Dennis Drew—Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
Natalie Merchant—vocals, piano
Larry Corbett—cello
Paulinho Da Costa—percussion
Bruce Dukov—violin
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (The JB Horns)—tenor sax
Charles Fleischer—harmonica
Pamela Goldsmith—viola
Kim Laskowski—bassoon
Ralph Morrison—violin
Maceo Parker (The JB Horns)—alto sax
Mary Ramsey (John and Mary)—violin, viola
Atsuko Sato—bassoon
Fred Wesley (The JB Horns)—trombone
This album isn't as good as Hope Chest or The Wishing Chair. It seems much more monotonous and a little uninspired.... (brage@delta.dk)
I had forgotten what a great album this is. I had not listened to it for quite some time but lately I can't keep it out of the player. My fave had always been In My Tribe but I'm thinking that Our Time In Eden may have just one-upped it. (kcd@cray.com)
With this album 10,000 Maniacs complete their transformation from a pioneering college rock band to a progressive adult alternative unit. They also go from being a tight five-person group to a looser ensemble, incorporating horns, strings and a variety of guest musicians. Beautiful lullabies such as "Eden" and "Noah's Dove" are priceless, and the joyous feel of "These Are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants" is real innovation. A great album, but not quite as tight and affecting as Blind Man's Zoo. In fact, it plays more as a collection of songs rather than a collective work of art. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
1993—Elektra (U.S.A.)—61569
Highly recommended for 10,000 Maniacs fans
Rob Buck—acoustic guitar
Dennis Drew—piano, Hammond organ, pump organ
Steven Gustafson—acoustic bass
Bill Dillon—acoustic & slide guitars, mandolin
Richie Stearns—banjo
Morgan Fichter—violin, background vocals
Mary Ramsey (John and Mary)—viola, backing vocals
Jane Scarpantoni—cello
Atsuko Sato, Kim Laskowski—bassoons
Amanda Kramer—piano, pump organ
Jerry Marotta—percussion
I already had this and Our Time In Eden on tape last year, before I bought my CD player, but I might as well share my thoughts at this rediscovering of the Maniacs. Well, they're not as good as I remember, but still good. I remember when I had these albums on tape, I was seriously impressed by Natalie's voice, but now, compared to Tori Amos, Happy Rhodes, Jonatha Brooke, and Meryn Cadell, and everyone else, she rather pales, and the texture of her voice really bothers me. Still, she's a great lyricist, and I don't regret the purchase. (nyxnight@aol.com)
Love Among The Ruins
1997—Geffen—GED 25009
Variable—read the comments below
Mary Ramsey (John and Mary)—vocals, viola
John Lombardo (John and Mary)—acoustic & electric guitars
Robert Buck—electric & acoustic guitars
Dennis Drew—Hammond organ, piano
Steven Gustafson—bass
Jerome Augustyniak—drums, percussion, background vocals
John Keane—guitar
Fred Maher—percussion
Jules Shear—background vocals
John Keane, Fred Maher
OK they pulled it off.
Not that I had any doubts really.
As I sit here listening to the album I've waited two years for, I feel a great sense of satisfaction with the return of 10,000 Maniacs. I really didn't have any doubts in Mary Ramsey's ability to step in Natalie Merchant's shoes, having both John and Mary albums in my collection. But since Natalie was such a force in their songwriting, I really wondered what the new band would be like. Would they be John and Mary with a new backup band (which wouldn't necessarily have been a bad thing, as the John and Mary albums are fantastic). But this isn't the case. The new album is very much 10,000 Maniacs.
The production is immaculate. It's one of the best sounding albums I've heard this year. The songwriting is not as dark as when Natalie manned the pen. My only regret is that they've made the same mistake the band made on In My Tribe. At that time, the label insisted they do a cover for their first single. So they recorded Cat Steven's "Peace Train". Why on earth they chose to cover a song that Natalie couldn't pronounce is a mystery I'll never understand. Once again, they rely on a cover to introduce the band. This time it's Roxy Music's "More Than This". They do a nice version, but it's probably the most insignificant song on the album. I'd be interested to know if they were forced to do another cover.
Well, as I guess you can tell I recommend the new album pretty highly. Whether my opinion is worth anything, well.... (pmcohen@voicenet.com)
I finally picked up a copy of Love Among The Ruins and was rather disappointed: being a big Natalie Merchant fan I was looking forward to not liking the new 10,000 Maniacs lineup...but alas, it's pretty damn good...especially the Roxy Music cover "More Than This". (sspan)
One of the disappointments of the year. If it was the first 10,000 Maniacs album I probably never would have bought it at all if I had listened to it first at a listening station in some record store or only heard the rather bad Roxy Music cover song.
It isn't that I miss Natalie Merchant. I saw the new 10KM lineup live before they even started in on the album, and thought they were great. The stuff 10,000 Maniacs were doing back when John was still in the band was some of their best stuff. The albums John and Mary did together are good. So I had high expectations for Love Among the Ruins.
Unfortunately the album didn't live up to what it could have been, and instead is (in my opinion) overproduced, bland and boring. That's the disappointment, but I like it more every time I hear it. I would have liked to hear more of Mary's viola, less backing vocals, less of Drew's Hammond and more of Drew's piano, but overall it's a strong effort. I wouldn't call it a great album (at least not by ecto standards), but it is certainly a good one. But disappointing. (mcurry@io.com)
What happens when you take a great band, bring back its original creative spark and add a keen new violist and vocalist, then do absolutely nothing with what you've got and overproduce the hell out of it? Sigh. I can't quite put aside a vague feeling of disappointment listening to the new album. I was expecting more: more viola, more alternatives to the guitar (mandolin especially)—in short, much more John and Mary. And the fact that Mary Ramsey doesn't sound like herself is still bugging me—her voice is a lot more alto than is evident on the recording. I'm sure the producers wanted to minimize the possibility for comparison to Natalie Merchant, but what's the big deal? I agree that releasing their cover of "More Than This" as the first single is probably ill-advised; it's not a particularly good cover of the song, and the originals on the album are much better realized. Still, when all is said and done I'm sure I'll end up listening to the album a lot this summer: it's a good summer-driving disc. (meth@smoe.org)
When I heard they were going to continue without Natalie Merchant, my reaction was "oh no, this is like the Doors without Jim Morrison!". But to my relief, this is not a bad record. OK, it may not be the greatest, and I certainly could do without that Brian Ferry cover but it shows that they will be able to carry on, change and adapt while remaining recognisably 10,000 Maniacs. And that is a huge relief to me, because I used to really like them. And since I also enjoy Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily, now I've got two for the price of one :). (afries@zip.com.au)
Back to their roots here, much more folky than the last few albums. Standouts include "Rainy Day" and "Across the Fields". Old member John Lombardo is back; a lot of the album sounds like his band John and Mary. Recommended to anyone who likes pleasant folk music along the lines of Wild Colonials, Indigo Girls, or early 10,000 Maniacs. Give it a try! Put this one on in the car and try not to sing along. (nnadel@hotmail.com)
Beautiful, shimmering and free-spirited. With Natalie gone and two new members there is a sense of freshness and vitality in the elegant instrumentation and soaring melodies. It is said that the band didn't have the control over this album they'd been hoping for (Geffen called in Jules Shear to re-write three songs) but it still turned out wonderful. This album is similar to Our Time In Eden in that it has an adult alternative tinge, and it is similar to the John and Mary albums in that it is spright and folkish. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
The Earth Pressed Flat
Jerome Augustyniak—drums, percussion, vocals Robert Buck—guitar Dennis Drew—keyboards, Hammond organ, pump organ, piano, synthesizer Steven Gustafon—bass John Lombardo—acoustic guitar, electric guitar Mary Ramsey—viola, violin, vocals
Armand John Petri
Sounds a lot like Hope Chest. Standouts include the title track, "On and On", and "Time Turns". John and Mary fans will love it. Similiar to the first album, a little more eclectic and downbeat so far. Great Sandy Denny cover! Come on, give it a try! If you ever liked the Maniacs at all you'll dig it. (nnadel@hotmail.com)
Quite good...better than Love Among The Ruins, not up to the level of Our Time in Eden though, but getting there. I especially like 'In the quiet morning' and the cover of 'Who knows where the time goes?' (sspan)
The new 10,000 Maniacs stuff is just as good, and the newest album, The Earth Pressed Flat, is so ecclectic, so colorful, it's gotta be 10,000 Maniacs's Sgt. Pepper. It is breathtaking to say the least. It is really one of the most powerful records I have ever heard. Extremely similar to The Wishing Chair and even more similar to the John and Mary records. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that the band had more control over the recording process this time around. Check it out! ;-) The band was extremely free and filled with new ideas and creative energy. Plus that, they'd all become killer musicians by now. The songs are eclectic and folksy, all very different and very colorful. "Cabaret" and "On & On" are reminiscent of "Can't Ignore the Train" or "Just as the Tide Was a Flowing", shimmering and energetic, draped with haunting lyrics. "Somebody's Heaven" is intense and cascading, with echoing guitars similar to those in "My Mother the War". "Smallest Step" is triumphant and free-spirited, "In the Quiet Morning", a cover of Mimi Farina and "Who Knows Where the Time Goes", a Fairport Convention tune, are folkish and intelligent. But what is in my opinion, the best song the band has ever recorded is "Once a City", a gutsy, moody arrangement about the Bosnian conflicts. It is very haunting, very dark, with heavy drumming and the sounds of a thunderstorm mixed in. Mary's voice shimmers like a flickering flame amidst the intensity. Brilliant. And so, Love Among The Ruins and The Earth Pressed Flat are very different records, so no one should not check out the latter because of their opinions on the former. (RedWoodenBeads@aol.com)
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings
2004—Elektra/Rhino Records—R273900
Highly recommended for fans
Natalie Merchant—vocals, piano (1982-1993)
Robert Buck—guitars, mandolin, steel, banjo, devices, synthesizer (1982-1993)
Steven Gustafson—guitar, bass (1982-1993)
John Lombardo—guitars, bass, occasional vocals (1982-1985)
Dennis Drew—organ, piano, accordion (1982-1993)
Jerome Augustyniak—drums, percussion (1983-1993)
Don Grolnick—piano on "Verdi Cries"
Dennis Karmazyn—cello on "Verdi Cries"
Novi—viola on "Verdi Cries"
Bob Magnusson—bass on "Verdi Cries"
David Campbell—string arrangement on "Verdi Cries"
Jevetta Steel—vocals on "Trouble Me"
Maceo Parker (The JB Horns)—alto sax on "Candy Everybody Wants"
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (The JB Horns)—tenor sax on "Candy Everybody Wants"
Fred Wesley (The JB Horns)—trombone on "Candy Everybody Wants"
Larry Corbett—cello on "Jezebel"
Paul Buckmaster—arrangement, conducting
Mary Ramsey—violin on "Stockton Gala Days" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday," viola, background vocals
Paulinho Da Costa—percussion on "These Are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants"
Bill Dillon—acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, guitar
Amanda Kramer—piano, pump organ, guitar on "To Sir With Love" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday," organ on "Let the Mystery Be"
Laura McWilliam—violin on "Wildwood Flower"
David Bither—acoustic guitar on "Wildwood Flower"
Michael Stipe—vocals on "To Sir With Love"
Tommy LaBella—alto sax on "To Sir With Love"
Tony White—tenor sax on "To Sir With Love"
Kevin Osborne—trombone on "To Sir With Love"
David Byrne—vocals, guitar on "Let the Mystery Be"
10,000 Maniacs, Bill Waldman, Joe Boyd, Peter Asher, Paul Fox, Gary Smith ∓ Lenny Kaye
Campfire Songs is a retrospective of Natalie Merchant's years with 10,000 Maniacs. The first disc presents 17 of the band's best and most popular songs in a seamless, chronological flow. You can hear the band evolving, becoming more accessible while maintaining their social consciousness. Disc 2 presents the "obscure & unknown recordings": demos, covers, live recordings. It's more uneven than the first disc, but still has a number of treasures for fans. I particularly like the 3 Our Time In Eden demos. The liner notes are also well done and include reflections from each of the band's members. (JoAnn Whetsell)
Twice Told Tales
2015—Cleopatra Records—CLP-2180-2
A really pleasant surprise. This album of traditional songs from the British Isles in contemporary music settings is quite energetic and both like and unlike other traditional music and 10,000 Maniacs albums I've heard (though I'm not really familiar with their post-Natalie Merchant work). Favorite track: "She Moved Through the Fair." (JoAnn Whetsell)
Thanks to Jens P. Tagore Brage and JoAnn Whetsell for work on this entry.
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Sutras from the Old Way - 6th Sutra - Angulimala
By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Nov 30, 2002
In topic: Early Buddhism
This is the sixth talk on the Pali Canon sutras. The text referred to in the talk is the photocopied booklet "Sutras from the Old Way - Selections from the Pali Canon," which can be downloaded as a PDF.
Sutras from the Old Way 6: Angulimala
Transcribed and edited by Murray McGillivray and Barbara Byrum
We’re going to read the Angulimala Sutta. This is a really interesting text about karma, because here’s a murderer, who is obviously accruing huge amounts of very, very bad karma, and, then, by virtue of the power of the Buddha’s presence, manages to see what he’s done, repents, changes his life, and even becomes an arhat. And as the story shows, he still has to endure the karmic effects of his deeds, even though he’s enlightened and an arhat. So let’s see how the story goes:
Thus have I heard: on one occasion, the Blessed One was living at Savatthi, in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park. Now on that occasion there was a bandit in the realm of King Pasenadi of Kosala bandit named Angulimala . He was was murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings. He was constantly murdering people, and he wore their fingers as a garland.So he actually wore a necklace around his neck – if you can imagine this – which had on it the fingers of all the people that he had killed
One day when it was morning, the Blessed One [the Buddha] dressed, and taking his bowl and outer robe, set out on the road leading toward Angulimala.
So lest you thought that the Buddha was passive and was not one who would confront aggression head on, here he’s being not only proactive, but we might say proactive in a foolhardy way. He’s going all by himself to confront this serial killer. And the way he goes about it is quite astonishing. He takes care of business and just goes through the day nicely, peacefully, and then he sets out on the road leading toward Angulimala.
Cowherds, shepherds, and plowmen passing by saw the Buddha walking along the road leading toward Angulimala, and they said to him, “Do not take this road, recluse, on this road is the bandit Angulimala, who is murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings. Villages, towns, and districts have been laid waste by him. He murders people, and he wears their fingers as a garland. Men have come along this road in groups of ten, twenty, thirty, and even forty, but still they have fallen into Angulimala’s hands.” When this was said, the Buddha simply continued on in silence.
There’s something in this phrase, “he continued on in silence,” that gives you the feeling that he’s not going along here with a vigilante spirit, or being stubborn. He’s just going along peacefully, as if he were going walking anywhere. And you’ll see the power in a moment of the Buddha’s peaceful walking.
So he finally approaches the bandit Angulimala who sees him coming in the distance, and when he sees him coming he says, “It is wonderful, it is marvelous —how amazing! Here comes this single person confronting me, apparently without any big weapons, not riding a horse, but just walking peacefully along. People have been coming to get me in groups of ten, twenty, thirty, and even forty but they have all fallen into my hands, and now here comes this recluse, this monk, unaccompanied, as if driven by fate.
The bandit Angulimala set out after the Buddha, who is going along at his Buddha pace, quite slowly. The text here tells us that the Buddha is going to perform a feat of supernatural power. The bandit Angulimala is walking as fast as he could behind the slowly walking Buddha. He was walking at his normal pace, but one thing about the Buddha is that the Buddha always walked at his normal pace. In other words, the Buddha was not a person who would hurry or rush.
So he was doing that, and here’s the bandit Angulimala, who we can presume is in pretty good shape and strong and big, is running as fast as he can behind the Buddha, who’s walking quite slowly. But he’s not catching up! This is the amazing thing! He’s not catching up to the Buddha! He remains too far away to lay a hand on him. So he thinks to himself, This is amazing! Every time before this I could catch up even with a swift elephant and grab it, even a horse I could outrun and seize it! He finally yells out. “Stop, recluse, stop!” And the Buddha says to him, “I have stopped already, Angulimala. Now you must stop.”
Then the bandit Angulimala thought: “These recluses, sons of the Sakyans, speak truth, assert truth, but though this recluse is still walking he says, ‘I have stopped.’”
So here the Buddha is walking along at his normal pace, and he’s saying, “I have stopped.” So now there are two marvellous things: How come I can’t catch up to him when I’m going at full speed and he’s walking slowly? And how come he’s saying that he’s stopped when he clearly has not stopped but is still walking? What does he mean by this? I’m going to ask him.
While you are walking, recluse, you tell me you have stopped;But now, when I have stopped, you say I have not stopped.I ask you now, O recluse, about the meaning:How is it that you have stopped and I have not?
The Buddha say, Angulimala, I have stopped forever;I abstain from violence towards living beings;But you have no restraint towards things that live.That is why I have stopped and you have not.
Now, this is a little bit deeper statement than it seems. The Buddha is not only saying here, I believe, that he doesn’t kill people. He’s saying that on a deep, deep level he has stopped the arising of even those subtle impulses in the human heart, that when not checked and dealt with, eventually will lead to real violence. So not only does he not kill people, but he has totally stopped the arising of any impulses toward aggression, selfishness.
Angulimala says,
Oh, at long last this recluse, a venerated sage,
Has come to this great forest for my sake.
Having heard your stanza teaching me the Dhamma,
I will indeed renounce evil forever.
So, that was pretty easy! It should be so easy for the rest of us! We can only imagine in our mind’s eye or in our heart’s eye encountering a person who would have such a powerfully good heart that just being in their presence would inspire us to change our lives. Such a thing may be possible, that you would encounter a person that suddenly sees your life, and on that occasion, you would be sincerely willing to change your life completely. Well, this is what happens to Angulimala in hearing this teaching from the Buddha, and, of course, it’s not only the Buddha’s words, but it’s also this miraculous act that Angulimala could not catch up with the Buddha that turns his heart around utterly and completely. He says, I now understand. The spell has been broken under which I’ve been living all this time in my delusion and confusion, and I now see that I also must make the effort to stop as you have done.
So saying, he took his sword and weapons
And flung them in a gaping chasm’s pit.
The bandit worshipped the Sublime One’s feet,
(in other words, he prostrated himself)
And then and there he said “I want to be ordained, I want to be a monastic, right here and now.”
Again, this is not unusual. In the sutras it happens many times exactly like this. And the ordination ceremony is in the next stanza:
The Enlightened One, the Sage of Great Compassion,
The Teacher of the world with [all] its gods,
Addressed him with these words, “Come, bhikkhu.”
So now here you can imagine: the Buddha walks back home with this new bhikkhu, and somebody is going to recognize him as a serial killer. The Buddha seems to have full confidence that Angulimala has literally become a different person. Because this is the idea: when you become a bhikkhu, when you take monastic vows, you actually become a different person. The Buddha is convinced that Angulimala is not the Angulimala that he was a moment before.
The people of the town apparently didn’t recognize him, at least not at first. But eventually the word got out and great crowds of people were gathering at the gates of King Pasenadi’s inner palace, crying out, “Sire, the bandit Angulimala is in your realm; he is murderous, bloody-handed.”
Now, I don’t think they realize at this point what has happened to Angulimala. They just know he’s in the realm and terrorizing everybody and they want him out. So the king sends the cavalry out, five hundred men, looking for Angulimala. And he went as far as he could on the carriage, and then dismounted from the carriage and went forward on foot to the Blessed One, to the Buddha. After paying homage to the Buddha, he sat down at one side, and the Buddha said to him,
What is it? Is King Seniya Bimbisara of Magadha attacking you, or the Licchavis of Vesali, or other hostile kings?
In other words, what are you doing here, with a five hundred person cavalry? Is there a war going on that I don’t know about? “No,” he says, “there is no such thing like that, but there is a bandit in my realm, named Angulimala, who is murderous, murdering people all the time, and having this absolutely hideous finger garland. What am I going to do? This is going to be a hard job for me.”
the idea here is quite astonishing, Before he goes out looking for Angulimala, the first thing he does is go to the Buddha and say, “What do you think? What’s your counsel on the matter here? Do you have any thoughts on how I’m going to catch this murderer?” Anyway, he says to the king,
Great king, suppose you were to see that Angulimala had shaved off his hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and gone forth from the home life into homelessness; that he was abstaining from killing living beings, from taking what is not given and from false speech; that he was refraining from eating at night, ate only in one part of the day, and was celibate, virtuous, of good character. If you were to see him thus, how would you treat him?
When you think about this, this is amazing, because as you see the king says, “I would pay homage to him. We would respect him as we respect all monastics.” So much faith! There are different groups of monastics, travelling around, But it would appear as if they conducted themselves with so much integrity and peacefulness that they had gained the respect of everyone. But to the king, such a thing would be absolutely unthinkable. Nobody would ever think, so much respect would this tradition be held in, even a serial killer would never think of putting on this robe with false pretences. If somebody put on the robe and followed the way of life, they would be doing so sincerely. So if Angulimala were to appear as a monastic, I would have to respect that, there would be no other choice but to respect him and honor him. But, he says, such a thing would never happen, because Angulimala is a terrible murderer and he’s an evil person, and how could he ever possibly have any virtue and restraint?
Now as this conversation is going on, Angulimala is sitting there nearby. The king doesn’t recognize him. And so the Buddha says, This monk right here, sitting over here, is the ax-murderer, the serial killer that you’ve been looking for. You’re worried about how you’re going to capture him with five hundred men, well I’m telling you he’s sitting right here peacefully, two people away from you. Don’t worry. You have nothing to fear from this man. And the king calms down and he goes over to Angulimala, looks him up and down and says, Are you really—is this noble monk really Angulimala?”And he says, Yes, great king. And the king says, This is truly amazing. You, oh Buddha, have tamed the untamable. You have brought peace to the unpeaceful, and led to nirvana those who seemingly could never attain it.
Venerable sir, we ourselves with our armies and so forth, could never tame this person, and yet the Blessed One has tamed him without force or weapons.
The next day, Angulimala goes out for alms, and he sees a woman giving birth to a deformed child. When he sees this, his heart is touched, This is a tragedy I’m seeing in front of me, but how much sentient beings have such things happening to them! He goes back to the Buddha and he tells him. Now the Buddha says something very strange to him. He says, Since your heart has been touched by this woman, you should try to help her. You should try to take away this pain. And here’s how you can do it. Go back to that woman and say to her,
Sister, since I was born I do not recall that I have ever intentionally deprived a living being of life. By this truth, may you be well and may your infant be well.
Now one thing you have to understand about this is that there was an ancient tradition in India, not only Buddhist but throughout Indian culture, that there was the power of truth-telling. That is, somebody would stand up and say something that was significant and really true, usually something that had to do with spiritual attainment. The idea is if you swore this truth, you could use the power of that truth to effect change, to make things happen
So the Buddha’s suggesting that Angulimala do this in relation to this woman, that he go back to her and say to her, I now swear that I have never, since I was born, intentionally hurt a living being and by the power of the truth of that statement, may your child be whole. You can imagine how Angulimala would have felt when he heard the Buddha say that. I think that he was saying this for a reason. Angulimala had already truly repented and turned his life round and had become a monk. But there was still something in Angulimala’s heart that needed cleansing. The Buddha realized that since his heart was opened by seeing this woman, this was good, andhe said to Angulimala,
Then, Angulimala, go into Savatthi and say to that woman, "Sister, since I was born with the noble birth, I do not recall that I have ever intentionally deprived a living being of life. By this truth, may you be well and may your infant be well.
In other words, Since I have been reborn in the dharma, and have become another person in the dharma—since that time, I have never intentionally taken another life. And I think Angulimala upon hearing this, something in him releases, and he really does grieve over his past actions, really lets them go, and really recognizes that he has truly been reborn into a new life. So he goes and tells that to the woman. It actually works, and the woman and the infant become whole again.
Angulimal has learned something and let something go, and also for the first time, maybe ever in his life, has been able to effect goodness instead of harm. Immediately after that, what happens? He is released with direct knowledge.
Here and now he entered upon and abided in that supreme goal of the holy life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from the home life into homelessness. He directly knew: birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming into any state of being. And the venerable Angulimala became one of the arhats.
So that’s interesting. Encountering the woman and this emotional moment is what he needed to become an arhat. What happens immediately after he becomes an arhat? He’s now released and enlightened. Everything goes well from now on, right? No. Just the opposite. Instead of everything coming up roses, somebody throws a clod of earth at him, somebody throws a stick at him, someone throws a potsherd at him. He comes back to the Buddha in this condition and the Buddha sees him coming in the distance and says to him,
Bear it! Bear it! You are experiencing here and now the results of deeds because of which you might have been tortured in hell for many years, for many hundreds of years, for many thousands of years.
But you’re experiencing it now in a less virulent form—this is nothing, he’s saying, compared to what you deserve. But because of your good deeds and your heart-opening experiences and awakening, this is all you have to bear. Don’t complain about it. Be grateful for this suffering. In other words, his enlightenment does not wipe out his karma. He has to still suffer for it. But because of his practice, the suffering in bearable.
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Comedy of Errors
Historically, Presidential debates are proving grounds to prepare candidates to become the leader of the free world, but this election year viewers may think they are watching outtakes from the NBC series Last Comic Standing. Is it possible that one of the contenders, after reading the poll numbers, has his eye on a different prize?
According to the AP's Nedra Pickler, Senator John Kerry "was cracking up his partisan crowd" at one campaign stop and "he drew guffaws" at another. This is news worthy of a Fox alert, although considering the source I will wait for confirmation from CBS.
Pickler reports that "Bush has been effectively using humor" against Kerry, an understated description of the incumbent's folksy, self-deprecating style. The President's reputation for well-timed one-liners makes him the favorite to score laughs Thursday night, but perhaps Senator Kerry like Al Gore in 2000 will provide most of the hilarity, albeit unintentionally.
Pickler cites this example of the Kerry wit, which owes much to the dry minimalism of Jimmy Carter:
"You're going to hear all this talk, `Oh, we've turned the corner, we're doing better, blah, blah,'" he said, running on the phrase as his Wisconsin audience erupted in laughter. "You know, blah and blah and blah."
The same routine elicited nary a chuckle as Kerry worked the MTV crowd during the primaries (pictured below). Far be it from me to expect honesty from the AP or consistency from Senator Kerry, but he really needs to hone his schtick if he wants to replace Conan O'Brien in 2009.
Advantage: Bush
A Blogger's Debt
Give 'Em Zell
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Dear Psyche sweet entranced
This is Claude's famous painting of Psyche outside the palace of Cupid (usually known as "The Enchanted Castle") and the reason it's here is that it was one of the inspirations for Mike Polling's scenario "The Key of Tirandor" which is due to appear in Magnum Opus Press's forthcoming anthology of scenarios titled In from the Cold. These are adventures that originally appeared in White Dwarf magazine in the 1980s and have now been fully revised, refined and adapted to Dragon Warriors by today's top British RPG writing talent.
Mike originally ran the campaign up at Oxford in the spring of 1980. The players included Oliver Johnson, Mark "Min" Smith, creator of Orb, and Robert Dale, sometime contributor to DW and the creator of Brymstone. Mike had intended us to use Dungeons & Dragons rules, but I had recently been commissioned by Games Workshop to design a roleplaying game called Adventure (based on Steve Foster's Mortal Combat rules) and I begged, pleaded, cajoled and arm-twisted until Mike agreed to give that a playtest.
Not only was the Tirandor campaign a big influence on Legend, it was the major inspiration for the second Blood Sword book, The Kingdom of Wyrd, with its story of a king who - but no, that would be too much of a spoiler. It also achieved Mike's goal of measuring up against great literature, in that playing it changed our lives a little. And why not? A role-playing game, after all, has as much right and potential to explore crucial themes and emotions as a novel or a play. You may or may not get the same effect from the written version because, like all great roleplaying referees, Mike let us run his scenario right off the rails. In the end it all hinged on a poem and the redemption of a character who didn't even know he'd gone bad. Near perfection!
Labels: Blood Sword, Claude Lorrain, Dragon Warriors, Games Workshop, Magnum Opus Press, Mark Smith, Mike Polling, Oliver Johnson, Robert Dale, White Dwarf
cafaristeir 10 September 2010 at 01:24
Hey, at the beginning I did not understand why you only quote the first name of the painter. Indeed, he was born less than 50 km from where I live and is thus known as "Claude le Lorrain", while his family name was "Gellée"...
By the way, wasn't Psyche the name of Aiken/Icon's sister in DW3; she lived in a villa outside Crescentium.
Dave Morris 10 September 2010 at 04:14
Hi Olivier, here in Britain he's usually just known as Claude, the same way Leonardo and Michaelangelo are known by their first names. I didn't know his family name.
Aiken's sister's name was really Saiki, but people in the West wrote that as Psyche. Aiken has a rant in either Book 3 or 4 about people interpreting his name as "Icon".
...and really bad eggs
Wild witch
The red archer
A blue preacher
Eye of Heroes
The shape inside the bone
Marvels yet to come
Return to the Fabled Lands
People don’t want to role-play anymore…
The baby and the bathwater
Back to the cold
The ends justify the means
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Ice Wall at Fukushima Daiichi damaged by recent typhoons in Japan
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Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has announced that the “ice wall” (formally known as the “Land-Side Impermeable Wall”) under construction at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan has been critically affected by rainfall from recent typhoons that have melted parts of the ice structure, allowing new pathways for highly contaminated water to leak from the basements of the reactor buildings.
The “ice wall” is an underground wall of frozen dirt 100 feet deep and nearly a mile long designed by the utility to divert groundwater from entering the reactor buildings and mixing with the contaminated water therein. The ice wall was built by installing 100 foot-long pipes into the ground at three-foot intervals and filling them with a supercooled brine solution. The Japanese utility has had to admit that the $335 million wall of frozen soil and water is not working as designed.
TEPCO announced that contaminated water was able to escape from the reactor buildings through the gaps in the ice wall that had melted from the rainfall and likely reached the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo Electric will attempt to repair the melted portions of the ice wall by adding additional refrigerant into the underground pipes.
TEPCO has had to repeatedly address issues with the ice wall project, including an announcement in the spring of 2016 that one of the sections had not yet fully frozen.
Experts have warned that the ice wall, being electrically powered, is just as susceptible to damage from natural disasters as the nuclear power plant itself.
“The plan to block groundwater with a frozen wall of earth is failing. They need to come up with another solution, even if they keep going forward with the plant,” said Yoshinori Kitsutaka, a professor of engineering at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
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Egypt to introduce electronic visa in June: Ministry
The new visa will be available for tourists from countries whose citizens require a pre-approved visa to travel to Egypt
Dalia Farouq , Thursday 27 Apr 2017
File photo of the Cairo International airport (AFP)
Egypt will introduce new electronic visas for tourists as of June in an attempt to attract more visitors and boost tourism in the country, according to the tourism ministry.
The new visa will be available for tourists from countries whose citizens require a pre-approved visa to travel to Egypt.
However, tourists whose citizenship allows them to obtain visas on arrival at Egyptian airports will not need to apply for the online electronic visa.
During a press conference on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market Exhibition – held in Dubai from 24 to 27 April – Egyptian tourism minister Yehia Rashed said there are promotional travel campaigns for Egypt that are expected to be launched soon in several countries, including European countries such as Italy.
Rashed said that the Egyptian Tourism Authority will also prepare campaign to target new markets, such as the Indian market.
"The upcoming visit by Roman Catholic Pope Francis to Egypt on Friday is a reassuring message to the world that Egypt is restoring its prominent place on the tourism map," he added.
The number of tourists visiting Egypt during the first quarter of 2017 rose by 51 percent compared to the same period last year, an official source at the tourism ministry told Ahram Online earlier this week.
Egypt's tourism revenues dropped to $3.4 billion in 2016, a 44.3 percent decline from the previous year, the Central Bank of Egypt said in January. The figure is a far cry from the $11 billion in revenues generated by the sector in 2010, when 14.7 million tourists visited the country.
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Ten Tony Winners Talk About The Importance of Voting
I vote (and you should, too) because I recognize that it is both a privilege and a responsibility to do so. I want my voice to be heard. I want to know that I am honoring all who came before me who FOUGHT for me to be able to make my voice and conscience count. I believe in the collective consciousness that we share - but we must use every opportunity to express what comes through us as individuals. And what better way to do that than to say, "I believe in this person to represent me, to guide and govern our town, region, city, state, country forward towards being the best it can be..." My vote speaks volumes; together with others, it makes decisions that define our lifetimes.
— Donna Murphy is a two-time Tony Award winner for Broadway's Passion and The King and I, and has received additional Tony nominations for Wonderful Town, LoveMusik, The People in the Picture. An Emmy and Cable Ace Award winner, she currently stars in PBS's Mercy Street, and is soon to appear in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. @DMurphyOfficial
I vote because I'm not a white, Christian, heterosexual male.
America is my country and my vote is my voice.
— Actor, playwright and librettist Harvey Fierstein is a four-time Tony Award-winner for Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles and Hairspray, and an additional Tony nominee for his work on Kinky Boots and Newsies. He is also an Emmy Award winner whose many TV and film appearances include Torch Song Trilogy, Bullets Over Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire, Death to Smoochy, Mulan and Independence Day, Nurse Jackie, How I Met Your Mother, The Simpsons and Cheers. @harveyfierstein
When I step into the voting booth, I am filled with emotion. The act of voting is really quite sacred to me. I know that people have fought and died for this privilege, and that it is my responsibility to see that these patriots did not fight and, perhaps, die in vain. I am fulfilling the most basic duty of citizenship, and it makes me proud.
— Judy Kaye received Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for both Phantom of the Opera and Nice Work If You Can Get It, and an additional Tony nominee for Mamma Mia! and Souvenir.
I'm voting because I can. I don't like the feeling that something might have changed, something might have mattered, if only I had done one thing – the one thing I can do in this election is vote, and so I'm going to do it.
In California, while the presidential election is (like New York) not much in question, there are a number of propositions on the ballot that need the support of liberals and urban dwellers like myself. There are also senators and representatives, not to mention judges, who I am going to be living with for a long time, so I might as well have some say now in how they get elected.
— Composer, lyricist and playwright Jason Robert Brown received three Tony Awards, for Parade and The Bridges of Madison County, and an additional nomination for Urban Cowboy. His additional Off-Broadway and Broadway success include 13, Honeymoon in Vegas and The Last Five Years. @MrJasonRBrown
After too many years of not engaging in political discussions, I became an American this year.
Very moving and long overdue.
And I voted.
— Toronto-born Joanna Gleason received Drama Desk and Tony Awards for her performance in Into the Woods, additional nominations A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In addition, she received Drama Desk Awards for her performances in It's Only A Play and Social Security Off-Broadway. Her many film appearances include Hannah and Her Sisters, Heartburn, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mr. Holland's Opus and Boogie Nights. @TheRealJGleason
It's one of my rights as an American citizen... If you don't vote, you can't complain.
— Karen Ziemba received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her portrayal of "The Wife" in Contact and additional Tony nominations for Curtains , Never Gonna Dance, Steel Pier and a Drama Desk Award for And the World Goes 'Round. Film and TV appearances include The Producers, Once More With Feeling, Scrubs, all three Law and Order series, The Kennedy Center Honors and PBS’ Great Performances.
The only VOTE that does not count is a VOTE not cast.
Here's to LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL!!!
It's the "for ALL" part that will ALL-ways get my VOTE!!!
— Director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell received Tony Awards for choreographing Kinky Boots and La Cage aux Folles. His many Broadway credits include On Your Feet, Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Gypsy, Imaginary Friends, The Rocky Horror Show, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Grease and additional Tony nominations Hairspray and The Full Monty. An Emmy-nominee for his choreography for The Drew Carey Show, he created the enormously successful Broadway Bares benefits for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. @jammyprod
I vote because it is our right and duty to participate. As an African American, voting hasn't always been available to us. It cost blood, sweat and tears for black people to have the right to vote, and we've got to use it in order to make a difference in the United States — and hopefully it will make a difference for the better, for everyone.
— Lillias White received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in The Life. She has also appeared on Broadway in Fela (Tony nomination), Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Rock 'N' Roll! The First 5000 Years, Carrie, Once on This Island, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Chicago, and received Obie and Audelco Awards for her prolific work Off-Broadway. An Emmy winner for Sesame Street, her screen credits include Hercules, Anastasia, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Game 6, Pieces of April and Then She Found Me. @diamondlillias
I vote because it is a privilege.
Democracy is not something to be taken for granted.
My family in Cuba doesn't have this luxury.
I vote because NOT voting equals silence/apathy/disconnection/disrespect, and I don't want anything to do with those.
Voting is an honor.
My voice is important, and so is yours.
Voting is how we speak and participate in politics.
I vote because I can.
— Alex Lacamoire received Grammy and Tony Awards for his groundbreaking Music Direction and Orchestration for Hamilton and In the Heights. His additional credits as Music Director, Orchestrator, Music Supervisor and Arranger include Broadway's Dear Evan Hanson, Annie, Bring It On, Wicked and High Fidelity, national tours of Godspell, Legally Blonde and Captain Louie and Off-Broadway's Bat Boy: The Musical. @lacketylak
I like to vote. It feels good.
I have an early childhood memory of election night. Much to the delight of my parents, I hatched an impromptu campaign, making a spirited and ridiculous speech. I railed as the opposition candidate. Even for a five year old, he was an easy target. My acting style has been greatly informed by Texas politics. I shook my fist and banged the ethereal podium. But the quixotic desire to amuse my parents did not evolve into a life-long love of politics. The passion faded and was only slightly rekindled by a high school civics class.
The first election in which I was eligible to vote, I saw as a rather dreary right of passage. Yes, I wanted my guy (of course, it was a guy) to win. But I went into the booth, a jaded Iphigenia, not quite believing that this action would affect change or have any consequence.
I continued to vote in this way for many years. Until one year, I ignored the polls all together. I even had a candidate I liked, but I was out-of-town working and hadn't bothered with an absentee ballot. I returned home after the election, and was spending the weekend with one of my dearest and most admirable friends. As we cooked dinner in his upstate kitchen, he said, "I hope you voted." I admitted that I hadn't. He took a pause - the pause of a second with the half-life of a century - and said, "You must vote." The son of concentration camp survivors, my brilliant and generous friend was gently schooling me in responsibility. And I realized voting was my duty as a friend. What I think may matter, what I do matters more. My vote is an attempt to fulfill not only my wishes but what I wish for all of my friends and neighbors.
Years have passed since that dinner and as they have, the love of my friend and the longing to vote have deepened. They are inextricably linked. I look forward to my lonely walk to the polls. Whether it's a private act with public implications, or a public action performed privately, I don't know. But it is exciting either way. Placing your vote is opting in. Your vote builds community and ultimately defines the character of the individual and the country.
— Harriet Harris received Drama Desk and Tony Awards for her performance as "Mrs. Meers" in Thoroughly Modern Millie. A Drama Desk nominee for her Off-Broadway work in Bella, Belle of Byelorussia and Jeffrey, she has also appeared on Broadway in Cinderella, Cry-Baby, Old Acquaintance and Four Baboons Adoring the Sun. She is best known to TV audiences for her roles on Desperate Housewives and Frasier. @MsHarrietHarris
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The founder and namesake, Douglas J. Wooliver, founded his roofing company in 1907. He started with a horse and wagon and ran the business out of his house on Lakeway Dr. in Pittsfield, MA. Douglas would continue to run the business until his son, Stephen, took over in the mid 1940’s. Stephen, well known in the business world for his charitable donations, would remain active in the company until his death in 1983.
Douglas J. Wooliver roofing incorporated when the business moved to Lanesboro in 1971. Stephen’s nephews, Howard Gleason and Phillip “Tink” Wooliver, took over D.J. Wooliver & Sons, Inc. Gleason left the corporation in 1983 and Tink Wooliver took the business over with the assistance of his son Mike.
Tink and Mike experienced steady growth together and built a new 5,000 sq ft. warehouse in 1988, in addition to an existing metal fabrication shop to accommodate the influx of business. Tink remained active in the company until his death in 2002.
Mike, who is the company’s President, is fourth generation. Mike has assistance running the business from Superintendent John Butler, who has been with the company for over 39 years, and his two sons Chris and Matt.
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#1 von ylq , 05.05.2019 09:36
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UNTITLED XII: PHOTOGRAPHS. AN EXHIBITION FROM SANTA FE
Post subject: UNTITLED XII: PHOTOGRAPHS. AN EXHIBITION FROM SANTA FE
Some photographs shown in New Mexico.
UNTITLED XII
I am going to comment on the work of Untitled XII. This is not a painting without a name. Untitled XII is a "society of fine art photographers." "Their shared vision" is "to produce innovative work in limited hand-printed editions." That is certainly a desirable goal. Consider the alternative: unoriginal work in massive machine-made editions. They are not so humble as a "group" nor so earnest as a "collective," so pretentious as a "consortium," or so clueless as a "club." They are a "society." This bespeaks a certain elegance, and perhaps exclusivity. Membership is closed. Others need not apply. But perhaps I am wrong in this assumption, because while the name is "XII," there are only ten members. There may be room for two more.
All humor aside, the work by XII is beautiful and accomplished. The tendency is toward photography that is highly worked. These are not "push button prints" by street photographers using point-and-shoot cameras. The outlook leans toward the surreal, and the images are highly stylized. Their current portfolio is divided into two parts, THE LOST YEARS and WATERPROOFS.
THE LOST YEARS
Jon Lewis' images are perfect circles, an unusual format for photographs, in hard-edged and luminous black and white, with a kind of fish-eye distortion that yet maintains a sense of elegance and regularity. These images bring to mind the futuristic visions of an earlier time, the 1920's perhaps, the illustrations of W.A Dwiggins for an edition of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, for instance. Lewis is one of several of these photographers who makes use of vintage processes, in his case including daguerreotype, as well as digital.
Paul A. Lewis's LOST YEARS images are of odd plants, in a pot and in a gnarled hand. These suggest an animated film, definitely surreal, where small creatures become giants and immobile objects come to life. Lewis, another of those interested in antique photographic methods, uses a rich, layered technique. Lewis is not only a fine art photographer but also a sculptor and the owner of a bronze casting studio.
Sherry Selavy is a glitzy, humorous kind of Cindy Sherman photographer whose images involve herself posed in colorful, strange arrangements. In one, she wears an ornate Burmese or Thai crown. She is brightly made up and squats spray-legged with colorful junk food containers and a giant sunburst flower. In the second image she's painted in gaudy camouflage, grinning toothily, her body twisted into a yoga knot. Selavy seems to strive a little too hard for an outlandish or grotesque effect. She is the antithesis of Rappe's restrain and celebration of classical moderation and beauty. But her emphasis is not on layered photographic methods so much as on elegantly documenting her performance pieces.
Missy Wolf, who has worked as a fashion photographer, provides Selavy with direct competition because she too is a lady who shoots herself in elaborate disguises and tableaux. Here she gains a certain edge because her work possesses a pleasing patina and at the same time the masochism of such contortions is more boldly used.
In one image she seems to have been burned at a backyard barbecue, and in the other (the more beautiful, but not necessarily the more original, of the two images), she is a life sized Victorian doll that has come apart at the waist and lies scattered. A sewing machine lies beside her, asking to be used to sew her back together. I like this image even though anything by Joel-Peter Witkin trumps it. But Witkin tries too hard and everybody is probably sick of him. This photographer may have looked a little too long at the work of Judy Dater. And it's not the Seventies any more. But hey, that's okay: they're nice photographs.
Eleanor Rappe's work suggests another kind of world altogether, absenting herself from egocentric presence in her work and substituting the mediation of an ancient tradition. These images of Rappe's are celebrations of the rationalism and love of the human of the ancient world. Here, a delicate network of geometric diagrams is lightly laid over classical sculptures, perhaps suggesting a link between ancient Greek culture at its peak and the European renaissance. Rappe avoids sentimentalizing her celebrations of antiquity by the simplicity and elegance of her work.
Evan Hubbard's two introductory images are much simpler, and also more mysterious. They are haunting, fragmentary, fleeting images. They seem the most genuinely photographic so far, making skillful use of movement, shadow, and light, unusual, but not gimmicky in any way. What are they? I can't say: part of someone's back, and the folds of a white cloth that could be a Clansman's costume. But the cloth is as beautiful and delicate as a fine painting. This is gorgeous simply as a photograph. It is a visual and tactile delight. And it hovers and seems to move.
Richard E. Saunier lives more in the natural world with two images of animals in nature; but these are sophisticated and stylized images, with much layering. In this format the deer or gazelle works better than the small buffalo on the tiny hill. It has lovely rhythms. Saunier's photos might have more impact if there were more of them.
Henry Aragoncillo has two elaborately constructed images of a surreal Wild West. These are fun, but they are photographs in search of an explanation. The are telling a story. But what story? Whether this is just a magazine assignment or represents a genuine personal vision is hard to say on the basis of just these unreadable examples. Are they Pink Floyd album covers? More will be revealed. Arangoncillo was a a freelance and fine art photographer whose career was cut short in the late 1990's by a disabling accident.
André Ruesch, who is a professor of photography, works with animals, and a child, birds, and a cat. The first one is hard to read, but with its blacks and whites and rhythms, is visually pleasing. The second one is a combination of the quirky and the cute. Again, an explanation is needed, or a series to show what's going on. The title of the series, "A Murder of Crows," provides a slight hint. Ruesch's work is handsomely executed.
Untitled XII have also done a collective (sorry, societal) series of photographs that all involve water. Their title for this series is "Waterproofs."
This time Lewis, with his circular images, uses the society's water theme to reduce his content to a bare minimum. His images have the same pristine glow as his Twenties architectural futurism, but there's less to them this time. The two circles work as a pair, cryptically commenting on the environment, which doubtless is also a concern of Ruesch and Saulnier. But perhaps Lewis has gone too far toward the minimal and symbolic to communicate his ideas this time.
The next artist, Henry Aragoncillo, is telling a story in each image that has much complexity and whimsy. Space does not permit a full analysis but drowning seems a possibility which, with people and water, is an outcome not to be discounted. These images have been given a distressed look, a la Joel-Peter Witkin; but the effect, if less grotesque, is still bleak. . One can feel Aragoncillo's chronic pain.
Saulnier's underwater images have somewhat the same flow as his running deer. There is much technical expertise here but it is submerged in the natural image.
Again Sherry Selavy, of the yoga twists and the Cindy Sherman poses, outdoes herself when she takes her laborious shenanigans underwater. I confess to being left completely cold by them, but others might love the high heeled sequined lady cowboy riding a cock horse ready to lasso the giant seahorse at the bottom of a swimming pool and the dayglo bespectacled woman, still sunk in the pool, in the rocking chair with a whole lot of stuff around. But why all this stuff should be happening at the bottom of a swimming pool is a mystery to me, and to all of us. A challenge met? But this reminds me of the story about Samuel Johnson making a face at a violin concert. "But Dr. Johnson, Sir," his hostess said, "the piece he is playing is very difficult." "Difficult, Madam?" Johnson replied. "I wish it were impossible!" But she has done the impossible, because none of this is digitally manipulated but staged by her in person under water, and she has preserved her sense of humor.
Rappe's much more restrained work simply and directly embraces water imagery,laying unbroken and shimmering aqueous surfaces over all her two images, which are, this time, logically, female classical nudes. Woman = water is a universal archetype. These are handsome images. Their impact might increase in a very large format, where they would become the environment and the water would more fully envelop our field of vision.
As different as these photographers are, and as mixed as their results are at times, the quality is high throughout, and there is reason for them to call themselves a "society." That is because they have something in common, for all their differences of concern and personality and style. And that is because these are all photographers very much of a current ongoing kind (didn't they call themselves "contemporary"?), because they are as far as possible from the kind of photographers who work fast out in the field and, however much they use the darkroom (or Photoshop) retain the look of what comes out of a camera. As I said at the outset, the tendency is toward photography that is heavily worked. Or, in some cases, the setup of the photograph is very elaborate, and anything but candid.
The danger is that heavily worked will drift into overworked. It's the artists here who avoid that drift who make the best use of their evident talent.
Odus J. Lynd
I have not identified all works in the exhibition group due to a lack of identifications of the works and artists on the disk I've referred to for this review. Several other underwater images are quite beautiful, but I could not find titles or artist for them. I am not sure all my identifications here are correct.
Future Worlds Series by Paul E. Lewis
This work by Untitled XII was to be observed in an exhibition at the Bond House Museum, in Espanola, northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in early 2012. The photographers met at the Santa Fe Community College's School of Art and Design, where several are teachers and the rest have studied together and shared ideas. All do work that is polished and distinctive, involving a multiplicity of techniques and outlooks but sharing a common respect for the value of producing finely crafted "archival" prints. This collection shows how refined and sophisticated photography in the age of digital manipulation and the cultivation of antique and archival methods has become. But to be honest, I can be more moved by the happy accidents of casual snap-shooters, or classic street photography, or any camera images that confront the visual world more directly. My latest discovery is the 88-year-old Saul Leiter, a painter whose quick shots taken in the Manhattan sidewalks over the past fifty years capture the magic of the medium. Images by Leiter like his "Walk with Soames, 1958," have the same cryptic but highly emotional and personal quality one finds in the paintings of Howard Hodgkin. "Paff!" went Cartier Bresson, capturing the moment; then he turned the rest over to the darkroom and the printers. This work by Untitled XII represents a different, more cramped and self-conscious world. It is rich, but sometimes airless. "Photography: Constructed Realities," reads the title of a new local art course. That's the trend these days. Photoshop has made everyone a Jerry Uelsmann. But unconstructed realities, caught on the run and held there, are hard to beat.
Photo by Saul Leiter. Walk with Soames, 1958.
The "society's" website. The Waterproofs images will be found here. And you can find all these by Untitled XII and more on Flickr.
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Argument that Evidence was Improperly Admitted Rejected; Life Sentence Remanded for Resentencing
United States v. Cerno, ___F.3d___, 2008 WL 2502526 (10th Cir. 2008)
Efforts to reverse the trial court’s admission of inflammatory and irrelevant information in a child sex abuse prosecution were rejected by the majority. McConnell dissented. However, the COA did grant resentencing for the defendant.
Evid. R. 402, 404(b) and 403: The only evidence against Defendant was his 16-year-old niece’s accusations. The trial court originally ruled that the following evidence was inadmissible: Victim and her family returned home unexpectedly early one evening to find Defendant passed out drunk while watching an adult porn video, with his penis exposed. After Defendant testified and was cross-examined, and after the trial court continually denied the government’s request to get into the evidence, the court reversed its ruling, determining that Defendant’s testimony that drinking did not impair his judgment, and that he was in control of his senses when he drank, allowed for impeachment with the evidence. That is, passing out drunk with his penis exposed showed that he lost judgment when drunk, and impeached Defendant’s truthfulness when he denied that he lost judgment. The COA said the evidence had some, not significant impeaching relevance, it had the potential of being and was undoubtedly prejudicial to the Defendant, but the trial court did not abuse its discretion, since it is in the front row seat, of determining that the prejudicial effect did not substantially outweigh the probative value of the evidence. Furthermore, as impeachment evidence, it was not improperly admitted under FRE 404(b).
The district court committed reversible, procedural error in refusing to consider, as a matter of law, Defendant’s mitigation argument that evidence of the minimal amount of force involved would support a lower sentence (as a first offender, he received a life sentence for 2 counts of touching and 3 counts of digital or oral penetration).
Dissenting in regard to the evidentiary issue, McConnell agrees with the determination that the evidence was prejudicial, and points to the district court’s original refusal to admit it as an unwavering determination that it was prejudicial. He disagrees with the majority determination on relevance. He would find it not relevant at all (thereby bypassing the majority’s need to determine whether there was an abuse of discretion in the district court’s FRE 403 weighing).
Sentence Affirmed in Mann Act Case
United States v. Scott, ___F.3d___, 2008 WL 2502524 (10th Cir. 2008)
The district court’s calling and examining a witness in support of the higher sentence did not violate Due Process and show judicial partiality, and did not entail the judge acting as an advocate. The court has the power to call witnesses at sentencing and did not abuse its discretion in so doing in this case.
Procedural reasonableness: No error in applying vulnerable victim guideline enhancement in Mann Act conviction. Defendant did not contest the girl’s characteristics of fragility, use of meth, immaturity, runaway status, and was aware of at least some, though not all, of them after first encountering her and during the commission of the offense. No error in applying guidelines' organizer enhancement–one of Defendant’s prostitutes assisted him in the business and was a participant in the offense, and not merely just another of his prostitutes.
Substantive reasonableness: The 120 month sentence–greater than the 87 month GL sentence–was reasonable (SHORT discussion, a post-Gall brevity we might see more often).
No ex post facto violation in imposing an upward variant sentence for pre-Booker crime. Avoiding any decision regarding whether Defendant had fair warning that his sentence could be so far above the guidelines, the court held that he did have fair warning under the guidelines. It reached this decision by engaging in a series of re-calculations–what if he did not receive an acceptance reduction, for example–which would bring the guidelines calculation within the range of the 120 month sentence he received.
DWI Not a Predicate for Career Offender Definition
United States v. Tiger, ___F.3d___, 2008 WL 2498052 (10th Cir. 2008)
In a Begay remand, the COA extends Begay from the determination that a DWI does not satisfy the statutory ACCA “crime of violence” definition to a determination that a DWI does not satisfying the USSG Sec. 4B1.1 career offender definition (4B1.2(a)) for crime of violence.
Tenth Affirms that Cooperation is the Only Basis for Sentences Below Mandatory Minimum
United States v. A.B., ___F.3d___, 2008 WL 2498026 (10th Cir. 2008)
Government moved for a sentence below the mandatory minimums for drugs and a gun in light of Defendant’s cooperation. COA ruled that, in keeping with its precedent in Campbell, which remains unaffected by Booker, a sentencing court can sentence below the mandatory minimum only for cooperation, and cannot consider other mitigating facts that might support either a downward departure or presumably a variance, to further decrease a sentence below that statutory minimum sentence. The COA left open Defendant’s alternative argument–can the sentencing court “time” its consideration of mitigating facts to, for example, first vary the sentence downward to the mandatory minimum threshold, and then use the cooperation facts to move the sentence further down below the mandatory minimum sentence? The COA found that the district court did, silently and in its own mind rather than explicitly and on the record, consider Defendant’s mitigating facts before it engaged in the cooperation departure.
Defendant's Sentence Improperly Enhanced Based on Prior Military Conviction
U.S. v. Brown, -- F.3d --, 2008 WL 2485933 (10th Cir. 6/23/08) - sentence for possession of child porn was erroneously enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(b)(2) based on Mr. Brown's previous conviction under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The statute provides that prior convictions "under this chapter" count as sentence-enhancers and Mr. Brown's prior conviction was for a violation of the catch-all provision of Article 134, not § 2522, even though the military court assimilated the elements of the prior crime from § 2252 and the elements of Mr. Brown's prior crime were identical to the elements of the enumerated sentence-enhancer. Plain language rules and does not produce an absurd result.
Wonderful Resource for Pro-Defendant Case Law
Are your eyes blurring from looking at the endless cases where the defendant lost? Wouldn't you like to read something where the defendant won? Here to the rescue is Federal Convictions Reversed, a 37-page resource edited by Alex Bunin, Federal Defender for the Northern District of New York. This lists only cases in which the defendant was successful on a variety of issues, including search and seizure, indictments, jury instructions, admission or exclusion of evidence, expert testimony, and various crimes (just to name a few of the many topics listed). Download it, print it, USE IT! Federal Convictions Reversed might be your ticket to success!
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Third Time A Small Charm for Defendant
United States v. Wittig, ___F.3d___, 2008 WL_____, No. 07-3051 (10th Cir. June 17, 2008)
Defendant’s third sentencing appeal (won the previous 2, and sentence went from 51 to 60 to the current 24 months imprisonment). The 24-month sentence was a variance from 0 to 6 months in a fraud case, but Court says it was procedurally and substantively reasonable under 18 USC 3553. Previous Wittig decisions held certain guideline enhancements were inapplicable, but that does not mean they could not be considered under 3553–perhaps “a fine point,” said the court, but the guidelines can act as guideposts.
What Defendant did win this time is a remand to remove an occupational restriction as a supervised release condition–that he not take any executive or professional position that involves engaging in financial negotiations without court approval. Defendant’s criminal conduct in this case did not involve an abuse of his management position. Moreover, the court did not find that there was a danger of Defendant engaging in similar criminal behavior in the future. It was not imposed for the minimum amount of time necessary. In short, the condition did not comply with 18 USC Sec. 3583(d) and 3563(b).
Unconstitutional Search of Trailer Does Not Taint Search of Truck's Cab; Dog Provided PC
United States v. Forbes, ___F.3d___, 2008 WL_____, No. 07-2191 (10th Cir. June 17, 2008)
Court of Appeals holds that the independent source doctrine applies to a search of the tractor portion of a tractor/trailer rig, when the trailer portion was unfruitfully searched first, presumably in violation of the Fourth Amendment. When border patrol agents found nothing in their unconsented-to search of the trailer, they took a dog around the outside of the cab section. The dog alerted, thus establishing probable cause, and the border patrol found marijuana in the cab after a search. The dog alert was a source independent of any preceding unconstitutionality. The Tenth Circuit rejects defendant's claim that there must be two discrete searches for the independent source doctrine to apply.
Notice Requirement of FRCP 32(h) Doesn't Extend to Variances
Irizzary v. US, No. 06-7517 (S.Ct. 6/12/08): Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(h), requiring the sentencing court to give notice of a potential upward departure on a ground not specified in a PSR or pre-hearing submissions, does not apply to variances from a recommended guideline range. Any constitutionally protected expectation that a defendant will be sentenced in the presumptively applicable guideline range did not survive Booker. The due process concerns that existed under a mandatory guidelines system no longer apply. Furthermore, the rule refers only to departure, and "departures" and "variances" are not the same: a departure is a term of art that refers only to non-Guidelines sentences imposed pursuant to the guidelines. A special notice requirement could create unnecessary delay. The Court trusts the district court to make sure the parties will have an adequate opportunity to confront and debate the issues. The appropriate response to surprise is to consider a continuance when a party has a legitimate basis for claiming the surprise was prejudicial.
Opinion authored by Stevens, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Breyer dissented, joined by Kennedy, Souter and Ginsburg.
The dissenters would read the reference to "departures" in the Rule to apply to variances, finding no meaningful distinction between the two. They also would find that the underlying purpose of Rule 32(h) requires applying it to variances.
Wire Fraud Convictions Reversed, But Related Fraud, Laundering Convictions Upheld
U.S. v. Redcorn, -- F.3d --, 2008 WL 2332005 (10th Cir. 6/9/08) - reversal of wire fraud convictions of defendants who were also found guilty of embezzlement from a health care benefit program and money laundering. There was insufficient evidence to show that the defendants' transfers of funds to out-of-state investments accounts were part of the plot to defraud. The indictment was sufficient because it gave adequate notice to defendants that they needed to defend against embezzling from a health care benefit program. The court rejects the appellants' argument that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which provides that state law generally governs insurance matters, preempts the applicable federal criminal statute. Defendants' Brady claim that the government withheld evidence was not raised below and did not meet the plain error standard. The district court reasonably concluded that newly discovered evidence was not significant enough to be likely to result in acquittal. As for sentencing, the district court properly found the underlying sentencing facts.
District Court Could Properly Refuse Attempted Guilty Plea to Two of Four Charges
U.S. v. Martin, -- F.3d --, 2008 WL 2332049 (10th Cir. 6/9/08) - Mr. Martin was convicted of two assault counts and two rape counts. The district court's refusal of Mr. Martin's attempted plea to the two counts of assault is upheld. While the Court expresses doubt that the district court properly relied on the need to avoid confusing the jury and complicating the evidentiary issues, it affirms based on failure to establish a factual basis for the plea. Denial of instruction on apparent consent from a § 1983 case was proper because it inaccurately equated apparent and actual consent and failed to explain how either form related to the elements the jury was required to find. The beating and rape charges against Mr. Martin were properly grouped for sentencing purposes, and the bodily-injury enhancement was properly applied to the sexual assault charges. There was no clear error in denying an acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment.
Using a Gun as a Club is "Brandishing" Under 18 USC 924(c)
U.S. v. Bowen, 2008 WL 2232261 (6/2/08) (Published) - Using a firearm as a club constitutes "brandishing" a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A).
First, the 10th made clear the question whether "brandishing" occurred is a sentencing determination to be made by the district court, not a matter for the jury [this is okay under Apprendi, etc., because the determination establishes a mandatory minimum, but does not raise the maximum of life, see Harris v. U.S., 536 U.S. 545 (2002). The 10th noted the defendant did not raise as an error the court's submission of the question to the jury.]. "Brandishing" is a more egregious form of "using" the gun. It requires displaying the gun and an intent to intimidate another. More than "use" of the gun occurred here because the clubbing of the victim included a making known that the gun was present [by hitting the victim with it] and it intimidated the victim to do the culprits' bidding. While the evidence established the clubbing occurred as retaliation, the evidence also showed the clubbing intimidated the victim.
There was sufficient evidence to prove a nexus between the use of the firearm and the underlying crime of retaliation against a witness. There was also sufficient evidence to establish the defendant aided and abetted the use of the gun because he had knowledge of a co-conspirator's use of the gun and knowingly and actively participated in the underlying crime by helping to beat up the victim. The 10th notes its aiding and abetting requirements are different from the vast majority of circuits, who require the intentional facilitation or encouragement of the use of the firearm, not just of the underlying offense. But, foreclosing a chance for en banc or S.Ct. review, the 10th holds that, even under the other circuits' standard, there was sufficient evidence by virtue of the defendant's participation in the beating.
The 10th did remand for the correction of the written judgment, which reflected a 96-month sentence when the d.ct. had orally announced an 84-month sentence. The oral pronouncement prevails over the written judgment.
Suppression Motion Properly Denied for Defendant Who Asked Cops to Search Home for Exculpatory Evidence
US v Pikyavit, No. 07-4113, 2008 WL 2265154 (Tenth Cir. June 4, 2008) (published): This defendant, in attempting to get out of one jam, got himself into a worse one. Mr. Pikyavit was arrested and jailed, along with four other men, after there was a fight outside his home. While he was in jail, his brother told him that there was evidence in the house that proved Mr. Pikyavit was not the aggressor in the fight. He asked two officers to go to his house to view this exculpatory evidence. He also said the house would be unlocked. The officers went over to the house, and had to slip the lock using a plastic card. While looking for the evidence Mr. Pikyavit claimed was there, they saw ammunition in plain view. They then went and got a search warrant, and a gun and more ammo were found. Based on this evidence, Mr. Pikyavit was convicted of being a felon in possession.
He appealed the denial of his motion to suppress, arguing that the search exceeded the scope of his consent. The COA rejected his argument that he didn't consent to entry if the door was locked, concluding that the officers could have reasonably concluded they could enter even if the doors were locked so long as entry could be done without damaging the property because Pikyavit didn't expressly limit his consent, he initiated the encounter with the police, and he wanted the search to occur quickly because he hoped the officers would find evidence to exonerate him in connection with the fight. Defendant additionally argued his consent did not include the rooms off the main hallway, but only the living room and kitchen. However, there was evidence that Pikyavit asked the officers to search the entire house because exculpatory evidence could be anywhere.
Refusal to Allow Evidence of Defendant's Good Character Results in Reversal
United States v.Yarbrough, ___ F.3d ___, 2008 WL 2246969 (10th Cir. 2008)
In a fairly surprising defense win, the Court reverses Defendant’s conviction after trial on obstruction of justice-related charges, because the trial court refused to admit Defendant’s evidence of his good character. Defendant was investigated for being a “dirty cop,” based on his giving his buddy tips about ongoing police investigations of the buddy.
First, the Court disposed of two other issues against the Defendant, holding: (1) the government made a prima facie showing that police reasonably minimized interception of non-pertinent phone calls under the wiretap warrant–calls under 2 minutes long are not even considered under minimization analysis; (2) evidence was insufficient to support giving of entrapment instruction–there was no evidence Defendant was induced by the government. The government did not create the crime, but merely gave Defendant the opportunity to participate. There were no coercive actions by the government.
The Court reversed based on the third issue. The defendant proffered character evidence of his integrity and status as a law-abiding, trusted police officer, under FREs 404(a)(1) and 405, and argued that the evidence was directly relevant to the charges that he corruptly impeded an investigation (he admitted the actions, but testified that he told his buddy because they were friends, because his buddy was clean, and because Defendant thought the main investigating cop was overreaching). The Court found that the district court abused its discretion in refusing the evidence, because its reasoning was wrong. Rather, “character evidence is admissible in cases, such as this one, where the sole issue before the jury is whether a defendant undertook his undisputed acts with a prohibited state of mind.” Furthermore, the error was not harmless.
Texas Assault of Public Servant Not a Crime of Violence
United States v. Zuniga-Soto, ___F.3d ___, No. 06-2364 (10th Cir. 2008)
A very nice defense win in an illegal reentry case. Using the Taylor categorical approach, the Court determines that Defendant’s prior conviction for assault of a public servant under Texas law was not a crime of violence. The Texas statute allows convictions for reckless conduct and, therefore, does not require the active use of physical force as required under “developing case law” (Leocal) for commission of the crime. USSG Sec. 2L1.2's “crime of violence” definition is the same as 18 USC Sec. 16, and negligent and reckless mens reas do not satisfy the definition. Nice to get recklessness into the fold.
USSG Sec. 2L1.2's “as an element” provision refers to the elements of the statute underlying the prior conviction, not the facts underlying the prior offense. In conducting the Shepard part of the analysis, the Tenth Circuit clarifies that consultation with the Shepard-approved documents -- plea hearing, etc. -- is not to determine if violence in fact was used in the commission of the earlier offense, but to determine under which portion of the broad statute the defendant was convicted. Otherwise, there were no Shepard-type documents introduced in this case from which the district court could have made the proper determination.
NOTE: The court did not reach Defendant’s second argument because it did not need to; it would have been reviewed under plain error. The Court said it was a valid argument in the final footnote in the opinion.
Gov't Concedes Plain Error in Applying 4B1.2 COV Definition in Reentry Context
Arreguin-Aguilar v US, 2008 WL 460975 (5/27/08) - A government concession of reversible plain error in the § 2L1.2 context. The S.Ct. vacates and remands based on the government's concession that the imposition of a 16-level enhancement for possession of a concealed weapon as a crime of violence under § 2L1.2 was plain error. Both parties at the d.ct. and circuit court level had agreed the offense was a crime of violence on the mistaken assumption that the § 4B1.2 definition of crime of violence applied in the § 2L1.2 context.
A few instructive, unpublished 10th Circuit cases
U.S. v. Matias-Medina, 2008 WL 2097418 (5/20/08) (unpub'd) - The 10th remands for reconsideration of whether a Colorado 3rd degree assault was a crime of violence under § 2L1.2. The 10th could not tell if documents acceptable under Shepard were consulted as to whether the defendant was found guilty of the requisite elements, where the PSR only quoted from a "PSR" (?) from a prior deportation proceeding.
U.S. v. Clarkson, 2008 WL 2217257 (5/29/08) (unpub'd) - The government failed to present sufficient proof the defendant possessed stolen mail where the storage unit in which the stolen mail was found was rented to the co-defendant, and the co-defendant listed the defendant as having authority to use the unit, but there was no evidence the co-defendant ever gave the defendant the access code and key.
Mendiola v. Mukasey, 2008 WL 2222018 (5/30/08) (unpub'd) - The defendant's possession-of-a-controlled-substance offense was an aggravated felony, despite Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47 (2006), because the alien had previously been convicted of a controlled substance offense and a second controlled substance conviction would have subjected the alien to a felony punishment under federal law, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). So, without saying so, the 10th essentially applied the recent Rodriquez rationale in the immigration context.
U.S. v. Merino-Garcia, 2008 WL 2175338 (5/27/08) (unpub'd) - Hopefully just a careless statement in a non-precedential decision by Judge McWilliams, and not a reasoned opinion about the impact of Gall and Kimbrough, but the 10th says the Guidelines' assertion that family ties and responsibilities are ordinarily not relevant applies to variances as well as departures.
U.S. v. Pena, 2008 WL 2175356 (5/27/08) (unpub'd) - The defendant did not express his desire to represent himself explicitly enough when he said: "can I represent myself?" and received no response, in the midst of a discussion of his complaints against his current counsel. Interestingly, counsel helpfully explained: "I think this is just another ploy to get a continuance with another attorney."
Davis v. Cline, 2008 WL 2043292 (5/14/08) (unpub'd) - The Kansas courts' rejection of the petitioner's Brady claim. though perhaps not what the 10th would have done, was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, S.Ct. law, where the state did not disclose evidence that another person committed burglaries in the same way as the petitioner was accused of committing the charged burglaries. The 10th affirmed that materiality is assessed on a sliding scale depending on the specificity of evidence requests the defense makes. So, making specific evidence requests makes a difference.
Padilla v. Enzor, 2008 WL 2039274 (5/13/08) (unpub'd) - The plaintiff prisoner did not have a constitutional right not to be charged excessive prices for phone calls.
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The State of Construction Possession Law Reviewed
U.S. v Bagby , 2012 WL 4902919 (10/17/12) (Okl.) (Published) - Mr. Bagby was allowed to represent himself with his 3rd lawyer as standby counsel. Mr. Bagby made incriminating statements to the police which sealed his fate. Under 851 he received a mandatory life sentence. This case provides a succinct review of 10th circuit law regarding constructive possession. There must be evidence of an ability to guide the destiny of the drug, provable with circumstantial evidence, showing control through another tied to defendant, with some connection of the place where found to the defendant. This final nexus can be shown with plausible inferences the defendant had knowledge or access to the drugs location. Here there was sufficient evidence of knowing possession, including the defendant’s response to the question: “have you thought about the food you’ve taken from the mouths of children because their parents are addicted to cocaine?”; and “Would you know about all the food I’ve provided because I sell cocaine?” An effective rejoinder in a debate. Not so helpful at trial.
The 10th finds the admission of a penitentiary pack, which contained evidence of Mr. Bagby’s prior drug-related convictions, to prove Mr. Bagby’s felon status [the pro se defendant refused to stipulate] did not affect his substantial rights under the plain error standard, given the strong evidence and that the government didn’t argue the nature of the priors. But helpfully the 10th does say that, even if a defendant refuses to stipulate to his felon status, evidence concerning the nature of a predicate crime in a felon in possession case is irrelevant and prejudicial and should be excluded if possible by redaction.
It was not error to join the drug and felon-in-possession counts, even though the police found the ammo three months after the discovery of the drugs. The 10th points out officers found the ammo in the same safe as they found lots of money 3 months before, which could have been drug money. The judge’s failure to follow § 851 and tell Mr. Bagby he had to challenge any prior conviction before sentence was imposed was harmless because the defendant did not claim any of those convictions was invalid.
Tenth Orders Evidentiary Hearing for 2254 Petitioner
Green v. Addison, 2012 WL 5077178 (10/19/12) (Okl.) (unpub’d) - A rare 10th grant of an evidentiary hearing in a § 2254 case. The petitioner acted diligently in state court to get an evidentiary hearing. He asked for a hearing and submitted a transcript of an interview of an alleged victim, J.C., who said the prosecutor threatened to pursue juvenile charges against her if she did not testify against the petitioner the way the prosecutor wanted. J.C. admitted she had lied at trial about the defendant raping her and that another alleged victim claimed rape because the petitioner would not go out with her and the prosecutor threatened her as well. The state court’s decision was not entitled to any deference because it used the wrong standard. The petitioner alleged the state knowingly presented perjured testimony, while the state court reviewed the claim as though the defendant asserted he had found new evidence proving his innocence. Because of all this, the petitioner’s claim is reviewed under pre-AEDPA de novo standards. The alleged victim’s testimony and affidavits of prosecutors do not necessarily contravene the alleged victim’s later allegations. The state court’s conclusion that: “J.C. did not recant her original claims” was clearly wrong. The petitioner’s allegations were sufficient to justify relief, if true. J.C.’s interview called into question the petitioner’s convictions and sentence. Even if he had consensual sex with J.C., which is still first-degree rape, the testimony that he forced her to have sex would have affected the sentence the jury imposed.
Civil Rights Plaintiffs Obtain Relief
Martinez v. Carson, 2012 WL 4902688 (10/17/12) (N.M.) (Published) - A § 1983 victory involving officers of the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety (DPS) [a code enforcement branch of the Rio Rancho Police Department]. The officers forced plaintiffs to the ground, handcuffed them and turned them over to the police because the plaintiffs were hanging around outside an apartment building in a high-crime neighborhood. The district court did not allow the plaintiffs to obtain damages for the police officers’ subsequent arrest and detention of the plaintiffs for several hours. The jury found liability and awarded damages for the tackling and handcuffing. The 10th rules the DPS officers were responsible for the natural consequences of their actions, which could include what the police did. A rational jury could find the initial illegal detention was the but-for cause of the further detention, [at least some of it], which was reasonably foreseeable.
Allen v. Workman, 2012 WL 4947821 (10/18/12) Okl.) (unpub’d) - The 10th gives the go-ahead to yet another Oklahoma execution. It was not unreasonable for the state courts to find sufficient due process where the warden’s decision not to initiate proceedings to determine the competency of the petitioner to be executed was reviewed by state trial and appellate courts. Previously the warden had initiated such a procedure and a jury had found the petitioner competent. The petitioner submitted a new evaluation indicating he had become incompetent due to a seizure disorder. The petitioner was not incompetent for execution because the warden promised not to execute the petitioner during a seizure or while in a post-seizure state of confusion.
U.S. v Friedman , 2012 WL 4902867 (10/17/12) (Ut.) (unpub’d) - The most interesting part of this case is that Mr. Friedman originally received a below guidelines sentence of 57 months based on the judge’s “feeling.” The government appealed, the judge was reversed, and at resentencing the same judge, independent of the 10th circuit reversal, (or so he said) sentenced Mr. Friedman to the guideline minimum of 151 months as a career offender. With a record of the district court considering all current case law and sentencing factors at the resentencing, the 10th upheld this sentence. The case does provide a review of important sentencing factors which will be considered and evaluated on appeal. And an updated PSR on resentencing is not required.
U.S. v Lopez , 2012 WL 4902998 (10/17/12) (N.M.) (unpub’d) - Another case involving the credibility of the infamous Sgt. Ramos of the NMSP. While the appeal was in process, counsel received disciplinary and credibility records of Sgt. Ramos. Appointed appellate counsel withdrew the appeal in favor of filing a 2255 motion to pursue the Giglio issue. Judge Armijo denied the 2255 motion on two grounds. First, the defendant did not make a showing of cause for failing to raise Giglio on appeal. [It’s not clear how one can do that on appeal when the material was not first before the district court and if one could do so, then ineffective assistance of counsel would excuse the failure]. Second, the new material wouldn’t have made a difference. The new information suggested Ramos “may appear to be somewhat overzealous in his traffic stops and inconsistent in his court testimony in prior cases.” But he was truthful here in light of the video of the stop. The 10th dismisses the appeal because the defendant never addressed the procedural-bar issue.
Musau v. Carlson, 2012 WL 4903251 (10/17/12) (Kan.) (unpub’d) - The alien might be eligible for habeas relief under the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime where, after he was ordered removed, he learned of threats from people in his home country of Kenya because he helped the prosecution of fellow Kenyans. The 10th remanded to d. ct. to decide whether the alien could have petitioned to a circuit court for review, instead of seeking habeas relief in a d. ct. Judge O’Brien vigorously dissented, contending the alien should have, and could have, petitioned a circuit court.
U.S. v Phillips, 2012 WL 5077180 (10/19/12) (unpub’d) - Mr. Phillips received a sentence for firearms possession, completed his time and went on supervised release and promptly violated, twice. With the last violation the court sentenced Mr. Phillips to the maximum of 24 months on each of the 2 counts to be served consecutively without any further supervised release. This case reminds lawyers to be diligent in objecting at the time of sentencing. At the final sentencing no objections to the sentence were made. Since the defendant had a history of recidivism and consecutive sentences are allowed, the sentence was not substantively unreasonable. Phillips also argued the district court did not sufficiently explain its reasons pursuant to 3553(a) to justify the sentence imposed. Since Phillips did not object to the adequacy of the reasons given at sentencing, the appellate review must be for plain error. If there was error there was no reasonable probability that, but for the error, the sentence would have been different. Without objection or argument at the sentencing there is no way Phillips’ appellate claim could begin to satisfy this plain error standard.
U.S. v Lichfield, 2012 WL 490300 (10/17/12) (unpub’d) - This case is a routine denial of a certificate of appealability alleging various types of ineffective assistance of counsel in the plea bargaining process. It merits consideration only because under Missouri v Fry,132 S. Ct 1399 (2012) and Lafler v Cooper, 132 S. Ct. 1376 (2012) these types of cases can now be viewed in a new light. New challenges can be attempted using the law of these new cases while employing different approaches on appeal.
Denials of Motions to Suppress, Withdraw Plea Upheld
US v. Salas-Garcia, -- F.3d --, 2012 WL 5192768 (10th Cir. 10/22/12) (NM) - the district court properly denied the motion to suppress. Officers knew from ci that one of two vehicles arriving at a hospital parking lot in Albuquerque was carrying a large quantity of cocaine. They did not exceed the scope of an investigatory detention by handcuffing Salas-Garcia, the driver of one vehicle, for four to ten minutes in order to ensure officer and public safety. Salas-Garcia was released from handcuffs after he proved to be unarmed and cooperative.
The COA also dismisses Salas-Garcia's appeal from the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Because the magistrate judge had accepted Salas-Garcia's plea and there was no indication it was accepted on a conditional or provisional basis, Salas-Garcia was not entitled to withdraw his plea as of right. His conditional guilty plea reserved only the right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress. And because the immigration consequences of the guilty plea were clear from the plea agreement and the plea hearing, the court finds Salas-Garcia knowingly and voluntarily entered into the plea agreement.
"Roughly Similar" is Close Enough to Make California First-Degree Burglary Offense an ACCA Predicate
US v. Maldonado, -- F.3d --, 2012 WL 5192749 (10th Cir. 10/22/12) (NM) - The court holds that California's first-degree burglary offense should be considered an ACCA violent felony under the ACCA residual clause even though it can be committed without an unlawful or unprivileged entry into a building or structure and by one who enters a home by invitation. Despite acknowledging that the offense can be committed by acts that do not necessarily involve serious risk of violence, such as repair workers who engage in "home shoplifting" while providing services in their customers' homes, the Tenth has "no trouble concluding that the elements of California's first-degree burglary statute involve conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury," relying on a Ninth Circuit decision to that effect. And the CA offense is "roughly similar" to the ACCA enumerated offense of generic burglary because it involves conduct that is "purposeful, violent, and aggressive."
Texas Aggravated Assault Conviction Held to Not Qualify for ACCA Enhancement
US v. Duran, No. 11-1208 (Colo), 10/18/12 (Published) - Defendant pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and appealed his sentence. In a win for the defense, the defendant’s sentence was vacated and the case remanded for resentencing. Defendant had been convicted in Texas of aggravated assault. The elements instruction given at trial established that he had intentionally, knowingly or recklessly caused bodily injury to another when using or exhibiting a deadly weapon, in violation of VTCA §§ 222.01(a)(1) and 22.02(a). At sentencing, the court found that this was a crime of violence under USSG § 4B1.2(a), even though it could have been committed recklessly rather than intentionally, because it generally involves serious potential risk of physical injury and was sufficiently similar to typical crimes of violence such as burglary and arson. After the defendant had been sentenced, the Tenth Circuit “unequivocally held that the test of § 4B1.2 only reaches purposeful or intentional behavior” in US v. Armijo, 651 F.3d 1226 (10th Cir. 2011). Applying that principle, defendant’s conviction was not categorically a crime of violence, since it did not require a mens rea of purposeful or intentional conduct. The fact that the defendant used a deadly weapon did not matter, since, under Texas case law, one can recklessly use a deadly weapon to commit a crime and still not commit a crime of violence as defined by federal law.
Colorado 2d Degree Assault Held to Be ACCA Predicate Offense
U.S. v. Sandoval, 2012 WL 4784466 (10/9/12) (Col.) (Published) - The 10th finds yet another offense is a "violent felony" under the ACCA's residual clause. This time it's Colorado's 2d degree assault committed in the heat of passion. The Begay "purposeful, violent and aggressive" test does not apply because the offense required the specific intent to cause bodily injury. The heat of passion stuff doesn't matter at all. Even if Begay applied, the offense was not less violent and intentional just because it was impulsive. In a footnote, the 10th goes on to question whether Begay is good law any more even when the crime is not intentional, given Sykes' disparaging comments about Begay's test, including that it did not have a textual link. This in turn, the 10th strongly hints, calls into question its precedent that finds offenses not be violent felonies when they are committed recklessly. On the bright side, the 10th expresses its impatience with the "legion" of cases involving the interpretation of the ACCA and favorably footnotes Justice Scalia's dissent in Derby v. U.S. 131 S. Ct. 2858 (2011), opining that the ACCA's residual clause is unconstitutionally vague.
Revocation Sentence Improperly Enhanced For Rehabilitation Purposes
U.S. v. Mendiola, 2012 WL 4841278 (10/12/12) (N.M.) (Published) - This case holds that Tapia applies to sentencing following revocation of supervised release, overturning U.S. v. Tsosie, 376 F.3d 1210 (10th Cir. 2004). The 10th held the logic of Tapia---in particular the reliance on the fact that Congress did not give d. ct.s the power to order rehabilitation in prison---applied equally in the revocation context. Interestingly, the 10th found support in Judge Holloway's dissent in U.S. v. Collins, 461 Fed. App'x 807 (10th Cir. 2012), and in Judge O'Brien's dissent in Tsosie. The error was plain, given Judge Brack's repeated references to the defendant's need for a 24-month sentence for rehabilitation purposes and the fact that 3 other circuits have held Tapia applies to revocations. In light of the 6-12-month guideline range, there was a reasonable probability the judge would have given a lower sentence had he known of Tapia's application and the error seriously affected the fairness, integrity and public reputation of the proceedings. Judge Gorsuch concurred, emphasizing the language of § 3582(a) clearly prohibits what the judge did, concluding by saying: "Few things should give us more pause than the possibility of mistakenly sending to prison a man Congress has said should not be there."
Unpublished Decisions October 17, 2012
U.S. v. Maschino, 2012 WL 4801247 (10/10/12) (Okl.) (unpub'd) - The d. ct. reversibly erred in its sentencing in 2 respects. First, the d.c t. added incorrectly. It said it was upwardly departing 12 to 14 months because the defendant had as many criminal history points as someone in an imaginary criminal history category VIII, 2 categories up from category VI,and it figured each extra category was worth 6 or 7 extra months of prison time. But the d. ct. imposed a 60-month term when the top of the guideline range was 41 months, You do the math. [It's much harder when you do it with Roman numerals]. Second, § 4A1.3(a)(4)(A) calls for increasing the offense level, not the criminal history category, when the defendant deserves to be in a criminal history category higher than VI.
U.S. v. Harrington, 2012 WL 4786764 (10/9/12) (Col.) (unpub'd) - In the course of upholding the imposition of a sentence consecutive to a state sentence, the 10th says something possibly helpful in the relevant conduct context. It opines that the defendant's attempted murder with a firearm that he burglarized from a pawn shop was not relevant conduct with respect to the federal charge of possession of the many firearms that he burglarized from the pawn shop. The 10th also observes that § 3553(a)(6)'s anti-unwarranted-disparity provision does not refer to disparities between the sentence the defendant received and a hypothetical sentence he might have received had he been charged differently. [What about comparison to a hypothetical person in similar circumstances who was not the defendant?]
U.S. v. Sullivan, 2012 WL 4801107 (10/10/12) (Okl.) (unpub'd) - The government did not waive its right to enforce the appeal waiver when it acquiesced in a stay of the d. ct.'s sentence pending appeal. The defendant waived his right to appeal the sex-offender probation conditions. The defendant waived the right to appeal "any sentence permitted by statute." Probation conditions are parts of a sentence. The conditions were within the court's statutory power to impose. It didn't matter that the defendant wasn't aware of the possibility of receiving sex offender conditions, since he was convicted of a drug offense. At the plea hearing the defendant was told probation conditions could be imposed. The 10th emphasizes the defendant's waiver did not place him completely at the d. ct.'s mercy. The d.ct. could not have imposed a sentence unauthorized by statute or that constituted cruel and unusual punishment. For example, if the defendant did not have a prior sex offender conviction, the defendant would have an argument. So, there's fodder for arguments against an appeal waiver in the future.
U.S. v. Alvarado, 2012 WL 4801104 (10/10/12) (Ut.) (unpub'd) - The 10th finds no mistrial was warranted, despite the admission of irrelevant evidence of the defendant physically abusing his girlfriend. The defendant was charged with encouraging and inducing his girlfriend to enter the U.S. illegally and causing her bodily injury during and relation to that offense. The d. ct. sua sponte ruled that the abuse the girlfriend testified about was not related to her illegal entry, and so removed the bodily injury issue from the jury. The d.ct. did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for a mistrial because: (1) the government did not act in bad faith; (2) the d. ct. and the prosecutor told the jury to disregard the abuse evidence ["ignore the elephant in the room"]; and (3) the evidence was strong against the defendant. Troublingly, the 10th suggests Maestas v. U.S.. 341 F.2d 493 (10th Cir. 1965) [reversal, despite curative jury instructions, where a witness mentioned the defendant had been in prison], might not be good law any more in light of the more recently announced reversal standard described in U.S. v. Lamy, 521 F.3d 1257 (10th Cir. 2008). [But older cases are the superior precedent, right?]. There was no plain-error violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause when the court allowed the trial to go on after acquitting the defendant of the charge in the indictment, which included the bodily-injury allegation. There was only one applicable circuit case out there and the 5th Circuit has ruled the "injury factor" is an element of the offense, not a sentencing factor. So the defendant was legitimately convicted of a lesser-included offense.
Morton v. Progressive Northern Insurance Company, 2012 WL 4801110 (10/10/12) (Okl.) (unpub'd) - The d. ct. did not commit a clear abuse of discretion when it granted an extension of time to appeal where the plaintiff's attorney's wife, who was his law firm's sole secretary and paralegal, was the victim of a battery and the injuries and medical treatment distracted the attorney and negatively affected his firm.
U.S. v. Caldwell, 2012 WL 4820730 (10/11/12) (Col.) (unpub'd) - The pro se defendant's notice of appeal was late, warranting dismissal of the appeal. It didn't matter that the government's motion to dismiss for a tardy notice of appeal was also filed late. The pro se defendant didn't raise that issue until his reply brief.
U.S. v. Williams, 2012 WL 4801241 (10/10/12) (Kan.) (unpub'd) - That the petitioner had low cognitive function was not enough to trigger equitable tolling of the habeas statute of limitations. He needed an adjudication of incompetence or institutionalization for mental incapacity for tolling to apply.
Wishneski v. Dona Ana County, 2012 WL 4801338 (10/10/12) (N.M.) (unpub'd) - The plaintiff did not establish the sort of substantial risk of serious harm necessary to establish an 8th Amendment claim where he contended the Dona Ana County Detention Center guards' repeated use of extremely loud buzzers for count caused the plaintiff emotional distress and mental anguish.
Upward Variance for Supervised Release Violation Affirmed
U.S. v. Vigil, 2012 WL 4497354 (10/2/12) (Col.) (Published) - In a Supervised Release violation case, the 10th affirms an upward variance for a series of Grade C violations from a 3-9-month guideline range to 12 months. The d. ct. had twice previously imposed prison time for violations and was frustrated with the defendant's lack of cooperation. The 10th found it irrelevant that the original offense was "merely" a false statement. The sentence was for the breach of trust. No exceptional circumstance was required to justify an upward variance. The 10th says the Chapter 7 policy statements establishing the sentence ranges deserve less respect than guidelines, even though both are now advisory post-Booker. The 10th declares: "All discussions of applicable sentences following a supervised release revocation should be grounded in the common understanding that the d. ct. may impose any sentence within the statutory maximum," (quoting U.S. v. Burdex, 100 F.3d 882, 885 (10th Cir. 1996)).
U.S. Gutierrez, 2012 WL 4748158 (10/5/12) (N.M.) (unpub'd) - The good faith exception applied to a search of a car pursuant to a search warrant. The affidavit for the warrant was not so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render an officer's belief in its existence entirely unreasonable under the following circumstances: during the traffic stop, the defendant was extremely nervous; the defendant and his passenger gave inconsistent travel descriptions [in Tucson all day vs. a couple of hours]; the defendant hesitated before giving the name of the friend he had stayed with; Lordsburg, where the car was stopped, was on a pipeline of narcotics distribution [this had "minimal" value]; and the passenger was very lethargic and her eyes were droopy and glossy, indicating she was under the influence of narcotics [which could be inferred from the travel route, even though the affidavit didn't expressly state that conclusion]. The 10th declines to decide whether courts may look at incriminating facts that are not in a warrant affidavit to determine the existence of good faith. No need to do so here, the 10th finds.
U.S. v. Wallace, 2012 WL 4748176 (10/5/12) (Col.) (unpub'd) - The 10th upholds a much more drastic upward variance upon revocation of supervised release. The d. ct. varied from a 3-9-month § 7B1.4 range for Grade C violations to 63 months---seven 9-month sentences to be served consecutively for the 7 original fraud counts of conviction. The defendant had repeatedly and "flagrantly" violated his conditions. A d. ct. can stack violation sentences for each and every count, even if the original sentences were concurrent.
Vaquero-Cordero v. Holder, 2012 WL 4478372 (10/1/12) (unpub'd) - The 10th reverses the BIA's determination that the Utah offense of obstruction of justice is a crime of moral turpitude [ CMT ]. The offense involved the use of force by pushing closed a door to prevent a police officer from performing an official duty - arresting the alien - with no intent to injure the officer. The 10th held the BIA had ignored its own precedent which held resisting arrest was not a CMT. The precedent the BIA cited in support of its holding was inapposite. The 10th found significant that the alien's offense did not include an element of danger to other people or property or any other aggravating factor.
U.S. v. Loya-Castillo, 2012 WL 4748173 (10/3/12) (Col.) (unpub'd) - In upholding a 30 month reentry sentence plus a consecutive 7-month sentence for a supervised release violation, the 10th says the "law generally discourages district courts from taking family ties and responsibilities into account" and observes that d. ct.s typically consider them only when they are extraordinary.
U.S. v. Lowe, 2012 WL 4714894 (10/4/12) (Kan.) (unpub'd) - The 10th panel was bound by precedent upholding the constitutionality of the previous 100-1 crack-powder ratio, despite the Fair Sentencing Act's changing of the ratio to 18-1. In response to a petition to revoke his supervised release, the defendant moved to terminate his supervised release because he had over-served his time in prison due to the original sentence he received based on the 100-1 ratio. A sentence reduction pursuant to § 3582(c)(2) still resulted in him serving an extra 21 to 38 months he would not have served under an 18-1 ratio.
Neri-Garcia v. Holder, 2012 WL 4513201 (10/3/12) (Published) - The Mexican alien was not entitled to asylum, even though Mexican officers had beaten, tortured,and imprisoned him because he is gay between 1984 and 1994, at which time he entered the U.S. The 10th upholds the BIA's decision that the 2009 and 2010 State Department Country Reports show Mexico no longer persecutes gay folks, except in isolated instances. An inhospitable attitude, "machista" culture and even discrimination are not sufficient to establish the requisite suffering that would warrant asylum.
Waterhouse v. Hatch, 2012 WL 4748185 (10/5/12) (N.M.) (unpub'd) - Another denial of a habeas petition relying on the latest S. Ct. plea bargain cases. The attorney's deficiencies in failing to discover helpful evidence impeaching the alleged child molestation victim and in telling the petitioner he would have to serve 50% of the sentence in prison, rather than the actual 85% he had to serve, were not prejudicial. The petitioner did not show he would have declined to plead guilty had counsel performed adequately.
Reed v. Michaud, 2012 WL 4497360 (10/2/12) (Col.) (unpub'd) - The 10th rejects the plaintiff's contention that his status as a registered medical marijuana patient under Colorado law created a constitutional right to use medical marijuana and a defense against imposition of a marijuana-use prohibition as a parole restriction.
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U.S. v. Cunningham, 2015 WL 7444847 (11/24/15) (Col.) (unpub'd) - Heien v. North Carolina, 135 S. Ct. 530 (2014), rears its ugly head here. The officer reasonably interpreted the traffic code to prohibit what Mr. Cunningham's driver, Ms. Ulloa [Mr. Cunningham was the passenger] did, justifying the stop. Officers were laying in wait for a reason to stop the car for reasons the 10th leaves undiscussed. Ms. Ulloa left a motel parking lot and turned left onto a public road without signaling for the turn. Colorado law says: "No person shall turn a vehicle to enter a private road or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway . . . only after giving an appropriate signal." Note the law doesn't explicitly refer to turning from a private road to a public one. The 10th expresses relief that, thanks to Heien, it doesn't have to figure out whether Ms. Ulloa violated the law. If it's hard to figure out what the law means, as in this case, then the officer acted reasonably in finding a violation. An ambiguous law with no authoritative court construction means a stop is okay. Here the 10th points to a number of factors showing ambiguity. First, pre-Heien, the district court gave the law the same interpretation as the officer. Second, a Colorado Court of Appeals' decision where the driver turned from a public roadway to a private lot indicated what matters is whether a person's conduct took place on a public street. Here Ms.Ulloa's turning took place on a public road. Third, the state district courts were in conflict over the interpretation of the law. Fourth, the 10th thinks an officer could reasonably think "otherwise turning a vehicle from a direct course" encompassed Ms. Ulloa's conduct of turning from the private lot. The officer could believe the law didn't require doing so on a public roadway. And anyway, Ms. Ulloa did turn her car "from a direct course" onto the public roadway because she crossed the westbound lane of the public road to get to the eastbound lane.
U.S. v. Yanez-Rodriguez, 2015 WL 7597425 (11/27/15) (Col.) (unpub'd) - The 10th indicates admission of 2 prior removals in addition to the most recent removal might have violated Evidence Rule 403 in a reentry trial. The 10th says the 404(b) evidence was probative that Mr. Yanez-Rodriguez was an alien without permission to be in the U.S. and that his recent reentry was intentional, both elements of the offense. But it finds the potential for unfair prejudice was "great." The evidence showed his propensity to commit the charged offense, enhanced by the government's closing argument that he was a "habitual trespasser." Plus Mr. Yanez-Rodriguez did not contest his alienage or his intent [apparently he defended on the ground that he may have had permission to enter]. So, the 10th says, there was little justification for admitting the evidence. But the 10th holds that any error was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of Mr. Yanez-Rodriguez's guilt. The 10th then makes an interesting suggestion: the court should hold off admitting the evidence under Evidence Rule 611 until after both parties have presented their cases in chief to see what issues were really contested and how overwhelming the government's case is. The 10th also takes a dig at the government, commenting:"But for the government's aggressiveness, the Rule 404(b) matter may never have arisen." And most importantly, this is the first 10th case I recall that cites to a country singer, Vern Goslin, who apparently at one time sang: "This ain't [Yanez-Rodriguez's] first rodeo."
U.S. v. Etenyi. 2015 WL 7422604 (11/23/15) (Kan.) (unpub'd) - The 10th remands for findings of fact and statement of reasons for a detention order. The written order said the detention was for the reasons stated on the record at the detention hearing, but at the hearing the district court did not provide sufficient explanation and factual findings to support the detention. So no meaningful appellate review was possible.
Duncan v. Hickenlooper, 2015 WL 7567465 (11/25/15) (Col.) (unpub'd) - The 10th excuses Mr. Duncan for not filing timely objections to the magistrate judge's report and recommendations. He didn't receive any legal mail while hospitalized. He met the objective prong for a § 1983 suit for a cruel & unusual punishment lawsuit concerning uranium and trihalomethanes in the prison's drinking water from Sterling, Colorado. He suffered liver, kidney, thyroid, immune-system , nervous system, spine and lung damage accompanied by "extreme, daily abdominal pain." He met the subjective prong with respect to the wardens because he submitted documents indicating Sterling notified the wardens in 2008 of elevated uranium levels in the city water and in 2012 about elevated trihalomethane levels and the wardens did nothing to abate the risk until 2013. This shows deliberate indifference to the prisoners' health.
Rowley v. Morant, 2015 WL 7567485 (11/25/15) (N.M.) (unpub'd) - The 10th affirms denial of § 1983 relief to one of the door-to-door salesmen who was unjustly accused of killing a couple in Albuquerque and kept in jail for 16 months. The 10th holds Mr. Rowley's involuntary-statement claim is precluded by the state district court's ruling that his statements were voluntary. The 10th finds no abuse of discretion in the district court's denial of a motion to amend to include a claim that interrogating officers disregarded Mr. Rowley's request for an attorney. The district court rejected Mr Rowley's contention he filed the motion so late because he didn't learn until later that the tape of his interrogation [which didn't show an attorney request], had been tampered with. The 10th says the court reasonably found Mr. Rowley did not come up with a real expert to prove the tampering. Importantly for appellate types, the 10th refuses to consider Mr. Rowley's attempt in his reply brief to distinguish a case upon which the district court relied. Mr. Rowley had to challenge the district court's reasoning and so distinguish the case in the opening brief. A suggestion in a footnote in the opening brief in a parenthetical to an out-of-circuit case didn't cut it.
U.S. v. Owens, 2015 WL 7597450 (11/27/15) (Okl.) (unpub'd) - Mr. Owens ended up with a 27-year sentence for child porn production after entering a plea agreement which apparently did him no good, but did contain an appeal waiver. Later Mr. Owens filed a § 2255 asserting his counsel was ineffective for not advising him he could plead guilty without a plea agreement that waived his appeal right. The 10th finds no prejudice because ultimately Mr. Owens withdrew the notice of appeal he had initially filed after his attorney advised him his appeal would not succeed. But one of the reasons his attorney gave for why his appeal wouldn't succeed was that he had waived his right to appeal!? More substantively, the 10th assures us that a district court does not err by rejecting habeas claims in footnotes. The 10th proceeds to deny Mr. Owens' evidentiary-hearing claim in a footnote.
Tiedemann v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2015 WL 7367261 (11/25/15) (Ut.) (unpub'd) - The 10th rejects Mr. Tiedemann's claim that the church and its leader violated his constitutional rights by endangering his soul.
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State Announces Federal Funding Awards for Affordable Housing
Oregon Housing and Community Services - 07/16/19 5:11 PM
SALEM, OR - Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is excited to announce funding awards of $45,569,423 to build and preserve 636 homes through the awards of federal 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits, HOME, and National Housing Trust Fund resources, which leverage local, state, and private investments. Eleven developments were approved by the Oregon Housing Stability Council to receive funding.
“No Oregonian should worry about having a safe, stable place to sleep,” said Governor Kate Brown. “Families need homes that are more than just four walls and a roof, with rents that don’t mean choosing which bill to pay or what to do without this month. I am grateful that these resources will allow 636 families to rest easy in an affordable home.”
This latest round of awards brings OHCS to a record number of homes in the development pipeline – more than 9,800 affordable homes are in progress across the state. Oregon’s Statewide Housing Plan (oregon.gov/ohcs/pages/oshp.aspx) set a five-year goal to triple the development pipeline of affordable rental housing up to 25,000 homes.
“This is a big step toward meeting the ambitious goals of the Statewide Housing Plan,” said OHCS Director Margaret Salazar. “These developments bring us that much closer to closing the affordable rental housing gap and reducing housing cost burden for Oregonians.”
The developments that received awards are listed below, with full details available online: www.oregon.gov/ohcs/DO/docs/07-12-2019-Affordable-Housing-Awards.pdf.
Applegate Landing in Lebanon, 36 homes
Bridge Meadows in Redmond, 40 homes
Carnelian Place & Phoenix Crossing in Bend, 71 homes
Colonia Paz I in Lebanon, 24 homes
Going 42 in Portland, 55 homes
The Mary Ann in Beaverton, 54 homes
Oregon City Terrace in Oregon City, 48 homes
Patriot Heights in Stanfield, 53 homes
River Road Affordable Housing in Eugene, 60 homes
Rogue Valley Apartments in White City and Eagle Point, 76 homes
Rose Bowl in Portland, 71 homes
Snowberry Brook II in Ashland, 71 homes
CCO Metrics and Scoring Committee to meet July 19
Oregon Health Authority - 07/16/19 3:56 PM
Media contact: Allyson Hagen, 503-449-6457, allyson.hagen@dhsoha.state.or.us
What: The regular public meeting of the Oregon Health Authority’s CCO Metrics and Scoring Committee.
Agenda: Welcome, consent agenda, and general updates; public testimony; follow-up to questions from June meeting; select 2020 measure set; adjourn.
When: July 19, 9 a.m. to noon.
Where: Five Oak Building (formerly Lincoln) (421 SW Oak St, Portland, OR, 97204) Suite 775, Transformation Training Room. The public also may join remotely via webinar and listen-only conference line at 888-204-5984, access code 1277166.
For more information, please visit the committee's website.
Everyone has a right to know about and use Oregon Health Authority (OHA) programs and services. OHA provides free help. Some examples of the free help OHA can provide are:
Sign language and spoken language interpreters
Written materials in other languages
Audio and other formats
If you need help or have questions, please contact Pete Edlund, 503-931-8873, 711 TTY, or .m.edlund@dhsoha.state.or.us">peter.m.edlund@dhsoha.state.or.us at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Board of Forestry meets July 24 in Salem
Oregon Dept. of Forestry - 07/16/19 3:52 PM
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet in Salem on July 24 at 9 a.m. This month’s meeting agenda includes:
A presentation on activities of the Committee for Family Forestlands and discussion of key issues and future policy needs.
An update on the 2019 fire season.
Testimony from the Forest Trust Lands Advisory Committee.
Consideration of and determination on the petition for Forest Practices Act rulemaking on protection requirements for coho salmon resource sites.
An update on the department’s current fiscal and budgetary status.
The meeting will be held in the Tillamook Room, Administration Building C, at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, located at 2600 State St., in Salem. The meeting is open to the public, with the exception of the executive session scheduled from 11 a.m. until noon.
Public comment will be accepted on agenda topics and at the start of the meeting for topics not on the agenda. Written comments may be submitted to oardofforestry@oregon.gov">Boardofforestry@oregon.gov in advance of the meeting. A livestream option and meeting materials are available online at https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Board/Pages/BOFMeetings.aspx.
Accommodations for people with disabilities, and special materials, services, or assistance can be arranged by calling ODF’s Public Affairs Office at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting at 503-945-7200.
The Oregon Board of Forestry consists of seven citizens nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Oregon Senate. Responsibilities include appointing the State Forester, setting management direction for state-owned forests, adopting rules governing timber harvest and other practices on private forestland, and promoting sustainable management of Oregon’s 30 million-acre forestland base. More information about the Board is available at: www.oregon.gov/ODF/Board/Pages/AboutBOF.aspx.
DPSST Parole & Probation Officer Firearms Training Revision Workgroup Meeting Scheduled
Ore. Dept. of Public Safety Standards and Training - 07/16/19 3:43 PM
Contact: Chris Enquist
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Parole & Probation Officer Firearms Training Revision Workgroup will hold a regular meeting on July 30th, 2019 from 11:00a-2:00p. The meeting will be held in room A235 at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem, Oregon. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Agenda Items:
Review of History of Firearms Training for Parole Officers
Discussion of Scope of Revision
Review of Staff Recommendations
Discussion and Decision on September Pilot Program
Workgroup Goals and Future Tasks
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Parole & Probation Officer Field Training Manual Revision Workgroup members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes Announces Camp Spark for Children with Visual Impairments in Washington and Oregon
Northwest Assn. for Blind Athletes - 07/16/19 2:12 PM
Billy Henry, Founder, President/CEO Director
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
703 Broadway St, Ste 600
Local Phone: 1-360-718-2826
http://www.nwaba.org
henry@nwaba.org">bhenry@nwaba.org
Vancouver, Washington—July 16th, 2019—Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) is excited to announce as of July 9, 2019, NWABA is officially rebranding camp programs to Camp Spark. Formerly known as Camp Abilities Oregon and Camp Abilities Washington, Camp Spark enables NWABA to scale and enhance the camp program and has officially been adopted as NWABA’s sixth core program. Camp Spark will transform lives of individuals who are blind and visually impaired through sport. Camp Spark offers comprehensive sports programming for individuals of all ages with visual impairments in a camp setting.
In two weeks, we will be hosting our first Camp Spark summer session in Tacoma, Washington. The purpose is to empower individuals who are blind or visually impaired, break the cycle of dependence and ill health that is unnecessarily associated with visual impairments, and build their self-belief that they can take control of their own quality of life and use their many talents to actively contribute in their communities. Campers will participate in a variety of sports and recreational activities including goalball (a sport specifically developed for individuals with visual impairments), 5-a-side soccer, judo, tandem cycling, kayaking, track & field, and numerous others.
This will be the fourth year that NWABA has offered summer camp for children with visual impairments across the state. These one-week summer sessions will provide 1:2 sport instruction for each camper. These children vary in socioeconomic status, ethnic background, and level of skills and abilities. Camp Spark in Washington will be hosted at University of Puget Sound’s campus from July 29 to August 3, 2019. Washington’s camp will impact 38 campers from across Washington ages 9-14. Camp Spark in Oregon will be hosted at the Linfield College campus in McMinnville, OR from July 21 to July 26, 2019. Oregon’s camp will impact 36 campers from across the state ages 8-15 years old. This camp is offered at no cost to campers and their families.
"Our Board of Directors is extremely excited to offer these truly transformational programs to children and youth with visual impairments. Camp reaches far beyond participating in sports, and acts as a catalyst to help campers gain the confidence, self-esteem, friendships, and independence they need to achieve success in all areas of life.” said Founder, President/CEO, Billy Henry.
Camp Spark’s Oregon session is partially funded by the Oregon Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund, and Camp Spark’s Washington session is partially funded by Washington State Department of Services for the Blind. However, additional support is critically needed to deliver a successful camp. Donations to support Camp Spark are accepted by mailing a check to PO BOX 65265, Vancouver, WA, 98665 or making an online gift at www.nwaba.org. Please indicate that your donation is to support camp programs. For more information on Northwest Association for Blind Athletes, please contact Billy Henry at 1-360-718-2826, or visit www.nwaba.org
About NWABA:
The mission of Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) is to provide life-changing opportunities through sports and physical activity to individuals who are blind and visually impaired. A group of students who were visually impaired formed the association in 2007 to ensure that people who are blind were participating in sports and physical activity. Today, NWABA is a rapidly expanding 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides more than 1,500 children, youth, adults and military veterans with visual impairments tailored programming which improves self-confidence and self-esteem, promotes independence, creates an inclusive community of supporters, and builds the skills necessary to succeed in all areas of life including school and employment.
For information: http://www.nwaba.org or
Contact: henry@nwaba.org">bhenry@nwaba.org
Veterans' Town Hall Meeting Set for Next Week at Pendleton Convention Center (Photo)
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs - 07/16/19 1:35 PM
Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford.
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Kelly Fitzpatrick, director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, will hold her first veterans’ town hall meeting in Pendleton next week.
“I really look forward to this opportunity to meet members of the eastern Oregon veteran community and learn about the concerns, issues and challenges facing veterans and their families in this part of the state,” Fitzpatrick said.
She will also answer questions and share the latest updates regarding ODVA programs and initiatives, as well as veteran-related developments from the 2019 legislative session.
The Veterans’ Town Hall event will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Pendleton Convention Center. It will also be recorded and livestreamed on the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ Facebook page for the benefit of those who are not able to attend in person.
The following day, and in the same location, ODVA and over 60 partnering organizations and agencies will be joining together for the Fifth Annual Veteran Benefit Expo, the state’s largest veteran resource event, which is being held in eastern Oregon for the first time.
The purpose of the Expo is to provide a one-stop shop for Oregon veterans of all eras and walks of life to learn about and access the full range of their earned benefits. The event will offer resources from many different benefit areas, including health care, claims assistance, finance, home loans, long-term care, mental health, education, business and recreation.
The Expo is free and requires no pre-registration. The event will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 27 at the Pendleton Convention Center.
For more information about the Expo, visit www.expo.oregondva.com.
Attached Media Files: Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford. , Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford. , Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford. , Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford. , Scenes from the 2018 Veteran Benefit Expo in Medford.
Area Man Sentenced to 110 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery
U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon - 07/16/19 1:13 PM
EUGENE, Ore.—Dannie Kay Alston, 67, was sentenced today to 110 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for robbing four Oregon and Southwest Washington banks in a four-week period beginning in August 2017. Alston has no known permanent residence.
On February 21, 2019, Alston pleaded guilty in federal court to the following bank robberies:
August 7, 2017; Chase Bank in Vancouver, Washington; collecting $2,300
August 15, 2017; Wells Fargo Bank in Medford, Oregon; collecting $4,690
August 24, 2017; Wells Fargo Bank in Salem, Oregon; collecting $1,317
September 9, 2017; First Interstate Bank in Roseburg, Oregon; collecting $3,441
In each of his robberies, Alston attempted to disguise his identity by wearing sunglasses and some type of ball or ski cap. He communicated with the targeted bank tellers primarily through handwritten notes or signs. At his last robbery, in Roseburg, witnesses were able to provide a description of Alston’s getaway vehicle, leading to his quick arrest by the Oregon State Police. Police recovered the note used in the Roseburg robbery, a starter’s pistol with loaded caps, a Taser, sunglasses, wig and $3,441 cash from Alston’s person and vehicle.
Alston is a career offender with a criminal history spanning five decades and four states. He has previous burglary convictions in California and Texas, robbery convictions in California, Florida and Oregon, as well as assault, theft and narcotics convictions.
During sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. McShane ordered Alston to pay $11,748 in restitution.
This case was investigated by the FBI, Clark County Washington Sheriff’s Office, Medford Police Department, Oregon State Police and Roseburg Police Department. It was prosecuted by Pamela Paaso, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Attached Media Files: PDF Release
ATF, DEA and U.S. Border Patrol Operation leads to the arrest of 15 people involved in methamphetamine and heroin drug trafficking in Eastern Washington
DEA Seattle - 07/16/19 11:43 AM
SPOKANE, Wash. – Early this morning, the Bureau Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) led a large-scale enforcement action targeting a methamphetamine and heroin drug trafficking organization with ties to a Washington State based street gang identified as the Eastside Familia Norteno (ESF). Over 300 law enforcement officials, including federal agents and state and local officers executed 19 federal search warrants located in Grant, Yakima and Adams Counties.
On July 10, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington returned an indictment charging 16 individuals for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. The lead defendants in this case are Luis Manuel Farias-Carendas, 40, of Moses Lake, and Joshua Isaac Stine, 34, of Ephrata, who are accused of being the leaders of the drug trafficking conspiracy. Both were taken into custody today. Twelve others named in the indictment are also in custody pending an initial appearance in federal court in Spokane, Washington. They are:
Patrick Elliot Pearson, 47, of Moses Lake
Cristian Misael Gomez, 23, of Grant County
Luis Manuel Ramirez, 25, of Moses Lake
Zacarias Martinez-Garza, 23 of Moses Lake
Mariano Ruiz-Balderas, 19, of Moses Lake
Jesse Leon Manion Jr., 55, of Moses Lake
Heather Elaine Keating, 41, of Moses Lake
Leonel Caballero, 62, of Warden
Forrest Walker Herzog, 34, of Moses Lake
Amy Jo Dygert, 33, of Moses Lake
Michael Edward McLaughlin, 59, of Ephrata
Jesus Valenica-Morfin , 31, of Yakima
One additional person, Tomas Gomez, 49, of Los Angeles, Calif., was also arrested during the operation and charged by federal complaint.
The 15 individuals were arrested in the following cities: 11 in Moses Lake, one in Ephrata, two in Yakima, and one in Warden. At this time, agents and officers have seized pound quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, over 50 firearms and U.S. currency.
This investigation is a continuation of law enforcement efforts in December 2017, which focused on violent drug traffickers who were operating in Grant County. The earlier investigation resulted in 24 individuals who have pled guilty in federal court and eight pounds of methamphetamine, 10 vehicles, $25,000 and more than 80 firearms were seized.
The following agencies provided significant assistance for today’s enforcement action: ATF, DEA, USBP, United States Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Moses Lake Police Department, Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team, Washington State Patrol, Idaho State Police, Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Against Drugs, Yakima Police Department, Columbia River Drug Task Force, North Central Washington Narcotics Task Force, Warden Police Department, Ephrata Police Department and Quincy Police Department.
The case is being prosecuted by Caitlin Baunsgard, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
An Indictment Contains Mere Allegations That an Individual Has Committed a Crime. Every Individual Is Presumed Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in a Court of Law.
Girl Scouts of the USA Launches 42 New Badges to Mobilize Girls to Change the World
Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington - 07/16/19 11:14 AM
By exploring topics like high adventure in the outdoors, coding, space science, and more, girls take control of their own leadership experiences.
July 16, 2019—Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) today reveals 42 new badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12 that allow them to make their own choices about how they want to experience and influence the world. The badges enhance the organization’s existing girl-led programming, offering girls everything from adventuring in the snow or mountains to learning how to use coding to solve problems they care about. Girl Scout programming has long promoted independent decision making, which helps girls develop agency, challenge themselves to move beyond their comfort zones, and build confidence in their leadership abilities.
Among the 42 new offerings are Outdoor High Adventure badges that feature, for the first time in Girl Scouts’ history, two distinct activity options, letting girls choose how they want to earn each badge. Giving girls choices is important for developing their sense of self, their own voice, and gender equality—research from the World Bank Group shows that increasing women’s agency and decision-making abilities is key to improving their lives, communities, and the world. And research shows that Girl Scouts are more likely than other girls to take an active role in decision making (80% vs. 51%).
In addition to existing badge offerings, girls in grades 6–12 can now pursue:
Nine Cybersecurity badges, through which girls learn about the inner workings of computer technology and cybersecurity and apply concepts of safety and protection to the technology they use every day. Activities range from decrypting and encrypting messages, to learning proper protection methods for devices, to exploring real-world hacking scenarios (funded by Palo Alto Networks).
Three Space Science badges, through which girls explore topics such as the universe and their place in it, properties of light, and inspiring careers in space science (funded by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and led by the SETI Institute).
Think Like a Citizen Scientist, a Girl Scout Leadership Journey during which girls participate in interactive activities to practice observation techniques; collect data; and share their findings with real-world scientists through an online network. As with all of Girl Scouts’ Leadership Journeys, girls use their newly honed skills to take action on a community issue of their choosing (funded by Johnson & Johnson and The Coca-Cola Foundation).
To prepare girls in grades 6–12 to pursue computer science careers, Girl Scouts will launch the organization’s first Cyber Challenge events in select areas this fall. At these events, which will take place October 19, girls will learn crucial cybersecurity skills by completing challenges such as running traceroutes and identifying phishing schemes (funded by Raytheon).
The new programming for girls in grades K–12 includes:
12 Outdoor High Adventure badges, designed for girls to explore nature and experience exciting outdoor adventures like backpacking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, rock climbing, and tree climbing—giving them the confidence to support one another, take healthy risks, and spend dedicated time in nature. These are the first Girl Scout badges that members can earn by choosing one of two self-directed paths (funded by The North Face).
18 Coding for Good badges, which not only teach girls the basics of coding but also detail how every stage of the coding process provides girls with opportunities to use their skills for good. Girls will learn about algorithms through age-appropriate, creative activities, such as coding positive memes to spread a message about a cause they care about, designing a digital game to educate people about an issue, and developing an app to promote healthy habits. Every Coding for Good badge includes a plugged-in and unplugged version, so that all girls can learn the foundations of coding, regardless of their access to technology (funded by AT&T and Dell Technologies).
“Girl Scouts has ignited the power and potential of girls for over a century, and we are committed to ensuring that today’s girls are the future of American leadership,” said GSUSA CEO Sylvia Acevedo. “Girl Scouts is where girls can explore new subjects, discover their passions, learn to take smart risks, and become their best, most confident selves—whether they want to become a NASA astronaut, an entrepreneur, a rock climber, a coder, or a cybersecurity agent.”
GSUSA works with top organizations in fields that interest today’s girls. Combined with Girl Scouts’ expertise in girl leadership, these organizations and specialists advise and weigh in on content to provide the most cutting-edge programming available to girls. Content collaborators include codeSpark, the National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC), SciStarter, and Vidcode. In true girl-led fashion, girls also tested the new offerings.
At Girl Scouts she’ll discover who she is, what she’s passionate about, and what she wants to achieve—both today and in the future. Join or volunteer at www.girlscouts.org/join.
We're Girl Scouts of the USA
We're 2.5 million strong—more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults who believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ to change the world. Our extraordinary journey began more than 100 years ago with the original G.I.R.L., Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low. On March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, she organized the very first Girl Scout troop, and every year since, we’ve honored her vision and legacy, building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit www.girlscouts.org.
“Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts” is based upon work supported by NASA Science under cooperative agreement No. NNX16AB90A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
About Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
In partnership with more than 8,000 adult members, Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington prepares 14,500 girls in grades K-12 for a lifetime of leadership, adventure and success. GSOSW’s programs in civic engagement, financial literacy, the outdoors and STEM serve girls in 37 counties in Oregon, and Clark, Klickitat and Skamania counties in Southwest Washington. The Girl Scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information, please visit girlscoutsosw.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Employment in Oregon June 2019
Oregon Employment Department - 07/16/19 10:00 AM
Oregon’s Unemployment Rate 4.1 Percent in June
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in June, essentially unchanged from 4.2 percent in May. Oregon’s unemployment rate has been between 4.0 percent and 4.4 percent for 32 months, dating back to November 2016. The U.S. unemployment rate was little changed at 3.7 percent in June.
Oregon’s unemployment rate has been at or near record low levels for nearly three years. Of those unemployed in June, nearly half were either new or returning to the labor force. At 46.9 percent, the share of unemployed who were entrants was the highest since May 1999. Another 38.5 percent were unemployed due to a job loss. The remaining 14.7 percent had voluntarily left their previous job and were looking for work.
In June, Oregon’s total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 900 jobs. The jobs gain in June followed a revised loss of 200 jobs in May. Monthly gains for June were strongest in professional and business services, which added 1,200 jobs, and in manufacturing, which added 900 jobs. Two industries with large losses in June were leisure and hospitality (-1,000 jobs) and retail trade (-900 jobs). Other sectors were close to their usual seasonal pattern of job gains or losses for June.
Looking at longer-term trends, Oregon’s economy continued to grow rapidly. Since June 2018, total nonfarm payroll employment was up 46,100 jobs, or 2.4 percent. Oregon’s job growth rate over the past 12 months was faster than the U.S. job growth rate of 1.5 percent.
The most rapid gains over the past year were in transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+4,500 jobs, or 6.9%) and construction (+7,100 jobs, or 6.8%). Job gains were widespread, with three other major industries each adding between 2.6 percent and 3.7 percent to their jobs base in the past 12 months. These industries were manufacturing (+7,100 jobs, or 3.7%), professional and business services (+8,800 jobs, or 3.5%), and health care and social assistance (+6,800 jobs, or 2.6%). During that time, none of the major industries cut a substantial number of jobs, although three industries showed little change: retail trade; financial activities; and mining and logging.
Next Press Releases
The Oregon Employment Department plans to release the June county and metropolitan area unemployment rates on Tuesday, July 23rd, and the next statewide unemployment rate and employment survey data for July on Tuesday, August 13th.
All numbers in the above narrative are seasonally adjusted.
The Oregon Employment Department and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) work cooperatively to develop and publish monthly Oregon payroll employment and labor force data. The estimates of monthly job gains and losses are based on a survey of businesses. The estimates of unemployment are based on a survey of households and other sources.
The Oregon Employment Department publishes payroll employment estimates that are revised quarterly by using employment counts from employer unemployment insurance tax records. All department publications use this Official Oregon Series data unless noted otherwise. This month’s release incorporates the October, November and December 2018 tax records data. The department continues to make the original nonfarm payroll employment series available; these data are produced by the BLS.
The PDF version of the news release, including tables and graphs, can be found at www.QualityInfo.org/press-release. To obtain the data in other formats such as in Excel, visit www.QualityInfo.org, then within the top banner, select Economic Data, then choose LAUS or CES. To request the press release as a Word document, contact the person shown at the top of this press release.
For help finding jobs and training resources, visit one of the state's WorkSource Oregon centers or go to: www.WorkSourceOregon.org.
Equal Opportunity program — auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Contact: (503) 947-1794. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, call 711 Telecommunications Relay Services.
Attached Media Files: 2019-07/930/126114/Employment_in_Oregon--June_2019--Press_Release.pdf
Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against the One-Ring Scam (Photo)
FBI - Oregon - 07/16/19 10:00 AM
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Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against the “one-ring” telephone scam.
It seems like most of us get those annoying calls from telemarketers and scammers these days. Your phone rings and rings and rings. Often, these are calls come from a lovely robotic voice informing you that you “missed an important payment.” Or, perhaps, the voice on the other end of the line is congratulating you on that “expense-free vacation” that you just won. In both scenarios, the scammer will try to get you to pay money to settle the non-existent debt or to pay for a small processing fee for that free trip. Later you discover later that you were taken.
While these kinds of telephone scams are not new, our friends at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are warning the public about a new variation that is popping up across the nation. It’s called the “one-ring” scam. Here’s how it works: you get a phone call from a number you do not recognize, and then the call drops after only one or two rings. The fraudster is counting on your curiosity – and maybe fear that the call you missed is really important. The goal is to get you to call the number back because, in reality, the scammer is calling from an international toll number. If you call back, you will likely receive per-minute toll charges ... and who do you think collects those funds? You are right if you guessed the scam artist.
So what can you do to avoid being a victim of this scam?
Do NOT call back numbers that you do not recognize, especially those that appear to come from overseas.
If you have received these calls, report the number to the FTC at www.donotcall.gov
Frequently check your phone bill for unusual or suspicious charges
As always, if you have been a victim of an online scam, report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov or call your local FBI office.
Attached Media Files: TT - One Ring Scam - July 16, 2019 , TT - One Ring Scam - July 16, 2019
Motorcyclist dies in crash on Hwy 101 - Coos County
Oregon State Police - 07/16/19 9:25 AM
On Monday, July 15, 2019 at approximately 10:30 P.M. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle crash on Hwy 101 near milepost 279.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2003 Yamaha Motorcycle, operated by Robert Killough (52) of Bandon, OR. was traveling south on Hwy 101 when it left the roadway and crashed.
Killough sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased.
Oregon State Police was assisted by the Coos County Sheriff's Department, Bandon Police Department, Bandon Fire Department, Bay Cities Ambulance, and ODOT.
Mon. 07/15/19
Pedestrian dies while crossing I-205 - Clackamas County
Oregon State Police - 07/15/19 8:06 PM
On Monday, July 15, 2019 at approximately 5:05 A.M. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on I-205 near mile post 12.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the pedestrian was headed east crossing the northbound lanes of I-205. The pedestrian was struck by a 2019 Ford Cargo Van operated by Steven Stewart (56) of Donald, OR.
The pedestrian sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. He will not be identified until next of kin can be notified.
Stewart remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
OSP was assisted by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Clackamas County Fire Department, and ODOT
Final health insurance rate decisions lower 2020 premiums by $44 million
Oregon Dept. of Consumer & Business Services - 07/15/19 4:34 PM
(Salem) - The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation issued final rate decisions for small businesses and individuals who buy their own health insurance.
Final health insurance rates for the 2020 individual market have been lowered 1 percent on average from the division’s preliminary rate decisions, and 2 percent from the original requests filed by insurance companies in May. The final rates lower 2020 premiums by approximately $44 million from the original requests submitted by health insurance companies.
“Our collaborative rate review process has been key to building a stable health insurance market that enabled us to limit the individual market rate increase to an average of 1.5 percent,” said Insurance Commissioner Andrew Stolfi. “The Oregon Reinsurance Program has also continued to show its value, keeping individual rates 6 percent lower than they would be without the program. We are grateful to the legislature for passing and our stakeholders for supporting the six year extension of this important program.”
The division’s transparent rate review process brings insurance companies, the division, and the public together to review health insurance rates. The collaborative process ensures all data are thoroughly reviewed and considered before rates are charged to consumers.
Several factors, such as medical costs, federal policy changes, the Oregon Reinsurance Program, and federal risk adjustment payments are considered to make sure rates will adequately cover health care costs.
Individual market
The division issued final decisions for seven companies in the individual market with average rate changes ranging from a 3.2 percent decrease to an 8.9 percent increase, for an average increase of 1.5 percent. Under the decisions, Silver Standard Plan premiums for a 40-year-old in Portland would range from $436 to $530 a month.
The preliminary rates included reductions for HeathNet and Kaiser. The final decisions include reductions for Bridgespan (2.8 percent increase lowered to 1.4 percent) and Providence (2.1 percent increase down to 0.0 percent rate hold). Regence was the only company to see a rate increase moving from 3.9 percent to 5.5 percent.
The rate changes are company-wide averages based on premiums for plans before financial assistance through Oregon’s Health Insurance Marketplace is taken into account.
All Oregonians who purchase their own insurance are encouraged to apply for assistance through the Marketplace for 2020, even if they did not qualify last year. In 2019, Oregonians who received help with the costs of their health insurance paid on average $140 a month.
Open enrollment for 2020 plans is from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.
Small group market
In the small group market, the division issued final decisions for nine companies with average rates ranging from a 2.3 percent decrease to an 11.7 percent increase. Under the decisions, Silver Standard Plan premiums for a 40-year-old in Portland would range from $321 to $394 a month.
Final rates include reductions from the preliminary decisions for five of the nine small group insurance companies.
See the chart for the full list of final decisions.
Insurance companies have 21 days to request a hearing before the final rates are set for 2020.
More information for each insurance company can be found at oregonhealthrates.org. A complete premium comparison table for each county based on ages 21, 40, and 60 will be posted online in August.
About DCBS: The Department of Consumer and Business Services is Oregon's largest business regulatory and consumer protection agency. For more information, go to www.dcbs.oregon.gov.
About Oregon DFR: The Division of Financial Regulation is part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon’s largest business regulatory and consumer protection agency. Visit www.dcbs.oregon.gov and www.dfr.oregon.gov.
Two Rivers Correctional Institution reports in-custody death (Photo)
Oregon Dept. of Corrections - 07/15/19 3:16 PM
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An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Lindsey Llaneza, died the morning of July 15, 2019. Llaneza was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) in Umatilla, and passed away in the infirmary at TRCI. As with all in-custody deaths, the Oregon State Police have been notified.
Llaneza entered DOC custody on April 15, 2004, from Multnomah County with an earliest release date of June 23, 2021. Llaneza was 65 years old. Next of kin has been notified.
DOC takes all in-custody deaths seriously. The agency is responsible for the care and custody of 14,700 individuals who are incarcerated in the 14 institutions across the state.
TRCI is a multi-custody prison in Umatilla that houses approximately 1,800 adults in custody. TRCI participates in prison industries with Oregon Corrections Enterprises including institution and industrial laundry, mattress manufacturing, and sewing. Other institution work programs include repair and cleaning of irrigation ditches, maintenance of local baseball fields, and work with local cities and the Hermiston School District. The facility provides a range of correctional programs and services including education, religious services, and behavioral health services. TRCI opened in 2000.
Attached Media Files: Llaneza
Oregon Heritage Commission to meet July 28-29 in Baker City
Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. - 07/15/19 8:00 AM
The Oregon Heritage Commission will meet in Baker City July 28-29.
On July 28, Commissioners will gather at 1:00 p.m. to tour heritage sites surrounding the historic downtown.
On July 29 a public business meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the Geiser Grand Hotel at 1996 Main Street, Baker City, OR 97814. The agenda includes reports on 2018 grant and MentorCorps programs, long-term planning, approval of Cultural Trust partner funds, and reports by commissioners.
The Heritage Commission is comprised of nine people representing Oregon's heritage and geographical diversity who have been appointed by the Governor. There are nine advisory representatives from state agencies and statewide organizations. The mission of the Oregon Heritage Commission is to secure, sustain, and enhance Oregon's heritage by ensuring coordination of heritage initiatives by public and private organizations; advocacy on its behalf; education of the public about its extent and value; and promotion and celebration of its diversity.
Commission meetings are open to the public and their agendas include opportunities for public comment. The meeting site is accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations for the meeting – including translation services – may be made by calling (503) 986?0690 at least 72 hours prior to the start of the meeting.
For more information and accessibility needs, visit www.oregonheritage.org or contact Oregon Heritage Commission Coordinator Beth Dehn at 503-986-0696 or eth.Dehn@oregon.gov">Beth.Dehn@oregon.gov.
Sun. 07/14/19
Fatal Crash Highway 30 -- Baker County -- Corrected Date
Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Sunday morning’s single vehicle double fatal crash on Highway 30 in Baker County.
On July 14, 2019 at about 2:30 AM, OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle double fatal crash on Highway 30 near milepost 45.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Chevrolet Malibu, operated by Jesse Butler, age 30, from Baker City, was traveling eastbound on Highway 30. The Chevrolet Malibu failed to negotiate a left curve and crashed through the guardrail causing extensive damage to the guardrail. The Chevrolet Malibu rolled several times and traveled approximately 200 feet and struck a utility pole.
Butler was ejected and died from injuries at the scene. A passenger, Travis Culbertson, age 36, from Baker City, also died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Highway 30 was closed for several hours during the investigation.
OSP was assisted by the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, ODOT, Baker Fire, Haines Fire and Oregon Trail Electric Co-op.
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Fri. 07/12/19
Oregon Opioid Taper Guidelines Taskforce to meet July 19 in Portland
Oregon Health Authority - 07/12/19 12:26 PM
Media contact: Saerom England, 971-239-6483, om.y.england@dhsoha.state.or.us">saerom.y.england@dhsoha.state.or.us
What: The regular public meeting of the Oregon Opioid Taper Guidelines Taskforce.
Agenda: Welcome, taskforce purpose and outcomes, agenda review, introductions, background on formation of the Taskforce, principles for guidelines, key components for inclusion in the guidelines, next steps and summary.
When: July 19, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where: Portland State Office Building (PSOB), 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland Oregon Room 1A. The public can also call into a listen-only conference line: 1-888-278-0296 access code: 843163
Program Contact: Lisa Bui, 971-673-3397, ootg.info@dhsoha.state.or.us
For more information, please visit the Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Task Force website.
If you need help or have questions, please contact Lisa Bui, 971-673-3397, 711 TTY, or ootg.info@dhsoha.state.or.us at least 48 hours before the meeting.
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Missing Oregon State Hospital patient has been found
Oregon Health Authority - 07/12/19 10:29 AM
Media contact: Rebeka Gipson-King, 503-945-7141,ebeka.gipson-king@dhsoha.state.or.us">rebeka.gipson-king@dhsoha.state.or.us
Oregon State Police PIO, osppio@state.or.us
The Eugene Police Department has located the patient reported missing yesterday by Oregon State Hospital. Please reference OSP Case Number SP19-246525.
On July 11 at 9:25 p.m., a Eugene police officer took the patient into custody. The patient is currently awaiting transport back to the hospital in Junction City.
Walla Walla Public Schools Board of Directors Regular Business Meeting: July 16, 2019
Walla Walla Sch. Dist. - 07/12/19 10:18 AM
Supporting documents are available via the following link: https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicHome.aspx?ak=1001835
Fatal Crash Highway 228 near Brownsville -- Linn County (Photo)
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Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Thursday afternoon’s two vehicle fatal crash on Highway 228 near Brownsville.
On July 11, 2019 at about 1:40 PM, OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a report of an injury crash on Hwy 228 near milepost 2.5.
Preliminary Investigation revealed that a Jeep Cherokee operated by, Michael McDaniel, age 69, from Brownsville, was traveling westbound on HWY 228 near milepost 2. For unknown reasons the Jeep Cherokee drifted over the center line and struck an eastbound fully loaded Kenworth log truck, operated by Bradley Crowson, age 48, from Springfield.
McDaniel died at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. Crowson received only minor injuries.
Highway 228 was closed for approximately 4 hours during the investigation.
OSP was assisted by local fire/ems, ODOT and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Photograph provided by OSP.
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Director Ray selected as Henry Toll Fellow for 2019
Oregon Dept. of Revenue - 07/12/19 8:10 AM
Department of Revenue Director Nia Ray has been named a 2019 Henry Toll Fellow. Each year, The Council of State Governments (CSG) names 48 of the nation’s top officials from all three branches of state government as fellows.
The Henry Toll Fellowship, named for CSG founder Henry Wolcott Toll, is one of the nation’s premier leadership development programs for state government officials. Each year, the fellowship gathers state leaders to strengthen their leadership and create a strong national network.
Fellowship alum Representative Janelle Bynum says this about Nia: “Oregon is investing in growing its bench of high-quality leaders and Director Ray fits the bill. Her testimonies before committees and interactions with the Legislature have garnered her an immense amount of respect among members and professional staff.”
Oregon Department of Administrative Services Director Katy Coba said, “Ms. Ray has come to be known as a leader who can advance important initiatives and move organizations forward. Part of this is attributed to her ability to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, as well as to balance interests while seeking resolution to complex issues.”
Department of Revenue Deputy Director Satish Upadhyay said, “This is a huge testimony to Nia’s leadership and contributions to Oregon State Government. It’s a tremendous honor.”
Director Ray joins an elite group of past Oregon officials to receive this fellowship including judges, state legislators from both chambers, and Governor Kate Brown.
The program runs August 23–27 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Thu. 07/11/19
Fatal Crash Highway 211 near Molalla -- Clackamas County (Photo)
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Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Thursday afternoon’s two vehicle fatal crash on Highway 211 near Molalla.
On July 11, 2019 at about 3:20 PM, OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Highway 211 near South Mackburg Road.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Saturn Ion, operated by Tyler Bracken, age 18 and passeger Eric Santos, age 18, both from Beaverton, were traveling southbound on Highway 211. Bracken attempted to pass several vehicles in the northbound lane on a blind corner. A Ford F250 pickup, operated by Craig Buche, age 53, from Molalla, was approaching in the northbound lane of travel. Bracken veered to the right, applied his brakes, overcorrected and lost control. The Saturn Ion travelled onto a soft shoulder and began sliding across both lanes of travel and was struck by the Ford F250 pickup.
Bracken was transported by air-ambulance to Oregon Health Science University for life threatening injuries and Santos was pronounced deceased at the scene after life saving measures were perfomed. Buche did not sustain any injuries during the crash.
OSP was asssited by Clackamas County SO, ODOT, Molalla Fire District and Molalla PD.
The investigation is continuing
Picture courtesy of OSP.
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See3Slam Tournament to Close a Portion of George Washington Way (Photo)
City of Richland - 07/11/19 5:47 PM
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The Fourth Annual See3Slam 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is happening in Richland this weekend. The festivities will close George Washington Way to thru traffic near John Dam Plaza beginning Friday, July 12, at 6:00 p.m., through Sunday, July 14, at approximately 7:00 p.m. The event includes food vendors, an outdoor movie on Friday, a pancake feed each morning, and a Saturday evening concert.
Motor vehicles entering Richland and traveling north on George Washington Way toward Swift Boulevard will be directed to turn left on Jadwin Avenue. Motorists traveling south, from North Richland will detour east at Swift Boulevard. While this stretch of roadway will be closed to through traffic, businesses, Howard Amon Park, and the boat launch will remain open and accessible from both Newton Street and Lee Boulevard.
The parking lot on Knight Street at John Dam Plaza will also close. Event participants are encouraged to park at the Federal Building Parking lot or at the corner of Lee and Jadwin.
The 3 on 3 tournament takes place on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 8:00 a.m. There are 270 teams registered. The outdoor movie at the HAPO Community Stage is "Captain Marvel,” rated PG, and it will begin at dusk. Event details are available at www.see3slam.com.
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Oregon State Hospital seeks missing patient (Photo)
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Media contact: Rebeka Gipson-King, 503-945-7141, ebeka.gipson-king@dhsoha.state.or.us">rebeka.gipson-king@dhsoha.state.or.us
Oregon State Hospital seeks missing patient
A 35-year-old Oregon State Hospital psychiatric patient, Troy Irick, was reported missing Thursday. Anyone seeing Irick should call 911 or the Oregon State Police at 800-452-7888. Please reference OSP Case Number SP19-246525.
Irick is not considered to be an imminent danger to himself or others. He is accused of unauthorized departure. The OSP is conducting an investigation to help locate him. Irick should not be approached.
Irick was admitted from Coos County to the Junction City campus of Oregon State Hospital Sept. 9, 2017. Irick was found guilty except for insanity on the charges of unlawful use of a weapon and menacing.
He was last seen at approximately 1:45 p.m., on the grounds of the Laurel Hill Center, 2145 Centennial Plaza, Eugene, where he was attending a group activity. Irick asked to use the restroom and left the immediate area.
Hospital officials, who reported the missing patient to state and local law enforcement agencies, described Irick as a male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 156 pounds, with short brown hair, a brown beard and blue eyes. When last seen, he was wearing gray sweat pants and a hooded sweat shirt.
Any future news releases will be issued by the OSP.
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Attached Media Files: Troy Irick , Troy Irick
Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board meets July 18 in Salem
What: The regular public meeting of the Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board.
When: July 18,1-5 p.m.
Where: Oregon State Hospital Callan Conference Room, 2600 Center Street NE, Salem. The public can also attend via toll-free conference line at 888-278-0296, access code 4294893.
Agenda: After the public comment period, topics will include a legislative update, a hospital capacity update, employment opportunities for patients, diabetic care at OSH and listing OSH policies on its website.
Details:The Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board advises the superintendent, Oregon Health Authority director and legislators on issues related to the safety, security and care of patients. Members include consumers, providers, advocates, legislators, community members, consumer families and OSH union members.
Program Contact: Jacee Vangestel, 503-945-2852, jacee.m.vangestel@dhsoha.state.or.us
For more information, please visit the board's website.
If you need help or have questions, please contact Jacee Vangestel, 503-945-2852, 711 TTY, or jacee.m.vangestel@dhsoha.state.or.us at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Life Flight Network Announces Partnership with WhidbeyHealth to Add Air Ambulance Service to the Growing Region (Photo)
Berg & Associates - 07/11/19 1:25 PM
Life Flight Network will station a helicopter equipped to act as a mobile intensive care unit, like the one pictured here, at its Whidbey Island base.
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Aurora, Ore., July 11, 2019— Life Flight Network, the largest not-for-profit air medical transport service in the United States, is partnering with WhidbeyHealth Medical Center to open a new base in Island County, Washington. The base will be operational in late summer 2019. The 24/7 air medical helicopter, pilot and medical crew will be based on location at WhidbeyHealth Medical Center, serving not only Coupeville and nearby communities, but also the broader Puget Sound Region including the San Juan Islands.
“We’re proud to partner with the exceptional providers at WhidbeyHealth and to work alongside local emergency responders in serving the health care needs of Island County residents,” said Life Flight
Network CEO Michael Griffiths. “At the core of our expansion in Washington is our mission to provide ICU- level transportation in a safe, compassionate, efficient and expeditious manner. With 41 years serving the state of Washington, we’re honored to add this new base and partnership to our service area.”
This second northwest Washington location expands capacity for Life Flight Network’s Port Angeles base, where demand is growing and the relationship with the local EMS community is strong. The two service areas will support each other when the demand for timely response for air medical transport is high.
“Our partnership with Life Flight Network will further enhance local services available for our patients and communities and allow us to provide access to even more specialized care,” said Ron Telles, WhidbeyHealth CEO. “We’re proud to be their partner, and we welcome Life Flight Network to Whidbey Island.”
In addition to serving Island County and neighboring rural communities, the new base will strengthen emergency medical response for the state’s population center. Seattle is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the nation this decade, growing by nearly 19 percent and adding more than 114,000 people since 2010. The broader Puget Sound region, including Island, Jefferson, Kitsap, King, Snohomish, and Skagit counties, is expected to gain at least 1.9 million people by 2050, for a total of nearly 6 million residents.
“Partnering with Life Flight Network to provide locally-based air medical transport is an unequivocal advantage to both WhidbeyHealth EMS and our community,” said Sean LaVine, Assistant Manager of WhidbeyHealth EMS. “Life Flight Network’s exemplary history of providing safe and compassionate care is consistent with the WhidbeyHealth mission. We welcome Life Flight Network and look forward to working with them.”
The Whidbey Island base brings the total of helicopters serving the region from three to four. By comparison, the Phoenix, AZ metro area – a comparable-sized urban area with more than 4 million residents today – has eight helicopter bases serving its two-county landlocked region (Maricopa and Pinal counties).
“Helicopter air ambulance response is an essential health care service for a fast-growing urban area with traffic congestion among the worst in the country in addition to some of the most challenging landscapes due to large bodies of water,” said Dr. Jim Bryan, Life Flight Network Medical Director.
“During a medical emergency, every second counts. Helicopters are uniquely suited to respond to emergencies over bodies of water and during peak traffic times, when gridlock challenges ground ambulances to move quickly and safely.”
Life Flight Network will station an Agusta-Westland AW109E helicopter at its Whidbey Island base. The AW109E is an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) capable aircraft, allowing safe operation in a range of weather conditions. The AW109E is one of the fastest light helicopters available and can cruise at 172 miles per hour. Each Life Flight Network helicopter is equipped with the medical equipment necessary to act as a mobile intensive care unit, with the ability to perform a multitude of highly skilled medical functions during transport, including video laryngoscopes, ICU level ventilators, and blood products for emergency transfusions.
Life Flight Network is a nationally recognized air ambulance service and membership program with almost 600 employees. The new base will create nearly 20 new jobs on Whidbey Island. The aircraft will be staffed 24/7 with an ICU-level nurse, experienced paramedic, and a highly skilled pilot. In addition to the medical staff based in Coupeville, Life Flight Network employs a full time dedicated medical director and associate medical directors to oversee the high level of quality medical care provided across its service region. Life Flight Network serves the western United States, including Alaska, from bases throughout the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West.
Life Flight Network offers memberships for a $65 annual fee. Members incur no out-of-pocket expense if flown for medically necessary emergent conditions by Life Flight Network or one of its reciprocal partners. To request more information about the membership program, or if organizations would like an in-person presentation, contact the Life Flight Network membership office at 800-982-9299.
ABOUT LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK
Life Flight Network, a not-for-profit air medical service, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) and the National Accreditation Alliance of Medical Transport Applications (NAAMTA). Life Flight Network is the largest not-for-profit air medical transport service in the United States. Its service area covers the western United States, including Alaska. Life Flight Network is headquartered in Aurora, Oregon. For more information about Life Flight Network or to become a member, visit www.lifeflight.org.
Attached Media Files: Life Flight Network will station a helicopter equipped to act as a mobile intensive care unit, like the one pictured here, at its Whidbey Island base.
Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II Opens at the Oregon Historical Society July 12
Oregon Historical Society - 07/11/19 12:17 PM
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Portland, OR – On Friday, July 12, the Oregon Historical Society is proud to open a new special exhibit called Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II. Produced by The National WWII Museum, the exhibit features artifacts, photographs, and oral histories that highlight some of the extraordinary achievements and challenges of African Americans during World War II, both overseas and on the Home Front.
In the years before World War II, African Americans in many parts of the country were treated as second-class citizens. The government condoned discriminatory practices and denied African Americans many rights and liberties through laws that kept them in positions of inferiority. Due to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision in 1896, the United States was a nation where “separate but equal” was law in many states. In addition, many military leaders declared African Americans unfit to serve in combat. However, once the war began, thousands rushed to enlist, determined to fight for freedom, while still being denied equality at home.
On display through January 12, 2020, Fighting for the Right to Fight illustrates how hopes for securing equality inspired many to enlist, the discouraging reality of the segregated noncombat roles given to black recruits, and the continuing fight for “Double Victory” that laid the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
“The Oregon Historical Society is very proud to work with The National WWII Museum to ensure that this important and compelling exhibit could be seen and experienced in the Pacific Northwest,” said Oregon Historical Society Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk.
Through myriad interactive experiences, visitors will discover the wartime stories of individual service members who took part in this journey of extraordinary challenge, from unheralded heroes to famous names, including Alex Haley (US Coast Guard); Sammy Davis Jr. (US Army); Benjamin Davis Jr. (US Army Air Forces); Medgar Evers (US Army); and more.
The centerpiece of the exhibit is an original eight-minute video about the famed 332nd Fighter Group (better known as the Tuskegee Airmen), who in many ways became the public focus of African American participation during the war. Television personality Robin Roberts narrates the piece, whose own father flew with the Tuskegee Airmen during the war.
Including personal accounts from members of the 332nd Fighter Group, the video provides an overview of how their success in battle became a great symbol of bravery, helping refute notions that African Americans were inferior performers in the military, especially in roles requiring advanced training. Lieutenant Colonel William Holloman III recalls his leader Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.’s encouragement: “He said, ‘America’s watching you.’ He instilled in us a pride that I don’t think was there before we went in the service.”
Additionally, Fighting for the Right to Fight will feature two medals representing the seven African Americans who were awarded the Medal of Honor in 1997, the bittersweet result of a long investigation by the US military on discriminatory policies in the awarding of combat medals. The exhibit will also provide in-depth coverage of lesser-known events and service, such as that of the USS Mason, the first American ship to have a predominately African American crew.
A national advisory committee, including the late Dr. Clement Alexander Price of Rutgers University, helped frame the exhibition. The committee, led by cochairs Dr. John Morrow of the University of Georgia and Claudine Brown of the Smithsonian Institution, helped advise on the exhibition’s narrative arc and content. To view artifacts and images from the exhibit, and to access educator resources and lesson plans, visit righttofightexhibit.org.
Fighting for the Right to Fight will be on exhibit July 12, 2019 through January 12, 2020. The Oregon Historical Society’s museum is open seven days a week, Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $10, and discounts are available for students, seniors, teachers, and youth. Admission is free every day for OHS members and Multnomah County residents.
About the Oregon Historical Society
For more than a century, the Oregon Historical Society has served as the state’s collective memory, preserving a vast collection of artifacts, photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, films, and oral histories. Our research library, museum, digital platforms & website (www.ohs.org), educational programming, and historical journal make Oregon’s history open and accessible to all. We exist because history is powerful, and because a history as deep and rich as Oregon’s cannot be contained within a single story or point of view.
About The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world – why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that future generations will know the price of freedom, and be inspired by what they learn. Dedicated in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum and now designated by Congress as America’s National WWII Museum, it celebrates the American spirit, the teamwork, optimism, courage and sacrifices of the men and women who fought on the battlefront and served on the Home Front. For more information, call 877-813-3329 or 504-528-1944 or visit nationalww2museum.org.
Lake Oswego Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl From China Leading to Overdose Death
U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon - 07/11/19 12:01 PM
PORTLAND, Ore.—Joseph Richard Caruso, 34, a prolific darknet narcotics vendor residing in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally distributing fentanyl that was linked to a 2017 fatal overdose in Wisconsin.
“A highly-coordinated effort by four law enforcement agencies led to Mr. Caruso’s arrest less than two days after his most recent inbound fentanyl package was discovered. It’s this sort of nimble and decisive law enforcement work that’s required to keep synthetic opioids off of our streets and prevent additional overdoses,” said Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. “I applaud the tremendous work of everyone involved in this case.”
“This sentence is a significant step forward in eliminating deadly drugs from our community,” said Brad Bench, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Seattle. “Fentanyl is an extremely deadly substance. Blatant disregard for the safety of those who could have come into contact with it will not be tolerated. This case is a testament to the hard work HSI, and our law enforcement partners, do every day to combat these drugs from making it to our streets.”
According to court documents, on November 19, 2017, a U.S. Postal Inspection Service inspector discovered a suspicious package addressed to Caruso at the U.S. Postal Service Portland Air Cargo Center. The package was transported to the Portland Police Bureau’s Drugs and Vice Division for further examination in a safe environment. Wearing a ventilated hood for protection, a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Interdiction Taskforce opened the heat-sealed package and found a clear Ziploc baggie containing a fine powdery substance. A test conducted the following day at the Oregon State Police Laboratory confirmed the substance was cyclopropylfentanyl, a power opioid and Schedule I controlled substance.
Investigators removed the cyclopropylfentanyl from the package and replaced it with an inert powder similar in appearance. On November 21, 2017, they conducted a controlled delivery of the package with the inert powder to Caruso’s residence in Lake Oswego. Shortly thereafter, Caruso was observed retrieving the package from his apartment postal box. HSI agents and other task force officers confronted Caruso and placed him under arrest.
On April 3, 2019, Caruso pleaded guilty to one count of distributing a controlled substance resulting in death. At sentencing, he was ordered to forfeit more than $764,000 and a 2013 Audi A4 sedan.
This case was investigated by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Interdiction Taskforce, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Portland Police Bureau Drugs and Vice Division. It was prosecuted by Scott M. Kerin and Julia E. Jarrett, Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the District of Oregon.
The Oregon HIDTA program was established by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in June of 1999. In 2015 the program expanded into Idaho and was renamed the Oregon-Idaho HIDTA. The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA consists of 14 counties and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Counties in the HIDTA include Oregon’s Clackamas, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Lane, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Multnomah, Umatilla and Washington counties, and Idaho’s Ada, Bannock and Canyon counties.
Drug abuse affects communities across the nation, and opioid abuse continues to be particularly devastating. The CDC reports that from 1999 to 2016, more than 630,000 people have died from a drug overdoses. In 2016, 66% of drug overdose deaths involved an opioid. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury or death in the United States. In Oregon, the total number of deaths related to drug use increased 11 percent between from 2013 to 2017, with 546 known drug related deaths in 2017.
If you or someone you know suffers from addiction, please call the Lines for Life substance abuse helpline at 1-800-923-4357 or visit www.linesforlife.org. Phone support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also text “RecoveryNow” to 839863 between 8am and 11pm Pacific Time daily.
Happy Valley Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl and Possessing a Machine Gun
U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon - 07/11/19 10:09 AM
PORTLAND, Ore.—Johnell Lee Cleveland, 37, of Happy Valley, Oregon, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for distributing cyclopropyl fentanyl, possessing a machine gun and money laundering.
According to court documents, in March 2018, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), FBI, and IRS executed a series of search warrants on Cleveland’s residence in Happy Valley, his storage unit in Clackamas, Oregon and a stash house in Vancouver, Washington as part of an ongoing investigation of Cleveland, a suspected distributor of oxycodone pills in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
During the search of Cleveland’s home in Happy Valley, investigators seized $27,372 in cash, seven firearms, a ballistic vest, and more than 300 suspected oxycodone pills wrapped in two plastic baggies. One of the firearms seized was a fully-automatic machine gun with a drum magazine. In Cleveland’s garage, investigators found a white Mercedes-Benz with exterior bullet holes believed to be involved in a December 2017 downtown Portland shooting that left one man critically injured.
In searches of Cleveland’s storage unit and the Vancouver stash house, investigators found an additional $124,040 in cash, more than 900 additional suspected oxycodone pills and more than $100,000 worth of jewelry and Rolex watches. Laboratory tests revealed that the suspected oxycodone were in fact counterfeit pills made with cyclopropyl fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.
On March 22, 2019, Cleveland pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute cyclopropyl-fentanyl, one count of possessing a machine gun and two counts of money laundering. As part of his plea, Cleveland agreed to abandon any interest in the seized firearms and forfeit all criminally-derived proceeds as identified by the government.
Cleveland is currently awaiting trial in Multnomah County Circuit Court for attempted murder with a firearm related to the December 2017 shooting in Portland.
This case was investigated by PPB, FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation. It was prosecuted by Peter Sax and Benjamin Tolkoff, Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the District of Oregon.
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The first recording from Gould’s private studio in Eaton’s Auditorium, where virtually all his recordings would be made until 1980. This put an end to all the delays and cancelled sessions that had marred his work for Columbia over the previous months and years.
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 886-893
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886: Praeludium
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886: Fuga
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Saturday Speakers
Past Global Health Conferences
Saturday Speakers February 20th, 2017 hghc
Rev. Linda McCarty, JD
Rev. Linda L. McCarty is the president and CEO of Faith In Practice, a national ecumenical Christian not-for-profit that sends volunteer medical teams to Guatemala. Each year more than 1,200 U.S. and 900 Guatemalan volunteers provide medical, surgical, and dental care to the poor of Guatemala through Faith In Practice. These teams serve more than 25,000 people on an annual basis, emphasizing continuity of care within the context of short-term medical mission. Faith In Practice’s network of care begins in the remote villages in clinics established to treat patients with the greatest need and least access to care. Patients requiring surgery are guided through the entire process—accompanied to one of Faith In Practice’s partner hospitals, provided with room and board as they heal in one of the patient guest houses, and accompanied safely home. This integrated approach to healthcare is designed to treat the entire person, not only as a patient, but as a brother or sister in Christ. Rev. McCarty has served as president and CEO of Faith In Practice since 2007. In this time, Faith In Practice has continued to grow, deepening relationships in Guatemala and developing a more integrated structure. For the past 12 years, Faith In Practice has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, placing it in the top one percent of charities rated for fiscal responsibility. Rev. McCarty is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and an attorney, with degrees from the University of Chicago Divinity School and DePaul University College of Law. She is motivated by a strong sense of call, recognizing that even as we seek to bring healing to others, we ourselves are healed.
Mats Junek, MD
Mats Junek is a Canadian-Australian, Australian trained doctor currently completing a dual residency in public health, preventive medicine & family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Throughout his education and training he has worked with several non-profit research and advocacy organizations, his most recent posting is the director of NCDFREE for the Americas. NCDFREE, a global social movement against NCDs founded in 2013, has reached millions of people with social media, films, conferences, and international advocacy campaigns. Through his role as director, Mats has organized and mentored advocacy & communication bootcamps on four continents; directed the f21y youth conference; and launched the short film The Taste of Change. He has also written for Huffington Post and the healthydebate.ca. His current areas of interest are the use of economic policy to drive health care outcomes, including a sugar tax in Canada, as well as finding ways of providing equitable care for those who suffer most from non-communicable diseases.
Energy, Innovation, & Infrastructure
Fannin’s Studio: An Emerging Approach to Capital-efficient Life Sciences Development
Atul Varadhachary, MD, PhD
Dr. Atul Varadhachary is Managing Partner at Fannin Innovation Studio which works with innovators at the institutions in the Texas Medical Center in Houston to help commercialize early-stage technologies in the life sciences. Fannin partners with innovators to co-found companies that it actively manages in addition to putting in seed capital and providing space and back-office support. Atul is a physician with a PhD in Physiology from Johns Hopkins, and over two decades of experience in life sciences and healthcare. Before Fannin, Atul served as President of U.S. Operations at Reliance Life Sciences, part of the Reliance Group, India’s largest private sector enterprise with over $75 billion in annual revenues. Atul served for nine years as President & COO of Agennix, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company where he led advancement of Agennix’s lead molecule from preclinical studies into pivotal Phase 3 human studies and helped lead a successful sale of the company. Atul also served as Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co. Atul has served on the faculties of Rice Graduate School of Business, Baylor College of Medicine, and the UT School of Public Health. He has served on multiple company and community boards including those of the Harris Health System, Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP), Pratham and TiE, and is on the Healthcare Advisory Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership and on the Jones Health Care Advisory Board.
Kid Power: Get Active, Save Lives
Mrs. Katherine Porter
Katherine Porter, MPH
Katherine Porter is the Houston Community Engagement Fellow for UNICEF USA. Her role is to serve as a grassroots and national spokesperson for children and bring together networks of faith-based communities, schools, universities, volunteers, advocates, elected leaders and others to unite on behalf of children. Leveraging UNICEF USA’s education, advocacy, and fundraising initiatives, she works to create transformational change in the lives of children around the world, empowering people to act locally. Katherine served two years in Malawi as a Peace Corps volunteer working with youth empowerment and education programs. She recently completed her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Global Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center. Her research focused on orphans and vulnerable children in rural Kenya, with Sodzo International in Maua, Kenya. She is delighted to represent UNICEF USA, uniting and empowering American youth and volunteers in service of children around the world.
Challenges in Sustainable Development Through Medical Innovations
Farhan Majid, PhD
Farhan Majid, Ph.D., is the L.E. and Virginia Simmons Fellow in Health and Technology Policy. Majid’s research covers a wide array of novel topics related to development economics and global health such as the impact of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on the economic performance of the next generation, the effects of war on the stock of human capital, and the impact of minimum wages on the health of children in the developing world. His research has been published in economics and public health journals and cited by media outlets. Majid has received grants from the Hewlett Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to fund his work.
Majid received a dual A.B. and A.M. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Riverside. He previously has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and McGill University.
Investigating an Epidemic of Unexplained Kidney Disease in Central America and other Epidemiologic Adventures
Rebecca Fischer, PhD
Dr Fischer is postdoctoral research associate in at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Tropical Medicine. She received a BS in Biology from the University of Texas and later transplanted to Houston to earn her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health. Her major area of focus is global health research, with specific interest in infectious disease epidemiology, response to emerging public health threats, and epidemiologic methods.Global health is a priority interest, particularly addressing needs in high-risk communities, and she has worked on projects such assessment of nutrition and health needs in rural Honduras, rabies eradication in the Philippines, health risks to slaughterhouse workers in the Philippines, the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in Mexico. For her dissertation research on the epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Botswana, she collected nasal swabs and interviews on more than 600 HIV-infected and –uninfected adults and children to determine risk factors of nasal colonization and describe antibiotic resistance profiles and genetic epidemiology of staph there. She found a high rate of antibiotic resistance and identified 21 novel staphylococcal strains. As a graduate student, she served as President of the Student Epidemic Intelligence Society and helped design a training curriculum to prepare students in health disciplines to serve as rapid responders. She worked closely with the local health departments and CDC to involve student surge capacity response teams during public health emergencies (e.g. foodborne outbreak investigations, emergency vaccine & prophylaxis clinics, community assessments, infectious disease case investigations, hurricane field and shelter assessments, media releases, and other response efforts). She continues to have an interest in teaching and mentoring students. Under Dr. Kristy Murray, Rebecca is leading Baylor’s Investigation into the Etiology of Unexplained Kidney Disease in Nicaragua. Working within a private sugar estate in western Nicaragua to target an agricultural population at high risk of Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN), she is exploring the clinical scenario and renal pathology of acute MeN and characterizing disease progression. Through a multidimensional research strategy and a One-Health perspective, the team’s ultimate goal is to identify the cause of that mystery disease.
Project Echo as a Foundation to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention and Management in Medically Underserved Areas
Ellen Baker, MD, MPH
Dr. Ellen Baker is Director of Community-Based Cancer Prevention and Control Initiatives within the Cancer Prevention and Control Platform, Moon Shots Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Concurrently, Dr. Baker is Director, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) at MD Anderson. Among a range of leadership responsibilities, Dr. Baker serves as the operations lead for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Resource Limited Settings at MD Anderson. Dr. Baker earned a doctorate in medicine from Cornell University Medical College and a master of public health degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health. She trained as an internal medicine physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas and joined NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) as a medical officer at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1981. After serving as a Medical Officer in the Flight Medicine Clinic from 1981-1984, Dr. Baker was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1984. Dr. Baker is a veteran of three space shuttle missions during the period 1989 through 1995. Dr. Baker joined MD Anderson in 2014, where she leads tele-mentoring programs to reach providers in rural and underserved communities with the ultimate aim of improving access to cancer prevention services and cancer specialty care in rural, isolated communities worldwide.
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Opportunities and Challenges in Achieving “25 x 25″
William Zoghbi, MD
William A. Zoghbi is the Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health, Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at The Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Institute of Academic Medicine. Dr. Zoghbi is a renowned leader in cardiology, cardiac imaging, and global health. He has developed new techniques to evaluate heart function and valve disorders without resorting to invasive procedures. Dr. Zoghbi has been actively involved with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association for more than 30 years. He served as president of the American College of Cardiology in 2012 and has been on its Board of Trustees from 2001-2015. He is involved internationally in cardiovascular health advocacy and health promotion. Dr Zoghbi was instrumental in the vision and implementation of the international mission of the ACC since 2008 and has represented the ACC and the global cardiovascular community at the United Nations and World Health Organization, advocating for the reduction of premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 25 percent by 2025 (“25×25” initiative). He has served on the Board of the World Heart Federation in 2014-5 and co-chaired the Global Task Force for Cardiovascular disease for the World Heart Federation.
Reducing Health Disparities
Reformation of US Refugee Resettlement System
Nicole Holdman, PhD, MEd
Dr. Nicole Holdman is the Chief Operating Officer of Amaanah Refugee Services, Houston Region. She oversees Amaanah’s general operations and programs which include the Awesome Academy and Transformed Programs. Currently the Awesome Academy serves over 300 refugee students across 5 sites and the Transformed Program works with single refugee mothers to achieve economic and social independence in their resettled communities. Her professional career spans 20 years in education with 16 years in the public school system, as an ESL teacher, adjunct professor, curriculum writer, and campus extended learning coordinator. She has worked closely with nonprofits, faith, and community-based organizations to coordinate and evaluate a range of evidence-based programs supporting the second language acquisition skills of learners, school retention, self- sufficiency, family education, and positive youth development. Dr. Holdman holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from Capella University, a Master’s in Educational Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Southern University, and a Bachelors in Criminal Justice from the University of Houston.
Pertinent Issues and Potential Policies and Practices for Addressing the Health Needs of Child Migrants
Kenneth Smith, PhD
Kenneth D. Smith, Ph.D. is a health economist, public health practitioner and health equity advocate. His interdisciplinary work as a researcher and practitioner spans local and national levels. Dr. Smith’s post-graduate research includes extensive experience in applied econometrics, health care financing, pharmacoeconomic analysis, program evaluation and design, and managed delivery systems for frail elderly. His more recent work has focused on leading cross-sector collaboration to foster policy, environmental and systems change to prevent or improve the management of chronic disease. This has involved developing and implementing strategies to disseminate and support the adoption of best practices to prevent chronic disease by improving the environments where people live, learn, work and play. Dr. Smith currently is the Interim Director for the UTMB Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, where he has identified and is addressing disparities in the UTMB patient population. Over the past year, he was the Principal Investigator for a study of the health risks and healthcare access issues faced by children fleeing violence from Central America and Mexico. This project, funded by the Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute, identified policies at the local, state, national and trans-national levels to ensure the ethical treatment of child migrants.
Poverty – a Global Health Concern: The Role of Social Enterprise in Eradicating Poverty
Marian Davenport, JD
Marian Davenport joined Genesys Works, a non-profit that enables disadvantaged high school students to enter and thrive in the economic mainstream, as Executive Director of the Houston office in 2013. Previously, she held executive positions with Big Brothers Big Sisters for over 8 years. Ms. Davenport has 23 years of experience in the energy industry, and most recently, from 1986 to 2002, served in leadership positions at Dynegy Inc. and predecessor companies. In addition to her current role, Ms. Davenport has served the community in volunteer leadership positions at the Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority and American Leadership Forum – Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter. She is also a member of the Executive Women’s Partnership Committee of Greater Houston Partnership. In 2014, Ms. Davenport was elected to the board of directors of Sterling Construction Company, Inc., where she serves as Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. A graduate of Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law and is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
Michael Goodman, MDiv, MPH, DrPH
Michael Goodman completed his doctorate in public health at the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2014. He has been active in research on psychosocial, economic and physical health among orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya for the past 5 years. He is the executive director of Sodzo International, an organization with the mission to advance the well-being of the world’s most vulnerable children, and a post-doctoral research fellow at UTMB in the Center for Infectious Diseases. He enjoys mentoring students and building cross-sectoral collaborations such as that found with HGHC, where Michael was previously engaged as co-founder and board member. Michael is married to a pediatrician, Lauren Raimer-Goodman, and has two fantastic children.
Sustainable Partnerships
Sustainable Partnerships Panel
Binata Mukherjee, MD, MBA, GPHAP
Binata has been working at Rice University since 2012, initially in Rice 360: Institute for Global Health Technologies managing scale-up and commercialization initiatives of technologies appropriate for low-resource countries, and subsequently in translation of early stage inventions at the Houston Area Translational Research Consortium. She started at the Jones School in June 2014. Dr Mukherjee teaches US Health Care Management to MBA students at the JGSB. She has developed an online module, Primer on Health Care Industry, an introductory course for students interested in learning about the complex US health care system. Prior to joining Rice University, Binata gained extensive experience spanning over 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry most notably working for Sanofi. She worked in various functions that include Business Development, International Marketing, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, and Training. During her tenure in Sanofi, she managed blockbusters like Plavix, Clexane, Aprovel across different countries. She worked as an in internist in Mumbai, India before foraying into the business world. She is passionate about medical education and improvement of patient care. Binata earned her M.D. from the University of Calcutta, India. She received her MBA and her Certificate in Health Policy & Administration from the University of Chicago.
Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD
Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, is a Tenured Professor of Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine and Chair, Department of Pain Medicine at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Abdi was Chief of Division of Pain Medicine at Harvard in Boston and Professor and Chief of Pain Medicine at the University of Miami, LM Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Dr. Abdi is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. He is an active member in various national and international medical societies. He is a frequent ad hoc reviewer for several NIH study sections and NCI. He is also a regular reviewer for VA Grants. Further, he is editor and/or associate editor of several national and international journals such as Pain Physician, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Korean Journal of Pain, Frontiers in Pain Pharmacol & Therap, Lasers in Medical Sciences, World Journal of Anesthesiology to name a few; and member of board of directors of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Dr.Abdi has attended many National and International meetings as an invited Speaker and also served as a Visiting Professor in national and international institutes worldwide. Dr. Abdi co-edited three books and currently working on two additional books. Furthermore, he has authored and/or co-authored more than 250 manuscripts and abstracts, book chapters and review articles. Dr. Abdi’s primary clinical and basic science research interests include stem cell and gene therapy for low back pain, cancer pain and chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy.
Duane Windsor, PhD
Duane Windsor (PhD, Harvard University; BA, Rice University) is the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Management in the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. He joined the Rice faculty in 1977. His research and teaching focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR), business ethics, stakeholder theory, and sustainable development issues. He has published various academic papers in journals and books. He served eight years (January 2007 – December 2014) as editor (in chief) of the academic journal BUSINESS & SOCIETY, for which he is currently consulting editor, sponsored by the International Association for Business and Society (IABS) and published by Sage. He is presently an associate editor on a planned seven-volume ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIETY (2nd edition), to be published by Sage.
Wonedwossen Goshu, DNP
Wonedwossen is a native of Ethiopia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree with a Nursing major and Health Science minor from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. He earned a Master of Science Degree in Nurse Anesthesia at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. He then graduated from the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He is currently working at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. He is a dedicated and resourceful Humanitarian Aid Worker with a strong work ethic and excellent breadth of experience in foreign aid programs. Goshu engages in Community service, and Humanitarian Aid and he is a recognized leader in international development, global public health, and non-profit organizations. He has a strong background in Project Management: Travel & Logistics, Manager for several medical missions to Ethiopia to bridge the gap between top Level Hospital Policy, Procedural Formats in the Medical Institutions, health systems reforms, and regional integration and participant in global think tanks groups. Goshu is an effective spokesperson and advocate with demonstrated capacity to build global partnerships and relationships with governments, the private sector, and civil society. He has excellent experience in developing public outreach initiatives and strong advocacy networks, which targets diverse, underserved communities; with a clear sense of purpose and urgency to scale up interventions and technologies that reach poor and marginalized groups.
Matthew Dacso, MD, MA
Dr. Dacso is a clinician educator in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), where he is a primary care physician and an associate professor. He received his B.A. in Music from McGill University and his M.D. from UTMB in 2006. He holds a masters in international development studies at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies. From 2009-2011 he lived in Gaborone, Botswana, where he worked with the Botswana-UPenn Partnership to enhance medical education, develop non-communicable disease treatment guidelines, and provide care for patients affected by HIV, TB, and chronic medical diseases. Since 2011, Dr. Dacso has directed the UTMB Center for Global Health Education. He provides mentorship and supervision to students participating in international health electives while collaborating with host partners to design projects that benefit their sites. He has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and abstracts in the areas of interprofessional global health education, ethics of short-term global health experiences, global health preparation/mentorship, and research training/capacity-building. He is currently Principal Investigator on a pilot grant to strengthen training and research capacity in the eastern Dominican Republic and holds the Sterling-Turner Endowed Professorship, which supports the development of a Global Health Leadership Academy at UTMB.
The challenges in the prevention and management of Hepatitis C virus
Ray Hachem, MD, FIDSA
Ray Hachem, MD. FIDSA. is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Extramural Education Program in the Department of Infectious Diseases, at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Hachem earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His M.D. was received from the University of Santiago. Dr. Hachem joined M. D. Anderson in March 1988. Over the years at M.D. Anderson , Dr. Hachem has made numerous innovations that have led to significant improvements in controlling life-threatening infections. He has received numerous national scientific and professional honors. He is also a Co-Inventor on several U. S. patents which have been granted. Dr Hachem has authored over 200 peer reviewed articles. Dr Hachem is the president of the American Lebanese Medical Association. He is the executive director of the World Institute of Medical Education which is a non-profit organization committed to provide health-related education globally. He is also well known for his commitment to medical missions through Health Outreach for Middle East which is a charity organization that is focused on bringing health care to the most vulnerable, poor and needy in the Middle East.
Chagas Disease in the Americas: who is at risk and what do our health care providers know about the disease
Paula Stigler-Granados, PhD
Paula Stigler Granados is an Assistant Professor in Community Health Practice at the UTHealth School of Public Health, San Antonio Campus. She received her PhD from a joint doctoral program at University of California San Diego and San Diego State University in Global Health. Her interests in environmental health and vulnerable communities has led her to conduct research in indigenous and tribal populations along the U.S./Mexico border as well as Central America. Utilizing for her work a community based participatory research model has strengthened her capacity to work closely with small communities and better understand the role of culture and social networks in addressing vulnerabilities to resources such as clean water and improved sanitation. Dr. Stigler Granados has also conducted research on a variety of topics such as the global burden of tobacco waste and the toxicity burden on communities and climate change vulnerability assessments. Her most current research is looking at health care provider awareness of Chagas disease in South and South Central Texas and understanding the unique challenges to screening and treating this neglected parasitic infection in the U.S.
Clean Water and Sanitation: “Even now we have no water” – Lessons learned from Maua, Kenya”
Aleisha Elliott
Aleisha Elliott, MS, is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology at the UTHealth School of Public Health (UTSPH), minoring in community health practice and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Her areas of research include water and sanitation insecurity, WASH-related diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and mental health. She is currently the global health concentration doctoral teaching associate at UTSPH. Her previous experience includes serving as an ORISE fellow with the US FDA in foodborne disease outbreak investigations, a guest researcher with the CDC, and her favorite job as a high school science and health teacher in Uganda. She received her Masters of Science in Epidemiology from UTSPH in 2012 and her Bachelors of Science in biochemistry and minor in microbiology from Montana State University in 2007. Aleisha is also a proud auntie to her nephew and niece and an avid traveler.
Putting Heads and Hands Together to Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Outcomes
Jason Rosenfeld
Mr. Rosenfeld is a public health professional with over 10 years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating international and domestic community health education and behavior change programs. Jason began his career as a Community Health Advisor with the US Peace Corps in Ghana. After returning to the US, Jason supported the USAID Food for Peace program before obtaining his Masters in Public Health in the behavioral sciences and health education from Emory University. Mr. Rosenfeld then moved with his family to South Africa where he managed Community Health Club programs with the Africa AHEAD organization. His success in South Africa led to his appointment with the Zimbabwe AHEAD organization in Harare, Zimbabwe during the international cholera response efforts from 2009-2010. Since 2011, Mr. Rosenfeld has served as the Assistant Director for Global Health at the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics at UT Health San Antonio where he directs the medical school’s global health program. In this capacity, Mr. Rosenfeld has directed partnerships to implement the first adaptations of the Community Health Club model in Haiti, Burkina Faso and San Antonio (see recent TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/ug3D0B4gcjs). Jason is currently pursuing an Executive DrPH through the University of North Carolina.
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Malcolm Young has died and Guitars Exchange would like to pay tribute to him. The news has come to us while we plan the following articles, among which is a special about rhythm guitarists, in which his name was the first to come to our minds, along with Steve Cropper. Despite Malcolm ‘being in the shadow’ because he gave the spotlight to his younger brother Angus, his importance in AC/DC was key, as he was responsible for many of the recognizable guitar riffs, and he also co-wrote the band’s best known songs with Angus. As Angus himself said, Malcolm was “the motor of the band”, the piston that allowed the rest of the machine to work. “Hell’s Bells” will continue to ring out, but things will never be the same.
The importance of Malcolm within the band is enormous, as he was a co-founder, the person who took the majority of the decisions, and the one that defined their sound. It could be said that he was the heart of the band, who marked the rhythm for the rest, and who formed its base, which allowed Angus to fly from it. Perhaps the phrase that best defined him came from Keith Richards - one which we have highlighted on our front page - “Everyone talks about Rock, these days; the problem is they forget about the Roll”. Well Malcolm Young is one of those who clearly never forgot the Roll, to the extent that when people asked him to describe his type of music, he did not say rock, or hard rock, or heavy, but chose a description as simple and irresistible as his own style: rock ‘n’ roll.
Malcolm’s biggest influence when he first went to grab a guitar was his brother - not the one many might think about, but - his eldest, George Young. A short time after the family moved from their native Scotland to Australia, George formed a band called The Easybeats, which became something like the antipodean Beatles. George Young’s house used to be surrounded by hysterical fans who went wild over him; Malcolm and Angus took note and strapped a guitar on their shoulders.
Malcolm was next to form a band called the Velvet Underground; although it had nothing to do with the legendary band of Lou Reed. When Malcolm’s group split up in 1973 he formed AC/DC together with his younger brother Angus, at 20 and 18 years old respectively. Their first singer was Dave Evans, and with him they gained quite a strong a local following, which allowed them to support Lou Reed when he toured Australia in 1974. But things really went ‘click’ when Evans was substituted by Bon Scott, another Scot who had emigrated to Australia as a boy, and who was a friend of George Young. Scott added the perfect voice for the brutal and raw music of the Young brothers. The electric current had found its power source. That same year they recorded their debut album, High Voltage, with a session drummer, and George on bass. Few people know that at that stage the Young brothers shared duties as solo guitarists, and Malcolm can be heard playing lead guitar on songs like Soul Stripper, You Ain't Got a Hold on Me, Little Lover and Show Business.
It was Malcolm himself who decided on the roles that they would become eternally famous for. He told Angus that from then on he would do the solos and that Malcolm would take a step back and focus on rhythm guitar. That was how Malcolm defined the roles within the band and put all the focus on Angus. That said, from that time forward Malcolm, from the shadow, became the motor of the band. By the time they recorded Let there be Rock they had hit on their winning formula, which they would then polish to the point of perfection in their following three albums.
Their sound is notorious and 100% recognizable; each of Malcolm’s chords is his, and his alone. His guitar of choice is as recognizable as the mythical SG of his brother, the Gretsch G6131 known as the Gretsch Jet Firebird, which that legendary brand would later make into a Signature edition for Malcolm: the Gretsch G6131MY. His amplifiers were usually Marshall, whether they were a JTM100 Super Amp, the Super Bass or a 100 Watt Plexi Super Lead. When Malcolm composed and Angus joined him, they launched riff ideas at each other, and when something did not sound AC/DC, they rejected it. Malcolm knew the band’s strength, and he decided to focus on it and pursue it to the end, something that two his clearest references had also done; Chuck Berry and Keith Richards.
The death of Bon Scott was a shock and it arrived at their best moment, when they had just recorded the landmark Highway to Hell. The band had achieved top form, delivering perfect riffs for the cavernous voice of Scott; from the iconic song that gave the album its title - one of the best rock songs of all times - to their tribute to 60s British blues, Beating Around the Bush with their mix of Baby please don´t go by Them and Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac, as well as showing their love for the ‘Chuckberry fields forever’ on If you want blood, or the threatening blues of Night prowler that serves as an epitaph for the charismatic Scott.
But anyone who thought that the Young brothers would lose their grip after the loss of Scott were very much mistaken. Back in Black responds to a very difficult question: what do you do when in the best moment of your career your singer dies through drowning in his own vomit? Well you get together with your own brother, you pull from your sleeve some of the best riffs since Led Zeppelin IV, you paint your next cover black to pay tribute to the deceased, and you deliver to the world one of the most essential albums to define what is the best in rock ‘n’ roll. That is something that Chuck Berry, Little Richard and the Rolling Stones would all understand. Brian Johnson took over from Scott, and the band delivered its best collection of songs to date, selling 50 million copies around the world in the process.
That was the band’s peak - not to depreciate anything that came after, but they never achieved those heights again. That said, the classics continued arriving with songs like For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), Who Made Who and Thunderstruck, with the Young brothers returning again to the same formula, and always being faithful to themselves. It wasn’t all a bed of roses, however, and in 1988 Malcolm was temporarily substituted by his nephew Stevie, while he tried to recover from his alcohol addiction. The ghost of Scott’s death continued to haunt the band, and Angus did not doubt in telling his brother that he didn’t want him following in the same steps as their singer. He didn’t - Malcolm recovered and returned to the band, and for years they were one of the most reliable live acts in history, with Malcolm marking the rhythm, and Angus floating somewhere above. But Malcolm’s health was deteriorating and in 2014 the band issued a statement saying that he would not play again. We then learnt that he was suffering from dementia, an illness that already had been affecting him, as for the band’s final tours he had to learn over again some of the songs that he himself had written.
Angus decided to go on, almost certainly with Malcolm’s blessing, because he had always felt it important that ‘the thing’ would roll (Rock and ROLL). But also for the millions of fans at world level, who had always been a priority concern for Malcolm. Now he has died, a month after his brother George, and it is the moment to back in black. Malcolm Young did not need any great solo to be remembered as a great guitarist, because from Chuck Berry to Bo Diddley, rock ‘n’ roll has been built on rhythm and few understood that better than Malcolm, the man who gave us, among many other things, the riff of Back in Black. If that is not worth more than a million soulless solos, that is because you don’t like rock... and roll.
IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP (IF YOU WANNA ROCK 'N' ROLL) - AC DC
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (from Plug Me In)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Official Video – AC/DC Live)
AC/DC - Back In Black (from Plug Me In)
AC-DC - Highway to Hell (Live German TV with Bon Scott - 1979)--Subtitled
AC/DC - Rock 'N' Roll Damnation (Official Video)
AC/DC - High Voltage (Official Video)
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Official Video)
AC/DC Soul Stripper
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National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT’s) Kolkata Bench has turned down a prayer from the committee of creditors (CoC) of Adhunik Metaliks to pass an interim order to revive the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP).
The CoC’s prayer was based on the H2 bidder, Maharashtra Seamless, expressing its interest in the company, afresh. Maharashtra Seamless and Liberty House had evinced interest in Adhunik Metaliks. However, Liberty House had emerged as the preferred bidder.
Maharashtra Seamless had written to Adhunik’s CoC recently, renewing its plan for Adhunik in the wake of Liberty House, the preferred bidder, dragging its feet on payment.
The order said that where the resolution applicant allegedly failed in giving effect to the terms of the plan and failed in paying the upfront amount, the remedy available to the CoC is to seek an order of liquidation upon establishing wilful default on the side of the resolution applicant. “In view of the matter, it appears to me that question of revival of CIRP cannot be entertained by me at this stage.”
The CoC had filed an application for liquidation earlier but had not pressed for it. It had said before the tribunal that liquidation was the ultimate situation. It had prayed for the revival of CIRP on grounds that the objective of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was resolution.
The Supreme Court order that upheld the code on Friday mentioned that the preamble (of the code) does not, in any manner, refer to liquidation, which is only availed of as a last resort if there is either no resolution plan or the resolution plans submitted are not up to the mark.
Liberty’s plan was approved by the Kolkata Bench on July 17. The company was to make an upfront payment of Rs 410 crore within 57 days. On December 12, Liberty had showed readiness to put in Rs 100 crore in an escrow account. However, it was not done. Liberty’s main contention is a Rs 100 crore claim filed by MSTC, which is being heard in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
NCLT Kolkata has now directed Liberty to file a reply affidavit within seven days. The CoC could file a rejoinder, if any, within seven days of receipt of the reply.
Source: Business Standards, January 26,2019
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University of Florida Interactive Media Lab
The University of Florida Interactive Media Lab was the first facility of its kind at any college or university. Its origins date to 1982, long before other institutions of higher learning began establishing programs in "new media." The current facility opened in the summer of 1994 with eight 486-class computers and a mission to explore the future of online news delivery.
The lab, part of the College of Journalism and Communications, is a bustling center of activity with 15 state-of-the-art computer workstations, its own video- and audio-editing equipment and high-definition television monitors with Dolby Digital surround sound. Students monitor news from around the world on continuously updated computer screens and produce a weekly Web-based news magazine called Newszine. They also create Web sites for non-profit clients, produce interactive projects on DVD and CD-ROM and explore the future.
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